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Chairman: Ken Jacobs Commercial Director: Craig Buckingham

Manager: Wayne Mew Assistant Manager: Stuart Long

Coach: Dave Smith Res. Manager: Francis Benali

Res. Coach: Craig Mew Treasurer: Paul Taylor

Secretary: Carolyn Mew Wyvern Secretary: Laura Hicks

Medical Staff: Paul Coffin & Dave Penny Programme Editor: Cam Melling

Safety Officer: Mike Garner Youth Protection Officer: Laura Hicks

Home colours: White & Black Away Colours: Blue

First Team Midweek Games: Tuesdays Reserve Midweek Games: Tuesdays

Club Website: www.romseytownfc.com Founded: 1886

Ground: The Bypass Ground Last Season

Sydenhams Wessex Premier Division: 16th FA Cup: Extra Preliminary Round

FA Vase: Second Qualifying Round Hampshire Senior Cup: 2nd Round

League Cup: 1st Round

Welcome to the Bypass Ground—home of Romsey Town FC. We hope you enjoy your short stay here at our club.

Next Home Game: New Milton 22/11/11 Next Away Game: Winchester City 26/11/11

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Brading Town Have beaten us in their last 3 visits to the Bypass Ground. Have knocked Romsey out of the FA Cup in both of the last two seasons. Haven’t won in their last 6 league matches. Lost 2-1 to Rozel Rovers in Hampshire Senior Cup 1st round, a team Romsey beat 2-0 in the second round. Currently lie in 16th place but finished in a very respectable 4th last year. They are recovering from a 5-0 loss to Bournemouth in midweek. Nigel Murray has recently replaced Steve Brougham as manager. They have also recently lost top goal-scorer Giancarlo Giancovich who had 8 goals in 9 games.

A football club was first formed in Brading in1871 and joined the Isle of Wight League on its formation in 1898. During the 1920s & 1930s the Club played in the IOW 2nd Division and won the title on numerous occasions. In 1948 promotion was gained to Island League Division 1, which proceeded to be one of the most successful eras for the club. During the 1950s the Club won the Division 1 Championship for a record 8 consecutive seasons, also win-ning the IOW Challenge, Memorial and Jubilee Cups. In 1973, the Club joined the Hampshire League in Division 4. Promotion was gained in three successive seasons, and in 1975/76 the club won Hampshire League Division 2 and the Hampshire Intermediate Cup for the third time in five years. In 1977 the Club also won the prestigious IOW Gold Cup. In 1977/78 the club finished 4th place in a very strong Hampshire League Division 1. During the 1980s Brading Town became established in the Hampshire League. Unfortunately the Club lost its place in the 1st Division due to relegation in 1992. After finishing 5th place in the Hampshire Premier League in 2001, the Club entered a difficult period. The following season saw us finish 4th from bottom. Despite this, the Club applied and joined the newly formed Wessex League Division 2 for the 2004/05 season. Fortunes on the pitch improved, with 2004/05 being the most impressive sea-son to date with all of the Club‘s three teams enjoying success. The A Team – Champions, IOW Combination Divi-sion 2; Reserves - IOW Junior A Trophy and promotion to the IOW Division 1 having finished runners up in Division 2; and our Wessex League Team securing the IOW Gold Cup for the first time in 30 years. Having enjoyed such suc-cess on the pitch, and with various ground and facilities improvements, the Club was delighted to be promoted to the newly named Wessex League Premier Division for the 2006/07 season.In October 2007, Roy Penney stood down as chairman after 5 years and was replaced by Keith Newbery. After a 28 year absence the club was elected back into the FA Vase and 2008 saw us enter the FA Cup for the first time. FA Cup sponsors E-ON chose Brading Town FC as the team to follow in the competition. This was a proud and historical moment for the Club. Sadly 2008 saw the death of Peter Henry our grounds man who had been associated with the Club for 62 unbroken years. He origi-nally joined the Club as a player. In Pete‘s memory, the ground was renamed ‗The Peter Henry Ground‘, Vicarage Lane. The 2009/10 season ended victorious with the Wessex League Premier Division Team winning the IOW Gold Cup having been runners up for the last 3 years. The Reserve Team won the IOW Division 2, and the A Team were runners up in the IOW Combination 1. The Club was also recognised by achieving 3rd place Fair Play Awards, and received Brading Mayor‘s Community Award 2010. At the end of the 2011 season, the club achieved 4th place in the Wessex Premier League; with the Reserve Team coming 3rd in Division 1 of the IWFA Saturday League, and the A Team winning IWFA Combination 1. Brading Town also won the Ryde & District Cup. Having hosted several matches for the Island Games event at the end of June 2011, Brading Town was voted the friendliest ground at the Island Games.

