THE CITIZENS POST. Evo-Stik League South Division One South. Thanks to Andy Corner for the Photography

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1 WCFC v Bideford AFC Saturday 15 th December 2018 Evo-Stik League South Division One South Thanks to Andy Corner for the Photography Winchester City Football Club is a committee run members club and as such is an unincorporated association.

2 FROM THE BOARDROOM Good Afternoon All and welcome to the Simplyhealth City Ground for today s Evo-Stik League South Division One South fixture between Winchester City FC and Bideford AFC. We would like to issue a warm welcome to the Players, Officials and Supporters that have made the journey from North Devon and we hope you enjoy your evening with us and have a safe journey home. Davo and his staff and have done an exceptional job with a fine run of recent results four wins in our last four games thanks to wins over Slimbridge, Fleet Town, Larkhall Athletic and Street respectively have seen us move up the table significantly. Don t forget that it is the Winchester City Football Club Christmas Party at The Winchester Hotel & Spa at 19:00 on Thursday 19 th December 2018 if you haven t paid yet, please make sure you do so by Sunday 16 th December at the very latest please contact mattrichbell@thewinchesterhotel.co.uk for more information. This is our last home game before Christmas so I wish you all a very merry Christmas! Enjoy the time with friends and family and we look forward to seeing you all back here at 12:00 on Boxing Day when we host Moneyfields tickets are just 5 for Adults! Get behind the boys this afternoon as we look to make it five in a row! #youcitizens

3 DAVO S DIARY Good afternoon and a warm welcome to Bideford for this afternoons league match, the last home match before Christmas. I wish Bideford staff, players and supporters a pleasant afternoon and a safe long trip home afterwards. It s been a really good couple of weeks for us, after a run of 8 games in all competitions without a win, we have bounced back with 4 impressive wins in a row to get us right back on track, since my last notes we beat Larkhall at home 1-0 in a tight and physical encounter, that goal coming from a flowing move and finish from IK Hill. Next up we went to Street away who had been flying earlier in the season, coach travel issues meant we didn t arrive until 2.35p yet we still managed to get kicked off at normal time to avoid any form of fine that would have been incurred, we then put in a battling display in the first 45 minutes, then we stepped it up in the 2nd half and scored through Rawks excellent curled finish, we then controlled the game well, we scored the killer 2nd with sub Brett Cunningham finishing clinically, a really great result for us. We now have had 15 different goal scorers so far this season, there are only 5 players who have not scored in the entire squad who have played a match including Prycey, I see that as a huge positive, a lot of people were claiming we didn t have any goal scorers in the squad we had assembled, I think that s a huge positive for us and why we have played such good football this season, we have threats throughout the pitch, let s hope this continues. We have also scored 7 league goals from substitutes, this shows that we have players capable of changing games and wanting to make an impact when they step onto the pitch! We do have to be more clinical as a side but we do create plenty of chances which is a good sign, we have also tightened up at the back recently with only 2 conceded in the last 4 games and 2 clean sheets in a row! Player news, sadly Rob Flooks will be missing with a knee injury for a couple of weeks, he needs to rest that and we have to manage that correctly, this will mean a slight reshuffle, we do have a few options that we are looking into bring in, sadly the wages that people are commanding are blowing us out of the water, we simply will not break the bank on a player and disrupt what is special about this group, none of them are mercenaries and all play for the badge and each other more than any wage packet, anyone coming in must have that mindset, sadly this is not a trait that is easy to find in the modern football player, we will though keep evolving our squad as we see fit. Positively though Liam Gilbert is working his way back to full fitness and also Rob Carr is back available this weekend, Simba Mlambo will also hopefully be available to us after a couple of weeks out. One other person that you will notice in the dugout is my new assistant Sean Birchnall, Sean is an excellent coach who has managed at step 5 recently with Farnham Town as well as coaching at Camberley Town, he is also the Army 1st team manager very successfully, he is a fantastic addition to our management team and we are delighted to have him with us. Let s hope for a good game to leave you all with a good Christmas present in our last home game, we will need to be at our best as despite a current bad run in the league Bideford are a good side and I fully expected to be challenging this year, I am sure they will soon be back up in the top half and so we need to be at our very best today, shout and support the boys as always. Let s hope for a positive performance that we will need to get the result we are after. Enjoy the game! Up the Citizens! Davo

