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ADAM FISHER Manager MARK SMITH

RICHARD TEIXEIRA & LEON WELLER Ass’t Manager TERRY SHRIEVES

FREDDIE HESTER 1 DEAN BULL

SAM PERRIN 2 MARK SMITH

SEAN BRETTELL 3 STUART STRANGE

JUAN CIFUENTES 4 CHRIS HARVEY

BRADLEY JENNER 5 MATT BALDRY

CARL COSTAIN 6 ROB NEWMAN

ISAAC OPPONG 7 PETER O’DONNELL

BEN AWAD 8 ADAM REID

JOEL NORRIS 9 SEAN DOWNEY

JASON CASWELL 10 DANIEL MEAD

CRAIG ARNOTT 11 LIAM TOOMEY

LIAM KENNA 12 CRAIG SAVAGE

PERRY STELLON 14 LUI SARRINGTON

AFFUL YEBOAH 15 RICHARD PRINGLE

PAUL TAYLOR 16 NICHOLAS NOLAN

DEAN SADLER 17 JONATHAN BUTLER

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ASSISTANT REFEREE BRIAN WRIGHT (Hertford)

ASSISTANT REFEREE CHRISTOPHER FLACK (Hatfield)

Welwyn Garden City Football Club

Official Programme

CITIZENS Spartan South Midlands League Division One

Welwyn Garden City v Crawley Green

Wednesday 26th February 2014

Kick Off : 7.45pm

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WELWYN GARDEN CITY FOOTBALL CLUB Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 1TA

Telephone: (01707) 329358

Club Website: www.welwyngardencityfc.org.uk

CLUB HONOURS

FOOTBALL CHAIRMAN RICHARD DUNNING

FOOTBALL SECRETARY KAREN BROWNE

FOOTBALL COMMITTEE CERI BOWMAN, OLLIE CROFT, KAREN FISHER, JIMMY JOHNSON, PHIL RAVITZ, ALAN SKELTON, SUE TEIXEIRA.

PROGRAMME EDITOR KAREN BROWNE

SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1973/74

SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE RUNNERS-UP 1985/86

SOUTH MIDLANDS DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONS 1981/82

SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHALLENGE TROPHY FINALISTS 1974/75, 1981/82, 1988/89, 1996/97

HERTS CHARITY SHIELD WINNERS 1927/28, 1986/87, 1987/88

HERTS CHARITY SHIELD FINALISTS 1948/49, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2003/04, 2007/08

HERTS SENIOR CENTENARY TROPHY WINNERS 1984/85

HERTS SENIOR CENTENARY TROPHY FINALISTS 1988/89, 2003/04

SOUTHERN COMBINATION CUP FINALISTS 1996/97

SML RESERVE DIVISION ONE RUNNERS-UP 2005/06

SML RESERVE DIVISION TWO RUNNERS-UP 2003/04

SML RESERVE DIVISION TWO EAST RUNNERS-UP 2002/03

NORTH & MID HERTS LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION RUNNERS-UP 2009/10

