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Good evening everyone and wel-come to Cuthbury for tonight'sSouthern League Division One

South & West game with Taunton Town.We wish Taunton's players, supporters &officials a pleasant stay and a safe journeyhome after the game. Please make themfeel at home.Taunton are currently 7th in the table buthave games in hand on the teams abovethem. They have the best away record inthe division, having won seven, drawnone and lost just one of their nine gameson the road. So it's another tough test forthe Magpies.Saturday's strong wind spoilt the gamewith Tiverton although of course it's thesame for both teams and we didn't doenough to justify a point, particularly inthe second half when the wind was behindus. I'm sure Browner will be hoping for abetter start tonight - going three down af-ter 14 minutes gave us far too much to doagainst a team of Tiverton's quality.There were some great results from ourLadies and Youth teams at the weekend.The Under-18s, who are coached by ex-Magpie Martin Clarke, beat Portland 8-2with Will Prior, Charlie Bonnington &Elliott Miller (son of our former Chair-man) all scoring twice. And the Under-14s beat Corfe Mullen 14-0 in the DorsetCounty Cup 3rd Round, James Mitchell,James Third and Basti all grabbing hat-tricks.

Our excellent Under-15s progressed to thesemi-final of the Hampshire Saturday Cupwith a 2-0 win at Ash United. Finally, theLadies team, managed by Mark Joyce,had a thumping 18-0 win over Gillinghamdespite losing keeper Erin Leonard to aninjury sustained in the warm-up.I'm sure all our teams would appreciateyour support, so if you're at a loose endwhen they're playing why not come alongand cheer them on? Details of matchescan be found on the various leagues' web-sites.This Thursday we have another ofMichele Govier's fun-packed Quiz Nightsat the Club. Please try and come along ifyou can and help the Club. And youmight win a cash prize! Entry is £6 perperson and that includes a delicious curry.Thanks to Michele for organising it. Kick-off is 7.30.Finally, the latest monthly draw of theMagpie 100 Club will take place on Satur-day at half-time in the Burnham game. Ifyou're not already a member of the 100Club, see Steve Harvey or any directortonight. It costs just £5 per number permonth.Enjoy the game.

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From the DugoutFirstly, I’d like to thank all of the

Wimborne Town FC faithful thatgave me a warm welcome on my

first home game in charge last weekend,and now that I’ve got the first few gamesunder my belt, I’m beginning to get a feelfor what the current squad of players canbring to the club, and who ultimately aregoing to be a part of Wimborne Town FCgoing forward.

These games have been a fairly brutal in-troduction to Southern League footballand none more so than last Saturday athome to Tiverton. I turned up to theground full of expectation that we weregoing to get the first positive result of mytenure here at the Cuthbury.14 minutes and 39 seconds in to the game,I was quickly having to revise that expec-tation!If I could ignore this and look at the re-maining 75 minutes and 21 seconds of thematch, then scoring 2 goals unopposed inthose awful conditions against a top 5 sidewould be something positive to take awayfrom the game. However, the bare factsare that we defended poorly and gave our-selves a mountain to climb that in the endwas too much. The Tiverton 2nd goal wasa fantastic strike, wind assisted or not, butthe other two goals were pretty dire piecesof defending, and we need to be better,

much better. It would be easy to blame theconditions and possibly point fingers atthe referee, who had clearly got the wrongimpression about how cards are supposedto be handed out at this time of year. Thatthough would only be masking the factthat we need to better at both ends of thepitch.

Tonight’s opponents Taunton are on agood run of form at present, having endedWinchester City’s unbeaten run recently,so there’s going to be no respite from thehard work needed to get us a result andget us way from the lower reaches of thetable.Along with the players I will be workinghard to improve things on the pitch andget some of those all important points onboard, so please keep going with yoursupport and get behind the lads.

Browner

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Sat 2 Jan 3pm Magpies vs AFC Totton Evo-Stik League Southern

Sat 16 Jan 3pm Magpies vs Evesham Utd Evo-Stik League Southern

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Hi, and welcome to this evening’sEvo-Stik League game againstTaunton. We wish the visiting

players, officials and supporters a safejourney home after the game.This is the second of 3 home games in 8days. Tuesday night games under theCuthbury floodlights are always specialoccasions, and have their own atmosphere.I think our visitors will play in all yellow,just as Saturday’s opponents, Tiverton,did. Let’s hope the result is different.Last Saturday was another game played inawful conditions. I don’t think the windhad been given a name by the Met Office,but I gave it one! The incredibly strongwind, blowing straight down the pitch to-wards the Hospital end, made it a game oftwo halves. It was a tough one for Shaneto make his home debut, and, althoughRyan Murray was here pre-season a cou-ple of seasons ago, I think this was hishome competitive debut.We were kicking against the wind in thefirst half, and for the first 10 minutes wewere playing well and on top. We weretrying to play the right way. Then theyscored 3 in about 5 minutes. Just beforetheir first, Shane make a terrific save one-on-one with their centre-forward who triedto lob him. From the resulting in-swingingcorner their man managed to turn andpoke the ball in.Their second was a terrific strike fromtheir skipper from about 30 yards out onthe left. He hit it well, and the wind gotbehind it and the ball absolutely flew in.There was nothing any keeper could havedone to keep that one out.From the kick-off we lost the ball, andnearly another goal, but their effort went

just wide. Shane got good distance on hisgoal kick, but the ball stalled, and thewind threw it back into our penalty area.We had the opportunity to clear, but amix-up between Shane and Oli left theirlad with an open goal. So we were 3down, and only 14 minutes on the clock.We managed to steady the ship, and Jamiescored 3 minutes later. They tried to capi-talise on the wind, and we fought hardagainst it, which made for a competitivegame. And then the ref started dishing outcards, and it became more niggly andfeisty. Tivvy talked the game, and at timesI thought they over-reacted, but that’s partof football and you have to deal with it.With the wind behind us in the second halfFranklyn scored a great second after goodwork by Blakey. At that point I thoughtwe could get something from the game.When they weren’t wasting time, Tivvywere dangerous on the break, and Shanemade 3 terrific saves in one attack to keepthem out. In another attack, one of theirlads hit a shot from outside the box, and itseemed to be going over the bar, then thewind picked it up and it went for a throw-in - amazing. The wind just got strongerand made it difficult to play through balls.But we didn’t test their keeper as much asthey’d fired shots at Shane.Blakey and Stokes had good games inmidfield, they were both strong. A posi-tive was that we came back from 3 downagainst a play-off side to nearly snatch apoint. Taunton are doing well, so tonightwill be another tough challenge. But thelads are up for it, and, with your support,we’ll be doing our best to get a result.Enjoy the game. Scott Arnold

Wimborne Town 2 Tiverton Town 3 - 12 Dec 2015 - Ken Fergus reports

In a match played in gale force winds thatmade the outcome something of a lottery,the Magpies never managed to recoverfrom losing three goals inside the first 14minutes.With Jason Harvell still unfit, Shane Mur-phy continued in goal. Having lost the tossand facing the strong wind in the first half,Wimborne made a dreadful start and werethree down inside the first quarter of anhour. On 8 minutes, a Tiverton cornerfrom the right reached an unmarked LeviLandricombe who turned the ball pastShane Murphy. Four minutes later Tiver-ton hit the post and right after that a fantas-tic wind-assisted strike from Tivertonskipper James Richards gave Shane nochance high up to his right. Two goalsdown after only 13 minutes and things im-mediately got worse when Owen Howetook advantage of a mix-up between IanOliver & Shane Murphy to put the visitorsthree to the good.Jamie Davidson pulled one back on 17minutes when he netted from eight yardsout but the half belonged to Tiverton asthey tried to make the wind advantagecount. On 26 minutes Shane made a goodsave and from the resultant throw-in theball bobbled around the Wimborne area forwhat seemed an age until it was cleared.Two free-kicks to the visitors - both justoutside the box - spelt trouble for the Mag-pies but both were cleared, the first by thewall and the second by Shane's left handpost. Half-time couldn't come soonenough for Wimborne but they held outand could have scored again right on thereferee's whistle when a Tiverton defendercleared the ball from very close in.

