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FLEET TOWN v AFC RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS SATURDAY 13th JANUARY 2018 – 3 P.M

The Evo-Stik League South East

Liam Beach who has kept ‘Clean Sheets’ in our last 2 away games Fleet Town Squad 2017/18

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WELCOME FROM OUR JOINT MANAGER STEVE DORMER

Fleet Town is an unincorporated association, managed by a committee, currently comprising of the following individuals: Alec Grant, Richard Whittington, Chris Arnold, Harry Cannon, Darren Edwards and Nathan Cookson.

Good afternoon to you all and a warm welcome to The Franki Foundations Stadium. In particular the Officials and supporters of AFC Rushden & Diamonds who are our opponents for todays match, we wish them all a Happy New Year and a pleasant stay with us. In my view Rushden & Diamonds are the strongest side we have played so far this season and gave us a football lesson when we went to their ground in August. Interestingly we now only have 3 players still with us from that game, however I still expect them to be the League Champions when the end of the season comes. For Andy and I it’s a great test for us today to see how far we have come and we will certainly be doing our utmost to get something from the game. It’s a free shot for us as no one is expecting us to do anything else but lose. However we have nothing to fear and it’s a great test for the players to see if they are good enough to compete against teams at the top end of the table, rather like we did against Dunstable recently. Since Dunstable we have played 3 games away from home, a decent draw at Moneyfields on Boxing Day when we should have gone ahead in the game early on with two great opportunities falling to Matt Bunyan. We then went one nil down in the second half against the run of play but came back to get a penalty and hang on for the draw. Last Saturday we went away to Arlesey Town who sit at the bottom of the table, again we had another penalty won by George Pillbeam but unfortunately for us we missed it right on half time. Despite hitting both posts and the crossbar we never had quite enough to gain the win but we didn’t lose the game. Arlesey needed the win more than us and being away from home I’ll take draws all day long on our travels. On Tuesday evening we went away to Chalfont St. Peter when after an even first half we really came in to it in the second and were slightly disappointed we didn’t come away with all 3 points, again I would have taken the draw before the game . We have now gone I believe 12 games in all competitions with only one loss so we have come such a long way considering we didn’t get a win in our first nine games of the season. We rested both Luke Haskell and Bradley Wilson for the game against Chalfont. Patrick Ruscika is now back from his Christmas break and if he trained well on Thursday will be in the squad for today’s game. Ashley Lloyd is still suspended and we should see him back after our mid-week game in the cup against AFC Totton. Alex Hendrie is struggling to get regular football for us at the moment so he has been given the opportunity to get it, back with Abbey Rangers and we wish Alex all the best. We have no current injuries in the squad which is a first for the season. Finally I’d like to say a special thank you to our supporters who made the trips to the last 3 away games it doesn’t go un-noticed. Lets hear you all today as I am sure our opponents will come with plenty of support. Enjoy the game and ‘ Come on you Blues.’

Steve

01252 623804 www.fleettownfc.co.uk Fleet Town F.C. Crookham Road, Fleet, Hants, GU51 5FA

CHAIRMAN: Alec Grant

VICE CHAIRMAN: Richard Whittington

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Alec Grant, Richard Whittington,

Chris Arnold, Harry Cannon, Darren

Edwards and Nathan Cookson :

FIRST TEAM MANAGERS :

Steve Dormer and Andy Hunt

FIRST TEAM COACH : Neil Woodyer

KIT MANAGER : Ben Foster

YOUTH TEAM MANAGER: Neil Selby

WEBSITE MANAGER : Harry Cannon

CHILD WELFARE OFFICER : Chris Arnold

PROGRAMME EDITOR : Martin Griffiths

TEA BAR : Maria

GROUNDSMAN: Bryan Smith

FIXTURES AND RESULTS 2017/18

Date Opponents H/A Competition Score Result Att.

