RED ARMY The Matchday Programme of Uxbridge Football Club Uxbridge FC vs WARE FC 15th SEPTEMBER 2018 3pm Kick Off
Honeycroft, Horton Road, West Drayton UB7 8HX Enquiries: 01895 443557 Email: sec@uxbridgefc.co.uk DIRECTORY Club website: uxbridgefc.com Twitter: Uxfc_redarmy Commercial: 01895 443557 UXBRIDGE FC COMMITTEE Alan Holloway: Chairman Roger Stevens: Secretary David Tucker: Treasurer Chris Pinn: Welfare Officer Chris Pinn: Match Day Secretary Derek Marshall: Committee Member John Bond: Committee Member Michael Burrell: Committee Member FOOTBALL Tony Choules: Manager Paul Mills: Assistant Manager Damian Payne: Coach Shaun Dawson: Coach Andrew Connor: Sports Therapist Steve Kennedy: Youth Team Manager Chris Stanborough: Youth Team Coach Tony Heath: Youth Team Coach Shaun Ryan: Youth Team Coach Andrew Kendall: Youth Team Coach OPERATIONS Averill Hinde: General Manager Ron & Kay Gilbey: Hospitality Management Ray Turton: Match Day Announcer Geoff Hinde & Kevin Waghorn: Groundsmen The legal name of the club, which is an unincorporated members club, is Uxbridge Football Club
Today we welcome the Players, Staff and Officers from Ware FC to Honeycroft for today's Bostik League South Central fixture. We would also like to welcome our Match Officials, Stuart Smith, Neo Neophytou and Chimango Gondwe, we hope you all have an enjoyable stay and a safe journey home. Today is the 15th meeting of the two clubs that started in 1970 when Ware won 4-0 in the East Anglian Cup, Our last meeting was in the 2015/16 Southern League where Uxbridge ran out 3-1 victors. The full record to date is - Played 14 Won 8 Lost 5 and Drawn 1, our biggest loss came in the 1970 East Anglian Cup when we were beaten 4-0, our biggest win came in the 1984 Isthmian League with a 5-2 success at Honeycroft, our goals that day came from Dixon (2), Marshall (Pen), Duff and Church. Ware have started the season with with one win, two losses and one draw in the League, they have progressed to the Velocity Trophy 2nd Round by beating Romford on penalties and Chalfont St Peter, they now travel to Enfield Town. In the Emirates FA Challenge Cup they beat FC Clapton 4-2 in the Preliminary Round but went out of the competition when beaten 1-0 by Lowestoft. Last weekend Mitchell Wiseman made his 100th appearance for our First Team. Mitchell started in our Youth Team making his 1st Team debut in Marrch 2013 when coming off the bench against Ashford Town (Middx). Congratulations and here is to the next 100. Our next match is away at Marlow on Tuesday 25th September after that we entertain Chalfont St Peter AFC in the Buildbase FA Trophy the following Saturday. 'COME ON YOU REDS'
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES "The Isthmian Football League strongly supports the FA statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach agaisnt racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly any form of discriminatory abuse whether it be based on race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association for action by that Association." The FA:- 0800 085 0508 Kick it Out:- 020 7253 0162 D O N ' T S T O P W H E N Y O U A R E T I R E D, S T O P W H E N Y O U A R E D O N E E V E R Y M O R N I N G Y O U H A V E T W O C H O I C E S : T O S L E E P W I T H Y O U R D R E A M S O R W A K E U P A N D C H A S E T H E M. S U C C E S S I S B O R N O U T O F F A I T H, A N U N D Y I N G P A S S I O N A N D A R E L E N T L E S S D R I V E. H A R D W O R K W I L L A L W A Y S O V E R C O M E N A T U R A L T A L E N T W H E N N A T U R A L T A L E N T D O E S N O T W O R K H A R D E N O U G H.
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES YOUTH TEAM Our Youth Team, under the management of Steve Kennedy along with his management team have now played two matches in the re-structured Allied Counties Youth League, after an initial 1-1 draw at home to a strong Burnham FC team they travelled to Wembley FC where they came away with all three points after a 7-1 victory. In this seasons FA Youth Cup they were given a walkover in the Preliminary Round after Amersham FC withdrew, they now travel to Wingate & Finchley on the 20th Sept. In the Middlesex FA Jeff Ritson Senior Youth Cup they also received a bye in the 1st Round.
