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Pre-Season Results and Fixtures

From the Directors’ BoxA warm welcome to Cuthbury. We

extend our hospitality to the offi-cials, players, staff and supporters ofour visitors, hope you enjoy your timewith us, and have a safe journey home.Well what a summer it’s been – and I’mnot just talking about the weather!After the disappointment of missing outon promotion on penalties, who’d havethought a team called Shaw Lane fromBarnsley – no I’d never heard of themeither – would turn out to have such abig impact on the future of WimborneTown on the pitch.Thanks to their resignation, we receivedan invitation to be effectively promotedto the Evo-Stik League South PremierDivision South which of course we hap-pily accepted. The chance to playagainst the likes of Poole, Weymouth,Dorchester & Salisbury was simply toogood to turn down.There followed a torturous, and if I’mhonest, unreasonable 4 week wait be-fore our position was finally ratifiedsome 8 weeks after the season had fin-ished. Whilst there was nothing the FAcould do about the resignation of ShawLane, the subsequent movements andappeals process arising from our pro-motion was not the FA’s finest moment.All the appeals were dismissed but whyit took so long only they know and, inmy view, needs to be handled betterand quicker in future situations such asthis.That aside, the club is understandablydelighted with the promotion but in fair-

ness it hasn’t afforded Matty the best ofpreparations for the new season. Youwon’t find him complaining, but as aBoard we appreciate it’s not an idealway to prepare for our first season atthis level.It has led to two main complications.Firstly, Matty has re-signed almost eve-ryone from last season but had heknown of our promotion at the outsetthen he may of course have taken aslightly different approach with one ortwo. Secondly it has led to his pre-sea-son schedule being thrown into disarraywith 3 games against Weymouth,Dorchester & Gosport all having to becancelled now that we are in the sameleague as each other. There’s no rulethat prevents these pre-season gamestaking place, it’s just not the done thingand for each of those clubs it is ofcourse only one game for them to re-place – for us it’s 3 which is much moretricky. Special thanks therefore must goto Blackfield & Langley FC and to Wor-thing FC for stepping in as late replace-ments to keep our pre-seasonpreparations on track.Despite the less than ideal preparationsthese are exciting times for our club andI hope you enjoy these pre-seasongames before the league action startson August 11th.Enjoy the game.

Wimborne Town Football Club Ltd is a private company limited by shares andregistered at Companies House with registered number 03640938. ParmiterHoldings Ltd owns 77% of the issued shares and Adam Batchelor owns 17%.

Wimborne Town was formed in 1878 and became a founder member of the DorsetCounty FA in 1887.In the 1930’s the Club won the Dorset Division Two title three times, the Dorset JuniorChallenge Cup twice and the Dorset Junior Amateur Cup four times.Wimborne’s first senior honour came in 1937 with the Dorset Senior Amateur Cup, afeat not repeated until 1964. In 1981, Wimborne won the Dorset League Division Onechampionship without losing a match. The same year, Wimborne joined the WesternLeague and finished third in Division One in 1984/85.Wimborne joined the Wessex League in 1987 and so began a glittering chapter in theClub’s history. Over the following 22 years they won the Wessex League three times(1991/2, 1993/93 & 1999/00) and lifted the Wessex League Cup in 1993/94 to becomethe first team to achieve the League and Cup double. They repeated that feat in1999/00 and also won the Dorset Senior Challenge Cup in 1991/92 and 1996/97.Wimborne also have a history of achievement in FA competitions. In 1982/83, theyreached the FA Cup First Round where they played Aldershot, then a league side. Thedream ended there, however, with a 4-0 defeat.And in 1992, the Club reached the FA Vase final, becoming the first Dorset club to playat Wembley. Under manager Alex Pike, the Magpies lifted the trophy with a 5-3 winover holders Guiseley. That same season, Wimborne also won the Dorset Senior Chal-lenge Cup and Wessex League championship to complete an historic treble triumph.2009/10 was another milestone for the Magpies as they gained promotion to the South-ern League for the first time in the Club’s history. After a difficult first two seasons Wim-borne, became established in the league finishing mid table and gaining more pointseach season.In 2014/15, after a run of 4 victories, the Magpies reached the FA Trophy first roundproper for the first time in the club’s history. A 3-0 home defeat by Oxford City of theConference North ended the excitement.A disappointing start to the 2015/16 season led to Steve Cuss resigning as Manager inNovember. Club stalwart Paul Roast took over as caretaker boss before Simon Brownewas appointed as Manager, During this time new Directors came on board, but “duediligence” of the finances uncovered a large deficit. Despite the playing budget beingslashed, and most of the squad leaving, relegation was avoided. Off the field, a greateffort led to the financial position being resolved.For the 2016/17 season there was renewed optimism with a new Board in place. MattyHolmes took over as Manager, and assembled a strong but young squad whichachieved our then highest position in the Southern League of 11th.Holmes and his team improved on that in 2017-18, finishing 3rd on 77 points, havingscored over 100 goals, and winning the Dorset Senior Cup for the first time in 21 yearsalong the way. The euphoria of those achievements were muted by a play-off final de-feat by Swindon Supermarine in a penalty shoot-out. However, the restructuring ofleagues at Steps 3 and 4, and the demise of Shaw Lane FC led to a late promotion forWimborne as the highest performing team not already promoted. This means that for2018-19 the Magpies will be playing at Step 3 for the first time in their history.

History of Wimborne Town F.C.

From the Dugout

Hello everyone, and welcome toour pre-season games vChristchurch, Worthing and

Blackfield & Langley. I would like to wel-come the players, staff and supportersof our pre-season opponents to Wim-borne for the game.Congratulations to Christchurch on theirpromotion last season, I know Ollie,Chris and Shaun well, and they havedone a great job securing promotion,also congratulations to Blackfield & Lan-gley for their promotion into the south-ern league, Chris and Glenn have alsodone a great job securing promotionwhich they deserve after being one ofthe top Wessex sides now for a fewseasons.. I would like to thank WorthingFc for coming down today at the lastminute to provide us with what will bean excellent game.Since the disappointed of losing toSwindon in the play off final in front of apacked Cuthbury a lot has happened.The feeling of defeat and a missedchance to play in the southern premier,to then hear three weeks later that wewere going up as a best placed play offloser was an unbelievable feeling thatsent excitement through the club.We now prepare for a very tough cam-paign in the southern premier againstclubs with bigger budgets than us, al-though saying that we had that last sea-son as well and ended up 3rd. The spiritand togetherness we have in this squadis incredible and will be a main factor ifwe are again to secure a good positionin the league this season. With the play-ers performing so well last season all ofthem were offered new deals to stayand I am pleased that all accepted apart

from Matty Oldring who has located toLeeds, Sam Bayston who decided to goto Hamworthy, and Lloyd Cole whosework commitments would have beendifficult for him this season. I would liketo thank Matty, Sam and Lloyd for theirexcellent efforts last season and help insecuring promotion to the southern pre-mier.I am looking to add at least 2 more play-ers, Our search will continue as we lookto get the right characters into thesquad.The players have now settled back intotraining and all returned back in goodshape and weighed in on the scales atgood weights, I am pleased as thisgives us a good start to push the play-ers on quicker ready for the new seasonahead.Our first pre season game against Ver-wood started well with a good all roundperformance, scoring 8 goals a cleansheet and 3 of our development squadplaying a major part second half provedto be a good start. Our trip to Newquayto play a good Godolphin side proved tobe a great test and also give the playerssome time together with the overnightstay which they all seemed to enjoy.As we approach the final part of preseason the main thing is that we contin-ue to prepare the players in their organi-sation and to all pray we have no moreinjuries.I hope you all enjoy thepre-season games.Best wishes,