Today‘s opposition travels over, for the second time this season, from the Isle of Wight and is Brading Town. Brading have already once defeated Romsey this season when the teams met back in August in the F.A. Cup were Brading ran out 1-0 winners in a tight affair. Last season‘s results: 2-0 and 1-0 to Brading.

Nickname: The Romans Team Colours: White and red. Manager: Nigel Murray Physio: Alex Egleton 10/11 League Position: 4th 10/11 Most Appearances: Gareth True (42) 10/11 Top Goalscorer: Scott Jones (19)

Steve Hollicks – Position: Goalkeeper In his debut season for the Town in goal. Great shot stopper. Jake Fulford – Position: Goalkeeper Young goalkeeper who came through from QK. Matthew Brown – Position: Goalkeeper Good ‗keeper, has been solid every time he‘s been called on. Jake Long – Position: Left back Tough full back resigned last season from Lymington after previously being at Romsey Richard Hayter - Position: Defender Solid defender who can play all across the back—ever present last season Gareth Batchelor – Position: Centre Back Skilful centre back who begins his second season with Romsey. Can play at the heart of midfield. Ross Gregory – Position: Centre back Captain spent many years at Romsey before signing for AFC Totton and is back at the heart of the defence Henry Rule – Position: Centre back New signing, previously of M&T. Jamie Thoroughgood – Position: Centre back New defender in the heart of the defence. Signed from Guilford. Luke Baker – Position: Centre Midfield Second season at Town, formed a solid partnership with Chris Hall last season. Luke Dempsey Position: Midfield Tough tackling centre mid who can also fill in at centre back signed from high flyers Shol-ing. Chris Hall – Position: Midfield Second season in centre midfield and an eye for a goal. Converted into right back this season. Kieran Gallagher – Position: Centre Midfield Joined part way through last season and has been solid since. Abbas ‗Baz‘ Agopo – Position: Centre Midfield Adds a lot of strength to the centre of midfield. Student in Southampton. Chris Morris – Position: Midfield New midfielder recruited from Alresford, very, very skilful and can walk past players. Danny Barker – Position: Midfield Tough centre mid with lots of experience. Macs Sampays – Position: Wing Third season at Romsey, never misses a game. Puts a good ball into the box and beats players. Callum Stanley – Position: Wing Very fast winger who can beat anyone. James Whitlock – Position: Wing Skilful winger who has pro-gressed through the reserves Simon De‘ath – Position: Striker The Assassin, Romsey legend, longest ever serving player and all time top goalscorer. Guar-anteed to score you goals. Ryan Long – Position: Striker Very quick striker who resigned halfway through last season after leaving for Gosport for 6 months. Can also use his pace on the wing. Ben ‗Chalky‘ White – Position: Striker New striker signed from Alton Town has scored over 30 goals in the past two seasons. Contributes much more than goals.

Steve Hollick

Jake LOng

Richard Hayter

Gareth Batchelor

Luke Baker

Luke Dempsey

Ross Gregory Chalky White

Ryan Long

Simon De‘ath

Macs Sampays

Chris Morris

Baz Agopo

Chris Hall

Date Opposition H/A Competition Result Scorers

12/08/11 Bournemouth Home League 1-0 Simon De‘ath

20/08/11 Brading Town Home FA Cup 0-1

23/08/11 Moneyfields Away League 5-6 Simon De‘ath 2, Ryan Long 2, Macs Sampays

27/08/11 Newport (IOW) Home League 1-3 Macs Sampays

29/08/11 Winchester Home League 2-3 Simon De‘ath, Ryan Long

03/09/11 Hayling United Away League 2-1 Simon De‘ath, Chalky White

06/09/11 Bemerton Heath Home League 1-0 Ryan Long

10/09/11 Bournemouth Away League 1-3 Simon De‘ath

13/09/11 Cowes Sports Home Hampshire Senior Cup 1st Round 7-3 White 3, De‘ath, Morris, Baker, R.Long

