OLD MEADONIANS FC CIRCULAR 12.02.2015 Fixtures For Saturday 14.02.2015 Team Opposition Venue / Referee Competition Kick Off Old Salvatorians Home / Malcolm Edwards, AR1 Fatmir Sherifi, AR2 Bill Van Wagenen League 14:15 Wandsworth Borough Richardson Evans Memorial Ground, Roehampton Vale, SW15 3PQ League 14:00 Old St Marys Home / Darren Sabena League 14:15 Brent Away / Boston Manor Playing Fields, Boston Gardens, Brentford, TW8 9LW League 14:00 Old Crosbeians GOALS Beckenham, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NZ League 14:00 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th NO GAME 6th 7th Glyn Old Boys Home / Gerry Franklin League 14:15 West Wickham Vets Away / West Wickham FC , Corkscrew Hill ,West Wickham , BR4 9BA AFA Junior Novets Cup 14:00 Old Guildfordians II Away / A Ground, Stoke Park, London Road, Guildford, GU1 1TU League 14:15 8th 9th Vets NO GAME Saturdays Results 1st: Drew 2 - 2 (Old Minchendenians) (A) 2nd: Lost 1 - 3 (Old Manorians II) - LOB Intermediate Cup (H) 3rd: Won 1 - 0 (Economicals III) (A) 4th: Lost 2 - 4 (Worcester College Old Boys) (A) 5th: Won 4 - 3 (Economicals V) - AFA Senior Novets Cup (AET) 6th: Drew 4 - 4 (Old Whitgiftian) (A) 7th: Lost 2 - 3 (Old Guildfordians) (A) 8th: Won 5 - 1 (Old Sedcopians IV) (A) 9th: Drew 3 - 3 (Old Tiffinians III) (H) Vets: Drew 1 - 1 (Old Lyonians) (A) Teams 14.02.2015 1sts Garry Robinson Kevin Quinn Matt O Sullivan Alistair McCombe Aidan Chapman Jack Holmes Jon Shea Dave Brennan Jake Gowers Ed Glover Craig Jones Adam Goode Ryan Bright Alex Jones 6ths NO GAME 2nds 3rds 4ths Joe Beharie Tom Gadsby Ollie Matthews John Bull Dave Miller Misha Mantel Ryan Kohn Nick Jones Damian Reading Adam Boynton Tom Timmins Matt Allen Aaron Glover Nick Wilson Tim Castle Darren Grainger Luke Latimer Andrea Olivari Ash Hamidi Rash Ovie Daniel Stewart Tommy Champion Sam Flax Jose Nueto Tim Dorsett Roni Sidhu Jermaine Queensborough Rourke Minors Eoin Toher Jack McCarthy Rowan Graham Collins Tinashe Sithole Michael Bonsu Mike Conroy Tim Haddon Barry Mcguinness Benedict Jermaine Paul Adams Andy Piper Nick Nourrice Chris Strong 7ths Andy Morfill Chris Anthony James Mckeigue Josh Kearney Gareth Williams Marlon Wright Max Kearney Rob Williams Joe Porter Dave Yorath Liam Irish Ross Ellison Lionel Scurville Danny Knight 8ths Steve Challice David Terry Paul Smith Abbey Balogen Dave Williams Dan Elder Dan Piper Gareth Hurley Lum Berisha Dean Simon Max Eggl Alfie Duckett Matt Ring Derek Barnett 9ths Nathan Nicholsan Simon Gordon Bill Philpoft Dave Randall Paul Augtais Ben Weekes George Toft Gabriel Woodhall Simon Greening Scott Brown Barry Baxendale Peter Mielewczyk Steve Nicholl Dan Smith 5ths Sasha Goryunov Mark Stone Ish Beckford Phil Dussard Tim Gates Kevin Coyne Mekel Hackett Matt Walcott Luke Tierney Adam Hooper Marvin West Nick Nourrice Nick Rankin Alan Wade Vets NO GAME PLEASE contact the Team Secretary ROB WILLIAMS on [email protected] or 07941 134 503 to advise if you’re available and not selected. Managers/Captains 1st Team Rory Vermeulen Paddy Rumley 07979 858 595 07956 377 469 2nd Team Luke Graham 07707 288 174 3rd Team Tim Castle 07455 003 245 4th Team Barry McGuinness 07751 071 537 5th Team Phil Dussard 07920 779 374 6th Team Lewis Taylor 07921 809 349 7th Team Rob Williams 07941 134 503 8th Team Dave Terry 07817 884 739 9th Team Simon Gordon 07989 342 224 Sat Vets Steve Kearney Nathan Nicholson 07791 530 214 Sun Vets Roy McLoughlin 07973 835 203 07778 551 168 Advance Warning : Chiswick Bridge Closure Chiswick Bridge will be closed from Saturday morning at 01:00 until Monday morning at 04:00 on the following dates. Saturday 21 February until Monday 23 February 2015 Saturday 28 February until Monday 2 March 2015 Saturday 7 March until Monday 9 March 2015 Signed diversion routes will be in place at Chiswick Bridge. Drivers are strongly advised to plan alternative routes to avoid this delay. You can get live traffic information at tfl.gov.uk/traffic news and on Twitter @tfltrafficnews. Some bus routes will be affected, you can find live updates at tfl.gov.uk/bus/status. Pedestrian access will be available via one of the footpaths. Please note and plan your journey for games on these dates accordingly. ***************NEW Club Training************** Club training is to be reinstated on TUESDAY evenings on the 3G pitch at Kings House Sports Ground (Civil Service) starting on Tuesday 24th February between 8:00 – 9:00pm. The club has placed a regular booking at this time to use this facility until the middle of April. Please contact