League sponsors

all royal blue all whiteSPELTHORNEWEALDSTONE

Jonathan NorthEddie OshodiCiaron Brown

Wes ParkerTom Hamblin

Sam CoxMatthew Whichelow

Ricky WellardElliot BenyonDanny Green

Omar KoromaDavid Hunt

Dylan WilliamsJonny Wright

Josh McLeod-Urquhart Josh Hutchinson

Jack SmithElliott Godfrey

Sahr KabbaScott McGleish

Middlesex Senior Cup 1st roundTuesday Oct 18, 2016, 7.45pm

Dane Buss Frankie lawJamie Richards Joe Dyett Sam Rees Jake hicksJoe Hughes Lewis Flatman Tommy Mooney Rob smithJake Flatman Lee staplesJoe GoodmanJamie readTom peelJosh Remedos

Programme £1

KABBA DABBA DOO! Sahr Kabba turns a

somersault in delight after his late goal knocked Banbury United out of the FA Cup in

our last home game Picture: Steve Foster

NEXT HOME GAMES: v HAREFIELD UTD (MIDDLESEX SENIOR CHARITY CUP) TUESDAY OCTOBER 25, 7.45PMv WELLING UNITED (VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH) SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, K0 3PM

wealdstone FC vanarama national league south season 2016-17

v SPELTHORNE SPORTS

Referee: To be announced Assistants: To be announced

Main club sponsor:

WEALDSTONEFOOTBALL CLUB SEASON 2016/2017GROSVENOR VALE, RUISLIP, MIDDLESEX HA4 6JQ • 01895 637487 • OFFICE@WEALDSTONEFC.CO.UK • WWW.WEALDSTONE-FC.COM • COMPANY NO. 3953962

MAJOR HONOURS SINCE 1950LEAGUE TITLES1951 / 1952 Athenian League1973 / 1974 Southern League Division One South1981 / 1982 Southern League Southern Division1981 / 1982 Southern League Championship1984 / 1985 National League Premier (Gola League)1996 / 1997 Isthmian League Division Three2013 / 2014 Isthmian League Premier Division

NATIONAL CUPS1965 / 1966 FA Amateur Cup1984 / 1985 FA Trophy

LEAGUE CUPS1981 / 1982 Southern League Cup

MIDDLESEX COUNTY CUPS1958 / 1959 Senior Cup1962 / 1963 Senior Cup1964 / 1965 Senior Cup1967 / 1968 Senior Cup1984 / 1985 Senior Cup2003 / 2004 Charity Cup2010 / 2011 Charity Cup

NON TITLE-WINNING PROMOTIONS1997 / 1998 Isthmian League Division 2 (3rd)1998 / 1999 Isthmian League Division 1 (3rd, annulled)2003 / 2004 Isthmian League Premier Division (Play-Off)

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PERSONNELBOARD OF DIRECTORSChairman Peter MarsdenVice Chairman Nick ArcherDirectors Quentin Fox, Paul Fruin,Andrew Lane, Mike Williamson, Pete Worby, Dominic WhyleyPresident Paul Rumens

SECRETARIESClub Secretary Paul Fruin(07790 038095)Match Secretary Alyson AngelidesCompany Secretary Andrew Lane

CLUB PERSONNELLife Vice-President Alan CouchTreasurer Barry BenvenistePress Officer Nick DuGard(nickdugard@fsmail.net)PA Announcer Russell GreenbergKit Manager Tony Waugh Boardroom Hospitality Alison Moran, Jacky ShoreProgramme Editor Mark HydeClub Photographer Alan Palmer Web Site Manager Alan & Matt Hill

LIAISON OFFICERSWFCSC / Social Club Markie BartonWFC / Social Club James Klarfeld

MATCH DAY OPERATIONSManager Steve MarshallSafety Officer Steve WicksMatch Day Staff Graham Smith, Pauline Smith, James Klarfeld, Victor Klarfeld, Paul Bowley, Tony Waller, Richard Hayward

COMMERCIAL & MARKETINGMarketing Manager Ashley HoldingCommercial Manager Kevin TyeGraphic Design Steve FosterIT Consultant Neil Rands

