The Official Wimborne Town F.C. Matchday Programme £2

Evo-Stik League SouthPremier South

Wimborne Townvs

Metropolitan PoliceTues 29 Jan 2019 19:45

From the Directors’ Box

Good evening, and a warm wel-come to our visitors from Metro-politan Police FC. We extend

our hospitality to the officials, players,staff and supporters, hope you enjoyyour time with us, and have a safe jour-ney home afterwards.Tonight’s match is the 2nd in a doubleheader against the teams (as I writethese notes ahead of the Tauntongame) that are 1st & 2nd in the league,so it doesn’t get any easier tonight afterplaying Taunton on Saturday.This game was due to be played a fewweeks back, but despite our pitch beingone of the best around for still beingplayable in the wet, nothing could sur-vive the rain that arrived that day! Un-fortunately the Met Police team bus hadalready arrived when the game wascalled off which was far from ideal butsometimes can’t be avoided. They’vehad a great season to date includingreaching the first round of the FA Cupwhere they had a home tie againstleague opposition in Newport County.I mentioned in a recent programme thatWyatt Homes had been granted plan-ning permission for the housing schemeon the Cuthbury site in the run up toChristmas and so, as planned, repre-sentatives from the board of directorsmet with David Wyatt and his team toreview the progress and timings.

I’d love to say that work will start on theground immediately but it won’t comeas a surprise to learn that it will besome time yet before that happens.There is still a lot of planning and legalaspects (with the council rather than theclub) that need to be resolved first, butWyatt’s are working through this andhope to have more positive news laterin the year. In the meantime we areputting together a plan for some essen-tial works that need to be completedbefore the end of March as requiredunder the ground grading regulations …as we finalise our plans there’ll be morenews on this in a future programme.Finally, I’d just like to thank the Support-ers Club for their support. As you knowJack Lovell is out for the season with aknee injury and the Supporters Clubkindly agreed to cover the costs ofJack’s scan. They are working hard ontheir fund raising efforts and deserveour support, which includes an Italian /Pavarotti night on 23rd February. Tick-ets are selling well so don’t leave it toolate!

Enjoy tonight’s game.

Lee

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Wimborne Town F.C.Club Line-up 2018-19

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IN THE DIRECTORS’ BOX Club President Ken Stewart Chairman Tony Grant Commercial Director Graham Bell Director of Football Matty Holmes Finance Lee Merrifield Football & Youth Development Director Terry Wateridge

ON THE PITCH Manager Matty Holmes Assistant Manager Danny Holmes Coach John Macey Shane Traynor GK Coach David Walsh Sports Therapist Ben Hayes Kit Jeff RobbinsDevelopment Squad Mngr Darren Shepherd Head of Recruitment Terry Wateridge Groundsman Brian Sibley

YOUTH SECTION Chairman Gus Phillips Secretary Sally Woods Welfare Officer Julianna Miller Treasurer Kieron Smart

BEHIND THE GOALClubhouse Manager Clive Bailey

Secretary Peter Barham Joint Treasurers Dawn Haywood Geoff Maxted Matchday Co-ordinator Tony Grant Matchday Host Michele Govier Club Podiatrist Dr. Michele Spruce Chief Steward Kevin Hart Stewards Mark Dale

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From the Dugout

Hello everyone and welcome toour home league game v Met-ropolitan Police, I would like to

welcome the players, staff and support-ers of Met Police to Wimborne for thegame this evening.We welcome the Met Police here againafter they travelled down to us in De-cember, with the weather looking allgood until the heavens opened and thegame was cancelled just an hour beforekick off.Met Police are showing great form bothhome and away, and are sitting in agreat position in the league. We knowfull well that winning games, like we didin our play-off run last year, breeds con-fidence as individuals and as a team toget the momentum to play anywhereand believe you will get a result. We willhave to be at our very best tonight toget something from the game.Our game on Saturday against Tauntonin awful conditions showed that we canmix it with the best in this division. Ourapplication to the game and desire tocompete was tremendous. We thor-oughly deserved our point to keep thisgreat run of home form going.Billy Maybury returns this evening afterhis one game ban. Carl Pettifer is nowout for 3 to 4 weeks with a thumb injurywhich will be operated on this week,

Jack Lovell had a very successful oper-ation last Tuesday to his ACL. Earlyreports suggest he will be back nextJanuary, a long road ahead for Jack buthe will come back a stronger player.Scott Arnold will soon be starting hisrehab recovery with Ben, and PaddyHester now has a date in February forhis knee operation which will see himback for pre-season.The support this season has been in-credible. With over 400 for our last cou-ple of home games, we can boast to thefact that we have one of the betterhome attendances in this league.Thank you for all your support as wewill need it over the final weeks of theseason.I hope you all enjoy the game thisevening

Best wishes,

Matty

Next fixtures at the Koolpak Stadium Sat 2 Feb 14:00 Dev Team vs Horndean Wyvern League Cup Weds 6 Feb 19:45 Dev Team vs Downton JSM Shield Sat 9 Feb 15:00 Magpies vs Hendon Evo-Stik League Tues 19 Feb 19:00 Dev Team vs Poole Town Wyvern League

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Sketch of Julian’s Bridge by Masha Dunn

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From the Dressing Room

Hi, and welcome to this evening’sgame against The MetropolitanPolice. I think this is the first time

we have played each other. The Blueswere moved across to the SouthernLeague in the FA’s restructuring at theend of last season so are playingagainst a number of different teams, asare we following our late promotion.The Blues are having a great season -having reached the First Round Properof the FA Cup, and are currently just 4points behind league leaders Tauntonwith 2 games in hand. From what I hearthey are a good footballing side and willprovide the boys with a different type ofchallenge to Saturday’s cracking gamein dreadful weather conditions.I can remember playing a game with asimilarly strong wind blowing down thepitch when Stuart Kearns was in goalfor us. He took a goal-kick at the hospi-tal end against the wind. It went uphigh, then got blown back straight athim and he had to tip his own kick overthe bar for a corner!Fortunately Gerard has a stronger kickon him and managed to get good dis-tance on his clearances against Taun-ton on Saturday.Although we’ve struggled at Taunton’sground in recent seasons, we’ve donewell against them here. Looking at theirteam, there wasn’t a weakness any-where. They’ve brought in some goodplayers and are clearly competitive atthis new level for them. I was surprisedthat their big centre-forward, MattWright, didn’t start, because he’s a realhandful who brings the runners intoplay.

Perhaps we could have fired in moreshots in the first half with the wind be-hind us as it’s really hard for keepersplaying against that. At the start of thesecond half they came at us and lookedto shoot from any distance. I thoughtthe boys defended well, and Jordanwas outstanding, probably his bestgame for us.We scored a great goal. Toby madespace for himself with his run off theball, and Burbs delivered it just whereToby wanted it. He still had plenty to doto score but nutmegged the keeper andput it in.Their goal came from a brilliant deliveryfrom the left which just needed a slighttouch to go in. Gerard made some in-credible saves, especially that amazingone near the end. Keith Emmersoncame forward and blasted one whichtook a deflection off MattyO. Gez wasalready diving but somehow got a footon it to deflect it up and over the bar. Ifyou haven’t seen it on the video, it’swell worth a look.The wind and rain made it horrible forthe players. However, the only one whoseemed to feel the cold was Toby. Idon’t think I’ve seen a grown man lookas cold as Toby on Saturday!That’s 9 league games undefeated hereat the Koolpak. You mayremember that I was stillplaying when the runstarted!Let’s encourage the boysto keep the run going to-night.

Scott

Wimborne Town 1 Taunton Town 1 - 26 Jan 2019 - Graham Dunn reportsBoth teams deserve plaudits for provid-ing the large crowd with a proper gameof British football in atrocious conditions.Toby Holmes gave Wimborne the leadon 72 minutes before Ollie Chamber-lain's glancing header restored parity.With the strong, gusting wind and driv-ing rain at their backs, Wimborne at-tacked the hospital end in the first half.On 5 minutes, from Gerard Benfield'sgoal-kick, Toby stood well behind thevisitors' back-line. The clever tacticworked as the wind-assisted kick flewthrough to him but he was unable to geta shot on target. On 12 minutes, Tobylinked with Luke Burbidge but his curlingeffort went just over the bar.However, it was Taunton who cameclosest two minutes later. From a free-kick wide on the left, Ed Palmer's head-er came back off Benfield's cross-bar.With the ball receiving plenty of air-time,the two defences restricted the free-scoring attacks to few chances. LukeHolmes had a shot easily saved byLloyd Irish in the 24th minute, andClarke's inviting cross found no taker. Atthe other end Andrew Neal's carefullyplaced shot was narrowly wide of the farpost on 31 minutes, and then, with 5minutes of the half remaining, he vol-leyed over from inside the goal areawhen the ball bounced up in front of himfollowing a corner.With the wind now at their backs, Taun-ton made their intentions obvious fromthe start of the second period as Em-merson's shot from distance whistledover Benfield's cross-bar. This was thefirst of their 19 goal attempts in the half.As attacks rained down on Benfield'sgoal, Neal's 25-yarder stung the bigkeeper's hands on 55 minutes, Pennymade a crucial sliding tackle, and Sam

Davidson broke up another attack be-fore majestically striding forward.Having survived Taunton's opening on-slaught, the home side gained in confi-dence, and, on 72 minutes, Wimbornegrabbed the lead. Luke Holmes, on theright, passed inside to Burbidge whoinstantly played a perfectly weighted ballbehind the Taunton back-line on the left.This was just what Toby was waiting for.He pushed the ball through the on-rush-ing Irish's legs and gleefully toe-pokedthe ball into the unguarded net.Most of the action was taking placearound Benfield's goal, and the almostinevitable equaliser came on 77 minuteswhen Chamberlain headed home Brett’sleft-wing cross. Benfield then made aterrific save with an outstretched leg,and an important catch under immensepressure from a corner before substituteWright's shot took a deflection andglanced off the outside of the post. Mat-ty Oldring and Benfield somehow keptout another Emmerson drive whichlooped up and flew inches over the bar.It was desperate rear-guard action bythe home defence, and after 4 minutesof additional time, referee Evans blewhis final whistle and the Magpies hadtheir hard-earned point.