ware FC COACHING STAFF PAUL HALSEY- MANAGER Paul recently took the helm for the second time after John Dreyer resigned from his post, he previously managed Ware in 2009 before moving on as goalkeeping coach at Billericay and then management positions with Hoddesdon Town and Hertford Town. JON STEVENSON - COACH KEVIN KUHN - COACH MICHAEL BARDLE - COACH KAREN BAKER - SPORTS PHYSIO JOHN FRENDO - COACH
WARE FC PEN PIC'S VLANTISLAV GIKONTSAROV - GOALKEEPER Vladimir was born in Russia but now holds a Greek passport. He has joined us as a goal keeper. HARRY RICKETTS - GOALKEEPER Harry is in his second spell with the club having joined us originally in season 2009/10 when he made 25 appearances before leaving to join Waltham Abbey. He went on to other clubs, most notably Hertford Town with whom he spent the best part of three seasons but has rejoined Ware for 2018/9. CHARLIE YEXLEY - DEFENDER Charlie originally joined us on loan from Dagenham & Redbridge, making his debut in the 1-1 draw at Cray Wanderers on 14th December 2014. After scoring an excellent winning goal in the home game against Thamesmead Town Charlie's season became blighted by injury and his five appearances in 2014/5 were a poor reflection of his value as a player. Charlie fell off our radar after that but rejoined us at the turn of 2018 and soon re-established himself as an ever present in the first team. DOMINIQUE NJOYA - DEFENDER Dom is a left back who made his debut for Ware in the 1-0 win at Witham on 27th January 2018. Since then he has played a full part in the back four and is now an ever present in the side. GARETH MADDEN - DEFENDER Gareth made his first appearance for Ware from the subs bench in the 6-1 Herts Charity Cup defeat at Bishop's Stortford on 7th August 2013. He went on to make 72 appearances in the next two seasons and scored 2 league goals. He rejoins us from Waltham Forest and now captains the side. He has now made over 100 appearances for Ware.
WARE FC PEN PIC'S BRADLEY FRASIER - DEFENDER Centre back Bradley joined us from Hoddesdon Town but has represented Ware briefly in the past. He made four consecutive appearances in 2012/3, scoring a goal in the 4-3 defeat to Maldon & Tiptree but is now a regular in the defensive line up. LOUIS BROWN - DEFENDER A central defender who joined us from Hoddesdon Town. He played his first game in the 2-0 away victory at Romford on January 17th 2018 and, barring injury, was a regular in the back four for the rest of the 2017/8 season. JASON BROWN - DEFENDER ALLA OUJDI - DEFENDER Alaa came off the subs bench to make his debut for the club in the 6-2 win at Erith & Belvedere on 11th March 2014. It was his only appearance that season which may surprise those who later came to see him as a permanent fixture in the first team. He reached 150 appearances on 11th November 2017 and is now well on his way to 200. BILLY BAIRD - DEFENDER
WARE FC PEN PIC'S ALBERT ADU - MIDFIELD Albert's first game for the club was as a substitute in the league cup game at Cheshunt on 14th January 2014. It was Albert who scored our goal in the 1-1 draw (we won the penalty shoot out 9-8). Coincidentally his last game was also a 1-1 draw in which he scored our goal at Chatham in the league on January 10th 2015. That brought his total for the club to 14 in 52 appearances (four as a substitute). He has now rejoined us from Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag in the Faroes league and more recently Mandel United in Belgium. JACK DEVENEY - MIDFIELD Having spent a large part of his footballing career with Waltham Abbey, midfielder Jack has now joined Ware and is fast becoming recognised as a key player by supporters. DAVE COWLEY - MIDFIELD The experienced midfielder made his debut in the 1-0 derby victory over Hertford on March 17th 2018. His former clubs include AFC Sudbury, Grays Athletic, Harlow Town and Thurrock but he has also had experience in Spain and started out with West Ham United. BEN HART - MIDFIELD A wide midfielder who signed for Ware for the start of 2018/9. He has previous experience with Hoddesdon Town and three seasons at Harlow Town. LOUIS ROSE - MIDFIELD Brother to Leigh, Louis made his debut on the 14th August 2012 in a 1-0 Charity Cup defeat at Potters Bar. Louis made 32 appearances in his first spell with the Blues.
WARE FC PEN PIC'S LEIGH ROSE - MIDFIELD First played for Ware on the opening day of 2011 in a 3-1 defeat at Cheshunt. After spells at other local clubs Leigh has returned to Ware and is now adding to his 33 earlier appearances. HARLEY HAAG - FORWARD A striker who first joined Ware in our Southern League season of 2015/6 making ten appearances and scoring two goals. He rejoined Ware under John Dreyer and scored the only goal of the game at Witham on his second appearance. He is the son of former Ware scorer Kelly Haag. CALLUM TAYLOR - FORWARD Callum, a striker, has joined us on loan from Royston Town.
