The Official Wimborne Town F.C. Matchday Programme £2

Evo-Stik League SouthPremier South

Wimborne Townvs

Poole TownMon 27 Aug 2018

Kick-off 15:00

From the Directors’ BoxA warm welcome to the Koolpak Sta-

dium. We extend our hospitality tothe officials, players, staff and support-ers of Poole Town, I hope you enjoyyour time with us, and have a safe jour-ney home.I’d also like to extend a warm welcometo the directors of Koolpak and theirguests, who as well as being our mainsponsors this season are also ourmatch sponsors today. We’re delightedto have Koolpak on board as our spon-sors and it’s great to see them regularlycoming to games as well.These notes had to be written beforethe FA Cup game against Newport sodepending on how that went, and thecup draw if we won, we could be spend-ing a month on the road before our nexthome game at the end of September.In the meantime, we’re playing thefourth of four back to back home gamesagainst our local rivals Poole Town –the one I’m sure most of us were look-ing for when the fixtures were finallyannounced last month.Of course, this time last year there were2 divisions separating us from today’sopponents but after relegation was ago-nisingly confirmed from NationalLeague South for Poole on the last dayof the season and our well documented‘surprise’ promotion in July, we find our-selves facing each other in league ac-tion again for the first time in five years.

We’ve enjoyed the odd tussle in theDorset Senior Cup in the interveningperiod – including a couple of wins forWimborne in that period – but nothingbeats a proper league encounter as I’msure the healthy crowd today will con-firm.The teams have of course alreadyplayed each other this season in a pre-season match at Hamworthy, and if youweren’t there I’m sure you’ve heardabout it. In truth it was not the club’sfinest hour with 4 sent off and nor was ita great advert for Dorset football. I’msure neither club will want to see a re-peat of that today and whilst I’m sure itwill be a competitive and feisty match,I’m equally sure both managers will bereminding the players that cool headsare required this time round!Enjoy the game.

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Wimborne Town F.C.Club Line-up 2018-19

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IN THE DIRECTORS’ BOX Club President Ken Stewart Chairman Tony Grant Commercial Director Graham Bell Director of Football Matty Holmes Finance Lee Merrifield Football & Youth Development Director Terry Wateridge

ON THE PITCH Manager Matty Holmes Assistant Manager Danny Holmes Coach John Macey Shane Traynor GK Coach David Walsh Sports Therapist Ben Hayes Kit Jeff RobbinsDevelopment Squad Mngr Darren Shepherd Head of Recruitment Terry Wateridge Groundsman Brian Sibley

YOUTH SECTION Chairman Gus Phillips Secretary Sally Woods Welfare Officer Julianna Miller Treasurer Kieron Smart

BEHIND THE GOALClubhouse Manager Clive Bailey

Secretary Peter Barham Treasurer Geoff Maxted Matchday Co-ordinator Tony Grant Matchday Host Michele Govier Club Podiatrist Dr. Michele Spruce Chief Steward Mike Randall Stewards Kevin Hart Peter Stroud Adam Teuber Paul Wilshaw (First Aid) Darren Jones Tannoy Dee Dee Thornton Dennis Cadd Social Media Officer Ben Trant Web-site Forum Dave Webber Videos Dave Briggs Photographers Steve Harris Marc Harris Match Reporters Dave Briggs Melissa Dickinson

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From the Dugout

Hello everyone and welcome toour Bank Holiday home gamev Poole Town, I would like to

welcome the players, staff and sup-porters of Poole Town to Wimbornefor the game this afternoon.

Today’s league game would not haveeven entered anybody’s thoughtssome months ago, with Poole playingin the Conference South and us play-ing in the Southern West division.Those months have now fast forwardand here we are both playing for avital three points to help our leaguecampaigns.

We hope that today will bring a crowdsimilar to our excellent play-off finalcrowd where the Cuthbury waspacked with an incredible atmos-phere. All players love to play in frontof a big crowd and with our two homeleague games attracting over 500and 300 respectively the lads havereally enjoyed the atmosphere thatthis has brought.

Our home win against Harrow Bor-ough was a fantastic result and per-formance. Not only to record our firstSouthern Premier win for the club but,the manner of the performance wasgreat to see. After finding ourselvestwo nil down and playing well, wekept the belief and deserved the goalbefore half time. Second half we wereexcellent. Speaking to the Harrowmanager after the game, he was fullof praise in the way we played. Thisgame against a strong Harrow side

with some really good players willgive us great confidence moving for-ward.

Luke Holmes is still on his slow re-covery from his virus, Will Prior is inthe latter stages of his rehab with Benand we soon hope that he can be giv-en the all clear to start games. Curtisshould be back today after his familywedding and Lee Francis is backfrom his holiday.

I hope you all enjoy the game thisafternoon.

Best wishes

Matty Holmes

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Programme Front CoverPhoto of Jack Lovell - Steve Harris

Sketch of Wimborne Minster - Masha Dunn

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From the Dressing Room

Hi, and welcome to our fourthhome game running, and gamesdon’t come much bigger than a

long-awaited league match againstneighbours Poole Town.After a home defeat in their first fixture,Poole had a couple of good wins atSalisbury and Basingstoke. Similarly welost our opening game, at Farnborough,but had to wait for our third fixture to getour first points.It was a great feeling for the boys to getthat first historic win for the club at thislevel against Harrow. The longer you gowithout getting three points then youstart feeling edgy and tense up.After the disappointment of not gettinganything at Farnborough when we heldthe lead at half-time, we struggledagainst Dorchester on the Tuesdaynight. Conceding an early goal was thelast thing we wanted, especially afterDorch had lost their opening game athome. It gave them confidence, and wesoon saw that they had some goodplayers in key areas. Their wingerswere both good and gave our full-backsa hard time. But we got to grips with thegame in the second period, and finishedstrongly.It was a bit cat-and-mouse to start withagainst Harrow Borough on the Satur-day. We found ourselves 2-0 down afterabout half an hour, but both were poorgoals from our point of view. The first,from a corner, came off Bill and wrong-footed us. We gave the ball away inmidfield for the second, but then beganto grow into the game. Quick thinking byJordan, Burbs and Toby gave us a foot-hold just before the break. Then, in thesecond period, only their keeper, who

had an absolute blinder, and some iffyoffside decisions kept them in the gamefor a while.The new boys have settled in well. Cur-tis is a real live-wire, and is an honestlad; I thought Jordan had a great sec-ond half against Harrow; and Lewis isan out and out defender, and reallystrong on the ball.I’ve been asked many times what I thinkthe differences are at this level, and forme there’s a couple - the tempo thegame is played at, you have to be onfull throttle for the whole game, and howclinical the finishing is, if you have asniff then you’ve got to take it.As well as three points, there’s localpride at stake today. Lewis and Burbshave played for Poole, and they includea couple of faces you’ll recognise - SamGriffin and Franklyn Clarke, both ofwhom Cussy brought to Wimborne.The boys really enjoy playing in front ofthe big crowds we’re getting at the“Koolpak” this season, and your greatsupport certainly helps. It should bequite a game this afternoon.I hope you enjoy the occasion and thegame.

Scott

Wimborne Town 5 Harrow Borough 3 - 18 Aug 2018 - Graham Dunn reportsIn the first-ever meeting between thetwo teams, Wimborne came from 2-0behind to get their first season at Step3 up and running at the third attempt.With play-maker Luke Holmes unwell,Manager Matty Holmes gave recentsigning Curtis Young his first start. Fit-again Lewis Tallack returned to the de-fensive line, and James Stokoe was onthe team-sheet for the first time thisseason, albeit on the bench.As Wimborne made a nervous start, itwas Harrow who had the better of theopening exchanges with skipper RyanMoss nudging Lewis Cole's corner overthe line to give his team the lead on 12minutes.Wimborne struggled to get to grips withthe fluid movement of the visitors’ at-tack, and on 33 minutes Michael Bryanseized on a mis-placed pass in midfieldto coolly double Harrow's lead.After conceding four first-half goals onTuesday night against Dorchester, thehome faithful were apprehensive. Witha 2-0 scoreline, the next goal is oftencrucial and so it proved in this game.Four minutes before the interval Wim-borne pulled one back. Toby Holmeslifted Luke Burbidge's pass from JordanLee’s quick throw-in, over keeperHafed Al-Droubi. And Holmes’ thirdgoal in three games changed the mo-mentum of the game.Wimborne looked increasingly danger-ous at the start of the second period,partly due to Harrow’s high defensiveline. And it was no real surprise whenthe Magpies equalised on 54 minutes.Another quick throw gave Burbidgetime to feed the lively Young. As hesurged into the area he was broughtdown by Shaun Preddie. Referee San-

doe pointed to the spot, and JackLovell rifled the penalty home.On 65 minutes Harrow's Mark Mcleodwas shown a straight red for a lunge onYoung. And almost immediately hisside fell behind when Sam Davidsonwas quickest to react at a free-kick af-ter Lovell’s attempt at the back postwas saved.Harrow were reduced to 9 men after 70minutes when Preddie was shown asecond yellow for a foul on the elusiveBurbidge.Wimborne flooded forwards, and onlydefiant rearguard action by the excel-lent Al-Droubi, playing the role ofsweeper as well as keeper, denied thehosts a hat-full as he used head, shoul-ders, knees and toes in giving a goal-keeping master-class.But even Al-Droubi couldn’t keep Wim-borne’s rampant attackers at bay. Ste-fan Penny fed Young on 80 minutesand the youngster opened his accountfor the Magpies to make it 4-2.George Moore pulled one back for Har-row on 87 minutes, before Holmesmade the game safe two minutes later.That’s 14 goals in 2 home games - nowthat’s what I call entertainment.

