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Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) F.C.<br />
vs<br />
<strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> F.C.<br />
West Midlands (Regional) League<br />
Premier Division<br />
Saturday 10th August 2019 Programme £1.00
Chairman:<br />
Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) F.C.<br />
Club Directory<br />
Neil Chambers<br />
Tel: 07976 752698<br />
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Vice Chairman:<br />
Secretary:<br />
Treasurer:<br />
Garry Hale<br />
Tel: 07791139288<br />
Gil Preece<br />
Tel: 07593281513<br />
Bob Jones<br />
Club Directors: Neil Chambers Keith Chambers<br />
Rose Burley Bob Jones<br />
General Commiee: Neil Chambers Garry Hale Bob Jones<br />
Gil Preece Anton Allen Keith Chambers<br />
Rose Burley George Hancocks Gavin Ingles<br />
Craig Wilkinson<br />
First Team Manager:<br />
First Team Coaches:<br />
Sports Therapist:<br />
Andy Parkes<br />
Ant Follows & Nick Lewis<br />
Mike Howe<br />
Trainee Sports Therapist: Aimee Clemson<br />
Club Photographer:<br />
Ground Address:<br />
Jayne Cartwright Coven Photography<br />
The Paycare Ground<br />
Bentley Leisure Pavilion<br />
Bentley Road North<br />
WALSALL<br />
WS2 0EA<br />
Telephone: 01922 616165<br />
Email: general@darlastontown1874fc.com<br />
Website: www.darlastontown1874fc.com<br />
Programme printed by Tom Giles & Co, OLDBURY. Prog. No 41 2
News & Views<br />
from the<br />
Boardroom<br />
What an absolute delight it is for me to extend a warm welcome to everyone at<br />
<strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> for our first home Premier Division game in more than 6 years.<br />
Under the joint management team of Dan Carter and Andrew Carrier <strong>Shifnal</strong><br />
got off to a great start last Saturday and are expected to do extremely well this<br />
season. Their players and officials are most welcome to join us for our award<br />
winning half time and post match hospitality.<br />
Well, since our last home league game in March an awful lot has happened. Of<br />
course the biggest thing to happen was our promotion and I thank and<br />
congratulate Andy, his management team and players for the enjoyment they<br />
gave to us all and for their magnificent season.<br />
The promotion kicked in our Football Foundation grant of £51,000 towards our<br />
floodlights. We still have to contribute £23,000 to the total cost of approx.<br />
£75,000. This was planned and budgeted for and the club funds have been in<br />
place for some time. As you can see work on the floodlights has started and all<br />
of the civil and ground works have been completed. Including the installation of<br />
the pads for the floodlight pylons, and all of the electrical cable has been laid in<br />
underground conduits ready for connection.<br />
We expect the pylons and lamps to be erected within the next 2 weeks. We are<br />
then in the hands of Western Power and Npower to connect the supply before<br />
the big switch on. However all is on schedule to meet the FA and League<br />
deadline of 30 September 2019. We are looking to get some prestigious<br />
opponents for the formal opening and as soon as we know anymore<br />
we will let you know.<br />
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Off the field our hardworking committee, volunteers and supporters have been<br />
at work making improvements, upgrades, renovations and improvements since<br />
the end of last season. You will not necessarily see or notice them all but they<br />
include nearly £12,000 spent on all four pitches, jet washing slabs in front of<br />
the clubhouse, painting benches, painting post and rail and goal posts, wet<br />
clean of carpets, all windows cleaned inside and out, grounds maintenance<br />
work on the perimeter trees, bushes and privet as well as numerous repairs<br />
and improvements. A special mention to supporters Pete and Alma Davies,<br />
Paul Gutteridge, Stuart Hayes, Phil Chambers , John Reeves as well as some<br />
of the ladies team and youth teams players and parents for their tremendous<br />
help.<br />
Of course there are still funds to be raised during pre-season with club events,<br />
room hires and sponsorships to be arranged and finalised. As always Anton<br />
Allen and Garry and Lynne Hale have been at the fore in running the club bar,<br />
events and hires.<br />
On the sponsorship front we have agreed a new 3 year deal with The Trade<br />
Centre UK, Wednesbury for our away kit whilst all last yearʼs sponsors have<br />
again signed up. It is also fantastic to see that all of our players and<br />
management team have also been sponsored.<br />
This season will be tough and we know we will be competing against many<br />
clubs with playing budgets, some quite sizeable, so we know we have a difficult<br />
task in front of us. However I have no qualms that Andy, his management team<br />
and players will work their socks off and leave no stone unturned to achieve<br />
success.<br />
Finally the support at Pershore <strong>Town</strong> last Saturday was superb with about 40<br />
supporters travelling to see the team and give them tremendous support. I<br />
know that Andy, the players, particularly the new players to the club who are<br />
not used to such levels of support were delighted with such vocal support.<br />
To everyone of you – Thank You and long may it continue.<br />
Enjoy todayʼs game…………..<br />
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View from the Dugout<br />
Good A8ernoon, and welcome back<br />
to the Paycare Ground todays visit of<br />
<strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong>, and Darlaston’s return<br />
to the Premier Division.<br />
It was great to see all of the friendly<br />
faces of the Darlo faithful at last<br />
week’s opening game. When<br />
Pershore asked Simon how fans we<br />
expected to travel, I don’t think they<br />
quite believed him when he said<br />
about 50 supporters would be there<br />
to support the players and the<br />
management team. We are all very<br />
humbled by your con>nued support,<br />
especially away from home, you<br />
would not believe the huge<br />
difference it makes to the players, so<br />
on behalf of all of us, thank you.<br />
It seems an age since I last wrote an<br />
ar>cle for the programme, such a<br />
large number of things have<br />
happened since last April, and the<br />
presenta>on evening in May.<br />
Here goes, last season finished on a<br />
real high with us finally geAng that<br />
promo>on spot, when the news<br />
came it was a complete shock. Emma and I were at the club aBending one of the<br />
youth presenta>on evenings with the Vice Chairman Garry Hale and Lynne, when<br />
the news came through, boy did we celebrate. We finished the season unbeaten<br />
a8er 20 games, last losing at home to AllscoB when we were very poor losing 4-1<br />
on 3rd November, so to go six months unbeaten is some achievement. Finishing<br />
runners up is bad enough, but not being promoted a8er the season we had<br />
would have been very harsh.<br />
A8er hearing of the promo>on we had to quickly change everything we had<br />
