UNITE MK AFC SOUTHGATE WELCOME TO BRICKFIELD LANE. Saturday, February 17th PM. vs.

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1 SQUAD Osman Barkat Steven Badu Luke Bernard-Morgan Boris Bonket Steven Bwanga Lee Flynn (c) Daniel Glaude Mario Hoxha Vinny Ivanov Eddie Munnelly Danny Osbourne Chris Phillips Mariusz Serwin Gustavo Tamayo Steven Velandia WELCOME TO BRICKFIELD LANE Manager Rak Hudson Coach Julian Hudson Club Assistant Ishmeal Jack Colours: Red shirts, red shorts, red socks. Today s match officials: Xander Harrison Alex Searle Grant Moody Manager Assistant Coach Saturday, February 17th PM Mark Robinson Steve Winchester Robert Hewer Colours: White shirts, black shorts, white socks. SQUAD Karl Ainsley (c) Josh Ambrose Matt Bines Pual Blackwell Myles Braham Craig Daubney Nick Doherty Ridge Esselfie Aaron Halai Anthony Kwarteng Luke Little Toussaint McGill-Hall Jamie Parker Gianni Ricci Saajan Sehajpal Keegan Wilkinson AFC SOUTHGATE vs. UNITE MK

2 LEAGUE TABLE CHAIRMAN S We welcome the players, staff, committee and supporters of Unite MK to Brickfield Lane today for our Spartan South Midlands Clash. Our lads are raring to go after a great of wins with two back-toback 3-2 away victories in recent weeks. The top end of the table is incredibly tight and we must ensure that we keep the pressure on the leaders, Park Tom Buzzard and Ed Harvey View, knowing we still have to play them once more. We are fully aware of the task in front of us today, and wish all club players and staff of Unite MK the best of luck for the game, and the rest of the season. Enjoy the game! WELCOME 3 4

3 Unite MK were comprehensively beaten by AFC in our club s first ever win back in August. Ali and Scott both scored a brace and Phinn-Archer and Serwin both got on the scoresheet in a 6-1 rout. However, the Bletchleybased club bounced back quickly and are now stable in the league, sitting eighth, with five games in hand on the team above. Unite s form of late has been indifferent, and they come into today s game off the back of consecutive 3-0 defeats to sixth-placed Aston Clinton, home and away. UNITE MK Recent form: W L L L W W W W TOP GOALSCORER Luke Little 24 Myles Braham 7 Jakub Tomsik 7 Karl Ainsley 4 Jamie Parker 4 TODAY S Luke Little has led Unite MK s goalcoring charts all season, smashing home 18 goals from open play alongside six penalties. His record places him top of the goalscoring OPPOSITION the goalscoring table, alongside Park View s Francis Williams. Speaking to Sports Shots about his excellent form this season, Little said, there is no particular reason [for it, I ve] just got a good bunch of lads around me, really enjoying my football this year and hopefully that s showing on the pitch. I used to work Saturday mornings, but I ve recently got a new job that s Monday to Friday, so I keep saying to the lads now I ve got extra energy from not grafting away all 03/02/18 Aston Clinton 3-0 Unite MK 31/01/18 Unite MK Aston Clinton 27/01/18 Unite MK 2-3 Park View 13/01/18 Unite MK /01/18 Old Bradwell United P W D L F A Home Away Overall lads now I ve got extra energy from not grafting away all morning at work before football! Last 5 Results The 61FC (Luton) 5-2 Unite MK

4 AFC SOUTHGATE 1-3 UNITE MK What happened last time Date: October 28 th, 2017 Goalscorers: Eddie Munnelly 90+2 Myles Braham 47, Jakub Tomsik 64, Luke Little 75 AFC Southgate XI: Barkat, Bernard-Morgan (Small), Bwanga, Christodoulou (Munnelly), Courtnage, Flynn, Glaude, Osbourne, Phinn-Archer, Scott (Klosi), Tudila. Back when we met Unite most recently, Eddie Munnelly came off the bench to score a consolation goal for AFC after Unite MK struck home three times in the second half in the Cup quarterfinal. Rak Hudson s side had beaten holders Mursley United before facing Unite, but were in poor form going into this game. Myles Braham gave the visitors the lead just after half-time, striking unchallenged just inside the box. Unite earned themselves a two-goal cushion with an emphatic strike from Jakub Tomsik on the edge of the box as Southgate failed to close him down quick enough. Luke Little put the game beyond doubt with 15 minutes remaining. He was fed through nicely as he escaped the attention of his marker before striding across the box and pulling it back towards the left post of Osman Barkat. Eddie Munnelly powered in a shot from outside the area for his first goal for the club in added time. With no runners on the wings, Munnelly sensed an opportunity and it was a good strike, though it ultimately meant nothing. AFC are unbeaten since this Cup defeat. A HISTORY OF: Recent league positions 2016/17: 12 th ( ) 2015/16: N/A 2014/15: N/A UNITE MK Unite MK was formed in July 2016 playing out of Manor Fields, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes. The team currently plays in the APBS Spartan South Midlands Football League at Step 7, 2. In its first season, the team enjoyed an unbeaten run of nine games from August to October. They also reached the semi-final of the Buckingham Charity Cup and the third round of the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup under the guidance of Paul Fisher and then Karl Ainsley. The team finished 12th in the league, with 45 points. At the end of the 2016/17 campaign, the club was awarded Best Programme for 2 and were runners up in the 2 Respect table. The team s ambitions for 2017/18 is to climb out of Step 7 by winning promotion to 1 and to be in a position to enter the FA Vase next season. 7 8

5 MATCH REPORTS TRING TOWN 2-3 AFC SOUTHGATE The Dragons made it nine games unbeaten, a run that has now lasted 112 days, with a second consecutive 3-2 win in. That result put Rak Hudson s men in a commanding position in the league table, sitting behind only Park View with five points separating the two sides. For the third consecutive game, Oltian Klosi opened the scoring for AFC. Chinua Phinn-Archer, the only player who leads Klosi in the club s goalscoring charts, doubled the lead within three minutes. It was up to Klosi to ensure AFC s winning run continued, netting in the 76th minute for his eighth goal in four games. AFC Southgate XI: Barkat; Badu, Bernard-Morgan (Munnelly 57 ), Bonket (Small 77 ), Bwanga, Flynn, Glaude, Ivanov, Klosi (Owen 89 ), Phinn-Archer, Tabima Goalscorers: Klosi 13, 76 Phinn-Archer 15 AMERSHAM TOWN 2-3 AFC SOUTHGATE A wonderful 25-yard strike from Oltian Klosi, excelling as Rak Hudson s first-choice striker, put AFC in a dominant early position after just two minutes. The Albanian doubled both his and the Dragons tally five minutes later. Amersham grabbed one back before the break, with an assertive early position not being capitalised on fully, but that created an eventful second half. Josh Scott was brought off the bench by Hudson, only to be sent off 18 minutes later. Klosi sealed a hat-trick in the 90th-minute, further stating his importance to the team in the last two months. AFC Southgate XI: Barkat, Bonket (Scott), Flynn, Glaude, Ivanov, Klosi (Hudson), Osbourne, Serwin, Tabima, Tamayo, Velandia Goalscorers: Klosi 2, 7, 90 TOP GOALSCORERS Oltian Klosi Chinua Phinn-Archer Mariusz Serwin Lee Scott NEXT HOME FIXTURE AFC Southgate vs The 61FC (Luton) March 3rd, 2018 Watch every AFC Southgate home game at Brickfield Lane for 20 with a season ticket. Enquire within the office or purchase at home games in person

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