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Manager: Ashley Pulisciano

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Coach: Lee Knight

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u12s Manager: Robbie Hall

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Catering: Lesley Brown

Gateman: Bob Collins

Inside this issue

Ashley Pulisciano 4

Gate Gossip 5

Our history 6

The Highgate attic 7

In action v Khalsa 8

more action snaps 10

The Gate Stats & Facts 12

Player Stats 14

Charity feature 15

Introducing Hereford 16

Midland Football League 20

On The Level 23

Today’s Squads 24

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Good evening everybody and welcome to The Coppice. I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome the visiting officials, players and fans from Hereford for tonight’s Polymac Packaging League Cup Quarter Final.

Tonight, we once again get to lock horns with the league leaders and many people's favourite for the title, in what could be a very important week for Peter Beadle and his Hereford side.

I'm pretty sure the majority of Bulls fans will be having one eye on Saturday's FA Vase Semi-Final First Leg v Salisbury City.

It's a mouth watering tie, a game that I'm sure would have been an ideal final for the 2 big giants who find themselves at this level.

In saying that though, I know Hereford are going to be wanting to win tonight just as much and we fully expect a real tough battle.

They will be desparate to get one over on us, just as much as we want to make our own little bit of history and record what would be a famous 'treble' over The Bulls.

To stand any chance of that though we have got to be on our game right from the start.

Saturday's heavy defeat at Khalsa was a wake-up call, it was very disappointing to say the least, although not surprising. The mad weather we had has resulted in a bit of a fixture pile-up for quite a few clubs.

The home draw v Coventry Sphinx could have easily gone either way in a tight game that was ruined by some odd decisions for both sides. The following game away at Rocester we managed to scrape a side together who did a great job in hindsight as they managed to grab us another draw.

I'm not making excuses, it's the same for all of us in the MFL.Injuries together with work commitments are always going to play a part at this

level and our squad has been stretched to the limit these last few games, where if I'm honest we've managed to claw a draw here and there.

Hopefully tonight we can find our form again and progress through to the Semi-Final of the Polymac Packaging League Cup.

Speaking of semi-finals, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish Peter and all associated with Hereford the very best of luck in the FA Vase semi this Saturday.

Whatever the score tonight, I hope you'll join us in the clubhouse after the match for a pint and a chat.

Enjoy the game, wishing you all a safe onward journey.

All the best

Ashley PuliscianoFROM THE DUGOUT

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25th February 2017 will mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic game v Enfield where our centre back Tony Allden was struck by lightning and sadly passed away the following day.To mark the occasion Highgate United are hoping to get all former teammates of Tony’s back together.

Plans and discussions with 3rd parties are already taking place as The Gate plan to have a number of events to commemorate the life of Tony Allden.

As soon as we receive confirmation of any of the plans we'll make them public on our website and twitter @HighgateUnited

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Midland Comb. D1 Champions: 1972/73; 1973/74; 1974/75; 2014/15

Midland Comb. D2 Champions: 1968/69; 1971/72

Midland Comb. Challenge Cup Winners: 1973; 1974; 1976; 1977; 1985

Midland Comb. Presidents Cup Winners: 1971; 1986

Midland Comb. Invitation Cup Winners: 1973; 1986

Tony Allden Memorial Cup Winners: 1974; 1975

Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1974

Coventry Evening Telegraph Cup Winners: 2007

Smedley Crooke Memorial Cup Winners: 2015

W. Midland Alliance Premier Champions: 1963/64

Youth Commitee Cup Winners: 1962/63

Sth Birmingham League Champions: 1951/52; 1959/60

Sth Birmingham Butler Cup Winners: 1954/55

Sth Birmingham Comb. Champions: 1948/49

Sth Birmingham Presidents Cup Winners: 1948/49

Sth Birmingham League Cup Winners: 1948/49

Worcs Combination D2 Champions: 1966/67

Best run in FA Cup: 1973/74 - 4th Qualifying Round

Best run in FA Amateur Cup: 1972/73 - Semi-Final

Best run in FA Trophy: 1974/75 - Round 3

Best run in FA Vase: 2004/05 - Round 2 2015/16 - Round 2

ROLL OF HONOUR

Highgate United FC were formed in 1948 by a group of orphans from the Father Hudsons’ St Vincents Home for Working Boys on Moseley Road, Birmingham who met up again following wartime service.After progressing from junior football played at Billesley Common in the South Birmingham league, Highgate joined the Worcestershire Combination in 1964.

Promoted to Division One at the first attempt, the club went on to remain in the league’s top division for over 40 seasons.

In 1967 Highgate hit national headlines, unfortunately though due to a tragic, tragic incident here at The Coppice.

In front of over 3500 fans here at The Coppice, The Gate were playing Enfield in the quarter finals of the FA Amateur Cup, when midway through the first half, a lightning strike saw several players collapse. Sadly one player, Highgates’ centre half Tony Allden, did not recover and tragically died the following day in Solihull hospital.

As a gesture of goodwill and sympathy, Aston Villa agreed to host the replay of the game

and game drew an incredible attendance of over 31,000 as the football public of Birmingham and Solihull stood together in tribute to Tony and to show support for his wife of six months and now heartbroken widow Susan.

One of the most successful periods in Highgate’s history was the mid- 70s.

The club won the league championship (by now known as the Midland Combination for three consecutive seasons between 1972 and 1975 and also experienced its best runs in the FA Cup, FA Amateur Cup and FA Trophy within this period.

Success was hard to come by in the following years, until eventually following a 25 year planning battle, in 1997 the club finally received planning permission and floodlights were turned on at the clubs Tythe Barn Lane ground.

More success finally came Gates’ way in 2007, when they became the first team from the Birmingham and Solihull area to win the Coventry Evening Telegraph Cup.