planned, in an effort to step up to the level required to compete in the Premier<br />
Division. Pre-season was re-planned, and some pre-season friendlies we had<br />
arranged needed to be changed and new opposi>on found. Then there was<br />
player recruitment, we had our wish list, which to be honest didn’t change a great<br />
deal, because the calibre of player we wanted to bring to the club were more<br />
than capable of playing in either Division.<br />
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Very shortly a8er we suffered a blow, some really sad news my assistant manager<br />
Scoot Moore " Mooro" received an offer too good to refuse, he had been offered<br />
the Assistant Manager’s job at AFC Wulfrunians who play at Step 5 of the Na>onal<br />
League Pyramid a league higher than we are at the moment. We wish ScoB all the<br />
very best for his new venture this season.<br />
Onto the new management structure for season 2019/20, please join me in<br />
welcoming Nick Lewis and Ant Follows who will be joining me in the dugout for<br />
this season. Both are no strangers to the club. Ant decided to hang the boots up<br />
and work alongside me this season. Nick last season was in charge of F.C.<br />
Darlaston leading them to third place at the end of the season. Nick resigned from<br />
the manager’s job, so to be able to recruit and add Nick to the team was a no<br />
brainer.<br />
Before we draw a line under last season, I would like to thank the club for the way<br />
they handled the incidents during and a8er our trip to Worcester. Special thanks<br />
should go to Chairman Neil, and Simon for their outstanding work in making our<br />
formal complaint, working with the two County FA’s along with defending charges<br />
against the club and a player<br />
We have completed a similar pre-season programme to the one we did last<br />
season, although it has been changed slightly because we are playing at a higher<br />
level, as well as the players are a lot fiBer than they were at this >me last season.<br />
We are hoping this puts us in good stead for the coming season. The squad will be<br />
tested very early in the season especially with two seriously difficult opening<br />
fixtures, against sides many think will be occupying two of the four promo>on<br />
places come the end of the season. In addi>on to 14 of last season’s squad we<br />
have recruited some quality players who each bring something different to the<br />
group, they have all seBled in very quickly and all have added to the close-knit<br />
group we had last season. "Time will tell” as they say whether or not they will be<br />
successful or not.<br />
Last week’s opening game was always going to be a tough encounter against one<br />
of this season’s promo>on favourites in Pershore. We knew we had to be on our<br />
game to come away with any sort of result and with eight members of the squad<br />
missing for one reason or another we knew the depth of the squad would be<br />
severely tested.<br />
To come away with a 1-1 draw and earn our first point of the season myself and<br />
management team were very pleased and encouraged with the start to life in the<br />
Premier Division.<br />
We welcome todays visitors <strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> to The Paycare Ground a very<br />
impressive side who I personally believe will be amongst the top four this season,<br />
they bring another tough test for us. <strong>Shifnal</strong> have been impressive in pre-season<br />
and have also recruited well including a deadly marksman in Tom Hill who scored<br />
goals for fun in this division two seasons ago with Wolves Spor>ng. Also, the<br />
squad is made up of the bulk of players who represented Wednesfield last season<br />
earning a fi8h placed finish, they have followed manager Dan Carter to <strong>Shifnal</strong><br />
a8er his appointment in May. In their first game they beat Cradley <strong>Town</strong> at home,<br />
running out easy winners 4-1<br />
Lastly, I hope you enjoy today’s game,<br />
Andy. 8
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Pershore <strong>Town</strong> 1<br />
Baldwin 40<br />
Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 1<br />
Nadat 45<br />
In front of a large travelling contingent Darlaston returned to West<br />
Midlands Premier Division action after a six year absence with a deserved<br />
1-1 draw at Pershore <strong>Town</strong>. In glorious sunshine on the banks of the<br />
River Avon both teams served up a tense affair for both sets of<br />
supporters.<br />
With eight players unavailable Darlaston manager Andy Parkes was<br />
forced into re-jigging his line up with Aidan Blackham, T J Davies, Connor<br />
Fellows and Reis Nadat making their debuts.<br />
After an even start Darlaston had keeper Liam Whittaker to thank on 5<br />
minutes, the young keeper pulling off an outstanding save to fingertip a<br />
Dan Noakes header over the bar. Leon Taylor had the visitors first<br />
opportunity, but keeper Matt Gwynne was equal to the task with a<br />
comfortable save from the strikers 10-yard shot.<br />
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Pershore were having<br />
the better of the player<br />
with former Aston Villa<br />
and Turkey Under 18<br />
International Umit<br />
Eminoglu pulling the<br />
strings in midfield<br />
whilst Nick Seabourne<br />
was impressive<br />
keeping the central<br />
defensive partnership<br />
duo of Connor Fellows<br />
and Ricardo Ricketts<br />
busy all afternoon.<br />
Debutant TJ Davies hit<br />
the outside of the post<br />
and Taylor could not<br />
get pace or direction on a 19th minute header. Pershore continued to<br />
have the better of the play and Eminogolu had a 25-yard free kick<br />
blocked before Whittaker made another fine save from a Joe Trindade<br />
header. On 31 minutes a Davies corner was met by a towering Taylor<br />
header, but the forward placed his 12-yard header wide.<br />
Pershore took a deserved<br />
lead on 40 minutes. A<br />
dubious free kick was<br />
awarded against Ricketts<br />
on James Baldwin. From<br />
25 yards Eminoglu's free<br />
kick was spilled by<br />
Whittaker and Baldwin was<br />
first to respond prodding<br />
the ball home from 6<br />
yards.<br />
Despite the setback<br />
Darlaston responded<br />
superbly and were on level<br />
terms moments before the break. Full back Sam Causton made a superb<br />
run down the right wing, cut in beyond his marker before cutting the ball<br />
back from the by line for the onrushing skipper for the day Reis Nadat to<br />
cheekily back heel home from 6 yards giving keeper Gwynne no chance.<br />
If the first half belonged to Pershore then the second half belonged to<br />
Darlaston. Within 5 minutes of the restart Aidan Blackham's 22-yard low<br />
drive superbly saved by Gwynne as was Isaac Cooper’s 15-yard effort.<br />
Eminogolu continued to prompt and probe for the home side and Baldwin<br />
had a header easily saved by Whittaker. Cooper, Davies and<br />
Causton all had chances for the visitors without troubling keeper<br />
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Gwynne, Dane Aldington and Seabourne responding likewise for the<br />
home side.<br />
As the half progressed<br />