FOOTBALL MANAGEMENTManager Gordon BartlettAssistant Manager Scott McGleishCoaches Mickey Johnson, Steve NewingSports Therapists Team James Smith,Gary Strudwick, Chris ElliottGoalkeeping Coach Jason ScannellDevelopment Scouts John Fletcher, John Moran, David Murphy

GROUND REGULATIONSPeople are only allowed entry to The Vale on match days subject to the following rules and regulations: 1) The club reserves the right to eject from the ground any person who is considered to have committed any of the following acts: • Entering the ground through any means other than through the turnstiles or entrances• Entering the field of play before, during or after a game without prior authorisation• Being drunk, or under the influence of alcohol or drugs • Using violence of any nature• Carrying items which may be considered a danger to others, including cans, bottles, or glasses containing alcoholic beverages• Throwing any article onto the field of play • Climbing floodlight pylons, fences, stands or any structure or building• Using obscene or bad language likely to cause offence to others • Hitting the side or back panels of the Bulla stand2) No spectator ball games.3) The consumption of alcoholic drinks is permitted INSIDE the social club bar and boardroom areas.4) Vehicles parked on the Grosvenor Vale site are at the owners’ risk.5) Wealdstone Football Club supports the FA’s campaign on pyrotechnics (e.g. flares and smoke bombs). Any misuse of such items in and around the Ground will result in those responsible being asked to leave the Ground and, in line with football authority guidance, may result in a report to the Police, potential prosecution and a ban from the Club of up to three years. — Wealdstone FC Board of Directors

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SPELTHORNE SPORTS FCThe Spelly

Spelthorne Sports Club was founded in 1922 having purchased

around 11 acres of land and has been providing sports for the local community ever since. We currently have 2 full sized football pitches and field 3 adult football teams and 2 Sunday teams along with a Youth Section covering Little Kickers through to the Mid-week Flood Lit Under 18’s, a total of 21 youth teams competing every Sunday in the Surrey Youth and Surrey Primary Leagues. The Youth Section was awarded the FA Charter Standard in March 2010 and the Annual Youth Tournament draws in many local teams since its inauguration in 2010.

In season 1998-99, Richard Ford and Micky Fisher took control of their 1st full season and saw them rise up the table. Both players were long serving Spelly players and had now moved into the management side. The team were led by Paul Fernadez with Paul Wilson in goal and Ian & Nick Croxford playing their 1st seasons with

Spelly. We finished the season in 3rd spot and reached the final of the Russell Grant cup, where Sports did their usual thing of blowing it and lost to Northolt Saints 2-0 in the final at Uxbridge after they had beaten and drawn with them earlier in the season. (P18 W10 D5 L3 F35 A18 P35)

2001 was the first season of the new management team of Paul Martyn Jones (Trigger) and Ian Croxford. The team had the two scoring machines of James (OGGY) Hogg and Nick Croxford playing up front and with eventual player of the year Wes Coles in goal this was the most successful season for many a year. The team went from October through to April without losing a league game taking the league title in front of Willesden Constantine by 5 points, they were on the road to a league and cup double but were beat in the semi finals by Willesden with future professional footballer Enoch Showammi smashing home a 25 yard free kick.

In 2007, after many great years playing in the Middlesex league it was decided that a

move to the Surrey League was required. The main driving force for this was that the league had expanded in such that game were all across London and for an amateur side an away trip to Bethnal Green was an all day event. The move to the Surrey Western was a change that was needed with pleasant drives through the country playing village teams rather than long hauls across London. With the management now in the hands of Steve Flatman, a long time player and member of the club, the team saw a steady growth and this has to be credited to Steve. The first season saw Sports finish 7th (P26 W10 D10 L6 F50 A39 P40) with Horsley running away with the league. The next season saw some old faces come back into the team to support the young bucks with Oggy, Mike Jenkins and Ian Croxford coming back to support the team. The team finished second behind Ripley with Rob Smith finishing top league scorer with 21 and Lee Staples not far behind on 19. The season had its climax when Sports played their 1st final in many a year against Abbey Rangers at a very dusty Cobham FC and with the team

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leading 1-0 at half time through a Jake Flatman goal they somehow grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory losing 2-1 with a spectacular 20 yard own goal from Aaron Stewart.

