25 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"England
have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second-to-none"24 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"Argentina are the second best side in the world... and there's
no better praise
than that"23 Dec 2005 - Festive
Greetings - Merry Christmas to all Club members,
former members, and other AFA Clubs. The Committee
wishes you health and happiness for 2006.
Remember there are 2 events on during the festive season at
the Club. Firstly there is the traditional gathering
and Club Match on Boxing Day from 11am and then the
New Years game with Beddington Cricket Club which takes
place on Monday 2 January at 11am. The
bar will be open and we hope to see as many Club members
there are possible. Have a great break everyone.
23 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"Chile
have three options, they can either win or they can lose"22 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"Argentina
won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America."21 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"I
came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today,
except that it's
totally different."20 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"Nicholas
Anelka - 24 years of age but he's been around a lot longer
than that."20 Dec 2005 - Youth Cup
Updates - the U10s play their WSYL Invitation Cup
Semi Final against Whitton Wanderers on Sunday 12 January at
the NPL Sports Ground, Queens Road, Teddington, TW11
0LW. Kick off is at 12.30pm.
The U11s play Epsom Eagles in the League Cup Semi Final at
Imber Court Sports Ground, Molesey, KT8 0BT on 5 February with a 2pm kick
off.
The U14s play at Croydon Athletic on 22 January in the last
16 of the Surrey County Cup.
19 Dec 2005 - Weekend
Review - the 1s finished off 2005 in optimistic
mood with a 2-0 home win over Bank of England to give us
much needed league points. The 2s suffered a rare
league reverse after a disappointing second half display saw
them gift all three points to their hosts BB Eagles.
Following the problems with the 3s the previous week, a much
changed side (basically the 5s) travelled to Old Latymerians
and won convincingly 8-3 helped by a hattrick from Mark
Raven and a couple from Alex Kiszczuk. Thanks to all
players and Club officials who made this possible, and
especially to those 3s player who had actually paid their
joining fees but were not involved this week. Tough
decisions had to be made for the good of the Club as a
whole, and we will be working hard as a Committee to sort
out the running of the 3s
in the New Year.
The 4s continued their excellent recovery with another 3
points in the league to move themselves up to 6th in the
table - a remarkable turnaround from the start of the
season. Well done to Andy and his boys.
The 6s shared 8 goals in an extraordinary game with BB
Eagles, coming back from 1-3 down. The 7s had an
excellent win at Old Wilsonians, while the 8s lost
disappointingly 3-5 to South Bank CUACO, despite top goal
scorer Andy Bitmead adding a couple to bring his tally so
far to 19 for the season.
On Sunday, all youth games were called off due to frozen
pitches.
19 Dec 2005 - 3s v Crouch
End Vampires - following an interview on Wed. 14
December with 3s skipper Tony Knott regarding the reasons
for the non appearance of the 3s for their fixture at Crouch
End Vampires on 10 December, the Committee has made the
following decisions...
The following players have been removed from the 3s squad
for non payment of joining fee - Scott Ruthen, James Hall
and Alex Smith. One other player has been
removed, as he has not been available for selection. The
outstanding balance for the remaining players who had part
paid their joining fees was paid by Tony Knott. Tony
will work with the Team Secretary to build a new 3s squad in
time for their first game of 2006 on 7 January. The
Committee will also be given evidence of changes being made to
the running of the team in order to prevent a repeat of this
embarrassing episode for the Club.
Dave Jenvey and his 5s team will be asked to fulfill the
next 3s fixture - Old Latymerians away on Sat 17 Dec. in
order to be sure that we fulfill this fixture.
Letters will be written to Crouch End Vampires and the SAL
to inform them of our actions. We will reimburse
Crouch End Vampires for the unused pitch, referee's fee and
uneaten teas. We can also expect an SAL fine.
AN IMPORTANT LESSON TO LEARN FROM THIS. ANY PLAYER
UNAVAILABLE FOR A GAME MUST CONTACT HIS SKIPPER AS EARLY IN
THE WEEK AS POSSIBLE. On this occasion, of 13 players
allegedly available on the Tuesday, only 7 turned up
for the meet.
19 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's
a tackle, up
pops a yellow card."18 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw..."17 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"There are two schools of thought on the way the rest of this
half is going to
develop; everybody's got their own opinion..."16 Dec 2005 - Boxing Day - we
will be opening the clubhouse bar for the traditional Boxing
Day game on Monday 26 December (funnily enough). Kick
off will be 11am. Speak to your skipper if you wish to
play in the Inter Club game. We hope as many members
as possible will come down and support this event.
16 Dec 2005 - Payment of
Fines - All disciplinary fines are to be paid to Trevor Boughton directly if possible, but failing that to Graham Radford or Peter Stevenson, and failing that, to any committee member, and failing that, to the skipper of the side.
Fines must be paid on the day of the offence. Fines
can vary depending on the offence, but assume bookings are
£12.
16 Dec 2005 - French Trip
Update - it has been decided by the Committee that
we will not be organising a tour to Montreuil-Bellay in May
2006. There has been insufficient interest from within
the membership, so we have made this decision early to avoid
and financial losses.