Match Stats Wimborne HarrowGoal Attempts -on target

16 5

GAs - blocked 0 2GAs - off target 1 11Corners 3 5Fouls 4 12Off-side 10 0Cards 0 2 R

Wimborne Town 5 Harrow Borough 3 - 18 Aug 2018 - photos by Steve HarrisTop: Harrow’s Preddie, right, is about to bring Curtis down for the penalty;Bottom: Toby is beaten to the ball by Harrow’s keeper / sweeper Al-Droubi

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Patrons Draw - 5th July - list of participants

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Result of Draw made by Harry Redknapp

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Matty Holmes Manager Appointed May 2016.Played 124 games for AFC Bournemouth, also West Ham, Blackburn Rovers andCharlton. Previously AFCB academy coach for 10 years.Danny Holmes Assistant Manager Appointed June 2016.Played for Middlesborough before moving to AFCB with loan spells at Farnborough,Aldershot and Salisbury. Previously coached at AFCB academy for 8 years.Shane Traynor Coach Appointed June 2016.Played and captained Merstham in the Ryman league with coaching and manage-ment at Hamworthy, Weymouth and Poole. Also an AFCB academy coach.John Macey CoachBegan his career as a goalkeeper at Bristol City before playing for Grimsby Town,Newport County and Minehead amongst others.David Walsh Goalkeeper coach Appointed July 2017.Goalkeeping coach for all the club teams.Ben Hayes Physio Appointed July 2018.Previously at Poole Town.Jeff Robbins Kit Manager Loyal service for many yearsScott Arnold Position: Defence DoB: 22.2.85, PooleRe-signed: July 2011 Previous clubs: Rossgarth, Verwood Town, AFC Bourne-mouth, Poole Borough, Wimborne Town (2003-10), Bournemouth FC.Scott is club captain and has made over 500 appearances for the Magpies.Gerard Benfield Position: Goalkeeper DoB: 28.9.97, PooleSigned: July 2016 Previous club Hamworthy Utd.“Most improved player” and “Players’ player” awards for last season.Robbie Bradley Position: Midfield DoB: 02.10.99, SouthamptonSigned through our Development Squad. “Development player award” last season.Luke Burbidge Position: Forward DoB: 26.09.91, PooleSigned Nov 2017 from Poole Town. Previous clubs Hamworthy Utd, WeymouthSam Davidson Position: Defence DoB: 15.8.96, PooleSigned: March 2016 Previous club Hamworthy Utd.Lee Francis Position: Midfield DoB: 04.08.88, BarnstapleSigned July 2017 Previous club, Barnstaple TownPaddy Hester Position: Defence DoB: 3.1.93, PooleRe-signed Jan 2018 Previous clubs: AFCB, Hamworthy UtdLuke Holmes Position: Midfield DoB: 7.3.97, PooleOriginally signed Oct 2015, rejoined June 2016 after spells at Dorchester and Poole.Previously a scholar at AFCB.

Wimborne Town - Management Team and Player Profiles

Toby Holmes Position: Forward DoB: 26.12.92, PooleSigned: June 2016. Previously at Dorchester TownAwards 2017-18: League Golden Boot, WTFC “Manager’s player” & ”Fantasy player”.Louis Kellaway Position: Midfield DoB: 27.2.97, PooleDeveloped through the youth teams. “Young player” award for last season.Jordan Lee Position: Defender DoB: 31.12.96, BournemouthSigned: July 2018 Previous clubs: AFCB, Torquay Utd.Jack Lovell Position: Forward DoB: 19.11.93, SalisburySigned from Bemerton Heath Harlequins in 2016. Other clubs incl Verwood TownBilly Maybury Position: Defender / Midfield DoB: 2.9.93, PooleSigned: Aug 2012 Previous club AFCBRobinson Okumu Position: Forward DoB: 24.11.99, KenyaSigned through our Development squad.Stefan Penny Position: Defender / Midfield DoB: 20.08.92, PooleSigned August 2016 Previous club Hamworthy Utd.Will Prior Position: Midfield / Forward DoB: 06.12.98, DorchesterSigned through our Development squad.James Stokoe Position: Midfield DoB: 11.11.85, WinchesterRe-signed June 2013 Previous clubs include Eastleigh, Bashley, Lymington & NewMilton, Farnborough, Wimborne. He has played over 400 games, scoring over 100goals. “Chairman’s player” last season. Testimonial in May 2018.Lewis Tallack Position: Defender DoB: 4.10.92Signed: August 2018 Previous clubs include Portsmouth, Dorchester Town, PooleTown, Eastbourne Borough, and Blackfield & LangleyBen Walker Position: Defender DoB: 24.12.97, PooleSigned from Dorchester Town in 2016. Previously at AFCB for four years.Curtis Young Position: Forward DoB: 11.12.98, PooleSigned: August 2018 Previous clubs AFCB, AFC Totton.

Wimborne Town - Management Team and Player Profiles cont’d

Leading scorers Evo-Stik League South Premier Division South as at 18 Aug Brandon Goodship Weymouth 4

Toby Holmes Wimborne T 4Ian Traylor Merthyr T 4

In the Premier Division Central, Joseph Marsden (Needham Market) has scored 5.

Football Shorts (or boots)This season West Ham stewards all wear foot-ball boots to give them extra speed, after a pitchinvasion last season in a game against Burnley.

Scott Arnold 510 29 37 3Gerard Benfield 83 0 1 3Robbie Bradley 0 3 0Luke Burbidge 47 0 9 3 5Sam Davidson 79 6 6 3 2Lee Francis 26 18 4 1Paddy Hester 47 2 0Luke Holmes 97 15 16 2Toby Holmes 99 3 99 3 4Louis Kellaway 123 12 9 3Jordan Lee 3 3Jack Lovell 90 7 19 3 1 1Billy Maybury 251 15 13 3Robinson Okumu 0 7 1Stefan Penny 63 22 7 2 1Will Prior 7 9 0James Stokoe 384 29 104 1Lewis Tallack 2 2Ben Walker 39 26 1 1 1Curtis Young 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

WTFC Player Stats Club Total 2018-19Starts Subs Goals Starts Subs Goals Assists

Wimborne Town in the Southern League - 2010-18

Season P W D L GF GA GD Pts Position2010 - 11 40 10 5 25 45 81 -36 35 19 of 212011 - 12 40 8 11 21 50 77 -27 35 19 of 212012 - 13 42 15 10 17 59 60 -1 55 12 of 222013 - 14 42 16 7 19 78 70 8 55 13 of 222014 - 15 42 18 7 17 71 68 3 61 13 of 222015 - 16 42 12 8 22 65 80 -15 44 17 of 222016 - 17 42 17 6 19 67 68 -1 57 11 of 222017 - 18 42 23 8 11 104 57 47 77 3 of 22

