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Grass Roots Talk

Good Afternoon and welcome to The Grassroots Stadium for this Spartan South

Midland Premier Division match

Today we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Oxhey Jets to Tring, and we

hope you enjoy your short stay with us. We also give a warm welcome to our match officials- Referee- Ian Stewart- and his

assistants-John Fowler & Phil Wilkinson

Today’s match is sponsored by- Dick Lovelace and we would like to thank him for his

continued generous support.

Jets are well known to us and games are usually tight affairs between our two sides.

Last Saturday we continued our fine run of form, gaining a 1-1 draw against a good

Harefield Utd side. This leaves us still top of the league but we have played more games

then anyone else but it is a nice position to be in. On Tuesday we held a friendly against Hitchen Town and competed well only losing by

the odd goal in seven.

On Tuesday we continued our great winning run which has taken us to the top of the

table.

The Reserve went down 4-1 at Wellin in The Suburban Premier. The score did not

reflect the game and after playing on some superb grounds and surfaces they were

confronted by an all weather surface at a school which may have stopped them reaching

the high standards they have set themselves so far this season. The A team continue to find their feet with a new side and manager but yet again the

younger players did themselves proud. The B Team were without a game but the under

15's bounced back with an 8-0 win against Bovingdon.

The under 18's were well beaten last week at Leverstock Green 8-1 .On Wednesday

after taking an early lead they went down 4-1 to AFC Dunstable. On Tuesday The First team travel to Stoney Stratford in The League Challenge Trophy

and next Saturday are here again against Colney Heath.

The reserves have yet two more away fixtures. Today at Biggleswade in the cup then

next week at Hampton & Richmond in the league.

The youngsters play here tomorrow and the midweek side travel to Northwood in The

Youth FA Cup on Monday evening.

Finally enjoy the game and give your support to all involved.

TRING ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB *Charter Standard Club*

The Grass Roots Stadium, Pendley Sports, Centre, Cow Lane, Tring, Herts. HP23 5NS Tel. No; 01442 891144

Website: www.tafc.co.uk email; tringathleticfc@hotmail.com

Members of: Molten Spartan South Midland Football League. Hertfordshire Football Association. West Herts Football Association. Suburban Combination League.

Under 15 Wycombe Sunday League . Under 18 Southern Floodlit Corinthian League

President David Evans MBE

Life Vice Presidents Barry Johnson, Bob Allum, Jean & Les Robins, Ralph Griffiths, Harry Bowden, Pete Stilwell.

Alan Foskett. Pete Oakley

Chairman Mick Eldridge.

Programme Editor/ Vice Chairman Barry Simmons.

Hon. Secretary Robert Winter

Hon. Treasurer Keith Hamilton.

Commercial Manager Dan Barnett

South Midlands & Suburban. Leagues. Match Secretary - Tony Steadman

Match Secretary-West Herts David Stacey.

Registration Secretary Trevor Langley

Club Welfare Officer Trevor Langley

Club Coach Gareth Jackson

First Team Managers Julian Robinson, Ian Richardson.

Reserve Team Managers Colin Philips & Chris Juraszek, Stuart Stedman

A Team Managers. Steve Punshan

B Team Managers Steve Alford & Phil Monaghan

Under 18’s Youth Nick Seaton & Matt Hayward

Under 15’s Youth Graham Poll & Ian Butler

Sports Therapist. Kim Harris.

Press Officer. Ralph Griffiths/Geoff Gaut

Groundsman Darrell Bodimeade

Membership Secretary. Mick Eldridge.

Kit Laundering. Dee Wells.

Catering Jack Winter, Morgan Weston, Matt Stacey, Gill Eldridge & Sandra Foskett.

Cleaning Amanda Stacey & Alison Parker.

Committee Members. Ray Brimsom, Keith Eldridge, Paul Humphreys, Andy Ayres, Mark Weston, Richard Vincent.

Tring Athletic Football Club

CLUB HONOURS-

WEST HERTS LEAGUE

1961/2: Champions Division 1

1964/5: Champions Division 1 1962/3: R/U Division 2 (Res)

1965/6: Champions Division 1 Winners WH-Challenge Cup

1971/2: R/U Division 1, R/U Apsley Senior Cup

Champions Division 2 (Res.)

1972/3: R/U Premier Division, R/U Premier Res (Res)

Winners Marsworth Cup (Res.)

1983/4: R/U Division 1 1985/6: R/U Division 1

1986/7: R/U Watford Peace 1987/8: R/U Apsley Senior Cup

1993/4: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (Res.) 1994/5: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (Res.)

1999/0: R/U Division 3 (A Team) 2000/1: R/U Division 3 (B Team)

2001/2: R/U Apsley Junior Cup (A Team) 2002/3: R/U Division 2 (A Team)

2009/2010 Winners Sir Stanley Rous Challenge Cup (B Team)

2012/13 A Team winners Watford Peace Memorial Shield

SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE-

1994/5: R/U Senior Division Cup

1996/7: Winners St Mary’s Cup

1997/8: R/U Senior Division

Champions Reserve Division 2 (Res)

1998/9: Winners- St Mary’s Cup

Winners- Senior Division Cup

1999/0: Champions Senior Division. Winners- Herts. Charity Shield .

Winners- Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy. Winners- Cherry Red Books Trophy.

R/U Senior Division Cup. R/U Herts. Intermediate Cup (Res.). Finalists: St Marys Cup (not played).

Winners- Houghton Regis Cup.

Winners-Managers of the Year.

2000/1: Winners- Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy Winners- Cherry Red Books Trophy

Winners- Reserve Division 1 (Res.), Winner-Best Playing Surface

2001/2: Winners- Herts. Charity Shield

Winner-Best Playing Surface

2002/3: Winners Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy.

