Saturday 16th September VS A R L E S E Y T O W N V S C R A W L E Y G R E E N M A T C H D A Y P R O G R A M M E
So, I am pleased to announce that we have now secured partnerships with Luton Town, Stevenage Borough, Wycombe Wanderers and Cambridge United to safeguard our talent. These partnerships allow us to bring in young players on loan, share coaches, and offer trials and training weeks with professional clubs to our own young talent. This has taken a huge amount of hard work and we are incredibly pleased to have pulled it off. It is a testament to our new approach of bringing back our youth teams and putting the club squarely at the heart of the community. Now, if you are a young player climbing the ladder, Arlesey Town has the ability to showcase your talent to professional scouts and managers alike, thanks to this partnership deal. These partnerships put our club front and centre in terms of youth team recruitment. We have secured the pathway to professional football for our kids, the rest is up to their dedication and hard work. Thanks to an incredible amount of hard work from Ish (Arlesey Town Head of Youth development) and his team, the club will kick off the season with Girls teams in age groups Under 8’s, Under 11’s and Under 13’s. There will be Boys teams for Under 9’s, Under 11’s and Under 12’s. We also welcome our EJA teams for Under 13’s and Under 16’s. And this season I hope you will all come along to watch our brand new Under 18’s midweek team who will play on the main pitch. Along with the first team and the Sunday side, we now host eleven teams under the Arlesey badge with plans for many more in the future. And when you see the coaches and players of our youth teams around the club, please take the time to ask how their season is shaping up. In order to expand the number of youth teams under the clubs umbrella, we need more pitch space. The village of Arlesey only has four pitches, two at the stadium (the home pitch and the training pitch) and two at the recreation ground in the centre of the village. That means there is a finite amount of kick off times available to us, particularly in Winter, and at the moment it isn’t anything like enough. That’s why the decision was taken last summer to build a brand new state-of-the-art 4G pitch here, at New Lamb Meadow. And I’m pleased to be able to tell you that we are on course to have the new pitch installed, where the main grass pitch now sits, in time for the 2024/25 season. It is imperative that we provide more pitch times to the teams that fall under our umbrella so that we can expand more quickly, as well as providing space to those members of the community that just like to enjoy the odd five a side with their friends for an evening. The 4G pitch is a huge commitment for a club of our size, and we’ll need the help of as many people from the community as can spare their time to make it go as smoothly as possible. Aside from sponsoring the club, as mentioned above, there are other ways that YOU can get involved. The club now has committees for fundraising, 4G pitch implementation, and day-to-day volunteering. We have opportunities for coaching positions too, as well as a number of other roles. If you’re interested in getting involved in any of the above, please feel free to approach either myself or a committee member who will be happy to help. In today’s digital program you will also find a “who’s who” of the committee, so please familiarise yourself with the latest members of the team, and perhaps reacquaint yourself with the old hands among us, but most importantly enjoy the game and the season ahead! We appreciate your continued support! COYB! Welcome To New Lamb Meadow Chairman Arrlesey Town FC Dave Kitson Good Afternoon everybody and welcome to New Lamb Meadow for our second home match in the Spartan South Midlands League, Premier Division, 2023/24. We've had an encouraging start to our league season with a hard fought home win over a very good Cockfosters side and a battling draw away to Colney Heath. Ada, Gooch's 92nd minute equaliser is indicative of how this group of players has grown mentally and physically since the end of last season. Our ambitions are considerably higher than last season (even if we are competing with clubs paying £700 a week for a striker, yes, you heard correctly!) In any case manager, Nick Brown, aided by football secretary Chris Sterry, has been incredibly busy over the summer, recruiting for the positions where we perhaps found ourselves a little understrength last season. Josh Helmore has been signed from Northwood, a team that are a league above ourselves who were unlucky to lose in last season's playoffs. Josh is a striker that finished as Northwood’s top scorer last term, and we’re very excited to welcome him to New Lamb Meadow. A familiar face back in the building is Ryan Lamond. The year that Ryan has spent away from Arlesey Town appears to have done him the world of good. In pre season we have witnessed a player that has returned fitter, hungrier and more aggressive, a real asset to our squad. Another familiar face returning to New Lamb Meadow is crowd favorite, Reece Crowter. On his day Reece is a real