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WELCOME TO THE
AcreTweed Stadium
Woods
The Official Matchday Programme of NORTHWOOD FC - ISSUE 21- £2.50
NORTHWOOD v CHIPSTEAD
Saturday 16th March 2019 - Kick-off 3.00pm
Northwood FC EDITOR
Founded: 1926
KEN
The AcreTweed Stadium, Chestnut
Avenue, Northwood HA6 1HR GREEN
Tel. 01923 827148
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Website: www.northwoodfc.com
Twitter: @NorthwoodFC ello, and welcome
back to The
Northwood Football Club is a AcreTweed Stadium
Members’ Club this afternoon. We extend
that welcome to our
supporters new and old, and to all connected
with Chipstead FC; we trust they enjoy their stay
with us, and have a safe journey home later.
Who’s Who
This is the first-ever visit by Chipstead to Northwood
Life President: Pat Byrne – there’s been a few such games this season, which
Chairman: Ian Barry makes a pleasant change from playing all the same
Vice-Chairman: Ken Green clubs year after year!. When we played at Chipstead
Club Secretary & Treasurer: Alan Evans
for the first time back in November, Kyran Worrell
(Tel. 07960 744349)
46 Webster Gardens, Ealing W5 5ND
scored two goals on his first full appearance as
Youth Officials: Richard Elderfield & Jason Angold
the Woods took the points with a 3-2 victory. He
Additional committee members: opened the scoring on 14 minutes, latching onto
David Blincko, Shamira Hamirani, a poor back-pass to score from a tight angle. Then
Marc Harding, Sarah Wheeler five minutes later Andrew Ofosu made the most of
Manager: Scott Dash another defensive slip, but Sam Bell got one back for
Coach: Richard Elderfield Chipstead a minute from the interval. However, four
Goalkeeping Coach: Kevin Lawrence minutes into the second period, Leigh Stevens set up
Matchday Programme & Website Editor: Ken Green Kyran Worrell to slot home and put the visitors ahead.
Official Photographer: James Brown With a few minutes left, Jake Robinson grabbed a
second goal to make for a tight finish, but the Woods
held on for all three points!
We’ve “enjoyed” tight finishes in our past couple of
games, too – two weeks ago Bedfont Sports held a
Honours two-goal interval lead here at The AcreTweed, before
Isthmian League Division One North champions: 2003
two Alex Witham goals levelled the scores then
Isthmian League Division Two runners-up: 2000 super-sub Zaied Sabti fired home the winner two
Isthmian League Division Three promotion: 1997 minutes into stoppage time.
Isthmian League Cup winners: 2002
Isthmian Charity Shield winners: 2002
Last weekend the tables were turned somewhat at
Isthmian Associate Members Trophy winners: 1993, 2000 Hertford Town, where Woods were two up at the
Middlesex Senior Cup Winners 2007, 2016 break, Kweku Lucan and Alex Witham – what a great
Middlesex Senior Cup finalists: 2000, 2002, start he’s had to his Northwood career! – the scorers.
Middlesex Senior Cup semi-finalists: 1992, 1993, 1997, We also led 3-1 but were pegged back by Hertford
1999, 2006, 2008, 2010 goals on 86 and 90 minutes – however, Northwood
Middlesex Senior Charity Cup finalists: 1994, 2003, 2005, 2012
have a great spirit through the side nowadays, and
Middlesex Intermediate Cup winners: 1979
Middlesex Junior Cup winners: 1938
skipper Carl Pearce got the winner with four minutes
Middlesex Junior Cup finalists: 1935, 1936 added time having been played.
London Spartan League Premier Division champions: 1992
London Spartan League Premier Division runners-up: 1990
Next up for Woods is a Bostik League fixture at
London Spartan League Cup winners: 1990, 1992 Chalfont St Peter next Saturday, and the Woods will
Hellenic League Division One champions: 1979 be back at home on Saturday 30th March, when
Hellenic League Premier Division Cup finalist: 1982 Egham Town are the visitors.
Hellenic League Division One Cup winners: 1979
Middlesex League Premier Division champions: 1978 Thanks for your support this afternoon, enjoy the
Middlesex League Premier Division runners-up: 1972, 1977 game, and we hope to see you at The AcreTweed
Middlesex League Challenge Cup winners: 1975, 1977, 1978 Stadium again soon.
Harrow, Wembley & District League champions: 1933,
1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1949 Up the Woods!!
Ken
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CHAIRMAN
IAN BARRY
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ood afternoon and welcome to The The simple facts are that without Alan, I would
AcreTweed Stadium for today’s Bostik struggle to keep the club going, if the truth
League fixture. We extend our be known; his pure dedication to this club is
welcome to our visitors from Chipstead FC unprecedented and his consistency can only
and trust they enjoy their short stay here. be admired. You will see him both at home
and away games being extremely early to
In January, I completed my 12th year as arrive; I’ve never known him to be late in all
Northwood Chairman. I will write more about this time. At the home games, he will pump
r my time here in an upcoming separate article up footballs, put out corner flags, set up the
for the website, however, whilst my journey tannoy system, repair goal nets, complete
p here has been somewhat of a rollercoaster, team sheets, update social media, make
d. clearly I couldn’t operate by myself. With me tannoy announcements, serve teas and coffees
for the entire journey has been Ken Green, our – and the list just goes on.....
s current website and programme editor and
previous Chairman, and of course, Alan Evans, I may not always (or ever) be easy to work
our Secretary and Treasurer, but he is more with, have ‘my own’ ways of dealing with
than that both to the club and myself. various things etc. but I feel that we work well
together, and I hope this continues for many
e years to come.
“ Alan has given Alan, we salute you!!
40 years of service, Enjoy the game today, and let’s hope for
another valuable three points. More about the
t commitment and ‘football’ side of things in my next column.
Up the Woods!
.
dedication to non- Ian
s
League football”
Alan has given over 40 years of service,
commitment and dedication to non-League
football, where he started at Southall FC in
1978, producing the programme and then
becoming their Press Secretary at what was
a very young age. He also filled their role as
Chairman for a brief period. Alan joined NFC in
1987, where he started as Programme Editor,
before later becoming our Club Secretary and
Treasurer; positions he occupies to date.
en
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MANAGER
SCOTT DASH
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ood afternoon all and welcome once
again to The AcreTweed Stadium
today, I hope that you all had a
pleasant journey here.