With the strengthening wind behind themand kicking towards their favourite Hospi-tal end, Wimborne were definitely in witha good chance of taking something fromthe game and when Franklyn Clarke pulledanother back on 56 minutes after goodwork by Jon Blake, it looked more thanlikely. Ant Waters replaced Ryan Murrayon 65 minutes as the Magpies pressed forthe equaliser and Franklyn came close tohis second on 73 minutes with a cross thatthe wind almost took into the Tiverton net.Tiverton still looked dangerous, however,and Shane Murphy had to be on his toes tomake a couple of good saves. A Wim-borne corner was parried by Tivertonkeeper Perry on 84 minutes and when theball reached Jamie Davidson, he fired in ashot that Perry did well to save down lowat his left post. Morgan Turner replacedDeclan Randall on 87 minutes but whenthe ref blew for time it was Tiverton whowere celebrating.In truth, Wimborne didn't test the keeperenough in the second half when they hadthe wind behind them and he had too com-fortable an afternoon.There were (I think!) 11 yellow cardshanded out in the game and Jamie David-son was given a straight red seconds fromtime for retaliating after being fouled.Whether the referee took the conditionssufficiently into consideration is one forthe assessor to judge but no-one left theground thinking this was a dirty game.Wimborne Town: Murphy, Randall (Turn-er 87), Maybury, Arnold (capt), Oliver,Blake, Davidson, Murray (Waters 65),Stokoe, Clarke, Preston. Unused subs:Kellaway, Bayston, Johnson

Wimborne Town 2 Tiverton Town 3 - 12 Dec 2015 - Photos by Steve HarrisTop - Jamie scores in the first half ; bottom - Carl is tackled

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Evo-Stik League Southern Division One South & West - 12 Dec 2015Home Away Total

P W D L W D L W D L GF GA GD Pts1 Cinderford Town 21 9 2 0 6 2 2 15 4 2 45 14 31 492 North Leigh 22 7 2 2 7 1 3 14 3 5 49 18 31 453 Winchester City 20 8 2 0 5 2 3 13 4 3 55 24 31 434 Tiverton Town 22 7 2 2 5 5 1 12 7 3 37 23 14 435 Banbury United 21 8 2 1 3 6 1 11 8 2 46 22 24 416 Swindon S’marine 20 6 1 3 6 2 2 12 3 5 36 20 16 397 Taunton Town 19 4 4 2 7 1 1 11 5 3 35 15 20 388 Evesham United 21 6 2 3 4 4 2 10 6 5 37 21 16 369 Shortwood Utd 21 5 1 4 6 0 5 11 1 9 36 35 1 3410 Bishops Cleeve 21 5 5 1 4 2 4 9 7 5 33 34 -1 3411 Didcot Town 20 5 2 3 4 2 4 9 4 7 40 33 7 3112 Larkhall Athletic 22 5 3 3 3 4 4 8 7 7 39 33 6 3113 Mangotsfield Utd 22 4 2 5 3 3 5 7 5 10 34 42 -8 2614 Yate Town 22 3 4 4 3 2 6 6 6 10 26 29 -3 2415 Slimbridge 22 3 5 3 3 1 7 6 6 10 24 30 -6 2416 AFC Totton 22 4 2 5 3 0 8 7 2 13 37 46 -9 2317 Marlow 19 4 1 3 2 2 7 6 3 10 32 36 -4 2118 Bridgwater Town 21 2 1 7 3 2 6 5 3 13 20 42 -22 1819 Wantage Town 21 3 0 7 2 2 7 5 2 14 28 38 -10 1720 Wimborne Town 21 2 1 7 3 1 7 5 2 14 38 51 -13 1721 Burnham 23 2 2 8 2 2 7 4 4 15 23 49 -26 1622 Bashley 21 0 0 11 0 0 10 0 0 21 7 102 -95 0

232 games have been played in our league so far this season. There’s been:● 102 home wins 44%● 84 away wins 36%● 46 draws 20%● 757 goals - average of 3.3 goals per game● Highest score - Bashley 1 Cinderford T 10 - 28 Nov;● Highest aggregate - as above, and Wimborne 5 Winchester 6 - 11 Aug● 89 goals in our 21 games - that’s an average of 4.2 per game● There have been 14 goal-less draws, 3 involving Taunton.

AFC Totton W L L L L WBanbury Utd W W D W W DBashley L L L L L LBishops Cleeve W D W W D LBridgwater Town L L D L L WBurnham L L D L L LCinderford Town W W W W W LDidcot Town L W L W W DEvesham Utd W W D W D WLarkhall Athletic W W L W D LMangotsfield Utd L D L W W LMarlow W L L L D WNorth Leigh D L L W W WShortwood Utd L L W L W DSlimbridge L D L L D LSwindon S’marine W D D W W WTaunton Town D W D W W WTiverton Town W D W W L WWantage Town L L W W L LWimborne Town L W L L L LWinchester City W D W W W LYate Town L D D L L D

Last 6 league results (most recent on right) League table based on last 6 results

Evo-Stik League Southern Div One S & W as at 12 Dec 2015

AFC Totton 7 - 0 Bishops CleeveBurnham 0 - 2 Swindon SDidcot T 1 - 1 Yate TownEvesham U 3 - 0 Cinderford TLarkhall Ath 1 - 2 MarlowMangotsfield U 0 - 2 North LeighShortwood U 0 - 0 Banbury UTaunton T 2 - 1 Winchester CWantage T 0 - 1 Bridgwater TWimborne T 2 - 3 Tiverton TOf the 10 games played last Saturday, 3were home wins, 5 away wins, 2 drawn.Having ended Tiverton’s unbeaten leaguerun of 18 games the previous Saturday,

Evesham put a stop to Cinderford’s 17game league unbeaten run last Saturday.Totton ended their 4 match goal drought byscoring 7, 6 in the second half, against8th-placed Bishops Cleeve, who had goneunbeaten for 7 games.Taunton hadn’t conceded a league goal for5 games until Warren Bentley scored aconsolation for Winchester after 73 min-utes. Today’s visitors are now unbeaten in7 in the league.Having only picked up one point in theirlast 5 games, Bridgwater scored in the 75thminute for a crucial win at Wantage.