4 TODAY S VISITORS BIDEFORD AFC CLUB HISTORY Bideford A.F.C. is an English non-league football club from Bideford, Devon that plays in the Evo-Stik Southern League Division One South & West with rival clubs from the counties of Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Oxfordshire. The club was first formed in the late 1890 s and was then called Bideford Town. They were nicknamed "The Robins" due to their red shirts and remain so to this day. Since the first decade of the twentieth century, the club has predominantly played at the Sports Ground, Kingsley Road in Bideford. Until entering hibernation for the duration of World War Two it was a highly successful club, albeit one that played the majority of its football in North Devon. We do not have any pre-world War Two records, but we do know in 1927 Cardiff City won the FA Cup and their captain was Fred Keenor who had 32 International caps, a number that was almost unheard of at that time. It was a big day for the club when Fred brought his cup winning team and the cup itself to Bideford. Following its reformation in the 1947/48 season, the club was reborn as Bideford Association Football Club and entered the Exeter and East Devon League with only two of the pre-war team surviving - Gerald Brommell and Fred Shute. The team in 1947/48 was run by a committee which met at the Maltscoop Inn and they selected the team also. For the start of the 1948/49 season Fred Pincott was appointed manager and the club had a house in Chanters Avenue for him to live in but team selection was still in the hands of the committee. Bideford were runners up in the 1948/49 season, and applied to join then the Western League Division Two. This was declined and instead they were made to join Division Three. Bideford won the division without losing a game and two seasons later they won the second division and promotion to Division One. At this time the club did not have a club house but there was a Nissen Hut just inside the main gate and a wooden grandstand, which was replaced with the present one after the Bradford City fire disaster. In 1964/65 Bideford reached the first-round proper of the FA Cup, and drew away at Colchester United 3-3 and lost home in the replay 1-2, at which BBC cameras were present. Bideford won the Western League three times before joining the Southern League in The club spent three seasons in the Southern league before the extra expense involved and increased travelling took its toll, forcing them to drop down back to the Western League. During their time in the Southern League, the club set an all-time FA Cup record when in they played thirteen FA Cup games in a single season as a result of playing numerous replays in qualifying rounds including needing five games to beat Falmouth Town and four more to beat Trowbridge Town in the next round. With the subsequent abandonment of second and further replays, this record is unlikely to ever be beaten again. Bideford were finally knocked out 0-2 by Bristol Rovers. In 1977/78 Bideford again reached the First-Round proper travelling to Portsmouth where they lost 1-3. Finally, they achieved the feat again in 1981/82 being knocked out by Barking 1-2. Two more Western League titles followed in the early 1980s before a financial crisis hit the club. A re-formation took place in 1987 leading to the current set up, a company limited by guarantee under the revised company name Bideford AFC (1987) Ltd. Under the chairmanship of Jim McElwee, and his successor Paul Mitchell, the club won four more Western League titles and also reached the FA Vase semi-finals where they lost to Winchester City. Despite winning the Western League four times under Manager Sean Joyce between 2000 to 2006, the club elected not to apply for promotion to the Southern League due to the amount of travelling and expense that would be involved in playing teams which, almost without exception, would be over 100 miles away. However after winning the Western League again for the 10th time in the 2009/10 season and winning the Devon St Luke s Bowl where they beat Exeter City 2 1 in the final, Bideford AFC accepted promotion to the Southern League in May 2010 joining Division One South & West. In only their second season in Division One (S&W) Bideford were crowned Champions by an impressive eleven-point margin and gained promotion for the first time in the club's history to the Southern League Premier Division. 2013/14 saw Bideford finish in their highest ever league position of 8th in the Premier Division but after four years at that level they were relegated for the first time in their history back to Division One in 2015/16. Several players from the club have progressed to Football League status, the most recent of them being Tony Dennis and Shaun Taylor. Three former internationals have played for the club at the end of their career, Welshman

5 Leighton Phillips, as well as Dermot Curtis and Will Haynes from the Republic of Ireland. Bideford have won the Western League ten times, as well as lifting silverware in the Devon St Luke's Bowl (5 times), Devon Professional Cup (8 times) and Western League Cup (4 times). They have also won the Western League Alan Young Cup (twice), Western League Subsidiary Cup and the Westward Ho! cup. In FA competitions, Bideford AFC s record is quite impressive, reaching the First-Round proper of the FA Cup on four occasions and reaching the Semi Final of the FA Vase in 2003/04. The 2009/10 FA Vase campaign saw Bideford reach the quarter final stage where they were knocked out by an impressive Lowestoft side. Manager Sean Joyce is an ex-professional footballer, who spent his career playing for Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City and Torquay Utd. He has managed Bideford since 1998, bringing much success to the club during his time here.

