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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

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Next Home Game: Brading Town 19/11/11 Next Away Game: Winchester City 26/11/11

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Romsey Town 6-2 Alton Town Romsey extended their unbeaten run in style last Saturday as we ran out 6-2 winners against Alton Town despite having top goalscorer Simon De‘ath out unwell. Two goals from Ryan Long, and one each from Macs Sampays, Ross Gregory, Chris Hall and Ben White against his former club was enough to secure Romsey an eighth win in 9 games and sent The Town to 5th place in the table!

By Cam Melling

6-2

3-2

Lymington Town 3-2 Romsey Town Our incredible unbeaten streak was brought to an end on Tuesday night when we went down 3-2 away, for the second time in the past two seasons, to Lymington Town. Things were looking promising when Romsey took a 2-0 advantage following goals from Chris Hall and new signing Jack Vallis but Lymington came back to shock Romsey with a 3-2 win.

New Signing: Jack Vallis I was delighted to see Jack Vallis had grabbed his first goal for The Town on his first start on Tuesday. Jack has signed for us on dual-registration forms from local Conference South side Eastleigh having previously made appearances for England Schoolboys. Jack plays in defence and will add a wealth of talent to the Town‘s defence.

Cup Draws The third round draw for the Hampshire Senior Cup and Sydenhams League Cup were completed re-cently and we have drawn New Milton away on the 6th December in the Hampshire Senior Cup and New Milton again in the League Cup on 13th December.

Nothing can be definitively found to indicate the exact date when Hayling United F.C came into existence, however we do know that there was a team playing under the Hayling Island name in 1884. Two fixtures are evidenced in the Hampshire football annals both played and reported upon in 1884. The second was reported upon in the Hampshire Independent newspaper of the 28th November 1884. This mentioned a match under "Association Rules" played at St. Georges recreation ground Portsmouth between Hayling Island and The North Lancashire Regiment, the northern opponents took the honours on that day with an emphatic 8-0 win. The first match known to have been played by a Hayling Island team was against the team or club that eventually went on to become Portsmouth F.C. Records indicate that this match was played on 15/11/1884. Despite being on the wrong end of a 5-1 drubbing to our near neighbours, who played at the time under the name of AFC Portsmouth, the fixture threw up an even more interesting fact in that appearing for Portsmouth that day was a struggling Southsea doctor who played under the name of A. C. Smith. Arthur Conan Smith has become better known as the creator and author of Sherlock Holmes. Teams under the Hayling Island F.C name continued to play through until 1952 in the Waterlooville and District League at which time they entered the stronger Portsmouth League. They remained in this League until joining the Hampshire League in 1990-91 season when an away fixture at Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber backed Ec-chinswell gave Hayling its introduction to County League football. The end of the 1960‘s was also memorable for the football club as they wrote themselves into the record books on 29th December 1968 when two teams made up of Hayling Island F.C players played non-stop for six hours. This feat took the world record for the longest game away from South American sides Panoral and Santos. The early 1970‘s saw the club change it‘s name from Hayling Island F.C to the current of Hayling United F.C. With the restructuring of the National football pyramid system Hayling United joined The Wessex League for the season 2004-05, making their de-but away at Ordnance Survey of Southampton. A debut season runners-up spot and the promise of improved facilities ensured promotion to the second division. The 2005-06 season again saw an outstanding on the field effort to again finish runners-up, however the slow progress in moving to the new ground with the required facilities for the higher division meant promotion was not awarded on this occasion. Through the years the football club under whatever name has played at various sites across Hayling Island. Switching several times between Hay-ling and Mengham parks before overcoming planning and educational issues to hopefully settle at the new ground at the Hayling College where the potential is available to improve the facilities still farther and allow the club to progress beyond it‘s current league standing. For the start of 2006/07 season this has seen the installation of floodlights, a barrier around the pitch and some hard standing, and along with dugouts is the big-gest step the club has taken in recent times. Currently Hayling United has two mens teams playing in the Wessex Premier and Combination 1 Leagues respectively together with an Under 18 youth team. The club are also represented by numerous childrens teams across the many age groups and by a Ladies team. Hayling United‘s most famous ―son‖ has to be Bobby Tambling who not only played youth football for the club in the early 1950‘s but also briefly returned to mange the first eleven in the 1990‘s where he managed a couple of games as outside left despite being 50 years old. In between his youth football days and his managerial ones for Hayling United Bobby went off to play professional football for Chelsea, for whom he scored what is still a club record of 202 goals for and in doing so also made 3 appearances for England scoring one goal against France.

Today‘s opposition is Hayling United who are currently languishing at the bottom of the Sydenhams Wessex Premier Division. However, Hayling will be confident they can bounce back from a slow start and will be looking to start their comeback today although Romsey will be looking for revenge for last season‘s 7-0 loss against Hayling at the Bypass Ground. Last season‘s results: 4-4 and 7-0 to Hayling

Nickname: Humbugs Team Colours: Black and white Manager: Lee Paul Assistant: Gavin Keogh 10/11 League Position: 21st 10/11 Most Appearances: Darren Watts (41) 10/11 Top Goalscorer: Daniel Martin (11)

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

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 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.