the visitors pushed<br />
forward with Alex<br />
Solomon and Ryan<br />
Jones combining down<br />
the left on several<br />
occasions whilst<br />
Blackham and Nadat<br />
negated the threat of<br />
the impressive<br />
Pershore midfield.<br />
The introduction of<br />
Tyrone<br />
Clarke<br />
O'Connell for Isaac<br />
Cooper injected pace down Darlaston's right , the winger making an<br />
immediate impact forcing Gwynne into a save and in the final minute<br />
Clarke O'Connell was breaking through the heart of the home defence<br />
before being brought down by Hussain who was fortunate to see a<br />
yellow card. The resultant free kick coming to nothing.<br />
Overall a fair result with both teams showing quality, energy and<br />
effort in abundance.<br />
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What Might the<br />
Future Look Like<br />
You may have read recently that the West Midlands Regional League will<br />
not run a Premier Division from the 2020/21 season. So what is this<br />
likely to mean for our cub.<br />
Darlo new asked Chairman Neil Chambers to give his personal thoughts.<br />
Let me say that I know no more than anyone else. I have read what has<br />
been published and sough to interpret everything I have read. It is not<br />
easy to explain and the FA have not been entirely clear on their exact<br />
intentions. However here goes. I will confine most of my comments to<br />
how the changes are likely affect us and the West Midlands Regional<br />
League (WMRL) Premier Division.<br />
For the past two seasons the FA have indicated their intention to form<br />
what they call "The Perfect (non league) Pyramid" at Steps 1 to Step 6<br />
Nationally. Step 1 is the National League Conference and Step 6 is the<br />
equivalent of the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division. We<br />
are currently at Step 6.<br />
The move towards the "Perfect Pyramid" commenced at the end of the<br />
2018/19 season but the biggest impact will be at the start of the 2020/21<br />
season. So my interpretation of what it is likely to mean for us is as<br />
follows-<br />
"The FA has made it clear that Nationally they will introduce a new Step<br />
4 Division and 2 new Step 5 Divisions and that there will fewer<br />
Step 6 Divisions for the start of the 2020/21 season. To prepare 15
for this in May 2019 the FA asked all Step 5 and Step 6 Leagues in the<br />
Country to apply to run Divisions in 2020/21.<br />
The FA has also said that Nationally 24 Step 5 clubs will be promoted to help<br />
create the new Step 4 Division. Twelve clubs will also be relegated from<br />
Step 5. To accommodate all of the changes and make the Leagues<br />
geographically sensible and viable many clubs will be "laterally moved" to<br />
other Leagues. The FA has also said that Nationally there will be 76 clubs<br />
promoted from Step 6 to Step 5 including 4 clubs being promoted from the<br />
West Midlands Regional League at the end of this season. So to create the<br />
two new Step 5 Divisions 36 Step 5 clubs will be promoted or relegated out<br />
of Step 5 and 76 clubs will be promoted from Step 6. This leaves 40 new Step<br />
5 clubs with 20 in each of the two new Divisions.<br />
The FA has recently announced the results of the Step 5 and Step 6<br />
application process. For the 2020/21 season the East Midlands<br />
Counties League and the West Midlands Regional League will no longer run<br />
Step 6 Divisions. Following a recent League meeting the WMRL with full<br />
support of member clubs will appeal the FAs decision.<br />
The exact position at the end of this season will be determined by promotion<br />
and relegation issues as well as decisions made by the FA involving the<br />
lateral movement of clubs . However should the appeal fail then my view of<br />
what is likely to happen is described below. If the appeal is successful what I<br />
say below is likely to change dramatically.<br />
We know that the Midland League was successful in their application to the<br />
FA to run a Step 6 Division. With that in mind I expect that several clubs<br />
based in North Staffordshire and Shropshire currently playing in the Midland<br />
League Division One (also Step 6) and WMRL Premier Division are likely to<br />
be laterally moved to the North West Counties or Northern League. I also<br />
expect that some clubs from the Derbyshire/Nottingham/ Leicestershire<br />
and Coventry area currently playing in the Midland League<br />
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Division One will also be laterally moved to either the United Counties,<br />
Northern or North West Counties Leagues. I also expect that some Midland<br />
League Division One and WMRL Premier Division clubs from the South<br />
Birmingham and Worcestershire area are likely to be laterally moved to the<br />
Hellenic League.<br />
Following all of those changes I expect, subject to promotions, relegation<br />
and lateral movements that approx 8-10 teams from the Birmingham,<br />
Wolverhampton, Walsall and Black Country area from both the current<br />
WMRL Premier Division and the Midland League Division One will form<br />
a Step 6 Division of 18-20 clubs in the Midland League. Unless we are<br />
promoted or relegated I expect that we are likely to be moved laterally to<br />
the Midland League at Step 6 and be part of that League for the 2020/21<br />
season.<br />
As I say these are only my musings and entirely dependent on promotions,<br />
relegation and lateral movement of clubs decided by the FA.<br />
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Binned, stolen, or somewhere under the<br />
bed:<br />
When footballers' medals go missing<br />
After putting all that effort into winning them, it's surprising how many<br />
players allow their awards to go astray – some never to be seen again<br />
7 August ~ In July, Liverpool’s Rhian Brewster was filmed wearing his<br />
Champions League winner’s medal while getting his hair cut at the barbers.<br />
Some applauded how he was sharing the medal with the public. Others<br />
thought he ought to focus on getting first-team football. Given how many<br />
footballers have mislaid their medals, he’d do well to simply take care of it.<br />
Winning a record number of 13 top-flight English titles may explain Ryan<br />
Giggs’s attitude to the whereabouts of his silverware. While having a clearout,<br />
he found a handful of Premier League winner gongs stashed away in<br />
the back of a drawer. He’d forgotten they were there. “I am proud of what<br />
I’ve achieved,” said Giggs, “but looking at a medal or talking about what<br />
I’ve won doesn’t do anything for me.”<br />
Arsène Wenger feels the same way. He claims to have not kept a single<br />
medal, preferring to give them to club staff. Although Tony Adams has a<br />
different view on his former manager, saying Wenger was so angry about<br />
losing the 2001 FA Cup final to Liverpool, that he tossed his runners-up<br />
medal in the bin.<br />
Most are keener to keep hold of what they see as their part of history. Celtic<br />
reserve goalkeeper John Fallon was an unused substitute in the 1967<br />
European Cup final. He still got a winner’s medal – just not for 20 long.