6 TODAY S VISITORS BIDEFORD AFC PLAYER PROFILES Shaun Joyce...Manager A former League professional, who played for Cambridge United, Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City; Torquay United and then Non-League with Elmore and Taunton Town. Sean made 200 Football League appearances, taking over as Bideford Manager, during the 1998/99 season. Bideford were at that time a struggling Western League Premier division side, and since then, Sean has taken the club from success to success during his eighteen years as club manager, gaining Promotion to the Southern League South West Division one and then up to the Southern League Premier. Sean lives in Paignton with his wife Jo and runs his own business. Craig Laird...Assistant Manager Craig joined the Robins last season, and has proved an incredible asset to the Club. Clubs he has managed include, Bridgwater Town, Dorchester Town, Weston Super Mare, Weymouth & Yate Town. He lives in North Petherton, Somerset. Tony Beal...Physio Tony a former goalkeeper and long standing club Physio lives here in Bideford with his family, he works as an engineer in South Molton. GOALKEEPERS Joe Moore Joe has just re-joined the Robins from Street, he has also played for Elmore. Defenders Craig Allen Craig is 28 years old & signed from Barnstaple Town. Craig lives in Bristol, & has made over fifty appearances for the Robins. Craig works as a Podiatrist, for the N.H.S in North Somerset. Liam Gregory Liam is a left sided full back, who signed from Tiverton Town; he has also played for Barnstaple Town. He is 23 years old & works as a Style Designer for Atlas Packaging in Barnstaple, & lives Newton Tracey. James Mayne Signed this summer from Barnstaple Town, he lives in Bideford and is now in his second the Robins; he is 30 years old & works as a Heating Engineer for Ron Sussex. James has now played more than forty games for the Robins. Ian Sampson Ian who is aged 26, hails from Holsworthy in North Devon, and has previously played for Oxford United; Didcot Town and Tiverton Town, where he was player of the year. Ian has played over 280 games for the Robins and with us has won the Southern League Division One South and West, and the Devon St Luke s Bowl. He works as a P.E Teacher. In 2014/15 he won the Supporters and Players player of the year awards. George Smeaton George is a Central Defender who signed for us this summer, he Lives in Dorset. Aaron Taylor Signed in the close season, following his release from Plymouth Argyle, he lives in Braunton; & works for a building contractor. Midfielders Ben Carter Ben who is 26 years of age, joined the Robins from Willand Rovers & has previously played for Tiverton Town. He lives in Torquay, where he works as a Carpenter. Ben has now made over thirty appearances for the Robins. Toby Down

7 Toby has signed for the Club after being released from Exeter City. He has also played for Taunton Town and Buckland Athletic. His father is former Club Captain Ian Down. He lives in Torbay. Sean Downing Sean, who is 26 years of age, lives in Bideford with his family, where he works as a Teacher. As well as being an accomplished exciting footballer, he is also a 2-handicap golfer as well. He came up through the youth ranks at Plymouth Argyle, and has also played for Appledore, where he was the Devon Premier Cup Man of the Match, and Park United. He has played over 320 games for the Robins, scoring over 110 goals in the process. Whilst with the Robins, he has won the Western League Premier division; the Southern League Division One South and West and the Devon St Luke s Bowl. He has been leading goal scorer two seasons on the trot as well the player of the year. He has played for Devon and won one England C Cap. Will Hancox Will signed from Bridgwater Town who he joined after progressing through the Torquay United Academy. Will lives in Torquay & has now played over thirty games for the Robins. Sam Haynes Signed in the Close Season following his release from Exeter City. Niall Heeney Neil signed for the Robins in the close season from Barnstaple Town. Charlie Joyce Charlie is son of Manager Sean, he lives in Paignton, He is 18 years old and works for an Architects company in Exeter. He also plays for Kingskerswell. Joel Randall Joel is a new signing, who is on loan from Exeter City. He has played for the first team, and lives in Ilfracombe. Ben Palmer Ben signed from Taunton Town, which is his home Town where works as a Teacher. Louis Roberts Louis is 19 years old & is in his second spell with the Robins, He has also Played for Stoke Gabriel & Tavistock. Louis is a Student & has now played over ten games for the Robins. Strikers Jordan Ricketts New signing this season from Mangotsfield United, has also played for Larkhall; lives in Bristol. Kevin Squire Kevin is 40 years old and previously played for Ilfracombe Town, and Barnstaple Town. Kevin has played over 400 games for the Robins, and scored over 100 goals in the process. He lives in Ilfracombe with wife Jenny and Daughters Rebecca and Emily. He works as a production operative in a factory in Ilfracombe. Whilst with the Robins, Kevin has won the St Luke s Bowl; the Western League Premier Division and the Southern League Division One South and West. Billy Tucker Billy who is 23 years old, has also played for Barnstaple town, Brisbane Knights; Helston & Petroc. Billy lives in Barnstaple and has now played over 150 games for the Robins; scoring over thirty goals in the process. Billy has represented Devon. Ryan Turner Ryan is 24 years old & signed for the Robins from Barnstaple Town, he has made over Sixty appearances.

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14 CROWDFUNDING Visit the link above to donate to the football club. Supporters are doing their bit for the club! 10km runs, Half Marathons and Tough Mudder s are all taking place to raise money for the club. NEW CHALLENGES ARE COMING IN 2019! PLEASE KEEP SUPPORTING US!

