HARTLEY WINTNEY FOOTBALL CLUB

HARTLEY WINTNEY FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDED 1897

MEMBERS OF THE COMBINED COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE;

SUBURBAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE; THE ALDERSHOT & DISTRICT

FOOTBALL LEAGUE & THE SOUTHERN YOUTH LEAGUE.

AFFILIATED TO THE HAMPSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Hartley Wintney Football Club was founded in 1897. The Club originally played

in an area situated at Causeway Farm, which is not too far from our present HQ

and was adjacent to the golf and cricket clubs.

From stories told by the older members and from ancient records, it appeared

that the village side competed and showed well against local opposition. The

facilities were not, however, of the standards acceptable today. A horse trough

or the pond was the only way to remove the heavy mud left from the sub-

standard pitch.

In 1953, the Club moved to its present ground in Green Lane, known as the Me-

morial Ground. A pavilion was erected and the team competed in the Basing-

stoke league before joining the Aldershot league.

In 1973, Glynn Howells was appointed manager and, with a further influx of

players, HWFC was put firmly on the local footballing map. In Glynn’s six year

reign he steered the Club to three successive Aldershot Senior League titles

and, on a night to remember, to success in the Aldershot Senior Cup.

In 1975, the facilities were upgraded with a bar being incorporated in the pavil-

ion, and the playing strength was also improved. In the 1978/79 season, after

several seasons in the Aldershot League, Hartley applied to join the Combined

Counties league. After the first couple of seasons in the CCFL, Hartley ap-

pointed Ian Bedford as manager. A further influx of senior players gave Hartley

the success they deserved. Within the first three years of Ian’s reign, Hartley

won the league title (season 82/83), Aldershot Senior Cup (80/81), and the

George Allen Cup (81/82). They also finished runners-up in the league (80/81)

and runners-up in the Aldershot Senior Cup (81/82).

During this period a new clubhouse was built and was opened by Peter Osgood.

These facilities are ranked as one of the best in the league. David Willoughby,

the then secretary/treasurer, and Bill Mitchell, spent exceptional hours in the

embryonic stages of this venture.

The Club have since strived to maintain their senior status, installing floodlights

and a 113 seater stand, and the Club is indebted to the band of volunteer work-

ers who keep the Club afloat.

Hartley Wintney F.C.

PRESIDENT: William Mitchell

CHAIRMAN: Luke Mullen

VICE CHAIRMAN: Position currently vacant

HON. LIFE VICE PRESIDENTS: Dennis Burgess, David Willoughby,

Paddy White, Luke Mullen

LIFE VICE PRESIDENT: Brian Barnard

VICE PRESIDENTS: Derek Ames, Len Ashby, Tom Cane,

Ian Bedford, Ann Byelong, Mick Clarke, Lisa Collins, Neil Doody,

Paula Flanders, Andrew Harris, Maurice Hartnett, Olive Herridge,

Fred Humphreys, Frank Kenton, David Lenthal, Margaret Lewington,

Bob Major, Lord Alistair McAlpine, Mark Porter, Mike Roberts, Janet

Richardson, Niall Scott, Linda Scott, Josie Shipman, Ray Shipman,

Andy Spiers, Chris Stanley, Roy Stimpson, Trudy Stimpson, Hayley

Taplin, Roger Taplin, Babe Trimmer, Nick Vint, Elizabeth Webb,

Anthony White, David Willoughby & Gerry Wykes

TREASURER: Nick Vint

HONORARY SECRETARY: Luke Mullen

MATCH SECRETARY: Gerry Wykes

UNDER 18s SECRETARY: Luke Mullen

BAR SECRETARY: Paddy White

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Ann Byelong

SOCIAL SECRETARY: Paula Flanders

COMMITTEE: Ann Byelong, Paula Flanders, Janet Richardson, Josie

Shipman, Ray Shipman, Trudy Stimpson, Amanda Preston, Andrew

Harris, Les Williams

PROGRAMME & WEB EDITOR: Kevin O’Byrne

FIRST TEAM MANAGER: Ben Dillon

ASSISTANT MANAGER: Jason Minton

FIRST TEAM COACH: Joe Lawler

RESERVE TEAM STAFF: Luke Vallance, Luke Tuffs

A TEAM MANAGER: Mike Cornwell

YOUTH TEAM STAFF: Paul Dale Paul Bowen Graham Smith

MATCH DAY OFFICERS: Ray Boorman, Jeremy Fox

GROUNDSMEN: Ray Shipman, William Mitchell,

Lloydy Barnard & Paul Charman

Green Lane, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire RG27 8DL Tel: 01252 843586 1

HARTLEY WINTNEY

FOOTBALL CLUB

CLUB OFFICIALS

SEASON 2012-2013

WELCOME TO HARTLEY WINTNEY F.C.

2 Awarded Combined Counties League Best Match Day Programme in Div 1, 2011-12

Good evening ladies and gentlemen

and welcome to the Memorial Ground

for this Cherry Red Records Premier

Division fixture.

Our opponents this evening are Guern-

sey FC and to all their players, support-

ers and officials we extend a warm wel-

come and hope they enjoy their short

stay with us today.

Our visitors today are currently third in

the league with 31 points from twelve

games played. They have games in

hand on both Badshot Lea and Egham

that, should they win them, would see

them comfortably top the table.

