crouch end vampires
football club
Members of the Southern Amateur Football League
Affiliated to the Amateur Football Alliance
President:
J.Whelan
Chairman; G.Dearle
Est. 1883
Life Vice Presidents:
D.Whit J.W.Lingwoo T.Morga
D.Thorbur
G.Dearle
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Coppetts Road, Muswell Hill, London N10 1JB
020 8883 6908
www.crouchendvampires.co.uk
Letter No. 9…..Editor Geoff Riding
Contact at : [email protected]
Season 2008/09
Monday 13/10/08
New this week!!
League Tables…I
have included the latest League Tables for
all teams, which I hope meets with your approval! I will aim to
update every 4 weeks~remember they are posted on the SAL
website, along with all results, fixtures and links to other Clubs &c.
The site is managed by Andy Copeland, (now back with us!) and is
well worth a look.
F.A. Charter Standard…Although
it may not mean much to
many of you, this new initiative from the FA is intended as an
indication of “Excellence” as to the running and management of any
football club, both off and on the field. The SAL is part of a pilot
scheme, and your Committee Members are very keen that we
achieve this prestigious status (which we hope will be soon!) as it
will be potentially key to any possible funding and the future of
the club, long after we old ‘uns have hung our boots up! Watch this
space for developments!
….and finally!
Another reminder to contact PAUL AYERS ON 07908 046258. if
you have any issues regarding selection or are unable to play. Paul is Chairman of
Selection and as such any and all changes MUST go through him AND NO-ONE
ELSE!! If you can’t play LET HIM KNOW!
CAPTAINS AND MANAGERS
After each game you must text your game result and refs name to Paul Mourton
on 07932 712701. Match reports are to be emailed to [email protected] by
Monday noon for inclusion in Newsletter. Duty Captain, remember that it is your
responsibility to ensure the raffle gets done when it is your turn!!!
Teams for Saturday 18th October 2008.
Please note!! These selections are from last week..all players
would be advised to check with their Captain as to their
selection status; Captains may also need to check with Paul.
Captains will be informed by J.Winchester if there are any ground
changes.
1st XI v Old Parks; HOME KO 3.00 pm;
Linesmen; John Hall, James Keane.
Manager - Ina Singh - 020-8361-6870
Meet 1.30 pm;
SAL
Ref: Tom Keane;
Twilley, Dawson S, Noble, Gregory, Hagan, Jeeves, Dawson D, Pidgeon T, Lawrence S, Lawrence J, Ayers, Hunter, Sol
2nd XI v Old Parks; AWAY
Oakfields Playing Fields, Forest Rd, Barkingside IG6 3HD;
KO 3.00 pm Meet 1.00 pm SAL Ref:
Manager – Vacant, following resignations.
Shields, Buli, Callaghan A, Meek, Newton A, Newton J, Obi, Knight, O’Hara, Miller, Driscoll, Ephgrave S, German
3rd XI v Merton; AWAY Joseph Hood Rec, Martin Way, Morden;
KO 3.00 pm; Meet
12.30 pm; SAL Ref
Captain –- Paul Churchill 07958 309125; Asst Manager- Dean Moriarty;
Churchill, Ephgrave J, Moriarty J, Hindi, Bradley, Fields, Christou, Spillane, Manoli, Morrish, Charles, Reilly, Mackey, Johnson
4th XI v Old Owens 4th XI; AWAY Dame Alice Owen School, Dugdale Hill Lane, Potters
Bar, KO 3.00pm; Meet 1.00 pm; AFA CUP Ref:;
Captain – Jason Demel 07841 016083
Donaghey, Demel, Harvey B, Harvey M, Graham, Chambers, Bailey, Osinaike, Walls, Stavrinou, Green, Buzac, Green, Clarke
5th XI v Norseman 5th XI; HOME KO 3 pm; Meet 1.30 pm;
Captain – Graham Surry – 07957 658246
SAL; Ref
Surry, Bahjan, Futare, Jennings P, Jennings K, Corrigan, Bolton, Wynne, Robinson, Wicker, Faherty
6th XI v Winchmore Hill 7th XI ; HOME KO 3.00 pm; Meet 1.30 pm; SAL Ref
DUTY XI PLEASE
Captain – Paul Mourton—07932 712701, & Mickey Flavin, 07958 328913
7th XI v . KO pm ; Meet pm; SAL Ref
Captain – John Roberts—07984 825405
----NO GAME…ALL PLAYERS ARE RESERVES--th
8 XI v EBOGS 7th XI; HOME KO 3.00 pm; Meet 1.30 pm; SAL; SAL Ref
Captain – Greg Dearle – 07815 649068
---Captain to inform all players--Suspended;. Discipline;..none reported..as yet!!!!