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16 MATCH REPORT STREET 0-2 WINCHESTER CITY BY MALCOLM CLARKE I was not there, but from what I have picked up this happened. For the second successive Saturday Winchester won a game in the second half after a goalless first half. The result puts them into 9th place and four points ahead of Street who have two games in hand. Street joined this league from the Toolstation Western League at the start of this season and have made a reasonable start to the season. The clubs met in the F A Cup in 2016/17 with Winchester emerging 4-2 winners. Winchester made one change to the starting line-up from Saturday with Liam Gllbert replacing Ollie Griggs who reverted to the role of substitute. Early on the defences were mostly on top with hardly any clear-cut chances created. As the half-progressed Ryan Pryce had to save a shot from distance from Oscar Latas and Joe Cook's effort from the edge of the box was saved. Three minutes into the second half Jake Rawkins gives Winchester the lead with a lob from the edge of the box and the same player midway through the half is set up by Liam Gilbert but his effort was well saved. In the 82nd minute Brett Cunningham becomes the third substitute used by Winchester City and four minutes after coming on the youngster scored the second goal after bring set up by Tyrell Mitford. There was also success for the Winchester under 16 team who won against Littleton under 16 team who progress to the next round of the county cup. Winchester first team are at home to Bideford on Saturday.

17 MATCH REPORT WINCHESTER CITY FC 1-0 LARKHALL ATHLETIC BY MALCOLM CLARKE Winchester achieved only their second home league win of the season and their first since the opening week of the season as they beat Larkhall 1-0 and moved above the Larks in the table and now occupy 10th position in the table. The winning goal was a good team effort and was scored by I K Hill in the 80th minute. Hill who has recently re-joined the club from Alresford had come on as a second half substitute. Winchester made two changes to the starting line-up from Tuesday's game at Fleet with Tyrell Mitford and Ollie Griggs coming in for Simba Mlambo and Rob Carr. Reserve team players Fabio Manuel and Chey Jennings were on the Winchester bench. Early on Larkhall's prolific striker Lewis Powell shot over after an initial shot was blocked and also saw another of his efforts hit the side netting. At the other end, Winchester's Oli Bailey forced a save from Shaun Semmens in the Larkhall goal. The nearest we came to a goal in the first half was when Wayne Nderemani whose industry as a wing back caused Winchester a few problems had an effort saved by Pryce with the follow up resulting in the visitors only being denied by the woodwork and a goal-line clearance. Pryce also made a couple of further important saves in the first half to keep the scores level. Winchester though had a couple of attacking moments at the end of the first half with firstly Joe Cook shooting over after Barron's initial shot was blocked and then Cook forced a save from Semmens in the closing moments of the game's first period. Larkhall just about shaded the first half, but Winchester looked a more solid outfit in the game's second period. Both teams got in crucial blocks to cut out opposing attacks during the game's second period and an effort from Jamie Barron that was saved by Semmens was the only on target effort of note in the early part of the half, although the energetic Jake Rawkins was a major driving force for Winchester. The all-important goal came 10 minutes from time when I K Hill who replaced Tyrell Mitford in the second half finished an excellent move involving Jamie Barron and Joe Hayward with a low right foot shot from inside the area. Following the goal Larkhall tried their best to find an equalizer with Pryce being called into action three times and Craig Davis bringing himself on for Oli Bailey.

18 MALCOLM S MUSINGS We welcome Bideford to Winchester for this afternoon s game. Last Bideford completed the double against us winning 2-0 on the last day of the season with goals by Craig Allen and Sean Downing, although other results ended Bideford s hopes of the playoffs. In last season s corresponding match Bideford won 3-2 with Craig Duff scoring twice and Ben Seymour once, with Oli Bailey and an own goal providing Winchester s goals. The previous season we won 2-1 at Bideford thanks to goals by Stuart Green and Craig Feeney, the latter being a late penalty, having been 1-0 behind at the interval, while the match at Winchester was drawn 0-0. Prior to 2016/17 the only previous game between the clubs was the 2004 F A Vase semi-final where we won the second leg 4-0 after the first leg finished all square at 3-3, with Andy Forbes and Ian Mancey scoring three times for Winchester over the two legs. That season both ourselves and Bideford finished champions of their league with impressive records so this was a good result for us. Bideford football club were formed in 1890 s and spent a lot of their early career in the North Devon League and were in that league until they joined the Western League in They won division 3 of this league at the first attempt with 19 wins and 1 draw from 20 league games. Two seasons later they won Division 2 scoring 179 goals from 36 league games in the process. They spent the next 20 seasons in the top flight of Western League finishing champions three times and runners up three times before being promoted to the Southern League, where they stayed three seasons finishing in the top five in the first two of these. On leaving the Southern League they re-joined the Western League where they spent a further 35 seasons, but after finishing champions in five of the last nine of these returned to the Southern League. In 2011/12 they won the Southern League Division 1 South and West title and were promoted to the Premier Division where after finishing 8 th in 2013/14 they were relegated last season. In 1964/65 having been beaten seven times in the 4 th qualifying round of the F A Cup they finally reached the 1 st round proper of the competition, but lost to Colchester after a replay. They also reached this round in 1973/74, 1977/78 and 1981/82, but also suffered a further seven defeats in the 4 th qualifying round. In addition to their F A Vase semi-final appearance in 2003/04 they also reached the quarter finals of this competition in 2006/07 and 2008/09. Full International players to represent Bideford are Leighton Phillips who won 58 caps for Wales from 1971 to 1981, and the late Dermot Curtis who scored 8 goals in 17 games for the Republic of Ireland. The current Bideford manager Sean Joyce, who has been in charge since 1998, made a total of 200 football league appearances for the likes of Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City and Torquay United. Several other former Bideford players have played in the football league, while John Hore one of their former managers made a total of 593 football league appearances in his playing career. This season they were at the time of writing in the lower half of the table, but will be looking to return to the form in early November which saw them win league games against Cirencester (4-0) and Highworth (4-3) and Tiverton 5-2 in the league cup. Their total of 26 league goals at the time of writing was higher than that of the third and fourth placed clubs. Apart from last season I have visited Bideford once while on holiday in Chittlehampton, on the same holiday I also visited Barnstaple. As this is the last home match before Christmas I would like to wish you all the best for the festive season and will see some of you at Thursday s Christmas party.