handful, a match winner, and somebody fans pay money to watch. We wish him well in his latest spell with the club. Elsewhere around the ground you may see some other changes as our designated sponsorship team has been busy attracting new business to the club. The boards on the dugout side of the pitch are filling up with new patrons, who, one by one, are throwing their support behind Arlesey Town. And should you wish to sponsor the club we have a number of ways that you can show your support, from buying one of our new polo shirts available in a number of colours (ask at the bar) to sponsoring the match day ball for £25 or indeed the entire stadium! We have options for every budget. At the bar you will also notice our new digital signage keeping you up to date with everything happening at the club. Whether it’s letting you know about an event in our function room, upcoming fixtures, a new signing, offers on food and drinks or club merch, just check out the screen when you visit the bar to see what’s new. his coming season is an exciting one for Bedfordshire football with Luton Town back in the top division of English football. Rivalries are part of football, but partnerships are the backbone of lower league football, and success for one club can often have a positive impact on clubs around them. As many of you know, if a big club comes knocking for one of our players, there is nothing we can do about it unless he is under contract, and we can’t easily give out contracts to players that are under the age of 18. It seems incredibly unfair and the committee and I have been working tirelessly to try to solve the problem of losing our best young talent for nothing.
Welcome To Your Committee DAVE KITSON (CHAIRMAN) I grew up in Letchworth, just a brisk walk from New Lamb Meadow, past the Arlesey pits and on towards my home just next to Standalone Farm. My roots with Arlesey Town FC go back to 1999 when my friends, Lee and Paul Devereux, invited me try out with Nicky Ironton’s all conquering team. I can only say that being left footed player helped me to get a role in the team that nobody else seemed to want. After an amazing couple of seasons at the club I signed for Cambridge United and embarked on a professional football career. Fast forward twenty odd years, and I took a call from my good friend and fellow committee member, Jason Marshall, who asked me to return as Chairman. The club had been in the doldrums for some years and wanted somebody to oversee the revamp of the members bar (obviously they couldn’t find anybody else!) It might sound odd, but I can honestly say that having played football all over the world (badly, most of the time), being the Chairman of a football club that holds so many memories for me is an incredible honour. I never thought I’d be old enough or sensible enough to be the Chairman of a football club! Our philosophy and mission statement is very simple: Make the football club the centre of the community. In the two years that I have been the Chairman of the club, the committee and I have made huge inroads to that effect, and in the years ahead we will continue to deliver a football club that you can all be proud of. CHRIS STERRY (FOOTBALL SECRETARY) I started in non-league football in 1972 with Dunstable Town. I’ve always worked behind the scenes selling programmes, working the gates and working on the pitch etc.. and now I find myself in the role of club secretary for Arlesey Town FC having arrived here in 2008. I could see that Arlesey had a modern ground that looked great and were ambitious, and this was proved. They had just moved to the Southern League. I’ve seen some amazing times at this club and I can feel that we’re in for more exciting times ahead with our new youth policy approach. Arlesey have produced Dave Kitson who has returned to the club as the current Chairman, Craig Mackail-Smith, who enjoyed a career at Brighton and Peterboro amongst others, and more recently Stuart Sinclair who has been at Bristol Rovers and Walsall. So we know that we have the talent in the area, and we know that the club can nurture it. Arlesey continually produce young players, and we have a large youth section that is growing year on year. We have installed a new management team With Nick Brown bringing a new dynamism to the start of this season and are restructuring the club too. We have totally refurbished the clubhouse and improved the look of the front of the building with a brand new sun patio and things are looking far more positive than last season. This season we will again be be a very young squad, but for me that’s a good thing as we look to find the next big player. It’s great to watch young players progress year on year and that’s the drive that keeps me going each week. Football is in the long term a helter-skelter ride of peaks and troughs, we have had highs and lows, but I feel that we are once again about to climb the peaks. JAMES HARDING (TREASURER) I first got involved With Arlesey Town at the start of 2023, and took on the role of treasurer shortly after. This calendar year will be an important one for the club as we embark on the planning and development of our 4G pitch, which will