SML RESERVE CHALLENGE TROPHY WINNERS 1986/87, 2005/06

SML RESERVE CHALLENGE TROPHY FINALISTS 2006/07

RESERVE SOUTHERN COMBINATION CUP WINNERS 1996/97

HERTS COUNTY UNDER 18 CUP WINNERS 1981/82

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nine minutes into the second period, his troops responded. Norris played a defence-splitting pass through and this time Caswell made no mistake as he rounded Barnes and prodded home. It was game-on in the 64th minute when WGC brought it back to 3-2 when Norris, collecting the ball just inside the box on the left-hand side, drove forward and blasted an effort inside the near post. WGC were now firmly in the ascendancy, but in Barnes, they found a keeper in mesmerising form, perhaps hard to believe when conceding four goals, but totally accurate. A fine reflex doube-save denied Norris and Oppong, but Codicote looked dangerous on the counter with Dougherty, Bronti and Sam Stephenson causing the WGC backline all sorts of problems. The clocked ticked over the 90-minute mark, and just when it seemed a battling display would see Codicote through, WGC substitute Afful Yeboah flicked in a near post header for 3-3 and extra-time beckoned. Not before Codicote received their second red card however - the referee believing Stephenson reacted aggresively as the sides clashed in the goalmouth following the late equaliser, and the away side were down to nine. With both sides quite rightly tiring, formations became ragged, and it was WGC who capitalised on this when substitute Ben Awad found himself in acres of space on the left flank, cut inside, drew the keeper out and fired home. Only a minute later Yeboah hit the bar with an audacious effort from a 30-yard free-kick as the hosts turned the screw. Codicote’s job, already hard enough with nine men, bordered on impossible when three minutes into the second period, captain Mark Bryant was shown a second yellow card to reduce them to eight. But on this night, nothing seemed impossible for Liam Errington’s men, and evidently to Dougherty, who curled in a sublime free-kick from 20-yard to level this thriller at 4-4, and penalties would separate the two rivals. Yeboah, Caswell and Craig Arnott, playing against his former club all netted from the spot for WGC, with Paul Donnelly, Dougherty and John Chitondo also successful meaning the scores were locked at 3-3. WGC’s Juan Cifuentes stepped up only to see Barnes save his penalty, and then the Codicote stopper turned striker to hammer his own spot-kick past Hester. Awad had to score from the spot to keep WGC in the tie, but a good night got even better for Codicote keeper Barnes as he dived low and right to deny the City man, and with it send Codicote into the third round where they will host SSML Division Two outfit Willen on March 8.

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Welwyn Garden City 4 Codicote 4 (aet) (Codicote won 4-3 on penalties)

By John Hutchinson (Re-produced by kind permission of the Welwyn Hatfield Times)

Arsenal versus Bayern Munich took a back seat on Wednesday night as Welwyn Garden City and Codicote played out a truly enthralling Challenge Trophy second round tie. While The Gunners were on their way to a 2-0 Champions League defeat at The Emirates, down at Herns Lane there were eight goals, three red cards, a saved penalty, and ultimately, a shoot-out victory for eight-man Codicote. The attendance was invariably affected by the north London side being in action, but for those who did attend, they were treated to a real feast of action. The score was tied at 4-4 after 90 minutes and extra-time, and it was the Cod who kept their nerve to win the penalty shoot-out 4-3. The undoubted star of the show was Codicote frontman Kane Dougherty, who bagged all four of his side’s goals, as well as netting his spot-kick, but teammate goalkeeper Billy Barnes ran him close with a string of unbelievable saves. Codicote took the lead in the sixth minute; player/manager Liam Errington’s free-kick into the box was punched straight to Dougherty by WGC custodian Freddie Hester, and he made no mistake as he chipped the ball home from 15 yards. Only six minutes later, WGC were awarded a penalty after the referee adjudged Joel Norris to have been fouled in the area in a melee with opposition defenders. Worse was to come for Codicote, as Connor De Lacy was shown a straight red for words said to the referee after pointing to the spot. But Barnes came to the rescue for the visitors as he saved Paul Taylor’s penalty. Barnes went on to make a string of fine saves to deny Jason Caswell, Issac Oppong and Norris, before the visitors went on to extend their lead. Great work out wide from ex-Royston man Josh Bronti saw the ball fed into Dougherty some 20 yards out. Spotting WGC keeper Hester slightly off his line, and WGC defenders allowing him far too much space, he took a touch before expertly chipping the ball home. Superb one-on-one saves from Barnes to deny Caswell on a couple of occasions and then Norris maintained the visitors’ lead, and things got even better when a minute before the break, Dougherty completed his hat-trick as he poked home after another Bronti assist. Citizens’ boss Adam Fisher no doubt gave his side the third degree at half-time, and

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WELWYN GARDEN CITY FOOTBALL CLUB

MANAGEMENT

FIRST TEAM

Adam Fisher (Manager)

Richard Teixeira

Leon Weller (Assistant Managers)

Chris Benton

(Coach)

Katie Ladd (Physio)

RESERVE TEAM

Savas Caliskan (Manager)