Evo-Stik League Southern Div One S & W Results 12 Dec 2015

Cinderford T GD 11 Pts 15Evesham Utd 11 14Taunton Town 11 14Banbury Utd 10 14Swindon S’marine 10 14Winchester C 6 13Tiverton T 5 13Bishops Cleeve 1 11North Leigh 6 10Larkhall Ath 5 10Didcot Town 3 10Marlow 3 7Mangotsfield Utd -3 7Shortwood U -5 7AFC Totton -6 6Wantage Town -8 6Bridgwater Town -6 4Yate Town -6 3Wimborne Town -7 3Slimbridge -6 2Burnham -13 1Bashley -35 0

Fair Play Tables - league and league cup games only - up to 10th Dec4 points per caution; 10 or 12 points per sending off

Evo-Stik League Southern Div One S & W StatisticsLeading League Goalscorers up to 12th Dec

Average League Attendances - as at 12th DecAFC Totton 248Banbury Utd 250Bashley 94Bishops Cleeve 74Bridgwater Town 184Burnham 75Cinderford Town 128Didcot Town 122

Evesham Utd 224Larkhall Ath 136Mangotsfield Utd 123Marlow 100North Leigh 96Shortwood Utd 87Slimbridge 86Swindon S’marine 169

Taunton Town 275Tiverton Town 184Wantage Town 66Wimborne Town 185Winchester City 168Yate Town 187

In the Evo-Stik League Southern, Burnham has the worst record.Cambridge City (Premier Div) 66 points has the best record.In the Prem Div: Poole (156), Dorchester (150), Weymouth (142)

Average attendances in the Premier Division:Dorchester Town - 414 Poole Town - 382 Weymouth - 527

Bentley (Winchester C) 24Whitehead (Wantage T) 16Powell (Taunton) 15Johnson (Banbury U) 14Hopper (Swindon S) 13Moore (Cinderford T) 13

Carl Preston (Magpies) 10Mark Gamble (Magpies) 9

Premier Division:Meechan (St.Neot’s T) 16Jarvis (Hungerford T) 13Nicholson (Histon) 13Mpi (Slough T) 12Mackey (Leamington) 11Div One Central:Mendy (Chalfont St.Peter) 18Weiss (Kings Langley) 15Bishop (Ware T) 12

Burnham 252Bishops Cleeve 208Tiverton Town 194Marlow 192Mangotsfield Utd 184Slimbridge 180Winchester City 178AFC Totton 174

Yate Town 168Bridgwater Town 164Larkhall Ath 144Wantage Town 144Banbury Utd 140Taunton Town 140Evesham Utd 136Wimborne Town 126

Shortwood Utd 120Bashley 114Swindon S’marine 112Cinderford Town 98Didcot Town 98North Leigh 96

Highest: - 541 Tues 1st Dec Taunton T vs Bridgwater TLowest: - 35 Sat 21st Nov Bishops Cleeve vs Bridgwater T

Date Opponents Comp Score Att. 1 2 3 4 5Aug 8 Shortwood Utd Lge 1 - 4 81 Harvell Arnold Oliver Costello MayburyAug 11Winchester City Lge 5 - 6 218 Harvell Arnold Y Oliver Costello MayburyAug 15 North Leigh Lge 0 - 4 183 Harvell Arnold Oliver Costello MayburyAug 18 Taunton Town Lge 1 - 2 264 Harvell Arnold Oliver Wilson Maybury YAug 22 Burnham Lge 3 - 1 75 Harvell Arnold Oliver 1 Wilson MayburyAug 29 Cowes Sports FAC(P) 5 - 0 162 Harvell Arnold Oliver Wilson MayburyAug 31 Bashley Lge 6 - 1 190 Harvell Arnold Oliver Wilson MayburySep 5 Evesham U Lge 1 - 3 217 Harvell Arnold Oliver Wilson MayburySep 12 Witheridge AFC FAC(1Q) 3 - 2 159 Harvell Arnold Oliver Costello Maybury YSep 19 Larkhall Ath Lge 3 - 3 193 Harvell Johnson Oliver 1 Costello MayburySep 26 Blackfield & L FAC(2Q) 1 - 6 209 Harvell Wilson Oliver Costello MayburySep 29 Bridgwater Town Lge 1 - 2 133 Harvell Wilson Y Oliver Y Costello Maybury YOct 3 Larkhall Ath FAT(1Q) 1 - 3 94 Harvell Wilson Johnson Costello MayburyOct 10 Marlow Lge 2 - 3 234 Harvell Randall Crutcher Y Holmes MayburyOct 13 Weymouth RIC 1 - 1 (p1-4) 144 Harvell Randall Johnson Holmes MayburyOct 17 Bishops Cleeve Lge 2 - 2 55 Harvell Randall Crutcher Holmes 1 Y MayburyOct 20 Mangotsf'ield Utd Lge 1 - 3 93 Harvell Randall Crutcher Holmes 1 Maybury YOct 31 Wantage Town Lge 3 - 0 195 Harvell Arnold Crutcher Holmes MayburyNov 3 Gillingham Town DSC(1) 1 - 5 101 Roast Arnold Crutcher Holmes Maybury YNov 7 Slimbridge Lge 0 - 3 168 Harvell Arnold Davidson Y Holmes MayburyNov 14 Yate T Lge 3 - 1 170 Harvell Randall Crutcher Holmes MayburyNov 21 Banbury Utd Lge 0 - 2 247 Harvell Randall Crutcher Johnson WatersNov 24 Didcot T Lge 2 - 0 116 Harvell Arnold Crutcher Waters Y MayburyNov 28 Shortwood Utd Lge 1 - 4 167 Harvell Randall Crutcher Kellaway MayburyDec 2 Winchester C Lge 1 - 2 129 Harvell Arnold Crutcher Waters 1 MayburyDec 5 Swindon S Lge 0 - 2 173 Murphy Randall Johnson Waters ArnoldDec 12 Tiverton Town Lge 2 - 3 171 Murphy Randall Maybury Y Arnold Oliver YDec 15 Taunton Town LgeDec 19 Burnham LgeDec 26 Bashley LgeJan 2 AFC Totton LgeJan 9 Cinderford T LgeJan 16 Evesham Utd LgeJan 23 Larkhall Ath LgeJan 30 Banbury Utd LgeFeb 6 North Leigh LgeFeb 13 Mangotsfield Utd LgeFeb 20 Bridgwater T LgeFeb 27 Bishops Cleeve LgeMar 5 Marlow LgeMar 12 Swindon S’marneLgeMar 19 Tiverton T LgeMar 26 Cinderford Town LgeMar 28 AFC Totton LgeApr 2 Wantage T LgeApr 9 Didcot Town LgeApr 16 Slimbridge LgeApr 23 Yate Town Lge

Results & Fixtures 2015 - 16

Home games - opposition in boldAbbreviations:Lge = Evo-Stik League Southern Div One South & WestFAC = FA Cup; FAT = FA TrophyRIC = Red Insure (League) Cup; DSC = Dorset Senior Cup

This evening’s league fixtures:Shortwood U vs Bridgwater TSwindon S vs Evesham UWantage T vs Tiverton TWimborne T vs Taunton T

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Evo-Stik League Southern - Division One South & West - future fixtures

Saturday 19th DecemberBanbury U vs Cinderford TBishops Cleeve vs Mangotsfield UBridgwater T vs BashleyDidcot T vs AFC TottonMarlow vs Tiverton TShortwood U vs Wantage TSwindon S vs Larkhall AthTaunton T vs North LeighWimborne T vs BurnhamWinchester C vs Evesham UYate T vs Slimbridge