GUERNSEY’S RECENT RESULTS

30 Oct a Horley Town 1-1

27 Oct a Wembley 0-2

20 Oct H Bedfont Sports 5-2

13 Oct a Whyteleafe (CUP) 2-3

29 Sep a Chessington & Hook 1-4

25 Sep a Sandhurst Town 0-2

Tonight's fixture has been rearranged as

a result of Guernsey's progress in the

FA Vase. They have reached the second

round where they have an away fixture

on 17 November at Erith. We wish them

well for that fixture but hope they have

an off night tonight!

We are still looking for our first win

under the new management regime but

we are beginning to show signs that we

are gelling as a team. Saturday's defeat

at Horley saw us play some decent stuff

but we conceded a couple of soft goals

which cost us dearly. Here's hoping we

can continue our improvement tonight.

The Reserves lost 3-2 at home to Berk-

hamsted on Saturday and the A Team

progressed in the Hants Cup with a 2-1

win against Lyndhurst Reserves.

Please get behind the team tonight.

Your encouragement is a great boost.

They are trying to turn things round and

just need that bit of luck.

Come on the ROW!

Luke

Cherry Red Records

Combined Counties League

Premier Division

Tuesday 6th November 2012

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RAFFLE PRIZE DONATIONS

- PLEASE HELP

Regulars will know that

Paul Charman works hard

raising money to help the

football club via raffles on

Saturday match days. The

Club would be very grate-

ful if you are able to do-

nate any prizes, such as

bottles of wine or un-

wanted gifts. Speak to

Paul.

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DILLS FROM THE DUGOUT

Good evening everyone, welcome to

Hartley Wintney football club and

thank you for coming to support us.

In the last week there has been a major

difference in our team after losing 4-1

to Windsor in a frustrat-

ing, difficult game. I felt if

we finished our chances in

the first 20 minutes we

would have won the game

comfortably. Unfortu-

nately we didn't and as we

all know in football if you

don't take your chances

you get punished. With

two silly fouls in the box

they won two penalties.

We got ourselves back

into the game at 2-1 but

whilst pushing for the

equaliser we conceded two more

sloppy goals. However, after this game

me, Jason and Joe went to work on the

lads Tuesday at training, friendly Thurs-

day and Horley Town FC Saturday. The

boys had a tough week but have done

really well. We saw a huge improve-

ment Saturday against Horley Town.

The lads were like a different team; we

passed the ball brilliantly, had great

movement, had 70% of possession and

played Horley Town off the park. We

worked so hard as a team and every-

one really enjoyed the game.

After 2 silly mistakes, we ended up go-

ing in at half time 2-1 down, with Ryan

Stephens scoring once

again. We did not deserve to be losing

- it was some of the best football I have

seen in a long time and I'm sure the

fans who were there would agree. The

second half we started superbly and

immediately had

chances. Ryan

Stephens rounded the

keeper but just went a

bit too far and was

unlucky. Ryan then

turned provider and

with a great whipped

ball into the box, Shane

Hollamby arrived to

meet the ball from six

yards out but his

header just sneaked

wide of the post. Su-

perb football. Dan

Brownlie then went close with a good

volley, hitting the outside of the post.

Ryan then had a volley flying into the

top corner saved by the keeper. Horley

hardly touched the ball the whole

game. Anyone would have thought we

were 7th place and they were bottom.

I’m not one to be harsh to referees as I

wouldn’t like that job myself, but this

ref made two shocking decisions. Ryan

rounded a player in the box and the

right-back defending slipped to the

ground. As Ryan ran passed him he

handled the ball to stop Ryan getting

towards goal. The referee didn’t give a

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FIRST TEAM LEAGUE RESULTS & FIXTURES

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Saturday 10th November

Home v Horley Town (3.00pm)

Combined Counties Premier Division

Wednesday 14th November

Away v Old Farnboronians (7.45pm)

Aldershot Senior Cup - 2nd Round

Saturday 17th November

Away v Badshot Lea (3.00pm)



RESULTS

Tues & Wed 30th/31st October 2012

Combined Counties Premier Division Colliers Wood Utd 3 - 4 Raynes Park Vale

Croydon 0 - 1 Farnham Town

Badshot Lea 2 - 0 Sandhurst Town

Epsom & Ewell 2 - 0 Egham Town

Horley Town 1 - 1 Guernsey

Wembley 1 - 1 Bedfont Sports

Saturday 3rd November 2012


Badshot Lea 0 - 1 Molesey

Camberley Town 0 - 2 Wembley

Colliers Wood Utd 1 - 2 Bedfont Sports

Cove 3 - 0 Dorking

Egham Town 4 - 0 Ash United

Farnham Town 2 - 1 Hanworth Villa

Horley Town 3 - 1 Hartley Wintney

Raynes Park Vale 2 - 5 Chessington &

Hook United

Sandhurst Town 2 - 3 Croydon

Windsor 1 - 5 South Park

Continued from page 5

penalty and I have no idea why. The

second decision was a foul from be-

hind on Dan Brownlie, a blatant pen-

alty. In the last twenty minutes we

pushed for an equaliser, desperately

trying and working so hard that unfor-

tunately Horley caught us on the

break and scored with one of their

few attacks on our goal, and we

ended up losing 3-1. Overall we

played such good football. We had

70% of possession, had four or five

easy chances to win the game com-

fortably, and worked so hard as a

team right till the end. At 2-1 down

we should have punished them and

finished winning 4-2. I am so proud of

the lads and in the space of seven

days we have improved incredibly.