Neil Draper

(Assistant Manager)

GROUNDSTAFF

Mick Barnett Tyler Montague

The views expressed in this programme are not

necessarily those of Welwyn Garden City

Football Club but of those of individuals

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Leading Goalscorers - (Division One Clubs only) As at and including Tuesday 25th February 2014

THE NEW LOOK PROGRAMME

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SSML LCT FAC FAV DIC County Other TOTAL

Jason Caswell (Welwyn Garden City) 23 2 - 4 - 4 - 34

Lee Harman (Baldock Town) 22 1 - 4 - 4 - 31

Drew Mitten (Winslow United) 20 - - 3 1 - - 24

Chris Johnson (Bedford) 17 - - - - 4 3 24

Harry Hunt (Harpenden Town) 20 - - - - 1 1 22

Joel Norris (Welwyn Garden City) 18 2 - 2 - - - 22

Alessandro Campana (Kings Langley) 17 2 - - - 1 - 20

Phil Martin (Buckingham Athletic) 14 - - 2 - 4 - 20

James Armstrong (Sun Postal Sports) 17 - - - - 2 - 19

Kane Dougherty (Codicote) 8 5 - 1 1 2 - 17

James Ewington (Harpenden Town) 6 - - - 1 5 3 15

Paul Garrett (Codicote) 12 - 1 - - 2 - 15

Adam Hallissey (Kings Langley) 11 - 1 - 1 1 - 14

Murat Karagul (FC Broxbourne Borough) 10 1 - - 1 2 - 14

Ashley Kersey (Bedford) 10 1 - - - 2 1 14

Craig Lynskey (Sun Postal Sports) 12 1 - - - 1 - 14

James Shrimpton (Risborough Rangers) 6 1 - - 3 1 3 14

Ashley Lewis (Sun Postal Sports) 7 - - - 1 3 2 13

Nathan Pooley (Sun Postal Sports) 12 1 - - - - - 13

Lewis Pritchard (Kings Langley) 7 3 - - 3 - - 13

Kieran Bishop (FC Broxbourne Borough) 7 3 - - - 2 - 12

Peter O’Donnell (Crawley Green) 6 1 - 1 - 4 - 12

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Greetings From the Pension Queue Good evening and welcome to Herns Lane, the home of Welwyn Garden City Football Club. Tonight we extend warmest greetings to the players, officials and supporters of Crawley Green for a Spartan South Midlands League Division One fixture. How can we possibly match the excitement, drama, nail biting football witnessed in our last match here, that epic League Challenge Trophy tie with Codicote. It has left many shaking their heads and asking the question ’How the hell did we lose the game’. However we cannot dwell on that now, we need to pick ourselves up and push hard for promotion and that push begins here tonight against Crawley Green. Our opponents this evening have in the past held something of a stranglehold over us, our nine previous meetings have resulted in us suffering eight defeats and achieving just one solitary victory, that coming in the FA Vase. We will need to be on our best to start overcoming that unwanted statistic. The weekend saw us return to league action when gaining a point at Chesham United Reserves although many at the game felt our performance deserved more. Our goal coming from leading marksman Jason Caswell who now needs just nine more this campaign to bypass the club’s record of 42 in a campaign, currently held set by that old Herns Lane favourite Terry Hayes back in 1988/89. Tonight marks the first official home game for new Chairman, Ollie Croft. Ollie, a popular figure at the club, takes over the position following last week’s EGM following Ray Fiveash’s decision to stand down. The first team are back in action here again on Saturday when Arlesey Town Reserves will be making their first visit. Enjoy the game…… and let’s get behind the lads, your vocal support is very much appreciated. Go Citizens Karen

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WELWYN GARDEN CITY FOOTBALL CLUB

RESULTS AND FIXTURES 2013-2014 SEASON

AUGUST

Sat 3 HADLEY HCS HOME Lost 1-5 50 Caswell.

Sat 10 Bedford SML Away Lost 2-3 20 Caswell, (A) Yeboah.