Sat Aug 12 AFC Dunstable A Evo-Stik League South East 4 - 0 L 121

Tue Aug 15 Chalfont St. Peter H Evo-Stik League South East 1 -1 D 117

Sat Aug 19 AFC Totton H Emirates F.A. Cup Preliminary Round 1 - 1 D 130

Tue Aug 22 AFC Totton A Emirates F.A. Cup Preliminary Replay 5 - 0 L 195

Sat Aug 26 AFC Rushden & Diamonds A Evo-Stik League South East 7- 1 L 540

Mon Aug 28 Moneyfields H Evo-Stik League South East 1- 3 L 109

Sat Sep 9 Hayes & Yeading United A Evo-Stik League South East 3-0 L 149

Sat Sep 16 Arlesey Town H Evo-Stik League South East 0-2 L 109

Tue Sep 19 Farnborough H Hampshire Senior Cup 2nd Round 2-2 D 3-4 s/o 126

Sat Sep 23 Aylesbury United A Evo-Stik League South East 1-1 D 124

Tue Sep 26 Uxbridge H Evo-Stik League South East 6-0 W 75

Sat Sep 30 Beaconsfield Town H Evo-Stik League South East 0-2 L 104

Tue Oct 3 Basingstoke Town H The BigFreeBet.com Challenge Cup 17-18 - First Round 2-6 L 139

Sat Oct 7 Yate Town H Buildbase F.A. Trophy Preliminary Round 1-1 D 89

Tue Oct 10 Yate Town A Buildbase F.A. Trophy Preliminary Round Replay 2-1 L 112

Sat Oct 14 Hanwell Town A Evo-Stik League South East 2-0 L 105

Sat Oct 21 Marlow H Evo-Stik League South East 2-0 W 89

Tue Oct 24 Ashford Town (Middx) A Evo-Stik League South East 10-0 L 122

Sat Oct 28 Northwood A Evo-Stik League South East 2-1 L 74

Sat Nov 4 Cambridge City A Evo-Stik League South East 4-1 L 190

Sat Nov 11 Aylesbury H Evo-Stik League South East 2-0 W 78

Wed Nov 15 Liphook United H Hampshire F.A. Russell Cotes Cup Round 2 2-2 D 3-1 s/o 56

Sat Nov 18 Barton Rovers H Evo-Stik League South East 1-0 W 105

Tue Nov 21 Frimley Green A Aldershot Senior Cup Round 2 1-3 W 40

Tue Nov 28 Egham Town H Evo-Stik League South East 3-0 W 98

Sat Dec 2 Kempston Rovers H Evo-Stik League South East 2-2 D 91

Sat Dec 9 Thame United A Evo-Stik League South East 4-0 L 73

Sat Dec 23 AFC Dunstable H Evo-Stik League South East 2-2 D 98

Sat Dec 26 Moneyfields A Evo-Stik League South East 1-1 D 118

Mon Jan 1 Hartley Wintney H Evo-Stik League South East ( Match Postponed to be rearranged)

Sat Jan 6 Arlesey Town A Evo-Stik League South East 0-0 D 60

Tue Jan 9 Chalfont St Peter A Evo-Stik LeagueSouth East 0-0 D 67

Sat Jan 13 AFC Rushden & Diamonds H Evo-Stik League South East

Tue Jan 16 AFC Totton H Hampshire F.A. Russell Cotes Cup Quarter Final

Sat Jan 20 Aylesbury A Evo-Stik League South East

Tue Jan 23 Bedford Town H Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Jan 27 Cambridge City H Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Feb 3 Uxbridge A Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Feb 10 Aylesbury United H Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Feb 17 Beaconsfield Town A Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Feb 24 Hanwell Town H Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Mar 3 Marlow A Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Mar 10 Ashford Town (Middx) H Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Mar 17 Thame United H Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Mar 24 Kempston Rovers A Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Mar 31 Hayes & Yeading United H Evo-Stik League South East

Mon Apr 2 Hartley Wintney A Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Apr 7 Barton Rovers A Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Apr 14 Northwood H Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Apr 21 Egham Town A Evo-Stik League South East

Sat Apr 28 Bedford Town A Evo-Stik League South East

THE OTHER MATCHES IN OUR LEAGUE TODAY

Ashford Town v AFC Dunstable Aylesbury v Chalfont St Peter Barton Rovers v Aylesbury United Beaconsfield Town v Cambridge City Bedford Town v Egham Town Hanwell Town v Hartley Wintney Kempston Rovers v Uxbridge Marlow v Moneyfields Northwood v Arlesey Town Thame United v Hayes & Yeading United