Match Stats Magpies PeacocksGoal Attempts -on target

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GAs - blocked 0 5GAs - off target 3 14Corners 3 7Fouls 6 14Off-side 1 5Cards 1 Y 2 Y

Wimborne Town 1 Taunton Town 1 - 26 Jan - photos by Steve HarrisTop: Luke Burbidge; bottom Matt Oldring

Wimborne Town 1 Taunton Town 1 - 26 Jan - more photos by Steve Harris

Wimborne Town F.C. Club HonoursLeague Honours

Wessex League Premier Division- winners: 1991-92, 1993-94, 1999-00

- runners-up: 1992-93, 1996-97, 2003-04, 2009-10Dorset League Division One

- winners: 1980-81 - runners-up: 1938-39

Cup HonoursFA Vase - winners: 1991-92FA Cup - 1st round: 1982-83

FA Trophy - 1st round: 2014-15Dorset Senior Cup

- winners: 1991-92, 1996-97, 2017-18- runners-up: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13

Dorset Senior Amateur Cup - winners: 1936-37, 1963-64Dorset Minor Cup - winners: 1912-13

Wessex League Cup - winners: 1990-91, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2007-08

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Evo-Stik League South Premier South 2018-19Home

Away

Evo-Stik League South Premier Div South current form - as at 26 Jan

Basingstoke T L D W L L DBeaconsfield T D L W D L DChesham Utd D W D W D DDorchester T W D W L D LFarnborough W D W W W WFrome Town L L L W L WGosport B W L D L L LHarrow B W L L L D DHartley Wintney L D L W L LHendon L L L L D DKings Langley L W W W D WMerthyr T L W L L W DMet Police W L W W W WPoole Town D L W L D WSalisbury D D W W W LStaines Town L L L L L LSwindon S'marine D L W W W LTaunton Town D L D W W DTiverton Town L L W L D DWalton Cas D L W L D DWeymouth W D D W D WWimborne T D W L W W D

most recent result on right

Premier Division SouthB Goodship Weymouth 21C McDonagh Swindon S 20T Holmes Wimborne T 18Our records show 19 - EdD Kearney Harrow B 18J Mazzone Met Police 18M Blackmore Met Police 17R German Hendon 17A Neal Taunton T 17I Traylor Merthyr T 15

Premier Division CentralG Mills Stourbridge 18L Benbow Stourbridge 14J White Biggleswade T 14Division One CentralR Gregory Bromsgrove S 21E Sandy Corby T 21B Christie AFC Dunstable 19Division One SouthB Whitehead Cirencester T 23L Powell Larkhall Ath 16

Evo-Stik League South Leading Goalscorers as at 26 JanTaken from League’s website

P G.D. PtsFarnborough 6 12 16Met Police 6 12 15Kings Langley 6 2 13Weymouth 6 3 12Wimborne Town 6 6 11Salisbury 6 2 11Swindon S 6 3 10Chesham Utd 6 2 10Taunton Town 6 0 9Poole Town 6 0 8Dorchester Town 6 -6 8Merthyr Town 6 -5 7Walton Casuals 6 1 6Beaconsfield T 6 0 6Frome Town 6 -2 6Basingstoke T 6 -1 5Tiverton Town 6 -3 5Harrow Borough 6 -5 5Gosport B 6 -4 4Hartley Wintney 6 -7 4Hendon 6 -7 2Staines Town 6 -15 0

Evo-Stik League South Premier South 2018-19changing league positions (as at 26 Jan)

No. of WTFC games 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27Basingstoke T 12 5 10 9 12 14 17 17 19Beaconsfield T 18 15 13 5 6 7 7 8 9Chesham Utd 22 22 22 22 21 20 21 20 17Dorchester T 16 14 16 18 19 18 19 19 18Farnborough 6 7 11 14 14 11 16 9 8Frome Town 19 16 17 16 18 21 20 21 21Gosport B 15 9 14 12 16 17 15 15 20Harrow B 13 13 9 7 9 8 4 4 5Hartley Wintney 2 8 6 10 11 12 9 14 15Hendon 4 6 2 3 4 4 8 10 16Kings Langley 21 19 18 20 17 13 10 7 7Merthyr T 3 4 3 8 8 5 6 6 6Met Police 9 12 12 15 10 6 5 5 2Poole Town 8 10 7 11 7 9 12 12 11Salisbury 10 11 8 2 2 3 3 3 4Staines Town 17 17 21 21 22 22 22 22 22Swindon S'marine 11 18 20 17 20 19 13 13 10Taunton Town 7 2 5 4 1 1 1 1 1Tiverton Town 1 3 4 6 5 10 14 16 13Walton Cas 20 20 15 13 13 15 11 11 14Weymouth 5 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 3Wimborne T 14 21 19 19 15 16 18 18 12

Saturday 11 Mayand

Sunday 12 May

P W D L P W D L P W D L F A +/- Pts1 Taunton T 14 10 4 0 13 7 1 5 27 17 5 5 66 36 30 562 Met Police 14 11 2 1 11 4 5 2 25 15 7 3 61 38 23 523 Weymouth 13 7 5 1 11 7 2 2 24 14 7 3 58 35 23 494 Salisbury 13 9 2 2 12 5 4 3 25 14 6 5 61 41 20 485 Harrow B 14 7 3 4 14 6 3 5 28 13 6 9 69 57 12 456 Merthyr T 13 6 3 4 14 6 3 5 27 12 6 9 45 40 5 427 Kings Langley 11 7 1 3 14 5 4 5 25 12 5 8 45 43 2 418 Farnborough 14 8 1 5 14 4 4 6 28 12 5 11 49 52 -3 419 Beaconsfield T 14 6 6 2 14 4 4 6 28 10 10 8 49 44 5 4010 Swindon S 14 6 2 6 14 5 4 5 28 11 6 11 54 46 8 3911 Poole Town 11 2 4 5 14 8 3 3 25 10 7 8 50 38 12 3712 Wimborne T 13 8 2 3 14 2 2 10 27 10 4 13 52 53 -1 3413 Tiverton T 14 5 5 4 13 3 4 6 27 8 9 10 46 46 0 3314 Walton Cas 14 7 4 3 12 2 2 8 26 9 6 11 46 50 -4 3315 Hartley Wintney 13 4 4 5 14 4 5 5 27 8 9 10 49 54 -5 3316 Hendon 13 6 2 5 14 3 4 7 27 9 6 12 42 47 -5 3317 Chesham U 13 3 5 5 13 5 2 6 26 8 7 11 27 45 -18 3118 Dorchester T 13 1 4 8 14 7 3 4 27 8 7 12 33 52 -19 3119 Basingstoke T 13 5 2 6 12 3 3 6 25 8 5 12 44 50 -6 2920 Gosport B 13 7 1 5 14 2 1 11 27 9 2 16 41 54 -13 2921 Frome T 14 5 2 7 13 3 1 9 27 8 3 16 35 47 -12 2722 Staines T 14 2 0 12 14 1 0 13 28 3 0 25 29 83 -54 9

Evo-Stik League South Premier Division South - as at 26 January Home Away Total

As at Saturday 26 January, 292 games have been played. There’s been:132 home wins - 45%; 96 away wins - 33%; 64 draws - 22%1051 goals - average 3.6 per game

Highest score: Beaconsfield T 7 - 0 Chesham U 16 Oct Taunton Town 7 - 0 Harrow Borough 8 Dec

Highest aggregate score: Beaconsfield T 2 - 6 Farnborough 17 NovMet Police 4 - 4 Basingstoke T 13 OctStaines T 3 - 5 Hartley Wintney 22 SepStaines T 2 - 6 Merthyr T 13 OctWimborne T 5 - 3 Harrow B 18 Aug

Wimborne Town’s league results 2018-19Teams in current league order

Home AwayTaunton Town D 1-1 L 2-4Metropolitan PoliceWeymouth L 0-1Salisbury L 3-4Harrow Borough W 5-3Merthyr Town W 4-0 L 0-2Kings Langley W 5-0Farnborough D 1-1 L 1-3Beaconsfield Town L 0-1Swindon S’marine L 2-3Poole Town L 0-4 W 5-2Tiverton Town W 2-1Walton Casuals L 0-3Hartley Wintney W 2-1Hendon L 2-3Chesham United D 1-1Dorchester Town L 2-4 D 1-1Basingstoke Town L 2-3Gosport Borough W 3-2Frome Town W 3-2 L 0-1Staines Town W 1-0 W 4-2

Name the player Debut at Watford 1988. Signed for Liverpool 1992, Aston Villa 1999, West Ham 2001, Manchester City 2004, Portsmouth 2006, Bristol City 2010, Bournemouth 2012 Who is he?

Answer on inside back cover

Football Shorts - Magpies’ MiseryNewcastle United, whose lastchance of winning a competition thisseason ended with their FA Cupdefeat by Watford, have not won aleading trophy since the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup despite being atop-division club for all but 12 ofthose years.Most top-flight campaigns in past 50years among clubs without a lead-ing trophy in that time:Newcastle 38West Brom 26QPR 22Crystal Palace 19Bolton 15Fulham 14

The Times The Game 28 Jan

WTFC Player Stats Club Total 2018-19Starts Subs Goals Starts Subs Goals Assists

Scott Arnold 523 30 37 16 1 0 0Gerard Benfield 112 0 1 32 0 0 0Robbie Bradley 0 4 0 0 1 0 0Luke Burbidge 75 3 19 31 3 10 26Franklyn Clarke 56 3 9 20 1 5 2Chad Collins 3 1 0 3 0 0 0Sam Davidson 106 7 7 30 1 3 2Kieran Douglas 1 3 0 1 3 0 0Steve Flynn 3 3 0 3 3 0 1Lee Francis 41 25 5 15 7 1 2Paddy Hester 55 2 0 8 0 0 1Luke Holmes 121 18 19 26 3 3 8Toby Holmes 125 3 121 29 0 26 7Louis Kellaway 131 16 10 11 4 1 0Jordan Lee 19 4 0 19 4 0 1Jack Lovell 96 8 21 9 1 3 1Billy Maybury 272 16 14 24 1 1 2Louis McWilliams 0 1 0 0 1 0 0Robinson Okumu 0 8 1 0 1 0 0Matty Oldring 72 3 10 19 1 2 1Rhys Owen 4 7 2 4 7 2 0Stefan Penny 86 26 9 23 5 2 2Carl Pettefer 7 0 0 7 0 0 0Will Prior 7 10 0 0 1 0 0Andrew Shah 3 1 0 3 1 0 0Aidan Shepherd 0 5 0 0 4 0 1James Stokoe 408 32 107 24 4 3 2Lewis Tallack 5 1 0 5 1 0 0Ben Walker 39 26 1 1 1 0 0Curtis Young 22 9 7 22 9 7 4