your captain for further details Club Website Take a look at the club’s revamped website http://www.omfc.co.uk. We are also on Twitter and Instagram. Look up @oldmeadsfc on twitter….. #MEADS Weekend at the Clubhouse FA Cup action this weekend so Spurs / Chelsea / Man City fans look away now. Saturday 14th Feb West Brom v West Ham FA Cup 5th Round 12:45 BT Sport 1 Crystal Palace v Liverpool FA Cup 5th Round 17:30 BT Sport 1 Sunday 15th Feb Aston Villa v Leicester City FA Cup 5th Round 12:30 BBC One Arsenal v Middlesbrough FA Cup 5th Round 16:00 BT Sport 1 If you’ve had enough of the beautiful game by 5pm Saturday there is also 6 Nations Rugby RBS SIX NATIONS England v Italy 14:30 Ireland v France 17:00 Rolling back the Years Came across a new account on Twitter called AFA archives, couple of photos of some past & present players, link below. https://twitter.com/afaarchive?lang=en-gb Fantasy Football Update – Including Mid-week games Match Reports Please send match reports, photos or anything else for submission in the newsletter to [email protected]. We are introducing the coveted ‘Report of the Month’ award once more, so let’s get your creative juices flowing. 1st Team Old Meadonians’ Press Release 09.02.15 Amateur Football Combination Premier Division Old Minchendenians 2 Old Meadonians 2 After a four week sojourn on the trail of the three cups that they enter, on Saturday Old Meadonians travelled to Southgate hoping to play catch up in a resumed league programme against mid-table Old Minchendenians who are in the process of rebuilding the team that had won them the A.F.C. Premiership twice and the A.F A. Senior Cup in the last four seasons. However, Meads’ had a pre-match set back when versatile defender Lawrie Pointer, coming back from injury, broke down in the warm-up and hopes were dented by hosts who, despite still needing to fully find their feet and being behind the eight ball for three quarters of the match, never gave up and snatched two points from the visitors courtesy of a fortuitous drop of the ball and some naïve last minute defending. Meads were two up at half time thanks to two excellent headers from centre-back Ali McCombe, the first, towering, on twenty five minutes, from Kevin Quinn’s in-swinging corner and the second, opportunist, ten minutes later when John Shea headed a deep corner back across goal for McCombe to finish at the far post. Meads started the second half in control and five minutes in were unlucky when the ball came back off the underside of the bar from a Craig Jones twenty yard free-kick. Almost immediately Aidan Chapman had a shot cleared of the line and then they had the chance to expand their cushion on the hour when Craig Jones rounded the keeper only to put the ball past the post after getting a giant bobble from the cut up pitch. With twenty minutes to go the persevering hosts put on a mini-blitz with which the visitors were coping admirably until a Minches’ corner was headed clear but hit sub Jack Holmes on the back and fell nicely for a strike from the edge of the box to thread through traffic past the unsighted Meads’ keeper Gary Robinson. Worse was to come as with five minutes to go shell shocked Meads, instead of shutting up shop were suckered into over-extending themselves and a swift counter saw a Minches’ striker rounding Robinson for the equaliser. Post-match the hosts were much more hospitable in their revamped bar but had to wait for Meads’ joint coach, the usually sanguine Paul Rumley to appear after he had found it necessary to take a solo stroll around the ground to allow his head to clear and his equilibrium to return. However, return he did to demonstrate that his sagacity was capable of dealing with the raw edges left on a squad sore over the debilitating negative rub of the green. Squad: Robinson, Mace, O’Sullivan, McCombe, Quinn, Brennan, Shea, Chapman, Gowers, Glover, Jones, Goode, Holmes. 