TOM KILLICK: (Manager): Took over in May 2004, previously a Town player with along non-league career as a prolific striker, Non-League Player of the Year 1991/2 +member of the F.A. Vase winning Wimborne team in 1991/92. Arrived from Salis-bury City where he was Assistant Manager. Steered club to promotion in his firstyear and established Poole as a powerhouse team in the Wessex Premier Divi-sion. Winning the last three titles and promoted to The Southern South & West in2011-12, won the league outright in 2012-13, winning the Dorset Senior cup in2010, 2013 and 2014. 2014/15 – took side to runners-up in the Premier and RedInsure Cup winners adding the Southern Premier title in 2015/16 and a 5th place inNational League South in 2016/2017 prior to the relegation reverse of last season.STEVE RICHARDSON: (Coach) Taffy is back at the club to resume his long timeassociation with Tom Killick. He played over 400 games for Poole Town and wasalso with Wimborne Town, Weymouth, Basingstoke Town and Dorchester Town aswell being player/manager at Salisbury City. He was captain and goal scorer whenWimborne as a Wessex League club won the FA Vase at Wembley in1991/1992.MICHAEL HUBBARD: (Assistant Coach) Was with Poole as a player until the latterpart of the 2011/2012 season when he departed to Wimborne Town and has overthe past few seasons played for several local clubs.ANDY FLETCHER: (Goalkeeping Coach) Arrived pre-season 2018/2019 to replaceRobbie Yates. Played in goal for local teams over the years & still playing today.Played for his regiment and the Royal Armoured Corps during his time in the armedforces, coaches youth football at Lytchett Red Triangle.RICHARD GILLESPIE: (Striker) Prolific striker over many seasons including 3 atEastleigh + Bashley and AFC Totton with well over 350 goals to his credit, joinedfrom AFC Totton at the start of 2013/14 but suffered an injury hit season, returnedfrom a working spell in Australia mid season 2014/15, more injuries in 2015/16 &2016/17 restricted his appearances. Apps 105 Goals 43.WILL SPETCH: (Defender) Home grown talent from our Youth sides who rightfullyclaimed first team status. After transferring to Sutton Utd late in 2013/14 he suf-fered injury problems he arrived back at Tatnam at the end of October 2014 nowfully established in the Poole Town back line. Appearances: 317 Goals 32.STEVE DEVLIN: (Midfield) Joined from Dorchester Town in January 2012 and hasmade the central midfield place his own, he also has a keen eye for goal from directfree kicks. In 2012/13 Devlin helped Poole win the Southern League South & West& Dorset Senior Cup double. In 2013/14 he was again top goalscorer for the Clubwith 19 goals, 2016/17 named in the NL South team of the season previouslynamed in the Southern Premier team of the season. Appearances: 298 Goals 92.OLLIE BALMER: (Forward) Young striker who was top goal scorer in 2016/2017 asthe Poole Town U18’s won the South West Counties League & Cup double and pro-gressed to the FA Youth Cup 2nd Rd Proper, established himself in the 1st teamsquad last season. In 2017/2018 he scored 25 goals in 11 games for the PooleTown Development squad. Appearances 33 Goals 3

Poole Town Management and Player Profiles

FRANKLYN CLARKE: (Midfield) New arrival from Wessex Premier side, Blackfield& Langley. 2016/2017 he spent time in the pro game with York City and 2017/2018helped Blackfield to the Wessex Premier league championship, previous clubs in-clude Wimborne Town, Dorchester Town and Salisbury.JACK DICKSON: (Midfield) Came through the youth teams. Went to the USA on afootball scholarship at the end of 2015/16 was back for the 2017/2018 season butsuffered injury problems during the last campaign. Appearances 83 Goals 4SAM GRIFFIN: (Forward) Another new arrival in July 2018 also from Blackfield &Langley where he was the Supporters Player of the Year for 2017/2018 part of theirWessex Premier winning squad last season.ADAM GRANGE: (Forward) Signed at the latter end of 2016/2017 from WessexPremier side, Andover Town. Injured in 2017/2018 but hopefully 2018/2019 will seehim back to his full potential. Previously at Portsmouth he received a call-up to theEngland Schoolboys squad in January 2016. Appearances 2 Goals 0NICK HUTCHINGS: (Goalkeeper) Joined mid way through 2010-11 previously withNew Milton, Wimborne Town and Hamworthy Utd, taking over as number one keep-er early in 2011-12. Was outstanding in 2012/13 and played a major part in theclub’s notable defensive record, only 45 conceded having played 49 games in allcompetitions, 28 clean sheets in 2015/16 - Appearances 336.CARL PETTEFER: (Midfield) Senior member of the squad, midfielder made a deci-sion to team up with Jamie Whisken, Jonathan Davies and Richard Gillespie againwhen he joined the club from AFC Totton in July 2013. Carl started his career atPortsmouth before moving to join professional outfits Oxford United and SouthendUnited qualified as a teacher. 226 Appearances + 1 goal.JAMES WHISKEN: (Defender) One of several players that moved west to PooleTown from AFC Totton in the summer of 2013. The defender’s main position is incentral defence but he can also play along the back four as he is just as comfortablegoing forward as he is in defence. He started his career at AFC Bournemouth,where he only managed to play one game in the league cup against Wigan Athletic.He has also played for Basingstoke Town, Bognor Regis and Farnborough Towntook over as captain of the side during the 2013/14 season.Totals – 252 Appearances and 11 goals.LUKE ROBERTS: (Forward) Signed from AFC Totton in pre-season 2014/15.2016/17 was named Players Player, Supporters Player + Supporters Club Player ofthe Year. Suffered an ACL injury in the 2017/2018 pre-season and thus missed allof 2017/2018. Back for the new campaign. Appearances 147 Goals 38.CORBY MOORE (Midfield): Arrived back at the club in 2016/2017 after transferringfrom Chelmsford City was with the club previously during a loan spell from ForestGreen. Described as a midfielder but has been converted in a full back role alsoplayed with Frome Town and Bishop’s Stortford. Was a member of the Southamp-ton Academy and played for Indy Eleven in the USA. Appearances 75 Goals 1.

Poole Town Management and Player Profiles cont’d

JAKE SMEETON: (Defence) Signed from Dorchester Town on the 29/12/2016.Was the skipper at Dorchester, Jake was previously with Poole prior the moving tothe Avenue Stadium. Last season was badly disrupted by injury problems for him.Appearances 58 Goals 1.MARVIN BROOKS (Midfield) Home grown talent who came through from the youthreserve system establishing himself in the NL League side. He played a major partin the club success forming a formidable partnership with Steve Devlin in centralmidfield. Although his normal position is in midfield, he has also been used as cen-tral defence when numbers have been short at the back, top goal scorer in 2015/16.Departed in summer 2017 to Salisbury FC but came back to the club at the end ofNovember 2017. Appearances 276 72 goals.JOSH LESLIE-SMITH: (Defender) Progressed through the youth ranksto make his debut in the National League at Bath City in April 2017, part of theSouthern League squad this season. Appearances 8 Goals 0MICHAEL WALKER (Defender) First signed in 2004 but has also been on the booksof Dorchester Town, Wimborne Town and Weymouth finally returned for 2014/2015previously captain at Poole Town. Returned from long term injury at the end of2017/2018 and now back in the 1st team squad. Appearances 296 47 goals.JORDAN ALAWODE-WILLIAMS: (Defender) Played for Arsenal and Charlton Ath-letic during his youth career followed by a spell at Southend Utd and then joinedBristol Rovers in August 2017 spent two loan spells at Poole in season 2017- 2018.Now back at the club for the new campaign. Appearances 12 Goals 0LUKE CAIRNEY: (Goalkeeper) Transfer arrival from Thatcham Town and made hisdebut v Salisbury on the 14/8/2018. Spent last season with Wessex side, AndoverTown, he is also the Army FA and Combined Services keeper and prior to joiningthe Royal Engineers spent 10 years with Burnley.