Winners- Division 1 Cup, R/U Cherry Red Books Trophy, Winner-Best Playing Surface

2004/5: Winners- St Mary's Cup, Finalists of South Midlands Floodlit Cup

2007/8: Winners-Herts Charity Shield

2008/09 Winners- South Midland League Challenge Trophy. Winners- South Midland League Premier

Div. Cup. Winners- St.Mary’s Cup

LADIES-

2005/2006: TVCWL- Runners up. League cup finalist

2006/2007: North London Div 2 Runners up

2007/2008: North London Div 1 Runners up

2011/2012: Winners- Greater London Women’s Football Northern Div., County Cup Finalists

History of Tring Athletic: Formed in March 1958 by a group of local men who contributed app. £2,000 towards the cost of the land, fencing,

changing rooms etc .Players, Committee members and friends carried out the work while the team played on another

pitch. Originally formed for youngsters under the age of 21, the team won many trophies in the West Herts. Div. 3

including the Div. 1 title 3 times in 5 years, often playing against adult sides.

The 70’s/80’s

The Club went through a lean time and it was decided to scrap the upper age limit. Many former players returned which

resulted in another successful period in the early 1970’s.

Many fine players turned out for the Club and went on to play for professional/senior clubs. In the mid-seventies the

Club nearly folded and the ground was sold to the Council. The reserves were disbanded and the First team dropped

down through the leagues. It was decided to turn to youth again. This formula enabled the Club to work back through

the leagues and by 1986 we were competing in the Premier Div. and the reserves were resurrected. South Midlands-The 90’s.

In 1988 the Club joined The South Midlands and as a result gained Senior status with The Herts. FA

In 1989 we entered in a 3 year ground sharing agreement with Tring Town.

In 1992 the first team moved back to Miswell Lane, where the Reserves had continued to play. The side established

itself in The South Midlands and gained promotion to the newly formed Senior Div.

in 1993. In 1994/5 season, the First Team reached the final of the Senior Div. Cup While the Reserves were finalists in

the Apsley Junior Cup for the second year running.

In 1996/7 after leading the Div. for the whole season, some poor results at the end found us finishing 3rd. We also

reached the semi- final of the Herts. Charity Shield and won the St. Mary’s Cup beating 5 Senior sides including

Isthmian League Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted Town In 1997/8 after winning the last 14 games we lost out on

the Title on goal difference of 2. The Reserves won their league by 10 points winning every home game.

The following year we won the South Midlands Senior Div. Cup and also The St. Mary’s Cup for the second time,

defeating neighbours Tring Town in the semi-final in front of a crowd of 350, mostly Athletic supporters. In the league

after suffering just one defeat in 28 games, we finished 3rd.

The 1999/2000 season proved to be one to remember. £ 50k was spent on new changing rooms and extending the

Clubhouse and over 1000 people turned up to watch a Watford X1 refereed by Graham Barber and Graham Poll.. We

also formed a third team a Vets side and a Ladies team. The season turned out to be our most successful. Not only

winning the Senior Div. by 11 points, we also reached 5 finals. Winning The Herts. Charity Shield, Herts. Senior

Centenary Trophy and the Cherry Red Books Trophy in it’s inaugural year. We were narrowly beaten 1-0in The Senior

Div. Cup and the reached Final of the St. Mary’s Cup which was never played because of a back log of fixtures.

We were awarded the Houghton Cup for achievements in outside competitions.

The Management team were also voted Managers of the season. We lost only 6 out of 60 games all season. The

Reserves reached the Final of The Intermediate Cup and the A Team finished runners up in the West Herts. Div.

The New Millennium

We continued our success into the new one (2000/01) by retaining the Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy (again beating

Wormley Rovers 2-0) and the Cherry Red Books Trophy (Virginia Water 1-0). The Reserves won the League title and a

newly formed B Team claimed the runners-up spot. The following season (2001/02) we won the Herts. Charity Shield

for the 2nd time beating Letchworth 4-1. The A Team reached the Apsley Junior Cup final and the B Team won the

sporting award.

Season 2002/03 – More success followed as we capture the Herts. Senior Centenary Trophy for the 3rd time, to

become the first club to do so. We finished 3rd in the table and won the League Cup for the 2nd time, to make 12

major trophies in 7 years. We were also finalists in the Cherry Red Books Trophy. The A Team finished runners up as

did the Under 16's in their first season, the B Team won the sporting award for the 2nd year running and the Ladies

had a great run in the Women's FA Cup. For the 3rd year running Darrel Bodimeade won an award for the best playing

surface, which is just reward for the tremendous job he does for the club.

Season 2003/04 –Following our failure to secure floodlights at Miswell Lane we entered into an historic alliance

with Tring Town to play our first and reserve team football in season 2004/05 at Pendley where lights are already in

place. The main focus was to be to raise the funds needed to build a new Clubhouse, the previous building burnt down in

March 2003. Miswell Lane will be retained and will be used by our A, B, and Ladies sides. This new arrangement with

Tring Town secured senior level football in the town.

Season2004/05 – New season at a new ground in a new division with fantastic facilities. First team finished 6th in

the Premier Division and also won the St Mary's Cup for the 3rd time defeating Hemel Hempstead in the Final. We

were also Runners Up in the South Midlands Floodlit Cup Final losing on penalties to Oxhey Jets. Played in the F A Vase

for the first time.

Season 2005/6 –The Club entered the F A Cup for the 1st time in its history but was defeated in the prelim round.

In a disappointing season the highlight was a victory over Watford in the Herts Senior Trophy with a large crowd

enjoying a 1-0 win. Defeat in this competition came at the hands of Stevenage Borough of the Conference league

Season 2006/7-The first team finished mid table after a difficult start to the season. Went 3 rounds in the e.on

FA Cup, losing to Kings Lyn, the biggest side in the competition at that time. The events of the year however came

after the season had completed. Mick Eldridge and Ray Brimsom stepped down as first team managers after 17 years.