Matty

Evo-Stik League South, West - 2017-18Home Away Total GF GA GD Pts

1 Taunton Town 42 17 3 1 14 7 0 31 10 1 107 41 66 1032 Salisbury 42 11 6 4 14 3 4 25 9 8 108 55 53 843 Wimborne Town 42 13 3 5 10 5 6 23 8 11 104 57 47 774 Evesham Utd 42 11 4 6 12 3 6 23 7 12 73 53 20 765 Swindon S’marine 42 13 5 3 8 6 7 21 11 10 86 54 32 746 Didcot Town 42 13 5 3 8 5 8 21 10 11 89 63 26 737 Cirencester Town 42 13 2 6 9 5 7 22 7 13 93 74 19 738 Bideford 42 10 5 6 11 4 6 21 9 12 79 58 21 729 Bristol Manor Farm 42 12 6 3 8 3 10 20 9 13 83 61 22 6910 AFC Totton 42 11 3 7 8 6 7 19 9 14 65 49 16 6611 Winchester City 42 12 3 6 5 7 9 17 10 15 73 66 7 6112 Kidlington 42 6 9 6 9 3 9 15 12 15 80 64 16 5713 Cinderford Town 42 7 6 8 7 6 8 14 12 16 81 71 10 5414 Yate Town 42 7 8 6 7 6 8 14 14 14 72 74 -2 5315 Larkhall Athletic 42 6 5 10 7 1 13 13 6 23 66 78 -12 4516 Mangotsfield Utd 42 6 5 10 4 6 11 10 11 21 53 86 -33 4117 Shortwood Utd 42 5 5 11 5 5 11 10 10 22 63 124 -61 4018 North Leigh 42 6 4 11 4 4 13 10 8 24 53 84 -31 3819 Paulton Rovers 42 5 5 11 5 2 14 10 7 25 57 81 -24 3720 Slimbridge 42 5 2 14 4 6 11 9 8 25 54 130 -76 3521 Barnstaple Town 42 2 3 16 5 5 11 7 8 27 53 105 -52 2922 Bishops Cleeve 42 5 2 14 3 1 17 8 3 31 43 107 -64 24

Yate and Bishops Cleeve deducted 3 points for fielding ineligible players

In our league there were 462 games:● 196 home wins 43%● 167 away wins 36%● 99 draws 21%● 1635 goals average 3.5 goals per game.

Biggest win: Cinderford T 9 - 0 Slimbridge 19 April Taunton T 9 - 0 Slimbridge 24 AprilBiggest aggregate: Salisbury 8 - 2 Cirencester T 19 SeptPlay-off Semi-Finals:Evesham Utd 1 - 1 Swindon S aet, Swindon won on pens;Wimborne T 2 - 0 Didcot TPlay-off Final: Wimborne T 0 - 0 Swindon S aet Swindon won on pens

Scott Arnold 507 29 37 28 4 0 0Sam Bayston 27 30 4 10 18 3 2Gerard Benfield 80 0 1 51 0 1 0Robbie Bradley 0 3 0 0 3 0 0Luke Burbidge 44 0 9 44 0 9 39Loyd Cole 17 8 0 17 8 0 1Sam Davidson 76 6 4 26 4 0 1Rhys Evans 2 0 0 2 0 0 0Lee Francis 26 18 4 26 18 4 3Paddy Hester 47 2 0 14 1 0 3Luke Holmes 95 15 16 41 4 5 19Toby Holmes 96 3 95 48 2 60 15Louis Kellaway 120 12 9 46 3 4 5Charlie Kendall 0 2 1 0 2 1 0Jack Lovell 87 7 18 49 3 14 11Billy Maybury 248 15 13 49 1 7 7Robinson Okumu 0 7 1 0 4 0 0Matt Oldring 53 2 8 47 2 8 7Stefan Penny 63 21 7 23 17 1 0Will Prior 7 9 0 0 0 0 0Aidan Shepherd 0 1 0 0 1 0 0James Stokoe 384 28 104 41 5 7 4Charlie Tilsted 0 1 0 0 1 0 0Ben Walker 38 25 1 12 16 1 3

WTFC Player Stats Club Total 2017-18Starts Subs Goals Starts Subs Goals Assists

Wimborne Town in the Southern League - 2010-18

Season P W D L GF GA GD Pts Position2010 - 11 40 10 5 25 45 81 -36 35 19 of 212011 - 12 40 8 11 21 50 77 -27 35 19 of 212012 - 13 42 15 10 17 59 60 -1 55 12 of 222013 - 14 42 16 7 19 78 70 8 55 13 of 222014 - 15 42 18 7 17 71 68 3 61 13 of 222015 - 16 42 12 8 22 65 80 -15 44 17 of 222016 - 17 42 17 6 19 67 68 -1 57 11 of 222017 - 18 42 23 8 11 104 57 47 77 3 of 22

Recalling Toby’s record-breaking 60 Goals in 2017-18Over the next 4 pages, we look back at Toby’s goals through our match reports

Wimborne Town 3 Bishops Cleeve 1 - 12 Aug 20171 goal from 1 appearanceBenfield's clearance found Stokoe, who quickly moved it on to the effervescentplay-maker Luke Holmes. He played Toby through on the left and, to the delight ofthe home support, the mobile striker finished in customary fashion. Luke - Toby -goal - what a start to the season!Andover Town 3 Wimborne Town 3 - FA Cup - 19 August 4 from 3On 17 minutes the game burst into life. Luke Holmes played a through ball for To-by. With work to do, the striker took the ball away from the defenders and beatkeeper Thomas to open the scoring. Just a minute later, Luke repeated the actionwith a sumptuous through ball for Toby. Same combination, same result, and arampant Wimborne 2-up and in control… On 52 minutes Wimborne worked theball to Toby on the right of the home penalty area. Surrounded by defenders, heworked his way along the by-line and, from an acute angle, drove the ball past thekeeper and inside the far post to draw the scores level.Wimborne Town 4 Yate Town 2 - 26 August 6 from 5In the last minute of the first half, Toby Holmes collected a pass from Luke Holmesjust outside the area and, from a narrow angle, blasted the ball into the top cornerof the net…. After collecting the ball just outside the penalty area, Toby cut inalong the six yard line, beating three defenders before placing the ball into the net.Evesham Utd 1 Wimborne Town 2 - 17 Sept 8 from 7Toby Holmes went on in place of Sam Bayston with 14 minutes left. Within sec-onds he had fired in the leveller after a free-kick from Billy Maybury was met byLuke Burbidge and saved by Kevin Sawyer, but Holmes followed up... And he firedin the winner in the 82nd minute after latching onto a long ball over the defence.North Leigh 1 Wimborne Town 3 - FA Trophy - 7 Oct 10 from 11Luke Holmes found Burbidge on the right. The winger drew defenders as he racedinto the middle and released Toby down the inside-right channel. The striker de-layed his shot, and, just as we thought the chance had gone, the ace striker per-fectly placed his shot into the far corner - a quality finish.Two minutes before full-time Burbidge beat his man on the right and shot from anacute angle, the ball came back to Toby and he scored in the far corner.North Leigh 1 Wimborne Town 1 - 14 Oct 11 from 12Lovell and Luke Holmes played a one-two, and, as the speedy striker went past hisdefender in the box, he was tripped. Although Agboola guessed the right direction,Toby Holmes’ well-placed penalty was too strong and Wimborne took the lead.Wimborne Town 3 Swindon Supermarine 0 - 21 Oct 13 from 14With Storm Brian battering Cuthbury, on 10 minutes Wimborne took the lead.Stokoe played a through ball down the right for Toby Holmes to chase. Toby shookoff the attentions of a defender and cut in to steer a low shot past the keeper.With three minutes remaining Burbidge weaved his way between five Swindon de-fenders before feeding Toby with a chance he doesn't even know how to miss.