Matty Holmes Manager Appointed May 2016.Played 124 games for AFC Bournemouth, also West Ham, Blackburn Rovers andCharlton. Previously AFCB academy coach for 10 years.Danny Holmes Assistant Manager Appointed June 2016.Played for Middlesborough before moving to AFCB with loan spells at Farnborough,Aldershot and Salisbury. Previously coached at AFCB academy for 8 years.Shane Traynor Coach Appointed June 2016.Played and captained Merstham in the Ryman league with coaching and manage-ment at Hamworthy, Weymouth and Poole. Also an AFCB academy coach.John Macey Coach Began his career as a goalkeeper atBristol City before playing for Grimsby Town, Newport County and Minehead.David Walsh Goalkeeper coach Appointed July 2017.Goalkeeping coach for all the club teams.Ben Hayes Physio Appointed July 2018. Previously at Poole Town.Jeff Robbins Kit Manager Loyal service for many yearsScott Arnold Club Captain Position: Defence DoB: 22.2.85, PooleRe-signed: July 2011 Previous clubs include: Verwood Town, AFCB, Poole Bor-ough, Wimborne (2003-10), Bournemouth FC. Over 500 appearances for WTFC.Gerard Benfield Position: Goalkeeper DoB: 28.9.97, PooleSigned: July 2016 Previous club Hamworthy Utd.“Most improved player” and “Players’ player” awards for last season.Robbie Bradley Position: Midfield DoB: 02.10.99, SouthamptonSigned through our Development Squad. Dual registered with Ringwood Town.Luke Burbidge Position: Forward DoB: 26.09.91, PooleSigned Nov 2017 from Poole Town. Previous clubs Hamworthy Utd, WeymouthFranklyn Clarke Position: Midfield DoB: 30.6.93, LiverpoolRe-signed Oct 2018 Previous clubs: Wimborne Town, Dorchester Town, YorkCity, Blackfield & Langley, Poole TownChad Collins Position: Goalkeeper DoB: 8.10.94, Ashdown-under-LymeRe-signed Sept 2018 Previous club: New Orleans JestersSam Davidson Position: Defence DoB: 15.8.96, PooleSigned: March 2016 Previous club Hamworthy Utd.Kieran Douglas Position: Defence DoB: 27.08.97, BournemouthSigned: Nov 2018 Dual registrationSteve Flynn Position: Forward DoB: 24.11.88, LondonSigned: Nov 2018 Dual registered with Bournemouth PoppiesLee Francis Position: Midfield DoB: 04.08.88, BarnstapleSigned July 2017 Previous club: Barnstaple Town

Wimborne Town - Management Team and Player Profiles

Paddy Hester Position: Defence DoB: 3.1.93, PooleRe-signed Jan 2018 Previous clubs: AFCB, Hamworthy UtdLuke Holmes Position: Midfield DoB: 7.3.97, PooleOriginally signed Oct 2015, rejoined June 2016 after spells at Dorchester and Poole.Previously a scholar at AFCB.Toby Holmes Position: Forward DoB: 26.12.92, PooleSigned: June 2016. Previously at Dorchester TownAwards 2017-18: League Golden Boot, WTFC “Manager’s player” & ”Fantasy player”.Louis Kellaway Position: Midfield DoB: 27.2.97, PooleDeveloped through the youth teams. “Young player” award for last season.Jordan Lee Position: Defence DoB: 31.12.96, BournemouthSigned: July 2018 Previous clubs: AFCB, Torquay Utd.Jack Lovell Position: Forward DoB: 19.11.93, SalisburySigned from Bemerton Heath Harlequins in 2016. Other clubs incl Verwood TownBilly Maybury Position: Defence / Midfield DoB: 2.9.93, PooleSigned: Aug 2012 Previous club AFCBRobinson Okumu Position: Forward DoB: 24.11.99, KenyaSigned through our Development squad. Dual registered with Ringwood Town.Matthew Oldring Position: Defence DoB: 8.10.91, PooleExperienced player signed March 2017 from Dorchester, re-signed September 2018Stefan Penny Position: Defence / Midfield DoB: 20.08.92, PooleSigned August 2016 Previous club Hamworthy Utd.Carl Pettefer Position: Midfield DoB: 22.3.81Signed: Dec 2018 Previous clubs incl: Poole TownWill Prior Position: Midfield / Forward DoB: 06.12.98, DorchesterSigned through our Development squad.Andrew Shah Position: Defence DoB: 3.9.97, IrelandSigned: Nov 2018 Dual registrationAidan Shepherd Position: Forward DoB: 15.04.01, BournemouthSigned through our Development Squad.James Stokoe Position: Midfield DoB: 11.11.85, WinchesterRe-signed June 2013 Previous clubs include Eastleigh, and Bashley. He hasplayed over 400 games, scoring over 100 goals. “Chairman’s player” last season.Lewis Tallack Signed: August 2018 Left: November 2018Ben Walker Position: Defence DoB: 24.12.97, PooleSigned 2016. Previous clubs: AFCB, Dorchester. Dual registered with ChristchurchCurtis Young Position: Forward DoB: 11.12.98, PooleSigned: August 2018 Previous clubs AFCB, AFC Totton.

Wimborne Town - Management Team and Player Profiles cont’d

On 6th July 1829, Sir Robert Peel formedthe Metropolitan Police, the first organ-ised Police Force in the world, with anoffice overlooking the Thames at White-hall known as Scotland Yard, a namethat has become famous throughout theworld, and also became synonymouswith the Metropolitan Police.

Ninety years later, in 1919, the Metropol-itan Police Football Club was formed,playing friendly matches until joining theSpartan League in 1928. Apart from thewar years (1939-45), the club remainedin that competition until 1960. During thattime the Blues were League Championseight times, runners-up once andLeague Cup winners once. In 1960 theBlues joined the Metropolitan League,winning the League Cup in 1969.

In 1971 the Blues were accepted into theSouthern League and played in DivisionSouth until 1977, under Team ManagerVic Rouse, the former Wales and CrystalPalace goalkeeper.

In 1977, the Blues moved to the IsthmianLeague, becoming one of the foundermembers of the restructured DivisionTwo. A successful first season (1977/78)resulted in the club finishing runners-upto Epsom & Ewell and being promoted toDivision One. In Season 1981/82 theclub finished 3rd in Division One, missingpromotion by just two points.

However, fortunes changed and in1984/5, as a result of finishing third fromthe bottom, the Blues were relegated toDivision Two (South). Ironically, in that1984/5 season the Blues enjoyed theirbest run in the F.A. Cup, reaching theFirst Round Proper. The home tie

against Dartford was subsequently fea-tured on the BBC's "Match of the Day"programme. Defeat against Dartford wasfollowed by a run of defeats in theleague, which saw the Blues drop intoone of the four relegation places intro-duced that season.

On returning to Division Two (South) theBlues finished 7th in both 1985/6 and1986/7. During 1987/88 the Blues ledthe Division Two (South) table in Januaryby seven points but they were over-hauled by Chalfont St Peter, who wontheir last two games of season and be-came champions by just one point. TheBlues were runners-up by virtue of aone-goal difference over Dorking. It wasa nail-biting finish to a season in whichthe Blues lost just two league matches,both away.

The next two seasons saw the club finishin mid-table in Division One but in 1990/1the club finished second from bottomand were relegated into the newlyformed Division Two of the restructuredDiadora (Isthmian) League. The club re-mained in Division Two for several years,always finishing in the top half but justoutside the promotion positions. In1993/4 the Blues again reached the FirstRound Proper of the F.A. Cup, losing 2:0to Crawley Town.

Season 1994/5 saw the club celebrate its75th Anniversary with a game againstthe Army and the opening of a newgrandstand at Imber Court. The Bluesfinished in 5th position in Division Twoand ended the season with a thrillingvictory in the Carlsberg Trophy, defeat-ing Collier Row in a penalty shoot-outfollowing a 1:1 draw after extra-time.

History of the Metropolitan Police Football Club

During the next few seasons the clubcontinued to finish in the top half of Divi-sion Two and in 1999/2000 reached the5th Round of the F.A. Vase (last 8),losing to the eventual winners DealTown.

In 2002/3 the Ryman League was re-structured and the Blues were placed inDivision One South. That season theclub finished second from bottom andfaced the prospect of relegation. By astroke of good fortune, only three teamswere relegated from Divisions One Northand South, therefore, we found our-selves in a relegation play-off againstWembley who finished second from bot-tom in Division One North. Fortunately,we won both legs of the play-off andretained our place in Division One South.Another poor season in 2003/4 saw usfinished just above the relegation placesin 20th position.

Following the F.A. restructuring of thenon-league pyramid, in 2004/5 we foundourselves in the Ryman League DivisionOne. In their first full season in charge,the new management team of Jim Coop-er, assisted by Gavin MacPherson andJohn Nicholson, had an immediate im-pact and we finished 5th in the DivisionOne, thus qualifying for the play-offs (in-troduced as part of the F.A. restructur-ing) where we played Bromley. Anevenly balanced encounter ended withthe scores 1:1 after extra time but we lost4:3 in the penalty shoot-out.

In 2005/6 we finished in 4th position inthe Ryman Division One but again fell atthe play-off semi-final stage, losing 1:0 toDover Athletic.Further F. A. restructuring resulted in aRyman League Division 1 North and

Division 1 South in 2006/7 and the clubfinished in sixth position in the Division 1South. With only one club promotedautomatically, the club narrowly missedout on a play-off place. However, theclub reached the final of the Surrey Sen-ior Cup for the first time since 1933 butwas beaten 4-1 after extra time by Toot-ing & Mitcham United, the score after 90minutes was 1-1.

In 2007/8 the Blues finished 4th in theRyman League Division 1 South but forthe third time in four years was beaten inthe play-off semi final, this time 2-0 byCray Wanderers.

