Lingfield Football ClubOfficial Matchday Programme 2016/17

THE LINGERSv BILLINGSHURST17/12/16SCFL DIVISION ONE

HARRY MIDDLETON

GLS

THELINGERS

MATTHEW BURROUGHS

MARK BARNARD

DAVID HEATON

MARC MCEVILLY

JOE KENSETT

MATTHEW GATES

CHARLIE DODD

AARON STEAD

DAN FRITH

THOMAS STEAD

TONY JENNER

MATCH OFFICIALSREFEREE: ALEX HOWARD

ASSISTANT 1: NATHAN WELCH | ASSISTANT 2: CRAIG SCOTT

RORY WOOLSTON

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BILLINGSHURSTFC

OLLY MOORE

CONNOR LEECH

JAKE HORN

KEIREN CURTIS

DESIGNED BY 442 DESIGNS | ANTHONY SCOTT | antscott7@hotmail.co.uk

BRETT CAIGER

SAM BELL

THOMAS DARKO

NATHAN HULL

ENOBONG IDIONG

ELLIOT HAWKES

JAMES HANCOCK

DAN GAME

SEAN CULLEY

RYAN CARSE

JOHN BRAZIL

TOM BRADSHAW

HARRY BOWLES

NATHAN SLEAT

GEORGE O’SULLIVAN

BILLY LANNON

FRED BOWLES

TOM BETTS

MICHAEL NORRIS

BRIGHT TEMBA

OLLIE LAMBKIN

NICK TILLEY

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Good afternoon and welcome to the final homegame of 2016.

Today we entertain Billingshurst who were promot-ed from Division 2 at the end of last season. Theyhave found the higher division tough going so farbut remain clear of the bottom two clubs and willprovide a stiff challenge for the Lingers today fol-lowing a 7-2 home win against Ringmer last Satur-day.

Our 1st team had a thrilling 5-3 victory over Bex-hill Utd two week ago, 3-1 down after 66 minutesbut an incredible fightback saw four goals three ofwhich came in added time!

Sadly they couldn’t maintain their winning formlast week at 2nd placed Mile Oak, going down 2-1but remaining in 6th place and still in touch withthe leaders.

The reserves exited the Surrey Cup on penaltiesafter 1-1 draw with Worplesdon Phoenix and theSunday team lost 3-1 to league leaders Warling-ham Reserves.

A disappointing time for the u18s as well, a 3-2 de-feat at Dorking was followed by a 2-2 draw at Re-dhill on Monday.

The 1st team are next in action on Tues 27th Decwhen we make the short trip to Oakwood, it’s a7.45pm kick off and we hope to see many of youthere to support the lads.

The next game here at Godstone Road is against StFrancis Rangers on the 3rd Jan at 7.45pm.

Don’t forget we are holding the club Xmas partynext Friday, tickets are £10 inc buffet.

Finally we’d like to wish all players, officials andsupporters and happy and peaceful Xmas and welook forward to welcoming you back to GodstoneRoad in 2017.

Enjoy today’s game,

Up the Lingers!

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LINGFIELD FCLINGFIELD FC

It’s as you were at the top of the Premier Division table inthe Macron Store Southern Combination Football Leagueafter the top five all won in the latest round of fixtures.

Shoreham continue to lead the way by five points after aconvincing 4-0 win against Loxwood. Joe Keehan, Tom Bur-ton, Rob O’Toole and Richard Greenfield got the goals forthe Mussels at Middle Road.

Haywards Heath Town are their nearest challengers, andahead of their match on Tuesday night, the Blues saw offNewhaven at Hanbury Park. Trevor McCreadie and Alex La-ing were on target in the second half to give Shaun Saunders’side a 2-0 win.

However, it was third place Pagham who were the biggestwinners of the day – romping to a 6-1 win away at WorthingUnited. Kieron Pamment scored a first half hat-trick to putthe Lions in the driving seat, before a treble from Ryan Mo-rey in the second period sealed a big win for Mark Bennett’smen at Lyons Way. Paul Elliott grabbed a consolation forUnited late on.

After losing out in a ten goal thriller last week, CrawleyDown returned to winning ways with an emphatic 4-1 win athome to Arundel. Oli Leslie scored a hat-trick for the Anvilsafter Michael Belli had opened the scoring, with Rory Biggsscoring late on for the visitors’ consolation.

Eastbourne Town’s upturn in fortune continued with a 3-1win at AFC Uckfield Town. Aaron Capon, Jason Taylor andEvan Archibald got the goals for John Lambert’s men at theOaks.