Wimborne Town 8 Gillingham Town 2 - DSC - 31 Oct 19 from 17Sam Davidson’s inch-perfect pass was flicked on by James Stokoe to Toby Holm-es who beat his marker to score. Two minutes later the unfortunate Gillinghamkeeper dropped the ball following Loyd Cole’s cross, and the alert Holmes pouncedfor number two… On 35 minutes Sam Bayston fed Stokoe from the left, he passedto Toby to complete his hat-trick... Right on half-time, the busy Lee Francis foundBurbidge, and from his cross Holmes scored number five... On 81 minutes, comingin from the left, Toby took Oldring’s pass to score, and bagged his sixth after ex-changing passes with Ben Walker, rounded the keeper to slot home.Wimborne Town 5 Shortwood Utd 2 - 4 Nov 21 from 18On 70 minutes minutes, Toby Holmes seized on Burbidge’s clever flick to equalise.Four minutes before the end, Luke Holmes lofted pass found namesake Toby whoheld off defender and keeper for number four.Cirencester Town 1 Wimborne Town 2 - 11 Nov 22 from 19On 90 minutes it was Wimborne who netted the winner when Toby Holmes waspresented with a simple finish after a lack of concentration by keeper Jonkerman.Slimbridge 1 Wimborne Town 8 - 25 Nov 23 from 21After 26 minutes, Louis Kellaway fed Toby Holmes and the prolific striker teasedtwo defenders before scoring from the edge of the box.Wimborne Town 2 Dorchester Town 0 - DSC - 28 Nov 25 from 22The deadlock was broken in the 50th minute when Luke Burbridge created spacefor himself in midfield and sent a through ball which Toby Holmes latched onto andsteered past the oncoming goalkeeper… With the temperature dropping, TobyHolmes again teamed up with Burbridge to put Wimborne 2-0 up with a great finish.Wimborne Town 1 Kidlington 0 - 9 Dec 26 from 25With 3 minutes remaining, Matt Oldring found Luke Holmes in mid-field. The play-maker split the defence with a perfectly-weighted through ball for Toby. The speedystriker rounded the keeper and netted - a goal worthy of winning any game.Bishops Cleeve 1 Wimborne Town 7 - 23 Dec 27 from 27After Burbidge had blocked a clearance, James Stokoe supplied Toby and the ace-marksman netted number three.Wimborne Town 3 Winchester City 0 - 26 Dec 28 from 28The clinching goal came on 75 minutes. Luke Holmes corner from the left wasplayed back into the centre where Toby delicately lifted the ball over the prostratePryce to score on his birthday.Wimborne Town 3 Evesham Utd 4 - 6 Jan 31 from 30Coming in from the right, Burbidge’s shot was parried by Sawyer before Toby wasquickest to react and netted the rebound… On 17 minutes Wimborne doubled theiradvantage. Luke Holmes played a ball over the Evesham back-line for Toby whocame in from the right to beat Sawyer… A quick free-kick found Toby on the left ofthe penalty area, he beat his man but was hauled down. He took the resultant spot-kick himself. Sawyer guessed right but could only deflect the ball onto the post be-fore it hit the net to complete the striker’s third hat-trick of the season.

Recalling Toby’s record-breaking 60 Goals in 2017-18 cont’dWimborne Town 2 Bideford 2 - 3 Feb 32 from 32Luke Burbidge's cross was headed on by Matty Oldring to Toby Holmes who's firsteffort was blocked, but Toby fired in the rebound.Larkhall Ath 1 Wimborne Town 3 - 10 Feb 34 from 33Luke Holmes fed Toby wide on the left, and the striker ran 30 yards before finishingwith aplomb... Burbidge played a carefully weighted ball over the defenders forToby to race onto, but he was hauled down just inside the penalty area. Thereferee pointed to the spot, and Toby confidently found the back of the net.Wimborne Town 5 North Leigh 0 - 17 Feb 38 from 34Billy Maybury dispatched a long through ball from deep in defence. At full speedToby got to the ball before the keeper, who then crashed into him. Toby drove hisspot kick inside the post to give Wimborne the lead. But with two added minutes,Wimborne still had time to score what looks almost certain to be the goal of theseason. From the edge of his own penalty area (!) Toby intercepted a pass and setoff at pace down the left hand edge of the pitch, keeping three chasing defendersat bay. As he approached the end of the pitch he cut inside, dummied the last de-fender and, from the corner of the six yard box, fired the ball inside the far post. Itwas a goal well worth the admission fee. On 54 minutes Luke Holmes fed a per-fect through ball for Toby to complete his hat trick with a low shot from the edge ofthe area. And 8 minutes later, when Luke Holmes had a close range shot blocked,Toby added his fourth with a simple tap-in.Swindon Supermarine 0 Wimborne Town 1 - 10 March 39 from 37Francis’s cross-field ball was headed on by substitute Walker for the maraudingMaybury down the right. As he cut in on the by-line he went down under a chal-lenge and referee Turner pointed to the spot. Although keeper Hill dived the rightway, Toby’s penalty was too strong and the deadlock was finally broken.Kidlington 1 Wimborne Town 3 - 17 March 42 from 38The visitors’ shivering spectators were able to warm their hands on 7 minutes whenToby opened the scoring. Receiving an inch-perfect pass from Billy Maybury downthe inside-right channel, he dummied his defender before rifling the ball past asurprised Sam Warrell from an acute angle…. As thoughts turned to half-time, theenergetic Louis Kellaway charged through tackles in mid-field before releasingToby on the left. He turned his defenders this way and that, before firing home torestore the lead… A clever pass by Luke Holmes found Toby. Once more hebamboozled his defender before firing past Warrell to complete his hat-trick.Wimborne Town 5 Barnstaple Town 2 - 24 March 45 from 39Just after half-way through the first period, Luke Burbidge played Toby through andthe prolific striker confidently found the net. Coming in from the right, Burbidge laidthe ball into Toby with the inevitable result. A stunned home team responded withtheir own free-flowing one-touch move, which ended with Lovell slipping Toby inand he beat keeper Aaron Screech for his hat-trick.