It has been a good couple of weeks for us,
getting back on track with two wins since our
defeat away to Ashford Town.
Starting with the match at home to Bedfont
Sports; this was a classic game of two halves,
with the away side taking a well-deserved 2-0
lead into half time. But after the much-needed
break and some words in the dressing room,
we came out all guns blazing and showed why
we can compete with anyone in this league
on our day. The second half performance was
one to be proud of, taking the game 3-2, whilst
showing our never die attitudes combined
with some great football.
“ It has been a good
couple of weeks for
us with wins against
Bedfont & Hertford ” the game was done. So all credit must go to
Hertford, who never gave up and capitalised
on two errors from us as they fought to bring
Last Saturday we travelled over to Hertford the game back to 3-3 with 90 minutes on the
Town, and this proved to be another thriller watch. But once again, were we done, did we
and taking everyone involved through every give up? No, the lads didn’t give up, and with
emotion a game could throw at you. That the final corner of the game we demonstrated
shows what makes our game so special to so once that never say die approach, to take all
many. We took the early lead and went on three points with Carl Pearce’s last minute
to double that advantage soon after, and we winner!!.
looked well in control leading into half-time.
We go into today with some much needed
But with the hosts coming out and scoring improved form behind us, and I hope that we
the next goal, we allowed them to have hope, can keep moving forwards.
though when we then made the scoreline 3-1,
I and many others would have thought that Thanks, as always, for your support!
Scott
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A CHAT
WITH THE
WOODS
Today we talk to
ZAIED SABTI
Zaied, you joined the club back in Can you tell us a bit about your playing
September, but we only saw a fleeting history and style?
glimpse of you then. You’ve been playing
regularly recently, what happened over the I lived in Turkey from the age of 9-13 and
previous months? played for Galatasaray SC youth teams. I then
moved to the UK and had a short spell in the
Unfortunately in my first game for the club I Chelsea youth team at the age of 16 before
suffered a lateral collateral ligament (LCL) injury dropping down to play semi-pro for Bedfont
and had to take time out to recover, which was & Feltham, London Tigers and Wembley FC. In
frustrating and I’m still regaining my fitness. terms of style I’m a playmaker who likes to get
in between the lines and make things happen,
How do you think the season is going for either by assisting teammates of making a later
Northwood with a couple of months to go? run into the box to score.
I think overall it’s been a good season What is the highlight of your football career
considering the changes, but we have been in to date?
and around the play-off places so hopefully we
can make a real push and get in the play-offs It’s difficult to pick one as there are many but
spots soon. playing at Stamford Bridge was one, and last
season when I scored 32 goals in 37 games.
Have you set yourself any personal targets
for the remainder of the season?
It’s been a stop start-season for me with
international clearance not coming through in
time for me to play for Harrow Borough, and
then the injury, so realistically my target is to
get as many goals as I can to help the Woods
get into the play-off spots.
What should be the team’s aims in the
league this season?
I think with the squad we have at the moment
play-offs are realistic.
What are your ambitions within the game?
To play as high as possible for as long as
possible.
Away from football, what do you do for
work?
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I work for the Institution of Civil Engineers as a consultant. In the dressing room, who has the funniest one- liners? There’s a few jokers in there but Jabz (Jabir) has the best one-liners. If you could choose an actor to play you in a film who would it be? It would have been Heath Ledger but now Hugh Jackman. What’s your favourite meal? Anything halal!!! No, seriously though, spicy king prawns. What club do you support? Manchester United Who is your footballing idol? Zidane, R9 What is your favourite song? At the moment it’s either Mob Ties (Drake) or Going Bad (Meek Mill) Who is the best player you have played with/ against? With Claudio Caniggia and against Raheem Sterling. twitter.com/NorthwoodFC | www.northwoodfc.com 7
Club Matters
SECRETARY ALAN EVANS
Ground Improvement Plans and are currently bringing
in quotes that we hope will form part of a bid
One area of ground improvements that has for funding that will be passed prior to the
been a hot topic in recent weeks is that of end of the current season. There are grants
dressing-room sizes with Aylesbury FC the available for up to 70% of the cost of the work,
first (and so far only) club to announce that though this of course means that we need to
they have no intention of increasing the size of raise the other 30% ourselves so we will be
their Match Officials dressing-room to comply looking to raise some extra finance, maybe up
with the FA’s request that they measure six to as much as £60,000 and income to assist
square metres for next season and therefore with this work. If anyone thinks they may be
having to accept automatic relegation. The able to help either raising or by providing
increase in size was first mooted by the FA some of these funds through sponsorship,
four years ago but from a personal point of donations or loans then please come forward
view, the discussions that we had with ground and let us know as soon as possible; preferably
grading inspectors were that there were too this week. My thanks go to Steve Pearce who
many clubs around that couldn’t meet the new has given some of his time recently in trying to
criteria easily and that they were going back access different grants that might be available
to the FA to ask them to reconsider. As you can to go towards the extra 30% funding. Our bid
tell, this never happened and now there are a has to be submitted by April 7th so there isn’t
number of clubs looking for solutions and I can much time to establish a way of raising those
tell you that we are one of those. Our dressing- funds so if you can help please come forward
rooms, despite being one of the neatest and now.
tidiest of all in our division (and I’ve been
in pretty much all of them) is just narrowly Friendly arranged
too small to fulfil the new requirements of
18 Square Metres and our Match Officials On Tuesday night, 19th March we have
arranged to play a friendly fixture on the new
room is fractionally too small too. We are of 3G surface at Rayners Lane against the Spartan
course unable to increase the size by way South Midlands Division One side who are
of any external extension but we do have a managed by our former reserve boss Dave
proposed solution which has been agreed by Fox. Kick-off is at 7.30 pm if you fancy popping
the FA Inspectors which means creating more along.
changing space in all three dressing-rooms.
For Match Officials this unfortunately means Cup Competitions
that we will lose one of the showers so hardly
an improvement to the facilities but now that We have now moved into the semi-finals
the rules are being put in place we have no of the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup, with
alternative that to do this work if we are to our from behind 3-1 success at AFC Hayes a
avoid automatic relegation no matter where few weeks ago following up our victory on
we are placed in the league table at the end of penalties at Wingate & Finchley back in early
this season. October and our comfortable 6-0 victory over
in-form Harefield United back in November.
