Knebworth vs

Broadfields

HSCL Division One

Saturday 11 October 2014

2.30pm kick off at Knebworth Recreation Ground

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Club Contacts…

Chairman Stuart Biddle

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Vice-Chairman – senior section Dan Looney

daniel.looney@knebworthfc.co.uk 07786 114108

Club Secretary Clare Biddle

secretary@knebworthfc.co.uk 01438 237871 / 07967 140219

Vice-Chairman – youth section Sean Westcott

sean.westcott@knebworthfc.co.uk 07793 654816

Treasurer – senior section Danny Griffiths

danny.griffiths@knebworthfc.co.uk 07879 610771

Vice-Chairman – veterans section Alastair Moye 07799 332877

First team Manager Ady Bird

07597 374231

Reserve team Managers Jeff Pratt & Nigel Goodridge

07944 124240 / 07738 981085

Fixtures & Results – senior section Nigel Goodridge 07738 981085

Programme Editor

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Welcome to Knebworth Recreation Ground…

This afternoon we welcome Broadfields to the Recreation Ground for a HSCL Division One clash, the first ever game between the two sides. The boys from Harrow have started the season strongly with four league wins and success in their County Cup 1st round. I’d like to welcome their players, staff, officials and supporters along with today’s referee Paul Carter. We hope you all have an enjoyable afternoon with us and a safe journey home. In today’s edition of our programme you will find match reports from both the First and Reserve teams along with the relevant league tables. Also today, the Non-League Paper column focuses on some wacky reasons games get called off including the recent game where a substitute player returned brandishing a pitchfork!?!?!?. We are also still looking for people to take on some small weekly or monthly tasks to share the burden of running your football club; an hour a week or a few hours each month. If you’d like to get involved, please get in touch with Stuart. We are also always looking for articles for the programme so if anyone has a burning desire to go into print let me know. Or a player who fancies getting their picture and profile in a future edition………….. Please join us back at the pub after the game where food is generously laid on and live sports are shown on television – it’s just down the road and you’ll be warmly welcomed!

Enjoy the game!

John

If you have any feedback or suggestions, email programme@knebworthfc.co.uk

Non-League Paper programme column by Steve Coney

OCTOBER is here, the month all us seasoned football fans fully expect the elements to start playing havoc

with our Saturday afternoon fun.The inevitable will occur, so instead of getting depressed about the months

ahead, perhaps this is a good time to reminisce about the more wacky reasons football matches haven’t gone

ahead.

The Football Association are currently investigating a Combined Counties League game from a fortnight

ago – match abandoned after a substitute wielded a pitchfork after a mass brawl!

Staines Lammas’ game with Chessington & Hook exploded into life after two red cards and, after punches

were thrown, things got even uglier. Chessington substitute Ade Oketoki was accused of brandishing the

gardening tool and the referee sensibly said enough’s enough after 27 minutes. “Ade is a quiet lad, he is not

the type of person to go around chasing people with pitch forks,” their manager Darren Woods told us. “He

was holding it to stop any player involved in the whole incident using it themselves.”

Animal behaviour there, and also at Soudley FC in the Gloucestershire Senior League. They had to

implement a football ban of over a month after wild boards ran riot on their pitch twice in the space of a

week. "There was a boar expert here the other day and he said they are creatures of habit,” chairman Ian

Marfell explained. “Because it's a cut field, they like it better so they get the worms and grubs and things

like that.”

From animal antics to people behaving like children. A kids’ game in Solihull had to be abandoned after

parents’ touchline bickering. Coldlands Colts’ match with Mayfly Tigers was the subject of an investigation

last month after players as young as seven were left in tears by the hostile slanging exchange. A report into

the game stated that both management teams agreed with the cancellation “to save youngsters any further

upset”.

There was almost claret everywhere after a kit-astrophe meant Whyteleafe’s game with Canterbury City had

to be re-arranged. The Leafe forgot their away tops and their all-maroon number clashed with Canterbury’s

burgundy strip. Whyteleafe manager John Fowler made a mad dash to a local Sports Direct shop but didn’t

return until 3.30pm – too late for referee Darren Keating who called the game off, despite having a brand

new strip in hand. “We are losing the spirit of the game,” angry chairman Mark Coote said. “Could the game

not have gone ahead and then we’ll talk about the consequences later?”

The Whyteleafe players were all ready to play but Wingate & Finchley couldn’t keep theirs on the pitch. The

Ryman Premier game with Thurrock was abandoned with five minutes to go – after a fifth red card for the

home side. FA rules state matches cannot continue if one side has only six players… and needless to say

Thurrock, winning 1-0 at the time, we not best pleased.