In 2008/9 the club again finished in 4thposition in the Ryman Division OneSouth, thus qualifying for the play offs forthe 4th time in 5 seasons, winning thesemi final play off match 1:0 againstFleet Town, but losing 0:1 to Cray Wan-derers in the final.

In 2009/10 MPFC had a disappointingRyman Division 1 South league cam-paign. After a poor start the club wasnever in a position to mount a seriouschallenge for a play off position and fin-ished in 10th position. However, thisdisappointment was off-set by winningthe London Senior Cup for the first timein the club’s history, beating AFC Wim-bledon in an exciting final, 4:3 on penal-ties, after the match ended 4:4 after extratime.

The 2010/11 season proved to be themost exciting in the club’s history, culmi-nating in the club winning the RymanLeague Division 1 South Championshipby the narrow margin of one goal. Bog-nor Regis Town had a 2 point advantageduring the latter stages of the season

History of the Metropolitan Police Football Club cont’d

and that was the situation when the clubslined up for the final match. Bognor wereheld to an unexpected draw by ChathamTown and with the Met managing toscramble a 1:0 win against Merstham, itwas enough to win the title with a goaldifference of 61 against Bognor’s 60.

So, for the first time in the club’s historyit competed in the Ryman League Pre-mier Division during the 2011/12 Sea-son. The club got off to a flying start andat Christmas found themselves in 4thposition but unfortunately fell away in thesecond half of the season and finished in12th position.

The 2012/13 Season proved to be themost successful in the club’s history atthat stage, finishing in 6th position in theRyman League Premier Division, miss-ing out on a play-off place on goal differ-ence (9 goals). The club had a good runin the F.A. Cup, reaching the First RoundProper, eventually losing 2:1 to CrawleyTown from League One of the FootballLeague.

The 2013/14 Season was less success-ful in respect of the Ryman League Pre-mier Division in that we spent much ofthe season in mid-table, eventually fin-ishing in 17th position. Although wewere knocked out of the FA Cup and FATrophy at an early stage, we reached thefinal of the London Senior Cup and Sur-rey Senior Cup.

The 2014/15 Season ended with usreaching the Ryman League PremierDivision playoffs, albeit, via an unusuallyset of circumstances. We actually fin-ished in 6th position in the Premier Divi-sion but after a protracted series ofappeals, Enfield Town were deducted 3points and we ended up in 5th position.

Unfortunately, we lost the playoff semifinal 2:1 to Hendon. However, we en-joyed success in the Surrey Senior Cup,beating Merstham 2:0 in the final.

In 2015/16 we finished in 12th position.We had mixed fortunes in the cup com-petitions, falling at the first hurdle in theFA Cup after a reply with Sittingbourneand the first Round of the London Sen-ior Cup to London Bari on penalties. Wefaired marginally better by reaching the2nd round of the Ryman League Cupand the 3rd round of the Surrey SeniorCup before losing to Tooting & Mitchamand Molesey respectively. We had adecent run in the FA Trophy losingeventually in the 3rd Qualifying round toa good Wealdstone side after beatingAFC Hornchurch and Canvey Island inprevious rounds.

The 2016/17 season was one of mixedemotions and ups and downs. The FirstX1 struggled with form and consistencywhich resulted in a relegation battle thatwent to the last game of the season.The high point was reaching the final ofthe London Senior Cup with somememorable and exciting matches butunfortunately we lost in the final.

The 2017/18 season was again one ofmixed emotions with the First XI in thehunt for play off places for the majorityof the season before falling away andfinishing 10th. We reached the final ofthe Bostik League Cup where we lost5-3 to Billericay Town aet.

Due to FA restructuring we have beenmoved from the Bostik League to theSouthern League which has led to thedeparture of our long serving managerJim Cooper, a number of players andalso greatly increased travelling costs.

History of the Metropolitan Police Football Club cont’d

Metropolitan Police’s Season 2018-19

Aug 11 Dorchester T A W 1-0 LgeAug 14 Chesham U H W 1-0 LgeAug 18 Swindon S H L 0-2 LgeAug 25 Poole T A D 2-2 LgeAug 27 Walton Cas H D 2-2 LgeSep 1 Gosport B A L 3-6 LgeSep 8 Cray Wand H W 3-2 FAC1QSep 15 Merthyr T A D 2-2 LgeSep 22 Needham Mkt H D 2-2 FAC2QSep 25 Needham Mkt A W 3-2 FACrSep 29 Taunton T H W 4-1 LgeOct 6 Tiverton T A D 3-3 FAC3QOct 9 Tiverton T H W 1-0 FACrOct 13 Basingstoke T H D 4-4 LgeOct 16 Hendon H W 1-0 LCCR1Oct 20 Havant & W H W 1-0 FAC4QOct 23 Woodford T H W 2-0 LSCR1Oct 27 Carshalton A H D 2-2 FAT1QOct 29 Carshalton A A L 1-2 FATrNov 3 Farnborough H W 4-3 Lge

Nov 10 Newport Co H L 0-2 FACR1Nov 13 Hartley W H L 1-5 LCCR2Nov 17 Frome T H W 2-1 LgeNov 20 Hartley W A W 4-1 LgeNov 24 Staines T H W 2-0 LgeNov 28 Brentford H L 0-3 LSCR2Dec 1 Salisbury A D 1-1 LgeDec 4 Molesey A W 5-1 SSCR2Dec 8 Tiverton T H W 3-2 LgeDec 11 Hendon A W 3-1 LgeDec 22 Dorchester T H W 2-1 LgeDec 26 Walton Cas A D 2-2 LgeDec 29 Chesham U A D 1-1 LgeJan 1 Beaconsfield T H W 3-1 LgeJan 5 Harrow B A L 3-4 LgeJan 8 Harrow B H W 1-0 LgeJan 12 Hendon H W 3-0 LgeJan 19 Frome T A W 3-0 LgeJan 26 Hartley W H W 5-1 Lge

Met Police 5 Hartley Wintney 1 - 26 Jan - James McPherson’s N-LP Report

Max Blackmore scored twice as the MetPolice turned on the style in the secondhalf as they thrashed Hartley Wintney.Jack Mazzone, Oliver Robson and Rossmurdoch also scored in a game that theMet actually went behind in.A sloppy foul from Rhys King for Bluesgifted hartley a penalty that was calmlypushed out by Bertie Schotteri only tobe blasted home by Marley Ridge.Blues didn’t take long to grab the equal-iser after a corner from Oliver Knightwas turned in by the head of Mazzone.They took the lead early in the secondhalf when an Ollie Knight cross gaveBlackmore a glancing header that gavethe keeper no chance.

Blues grabbed a third minutes laterwhen the corner from Knight was pokedhome by Robinson.The Met looked in a very good positionafter claiming a fourth, after Mazzone’spass to Knight gave a low cross toBlackmore who planted the ball into theroof of the net.The Blues grabbed a fifth when KelvinKaranja put a powerful cross in only tobe controlled by Murdoch and placed inthe top corner.

Star man: Max Blackmore (Met)

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Metropolitan Police Management and Player ProfilesGAVIN MACPHERSON - Appointed manager at the start of this season following theresignation of Jim Cooper. Gavin has been with the club for a number of years as aplayer, reserve team manager and Jim’s assistant for over 12 years, Regarded by hispeers and many players as a fantastic, innovative coach. Previously as a player, wasa professional footballer at Barnet and Carlisle before playing non-league for Weald-stone, Windsor & Eton and the Met Police FC.JON NURSE. Former professional footballer with Dagenham and latterly Barnet FC.Jon scored the winning goal in the 2010 div 2 play off final at Wembley but has alsowon the F.A trophy with Stevenage in 2006-7. Jon helped coach Barnet to beconference champions under the management of Martin Allen. Jon has six caps forBarbados and has now been promoted to assistant manager at the start of this season.STEVE BOGIDI. Became the club’s physiotherapist in March 2017. He previouslyplayed for the Met spanning an 8 year period before turning his hand to Physiothera-py. Steve previously played for Dulwich Hamlet and Croydon Athletic.SCOTT TARR. Ex England C international goalkeeper. Became the clubs goalkeep-ing coach midway through the 2014-15 season. He was an excellent shot stopperhimself and was regarded at the time as one of the best in Non- league circles. Heplayed the majority of his football career with Basingstoke Town FC but also withYeading and Farnborough Town.PLAYERSThomas “LUKE “ WILLIAMS. A talented goalkeeper who joined from HarrowBorough in July 2017. Luke is the brother of defender Sam Williams. Luke haspreviously played for Aldershot, Hereford and Slough Town.Sam WILLIAMS. Defender aged 20 who joined the Met in 2016 having previouslyplayed for Cardiff City .and Motherwell. Sam is a tough tackling defender who canplay anywhere across the back 4. He is a former Wales youth international and hada short spell at Hungerford Town before returning to Imber Court in January 2017.Oliver KNIGHT. Aged 21. Oliver is an attacking midfielder who joined the club at thestart of this season from Frome Town. His previous clubs are Forest Green Roversand Cirencester Town.Alex FISHER. Alex is aged 21 and an attacking left back. He was an academy playerat Q.P.R. before joining the club this season from Ashford Town Middlesex.Jack MAZZONE. 25 years old joined the club this season from South Park .He is agoalscoring forward who’s previous clubs include Woking, Hendon,Godalming andTooting and Mitcham. Won the Ryman Division 1 South with Tooting and Mitcham in2016/2017 season.Mekhail McLAUGHLIN. Aged 21 A quick and versatile athlete who can play at centreback or wing back. Mekhail Is a product of the clubs youth team and returns to theclub following a season at Carshalton Athletic.