While that is extra work (and expense) that The reward for that success sees us travel
the Club is forced to do, we are also currently away to the winners of a quarter-final tie
putting into place a Funding Bid for some between fellow South Central Division side
Ground Improvements that we really want Ashford Town (Middx), where we lost recently
to do as well. We intend to use the summer and the current holders Hanworth Villa, who
months to give the Acretweed Stadium the are struggling this season in the Combined
makeover that it certainly needs and deserves Counties League. That game took place on
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Tuesday night but these notes had to be Under 16s in recent matches and this was no
written just prior to that. The Woods have exception and they looked likely to win when
played four previous Charity Cup semi-finals 2-0 up at half-time. However, the Beavers hit
and won them all. In 1994 we beat Wembley back and led 3-2 in the second-half. Then the
on penalties to make it to our first final (losing Woods struck again to lead 4-3 before two
to Staines Town), then in 2003 Wealdstone more late goals saw us go down to an eighth
were defeated, only to lose to Feltham in the successive defeat. David Levy netted twice and
Final. The third time was in 2005, with a win there was one each for Simeon Olarein and
over Enfield Town before Yeading beat us in Kilae Crockwell. The lads were due to play their
that Final and finally we got past Uxbridge in final home game of the season on Thursday
2012 only to go down on penalties to Ashford night at home to Staines Town but the result
Town in that Final. It remains as the only major of that one is not known at the time of writing.
Middlesex cup competition that we have never They then have two matches left – away at
won. The other semi-final sees clear favourites Potters Bar Town this coming Thursday, 21st
Hampton & Richmond Borough take on March and then away at Staines Town the
Uxbridge after they defeated Hayes & Yeading following Monday, 25th March.
United and Harrow Borough respectively. The Middlesex County FA representative side
There is no date set as yet for our semi-final are back in action tomorrow away at Herts
but it could be as early as Tuesday week (26th County FA and the Woods again have three
March), so please keep an eye on social media players selected – Caolan Doyle, Jamie Fulton
so you don’t miss the game. and Ollie Lawford. Both Kyran Worrell and
Good Luck Chertsey Town Simeon Olarein are on the stand-by list too.
The game takes places at the Herts County
Combined Counties League side Chertsey headquarters at Letchworth Garden City with
Town are managed by former Woods boss the kick-off at 3.00 pm.
Dave Anderson and this afternoon they play
the first leg of their Buildbase FA Vase semi- Under 16s – County Cup Final
final away at Northwich Victoria. His side The Under 16s, under the management of
currently includes two former Northwood John Gowen, are enjoying an excellent season
players in defender Michael Peacock and and moved into the Final of the Middlesex
midfielder Dave Taylor, who made six County Cup with a 1-0 victory over Hampton
appearances here last season. The second leg & Richmond Borough. They had got past
is scheduled for next weekend and we wish Belmont, Edmonton, Whetstone and Ickenham
them the very best of luck as they look to in previous rounds and will now face St.
reach a Wembley Final. Josephs 1988 U 16s in a final which will actually
Player Update take place here at the AcreTweed Stadium on
Thursday 4th April with kick-off at 7.30 pm. It
Goalkeeper Rob Partington has been added should be a great occasion for our youngsters
to the squad to ensure that we have sufficient and I’m sure they would appreciate your
cover in the last six weeks of the season support so please make a note in your diaries
with the registration deadline date fast and pop along to give them a cheer.
approaching (Thursday 28th March). Rob has
previously played at Oxhey Jets and Leverstock Our tenants – London Tigers FC
Green and has just recovered from a broken The Tigers have had poor results in recent
finger. Both Matt Cooper and Ben Pattie were weeks and they still find themselves
able to get needed minutes under their belts threatened by relegation after just one point
last Saturday when they played for Leverstock from six games. They were due to play at home
Green away at title favourites Biggleswade FC. to title-favourites Biggleswade FC on Tuesday
They were unable to help them pick up any night so they would have been hoping for a
points as they went down 2-0, but it gets them positive result from that to keep them away
closer to fitness and they are also likely to start from the bottom two of Cockfosters and
our friendly at Rayners Lane on Tuesday night. Stotfold. They are back at home next Saturday
Under 18s Midweek 23rd March when they take on another
top side in Hadley. Those supporters with
The Under-18s had a real battle in their last Northwood Season Tickets can gain admission
Save the Children Isthmian Youth League as to these games for half the normal price so
they went down 5-4 at Hampton & Richmond if you can’t make the short trip to Chalfont
Borough. Manager Mark Fox has been St. Peter then get along to the AcreTweed
blooding a few of our current successful Stadium for one of the Tigers last games here.
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TODAY’S VISITORS
CHIPSTEAD
C hipstead Football Club was formed in 1906,
when the Netherne hospital was being
built and the building workers and the lads in
position to date in the football pyramid.
2012-13 was a poor season for the club with
no fewer than four managers, and subsequent
Chipstead challenged each other to a match. seasons have seen mid- to lower-league
The oldest club records dated 1911 show a far placings. Last season Chipstead’s form until
from healthy position, survival relying mainly the New Year was not unreasonable with 13
on the proceeds of whist drives. The clubs wins, 10 draws and 14 losses in all competitions,
health began to improve and in 1920 it even but after the festive period, league-wise they
had its own transport for away games, an open won four and drew 1 in late January and early
topped lorry owned by a local builder. February but then lost 11 league matches on
Up to the 1962/63 season Chipstead played the spin before a draw against Lewes in the
junior football but having finished runners up final game saw Chipstead finish in 20th place.
in the County Junior Cup the previous year
they then moved into the Surrey Intermediate
League. The club played at this standard until
1982 when they became founder members
of the Surrey Premier League. The next four
years saw the club have great success, finishing
runners-up three times and also winning the
League Cup on three occasions. During this
period they were also beaten finalists in the TAYE ASHBY-HAMMOND – GOALKEEPER
County Premier Cup. After a long battle the 19 year old keeper Taye is on loan from Fulham
club were awarded senior status in 1986 and for the rest of this season.
were promoted to the Combined Counties
League where once again success followed; a
CALLUM HODGSON – GOALKEEPER
Keeper on loan from Sutton United Under 23s,
League Championship was gained in 1989/90 he was previously with Fulham.