hopefully be installed at the end of this season. Along with the other committee members, I’ve been getting stuck into multiple aspects of the club and I think you’ll agree that the new bar and the look of the stadium has improved hugely in a short time. We’re looking forward to welcoming everybody down to New Lamb Meadow this season as we continue our youth team drive and committee recruitment. You’ll usually find me operating the turnstiles on match days so do come and have a chat! Dave Kitson- Chairman Jim Anderson - Club President Chris Sterry - Football Secretary James Harding - Treasurer Charlotte Marshall - Club House Manager Nino Nieli - Arlesey Town Sundays Manager Matt Lloyd - Ticketing Manager Mick Marshall - Committee Member Corey Tyler - Committee Member Jason Marshall - Committee Member Tom Williams - Committee Member Lewis Clifford - Committee Member
Welcome To Your Committee TOM WILLIAMS (COMMITTEE MEMBER) I’ve lived in Arlesey all my life, and I’ve been on the committee since 2021, hoping to make a difference to a reallyimportant community institution. I’ve seen everything there is to see at the club with my most memorable game coming in the FA Cup first round when we played Coventry City away at the Ricoh Arena. I enjoy the Cup runs more than anything else. If ever you have used the “contact us” section on the website, well, it’s me that has replied to you. And on that note, if you have any suggestions, or if you’d like to book our function suite, join the committee or offer your services around the club, just drop me a message through the Arlesey Town website and I’ll reply to you just as soon as I can! You will see me around the club supporting the team and fixing anything that needs a handy man. We always need more hands on deck however, so if you want to grab me during a game for a chat, please feel free to do so. You’ll find me at both the home and away games. I’m excited for the season ahead having watched the team in pre season. We have a young, dynamic squad of players that are hungry for success. Make sure you come out to support your local team, we’re much stronger together! LEWIS CLIFFORD (COMMITTEE MEMBER)I first got involved with Arlesey Town Football Club through wanting to affiliate our Youth Team that my 11-year old son plays for. Then having seen the Chairmans’ outreach to the local community, I got involved and tried to see where I could help out. It’s been nice to be able to blend my day job with my committee role by introducing Interactive Displays to the set up (much like you see Gary Neville use on Sky Sports for analysis) – Our coaching staff now use these touch screens as part of the teams match preparation and post-match analysis. You’ll also see them around the main bar where fans can watch live sport throughout the year and kids can play FIFA on a huge 90” touchscreen. There is also a smaller monitor located to the right of the bar displaying all the latest news at the club. I’ve really enjoyed getting involved with general maintenance (mainly strimming!) and seeking new sponsors which we will proudly promote this coming 23/24 season. I would say if you do have any spare time to help out at your local club, then please do come down, even if you just want to take in a great venue with a family friendly atmosphere, it’s extremely rewarding – don’t sit around, just come in! We look forward to welcoming you! MATT LLOYD (TICKETING) I am a lifelong student/player of the beautiful game and have recently relocated to Arlesey from Birmingham. I have always harboured an ambition to find a local club for whom I could lend my support, give something back to the community and hopefully make a difference. So I am delighted to be joining the Arlesey Town FC committee for the 2023/2024 season. I have worked in ticket sales for the last 15 years and currently manage ATFC’s brand new ticketing platform. I also help the club with its sponsorship, marketing and social media operations. From the first game this season you will be bale to pre book your tickets for any Arlesey Town game, exclusively online. Please do come and say hello if you see me around the club or have any questions about online the online ticketing system. Chances are that I will be the only Brummy, so you won’t miss me…
Crawley Green Sports & Social Club was formed in November 1989 after arsonists caused the virtual destruction of the present building. Members of Stopsley Harriers, The Wyvern and Ramridge Rangers Sunday Football Clubs amalgamated to form the present club and were successful in securing a 99 year lease from the Council. The New Club house was formally open on 19th June, 1992 by then Luton Town manager, David Pleat. The badge incorporates all the elements of the three founding clubs but also local history. The club badge was adopted in 1996 after many years of discussion. Maroon was the colour of the largest single club Ramridge Rangers and it was adopted as the club colour. It is incorporated in the Club badge as the bar across the middle. Stopsley Harriers were well known for their red and blue quarters, whilst Wyvern Members were predominantly blue since their foundation. Both these colours are reflected in