Taunton Town 3 Wimborne Town 3 - 27 March 47 from 40The visitors took the lead after 17 minutes. Burbidge put Toby Holmes behind thehome defence. Keeper Irish fouled the prolific striker who picked himself up to riflehome the resulting penalty. Skipper Scott Arnold played the ball wide on the rightto Jack Lovell, he slipped it inside to Burbidge, who chipped through for Holmes tocleverly score from an acute angle.Bristol Manor Farm 4 Wimborne Town 1 - 31 March 48 from 41Cole played a ball through for Toby on the left. With plenty of work to do, he maderoom for himself before firing beyond Clark.Wimborne Town 4 Salisbury 2 - 2 April 51 from 42A shot by Louis Kellaway struck a Salisbury defender and the ref. immediatelypointed to spot. Toby Holmes went for the power option to find the net. Sevenminutes after the restart Wimborne took the lead when Lee Francis played a greatthrough ball to Toby who finished in typical fashion. With dogged defending by theteam, and superb work by Gerard, Wimborne hung on and, on 88 minutes,restored the two goal cushion when interplay with Burbidge set up Toby for his thirdhat trick in five games.Shaftesbury 0 Wimborne Town 7 - DSC Final - 10 April 54 from 44Toby Holmes’ deft footwork saw him work his way along the right by-line beforescoring from an acute angle. Jack Lovell, who caused his full-back problems allevening, burst into the penalty area on the left and was brought down. Toby nettedthe penalty. On 84 minutes Toby was played through on the left and, with plentystill to do, he scored with a trade-mark finish.Shortwood Utd 0 - Wimborne Town 5 - 17 April 55 from 46As Maybury charged into the box he was brought down. Toby fired the penalty intothe net through the diving Pickering.Wimborne Town 4 Paulton Rovers 1 - 24 April 57 from 48Wimborne had the ideal start when Matt Oldring’s trusty left foot sent the ball hightowards the visitors’ defence. A mis-judged attempted header let Toby in, and herifled the ball past ‘keeper Burton from 12 yards. Burbidge's perfectly weightedthrough ball was seized on by Toby and he scored through the keeper’s legs.Wimborne Town 5 Slimbridge 0 - 28 April 59 from 49Louis Kellaway played a through ball from the half way line for Toby to collect andgive the keeper no chance with a clinical finish at the near post. Two minutes laterToby made it five, latching onto a through ball from Luke Burbidge and beating thekeeper from close range.Wimborne Town 2 Didcot Town 0 - play-off semi-final - 2 May 60 from 50Billy Maybury’s low free-kick from 30 yards was half-stopped by the defensive wall,but the ball broke to Toby on the left and he calmly stroked it beyond goalkeeperLeigh Bedwell.

Toby’s 60 goals came in 48 starts and 2 sub appearances

You’ve just read how our match reporters described Toby’s 60 goals.We asked him which was the best, and which was the most important of his goals:“My best goal has to be the one at home against North Leigh when I ran from theedge of our own box the length of the pitch past 5/6 players and scored with the out-side of my foot.The most important goal is a tough one. It would either be the first goal in the playoff semi-final against Didcot or the winning penalty against Poole to get us into theDorset Senior Cup final. If I had to choose, I would say the Poole Town one be-cause it was a great feeling to score a winning goal against a team you used to playfor and apparently "weren’t good enough" to start for for the second season in arow, and the fact we then went on to win the cup makes it more special than theDidcot one.”Thanks, TobyWe took 4 pages to describe Toby’s goals, and he chose one we hadn’t included as themost important. It was the winning one in the penalty shoot-out at Poole. Ed :-)Below - Toby, as joint winner, receives the Golden Boot award at the Southern League’spresentation evening. Well done, Toby.

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Football Shorts - Greens Show Heart - Ian Ridley - Non-League Paper 15 July“Hendon F.C. (who will be playing in our division next season - Ed) have an-nounced that they will admit free to a home game anyone suffering from depressionor loneliness. They believe that Non-League football can offer a safe venue so thatpeople have an outlet rather than be isolated. They are asking those interested toemail, in confidence, their Chairman, to arrange to get their introduction to the clubata game.More power to Hendon for addressing with practical compassion what is becoming,thankfully, a more open topic and showing how Non-League, with its welcomingatmosphere, can help. Here’s hoping more clubs follow suit.”

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Sin Bins are to be introduced in the Hellenic League next season.The scheme will be trialled in both of the league’s two Step 7 Divisions Two and theveteran’s league.The Sin Bins will apply, at this stage, only to yellow cards shown for dissent. Theywill see the player concerned leave the field for 10 minutes.While clubs are normally charged £10 for every such yellow card, such fines will notbe issued to those participating in this trial.The FA is set to implement sin bins across the board at Step 7 in 2019-20.

Garry John LoydWorld Cup- finishing order of England’s group

1. Belgium2. England3. Tunisia4. Panama

1. Belgium2. England3. Tunisia4. Panama

1. England2. Belgium3. Tunisia4. Panama

- how far will England go Last 16 Quarter-final Quarter-final- Winners- Runners-up

GermanyBelgium

GermanyBrazil

GermanyFrance

Premier League- top three

1, Man City2. Man Utd3. Tottenham

1. Man City2. Liverpool3. Man Utd

1. Man City2. Man Utd3. Liverpool

- bottom three (in any order)

West BromSouthamptonWest Ham

West HamStokeSouthampton

West BromStokeWest Ham

- AFCB’s finishing position 14 th 12 th 11 th

Evo-Stik South, West- automatic promotion - 2

TauntonSalisbury

TauntonSalisbury

TauntonSalisbury

- play-off final - winners- runners-up

EveshamBideford

WimborneEvesham

Wimborne TownBristol Manor F

FA Cup winners Tottenham Chelsea Man Utd

Champions Leaguewinners

Man City Barcelona Real Madrid

Correct predictions 10 out of 20 10 out of 20 9 out of 20

End of Season andAt the end of March, we asked 7 people to give us their predictions

Shane Toby Wayne William Actual1. England2. Belgium3. Tunisia4. Panama

1. Belgium2. England3. Tunisia4. Panama

1. England2. Belgium3. Panama4. Tunisia

1. England2. Belgium3. Tunisia4. Panama

1. Belgium2. England3. Tunisia4. Panama

Semi-final Quarter-final Quarter-final Last 16 Semi-final

GermanyArgentina

ArgentinaGermany

GermanyBrazil

FranceGermany

FranceCroatia

Man CityMan UtdLiverpool

1. Man City2. Man Utd3. Spurs

1. Man City2. Liverpool3. Man Utd

1. Man City2. Chelsea3. Tottenham

1. Man City2. Man Utd3. Tottenham

West BromStokeSouthampton

West BromWest HamHuddersfield

Crystal PalaceWest BromSouthampton

StokeWest BromCrystal Palace

SwanseaStokeWest Brom

13 th 12 th 12 th 12 th 12 th

TauntonSalisbury

TauntonSalisbury

TauntonWimborne

TauntonSalisbury

TauntonSalisbury

WimborneSwindon S

WimborneBideford

SalisburyEvesham

WimborneEvesham

Swindon SWimborne

Chelsea Spurs Man Utd Chelsea Chelsea

Barcelona Barcelona Man City Bayern Munich Real Madrid

10 out of 20 11 out of 20 4 out of 20 11 out of 20

World Cup predictions- here’s how they did

… and the joint winners are … Toby and U16s goalkeeper WilliamOld guys rule - but apparently not when it comes to football predictions! - Ed

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Black Shorts & SocksManager: MATTY HOLMESAsst Mngr: DANNY HOLMESCoaches: JOHN MACEY SHANE TRAYNORG/K Coach: DAVID WALSHSports Therapist: BEN HAYESKit: JEFF ROBBINS

SCOTT ARNOLD (Capt)GERARD BENFIELD (GK)ROBBIE BRADLEYLUKE BURBIDGESAM DAVIDSONHARVEY ELSOMLEE FRANCISPADDY HESTERLUKE HOLMESTOBY HOLMESLOUIS KELLAWAYJACK LOVELLBILLY MAYBURYCONAL MORRISONROBINSON OKUMURHYS OWENSTEFAN PENNYWILL PRIORJAMES STOKOEBEN WALKER

ChristchurchAll Blue

Manager: OLLIE CHERRETTAsst Mngr: CHRIS HARTCoach: LUKE PHILLIPSPhysio: CARL YOUNG

MAX FRAMPTONHARVEY WRIGHTLOYD COLEKIERON DOUGLASGRANT CORMACKMARCUS CULLENWILL ROBINSONBILLY WALKERSCOTT JOYCEJAMES KINGJOSH KIRKHAMNATHAN WILDISHTOM COOPERAARON WICKINGSDAN SAMSONMORGAN TURNERLUKE STONEBRAD CHERRETT