Moments after receiving it, Celtic manager Jock Stein took it away, saying it<br />
was for the referee. It was later discovered it had been given to club<br />
chairman Sir Robert Kelly. Fallon had to wait until earlier this year before<br />
having it returned, after an unnamed person donated it to the club.<br />
In January of this year, former Ipswich <strong>Town</strong> winger Mick Lambert had his<br />
1978 FA Cup winner’s medal, earned after appearing as a substitute in the 1<br />
-0 win over Arsenal, stolen in a robbery. “Whether we’ll ever see it again I<br />
don’t know,” he said. Three weeks later, he found it under his bed, while<br />
trying to get to the plug sockets behind the headboard.<br />
Alex MacDonald was less fortunate. Six years ago, while holidaying in<br />
Benidorm, his winner’s medal from Rangers’ 1972 Cup-Winners Cup was<br />
ripped from the gold chain he wore around his neck. He remained<br />
philosophical. “I have always been of the opinion that if you get a wallet<br />
stolen, then maybe the person that stole it needed the money more than<br />
you did,” he said. Kirkintilloch Rangers Supporters’ Club paid UEFA £900 for<br />
a replica, which was later presented to MacDonald at Ibrox.<br />
Chelsea’s win over Manchester United in the 2018 FA Cup final meant Cesc<br />
Fàbregas added something previously missing from his extensive medal<br />
collection. Although he won the 2005 competition with Arsenal, he no longer<br />
has the medal as his father, who looks after his memorabilia, somehow lost<br />
it.<br />
Southampton have only won one major trophy, thanks to Bobby Stokes’s<br />
goal in the 1976 FA Cup final. Stokes’s medal very quickly left his sight. The<br />
day after the final he took it to the Beehive, a pub in Paulsgrove,<br />
Portsmouth. However, Bobby was Portsmouth-born, and the pub was his<br />
local. So despite playing for the rivals he was able to pass his medal among<br />
the many fellow drinkers without trouble. Later that evening, he was<br />
photographed wearing a policeman’s hat, while the officers posed with the<br />
Golden Boot he was presented for scoring Southampton’s most famous goal.<br />
It’s not just medals that go missing, either. Having won the 1982 European<br />
Cup in Rotterdam, Aston Villa then lost it at the Fox Inn in Hopwas, near<br />
Tamworth. Colin Gibson and Gordon Cowans wanted to show it to fans.<br />
“Gordon and I had had a few drinks,” said Gibson, “when someone turned<br />
round and said ‘the cup’s gone, it’s been stolen’.”<br />
Bizarrely, it was handed into a police station in Sheffield. Undeterred by the<br />
identity of the thief remaining a mystery, the officers on shift formed two<br />
teams for an impromptu game to see who got to lift the famous cup.<br />
Those who have lost but are yet to find their medals can take<br />
encouragement from auctioneers Hansons, who this year received Johnny<br />
Hancocks’ long-lost winning 1949 FA Cup final medal for Wolves from a<br />
private collector. Medals mark the end of a competition but can often go on<br />
to have their own, long-running story.<br />
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“Beyond the<br />
Dressing Room”<br />
Wow so what a journey it’s been to get to this<br />
point! Six years of hard work by so many<br />
people, the majority have been with the club<br />
since the first meeting held all that time ago.<br />
Admittedly some volunteers have come and gone, but today is a day<br />
that everyone who has donated any time to this wonderful club of<br />
ours, should be extremely proud of their contribution to help in<br />
returning the club back to where it was six years ago.<br />
Today is the first home game of our Premier Division season...<br />
Do you know how good that feels right!? Premier Division!<br />
It feels so so amazing to know the club are right back (no further<br />
forward) than when the original club folded back in 2013. It was<br />
riddled with finance worries, a ground that was falling down around<br />
everyone's ears and mounting problems. Now we head into the<br />
Premier Division campaign with a huge team of some of the most<br />
committed volunteers any community club could ever have, some<br />
huge skills sets and a new base that's been improved with the club<br />
investing over £200,000 to get us to this point.<br />
I know some people think we are crazy as volunteers, to donate as<br />
much time and effort into this club, helping it become the best it can<br />
be. Everything the club does is managed by or completed by one or<br />
several volunteers, they receive no payment for their time, dedication<br />
and in some cases, blood sweat and tears. Lots of club’s in nonleague<br />
football have amazing volunteers, but the sheer size of the<br />
task here at Darlaston on a weekly basis really proves just how<br />
passionate people are about our club and reputation, by the work<br />
they do. I mentioned earlier about skill sets, a collection of people<br />
from all walks of life have dovetailed together to put Darlaston back<br />
on the map, people such as Civil Servants, business owners,<br />
Accountants, Salesmen, trades people, everyone has their part to<br />
play, and it is very rare at Darlaston to find an instance when<br />
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something cannot be completed or sorted by one of our volunteers.<br />
Last season ended so close to us winning the league, in fact it really<br />
came down to one goal in the last minute of a home game against<br />
Worcester Raiders, costing the club two points which in fact cost us<br />
the championship by a single point. Losing out on the title and<br />
promotion at the end of the season, felt like we had been kicked in<br />
the teeth, one of the biggest of let downs we have ever experienced<br />
at Darlaston,<br />
Thinking we would have another season in Division One and having to<br />
go again in a Division would have been really hard. But that massive<br />
surprise of finding out that we had been promotion by the FA League<br />
Committee back to the Premier Division felt better than most<br />
Christmas mornings for a lot of us!<br />
So, we welcome you all back again for another long hard slog,<br />