and runners-up gained on two occasions,
six League Cup finals, with Chipstead being OLIVER PAIN – GOALKEEPER
victorious in four. Keeper who joined Chipstead from Sunderland,
Season 1987/88 saw the club make its debut in and has also played for Crystal Palace &
the F.A. Vase and the following year in the F.A. Motherwell. Sidelined last season following
Cup. In 1998 Chipstead purchased the freehold major knee surgery, after undergoing further
of the ground from the Local Authority and in surgery this year Ollie returned to the side,
2001, thanks to a grant from the F.A., the club winning the Golden Gloves award in October
was able to acquire additional land, which was before suffering further injury.
developed into mini soccer pitches to enhance
the youth policy. 2006-07 was the club’s
LUKE ELLIOTT – DEFENDER
Ex Molesey and South Park captain, Luke plays
‘Centenary Season’ and in timely fashion, they left-back or centre-half.
won promotion to the Ryman League for the
first time. A year later they won the Southern DEAN HAMLIN – DEFENDER
Combination Cup, beating Ryman Premier An experienced, hard-working defender, Dean
Ashford Town in the final. In 2008-09 the club joined Chipstead this season from Dorking
reached the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup Wanderers. Starting at Sutton United, he has
for the first time, eventually being beaten 1-4 also played for Whyteleafe, Tooting & Mitcham,
at Torquay United. 2010-11 saw the club finish Kingstonian, Met. Police, Merstham and
10th in Ryman Division One South, its highest Lingfield.
10 Northwood v Chipstead | Saturday 16th March 2019TERRY MURRAY – DEFENDER
Centre back Terry was previously promoted
with Corinthian Casuals. Also played at AFC
Wimbledon.
SAM PAGE – DEFENDER
Signed in November 2017 from Kingstonian
and also played for Sutton United, Sam’s quality
and experience in defence are vital. Team
Captain.
TOMMY SMITH – DEFENDER
A no-nonsense defender who can play across
the back four. Re-joined Chipstead from
Corinthian Casuals and was previously at
Whyteleafe.
MICHAK STANIC-STEWART – DEFENDER
Defender who was signed from Bromley.
MATT WARREN – DEFENDER ANTHONY OAKS – MIDFIELDER
Matt joined Chipstead from Lingfield in 2016;
an excellent technical player who gives the full Signed from Dorking Wanderers.
90 minutes performance. he has also played for
Kingstonian.
EZEKIEL BADEMOSI – STRIKER
Izzy plays centre forward and previously played
NATHAN AYLING – MIDFIELDER at Brentwood, Morecambe Under 21s and
Barking.
Former South Park player who operates in
central midfield. SAM BELL – STRIKER
JEREMY BOAKYE – MIDFIELDER Sam joined the club last season from Lingfield
Town and previously played at Stafford Rangers,
Jeremy joined Chipstead from Met Police; he
also played at Staines Town, Arsenal and Crystal Sutton Coldfield and Brocton. A prolific
Palace, and is now back playing after being goalscorer, Sam netted 18 in League & Cup last
sidelined through injury. season.
SAM CLAYTON – MIDFIELDER TAYO OYEBOLA – STRIKER
Midfielder was a fans’ favourite at Whyteleafe Winger or striker who joined the club from
for a number of years after joining them in Molesey.
2013. Exciting to watch with his tricky wing-
play but also from the dead ball, Sam has also
JACOB SEWELL – STRIKER
A promising young player who joined
played for Sutton United, Croydon Athletic and Chipstead on dual registration from Carshalton.
Kingstonian.
JOSH GALLAGHER – MIDFIELDER ANTONY WILLIAMS – MANAGER
Antony managed AFC Croydon Athletic and
Centre midfielder who rejoined Chipstead from was Assistant/Caretaker Manager at Merstham.
Dorking Wanderers. He played for Chipstead In his playing days, Ant made over 200
from the 2013/14 season until January 2015 appearances for Chipstead and also spent time
and has also played for Met Police and Walton at London Colney and Redhill.
Casuals.
JORDAN HARRISON – MIDFIELDER ROB KEMBER – COACH
Rob’s playing career included Crystal Palace,
Jordan joined Chipstead after moving to the Woking, Basingstoke, Crawley Town, Lewes,
area. He has played in the National League and Tonbridge Angels, Eastbourne Borough,
Evostik Premier with North Ferriby United. Whyteleafe and Chipstead.
DAN MOODY – MIDFIELDER ROB SMITH – COACH
Dan rejoined Chipstead this season from South Rob’s playing career included Crystal Palace,
Park. A versatile player, comfortable playing Woking, Met Police and Whyteleafe. He was
left or right back, centre half and is a capable assistant manager with Antony at Merstham
goalkeeper as well. and was part of the Whyteleafe coaching team.
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12 Northwood v Chipstead | Saturday 16th March 2019CHIPSTEAD
MANAGER: Antony Williams
GROUND: The High Road, Chipstead, Surrey
YEAR FORMED: 1906
NICKNAME: The Chips
MAIN HONOURS
Combined Counties League Premier Division champions 1990, 2007
Combined Counties League Premier Division Cup winners 1993, 1995
Combined Counties League Challenge Trophy winners 1987, 1991
East Surrey Charity Cup winners 1961
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER 2018-19: Izzy Bademosi (14)
LAST FIVE SEASONS
2017-18 Isthmian League Div 1 Sth 20th
2016-17 Isthmian League Div 1 Sth 20th
2015-16 Isthmian League Div 1 Sth 21st
2014-15 Isthmian League Div 1 Sth 15th
2013-14 Isthmian League Div 1 Sth 13th
LAST MEETING
Bostik League South Central
24 November 2018
Chipstead 2 Northwood 3
HEAD TO HEAD (all competitive games)
Northwood 1 win
Chipstead 0 wins
0 draws
Action photos from the game at
HEAD TO HEAD AT NORTHWOOD Chipstead in November 2018
Northwood 0 wins
Chipstead 0 wins
0 draws
NORTHWOOD FORM
Mar 9 Hertford Town (A) Bostik W 4-3
Mar 2 Bedfont Sports (H) Bostik W 3-2
Feb 23 Ashford Town (A) Bostik L 1-2
Feb 19 AFC Hayes (A) MSCC W 3-1
Feb 16 FC Romania (H) Bostik W 4-1
Feb 12 South Park (A) Bostik W 4-1
CHIPSTEAD FORM
Mar 9 Cheshunt (H) Bostik L 0-1
Mar 2 Uxbridge (A) Bostik W 2-1
Feb 23 Marlow (H) Bostik W 1-0
Feb 16 Ashford Town (A) Bostik D 0-0
Feb 9 Chalfont SP (H) Bostik W 3-2
Feb 5 South Park (H) Bostik L 1-4
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tie and probably the best photos I took at a Northwood game. Great atmosphere and rare to have a If
penalty shootout on a Saturday afternoon. cl
Another great game was winning against Hayes & Yeading at Iw
Church Road in the Middlesex Senior Cup final in 2007.The fa
first time I saw Northwood win a cup. w
If you could change one thing about non-League football w
what would it be? A
I would change the football pyramid to how it used to be in th
the mid 90’s. Winning the play-offs and not being guaranteed W
promotion is a complete farce.