Jeremy ARTHUR. Jeremy is a commanding centre half who is very comfortable withthe ball at his feet . He was captain of QPR U18 and represented their U23 team ona regular basis.Bayley MUMMERY. Another exciting young talent who joined at the beginning of lastseason from Ashford Town Middlesex. He has bags of energy and an eye for goaland is starting to establish himself as a key member of the squad.Max BLACKMORE. A striker aged 25 years. Signed for the club this season havingscored a combined 98 goals for Westfield FC and achieved promotion in the secondseason. Prior to joining Westfield Max played and studied in America where he wona National championship and was the nations top scorer at that level.Gurkan GOKMEN. Aged 24 a Turkish midfielder who was a professional at AnkaraSekerspor A.S.in Turkey and has played for Wealdstone and Slough Town beforejoining the club at the start of this season.John GILBERT. Aged 18. A product of our successful reserve and youth teams whois entering his first season in the squad having made his debut last season. A talentedmidfielder with an eye for goal.Nesta GUINNESS-WALKER Aged 18. Another product of our successful reserveand youth teams who is entering his first season in the squad having made his debutlast season. A quick and versatile defender.Louis BIRCH. Aged 20. A tough tackling midfielder who was part of the clubs verysuccessful reserve team last season and is now part of the squad for the new season.Jonny WRIGHT. Centre Forward, signed from Wealdstone at the start of the 2017-18season. Jonny’s previous clubs prior to Wealdstone include Workington AFC. Jonnyis known for his goal prowess within the box but scored a wonder goal againstChelmsford City FC from the half way line.Tom NYAMA - started playing in Sierra Leone and Ghana, then moved to London.Tommy has played for Tilbury FC, Ilford FC, Bromley FC, Thamesmead Town,Leighton Town FC, Kings Langley FC. He then played professionally in Sweden withAkropolis IF and Aremeska Syrianska IF. Tommy has also played two friendly gamesfor the Sierra Leone national team.Ethan CHISLETT - Forward. A Product of the Met Police Football academy, a fastforward with an eye for goal, Ethan has developed into a complete footballer withpace to burn and not too shabby when shooting either. A very mature head onyoung shoulders.

Metropolitan Police Management and Player Profiles cont’d

Football Shorts - Part-Time TonDerby County’s Mason Bennett made his 100th appearance of his career on Satur-day but has never played a full 90 minutes. The 22-year old, who has turned out forfour clubs on loan from Derby, made his 71st substitute appearance on Saturdayagainst Accrington Stanley, and has been substituted in all of his 29 starts.

The Times The Game 28 Jan 2019

Date Opponents Comp F- A Att. 1 2 3 4 5Aug 11 Farnborough Lge 1 - 3 327 Benfield Tallack (Y) Lee Davidson (Y) ArnoldAug 14 DORCHESTER T Lge 2 - 4 535 Benfield Walker Lee (Y) Davidson (1) ArnoldAug 18 HARROW B Lge 5 - 3 341 Benfield Tallack Lee Davidson (1) ArnoldAug 25 NEWPORT (IW) FAC(P) 6 - 0 214 Benfield Penny Lee Davidson ArnoldAug 27 POOLE T Lge 0 - 4 918 Benfield Tallack Penny Davidson ArnoldSep 1 Chesham U Lge 1 - 1 234 Benfield (Y) Lee Tallack Davidson (1) MayburySep 8 DORCHESTER T FAC(1Q) 1 - 1 523 Benfield Tallack Maybury Davidson ArnoldSep 11 Dorchester T FAC(1Qr) 0 - 3 476 Benfield Lee Maybury (Y) Davidson (Y) ArnoldSep 15 Basingstoke T Lge 2 - 3 385 Benfield Penny Maybury (Y) Davidson (Y) Lee (Y)Sep 29 BEACONSFIELD T Lge 0 - 1 277 Benfield Lee Maybury Francis OldringOct 2 WEYMOUTH LCC(1) 2 - 0 208 Collins Lee Penny Francis DavidsonOct 6 Weymouth Lge 0 - 1 942 Benfield Lee (Y) Penny Davidson Oldring (Y)Oct 13 KINGS LANGLEY Lge 5 - 0 334 Benfield Lee (Y) Davidson Arnold Oldring (Y)Oct 16 FROME T Lge 3 - 2 314 Benfield (Y) Davidson ( R) Penny (Y) Arnold (Y) Oldring (1)Oct 20 Hendon Lge 2 - 3 215 Benfield Lee Penny (Y) Davidson OldringOct 23 Swindon S’marine Lge 2 - 3 252 Benfield Lee Hester Arnold Oldring (Y)Oct 27 Basingstoke T FAT(1Q) 2 - 4 272 Benfield Lee Penny Arnold OldringNov 3 HARTLEY WINT’Y Lge 2 - 1 326 Benfield Penny Hester Arnold OldringNov 10 Taunton T Lge 2 - 4 489 Benfield Lee Hester Arnold OldringNov 17 STAINES T Lge 1 - 0 347 Benfield Penny Hester Davidson OldringNov 20 POOLE TOWN LCC(2) 3 - 0 247 Collins Shah Penny Arnold MayburyNov 24 Merthyr T Lge 0 - 2 377 Benfield Penny Hester Davidson OldringDec 1 TIVERTON T Lge 2 - 1 299 Benfield (Y) Penny Hester Arnold OldringDec 4 Shaftesbury T DSC(Q/F) 3 - 1 76 Benfield Shah Penny (1) Lee (Y) DouglasDec 8 Salisbury Lge 3 - 4 622 Benfield Penny Hester Davidson (Y) Oldring (Y)Dec 11 BIDEFORD LCC(3) 1 - 2 124 Collins (Y) Shah Lee Davidson MayburyDec 18 Walton Casuals Lge 0 - 3 162 Benfield Maybury Hester Davidson FrancisDec 22 FARNBOROUGH Lge 1 - 1 290 Benfield Francis Maybury (Y) Davidson (Y) OldringDec 26 Poole T Lge 5 - 2 818 Benfield Francis (Y) Maybury Davidson Oldring (Y)Dec 29 Dorchester T Lge 1 - 1 594 Benfield Penny Maybury Davidson OldringJan 1 GOSPORT B Lge 3 - 2 451 Benfield Penny Maybury Davidson FrancisJan 5 Frome T Lge 0 - 1 198 Benfield (Y) Francis Penny Davidson (Y) Maybury (Y)Jan 12 MERTHYR T Lge 4 - 0 433 Benfield Penny Maybury Davidson OldringJan 19 Staines T Lge 4 - 2 197 Benfield Penny Maybury (1, R) Davidson Oldring (Y)Jan 26 TAUNTON T Lge 1 - 1 485 Benfield Clarke Lee (Y) Davidson OldringJan 29 MET POLICE LgeFeb 2 Hartley Wintney LgeFeb 9 HENDON LgeFeb 16 Tiverton T LgeFeb 23 WALTON CAS LgeMar 2 SALISBURY LgeMar 6 Bridport DSC(SF)Mar 9 Metropolitan Police LgeMar 16 WEYMOUTH LgeMar 23 Kings Langley LgeMar 30 BASINGSTOKE T LgeApr 6 Beaconsfield T LgeApr 13 Harrow Borough LgeApr 20 SWINDON S LgeApr 22 Gosport Borough LgeApr 27 CHESHAM UTD Lge

Results & Fixtures 2018 - 19

FAC = FA Cup; FAT = FA Trophy LCC = CSS League Challenge Cup; DSC=Dorset Senior Cup

Recent Premier Division South resultsSaturday 26 JanuaryBasingstoke T 2-2 Harrow BBeaconsfield T 0-0 HendonDorchester T 0-2 Poole TGosport B 0-2 FarmboroKings Langley 3-1 Staines T

Met Police 5-1 Hartley WntySalisbury 3-4 WeymouthSwindon S 0-4 Frome TTiverton T 2-2 Merthyr TWalton Cas 2-2 Chesham UWimborne T 1-1 Taunton T

6 7 8 9 10 11 Substitutes - used / unusedKellaway Maybury L.Holmes T.Holmes (1) Burbidge Lovell Francis, Walsh, Walker, Penny, YoungKellaway Maybury L.Holmes T.Holmes (1) Burbidge Lovell Penny, Walsh, Francis, YoungKellaway Maybury Young (1) T.Holmes (2) Burbidge Lovell (1) Stokoe, Walker, Penny, Shepherd, BradleyKellaway Stokoe Maybury T.Holmes (4) Burbidge (1) Lovell Francis(1) DW BW Owen JH TallackKellaway Maybury Francis (Y) T.Holmes Burbidge Lee Stokoe Young Lovell Walker OwenKellaway Stokoe Young T.Holmes Burbidge Lovell (Y) Arnold Walsh Penny Francis OwenKellaway Stokoe (Y) Young T.Holmes (1) Burbidge (Y) Lovell Penny DW RO AS Francis LHKellaway (Y) Stokoe Penny Young Burbidge Lovell Francis DW Owen Shepherd ROKellaway Stokoe (Y) Francis Young (1) Burbidge Lovell (1) SA DW Owen AS L.HolmesDavidson Stokoe (Y) L.Holmes T.Holmes Burbidge Lovell Arnold Collins Young Kellaway OwenArnold Stokoe Kellaway (1) T.Holmes Young Owen (1) L.Holmes Benfield Shepherd TilstedFrancis Stokoe L.Holmes T.Holmes Burbidge Young Maybury Collins Arnold Owen KellawayClarke (1) Stokoe (Y) L.Holmes T.Holmes (2) Burbidge (1) Young (1) Kellaway Collins Francis OwenClarke (1) Stokoe L.Holmes T.Holmes Burbidge (1) Young Lee Collin Kellaway Owen ShepherdClarke (1) Stokoe L.Holmes (Y) T.Holmes (1) Burbidge Young SA DW Owen LK HesterClarke Stokoe L.Holmes (Y) T.Holmes Burbidge Penny (1) Kellaway Walsh Owen ShepherdClarke Stokoe (Y) L.Holmes T.Holmes(2,R) Burbidge Young Owen Okumu ST DH, CollinsKellaway Stokoe (Y) L.Holmes Clarke (2) Burbidge Young Lee Collins, McWilliams, Hall, TraynorDavidson Stokoe L.Holmes Clarke Burbidge Young (1) RO DW RB RO Lovell (1)Clarke Stokoe (1, Y) L.Holmes T.Holmes Burbidge Young SA CC Maybury Flynn JLFrancis Owen L.Holmes Flynn Burbidge (2) Young (1) Stokoe GB McWilliams BradleyClarke Francis L.Holmes T.Holmes Burbidge Maybury Arnold Collins Flynn Young LeeClarke (Y) Davidson (Y) L.Holmes T.Holmes (1) Burbidge(1,Y) Maybury Flynn Collins Francis Young LeeFrancis Maybury Owen (1) T.Holmes Flynn Young Lovell Davidson Burbidge (1) L.HolmesClarke Maybury L.Holmes (Y) T.Holmes (1) Burbidge (1) Young Stokoe (1) CC LF Lee Owen (Y)Francis Stokoe (Y) L.Holmes (1) Flynn Young Owen Douglas GB Clarke Burbidge THClarke Stokoe L.Holmes T.Holmes Burbidge Young Oldring Collins Owen Prior Shah (Y)Pettefer Stokoe Clarke T.Holmes (1) Burbidge L.Holmes Penny Collins Young ShepherdPettefer Stokoe (1)(Y) Clarke T.Holmes (2) Burbidge (1) L.Holmes Penny EP KD Shepherd Young(1)Pettefer Clarke (Y) Young T.Holmes Burbidge L.Holmes (1) Francis Phillips Shepherd OwenPettefer Clarke Young (1) T.Holmes (2) Burbidge L.Holmes Collins Shepherd Owen DouglasPettefer Stokoe Clarke T.Holmes Burbidge L.Holmes Douglas CC Young RO ShepherdPettefer Stokoe Clarke T.Holmes (3) Burbidge L.Holmes (1) Young Collins Francis Owen LeePettefer Stokoe Clarke T.Holmes (1) Young (Y) L.Holmes Burbidge (1) Collins Francis Lee OwenFrancis Stokoe Penny T.Holmes (1) Burbidge L.Holmes Young Collins Owen Shepherd