Ron Brimsom also after 16 years decided to hand over the reigns and our Hon. Secretary Ralph Griffiths also stood

down after 25 years in that position. A wealth of experience which thankfully will not be lost, as they are all staying on

in some capacity.

Season 2007/2008-.The new management team of Phil Casserley and Terry Nightingale ended in glory at The

County Ground, Letchworth, with the First Team lifting The Herts. Charity Shield for the 3rd time.

Season 2008/2009- A reasonable league campaign saw the first team finish in 8th position.

However in true Athletic tradition, it was in the cups in which we excelled, reaching 4 semi-finals. After being 4-2 up

with just a few minutes to go, 3 late goals meant the first one slipped away. This strengthened the resolve of the

whole team and in a remarkable last seven days of the season, three trophies were gained. Winning the League

Challenge Trophy and Premier Div. Cup for the first time and also defeating local rivals Leverstock Green to pick up the

St. Mary’s Cup for the 4th time

Ex-player, Ben Williams re-joined the club as reserve team manager mid season and will lead the side in the Suburban

League next season.

Season 2009/2010- After last season’s tremendous cup haul, this year the first team finished without a trophy.

However they finished third in the league, the highest position the club’s history so far. With the ground getting the

higher ground grading required, the management and players will be hoping to put in a challenge for the title in

2010/2011.

The B Team did pick up some silver ware winning The Stanley Rous Challenge Cup at Hemel Hempstead Town’s ground.

Season 2010/2011- The first team finished runners up in The Premier Division. They also won The St. Mary’s Cup

beating Leverstock Green in the final and reached the final of The Floodlite Cup, losing 2-0 to Royston Town

Season 2011/2012- With a new Management set up and several new faces in the First team, we were pleased to

finish in the top six and reach 3 cup semi-finals. All our sides performed well, with one of our youth sides going through

the league season undefeated. The ladies won their league and reached the final of the County Cup, losing to Arsenal

reserves.

SEASON 2012/2013 - Mixed season with the 1st team winning their initial F A Cup tie at Bedfont and then losing

in the next round to Ashford Town after a replay, in the F A Vase we lost at first hurdle to FC Romania. In the League

we finished just below half way, lost on penalties to Hadley in the semi-final of the Premier Division Cup and were

finalists in the St Mary's Cup losing to local rivals Berkhamsted. The "A" Team, under Dave Adamson and James Bevan

won the West Herts Peace Memorial Cup for the first time in the Club's history. Unfortunately the Ladies team

withdrew from their league through lack of players.

SEASON 2013/2014 -First team had a good run in The FA Vase and finished mid-table. Reserves finished runners

up on goal difference and won promotion to the Premier Division. Club purchased the Free-Hold of the ground and

second pitch to ensure future football in the town.

PREVIOUS GAMES v OXHEY JETS

1994/95 Home (Cup) Lost 1-3 M Rooke

2001/02 Away (Cup) Won 4-1 A Humphreys 3, J James

2002/03 Away (Cup) Won 3-1 S Johnson, T Gibbs, M Collins

2003/04 Away (Cup) Lost 2-2 T Gibbs 2(1P) (L 7-8 pens)

2004/05 Home (Cup) Lost 0-0 (L 4-5 pens)

2005/06 Home (Cup) Won 2-0 Gray, Williams

Home (Cup) Lost 2-3 Meenan, Gray P (aet)

Away Drew 0-0

Away (Cup) Won 2-1 Williams, Gray

Home Drew 0-0

2006/07 Away Lost 0-1

Home Lost 0-2

2007/08 Away Won 2-1 C Salmon, Hutchins

Home Drew 3-3 North, Gibbs, OG

Home (Cup) Lost 0-1

2008/09 Home Drew 1-1 Hall

Home (Cup) Won 2-0 Gibbs, Whicker

Away Won 4-3 Mullins 2, Iannone, Byrne

2009/10 Home Won 3-2 Burfoot 3

Away Won 1-0 Ellis

2010/11 Away Lost 1-2 Hall P

Home Lost 0-1

2011/12 Away Won 3-2 King 2, Humphreys

Home (Cup) Lost 1-1 Jarvis (L 4-5 pens)

Home Drew 3-3 Thomas, Hall, Waite

2012/13 Home Lost 1-4 King

Away Lost 0-3

2013/14 Away Drew 1-1 Sunderland

Home Won 3-2 C Salmon, Hall 2 (1 Pen)

Away (Cup) Lost 0-1

Our Record

P W D L F A GD

Home 16 4 4 8 22 26 -4

Away 14 7 2 5 23 19 4

Total 30 11 6 13 45 45 0

SOCIA NEWS

MacMillan Coffee Morning (posted Wed 3rd Sep 2014) We will once again be holding a MacMillan Coffee morning on Thursday 25th September from 10am until 1pm. Amanda Stacey and Ali Parker held a Coffee Morning last year as part of the National campaign day and raised in excess £254. So please come along, drink coffee and buy the delicious cakes and biscuits etc. support this worthwhile charity. If you are unable to make it you can donate and support this very worthwhile charity by making a donation at macmillan.org.co.uk/coffee or by phoning 0845 074 2606 (Text service currently not available) Everyone welcome and so are cake donations

Supper Quiz Night - Saturday 18th October The popular sixth monthly Richard Vincent's General knowledge quiz night returns on Saturday 18th October with teams between 4 and 8 persons plus a Ploughmans Supper. Tickets cost £6 per person and we would ask Members and Non Members to add their names to list in the club house or email the club on tringathleticfc@hotmail.com to book your place.Come as a team or make one up on the night. It would help us if we have numbers attending ahead of the evening so that we cater for the correct number of persons.