Stop Press!!~~from Pete Ephgrave!
Just a quick one .Craig Meek and Andy Gyves played for a S.A.L rep side today Sunday. They
were playing Southgate Os in celebration of their 75th year, The game was played at Barrowell
Green and Andy got on the score sheet in a comfortable victory for the SAL.
Match Results and Reports!
Not the best of weeks for the Club! The 4’s and 8’s must share the honours,
with good victories, let’s hope for better times next Saturday!
Ist XI v BB Eagles….Lost 0-1
The Vamps star mini bus turned up at Coppets Road but the star players didn’t. After arriving at
Barclays 20 minutes before kick off. the boys rushed out and warmed up very quickly. We
started well but on a very small pitch we could not finish. Ayres made a great run and got
bought down by the goalkeeper penalty. Up stepped the skipper Pidgeon but the keeper
guessed the right way, so we went in 0-0. Second half saw us not play too well but ran our
hearts out, that is all the Gaffer asks for, true Vampire spirit! With all our pressure B.B Eagles
nicked a goal with ten minutes left. Last ten Vamps threw everything at B.B with Gregory,
R.Pidgeon and Crosby going close. Unlucky boys chins up and let’s put it right next week! Boys I
am proud of you Gaffer. Vamps had three players booked one deserved. Gregory for going in to
win the ball and got booked. 3rd booking T. Pidgeon, a man who wears the badge on his heart,
gets booked for a tackle which was not nasty. Then you have a player who lunges at a Vampire
two footed and does not get spoken to. Slightly disappointed at opposition for trying to get
players booked. Thank you to ref Steve Lomas for listening to me after the game, we had a
long chat and I appreciate that. It is a shame that players are thinking about suspensions
instead of a tackle. Love you all, Gaffer.
2nd XI v Old Actonians…;Lost 1-6 Scorer; ?
No report this week, following the resignations of Nick & Roy from their respective positions~more
info. to follow!
3rd XI v Polytechnic;
The result and outcome of this match appears to be subject to SAL scrutiny. The 3’s table position
may also be inaccurate as a consequence~~more news later!!
4th XI v Old Owens 6th XI…Won 3-2; Scorers; Harvey M (2), Graham
After last week’s first league win of the season the 4s travelled up to leafy Potters Bar with 10 men to play bottom
of the table Old Owens. Well, actually 8 men turned up as the Harvey brothers – who live closest to the ground –
decided to have an extended lie-in and a late lunch before eventually joining us! With such a lack of manpower,
fearing the worst, L. Green took out his bag of sweets and used his cheeky smile to lure an unsuspecting 15 year
old from the swings to play up for us. Starting with 8 men (L. Green decided to watch the Harveys get changed
while we ran our nuts off) was never going to be easy, but we held firm until the late comers made their way onto
the pitch. With a full 11, we soon established a commanding presence and the first goal came after a D. Harvey
throw-in sent his brother clear on goal to smash one home, 1-0. The second came soon after, when P. Graham
had amazing vision (he usually has double vision!) and launched an Alonso style shot from the half-way line to lob
Old Owens keeper. Pure quality. We continued to dominate and maintained the pressure until we got the third
when J. Buzac set-up M. Harvey who skipped past their keeper to slot another one home. We could easily have
had another four goals but just could not put the ball in the back in the net. Minutes before the end of the half,
Old Owens managed to pull one back from a corner when some slack defending let one of the shortest players on
the pitch have a free header. In the second half, Old Owens made some changes sticking their nimble youngsters
up-front to test the experience of the old and wise back four. They were up for it and they had decent spell with
some good passing play that resulted in a penalty after yours truly needlessly pole-axed one of their strikers. Up
stepped there striker and down went Birthday Boy Donaghey - who at the tender age of 36 dived the right way to
make the save of the day. A few minutes later, we should also have had a penalty after M. Harvey was caught in
the box after trying to dribble the ball into the back of the net, but for some strange reason the ref. decided that it
was a fair challenge?!? Hmmmm. For the rest of the game the Old Owens fought hard, and managed to get a late
consolation when their striker volleyed home after a super long goal kick. We finished 3 -2 with another three
points in the bag. Well done, lads! Lets continue this fine form and make sure we are all on time for next week’s
cup game away to an undefeated Old Owens 4th X1.
