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: Cameron 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: Thursdays

Club Website: www.romseytownfc.com Founded: 1886

Ground: The Bypass Ground Last Season League: 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 stay here at the club.

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This week’s opposition is Brading Town in the extra preliminary round of this years FA Cup. Brading have come over from the Isle of Wight and will be looking to beat last years performance in the FA Cup when they were knocked out in the first qualifying round.

Nickname: The Romans Ground: Peter Henry Ground Team Colours: White and Red 09/10 League Position: 4th Manager: Steve Brougham Assistant: Steve Rayner Physio: Alex Egleton 09/10 Goalscorer: Scott Jones (19) 09/10 Most Apperances : Gareth True (42)

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 winning 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.

Steve Hollicks: Newly signed goalkeeper from Totton & Eling Jake Fulford: Young goalkeeper who came through QK Brad Doyle: Young defender joined midway through last year. Jake Long: Tough full back resigned last season from Lyming-ton after previously being at Romsey Richard Hayter: Solid defender who can play all across the back—ever present last season Gareth Batchelor: Skilful centre back who begins his second season with Romsey Ross Gregory: Captain spent many years at Romsey before signing for AFC Totton is back at the heart of the defence Henry Rule: Defender, new signing, previously of M&T Luke Baker: Second season at Town, formed a solid partner-ship with Chris Hall last season Luke Dempsey: Midfielder, new signing from high flyers Sholing Chris Hall: Second season in centre midfield and an eye for a goal Kieran Gallagher: Joined part way through last season and has been solid since, will be playing centre mid. Chris Morris: New midfielder recruited from Alresford Macs Sampays: Third season at Romsey, never misses a game on the wing. Callum Stanley: New winger from New Milton, very pacey James Whitlock: Skilful winger who has progressed through the reserves Simon De’ath: The Assassin, Romsey legend, longest ever serving player and all time top goalscorer Ryan Long: Very quick striker who resigned halfway through last season after leaving for Gosport for 6 months. Ben ‘Chalky’ White: New striker signed from Alton Town has scored over 30 goals in the past two seasons

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

23/08/11 Moneyfields Away League

27/08/11 Newport (IOW) Home League

29/08/11 Winchester Home League

03/09/11 Lymington Away League

06/09/11 Bemerton Heath Home League

10/09/11 Bournemouth Away League

13/09/11 Cowes Sports Home Hampshire Senior Cup

17/09/11 Fawley Home League

20/09/11 Blackfield & Langley Home League

24/09/11 Fawley Home FA Vase

27/09/11 Moneyfields Home League

01/10/11 GE Hamble Away League

08/10/11 Horndean Away League

11/10/11 Newport (IOW) Away League

15/10/11 Hamworthy Home League

18/10/11 Christchurch Away League

22/10/11 New Milton Away League

29/10/11 Fareham Home League

05/11/11 Alton Home League

12/11/11 Hayling Away League

19/11/11 Brading Town Home League

26/11/11 Winchester Away League

03/12/11 Fawley Away League

10/12/11 Alresford Away League

17/12/11 Lymington Home League

03/01/12 Totton & Eling Home League

07/01/12 Laverstock & Ford Home League

14/01/12 Hamworthy Away League

21/01/12 Downton Away League

28/01/12 Christchurch Home League

04/02/12 Alton Away League

11/02/12 Brading Town Away League

18/02/12 Horndean Home League

03/03/12 Hayling Home League

10/03/12 Fareham Away League

17/03/12 Alresford Home League

31/03/12 Laverstock & Ford Away League

07/04/12 Downton Home League

09/04/12 Totton & Eling Away League

21/04/12 Bemerton Heath Away League

28/04/12 Blackfield & Langley Home League

Romsey Town: A brief history The history of Romsey Town Football Club goes back to 1886 when a meeting took place at the Town Hall to consider the desirability of forming a football club in the town.

In the season 1889/90 they played their football at Alma Road, playing in local football. By the 1920’s they had gained entry into the Hampshire League and played their games at Priestlands which is now Romsey School. They had great success and won the Hampshire Intermediate Cup for the first time.