5 10 13 0

6 5 12 0

7 3 12 0

4 10 10 0

10 3 10 0

7 3 9 0

6 3 9 0

6 3 9 0

7 1 9 0

8 1 7 0

5 1 7 0

5 1 7 0

11 -3 7 0

8 -3 7 0

10 0 6 0

17. Aylesbury United 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 6 10 -4 6 0

18. Thame United 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 3 7 15 -8 6 0

19. Arlesey Town 5 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 4 6 11 -5 1 0

20. Aylesbury 5 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 4 3 9 -6 1 0

21. Fleet Town 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 3 19 -16 1 0

22. Hanwell Town 5 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 11 -10 0 0

THE HISTORY AND PEN PICS OF AFC RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS

AFC Rushden & Diamonds was formed in 2011 following the demise of Rushden & Diamonds FC as a

supporter-owned, supporter-run football club. After a season in youth football in 2011-12 they were allocated

a place in the United Counties League Division One for 2012-13. They gained promotion in second spot in that

league at the end of their first season, and followed that with third place in the UCL Premier Division before

winning the title in the 2014-15 season, backed up with the League Cup. This meant they won promotion to the

Southern Football League Division One Central. In 2015-16 they finished fifth in the SL1C, reaching the

playoff final and winning their County Cup. They were transferred to the Northern Premier League First

Division South for the 2016-17 season where they again reached the end of season playoffs. For 2017-18 they

have returned to the Southern League to play in Division One East, known as EVO-Stik League South, East.

After five seasons playing at the Dog & Duck in Wellingborough, they have moved to Hayden Road, Rushden,

where they share facilities with Rushden & Higham United. The ground is the former home of Rushden Town.

They have adopted a “Community Benefit Society” constitution accredited by the FSA. This reinforces the

principles of One Fan, One Vote and ensures that the club and its assets are protected on behalf of the

community in the long term. With 750 club members, today the club has 30 teams of all ages including

Academy, Development, and Community teams not forgetting the much respected multi disability team; all

wearing the traditional Diamonds white shirt.

Being a community members club means that to succeed and achieve long term plans, the club aims to sustain

a strong youth and community football base, whilst engaging and gaining the support from the local

community.

Pen Pics of AFC Rushden & Diamonds Management Team and Players 2017/18

First Team Manager – Andy Peaks. Andy had joined Mark Starmer’s management team in May 2012, bringing a

wealth of UCL experience as well as his notable career history with Rushden & Diamonds FC where he was eighth in

their all-time appearance list, having played 205 times for R&DFC between 1992 and 1997. He holds a UEFA B

coaching license. He took over control of first-team affairs in a caretaker role following Mark Starmer’s resignation

on 19th March 2014, and was installed on a permanent basis a month later. In his first full season at the helm he took

the club to a League and Cup Double in the United Counties League. He has since led to the end of season playoffs in

the past two seasons.

Assistant Manager – Paul Lamb. Paul joined the club in the summer of 2014 after performing a similar role at

Cogenhoe United. He started his playing career at Northampton Town before making over 200 appearances for Wealdstone before moving back to the local area, playing for Brackley Town, Banbury United and Bedworth United

before taking up the position of player-coach at Daventry Town. After helping Daventry clinch the UCL title he took

on an assistant manager role at Banbury United before taking up a similar role with the Cooks.

First Team Coach – Scott Carlin. Scott joined the club in the summer of 2012, after leaving his post as Assistant

Manager at Northampton Spencer. Scott, or Biff as he’s more commonly known, brought a wealth of experience

having worked with AFC R&D Manager Andy Peaks over the previous few seasons. He is also head of the Club’s

Football Academy.

First Team Physiotherapist – Kelly Freeman / Colin Hodsden

Goalkeepers

Kyle Swailes is a 24-year-old goalkeeper who joined the club to provide cover in August 2017. He is also currently

UCL-registered with Rushden & Higham United. He was part of the academy system at Nene Park with Rushden &

Diamonds FC before joining Raunds Town.

Ben Heath is a 21-year-old goalkeeper who joined the club at the end of October 2016. The young stopper had been

with Rugby Town most recently, having also played at Step 4 level for Daventry Town. He had to wait for his

Diamonds debut, but immediately impressed when deputising for the club’s regular stopper Matt Finlay during the

2016/17 season. He assumed first-choice keeper status for the 2017-18 season.

Adam North is a 17-year-old goalkeeper who joined the club in November 2017 on a Work Experience Loan basis

from Northampton Town.