Friday 20 July 19:45Officials:

Referee: NIALL CLINTONAssistant Referees:

JONNY PIKELUC FERGUSON

Match Squads

Sat 28 July 15:00 OfficialsReferee: TOM HOLDEN ( Poole)

Assistant Referees:CRAIG BOUTON, RYAN BOWERS

Friday 3 August 19:45The names of the Officials werenot available when we went toprint. They will be announced

over the P.A. system

Match SquadsWorthing

All RedManager: ADAM HINSHELWOODAsst Mngr: AARRAN RACINECoaches: MICK FOGDEN CAM MORRISONPhysio: NATALIE STENNING

LUCAS COVOLANGEORGE BENTLEYJACK FAGANJOEL COLBRANJAMES CRANELUCA COCORACCHIOSAM RENTS (V.Capt)JAKE LUFFMATT BOILINGWILL MILESTYRESE MTHUNZIDARREN BUDD (Capt)DANNY BARKERLEON DRAMISJOE CLARKEJESSIE STARKEYROSS EDWARDSJASPER PATTENDENALEX PARSONSHARRISON MOTTCURT GAYLERJAZZ RANCERHYLE OVENDENRICKY AGUIARCALLUM KEALYDANNY BASSETTHAYDEN SKERRY

Blackfield & LangleyGreen & White ShirtsGreen Shorts & Socks

Manager: GLENN HOWESAsst Mngr: CHRIS FARRELLCoach: JAMES WOODPhysio: ANDY HANLEY

LEWIS NOICEZAK SHARPSAM POOLERYAN OATLEYTOM SYKESADAM TOMASSOSAMI MAKHLOUFIRUDY PLUMMERJOE BUTCHERLIAM ROBINSONSAM WOODWARDJOE BYRNEBEN YELLADYLAN KNIGHT

Goals from James Stokoe and StuartLangrish either side of half-time earnedthe Magpies the derby bragging rightsat Cuthbury, although Russell Cooke'seffort for Priory set up a tense finish.Warren, who looked on from the side-lines as Stokoe also missed a penalty,added: "I counted at least eight reallygood chances for us in the first 25 to30 minutes and we could have putthem to bed in the first half. It probablywould have been game-over if wehadn't missed the penalty because wesliced them open at will in the first half."But, and for whatever reason, our ladsseemed to think that Christchurchweren't going to give us a game in thesecond half but it never works like that."Graham Kemp's teams don't lie downand die. They are hard working and

will carry on until the death. Westopped doing all the good things inthe second half and it was horrendous.Christchurch also played the final 30minutes with 10 men after defenderSteve Linpow had been dismissed fortwo bookings.

Wimborne Town: Hutchings, Arnold,Phillipson-Masters, Jones, Roast, Mc-Cormick, James (Bailey-Pearce, 75),Vavrecka, Joyce, Stokoe (Moore, 82),S Langrish (Whitcher, 75). Unusedsub: Percival.

Christchurch: Loader, Dand, Hughes,Linpow, Crutchley, Jenvey, Lawrence(Costello, 70), Rideout, Glasspool(Manning, 75), Cooke, Burrows. Un-used subs: Coleman, Taylor, Woolner.

From the Daily Echo ArchivesWimborne Town 2 Christchurch 1 - 29 Dec 2007

P GD PtsChristchurch 34 55 77Andover N St 34 26 72Tadley Calleva 34 51 70U.S. P’mouth 34 27 65AFC Stoneham 34 37 62Romsey Town 34 23 60Laverstock & F 34 23 59Alton 34 9 54Fawley 34 -3 51

New Milton T 34 -8 46Ringwood T 34 -12 45Downton 34 -26 38Whitchurch Ut 34 -32 35Totton & Eling 34 -27 33Hythe & Dib 34 -17 31East Cowes Vic34 -25 28Verwood T 34 -36 27Folland Sports 34 -65 17

Sydenhams Football League (Wessex)Division One - 2017-18

Gerry Page TrophyThe match on July 20th is an annual event in memory of Gerry Page, whosename for many years was synonymous with Christchurch F.C.Gerry, a London man, became involved with the club in the early 1970s when hewas asked by the then Chairman to help persuade Roy Gator, a player with theCherries, to take the Manager’s seat at Christchurch. Shortly afterwards, in 1975,Gerry was asked to be Chairman, a post he held until illness forced him to give itup in early 1994, at which time he became President of the club. In addition to hisduties as Chairman, Gerry served on the Wessex League management Commit-tee for many years.Sadly, Gerry passed away in October 1994.Gerry’s wife, Dawn, followed him to the club, and became Secretary in the early1980s, a post she held for over 20 years. She is now President of the club, andstill on the club’s Committee.

Half-time Quiz - Last Season (2017-18) - answers inside back cover

1.What was the result in the FA Cup Final?2.Who won the Women’s FA Cup?3.Who won the FA Trophy?4.Who won the FA Vase?5.In which position did AFC Bournemouth finish in the Premier League?6.Manchester City only lost 2 league games - to whom?7.Which three teams were relegated from the Premier League?8.Which two teams were promoted from the Vanarama National to League two?9.Which 2 teams were relegated from League Two to the Vanarama National?10. Which team finished second to Celtic in the Scottish Premier League?

The Dorset County FA announce partnership agreement with SpecsaversThe Partnership will see Specsavers supporting grassroots football in Dorset bybecoming the headline sponsor of the County Ground in Hamworthy, which from1st July 2018 will be renamed the Specsavers County Ground and for the DorsetYouth Cup which will be known as the Specsavers Dorset Youth Cup.The Youth Cup comprises 7 different age groups from Under 10 to under 16 yearswith teams represented from club across Dorset and concludes with the finalswhich will be held at the Specsavers County Ground in April/May.The sponsorship deal will be celebrated by an official launch game on 25th Julywhen Wimborne Town and Poole Town compete for the Mark Frowde Trophy.

Bostik (Isthmian) League Premier Division 2017-18 (46 games)GD Pts

Billericay Town 60 99Dulwich Hamlet 50 95Hendon 37 85Folkestone Invicta 33 85Leiston 29 79Leatherhead 19 79Margate 24 77Staines Town 23 75Wingate & Finchley -8 69Metropolitan Police 5 66Tonbridge Angels -5 64Harrow Borough -7 63Kingstonian -13 59Dorking Wanderers -3 58Thurrock -11 57

Worthing -13 57Enfield Town -8 56Merstham -11 56Needham Market -19 49Brightlingsea Regent -22 48Harlow Town -33 47Lowestoft Town -40 43Burgess Hill Town -38 36Tooting & Mitcham U -49 36

Play-off resultsSemi/FinalsDulwich Ham 1 - 0 LeistonHendon 4 - 0 Folkestone InvicFinalDulwich Ham 1 - 1 HendonDulwich Hamlet won 4-3 on penalties

Worthing F.C.League honours:Isthmian League Div 1 – Champions – 1982–83Isthmian League Div 1S – Play-off winners – 2015–16Isthmian League Div 2 – Champions – 1981–82, 1992–93Sussex County League – Champions – 1920–21, 1921–22, 1926–27, 1928–29,1930–31, 1933–34, 1938–39, 1939–40Best league performance: 2nd in Isthmian League Premier Division, 1983–84 and1984–85Best FA Cup performance: 2nd round, 1982–83Best FA Trophy performance: 4th round, 2003–04Best FA Vase performance: 5th round, 1978–79Best FA Amateur Cup performance: Quarter-finals, 1907–08Best FA Youth Cup performance: 3rd round, 2015–16Former players include: Gerry Armstrong, Shaun Brooks, and Steve Claridge.Former Northern Ireland international Gerry Armstrong was player / manager1991-95.Former AFCB player Shaun Brooks joined Worthing in 1996 after finishing hisleague career with Leyton Orient.In January 2007 Steve Claridge joined the club to play in one game only - a 1-1draw against AFC Wimbledon. He subsequently joined Harrow Borough.