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CLUB HISTORY

The current General Manager John Elliott founded Oxhey Jets in 1972. Playing their first season as an under 12

team in the South West Herts Youth League, having been playing friendly matches as the 2nd Oxhey Boys Brigade

team for two years before that. A winning start in the League cup final on the last game of the season saw the club

move on, and more youth sides were added to the clubs structure, with the original side moving up through the age groups. In the 1978-79 season the team having out grown youth football moved to the Watford and District men’s

Saturday league, and at the first attempt won the Division one championship without dropping a point, this

prompted an application to the Hertfordshire Senior County League, which was turned down because their home

ground was an open playing fields. We instead went into the West Herts Saturday league, and started to prepare the

old school pitch at the Chilwell Gardens site ready for another application to join the County League. Chilwell was

ready for use and the runners up spot was secured with Three matches to spare, and became the first Oxhey side in

history to win The Watford Peace Memorial Shield.

The Herts Senior County League was increased in size and Oxhey were elected into Division one in 1981 and

were promoted to the Premier division in 1983.

The Biggest change to happen to the club was in the 2000-2001 season having moved from their old Chilwell

Gardens site, to a new Two million pound complex in Altham Way (using Met Police Bushey for a season), Jets

new ground; “The Boundary Stadium” was built to almost Rymans League standard.

While the ground was being built, the First team secured there highest ever Honour, Premier Division Champions of the Hertfordshire Senior County League, and the reserves finished Champions as well. This was to be the start

of the best run the club, and County had ever seen. The following season the first team retained the Championship,

while becoming the first team to add the prestigious Aubrey cup and the Hertfordshire Senior Charity County Cup

in the same season, the Reserves also retained the championship and added the reserve cup as well to become

another first in the County league, winning the double-double. 2002-03 saw the records come tumbling again as all

were retained by the first and reserves and the Rickmansworth Charity cup was added to the haul on Easter

Monday by the first team for the first time, giving the clean sweep.

2003-04 started with only one aim, promotion to the Minerva South Midlands league, with all the ground

improvements complete, the team needed to do the job one more time, as this time the application for the much

earn promotion would be made. This aim has been achieved as the First team secured a top two place. They also

won the Rickmansworth charity cup again and were Winners of the Highly Prestigious St Mary’s Cup. The

Reserves retained the World Class Homes Reserve Division one Championship and won the Minerva South

Midlands Reserve Floodlight Cup at the first attempt beating holders Dunstable in the final. The 4th team finished

R/up in the West Herts League Div 2 and the Sunday team crowned a great season by winning the Marathon

Sunday Leagues Charity Cup and were runners up in the League.

2004-05 Season was beyond anybodies dream in the club, the first team winning a treble trophy season. The

Minerva Division one Championship was won at the first attempt, winning the division by seven points clear, this

was added to the Hertfordshire Centenary Trophy that had been won at The Letchworth County ground in April,

beating Hatfield Town 2-0. The triple was sealed in the last game of the season, beating Tring Athletic in the

Minerva Floodlight cup final on penalties after a 0-0aet game. The division one-cup final was lost to Biggleswade.

The 2005-06 season, our first in the premier division, saw us finish in 13th place. We entered the FA Cup for the

first time and reached the semi-final of the Herts FA Senior Challenge Cup where we lost to Bishop’s Stortford in

extra time. Our path to the semi-final gave us our first ever fixture against football league opposition when we

met Barnet at home.

Our 2 – 1 victory was watched by a club record crowd of 257, an event that was marked by a presentation to the

club, from Barnet, to commemorate the occasion.

The 2006-07 season was without doubt the Clubs best ever season, finishing 7th in the Premier Division and

reaching the Premier Division cup final where we lost to Edgware Town by the only goal of a closely fought cup

tie. The highlight of the season was in the FA Cup when we visited AFC Wimbledon in the second qualifying

round, where despite defeat we all spent an unforgettable day. In the FA Vase we reached the third round proper where we lost at Ipswich Wanderers. Our giant killing act continued in the Herts Senior Challenge Cup when we

defeated St. Albans City by 4 goals to 1 before losing, in the next round, to Borehamwood in extra time, after

drawing 1 – 1 at the end of normal time.

The 2007-08 season was a difficult one for the Club due to the long term injuries suffered by many of the key

players. We finished in 19th position in the league and lost to Welwyn Garden City in the Herts FA Charity Shield

semi-final. We did however reach the final of the St. Mary’s Cup where we were soundly beaten 5 – 1 by Hemel

Hempstead Town from the BGB Football League.

The 2008 – 09 season saw us finish in 13th position in the league and we reached the final of the South Midlands

Floodlight Cup where we lost by 2 goals to 1 to Royston Town. Our Reserve team finished as champions of

Reserve Division 1 which they won by 9 clear points.

The Club reached two County Finals during the 2009-10 season. The first being the Intermediate Cup, where the

Reserves were beaten 3 – 0 by Hemel Hempstead Town Reserves. Our second visit to The County Ground saw us

win the Charity Shield, for the first time, beating St Margaretsbury, by 4 goals to 2. In the League our reserve team

retained the Reserve Division 1 title and the first team finished a very creditable 11th following a poor start to the season. We again reached the St. Mary’s cup final, finishing once more as runners-up to Hemel Hempstead Town.

The 2010-11 season saw us finish in 19th position, which equalled our worst ever position since joining the

league. Our reserves finished as runners-up, losing the league title, which they had held for two years, on the last

day of the season. We needed a victory at Crawley Green, but we could only draw with, what was their first team,

and Hadley beat us to the title.