Tonight's game will be another tough

test. I watched Guernsey play last

week and they are a fantastic team.

All I ask from my players is to give

100% and to do their best. Guernsey

drew with Horley Town last week and

seeing us play Horley off the park Sat-

urday gives me good hope for getting

something from the game tonight.

We are looking forward to the next

month and getting some points on the

board. Enjoy the game and please

support our team in the tough test

tonight. COME ON HARTLEY!

Dills


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MAN OF THE MATCH v WINDSOR

Dan Brownlie's good allround performance in midfield, capped by a very

well taken goal as he chipped the ball over the Windsor ‘keeper, was

enough to win him Man of the Match in the league game on 27th October.

Presenting Dan with his award is club treasurer, Nick Vint.

RAFFLE PRIZE DONATIONS - PLEASE HELP

Regulars will know that Paul Charman works

hard raising money to help the football club

via raffles on Saturday match days. The Club

would be very grateful if you are able to do-

nate any prizes, such as bottles of wine or un-

wanted gifts. Speak to Paul.


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ABOUT OUR VISITORS TODAY

GUERNSEY F.C. Founded 2011

Guernsey Football Club was formed in

2011 to offer the island's elite football-

ers the opportunity to progress and

test themselves on a regular basis out-

side of the Channel Islands. The pro-

posal to establish the club

and seek to join the English

national league pyramid

system was developed by

the Guernsey Football Asso-

ciation in an attempt to fur-

ther advance development

opportunities for the is-

land's current and future

players by playing at higher

levels on a regular basis.

We are an independent,

community amateur football club

which plays in the Combined Counties

League Premier Division at step 5 on

English football's non-league pyramid

system. The club is owned and run for

the benefit of the local Guernsey com-

munity and it plays its home games at

the Footes Lane Stadium.

The club's vision is to create, develop

and maintain a sustainable, successful,

financially viable, democratic football

club that creates and maintains real

and lasting benefits to its members and


the local Guernsey community. We are

a registered charity and will remain a

non-profit organisation with any finan-

cial surpluses being re-invested for the

future viability of the club and hence

the benefit of the local

community. All club

officials and staff are

volunteers.

The initial idea to estab-

lish Guernsey FC was

developed during the

2009/10 season when

Guernsey's Senior

County Division One

representative side en-

joyed a successful run in

the FA National League System Cup (for

league representative sides at step 7 on

the non-league pyramid system and

below, and since renamed the FA Inter-

League Cup) culminating in Guernsey

beating the Liverpool County Premier

League 5-2 in the final in May 2010.

Along the way, Guernsey defeated rep-

resentative sides from the Kent County

Premier League, the Northampton Pre-

mier League, the Southern Amateur

League, the Hertfordshire Premier

League, and the Dorset Premier League.

The final was held in Guernsey in front

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ABOUT OUR VISITORS: GUERNSEY FC

of a crowd of over 2,500 and was the

first time ever that the FA had allowed

one of its competition finals to be held

outside of the UK mainland.

Following a 1-0 victory over Jersey to

reclaim the Muratti Vase in May 2010,

the prize for winning the FA NLS Cup

for this same squad of players was to

represent England in the UEFA Regions

Cup in Croatia in September 2010. This

was a fantastic experience for the play-

ers and coaching and medical staff and,

although Guernsey enjoyed mixed for-

tunes by beating Wales, drawing with

hosts Croatia and losing to group win-

ners Turkey, it provided football at a

higher standard, was very motivational

and gave our players a great desire to

improve further and to play more regu-

larly at higher levels.

Over the course of the following few

months, the club's founding directors,

Steve Dewsnip and Mark Le Tissier,

received encouragement from the

Football Association, the Guernsey FA,

the Combined Counties League (which

we were introduced to by the FA), our

official main club sponsor Sportingbet,

the island's government (the States of

Guernsey) and the island's local foot-

ball community to develop our plans

for the new club further and were de-

lighted when the member clubs of the

Combined Counties League voted by a

significant majority on 20 June 2011 to

allow Guernsey FC to join division one

of their league.

Although our club is very young, foot-

ball in Guernsey has a long history dat-

ing back to 1893 when the Guernsey FA

was established and since then has pro-

duced several players who have graced

the highest levels of the English profes-

sional game, including Bill Spurdle

(Manchester City), Richard Le Flem

(Nottingham Forest & England U23),

Ron Farmer (Coventry City), Len Duque-

min (Tottenham Hotspur) and, more

recently and more famously, our Club

President Matt Le Tissier (Southampton

& England).

Saturday 6th August 2011 was a historic

day for Guernsey FC and the island in

general when the club played its inau-

gural game at Footes Lane against

Knaphill FC in the Combined Counties

League Division One. That historic day

turned into an historic season with the

club winning the league title, having

lost only 2 of its 34 league matches,

with a 7-1 win against 2nd placed Bed-

font Sports FC in front of 2,143 support-

ers at Footes Lane in late March 2012

and then going on to secure the double

in its first season by winning the Com-

bined Counties Premier Challenge Cup

following a 2-0 victory after extra-time

over Premier Division side Colliers

Wood United FC.