The following season the club were promoted to the Midland Football Alliance after finishing as Runners-Up in the Midland Combination Premier League.

Despite a promising first season in the MFA, the Gate were then involved in annual relegation battles in the pursuing seasons.

That was until 2013/14 when Highgate finished a commendable 3rd in the MFA, their highest ever position - but they soon received a massive knockout blow when they were somewhat controversially relegated by the FA due to new ground regulations and found themselves in the newly formed Midland Football League Division One.

The 2014/15 season proved to be The Gates most successful for over 40 years as they went on to do the double being crowned Division One Champions at the first attempt, and winning the Smedley Crooke Memorial Cup defeating Redditch Borough 5-1.

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A triumphant Gate celebrate victory over CTK to win the Coventry Evening

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EDWARDSLACEY

MURPHY

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ELLISMOONEY

L.BROWN COSGROVE

KING

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SUBS: TAYLOR; CORRY; PULISCIANO; HAYWARD

GOALS: A.BROWN (12); MURPHY (25)

MANof the

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SUBS: BIRCH; MARTIN; HADLEY; PEMBERTON

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Highgate suffered their heaviest defeat of the season at the end of a poor contest lacking in any real quality away at Khalsa on Saturday.

Highgate suffered their heaviest defeat of the season at the end of a poor contest lacking in any real quality, Sporting Khalsa ending comfortable winners after going in at the break sharing four goals, a calamitous second half seeing Gate concede a further three times without reply.

Such a defeat at the end of their worst performance of the campaign so far had perhaps been on the cards for a while Gate paying the penalty for a lack of depth to what has become a much depleted squad, further changes to the line up of no help to boss for the day Lee Adams as they faced an in form team sitting third in the league table.

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Aaron Brown celebrates after puttingGate 1-0 up at Edgar Street with his first goal of the season three weeks ago.

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Date KO Ve Opposition Comp F - A Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17

Aug 08 3.00 A Quorn Lge 3 - 0 126 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Curtis Turner Edwards Rodgers Taylor Benjamin Edgington L.Brown King T.Smith Lennon G.Smith Robinson

11 7.45 H Walsall Wood Lge 2 - 1 82 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Curtis Turner Edwards King Taylor Benjamin Edgington L.Brown2 Lynch T.Smith Lennon G.Smith Robinson

15 3.00 H Hereford Lge 2 - 1 566 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Curtis Turner Edwards Rodgers Taylor Benjamin Edgington L.Brown2 Lynch T.Smith King G.Smith Robinson

22 3.00 A Long Eaton United Lge 1 - 1 94 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Curtis Turner Edwards King Taylor Benjamin T.Smith L.Brown Lynch Mooney Rolfe G.Smith Robinson

25 7.45 H Sporting Khalsa Lge 1 - 1 68 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Robinson Turner Edwards Rodgers Taylor T.Smith Mooney L.Brown Lynch King Bertie Lennon Brookes

31 3.00 A Alvechurch Lge 1 - 3 130 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Robinson Turner King Rodgers Taylor Benjamin Mooney L.Brown Lennon T.Smith Bertie Rolfe Francis

Sep 05 3.00 H Tipton Town FAV 5 - 0 70 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Robinson Turner King Cosgrove2 Taylor Benjamin Lennon Mooney Rodgers T.Smith Bertie G.Smith Daly

19 3.00 H Lye Town Lge 3 - 2 76 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Turner Jephcott Edwards Cosgrove Taylor Benjamin Mooney L.Brown2 Yonwin Curtis Daly T.Smith Bertie

22 7.45 H AFC Wulfrunians Lge 1 - 0 61 Catlow Edwards Lacey Curtis Robinson Cosgrove Taylor Mooney Benjamin Yonwin L.Brown Daly King Rolfe T.Smith Hayward

26 3.00 A Heanor Town Lge 1 - 3 201 Catlow Cosgrove Lacey Curtis Turner Edwards Taylor Mooney Benjamin Yonwin L.Brown Daly King Jephcott T.Smith Robinson

29 7.45 A Dunkirk Lge 6 - 1 37 Catlow T.Smith Daly Turner King Edwards Taylor Mooney Benjamin3 Yonwin L.Brown Adams Rolfe Brooks Pulisciano Hayward

Oct 03 3.00 H Wolves Casuals FAV 5 - 2 61 Catlow T.Smith Pulisciano Turner King Edwards Lacey Daly Benjamin2 Mooney L.Brown Rodgers Curtis Robinson Rolfe Hayward

10 3.00 H Continental Star Lge 2 - 0 82 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Turner King Edwards Taylor Mooney Benjamin Yonwin L.Brown Adams Curtis Robinson Rolfe T.Smith

17 3.00 A AFC Wulfrunians Lge 3 - 0 86 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Curtis Turner Edwards King Taylor Yonwin Mooney L.Brown3 Adams Edgington Rodgers Rolfe Hayward

20 7.45 H Solihull Moors BSC 0 - 0a 170 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano King Turner A.Brown Edgington Edwards Yonwin Taylor L.Brown Benjamin Adams Mooney Robinson Rodgers

24 3.00 A Bardon Hill Lge 4 - 1 48 Catlow Taylor Pulisciano King Turner A.Brown Mooney Edwards Benjamin Adams2 L.Brown T.Smith Edgington Curtis Cosgrove Rodgers

27 7.45 H Stourport Swifts WSU 2 - 2b 52 Catlow T.Smith Lacey Curtis King A.Brown Rodgers Cosgrove Benjamin Yonwin Adams Taylor Edgington Turner L.Brown Mooney

31 3.00 H Radcliffe Olympic FAV 3 - 1 46 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Turner A.Brown Edwards T.Smith Taylor Benjamin Mooney L.Brown2 Edgington Rodgers Cosgrove King Hayward