Tue 13 FC Broxbourne Borough SML Away Lost 0-1 76

Sat 17 STONY STRATFORD TOWN SML HOME Won 10-1 48 Norris (5), Caswell (2), Oppong, Osobu, Smith.

Tue 20 Harpenden Town SML Away Drew 2-2 64 Caswell, (A) Yeboah.

Sat 24 KENTISH TOWN SML HOME Won 5-1 40 Caswell (2), Awad, Bowyer, Dahl.

Wed 28 SOUTHALL SML HOME Drew 2-2 72 Caswell, Stellon.

Sat 31 Amersham Town SML Away Won 3-1 38 Norris (2), Smith.

SEPTEMBER

Tues 3 Langford SML Away Won 7-1 44 Norris (2), Osobu (2), Brettell, Caswell, Oppong.

Sat 7 BUCKINGHAM ATHLETIC SML HOME Won 3-0 48 Norris (3).

Sat 14 Wodson Park SML Away Won 2-1 25 Kenna, Smith.

Sat 21 IRCHESTER UNITED FAVP HOME Won 2-1 126 Caswell, Norris.

Wed 25 SUN POSTAL SPORTS SML HOME Won 4-1 59 Caswell (2), Kenna, Stellon.

Sat 28 Baldock Town SML Away Won 2-1 52 Caswell (2).

OCTOBER

Sat 5 Hale Leys United LCT1 Away Won 6-2 51 Caswell, Costain, McArdle, Norris, Osovu, Smith.

Sat 12 STANDON & PUCKERIDGE HSCT1 HOME Won 4-3* 40 Caswell (4) (1 pen).

Wed 16 CHESHAM UNITED RES SML HOME Won 3-1 44 Caswell (3) (1 pen).

Sat 19 BEDFONT & FELTHAM FAV1 HOME Won 1-0 105 Stellon.

Sat 26 Kings Langley SML Away Lost 0-1 48

Wed 30 BEDFORD SML HOME Lost 1-3 30 Norris.

NOVEMBER

Sat 9 BEDMOND SPORTS & SOCIAL HSCT2 HOME Lost 1-2 25 Norris.

Wed 13 WINSLOW UNITED D1C2 HOME Lost 0-2 35

Sat 16 Ely City FAV2 Away Drew 0-0* 147

Wed 20 ELY CITY FAV (2R) HOME Won 3-0 165 Caswell (2), Norris.

Sat 23 RISBOROUGH RANGERS SML HOME Won 4-0 32 Brettell (2), Caswell (2).

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HERTSAVERS SENIOR COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

CURRENT STANDINGS (as at Wednesday 26th February 2014)