2nd Team – Nothing submitted 3rd Team – Report by Tommy Champion Meads 3s made the journey to Economicals for yet another trek of an away game! With the 4-1 loss still in our minds from the reverse fixture back in November, revenge was on our agenda. We all arrived at the ground in good time which gave us the opportunity to do a proper warm up which helped- especially myself Rash and Freddie who were hanging from the night before! The game started positively for us with crisp passes throughout the side which gave us confidence. Economicals had the earlier chances with their striker missing from 2 yards out from a counter attack from our corner! Taxiiiii! However this was worked as a catalyst for us which sprung us into action. Tim and Jeusy were working well as a pair up front with the wingers looking to attack the opposition full backs. A positive for us was that we were working hard without the ball which gave us the platform to play some great football. We were creating some half chances and shots from distance but nothing of note - ash had a free kick over the bar and Daniel hit a long distance strike high, wide and handsome! On about the 30 minute mark Jeusy got slipped in by Ash and used Tommy's overlap as a decoy to place a beauty in the far corner (ala the great Thierry Henry) - 1-0!! This goal has been coming for Jeusy who has been putting in some impressive performances in lately in the absence of our talisman Dwayne. After the goal we played our best football for a long time, Tommy and Daniel working well in midfield and dominating things with some nice passing. Rasheed was making some positive runs at the full back and the defence were marshalling proceedings with Tim making good decisions in terms of coming off his line (Hugo loris would be proud) HT - 1-0 Economicals came out a lot stronger in the second half, their best player (number 8) getting a bit of joy. They had a series of corners which we dealt with well, Luke and Andrea winning a series of headers. We were getting a lot of joy on the counter attack, with Freddie nearly finding the far corner with a great effort tipped round the post. Jeusy had some half chances and Tim had an audacious overhead kick saved by the keeper. As the old saying goes, a 1-0 lead is a precarious position and the fact we didn't get a second goal could have come back to haunt us. However we showed great spirit and determination (something we were lacking earlier this season) to see the late flurry off from Economicals. A great team performance all round which was positive. Everyone put in a shift and earned their post match baguette and crisps! Mom went to Andrea who was a collosal at CB. 4th Team – nothing submitted 5th Team – Report by Luke Tierney In what turned out to be a hard fought victory the Meads 5s almost threw away the chance of a semi-final. Having stormed out of the blocks against a somewhat deflated side (injuries?) we could've been 3-0 up after 15. Instead we were 1 after a neat layoff from joey left Adam to score from 8 yards. The game seemed like it could only go one way until a goal kick alluded the defence with the wind sure to claim an assist as on the half sliding volley their striker first time lobbed Ricardo in goal. 1-1 and disbelief especially considering a clear penalty hadn't been given to Meads when Luke was clattered by the goalie. A lot of chances and a few goals followed. Their wingers cross again being caught by the wind and going in. Our clearance being stopped by the wind for Matt to come from 10yards behind in a defensive mixup and go around the keeper to tap in. They scored another,then Joey slotted in at near post. Somehow we had to go to extra time with Matts earlier described goal bringing us to 3-3 and relieved. Extra time and a lot of tired legs (everyone) and passion (looking at you Marv!) led to a tense finale. With a freekick 20yards out Marv settled it shooting through the wall and squirming under the goalie. Deserved win but made a meal of it. Who cares though as we've got a semi-final to think about Edit – What Luke failed to mention was the absence of the gaffer again, not just this game but all cup games to date… surely can’t pick himself for the Semi-Final? 6th Team – Report by Lewis Taylor Old Whits – 4 Meads 6's - 4 One of the most stressful weeks leading into a match with no GK, only 3 defenders, a recall for Elder, two newbies and the realisation that Waygood may have to play in an area of the pitch that requires tackling. Facing the side who'd scored 16 goals in two games against the 6's last season we did not expect much from this game, well apart from conceding. With two minutes to go before kick-off Jayson, who lives in Croydon (location of match), still hadn't arrived. We'd had the usual "I'm here" text 10 minutes earlier but still it looked like we'd kick off a man down. In the distance he was then spotted taking a casual stroll across toward the pitch, now this is the same Jayson who's encouraged to slow down his game as his feet are too quick for him. The pre-game 'banter' was all about the return of Elder and his wonderful Blue Superman pyjama bottoms that he decided he'd be wearing under his kit. Anyway, into the