Nov 03 7.45 H Bromsgrove Sporting PPLC 5 - 3† 187 Catlow Lacey Edwards Turner A.Brown Cosgrove Rodgers Taylor Benjamin3 Edgington L.Brown2 Adams King Mooney Rolfe Hayward

07 3.00 A Shepshed Dynamo Lge 0 - 0 136 Catlow Edwards Lacey Turner A.Brown Cosgrove Mooney Taylor Edgington Richards L.Brown Adams Pulisciano T.Smith Rolfe Hayward

14 3.00 H Quorn Lge 4 - 0 42 Catlow Cole Pulisciano Turner A.Brown Edwards Mooney Lacey Edgington Richards2 L.Brown Adams King T.Smith Rolfe Hayward

17 7.45 H Coleshill Town Lge 1 - 2 55 Catlow Cole Pulisciano Turner A.Brown Edwards Adams Lacey T.Smith Richards Mooney Benjamin Taylor Cosgrove King Hayward

21 3.00 A Nuneaton Griff FAV 1 - 1 47 Catlow Lacey Pulisciano Turner Hall Cosgrove King Confue Benjamin Mooney L.Brown Rolfe Edgington Brookes Hayward

Dec 01 7.45 H Nuneaton Griff FAV-R 2 - 4 77 Catlow King Pulisciano Turner A.Brown Edwards Taylor Lacey T.Smith Edgington L.Brown Mooney Cosgrove Hall Rolfe Hayward

Jan 16 3.00 A Loughborough Univ. Lge 3 - 3 75 Catlow Cole Pulisciano Cosgrove A.Brown Turner Lewis-McAdam Lacey Lennon Edgington L.Brown Mooney Lynch King Taylor Corry

26 7.45 H Littleton PPLC 1 - 0 33 Catlow Cole Pulisciano Loney Turner Edwards T.Smith Taylor Lennon Mooney L.Brown Corry Edgington King Hall Hayward

Feb 02 7.45 H Heanor Town Lge 1 - 2 46 Catlow Cole Pulisciano Loney Turner Edwards Cosgrove Taylor Mooney Corry L.Brown Lennon Lynch T.Smith King Hayward

09 7.45 A Coleshill Town Lge 3 - 0 96 Catlow Edwards Pulisciano Cole Turner A.Brown Mooney Taylor Ellis2 Edgington L.Brown Lennon Attenborrow Corry Lynch Cosgrove

13 3.00 A Continental Star Lge 1 - 0 27 Catlow Edwards Lacey Cole Turner A.Brown Mooney Taylor Ellis Edgington L.Brown Cosgrove Attenborrow Corry King Murphy

15 7.45 A Coventry Sphinx Lge 2 - 0 68 Catlow Edwards Mooney Cole Loney Cosgrove Edgington Taylor Attenborrow Murphy King Ellis A.Brown L.Brown Corry Frain

20 3.00 A Brocton Lge 1 - 3 44 Catlow Edwards Mooney Loney Turner A.Brown Edgington Cosgrove Ellis Attenborrow L.Brown Lacey King Pulisciano Corry Rolfe

23 7.45 A Hereford Lge 2 - 0 2311 Catlow Edwards Attenborrow Cole Turner A.Brown Lacey Cosgrove Ellis Mooney L.Brown Murphy King Edgington Corry Loney

25 7.45 A Alvechurch WSU 1 - 1c 119 Catlow Edwards Mooney Loney Turner Cole Edgington A.Brown King Cosgrove L.Brown Rolfe Pulisciano Frain Corry Hayward

27 3.00 H Coventry Sphinx Lge 2 - 2 72 Catlow Edwards Lacey Loney Turner Taylor Murphy A.Brown Ellis Cosgrove L.Brown Mooney King Edgington Corry Hayward

Mar 01 7.45 A Rocester Lge 1 - 1 45 Hayward Edwards Corry King Loney Taylor Mooney Cosgrove Ellis Attenborrow Murphy Rolfe Pulisciano Edgington Frain Daly

05 3.00 A Sporting Khalsa Lge 2 - 5 Catlow Edwards Lacey Murphy King A.Brown Mooney Cosgrove Ellis Attenborrow L.Brown Taylor Pulisciano Frain Corry Hayward

08 7.45 H Hereford PPLC

12 3.00 A Boldmere St Michaels Lge

15 7.45 H Westfields Lge

19 3.00 H Shepshed Dynamo Lge

22 7.45 A Westfields Lge

26 3.00 H Dunkirk Lge

28 7.45 H Stourport Swifts Lge

Apr 02 3.00 A Lye Town Lge

05 7.45 H Alvechurch Lge

07 7.45 A Stourport Swifts Lge

09 3.00 H Boldmere St Michaels Lge

12 7.45 H Rocester Lge

16 3.00 H Brocton Lge

19 7.45 H Loughborough Univ. Lge

23 1.00 A Walsall Wood Lge

26 7.45 H Long Eaton United Lge

30 3.00 H Bardon Hill Lge

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PLAYER STATSHighgate United FC supporting

LIAM’S SMILESSupporting Meningitis Now Charity Number 803016

2015/16 Cup League TOTAL Player App Gls App Gls App Gls

ADAMS Joe 1(1) - 2(5) 2 3(6) 2ATTENBORROW Declan - - 5(2) 3 5(2) 3

BENJAMIN Shane 6(1) 7 11(1) 5 17(2) 12

BERTIE Trae - - (2) - (2)