Wick missed the chance to move out of the bottom three af-ter failing to hold on to a 2-0 lead at home to HorshamYMCA. Joe Gromett scored twice for the hosts, who weretwo goals up on the hour, but only for Sam Schaaf and thenGuy Harding to earn YM a share of the points at CrabtreePark.

An improving Lancing side picked up a surprise win at Broad-bridge Heath. Nana Baah and Lewis Finney scored for the vis-itors as they won 2-1 at the Leisure Centre, with StuartChester scoring late on for Heath.

Chichester City keep close taps on the top three after theysaw off struggling Littlehampton Town. Jack Lee, Jamie Horn-castle, Keiran Hartley and Ellis Martin got the goals for Chiat Oaklands Park as they won 4-0.

Eastbourne United made it back-to-back wins after seeingoff a brave effort from Hailsham Town at the Oval. MartinMutungi cancelled out Adam Davidson’s effort as the sideswent in on level terms, only for the hosts to turn the screwafter the break. Bailo Camara, Liam Baitup and Max Hollo-

bone were all on target as United ran out 4-2 winners, withBilly Crittenden scoring late on for the visitors.

Elsewhere, Josh Marshall got the only goal as Peacehaven &Telscombe won 1-0 at home to Hassocks.

In Division One, first hosted second as Little Common wel-comed Saltdean United to the Recreation Ground. It was theTigers who went ahead in the first half, as a header went inoff the post, but only for Common to respond in style in thesecond period. Wes Tate drew Russell Eldridge’s side level,before Saltdean went down to ten men after a second booka-ble offence by a defender. Despite that, it was the visitorswho went closest to regaining the lead as Andy McDowellsaw his effort come back off the post, but Little Commonwent on to win it five minutes from time. Jamie Crone wasreleased inside the area, and he rounded the keeper to givethe hosts a great win.

They are three points clear of Mile Oak, who leapfrog Salt-dean into second on goal difference, after they beat Lingfield.Enzo Benn scored twice, including a late winner, for thehosts as they won 2-1.

Langney Wanderers’ revival under Andy Goodchild contin-ued after they came from behind to win emphatically at St.Francis Rangers. Rhys White gave Rangers a fourth minutelead, only for the visitors to respond in great style. NathanCrabb scored a hat-trick with further goals from Josh Elliot-Noye, Shane Saunders, Ashley Jarvis and Wayne Wilkinsonas Wanderers won 8-1 at the Colwell Ground.

Third-bottom hosted bottom in what looked a big game pri-or to kick off as Ringmer made the trip to Billingshurst. How-ever, it was the hosts who picked up only their third win ofthe season in surprising style. Patrick O’Sullivan scored ahat-trick, with Enobong Idiong, Harry Bowles, Sean Culleyand Elliot Hawkes all on target as Billingshurst won 7-2, leav-ing Ringmer bottom of the table.

East Preston lost ground on those sides above them afterslipping to a surprise defeat at home to Storrington. JoeWarner got the only goal of the game as the Swans won 1-0at the Lashmar.

Steyning Town missed the chance to move into the topthree after they were held by AFC Varndeanians. In a realtopsy-turvy affair at the Shooting Field, Matt Waterman’shat-trick proved enough to earn the visitors a point. Howev-er, Steyning will be pleased with a point after coming frombehind twice with Charlie Romain and a Craig Knowles braceearning them a 3-3 draw.

Morgan Forry scored twice for Selsey as they won 5-1 at Oak-wood. Joe Manners, Joseph Clarke and Tom Groom were al-so on target for the visitors at Tinsley Lane.

SCFL REVIEWSCFL REVIEW

MEET THE LINGERMEET THE LINGER…WITH BRETT CAIGER!…WITH BRETT CAIGER!

Name: Brett CaigerPosition: StrikerFavourite Team: ChelseaFavourite Food: MexicanFavourite Music: JazzFavourite Film: The NotebookFavourite Drink: Elderflower juicePre-Match Meal: Pasta with pine nutsIn a film about you, who would play you?: Channing TatumLongest in the Shower: Myself?Most intelligent: Connor LeechLeast intelligent: Matt DoddBest Trainer: Matt BurroughsWorst Trainer: Jake HornWorst Banter: Joe KensettWorst Dressed: Matt DoddBest player you have played with?: Christian AtsuWho will finish top scorer this season?: Me!

The club committee would like to remind ALL spectators who watch Lingfield that they are expected to abide by theclub’s Code of Conduct whether that be here at Godstone Road or when following the team to their away fixtures.

This is particularly relevant in our behaviour towards match officials. Everyone who partakes in the game at this leveldoes so because they love and enjoy it, whatever side of the fence they are on. Spectators, officials and players have

disagreed with match officials since football began and regularly make their views known. However this should not de-generate into personal abuse towards match officials who are doing their job.