5th XI v Old Manorians 5th XI…Lost 4-5; Scorers ??
John Bean (ref) asked me to mention that in last week’s match there was another example of great
sportsmanship, this time from Old Owens after a Vamps player inadvertently picked the ball up
thinking John had blown when it was another whistle. John awarded a pen (having no choice) and
the Owens player deliberately tapped it meekly to our keeper---well done Owens!!
It looked to be a great saturday afternoon for a game of football, blue sky, sun was out, a home
cup tie, so a good Vamps start would be great. Once we kicked off, 30 minutes into game we
were somehow 3-nil down...bugger!!!! But with the 5th team spirit we did not drop our heads,
we were playing some good football and created many chances and to be fair should have
been level. We did have a penalty just before half time. We scored from the spot, which was
smashed in, plus Old Manorians keeper got injured and had to come off. Second half started
fantastic two quick goals and back to 3-3. As the game carried on we were all over them, but
once again conceded another goal. Vamps responded straight away back level 4-4. Looking
like the game was going into extra-time a late goal by the visitors meant we lost the game 4-5.
But Vamps should be proud of the performance and spirit we showed. Unlucky lads!!
6th XI v Old Esthamians 4th XI…Lost 0-2.
~~NO REPORT RECEIVED~~
7th XI v Alexandra Park 6th XI..Lost 1-2; Scorer; Roberts B
It was another nice day for football, the 7’s started well but lately, as per usua,l yet again
conceded an early goal which saw us even more determined to get back on level terms. That
came ten minutes from half time with a nice lob from B Roberts which gave us a boost. After
half time we started believing in ourselves and came out fighting. We kept Ally Pally at bay and
had the majority of possession. We gave away a free kick with about twenty minutes to go
which saw AP go 2-1 up. We never give up the chase and the last ten minutes saw us go down
to ten men as Adam the keeper came out worst in a fifty -fifty ball seeing him watch the rest of
the game from the side line. We wish him a speedy recovery and special mentions go to Johnny
Winchester, Micky Hitch and Adam Wiltshire who helped us out, well done lads! We did our
best with the tools we had… it didn’t help I was upfront with my son!!
8th XI v Old Parks 7th XI…Won 3-3 (4-1 on Pens.) Scorers; Ali (2),
Dean….Pens, Ali, Jay, Dean, Gibbon
A seasoned and gritty OldParks turned up on a sweltering day expecting a stroll against the old
buggers only to be faced with exhuberant youth (+ a smattering of the old brigade)! On a big
pitch Vamps started well and deserved their lead through the impressive Ali, but Old Parks
showed their fighting spirit, equalising shortly afterwards. With our final ball not quite as it
should be and with Parks playing a typically robust game they moved into a 3-2 lead, Ali having
bagged his brace, but their 3rd was a peach too in fairness. Frustration at hearing the ref’s
whistle and a string of impressive saves from their man-mountain keeper was giving the gallery
a nervous time but it was the tireless Dean breaking forward that grabbed our equalizer and in
effect taking the game to penalties. Well-done to Dan in goal for saving 2 and to Long-Un for
calmly slotting the winner after all other Vamps pens were converted (Pidge please take note!!)
MOM goes to Roy Lucien, enjoying himself and rolling back the years!! Great win boys, they
don’t come much tougher than Old Parks, trust me!!
Next Committee Meeting; 6th November, 7.00p.m.