But Wigan & District League side Farnworth Town refused to say game off three years ago – even though

they turned up to see their dressing rooms had been stolen! The 40f steel unit, containing showers and

changing areas, disappeared with players forced to get ready in their cars. There was a happy ending as the

Bolton-side went on to beat Ormskirk 4-3.

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Match Report… First Team… Knebworth were back in league action against Buntingford Town FC hoping to shake off the disappointment of their Aubrey Cup defeat last week.

Manager Ady Bird without captain Dale Chester, called upon first team coach Ross Murphy to slot in at centre back.

In the first 20 minutes Knebworth struggled to contain Buntingford with the hosts enjoying the better of the early exchanges, and went 1-0 up as Chris Babbage headed home from a corner. Things might have gone from bad to worse for Knebworth as George Taylor was deemed to have fouled Buntingford’s forward when racing through on goal. The referee whistled for a foul but the Ks defender escaped with only a yellow card much to the disbelief of the Buntingford players. Knebworth improved as half time approached but went in 0-1 down.

Knebworth started the second half much the better of the two sides and like so many other matches this season enjoyed a high percentage of possession. This dominance soon resulted in the equalizing goal courtesy of an Alex Brookes (pictured) header from a Carl Smith free kick. With 25 minutes or so of the half remaining Knebworth were well in the ascendancy. However, for all of Knebworth’s continued possession and pressure around the Buntingford penalty area, the Ks could not fashion the winning goal with several chances going begging.

As the game entered added time, Buntingford with a rare second half attack forced a corner. Some poor marking at the back post allowed Buntingford’s Babbage to steal in to head home his second and match winning goal from close range.

Knebworth were left devastated and defeated.

Carl Smith was named F&F Active man of the match.

The game also saw Lewis Coward equal Angelo Mattia's record of 239 senior appearances - congratulations Lewis!

Final Score – Buntingford Town 2-1 Knebworth

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Match Report… Reserve Team…

Knebworth Reserves hosted Wormley Rovers last Saturday in our fourth league game

of the season.

It was an end to end start to the game; first a goalmouth scramble cleared by

Knebworth followed quickly by a diving Jono Forde header being well saved. But the

visitors broke the deadlock ten minutes in, breaking through the centre and poking past

Dan Looney in goal.

Knebworth piled on the pressure in search of an

equaliser; Tom Douglas's low drive drew a smart save,

Forde won a penalty but saw his kick saved, and James

Brooke crashed a header against the foot of the post.

Half time came without Knebworth capitalising on their

period of dominance and Wormley took their slender one

goal advantage into the break.

Neither side could craft any clear chances until a

defensive slip gifted the visitors a second, and some

breathing space. Marcus McKechnie broke down the

right and whipped in a cross which Charlie Pratt nodded into the corner of the net. This

sparked Wormley into gear and they netted two well worked goals in the last ten

minutes to secure victory.

Raja Tandoori man of the match Marcus McKechnie.

Final Score – Knebworth Res 1-4 Wormley Rovers Res

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Match Report… Veterans Team… Sadly last weeks Vets game against Rickmansworth was postponed. They are in action tomorrow against Wilbury Wanderers. Looking for regular Sunday football?

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Today’s Teams…

Knebworth Braodfields

Orange and black Blue and yellow Adam Burnett 1 Frankie Collophy

Ben Swain 2 Sam O’Neil

Ross Murphy 3 Aaron Campbell

Alex Hamer 4 Tony Webster

Sam Harte 5 Matt Conlan

Alex Brookes 6 Martin Barlett

Lewis Coward (c) 7 Sam Moran

Jack Evans 8 Pat Lawrence

Christian Lett 9 Charlie Halls

Carl Smith 10 David Collaman

Jon Butler 11 Ben Wright

Dale Chester 12 Morley Anderson

Callum Rowe 14 Jack Webster-Dury

Jon Dunne 15 Lewis Kuster

Les Chappell 16 Keville Lborsiene

17 / GK Charlie Jobe

Manager – Ady Bird Manager – David Webster

Assistant – Ross Murphy Assistant – Chris Webster

Referee Paul Carter

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HSCL Tables (as at 10th October 2014)…