the badge. Crawley Green FC Saturday side was formed in 1993 after another local team, Somerset Tavern came under the Crawley Green umbrella. The club colour of maroon was adopted by the team. In 2018 Luton Town FC and Crawley Green FC further enhanced their club partnership with the announcement that Crawley Green FC will play their home games at The Brache training ground from season 2018-2019. Crawley Green, who are the only Luton based team to play at step 5 or above of the National League System, have been trying since 2008 to get permission to build a suitable stadium. Unfortunately in that time they have failed to receive the support needed from Luton Borough Council, despite there being no cost involved for the Council. This decision has meant that they have had to ground share with Barton Rovers FC for 11 years now, to enable the team to continue to play at that level. This is a poor indictment of the Council’s attitude to football in Luton, considering that other major towns in Bedfordshire have at least one team each playing step 6 or above. Their lack of support in comparison to the likes of Biggleswade (3 teams), Bedford (2 teams), Dunstable (2 teams), Leighton Buzzard (1 team) and Kempston (1 team), means that even our local leagues have the ignominy of having to travel to local villages to host their cup finals. Luton recently installed a brand new all-weather surface down at the training ground and to comply with national ground grading criteria Crawley Green will complete the remaining requirements. This will include new changing rooms, dugouts, turnstile and spectator standing area. Tony Talbot, Chairman of Crawley Green stated: “We would like to thank Gary Sweet and Kevan Platt and everyone at Luton Town FC for firstly affording us this opportunity and then their support in making this happen. “In the past we have seen a number of ex-Crawley Green players go on to play for Luton, but our partnership has really continued to grow in recent years. It’s with great satisfaction for us that we are currently seeing James Justin starring for the first team. In addition the recently transferred Tyreeq Bakinson and four of the current U18s team, Josh Neufville, Joe Mead, Ciaren Jones and Michael Shamalo all came through our youth system. “A town the size of Luton needs a successful professional club, as well as teams playing in the national league pyramid”. This gives our talented youngsters a pathway to development, without having to go outside the borough to develop. “In addition, underneath these clubs is a large community hub, which affords lots of youngsters the opportunity to play football. These community hubs ensure all young people have the opportunity to participate in football in a safe supportive environment, which preserves the dignity and respect of the individual regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, disability, income and any other social deprivation. With Government statistics showing a concerning rise in childhood obesity throughout the UK, these community hubs encourage our children to stay active and engage in physical activity. This all helps promote health, self-confidence and importantly social cohesion, and hopefully leads to the wider benefits in raising standards.” Hatters chief executive Gary Sweet said: “We see ourselves as guardians of elite football in our region and part of that responsibility is to help – wherever possible – other local, aspirational clubs develop and thrive, staying at the core of their roots. “The challenges faced at Crawley Green were difficult and, with the great relationship we’ve had over the years, having recruited numerous young players from their excellent development structure, we’re proud to help Crawley Green retain a local home for their competitive games, just as we are happy to utilise our existing training facility at perhaps the only time when it won’t get used.” In recognition of his services to the community and sport, Crawley Green Sports & Social Club Chairman, Tony Talbot was awarded a BEM – British Empire Medal - in the 2018 New Year’s Honours List. Finally Crawley Green would like to sincerely thank all their programme advertisers, match ball and match day sponsors for their generous support throughout the season. Today's Opposition Crawley Green FC
Good afternoon and welcome to New Lamb Meadow for today’s game against Crawley Green. We’ve had a busy away schedule since our last home game, starting with Aylesbury Vale Dynamos. A dominant display from the boys earned a good three points on the road and a clean sheet. Our performance from start to finish was dominant and disciplined, reducing them to very little and we were equal to everything. We then had trips to the league leaders and second place in the space of four days. Starting with second place on the hottest day of the year, we travelled to St. Panteleimon at Potters Bar Town. Neither team could really get going with the heat and although they saw a lot of the ball they rarely troubled us in the first half. In the second half we had some half chances but weren’t connected enough in key areas. A single goal late on in the game was the decider and we were