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These are the 3 main cash prizes 1 Mel Pearce
2 Mr J Hay, 8 Hollybsuh Avenue
3 Vince Buck, LCFC
The following prizes are bottles, chocolates etc.
4 N. Tester, LCFC,
5 Suzi Ralph c/o Greg Deacon,
6 Mrs E Fletcher, 16 Aubrey Avenue, LC,
7 Niki Pomfrey, Norton Way Honda,
8 Troye Peinaar, ex City youth player
9 A Hutchings, 3 Hilltop Road, kings Langley,
10 Sharon Searing, LCFC, |
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Tester
disappointed |
LONDON Colney manager Nigel Tester was disappointed his side
did not perform to their best against Chessington and Hook
United in the FA Vase on Saturday.
The Blueboys had the chance to make the last 32 for only the
second time in their history but that chance slipped away as
the visitors, with a compact defence, broke away and scored
twice. Tester said: "We never got going attacking wise. It
was a case of us not performing on the day and I am really
disappointed about that. We probably surprised ourselves
that we got as far as we did, but we deserved to. On
Saturday we didn't deserve to go any further."
Missed chances have cost the team at crucial times this
season and Steve Flain was unable to convert two good
opportunities in the first half. Tester said: "We had two
great chances to score but couldn't take them. At 2-0 down
we changed it and threw a lot more people forward and they
were under the cosh but it was too late. If we had got an
equaliser we would have gone on to win it but that is not
important now."
London Colney's match at Levestock Green was postponed on
Tuesday due to the fire in Hemel Hempstead. Boss Nigel
Tester was glad of the break with injuries mounting up in
his squad. The game is likely to be re-scheduled for
Tuesday, December 20.
Dave Ross suffered a recurrence of his injury in the Vase
match and David Parkinson is now doubtful for the trip to
Oxford City with ankle ligament damage after going off in
the second half. The injuries will hand chances to other
members of the squad and young Barnet attacker Harry Hunt is
expected to start. Tester said: "Harry is very lively, he
gets at people and is very fit which he should be, as he
goes training every day. He wants to be a centre forward but
at the moment he needs to develop physically and that will
come with age and experience. He came in on the right side
of midfield on Saturday and he has done well there for me
and also as a forward. He is a great lad and got a good
assist against Chessington."
Tester has swooped to sign Stephen Ashby from Berkhamsted
Town. The left-sided defender knows the league after a spell
with Welwyn Garden City last season. On Saturday at Oxford
City, the Blueboys will be hoping to continue their good
league form against the Premier Division title hopefuls.
They recently beat Hillingdon Borough and drew with Hanwell
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Tester
pleased with the players |
London Colney joint boss Nigel Tester was pleased with the
response of his players in the FA Cup on Saturday and then
the league on Tuesday, after two bad opening defeats. The
boss said: "We had a discussion and sorted a few things out.
We know the players are good enough, but it is a case of
finding the application and the commitment. On Saturday we
were very unlucky to lose and I thought we were the best
side. Considering Rothwell were supposed to be from a higher
level, then I felt we set ourselves a certain standard of
work rate that we must maintain."
Nigel Tester has been impressed with striker Steve Flain,
who returned to the side with two goals in two games. Tester
said: "Flainey had a broken bone in his foot so missed
pre-season but he has comeback from three weeks in America
and gone straight into the side. He can hold the ball up and
links well, allowing us to play through midfield. His
experience has given the team a lift and he has two goals in
two games."
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First
League Match |
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The First team play at home
v Hillingdon in their first league match on 20th August
More details to follow. |
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Herts
Senior Cup News
Blue Boys get a first
round bye |
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1st Aug 2005
Royston Town v Watford
Cheshunt v Hertford Town
Berkhamsted Town v Bishop's Stortford
Harpenden Town v Broxbourne Borough V&E
Hitchin Town v Hemel Hempstead Town
Welwyn Garden City v Sawbridgeworth Town
Ware v St Margaretsbury
Teams drawing byes : Barnet, Leverstock Green, London
Colney, Oxhey Jets, Potters Bar Town, St Albans City,
Stevenage Borough and Tring Athletic.
As finalists from season 2004/5, both St Albans City and
Boreham Wood are given exemption to the 2nd Round.
2nd Round: To be Played week commencing Monday 5th December
2005
Hitchin Town or Hemel Hempstead Town v St Albans City
London Colney v Welwyn Garden City or Sawbridgeworth Town
Potters Bar Town v Berkhamsted Town or Bishop's Stortford
Harpenden Town or Broxbourne Borough V&E v Stevenage Borough
Tring Athletic v Royston Town or Watford
Leverstock Green v Cheshunt or Hertford Town
Ware or St Margaretsbury v Boreham Wood
Oxhey Jets v Barnet
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City
Youth move to Colney |
| ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH, the city's biggest youth football
club, are to become a feeder club for London Colney, rather
than St Albans City, as from next season.
Traditionally,
City Youth have played Allied Counties Midweek Youth League
games and FA Youth Cup ties at Clarence Park and a number of
Youth youngsters have gone on to play for the Saints,
including the likes of Chris Seeby, Greig Deacon and Craig
Mackail-Smith who was recently selected for the England
National Game XI.
The Youth set-up though has always been financially
independent from the Conference South club.
However, from next season, the Allied Midweek Counties
League side will play at Cotlandswick under the name St
Albans City Youth (London Colney) but play in the FA Youth
Cup under the guise of London Colney FC.
The Sunday sides, which comprise of 30 teams and 430
youngsters, will be unaffected, but still provide players to
the Midweek Youth team.
St Albans City will be represented at youth level by the
PASE (Program for Academic and Sporting Excellence) which
combines college studies with football and is now in it's
third year. The team, which is managed by former first-team
boss Steve Castle, will play in a Nationwide Conference PASE
League with home games at Clarence Park.
City Youth chairman Clive Attwood - who helped, along
with a number of others to resurrect the City Youth Midweek
side five years ago - was excited by the challenge ahead,
but disappointed to be leaving Clarence Park.
"We're very happy that London Colney have come in and
offered us this opportunity of linking up. Hopefully we will
be able to help them with our structure as well.
"It will be a natural progression for us and a good
standard and hopefully we will have a local team full of
local boys.
"Of course we're disappointed to be separating from St
Albans City but we were only ever affiliated, we always
financed ourselves. Yes, they allowed us to use the
facilities but we got our own sponsorship deals, paid match
officials, organised coaches away and, two years ago, even
helped the senior club to make some money by organising a
joint sponsorship deal.
"But I suppose the writing was on the wall when the PASE
team was formed five years ago. They see this as an
opportunity to focus on the PASE team and of course that is
their right," Attwood added.
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£5 Adult
£2.50
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Home Matches
Midweek Youth Team
£3 Adult
£1.00 Concessions
£1 Programmes
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