After the Second World War Romsey Town went on to produce some of their best attacking sides. In 1949 they reached the 2nd Round of the F.A. Cup and the final of the Hampshire Senior Cup in the same season. By 1955-56 they moved to their current home – the Bypass Ground – however they were relegated and the club fell into decline.

By the 1970’s the club started to climb out of the doldrums of lower league football and in 1974-75 won the Hampshire League Division 4 title. By the late 80’s Romsey had reached the Hampshire League Division 1 and in 1990 became the second club (after Bashley) to win the Wessex League title.

In the years to follow the club could not maintain the high standards and went into another decline until re-cently. In 2007 the club finished 3rd in Division 1 of the Wessex League and gained promotion to the Premier Division. After a good start to the 2007-08 campaign, the side suffered a poor second half of the season and finished 18th. The reserves finished 4th in Combination 2 and were beaten finalists in the Southampton Sen-ior Cup Final at St Mary’s.

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.

It was great to start the season with a win last week against Bournemouth Poppies in our first league and as we played on the Friday night we

were top of the league for a few hours. Although it was a good start and everyone was pleased after all the hard work we have put in, in pre-season we

know that there is a very long way to go as we found out last season.

Today we welcome everyone from Brading Town for this season venture into the FA Cup which is a repeat of last season FA Cup draw with Brading

winning it after a replay. Lets hope we can reverse the result today and progress to the next round where we will face the winners of Whitchurch V

Bemerton. Next Tuesday we return to league action when we visit Moneyfields and then we return home against

Newport IOW on Saturday 27th August. Wayne Mew

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

This week’s subject: The FA Cup

1) Whose goal in extra time was enough to secure victory for Chelsea over Manchester United in the first FA Cup final at the new Wembley?

2) Who are the first winners of the FA Cup still playing league football today?

3) Whose last minute goal win an epic FA Cup final in 2006? 4) Whose 1903 FA Cup final victory was the biggest in the tourna-

ment’s history? 5) What connects Manchester City (1926), Leicester (1969),

Brighton (1983) and Middlesborough (1997)? 6) Who are the only losers to score three times in an FA Cup Fi-

nal? 7) Which Scottish club has played in two FA Cup finals? 8) What was the notable about the 1986 FA Cup final? 9) In 1970, which Manchester United legend hit six in an FA Cup

tie against Northampton?

1) Didier Drogba 2) Blackburn Rovers 3) Steven Gerrard 4) Bury (6-0 v Derby) 5) They lost the FA Cup final and were relegated in the same season. 6) Bolton (1953) 7) Queens Park (1884, 1885) 8) First all Merseyside final 9) George Best

Have a suggestion for what the Half Time Challenge could be? Then email your suggestion to cameronmelling@hotmail.oo.uk.

Romsey Town Brading Town

White Shirts Black Shorts Black Socks

Blue Shirts White Shorts Blue Socks

Match Officials Referee: B. Bolton Assistants: N. Whitfield & P. Axon

Full Time Score -

Half Time Score -

Squads subject to change

Pld Sub Gl Pld Sub Gl

Steve Hollicks (GK) Gareth True (GK)

Brad Doyle James Butt

Jake Long Kieran Ford

Richard Hayter Josh Appell

Gareth Batchelor Ollie Fleming

Ross Gregory (C) Dean Stuber

Henry Rule Giancarlo GIancovich

Luke Baker Joe Rayner (C)

Luke Dempsey Dan Vale

Chris Hall Kyle Levrier

Kieran Gallagher Richard Sprooles

Chris Morris Will Quigley

Macs Sampays Jack Morris

Callum Stanley Jake Younie

Simon De’ath Nathan Lewis

Ryan Long Scott Lawson

Ben White Brian Attrill

Next Home Game: Newport (IOW) Saturday 27th August KO: 15:00 Next Away Game: Moneyfields Tuesday 23rd August KO: 19:45