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Half-time Quiz - name the year

● Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix● Louis Oosthuizen won the Open Golf Championship● Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams won the Wimbledon Singles titles● Spain beat Netherlands 1-0 in the World Cup final● Chelsea won the Premiership

Sports Shorts - sack racer has another record in the bagStephen Wildish, 38, a father-of-two from Swindon, who took his sack to the gymand practised on a treadmill has broken the world record for the 200m sack race, ayear after taking the 100m record from Sir Mo Farrah. The Times 20 Aug

Evo-Stik League South - Club Allocations 2018-19

From

AFC Rushden & Diamonds SL E

Alvechurch NPL S

Banbury Utd SL Prem

Barwell NPL Prem

Bedworth Utd NPL S

Biggleswade Town SL Prem

Coalville Town NPL Prem

Halesowen Town NPL Prem

Hitchin Town SL Prem

Kettering Town SL Prem

Kings Lynn Town SL Prem

Leiston IL Prem

Lowestoft Town IL Prem

Needham Market IL Prem

Redditch Utd SL Prem

Royston Town SL Prem

Rushall Olympic NPL Prem

St Ives Town SL Prem

St Neots Town SL Prem

Stourbridge NPL Prem

Stratford Town SL Prem

Tamworth NL N

Premier Division CentralFrom Distance

Basingstoke Town SL Prem 57 miles

Beaconsfield Town SL E 101.4 m

Chesham Utd SL Prem 109.4 m

Dorchester Town SL Prem 24 m

Farnborough SL Prem 74.9 m

Frome Town SL Prem 41 m

Gosport Borough SL Prem 52.3 m

Harrow Borough IL Prem 100.6 m

Hartley Wintney SL E 67.4 m

Hendon IL Prem 112.2 m

Kings Langley SL Prem 109.1 m

Merthyr Town SL Prem 127.7 m

Metropolitan Police IL Prem 95.2 m

Poole Town NL S 6.9 m

Salisbury SL W 29.9 m

Staines Town IL Prem 89.9 m

Swindon Supermarine SL W 97.2 m

Taunton Town SL W 66.6 m

Tiverton Town SL Prem 86.8 m

Walton Casuals IL S 94.7 m

Weymouth SL Prem 30.6 m

Wimborne Town SL W

Premier Division South

Promoted Lateral move Relegated

Total distance of return league trips 2018-19 = 3149.6 miles; average 150 milesLast season - total return trips = 3512 miles; average 167.2 miles

Beginnings - Poole FC were formed on20th September 1890 by the merger be-tween two local sides, Poole Rovers andPoole Hornets, who can trace their ori-gins back to 1880, thus the club cele-brated their centenary in 1980 with somehigh profile games against the likes ofMan Utd, WBA and Man City.The Recent Years:2000 – 2008 The new millennium sawthe club continue to stride forward butfurther silverware remained just beyondtheir grasp despite becoming a force inevery league they played in. Starting inthe Hants Premier division the Dolphinsfinished runners-up in 2000-01, 5th in2001-02, 4th in 2002-03, and 3rd in2003-04. Re-alignment of the leagues forthe 2004-05 season saw them join thenewly formed Wessex Division 2 andgain promotion finishing runners-up toLymington Town FC.2006-07 Poole joined the top flight of theWessex and gained a credible 8th in themuch tougher league. For the 2006-07the division was renamed Wessex Pre-mier and Poole started promisingly againbut finished in 4th.In this period there has been some goodcup runs too. Poole reached the Trophy-man League Cup quarter-finals in both2002-03 and 2003-04 and the latter yearalso saw the Dolphins reach the semi-final of the Dorset Senior Cup losing 1-2to Gillingham. They repeated the featagain in 2006-07 losing the semi-final toSherborne by the same margin. 2005-06saw them get to the Dorset Senior Cupfinal but lost to Hamworthy.Their first year in the Wessex in 2004-05saw them reach the semi-finals of theLeague cup losing to Thatcham Townover two legs, and the following season

they reached the semi’s again, losing outto Andover that year.The club moved to its current home atTatnam Farm during this period and con-tinual ground improvements saw theerection of a stand and bar and refresh-ment facilities and great improvementsto the club house and area in general.Poole led the way in the league for muchof the 2007-08 season slipping up earlyin the new year to eventually finish 4thonce more. They also had a good run inthe F.A. Vase reaching the 4th round butagain suffered disappointment on theirother cup competitions.2008 to date - Sustained Success atlast - That elusive Silverware finally ar-rived in the 2008/9 season. Poole Townwon the Wessex Premier title and wereto finish as the second best team of1,600 Football Association clubs in thewhole of England, based on points permatch, with the following record: played42, won 38, drawn 2, lost 2. They alsowon the Dorset Senior Cup (beatingDorchester 2-0 aet), in a thriller at Wey-mouth’s Radipole Lane ground andreached the semi finals of the LeagueCup. They were, however denied promo-tion to level 4 due to inadequate groundgrading at the Tatnam.They won the Wessex League title againin 2009-10 by an impressive 18 pointsand reached the final of the League Cup,but again failed to gain promotion afterthe plans to build a new ground at Brack-some Rec fell through. The real coup forthe 09/10 season was more personnel,Top goalscorer, Charlie Austin made thesuccessful leap from Poole to SwindonTown in the Football League Division Oneand subsequently to Burnley in the Cham-pionship, as an established talent.

History of Poole Town F.C.

2010/11 and Poole reached the F.A.Vase semi finals losing out to WhitleyBay. They also won Wessex Premier titlefor the third successive season, and atlast gained promotion back to their spiri-tual home in the Southern League after a15 year absence having finally been giv-en permission to make improvements tothe ground to take advantage of the of-fered promotion.The first season back in 2011-12 sawthem make a late charge to secure sec-ond place behind Champions Bideford.They beat Hungerford convincingly in theplay-off Semi’s and were minutes awayfrom winning the Final against Gosport.But hopes of a second straight promo-tion were dashed by two late goals fromSteve Claridge to send Gosport up to theSouthern Premier.2012-2013 saw the club win the South-ern South & West Division by 14 pointsin addition they won the Dorset SeniorCup, being 4 – 1 winners over WimborneTown at The County Ground, and finishup with a treble winning the SouthernLeague Championship Trophy matchbeating Central Division championsBurnham – 1 – 0 on their own ground.Thus for 2013/2014 promotion to thenow named Calor League Premier Divi-sion was achieved.2013/14 saw a 7th place finish and alsodisappointment coming so close to a FACup 1st Rd spot losing out to Confer-ence South side Staines Town in a re-play at Poole. Off the field by the end ofMarch a new clubhouse, dressing roomimprovements, new covered standing,new seating installed, new boardroom,new office, new tea bar and new toiletswere in place.

2014/15 saw the club in the mix for pro-motion to Conference South throughoutthe season unfortunately the final resultssaw them fall short losing a final daymatch to Corby Town who won the title.The club won the Red Insure SouthernLeague Cup for the first time drawing0–0 with Corby Town at Tatnam, Pooletaking the trophy on the away goals ruleafter their 1–1 at draw at Corby. Theywere also the winners of the Fair Playaward for the Premier Division. Thenewly formed U21 side won the DorsetU21 Development League and the U18’sreached the 1 st Rd Proper of the F.A.Youth Cup losing out to Torquay Utd.The players from the previous seasonstayed together and 2015/2016 saw theclub go one better and achieve promo-tion as champions of the Southern Pre-mier Division winning the title by amargin of 9 points from 2nd place Red-ditch Utd.The club lost out v Whitehawk in the FACup 4th Qualifying Rd down in Brighton.Which means over the last 9 seasonsthe club has won 5 league titles andbeen runners-up on 2 occasions.2016/17 saw a 5th place finish in Nation-al League South but no play-off placedue to ground grading issues despitemajor ground improvements once againat Tatnam to stave off threats of demo-tion. Tatnam was re-named the BlackGold Stadium. Poole Town U18’s alsoreached the 2nd Rd Proper of the FAYouth Cup losing out to Leyton Orient atPoole in front of a 300+ crowd.2017/2018 saw a final day relegationwith the club dropping back into theSouthern Premier after 2 seasons.

History of Poole Town F.C. Cont’d

Wimborne Town was formed in 1878 and became a founder member of the DorsetCounty FA in 1887.In the 1930’s the Club won the Dorset Division Two title three times, the Dorset JuniorChallenge Cup twice and the Dorset Junior Amateur Cup four times.Wimborne’s first senior honour came in 1937 with the Dorset Senior Amateur Cup, afeat not repeated until 1964. In 1981, Wimborne won the Dorset League Division Onechampionship without losing a match. The same year, Wimborne joined the WesternLeague and finished third in Division One in 1984/85.Wimborne joined the Wessex League in 1987 and so began a glittering chapter in theClub’s history. Over the following 22 years they won the Wessex League three times(1991/2, 1993/93 & 1999/00) and lifted the Wessex League Cup in 1993/94 to becomethe first team to achieve the League and Cup double. They repeated that feat in1999/00 and also won the Dorset Senior Challenge Cup in 1991/92 and 1996/97.Wimborne also have a history of achievement in FA competitions. In 1982/83, theyreached the FA Cup First Round where they played Aldershot, then a league side. Thedream ended there, however, with a 4-0 defeat.And in 1992, the Club reached the FA Vase final, becoming the first Dorset club to playat Wembley. Under manager Alex Pike, the Magpies lifted the trophy with a 5-3 winover holders Guiseley. That same season, Wimborne also won the Dorset Senior Chal-lenge Cup and Wessex League championship to complete an historic treble triumph.2009/10 was another milestone for the Magpies as they gained promotion to the South-ern League for the first time in the Club’s history. After a difficult first two seasons Wim-borne, became established in the league finishing mid table and gaining more pointseach season.In 2014/15, after a run of 4 victories, the Magpies reached the FA Trophy first roundproper for the first time in the club’s history. A 3-0 home defeat by Oxford City of theConference North ended the excitement.A disappointing start to the 2015/16 season led to Steve Cuss resigning as Manager inNovember. Club stalwart Paul Roast took over as caretaker boss before Simon Brownewas appointed as Manager, During this time new Directors came on board, but “duediligence” of the finances uncovered a large deficit. Despite the playing budget beingslashed, and most of the squad leaving, relegation was avoided. Off the field, a greateffort led to the financial position being resolved.For the 2016/17 season there was renewed optimism with a new Board in place. MattyHolmes took over as Manager, and assembled a strong but young squad whichachieved our then highest position in the Southern League of 11th.Holmes and his team improved on that in 2017-18, finishing 3rd on 77 points, havingscored over 100 goals, and winning the Dorset Senior Cup for the first time in 21 yearsalong the way. The euphoria of those achievements were muted by a play-off final de-feat by Swindon Supermarine in a penalty shoot-out. However, the restructuring ofleagues at Steps 3 and 4, and the demise of Shaw Lane FC led to a late promotion forWimborne as the highest performing team not already promoted. This means that for2018-19 the Magpies will be playing at Step 3 for the first time in their history.