Defenders

Liam Dolman is a 30-year-old defender, who joined the club from Daventry Town during June 2014. He is from

Northamptonshire, and started his career with Northampton Town, progressing from youth level to the first team,

making his league debut at the end of the 2006/07 season and making over 50 appearances in League and FA Cup

games for the Cobblers in the next two seasons. He then had a short spell playing Conference Football for

Kidderminster Harriers in 2009/10 before joining Banbury United before moving to Daventry Town. After joining

the Diamonds he had a successful first campaign, picking up the Manager’s Player of the Season award in 2014/15,

as well as a Player of the Month award for February 2015 when he scored 6 goals from 4 games from his centre-back

role. His goal at Long Buckby was also chosen as goal of the season. He was a mainstay of the side in the 2015/16

season, picking up a player of the month award for his memorable contribution to the Diamonds record run in the FA

Cup. The 2016/17 season was also a successful one as he took awards as the fans’ and players’ player of the season,

as well as the manager’s player of the season award. He also reached a century of appearances for the club during that

campaign, and has now scored 30 goals for the club.

Sam Brown is a 25-year-old defender who was a junior at the Centre of Excellence at Rushden & Diamonds FC. He

joined AFC Kempston Rovers in 2009, aged 16, and helped them to reach the UCL Premier in 2010. Sam made 35(1)

appearances during 2012-13, scoring two goals towards the end of the season, and winning the club Player of the

Month award in January and April 2013. He also won the Manager’s Player of the Season award in 2012-13. He

made 48 appearances for the Diamonds in 2013/14. In 2014/15 he reached his century of appearances for the Diamonds. After being a key part of the Diamonds setup at all three levels they have played he finished the 2015-16

season early in order to travel abroad. He returned for the 2016/17 season, when he appeared in 49 matches.

Jack Westbrook is a 22-year-old defender / defensive midfielder who joined the club in November 2017. He had

made over 150 appearances for Banbury United.

Blaize Punter is a 21-year-old Centre Back who joined the club in Summer 2017. He was a junior at Mansfield

Town before joining Nuneaton Town Under-21 setup. He then played at Barwell before joining Rugby Town. He has

played international football with Antigua & Barbuda.

Midfielders

Ben Farrell is a 31-year-old midfielder who joined the club from Bedford Town in December 2016. Ben has had

several spells with Bedford Town, and earlier in his career made the step up from the Eagles to play Conference

football with Cambridge United. He then had spells with Weymouth, Cambridge City and St Neots Town along with

Arlesey Town before rejoining the Eagles. He impressed in the Diamonds midfield in the 2016/17 season, appearing

30 times as well as scoring the club’s goal of the season.

Claudiu Hoban is a 26-year-old Romanian-born midfield player (also known as Claudio), who often plays wide-left,

but he can also play centrally or on the right. He originally joined the club in August 2015, and previously had two

spells with Corby Town, including at the end of the 2014-15 season. He was a junior with Leicester City, and after an

injury problem led to him being released he went to Rugby Town and then on to Daventry Town and Histon. During

this period he was a finalist in the Samsung “Win A Pro Contract” competition. Since then he has been with Sutton

United and Tamworth before a spell with Kettering Town and then rejoining the Steelmen. After a successful 2015-

16 season, appearing in 48 games for the club, he left the club due to relocation prior to the 2016-17 season. He then

joined Tooting & Mitcham Utd in the Ryman League Div One South. Shortly after the start of the 2017-18 season he

rejoined the Diamonds.

Luke Fairlamb initially signed for AFC Rushden & Diamonds in January 2015 but moved on to Bedford Town

without making a first team appearance. Luke is a 25 year-old midfield / forward player who was born in Northants

and was on junior books with several local clubs, playing in various positions including left back and left midfield. he

was playing college football in the USA for Saint Peter’s College in New Jersey. He rejoined the club in July 2017,

and signed a contract with the club for the 2017/18 season shortly afterwards.

Joe Curtis is a 23-year-old midfielder who joined the club before the start of the 2016-17 season. He had played at

Daventry Town and Spalding United in the 2015-16 season, having previously been at Stamford and Brackley Town.

He graduated through the youth system at Southampton, having also been a junior with Leicester City before a

serious injury saw his release. He picked up an injury during the pre-season, and only managed 16 appearances in

central midfield for the club during the 2016-17 season, but returned to play a regular role in the 2017-18 season.