MANAGER Steve Cuss had no com-plaints after Wimborne Town’s misera-ble recent record in the FA Cup hadreceived another unwanted entry.Magpies were dumped out by lower-league opposition for the fourth time insix seasons after suffering a 6-1 ham-mering at the hands of SydenhamsWessex Premier outfit Blackfield &Langley.The Watersiders emphatically bridgedone step in the non-league pyramidthanks to ex-Wimborne man Rico Wil-son’s hat-trick, Dan Munday’s doubleand a Jesse Gould effort at Cuthbury.Wimborne, who had been bidding toreach the third qualifying round for thefirst time since 1993, bagged a conso-lation through James Stokoe.Cuss told the Daily Echo: “We weredisappointed. The performance wasn’t

anywhere near good enough to winand we were heavily punished. It wasa difficult one to take.“We didn’t pass the ball well and neverhad a foothold in the game. We strug-gled from the first minute to the lastand the scoreline reflected that.”Cuss, whose team swelled the club’scoffers to the tune of £4,925 thanks towins over Cowes Sports and With-eridge in previous rounds, added: “Wehad done well and had had two decentwins in the cup. But we didn’t play any-where near where we are capable ofand Blackfield fully deserved their win.”Magpies: Harvell, Wilson, Oliver, Cos-tello, Maybury, Blake, Griffin, Clarke,Stokoe, Gamble, Preston. Subs: Ran-dall, Elliott, Turner, Johnson, O’Hare,Roast (g/k).

From the Daily Echo Archives 26 Sep 2015

Wimborne Town 1 Blackfield & Langley 6 - FA Cup 2nd round qualifying

P GD PtsBlackfield & L 42 90 100Andover T 42 60 99Sholing 42 66 91Horndean 42 39 79Hamworthy U 42 11 76AFC P’chester 42 28 74Alresford T 42 30 70Lymington T 42 25 68Baffins Milton R42 8 65Hamble Club 42 32 63Bemerton H H 42 -4 62

Shaftesbury 42 -12 56Brockenhurst 42 -8 54Bashley 42 -10 52Portland U 42 -3 50Fareham T 42 -15 50Team Solent 42 -12 46Bournemouth 42 -24 42Cowes Sports 42 -36 33Amesbury T 42 -66 29Newport (IoW) 42 -68 26Petersfield T 42 -131 16

Sydenhams Football League (Wessex)Premier Div - 2017-18

The Magpies’ first pre-season gamesaw them defeat Verwood 8-0 at Pot-terne Park in the Steve Moore Trophy.Steve had been a popular footballerwho played for Christchurch, Ver-wood and Wimborne during his ca-reer. Sadly he lost his fight againstcancer at the age of 32 in 2016.Therefore to honour his career anannual match is played pre-seasonas the Steve Moore trophy to com-memorate his legacy as a player andas a person off the pitch.Wimborne lifted the trophy for the sec-ond time running with an 8-0 win. JackLovell exposed the home defence witha great hat trick, whilst Louis Kellawayfinished a great team goal inside thebox. Wimborne’s first preseason gameallowed youth players Aidan Shepherd,Ben Knight and Ed Phillips to gainsome vital experience within the firstteam environment.It only took 14 minutes for Wimborne tomake an impact within the game whenJack Lovell perfectly executed a volleyto make it 1-0. Jack wasn’t afraid toshow his ability at the front of the goalagain, when Louis Kellaway passed amagnificent through ball which wentonto the eager Jack, who slotted theball under the keeper into the net. Forhis hat trick Lovell had accelerated intothe box with the ball, only to be takendown for a clear penalty in the 41stminute. Therefore Jack stood up andscored from the spot, to give him hishat trick that he deserved and givingthe team a comfortable 3-0 lead beforeheading into the break.It didn’t stop there for the Magpieswhen it only took one minute after the

break for Wimborne to score again.Louis Kellaway and Jack Lovell hadportrayed Wimborne’s “beautiful” play-ing style with some inspiring one to onepasses which led to Louis Kellaway,(“Goal Machine”) contributing Wim-borne’s fourth goal.This time the fifth goal wasn’t scored bya Wimborne player but it was an owngoal by Verwood’s No.14 who tried toclear a low cross but his intentionsdidn’t come to reality when Wimbornewere already celebrating a 5-0 lead inthe 60th minute.Young 17 year old Aidan Shepherdcame on to replace Stefan Penny andhe made his mark on the game in the70th minute with a goal which made it6-0. One of Bournemouth’s youth acad-emy players arrived onto the pitch toexpress his talent when young ConalMorrison was also fouled in the penaltyarea. Morrison fired it from the spotwhich ricocheted off the keeper to headin the top corner. For Verwood, theirbest chance came in the 83rd minutewhen a corner was played for theirNo.4 who had just missed the post witha great header. It was again that AidanShepherd would score from anotherimpressive through ball from Luke Bur-bidge which sealed off the game asWimborne won 8-0 at Potterne Park.A great start to Wimborne’s pre-seasoncampaign. Their next game is againstGodolphin Athletic FC based in New-quay who play in the South West Pe-ninsula League Premier Division. It willbe the first time both clubs will have toplay against each other and it shouldbe a test of Wimborne’s strength whenthey enter an unknown territory.

Verwood Town 0 Wimborne Town 8 - July 9 - Max Emes reports

Godolphin Atlantic 3 Wimborne Town 5 - 14 July - Luke Coakes reports29 mins: Luke Burbidge plays a great cross to Luke Holmes who slides and puts it inGodolphin 0-1 WTFC35: Luke Holmes shoots from range but it goes over and lands in long grass behindthe goal with the snakes!38: Godolphin play a free kick low across the box and goes just wide off a shot inbox.39: some nice 1..2 football falls through to Toby but the keeper beats him to it!45+1 a fantastic flick on by Toby falls to Stef Penny who fires just wide.45+2 Godolphin equalise with a good finish.45+7 lofted ball over defence and Godolphin score a second.Half-time: Godolphin 2-1 WTFC.52: Godolphin score on counter. 3-160: GOAL! Wimborne pull one back as Toby squares to trialist Rhys Owen who slotsit home. 3-267: Burbidge plays ball through to Jack Lovell who puts it in but is flagged offside.84; Equaliser - Owen rounds keeper and Lovell buries it 3-390: Wimborne penalty converted by Lovell after Owen fouled on edge 3-4.91: Conal Morrison plays a brilliant ball inside to Owen who makes it 3-5 to us.