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HARTLEY WINTNEY RESERVE TEAM

A young reserve side

lost 3-2 to an equally

youthful Berkhamsted

side on Saturday (3rd

Nov). We were still in

the changing rooms

when Berkhamsted

took the lead after just 3 minutes. A

through ball caught our defence half asleep

for their striker to run through and slip the

ball past our keeper. There were (perhaps

justifiably) calls for offside, but our defence

was flat footed and square, so we can't

blame the officials for our downfall. The

rest of the half was fairly even - I felt we

had more possession but they had the

clearer chances, Alex Beeson in our goal

making two fantastic saves to keep us in

the game at half time.

The second half, especially the last 25 min-

utes, was very positive. In training our fo-

cus recently has been movement off the

ball and third person runs. Throughout the

game we saw this in patches, but the last

20 minutes we really started to think about

our runs, how to create space not only for

ourselves but for others as well. We got

back to 3-2, with about 10 minutes to go,

from good work from two of our 16 year

olds. Good combination play down the

right resulted in James Dickinson crossing

for Matt Lowe to head in at the far post.

The last few minutes, our young side threw

the kitchen sink at them (for want of a bet-

ter phrase). However, creating overloads in

the opposition’s final third leaves you vul-

nerable to counter attacks, and Alex

Beeson was superb in our

goal to keep it 3-2. However,

football is an invasion sport. Our aim

is to invade the opposition’s goal,

whilst, through organisation, protect

ours. In the reserves we are making

strides towards achieving the first

part of this statement, our next aim

will be to work on our defence over

the coming weeks.

It’s easy to dismiss the reserves

with a brief glance at the table, but

reserve team football at this level is

all about development and bringing

through young players so that one

day they can represent the club at

first team level. At Hartley, I feel we

will achieve this goal. Our squad on

Saturday featured 8 players aged

just 16 / 17 years old. To be gaining

experience at this level so early in

their football life can do nothing but

give them the best chance of

progressing to the first team, and

beyond, when they get that little bit

older.

If you get chance to watch our side

regularly, take a minute to watch

some of our youngsters, compare

them to a month ago, and I'm sure

you'll agree we're heading in the

right direction. Finally from me,

good luck to the first team tonight :)

Tuffs

16 Awarded Combined Counties League Best Match Day Programme in Div 1, 2011-12

PLAYER’S PROFILE : SAM NICHOLLS

Full Name: Sam Nicholls

Age: 25 (birthday was on Monday!)

Position: CM

Date of Birth: 5. Nov. 1986

Born in: Basingstoke

Years at Hartley: First season

HWFC Highlight: Being named in the squad

Most Likely to say: Shut up...

Likes: Mila Kulnis

Dislikes: Running & achy calves

This little belter is a central midfielder who is very good

on the ball. Will find a pass that others do not see, and a

very good striker of the ball.


WHO IS GARY CONKER?

Gary Conker is the third highest paid player in the

world. Strange, as he is quite an illusive, mystical crea-

ture, basically because nobody has ever seen him

play. Rumours suggest that he will only play on days

where Eamon Holmes presents ‘This Morning’.

Lionel Messi once said that God had asked him to play

Football and entertain the world. Gary Conker re-

sponded by saying that he had never asked Messi to

entertain anyone.

The unfortunate thing is Gary Conker, unfortunately,

does not exist. However, if you ask Sam Nicholls

(player profile) he will still claim that he does.


YOUTH TEAM ROUND-UP

The Youth Team Staff; Paul Dale (Head

Coach), Paul Bowen and Graham Smith

extend a warm welcome to all. The

development of youth talent is funda-

mental to the success of any club at any

level. Looking at the development of

the youth players

through the summer, I

have absolutely no

doubt we are nurturing

Hartley 1st team players

of the future. Taking the

next step is always a

daunting one; what we,

the youth team staff,

has to offer is the plat-

form for player develop-

ment to the next level.

The Youth squad has that platform;

from the current incumbents, several

have already taken the next step on the

football ladder. Connor Caris, Liam

Welch, Billy McKay and Paul Roche

have featured for the Reserves already.

Michael Floyd, Shaun Spence, Ryan

Latter, Ryan Corbett, Mark Taylor and

Aaron Richardson have featured for the

1st Team. Congratulations should be

extended to all these lads for acquitting

themselves admirably at the next level.

We have a young side underpinned

with some talented 17 year

olds. Along with the 1st and

Reserve team debutants, the

youth can look to Curtis Raw-

cliffe and Kyle Wurst for lead-

ership and ability. Our aim for

this season is to continue the

good work seen towards the

end of last season. Develop

and play exciting attacking

football that will see us com-

pete for a place at the league

summit come April. Not forgetting the

next step; nurturing ability, playing with

pride and not being afraid of the chal-

lenge set to play at the next level.

UPDATE: 22 Oct 2012

Good afternoon and thank you for tak-

ing the time to catch up with the Youth

Team. Hartley Wintney Youth play in

the Southern Youth Floodlight League,

home games Thursday nights, and in

the North East Hants League on Sun-

days - see the website Youth section for

fixtures. In both leagues we have

played 4 games, with mixed results in

both. In the Southern League, I have to

say luck hasn't been on our side. Away

at Guildford, losing 1-0 only paints half

LATEST RESULTS (SYL)

Tuesday 23rd October

CRANLEIGH U18 1

HARTLEY WINTNEY U18 4

SYL West Division

Monday 29th October

GODALMING TOWN U18 3

HARTLEY WINTNEY U18 0

SYL West Division

HARTLEY WINTNEY U18 YOUTH TEAM

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first team Luke Neller, Ryan Corbett

and Mat Thornton. All of whom have

become integral to that setup.