BROWN Aaron 6 - 11 3 17 3

BROWN Lei 8(1) 9 23 17 31(1) 26

CATLOW Brad 10 - 25 - 35 -

COLE Joe 2 - 7 - 9 -

CONFUE Adam 1 - - - 1 -

CORRY Nathan (2) - 2(4) - 2(6) -

COSGROVE James 5(1) 2 12(2) 2 17(3) 4

CURTIS Dean 1(1) - 7(3) - 8(4) -

DALY Adam 1 - 1(3) - 2(3) -

EDGINGTON Nathan 4(2) 1 10(3) - 14(5) 1

EDWARDS Trevor 7 - 24 - 31 -

ELLIS Curvin - - 7(1) 3 7(1) 3

HALL Craig 1 - - - 1 -

HAYWARD Brad - - 1 - 1 -

JEPHCOTT Avun - - 1(1) - 1(1) -

KING Karl 7(1) 1 10(4) - 17(5) 1

LACEY Tom 8 - 19(1) - 27(1) -

LENNON Daniel 2 1 1(5) - 3(5) 1

LEWIS-McADAM Colby - - 1 1 1 1

LONEY James 2 - 5 1 7 1

LYNCH Reece - - (4) - (4) -

MOONEY Connor 6(2) - 20(3) 5 26(5) 5

MURPHY Brendan - - 4(1) 1 4(1) 1

PULISCIANO Nathan 6 - 15(1) - 21(1) -

RICHARDS Ricardo - - 3 3 3 3

ROBINSON Richard 1 - 3 1 4 1

RODGERS Gavin 2(3) 1 4 - 6(3) 1

ROLFE Danny (2) - - - (2) -

SMITH George (1) - (2) - (3) -

SMITH Tyrone 5(1) 1 4(10) 3 9(11) 4

TAYLOR Dale 6(1) - 20(1) - 26(2) -

TURNER Scott 9 1 22 1 31 2

YONWIN David 2 - 5(1) 1 7(1) 1

‘Lethal’ Lei Brown

Club officials recently met with Becky Doyle, founder of the local charity ‘Liam’s Smiles’ as we team-up for next years Tony Allden 50th Anniversary Memorial Events, whilst also helping to help raise funds and, just as important to Becky, awareness of meningitis.

Becky – Liam’s Story On July 15th 2010 our lives were changed forever. Our son Liam Doyle contracted Bacterial Meningitis, and in the wee hours of that terrible morning in intensive care a junior doctor gave me the telephone number for Meningitis Now. Since leaving the hospital some four years on we have continued to be supported by this wonderful charity. In May of last year Liam was again treated for pneumococcal septicaemia then immediately after contracted strep b. Meningitis Now have been providing support and guidance not just for Liam but for the whole of our family. Many of you who know us appreciate that Liam spends too much time in hospital and that each time Liam goes down, we fight as a family to get Liam better, but no one fights more than Liam.

We often know when things are going to get better, not by what the doctors tell us, but when we start to see Liam’s smile come back - firstly in his eyes and then slowly in his mouth, and that’s is when we know that this fight has been won this time around. As a family we remain on our guard and we are always aware there could be a next time, this is why we would like you who have followed Liam’s journey to come and support us raise money for a wonderful, supportive and sympathetic charity that has given us so much strength.

While Liam keeps Smiling we must keep fighting.

www.liamssmiles.co.uk

Meningitis, Signs and Symptoms in Babies and toddlersBabies and young children under five years of age are most at risk of developing bacterial meningitis.

A baby or young child with meningitis may:

• have a high fever, with cold hands and feet

• vomit and refuse to feed

• feel agitated and not want to be picked up

• become drowsy, floppy and unresponsive

• grunt or breathe rapidly

• have an unusual high-pitched or moaning cry

• have pale, blotchy skin, and a red rash that doesn’t fade when a glass is rolled over it

• have a tense, bulging soft spot on their head (fontanelle)

• have a stiff neck and dislike bright lights

• have convulsions or seizures

The above symptoms can appear in any order, and some may not appear at all.

The rash can be harder to see on dark skin, in which case check for spots on paler areas like the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, on the tummy, inside the eyelids and on the roof of the mouth.

However, don’t wait for a rash to develop. If your child is unwell and getting worse, seek medical help immediately.

Putting the ‘miles’ into Liam’s SmilesBecky together with Brummie fundraiser Tim Andrews MD of Hollywood Monster and Blues manager Gary Rowett are running The Virgin London Marathon 2016 to raise funds for ‘Liam’s Smiles’ and Meningitis Now. Please visit www.liamssmiles.co.uk or www.justgiving.com/Liamssmiles15/ to donate whatever you can.

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The new Hereford Football Club, founded by supporters after their beloved, historic Hereford United crumpled into liquidation last year, was reborn with a pre-season friendly against FC United of Manchester, attended by a remarkable, emotional crowd of 4,000.“There is absolutely huge goodwill and excitement that the club is being run by supporters and local people who care for it,” said Martin Watson, the vice-chair of the Hereford United Supporters Trust, now installed as the part-time secretary of the club while still running his computer repair business. “We have dozens of fans who have volunteered to do work on the ground and other jobs, and this one pre-season friendly has drawn a crowd about as big as the total attendances for every game last season.”

In the terminal, desperately unhappy season for Hereford United, after 90 distinguished years forever highlighted by the famous 1972 FA Cup third-round giant-killing of Newcastle United and Ronnie Radford’s 30-yard screamer, most fans reached the point of boycotting the club completely.

It had fallen into financial difficulties under a locally born owner, David Keyte, amassing debts of £1.2m and failing to pay its own players and former manager, Martin Foyle, who initially issued the winding-up petition. In May 2014 Keyte passed the club for £2 to an east London property developer, Tommy Agombar, whom fans discovered to be not “fit and proper” having been convicted of lorry theft and spent time in prison.