Soldiering On! Fleet appeal for help after lateral moveChris Dunlavy - Non-League Paper 8 July 2018

Fleet Town chair,man Alec Grant hasaccused the Southern League of jeop-ardising the club’s future. The Blues,based in Hampshire, have lost theirmain ground sponsor, every player, andtheir entire coaching staff after losing anappeal against their transfer from Isthmi-an South Central to Southern West.Three hundred mile trips to the likes ofBideford and Barnstaple will also meantriple the travelling costs, whilst theirclosest game is Winchester City - some40 miles away.Fleet, along with Hednesford Town andBanbury United, were uprooted after thecollapse of Evo-Stik Premier side ShawLane and, according to Grant, given no

opportunity to state their objections. Thisfact - an apparent contravention of FAregulations - had formed the basis ofFleet’s appeal.However, despite the Isthmian League’swillingness to accept Fleet and run withan odd number of clubs, Grant claimstheir Southern League counterparts ve-toed the move, prompting an FA panelto uphold the decision.“We’ll plough on, probably with a youth-based team. Hopefully that will beenough. It’s hit us hard. We’re trying toraise awareness, get support from spon-sors and local communities. We’ll haveto fundraise like mad. What we reallyneed is a travel company.”

Evo-Stik League South - Club Allocations 2018-19

From

AFC Rushden & Diamonds SL E

Alvechurch NPL S

Banbury Utd SL Prem

Barwell NPL Prem

Bedworth Utd NPL S

Biggleswade Town SL Prem

Coalville Town NPL Prem

Halesowen Town NPL Prem

Hitchin Town SL Prem

Kettering Town SL Prem

Kings Lynn Town SL Prem

Leiston IL Prem

Lowestoft Town IL Prem

Needham Market IL Prem

Redditch Utd SL Prem

Royston Town SL Prem

Rushall Olympic NPL Prem

St Ives Town SL Prem

St Neots Town SL Prem

Stourbridge NPL Prem

Stratford Town SL Prem

Tamworth NL N

Premier Division CentralFrom Distance

Basingstoke Town SL Prem 57 miles

Beaconsfield Town SL E 101.4 m

Chesham Utd SL Prem 109.4 m

Dorchester Town SL Prem 24 m

Farnborough SL Prem 74.9 m

Frome Town SL Prem 41 m

Gosport Borough SL Prem 52.3 m

Harrow Borough IL Prem 100.6 m

Hartley Wintney SL E 67.4 m

Hendon IL Prem 112.2 m

Kings Langley SL Prem 109.1 m

Merthyr Town SL Prem 127.7 m

Metropolitan Police IL Prem 95.2 m

Poole Town NL S 6.9 m

Salisbury SL W 29.9 m

Staines Town IL Prem 89.9 m

Swindon Supermarine SL W 97.2 m

Taunton Town SL W 66.6 m

Tiverton Town SL Prem 86.8 m

Walton Casuals IL S 94.7 m

Weymouth SL Prem 30.6 m

Wimborne Town SL W

Premier Division South

Promoted Lateral move Relegated

Total distance of return league trips 2018-19 = 3149.6 miles; average 150 milesLast season - total return trips = 3512 miles; average 83.6 miles

Division One Central Division One SouthFrom

AFC Dunstable SL E

Aylesbury SL E

Aylesbury Utd SL E

Barton Rovers SL E

Bedford Town SL E

Berkhamsted Spartan SM P

Bromsgrove Sporting Midland

Cambridge City SL E

Coleshill Town Midland

Corby Town NPL S

Didcot Town SL W

Dunstable Town SL Prem

Kempston Rovers SL E

Kidlington SL W

North Leigh SL W

Peterborough Sports NPL S

Sutton Coldfield Town NPL Prem

Thame Utd SL E

Welwyn Garden City Spartan SM P

Yaxley United Counties

From

AFC Totton SL W

Barnstaple Town SL W

Bideford SL W

Blackfield & Langley Wessex

Bristol Manor Farm SL W

Cinderford Town SL W

Cirencester Town SL W

Evesham Utd SL W

Fleet Town SL W

Highworth Town Hellenic

Larkhall Athletic SL W

Mangotsfield Utd SL W

Melksham Town Western

Moneyfields SL W

Paulton Rovers SL W

Slimbridge SL W

Street Western

Thatcham Town Hellenic

Winchester City SL W

Yate Town SL W

Promoted Lateral move Relegated

The Alternative Premier League Tables 2017-18 - The Times “The Game” 14 May

Points lost from winning position West Brom 26Points won from losing position Bournemouth 21Starting XI changes Liverpool 135Minutes by English players Bournemouth

Everton24,20220,884

Goals by English scorers TottenhamBournemouthLeicester

392727

Days top of league Man CityMan UtdArsenalHuddersfield

2403411

Days in relegation zone West BromCrystal Palace

151138

Most successful passes Man City 25,143Fewest successful passes Stoke 9,215Most penalties Crystal Palace 10Fewest penalties Burnley 0Most assists De Bruyne (Man City) 16

The following stats are for players who played at least 1,000 mins

Most passes Otamendi (Man City) 2,825Fewest passes Defoe (Bournemouth) 95Best pass accuracy % Stones (Man City) 95.83Worst pass accuracy % Murray (Brighton) 55.14Most chances created De Bruyne (Man City) 104Most dribbles completed Hazard (Chelsea) 164Most tackles Ndidi (Leicester) 138Fewest tackles A.Gray (Watford)

Crouch (Stoke)22

Most fouled player Richarlison (Watford) 95Most penalties won Sterling (Man City) 6Most saves Butland (Stoke) 144Most touches in opposition box Salah (Liverpool) 282Subbed on most B.Silva (Man City) 20Most offsides Vardy (Leoicester) 44

Extra Preliminary Round winners £2250

Extra-Preliminary Round losers £750

Preliminary Round winners £2890

Preliminary Round losers £960

First Round Qualifying winners £6000

Second Round Qualifying winners £9000

Third Round Qualifying winners £15000

Fourth Round Qualifying winners £25000

First Round Proper winners £36000

Second Round Proper winners £54000

Third Round Proper winners £135000

Fourth Round Proper winners £180000

Fifth Round Proper winners £360000

Quarter Final winners £720000

Semi Final losers £900000

Semi Final winners £1800000

Final runners-up £180000

Final winners £3600000

FA Cup Prize Fund Payments Double Your MoneyMatt Badcock - Non-League Paper

Non-league football will reapthe benefits of FA Cup prizemoney being doubled next sea-son - with the losers in the twoPreliminary rounds also set tocash in.A new international TV deal willstart in the new season and ithas allowed the Football Asso-ciation to sink more money intothe famous competition.If a club reached the third roundproper after starting in the firstround qualifying, they wouldearn £145,000 in prize moneyalone.Jody Brown’s Heybridge Swiftswere the lowest ranked club inlast season’s first round proper,where they played Exeter City.He said: “The experience isgreat, but the money leaves alegacy. With us it is going intothe infrastructure - the changingrooms are being renovated,some money has gone into thepitch, historic debts have beenpaid off.”

The Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round - Sat 25 August - selected tiesBideford vs Bristol Manor FarmFarnham Town or Binfield vs Brockenhurst or ChristchurchHamworthy Utd or Team Solent vs AFC TottonMelksham Town or Badshot Lea vs Blackfield & LangleySalisbury vs Hamble Club or Alresford TownWimborne Town vs Newport IWFC or Amesbury TownWinchester City vs Bashley or BournemouthWorthing FC are exempt to the next round - First Round Qualifying

The Extra-Preliminary Round will be held on 11th August.

Roger Coakes (1948 - 2018)Roger Coakes was a great man who was spoken of highly by lots of people andpeople he had done jobs for including nearly everyone at the football club!He did lots for the football club including fixing the showers and all them sorts ofjobs, and entering the patrons draw every year!Roger grew up in Wimborne and always lived in or very nearby Wimborne!He went to school in Wimborne also!Roger played for Wimborne for a couple of seasons and supported them since hewas little when he used to go with his dad! He attended 100's of home games anda fair few away games including a pre-season trip to Hong Kong!Both of Roger’s sons (Garry and Martin) didn't copy Roger’s love of football! Butluckily grandson Luke did and, as most of you probably know, he very rarely miss-es a game home or away!Roger also managed a Wimborne Town Ability Counts team which his grandsonLuke played for!Roger was the best person, and he will never ever be forgotten by everyone whoknew him.