Senior Division One P W D L F A GD Pts

Old Parmiterians 6 5 0 1 24 7 +17 15

Broadfields 6 4 0 2 24 10 +14 12

Evergreen 6 3 1 2 15 16 -1 10

Buntingford Town 5 3 0 2 16 9 +7 9

Hampstead Heath 4 3 0 1 12 10 +2 9

Cheshunt Res 6 3 0 3 13 16 -3 9

Hinton 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6

Colney Heath Res 6 2 0 4 12 26 -14 6

Knebworth 6 1 1 4 9 11 -2 4

AFC Hatfield 4 1 0 3 5 11 -6 3

Kimpton Rovers 5 1 0 4 14 22 -8 3

Hatfield Town Res 1 0 0 1 1 7 -6 0

North and East Division P W D L F A GD Pts

Goffs Oak Crusaders 4 4 0 0 22 3 +19 12

Cuffley Res 4 3 1 0 17 9 +8 10

Wormley YFC 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9

FC Lemsford 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7

Buntingford Town Res 4 2 1 1 12 10 +2 7

Hertford Town U21s 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 3

Letchworth Garden City Eagles

Res

2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3

Wormley Rovers Res 5 1 0 4 6 16 -10 3

Standon and Puckeridge Res 2 0 1 1 7 16 -9 1

Hertford Heath Res 4 0 1 3 4 15 -11 1

St Ippolyts 4 0 1 3 7 21 -14 1

Knebworth Res 4 0 0 4 3 13 -10 0

Forthcoming Knebworth FC fixtures…

Day Date & Kick Off Team Opposition (H/A) Competition

Saturday 18th Oct 2.00pm Firsts Bushey Sports Club Res (A) County Intermediate Cup

Saturday 18th Oct 2.30pm Res LGC Eagles Res (A) HSCL Res/Dev

Saturday 25th Oct 2.30pm Firsts Hinton (H) HSCL Div One

Saturday 25th Oct 2.00pm Res Hadley ‘A’ (A) County Junior Cup

Saturday 1st Nov 3.00pm Firsts Colney Heath Res (A) HSCL Div One

Saturday 1st Nov 2.30pm Res Cuffley Res (H) HSCL Res/Dev

Saturday 8th Nov 2.30pm Firsts Hatfield Town Res (H) HSCL Div One

Saturday 8th Nov 2.30pm Res Hertford Heath Res (A) HSCL Res/Dev

Elsewhere today…

Senior Premier Division Chipperfield Corinthians Cuffley

Senior Division One

Evergreen AFC Hatfield Hampstead Heath Cheshunt Res Hatfield Town Res Colney Heath Res

Kimpton Rovers Hinton

Reserve / Development North & East Division FC Lemsford Buntingford Town Res

Goffs Oak Crusaders Cuffley Res Hertford Town U21s Standon & Puckeridge Res

LGC Eagles Res Wormley Rovers Res St Ippolytts Knebworth Res

Reserve / Development South & West Division One Bedmond S&S Club Res Evergreen Res

Lemsford Res Bovingdon Res Mill End Sports Res Croxley Green

Old Parmiterians Res Sandridge Rovers Res

Aubrey Cup Round One (2.00pm kick off) Whitwell Old Parmiterians

All kick offs 2.30pm unless stated

Club History…

Knebworth Football Club was formed in 1901 as founder members of the North Herts League and were crowned champions on five occasions and won the county Junior Cup in 1912/13, before moving to the Herts County League in 1948. A period of success came in the 1970s with a host of championships and cup wins, often under the influence of ex-Tottenham Hotspur player Johnny Brooks. Knebworth Football Club moved up the football ladder in 1983 to the South Midlands League, as well as to a new ground at Old Knebworth Lane. After five years the club returned to the North Herts League due to financial difficulties, winning three cups and a league title in two seasons, before going back to the Herts County League. There is no evidence to suggest that the club ever had a youth section, and in 1977 Doug Dilley set up Knebworth Youth Football Club initially with just an U12 boys team. The club began to grow and quickly had teams at U9 and U10 for the following season. The club continued to grow and within 25 years there were boys and girls teams representing the club from Under 6 through to Under 17 and over 200 registered players. Knebworth Football Club folded in 1995 when their ground at Old Knebworth Lane was sold as a health club. Four years later, Martyn Bond took his Knebworth Youth Football Club U18 side into senior football and re-formed Knebworth Football Club. After four successful years in the Hertford & District League the club were elected to the Herts Senior County League, achieving the FA's 'Charter Standard' award that same year and being crowned Herts FA 'Adult Club of the Year' in 2005. Knebworth Youth Football Club first achieved the FA's 'Charter Standard' award in 2004 and went on to pick up the Herts FA 'Club of the Year' in this category in both 2006 and also 2008. Further hard work and continued development saw the club achieve the coveted FA 'Development Club' status. In summer 2013, Knebworth Youth Football Club was incorporated into Knebworth Football Club. Knebworth Old Boys Football Club formed in the late 1980s as a veterans team playing on Sunday mornings, and in May 2014 agreed to join the club to bring all Knebworth football under one banner.

Congratulations… Lewis Coward – 240 appearances