Ic
I preferred the format where they didn’t have the playoffs w
and the top three teams got promoted. I liked it when they ca
had divisions one, two and three in each region.
Se
Best non-League ground you have visited (apart from H
ours!)?
Th
Worthing FC - They have a great stand with a bar underneath p
it. Overall the ground is very neat and tidy, which is rare to
see in non-League football.
If
14 Northwood v Chipstead | Saturday 16th March 2019Favourite Northwood line-up:
1 Paul Riordan
2 Dave Nolan
3 Andy Lomas
4 Steve Brown
5 Bradley Hewitt
6 Louis Stead
7 Gavin Hart
8 Elliott Buchanan
9 Wayne Carter
10 Lawrence Yaku
11 Steve Hale
Favourite all-time Northwood player?
Steve Hale – Prolific goalscorer for
Northwood and Ruislip Manor. The best
Northwood striking partnership ever with
Lawrence Yaku. He could play anywhere on
the pitch, even as goalkeeper a few times.
If you could change one thing about
our programme what would it be? Any
features we could add?
It’s very hard to improve such an
informative programme. Maybe add a mini
quiz, or where ex Northwood players are
now. Website is fantastic, probably the best
in non-League. It would be good to have a
basic message board or guestbook where
supporters can voice their opinions away
from social media like Twitter and Facebook.
If you could change one thing with the
club what would it be?
I would like to see Northwood have a bigger
fanbase. More people through the turnstiles
would be nice. If we can get promotion and have a decent cup run in the next few years, the crowds
will naturally increase.
Another important issue is making the ground more secure, stopping the mindless vandalism over
the years and making improvements to the ground.
Where do you see the club in 5 years?
I can see Northwood competing in the Bostik Premier League. We have a settled team and manager,
we are in pretty good form and playing some good football. If we can build on that for next season, I
can’t see why we can’t compete for the play-offs and get promoted.
Seeing who might go up and down into our league, I don’t fear anyone. This season, apart from
Hayes & Yeading, we can beat any team in the league.
The chairman has done a fantastic job with the clubhouse. Hopefully this will provide a good
platform for the financial future of the club.
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twitter.com/NorthwoodFC | www.northwoodfc.com 15HERTFORD TOWN 3
WOODS REWIND
NORTHWOOD 4
SATURDAY 9TH MARCH 2019 | BOSTIK LEAGUE | HERTINGFORDBURY PARK
PICTURES: JAMES BROWN
WORDS: ROBIN PIPER
16 Northwood v Chipstead | Saturday 16th March 2019MATCH REPORT
F ree-scoring Northwood made it one league
defeat in six with a dramatic stoppage-time
win in a seven goal thriller at Hertingfordbury
Park. Northwood made the perfect start as
they got their noses in front as early as the
fifth minute when Alex Witham’s quickly taken
throw-in found Kweku Lucan, who escaped the
clutches of the covering defenders to poke the
ball home from a tight angle.
The strong cross-wind was making it tricky for
both sides to get the ball down and play and the
conditions played a part in Woods extending
their lead on 13 minutes as Dan Newton’s long
clearance out of defence was misjudged by the
home backline, enabling Witham to break clear
before sending a sublime 20-yard half-volley
beyond the reach of keeper Charlie Mann for his
sixth goal in as many games.
Following the early drama, the contest became
a rather subdued affair up to the half-time break,
with both sides offering very little in attack
except for a slick Northwood move involving
Sam Jenkins and Dan Pett which ended with
Chris Gosling sending a rasping volley wide of
the upright.
Northwood were quickly into their stride
following the half-time break as they looked to
put the game beyond the hosts, Miguel Matos
releasing Tremayne Charles but he snatched
at his shot to send it wide of the target. Then
the Blues pulled a goal back through Marcus
Campbell with an emphatic finish on 55 minutes.
Woods’ third goal arrived on 68 minutes, Matos
finding Witham whose pin-point cross was
despatched by Sabti to maintain his recent goal-
scoring form with a fourth league strike of the
season.
Hertford threatened when Campbell’s effort
deflected off Jenkins and onto the crossbar
before Sheldrick clawed the ball away to safety.
Hertford were growing in confidence and
looking increasingly threatening as Malhado
fired over the bar before Taishan Griffiths’ long
range shot was gathered by Sheldrick. And the
hosts were rewarded for their efforts as they
reduced the arrears on 86 minutes, Sheldrick’s
attempted clearance falling to the feet of
substitute Dara Dada who returned the ball from
distance and into the unguarded net.
The Blues had renewed belief and they forced
Hertford: Charlie Mann, Ramone Cassidy-Sinclair, Aundre a series of corners as they went in search of an
Wholas-Spencer (Jamie Calvin 74m), Jack Stevens, David equaliser which duly arrived in the 90th minute
Kaldanga, Johnny Butler, Brett O’Connor, Wilson Chingoka
(Dara Dada 63m), Ivan Malmardo, Taisman Griffith, Daniel as Campbell converted Jamie Calvin’s low cross
Bond (Marcus Campbell 46m) to send the home supporters into raptures.
However, Hertford were dealt a cruel blow as the
Northwood: Luke Sheldrick, Sam Jenkins, Miguel Matos, contest moved into the fourth minute of added
Yahya El-Khabouche, Dan Newton, Carl Pearce, Dan Pett
(Jabir Laraba 72m), Chris Gosling, Kweku Lucan (Zaied time after Northwood forced a third successive
Sabti 61m), Alex Witham, Tremayne Charles corner, skipper Carl Pearce flicking home Sabti’s
delivery via the post to break Blue hearts and
seal what had looked like an unlikely win.
twitter.com/NorthwoodFC | www.northwoodfc.com 17Football’s problem?