History of Wimborne Town F.C.

Date Opponents Comp F- A Att. 1 2 3 4 5Aug 11 Farnborough Lge 1 - 3 327 Benfield Tallack (Y) Lee Davidson (Y) ArnoldAug 14 DORCHESTER T Lge 2 - 4 535 Benfield Walker Lee (Y) Davidson (1) ArnoldAug 18 HARROW B Lge 5 - 3 341 Benfield Tallack Lee Davidson (1) ArnoldAug 25 NEWPORT (IW) FAC(P)Aug 27 POOLE T LgeSep 1 Chesham U LgeSep 8Sep 15 Basingstoke T LgeSep 18 Swindon S’marine LgeSep 22Sep 29 BEACONSFIELD T LgeOct 6 Weymouth LgeOct 13 KINGS LANGLEY LgeOct 16 FROME T LgeOct 20 Hendon LgeOct 27 FAT(1Q)Nov 3 HARTLEY WINT’Y LgeNov 10 Merthyr T LgeNov 17 STAINES T LgeNov 20 Taunton T LgeNov 24 Walton Casuals LgeDec 1 TIVERTON T LgeDec 8 Salisbury LgeDec 15 MET POLICE LgeDec 22 FARNBOROUGH LgeDec 26 Poole T LgeDec 29 Dorchester T LgeJan 1 GOSPORT B LgeJan 5 Frome T LgeJan 12 MERTHYR T LgeJan 19 Staines T LgeJan 26 TAUNTON T LgeFeb 2 Hartley Wintney LgeFeb 9 HENDON LgeFeb 16 Tiverton T LgeFeb 23 WALTON CAS LgeMar 2 SALISBURY LgeMar 9 Metropolitan Police LgeMar 16 WEYMOUTH LgeMar 23 Kings Langley LgeMar 30 BASINGSTOKE T LgeApr 6 Beaconsfield T LgeApr 13 Harrow Borough LgeApr 20 SWINDON S LgeApr 22 Gosport Borough LgeApr 27 CHESHAM UTD Lge

Results & Fixtures 2018 - 19

Next Premier Division South fixturesToday Monday 27 AugustBasingstoke Town vs Gosport BoroughHartley Wintney vs FarnboroughHendon vs Harrow BoroughKings Langley vs Chesham UtdMerthyr Town vs Frome TownMetropolitan Police vs Walton CasualsSalisbury vs Swindon S’marineStaines Town vs Beaconsfield TownTiverton Town vs Taunton TownWeymouth vs Dorchester TownWimborne Town vs Poole Town

Saturday 1 SeptemberBeaconsfield Town vs Tiverton TownChesham Utd vs Wimborne TownDorchester Town vs Hartley WintneyFarnborough vs WeymouthFrome Town vs Kings LangleyGosport Borough vs Metropolitan PoliceHarrow Borough vs SalisburyPoole Town vs Staines TownSwindon Supermarine vs HendonTaunton Town vs Basingstoke TownWalton Casuals vs Merthyr Town

HOME games in BOLDFAC = FA CupFAT = FA Trophy

Football Shorts - Cherries on the topLast weekend, Eddie Howe took Bournemouth from91st in the league in 2009 to level on points at thetop of the Premier League. Four clubs above themin the league in 2009 are now in the sixth tier: Ches-ter, Darlington, Hereford, and Stockport County (thefirst three of those are successor teams after clubsfolded).

6 7 8 9 10 11 Substitutes - used / unusedKellaway Maybury L.Holmes T.Holmes (1) Burbidge Lovell Francis, Walsh, Walker, Penny, Young Kellaway Maybury L.Holmes T.Holmes (1) Burbidge Lovell Penny, Walsh, Francis, YoungKellaway Maybury Young (1) T.Holmes (2) Burbidge Lovell (1) Stokoe, Walker, Penny, Shepherd, Bradley

Evo-Stik League South Premier Division South - as at 18 Aug

P W D L GF GA GD Pts1 Tiverton Town 3 3 0 0 9 2 7 92 Hartley Wintney 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 93 Merthyr Town 3 2 1 0 9 4 5 74 Hendon 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 75 Weymouth 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 76 Farnborough 3 2 0 1 7 3 4 67 Taunton Town 3 2 0 1 7 3 4 68 Poole Town 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 69 Metropolitan Police 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 610 Salisbury 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 411 Swindon Supermarine 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 412 Basingstoke Town 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 413 Harrow Borough 3 1 0 2 9 10 -1 314 Wimborne Town 3 1 0 2 8 10 -2 315 Gosport Borough 3 1 0 2 5 7 -2 316 Dorchester Town 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 317 Staines Town 3 1 0 2 3 8 -5 318 Beaconsfield Town 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 219 Frome Town 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 120 Walton Casuals 3 0 1 2 4 11 -7 121 Kings Langley 3 0 0 3 5 9 -4 022 Chesham United 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 0

As at Saturday 18 August, 33 games have been played. There’s been:16 home wins - 49%; 12 away wins - 36%; 5 draws - 15%119 goals - average 3.6 per gameHighest score: Tiverton T 5 - 1 Walton Cas 18 Aug Wimborne T 5 - 3 Harrow B 18 AugHighest aggregate score: Wimborne T 5 - 3 Harrow B 18 Aug

Please note that results of last Saturday’s (25th) games are not included.

Ask a Wimborne Town supporter whoour biggest rivals are and they’ll proba-bly tell you it’s Poole Town. Ask aPoole fan who they like to beat mostand they might say it’s Weymouth. Andask a Weymouth follower and they’relikely to say it’s Dorchester Town!Whatever history tells us, though, thisseason we’ll all be rivals. For the firsttime ever, all four of the big Dorsetclubs are playing in the same division.And that means twelve local derbiesbefore we even consider the DorsetSenior Cup or the Southern LeagueCup. Add Salisbury to the mix and youcan imagine how the various FinanceDirectors are rubbing their hands to-gether!But what about Wimborne Town &Poole Town? Well, despite the fact thetwo towns are less than seven milesapart, this is only the seventh season intheir history (or, at least, in the past 100years) that the two clubs have been inthe same division. And all those sevenseasons have been this century.In 2006/07, Poole Town’s comebackcontinued with them being promoted tothe Wessex Premier; they played therefor five seasons and for the first four ofthose they faced the Magpies. ThenPoole spent two seasons with Wim-borne in the Southern League DivisionOne South & West on their climb to thegiddy heights of the National League.That success halted abruptly last sea-son, at the same time the Magpieswere (just!) making it into the SouthernLeague Premier.So, how have we fared in our 12league meetings so far? Well, braceyourself Magpie fans as the answeris….not very well!!