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20 RESULTS DATE FIXTURE COMPETITION ATTENDANCE Sat 18/08/18 Mangotsfield United 1-2 WCFC (Bailey, Mitford) League 150 Tue 21/08/18 WCFC 3-2 Thatcham Town (Rusher, Cook, Mitford) League 220 Sat 25/08/18 WCFC 1-0 Bournemouth (Mitford) FA Cup 109 Mon 27/08/18 Moneyfields 0-2 WCFC (Barron, Bailey) League 102 Sat 01/09/18 WCFC 2-2 Melksham Town (Cook, Mlambo) League 160 Tue 04/09/18 WCFC 1-1 Gosport Borough (Roberts) League Cup 106 Sat 08/09/18 Frome Town 1-1 WCFC (Mitford) FA Cup 165 Tue 11/09/18 WCFC 2-1 Frome Town (AET) (Mitford, Cocklin) FA Cup 151 Sat 15/09/18 WCFC 2-3 Paulton Rovers (Mitford, Own Goal) League 152 Sat 22/09/18 Merthyr Town 1-4 WCFC (Barron, Mitford 3) FA Cup 291 Sat 29/09/18 Slimbridge 2-2 WCFC (Barron, Mitford) FA Trophy 85 Tue 02/10/18 WCFC 3-3 Slimbridge (AET) (Mitford 2 (1pen), Barron) FA Trophy 93 Sat 06/10/18 WCFC 3-0 Cirencester Town (Carr, Mlambo, Hayward FA Cup 302 (pen) Tue 09/10/18 WCFC 0-0 Hartley Wintney Hampshire Senior Cup 102 Tue 16/10/18 Cirencester Town 3-2 WCFC (Bailey, Barron) League 108 Sat 20/10/18 Torquay United 4-1 WCFC (Hayward (pen)) FA Cup 2,202 Tue 23/10/18 AFC Totton 1-1 WCFC (Bailey) League 362 Thur 25/10/18 WCFC 3-3 Folland Sports (Rusher, Krygier, Croucher) Soton Senior Cup 32 Sat 27/10/18 WCFC 1-1 Highworth Town (Bailey) League 123 Sat 03/11/18 Barnstaple Town 3-2 WCFC (Bailey, Mitford) League 138 Tue 13/11/18 WCFC 1-2 Evesham United (Carr) League 136 Sat 17/11/18 WCFC 0-1 Yate Town League 190 Thur 22/11/18 WCFC 2-2 Montefiore Halls (Davis, Mlambo) Soton Senior Cup 39 Sat 24/11/18 Slimbridge 1-3 WCFC (Griggs, Barron, Bailey) League 75 Tue 27/11/18 Fleet Town 1-2 WCFC (Rawkins, Mitford) League 101 Sat 01/12/18 WCFC 1-0 Larkhall Athletic (Hill) League 120 Sat 08/12/18 Street 0-2 WCFC (Rawkins, Cunningham) League 120

21 FIXTURES Sat 15/12/18 WCFC v Bideford (League) Sat 22/12/18 Bristol Manor Farm v WCFC (League) Wed 26/12/18 WCFC v Moneyfields (League) 12 NOON Sat 29/12/18 WCFC v Mangotsfield United (League) Tue 01/01/19 Blackfield & Langley v WCFC (League) 13:00 Sat 05/01/19 WCFC v Cinderford Town (League) Sat 12/01/19 Thatcham Town v WCFC (League) Sat 19/01/19 Paulton Rovers v WCFC (League) Sat 26/01/19 WCFC v Cirencester Town (League) Sat 02/02/19 Highworth Town v WCFC (League) Fri 08/02/19 WCFC v AFC Totton (League) Sat 16/02/19 Evesham United v WCFC (League) Sat 23/02/19 WCFC v Barnstaple Town (League) Sat 02/03/19 Bideford v WCFC (League) Sat 09/03/19 WCFC v Street (League) Sat 16/03/19 WCFC v Slimbridge (League) Sat 23/03/19 Larkhall Athletic v WCFC (League) Sat 30/03/19 WCFC v Fleet Town (League) Sat 04/04/19 Yate Town v WCFC (League) Sat 13/04/19 WCFC v Bristol Manor Farm (League) Fri 19/04/19 Melksham Town v WCFC (League) Mon 22/04/19 WCFC v Blackfield & Langley (League) Sat 27/04/19 Cinderford Town v WCFC (League) For the latest league tables in the Evo-Stik League South, please click here