Or is it society’s By Matt Ford
problem?
I
am inclined to agree with those who say and tarnish the millions of others who attend
the health of football is often a microcosm football matches and act responsibility.
of society in general. Not to mention the immense ignominy they
Take the 1970s where austerity and economic inflict on the teams they supposedly support.
hardship, combined with a wider societal No right minded and law abiding supporter
malaise, fed into and fuelled the scourge of would condone such tempestuous behaviour.
hooliganism that overshadowed events on the Everyone recognises that passions run high
pitch. and football can, especially with local bragging
In more recent times, since 2010 and the onset rights and so much more at stake, encourage
of government austerity, we have seen riots in irrationality.
our capital city and wider social angst about From the old-fashioned streaker to someone
the health of the nation. who sees their moment in the sun and decides
So the events of last weekend where, in to run onto the pitch, it’s as old as the game
separate incidents, Rangers full-back James itself. Minor irritations and harmless for the
Tavernier against Hibernian and Aston Villa’s most part.
Jack Grealish in the West Midlands derby came But never must we allow a headline-grabbing
face-to-face with aggressive thugs rightly minority from fuelling the long-established
caused alarm. unsavoury narrative of football fans as
It raised pertinent questions about whether tribalistic and who cannot be trusted to act
the ugly side of football, long thought to have responsibly.
been consigned to history in this country, ever It feeds into the wider discourse often
went away – and if not why it has seemingly propagated that football is still in the dark ages
flared up again. while other sports such as rugby enjoy little to
It is vital, too, that we do as much to disconnect no segregation at matches.
isolated incidents however from the urge – in
the name of good-natured debate – to cause It adds fuel to an already blazing inferno
around the social demographic of those
something of a moral panic. who attend football matches at a time when
The majority of incidences such as these are, lower socio-economic groups in particular are
while unsavoury and rightly condemned, already hardest hit when it comes to the cost of
isolated in the main. attending games.
They are individuals who do not deserve to In short, it’s a dangerous narrative when
be called football supporters. They embarrass removed from its right and proper context.
18 Northwood v Chipstead | Saturday 16th March 2019Millions of fans attend games every weekend Violence has no place in the game or society
to little fanfare and without generating the goes the old adage, and we have the difficult
headlines for good or bad, simply because task of making sense of it all.
they go to matches and return home at the The logic should prevail that those children
end of them. watching at home or at St Andrews had it
By all means vilify the hooligan who quickly relayed to them that behaviour like
overshadowed Birmingham City’s loss to that is not to be tolerated.
Aston Villa and bask in the poetic justice of But without excusing the responsibility of
Grealish keeping his composure when the the individual for his own actions, there are
urge would have been to clobber him, before uncomfortable questions to be addressed in
scoring Villa’s winner. the weeks to come about the wider state of
Throw the book at the offender. Ban him from society.
all grounds. Fine
Birmingham City.
And charge him with
assault if you so wish.
But let’s retain a
sense of perspective.
We should call out
wrongdoing and
dangerous behaviour
where we see it,
or else we risk it
normalising it and
permitting its spread.
The nasty underbelly
to recent incidents
leaves a sour taste in
g the mouth, especially
as it risks sanitising
the customary end of
season pitch invasion
that greets success.
Scenes of that nature
provide one of the game’s greatest joys for And if football really is society’s great escape,
spectators, allowing them to indulge and a temporary stay of execution from the
feast on the carnival atmosphere at grounds pressures of modern life, then we all have a
throughout the land. responsibility to keep it civil.
The authorities already, if the letter of the Because just as England’s run to the semi-final
law is to be abided by, forbid these acts of of last year’s World Cup showed, football can
spontaneity. reflect positively on society and vice versa.
They are the same powers that be who are After all, we can all agree that memories like
s dead set against standing on the terraces in last summer demonstrated are preferable
any capacity, persistent standing or otherwise. to the narrative of tragedy and the string of
unsavoury moments that regrettably have run
They want the game to be as vanilla as parallel to events on the pitch this season.
possible, so for goodness sake let’s not
give them a valid reason for curtailing the Let’s keep it that way.
enjoyment of others.
f
That duly noted, we should also confront
the wider social issues of why an individual
Matt
decided to attend a football match, invade @MattFord_NA
the pitch and attempt to cause serious harm
to a player.
twitter.com/NorthwoodFC | www.northwoodfc.com 19NORTHWOOD 3
WOODS REWIND
BEDFONT SPORTS 2
SATURDAY 2ND MARCH 2019 | BOSTIK LEAGUE | THE ACRETWEED STADIUM
PICTURES: JAMES BROWN
WORDS: ROBIN PIPER
20 Northwood v Chipstead | Saturday 16th March 2019MATCH REPORT
N orthwood made it three league wins out of
four as they staged a stunning second half
comeback to overhaul a two goal deficit and
gain revenge for the defeat suffered at the hands
of Bedfont back in November.
Woods started well as Chris Gosling’s through-
ball sent Kweku Lucan clear but the latter
snatched at his shot and failed to trouble keeper
Matte Pierson. But the early optimism faded
as the Eagles took a 7th minute lead through
Perry Luckins as he headed home a cross after a
partially cleared corner.
Woods went close to posting a quick riposte as
a Matos free-kick picked out Carl Pearce, whose
headed pass found Jenkins but his stretching
header was wide of the target.
Keeper Luke Sheldrick was left helpless on 31
minutes as Abdeen’s deflected cross caught the
wind and flew over the Northwood stopper to
give Bedfont a two goal advantage.
Woods finished the opening period with a
couple of half chances as Jenkins headed wide
from a Tremayne Charles free-kick before the
latter had his close-range shot charged down
after good work from Dan Pett.
No doubt some stern words were spoken during
the half-time break, and they looked to have
had the desired effect as Northwood looked a
different proposition upon the resumption.
Woods immediately threatened the Eagles’ goal
through Pett and Lucan as they launched a series
of incisive attacks. And it was no surprise as
Northwood reduced the arrears on 52 minutes
as Charles got round the back of the Eagles
defence before squaring to Alex Witham, who
finished with ease.