game and we started very well, breaking on the opposition with pace and great movement from the front 4. We took the lead and although the home side did put pressure on the back 3, they coped well, helped out by the 3 central midfielders. On a difficult pitch we looked to make the most from our set plays and scored from two well worked corners, one of which had been planned before kick-off. We took a 0-2 lead and ended the half 1-3 up. Into the second half and as expected our midfield and defence did start to lose energy and drop deeper, the home side made the most of this but still relied on a few individual mistakes from us to get back in the game. At 3-4 we had a couple of great chances to get a fifth but it wasn't to be and with time running out Whits got their equaliser. Most would think this would feel like defeat after leading but the commitment and effort all 11 players showed was tremendous and I was satisfied with a point. 7th Team – Report by Robert Williams Guildford 1s (3) vs Meads 7s (2) Another week another defeat. Half way through season and the 7s are rooted to the bottom of the table with only one league win all season. Our other point (yep we only have 4) came in the first fixture between both teams before Xmas. That day we fought back a couple of times and we almost repeated it on Saturday. Couple of new signings were needed due to injuries and holidays and not wanting to disrupt other teams the week before a big cup game (note to other captains), a credit to all who arrived in good time and all looked fired up for what is now confirmed as a relegation battle (as if it hadn’t already!!). We had the return of two of the 7th team prodigal sons, with Lionel been called up from the 9s (He has a car and Guildford is far) And Liam Irish making a welcome return after his recent fall out with management (They all come back eventually) Newish signing Dom getting the start this week on the left of midfield and the return of Liam who has not had much game time all season was tasked with leading the line with top goal scorer Ross (who has stopped scoring) Marlon who has consistently been one of our better players this season (done well for the 8s also with his open goal miss in the big game) started right with Corin & Danny starting CM. A new back four of Lionel (He has a car and Guildford is far) starting at RB, Josh shifting to LB and another new CB pairing of James and Gareth, with myself in goal (Jake says life is too busy at the moment but what we have found out is he has a girlfriend now so not allowed to come out and play with his mates). The one sub been Max who passed the first 15 minutes doing keepy ups on the side-line in an effort to remain warm. For a team that had pretty much been patched together last minute we started well. One thing Lionel (he has a car and Guildford is far) will bring to any team is a lot of chat, which we are guilty of not normally having enough of. The back 4 were well organised with Newbie Gareth getting more confident as the mins past. James was commanding well and not much was getting past Lionel or Josh out wide, with the help of Dom/Marlon and Max when he came on from the wings. However they ended up taking the lead, a soft free kick against Corin was quickly taken (Corin! Stop the free-kick not stop and chat with the ref) which resulted in another free-kick 20 yards down the line when James sent their striker rolling down the hill despite his claims he got the ball!! The ball was whipped in and volleyed into the net while as a team we stood and watched. We went into the break 1-0 down but we knew we had enough to get something out of the game. Again we started the 2nd half strongly and was not long before the score was 1-1, some great work from Marlon on the right set Corin through on goal who finished neatly past the keeper. We should have kicked on from that but we seemed to do the opposite. A corner for Guildford went straight out but on the run back to his position their CB berated the ref for what he believed should have been a penalty for a push on him from Danny. Funnily enough a few minutes later the ref awards a penalty for a push on that CB from another corner, can’t help but think the abuse received mins earlier helped the decision. Penalty was slotted home and not long after it was 3-1 when a mix up at the back allowing their CM to lob in from 20 yards! We came back strong again and scrambled in a 2nd when Danny nodded in the rebound from James header. We had a couple more ½ chances but failed to repeat the 3-3 from a few weeks ago. Overall another disappointing day at the office but with games in hand plenty of time left to survive. Need to beat Glyn Old Boys this weekend… they only beat us 8-2 in the return fixture at the start of the season, so should be close MOM – James for his overhead kick and Lionel for having a car, Guildford is far remember. 