Today Tuesday 29 JanuaryGosport B vs WeymouthKings Langley vs Basingstoke TPoole T vs Chesham USalisbury vs Taunton TWimborne T vs Met Police

Saturday 2 FebruaryChesham U vs Gosport BFarnborough vs Met PoliceFrome T vs Beaconsfield THarrow B vs Walton CasHartley Wintney vs Wimborne THendon vs SalisburyMerthyr T vs Dorchester TPoole T vs Kings langleyStaines T vs Tiverton TTaunton T vs Swindon S’marineWeymouth vs Basingstoke T

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Basingstoke T RG22 6EZ 57 m Merthyr Town CF47 8RF 127.7 mBeaconsfield T HP9 2SE 101.4m Met Police KT8 0BT 95.2 mChesham Utd HP5 1NE 109.4 m Poole Town BH15 3JR 6.9 mDorchester T DT1 2RY 24 m Salisbury SP4 6PU 29.9 mFarnborough GU14 8UD 74.9 m Staines Town TW18 2PD 89.9 mFrome Town BA11 2EH 41 m Swindon S’marine SN3 4BZ 97.2 m

Gosport B PO12 3SX 52.3 m Taunton Town TA1 2HG 66.6 mHarrow B HA2 8SS 100.6 m Tiverton Town EX16 6SG 86.8 mHartley Wintney RG27 8DL 67.4 m Walton Casuals KT12 2JP 94.7 mHendon NW9 7NE 112.2 m Weymouth DT4 9XJ 30.6 mKings Langley WD4 8BS 109.1 m Wimborne Town BH21 4EL

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Farnborough £12 £2 £3 £1.20 £18.20 £21.90 £40.10Chesham Utd £10 £2.50 £3 60p £16.10 £32 £48.10Dorchester Town £11 £2 £3.50 £1.30 £17.80 £7 £24.80Basingstoke Town £12 £1 £3.50 £1 £17.50 £16.50 £34Weymouth £12 £2 £3 £1.30 £18.30 £8.90 £27.20Hendon £11 £2.50 £3 £1 £17.50 £32.80 £50.30Swindon S’marine £8 £2 Pie 2.5 £1 £13.50 £28.50 £42Taunton Town £10 £2 £3.50 £1.50 £17 £18.50 £35.50Merthyr Town £12 £2 £3 S&C £1 £18 £37.40 £55.40Shaftesbury £5 £1 £2.50 £1 £9.50 £6 £15.50Salisbury £11 £2 £3 £1 £17 £8.80 £25.80Walton Casuals £12 £2 £3.50 £1.20 £18.70 £27.80 £46.50Poole Town £12 £2 £3 £1.20 £18.20 £2 £20.20Frome Town £12 £2 Pie 2.5 £1 £17.50 £12 £29.50Staines Town £10 £2.50 £3 £1 £16.50 £26.30 £42.80

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The long and winding road …

Evo-Stik League South Premier Division South - attendances 2018-19Games Total High Low Average

Basingstoke Town 13 4846 518 283 373Beaconsfield Town 14 1759 208 62 126Chesham Utd 13 4025 652 192 310Dorchester Town 13 6976 2217 253 537Farnborough 14 4305 549 203 308Frome Town 14 2993 302 147 214Gosport Borough 13 3484 423 181 268Harrow Borough 14 2402 260 127 172Hartley Wintney 12 3401 492 166 283Hendon 13 3136 381 151 241Kings Langley 11 3150 1072 110 286Merthyr Town 13 5331 554 279 410Metropolitan Police 14 1813 240 84 130Poole Town 11 4705 818 277 428Salisbury 13 9189 1224 548 707Staines Town 13 2463 282 107 189Swindon Supermarine 14 3461 366 149 247Taunton Town 14 9424 1461 369 673Tiverton Town 14 3947 749 162 282Walton Casuals 14 2737 327 84 196Weymouth 13 11626 1832 552 894Wimborne Town 13 5350 918 277 412

Season’s highest 2217 Dorchester T vs Weymouth - Weds 26 DecSeason’s lowest 62 Beaconsfield T vs Frome T - Sat 3 Nov

Directions to Hartley Wintney’s Ground - Sat 2 Feb (67 miles) - coach 10:45The Memorial Fields, Green Lane, Hartley Wintney, Hants RG27 8DL Tel: 01252 843586Via M3 Southampton, exit J5 and follow signs to Hook (A30). Continue until HartleyWintney. At mini-roundabout in the village, turn right onto A323 (Fleet), first right atthe Church (Green Lane). Club is 1 / 4 mile on the right.Nearest rail station: Winchfield 1 mile.

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Hartley Wintney vs Blackfield & LangleyCinderford Town 2 - 2 Bideford Cinderford won 4-3 on pensRoyston Town / Lowestoft Town vs BerkhamstedStratford Town 3 - 3 Kettering Town Stratford won 4-1 on pens

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Irlam vs Chertsey TCray Valley vs Abbey RangersHiston vs Northwich VictoriaSholing vs Godmanchester Rov

Hebburn T vs West Auckland TBiggleswade vs WindsorWilland Rov vs Deeping RangersCanterbury City vs Coventry Utd

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5 Mar Poole T vs Weymouth 6 Mar Bridport vs Wimborne T

Dorset Senior Trophy Semi-Finals 2 March 14:30

Blandford U vs Merley Cobham Sp Hamworthy Rec vs Wimborne T Dev

Around the Leagues - as at 26 Jan 2019Wessex League Premier Div

P GD PtsSholing 22 59 64Horndean 22 35 49Portland Utd 21 31 48Bournemouth 23 17 44Hamworthy Utd 21 14 37Bashley 25 1 36AFC Portchester 22 7 33Alresford T 23 7 34Hamble Club 23 6 34Baffins Milton Rov 20 11 33Tadley Calleva 23 -7 31Brockenhurst 24 -10 29Lymington T 23 -9 27Christchurch 27 -15 27Team Solent 24 -1 26Fareham T 24 -25 26Shaftesbury 25 -10 24Bemerton H H 24 -22 23Cowes Sports 27 -40 23Andover New St 26 -48 17

Evo-Stik League SouthDivision One South

P GD PtsMoneyfields 24 28 53Yate Town 24 23 53Blackfield & Langley 24 22 51Evesham U 25 13 43Cirencester T 24 25 40AFC Totton 24 14 40Winchester C 24 9 39Melksham T 24 -7 38Cinderford T 24 7 37Bideford 24 3 37Highworth T 25 0 37Street 24 6 36Larkhall Ath 24 4 33Thatcham T 24 -7 33Bristol Manor Farm 24 -7 29Paulton Rov 25 -13 24Slimbridge 25 -23 20Mangotsfield U 24 -17 17Fleet T 24 -38 13Barnstaple T 24 -42 11

Sholing survived torrid weather condi-tions to continue their unbeaten runafter triumphing as 4-0 away winners atFareham Town. The hosts scored anown goal, but Dan Mason bagged abrace for the visitors which was addedto by an effort from Lee Wort.Steve Flynn was once again amongstthe goals for Bournemouth Poppieswho won 5-1 at home to BemertonHeath Harlequins, with he and DomFalco hagging braces.Hamble Club won 3-0 at home to Bash-ley. Barry Mason put the hosts ahead,

with Liam Crook and Jason Silver alsofinding the net.Meanwhile, Charlie Gunson was ontarget for Baffins Milton Rovers as theydrew 1-1 with AFC Portchester.Other results:Andover N St 1 - 0 Tadley CallevaCowes Sports 1 - 0 BrockenhurstHamworthy U 2 - 0 Alresford TLymington T 1 - 0 ShaftesburyPortland U 2 - 3 HorndeanTeam Solent 2 - 0 Christchurch

Wessex League Round-up - Non-League Paper 27 Jan

Gavin Macpherson was simply aimingto keep Met Police in Step 3 this season- he certainly didn’t expect to be push-ing for the National League South!Macpherson - a club stalwart at ImberCourt from his playing days and 14years as assistant manager - was hand-ed the keys to the manager’s office inthe summer when long-serving bossJim Cooper stepped down.It came after they were switched fromthe Isthmian League to the new South-ern Premier League South division aspart of the FA’s restructuring.The majority of the squad departed andthe budget cut as their appeal of thedecision fell on deaf ears and theyfaced up to an increase in travelling.But a run to the FA Cup first round prop-er - where they played Newport County- has been backed up in the league withMacpherson leaning on many playerswho have graduated through the youthsystem. And their win at Frome on 19thmade it just one defeat in 13 games asthey leapt up to second in the table. Forboss Macpherson it’s all beyond anypre-season expectations.“I was asked by the local press: ‘Did Iimagine we’d be second?’ No - in fact Ididn’t imagine anything to be honest,”Macpherson told The NLP.“We set ourselves the standard of stay-ing up. It was obviously a summer of abit of upheaval with Jim going - whichwas unexpected - and being movedleagues. That happened in the space of

24 hours. Then we lost basically all theplayers. So some might view it that Ihad a hell of a job on my hands!But we had talent within, who hadn’tbeen part of the first team structure on aregular basis, I felt could form the nucle-us of the team. They were untried anduntested at Step 3, but I just felt if wesigned well around them we’d have achance of maintaining our Step 3 status.“Des (chairman Des Flanders) put somequite severe financial restraints on me -which is not a moan, it’s a hazard of thebusiness we’re in. Had I a bigger budg-et, would I have only been looking out-side? No, I’m pretty sure I would havestill been looking at those lads becausehaving known them for several yearscoming through the youth teams andthe U23s - we had a successful teamget through to the late stages of the FAYouth Cup a few years ago - I was defi-nitely going to explore whether theywere going to make up the nucleus ofthe side. I always felt they could and asit stands - we are in January - we’re do-ing very well.“I’m really enjoying that aspect,” he add-ed. “Some of the grounds I’ve played atand come across in my time. But you’regoing to new grounds, new types ofsupport, the journeys are different -much lengthier - but I’m enjoying theaspect of new teams, new managementteams. Having been 14 seasons asJim’s assistant, you get to know themanagers, the teams, certainly you getto know the grounds.”