Tues 22nd DecemberDidcot T vs Swindon SMarlow vs Winchester CTaunton T vs Banbury USat 26th DecemberAFC Totton vs Winchester CBashley vs Wimborne T 3pmBurnham vs MarlowCinderford T vs Bishops CleeveEvesham U vs Banbury ULarkhall Ath vs Taunton TMangotsfield U vs Yate TNorth Leigh vs Didcot TSlimbridge vs Shortwood UTiverton T vs Bridgwater TWantage T vs Swindon S’marine

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Patrons Draw 2015-16 - entrants

On July 2nd at the Cuthbury, Harry Redknapp made the Patrons Draw.Eco Sustainable Ltd won the first prize for the company’s name to appear on the frontof the team’s shirts throughout the 2015/16 campaign.The second prize was won by JT Commercials, whose name will appear on the back ofthe shirts. This year both our home and away shirts have been provided by MJM Sports-wear. MJM Sportswear, based in Bideford, have a second company MJM Workwear andfor any purchase made with this company, 10% of the cost will be given to WTFC.PG Arnold Contractors were drawn third, and their name will appear on the shorts.Morgan Hampton Estate Agents won a match-day sponsorship package, andHarvard Pension Specialists won a match ball sponsorship package.Additional sponsorship packages were auctioned off following the main draw:Blandford Chiropody Surgery were our highest bidder for our match day tracksuits,Harvey Electrical made the highest bid for our match-day polos,ENENCO will now have their company name on our match-day warm up jackets,and Elite Fabrications bid to have their company name on our match-day benchcoats.

Thank you to everyone for their support of the Magpies.

Wimborne TownBlack & White Striped Shirts

Black Shorts & SocksKeeper - Lime Green

Manager: SIMON BROWNEAsst Mngr: JOHN MACEYGK Coach: CLIVE SAUNDERSPhysio: JOHN EDWARDSKit: JEFF ROBBINS

SHANE MURPHYDECLAN RANDALLSCOTT ARNOLD (C)WAYNE CRUTCHERIAN OLIVERBILLY MAYBURYJON BLAKEJAMIE DAVIDSONRYAN MURRAYJAMES STOKOEFRANKLYN CLARKECARL PRESTONSAM BAYSTONJASON HARVELLRYAN JOHNSONLOUIS KELLAWAYCALLUM O’HAREMORGAN TURNERANTHONY WATERS

Taunton Town All Yellow

Manager : LEIGH ROBINSONAsst Manager: MICHAEL MEAKERTherapist: ANTHONY CORNISH

1 LLOYD IRISH2 JAMIE PRICE (C)3 NUNO FELIX4 ROB FARKINS5 MATT VILLIS6 DALE EVANS7 JAMIE SHORT8 BEN CARTER9 JORDAN ROGERS10 LEWIS POWELL11 JOSH SEARLE12 OWEN IRISH14 AIDAN CHAINEY15 CRAIG VEAL16 CHARLIE HITCHINGS17 OLLIE CHAMBERLAIN

Today’s Squads

Referee:Sam Ogles (Chandlers Ford)

Assistant Referees:Wayne Thomas (Southampton)Adrian Knight (Southampton)

Wimborne Town Player & Management ProfilesSimon Browne Manager appointed November 2015. He played over 850 gamesat non-league level for Weymouth, Salisbury, Dorchester, Poole, Hamworthy & Swanage.His first management role was Salisbury City reserves in 2007. Since then he had 4 yearsat Hamworthy United, and joined us from Dorchester Town Reserves.John Macey Assistant Manager Previously worked with Browne at Ham-worthy United. John began his career as a goalkeeper at Bristol City, before playing forGrimsby Town, Newport County, and Minehead.Clive Saunders Goalkeeping coach since 2011.Clive played for Weymouth, Salisbury and Bashley. He has coached AFC BournemouthCentre of Excellence keepers for 16 years and first team keepers for 6 years. Has run hisown Goalkeeping School for 21 years, and has coached Jason Harvell for 20 years.John Edwards Physio – returned to Wimborne after 11 years at Bashley. Anexperienced and well respected physio and a great club man.Jason Harvell Goalkeeper DoB: 30/5/86, Poole Signed: July 2011Previous clubs: Poole Tn, Bournemouth FC. A former AFC Bournemouth apprentice, hewas previous manager Steve Cuss’s first signing.Scott Arnold Right Back DoB: 22/2/85, Poole Signed: July 2011Previous clubs: Rossgarth, Verwood Town, AFC Bournemouth, Poole Borough, Wim-borne Town, Bournemouth FC . Scott played for Wimborne from 2003 until 2010 beforerejoining in July 2011. Scott is club captain.

Adam Costello Defender DoB: 19/3/90, Poole Signed: July 2012Signed from Wessex League side Christchurch.

Billy Maybury Defender DoB: 2/9/93, Poole Signed: Aug 2012On loan from AFCB for part of 2011/12 and later made the move permanent.

Ian Oliver Defender DoB: 9/10/85, Southampton Signed: Nov 2013Previous clubs: Poole Town, Bashley, Eastleigh, Farnborough. Won the South & Westtitle in 2008 with Farnborough before leaving for Eastleigh where he played in Confer-ence South. He then moved to Bashley making 125 appearances.

Jon Blake Midfield DoB: 25/5/87, Bournemouth Signed:March2012. A hard working player who joined from Bournemouth Poppies. Excellent in the air,and scores a few goals with his well timed runs.

Mark Gamble Striker DoB: 16/10/86, Ballymena Signed: June 2013Previous clubs: Bashley, Farnborough Town, Winchester City. Mark was top-scorerwith 33 goals last season. He has represented Northern Ireland at U-21 level.

James Stokoe Midfield DoB: 11/11/85, Winchester Signed: June 2013Previous clubs: Eastleigh, Bashley Lymington & New Milton, Farnborough Town, Wim-borne Town. James rejoined from Bashley after playing 191 games and scoring 68 goalsfor Wimborne between 2007 & 2011. Supporters’ Player of the Year last season.

Jack Lupton Midfield Dob: 08/11/91,Watford Signed: Sept 2014Played for Steve Cuss at Bournemouth University and subsequently moved into the area.Louis Kellaway Midfield Dob: 27/02/97,PooleA lively player with high energy levels developed through our Youth and Reserve teams.Franklyn Clarke Midfield Dob: 30/6/93 ,Liverpool Signed Feb 2015.Studying at Bournemouth Uni. Had a brief spell at Blackfield & Langley.Ryan Johnson Defender Dob: 20/6/98, PooleA skilful young player who has come through the Youth and Reserve teams.Callum O’Hare DefenderAnother young player who has developed through the Youth and Reserves Teams.Carl Preston Forward Dob: 25/4/91, Poole Signed: Aug 2015Joined us from Poole Town.Bill Elliott Midfield Dob: 8/6/93, Poole Signed: Aug 2015Played for our Reserves before going to Chichester Univ, now back in the area.Anthony Waters Forward Dob: 1/9/96, PooleDeveloped through our Youth and Reserve teams. Studying at Reading Uni.Morgan Turner Forward Dob: 24/9/96, Poole Signed Aug 2015Previous clubs: Poole Town, New Milton.Declan Randall Defender Dob: 16/11/96 Signed Aug 2015Joined after being a Scholar at AFC BournemouthWayne Crutcher Defender Dob: 28/7/84, Bournemouth Signed Oct 2015Previous clubs: Wimborne Town, Bournemouth PoppiesJamie Davidson Forward Dob: 22/11/90, Poole Signed Oct 2015Rejoined after a brief spell at PooleShane Murphy Goalkeeper Joined on loan from Dorchester Town Dec 2015Previous clubs: AFC Bournemouth, Hamworthy Utd, New MiltonRyan Murray Fullback / midfield Dob: 12/6/92, Poole Signed Dec 2015Previous clubs: Eastleigh Youth, Bashley, Hamworthy Utd, Dorchester Town.Sam Bayston Midfield Dob: 28/6/94, Poole Signed Dec 2015