The Youth have suffered more than

most with injury, Paul Roach and Luke

Neller suffering broken legs, Mark Tay-

lor from a knee injury, Connor Caris,

Charlie Peter and Rob Deans from mus-

cular problems. Six key players missing

from the starting line-up poses prob-

lems before the first whistle. No ex-

cuses, we have a big squad and al-

though these lads are fantastic young

footballers, we have quality chomping

at the bit for their chance.

Graham, Paul and I wish Paul and Luke

speedy recoveries from their leg breaks

and hope to see them back in training

before Christmas. The challenge was

always to compete towards a top 4

finish in both leagues. Although it is still

early days in what will be a long and

challenging season, the Youth Team

staff believe we are on track and have

the players to realise this aspiration.

The Youth are placed sixth in the mid-

week and first in the Sunday leagues;

injuries permitting and a little more

luck in front of goal, we will remain on

track. I believe we play good attacking

football and are worth watching.

Paul Dale

the picture. Hartley had the ball in the

net on four occasions - Liam, Austin,

Ryan C and Shaun saw each of their

efforts cancelled out for some infringe-

ment that only the referee saw. On top

of that, Luke and Austin hit the wood-

work in a game that still haunts and

confuses me. How we came away with-

out at least a point I will never know.

The Farnham game followed pretty

much the same theme. We had the

better chances to go in front, Liam

again hitting the post after being re-

leased by a great through ball from

Paris. This game ended 3-1 in Farn-

ham's favour; they scored in the dying

minutes on the counter from Hartley

pressing for the equaliser.

In the Sunday league we started the

campaign with a 3-2 defeat. From that

we have gone on to win three games

on the spin, scoring 15 and only con-

ceding 3. I accept this league may have

slightly weaker teams than the mid-

week one. However, the personnel

within the leagues are largely the same.

We now need to carry some of that

Sunday form into the midweek games.

The Youth section prides itself on nur-

turing young players to compete at the

next level. This ethos is illustrated with

16, 17 and 18 year-olds playing regu-

larly in the Reserves, Mat Partlow,

Jacob Exton and Liam Welch; and in the

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04 Aug H Dorking L 2-3 92 CCL Prem L Allen Dean © Bruce Overden Blatchford

07 Aug H Sandhurst Town L 0-4 82 CCL Prem L Allen Dean © Bruce Overden Thornton

11 Aug H Holmer Green W 2-1 100 FAC EP L Allen Dean © Bruce Overden Baxter

18 Aug H Molesey L 2-6 76 CCL Prem L Allen Dean © 2 Bruce Baxter Alexander

21 Aug H Ash United W 3-2 98 CCL Prem L Allen Dean © 2 Bruce Baxter Thornton

25 Aug A Wantage Town L 4-1 66 FAC Pre Lovett Dean © Bruce Overden Baxter

27 Aug H Hanworth Villa L 2-7 104 CCL Prem L Allen Dean © 1 Bruce Overden Baxter

01 Sep H Shrivenham L 0-3 86 FAV 1Q Lovett Bruce Dean © Overden Thornton

08 Sep A Chessington & Hook L 1-0 51 CCL Prem Lovett Bruce Dean © Overden Thornton

15 Sep H Badshot Lea L 0-6 110 CCL Prem Lovett Bruce Abbott Thornton Baxter

19 Sep A Totton & Eling L 6-3 Hants 1 Lovett Coff Corbett Warden Blatchford 1

22 Sep A Croydon L 2-1 47 CCL Prem Lovett Bruce Abbott Warden Coff

25 Sep A Hanworth Villa L 5-0 45 ELP Cup Lovett Bruce Abbott Warden Bennett

29 Sep H Raynes Park Vale D 2-2 70 CCL Prem Lovett Bruce Abbott Thornton Lloyd

02 Oct A Bedfont Sports L 2-1 45 CCL Prem L Allen Reynolds Brownlie Lloyd Thornton

06 Oct A Camberley Town L 2-1 117 CCL Prem Lovett Reynolds Abbott Lloyd Thornton

23 Oct A Sandhurst Town L 1-0 CCL Prem Atkinson Reynolds Westwood Lloyd Thornton

27 Oct H Windsor L 1-4 103 CCL Prem Atkinson Reynolds Abbott Lloyd Thornton

03 Nov A Horley Town L 3-1 CCL Prem Atkinson Reynolds Smith Lloyd Cook

06 Nov H Guernsey CCL Prem

10 Nov H Horley Town CCL Prem

14 Nov A Old Farnboronians ALD Snr 2

17 Nov A Badshot Lea CCL Prem

24 Nov A Farnham Town CCL Prem

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08 Dec H Epsom & Ewell CCL Prem

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Lloyd Blatchford Neller Thornton Carty Robinson L Allen Corbett Nicholls

Elward Reynolds Bennett Harris Stephens © 2 Brownlie L Allen Roberts Nicholls

Thornton Parfitt Elward Bennett Harris Stephens © 1 Cook Bruce Nicholls Dillon

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KOB’S KOLUMN

IN OUR FIRST EVER FA YOUTH CUP

TIE, THE LADS DID US PROUD!