During a fractious and occasionally deeply unpleasant period the club was passed

to a company, Alpha Finance, specialising in “distressed debt,” and the most public director became Andrew Lonsdale, a partner of Agombar’s with a patchy record himself. Bankrupt in 2007, disqualified in 2006 from acting as a company director for six years, convicted in 2008 of illegal waste dumping, Lonsdale as the owner of Feltham FC had moved the club out of its arena then dumped five times more than the permitted quantity of soil and rubble on it, and it fell derelict.

Although Lonsdale and his partners insisted they wanted to revive Hereford, supporters who had dug up all that baggage opposed them absolutely, foresaw that their club might collapse and that the future lay in a fresh start. After repeated adjournments of the winding-up petition, in December Hereford United’s time ran out when Lonsdale failed to produce a required £1m proof of funding, complaining he was stuck in traffic on the way to court.

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AFC WulfruniansDREW

1-1

05.03.16 MFLP (A)

Loughboro' UniWON

5-0

23.02.16 MFLP (H)

Highgate UtdLOST

2-0

01.03.16 HCC (H)

Kington TownWON

4-0

20.02.16 FAV-QF (H)

Camberley TnWON

3-2

16.02.16 MFLP (H)

Sporting KhalsaWON

4-0

Starting with the most recent game:

HUST, which had already prepared plans to form their own club, greeted the liquidation with a promise to rebuild, which they have eagerly fulfilled. The Edgar Street ground, site of Radford’s goal and the landmark scenes of delirious boys in parkas swarming on to the pitch,

is owned by Herefordshire county council, which repossessed it after the club was liquidated. In February, two months after the liquidation, the council agreed a lease with the new club, thereby fulfilling its own promise to ensure Edgar Street would remain a home for football. The fans, living their dream of owning and running their club after the years of indignity, found the ground itself a rackety distance from being a field of dreams. Decay, disrepair, dodgy electrics and asbestos meant around £200,000 was needed to restore it to safety and decency, so the trust did a deal with four local people, described as “benefactors”, who funded the works.

Watson says the trust willingly

agreed to this dilution of

the original plan for

complete

supporter ownership and that, although the benefactors want to remain unnamed publicly,

he is confident they are long-term

supporters who have financially

assisted in the past. For their £200,000 the benefactors are currently majority owners. The trust has put in £25,000 so far, with fundraising amassing the best part of a further £25,000, and the supporters

hope ultimately to raise £200,000 and own an equal 50% stake.

“We are comfortable with this because of the people the benefactors are,” Watson says. “To have them in a more formalised role is actually comforting. We haven’t run a club before and they have bucket loads of experience we can call on.”

The board will have three elected trust representatives on it, alongside four appointments by the benefactors, under the chairman, Jon Hale.

The match with supporter-owned FC United of Manchester, now of Conference North, was arranged after Hereford’s head of volunteering, Ken Kinnersley, inquired how FCUM organise their famed battalions of volunteers. Peter Beadle, Hereford’s newly appointed manager, used the FC United game and a friendly against Malvern to assess more local triallists to add to only seven signings at that point.

A crowd of over 2000 turned up at Malvern Town on 7th July to witness the newly formed

Hereford FC’s first pre-season friendly, Sam Pearson scoring Hereford’s first ever goal after 14 minutes in an entertaining 3-2 win for The Bulls.

“The support has been amazing,” Beadle said. “It

shows how passionate people are here and how important football is to people in Hereford. Our job is to aim to be successful but to run the club properly, sustainably, so they never again end up in the position they were last year – and ensure there will always be a Hereford football club.”

David Conn The Guardian, July 2015

Photo courtesy of Organic Bullhttp://bullsnews.blogspot.co.uk

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HOME&AWAYJOSH HAWKERJosh arrived at The Gate following the demise of Hereford United and played a key part in our success last season.

The former Birmingham City midfielder also had spells with Leamington and Rushall Olympic before signing for The Bulls in 2014.

Unfortunately for us, Josh headed down under after receiving a great offer to go and play for Adelaide in the Australian Football League.

Aaron Birch

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MFL Premier Division 06.03.16 P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Hereford 29 22 3 4 90 26 64 692 Alvechurch 28 21 5 2 71 19 52 683 Sporting Khalsa 26 18 2 6 65 34 31 564 Shepshed Dynamo 27 18 2 7 56 32 24 565 Heanor Town 29 17 4 8 75 52 23 556 Highgate United 26 14 6 6 53 32 21 487 Walsall Wood 27 14 5 8 51 43 8 478 Coleshill Town 29 14 3 12 70 57 13 459 AFC Wulfrunians 28 13 4 11 51 50 1 43

10 Loughborough Univ. 32 13 4 15 62 68 -6 4311 Rocester 25 12 4 9 45 50 -5 4012 Stourport Swifts 28 12 3 13 41 41 0 3913 Long Eaton United 27 11 5 11 50 46 4 3814 Boldmere St Michaels 30 11 3 16 47 65 -18 3615 Lye Town 27 11 1 15 45 41 4 3416 Brocton 30 10 4 16 53 67 -14 3417 Westfields 30 8 8 14 44 55 -11 3218 Quorn 30 7 6 17 51 60 -9 2719 Bardon Hill 24 6 5 13 35 60 -25 2320 Coventry Sphinx 25 6 2 17 36 62 -26 2021 Dunkirk 27 4 3 20 28 93 -65 1522 Continental Star 28 2 2 24 19 85 -66 8

Leading Goalscorers 26.02.16 Player Club Goals

1 John Mills Hereford 412 Craig Bannister Sporting Khalsa 333 Lei Brown Highgate United 264 Karl Edwards Alvechurch 225 Jamie Cuss Westfields 226 Karl Demidh Heanor Town/Rocester 217 Kieran Debrouwer Heanor Town 208 Jordan Nadat Alvechurch 209 Ben Ward-Cochrane Loughborough University 20

