OLD MEADONIANS FC CIRCULAR 19th November 2014 Fixtures For Saturday 22 November

OLD MEADONIANS FC CIRCULAR
19th November 2014
Fixtures For Saturday 22nd November
Team
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Opposition
Venue / Referee
Competition
Kick Off
Kings Old Boys
Away - Kings College London SG, Brockley Rise, London, SE23 1NW
League
2.30pm
Oakhill Tigers II
Home - Salvatore Colavito
AFA Inter Cup
1.30pm
Old Manorians III
Home – Sarah Day
LOB Junior
1.30pm
Glyn Old Boys II
Away - Cheam Sports Club, Peaches Close, Cheam, Surrey, SM2 7BJ
League
2.00pm
Old Hamptonians
III
Away - Rectory Farm, Dean Road, Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 1AQ
League
2.00pm
Old Sedcopians V
Away - Sparrows Lane Sports Centre, Sparrows Lane, New Eltham. London
SE9 2BT
AFA Inter Novets
1.30pm
Old Guildfordians
Home - Darren Sabena
League
1.45pm
Witan II
Away - Barn Elms Sports Centre, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes, SW13 0DG
League
2.00pm
City of London III
Home - TBA
League
1.45pm
Army Crusaders
Away - Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley GU15 4PQ
League
1.00pm
6th
7th
8th
9th
Vets
Teams
1sts
Garry Robinson
Jordon Mace
Adam Goode
Alistair McCombe
Kevin Quinn
Jack Costello
Jack Holmes
Ryan Bright
Ed Glover
Jon Shea
Matt O Sullivan
Lawrie Pointer
Will Gerrish
2nds
Joe Beharie
Ryan Kohn
Dave Miller
Damian Reading
Nick Jones
Adam Boynton
Jake Gowers
Matt Allen
Alex Trotter
Nick Wilson
Misha Mantel
Alex Jones
Ollie Matthews
Sam Granville
3rds
Riccardo Avati
David Ryan
Jermaine Queensborough
Joe Willis
Darren Grainger
Ashti Hamidi
Luke Latimer
Tommy Champion
Olivier Denau
Jose Neto
Dwayne Beckford
Freddie Jefferies
Tim Dorsett
Roni Sidhu
4ths
Rourke Minors
Jack McCarthy
Jon Best
Eoin Toher
Paul Adams
Tinashe Sithole
Marvin West
Dylan Zoufoul
Nick Nourrice
Mike Conroy
Barry Mcguinness
Andrea Oliveria
Sanni Ahme
5ths
Sasha Goryunov
Alan Wade
Will Knox
Ish Beckford
Philip Dussard
Thomas Barquin
Mekel Hackett
Lee Greenhalgh
Nicky Rankin
Kevin Coyne
Amir Hussain
Matthew Walcott
Joey Watts
Tim Gates
Mark Stone
6ths
Lewis Taylor
Gavin Kenny
Craig Elder
Simon Parker
Graeme MacSween
Brad Waygood
James Alder
Chris Anthony
Usif Bangura
Brad Doble
Sam Fields
Peter Noreaga
Jayson Beckford
Harj Sindhu
7ths
Joshua Kearney
Max Kearney
Liam Irish
Ross Ellison
Marlon Wright
Stephen Lynch
Dave Yorath
Jake Sierocinski
Kevin Martin
John Wynne
Mark Richardson
Michael Bonsu
Danny Knight
Alex Thamby
Rob Williams
8ths
Steve Challice
David Terry
Paul Smith
Lum Berisha
Danny Piper
Matt Ring
David Williams
Oner Ozturk