In 2009, Spelthorne Sports again moved leagues for the second time in three seasons as we progressed up through the FA pyramid system, this time to the Surrey Elite league. The season started well but it was discovered that a (name-less) player had played with a ban from his now disbanded Sunday team. This resulted with Spelly being deducted all points that had been awarded while he was playing that sea-son, 9 in total. Spelly finished the season 5th (P28 W17 D1 L10 F70 A52 P43) if we had not lost the points we could possibly have finished third or even higher as the disappoint-ment of losing these points was a bitter pill to swallow.

In the 2010-11 season Spelthorne Sports Football Club 1st Eleven Completed a league and cup double victory by winning the Surrey Elite Intermediate League and the Surrey intermediate Challenge cup. Their league success means they won promotion to the combined counties league which covers levels 9 and 10 of the English Football League System. Steve Flatman con-tinues to be involved with the football section and is always on call!

In 2013–14, the Spelly won the Middlesex FA Intermedi-ate Cup, beating Middlesex County Premier side Crickle-wood Wanderers 3–0 in the Final. On 16 April 2014, Spelt-horne Sports were crowned Combined Counties Division

One Champions with a 2–1 win away to Epsom Athletic. They lifted the trophy 3 days later following an emphatic 7–0 win at home to local rivals Staines Lammas. The Spelly also won the RPM Records Division One Challenge Cup against Staines Lammas at Windsor FC on 5 May 2014. A single second half Lee Staples goal was enough to make sure The Spelly lifted the trophy, winning the league and cup treble in the process.

The team went on a phe-nomenal 46 game unbeaten run in all competitions that season, beating teams in cup competitions from higher divi-sions such as Frimley Green, Staines Town (on pens), Walton Casuals, Wembley, and Epsom & Ewell (on pens). That unbeaten run finally came to an end on 7 May 2014 when they played Com-bined Counties Premier Divi-sion side Hanworth Villa in the Southern Combination Cup Fi-nal, losing 1–0. The game was played at home and marked the club’s first ever game under the newly installed floodlights. The lads then suffered their second defeat of the season to the same opposition when the sides met again 3 days later in the Cherry Red Records Premier Chal-lenge Cup Final, again

losing 1–0.The 2013–14 season was

extremely successful for Spelthorne Sports. Winning two cup finals, and finishing runners-up in another two cup finals. However the biggest achievement by far was win-ning the league without losing a single game in the process. Winning 22, drawing 8, losing 0, scoring 92, and conceding 23.

Season 2014-2015 saw us in action in the Combined Counties Premier Division where we finished in a very re-spectful 6th position. We also experienced our first entry into the FA Vase. The promotion led to vast ground improve-ments yet again and this work continues to be done.

This season sees a change of management back under the control of Steve Flat-man with support from Paul Burgess and Mark Harper. We are looking forward to seeing the continued development of football at ‘The Spelly’.

AT THE VALE SPELTHORNE SPORTS

Founded - 1922Ground - Spelthorne Sports Club, Ashford, MiddxManager - Ian CroxfordLeague - Combined Counties Premier Division2015–16 - Combined Counties Premier Division, 11th

FACTS

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Whilst there was much to admire from Wealdstone’s

performance on Saturday, this Emirates FA Cup 4th Round tie at Victoria Road was always going to be a gigantean task with the luck of the draw two weeks previously being anything but lucky. And so it proved. Such are the fortunes of football, especially Cup football it seems.

24hrs before this huge game with high flying and full time professionals Dagenham & Redbridge of the National League, Gordon Bartlett was faced with starting the biggest match of the season without half his defensive line up. Definitely out were experienced centre backs Wes Parker and Tom Hamblin – both injured, Parker having been cruelly clobbered in

training with Hamblin suffering from a flare up of a longer term leg problem. Who to play? In the end Bartlett chose to move the experienced David Hunt out of his anticipated midfield berth and into the centre half slot alongside the pacier Eddie Oshodi so as not to sacrifice the returned Guyana International Sam Cox in the middle. In the event the move worked well enough but pre-match plans were pretty much ripped up in an instant.