disappointed to not get something from the game. Travelling to local rivals, Biggleswade United, on Tuesday night was our next test. Biggleswade had only lost one game all season and sat top of the league. We absolutely destroyed them in the first half but were left scratching our heads as to how we weren’t at least 5-0 up at halftime. Their keeper made some unbelievable saves and got man of the match but we should have taken our chances and killed the game off. Despite conceding early in the second half we still dominated until their second goal, with all the ball in their half and more good chances. Their second was their first shot since their equaliser and third goal came close to their second and we didn’t recover from that. Tuesday was an example of how open this league can be, we’ve dominated the league leaders for 60 minutes but in a freak 30 minutes they’ve shown why they are top and we have to be better than that. They were clinical in both boxes and we weren’t - that’s the difference in matches and we have to do better. The encouraging aspect is how dominant we were and we need to show that side of our game in today's fixture. Crawley Green picked up their first league win of the season on Tuesday night against Tring so will pose another tough test for us. We had two very exciting games against them last season, winning 3-1 at theirs and 1-0 at ours. We need to show the defensive discipline and determination that we have and also ensure that we take our chances. With two home games in a row, including the second qualifying round of the FA Vase next weekend today allows us to gain some confidence and momentum going into a mini league break we seem to have. You’re support and noise on Tuesday night was unreal for the boys so please show that again today as we look to bounce back from Tuesdays result. I hope you enjoy the game. Managers Notes NICK BROWN
Backroom Team Nick Brown - First Team Manager Nick started his coaching journey in Step 6 in 2012 and progressed to managing in the 2014/15 season. In 2015 he was offered an opportunity to become the full time General Manager of Leatherhead Youth Football Club which meant stepping away from from senior football to focus on growing the club from 16 teams to 35 teams over a 5 season period. In 2015, to keep involved in managing, he started his own amateur club and gained promotion in their second season. Always trying to bridge the gap between youth and senior football, he formed Leatherhead U23s, a Reserve Team to the then Step 3 First Team, which meant stepping away from his own club to focus on the new project at Leatherhead. Having successfully developed a number of players to push into Leatherhead’s and other local First Teams, he was the successful applicant to take over our First Team at the start of the 2022/23 rebuild season. Steve Georgiou First Team Coach / U18s Manager Steve started his career as a youth player at Barnet before being signed to play pro in the States. He stopped playing four years later due to injury and took up coaching in the USA before returning to the UK. On his return he worked alongside football agents managing players in England, Greece, Cyprus and America at various levels of the professional and semi-professional game. He has coached at various youth levels from grassroots to academies and also co-owns Stevenage Futsal Club where he coaches youth players. Luis Navarro First Team Assistant Manager Having grown up in Mexico, Luis started his playing career in Salamanca, before moving to Mexico City to join Pumas UNAM. Following that he returned to Salamanca to play in the 2nd Division. Having graduated in Law, he played for several Semi-Pro teams in various Mexican leagues before moving to Dallas and continuing his playing career whilst completing a Masters. A major ACL and meniscus injury halted his playing career. More recently, Luis gained his UEFA C coaching qualification and Nick has brought him into the club as his Assistant Manager for the 2023/24 season Ishmael Mills Goalkeeper Coach / Head of Youth Development Ishmael has been coaching for 25 years at various levels of football and had a lot of success seeing young players signed to professional clubs, He is responsible for overseeing the development of our youth section, both boys and girls, including our new U18 Southern Counties Floodlit team and introducing a realistic pathway from Youth to First Team football alongside Nick and the Arlesey Town Pathway. Nick brought Ish into the First Team during the 2022/23 season as a Goalkeeper Coach to work with the First Team Goalkeepers and be part of his match day staff, which will continue during the 2023/24 season. Pebbles Folorunso First Team Physio Pebbles is our First Team Sports Therapist. She previously spent a season at Kempston Rovers and some time at Colney Heath before committing to us. Pebbles has various qualifications, including Pre Hospital Immediate Care in sport level 2 (PHICIS) in rugby, and first aid in football also level 2. Pebbles is excited to continue to support the First Team for a second season and, this season, also support the youth teams at both their training sessions and league and cup games.