beginning a new chapter in the history of our club, how far can we go<br />
now. We must get behind the managers and his talented squad of<br />
players because really do give everything and more to the club.<br />
Andy is building and advancing all the time and with the likes of Nick<br />
and Ant alongside him it bodes well for a real journey we are about to<br />
embark on together. How they have been able to recruit the quality of<br />
the players they have is beyond me, especially as we are one of less<br />
than a handful of teams in the Division without a budget.<br />
The club has also moved forward on other fronts during the close<br />
season, we have gained a women's team and a few of us were<br />
fortunate to see them in action in their first pre-season friendly, they<br />
won 9-0 an incredible result given their first game. The professional<br />
nature of the women's team really is important because we have<br />
worked so hard to keep the reputation of the club at the centre of all<br />
we do. Many a decision has been made about what is best for the<br />
club and now we have a really dedicated ladies first team I hope we<br />
can build on this and see more ladies and girls involved in our youth<br />
teams.<br />
One thing I always say to people is that this club is a family, you will<br />
always find support or a friendly ear here! So I hope you all enjoy the<br />
coming months, come rain or shine, win or lose the journey to this<br />
point has been nothing short of a miracle and Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> 1874<br />
F.C. is very firmly on the map once again, and a new blank chapter in<br />
this fantastic club’s history is ready to be written.<br />
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A BRIEF<br />
HISTORY<br />
Although the record books reveal the<br />
existence of a <strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Football Club as<br />
far back as the 19th century, the modern<br />
day club was founded as recently as 1964,<br />
originally being named St Andrews Club F.C<br />
Youth.<br />
As members of the local Wellington and District League, the club’s<br />
first significant event was the involvement of the current Club<br />
President and as a result, the organisation of the club improved,<br />
and the first change of identity occurred, with the resurrection of<br />
another historic name from the town’s footballing past, <strong>Shifnal</strong><br />
Juniors being the chosen new title.<br />
The final change of name, to <strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> came in 1972 and after<br />
lifting the Premier Division Cup again in 1975, the club’s finest<br />
hour in County League membership occurred the following year,<br />
when the Premiership Division Championship was accompanied by<br />
an appearance in the Welsh Intermediate Cup Final, losing to<br />
Cardiff College at Knighton <strong>Town</strong> F.C.<br />
1977 saw election to Division One of the West Midlands (Regional)<br />
League. Just two years later, the Divisional title was won, and with<br />
the Club able to boast much improved facilities at the council<br />
owned Admirals Park, promotion to the Premier Division was<br />
obtained. Back to back Premier Division championships followed in<br />
1981 and 1982, but promotion to the Southern League was Denied<br />
due to the absence of floodlights. The 1982/3 season saw <strong>Shifnal</strong>’s<br />
best ever F.A. Cup Run, when the giant killing exploits took them<br />
to the fourth qualifying round, where only a 4-1 Defeat at Alliance<br />
Premier Division Boston United prevented progress into the<br />
competition Proper. The same season also saw <strong>Shifnal</strong> pull off a<br />
shock victory over Boston’s divisional colleagues Telford United in<br />
the Shropshire Senior Cup, to set up a final meeting with<br />
Shrewsbury <strong>Town</strong>, who lifted the cup with a narrow 1-0 success.<br />
Sadly, 1985 was to bring catastrophic news, with the compulsory<br />
sale of the land on which Admirals Park stood.<br />
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The club had no alternative but to resign from the West Midlands<br />
(Regional) League, but club officials were determined to see the<br />
club rise again. Back in the Shropshire County League, and once<br />
again temporarily based at Idsall Sports Centre, the club then<br />
purchased 5.5 acres of land to construct and develop what is now<br />
the present day Phoenix Park stadium. As work continued on the<br />
new facilities, the club also re-emerged as a playing force, twice<br />
lifting the County League Premier Division Championship, as well<br />
as the J.W. Hunt Cup in 1990, Shropshire Challenge Cup in<br />
1991,Tom Jones Cup in 1992 and the Premier Division Cup in<br />
1993.<br />
The improvements at Phoenix Park saw the club return to senior<br />
ranks for the 1993/4 campaign, with <strong>Shifnal</strong> spending their one<br />
and only season as members of the Skol Midland Combination<br />
Premier Division, where an eventual third place saw the club<br />
invited to become founder members of the Midland Football<br />
Alliance.<br />
The installation of floodlights in 1994 then ensured that <strong>Shifnal</strong><br />
were now able to compete at the highest level since their<br />
formation. In 2002/3 season but after a poor run of results John<br />
Powell stepped in to replace Bernard Mackey. Unfortunately John<br />
was unable to prevent the club being relegated into the Midland<br />
Football Combination. <strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> have since relegation<br />
appointed a string of managers, i.e. Joe Owen, Ken Howells, John<br />
Newell and Mervyn Rowe as caretaker manager.<br />
The 2005/6 season the club as appointed a New Team manager in<br />
Mick Tranter. 2006/7 saw the best season <strong>Shifnal</strong> have enjoyed for<br />
many years, winning the West Midlands Premier League by 10<br />
clear points so gaining promotion to the Midland Football Alliance,<br />
winning the League Cup, and scoring 100 goals in the league<br />
campaign.<br />
<strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Reserves also gained promotion to the Shropshire<br />
County League Premier division winning their League by a single<br />
point.<br />
A business disaster led to Mick resigning at the end of the season,<br />
Les Bristow being promoted to take over. He resigned in October<br />
2007, and current incumbent Darren Goodall was appointed for his<br />
first managerial role. <strong>Town</strong> finished in 15th position in the league,<br />
which was rather disappointing as they fell away with a congested<br />
fixture list towards the end of the season. However, success in the<br />
League Cup competition at Walsall’s Banks Stadium against<br />
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Coalville <strong>Town</strong> sweetened the pill somewhat!<br />
Following the resignation of Darren Goodall at the end of the 2008<br />
-9 season, Delwyn Humphreys took the managerial reins for the<br />
2009-10 season, however his stay proved to be a short one for in<br />
October 2009 he accepted a position as assistant manager at<br />
Hednesford <strong>Town</strong>. John Wilson who was Delwyn’s No.2 at <strong>Shifnal</strong><br />
was promoted to take the position of manager. Following a poor<br />
run of results, John parted company with the club, to be replaced<br />
by former player Matt Flanagan in December.<br />
After more years of struggling in the West Midland Premier<br />
League, at the end of the 2014-5 <strong>Shifnal</strong> finished second bottom<br />
and were relegated to Division One. Matt Flanagan resigned due<br />
to business commitments, and Mark Wells assisted by Kevin<br />
Thompson took over from the beginning of the 2015-6 season .<br />
The league campaign proved to be a success story with <strong>Shifnal</strong><br />
<strong>Town</strong> being crowned Division One champions, wining the title by 9<br />
points ahead of second placed Hereford Lads Club, winning 25<br />
games and losing just one match allowing an immediate return to<br />
the Premier Division.<br />
After two seasons in the Premier League Mark Wells resigned as<br />
manager at the end of season 2017-8. Mark Simpson was<br />
appointed as manager last season assisted Kevin Thompson. The<br />
<strong>Town</strong> had a disappointing season narrowly avoiding relegation,<br />
this led to another managerial change,<br />
The management team of Danny Carter and Andrew Carrier<br />
taking over for this season after being recruited from Wednesfield<br />
after a very creditable fifth placed finish in their first season in the<br />
Division.<br />
Carter and Carrier have recruited well in the summer, securing<br />
one the Midlands most prolific frontmen in Tom Hill, along with a<br />
number of players that were an integral; part of last season’s<br />
Wednesfield’s squad.<br />
This season is like no other, with four promotion places available<br />
into presumably the Total Motion Midland Football League every<br />
team seems to be investing heavily to try and finish in one of the<br />
promotion slots.<br />
The season started really well last weekend at <strong>Shifnal</strong>’s<br />
Acoustafoam Stadium when the <strong>Town</strong> won comfortable 4-1 against<br />
Cradley <strong>Town</strong>..<br />
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Around the League<br />
Last Saturday saw the start of the 2019/20 season and already several clubs<br />
have laid down early markers of their intentions.<br />
Relegated from the Midland League Premier Division Wolverhampton<br />
Sporting Community have made numerous eye catching signings and it<br />
showed in their 8-1 thrashing of Bilston <strong>Town</strong> at Pride Park. Former<br />
Chasetown, Worcester City and Sporting Khalsa striker Nick Turton helped<br />
himself to four goals. Chad Birch opened the scoring before former Darlaston<br />
man James Quarry and then Alex Cameron found the net to make it 3-0.<br />
Turton added two more to send his team in 5 goals to the good at half time.<br />
Turton completed his hat trick with a 6 yard header, adding his fourth and<br />
Sportingʼs seventh before being substituted. Chad Birch netted from the<br />
penalty spot before Yannick Gomes netted a last minute consolation for the<br />
Steelmen.<br />
Todayʼs visitors <strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> also made an impressive start under their new<br />
management duo of Dan Carter and Andrew Carrier who led Wednesfield to a<br />
fifth placed finish last season. Several Wednesfield players have followed<br />
Carter to the Acoustafoam Stadium but it was ex Wolves Casuals full back<br />
Jordan Uppal who opened the scoring in a 4-1 home win against Cradley<br />
<strong>Town</strong>. Goals from Kyle Montague and Tom Hill gave them a three goal lead.<br />
An own goal gave Cradley a glimmer of hope but the game was settled with<br />
another own goal.<br />
Under the new management of former Stourbridge and Worcester City<br />
midfielder Sean Geddes, Black Country Rangers also showed their intentions<br />
with a 5-1 away win at Wem <strong>Town</strong>. Bewdley <strong>Town</strong> were also away winners 5-<br />
2 at Smethwick Rangers.<br />
Dudley Sports were unexpected winners at home to Littleton <strong>Town</strong> who have<br />
made several high profile signings including former Stourbridge duo Ben<br />
Billingham and Liam McPike. It was Billingham who opened the<br />
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scoring for Littleton but two second half goals settled the game for Sports.<br />
At the Aspray Arena Dudley <strong>Town</strong> are also under new management with former<br />
Sikh Hunters boss Matty Lovatt now in the hot seat. Several Hunters players<br />
have followed Lovatt including former Darlaston men Tyrone Atkinson and Ben<br />
Lawley whilst former Paycare Ground favourite Danny Mayne has also joined<br />
Dudleyʼs squad. The visitors to Aspray Arena were last seasonʼs Division One<br />
Champions Worcester Raiders and it was Raiders who made the return home<br />
with all 3 points with a 4-3 win. It was Mayne who gave the home side an early<br />
lead before Raiders responded with four unanswered first half goals. Dan<br />