Here are all the results:2006/07 Wessex Premier (Wimbornefinished 6th; Poole finished 4th)Wimborne Town 0-0 Poole TownPoole Town 1-0 Wimborne Town2007/08 Wessex Premier (Wimbornefinished 3rd; Poole finished 4th)Poole Town 2-0 Wimborne TownWimborne Town 0-1 Poole Town2008/09 Wessex Premier (Wimbornefinished 4th; Poole finished top)Wimborne Town 2-2 Poole TownPoole Town 1-5 Wimborne Town2009/10 Wessex Premier (Wimbornefinished 2nd; Poole finished top)Poole Town 0-3 Wimborne TownWimborne Town 2-3 Poole Town2011/12 Southern League DivisionOne South (Wimborne finished 19th;Poole finished 2nd)Wimborne Town 0-1 Poole TownPoole Town 3-1 Wimborne Town2012/13 Southern League DivisionOne South & West (Wimborne finished12th; Poole finished top)Poole Town 1-0 Wimborne TownWimborne Town 0-2 Poole TownSo, Wimborne have won just two of thetwelve league meetings with Poole win-ning eight and two being drawn. Bothof Wimborne’s wins have come at Tat-nam; 5-1 in 08/09 and 3-0 in 09/10. Inthe six seasons, Wimborne have fin-ished above Poole just the once – in2007/08 in the Wessex League whenwe finished 3rd, one spot above theDolphins.In knockout cups, it’s a different storywith the two clubs being drawn againsteach other frequently in the DorsetSenior Cup. However, we’ve only evermet Poole Town once in national cup

Club Historian Ken Fergus looks at the rivalry between Wimborne and Poole

competitions. That came in the FA Cupin 1993/94 when the Magpies tri-umphed 2-0 here at Cuthbury followinga 0-0 draw at the Stadium. We’ve nev-er faced each other in either the FATrophy or the FA Vase.We’ve met twice in League Cup com-petitions. In 2008/09 in the WessexLeague Cup, Poole won 4-0 here atCuthbury and in 2012/13, Wimborne

won 3-0, also here at Cuthbury. Andwe’ve met 12 times in the past 30 yearsin the Dorset Senior Cup with Poolewinning nine times and Wimborne com-ing out on top three times.Overall then, there’s no doubt thatPoole Town have been dominant in thisfixture with eighteen wins to Wim-borne’s seven over the past 30 years.Time for the pendulum to swing?

Ken Fergus looks at the rivalry between Wimborne and Poole cont’d

Next fixtures at the Koolpak StadiumSat 1 Sep 3pm WTFC Dev Squad vs Hamble Club Wyvern LgeSat 8 Sep 3pm WTFC Dev Squad vs Sholing Wyvern Lge- unless there’s a home FA Cup tie on that daySat 29 Sep 3pm Magpies vs Beaconsfield T Evo-Stik LgeSat 13 Oct 3pm Magpies vs Kings Langley Evo-Stik Lge

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Having gone to St Cuthburga's HighSchool (which was at the top of StJohn's Hill) and Queen Elizabeth'sGrammar School and never havinglived more than 10 miles from Wim-borne, it is hardly surprising that I havesuch a connection and the warmestfeelings aboutthe town. I havealso been work-ing for the Stourand Avon Maga-zine for morethan 29 years,covering eventsin and aroundthe area.Yes, it haschanged andwith the new -and controver-sial - develop-ments that arecurrently beingbuilt, and therewill be furtherchanges asmore peoplemove into thearea to enjoyWimborne'smany facilities.And it does have so much to commendit.With tourist attractions such as Wim-borne Minster church, the Priest'sHouse Museum and the Model Town,and with Kingston Lacy almost on thedoorstep, it is hardly surprising thatWimborne attracts many visitors, who inturn want to live in the area.

There is so much to do too for thosewho move to the town. With the verysuccessful football, rugby, cricket, bowlsand tennis clubs - to name just a few ofits sporting attractions - there are plentyof activities throughout the year. TheEast Dorset Heritage Trust and the U3A

also offer numer-ous activities notto mention thelibrary, the Allen-dale Centre andthe CommunityLearning and Re-source Centre.One of the maincriticisms regard-ing the newneighbourhoodsis the lack of in-creased infra-structure, and it istrue that accessto Wimborne ismade over threenarrow, historicbridges. Conges-tion is likely tooccur. Howeveron the plus sideadditional hous-

ing should bring prosperity to business-es in the town. Already Wimborne isknown for its 'cafe society' with so manymore places to eat and socialise thattowns in the surrounding area.Wimborne has so much to offer, with itsfascinating history, beautiful rivers andattractive buildings.Why wouldn't one spend most of one'slife in Wimborne?

Outside the Box - Marilyn BarberMarilyn is News Editor at the Stour and Avon Magazine

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What's your job on Radio Solent?I'm hired on a matchday as the 'nonleague guy'. This season I'm commen-tating every game on Havant & Water-looville. But long after the game hasfinished I'll still be in the stadium talkingabout Wimborne, Hamworthy, the Dor-set Premier League etc for the podcast.

What do you like most about your job?Getting to visit somany different plac-es and making newfriends throughoutthe non-leaguecommunity.What's your sportinghistory?Two goals and acup winners medalfor the school foot-ball team was thepeak of my sportingendeavour! As afan have been to theWorld Cup, Euros,Olympics and theFA Cup final.Who is your favourite football team andplayer - professional and non-league?Watching Fareham Town when I was atschool got me hooked on non-leaguefootball. Nathan Ashmore has alwaysbeen a favourite player. He keeps goalfor Ebbslfeet, but when he was at Gos-port I saw him come up for a corner andscore a late equaliser at Cuthbury.What was the first game you went to?Portsmouth 3 Blackburn Rovers 0 (non-league Fareham Town 2 Willen-hall Town 1) - both in the 80s.

Which is your favourite ground to visit?I've worked at Wembley, in the com-mentary box and on the touchline whichwas hugely memorable, but also likethe homely grounds like Privett Parkand Cuthbury where the fans are friend-ly and like to have a chat.What advice would you give to a young-ster who'd like a career in sports jour-nalism?

Get as much expe-rience as you can;don't be disheart-ened by a rejection- keep trying; makecontacts - that'show you get thebest stories!Four favourites:Artist(s) OasisFilm

Star WarsFood

Ice CreamTech gadget

Not really agadget man, butthere are some re-

ally cool apps on the BBC iPad that en-able you to broadcast.And finally - please tell us a little-knownfact about yourselfWhilst dawdling through Windsor GreatPark I was almost run over by theQueen.

Thanks for your time, Cliff.Have a good season, and we hope tosee you here again before too long.

The Big Interview - Cliff Pledge (BBC Radio Solent)Cliff has often covered games here, so we asked him some questions

This season our Development Squadwill compete in the Wyvern Combina-tion Premier Division, which includesteams from Poole Town, WinchesterCity, and Salisbury City FC. The major-ity of the league matches will be playedon Saturdays, coupled with our strongSouth West Counties U18 squad whoalso compete on Saturdays, this willmean that Matty and our 1st TeamCoaching team have a pool of 36 WT-FC 'youth' players that throughout theirlong season they could call upon.Our Development Squad's manage-ment duo of Darren Shepherd andChris Wright travelled with a youthfulsquad to The Crest Finance Stadium,Portchester for their first league matchof the season. AFC Portchester fieldeda very experienced team whilst WTFCstarted with three 16 years olds (Year1's) including Cam Smith and LouisMcWilliams who made their debuts forour club. The other 16 year old wasWTFC's goalkeeper Ed Phillips. Therest of our squad were Year 2's and justfour Year 3 players.AFC Portchester pressed hard straightfrom the kick-off and put WTFC underconstant pressure but a very swift coun-ter attack from WTFC saw Rob Okumubreak away and shoot just wide. WTFCsoaked up more pressure from thehosts but our defence prevented AFCPortchester from creating any clearchances. The action flowed from end toend with half chances falling Wim-borne's way, Cam Smith shooting widefrom an excellent cross from HarryWright, also Aidan Shepherd headedwide from a clever quick short cornerroutine. Ollie Osborne was the nextWimborne player to shoot over the

Portchester bar following another WT-FC corner.On 38 minutes Aidan Shepherd collect-ed the ball and swiftly turned his markerand shot just wide. Before half-timeAFC Portchester piled on the pressureon the WTFC goal and deep into injurytime Ed Phillips produced a fine divingsave to ensure that both teams wentinto the half-time break level at 0-0.Darren's team talk was of praise forWTFC defensive qualities and to try toexploit the spaces that will occur duringthe second half, especially with RobOkumu's pace.Wimborne Town started the second halfwith more possession in the Portchesterhalf and a lovely through ball from LouisMcWilliams split their defence but theirkeeper saved very bravely at AidanShepherd's feet. Just five minutes laterLouis McWilliams found space behindPortchester's full back and Rob Okumuwas in on goal but saw his shot narrow-ly bounce the wrong side of the post.In the 58th minute the deadlock wasfinally broken when a strong run byJosh Blake and a neat pass into AidanShepherd who took the ball on and ri-fled across the goalkeeper and hittingthe net off the inside of the far post. 0-1.Aidan keeps up his very impressive runof scoring in a Wimborne Town shirt.Our lead was quickly doubled withsome very neat interchange of shortpasses, then Harry Wright made a footof space for himself and smashed a ris-ing shot into the far corner of thePortchester net, 0-2 to WTFC.AFC Portchester made some changesup front and in the 70th minute they