During the 2011-12 season, as we approached the club’s 40th anniversary, we were once again a successful cup team despite our lowly 17th position finish in the premier division. We were only the second South Midlands side

to reach the Herts Senior Challenge Cup Final where we met and were well beaten by Bishops Stortford. Our

second county final saw us beat Kings Langley in the Herts FA Charity Shield to lift the title for the second time in

the last three seasons. Our third cup final was The St Mary’s Cup where we again met Hemel Hempstead Town,

and the only goal of the game from Andrew Lomas secured victory for us over our old rivals in this competition.

During the season we broke our club attendance when a total of 376 supporters watched as we were narrowly

beaten by Hendon by 2 goals to 1 in the FA Cup.

The 2012-13 season was the clubs most successful league season. Due to the worst weather for many years we

finished the last few weeks of the season playing 3 matches each week and the runners-up spot was lost on the last

day of the season. We finished in 3rd position behind Aylesbury United and Dunstable Town, who completed the

season without losing a league fixture. We retained the Herts FA Charity Shield defeating Hertford Town 4 – 0 in

the final, and the last match of the season in mid May saw us beat Cockfosters to win the South Midlands

Floodlight Cup.

In Her Majesty the Queens 2013 birthday honours list the club founder John Elliott was awarded the British

Empire Medal for services to young people and the community in South Oxhey. This was a great and much

deserved reward for over 40 years of hard work creating and managing Oxhey Jets Football Club.

The start of the 2013-14 season was a difficult one for the Club as we found out that all except three of last

season’s team had decided to move to other clubs. With just two weeks to kick off Wayne Gladdy was appointed

as manager to try and put a team together. At the end of January with just 20 points gained, Wayne started to

recruit new players and from then on we only lost one league match which secured our status for the new season. We also reached the final of the St Mary’s Cup where we beat Leverstock Green 3 – 2. Our reserves finished as

runners-up in the Herts FA Intermediate Cup and our Academy team were winners of the Allied Counties East

Division.

CLUB NOTICE

Please

Be considerate when parking your car;

Do not drop litter around the ground, either take it home or use the bins provided;

Do not use foul or abusive language or obscene gestures;

Do not throw any items onto the pitch;

Do not run onto the pitch or encroach the playing area;

Do not sit on, or in front of, the barrier surrounding the playing area;

Note that no alcohol - in cans, bottles or glasses - is allowed outside the

Clubhouse whilst matches are in progress.

Note that any form of racial abuse, or language used to incite or provoke others

is an arrestable offence.

Tring Athletic Football Club reserves the right to refuse admission or to eject from

the ground any person at any time.

FIXTURES FIRST TEAM RESERVES

Sat 20th Sep Oxhey Jets-League-Home Biggleswade Utd-Cup-Away

Tues 23rd Sep Stony Stratford Ch,Trophy-Away

Sat 27th Sept Colney Heath-League-Home Hampton & Richmond-Away Sat 4th Oct Woodford Utd-FA VASE-Home

Tues 7th Oct Cockfosters -League-Home

Sat 11th Oct Biggleswade Utd-League-Away

Sat 18th Oct Hertford Town-League-Home

Sat 25th Oct Kings Langley-League-Home

Sat 13th Sep 2014

League

Welling United 4-1 TAFC Reserve team TAFC goals: Tom Cullimore

A glance at the scoreline suggests that the Ressies took a hiding here but the truth of the matter is that this was a game of nip and tuck until the 88th minute when a farcical penalty award

made all of the difference.

Tring were depleted with 13 players and severely limited forward options for the long journey to South East London. 4 of the side were 16 or 17 years old and Centre Half James Butler has a

mental age of 12. You would never have guessed though as the young guns of Tring competed

well with their Conference South experienced opponents. Youth Team players James Cullimore

and Ben Seaton were buzzing around like South American Cluster Flies in the wide roles. 17 year old Luke Dunstan had been pushed into Sam Joliffe's number 10 role and was a revelation.

Yet Welling took the lead when a cross wasn't dealt with and a header ended up in the net. 1-0.

For the final 5 minutes of the half Tring laid siege to the Welling goal. Smethers fired wide

from 6 yards. Then he hit the post with a header and Luke Dunstan couldn't convert the follow

up.

Half time - Welling 1 TAFC 0

The nip and tuck continued in the second half but Welling increased their lead on 65 minutes.

James Butler was shoved on the blind side of the referee and the chance in the box was converted. This didn't deter Tring and they went 4-4-2 and began to dominate again aided by

the introduction of the tenacious 16 year old Joe Fitzgerald. Reon Thomas was freed on the

right and fed the ball across the box via Marvin Tabi. Housewive's Choice Tom Cullimore was

on hand to delight his growing fan club and fire the ball into the net from 18 yards. An excellent goal that has been coming all season for the excellent Cullimore.

Tring were buzzing. A free kick was met by the imperious Butler and Fitzgerald fired over from

2 yards - his blushes thankfully spared by a linesman's flag.

It was absorbing stuff but a little ruined on 88 mins when a Welling striker was going nowhere

but ran into the back of Dan Steadman and fell over. To the horror of the Tring contingent a

penalty was awarded. Even the home side supporters were stunned and commented so at the time. 3-1.

Young Tring were shattered and conceded a comedy goal on 90 minutes, with Steadman and

Garrett giving a fine slapstick performance to give the score an extremely harsh lopsided feel.

The result shouldn't shroud what has been an excellent start to the season. 1 home game and 4

very long trips to superior (on paper) opponents have yielded 7 points and the lads on the whole

can feel proud of their efforts and positive attitude. They have been a credit to the club.

Team - Garrett, Tabi, Stedman, Smethers (Harrison), Steadman, Butler, Cullimore J, Cullimore

T, Thomas, Dunstan, Seaton (Fitzgerald)

Tue 9th Sep 2014

League

Hillingdon Borough 1-2 TAFC First team

Athletic score a dramatic 92nd minute winner to record their 5th consecutive win.