flowers equalised with Kirk Layton and a brace from Roland Krol putting the<br />
visitors in command at the break. Second half goals from Alex Brogan and Dan<br />
Jones set up a storming finish but Raiders held on to take the spoils.<br />
At Amos Lane Wednesfield also have a new manager in former Bloxwich and<br />
Lane Head boss John Griffiths. Griffiths will be delighted with a 3-1 opening day<br />
win against AFC Bridgnorth. Two second half goals sealed the points.<br />
In the only other game in the Premier Division Wolves Casuals will rue the<br />
dropping of two valuable points in a goalless draw against Shawbury United at<br />
Brinsford Lane. New Shawbury boss Declan Allen has put together a young<br />
talented squad and it looks like they might cause a few shocks this season.<br />
Cassies had the best of the chances but visiting keeper Tom Delamere was in<br />
fine form pulling off several fine saves including a second half spot kick.<br />
So the season is up and running with four teams promoted this season many<br />
clubs have invested heavily with several teams working with big budgets. It will<br />
be interesting to see how the season pans out and which clubs emerge to<br />
threaten the “big boys”. Certainly there were a few shocks on the opening day of<br />
the season and eyebrows have certainly been raised.<br />
Only another 33 League games to go………….<br />
Divisionʼs One and Two get their seasons underway this coming weekend as<br />
Gornal Colts and FC Darlaston play their first games in Division One, and the<br />
WMRL welcome new teams Coven Athletic, Walsall <strong>Town</strong> Swifts and Worcester<br />
Raiders Reserves to Division Two<br />
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Darlo’s League Fixtures<br />
10 August 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) <strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> 3:00 PM<br />
17 August 2019 Smethwick Rangers Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
24 August 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Wem <strong>Town</strong> 3:00 PM<br />
31 August 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Black Country Rangers 3:00 PM<br />
07 September 2019 Wolverhampton Casuals Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
14 September 2019 AFC Bridgnorth Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
21 September 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Bilston <strong>Town</strong> Community 3:00 PM<br />
28 September 2019 Black Country Rangers Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
05 October 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Bewdley <strong>Town</strong> 3:00 PM<br />
12 October 2019 Cradley <strong>Town</strong> Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
19 October 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Worcester Raiders 3:00 PM<br />
26 October 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Dudley Sports 3:00 PM<br />
02 November 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Wednesfield 3:00 PM<br />
12 November 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Wolverhampton Casuals 19:45 PM<br />
16 November 2019 Shawbury United Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
23 November 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Lileton 3:00 PM<br />
30 November 2019 <strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
07 December 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Pershore <strong>Town</strong> 3:00 PM<br />
14 December 2019 Wem <strong>Town</strong> Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
21 December 2019 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Smethwick Rangers 3:00 PM<br />
28 December 2019 Wednesfield Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
04 January 2020 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Wolves Spor:ng Comm 3:00 PM<br />
11 January 2020 Bilston <strong>Town</strong> Community Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
18 January 2020 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) AFC Bridgnorth 3:00 PM<br />
26 January 2020 Bewdley <strong>Town</strong> Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
08 February 2020 Worcester Raiders Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
15 February 2020 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Cradley <strong>Town</strong> 3:00 PM<br />
22 February 2020 Lileton Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
29 February 2020 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Dudley <strong>Town</strong> 3:00 PM<br />
07 March 2020 Dudley Sports Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
14 March 2020 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Shawbury United 3:00 PM<br />
21 March 2020 Dudley <strong>Town</strong> Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
11 April 2020 Wolves Spor:ng Comm Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 3:00 PM<br />
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WMRL<br />
Premier Division<br />
Pos P W D L GD Pts<br />
1 Wolves Spor>ng Comm 1 1 0 0 7 3<br />
2 Black Country Rangers 1 1 0 0 4 3<br />
3 Bewdley <strong>Town</strong> 1 1 0 0 3 3<br />
4 <strong>Shifnal</strong> <strong>Town</strong> 1 1 0 0 3 3<br />
5 Wednesfield 1 1 0 0 2 3<br />
6 Worcester Raiders 1 1 0 0 1 3<br />
7 Dudley Sports 1 1 0 0 1 3<br />
8 Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) 1 0 1 0 0 1<br />
9 Pershore <strong>Town</strong> 1 0 1 0 0 1<br />
10 Shawbury United 1 0 1 0 0 1<br />
11 Wolves Casuals 1 0 1 0 0 1<br />
12 Dudley <strong>Town</strong> 1 0 0 1 -1 0<br />
13 LiBleton 1 0 0 1 -1 0<br />
14 AFC Bridgnorth 1 0 0 1 -2 0<br />
15 Smethwick Rangers 1 0 0 1 -3 0<br />
16 Cradley <strong>Town</strong> 1 0 0 1 -3 0<br />
17 Wem <strong>Town</strong> 1 0 0 1 -4 0<br />
18 Bilston <strong>Town</strong> 1 0 0 1 -7 0<br />
PLEASE NOTE<br />
The fixture list shown opposite is only published as a guide, and will be<br />
subject to changes. All changes will be published on the Club Website and<br />
Social Media .<br />
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Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) F.C.<br />
Ground Regulations<br />
1. Permission to enter or to remain within the Ground is at the absolute<br />