It is of course unduly defeatist to say this match was lost before kick-off but at times it almost felt like it and as though the odds were always massively stacked against a Cup upset, a feeling only added to when Jon North walked off with suspected concussion after 30 minutes play. This couldn’t be overtly felt in Stones magnificent loyalist support of well over 300 packed

into the stand behind the goal. They were there to enjoy the day come what may. And enjoy it they did, out singing the home support of less than 1000 to the bitter end.

All the players deserve to be thoroughly congratulated for their efforts against one of the best non leagues sides in the UK.

Wealdstone: North, Urquhart, Brown, Cox, Oshodi, Hunt, Wellard, Green, Benyon, Whichelow, Wright. Subs used: Xanthos (GK), Kabba, Koroma. Not used: Williams, Hutchinson, Godfrey, McGleish.

Attendance: 1224 (Wealdstone: 308)

Nick DuGard

SPELTHORNE SPORTS2016/2017

Dagenham & Redbridge 3 Wealdstone 1FA Cup 4th Q RND 15 Oct 2016

DAGGER BLOW FOR STONES

WEALDSTONE v DAG & RED 18.10.2016

Meet the Stones’ new boys:Ciaron Brown

myself playing League football

THE LAST...Goal you scored? It was pre season for Wealdstone at Harrow Borough... our midfielder dropped deep to pick up the ball and the left winger went inside so I went up the pitch, wide on the left... the midfielder hit a big diagonal pass which left me one-on-one with the keeper, and I placed it in the corner.Assist? Can’t remember any!Car you bought? I haven’t got one. Film you saw? Dead PoolBook you read? Harry PotterTrophy won? Not sureTime you were sent off? I’ve never been sent offHoliday you had? Turkey for my cousin’s wedding

JURY’S OUT..Who would be your dream left-

sided partner? Gareth BaleChinese, Indian, Sushi or Nandos? NandosSky Sports or Match of the Day? Match of the dayCaribbean with the missus or Magaluf with the lads? Caribbean with the missusBest goal you’ve ever scored?Playing for Middlesex Coun-ty u-18s against Devon, I stayed up for a corner when the ball went back to our keeper - he booted it back up the pitch and I took the ball down in one and belted it past the keeper and in from edge of the box.Most memorable moment

in football? When I played for the England college national team against the Romania na-tional college teamWorst moment in football, and why? Not getting into Crystal Palace last pre season as I thought I deserved to be signedBest moment in football so far, and why? Getting signed by Wealdstone this summer.Best team you’ve ever played in? Playing for this Wealdstone team.Favourite restaurant? TGI FridaysFavourite meal? SpaghettiBiggest influence on your career ? My dadWho’s your travel partner? My dadWhich newspaper do you buy? MetroWhich radio station do you listen to? West sideMost-played track on your

i-pod? Young Fume - DeclineWhich five people would you LOVE to have round for a meal, and why? John Terry, Kevin Hart, Will Smith, Frank Lampard, Ashley ColeAND finally: tell us a jokeWhat do you call cheese which is not yours? Nacho cheese

INTERVIEW

Name and age: Ciaron Brown, 18Usual playing position? Centre back or left backYour favourite position? Centre backWhere do you live? HayesSingle or attached? Single Previous clubs? Bedfont Sports were my late club, but before that, Uxbridge FC and Brentford.Job outside football, if working? I’m at college.How do you manage to fit foot-ball in with your student hours? College finishes at five so I tend to leave straight from there to make sure I arrive at training or games on time.What do you see as your major attributes as a footballer? My understanding of the gameHave any of your relatives played the game to a good level? NoDid you know any of the Stones players before signing? NoWhat/who persuaded you to join Wealdstone? One of my old man-agers told me about Wealdstone and what a great club... it just made me want to play for them.Did you know much about the club’s rich history before you joined? Yes I did - but not as much as I know now.Have you played against the Stones before? I’ve played against the youth team but not the first team.Where do you see your-self in five years? I see

Ciaron (No.5) pops up with the opening goal for Middlesex in the 2015 English FA Youth County Final against Cheshire at The Hive.. it was first time Middx had reached the final since 1972 but they lost 3-2 after being 2-0 ahead

CIARON BROWN