10 Jay Cooper Heanor Town 1911 Matt Langham Shepshed Dynamo 1912 Shane Benjamin Highgate/Coleshill Town 1813 Joey Butlin Walsall Wood 1814 Pablo Haysham Hereford 1815 Jamie King AFC Wulfrunians 1816 Marvin Nisbett Sporting Khalsa 1717 Richard Anslow AFC Wulfrunians 1618 Kyle Brady AFC Wulfrunians 1619 Daniel Griffiths Walsall Wood 1620 Dean Rathbone Coleshill Town 1621 Ben Maund Stourport Swifts 1522 Robert Ritchie-Smith Rocester 15

AFC Wulfrunians 2-2 3-2 2-1 1-4 2-1 3-0 1-2 0-3 4-1 3-1 4-4 1-0 1-2 2-3 3-2Alvechurch 0-3 2-2 3-0 8-0 3-1 4-0 3-1 4-1 2-1 1-1 4-1 1-0 3-0Bardon Hill 0-3 1-3 2-2 3-1 0-2 1-4 2-1 0-3 0-3 2-1Boldmere S.M. 1-0 3-2 2-3 2-1 3-2 1-2 0-3 2-1 0-2 2-1 2-1 1-3 1-2 2-2Brocton 1-4 0-2 1-2 0-3 4-2 5-5 0-4 3-1 1-2 3-4 0-5 3-0 1-2 1-4 3-2 1-1 1-1Coleshill Town 3-2 1-1 0-2 0-1 10-1 1-4 1-4 0-3 5-1 3-1 4-1 1-3 4-2 1-0 1-1Continental Star 1-2 1-0 1-5 0-2 1-4 0-3 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-3 2-4 1-2Coventry Sphinx 2-3 2-3 3-0 5-2 2-4 0-2 1-2 0-2 2-0 0-6 0-3 3-2Dunkirk 0-1 1-4 3-3 0-1 2-1 0-7 3-0 0-10 1-6 0-2 0-4 3-3 0-4 3-1 0-0 2-3Heanor Town 0-4 1-0 7-2 2-2 3-0 2-7 3-1 3-1 0-4 2-0 2-3 1-2 2-0 2-2 1-3Hereford 1-1 1-1 2-1 4-5 6-0 6-1 4-1 0-2 1-0 4-1 2-0 4-0 2-1 4-0 6-0 3-0Highgate United 1-0 1-2 2-0 2-2 1-2 2-1 3-2 4-0 1-1 2-1Long Eaton United 5-1 0-2 1-4 2-4 4-3 6-1 2-0 2-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 2-2 1-3 0-4 3-0 1-1Loughboro Univ. 5-1 2-1 7-2 4-1 3-1 6-1 3-2 2-2 0-5 3-3 0-4 4-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 0-2Lye Town 1-0 1-2 1-2 3-0 3-1 2-0 1-2 1-1 6-1 1-0 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-4 2-3 1-2Quorn 0-0 6-1 5-2 2-2 3-4 1-2 0-3 3-2 1-2 2-4 2-3 1-2 2-1Rocester 0-3 0-2 2-1 1-0 4-1 2-1 3-4 1-1 2-0 3-2 4-2 0-2 4-4Shepshed Dynamo 0-3 3-2 1-4 3-1 0-0 3-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-3Sporting Khalsa 2-3 6-1 2-1 5-2 3-0 4-0 1-3 5-2 2-1 1-0 4-0 2-1 2-0 3-0 2-0Stourport Swifts 2-2 3-0 1-0 0-1 3-0 1-2 1-2 2-0 3-1 0-2 2-2 1-2 4-2Walsall Wood 1-0 0-1 1-1 3-2 2-1 3-2 5-1 0-6 2-3 0-0 2-1 3-1 0-0 4-0Westfields 2-2 0-3 1-1 4-1 1-2 3-0 4-1 0-0 1-1 4-0 1-4 1-2 0-4 0-1 2-1

ATTENDANCES Highest LowestAFC Wulfrunians 895 v Hereford 51 v DunkirkAlvechurch 147 v Stourport Swifts 62 v Continental StarBardon Hill 330 v Hereford 42 v Continental StarBoldmere S.M. 539 v Hereford 56 v DunkirkBrocton 338 v Hereford 42 v Loughboro Univ.Coleshill Town 565 v Hereford 41 v Loughboro Univ.Continental Star 111 v Alvechurch 20 v BroctonCoventry Sphinx 112 v Quorn 55 v Alvechurch (LC)Dunkirk 111 v Bromsgrove Sport. (FAV) 27 v QuornHeanor Town 403 v Shepshed Dynamo 86 v Stapenhill (DSC)Hereford 4381 v Westfields 610 v Bromyard (HCC)Highgate United 566 v Hereford 33 v Littleton (LC)Long Eaton United 195 v Dunkirk 66 v Shepshed DynamoLoughboro Univ. 135 v Uttoxeter Town (FAV) 45 v Westfields; Lye TownLye Town 688 v Hereford 48 v Penkridge (JWHC)Quorn 161 v Oadby Town (FAC) 58 v BroctonRocester 310 v Hereford 45 v Highgate UnitedShepshed Dynamo 212 v Rushall Olympic (FAC) 84 v Nuneaton Griff (LC)Sporting Khalsa 2252 v FC Utd Manchester (FAC) 25 v DunkirkStourport Swifts 1321 v Hereford 57 v Continental StarWalsall Wood 395 v Hereford 52 v Stoke City (SSC)Westfields 1825 v Hereford 79 v Fownhope (HCC)

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MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISIONSTATS & FACTS UPTO & INCLUDING 06.03.16

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AFC Wulfrunians P Heanor Town

Bardon Hill P Lye Town

Boldmere St M. 1 - 3 Rocester

Brocton 0 - 2 Alvechurch

Coleshill Town 0 - 1 Continental Star

Loughborough Univ. 0 - 5 Hereford

Quorn 3 - 4 Coventry Sphinx

Shepshed Dynamo P Dunkirk

Sporting Khalsa 5 - 2 Highgate United

Stourport Swifts P Walsall Wood

Westfields 1 - 1 Long Eaton United


Bardon Hill P Dunkirk

Long Eaton United 0 - 4 Shepshed Dynamo

RECENT RESULTS


Coventry Sphinx v Brocton


Bardon Hill v Boldmere St M.