Current Tables~as of 12/10/08
1’s
2’s
Division 2
P W D L
F
Broomfield
5
Division 2
P W D L
F
A GD Pts
16 10 +6 12
Old Actonians Association Res
3
2
0
1
16
4
+12 6
Vamps
4 3 0 1
5
2 +3 9
Merton Res
2
2
0
0
8
1
+7
BB Eagles
4
3
0
1
8
7
+1
9
Vamps
3 2 0 1 10
7
+3 6
Carshalton
4
2
1
1
12
9
+3
7
Alleyn Old Boys Res
1
1
0
0
7
0
+7
3
Civil Service
5
2
1
2
11
9
+2
7
Weirside Rangers Res
1
1
0
0
7
0
+7
3
Old Parkonians
4
2
1
1
6
5
+1
7
Old Finchleians Res
2
1
0
1
4
6
-2
3
HSBC
4
1
1
2
6
10
-4
4
Norsemen Res
2
1
0
1
3
8
-5
3
Norsemen
5
1
1
3
5
9
-4
4
Old Parkonians Res
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
Kew Association
4
1
0
3
6
8
-2
3
Old Wilsonians Res
2
0
1
1
3
6
-3
1
East Barnet Old Grammarians
4
0
2
2
6
9
-3
2
BB Eagles Res
2
0
0
2
1
12 -11
0
Merton
3
0
1
2
5
8
-3
Ibis Res
3
0
0
3
1
16 -15
0
4
0
1
A GD Pts
3’s
6
4’s & 5’s
Division 2
P W D L F A GD Pts
Division 2 North
P W D L F A GD Pts
HSBC 3rd
5 5
0 0 16
8
+8 15
Old Owens 5th
3
2
1
0
9
4
+5 7
Old Westminster
Citizens 3rd
4 3
1 0 16
7
+9 10
East Barnet Old
Grammarians 4th
2
2
0
0
5
2
+3 6
West Wickham 3rd
4 2
1 1 12 12
0
7
Vamps 4’s
4 2 0 2
9
9
0
Old Wilsonians 3rd
3 2
0 1
5
3
+2 6
5
4
+1 5
4 2
0 2
8
9
-1
Vamps 5’s
3 1 2 0
Norsemen 3rd
Polytechnic 3rd
1
1
1
7
5
+2 4
2 2 14 12 +2 5
Winchmore Hill 6th
3
5 1
Vamps
Norsemen 6th
3
1
1
1
8
10 -2
4
3 1 0 2
8
8
0
3
Norsemen 5th
3
1
0
2
9
9
0
3
Old Salesians 3rd
3 1
0 2
6
9
-3
3
Old Parkonians 4th
3
1
0
2
7
9
-2
3
Merton 3rd
2 0
1 1
2
3
-1
1
Broomfield 4th
2
0
2
0
5
5
0
2
Old Finchleians 3rd
4 0
1 3
5
12 -7
1
Southgate Olympic 4th
3
0
2
1
4
6
-2
2
Old Stationers 3rd
3 0
0 3
7
16 -9
0
Old Owens 6th
3
0
1
2
3
8
-5
1
6
6
Current Tables~as of 12/10/08
6’s
Division 3 North
P W D L F A GD Pts
7’s
Division 4 North
P W D L F A GD Pts
Old Finchleians 5th
3 2
0 1 20
6 +14 6
Old Parkonians 6th
4
3
0
1 12
Old Stationers 4th
3 2
0 1 13
7
+6 6
Alexandra Park 6th
4
3
0
1 20 15 +5 9
Alexandra Park 5th
2 2
0 0 11
6
+5 6
Broomfield 5th
3
3
0
0
Old Esthameians 4th
3 2
0 1 11
7
+4 6
Old Esthameians 5th
4
2
0
2 19 11 +8 6
Old Finchleians 4th
2 1
1 0 14
3 +11 4
Old Finchleians 6th
3
1
1
1
9
7
+2 4
East Barnet Old
Grammarians 5th
3 1
1 1
8
8
0
East Barnet Old
Grammarians 6th
3
1
1
1
9
9
0
Old Parkonians 5th
3 1
0 2
8
6
+2 3
Norsemen 8th
1
1
0
0
5
4
+1 3
Winchmore Hill 8th
2 1
0 1
5
10 -5
3
Southgate Olympic 5th
3
1
0
2 15 16 -1
3
Winchmore Hill 7th
3 1
0 2
3
9
3
Winchmore Hill 9th
4
1
0
3 10 11 -1
3
Vamps
3 1 0 2 7 17 -10 3
Vamps
4 1 0 3 8 18 -10 3
Norsemen 7th
3 0
Old Finchleians 7th
3
0 3
2
-6
4
23 -21 0
8’s
Division 5 North
P W D L F A GD Pts
Broomfield 6th
3 2
1 0 14
Alexandra Park 8th
3 1
1 1 12 11 +1 4
Old Parkonians 8th
2 1
1 0
5
4
+1 4
Old Parkonians 7th
1 1
0 0
6
1
+5 3
Alexandra Park 7th
3 1
0 2 11
7
+4 3
Old Stationers 5th
1 1
0 0
4
1
+3 3
East Barnet Old Grammarians
7th
2 1
0 1
8
7
+1 3
Vamps
1 0 1 0 5 5 0 1
Winchmore Hill 10th
1 0
0 1
5
8
East Barnet Old
Grammarians 8th
3 0
0 3
3
20 -17 0
Norsemen 9th
0 0
0 0
0
0
9
+5 7
-3
0
0
0
0
0
3
8
1
6
4
+6 9
+4 9
4
15 -14 0