17/09/11 Lymington Home League 0-1

20/09/11 Blackfield & Langley Home League 4-5 Simon De‘ath 3, Chris Hall

24/09/11 Fawley Home FA Vase 1-3 Simon De‘ath

27/09/11 Moneyfields Home League 3-0 Chris Hall, Ross Gregory, Macs Sampsays

01/10/11 GE Hamble Away League 0-2

08/10/11 Rozel Rovers Home Hampshire Senior Cup 2nd Round 2-0 Ryan Long 2

12/10/11 Newport (IOW) Away League 2-0 Ryan Long 2

15/10/11 Hamworthy Home League 2-1 Luke Baker, Jamie Thoroughgood

18/10/11 AFC Portchester Away League Cup 1st Round 1-0 Ben White

22/10/11 New Milton Away League 3-2 Simon De‘ath 3

25/10/11 Fawley Home League 3-3 Macs Sampays, Simon De‘ath, Ryan Long

29/10/11 Fareham Home League 2-1 Own Goal, Chris Hall

01/11/11 Amesbury Town Away League Cup 2nd Round 5-0 De‘ath 2, Sampays, White, Long

05/11/11 Alton Home League 6-2 R. Long 2, White, Gregory, Hall, Sampays

08/11/11 Lymington Away League 2-3 Jack Vallis, Chris Hall

12/11/11 Hayling United Home League 5-0 Simon De‘ath 2, Ryan Long 3

19/11/11 Brading Town Home League

22/11/11 New Milton Home League

26/11/11 Winchester Away League

29/11/11 GE Hamble Home League

03/12/11 Alresford Away League

06/12/11 New Milton Away Hampshire Senior Cup 3rd Round

10/12/11 Horndean Home League

13/12/11 New Milton Home League Cup 3rd Round

17/12/11 Laverstock & Ford Away League

20/12/11 Christchurch Away League

27/12/11 Totton & Eling Away League

07/01/12 Blackfield & Langley Home League

14/01/12 Brading Town Away League

21/01/12 Downton Away League

04/02/12 Christchurch Home League

11/02/12 Fawley Away League

18/02/12 Bemerton Heath Away League

25/02/12 Alresford Home League

10/03/12 Fareham Away League

17/03/12 Horndean Away League

24/03/12 Hamworthy Away League

31/03/12 Laverstock & Ford Home League

07/04/12 Totton & Eling Home League

14/04/12 Downton Home League

28/04/12 Alton Away League

Romsey Town: A brief history The club was formed in 1886 when a meeting took place at the Town Hall ―to consider the desirability of forming a foot-ball club in the town.‖ Initially they played at Alma Road and in 1889 began playing in local league football where they had successful spells in a number of competitions before joining the Southampton League as founder members in 1908. The 1920s were a good decade for Romsey Town and after winning the Hampshire Intermediate Cup and the South-ampton Senior League they gained entry into the Hampshire League but struggled in the West Division and returned to local football after just one season. In 1930, Romsey moved to Priestlands, which is now Romsey School, and returned to the Hampshire League where they were placed in Division 2. Here the club were better prepared as they went on to produce some of their best attacking sides, featuring well in both league and cup competitions. In 1956, they were relegated and moved to their current home, The Bypass Ground. Romsey continued in Division 3 but the early 1960s saw a further decline in fortune, eventually resulting in relegation from the league in 1964. Because the football pyramid was not yet in existence, the club were forced to drop right down to replace their reserves in Jun-ior Division 1 of the Southampton League and it was not until 1968 that they won promotion back to the senior section. By the 1970s, the club started to re-surface out of the doldrums of lower league football and after three successive pro-motions and a Southampton Senior Cup triumph in 1974. Romsey regained their Hampshire League status in 1975 where they promptly won the Division 4 title at the first attempt. Romsey proceeded to end the decade on a high note, again winning promotion and the Hampshire Intermediate Cup in 1978 followed by arguably their finest hour a year later when they won Division 2 title and unexpectedly defeated Farnborough Town 1–0 in the Hampshire Senior Cup final played at the The Dell. The 1980s saw Romsey consolidate in Division 1 before becoming founder members of the Wessex League in 1986. Here they soon became a strong force, and after some encouraging campaigns, they clinched the title in 1990 and en-joyed numerous good cup runs, most notably in 1990 when they lost 1–2 at home to Littlehampton Town in the 4th Quali-fying Round. A change of personnel saw Romsey fall into decline, and after a nightmare season in 1993 they were relegated back to Division 1 of the Hampshire League, from where they were again relegated. Despite these setbacks, Romsey bounced back and within two years they had won the Southampton Senior Cup and promotion back to the Wessex League. How-ever, they struggled in what had become a much harder competition. In 1998, Romsey were again relegated back to the Hampshire League and a series of managers and large turn-over of players saw them slip into the league's third di-vision. In 2003, the club hit an all-time low when they bottom but the club were re-elected, and since then they have en-joyed a remarkable upturn in fortunes. In 2004 the Wessex League absorbed the original Hampshire League and due to their facilities Romsey were placed in Division 1 and after some encouraging final placings they won promotion in 2007 back to the top flight, now known as the Premier Division. In the 2007–08 season with manager Glenn Burnett at the helm Romsey's team spirit was at an all-time high. The team were performing well on the pitch as well with two consecutive mid-table finishes really consolidat-ing Romsey's position in the Wessex Premier League. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Glenn Burnett decided to step down blaming his decision to leave on how much he had to do at the club. Assistant manager Lee Harrison soon fol-lowed suit. As well as a large percentage of the squad that Glenn had been crafting over the last few seasons. In the 2010–11 season, backed by the new management duo of Wayne Mew and Stuart Long, began with many trials as Romsey searched to rebuild a team. In the end Romsey finished in 16th position in the league despite a lack of players. One of the high points of the season was Romsey's longest-serving and most prolific player in their history, Simon De'ath, who finished with 25 league goals, placing him seventh in the goalscorer charts. Wayne Mew continued at the helm for the 2011–12 and managed to keep hold of striker Simon De'ath despite interest from numerous bigger clubs—including Winchester City.