We are reprinting the spectators Code of Conduct below and would remind all supporters that a failure to adhere tothese brings the good name of the club into disrepute and offenders will be expected to answer to the club committee

for their actions.

I WILL:• Remember that children play for FUN

• Applaud effort and good play as well as success

• Respect the Referee’s decisions even when you don’t agree with them

• Appreciate good play from whatever team it comes from

• Remain behind the touchline and within the Designated Spectators’ Area

• Let the coach do their job and not confuse the players by telling them what to do

• Encourage the players to respect the opposition, referee and match officials

• Support positively and offer players encouragement not criticism

• Never engage in, or tolerate offensive, insulting or abusive language or behaviour

I understand that if I do not follow the Code, any/all of the following actions may be taken:

I MAY BE:• Issued with a verbal warning from a club or league official

• Required to meet with the club, league or CFA Welfare Officer

• Required to meet with the club committee

• Obliged to undertake an FA education course

• Obliged to leave the match venue by the club

• Requested by the club not to attend future games

• Suspended or have my club membership removed

• Required to leave the club along with any dependents.

IN ADDITION:• The FA/County FA could impose a fine and/or suspension on the club.

CODE OF CONDUCTCODE OF CONDUCT

DATE OPPOSITION COMP F-A ATT06 AUG RINGMER A PBLC 1 3-0 48 JENNER STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