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

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

This week‘s subject: Red Card, Yellow Card

1. In 1991, who became the first player dismissed in a live, tele-vised League match?

2. Who was the first Englishman to be sent off at Wembley? 3. Who was sent off for the first time in his career whilst captaining

Wales in 2001? 4. Which game in the 2006 World Cup produced a record 16 yel-

lows and 4 reds? 5. Despite his long career, which former Spurs and Barcelona

player was never cautioned? 6. Which England player was sent off in the 2006 World Cup? 7. In 2005, which Newcastle team-mates were sent off in a Premier

League match for fighting with each other? 8. Which footballer turned actor received a yellow card after four

seconds in an FA Cup tie? 9. In August 1992, who was sent off for the first time in their 971st

league game?

1. Paul Gascoigne 2. Kevin Keegan 3. Ryan Giggs 4. Portugal v Holland 5. Gary Lineker 6. Wayne Rooney 7. Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer 8. Vinnie Jones 9. Peter Shilton

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

(Romsey‘s League—Sydenhams Wessex Premier Division—Level 9)

Sydenhams Wessex Division One—Level 10

Evo-Stik Southern Division One South & West—Level 8 Evo-Stik Southern Division One Central—Level 8

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Wednesday Review (09/11/11) On Wednesday night, NEWPORT (IOW) won 2-0 at home to HORNDEAN in the League Cup and NEW MILTON TOWN won 2-1 away at

VERWOOD TOWN despite Mike Haskell scoring for the home side.

Tuesday Review (08/11/11) On Tuesday night in the Premier Division, BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY ran out 5-2 winners away at HAYLING UNITED. Steven Black

and Joshua Case were on target for the hosts, but goals from substitute Lloyd O'Neill and an incredible four-goal haul by Bobby

Scott gave the visitors all three points. Elsewhere in the Premier Division, LYMINGTON TOWN produced a dramatic come back to

win 3-2 at home to ROMSEY TOWN, having been 2-0 behind. Chris Hall and Jack Vallis had put the away side on course for victory

but Chris Marwood and the in-form Steve Whitcher levelled proceedings before Gareth Byres completed the comeback.

In the League Cup on Tuesday night, ALRESFORD TOWN were thrashed 7-2 at home by MONEYFIELDS. Jamie Hore struck a hat-

trick for the visitors and ex-AFC Bournemouth front man Steve Hutchings hit a brace for the Portsmouth-based side. Also on target

for the visitors was Danny Horrell, back at Moneyfields after a brief spell at Blackfield & Langley, and Luke Middleton. Alresford

were level at one point when Mike McEnery struck the post and Dean Cole converted the rebound, that made it 1-1 at the time. Mike

McEnery scored Alresford's other goal, a consolation goal which made it 6-2 before Moneyfields completed the scoring. Elsewhere

in the League Cup on Tuesday night, BOURNEMOUTH POPPIES comprehensively beat STOCKBRIDGE 7-0 at Victoria Park. Kayne

Daish and Dave Ewen both found the net for Poppies and Martin Warren scored a hat-trick. Substitute Luke Ingram also bagged a

brace for the hosts in front of a crowd of 48. CHRISTCHURCH won 1-0 at home to WARMINSTER TOWN thanks to a solitary goal

from Paul Roberts in front of 32 at Hurn Bridge. LAVERSTOCK & FORD beat their Wiltshire neighbours, PEWSEY VALE, 2-1 at the

Dell. Ricky Franklin was on target for the visitors but Eddie Perrett scored a brace for the hosts to seal their place in the next round.

COWES SPORTS produced an upset, winning 3-2 away at TOTTON & ELING. Jamie Feasey and Jo Tessem scored for Totton and

Eling but goals from Dominic Burbridge, Tom Dye and Darren Williams gave the Islanders the win.

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 Hayling United Manager: Lee Paul Colours: Yellow Shirts Dark Blue Shorts Yellow Socks Form: DLDDL

Manager: Wayne Mew Colours: White Shirts Black Shorts Black Socks Form: DWWWL

Lloyd Patilla Mark Greenway Julian Boniface Scott Thornton (C) Darren Watts Jack Salter-Vaile Josh Case Luke Bishop Lee Paul Steve Black Lee Tigwell Paul Baker Aaron Kinchen Daniel Gain Lenny Burney Sean Thurgood Ash Fisher George Vince

Today‘s Other Fixtures Alton v Newport Brading v Christchurch Fawley v GE Hamble Horndean v Moneyfields Laverstock & Ford v Alresford Lymington v Hamworthy New Milton v Fareham