Wimborne Town Player & Management Profiles cont’d

W.T.F.C. Club Shopsituated near the turnstiles

We have a wide range of essential items tointerest fans and casual supporters:

● Hats, scarves, replica shirts● Old programmes

- Magpies, Cherries, Saints● Travel mugs, enamel pin badges

Contact Gabriel Phelps - tel: 07415713786

Tivoli Theatre Wimborne18 Dec - 3 Jan Jack & the Beanstalk7 Jan ELO Experience8 Jan Showaddywaddy13 Jan Eddie Izzard15 Jan Ed Byrne22 Jan Colin Blunstone

Box Office 01202 885566www.tivoliwimborne.co.uk

App Sub Goal App Sub Goal App Sub Goal Goals Points Y RScott Arnold 15 3 18 0 0 0 1 1Tom Biles 1 0 1 0Jon Blake 14 1 1 4 1 18 2 1 0.06 0.44 3Franklyn Clarke 15 2 3 5 1 20 2 4 0.2 1.05 3 1Adam Costello 5 1 3 1 8 2 0 0 0.5Wayne Crutcher 9 1 10 0 0 0 1 1Jamie Davidson 7 3 7 0 3 0.43 1.29 5 2Bill Elliott 5 3 0 8 0Mark Gamble 9 8 5 3 14 0 11 0.79 1 2Sam Griffin 14 1 3 1 17 1 1 0.06 1Jason Harvell 19 5 24 0 0 0 1Luke Holmes 6 2 2 8 0 2 0.25 1 1Ryan Johnson 7 1 3 1 10 2 0 0 1.1Louis Kellaway 4 4 0 0 0 1.5Jack Lupton 0 0 0Billy Maybury 19 6 25 0 0 0 0.96 6Shane Murphy 2 2 0 0 0 0Ryan Murray 2 2 0 0 0 0Callum O'Hare 1 0 1 0Ian Oliver 18 2 5 23 0 2 0.09 0.91 3Zach Phelps 1 0 1 0Carl Preston 21 10 6 3 27 0 13 0.48 0.89 3Declan Randall 8 4 2 1 10 5 0 0 0.5Paul Roast 1 1 1 1 0 0 0James Stokoe 19 4 5 4 24 0 8 0.33 0.96 7Morgan Turner 3 16 3 2 3 5 19 3 0.6 0.2 1Anthony Waters 5 7 1 1 5 8 1 0.2 0.6 1Patrick Wilson 10 3 5 1 1 15 4 1 0.07 0.87 1Own Goals 0Total 231 43 38 66 14 12 297 57 50 38 3

Player Statistics 2015 - 16 as at 12th Dec - - League - - . . . . Cup . . . . - - - Total - - - Avge / Start Cards

When a player starts a game he is awarded 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a defeat.

The Quick Interview - Ryan Murray

What’s your football history? Eastleigh Youth - I played in the HongKong SevensBashley - Southern PremierHamworthy United - Wessex PremierDorchester Town - Southern Premier

What position do you play? Full back or centre midfield or wide mid-field

Have you signed, or on loan? I’ve signed

What’s the best game you’ve played in? Against Aston Villa in the Hong KongSevens

Which professional player do you most ad-mire?

Henrik Larsson

What can we supporters expect from you? 100% commitment and desire

What’s your ambition in football? To accomplish myself as a SouthernLeague player, and to always enjoy it nomatter what

What’s your day job? I’m a swimming lesson manager at Wey-mouth

What advice would you give to a youngsterwho wants to make a career of playingfootball?

Always play for enjoyment, and with asmile

Tell us a little-known fact about yourself? I have a photographic memory… and we’ve got a picture of you belowand on the front cover - Ed

New WTFC WebsiteHard-working Mark Newbury continuesto populate the new website.Members of the online Forum have beenable to preview it, and pass suggestionsto Mark. Feedback has been very posi-tive.As soon as we know when the websitewill be launched, we’ll let you know.

Leigh Robinson Manager Took over in June 2012. Formerly in charge atWellington, and had a spell as joint manager at Bridgwater Town.

Michael Meaker Took over as Assistant manager in July 2015. Formerly withQueens Park Rangers, Bristol Rovers, and Yate Town.

Lloyd Irish Goalkeeper Re-signed last season from Bideford. Formerlywith Weston-super-Mare and Tiverton Town.

Jamie Price Defender. Team captain. Returned to the club in Summer 2013from Weston-super-Mare. Formerly with Bridgwater Town.

Owen Irish Defender. Signed 5 years ago from Yeovil Town.

Lewis Waldy Defender. Local player who captained U18s last season.

Charlie Hitchings Defender. Signed from Clevedon Town at start of this season.

Rob Farkins Defender. Signed from Truro City in October.

Matt Villis Defender. Rcent signing from Yate Town.

Jamie Short Midfield. Signed 3 seasons ago from local football.

Nuno Felix New signing from Mangotsfield. Utd. Formerly with Clevedon

Dale Evans Midfield. Signed at start of season from Yate Town.

Aidan Chainey Midfield. In his second season after signing from Tiverton.

Ben Carter Midfield. Signed last season from buckland Athletic.

Graham Mercieca Midfield. Rejoined last season from Bideford.

Josh Searle Midfield. Signed at start of the season from Tiverton.

Ollie Chamberlain Midfield. Recently re-signed from Bridgwater.

Jordan Rogers Forward. Signed at the start of the season from Yate Town.

Craig Veal Forward. Rejoined the club in the summer from Bideford. For-merly with Exeter City.

Lewis Powell Forward. Recent signing from Evesham Utd. Formerly withBristol Rovers, Mangotsfield, Weston-super-Mare, Chippenham , Frome and others.

Taunton Town - Management and Player Profiles

History of Taunton Town F.C.