Max Eggl
Gareth Hurley
Rowen Graham Collins
Alfie Duckett
Brendan Ryan
Abbey Balogen
9ths
Nathan Nicholson
Simon Gordon
Julian Gribble
Billy Philpott
Paul Augtais
Ben Weekes
Gabriel Woodhall
George Toft
Scott Brown
Barry Baxendale
Dan Smith
Peter Mielewczyk
Steve Nicholl
Lionel Scurville
Vets
Dermot Collins
Lee Walsh
John Walcott
Pete Lovell
Neil Hanman
Steve Kearney
Charlie morales
Jaime Allen
Roy McLoughlin
Allen Kerr
Dwayne Rhone
Dino Antoniades
Steve Dodd
Rob Lee
 Saturdays Results (15.11.14)
 1st: Won 4 - 1 (Oakhill Tigers) - LOB Senior Cup
 2nd: Won 4 - 2 (Old Salvatorians) - LOB Intermediate Cup
 3rd: Lost 3 - 6 (Mickleham Old Boxhillians)
 4th: Lost 1 – 4 (Economicals IV)
 5th: No Game
 6th: Lost 3 - 7 (Old Suttonians IV)
 7th: Won 4 - 3 (Old Actonians VIII) - AFA Junior Novets Cup
 8th: Won 8 – 1 (Bealonians VII) - AFA Junior Novets Cup
 9th: Lost 4- 5 AET (Alexandra Park VII {SAL}) - AFA Junior Novets Cup

VETS: No Game
PLEASE contact the Team Secretary ROB WILLIAMS on [email protected]
or 07941 134 503 to advise if you’re available and not selected.
Managers/Captains
1st Team
Rory Vermeulen
Paddy Rumley
07979 858 595
07956 377 469
2nd Team
Luke Graham
07707 288 174
3rd Team
Tim Castle
07455 003 245
4th Team
Barry McGuinness
07751 071 537
5th Team
Phil Dussard
07920 779 374
6th Team
Lewis Taylor
07921 809 349
7th Team
Rob Williams
07941 134 503
8th Team
Dave Terry
07817 884 739
9th Team
Simon Gordon
07989 342 224
Sat Vets
Steve Kearney
07973 835 203
Nathan Nicholson
07791 530 214
Sun Vets
Roy McLoughlin
07778 551 168
Tour
Join the tour party now by contacting Barry McGuinness, our tour organiser. £100 deposit secures your place.
See separate flyer for details.
Club Training
Club training has been suspended for the time being. Watch this space for more news soon!
Club Website
Take a look at the club’s revamped website http://www.omfc.co.uk.
We are also on Twitter and once the season gets going, Instagram. Look up @oldmeadsfc on twitter….. #MEADS
Golden Boot Leaders
Craig
Max
Dwayne
Matt
Oner
Nick
Sanni
Ross
Jones
Eggl
Beckford
Allen
Ozturk
Wilson
Ahmed
Ellison
15
13
12
11
8
8
7
7
Weekend at the Clubhouse
22 Nov 17:30
Arsenal
v
Man Utd
23 Nov 13:30
Crystal Palace
v
Liverpool
23 Nov 16:00
Hull
v
Spurs
Match Reports
Please send match reports, photos or anything else for submission in the newsletter to
[email protected]. We are introducing the coveted ‘Report of the Month’ award once more, so let’s get
your creative juices flowing.
Old Meadonians’ Press Release 17.11.14
London Old Boys’ Senior Cup
Oakhill Tigers 1 Old Meadonians 4.