AFC Portchester 1 Wimborne Town Dev Squad 4 - 16 Aug - Gus PhillipsWyvern Combination Football League - Premier Division

scored with a neat goal following a veryclever turn and run from their No.8 Ash-ley Winning 1-2.Then AFC Portchester put WTFC underimmense pressure chasing the equalis-er but WTFC defensive unit includingour midfield stood firm. Will Fletcher(Year 1) was sent on to make his Wim-borne Town debut and he was a con-stant threat.Sam Haynes had a fine run and shotwhich the Portchester goalkeeper didvery well to palm away. WTFC keptlooking to push forward and followinganother quick counter-attack wereawarded a direct free kick 30 yards out.Charlie Tilsed calmly put the ball downand smashed a fierce low shot right intothe corner of the Portchester net. 1-3after 85 mins.WTFC continued to press hard and instoppage time Danny Hansford made avery strong run through a couple of

Portchester players and slipped in RobOkumu who outran their fullback andfinished very neatly for his deservedgoal. Full Time 1-4.Darren's Post match comments –A very pleasing opening start to theseason and mature performance fromour young team. The boys grew into thegame especially in the 2nd half. Attimes there was some lovely football ondisplay. We were really pleased withthe 4 - 16 year olds who all played verywell, this will certainly send out a goodmessage to all the other players withinour youth set up regarding our WTFCPlayer Pathway.Team: Ed Phillips, Danny Hansford,Charlie Tilsed, Ollie Osborne, SamHaynes, Josh Hall, Cam Smith, HarryWright, Louis McWilliams, Rob Okumu,Aidan Shepherd. Subs Josh Blake,Frank Herrington, Will Fletcher and BenKnight.

League Table as at 22 Aug P GD PtsWinchester City 2 3 6Romsey Town 2 2 4Wimborne Town 2 2 3Poole Town 1 1 3Sholing 2 1 3AFC Stoneham 1 0 1Christchurch 1 0 1Moneyfields 2 -1 1Salisbury 0 0 0Hamble Club 1 -2 0AFC Portchester 1 -3 0Laverstock & Ford 1 -3 0

Results11/8 Moneyfields 3 - 3 Romsey T15/8 Winchester C 2 - 0 Sholing16/8 AFC Portchstr 1 - 4 Wimborne T18/8 Romsey T 2 - 0 Hamble Club Poole T 3 - 2 Moneyfields Laverstock & F 0 - 3 Sholing AFC Stonehm 1 - 1 Christchurch22/8 Wimborne T 2 - 3 Winchester C

Fixtures1/9 Wimborne T vs Hamble Club8/9 Wimborne T vs Sholing

WTFC Development Squad - Wyvern Combination Football League

AFC Portchester 1 Wimborne Town Dev Squad 4 - 16 Aug cont’d

What’s your football playing history?Kingswood Youth FC – U8s – U16sHolt United U18s (1 year)Wimborne Town Development – 2017-present.What’s the best game you’ve everplayed in?Two fantastic games stick out for me.One was winning the 5 a side leaguewith the ‘Netsixand Chill’ boys.Absolutescenes after thegame!Another wasscoring a goallast minute tomake it 7-0which resultedin us coming2nd in theleague on goaldifference.Tell us aboutyour best goal?It was for Holt. Itwas a scissorkick and put it inthe top rightcorner. WeirdlyI scored a hat-trick in that game.What was the first live game you canremember going to? I think it was Bournemouth vs Lutonwhen I was about 4. Non-league thoughwas probably a Dorchester game.What did you learn from watching the2018 World Cup?That Neymar wouldn’t cut it at the Cuth-bury. I think he would struggle physicallyin this league. Also Ben the Physiowould be working overtime!

What’s the best advice you’ve been giv-en about playing?“Get Low” – Darren SheppardWhat’s your top ‘Keepy-Uppy’ score?Not sure exactly but I’ve made it pastthe 100 mark before.What other sports do you play?Tennis. I used to play competitively butquit to play more football. Love a knock

up now andagain though.Please tell us alittle-known factabout yourself:I live under thesame roof asMatty Holmesand Luke Holm-es. Also I’m re-lated to TobyHolmes.

Five Favourites:Team – WestHamPlayer – IscoOR DybalaTech Gadget –PhoneGroup / Artist -

ColdplayFilm / TV Programme – Gavin and Sta-cey / The Inbetweeners.

Thanks for your time, Adam.We look forward to seeing another Holmesin our first team squad in the future.

Introducing the WTFC Development Squad - Adam Holmes

With the Magpies now playing at Step 3(and those are words I never thought I’dwrite!), it seems a good time to lookback at the programme for our gamewith Poole Town here in April 2010 – amatch that was to be our final homegame in the Wessex League.Poole had already won the league bythe time this game came along but theMagpies were desperate for points; weneeded three points from our final twogames to secure second place and pro-motion to the Southern League for thefirst time.The programme comprises 40 pagesincluding 4 pages of colour action pics.The cover (opposite) has a shot of 22-year-old centre back Dan Haysom andpage 3 lists the teams (on the followingpage). Then there’s Ken Stewart’sChairman’s comments in which he con-gratulates Poole Town as worthy cham-pions, commenting on their ability,determination & good management.Page 14 has a report of the Dorset Sen-ior Cup final between Gillingham Town& Wimborne Town which had beenplayed at Dorchester the previous week.A sad story, as many of us will remem-ber very well! It was goalless after 90minutes but when Lee Chudy put us infront in extra time it looked odds-on thecup was coming back to Cuthbury. Totheir credit, Gillingham had other ideas.They equalised in the second periodand then scored the winner from thespot in the final minute after Nick Hutch-ings had been fouled, retaliated and wassent off.Then there’s an article on “JamesStokoe – Wimborne’s Iron Man”! It

starts “If there was an award for mostimproved player at the Club this year,there’s no doubt James Stokoe wouldbe a leading contender. The form of the24-year-old striker turned midfielder hasbeen a revelation and his energy andenthusiasm has been a major factor inour success.” Still true today.There’s a rundown on the Poole Townmanagement & players and, as always,there’s lots of past and future Magpiesin amongst them including James Bai-ley-Pearce, Russell Cook, Kevin Gill,Micky Hubbard, Ross Lloyd, Carl Poore,Carl Preston, Taffy Richardson, SteveSmith & Dave Sturgess. Poole’s man-ager & assistant manager (Tommy Kil-lick & Gavin Reeves) were ex-Cuthburyplayers and coach Steve Cuss was des-tined to play a major part in WimborneTown history, both on and of the pitch,in the coming years.Later in the programme we have all thestatistics from Wimborne’s 23 seasonsin the Wessex League. And they’re im-pressive. In all, we played 920 WessexLeague games, winning 543, losing 195& drawing 182 – a winning percentageof over 59%. We won the Wessex titlethree times, the Wessex League Cupthree times and the Dorset Senior Cuponce. Oh, and we won the FA Vase too.We scored 2,167 goals and conceded1,070 and finished lower than 8th onlyonce. As the article says “Our time inthe Wessex League has coincided withthe greatest period in the Club’s historyand, if this is to be our final season, wecan look back with pride on what we’veachieved since 1987.”

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Reminiscing with Ken - Ken Fergus looks through his Wimborne programmesWimborne Town vs Poole Town - Wessex League - 24 April 2010

The player stats in the programme showthat James Stokoe had started 49 of the50 games so far, with James Wilson(what a good full-back James was!)starting 46. Sam Lockyer & Liam Greenhad each taken part in 47 games whileour top scorer was Scott Joyce – theStriker Supreme – with 29 goals from 32starts & 7 sub appearances. And stillknocking them in for Christchurch.Finally, there’s manager Alex Browne’snotes. He congratulates Poole on theirtitle and thanks his management teamof Magpie legends Darren Powell &Jamie Sturgess. Alex will always be

remembered as the man who took usout of the Wessex League and into theSouthern League. A good bloke and agood manager.For the record, we lost 3-2 to PooleTown that day (our goals from LeeChudy & Kev James) and so it all wentdown to the wire at Alrsford two dayslater. On a nerve-shredding evening,we won 3-1 and bade farewell – andthank you – to the Wessex League.