P W D L GF-GA W D L GF-GA Pts

Hatfield Social 16 5 1 0 20-5 9 0 1 28-9 43

Lemsford 17 5 0 2 26-13 7 0 3 24-11 36

Kimpton Rovers 18 5 1 3 22-13 5 2 2 21-18 33

Bushey Rangers 13 7 0 1 38-9 3 2 0 14-8 32

Hertford Heath 15 6 0 3 23-11 4 0 2 17-11 30

Evergreen 14 4 0 2 22-14 5 0 3 16-16 27

Tansley 14 4 2 0 14-4 3 0 5 20-22 23

Codicote Sports 17 5 0 4 25-29 2 1 5 20-36 22

Welwyn Garden City Res 14 3 1 3 18-15 1 2 4 9-19 15

Panshanger 17 3 2 5 23-35 1 1 5 9-25 15

AFC Hatfield 16 4 1 4 18-17 0 0 7 9-33 13

Harvesters 2012 13 2 0 4 11-12 1 3 3 9-16 12

Cheshunt Ambers 18 4 0 5 16-22 0 0 9 10-37 12

Buntingford Town 14 3 2 4 15-12 0 0 5 3-10 11

Old Palmiterians 14 0 1 4 7-12 3 0 6 14-27 10

Hatfield Town 1886 withdrawn from league and record has been expunged

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Welwyn Garden City

Reserve Team Appearances and Goals

Appearances 2013/2014

Goals 2013/2014

Carl Ashton 4 2

Anthony Assin 1 0

James Attfield 13 0

Luke Bennett 1 1

Nathan Bowden 12 0

Sean Brettell 1 0

Dwaine Bryan 2 0

Harry Budge 15 0

Jack Budge 6 0

Savas Caliskan 5 0

Juan Cifuentes 1 1

Jamie Clark 11 2

David Cockram 15 2

Joe Croft 2 0

Mark Draper 11 3

Neil Draper 2 0

Mohamed Elmi 2 0

George Fitzgerald 1 0

Ashley Gordon 2 0

Robert Gregory 10 2

Danny Harper 1 0

Freddie Hester 15 0

Bradley Jenner 2 0

Appearances 2013/2014

Goals 2013/2014

Liam Kenna 1 0

Tommy Kiernan 8 1

Jamie Lamptey 9 0

Louis Lancaster 6 4

Sam Martin 1 0

Matt McArdle 5 1

Ade Osobu 2 2

Samuel Oteng 3 0

Harley Ross 6 0

Reggie Ross 1 2

Dean Sadler 9 0

Alex Scriven 6 3

Harry Singh 3 0

Sheldon Skeggs 13 1

Perry Stellon 2 1

Martin Stickland 4 1

Paul Taylor 4 2

Daniel Teixeira 5 0

Jonathan Walsh 9 5

Luke White 12 0

Callum Wickham 1 0

Afful Yeboah 5 2

Kofi Yeboah 4 1

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NOVEMBER (Continued)

Wed 27 Crawley Green SML Away Lost 0-1 30

Sat 30 Winslow United SML Away Won 2-1 52 Caswell (2).

DECEMBER

Wed 4 CODICOTE LCT2 HOME 0-1A 35

Sat 7 Hadleigh United FAV3 Away Lost 2-3* 186 Caswell, Oppong.

Sat 14 FC BROXBOURNE BOROUGH SML HOME Lost 1-2 37 Norris.

Sat 28 CODICOTE SML HOME Won 3-1 70 Norris (3)

JANUARY

Sat 11 HARPENDEN TOWN SML HOME Won 7-3 54 Caswell (3), Osobu (2), Brettell (pen), Kenna.

FEBRUARY

Wed 19 CODICOTE LCT2 HOME Lost 4-4*p 33 Awad, Caswell, Norris, (A) Yeboah.

Sat 22 Chesham United Reserves SML Away Drew 1-1 67 Caswell.