UP-COMING MATCHES Saturday 15th September BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION Bedfont Sports vs Chalfont St Peter Bracknell Town vs Northwood Cheshunt vs South Park Egham Town vs Hertford Town Hanwell Town vs Chipstead Marlow vs FC Romania Molesey vs Westfield Tooting & Mitcham United vs Ashford Town (Middx) UXBRIDGE vs Ware Waltham Abbey vs Hayes & Yeading United Thursday 20th September FA YOUTH CUP 1ST ROUND QUALIFYING Wingate & Finchley vs UXBRIDGE Saturday 22nd September BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION Ashford Town (Middx) vs Bracknell Town Chalfont St Peter vs Hanwell Town Chipstead vs Egham Town FC Romania vs Tooting & Mitcham United Hayes & Yeading United vs UXBRIDGE Hertford Town vs Bedfont Sports Northwood vs Molesey South Park vs Waltham Abbey Ware vs Marlow Westfield vs Cheshunt
SPORTS QUIZ 1. Although figure skating leaves some of us cold, there are those who do warm to it. Name the piece of music to which each of the following won their Olympic Gold. a. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Sarajevo 1984) b. Katrin Witt (Calgary 1988) 2. What is 'Tiger' Woods first name? 3. John Sholto Douglas introduced which rules to an unruly sport in 1889? 4. Which popular sport was first patented in 1874 under the name 'Sphairistike' by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield? 5. Chess was introduced into Europe via the Persians. Many of their figures were different from those we use in the classic game of games we now know. For example, the Persians had war elephants. In a Europe without elephants this figure was first changed to a wise man, then a fool. Today, which figure represents this progression? a. knight b. pawn c. rook d. bishop 6. 1 December, 1965, Madison Square Garden. A lone boxer makes his way slowly thru a cheering crowd of 12,000 fans. He steps into the ring without gloves or an oppnent for his farewell after 202 professional bouts and is acclaimed "the greatest boxer of all time". Which 5 time welter and middle weight world champion was it? 7. Today, what is the common expression for 'the shah is helpless'?
SPORTS QUIZ 8. The Choktow indians played a lacrosse like game for centuries on a playing field that sometimes measured 1.5 km in lenght. Needless to say a big event. Up to how many competitors might have been found on the 'pitch'? a. 100 b. 1,000 c. 5,000 d. 10,000 9. The Jamaican Bolt is now the fastest man in the world in the 100 m dash with a time that's beyond me. In 1900 the American Walter Tewksberry held that fleeting distinction. What was his time? a. 10.2 sec b. 10.8 sec c. 11.2 sec d. 11.8 sec 10. The first 'superstar' in tennis was William Renshaw. He won the Wimbledon singles title in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1889!!! In one of those quirks of sporting history he lost the 1888 final to his mirror image, twin brother Ernest Renshaw. In 1887 he could not play due to an injury. In fact this injury had never been heard of before and he himself coined the name. Which injury prevented him from competing? 1. Two Answers: a. Bolero b. Carmen 2. Eldrick 3. Queensberry Rules. ( J. S. Douglas was the 8th Marquess of Queensberry) 4. Lawn tennis 5. d. bishop (interesting is the combination wise man and fool) 6. Sugar Ray Robinson 7. Check mate. From the Persian 'sha-mat'. 8. b. 1,000 9. b. 10.8 sec 10. tennis arm (elbow)
23 years on from the landmark introduction of the Bosman rule, last week saw another instance of player power carving into football s status quo with Denmark players holding a strike over their commercial rights. The holdout by the likes of Christian Eriksen, Kasper Schmeichel and Lasse Schone was the result of an in-house conflict between players and the Danish FA over their own individual sponsor deals and the national team sponsor, Hummel. The dispute saw the Danish FA resort to calling up players from the third tier of its football pyramid as well as futsal players for the international friendly against a full-strength Slovakia side. All the talk was whether the Denmark FA (DBU) could save face and reach a middle ground before the match in Trnava as well as a competitive match which followed against Wales. For the first match, they couldn t. Ticket prices for the Slovakia game were slashed to 1 and, with little to be expected from their team, Denmark s makeshift side was defeated 3-0. Which isn t exactly a drubbing by any means for a team hastily assembled like a Frankenstein. Humiliation for the DBU was averted in time for the UEFA Nations League clash with Wales on Sunday. Out of a situation spawned from the politics of sports business, let s not forget that the players from the third tier have a national team cap. When speaking to players from our own lower leagues who have won England C honours, they describe it as a very proud moment to represent your country and a privilege. Here are three other times football has been downright barmy. Robert Hoyzer and Germany s referee fixing scandal 2005 German official Robert Hoyzer came under the microscope from the powers at the DFB after a cup match involving Hamburg and Paderborn when he awarded two penalties and also sent off a Hamburg player. Having initially pleaded his innocence, Hoyzer then confessed to being complicit in a 1.1m scandal which went beyond the German Cup and also affected the Bundesliga 2 and third division Regionalliga leagues.