The present Taunton Town Football Club was formed in December 1947 by a few localbusinessmen and played their first friendly fixture during Easter 1948. They then playedon a number of grounds such as Mountfields, French Weir, Victoria Park, Huish OldBoys and finished up at Denman’s Park, Haines Hill.Having joined and played in the Somerset Senior League, 1953 became a notable year.The club gained admission into the Western League and moved into Wordsworth Drive,their present home, on a lease agreement with the Taunton Borough Council.The club struggled financially and depended heavily on a very active Supporters Clubduring the late 50s and early 60s. 1968/69 saw an upsurge in the club’s fortunes withmanager Doug Hillard securing the Western League championship for the first time.During the middle 1970s Ron Gingell became manager and the club were runners up forfour consecutive seasons. The 70s was also highlighted by the club purchasing theground from Taunton Borough Council and the installation of floodlights. During 1977the club gained election to the Southern League Division One (South) and two years lat-er the reorganisation of the leagues caused by the establishing of the Alliance PremierLeague saw Taunton Town transfer to the Midland Division to take advantage of the M5motorway.The club became a limited company in 1981. The new board soon decided that SouthernLeague football was too expensive and the club reverted to the Western League in 1983.Seven years later the championship pennant returned to Wordsworth Drive under themanagement of Keith Bowker.In 1994 the team then managed by Terry Rowles battled through to the F A Vase final atWembley Stadium but Diss Town won the trophy in extra time.Russell Musker was appointed manager in November 1994 and another championshipfollowed in 1996. After two seasons as runners up three consecutive titles followed to-gether with the club’s first ever Cup success – a 2 – 1 victory over Berkhamsted Town inthe F A Carlsberg Vase final at Aston Villa’s newly modernised Villa Park stadium. Thisended a sequence of 18 defeats in cup finals since the 1950s. Another Cup victory wasachieved in 2003, lifting the Somerset Premier Cup for the first time with a 2-1 win overYeovil Town in a final played at Clevedon Town’s Hand Stadium.Peter Beadle took over as Manager in 2005 amid great optimism but left after only 14games to join Newport County and former Hallen manager Gary Domone stepped intothe hot seat – after a disappointing start results began to improve and the club won itssecond Somerset Premier Cup by beating a strong Mangotsfield United side at Westonsuper Mare. Domone resigned as Manager in December 2007 and was replaced by IanJones, who himself resigned in April 2009.Former player Paul West, who lifted the F A Vase in 2001, took over and rebuilt theteam with a local emphasis. West left the club in May 2012 and was replaced by LeighRobinson. In the previous season the club finished with a run of nine consecutive victo-

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ries culminating with the club’s third Somerset Premier Cup triumph, beating FromeTown 1-0 in the final played at Paulton Rovers FC. This was especially notable as nogoals were conceded in five games. The club also won the Southern League Grounds-man of the Year award in 2013-2014, a remarkable achievement considering the floodswhich affected the area causing the ground to be under water in January and February.Last season saw the club finish fourth, the best ever finish in the Southern League, andthis qualified us for the play offs but we lost 2-1 at Stratford Town, who went on toachieve promotion. In fact 2014-2015 was one of the most successful seasons in recenthistory with the retention of the Somerset Premier Cup, beating Yeovil Town in the fi-nal. We also retained the Southern League Groundsman of the Year award and were inface voted the second best club at Step 3 & 4. Our programme also won a prestigiousaward being voted the best in the Southern League and 18th nationally.Off the field the club suffered a major blow in July 2011 when the clubhouse was badlydamaged by a fire which was caused by an electrical fault – what remained of the club-house was extensively smoke damaged and the whole building had to be demolished. Amobile bar was brought in on matchdays but the following year a modular building wasopened despite the original builder going into administration.

History of Taunton Town F.C. Cont’d

Taunton Town Season 2015-16Aug 8 AFC Totton h 3-2 LeagueAug 11 Bridgwater T a 2-1 LeagueAug 15 Didcot T a 2-0 LeagueAug 18 Wimborne T h 2-1 LeagueAug 22 North Leigh a 0-1 LeagueAug 29 Odd Down h 5-1 FAC(P)Aug 31 Larkhall Ath h 1-2 LeagueSep 5 Wantage T a 2-1 LeagueSep 12 Tuffley Rov h 3-0 FAC(1Q)Sep 19 Burnham h 2-2 LeagueSep 26 Truro C h 2-2 FAC(2Q)Sep 29 Truro C a 1-3 FAC(2Qr)Oct 3 Godalming T h 4-1 FAT(P)Oct 10 Slimbridge h 4-1 LeagueOct 13 Tiverton T a 0 - 0 RIC(1)

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Oct 17 Evesham U a 3-0 LeagueOct 20 Cinderford T h 0-0 LeagueOct 24 Shortwood U h 1-2 LeagueOct 27 Bishops Cleeve a 1-1 LeagueOct 31 Dorking Wand h 1-1 FAT(1Q)Nov 3 Dorking Wand a 3-1 FAT(1Qr)Nov 10 Wells C h 0-1 Som CupNov 14 Bognor Regis T h 1-4 FAT(2Q)Nov 21 Swindon S h 0-0 LeagueNov 24 Paulton Rov a 0-2 RIC(2)Nov 28 AFC Totton a 2-0 LeagueDec 1 Bridgwater T h 0-0 LeagueDec 5 Yate Town a 3-0 LeagueDec 8 Bashley a 5-0 LeagueDec 12 Winchester C h 2-1 League

Taunton Town 2 Winchester City 1 - 12 Dec 2015 - N-LP reportTwo goals in 7 second-half minutes saw thePeacocks claim the win against City.Town goalkeeper Lloyd Irish stifled City’sthreat in the first half, denying Zach Glass-pool and Warren Bentley. But it was an in-spired double substitution midway throughthe second-half which swung the match inTaunton’s favour.

Three minutes after replacing Dale Evansand Jordan Rogers, Ben carter and CraigVeal linked up, with the latter converting aslide-rule pass. Four minutes later, from aJamie Price knock-down, Veal slammedhome his second.The Citizens immediately halved the deficitthrough Bentley, but the hosts held on.Star man: Lloyd Irish (Taunton)

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In the Premier Div - Dorchester (365), Weymouth (318), Poole (309).In the Evo-Stik League Southern overall:Dunstable Town (388) have the most points, and Marlow the least.

Evo-Stik League Southern - Respect Award TablesPoints (excellent=10, good=7, satisfactory=5, poor=2) are awarded against the Refe-ree’s Report for officials / benches, match officials’ dressing room, hospitalityA home club can achieve a maximum of 30 per game, the away club a max of 10.Marks are deducted - caution for dissent=4, dismissal for foul & abusive language=12.This includes bench personnel.Points as at 30 Nov:

Slimbridge 361Burnham 359Bishops Cleeve 320Tiverton T 318Cinderford T 314North Leigh 305Wimborne T 294AFC Totton 291

Bridgwater T 290Evesham Utd 290Larkhall Ath 290Swindon S 288Shortwood Utd 286Yate Town 286Mangotsfield Utd 279Bashley 275

Wantage T 273Banbury Utd 262Didcot T 233Taunton T 231Winchester City 231Marlow 189

Cost of Going to a MatchTeam Entry Prog Burger&

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Shortwood Utd £9 £1 £5 £1 £16 168 m £21 £ 37Taunton Town £8 £1.50 £4.50 £1 £15 142 m £18 £ 33Burnham £8 £1 £4 £1 £14 184 m £23 £ 37Evesham Utd £9 £2 £4 £1 £16 252 m £32 £ 48Larkhall Athletic £8 £1.50 £2 saus & £1 £12.50 109 m £14 £ 26-50Bishops Cleeve £7 £1.50 £4 £1 £13.50 246 m £31 £ 44.50Mangotsfield Utd £8 £1.50 £3.50 £1 £14 130 m £16 £ 30Yate Town £8 £1.50 £4 £1 £14.50 137 m £17 £ 31.50Banbury Utd £10 £2 £4.50 £1 £17.50 245 m £31 £ 48.50Didcot Town £9 £2 £5 £1 £17 176 m £22 £ 39Winchester City £8 £1 £4 £1 £14 91m £11 £ 25Swindon S’marine £5 £2 £4.20 £1 £12.20 188m £24 £ 36.20Wimborne Town £9 £1 £4 £1 £15 £ 15

Note: fuel cost calculated at 1.12p per litre (£5 per gallon), 40mpg.