Farnborough Academy 2

Hartley Wintney U18 1 FA Youth Cup Preliminary Round

Wednesday 5 September 2012

Club history was made last

month when Hartley Wintney

FC played in the FA Youth Cup

for the first time, and it was a

terrific effort from the lads

against a very accomplished

Farnborough academy side. The

strong, impressive home side

created a lot of chances but

found Ryan Latter in superb

form, pulling off at least half a dozen

great saves, and showing good handling

and kicking the whole game. At the

other end, especially second half as we

worked the ball better through midfield

and shut them down higher up the

pitch, we looked like we could cause a

real upset.

Luke Neller's worldy free kick was

saved superbly by the finger tips of

Farnborough keeper Sam Bersey, and

then a late penalty claim... to me it

looked well inside and I for all the

world assumed he was pointing to the

spot when he gave the foul, but then

he placed the ball on the edge of the

box. We didn't feel the Ref had a ca-

reer-crowning game that night, but

that’s football. The free-kick was well

saved and the opportunity lost.

Before that, Hartley had dragged them-

selves back into the game in the second

half after going a goal down late in the

first, and their endeavours were re-

warded when, on 60 mins, Ryan Cor-

bett powered in a header to

make things even. But as the

game went on, the lads tired and

several were cramping up, un-

derstandably, and they were

undone shortly after the penalty

incident, at the very end of the

game, by a through ball to the

substitute ‘borough forward Eb

Isiakpona, and this time he gave

Ryan no chance and tucked it into the

corner.

It was a very cruel time to lose the

game but that was a performance to be

proud of. Well done Paul and the rest

of the coaching staff, and of course to

all the lads. You made us all proud.


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Matt Thornton

picked up the

Man of the

Match for his

efforts in a

good team

performance

against Raynes

Park Vale on

29th Sept. The

game was Ben

Dillon's home

debut as First

Team Hartley

Wintney

Manager.

Matt is shown

here receiving

his bottle of

bubbly from

Tony Flanders, who was even happier in the clubhouse shortly after when Spurs

won 3-2 at Old Trafford! Sorry Luke (that’ll cost me!) KOB


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Zac Reynolds taking control of things in our away game against Camberley

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KOB’S FA CUP 2011-2012 REVIEW

The FA Cup is the great com-

petition that it is, known and loved

around the world, not least because it

provides teams with the chance to

punch well above their weight and

taste success on a stage

somewhat elevated from

their usual league status.

This is perhaps especially

true for amateur clubs,

and every season brings

stories of success that

will live long in the mem-

ory of players and fans of

particular clubs. For Hart-

ley Wintney, the FA Cup

of season 2011-12 was

one such special time.

We had started our

league season with a

midweek 2-2 draw at

home to the eventual runaway Division

One champions, Guernsey FC, playing

their first competitive game on the UK

mainland. We found ourselves trailing

2-1 going into the final few minutes

before captain Martin Williams stepped

up to strike a free-kick into the net. This

was followed by a 3-3 home draw with

Spelthorne Sports before our foray into

the season's FA Cup, with an Extra Pre-

liminary round tie at Petersfield Town.

It was a game I missed, as I was away

on holiday and only had the Chairman’s

SMS text messages to satisfy my des-

perate need to know how we were

doing. Having taken a 2-0 lead we let

our opponents back into the game and I

waited anxiously for the phone to

chime with news of an equaliser or a

third goal that would have made it safe.

In the end we held out for

a 2-1 win, setting up an

away tie at Alresford in the

Preliminary round.

Ahead of the Alresford

trip, we notched up league

wins against Knaphill,

Bookham and put nine

goals passed Frimley

Green, Dean Peltohaka

scoring four that day. Our

league form was shaping

up well but who would

have imagined our FA Cup

run, especially 15 minutes

in to our game at Alresford Town on

September 3rd.

Let's be honest, the lads had left their

heads in the dressing room and we

could have very easily been four down

after 20 minutes. Lee Allen made three

one-on-one saves with his feet and I

still cannot believe the young Alresford

player missing from 6 yards after

rounding three defenders and Lee Allen

and then, off balance, managing to hit

the post, and then for the ball to roll

away rather than back across the goal.

They say you need luck in the Cup - we

had a bag full at Alresford in the first 20

that day.


HARTLEY WINTNEY : FA CUP 2011-12

It looked like we'd be in for a long and

fruitless afternoon, but going forward

we looked strong. Gradually we started

to keep the ball and play in their half. A

cross is lofted in to our host's penalty

box and Ryan Stephens, back to goal,

heads a looping

ball backwards,

over the keeper

and in. If the home

side were taken by

surprise by that,

they must have

been in shock

shortly afterwards

when Jermaine

Hamilton picked

up a pass on the

left, cut inside the

defender and shot

low and hard from

the edge of the

box into the far

corner. I’ll always

remember Jer-

maine coming over

to the touchline to

celebrate his goal

with me even before his own team

mates… thanks for my loud and persis-

tent support I believe! We went in at

the break 2-0 up and Alresford must

have wondered what on earth had just

happened.