An organised crime faction from Croatia as behind the rigging of the betting market which threatened the integrity of the FIFA World Cup Germany was set to host less than 12 months on from the court proceedings against Hoyzer and other officials and players implicated in the scandal. Hoyzer was banned from football for life and sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, while five others were also handed custodial sentences. Roy Keane slurs manager Mick McCarthy ahead of Ireland s World Cup in Japan 2002 A difference in opinion which derailed Ireland s World Cup preparations for the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Midfielder Keane saw no reason to bite his tongue over the way manager Mick McCarthy had led to team to only the third World Cup in the country s history. In a row at a pre-tournament training camp, Keane ranted at McCarthy in front of his team-mates calling the manager a liar and a f****** w*****. Goalkeeper Shay Given described the exchange as a a total destruction of Mick, personally and professionally. Keane was sent home from the camp in disgrace and wouldn t feature at the World Cup. Draws against Cameroon and Germany and a 3-0 win over Saudi Arabia led to the Irish progressing to the Round of 16, where they met Spain and lost on penalties 3-2. McCarthy was sacked after the tournament and Ireland have failed to reach a World Cup since. 10 players sent off after mass brawl Vitoria v Bahia, 2018 There s something about South American football and short-fused tempers. No surprises then when a yellow card was brandished within the first minute of play between Brazil top-flight rivals Victoria and Bahia. Despite a flurry of yellow cards nothing appeared out of the ordinary during a first-half display which saw Vitoria hold the lead 1-0 at the interval. This was the first time in three seasons sets of supporters from both teams were allowed to attend the match. But it was on the pitch not in the stands that the match would descend into chaos. Four minutes into the second half a converted penalty by Bahia s Vinicius led to a crude celebration in front of the opponent s supporters, something Vitoria goalkeeper Fernando Miguel didn t take too kindly to. And after confronting Vinicius he was backed up in violent ways by his team-mates who unloaded punches on their opponents. The furore was brought under control after 16 minutes when the referee dismissed a total of eight players; five from Bahia and three from Vitoria. Incredibly, the match went on but it would not last the full 90 minutes as on the verge of the 80th minute as two more players were shown red cards, reducing Vitoria to six players and leading to the match being abandoned. Adam Ellis Digital Content Editor @NonLeaguePaper @TheRugbyPaper @TheCricketPaper @TheLeaguePaper Greenways Publishing Tel: 020 8971 4333
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Isthmian League and Save the Children announce 2018-19 partnership The Isthmian League and Save the Children are delighted to annouce a partnership for this season. This is the latest charity partnership entered into by The Isthmian League- and as part of the relationship the League are making the charity the title partner of their well respected Youth League, as well as the Youth League Cup. Save the Children is the world s leading independent children s organisation whose vision is a world in which every child doesn t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world. They stand side by side with children in the toughest places to be a child, doing whatever it takes to make sure they survive, get protection when they re in danger, and have the chance to learn. Nick Robinson, The Isthmian League chairman commented: As part of our charity commitment this year we want to highlight the plight of children throughout the world and to underscore the work which Save the Children has carried out for 100 years. Our Clubs are committed to community work and the League Board feel that this is an excellent way in which Clubs can demonstrate their commitment to their communities and help children not just in their immediate community but throughout the world. It is appropriate that we re-name our Youth League for this season and hope that all the Clubs connected with The Isthmian League will show their commitment to such a fine cause. Laura Skinner, Senior Partnerships Manager, from Save the Children said: We re hugely honoured and excited to be partnered with The Isthmian League for their 2018-19 season. Throughout the year, Clubs will be getting involved through a variety of fundraising activities including match day collections and the charity s much-loved Christmas Jumper Day. This will help us to continue our vital work around the world and in the UK, making sure every child survives, is protected from harm and given the chance to learn and thrive.
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