Wed 26 CRAWLEY GREEN SML HOME

MARCH

Sat 1 ARLESEY TOWN RESERVES SML HOME

Wed 5 LANGFORD SML HOME

Sat 8 KINGS LANGLEY SML HOME

Tue 11 Stony Stratford Town SML Away

Sat 15 Risborough Rangers SML Away

Wed 19 WODSON PARK SML HOME

Sat 22 Buckingham Athletic SML Away

Sat 29 Southall SML Away

APRIL

Tue 1 Kentish Town SML Away

Sat 5 WINSLOW UNITED SML HOME

Sat 12 AMERSHAM TOWN SML HOME

Wed 16 Arlesey Town Reserves SML Away

Sat 19 Codicote SML Away

Tues 22 Sun Postal Sports SML Away

Sat 26 BALDOCK TOWN SML HOME

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Appearances and Goals

http://twitter.com/WGCFC

http://www.facebook.com/groups/wgc.fc/

Appearances 2013/2014

Goals 2013/2014

Appearances Career

Goals Career

Citizens Debut

Craig Arnott 3 0 3 0 Codicote 28/12/2013

James Attfield 2 0 33 1 New Bradwell St Peter 20/08/2011

Ben Awad 29 2 68 7 Leverstock Green 21/07/2012

Piero Bagarone 1 0 51 4 Haringey Borough 08/08/2009

Luke Bennett 7 0 7 0 Winslow United 13/11/2013

Nathan Bowden 1 0 55 2 Wodson Park 02/08/2011

Lewis Bowyer 4 1 4 1 Hadley 03/08/2013

Sean Brettell 23 4 28 4 London Lions 01/09/2012

Dwaine Bryan 1 0 1 0 Hadley 03/08/2013

Jason Caswell 31 34 31 34 Hadley 03/08/2013

Juan Cifuentes 21 0 21 0 FC Broxbourne Borough 13/08/2013

Bradley Clark 1 0 1 0 Winslow United 13/11/2013

Carl Costain 23 1 23 1 FC Broxbourne Borough 13/08/2013

Joe Croft 22 0 58 0 Wodson Park 02/08/2011

Simon Dahl 19 1 19 1 Hadley 03/08/2013

Mark Draper 1 0 35 11 Amersham Town 09/09/2003

Freddie Hester 11 0 35 0 Baldock Town 08/12/2012

Sam James 2 0 2 0 Risborough Rangers 23/11/2013

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WELWYN GARDEN CITY FOOTBALL CLUB

RESERVE TEAM FIXTURES 2013-2014 SEASON

MARCH

Sat 1 STANDON & PUCKERIDGE AC2 HOME^

Wed 12 CODICOTE SPORTS HCL1 HOME

Sat 15 Old Palmiterians HCL1 Away

Sat 22 Codicote Sports HCL1 Away

Sat 29 CHESHUNT AMBERS HCL1 HOME

APRIL

Sat 5 Buntingford Town HCL1 Away

Thu 10 Lemsford HCL1 Away

Sat 12 PANSHANGER HCL1 HOME

To be Arranged

AFC HATFIELD HCL1 HOME

Bushey Rangers HCL1 Away

HATFIELD SOCIAL HCL1 HOME

Hatfield Social HCL1 Away

KIMPTON ROVERS HCL1 HOME

TANSLEY HCL1 HOME

Cheshunt Ambers HCL1 Away

^ Played at Standon & Puckeridge

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WELWYN GARDEN CITY FOOTBALL CLUB

RESERVE TEAM FIXTURES 2013-2014 SEASON

AUGUST

Sat 17 Kimpton Rovers HCL1 Away Lost 1-4 Kiernan.

Wed 21 BUNTINGFORD TOWN HCL1 HOME Won 2-1 Stellon, Walsh.

Sat 24 AFC Hatfield HCL1 Away Drew 1-1 Walsh.

Tue 27 Harvesters 2012 HCL1 Away Lost 2-4 (J) Clark, Walsh.

Sat 31 OLD PALMITERIANS HCL1 HOME Lost 2-3 Gregory, McArdle.

SEPTEMBER

Sat 7 Evergreen HCL1 Away Lost 1-4 Scriven.

Sat 14 SANDRIDGE ROVERS AC1 HOME Won 3-2 Lancaster, Scriven, Skeggs.

Sat 21 Tansley HCL1 Away Drew 2-2 Lancaster (2).

Sat 28 LEMSFORD HCL1 HOME Lost 1-5 Scriven.

OCTOBER

Sat 5 HERTFORD HEATH HCL1 HOME Lost 2-4 (M) Draper, Lancaster.

Sat 12 Hatfield Town 1886 HCL1 Away Lost 1-2 Stickland.

Sat 26 KIMPTON ROVERS HIC1 HOME Won 4-0 Taylor (2), (M) Draper, Walsh.

NOVEMBER

Sat 16 TANSLEY HIC2 HOME Won 4-1 (J) Clark, Cockram, (A) Yeboah, (K) Yeboah.

Sat 23 Hertford Heath HCL1 Away Won 2-1 Osobu, (A) Yeboah.

Sat 30 BUSHEY RANGERS HCL1 HOME Drew 2-2 (M) Draper, Gregory.

DECEMBER

Wed 11 HARVESTERS 2012 HCL1 HOME Won 6-0 Ashton (2) (1 pen), Bennett, Cifuentes, Cockram, Osobu.

Sat 14 Panshanger HCL1 Away Lost 0-3

Thu 19 Enfield Town (U21) HIC3 Away Lost 0-4

FEBRUARY

Sat 22 EVERGREEN HCL1 HOME Won 3-0 (R) Ross (2), Walsh.