Romsey Town: Honours Wessex League Champions 1989/90 Hampshire League Division 2 Champions 1978/79, Runners-up 1994/95

Hampshire League Division 3 Runners-up 1946/47, 1977/78 & 2003/04 Hampshire League Division 4 Champions 1975/76 Hampshire Senior Cup Winners 1978/79. Finalists 1948/49 Hampshire Intermediate Cup Winners 1926/26, 1930/31 & 1977/78 Hampshire Junior Cup Winners 1900/01, 1909/10 & 1923/24. Finalists 1898/99 & 1899/1900 Russell Cotes Cup Runners-up 1932/33 & 1988/89 Southampton Senior Cup Winners 1973/74 & 1994/95. Southampton Junior Cup Winners 1922/23 Southampton League Premier Division Champions 1980/81 & 1983/84 Southampton League Senior Division 1 Champions 1926/27, 1973/74 & 1976/77. Southampton League Senior Division 2 Champions 1972/73, Southampton League West Division Champions 1951/52 Southampton League Romsey Division Champions 1927/28

Southampton League Junior Division 3 Runners-up 1924/25 Southampton League Junior Division 4 Champions 1974/75 Salisbury & District League Champions 1898/99 South Hants League Champions 1900/01 Winchester League Champions 1921/22 Eastleigh League Champions 1922/23, 1923/24, 1928/29.

Sydenhams Wessex Premier Division (Correct to 17/11/10)

While you wait for the action to restart, why not have a go at this week‘s football quiz?

This week‘s subject: England‘s International Weekend

1. Who scored England‘s recent winner over Spain? 2. Which Everton player won his first cap for England‘s senior

team? 3. Which former Southampton midfielder won his 121st for Sweden

on Tuesday? 4. What Turkish side does English ‗keeper Scott Carson currently

play for? 5. True or false: Spain‘s loss to England was their first friendly loss

in 2011? 6. Which England striker made only his second appearance for

England‘s senior team in a start against Sweden at the age of 30?

7. True of false: Frank Lampard had the highest number of interna-tional goals out of the whole recent England squad?

8. True of false: Tuesday‘s attendance against Sweden was less than 50,000?

1. Frank Lampard 2. Jack Rodwell 3. Anders Svesson 4. Bursaspor 5. False 6. Bobby Zamora 7. True 8. Fales

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Saturday Premier Division Review (12/11/11) In the Premier Division on Saturday, following a goalless first-half, GE HAMBLE went ahead away at FAWLEY AFC thanks to Ashley Jarvis. The hosts

then had Nick Lane sent off before substitute Ben Murphy popped up to earn the hosts a point in a game that finished 1-1 at the Waterside Sports and Social Club despite the visitors having opportunities to win the game. The Planemakers were, however, hampered by a handful of absentees with Jamie Musselwhite, Dougie Rowe, Matt Troon, Lewis Fennemore and Dan Turner all unavailable. FAREHAM TOWN went ahead from the penalty