Oakhill Tigers, Old Meadonians’ latest opponents in the London Old Boys’ Senior Cup, promised to be a more testing banana
skin than other lower division teams Meads have met in this season. Tigers are on the crest of a wave, albeit two divisions
below, having won all six of their league games with a healthy goal difference of 14 to Meads’ record of four wins and two
losses out of their six, with a goal difference of thirteen and to their credit, Tigers provide superb facilities and an
immaculately maintained first team pitch at their Southgate estate. On top of that the hosts then proceeded to take an
unexpected lead on the quarter as Meads’ keeper Gary Robinson waved goodbye to a twenty yard shot he had covered
when it was accidentally deflected beyond his reach by a prowling Tiger. However, the hosts proved themselves to have
more cup-fighting spirit than ability to back up any threat offered and, into the bargain, stirred up a regular hornets’ nest as
Meads hit back with a stinging string of six corners. From the last of these, taken by Jack Costello, Craig Jones reacted
quickly to stab in from close in on the half hour. Before half time Meads had bared their teeth by hitting the woodwork
twice and having one kicked off the line but had also taken the lead with a goal later suggested by joint coach Paul Rumley
as a candidate for goal of the season, when Ryan Bright picked up the ball twenty yards out and crashed it into the top right
hand corner. The second half saw the hosts showing their mettle by taking the attack to the visitors but having no joy,
firstly with Meads’ keeper Gary Robinson pulling off two saves within five minutes of the restart, a timely grab in a one on
one and by keeping his legs in reserve to stop a second shot and thereafter, Meads’ back four again became as intransigent
as ever. The hosts had also repeated their mistake of the first half by provoking retaliation as Meads scored two in the last
five minutes. By this time fresh legs were on and Bright had taken on the role of provider with accurate and controlled
crosses. One of these from a free-kick gave John Shea the opportunity to volley in at the far post. Meads’ fourth started
with Robinson’s long clearance down the right which was headed on by the soaring Ed Glover into the path of Dave Brennan
and he centred for Shea to head in firmly from ten yards. Ali McCombe and Ryan Bright were named joint MoM.
Squad: Robinson, Mace, Goode, McCombe, Quinn, Costello, Shea, Brennan, Holmes, C. Jones, Bright, O’Sullivan, Pointer,
Glover.
2nds
No Match Report but a nice picture has been submitted of Dave Miller
6's Match Report
Old Suttonians IV – 7 Meads 6's - 3
Scorers - Bangura, Sinclair, Thamby
Broken record time. I'll keep it brief.
Score decent goals. Make ridiculous defensive mistakes, don't take responsibility at set plays, aren't brave enough and lack
character when game isn't going our way. Not a formula which will win many games.
Started the better side, playing some good stuff. Could never build any momentum in the match as when we got a goal, we
gave one away. Played well and went into the break 3-2 down.
Second half we fell apart. Were reckless, lost our shape, discipline in position and lacked composure. After two very good
performances and thinking we'd turned a corner this was very hard to take.
Meads 7s (4) vs Acton 8s (3)
Williams – J. Kearney – Richardson – Dussard – Wynne (Martin) – Wright – Yorath (M.Kearney) – Bonsu – Porter (Irish) –
Knight – Ellison
Ha ha ha, Look at them, there is only 12 of them and 2 of them are already limping and 2 more are even older than Dusty
and Joe…. we said as they warmed up.On a high from last week (first league win) we went into this game with some
confidence for a change… perhaps too much, going by our first half display. We were poor and for some reason turned into
a team of individuals. We ended up going in at the break 2-1 down, from there only 2 shots on goal, with Ross scoring ours.
GAME CHANGER:2-1 down at the break, was it the removal of Joe Porter (only joking godfather Joe) or was it the introduction of Liam Irish?
Was it we were now playing 4-4-2 rather than 4-5-1 or was it they were now down to 10 men (with 1 still limping) as 2 of
their players left injured (they actually left!!) Whatever it was, it didn’t take us long to get back to 2-2 after Liam miskicked
a shot which allowed Max to get on the end of it, with a trade mark run across the goal and the delicate of touches to knock
it in from 7 yards out. Mark then added a 3rd, to make it 2 in 2 for him, this coming from a quick corner between Dave and
Michael. Michael, was then to add a 4th and good work by Liam and with 15 to go, game was in the bag (remember they
only have 10)!!Well, we like to entertain, our defending at times does that as much as our attacking, and a mix up at the
back (I’ll cover Dusty here and take full responsibility) ended in a penalty, another soft one, after Mark tapped their striker
on the back of the leg. They managed to score to make it 4-3. Game back on!! They had 2/3 more chances to equalise but
scuffed their chances…. Luckily for us.A win is a win and we are still in both cups, we managed to get a lovely away tie
somewhere in East London, one day we will hopefully make it look as easy as the low in morale 8th team  Here is a photo
of Liam walking
Here are some photos of more Meads players walking and Paul Whelan walking off with Stanners retirement chair. Oh and
Dusty trying to tackle his own player…
Meads 8s 8 (eight) - 1 Old Bealonians
Squad:- Richards, Piper, Smith, Duckett, Terry, Graham-Collins, Berisha, Coyne, Balogen, Eggl, Hurley, Ringo, Ryan
Scorers:- Hurley (3), Eggl (3), Piper (1), Berisha (1)
Only the toughest of hearts would fail to have a little sympathy for Old Beals on Saturday. They made the long old trek over
from my old stomping ground Essex, but were never once anywhere near being in the game. Nice blokes, but unfortunately,
for them, not great.