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Welwyn Garden City

Appearances and Goals

Appearances 2013/2014

Goals 2013/2014

Appearances Career

Goals Career

Citizens Debut

Bradley Jenner 17 0 40 1 London Lions 17/08/2011

Liam Kenna 27 3 27 3 Hadley 03/08/2013

Matt McArdle 17 1 139 5 Haywood United 20/09/2003

James Lamptey 1 0 1 0 Winslow United 13/11/2013

Louis Lancaster 1 0 79 9 Pitstone & Ivinghoe 18/10/2003

Simon Martin 2 0 2 0 Winslow United 13/11/2013

Joel Norris 24 22 24 22 Bedford 10/08/2013

Isaac Oppong 29 3 57 7 Chesham United Res 13/10/2012

Ade Osobu 23 6 124 35 Brimsdown Rovers 19/08/2003

Sam Perrin 32 0 32 0 Hadley 03/08/2013

Calum Rowe 2 0 2 0 Winslow United 13/11/2013

Dean Sadler 1 0 16 0 New Bradwell St Peter 20/08/2011

Daryl Smith 24 4 34 10 Wodson Park 02/08/2011

Perry Stellon 23 3 54 4 Wodson Park 07/09/2011

Martin Stickland 2 0 61 5 Hillingdon Borough 15/10/2004

Paul Taylor 20 0 135 4 Potters Bar Town 04/03/2000

Afful Yeboah 8 3 16 4 Wodson Park 22/09/2012

Kofi Yeboah 3 0 8 0 Haringey Borough 26/09/2012

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Daryl Smith Shirt: £15.00 Shorts: £10.00 Socks: £5.00

Perry Stellon

Shirt: £15.00 Shorts: £10.00 Socks: £5.00

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This Season’s Programme

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TONIGHT’S MAN IN THE MIDDLE

Tonight’s referee is Martin de la Fuente from Bricket Wood. Martin qualified as a referee firstly in 1979 and for the second time 1994. He achieved promotion to class 1 (now level 5) in 1998. Martin has recently celebrated 15 years officiating in the Spartan South Midlands League. He has officiated in a number of County and League Cup Finals, and also been fourth official in the FA Premiership on 3 occasions. He has also refereed games on many Premier League grounds and the Peterborough Cup in Capetown. Off the field, Martin is a former secretary of North Middlesex Referees’ Society where he is still a council member. Martin works for OCADO and is married to Elise. He has three children; Scott (Cheshunt FC and a Watford Trialist), Ben (Wingate and Finchley) and Melissa (Arsenal Ladies Academy). The whole family are season ticket holders at White Hart Lane. Martin is accompanied at Herns Lane this evening by Brian Wright who is from Hertford and Christopher Flack who hails from Hatfield. We trust all have an enjoyable evening with us.

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FULL PLAYING RECORD AT A GLANCE

CITIZENS GOALSCORERS: v Crawley Green,

P W D L GF-GA

At Herns Lane 4 1 0 3 2-8

Away 5 0 0 5 3-10

TOTAL RECORD 9 1 0 8 5-18

1 Ben Awad, Dan Llewellyn, John McNamara, Daryl Smith, James Suckling.

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PREVIOUS MEETINGS BETWEEN THE CLUBS