spot away at NEW MILTON TOWN but the prolific Alex Baldacchino levelled to earn NEW MILTON TOWN a point and make it five games unbeaten for them as they continue to climb away from the foot of the table. That spot is currently occupied by HAYLING UNITED who lost 5-0 away at ROMSEY TOWN. Ryan Long hit a hat-trick for Town and Simon De'Ath bagged a brace in their 5-0 win at the Bypass Ground. Louis Bell was on target for HORNDEAN but it wasn't enough as a Steve Hutchings brace, one from the penalty spot, gave MONEYFIELDS a 2-1 away win at Fiveheads Park.

ALTON TOWN won 2-0 at home to NEWPORT (IOW) and ALRESFORD TOWN, Alton's local rivals, also won, impressively 5-3 at LAVERSTOCK & FORD. Sam Lanahan and Dan Pidgley were both on target as HAMWORTHY UNITED won 2-1 away at LYMINGTON TOWN. BRADING TOWN went ahead at home to CHRISTCHURCH thanks to a brace from James Ronson but the visitors produced a rousing comeback and won the game 4-2.

Tuesday Review (15/11/11)

On Tuesday night in the Russell Cotes Cup, John Simpkins' start to his temporary role of manager of NEWPORT (IOW) ended in a 1-0 away defeat at

CHRISTCHURCH. Ben Osborne got the only goal of the game with a header on the hour mark. There was a huge shock at the Dell where Premier

Division side, LAVERSTOCK & FORD were beaten 7-0 at home by Hampshire Premier League side, QK Southampton. Elsewhere, in another upset,

at Dover Road, MONEYFIELDS lost 2-1 at home to neighbours, University of Portsmouth. Premier Division leaders, BEMERTON HEATH HARLE-

QUINS, won 2-1 away at BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY also in the Russell Cotes Cup thanks to goals from Slade and Pratt. After extra time, NEW MIL-

TON TOWN were also victims of an upset, losing 3-2 at home to Liphook United.

In the League Cup on Tuesday, EAST COWES VICS produced an upset, beating FAREHAM TOWN of the Premier Division, 2-0, at Beatrice Avenue.

The Division One side got two first-half goals through Matt Evans. In the Premier Division on Tuesday night, BOURNEMOUTH POPPIES condemned new BRADING TOWN manager Nigel Murray to a defeat, by 5-0 at Victoria Park. Hogan put Poppies ahead on 19 minutes and Dave Ewen added two further goals in the first-half, including one from the penalty spot. James Pinder added a fourth on 52 minutes before Ewen completed his hat-trick, and his second from the spot, with nine minutes remaining. Else-

where, ALTON TOWN won 2-1 away to LYMINGTON TOWN in the other Premier Division game.

Wednesday Review (16/11/11 On Wednesday night in the Premier Division, HORNDEAN ran out 3-1 winners away at FAWLEY AFC. The visitors' goals came from Nathan Paxton, Nick Taylor and Dan Martin.

Sydenhams Wessex Premier Division Attendances

Romsey Town‘s Wikipedia Article Romsey Town‘s Wikipedia article have recently been updated so take a look to find out more about the club and if anyone else would like to expand the article, that would be great.

Steve Hollicks (GK) Matthew Brown (GK) Jake Long Richard Hayter Gareth Batchelor Ross Gregory (C) Jamie Thoroughgood Jack Vallis Danny Barker Luke Baker Luke Dempsey Chris Hall Kieran Gallagher Chris Morris Macs Sampays Callum Stanley Simon De‘ath Ryan Long Ben ‗Chalky‘ White

Today‘s Teams

Romsey Town Brading Town Manager: Nigel Murray Colours: Blue Shirts White Shorts Blue Socks Form: LLDLL Position: 16th

Manager: Wayne Mew Colours: White Shirts Black Shorts Black Socks Form: WWWL W Position: 5th

Jaymie Icke James Butt Nathan Lewis Will Quigley Oli Fleming Keiron Ford Jake Younie Scott Saunders Olly Wilson Scott Lawson Simon Armstrong James Ranson Brian Attrill Josh Woodnutt Luke Hitchcox

Today‘s Other Fixtures Alresford v Lymington Fareham v Moneyfields GE Hamble v New Milton Hamworthy v Totton & Eling Horndean v Hayling Newport v Laverstock & Ford