16 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next
World Cup comes
around, if they're not careful."15 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa"14 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg."13 Dec 2005 - Weekend
Review - the 1s game at Old Finchleians was
postponed. The 2s stay top of Division 2 after sharing
six goals with Alleyn Old Boys in a fabulous end-to-end
thriller at Beddington Park, which was warmly appreciated by
the Club faithful massed on the pavilion balcony. The home
goals were scored by Alex Corner and an in-form Adam Taylor
who bagged himself a second-half brace.
There will be a statement by the Club later this week
following the 3s non appearance for their fixture at Crouch
End Vampires.
The 4s had a tremendous 6-2 win over Division 1 Nottsborough
in the SAL Cup. They will travel to Merton in the
quarter finals on 28 January. Well done to Andy Walter
and his boys. The 5s were overpowered by their Old
Parmiterians counterparts in the AFA Senior Novets
Cup. The 6s fared much better and their 3-2 win at
Lloyds TSB gives them a quarter final at Winchmore Hill on 4
Feb. well done to James Greenhouse and his team.
The 7s game with BB Eagles was called off early in the week
as the opposition could not raise a team. The Vets
lost 3-6 in an entertaining, last minute change of fixture
with Malden Vets.
Pride of place for this week goes to the 8s for their
astonishing win over Ealing Association 1s (who had won 10-1
in the previous round) in the AFA Junior Novets Cup.
After the game finished 2-2 after extra time, strikes from
Martin Shew, Dave Thoroughgood, Rob Moye and Tom
Thoroughgood were enough for a 4-2 penalty shootout
win. And their reward...? A trip to face Gladstone
Rangers FIRST TEAM!!! on 7 Jan.
On Sunday the U8s won the first half 2-0 but lost the second
0-5. The U10s marched on in the league with a 4-1 win
at Kingstonian Youth. The U11s could not make their
pressure tell and lost 1-3 at home to Oxshott Royals.
The U14s had another good win on their travels, this time
4-2 at Sinjun Colts.
13 Dec 2005 - 4s Xmas
Road Trip - message received from Andy Walter -
"The 4s are going for a Christmas drink this Saturday
(17 December). We'll start in the clubhouse, then its either
Croydon or Clapham. Please let everyone know from all
of the sides that they are all welcome. However if
Stuart Jeffreys would like to attend, it might be an idea for him to
bring along his spare set of teeth, as we don't want a repeat
performance of last year's debacle where the barmaid had to
search through all the used glasses to find his two front
teeth."
13 Dec 2005 - Dave
Paterson - rather surprisingly, Mr Paterson failed to
turn up last Saturday due to a rather heavy night at a Xmas
works party. This co-oncided with the team's best
result of the season! He's been extremely apologetic
to his skipper and obviously
feels very guilty - and quite rightly. Please note
that he will be on tea duty by himself this week. His
skipper Andy will get the lads to
give him a hand later on, but we're sure he can manage a few
tea towels worth initially.
13 Dec 2005 - Katie Berry
- Dave Jenvey has received a phone call from Danny
Berry saying that his baby daughter Katie
came home from hospital last Wednesday. Both Danny and
his
wife Helen are delighted as you imagine to have their little
girl at home all fit and well. Great news.
13 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"The
ref was vertically 15 yards away."12 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"My father was a miner and he worked down a mine."11 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the
first half"10 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"I'd love it if we beat them, I'd love it."9 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"I risked getting my tyres nicked by going to Robbie Fowler's
home in Liverpool"8 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"I'm
not disappointed - just disappointed."7 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"The
game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they
could win this match
or lose it."7 Dec 2005 - Saturday
Preview - it is cup weekend for many of
Carshalton's teams. The 4s travel to Nottsborough in
the SAL Cup in the last 16. The 5s host Old
Parmiterians in the last 16 of the AFA Senior Novets
Cup. The 6s travel to Lloyds TSB 6s in the last 16 of
the AFA Intermediate Novets Cup. The 8s host Ealing
Association 1st team (yes, you read that correctly, our 8s
are playing a first team in the cup!!!) in the last 32 of
the AFA Junior Novets Cup.
In the SAL there are important games as the 1s travel to
bottom of the table Old Finchleians, the 2s play in a top of
the table clash with Alleyn Old Boys, the 3s travel to
Crouch End Vampires and the 7s host BB Eagles. Please
note this game may be switched to an away game if the
proposed 12 noon kick off is not acceptable to our
opponents.
The Vets have a rare pre Christmas home fixture when they
take on Old Tiffinians.
6 Dec 2005 - Weekend Review
- the 1s were well beaten at H.S.B.C. with things going
downhill as soon as Jon Phillips injured himself retrieving
a ball before the game!
At Beddington Park, the 2s went top of Division 2 by
defeating H.S.B.C. 4-1. the 3s and 5s recorded big
league wins, and the 8s also had an impressive win at Old
Actonians. However there were defeats for the 4s, 6s
and 7s - all teams who have been doing well in recent
weeks. No game for the Vets this week.
On Sunday the U8s lost and U10s drew in the league, while
the U11s and U14s progressed in the League Cup and Surrey
Cups respectively. The U11s face Epsom Eagles in the
semi final while the U14s play Croydon Athletic in the last
16.
6 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"He
can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted."5 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"The tide is very much in our court now."4 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"That
would have been a goal if it wasn't saved."3 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot
and another up
the chimney"2 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23"1 Dec 2005 - Kevin
Keegan's Words of
Wisdom -
"You're
not just getting international football, you're getting
world football"