Chairman Luke Mullen and I were

standing together as the second half

started, both of us muttering how we

needed to keep it tight, espe-

cially at the start... and of course we

didn't and Alresford nicked a goal back.

We quietly feared the worst. They kept

coming at us but by now our defence

was looking a lot more solid, and we

Above: Ryan Stephens, Darryl Bloxham

(partly hidden), Jermaine Hamilton and

Dan Brownlie celebrate our win at

home to Bashley.

still looked dangerous on the break as

Alresford threw more players forward.

On came Ben Dillon and Dan Brownlie

and Dills became the destroyer, firstly

with a strong run through the middle


FA CUP 2011-2012 REVIEW

culminating in a shot the

keeper could only parry and

Dan was there before anyone else to

steer the ball home. Ben then rounded

off an amazing 4-1 win after another

incisive counter-attack. I believe our

win at Alresford was the base for the

belief the team showed in subsequent

big games. It all started there.

Our FA Cup First Qualifying round game

at home to mighty Bashley from the

Southern Premier was coming up the

following Saturday, but before that we

had a midweek Hampshire Senior Cup

First Round match against Team Solent.

It was a potentially tricky fixture but

the lads played some great football

from the off, running out 7-2 winners

and later being awarded 'Team of the

Round' for the performance by Hamp-

shire FA.

And so came the day of perhaps the

club’s biggest ever game to that point,

on 17th September 2011 in the FA Cup

at home to Bashley, a club with its own

impressive cup history. Bashley struck

me as a very professional outfit on and

off the park. Clearly they would have

been confident of a comfortable win.

That confidence visibly ebbed away out

on the pitch as they realised they were

in a real game. It was one of the most

committed, gritty performances I've

seen from a team I've been supporting.

We defended with our lives, and when

we attacked we did so with a real

threat. Yes, we did enjoy a bit of good

fortune when Bashley missed a great

early chance, but this was nothing like

the Alresford game. We were superb

from start to finish and ended the

stronger, and when Dan Brownlie raced

down the right - with a replay looking

on the cards - and shot across the

keeper and just inside the far post,

well, it's one of the best moments I've

had watching 'my' team play. We had

turned the tables on a team well

known for causing cup upsets. An

amazing win and well deserved on the

day, setting up another home tie in the

second qualifying round against Bide-

ford, also from the Southern league.

By now the games were coming thick

and fast and we had two other cup

games to play before the Bideford en-

counter. After the efforts of the team

against Bashley, the decision to rest

players in the Aldershot Senior Cup

defeat at home to Yateley Green was

fully vindicated in the game against

Petersfield Town in the second qualify-

ing round of the FA Vase. The lads were

superb, different class, and won 5-1. It

took us into the Bideford game full of

confidence, but perhaps also with a

degree of expectation that wasn’t

there in the game against Bashley, in

which we had clearly been the rank

outsiders.

The cup game against Bideford AFC on

October 1st was in some ways a bigger

test for us than even the Bashley game.

Although they played a level below


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Bashley, Bideford had been on a good

run in the league and were up near the

top. Any chance of catching them by

surprise, as perhaps was in part the

case with Bashley, was extremely

unlikely after our previous win put us

'on the radar', and they

brought a good number of sup-

porters with them from the

south west in confident mood.

We weren't at our best in the

first half. We had trouble get-

ting the ball out of our half,

with a big gap opening in our

midfield as we were forced

deeper, and our strikers unable

to get hold of it to give our

defence a breather. We rode

our luck when Bideford missed

a couple of good chances but

they eventually scored late in

the first half. We were now up

against an in-form team from two lev-

els above us, one down and not on our

game. My guess is that Bideford went

in at half time expecting to come out

and steamroller us, probably wonder-

ing what all the fuss had been about

this little village side in Hampshire.

But in the second half we turned up.

Bideford were now up against the 'real'

Hartley Wintney FC and it seemed to

me that they weren't ready for it. There

were less gaps and we looked stronger,

while our visitors continued to dispute

decisions, which couldn't have helped

their focus. We, on the other hand,

looked focussed and deter-

mined. The equaliser came on

55 minutes. The ball was headed up

high by one of the Bideford central de-

fenders and was dropping some way

behind him. As Jermaine Hamilton

Above (left to right): Josh Daniels, Andy

Newcombe, Chris Paterson and Darryl

Bloxham as the Bashley game ends.

moved at pace towards what seemed a

lost cause as the ball looked to be

heading over the goal line, the keeper

came to close off what appeared to be

an impossible angle. Talking with Jer-

maine afterwards, he was aware that

nobody was up with him and felt he

could only have a go on the half volley.

From the acutest of angles he managed

to thread the ball between the onrush-

ing keeper and near post. I still don't

know how he scored from there.


HARTLEY WINTNEY : FA CUP 2011-2012

Lifted by the goal, the home

side's confidence swept

them forward and the winner came just

5 minutes later. Ryan Stephens set off

on one of his jinking runs into the box

and, as the keeper came out, Ryan

swivelled to keep the ball from his

grasp and was taken down. Up stepped

the coolest man in the ground, Jer-

maine Hamilton, to score em-

phatically from the spot.

Hartley went on to hit the wood-

work twice after that. A superb

win and afterwards both Jer-

maine Hamilton and Darryl Blox-

ham were awarded ‘Man of the

Match’ for two of many out-

standing performances that day.