discretion of the Club or any authorised officer.<br />
2. In the event of the postponement or abandonment of the Match,<br />
refunds (if any) will be made at the discretion of the Club. The<br />
Club will have no further liability whatsoever.<br />
3. All persons seeking entrance to the Ground acknowledge the Club’s<br />
right to search any person and to refuse entry to or eject from<br />
the Ground any person refusing to submit to such a search.<br />
4. The following articles must not be brought into the Ground knives,<br />
fireworks, smoke canisters, air-horns, flares, musical instruments,<br />
weapons, dangerous or hazardous items, laser devices, bottles, glass<br />
vessels, cans, poles and any article that might be used as a weapon,<br />
compromise public safety or annoy neighbours. Any person in breach<br />
of these requirements will be refused entry or will be ejected from<br />
the Ground.<br />
5. The use of threatening behaviour, foul, aggressive, racist or abusive<br />
language is forbidden and will result in immediate ejection from the<br />
Ground at the discretion of the Club. The police will be called if<br />
appropriate.<br />
6. Racial abuse, chanting or harassment is strictly forbidden and will<br />
result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground at the discretion of<br />
the Club. A ban for one or more matches will be imposed.<br />
7. The following acts are arrestable offences under the Football<br />
(Offences) Act 1991, as amended and conviction of such acts<br />
may result in a banning order being imposed on the guilty party.<br />
7.1 The throwing of any object within the Ground without lawful<br />
authority or excuse.<br />
7.2 The chanting of anything of an indecent or racial nature.<br />
7.3 The entry onto the playing area or any adjacent area to<br />
which spectators are not generally admitted without lawful<br />
authority or excuse.<br />
8. Nobody may stand in any seating or marked area whilst play is in<br />
progress. Persistent standing in seated areas whilst play is in<br />
progress is forbidden and will result in ejection from the Ground.<br />
9. The obstruction of gangways, access ways, exits and entrances,<br />
stairways and like places is strictly forbidden. Nobody<br />
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entering the Ground shall be permitted to climb any structures within<br />
the Ground.<br />
10. Smoking in No-Smoking areas is strictly forbidden.<br />
11. Under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 as<br />
amended, the following are offences for which a person can be<br />
arrested by a Police Officer and conviction will result in a<br />
Banning Order being made:<br />
11.1 Attempting to enter the Ground or being inside the Ground<br />
whilst drunk or in possession of alcohol.<br />
11.2 The consumption of alcohol is entirely at the discretion of<br />
the club, glass will not be allowed pitch side.<br />
12. Any individual who has entered any part of the Ground designated<br />
for the use of any group of supporters to which they do not belong<br />
may be ejected from the Ground either for the purposes of their own<br />
safety or for any other reason.<br />
13. No goods of any nature may be offered for sale without the prior<br />
written permission of the Club.<br />
14. Photographs and videos<br />
14.1 Photographs and videos cannot be taken or recorded at any<br />
Youth Team games without specific consent being obtained<br />
prior to the fixture or permission is granted from the relevant<br />
Darlaston <strong>Town</strong> (1874) Youth Team manager prior to kick off<br />
14.2 Photographs and videos are allowed to be taken or recorded at<br />
all First Team matches. To enhance its standing with the<br />
football and local community, to promote the interests of the<br />
club and sponsors, and to keep supporters and followers fully<br />
informed the club has a legitimate interest in publishing First<br />
Team photos and videos including in their match day<br />
programmes on their website and on their social media sites.<br />
The photographs and videos will be destroyed in line with<br />
GDPR Regulations<br />
15. At all times whilst in the Ground, persons must comply with any<br />
and all instructions of any committee member or authorised person.<br />
Failure to comply with any instruction will lead to ejection from the<br />
Ground.<br />
16. The Club reserves the right to eject from the Ground any person<br />
failing to comply with any of the Ground Regulations or whose<br />
presence within the Ground is, or could reasonably be, construed as<br />
constituting a source of danger, nuisance or annoyance to any<br />
other person or neighbour. This will lead to further action by the<br />
club including, but not limited to the issue of a banning order.<br />
17. Entry to the Ground shall constitute acceptance of the<br />
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DARLASTON TOWN (1874)<br />
SQUAD LIST<br />
Joe Baker<br />
Aiden Blackham<br />
Daniel Bolzon<br />
Sammy Causton<br />
Luke Charlton<br />
Ezekiel Agyemang<br />
Morgan Campbell<br />
Tyrone Clarke-O'Connell<br />
Isaac Cooper<br />
T.J. Davies<br />
Noah Diallo<br />
Connor Fellows<br />
Sco Glasby<br />
Andy Heal<br />
Jamie Holder<br />
Lucas Hough<br />
Ryan Jones<br />
Reis Nadat<br />
Riccardo Rickes<br />
Liam Smith<br />
Alex Solomon<br />
Leon Taylor<br />
Liam Whiaker<br />
SHIFNAL TOWN<br />
SQUAD LIST<br />
Jake James<br />
Tom Whiaker<br />
Harrison Barre<br />
Harry Cunningham<br />
Ryan Hadley<br />
Tom Hill<br />
Nathan Jackson<br />
Andrew Bellingham<br />
Jordan Jones<br />
Jake Lloyd<br />
Lewis Mackenzie<br />
Sam McCarthy<br />
Tom McCrystal<br />
Kyle Montague<br />
Ben Novis<br />
Ben Perks<br />
Jamall Pinnock<br />
Craig Radford<br />
Brad Sharman<br />
Bradley Smith<br />
Jordan Uppal<br />
Mark Webster<br />
Rees Wedderburn<br />
Manager:<br />
Coaches:<br />
Sports Therapist:<br />
Management Team<br />
Andy Parkes<br />
Ant Follows<br />
Nick Lewis<br />
Mike Howe<br />
Trainee Sports Therapist<br />
Aimee Clemson<br />
Referee:<br />
Mr. Daniel Ellis<br />
Match Officials<br />
Assistants:<br />
Mr. Paul Hill<br />
Mr. James Kerrigan