The home side made a change just after the
hour, with Zaied Sabti replacing Pett as the hosts
continued to look for the equaliser. Charles was
proving a constant thorn in Bedfont’s side and
he created an opportunity for Witham, who
miscued his shot before the latter spun smartly
on a Asumadu-Sakyi pass and drew a fingertip
save from Pierson.
Northwood kept up the pressure and they
deservedly drew level on 71 minutes as Pierson
was penalised for obstructing the on-rushing
Charles, Witham converting from the penalty
spot for his fifth goal in Woods colours. Kyran
Worrell was introduced for Charles as Northwood
Northwood: Luke Sheldrick, Sam Jenkins, Miguel Matos, searched for the winning goal and the substitute
Kieran Asumadu-Sakyi, Dan Newton, Carl Pearce, Dan was almost in as he ran onto a Sabti through-ball
Pett (Zaied Sabti 63m), Chris Gosling, Kweku Lucan (Jabir
Laraba 94m), Alex Witham, Tremayne Charles (Kyran but was denied by a last-ditch tackle.
Worrell 79m), But Woods were not to be denied and in
the second minute of added time Sabti ran
Bedfont Sports: Matte Pierson, Tim Pitt, Jamie Richards, onto Gosling’s defence-splitting pass before
James Taylor, Albie Sheehan Cozens, Simo Mbonkwi, Sean
McCormack, Perry Luckins, Scott Harris, Harrison Crawford, calmly dispatching the ball beyond Pierson to
Abdul Temitope Abdeen complete the turnaround and put the seal on
the proverbial ‘game of two halves’.
twitter.com/NorthwoodFC | www.northwoodfc.com 21ON THIS DAY
Harrow & Wembley League Northwood: Keith May, P
Northwood 2 Roxonians 3 Derek Hobbs, Dennis Te
1968: Northwood suffered their first Ryan, Mark Burridge, Gary M
Harrow, Wembley & District League Amer, Phil Boyle, Kevin D
defeat of the season, when they were beaten 3-2 Charamboulos, Derek
at Northwood Recreation Ground by Roxonians Payne, Beano Wilson, Peter
after leading 2-1. Nelhams, Bobby Bennett,
Northwood had the wind advantage in a goal-less sub: Viv James.
first half. Billy Coombes,
their R.A.F. sharp-shoot- B
er, was unlucky not to Derek Payne R
score at least once. a
The home team played ICIS League Division Three 14
better into the wind Northwood 2 Southall 1 in
and took the lead when 1996: Northwood made hard work re
Harding neatly headed of beating bottom of the third divi-
home a cross from full- sion Southall in the ICIS League.
back Brownlow. Woods were without Bruce Sewell, who had re-
Soon after Roxonians turned to Yeading, but on the plus side, manager
had equalised with a Paul Byrne Steve Emmanuel had just signed Paul Webb from
cracking goal from 25 Hemel Hempstead.
yards, Northwood regained the lead, Paul Byrne The visitors battled all the way and Northwood
brushing side two tackles before scoring from ten never settled into any sort of form. Ken Lavender,
yards. in goal for Southall and an old Northwood favour-
Northwood looked well in command at this stage, ite, made three excellent saves, two from Chris
but Roxonians drew level, and then scored the Gell and another from Colin Robinson.
winner after a defensive mix-up. Woods finally got their noses in front just before
Northwood: Ray Byrne, Dave Byrne, Tommy half-time. Delisser fired over the cross and Robin- cl
Brownlow, Graham Harding, Len Kaufman, Dave son headed home. st
Jackman, Barry Gould, Billy Coombes, Paul Byrne, Southall equalised W
Dave Gregory, Dennis Godley. when a free kick p
was not cleared and ti
London-Spartan League Creegan headed g
Northwood 1 Amersham Town 0 home in the 70th w
1985: Northwood secured two more minute. ac
London Spartan League points Woods got their win- h
when they disposed of Amersham to complete ner ten minutes later E
the double over their seventh-placed opponents. when Kevin Dobson ag
The only goal of the game came in the opening scored after Lavender Lu
minute of the second half. Mark Nelhams set up Paul Webb
had blocked his first d
the chance for little Derek Payne, and he turned attempt. fo
well to sweep the ball home. The home side were then saved from sharing the sh
The goal livened Woods up but not surprisingly spoils by keeper Carroll, who made a brilliant last ac
they failed to add to their score, failing to exploit minute save to deny Charlie Antwi. N
the major possession they enjoyed. Northwood: Lee Carroll, Vladimir Lazic, Richard E
22 Northwood v Chipstead | Saturday 16th March 2019Ken Green takes a look back at the Woods’ fortunes on
16th March during the club’s history
Pratley, Sean Glynn, Jon Pettifer, Andre Delisser, (Danny Yeoman), Christian Metcalfe, Kieran Knight,
Terry Benning, Chris Gell, Colin Robinson, Paul Mark Nicholls, Danny Yeoman (Ben Yiadom), Eric
Masters, Paul Webb. Subs. Jerome Boadu, Kevin Kwakye (Alistair Heselton).
Dobson, Steve Jones.
Ryman League Div. One North
Ryman League Premier Division Potters Bar 1 Northwood 0
Ford United 3 Northwood 0 2010: Northwood lost their
2004: The home side began quickly unbeaten league record under
and the early pace was frantic. new manager Mark Barnham when they slipped
Ben Lewis headed wide under pressure from to a solitary goal defeat at Potters Bar. The game
Rene Street after Rob Bullivant had only parried began at a blistering pace with early chances at
a Sammy Cooper strike from long-range. After both ends. Hugo Figueiredo sent over an inviting
14 minutes, Poole played a ball forward and ran free-kick which was met by Peacock’s head but his
into Luke Evans on the edge of the box. Sadly, the effort failed to trouble Scholars’ goalkeeper Matt
referee adjudged not only an illegal block by the Bennett whilst Harry Smart latched onto a Sam
Woods defender but Sharples’ cross but his header sailed wide of the
also that it was inside target. At the other end Luke Croll saw his close-
the area. A penalty was range header blocked by the Northwood defence.