22 WHO S WHO? BEHIND THE SCENES PRESIDENT JOHN MOODY RPSL CHAIRMAN ELLIOTT TRODD DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL DAVID MALONE VICE PRESIDENT STEVE BRINE MP & COUNCILLOR IAN TAIT LIFE VICE PRESIDENTS TERRY PAINE MBE & TERRY BONE CLUB SECRETARY MATT RICHBELL FIXTURES SECRETARY - MIKE CARTER TREASURER PAUL MURRAY MBE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WAYNE ELKINS, ROBERT CONWAY, SALLY STATHAM, STEVE (RONNIE) RAINBIRD, ELLIOTT TRODD, MATT RICHBELL, MIKE CARTER, JO BROCKSOM, ALLAN HIGGS, KEN RAISBECK, JOHN MOODY, MARGARET MOODY, JUDY MALONE, JUDITH TOWERTON, DAVID MALONE, RYAN ANDRESS, MARTIN MOODY, LIAM DIFFORD, DARRELL GOWERS HEAD OF COMMERCIAL MIKE CARTER & MATT RICHBELL CAR PARKING & STADIUM SALLY STATHAM STADIUM ANNOUNCER WAYNE ELKINS WEBSITE STEVE (RONNIE) RAINBIRD PROGRAMME EDITORS MATT RICHBELL & MIKE CARTER MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY WAYNE ELKINS GROUND MAINTENANCE MIKE CARTER & DAVE GREEN GROUNDSMAN RAY BULPIT CHIEF STEWARD STEVE RAINBIRD BAR MANAGER KEVIN WATKINS PHOTOGRAPHER ANDY CORNER PLAYER SHIRTS SPONSORS ROB CONWAY SHOP MANAGER NIKKI PERCIVAL ASST. SHOP MANAGER ROD YOUNGMAN CLUB CATERING JUDY MALONE, JUDITH TOWERTON, MARGARET MOODY & SALLY STATHAM CAR PARKING SALLY STATHAM, DAVE GREEN DRAW JUDY MALONE, JUDITH TOWERTON. TURNSTILE OPERATORS RICH PICKETT & ALLY BROWN ON THE PITCH FIRST-TEAM MANAGER CRAIG DAVIS ASSISTANT MANAGER MARK WATSON DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL DAVID MALONE SPORTS THERAPISTS JO BROCKSOM CHIEF SCOUT PETE MILLARD RESERVE TEAM MANAGER RYAN ANDRESS ASSISTANT RESERVE TEAM MANAGER DARREN NICHOLSON HEAD OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ELLIOTT TRODD

23 CONTACT US Winchester City @WCFC_Fans The Simplyhealth City Ground, Hillier Way, Abbots Barton, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7SR

24 EVO-STIK LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION ONE SOUTH FIXTURES Saturday 15 th December League Barnstaple Town v Cirencester Town Cinderford Town v AFC Totton Evesham United v Street Larkhall Athletic v Fleet Town Mangotsfield United v Blackfield & Langley Moneyfields v Bristol Manor Farm Paulton Rovers v Highworth Town Slimbridge v Yate Town Thatcham Town v Melksham Town WCFC v Bideford AFC Tuesday 18 th December League Cup Third Round Salisbury v Blackfield & Langley League Moneyfields v Street Gloucestershire Senior Cup Round Two Cinderford Town v Bristol Rovers Saturday 22 nd December League Bideford AFC v AFC Totton Blackfield & Langley v Yate Town Bristol Manor Farm v WCFC Cinderford Town v Barnstaple Town Highworth Town v Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United v Slimbridge Melksham Town v Fleet Town Street v Cirencester Town Thatcham Town v Paulton Rovers Wednesday 26 th December League WCFC v Moneyfields (12:00) AFC Totton v Blackfield & Langley (13:00) Evesham United v Cinderford Town (13:00) Paulton Rovers v Street (13:00) Slimbridge v Bristol Manor Farm (13:00) Yate Town v Mangotsfield United (13:00) Larkhall Athletic v Melksham Town (13:30) Barnstaple Town v Bideford AFC Cirencester Town v Highworth Town Fleet Town v Thatcham Town