Talking of good blokes - Ken was pro-gramme editor at the time, a role hefilled very successfully for 13 years. - Ed

Reminiscing with Ken cont’d

Your all-time fantasy XIThis season we’re asking players and fans to nominate their all-time fantasy team.Today Jeff and Alan tells us theirs:

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The World Cup trophy weighs about 13 pounds (approximately 116 Mars bars).It is made of 18 carat gold and is worth about 8.5 million pounds.Wayne Rooney, Gareth Bale and Kevin Davies are the only players to score,assist and score an own goal in a single Premier League game.

Q: Why didn’t the dog want toplay football?A: It was a boxerQ: Where is a ghost’s favouritespot?A: Under the ghoul postsQ: Why didn’t the skeleton playfootball?A: His heart wasn’t in it.

I was born in Sunderlandin 1970I played for Aston Villa,Crystal Palace and Mid-dlesbroughI am England’s FootballManager

WHO AM I?

Skipper Scott with our three mascots at thegame against Harrow on 18th August.

Starting top left, can you dribble theball into the goal at the bottom?

Spot the ball with Steve Harris - answer inside back cover

Caption Competition - photo Steve HarrisThere’s a free hot drink for the best suggestion - yes, we know, we spoil you - Ed

Non-League Paper Programme Column - Adam Ellis“There’s no place like home.”For many of us, our local grounds arelike a second home; they bring comfortand a familiarity, and if you’re lucky acomfy seat with a choice of cold or hotbeverage. Which is a nice thought forme to imagine when I travel on the trainto NLP towers on an uncomfortablechair and without the option of a bever-age.Last weekend on the journey to the of-fice the train was filled with West HamUnited fans on their way to the top flightmatch against Bournemouth. Bychance, I got speaking to a chap satopposite who had an Irons jacket onand he began talking about how he is aseason ticket holder at West Ham butalso goes to watch Dagenham & Red-bridge ‘four or five times a season’.Two teams with a proud tradition andstanding in their community, but a caseof David and Goliath. “The bigger theyare the harder they fall.” Well, not exact-ly in this case.Ever since the city of London won thebid to host the 2012 Olympics I havefollowed the story of what the govern-ment and the Greater London Authorityplanned to do with the stadium in Strat-ford long after Mo Farah and JessicaEnnis had graced it.After the 16 days of sporting excellencewere showcased to the world, focusswitched to whether Jeremy Hunt, sportminister at the time, and Mayor BorisJohnson could get the right deal for thetaxpayer by finding a tenant who wouldprevent the stadium from turning into adefunct patch of overgrowth.Could they do it? Absolutely not.As of a year ago, £783m of taxpayers’money had been spent on the stadium

with an annual bill of £20m invoiced forsecurity and cleaning and a host of oth-er services. So bad was the deal struckby the ground owners’ London LegacyDevelopment Corporation (LLDC) withWest Ham, they appealed against agranted Freedom of Information Act re-quest to have the tenancy contractmade public. This after it was knownthat West Ham would pay £2.5m-a-yearin rent over a 99-year lease.Promotions followed for Hunt and John-son, West Ham’s co-owners sold UptonPark after 110 years on Green Street,while the Daggers sold top goalscorerOli Hawkins to Portsmouth for an undis-closed fee after relegation to the Nation-al League. Joined by fellow EastLondoners Leyton Orient in dropping tothe fifth tier, some fan groups have la-belled the tenancy agreement as ‘stateaid’. The sum of £2.5m a small drop inthe Premier League club’s well of rich-es.I brought this up with the man on thetrain who said he and a lot of other sup-porters had failed to analyse what theirboard was selling them with the move.I asked him whether it must be painfulwatching football in a stadium built forathletic purposes when Upton Park of-fered such a good atmosphere. So whynot swap his season ticket in 2019 forone at the Daggers?"They need to start winning games ifthey want to get more than 1,500through the gate," he said. "Go whereyou feel at home, you're not a 400mhurdler are you?" I joked.

Dorset Dave’s Chuckle Corner

Poole's name derives from a corruptionof the Celtic word bol and the Old Eng-lish word pool meaning a place near apool or creek. In the 2011 census thepopulation of the borough of Poole was147,645, {Wimborne's is 15,552} Poole,Bournemouth and Christchurch aresoon to be merged into one Authority.New names suggested for the conur-bation are Bournechurchpoo or Church-poomouth.

I told a friend that I went on a sailingcourse in Poole. He said “In Dorset?” Isaid, “yes, I definitely recommend it.”

I saw a Poole Town season ticketnailed to a tree. I thought I'm havingthat! Well, you can never have enoughnails can you.

Pirates have been synonymous withPoole over the ages. The most famouswas probably Isaac Gulliver.(1745-1822) who also has connections withWimborne [Gulliver House, GulliversBookshop, Gulliver Court etc].Here are a few Pirate chuckles:-

Q. How much do Pirates pay for theirpiercings?A. A Buccaneer

3.14% of sailors are Pi rates

Q.What do you call a pirate who stealsfrom the rich and gives it to the poor ?A. Robin Hook

And as promised in Saturday’s pro-gramme here are the top ten jokes vot-ed for at this year's Edinburgh Festival:

"I had a job drilling holes for water - itwas well boring" - Leo Kearse

"I took out a loan to payfor an exorcism. If Idon't pay it back, I'mgoing to get repos-sessed" - Olaf Falafel"In my last relationship,I hated being treated like a piece ofmeat. She was a vegan and refused totouch me" - Daniel Audritt"What do colour blind people do whenthey are told to eat their greens?" - Floand Joan"I've got a new job collecting all thejumpers left in the park at the week-ends, but it's not easy. They keep mov-ing the goalposts" - Darren Walsh"Trump said he'd build a wall but hehasn't even picked up a brick. He's justanother middle-aged man failing on aDIY project" - Justin Moorhouse"I lost a friend after we had an argu-ment about the Tardis. I thought it wasa little thing, but it seemed much biggeronce we got into it" - Adele Cliff"Why are they calling it Brexit and notThe Great British Break Off?" - AlexEdelman"I think love is like central heating. Youturn it on before guests arrive and pre-tend it's like this all the time" - LauraLexxAnd the top joke by Adam Rowe, whichreceived 41% of the vote :-"Working at the Jobcentre has to be atense job - knowing that if you get fired,you still have to come in the next day."

And the limerick:A young novice jockey from PooleWas sent to a horse riding schoolThe first race he was inHe had no chance to winCos' he found he was riding a mule.

The Answers …

Tivoli Theatre WimborneAug 31 The Best of WhamSep 1 The Bourne Again ShadowsSep 6 Cannon & Ball’s “Dressing Room”Sep 7 Chris FarloweSep 8 The Newgrass CuttersSep 9 Ruby TurnerSep 12 Tom AllenSep 13 Gary DelaneySep 14 Supersonic 70s Show

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Half-time Quiz - name the yearIt was 2010

Spot the ball with Steve Harrris

Wimborne TownManager: Matty HolmesBlack & White

Poole TownManager: Tom KillickRed & White

GERARD BENFIELD (GK)LEWIS TALLACKJORDAN LEESAM DAVIDSONSCOTT ARNOLD (Capt)LOUIS KELLAWAYJAMES STOKOEBILLY MAYBURYTOBY HOLMESLUKE BURBIDGEJACK LOVELLROBBIE BRADLEYLEE FRANCISSTEFAN PENNYAIDAN SHEPHERDBEN WALKERCURTIS YOUNGDAVID WALSH (GK)

Today’s Match OfficialsReferee: ANDREW EVANS (Trowbridge)

Assistant Referees: NICOLAS WHITTINGTON (Eastleigh)DEREK PRATT (Stockbridge)

Next at The Koolpak StadiumWTFC Dev Squad vs Hamble Club

Wyvern Combination LeagueSat 1st Sept kick-off 15:00

1. LUKE CAIRNEY2. JORDAN ALAWODE-WILLIAMS3. JOSH LESLIE-SMITH4. WILL SPETCH5. JAMIE WHISKEN (CAPT)6. CORBY MOORE7. SAM GRIFFIN8. STEVE DEVLIN9. FRANKLYN CLARKE10. MARVIN BROOKS11. ADAM GRANGE12. CARL PETTEFER13. NICK HUTCHINGS (GK)14. JACK DICKSON15 RICHARD GILLESPIE16. OLLIE BALMER17. JAKE SMEETON18. QUASSI WATERS19. OLI LOWES