Season. Competition. HOME AWAY

2008/09 League Challenge Trophy 0-1

2010/11 South Midlands League First Division FA Challenge Vase

1-4 1-0

1-3

2011/12 South Midlands League First Division 0-1 0-1

2012/13 South Midlands League First Division 0-3 2-4

2013/14 South Midlands League First Division 0-1

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Current Standings

Spartan South Midlands League Division One

As at and including Tuesday 25th February 2014

P W D L GF-GA W D L GF-GA Pts

Sun Postal Sports 23 9 1 1 35-11 8 1 3 35-17 53

Bedford 24 8 2 2 40-15 8 2 2 33-12 52

Kings Langley 22 10 2 0 45-7 6 1 3 31-14 51

Codicote 24 4 5 3 33-18 8 3 1 26-15 44

WELWYN GARDEN CITY 22 8 1 2 43-15 5 2 4 21-14 42

FC Broxbourne Borough 20 8 1 2 20-8 5 2 2 23-12 42

Southall 19 5 3 1 25-11 6 3 1 23-12 39

Baldock Town 21 4 2 2 21-12 7 2 4 31-25 37

Winslow United 23 8 0 4 42-19 3 3 5 19-20 36

Harpenden Town 27 6 4 4 32-30 3 4 6 24-37 35

Crawley Green 21 4 4 1 17-14 4 2 6 17-23 30

Chesham United Reserves 24 3 6 3 15-16 4 2 6 21-37 29

Buckingham Athletic 21 6 0 5 25-18 2 1 7 14-27 25

Risborough Rangers 23 3 3 6 18-19 3 3 5 14-20 24

Kentish Town 21 2 1 4 8-15 5 2 7 21-36 24

Amersham Town 24 3 1 11 20-31 4 0 5 13-25 22

Wodson Park 20 3 3 6 17-24 0 3 5 7-35 15

Arlesey Town Reserves 23 1 2 7 11-29 1 4 8 13-36 12

Stony Stratford Town 22 3 0 7 17-40 0 0 12 8-56 9

Langford 22 0 1 12 15-51 1 2 6 9-26 6

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TONIGHT’S VISITORS - CRAWLEY GREEN F.C.

Crawley Green Sports & Social Club was formed in November 1989 after arsonists caused the virtual destruction of the present building. Members of Stopsley Harriers, The Wyvern and Ramridge Rangers Sunday Football Clubs amalgamated to form the present club and were successful in securing a 99 year lease from the Council. The New Club house was formally open on 19th June, 1992 by then Luton Town manager, David Pleat. The badge incorporates all the elements of the three founding clubs but also local history. The club badge was adopted in 1996 after many years of discussion. Maroon was the colour of the largest single club Ramridge Rangers and it was adopted as the club colour. It is incorporated in the Club badge as the bar across the middle. Stopsley Harriers were well known for their red and blue quarters, whilst Wyvern Members were predominantly blue since their foundation. Both these colours are reflected in the badge. Crawley Green FC Saturday side was formed in 1993 after another local team, Somerset Tavern came under the Crawley Green umbrella. The club colour of maroon was adopted by the team. Currently the Club is hosting all its first team games at Barton FC, whom they wish to thank for their continued support. The aim of Crawley Green is to build theit own ground at the Club's home venue at Crawley Green and plans are currently going through the Council as they endeavour to provide the only amateur enclosed floodlit grass pitch within the confines of the Borough of Luton. This is a massive project which they envisage will cost in the region of £200,000 - most of which they will have to fund ourselves. When completed, this will complement the superb clubhouse and changing facilities they have already built as well as the outstanding all-weather pitch which they have for training purposes. Crawley Green Sports & Social Club won the 2004 County Community Club of the Year Award and was runners-up in the South East Region Community Club of the Year Award. The Club improved on this by

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winning the 2005 County Community Club of the Year Award as well as the South East Region Community Club of the Year Award.

Notable Club Milestones 1995-96 Joined South Midlands League Division One. 1997-98 Founder members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division One North. 1998-99 Left Spartan South Midlands League for Luton & District League. 1999-00 Rejoined Spartan South Midlands League. 2002-03 Spartan South Midlands League Division Two Cup Winners. 2004-05 Spartan South Midlands League Division Two Champions & Beds Senior Cup Winners. 2007-08 Spartan South Midlands League Division Two Runners-Up to Kings Langley. Promoted to Division One. 2009-10 Bedfordshire Senior Trophy Winners, defeating Potton United 5-4 in a penalty shoot out. 2011-12 First Team manager Neil Tattersall steps down after 6 seasons in charge and is replaced by Darren Salton. Darren Salton re-signs in September after only 1 win in 10 games. Mark Smith is appointed manager in October. Mark led the club to success in the Division One Cup and also saw his side reach the final of the Bedfordshire Senior Cup only to lose 0-1 to Arlesey Town.