25 TOP GOALSCORERS EVO-STIK LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION ONE SOUTH 1. Ben Whitehead (Cirencester Town) Lerone Rudi Plummer (Blackfield & Langley) Lewis Powell (Larkhall Athletic) Steve Hutchings (Moneyfields) 9 5. Jonathan Davies (Melksham Town) 8 6. Callum McGhee-Parsons (Highworth Town) 8 7. Oli Bailey (WCFC) 7 8. Kevin Squire (Bideford) 7 9. Richard Greaves (Cinderford Town) Neikell Plummer (Melksham Town) 7 WYVERN LEAGUE 1. Aidan Shepherd (Wimborne Town) Brandon Jewell (Salisbury/Moneyfields) George Gregory (Moneyfields) 9 4. Efu Kazadi (AFC Portchester) 8 5. Louis McWilliams (Wimborne Town) 8 6. Kelvin Obaze (AFC Portchester) 7 7. Reece Tuppen (AFC Portchester) 7 8. Jordi Bond (Sholing) 6 9. Josh Carey (Sholing) William Fletcher (Wimborne Town) 5 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH LEAGUE 1. Freddie Bullard (Brockenhurst) Toby Bailey (Brockenhurst) Matt Wotton (AFC Totton) Nick Riley (Team Solent) Brendan Cox (Moneyfields) 9 6. James Shorey (Brockenhurst) 8 7. Luke Bennett (Team Solent) 7 8. Joshua Hoey (AFC Stoneham) 7 9. Tom Knibbs (AFC Portchester) Sam White (Brockenhurst) 7

26 WCFC U18s LEAGUE TABLE POS CLUB P W D L GD PTS 1 WCFC TEAM SOLENT BROCKENHURST MONEYFIELDS SHOLING AFC STONEHAM AFC TOTTON CHRISTCHURCH AFC PORTCHESTER WCFC U18s FIXTURES 06/01/19 WCFC U18s v Christchurch U18s League (At Whitchurch United FC) 10/01/19 Moneyfields U18s v WCFC U18s Midweek Floodlit Cup 20/01/19 Sholing v WCFC U18s- League 27/01/19 Team Solent U18s v WCFC U18s League 03/02/19 WCFC U18s v Moneyfields U18s League (At Whitchurch United FC) 10/02/19 Christchurch U18s v WCFC U18s League 17/02/19 WCFC U18s v Team Solent U18s League (At Whitchurch United FC) 24/02/19 WCFC U18s v AFC Stoneham U18s League (At Whitchurch United FC) 03/03/19 Brockenhurst U18S v WCFC U18s League 10/03/19 AFC Stoneham U18s v WCFC U18s - League

27 FLYERS FIXTURES Sunday 16 th December Away to Ascot United

28 LEAGUE HONOURS Southern League: Play-Off Semi-Finalists (2016) Wessex Premier League: Winners ( , , ) Runners-Up ( , ) Hampshire County League: Winners ( ) Hampshire Premier League: Winners ( ) Hampshire League Division 1: Winners ( ) Runners-Up ( , & ) Hampshire League Division 2: Winners ( , & ) Hampshire League Division 3: Runners-Up ( & ) Hampshire League Division 3 East: Runners-Up ( & ) Hampshire League North Division: Winners ( & ) Runners-Up ( , & ) Hampshire League Championship Shield: Winners ( ) Hampshire League Combination Division 2: Winners ( ) South Hampshire League: Winners ( , & ) North Hants League: Winners ( )

29 CUP HONOURS FA Vase: Winners (2004) Hampshire Senior Cup: Winners (1935 & 2005) Finalists (1888 & 2016) Hampshire Tournament Cup: Winners (1888) Finalists (1889 & 1890) Hampshire Floodlit Cup: Winners (2005) Finalists (2003) Russell Cotes Cup: Winners (1955 & 1971) North Hants Senior Cup: Winners (1982, 1987, 2002 & 2015) North Hants League Cup: Winners (2003) Southampton Senior Cup: Winners (1950, 1952, 2001 & 2003) Finalists (1909) Basingstoke Senior Cup: Finalists (2002) Andover & District Open Cup: Winners (2002) Hampshire Intermediate Cup: Winners (1952, 1968, 1973 & 2002) Wessex League Cup: Winners (2004) Wyvern Challenge Shield: Finalists (2013) Hampshire League, League Cup: Winners (1994 & 2003) Hampshire League Combination Cup: Finalists (2002) Hampshire Chronicle Cup: Winners (2005) Southern Newspapers Invitation Cup: Winners (1971) Inter-League Challenge: Winners (2001 & 2002)