If I'm honest, we made heavy work of the initial exchanges, but once we opened the scoring and settled down (nerves were
still apparent from previous results) it was one way traffic. I can't remember the exact order of goals, but a Hurley penalty
opened the scoring, with the evergreen striker adding a further two. Young buck Max helped himself to a hattrick and if not
for at least 5 off side decisions, could have doubled that tally. Danny P grabbed a well taken goal after returning from a long
term injury and Mr Berisha got in on the scoring act also.
Was nice to see the boys playing with a smile on their face and what defending we had to do was done very well. Apart
from the last 10-minutes when we did get bit goal hungry and lost our shape (and conceded) we treated the game and the
oppo with respect they deserved. We tried to do the right things throughout and whilst much tougher challenges will
follow, this should give us a nice confidence booster moving onwards. Injury crisis has hopefully abated a bit, and sure we
can recreate these kind of performances regularly, against tougher oppo, once the team settles down and confidence
improves.
Thanks to Gary for playing in goal (never seen him more animated than when they scored) and Danny P, Ringo and Kevin for
stepping it at late notice.
MoM:- joint award to the hattrick heroes Gareth and Max
9THS
Old Meadonians 9th 4 – 5 Alexandra Park 7ths AET (M Walcott 2?, Smith, J Walcott)
Not for the first time this season the 9ths fell victim of the club selection policy with two no shows\late cry-offs. With four
of last season’s team playing for higher sides we’re continually encouraged to pick players who let us down. Fortunately
Matthew Walcott was a late volunteer and John who came along to watch put on a kit at the side of the pitch. The
description ‘club legend’ is often inappropriately used in match reports but John is certainly worthy of the title.
Alexandra Park’s 7ths are riding high at the top of their division, above their own 6th team and on paper are tougher
opposition than we’d normally face. After 20 mins the pre-match stats lived up to the billing. We were 0-3 down chasing
shadows against a younger, fitter and quicker side than ourselves. It wasn’t that we started badly, but AP had a striker
worthy of their 1st team (a confession later made) and a centre midfielder who was doing a worthy impression of Xavi, who
between them breezed through our defense.
I can’t give you much detail of what actually happened as I was struggling to breathe but I remember getting fairly annoyed
at the showboating, whooping and encouragement of hatricks. What followed may not have been pretty or gained too
many Spirit of Football points but in true Old Meads fashion the 9’s got stuck into AP. Matthew scored our first before half
time, which was just reward for his fantastic work rate and skill running at AP’s defense. A key moment was Julian saving a
penalty at 1-3; a casual chip down the centre of the goal summed up AP’s nonchalance. We went up the other end and
scored soon after. 2-3. Iffy scored a superb freekick to equalize. 3-3. I think AP scored next and then John Walcott scored
from long range 4-4. During the last 15 minutes Meads were in the ascendency and could have won in normal time with
George and Matthew both having one on ones saved after great individual runs. FT 4-4.
Extra time. The match was decided by AP’s star striker who had been starved of service for so long that he took the game
into his own hands and picked up the ball near the halfway line flew through a few crude challenges before finishing well. 45. The 9’s had a couple of half chances to equalize in the fog but AP clung on to the win.
Credit to AP, they were a good bunch of lads with several very good players who shouldn’t really be playing at our level. As
for the 9’s every man had a storming game considering the circumstances, certainly no shame in this defeat.