Matt Gilbert Young defender who came to us last season from Stevenage academy. He didn’t look out of place from day one and has kept his place ever since. A technically good defender who is learning and growing with every game. Cordell Blackwood Strong defender who joined last season from Hackney. An uncompromising defender of more of an “old school” approach, still learning and improving with every game. Adam Randall An experienced player who has also played for Ampthill Town. An experienced and accomplished centre back who has proved to be an asset to the team. Made Club Captain last season and has been interim manager last season in two separate spells. Great club man and an asset to the club Tommy Ovens A strong central defender who impressed in pre-season and was invited to join the squad after just 1 game. Previously with MK Dons academy. Aaron Gooch Tall central defender who has come up through the ranks of our youth teams and our Reserve team. Local lad he has also played for Stotfold. Solid in heart of the defence and also chips in with vital goals. Another player who has stuck with his local club. William McClelland Another big strong experienced central defender who came in last season from Saffron Walden. Has also played for Harpenden, Colney Heath, Baldock, Welwyn Garden City, Codicote, Hertford and Langford. A great leader at the back and a strong presence on the pitch Dan Wappett Young central defender who came in from the u23 side and immediately impressed from game one and who didn’t look in the slightest out of depth with the raise to adult football. Now big and strong and another who is gaining experience and getting better with every game played. The Squad Ollie Skinner Young goalkeeper who gained the 1st team keeper spot last season and didn’t let go of it. Strong and a good shot stopper who is gaining experience with every game. Jack Galatis Very experienced goalkeeper who signed this season to compete for the 1st team keepers shirt. He has been at several local clubs including Barton Rovers. GOALKEEPERS DEFENDERS
MIDFIELDERS Ryan Lamond Defender who has come up through the youth policy. He started with the under 7s and has progressed through the reserves before progressing into the 1st team squad. Hard worker with the “right attitude”. Plays either at full back or on the wing where he is equally comfortable. Has more games under his belt than most players twice his age. Came “back home” this season after a short spell away at Baldock Adam Turner Tall midfielder who has impressed in preseason. Joined from Baldock Res and will be pushing for a regular starting place Nick Felenko Refugee from the war in Ukraine, but who comes to us from Kempston Rovers. A busy player who is always looking to push forward. He has impressed in pre-season. Samy Aouati Just returned from college in the USA. A tricky and quick wide player and another who is impressing in every game and shows the ability to learn and take on board instruction quickly. Alex Taylor Another “local lad” who has played at a higher level with Berkhamsted but came back to his local club. Tough and uncompromising midfielder who has a “terrier bite” when needed. Ethan Parker Player who has come in through preseason and another who impressed from the start. Has an eye to find the forwards and chip in with the odd goal. Previously with Knebworth. Gabriel Ryan Joined from Stotfold last season. A pacey and tricky winger who is eager to find the front men. Bruno de Brito A vastly experienced player who come to us from Aylesbury Vale. He has a long list of clubs in England, Portugal from where he originates Cyprus, and China where he played for Macau and scored 30 goals in 33 games. Made player coach this season and often captain on the pitch, an asset to any club. Josh Helmore Recently moved into Arlesey having played for Northwood last season. Very experience forward who scores goals and also very intelligent with his football Joe Abe A very tricky forward who came to us at the end of last season from Baldock. Difficult to predict and always busy he will cause lots of problems for opposition defenders. Reece Crowter FORWARDS