8th team – Report by Dave Terry Meads 8s 5 - 1 Old Sedcopians Scorers;- Balogen (2), Eggl, Elder, Simon Squad: - Challice, Smith, Barnett, Piper, Ring, Balogen, Berisha, D Elder, Hurley, Eggl, Simon, Terry, Holland A very good run out for the 8s this weekend, with some great football and effort on display. That being said, we didn't always have it our own way, particularly in the first half (despite being 3-1 up). Sedcopians hit the cross bar and missed a penalty. We soon overcome our hesitancy and the second half we were pretty dominant and should have added to the goal tally. The goals where all good finishes, with the pick of the bunch being Dans left footed drive from 20-odd yards out. Eggl added to his tally and kept himself in the hunt for the Golden Boot, hassling the defense and finishing well after a run from 40-yards out, Abbey grabbed himself a well taken brace and Deano twisted and turned in the box to poke home. The only real criticism is we did get a tad gun ho towards the end of the game, which can happen when winning well. Even then Sedcopians where snuffed out but the 8s usual endeavor, or didn't have the quality to take advantage. We will need to be more disciplined against better sides. Cup semi-final coming up, and the boys are all fired up and looking forward to it. West Wickham 7s are pretty much a Vets side, so our older heads will need to show all their experience, with the more youthful among us hassling and taking advantage of their younger legs. Hope to report a St Valentine’s Day massacre (in our favour obviously) next week. MoM: - Abbey Balogen. Two goals and tracked back all day. Needs to sort his time keeping out! 9th Team – Report by Gabriel Woodall 7/2/15 Meadonians IX 3 – 3 Old Tiffinians III / G Woodall G Toft S Brown Be it bums squeaking or asses twitching, the 9s could sense pre match that the Manchester-coined idiom now bore more than just a little resemblance to their own season’s end. Maximum points in all five fixtures would put the 9s in touching distance of their first title since the days of black and white football when all men were called Albert and everyone wore a hat to the game. Anything other than a win would mean relying heavily on the misfortunes of our league rivals. I think we all quickly realised this game would be won or lost on tight margins, decisive moments. Tiffinians looked strong from the off, with experienced and talented players right down the spine of the team. Then again, 9s haven’t been top all season on account of luck, and it was Meads who struck first; exploiting Tiffin’s high defensive line, I managed to coax the ball to the edge of the area before shooting high to score. 1-0. With less than 10 minutes of the first half remaining, Tiffin replied in quite astonishing style, a 25-yard left-foot volley from their increasingly dangerous midfield beanpole left most of us open-mouthed. 1-1. We hadn’t switched on before they scored their second – and neat move and clever finish over keeper Nathan – and we found ourselves behind (the first time this season from a winning position). 2-1. George presented me with my easiest chance of the season (so far) minutes before the break but I duly sent the ball into orbit. Crucially, we had the wind with us for the second half, and it took the 9s no time before levelling; Billy’s pick-out pass saw George round the keeper and – just about – finish the chance. Pretty much from this moment it was all Meads pressure, and we’d be mugs if we didn’t score next.Whadayaknow? We go 3-2 down – Billy’s miscontrol sees 2nd half goalie Greening attempt to clear up, only for his kick to find their unmarked centre forward with an empty goal in front of him. Nevertheless, we kept on pressing, but our finishing was just off today – Steve, George and Paul all had good chances to equalise. Thankfully it came with 10 or so left, through a penalty won in thanks to my cross, Steve’s fall and Scott’s converted spot kick. There was still time for my second, nightmare-inducing miss; Steve’s skill and cross to the back post should have been rewarded with a headed goal, but I managed to find a flailing Tiffinian body part instead of the back of the net, despite being effectively over the