Continental Star v Walsall Wood

Loughborough Univ. v Dunkirk

Quorn v Stourport Swifts

Rocester v Shepshed Dynamo

Polymac Packaging League Cup 08.03.16

Highgate United v Hereford

Sporting Khalsa v Lye Town


Coventry Sphinx v Long Eaton United

THIS WEEKS LEAGUE FIXTURES

Highest Attendance:

4,381 Hereford v Westfields 26.12.15

Lowest Attendance:

20 Continental Star v Brocton 05.12.15

Highest Home Win:

10-1 Coleshill Town v Dunkirk 09.01.16

Highest Away Win:

0-10 Dunkirk v Heanor Town 03.11.15

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MFL Division 1 06.03.16 P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Coventry United 24 21 1 2 78 24 54 642 Bromsgrove Sporting 25 20 2 3 67 23 44 623 Nuneaton Griff 25 18 3 4 81 26 55 574 Lichfield City 27 16 5 6 70 38 32 535 Leicester Road 24 16 3 5 70 29 41 516 Pilkington XXX 24 14 4 6 40 30 10 467 Hinckley AFC 24 13 5 6 57 35 22 448 Littleton 24 13 3 8 47 32 15 429 Heath Hayes 25 13 2 10 37 28 9 41

10 Coventry Copsewood 26 10 6 10 47 52 -5 3611 Racing Club Warwick 25 9 3 13 45 61 -16 3012 Pershore Town 29 9 3 17 37 55 -18 3013 Cadbury Athletic 24 9 2 13 37 37 0 2914 Atherstone Town 25 8 5 12 43 49 -6 2915 Studley 24 8 3 13 39 60 -21 2716 Stafford Town 28 6 3 19 35 64 -29 2117 Pelsall Villa 25 6 3 16 39 71 -32 2118 Heather St Johns 29 6 2 21 40 100 -60 2019 Southam United 23 3 4 16 17 64 -47 1320 Bolehall Swifts 26 4 0 22 30 78 -48 12

Eastern Counties Premier Division 26.02.16 P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Norwich United 26 22 2 2 62 20 42 682 Stanway Rovers 27 20 3 4 74 34 40 633 Felixstowe & Walton 25 17 5 3 47 17 30 564 Godmanchester Rovers 24 17 3 4 81 30 51 545 Kirkley & Pakefield 24 12 6 6 46 30 16 426 Long Melford 28 13 3 12 47 42 6 427 Mildenhall Town 26 10 8 8 45 29 16 388 Brantham Athletic 26 11 3 12 39 37 2 369 Newmarket Town 29 10 6 13 43 60 -17 36

10 FC Clacton 26 10 4 12 45 52 -7 3411 Saffron Walden Town 26 10 3 13 30 34 -4 3312 Hadleigh United 26 9 4 13 41 45 -4 3113 Haverhill Rovers 25 8 7 10 27 39 -12 3114 Gorleston 26 8 6 12 35 43 -8 3015 Swaffham Town 25 7 7 11 38 55 -17 2816 Ipswich Wanderers 21 7 5 9 33 45 -12 2617 Walsham le Willows 27 6 6 15 41 54 -13 2418 Thetford Town 26 6 5 15 42 72 -30 2319 Fakenham Town 28 6 2 20 32 70 -38 2020 Whitton United 25 4 2 19 25 66 -41 14

MFL Division 2 - Top 10 06.03.16 P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Rostance Edwards 18 13 2 3 36 18 18 412 Chelmsley Town 15 12 2 1 41 15 26 383 Droitwich Spa 17 11 4 2 50 14 36 374 Alvis Sporting Club 11 10 1 0 41 8 33 315 Paget Rangers 16 8 3 5 39 27 12 276 Sutton United 16 8 1 7 34 28 6 257 Coton Green 18 6 5 7 29 42 -13 238 Fairfield Villa 17 6 3 8 32 39 -7 219 Austrey Rangers 16 4 4 8 26 36 -10 16

10 Knowle 17 3 5 9 20 35 -15 14

MFL Division 3 - Top 10 06.03.16 P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Leamington Hibernian 21 14 3 4 68 35 33 452 Redditch Borough 19 12 2 5 64 22 42 383 FC Stratford 21 11 5 5 62 30 32 384 Northfield Town 19 11 4 4 47 43 4 375 Alcester Town 20 12 0 8 58 42 16 366 Barton United 19 10 4 5 44 32 12 347 Smithswood Firs 15 11 0 4 54 25 29 338 Inkberrow 20 8 3 9 36 38 -2 279 Shipston Excelsior 22 8 2 12 43 52 -9 26

10 Badsey Rangers 21 8 4 9 38 46 -8 25

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LEAGUE NEWSTHE FOOTBALL LEAGUE SYSTEM

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Review 03.03.16Premier DivisionAlvechurch closed the gap at the top to just two points with two games in hand, as they won 2-0 at Long Eaton United. Two goals in two minutes midway through the second half from Jordan Nadat and Connor Deards gave Church all the points. In the battle of the top 4, Shepshed Dynamo took the spoils as they beat Heanor Town 3-2 at Butthole Lane. Michael Reeve scored twice for Dynamo to take his season tally to 13. 5th placed Sporting Khalsa had to come from behind at Loughborough University to gain a point, Chad Birch, with the all-important goal on his debut. At the bottom, Continental Star looked to be heading for an all important win but goals from Rob Ritchie-Smith and a Tom Land effort, four minutes from time, gave Rocester all the points. Dunkirk suffered a narrow defeat in the battle to stay up with a Craig Gregg goal being enough for AFC Wulfrunians to take the three points. Coventry Sphinx twice held the lead at high-flying Highgate United but ultimately had to settle for a point in a 2-2 draw. Despite improved results in recent weeks, Quorn are still in danger and their situation was not improved when they lost 2-1 at home to Lye Town. Aiden Thomas scored twice as Westfields moved 14 points ahead of the relegation zone with a 4-1 win over Boldmere St Michaels. Stourport Swifts move up to 12th thanks to a Joe Phillips goal as they beat Brocton 1-0 at Walshes Meadow.