Met Chief Eyes a Title Charge - Non-League Paper 20 Jan - Matt BadcockPromotion push delights boss Gav

Introducing the WTFC Development Team - Ben Atiako-HallWhat's your football playing history?I was at AFC Bournemouth Academysince the age of 8What position do you prefer to play in?I prefer to play out wide on the left (LW)so I can cut in and shoot but I am versa-tile across all attacking positions.What's the best game you've played in?Under 13’s at AFC Bournemouth, wewere on a tour in Belgium and wereplaying in a tournament against someEurope’s big clubs. We went 1–0 downto PSV in the quarter finals and I equal-ised late on with a good strike. Thegame went onto penalties where Iscored the winning penalty. It was sucha great feeling.Tell us about your best goalI have scored some memorable goals,some from the half way line in competi-tive matches. The one that stands outfor me was a few weeks ago for Wim-borne against Bath City, I hit the ballfrom about 35 yards, low flight and itswerved out and in. It was a brillianttechnical goal and a great feeling on mydebut, and a decent goal celebrationtoo.What was the first live game you canremember going to?My dad and godfather taking me to seeEbbsfleet United (National Leagueteam) play.What did you learn from watching the2018 World Cup?Togetherness is a massive part of foot-ball. Having a good spirit on and off thepitch will help you go further.What's the best advice you've been giv-en about playing?The best players do the basics the best.Master your passing, control and shoot-ing and the rest will come later.

What's your top "keepy-uppy" score?312What other sports do you play?I enjoy playing golf and tennis some-times when the weather is niceFive favourites: team - Manchester United player - Cristiano Ronaldo tech gadget - Air pods artist - A boogie with da hoodie film or TV - “Power” (have to watch it)Tell us a little-known fact about yourselfI have my own barbering business

Thanks for your time, Ben. We’re look-ing forward to seeing more of your goalcelebrations.

Wimborne Town FC Dev Squad wel-comed Christchurch Reserves to TheKoolpak Stadium just five days after thereverse fixture where Christchurch en-joyed a comfortable 3-0 win.

Again Christchurch fielded a good bal-ance of youth and experienced players,whilst WTFC brought Rhys Owen intothe starting line-up and gave a start togoalkeeper Eddie Phillips, his first fullgame since breaking his collarbone backin September.

It was Christchurch who started verybrightly and within two minutes Phillipswas forced into a smart low save. WithChristchurch still enjoying the early ex-changes, Ollie Osborne made an impor-tant block from a fierce shot. The visitorskept pressing and in the 17th minute, EdPhillips produced a diving one handedsave from a low curving shot whichseemed destined for the far bottom cor-ner.

WTFC then started to get a foothold inthe game and following a flowing cross-field move that stretched the opponentsdefence, Rhys Owen’s shot just wentover the bar. WTFC went close again toscoring on 25 minutes, good work byHarry Wright in midfield, who fed AidanShepherd but his goal-bound shot wasdeflected wide for a corner. Christchurchdefended the corner well.

Again the action switched to the otherend, with Christchurch going close witha direct ball through the WTFC centredefence, but the lobbed shot went wide.There was still time for another WTFCattack when Aidan Shepherd showed

good feet and strength to lose his markerand was bearing down towards theChristchurch area, but then was crudelytackled by a recovering defender, butnothing came of the resulting free-kick.Somehow this pulsating first half endedgoal-less 0-0 Half Time.

The second half commenced at thesame high tempo but Christchurch finallyopened the scoring when Phillips couldonly parry a cross shot and it was EdgarZanin, the Christchurch striker, who re-acted quickly and smashed in the looseball in the 51st minute. 0-1

WTFC made an attacking change whenDan Hunt was brought on, and he wasquickly causing the Christchurch defend-ers numerous problems.

WTFC continued to press high and near-ly equalised after a wonderful passingmove started by Cam Smith, into the feetof Adam Holmes who found Aidan Shep-herd but his shot was deflected widefollowing a last-ditch tackle.

Isaac Storey and Ben Atiako-Hall werebought on and each made a good differ-ence, but it was Dan Hunt whose quickclever feet drew a rash tackle from aChristchurch player and the referee hadno hesitation and pointed to the spot.Aidan Shepherd smashed in the penalty.1-1

It only took Christchurch four minutes tore-gain the lead, when a diagonal cross-field pass found space behind the WTFCfull-back and their Number 9, controlledthe ball, turned and rifled the ball high inthe WTFC net from a tight angle 1-2.

Continued on next page

Wimborne Town FC Dev Squad 1 Christchurch FC Reserves 3 - Weds 16 JanWyvern Combination Premier League - Gus Phillips reports

As Wimborne searched for an equaliser,it created more space across the pitch,and in the 78th minute Christchurch at-tacked down the right and a low crosswas bundled in by a combination of de-fender and attacker, 1-3.

Wimborne Town ended the match strong-ly with both Dan Hunt and Ben Atiako-Hall both going close. Full Time 1-3

WTFC Development Squad:- Eddie Phil-lips, Frank Herrington, Ollie Osborne,Charlie Tilsed, George Smart, LouisMcWilliams, Cam Smith, Harry Wright,Adam Holmes, Aidan Shepherd, RhysOwens. Subs: Dan Hunt, Isaac Storey,Ben Atiako-Hall and Arron Gabriel

Darren Shepherd's post match com-ments:“Christchurch FC have given us a reallygood test over the last 2 games, they area good team, but older and more experi-enced.We can take some real positives out ofthis game. We had 5 Under 17 lads onthe pitch at the end of this game, this wasgreat to see and they would have gaineda lot in terms of their development.“

Wimborne Town FC Dev Squad 1 Christchurch FC Reserves 3 cont’d

WTFC Development Team - Wyvern Combination Football LeagueResults16/8 AFC Portchester A W 4-1 Lge22/8 Winchester C H L 2-3 Lge1/9 Hamble Club H L 1-2 Lge15/9 AFC Stoneham H L 1-3 Lge27/9 Salisbury A L 1-3 Lge6/10 Poole Town A W 5-3 DST13/10 Romsey Town A D 1-1 Lge24/10 Colden Common H W 3-0 WCC27/10 Moneyfields H W 6-2 Lge3/11 Poole Town A D 2-2 Lge10/11 Balti Sports H W 5-3 DST17/11 Laverstock & F A W 9-0 Lge24/11 Fawley H D 2-2 WCC WTFC won 5-4 on pens8/12 Sherborne T Res H W 4-3 DST13/12 Sholing A L 1-2 Lge5/1 Brockenhurst Res H W 6-0 JSMS12/1 Christchurch A L 0-3 Lge16/1 Christchurch H L 1-3 Lge

League Table as at 26 Jan 2019 P GD PtsAFC Stoneham 15 3 23Hamble Club 10 12 22Winchester City 11 12 21AFC Portchester 10 17 20Christchurch 11 6 19Sholing 12 6 19Moneyfields 11 5 19Poole Town 12 -23 14Wimborne Town 12 4 11Salisbury 8 -2 10Romsey Town 10 -12 9Laverstock & Ford 10 -28 1

Fixtures 2/2 Horndean H WCC 6/2 Downton H JSMS 9/2 AFCStoneham A Lge 19/2 Poole Town H Lge 23/2 Moneyfields A Lge

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Last May, at The NLP’s annual Nationalawards, one of the gongs I was mostlooking forward to handing out was forour Step 3 Manager of the Year award.As always, it was hotly contested in aseason when so many gaffers haddone such sterling work, but the manwho received the award was Hereford’sPeter Beadle after he had guided theBulls to promotion from arguably themost competitive division in the Non-League pyramid.For proof of that, just take a look at thetop five in the Southern Premier lastterm: second-placed Kings Lynnclocked up a remarkable 100 pointswith Slough (99), Kettering (97) andWeymouth (97) hot on their tail. Here-ford won the league with a staggering113 points.The reason for my excitement was be-cause I had never met Beadle before,and was intrigued by this somewhatimposing man who had just won histhird promotion with the club after tak-ing over in the summer of 2015 as thenewly-formed Hereford started lifeagain in the mud bath of the MidlandLeague.I asked Beadle about his hopes andambitions for this season’s assault onthe National North. Could he master-mind a fourth promotion on the spin, orhad the time come for their club to con-solidate their position in order to growstronger for the coming years. He wasadamant consolidation was the wayforward.

Sadly, that doesn’t appear to be howthe Hereford board saw things, and justeight games into this campaign, the leg-endary boss was unceremoniouslysacked. Results - three wins, three de-feats and two draws - were deemed notgood enough and so it was time for achange if the club was to recover andclimb the league ladder.Sadly, no recovery has been forthcom-ing and Hereford are now well and trulyin a relegation dogfight despite Satur-day’s 3-2 win at Blyth.I don’t know why clubs do it. Seriously,did Hereford think they could swingopen the doors of the National NorthSaloon and start picking their rivals offwith ease? Did they seriously thinkthere was a man better placed thanBeadle to do the job? Call it arroganceor boardroom mismanagement, eitherway, sacking Beadle is one of the worstdecisions we’ve witnessed all season.Around about the same time as Bea-dle’s departure, Jay Saunders, a manwho had brought a similar level of suc-cess to Maidstone United, was alsoshown the door. Look what has hap-pened since and look where they arenow!23rd of 24 in the National League - EdClubs need to be realistic about theirambitions, and too many are trying torun before they can even walk. Beadleand Saunders are both still out of work.One can only wonder where their re-spective clubs would be now had thosefateful decisions not been made fourmonths ago.