line myself. Finishing with a draw didn’t seem unfair – this was a very good side, though almost certainly a different line-up to what they put out most weeks, looking at their poor league position – but we left the field feeling rather regretful, in the knowledge that mistakes at either end cost us a vital win. Man of the Match: Pete the Pole, for selflessly sacrificing his promised half hour for the good of the team. Team: N Nicholson, B Weekes, P Augaitis, D Randall, B Phillpotts, S Brown, S Greening, B Baxendale, G Toft, G Woodall, S Nicholl Subs: S Gordon, P Mielewczyk, D Smith Diary of Lee Walsh aged 47 and a bit just come back from the game and cant wait to rite in me dairy. i meen im no filosifer but it was ritten in the stars that i wud score today. Cant believe it woz disaloud coz of off side i meen im a rite back. well thats ware im played by the manager, i shud be in midfield. I lost my rag today, i meen inuff is inuff that bubble that plays at the back is doing my ead in, Lee, lee, lee lee, thats wot he sez, all the time. i spose i wont forget my name coz he keeps f*****g sayin it. It woz nice to play in me own manner today i meen 10 mins from me ouse, i did go to the rong gate tho, dont fink anyone noticed tho. oh happy days went to the kemist about my little problem.... yes still appenin and the nice lady gave me somefink called tenner lady, i said are u sure it will elp. fought to meself its bin a while since i ad a lady for a tenner. well i tryed them today not easy to chase a ball tho, they do chaf a bit. but ill stik with em. just herd that arry as quit from rangers because he has bad nees i did nt no he woz still playin. and we lost agin. roll on next week hope that bubbles not playin tho, duz me ead he duz. Vets report Lyonians 1 vs Meadonians 1 – By Steve Kearney Another game, another disappointing afternoon. It started with us being kept locked out of the ground on the main road until 40 mins before kick-off. I mean hardly the best prep for a relegation battle, this was confounded by the referee that came into our dressing room to reel off all the professional football clubs he had played for 50 years ago, along with every injury he had ever endured. Could this game be all about him we wondered. It’s not an exaggeration that we totally dominated play in the first half creating countless chances that lacked the final product, , seems to be a pattern emerging here. Then as if by chance Dino had a mistimed soft tackle on the edge of our box on which the forward lunged forward 3 yards claiming he was in the box, The ref came running (jogging from his space in the centre circle) to shout i could send you off for that as he was the last man even though our other defender was 3 yards behind the offence. Hmmmm Then a matter of moments after. Jaime made a good run down the right and was tussled over by a defender , Jaime gave the guy a small push as he got up and walked away, only for the defender to lash out with a wild kick that luckily missed but was clearly violent conduct, The ref saw this and said oh well there were no punches thrown so let’s get on with it.Hmmmm The first half finished 0-0 and the frustration was evident, but we were still optimistic and knew that if we kept up the pressure they would crack. Finally we scored when Allen Kerr did a couple of clever tricks before unleashing a great shot into the top left hand corner, a truly deserving winning goal or so we thought. Then the match defining point. Lee Walsh our right back made a run from deep inside his own half following a clearance Allen who was in an offside position but making no attempt to play the ball at all simply let it go to allow Lee to run through and score from 25 yards out, the oppos linesman had his flag in the air ( no doubt for Allen) and the ref decided to go with him and disallowed the goal for Lee being offside, unbelievable. He then threaten to book Lee for carrying the move on. We continued to create more chances but again failed to finish them off, I looked at my clock and realised that 45 mins was up give or take 2-3 mins and shouted to Neil ask the ref how long is left Eight and a half minutes was the reply HMMMM that time elapsed only for the ref to vocally announce we are now playing four and a half minutes additional time? Then in the last minute Lee cleared a ball that was blocked by their forward corner shouts the ref. from which yes they scored with what has to be said was a peach of a header. 30 seconds later the final whistle. Who would be a football manager?
© Copyright 2024