Sporting Khalsa climbed to 4th on Monday evening with a 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Coventry Sphinx. Craig Bannister scored twice making it 35 for the season. A missed penalty 5 minutes from time meant Alvechurch missed the chance to go top after being held to a goalless draw by Quorn. Two goals in the first 11 minutes saw Rocester and Highgate United battle out a 1-1 draw at Hillsfield. Stourport Swifts move up to 11th place after a 3-0 win over Continental Star. All of the goals came in the second half with Jack Bailey scoring twice. Shepshed Dynamo climbed to 3rd following a 4-0 win at Long Eaton United. Four different scorers for Dynamo who are now 10 points behind with a game in hand.

Division 1Coventry United extended their lead at the top to 5 points with a comprehensive 4-0 win at Southam United. Nuneaton Griff are 10 points behind in 3rd place as they beat Heath Hayes 2-0 at The Pingles Stadium. Luke Shorthouse was again on target for Griff reaching the 30 goal mark for the season. A Tom McGlinchey double was enough for Leicester Road as they won 2-1 at Pelsall Villa. Tyron Smith scored twice for 5th place Lichfield City in a 5-1 defeat of Studley at The McDonalds Community Stadium. Bolehall Swifts remain bottom as they were beaten by a Craig Oldfield penalty at Pilkington XXX. Stafford Town are one place above the relegation zone as they let a lead slip at Littleton eventually going down 2-1. 12 points out of the last 5 games has lifted Pershore Town to 11th, their latest victory a 2-0 win at Coventry Copsewood courtesy of a Gareth Evans double. Hinckley AFC have moved up to 7th following a 2-0 victory over Cadbury Athletic at St Johns Park. Atherstone Town rose 2 places in the league table with a 2-1 win over Heather St Johns, Alan Miller with the winner.

Bromsgrove Sporting closed the gap at the top to two points with a 2-0 win at fellow promotion contenders Lichfield City. Nuneaton Griff remain in the hunt although they had to withstand a fightback from hosts Cadbury Athletic to secure all 3 points. Griff raced into a 3-0 lead before The Chocolatemen scored twice to make it a nervy finish.

Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division Level 9

Founded 1935

Promotion to Isthmian League Division One North

Relegation to Eastern Counties Div.1

Domestic cup(s) FA Cup / FA Vase

Champions 2014/15 Norwich United

The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is a football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffolk, northern Essex and eastern Cambridgeshire.

At one time (1948/49) the league included the ‘A’ teams of four London clubs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. The following season Gillingham reserves joined becoming the only Kent-based club to ever play in the league.

Level 1Premier League

Level 2Football League Championship

Level 3Football League One

Level 4Football League Two

Level 5National League

Level 6National League North

National League South

Level 7Northern League Premier Division

Southern League Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division

Level 8Northern League Div. One North

Northern League Div. One South

Southern League Div. One Central

Southern League Div. One South & West

Isthmian League Division One North

Isthmian League Division One South

Level 9Combined Counties Premier Division

Eastern Counties Premier Division

Essex Senior League

Hellenic League Premier Division

Midland Football League Premier Div.

North West Counties Premier Division

Northern Counties East Premier Division

Northern League Division One

Southern Combination Premier Division

Southern Counties East League

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division

United Counties League Premier Division

Wessex League Premier Division

Western League Premier Division

Each week we take a look at another league and division within the English Football League Pyramid system. This week it’s the turn of the Eastern Counties Football League.

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HIGHGATE UNITEDRed | Red | Red

Manager: Ashley Pulisciano

DECLAN ATTENBORROW AARON BROWN

LEI BROWNBRAD CATLOW

JOE COLENATHAN CORRY

JAMES COSGROVENATHAN EDGINGTON

TREVOR EDWARDSCURVIN ELLIS

BRAD FRAINBRAD HAYWARD

KARL KINGTOM LACEY

COLBY LEWIS-McADAMJAMES LONEYREECE LYNCH

CONNOR MOONEYBRENDAN MURPHY

NATHAN PULISCIANORICARDO RICHARDSRICHARD ROBINSON

GAVIN RODGERSSCOTT TURNER

HEREFORDWhite | Black | White

Manager: Peter Beadle

AARON BIRCHDYLAN BONELLAMUSTAPHA BUNDHUJOEL EDWARDSJOSH EMERYTOM GAMESONSURDIC GRANTRYAN GREENWILL HAINESPABLO HEYSHAMMARTIN HORSELLNATHAN HUGHESTONY JAMESMAX KONTIC-COVENEYDEAN LEEBEN MILLERJOHN MILLSCARLOS MOREIRAJIMMY OATESADAM PAGEJAMES PILLINGROB PURDIEANTHONY ROBBINSHARVEY RIVERSMIKE SYMONSROSS STALEYNATHAN SUMMERSJOE TUMELTYJAMIE WILLETTS

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OFFICIALSReferee: RICHARD WALKER Assistants: CRAIG THOMPSON MATT HOMER

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