Ben Ford is a 22-year-old midfielder / utility player who joined the club at the end of October 2016. He was part of

the Rushden & Diamonds FC youth setup before transferring across to the Kettering Town system, prior to getting

first team experience at UCL level with Newport Pagnell. He then signed professional terms at Kettering, playing in

the Football Conference for the Poppies, before earning a deal at Nuneaton Town. This was followed by spells with

Hinckley United, Bedworth United, St Neots Town, Biggleswade Town and Arlesey Town. He signed for Chesham

United in September 2015, and appeared 16 times for the Southern League Premier side. After joining the Diamonds

he was dual-registered with Newport Pagnell Town and played a part in their FA Vase campaign. In total he appeared

21 times in either a wide left role or at left back in 2016/17, and started the 2017/18 season in a left back role.

Strikers

Ryan Robbins is 29-year-old striker when joined from Gresley FC in November 2017, having previously played for

Barwell, Stamford and Coalville in recent seasons, following earlier spells with Boston United and Kings Lynn

Town. He is also a St Kitts & Nevis international.

Tom Lorraine is a 28-year-old striker who joined the club from Cogenhoe United at the end of March 2014, where

he was registered with Daventry Town on a “dual-registration” basis. He had appeared for Woodford United,

Banbury and Bedworth United earlier in his career. He was the club’s top scorer in their promotion winning 2014/15

campaign scoring 19 goals, but showed his flexibility by playing in midfield towards the end of the season to provide

much-needed cover in that position. He was also the top scorer in 2015/16 with 15 goals as the club played their first

season at Step 4, picking up the Manager’s player of the season award. He became the club’s overall top scorer

during the 2016/17 season, passing his half-century of goals during his Diamonds’ career. During that campaign he

also picked up two player of the month awards, scoring a further 18 goals.

Darryl Smith is a 25-year-old winger who played at Newport Pagnell in recent seasons, taking part in the Swans run

to the quarter-finals of the FA Vase during the 2016/17 campaign He joined the Swans in the 2014-15 season, and

made 40 appearances for them last season, scoring 13 times. He joined the Diamonds in the summer of 2017.

Ben Diamond is a 24-year-old attacking player who joined the club from Corby Town in November 2017, scoring on

his debut for the club. Before joining the Steelmen he played at ON Chenecks, facing the Diamonds at both Youth

and Senior level. In the 2016/17 season he scored 18 goals for Chenecks.

Joel Gyasi is a 23-year-old wide midfield / forward player who first joined the club in October 2014. He started his

career with the MK Dons Academy, After playing 23 games for Kettering Town he joined Bedford Town in 2013,

where he made 16 appearances before a move to Northampton Sileby Rangers. After making 9 appearances for the

Diamonds he signed for Daventry Town before moving abroad to spend 18 months playing in the third tier of

Swedish football. He returned to the Diamonds in Summer 2017.

Our Next Away game is at Aylesbury on Saturday January 20th.

They play at the SRD Stadium, Haywood Way, Aylesbury Bucks. HP19 9WZ

Sat/Nav Distance - 63.1 miles Expected Driving Time- 1 hour 19 minutes

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SATURDAY 13th JANUARY 2018 – 3.00 P.M

THE EVO–STIK LEAGUE SOUTH EAST

T To

FLEET TOWN

JOINT MANAGERS:

Steve Dormer & Andy Hunt

Colours ; Blue/Navy/Blue

1 Liam Beach

2 Chris Musgrove

3 James Haworth

4 Liam Flanighan

5 Owen Roberts

6 Chris Wales

7 Luke Haskell

8 Matt Bunyan ( C )

9 Patrik Ruzicka

10 George Pilbeam

11 Bradley Wilson

SUBS

12 Dquame Copeland

14 Danilo Cadete

15 Billy Oram

16 Stuart Norman

17 Ryan Marklew

AFC RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS

MANAGER : Andy Peaks

Asst Manager : Paul Lamb

Colours : Yellow/Black/Yellow

1 Ben Heath

2 Liam Dolman

3 Jack Ashton

4 Sam Brown

5 Ben Farrell

6 Joe Curtis

7 Joel Gyasi

8 Luke Fairlamb

9 Callum Westbrook

10 Ryan Robins

11 Tom Lorraine

SUBS

12 Cameron Gilchrist

14 Darryl Smith

15 Callum Westwood

16 Ben Diamond

17 Blaize Punter

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee:

Stephen Graham of Southampton

Assistant Referees:

Thomas Moisey of Southampton

Bruce Waymark of Southampton