Tring started brightly yet again but this time couldn't establish an early lead despite efforts from Taylor Collins & Chris Vary being kept out by the home custodian. Shortly after Matt Evans was called into action holding up a forward before Chris Salmon could clear.

A 32nd minute Greg Deer free kick found the head of Chris Salmon at the far post who put

wide but then the skipper was soon back to clear a dangerous cross from our own box. After a spell of end to end play, the home side took a 42 minute lead with a scrappy goal

when Tring failed to clear their lines. HT - HBFC 1-0 TAFC

Again Tring came out of the dressing room fastest. Taylor Collins' volley was saved in the

1st minute of the 2nd half with McManus shooting over during the next attack. Greg Deer had a shot blocked before Chris Salmon went even closer than before as his

header shaved the post after great work from Ryan Sturges. Tring continued to ramp up the pressure with a good shout for a penalty turned down and

Vardy shooting narrowly wide. In the 73rd minute the home defence cracked. Taylor Collins crossed for Chris Vardy to score his 6th of the season and level things up.

Tring pressed for a winner, Collins set up King who had his shot blocked and Athletic probably thought the their chance had gone as Salmon's 91st minute shot was also blocked.

However in the second minute of added time Kevin McManus went on a great run down the left and crossed for Stewart King to side foot home at the near post for a very late winner.

Full time HBFC 1-2 TAFC

Team: Matt Evans, Michael Green, Chris Salmon, Adam Toone, Kevin McManus, Ryan Sturges, Trevor Gibbs (Ryan McMahon 72 mins) Greg Deer, Sonny Bailey-Aird (Stewart

King 61 mins) , Taylor Collins Subs: Butler, Joliffe

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League Table Season 2014/2015 inc-13/09/2014

MSSML.PREMIER DIVISION P W D L GF GA GDS PTS 1 Tring Athletic 9 5 2 2 18 11 +7 17 2 Sun Sports 8 5 1 2 19 10 +9 16 3 Berkhamsted 7 5 1 1 16 9 +7 16 4 Cockfosters 7 5 1 1 13 9 +4 16 5 Stotfold 7 4 1 2 15 13 +2 13 6 Colney Heath 7 4 0 3 17 10 +7 12 7 Wembley 6 4 0 2 15 12 +3 12 8 AFC Dunstable 6 4 0 2 17 16 +1 12 9 Harefield United 6 3 2 1 16 8 +8 11

10 Kings Langley 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 11 London Colney 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 12 Oxhey Jets 8 3 1 4 14 13 +1 10 13 St Margaretsbury 6 2 2 2 14 10 +4 8 14 Hertford Town 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8 15 Leverstock Green 7 2 2 3 8 11 -3 8 16 Hoddesdon Town 6 2 1 3 10 14 -4 7 17 Biggleswade United 6 2 0 4 10 15 -5 6 18 London Tigers 4 1 1 2 8 10 -2 4 19 Holmer Green 6 1 1 4 9 19 -10 4 20 Hadley 5 1 0 4 9 11 -2 3 21 Hillingdon Borough 7 0 1 6 11 21 -10 1 22 Ampthill Town 8 0 0 8 2 24 -22 0

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Suburban .Premier Division P W D L GF GA GDS PTS

1 Sutton United 5 4 1 0 18 3 +15 13 2 Metropolitan Police 5 3 1 1 19 13 +6 10 3 Tonbridge Angels 5 2 2 1 12 10 +2 8 4 Uxbridge 5 2 2 1 7 7 +0 8 5 Hampton & Richmond Borough 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7 6 Welling United 5 2 1 2 13 15 -2 7 7 Tring Athletic 5 2 1 2 7 9 -2 7 8 Royston Town 5 2 0 3 11 13 -2 6

9 Carshalton Athletic 5 2 0 3 10 12 -2 6 10 Corinthian-Casuals 5 1 2 2 8 8 +0 5 11 Corinthian 5 1 1 3 8 12 -4 4 12 Boreham Wood 4 0 0 4 5 17 -12 0

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Tring Athletic score first STATISTICS

Date Opponents Competition V Att R Score 1 2 3 4 31-July Hertford Town HertsCharity Shield A ? L 2.3 M.Evans K.McManus C.Harrison D.Steadman 9-Aug London Colney League A 53 D 1.1 M.Evans O.Butler M.Green R.McMahon 12-Aug Berkhamsted League H 120 L 1.5 M.Evans O.Butler C.Salmon T.Gibbs 16-Aug Holmer Green FA Cup Ex.Prelim H 93 L 3.4 M.Evans O.Butler K.McManus M.Green 19-Aug Cockfosters League A 48 L 0.1 M.Evans O.Butler P.Jeffrey K.McManus 23-Aug Hadley League H 74 W 3.1 M.Evans K.McManus P.Jeffrey O.Butler 26-Aug Hoddesdon League H 75 W 6.1 M.Evans K.McManus P.Jeffrey T.Gibbs 30th Aug Ampthill Town League A 35 W 2.O M.Evans O.Butler K.McManus C.Salmon 6th-Sep Leverstock Green League H 113 W 2.O M.Evans M.Green K.McManus C.Salmon 9th Sep Hillingdon Boro League A 32 W 2.O M.Evans M.Green K.McManus C.Salmon 13th Sep Harefield Utd League H 86 D 1.1 M.Evans M.Green O.Butler C.Salmon 20th Sep Oxhey Jets League H