13 AUG EAST PRESTON A SCFL 1 1-4 62 JENNER CAPON DODD STEAD

20 AUG HAILSHAM TOWN A PBLC 2 5-0 60 MOORE STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

27 AUG SOUTHWICK A SCFL 1 2-1 22 MOORE STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

30 AUG ST. FRANCIS RANGERS A SCFL 1 5-1 35 MOORE LEECH STEAD DODD

03 SEP AFC VARNDEANIANS A SCFL 1 2-0 38 MOORE STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

06 SEP SEAFORD TOWN A SCFL 1 2-0 23 MOORE STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

10 SEP HAILSHAM TOWN A FAV Q1 3-0 50 MOORE STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

17 SEP STEYNING TOWN H SCFL 1 1-3 33 JENNER STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

24 SEP COBHAM A FAV Q2 1-0 MOORE STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

01 OCT SALTDEAN UNITED H SCFL 1 2-2 0 JENNER GATES MCEVILLY DODD

04 OCT LITTLE COMMON A SCFL 1 2-6 71 MOORE GATES MCEVILLY DODD

08 OCT STORRINGTON H SCFL 1 4-0 38 MOORE GATES MCEVILLY DODD

11 OCT LOXWOOD A PBLC 3 0-1 58 MOORE STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

15 OCT LANGNEY WANDERERS H SCFL 1 5-2 0 MOORE STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

18 OCT STEYNING TOWN A D1CC 1 1-3 45 JENNER STEAD GATES KENSETT

22 OCT ALRESFORD A FAV R1 3-5 JENNER STEAD MCEVILLY DODD

25 OCT RINGMER H SCFL 1 4-0 37 JENNER LEECH GATES HORN

29 OCT MIDHURST & EASEBOURNE A SCFL 1 1-2 34 JENNER STEAD DODD KENSETT

05 NOV EAST PRESTON H SCFL 1 1-4 52 JENNER GATES MCEVILLY DODD

12 NOV SELSEY H SCFL 1 2-2 28 JENNER STEAD GATES MCEVILLY

19 NOV STEYNING TOWN A SCFL 1 3-0 55 MOLE STEAD THOMPSON GATES

26 NOV AFC VARNDEANIANS H SCFL 1 4-1 23 MOLE STEAD MCEVILLY THOMPSON

3 DEC BEXHILL UNITED H SCFL 1 5-3 41 MOLE NAYLOR MCEVILLY THOMPSON

10 DEC MILE OAK A SCFL 1 1-2 54 JENNER STEAD BELL MCEVILLY

17 DEC BILLINGSHURST H SCFL 1

27 DEC OAKWOOD A SCFL 1

3 JAN ST. FRANCIS RANGERS H SCFL 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

STATISTICS 2016/17STATISTICS 2016/17

GATES FRITH HORN HEATON DARKO BURROUGHS BELL CAIGER, STEAD, MIDDLETON

GATES DARKO HORN HEATON BURROUGHS BELL HULL CAIGER, MIDDLESTON, STEAD

LEECH FRITH HEATON HORN KENSETT DARKO HULL CURTIS, WOODS , BARNARD

LEECH FRITH GATES HORN BURROUGHS HEATON HULL BARNARD, CAIGER

MCEVILLY HEATON BARNARD BURROUGHS FRITH BELL CAIGER GATES, HORN, MIDDLETON

LEECH FRITH BARNARD HEATON BURROUGHS CAIGER BELL KENSETT, HORN, MIDDLETON

LEECH FRITH HORN HEATON BARNARD MIDDLETON BELL KENSETT, CURTIS, DARKO

LEECH DARKO HORN HEATON BURROUGHS MIDDLETON BELL CURTIS, KENSETT , CAIGER

LEECH DARKO KENSETT HORN BURROUGHS MIDDLETON CAIGER CURTIS, WOODS, STEAD

LEECH HORN HEATON FRITH KENSETT BURROUGHS CAIGER GATES, MIDDLETON, CURTIS

LEECH FRITH BARNARD HEATON BURROUGHS CAIGER BELL STEAD, HORN, KENSETT

LEECH CURTIS HORN BARNARD BURROUGHS CAIGER BELL FRITH, STEAD, KENSETT

LEECH FRITH HORN BARNARD BURROUGHS CURTIS CAIGER STEAD, KENSETT, MIDDLETON

LEECH CURTIS HORN GATES MIDDLETON BURROUGHS BELL KENSETT, CAIGER, HOGSDEN

LEECH FRITH HORN GATES BURROUGHS CURTIS BELL HEATON, MIDDLETON, KENSETT

LEECH FRITH HORN HEATON BURROUGHS CURTIS BELL HULL, MIDDLETON, STEAD

LEECH FRITH HORN HEATON BURROUGHS GATES BELL CURTIS, BARNARD

DODD KENSETT BURROUGHS HEATON BELL CAPON CURTIS MIDDLETON, STEAD , FRITH

LEECH CURTIS GATES HORN HEATON BURROUGHS BELL STEAD, MCEVILLY, HULL

LEECH STEAD HEATON BURROUGHS HORN BELL HULL BARNARD, CAIGER, CURTIS

LEECH BARNARD HORN HEATON BURROUGHS WOOLSTON BELL CURTIS, CAIGER

MCEVILLY BURGESS HORN HEATON HARIZANOV WOOLSTON CAIGER STEAD, CURTIS, HULL

GATES WOOLSTON HORN HEATON BURROUGHS HARIZANOV CAIGER STEAD , BARNARD, HULL

GATES STEAD HARIZANOV HEATON HORN BURROUGHS BELL CAIGER, LEECH, STEAD

LEECH NAYLOR HORN HEATON BURROUGHS WOOLSTON CAIGER STEAD, CLEMENTS, HARIZANOV

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

STATISTICS 2016/17STATISTICS 2016/17

SCFL DIVISION ONESCFL DIVISION ONEP W D L F A GD PTS

LITTLE COMMON 19 12 5 2 60 30 30 41

MILE OAK 19 11 5 3 45 28 17 38

SALTDEAN UNITED 19 11 5 3 41 25 16 38

STEYNING TOWN 20 11 4 5 51 33 18 37

EAST PRESTON 17 10 4 3 41 17 24 34

BEXHILL UNITED 20 9 3 8 33 34 -1 30

STORRINGTON 21 8 7 6 35 38 -3 *30

SELSEY 16 7 5 4 44 28 16 26

LANGNEY WANDERERS 17 8 1 8 49 46 3 25

SOUTHWICK 20 6 5 9 42 43 -1 23

MIDHURST & EASEBOURNE 17 5 7 5 30 34 -4 22

OAKWOOD 20 5 5 10 27 40 -13 20

SEAFORD TOWN 18 5 3 10 25 31 -6 18

BILLINGSHURST 20 3 6 11 29 52 -23 15

AFC VARNDEANIANS 18 1 10 7 28 46 -18 13

ST FRANCIS RANGERS 18 1 6 11 22 54 -32 9

RINGMER 17 1 3 13 16 53 -37 6

SATURDAY 10 DECEMBERBexhill United 1-2 Midhurst & Ease.Billingshurst 7-2 RingmerEast Preston 0-1 StorringtonLittle Common 2-1 Saltdean UnitedMile Oak 2-1 LingfieldOakwood 1-5 SelseySeaford Town 3-1 SouthwickSt. Francis Rangers 1-8 Langney WanderersSteyning Town 3-3 AFC Varndeanians

SATURDAY 17 DECEMBERAFC Varndeanians v Seaford TownLangney Wanderers v Mile OakLingfield v BillingshurstLittle Common v St. Francis RangersMidhurst & Ease. v Saltdean UnitedRingmer v East PrestonSelsey v Steyning TownSouthwick v Bexhill UnitedStorrington v Oakwood

Oh what difference a week makes.... the high of the last gasp victo-ry against Bexhill last week was cancelled out this week with a dis-appointing defeat to fellow promotion hopefuls; Mile Oak.