By a twist of fate, we were

drawn against near rivals Basing-

stoke Town in both the Hamp-

shire Senior Cup and the next

round of the FA Cup, and both

within the same week! In the Hants

Cup on the Tuesday night we led 2-1 at

the break. Centre forward Josh Daniels

in that first half led the line superbly,

scoring an excellent equaliser, and

when Jack Smillie added a second with

a superb finish, the home fans started

to vent their frustration. But Basing-

stoke’s firepower told in the end and

they ran out 3-2 winners.

The Saturday of the Third Qualifying

Round of the FA Cup on 15th October

was a beautifully sunny, warm day. The

pitch was being heavily watered as we

arrived - was it really October!? To be

drawn away at Basingstoke Town - our

near neighbours playing several levels

above us in the Conference South - was

the dream tie for us, especially with so

many of our players, coaching staff and

even supporters having past ties with

the Camrose club.

Above: Captain Martin Williams (Willo)

on the ball, with Hartley ‘keeper Lee

Allen looking on.

I've seen Town stumble to dreadful

results in the Cup in past seasons but

they were very organised that day. I

was just left to wonder what may have

happened if we hadn't played on the

previous Tuesday night, as Basingstoke

were not taking us lightly this time and

were very much faster out of the blocks

and clearly looking to kill us off early

on, and they did with a display that you


KOB’S FA CUP 2011-2012 REVIEW

might expect but don't always get from

a side at their level. That’s not to say I

feel we'd have got a result, but we may

Above: Dan Brownlie after scoring the

late winner against Bashley.

have run them closer if we'd had any

kind of 'surprise' on our side. Their de-

fence was stronger than in the Hamp-

shire Cup game, and in David Pratt they

had a very good finisher - he caused us

all kinds of problems early on. Delano

Sam-Yorke was suspended but 'stoke

brought in Tim Sills upfront - hardly a

weak replacement. We were missing

strong centre-back Blocko (Darryl Blox-

ham, who - like most of us, never ex-

pected us to still be in the competition

and had booked a holiday!). Jack Smillie

was cup-tied. I was also sorry that day

for midfielder Nick Kingston, having to

come off with a knee injury he’d picked

up in a league match and that had re-

stricted him to the subs bench. He must

have so much wanted to

play well against his old

club but was able to play only a short

time after coming on.

Our pride may have left

us disappointed to go

out 4-0 on the day but

Basingstoke were ruth-

less. We didn't lose our

heads or crumble un-

der the pressure and

the lads took great

credit for that. I

thought we played

pretty well, as well as

the home side let us

play - Basingstoke sim-

ply played to their level and clearly

didn't fancy being on the end of an-

other cup embarrassment. The Basing-

stoke Directors and Chairman Rafi Raz-

zak provided us with great hospitality

and it was a pleasure to revisit friends

I'd not seen for some while. It all made

it a very memorable day. It had been a

terrific cup run which will forever re-

main in the memories of us all.

There was an agonising wait of a few

weeks at the end of the season, after

we finished in the third promotion spot

behind Guernsey, and Bedfont Sports

by a single point, but promotion to the

CCL Premier was eventually confirmed,

capping an extraordinary 2011-12 sea-

son for the club. [Kevin O’Byrne]

Pictures: Paul Paxford.


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and the rules and regulations of the Football Association.

2. The Club reserves the right to prosecute or to eject or cause to be ejected any per-

sons who within the ground or the club premises is considered by the Club its em-

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to have been behaving in any of the following ways:

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3. NO bottles, metal cans, glasses, placards, firearms, knives or other similar articles are

permitted and the police and club stewards have the right to search any spectator at

any time and to confiscate any article which they consider could be a danger to any

other spectators.

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within the confines of the clubhouse or other such designated and properly licensed

area. All bar areas will close fifteen minutes before kick off time.

5. Climbing of floodlight pylons, fences, stands and other buildings is strictly forbidden

and the police and club stewards have the right to eject any persons found doing so.

6. Spectators are advised that they must keep to the designated hard standings within

the confines of the ground, these being defined as the walkway to the perimeter of

the pitch on 3 sides excluding the area to Southern Haye behind the top goal, the

dedicated stand and the sheltered area outside the club house.

7. Spectators are reminded that they must not retrieve any footballs that go in the

hedges or rough grass areas. The Club will not be responsible for any injury sustained

by any spectator retrieving footballs howsoever caused. A Club Official or designated

ball boy will retrieve any balls that exit the field of play.

8. ALL vehicles parked in and around the ground must be properly parked to ensure

access for emergency vehicles and to minimise disruption to local residents. All vehi-

cles are parked strictly at the owner’s risk.

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area. The Club reserves the right to remove any vehicle parked in contravention of

this regulation. The Club will not be responsible for any damage caused whilst re-

moving the vehicle.

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Zac Reynolds 2 Si Geall

Paul Abbott 3 Angus Mackay

Ashley Lloyd 4 Oliver McKenzie

Matt Thornton 5 Jamie Dodd

Tom Walsh 6 Sam Cochrane

Max Elward 7 Alex Le Prevost

Dan Brownlie 8 Jacques Isabelle

Ryan Stephens © 9 Dominic Heaume

Shane Hollomby 10 David Rihoy

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