Magpies on the RoadWe will be running a coach to most away games this season.Depending on distance to travel, games will be classified as category A or B.For category A games the cost is £16 for adults, and £8 for accompanied under-16s.For category B games the cost is £14 and £7.Members of the F.A. Vase Vice-Presidents Club travel at half-price.However, we’re limited in the number we can take, so it’s essential that you book withKen Fergus (tel: 07923 473511) beforehand to avoid disappointment.

Directions to Bashley’s GroundBashley Road, Bashley, New Milton, Hampshire BH25 5RY Tel:01425 620280

Take the A35 from Lyndhurst towards Christchurch, turn left onto B3058 towards NewMilton. The ground is on the left hand side in Bashley village.Nearest rail station:: - New Milton 1.2 milesNote - there will not be a Club coach going to the game on Boxing Day (3pm kick-off)

Directions to Cinderford’s Causeway Ground - Category A coach

Edge Hills Road, Hilldene, Cinderford, Glos GL14 2QH Tel:07896 887162

Take A40 west out of Gloucester, then A48 for 8 miles. Turn right at Elton Garage ontoA4151 (Forest of Dean). Continue through Littledean, climb steep hill to Cinderford.Turn right at crossroads, then second left into Latimer Road.Nearest rail station: - Gloucester 15 milesCinderford is a small town on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucester-shire. A population of 8,494 was recorded in the 2011 census.The town is relatively young, coming into existence in the 19th century, following therapid expansion of the local iron and coal industries.A visual clue to Cinderford's origins can be seen in the style and layout of the town;with long rows of identical terraced housing; similar to many found in towns of theSouth Wales Valleys, that also developed around the coal mining industry. During thedecline of the coal industry, in the 1950s and 1960s, Cinderford suffered as most of themale population was employed in coal-mining. Today, Cinderford is home to a widevariety of light and heavy industry.

Christmas in WimborneFriday 18th 6 pm - Carols in the CornmarketSaturday 19th 11 am - Shoppers’ Carol Service in the Minster Jack and the Beanstalk at the Tivoli begins - until 3rd JanFree parking on Thursdays, and from 17th December.

Evo-Stik League Southern Div One S&W - league positions during season

Compiled as at 12 December

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AFC Totton 19 21 21 15 19 17 15 15 16 16Banbury Utd 13 10 11 8 8 7 6 5 4 5Bashley 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22Bishops Cleeve 15 14 12 12 12 12 8 6 8 10Bridgwater Town 21 19 20 21 20 21 20 21 21 18Burnham 8 16 16 16 17 18 18 19 20 21Cinderford Town 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1Didcot Town 5 6 10 13 15 16 17 14 12 11Evesham Utd 12 13 8 10 11 9 10 8 9 8Larkhall Ath 11 9 7 9 10 10 12 9 11 12Mangotsfield Utd 16 8 9 17 13 15 16 16 13 13Marlow 9 17 19 18 16 14 14 17 17 17North Leigh 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2Shortwood Utd 7 15 13 6 4 4 7 10 10 9Slimbridge 10 18 18 14 13 13 11 13 14 15Swindon S'marine 6 5 5 3 3 6 5 7 6 6Taunton Town 2 2 3 4 5 8 9 11 7 7Tiverton Town 17 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 5 4Wantage Town 18 11 15 19 18 19 21 20 18 19Wimborne Town 20 20 17 20 21 20 19 18 19 20Winchester City 3 3 4 11 7 3 3 3 2 3Yate Town 14 12 14 7 9 11 13 12 15 14

Team of the Month AwardsThe League’s Sponsors have introduced Team of the Month awards for the 2015-16 sea-son. The winners will receive a trophy and a 4.5 litre bottle of Bells Scotch Whiskey.For November the winner of Division One South & West is Cinderford Town.

Results22 Aug AFC Portchester h 3 - 8 Prem Div26 Aug Romsey Town h 1 - 3 JS Shield2 Sep Dorchester Town h 1 - 2 JS Shield5 Sep United Services P’mth h 1 - 6 Prem Div12 Sep Romsey Town a 2 - 3 JS Shield17 Sep Moneyfields h 3 - 4 Prem Div30 Sep AFC Portchester a 0 - 6 Prem Div14 Oct AFC Totton h 1 - 2 Prem Div17 Oct Gillingham Town Res h 5 - 2 DST (1) r29 Oct AFC Totton a 2 - 2 Prem Div3 Nov Dorchester Town a 1 - 11 JS Shield7 Nov Dorchester Sports a 0 - 6 DST (2)18 Nov Sholing h 2 - 1 WCC (1)28 Nov Team Solent a 0 - 9 Prem Div5 Dec Totton & Elling a 0 - 2 WCC(210 Dec US P’mouth a P - P Prem Div

Wimborne Town Reserves - Wyvern Combination

Fixtures15 Dec Dorchester T a Prem Div

JS Shield Group F - 5 Dec Dorchester Town (Q) P 4 Pts 9 Romsey Town 4 9 Wimborne Town 4 0

F.A. Vase 3rd Round Selected Results- 12th Dec

Tadley Calleva 2 - 2 Newport (IoW)Moneyfields 0 - 0 Brimscombe Thrupp

Highworth T 1 - 5 Salisbury

Red Insure (League) Cup 3rd Round - w/c 11 Jan 2016Aylesbury U vs LeamingtonCambridge C vs HistonGodalming T vs NorthwoodHitchin T vs Biggleswade T

Hungerford T vs Winchester CMerthyr T vs Chippenham TPotters Bar T vs Slough TWeymouth vs Paulton Rov

Wyvern Prem Div - 12 Dec AFC Portchester P 10 Pts 25 Team Solent 11 23 Moneyfields 7 16 United Services P’mth 7 12 Petersfield Town 8 9AFC Totton 9 8 Sholing 8 8 Winchester City 7 7 Dorchester Town 6 5 Wimborne Town 7 1

Ladies and Youth Teams - results from last weekendWimborne Town Ladies 18 - 0 Gillingham Town Ladies- goalscorers - Cait 6, Kerry 5, Sian 3, Liegh 2, Hollie & Jess

U18s - Wimborne Town 8 - 2 Portland- goalscorers include 2 each for Will Prior, Charlie Bonnington and Elliot Miller

U15s - Ash Utd 0 - 2 Wimborne Town Hants Sat Cup Q/F- goalscorers - Sam Heselden and Aidan Shepherd

U14s - Corfe Mullen 0 - 14 Wimborne Town- goalscorers include hat-tricks for James Mitchell, Basti and James Third

N-LP Wessex League Round-up - 13 Dec 2015Verwood Town and Sholing drew 1-1.The Potters went ahead when Tyler Rut-ten’s effort went in via a big deflection.Verwood held their lead until the 68thminute when an Alex Sawyer free-kickwas headed down by Byron Mason to earnthe Boatmen a share of the spoils.It took a 40-yard free-kick from Joe Bye,but AFC Portchester ran out 1-0 winnersat home to Fawley AFC. The game was0-0 at half-time, and appeared to be head-ing towards a draw before Bye struck.

Elliot Cross put Lymington Town aheadat home to Hamworthy United with animpressive effport from the edge of thebox. Town added to their tally in the sec-ond-half when former Brockenhurst manWill Tickle had an effort saved, only forRyan Brading to fire home the rebound ina 2-0 win.Kabba Jack fired in a hat-trick as Bourne-mouth Poppies won 6-3 at AlresfordTown.