Clubs must be more realistic - Alex Narey - Non-League Paper 27 Jan

Football Shorts - last men to hit hat-tricks for Premier League clubsOct 1980 Gordon Smith Brighton vs Coventry CityOct 1986 Mark Falco Watford vs Aston VillaMar 2012 Pavel Pogrebnyak Fulham vs WolverhamptonApr 2013 Robin van Persie Man Utd vs Aston VillaApr 2015 Yannick Bolasie C Palace vs SunderlandOct 2015 Georginio Wijnaldum Newcastle vs Norwich CityApr 2016 Andy Carroll West Ham vs ArsenalMay 2015 Sadio Mane Southampton vs Man CityDec 2016 Jamie Vardy Leicester vs Man CityDec 2016 Andre Gray Burnley vs SunderlandNov 2017 Callum Wilson Bournemouth vs Huddersfield TNov 2017 Wayne Rooney Everton vs West HamDec 2017 Harry Kane Tottenham vs SouthamptonFeb 2018 Aaron Ramsey Arsenal vs EvertonAug 2018 Sergio Aguero Man City vs Huddersfield TSept 2018 Eden Hazard Chelsea vs Cardiff CityDec 2018 Roberto Firmino Liverpool vs ArsenalJan 2019 Diogo Jota Wolves vs Leicester City

Half-time Quiz - Who’s the Bobby ?Identify the following footballing Bobbys:

1. B. C. born 1937 Man Utd (606 apps, 199 goals)2. B. C. b. 1931 Celtic (280 apps), Everton (133), Leeds (149)3. B. G. b. 1946 Coventry, Arsenal, Wolves, West Brom, Bristol C4. B. L. b. 1943 Celtic5. B. M. b. 1945 Newcastle, Sunderland6. B. M. b. 1941 West Ham (544 apps), England (108)7. B. M. b. 1944 Celtic (Euro Cup winner 1967), Middlesborough8. B. R. b. 1933 Fulham, West Brom; managed Ipswich, England9. B. S. b. 1933 Centre-forward for Chelsea, Tottenham10. B. T. b. 1941 Chelsea, Crystal Palace

Answers inside back cover

Swindon Supermarine 0 Frome Town 4 - 26 Jan - Evo-Stik LeagueGiven Marine’s recent form, you may be wondering how this surprising resultcame about. Marine’s debutant keeper, ex-Hereford’s Martin Horsell, was sentoff on 40 minutes for handling the ball outside his box. Defender Matt Williamswent in goal instead.

Dorset Dave’s Chuckle Corner

The Met Police football club is based inEast Molesey, Surrey. Originally madeup of players from the Metropolitan Po-lice Service, the rule requiring playersto be employees of the service was re-moved when a previous Commissionerrefused to sanction time off for playing.However, the club is still part-funded bya police staff lotteryThe Metropolitan Police Service, is re-sponsible for law enforcement in Great-er London, excluding the "square mile"of the City of London, which is the re-sponsibility of the City of London Police.As of September 2017, the Met had40,874 full-time personnel. This includ-ed 30,871 police officers, 8,005 policestaff, 1,384 police community supportofficers and 614 designated officers.This number excludes the 2,470 specialconstables who work voluntarily part-time. This makes the Metropolitan Po-lice, in terms of officer numbers, thelargest by a significant margin in the UK

Q.What does a Policeman have forlunchA. Truncheon meat sandwichesQ. What does a Policeman have for hisevening mealA. Irish Stew [Irish Stew in the name ofthe law]It’s a little known fact that many PoliceOfficers in London live in Letsby Ave-nue.

Police stop a speeding motorist on themotorway:-Officer: “Hello Wing Commander - hav-ing trouble taking off are we ? I stoppedyou 'cos you were doing 95mph, sir.”Motorist: “Can you make it 120 - I'mtrying to sell the car.”

Police arrested 2 kids yes-terday. One was drinkingbattery acid and the otherwas eating fireworks. Theycharged one and let theother one off.Police officer: “Excuse me, sir, but yourdog has been chasing a man on hisbicycle.” Dog owner: “Are you crazy?My dog can't even ride a bicycle.”

A father in a hurry, taking his son toschool, went through a red light andsaid. "I shouldn’t have done that".“That's OK, dad," his son said. "Thepolice car behind us did the same."

A man went to the Police Station wish-ing to speak with the burglar who hadbroken into his house the night before."You'll get your chance in court." saidthe Desk Sergeant. "No, no no!" saidthe man. "I want to know how he gotinto the house without waking my wife.I've been trying to do that for years!"

A policeman stops a man riding a tan-dem bike. The officer says " Sir, do yourealise your wife fell off a mile back?”"Thank goodness" the man replies, " Ithought I was going deaf ! "

This policeman came up to me with apencil and a piece of very thin paper.He said, "I want you to trace someonefor me."

And now the limerick:At the new police station the toiletshave goneStolen overnight; every single johnThe police had not a clueAnd didn’t know what to doCos' they simply have nothing to go on.

A TV camera crew from Brazil poppedinto NLP offices last week.They were keen to see look at a differ-ent side of English football, they wantedto know why we enjoy covering theNon-League game so much, whatmakes it different to the higher echelonsand just how do we get the paper outfor a Sunday morning.Of course, Brazilian football has manyof its roots in English football and thebond for many fans has even led to pil-grimages to this country. Corinthian-Casuals are seen as the forefathers byfans of Corinthians in Sao Paulo andthe Bostik Premier club will often havevisitors turn up out of the blue to see theground and see if they can purchase ascarf in their famous colours.It’s easy to forget what a source of in-trigue the English football system is.Unrivalled anywhere in the world, thePyramid is the cornerstone of this coun-try’s game.The opportunity – albeit with a fairamount of cash – to go from bottom totop. Or vice versa.Yes, there are lots of intricacies andthere are often frustrations at all levels –particularly with the slow drip of moneythat comes down from the top – but weshould be very proud of what we have.Non-League football allows you to getcloser to the game. The chance to min-gle with the players after, feel like yourpresence at the ground really mattersand the pennies you spend vital forkeeping your club going. It’s to be partof something.From a journalist's point of view thereare so many wonderful stories to telleach season that the only problem is

managing to fit them all in. Covering thewhole country is a challenge but one weall relish.And it all feels much more intimate. I’vecovered games at big grounds and it’sfantastic. You might get a hot meal be-forehand, the WIFI works great, thepress rooms are warm.But I enjoyed covering an FA Vasesemi-final while sat in a disused openair dug-out, umbrella perched to keepmy laptop dry and the chance for aWroxham player to make sure we allknew he meant to score the free-kickthat looked more like a cross andbounced a couple of times before end-ing up in the corner!Looking through the attendances eachweek serves only as a reminder at howpassionate football fans in this countryare for ‘their club’.Stockport County had 4,644 at their winover York City - in the sixth tier. Nearly3,5000 saw Bath City v Torquay in theNational League South.On the same day, there were more than2,000 to see a top of the table clash be-tween South Shields and Farsley Celticin the seventh tier!It’s remarkable when you think about itin real terms. Brazilians love their foot-ball and are just as passionate as weare. We’re looking forward to seeinghow the documentary comes out.As to how we get the paper in shopsevery Sunday morning – that’s a toughquestion to answer. But somehow,thanks to all the dedicated reportersand photographers across the country,we always do.

Non-League Paper Programme Column - Matt Badcock

Steve Farrell - Owner & Brewer Eight Arch Brewing CoWe have started to sponsor the club thisseason as we are big football fans atEight Arch, so we thought it would be agood idea to give the players an incen-tive (not that they need one!) to scoremore goals. We decided to offer them acase of our cans (24 cans) for everygoal they scored at home during De-cember, luckily we didn't offer it for awaygames after the Poole game! We arevery keen on supporting local in every-thing we do and there isn't a better com-bination than football and beer is there?My son, George, is becoming more andmore interested in football especiallyover the last 12 months and we havebeen coming to more and more Wim-borne games this season and for him to

have been mascot a couple times thisseason has been brilliant for both of us.I can't thank the club enough for lookingafter him and especially the players formaking him feel like one of the team.If you haven't heard of us before thencome and give us a visit on Stone LaneIndustrial Estate (only a 10min walkfrom the ground), our taproom is openevery Friday from 4-8pm with street foodbeing served every week also. We areopen 9-4 Monday to Thursday for cantakeaways and we also take orders forlarger volumes.Eight Arch Brewing Co. 3 Stone LaneInd Est, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1HB01202 889254

Spot the ball with Steve Harris - Wimborne vs Merthyr Town 12 Jan 2019Photo by Marc Harris - answer on next page - no peeping!

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Word Scramble: STRIKER. PENALTY, WHISTLE, HEADER,SUBSTITUTE, CORNER, CROWDWho am I? Gareth Bale

Spot the Ball with Steve Harris Name the Player - goalkeeper David James

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Half-time QuizWho’s the Bobby?

1. Bobby Charlton2. Bobby Collins3. Bobby Gould4. Bobby Lennox5. Bobby Moncur6. Bobby Moore7. Bobby Murdoch8. Bobby Robson9. Bobby Smith10. Bobby Tambling

Wimborne TownManager: Matty HolmesBlack & White

Metropolitan PoliceManager: Gavin MacphersonBlue

GERARD BENFIELD (GK)FRANKLYN CLARKEJORDAN LEEBILLY MAYBURY (Capt)SAM DAVIDSONMATT OLDRINGLEE FRANCISJAMES STOKOESTEFAN PENNYTOBY HOLMESLUKE BURBIDGELUKE HOLMESCHAD COLLINS (GK)KIERAN DOUGLASRHYS OWENAIDAN SHEPHERDCURTIS YOUNG

This Evening’s Match OfficialsReferee: James Robinson (Southampton)

Assistant Referees: Derek Pratt (Stockbridge)Krasimir Petrov (Southampton)

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