23rd Sep Stony Statford Ch.Trophy A

27th Sep Colney Heath League H

4th Oct Woodford Utd FA Vase

H

7th Oct Cockfosters League H

11th Oct Biggleswade Utd League A

18th Oct Hertford Town League H

25th Oct Kings Langley League H

1st Nov Stotfold League A

8th Nov FA Vase

15th Nov St. Margaretsbury League A

22nd Nov Holmer Green League H

29th Nov Wembley League A

6th Dec AFC Dunstable League A

13th Dec Ampthill Town League H

20th Dec Kings Langley League A

27th Dec Sun Sports League H

3rd Jan AFC Dunstable League H

17th Jan Hillingdon Boro League H

24th Jan Biggleswade Utd League H

31st Jan Hertford Town League A

7th Feb Harefield Utd League A

14th Feb London Tigers League H

21st Feb Berkhamsted League A

28th Feb Holmer Green League A

7th Mar London Colney League H

14th Mar Hadley League A

21st Mar Stotfold League H

28th Mar Leverstock Green League A

4th Apr TBA

7th Apr Hoddesdon Town League A

11thApr Wembley League H

18th Apr Oxhey Jets League A

25th Apr St Margaretsbury League H

SEASON 2014/2015 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 subs 5 6

M.Green C.Salmon R.Sturgess L.Dunstan S.King C,Vardey S.Bailey-Aird R.McMahon V.Iannone S.Jollife C.Salmon R.Sturgess S.Bailey-Aird G.Deer V.Iannone C.Vardey S.King T.Gibbs S.Steadman T.Colllins M.Green R.McMahon R.Sturgess G.Deer S.King C.Vardey T.Colllins V.Iannone S.Bailey-Aird

A.Toone C.Salmon T.Gibbs G.Deer V.Iannone- C.Vardey T.Colllins-[2] S.King L.Benning

A.Toone L.Benning C.Vardey T.Gibbs V.Iannone- G.Deer T.Colllins S.King R.Sturgess R.McMahan A.Toone C.Salmon C.Vardey T.Gibbs S.King G.Deer T.Colllins R.Sturgess- S.Bailey-Aird R.McMahon A.Toone C.Salmon T.Colllins G.Deer S.King C.Vardey R.Sturgess S.Bailey-Aird A.Toone T.Gibbs C.Vardey R.Sturgess S.King G.Deer T.Colllins R.McMahon S.Bailey-Aird L.Benning A.Toone T.Gibbs R.Sturgess G.Deer S.King C.Vardey S.Bailey-Aird T.Colllins O.Butler A.Toone T.Gibbs R.Sturgess G.Deer T.Colllins C.Vardey S.Bailey-Aird S.King R.McMahon A.Toone R.McMahon R.Sturgess G.Deer T.Colllins S.King S.Bailey-Aird L.Benning K.Turner P.Jeffrey

Fixtures subject to changes-Please use website

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TRING ATHLETIC LEGENDS

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WATFORD OFFICIAL

FORMER PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

SUNDAY 28th SEPTEMBER

THE GRASSROOTS STADIUM, PENDLEY

LUTHER BLISSETT

IAN RICHARDSON

NEIL PRICE

STEVE

TERRY

ANDY HESSENTHALER

DAVID JOHNSON RICHARD

JOHNSON

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GIFTON NOEL WILLIAMS

MICAH HYDE

ALAN PARIS

Tring Athletic First Team Appearances.

Season 2014/2015

Player 1ST Team Total As Sub Total

Goals

1st Team As

Sub

Goals

Stewart King 74 ? 30 10 2 3 Matt Evans 10 0 0 10 0 0 Greg Deer 21 0 6 9 0 2

Taylor Collins 33 6 10 9 1 4 Chris Salmon 332 24 29 9 0 0 Chris Vardy 53 2 20 9 3 6

Ryan Sturges 55 15 3 9 2 1 Trevor Gibbs 374 ? 43 8 1 3

Sonney Bailey-Aird 8 4 0 8 4 0 Ryan McMahon 8 5 0 8 5 0

Adam Toone 29 1 1 7 0 0 Kevin McManus 7 0 0 7 0 0

Ollie Butler 41 13 3 7 0 1 Michael Green 34 1 2 6 0 0 Vinnie Iannone 218 60 76 5 2 1 Lee Benning 41 10 1 4 3 0 Paul Jeffreys 99 4 4 1 0 Carl Harrison 2 1 0 2 1 0 Kieron Turner 1 1 0 1 1 0 Dan Steadman 22 4 0 1 1 0 Luke Dunstan 1 0 0 1 0 0

Sam Joliffe 106 20 1 1 1 0 Stuart Steadman 391 N/K 2 1 1 0

David Salmon 139 14 4 0 0 0

Thu 11th Sep 2014

League

Leverstock Green 8-1 TAFC Youth Team

TAFC goals: Archie Harrison Leverstock Green’s Pancake Lane

witnessed a Tring performance that was as flat as the dessert the ground

is named after. There was however nothing in the pre-match preparations

to suggest that the team would go on to perform far below the required

standard.

From the very start the home side was on the front foot with free-flowing

two and three touch football and this was played, with a determined and

physical edge that the visitors found hard to cope with. Although

Leverstock had the majority of the possession, Tring managed to mount a

few attacking sorties of their own and were unlucky on a couple of

occasions not to open their account.

As the clock ticked down to half-time and with the score remaining 0-0

there was still grounds for optimism in the visitor’s dugout when in the

space of a minute, Tring found themselves 2-0 down and a proverbial

mountain to climb. Half-time 2-0

Leverstock started the second half in much the same way as the first and

they went further ahead shortly after the restart and was quickly

followed by the fourth before Tring substitute Archie HARRISON slotted

home a neat finish to make it 4-1 and give the visitors a glimmer of hope.

Unfortunately, this minor setback, gave the home side new impetus and

with the home crowd now becoming more and more vocal, Leverstock

scored their fifth and were then awarded a penalty which was duly

converted to make the score-line 6-1.

Damage limitation was now the order of the day and Tring reverted to a

3-5-2 system but to no avail as the home side ran riot scoring 2 more

goals to the delight of their supporters and the abject horror of the

visitor’s management team. Final score 8-1.