Sydenhams Wessex LeaguePremier Division - 12 DecHorndean P 18 Pts 44Salisbury 17 41AFC Portchstr 17 38Andover T 17 35Sholing 17 34Cowes Sports 20 31Blackfield & L 16 29Lymington T 18 29Newport (IoW) 17 25Bemerton H H 17 21Team Solent 17 21Verwood T 19 21Brockenhurst 16 20Moneyfields 16 20Hamworthy U 16 19Fareham T 16 18Fawley 18 15Bournemouth 15 13Whitchurch U 17 11Alresford T 18 10Folland Sports 16 7

Evo-Stik League SouthernPremier Division - 12 DecPoole T P 25 Pts 53Chippenham T 24 41Hungerford T 24 41Redditch U 23 40Leamington 22 39Dunstable T 25 39Weymouth 22 38Hitchin T 20 36Kettering T 23 36Dorchester T 23 34Kings Lynn T 22 32Slough T 24 32St Neots T 23 31Cambridge C 20 31Stratford T 19 30Biggleswade T 23 30Merthyr T 22 27Cirencester T 20 26Histon 25 23Chesham U 19 22Frome T 21 19Bideford 23 16Bedworth U 26 14Paulton R 22 11

Four Wessex League Teams Have Applied for Promotion …AFC Portchester, Andover Town, Blackfield & Langley, and Salisbury FC have appliedfor promotion at the end of the current season.

IT never rains but it pours. The old sayingmay well have crossed Alex Browne’smind as he stood in his technical area onSaturday. As the Wimborne Town manag-er was getting soaked by a relentless Dor-set downpour, his team sank further intothe relegation mire.Having watched his men dominate for longperiods, Browne looked on as Wimbornewere undone by an efficient TauntonTown, who made the most of the chancesthat came their way during an absorbingtussle. The visitors’ ruthlessness in front ofgoal is something Wimborne will need tomirror – and fast – if they are to escape thelower reaches of the Southern League Di-vision One South and West.His side are languishing in 17th after justone league win in their past eight outings,but Browne remains positive. “I thought itshowed how cruel football can be, espe-cially when you are down there,” he said,reflecting on this harsh defeat. “Every oneof my lads was top drawer.” Browne feltMagpies dominated the game.On chances created and possession en-joyed, the hosts could, and should, haveenhanced their points tally. But Wimbornewill at least seek solace in the fact they areunlikely to come up against a goalkeeperin such inspired form every week.That Taunton’s Chris Astley was the visi-tors’ stand-out player spoke volumes forthe way in which this contest played out.Taunton started the brighter and it took abrave goal-line clearance from Wimbornecentre-half Darren Curtis to prevent RossMacNab from capitalising on a mix-up.And for all their nice football, Wimbornewere then indebted to goalkeeper AlanWalker-Harris for keeping the scores levelafter 34 minutes. Taunton’s Alexis Piperfound himself clean through after beating

Curtis but saw his fierce shot brilliantlykept out by the keeper’s left hand.On 45 minutes, Astley produced the firstpart of his show-stopping act when hemade an outstanding reaction stop to keepout a close-range volley from Matt Groves,who had been picked out by Mark Smith.And the importance of that moment wasunderlined when Taunton stunned Wim-borne by opening the scoring on the strokeof half-time. Jon Vance was the man ontarget. Having been found by a quick free-kick, the midfielder unleashed a dippingdrive from 25 yards which left WalkerHarris motionless as it went over his head.With influential skipper Paul Roast, Smithand Liam Green all catching the eye inmidfield, Magpies set about finding a routeback into the game after the interval.While their cause was not helped by thetorrential rain, they did carve out chances.But having again seen plenty of the ball,Browne’s men were on the receiving endof a painful counter-punch that sealed thepoints on 73 minutes. After a fine flowingmove, Piper showed wonderful touch andcomposure to fire past Walker-Harris from15 yards.Wimborne’s response was commendable,but they found Astley too good.The keeper showed solid handling to clingon to a Smith free-kick before blocking theformer Christchurch midfielder’s lowdrive.Completing a hat-trick of excellent latesaves, he dived low to brilliantly paw awayanother Smith shot as Wimborne came upshort.Magpies: Walker-Harris, Wilson, Haysom,Roast, Curtis, Lloyd, Green, Stokoe,Chudy (Barnes, 70), Groves, Smith. Un-used subs: Lockyer, Powell, Yelland, Ma-lara (g/k).

From the Daily Echo Archives: Wimborne Town 0 Taunton Town 2 - 4 Dec 2010

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4. Motor Racing - took his third world title

5. Cycling - two-time Tour de France winner

6. Athletics - completed triple 5k & 10k double at World Champs in Bejing

7. Rugby League - won treble with Leeds

8. Swimmer (breaststroke) - won 3 gold medals at World Champs

9. Athletics (long jump) holds four major titles

10. Road Cycling - World Champion

11. Football - England women’s World Cup star

12. Gymnastics - won two gold medals at World champs.

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“Who ate all the pies? Not Vegans United” - The Times Sat Nov 7th 2015

“In 2010 Forest Green Rovers were facingoblivion. They were 20th in their league,verging on bankruptcy, and could not shiftmany pies and Bovrils. Then along camethe football club’s saviour: a new age trav-eller with a hemp bag of quorn nuggets.Dale Vince bought the club, threw out thepies, introduced soya milk, laid an organicpitch, and then signed a solar-powered ro-bot to mow it.The club, based in Nailsworth, Gloucester-shire, is 2nd in the National Conference,and planning a new stadium, completewith a sports science hub. Mr. Vince, whofounded Ecotricity, Britain’s largest greenpower company, in 1995, and whosewealth has been valued at £110 million,made some simple rules when he agreed tosave the club from bankruptcy.He insisted on an environmentally friendlyethos, including a meat-free regime. So outwent the hot dogs and burgers; in camequorn nuggets, vegetarian fajitas, pan-zanella salads, vegan beers and meat-free

pie and mash. Soya milk cools down thehalf-time cuppas. The solar-powered “mo-bot” tends the playing surface, and theplayers’ kit is free of vinyl.Supporters, instilled with the pie’n’Bovrilattitude of clubs across Britain, have beenwon over, according to Richard Joyce, theclub spokesman. He said that it did nottake them long to realise that a well-madeveggie burger could be a lot tastier than ameat pattie made from “lips and bums”. Hesaid: “The burgers they used to sell herecost 4p each to buy in, so you can imaginethe quality of the meat.”At first glance the matchday menu on offeris little different to that at any other foot-ball ground. There is burger and chips orpie and mash at £6.95, nuggets and beansfor £5.50, or soup and salad. It is only inthe small print that the vegan truth is re-vealed. The “Q-pie” is quorn mince, theburgers are bean, and the hot chocolate ismade with soya rather than cow’s milk.”

Evo-Stik League Southern News - 9 Dec 2015Didcot Town - Heapy and Concannon resign as joint bosses of Railwaymen

Didcot Town’s joint managers, Jamie Heapy and Ian Concannon, have decided to stepdown from the Division One South & West club. A statement from the club reads:“Didcot Town FC would like to extend an enormous thank you to both Ian Concannonand Jamie Heapy for their tremendous commitment to the club during their tenure at theDraycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium. They have taken Didcot Town to newheights in their two years in senior management and I’m sure that this decision was nottaken lightly by either Ian or Jamie. All at Didcot Town wish them both the best in theirnew ventures wherever that takes them but they leave with the knowledge that they willboth be welcome back at any time”.

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