Love you Grandad Luke x

Club Notice BoardWTFC Summer Holidays Soccer School at Cuthbury

Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 31 July to 22 August

For 5 - 13 year olds; £15 per child per day; 10:00 - 15:00

Contact Matty Holmes: e: matty.holmes@wimbornetownfc.co.uk

or tel: 01202 884821

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David Walsh Goalkeeper Soccer Schools at CuthburyFor 7 - 14 year olds; £15 per day; each day 10:00 - 15:00

July 26 and 27th; August 16 and 17th; August 30th and 31st.Contact David Walsh

Matt did not know until July 4th whatleague, what players, what budget, whatsponsors and what pre-season to or-ganise. Having lost 3 players: Matty O,Loyd, and Sam Bayston, at the momentwe have a very small squad, so we willplay our first game in the Southern Pre-mier League very much on the backfoot, but everyone at the Club will takethe promotion. I’m sure, in fact I know,we will start the league with the samementality and desire to win games,andperform in the highest league Wimbornehave ever played in.Starting in Dorset Div 1, then movingthrough Dorset Combination, WessexLeague, Southern League South &West to Southern Premier, there havebeen so many memorable managersand individuals at the Club: Alex Pike,the late Nick Jennings, and the Vasesquad; Paul Arnold and John Macey;Alex Browne; Darren Powell; JamieSturgess; Steve Cuss; Simon Browneand Brendon King; Taffy, Tom, Jamie,Shovel, Peter Barham, Brian Sibley,Ken Fergus, Geoff Maxted, Lee Merri-field, Ken Stewart, John Edwards andNick O’hara to name a few. All of theseand many more have built this club towhat it is - a FAMILY CLUB.Many clubs love coming to Wimborne,and we need to keep it that way. Weshouldn’t have to ask people, volun-teers, but we are a bigger club now, andwe need help to keep Cuthbury up to astandard, and not just say: “We’re mov-ing grounds soon, so what’s the point.”We are at a different level now, and weneed HELP to keep up our standard aswe hope the crowds will increase: morestewards, hospitality, 2 hrs a weekweeding, emptying bins, painting.

We need ideas to improve the dressingroom area as it won’t be big enough inthe ground grading - we might get awaywith it this year, but they’ll need doing.We have a new bar manager, Clive,who is there 5 days a week to have adrink and a chat with, or to book a func-tion, birthday party, wakes.On the pitch Matt is doing his utmost toplay the football we all want to watch.We are getting so much support fromour Youth Managers, Sally, Gus, Dar-ren, and all the youth which now total 12teams.Now we’re in the Southern Premier, wewant to stay in this league. GrahamBell, Tony and Val Grant, Ken Stewart,Lee and Terry are all working to getsponsors for match days, match balls,and players.Finally, the Club would like to say a spe-cial “thank you” to Ron Dinmore for allthat he did for Wimborne Town F.C.Below Jeff receives the Steve Moore Cupat last season’s presentation night.

Jeff Robbins Reflects on the News of the Club’s Promotion

Rolling back the years for James Stokoe’s Testimonial GameTop: Paul Roast, Liam Green, Lee Chudy, Ian Oliver; bottom: Mark Gamble

Photos by Steve Harris

Wayne went to a job interview at theSheriff’s office for a detective's job.The Sheriff said to Wayne: “I need toask you some questions to check howbright you are. Firstly, can you tell mewhat is 1 and 1.”“Why that’s eleven” replied Wayne.Next the Sheriff asked him where theIrish Sea was. Wayne told him it wasbetween the Irish B and the Irish D.“Right,” said the Sheriff, “tell me the dif-ference between unlawful and illegal”.“Of course,” said Wayne, “unlawful isagainst the law and illegal is a sick bird.”Finally the Sheriff asked Wayne whokilled Abraham Lincoln. Wayne thoughtfor a minute and said: “I don't know theanswer to that.” “Well,” said the Sheriff,“I will speak to you tomorrow.”So that evening Wayne was with hismates in the bar. They asked him howhe got on with the job interview with theSheriff. “Fine,” said Wayne. “I answeredall his questions, and he's even got meworking on a murder case.“

In order to be old and wise, first youhave to be young and stupid.

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Dorset Dave’s Chuckle Corner

Half-time Quiz - Last Season - Answers1. Chelsea 1 - 0 Man Utd2. Arsenal - they beat Everton 2 - 1 in the final3. Brackley Town - after drawing 1-1 with Bromley, they won 5-4 on penalties4. Thatcham Town - they defeated Styckton 1 - 05. 12 th6. Man Utd at home 3-2, and Liverpool away 4-37. Swansea City, Stoke City, and West Brom8. Macclesfield Town (Champions), and Tranmere Rovers (via play-offs)9. Barnet and Chesterfield10. Aberdeen.

Fixtures for 2018-19Sa 11 Aug A Farnborough LgeTu 14 Aug H Dorchester T LgeSa 18 Aug H Harrow B LgeSa 25 Aug H Newport (IOW) /

Amesbury TFAC (P)

Mo 27 Aug H Poole T LgeSa 1 Sep A Chesham U LgeSa 8 Sep FAC(1Q)Sa 15 Sep A Basingstoke T LgeSa 22 Sep FAC(2Q)Sa 29 Sep H Beaconsfield T LgeSa 6 Oct A Weymouth LgeSa 13 Oct H Kings Langley LgeTu 16 Oct H Frome T LgeSa 20 Oct A Hendon LgeSa 27 Oct FAT(1Q)Sa 3 Nov H Hartley Wintney LgeSa 10 Nov A Merthyr T LgeSa 17 Nov H Staines T LgeTu 20 Nov A Taunton T LgeSa 24 Nov A Walton Cas LgeSa 1 Dec H Tiverton T LgeSa 8 Dec A Salisbury LgeSa 15 Dec H Met Police LgeSa 22 Dec H Farnborough LgeW 26 Dec A Poole T LgeSa 29 Dec A Dorchester T Lge

Tu 1 Jan H Gosport B LgeSa 5 Jan A Frome T LgeSa 12 Jan H Merthyr T LgeSa 19 Jan A Staines T LgeSa 26 Jan H Taunton T LgeSa 2 Feb A Hartley Wintney LgeSa 9 Feb H Hendon LgeSa 16 Feb A Tiverton T LgeSa 23 Feb H Walton Cas LgeSa 2 Mar H Salisbury LgeSa 9 Mar A Met Police LgeSa 16 Mar H Weymouth LgeSa 23 Mar A Kings Langley LgeSa 30 Mar H Basingstoke T LgeSa 6 Apr A Beaconsfield T LgeSa 13 Apr A Harrow B LgeSa 20 Apr H Swindon S LgeMo 22 Apr A Gosport B LgeSa 27 Apr H Chesham U Lge

Tba A Swindon S Lge

Season Tickets 2018-19Adult season ticket: £150 (gives entry to pre-season games & league fixtures);OAP season ticket: £80 (gives entry to pre-season games & league fixtures);1 adult / OAP / child reserved seat in the main stand to go with your season tick-et: £25 (secure your favourite seat for every match – excludes cup matches)Why not enjoy a pre-match hot meal with a drink & a half time cup of tea or coffeein the 1878 suite? £267.75 covers all 21 home league matches.