The post-match debrief from this debacle was held in a rather subdued

dressing room and many of the players must now hold their hands up

with regards to their under-performance, if the squad wants to move

forward. It is great to pull on a Tring Athletic shirt but once in it players

must perform to the high standards the club expects.

The U18 Management team are already looking for a more determined

performance from the squad next Wednesday against AFC Dunstable

than the one just witnessed!

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League

TAFC First team 1-1 Harefield United

Athletic maintained their unbeaten run by drawing against a good

Harefield side in ideal conditions.

Three changes were made to Athletic's starting line up from the

midweek game, Chris Vardy, Trevor Gibbs and Kevin McManus were

all unavailable, in came Ollie Butler, Ryan McMahon and Stewart

King.

Athletic began brightly without creating any openings, however it was

Harefield who took the lead from effectively their first attacking move

when Athletic conceded a corner. The corner was floated dangerously

in and defender Ryan Egan was on hand to bundle the ball into the goal

from virtually under the bar. Athletic pushed forward from the re-start

and Ryan McMahon saw his shot easily saved by visiting keeper Matt

Elston-Bull. In the 21st minute Athletic equalised, Stewart King

collected a pass in the area and then was pulled back by a defender, this

being spotted by the assistant referee who indicated a penalty. Greg

Deer stepped up in the absence of usual penalty taker Trevor Gibbs to

decisively fire into the top of the net. The game flowed from end to end

and Harefield nearly scored again in the 37th minute but for a fine save

from home keeper Matt Evans.

Half time: TAFC 1 Harefield Utd 1

The second half began with Athletic initially on the offensive but it was

Harefield who then took the game to Athletic, with Mark Smith going

close and then Michael Chennells missing a golden opportunity. He

was left totally unmarked in the area but his shot was brilliantly saved

by Matt Evans and then the loose ball was cleared off the line by some

desperate defending. Athletic brought on Lee Benning for Michael

Green in the 65th minute and then became the second player to be

booked a minute later for a late challenge. This booking was then

followed shortly by Harefields defender Danny Bennell for a deliberate

trip. Further substitutes were made by both sides, Athletic were finding

it difficult to create any chances as Harefield were defending well. Ollie

Butler became the fourth player to be cautioned following a late

challenge. Following a Harefield free kick Athletics captain Chris

Salmon was relieved to see his header hit his own crossbar, the danger

then being cleared. Athletic were giving away too many corners but

fortunately nothing came from them. Matt Evans saved well again in

the 80th minute following a shot on the turn by Michael Chennells. In

the 86th minute Athletic put together a fine move culminating in Taylor

Collins firing just wide and then Chris Salmon nearly hitting the winner

with an overhead kick from the edge of the area, his effort hitting the

underside of the bar.

Harefield did create the majority of the chances in the game and

probably thought they should have taken all three points, Athletics

keeper Matt Evans was the busier of the two keepers making three

excellent saves, however Athletic worked hard throughout the game

against a very good side.

TAFC: Matt Evans,Michael Green(Lee Benning 65),Ollie Butler,Chris

Salmon (c),Adam Toone,Ryan McMahon(Kieron Turner 68),Sonny

Bailey-Aird(Paul Jeffreys 53),Greg Deer,Taylor Collins,Stewart

King,Ryan Sturges.

Harefield Utd: Matt Elston-Bull,Ryan Kinnane,Jonny Miller,Ryan Egan

(c),Danny Bennell,Seldyn Grant,Murray Williamson(Christopher Day

73),Ben Porter(Jerome Ferguson 68),Michael Chennells,Mark

Smith(Alden Trenholme 88),Harry Newman.

Crowd: 86

Tue 16th Sep 2014

Friendly

TAFC First team 3-4 Hitchin Town

An entertaining friendly match played in a good spirit and plenty of

goals. Both teams used large squads and the football was neat and end

to end, played at a good tempo. Tring were a goal behind throughout

the game and despite a hat trick from Chris Vardy, keeping the match a

close contest Hitchin, ran out victors by 4 goals to 3.

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Bovingdon Youth 0-8 TAFC U15 Youth Team TAFC goals: Will Darraugh (3), Isaac Munt (2), Harrison Woods, Ryan

Higgins (pen), Christopher Butler

We had a great start with a well worked goal for Lee Hatch after just 4

minutes but then struggled to find a good final pass to take advantage

of some lovely build up play for the next 20 minutes or so.

Ryan Higgins was holding midfield well and allowing Harry Brown

and Chris Butler to dominate and play in the wide players.

Two good finishes from Will Darraugh meant that we went into the half

time break with a comfortable 3 goal advantage which was well

deserved.

The main areas for improvement we spoke about at half time were

communication especially from Luke Priestly to help his defenders and

that final pass.

Both improved a lot in the second half and as they did so the goals

went in, the first for Will Darraugh to complete his hat trick.

Isaac Munt added two goals either side of Ryan Higgin's penalty which

was rightly awarded for handball on the line to deny Ryan a clear goal.

The referee was right to send their defender off and we must remember

that at this age group referees will apply law and book and send off our

players if they deserve it.

Chris Butler completed the scoring with a deserved goal for all of his

hard work in midfield where he and Harry Brown are developing a

good understanding.

Overall this was a much better display but it is a return to League

action next weekend when we host Hughenden Valley at the Grass

Roots Stadium with an earlier kick off at 9.45am.

TRING ATHLETIC

(Red & Black)

Matt Evans

Ollie Butler

Paul Jeffrey

Kevin McManus

Adam Toone

Chris Salmon

Greg Deer

Taylor Collins

Ryan Sturges

Stewart King

Sam Joliffe

Sonny Bailey-Aird

Ryan McMahon

Michael Green

Lee Benning

Kieron Turner

Dan Steadman

Stuart Steadman

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