the result and Glen Woods had a great opportunity to open the scor-
Poole fired the home ing when Kyle Matthews’ free-kick was knocked
side in front. Things got down by Peacock into the path of Page, but he
worse just ten minutes failed to connect with the ball when well-placed
later. A long kick from and the danger was cleared. Having failed to
goalkeeper Jamie seriously test the Scholars’ rearguard after the
Lunan bounced over break, Northwood’s frustrations increased as a
Kieran Knight Chris Elsegood, and cross found its way to an
Ben Lewis seemed to unmarked Joe O’Brien,
climb on the Woods defender as he headed past a whose shot deflected
stranded Bullivant and into an empty net. in off the post to give
Whatever chance there was of a comeback ap- Potters Bar the lead on 77
peared to vanish another ten minutes later. This minutes. Woods searched
time it was a well-worked and superbly executed for some firepower, but
goal that proved the Woods undoing. A long ball the visitors continued to
was pumped in by John O’Sullivan, headed back be restricted to specula-
across goal by Lewis and Alex Fiddes smashed tive efforts, debutant sub
home a volley just inside the post. Jonny Daily shooting wide Kyle Matthews
Early in the second-half a good flick from Nicholls from distance before
again put Knight in on goal but although he beat Smart’s weak shot was comfortably gathered by
Lunan again with his shot, defender Dean Chan- Bennett.
dler was able to clear his goalbound shot. Kwakye Northwood: Mitch Swain, Danny Power, John
forced Lunan into another save with a deflected Sonuga (Jonny Daily), Sam Sharples (Anton Lewis),
shot, but the final twenty minutes saw hardly any Michael Peacock, Harry Smart, Kyle Matthews
action. (Daryl Grimshaw-Campbell), Anthony Page, Leon
Northwood: Rob Bullivant, Gary Meakin, Chris Osei, John Christian, Hugo Figueiredo.
Elsegood, Rene Street, Luke Evans, Danny Julienne
twitter.com/NorthwoodFC | www.northwoodfc.com 23TEN
T
oday we YEARS
AFTER
continue with
our popular
feature where we
look back to events
here at Northwood
Park from exactly a
decade ago.
Dave Anderson was
appointed as the Woods’ new manager in Northwood hoped for better things after the
December 2008 and he started that role well break but they continued to struggle against
too, with the team in a play-off challenging their physically stronger opponents and Swain
position in fourth place. was quickly off his line to smother Kurt Smith’s
effort while the same striker also shot wide after
getting beyond the Northwood defence.
Hugo Figueiredo was introduced to the Woods
attack in place of Solomon Henry on the hour
mark and the substitute drew a save out of
Richard Wray in the home goal as they began to
threaten and they were then thrown a lifeline
when Elliott Gresham handled in the box and
Northwood were awarded a penalty of their own.
Rob Ursell stepped up but Wray dived the right
way and saved his spot-kick attempt. Having
failed to take advantage, the Woods fell away in
the closing stages and never got near breaching
the Thurrock defence again. It was almost 2-0
in added time but Peacock made an acrobatic
clearance off the line to deny Tuohy after he had
lifted the ball over Swain.
Having just been pegged back to a 1-1 draw So, a first defeat in fifteen league matches was a
at second-placed Aveley the previous Monday, blow but it was only a narrow one against a side
on Saturday 28th February 2009, the hard favourites to win the title so expectations were
games continued as the Woods travelled again, still hopeful when the Woods started March
this time to top-of-the-table East Thurrock the following Tuesday night with another away
United. An injury to Ryan Tackley in the warm- game against fellow play-off hopefuls Waltham
up meant a late call-up for Lee Holland into Abbey.
the right-back position with Danny Power
switching to left-back but fluent football was
at a premium in the early stages with plenty of
free-kicks going to the home side. The Woods
had to do plenty of defending from those set
pieces and Max Cornhill was afforded a couple
of free headers but he was unable to beat
Mitch Swain in the Northwood goal.
Only Anthony Page went close for the Woods
in the first-half with a header that flashed wide
but two minutes into stoppage-time, Michael
Peacock was adjudged to have tripped Martin
Tuohy in the box and Kris Newby stepped up to
make no mistake from the penalty spot.
24 Northwood v Chipstead | Saturday 16th March 2019Alan Evans
looks
back at
Northwood
events of a had enough power to
decade ago beat Tilbrook despite
him getting a hand
to it. The Woods had
just squeezed home
1-0 for three more
important points.
PHOTOS by JAMES BROWN
On Saturday 7th
March the Woods
Manager Dave Anderson had managed to were back at home
bolster the attacking options with the signing of against mid-table Redbridge who though some
nineteen points below Northwood, they did
have six games in hand so plenty to play for.
Browsing through the programme for the match
we learn that exciting winger Michael Gordon
had left the club to join Croydon Athletic, a side
much nearer his home of Tooting and that the
Redbridge game was to be the last of the loan
spell of Michael Peacock before returning to AFC
Wimbledon.
But the match itself proved disappointing.
n. Despite having plenty of chances and an
impressive home debut from Eugene Ofori, the
Woods couldn’t quite find a way past a solid
defence and found goalkeeper Charlie Hasler
experienced striker Eugene Ofori from Boreham in good form. Hasler saved well to deny Gary
g Wood, though he hadn’t played for a couple of Burrell and Ofori, Matthews put a good chance
months and he teamed up with a fit-again Kyle
Matthews up front. However, the weather was
d horrible with rain and a driving wind making it
difficult for any constructive football on a bumpy
pitch. The Woods had the wind behind them
in the first-half and thought they could take
advantage of the fact that the home side had
to put veteran goalkeeping coach Tony Tilbrook
between the sticks after their keeper was injured
in the warm-up.
It didn’t quite work out that way with chances
few and far between but Tilbrook produced one
tremendous fingertip save to deny Gary Burrell
and keep the scores level at half-time. Waltham
Abbey rarely looked like a side in the top five of
the table but against the elements the Woods
also struggled to make an impact in the second-
half. Substitute Hugo Figueiredo had one effort over the bar from close-range and Ofori also hit
deflected into the arms of Tilbrook but the game the post from a good strike.
appeared to be heading for stalemate. With In the end it was two points dropped as
a minute to go Marc Sontag’s dipping long- Redbridge held on to a 0-0 draw. We will have
range shot flashed just over the crossbar for the more from events of a decade ago and the
Abbey’s last chance but then, in the ninetieth play-off challenge, Ten Years After, in our next
minute a deflected effort from John Christian matchday programme.
looped up kindly to Burrell and his effort just
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