30 CLUB SPONSORS

31 PLAYER PROFILES RYAN PRYCE Ex-AFC Bournemouth Goalkeeper that also lists Salisbury City, Gosport Borough and Fleet Town amongst his former clubs. Pryce made five senior appearances for the Cherries, making his debut against Southend United. DANNY KING - Left sided defender, the clubs longest-serving player currently and a real fans favourite. A teacher by trade, he has played for Chelsea and Southampton in his youth. Danny reached his testimonial year last season and had his testimonial at the end of the campaign. JOSH HARFIELD 23-year-old defender who has played for Whitchurch United and most recently, Fleet Town, Harfield has returned to City last summer, a player with real potential for the future. JOE HAYWARD Defender who joined us last season having previously been with Eastleigh FC, unfortunately broke his leg recently but returned quickly and showed what great potential he has. Delighted he is with us again this year and look forward to seeing him in action. JOE COOK Returned to the club in the early part of this season having also been a Citizen last campaign. Versatile can play in either defence or midfield. JAMIE BARRON - Resigned from Gosport Borough Jamie has played for Salisbury, Andover, Sholing and Folland Sports. A winner of a Schools National Cup medal. Appointed Captain for another season and a really important player for us. OLI BAILEY 20-year-old striker who has joined the club last summer from Gosport Borough, has also previously played for Swindon Supermarine and started out as a youngster at Southampton FC. Pacey, enthusiastic forward with a bright future. Scored 21 goals last season and is looking to push on again this campaign. ROB CARR 24-year-old highly rated winger that has previously played for both Woking and also Fleet Town. Another regular goal scorer with 20 goals plus in his last 3 seasons for Fleet Town. Entering his second season with the Citizens. SIMBA MLAMBO Also signed from Davis former club, Fleet Town. Mlambo has spent the past few seasons in North Hampshire and was an Alton Town player before this. Can play wide or up front and a player with immense speed and power in the air. Another playing starting his second season with City. JOSH TOMBS - 17-year-old youth team goalkeeper who was promoted to the first team squad this year after an excellent season in the reserves last season. JOSH CORNER - midfielder who is still in the youth team but made several appearances and impressed last season despite his young age. HARVEY CLARK - Another youth team player who made a first team debut last season, he is a defender who we have high hopes for. TYRELL MITFORD - Forward player signed from Team Solent, played for Gosport at step 3 last season, excited to have this player on board and has already settled in well after signing this summer. Mitford previously has football league experience with QPR.

32 JAKE RAWKINS - Diminutive tricky winger who we signed from Bemerton in the Wessex league after scoring a lot of goals for them last season. He has played at this level previously for AFC Totton. LIAM GILBERT - Combative ball playing midfield player in his first full season for the Citizens after signing halfway through last season, previously captain for AFC Totton. MATT ANDREWS - Forward player signed this summer from Fareham Town, has played at this level in the past for Petersfield Town. Currently dual-registered with Fleetlands in the Hampshire Premier League. BRAD GALE - Powerful midfielder who has signed after a brief spell last season, played for Verwood Town and Poole Town where he was highly regarded by their supporters. Currently dual-registered with Hamworthy United. BEN SUNLEY - goal scoring Forward player who had a fantastic season in the reserves last season, still a youth team player but has been heavily involved in the 1st team already. CALLUM KITCHER - Delighted to sign Callum this season, he joined our reserves after the deadline day at end of last season, played a number of games for the reserve team and impressed, look forward to having him in the squad this season. Currently dual-registered with Bemerton Heath Harlequins. BRETT CUNNINGHAM A young 17-year-old midfielder who joined the club from Farnborough earlier this season. A tricky winger with bags of pace. MATT BENHAM Returned to City this season from Thatcham Town. Creative forward-thinking player with an eye for goal. Currently dual-registered with Bitton AFC. GEORGE SHORT Returned to City this season from Bracknell Town and has also previously played for Slough Town. Returning from injury shortly. OLLIE GRIGGS Joined the club on loan from Dorchester Town this month for a second time, having served City on loan last season as well. IK HILL A winger who has re-joined the club from Alresford Town. Hill left the club in the summer to join the Magpies but is now back and has scored once already since he returned. STAFF PROFILES CRAIG DAVIS Player-Manager who came to City from Fleet Town after relinquishing his position as Manager. Took over as Interim Manager until the end of the season before taking over the reins permanently. His playing career started off as a pro at Cardiff City before spells at Bashley, Salisbury, Gosport Borough and AFC Totton. Has won both the Southern League South and West and Premier as a player. JO BROCKSOM - Jo is in her 3rd season now at Winchester as Sports therapist, this is her 1st season taking a leading role though, has been integral in keeping our players on the pitch and delighted to have her with the club again this season. PETE MILLARD Scout Someone Craig Davis brought to the club this season and has previously worked for Bashley FC and Craig at Fleet Town, has a wealth of knowledge and provides important information to Craig throughout the season, really crucial member of the management team.

33 TODAY S SQUADS WINCHESTER CITY FC (From): BIDEFORD AFC (From): RYAN PRYCE JOE MOORE DANNY KING IAN SAMPSON JOE HAYWARD BEN PALMER JOSH HARFIELD SEAN DOWNING CRAIG DAVIS CRAIG ALLAN ROB FLOOKS TOBY DOWN SIMBA MLAMBO BEN CARTER JAMIE BARRON NIALL HEENEY LIAM GILBERT RYAN TURNER IK HILL JASON RICKETTS JAKE RAWKINS JOEL RANDALL TYRELL MITFORD KEVIN SQUIRE OLI BAILEY SAM HAYNES HARVEY CLARK LIAM GREGORY JOSH CORNER LOUIS ROBERTS OLLIE GRIGGS WILL HANCOX BRETT CUNNINGHAM ROB CARR Referee Casimir Nzenga Asst. Referee Paula Wyatt Asst. Referee James Byng