In my opinion, the set up down at Mile Oak is the worst I've everseen at county level football. The ground is hidden behind somesort of community centre, there is no clubhouse and the car parkfits about 5 cars. The pitch has a huge slope and contains very lit-tle grass, everything about the place is grim and that's why a pointand get-the-hell-out-of-there is never a bad idea...... unfortunately,this wasn't to be.

We were dealt a blow on Friday lunchtime when we learned thatAFC Croydon Athletic wanted to call Kristian back from his loanspell which left us without a keeper, which is far from ideal withonly 24 hours to go. Fortunately, Tony stepped up from the re-serves to don the gloves but that meant we were now missing 3out of the back 5 that had started last week which obviously dis-rupts the continuity and consistency that we are after.

The Gaffer set us up in the usual 4-3-3 but was forced to play Bel-ly at centre half as we were missing the likes of Doddsy, Gatesy,Thommo, & Joey - Belly has been at the heart of nearly all our posi-tive offensive play so we were always going to miss him up top.Rob wanted us to only knock the ball around in their final thirdwhich makes sense with the surface so we knew we had a battleon our hands and that set pieces would play a crucial part.

The game was as expected; stop-start, not much passing, a lot of'hitting the channels' and '50-50's', actually a style that I absolute-ly hate as it doesn't really feel like you're playing a proper matchbut there you go. Mile Oak took the lead and deservedly, theywere a real threat from corners and after having one cleared oneoff the line and hitting the bar they finally converted one afteraround 20 minutes. Rory went through on goal before the breakand got brought down and what would previously have been anobvious red card, apparently new rules mean that double punish-ment can't be given so a yellow card and penalty it was, I convert-ed to bring us level.

The second half was more of the same with very little clear chanc-es created by either side. The game looked destined to finish one-apiece until the last 5 minutes when we were dealt a sucker punch.We gave a needless free kick away in our own half and the lad whoshould or could have been sent off in the first half rose highest tonod in the winner.

A bad result for us and another late goal conceded. Off the top ofmy head, I think we have conceded 5 late goals this season whichhave cost us a minimum of 5 points. We've also conceded a lot ofgoals from set pieces and it is something we need to work on - badhabits like those will prove costly if not corrected and improvedupon.

We will look to get back to winning ways against Billingshurst to-day at the Lair. Thanks for reading!

CAPTAIN’S CORNER!CAPTAIN’S CORNER!

SCFL DIVISION ONESCFL DIVISION ONE

LEAGUE DIRECTORYLEAGUE DIRECTORYAFC VARNDEANIANS

Withdean Stadium, Tongdean Lane, Brighton, BN1 5JD

BEXHILL UNITEDThe Polegrove, Brockley Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 3HA

BILLINGSHURSTJubilee Fields, Newbridge Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9HZ

EAST PRESTONRoundtone Recreation Ground, Lashmar Road, East Preston, BN16 1ES

LANGNEY WANDERERSShinewater Lane, Off Milfoil Drive, Langney, Eastbourne, BN23 8DS

LITTLE COMMONLittle Common Sports Pavilion, Green Lane, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4PH

MIDHURST & EASEBOURNERotherfield, Dodsley Grove, Easebourne, Midhurst, GU29 9BE

MILE OAKMile Oak Recreation Ground, Chalky Road, Portslade, BN41 2WF

OAKWOODOakwood Park, Tinsley Lane, Crawley, RH10 8AT

RINGMERThe Caburn, Anchor Field, Ringmer, BN8 5QW

ST. FRANCIS RANGERSThe Colwell Ground, Princess Royal Hospital, Lewes Road, Haywards Heath, RH15 4SP

SALTDEAN UNITEDHill Park, Coombe Vale, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8HJ

SEAFORD TOWNThe Crouch, Bramber Lane, Seaford, BN25 1AB

SELSEYThe Bunn Leisure Stadium, High Street, Selsey, PO20 0QG

SIDLESHAMThe Recreation Ground, Selsey Road, Sidlesham, PO20 7RD

SOUTHWICKOld Barn Way, Southwick, BN42 4NT

STEYNING TOWN COMMUNITYThe Shooting Field, Steyning, BN44 3LT

STORRINGTONRecreation Ground, Pulborough Road, Storrington, RH20 4HJ

St. Francis Rangers 1-8 Langney Wanderers

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