Desborough 6MATCH Arlesey Town 1REPORT CHRIS STERRY In trying to make sense of a really crazy two halved game last night I'm not going to make a traditional report tonight. Arlesey started brightly with a sweeping move that just caught Archie Sayer fractionly O/S. Sayer was fouled on the edge of the area and Tom Millett fired his shot straight through the keeper for 0-1 on just 6 minutes. They came a succession of sweeping moves from Arlesey which were fouled by tight O/S Flags and niggly fouls. A really great sweeping move through the middle saw a great pin point delivery that came to Sayer in the perfect spot, I thought it was in, I even wrote goal but somehow it clipped the keepers heal and crept around the post, I think everyone in the ground thought it was in but it wasn't. From then on the keeper got everything, at feet, with great shot stops. Arlesey piled on the pressure with good shots on target but somehow they didn't go in. Biggleswade were reduced to the occasional long range shot that was dealt with efficiently. Helmore shot on target. Crowter was on target, Sayer was on target and somehow it was still kept out. Sayer was through and clear and the ref brought the game back for a foul on Helmore, why I have no idea but these were the things keeping the league leaders at home still in the game. They were hanging on literally. Somehow at half time it was still only 0-1 but truly it would not have been wrong for Arlesey to have been 4 or 5 goals up. 2nd half the home side made a change to make them have more in the middle. They got a FK in virtually the same spot as Arleseys goal and ex Arlesey player from last year Coree Wilson played a great ball just inside the post and it was quickly 1-1. Suddenly Biggleswade now looked a top of the table side. As Arlesey tried to push up, Biggleswade employed the long ball, now every ball found a quick forward every bounce went straight to feet, Wilson latched onto one and fired low into the net for the lead. A ball was picked up in the middle and a challenge wasn't made allowing the player to run through and score another just 2 mins later and suddenly it was 3-1. Arlesey tried to put more bodies in the middle but that was at the expense of the defence and were suddenly not linking anything together. Biggleswade were putting balls behind them and another long ball found the forward and another shot made it 4-1. Arlesey were now chasing shadows as Biggleswades confidence grew and into added time another ball found Wilson and he completed his hatrick for 5-1. Still time for ex Arlesey player Jesus Mendoza to run down the wing and fire into the roof of the net for 6-1 7 mins into added time. Leaving g it 6-1 at FT. What had we witnessed? Total Arlesey domination for 45 mins against the league leaders on their own ground with an amazing display from the keeper. This was followed by total domination from Biggleswade for the 2nd 45mins in which they scored all of their chances. A mad game. The only thing I can say it was something i havnt seen before and probably won't see again. Hopefully something more normal on Saturday as Arlesey entertain Crawley Green, they will hope to find a keeper in more normal form, and hope their forwards can find the net, whist the defence finds last seasons more frugal stanc Great performance and start to the season for the u18s. Some good quality performances on display We took a lead through a team captains Riley Evans header from a Lenny Georgiou cross that picked out Riley Evans at the far post. Added a second soon after with Ollie Rowsoky finishing off some good work from Cameron Oneil Some errors allowed Eynesbury back in, and at two two the game looked like it could go either way but substitute Callum Carolin came off the bench and within minutes was fouled for a penalty. Which he converted for 2-3. Minutes later he scored a superb solo effort to take Arseley into half time 4 - 2 up. Second half found ourselves under pressure and conceded to make game 4 -3 Before Jack Hare scored a lovely solo goal to give us the two goal Cushion back. Arseley battled on and held out with ten men When Cameron Oneil was sin binned and even though Eynesbury pulled one more back. A resilient and hard fought well deserved win. EynesburyU18s 3 Arlesey Town U18s 4
PREM 01/08/23 19:45 Arlesey Town 1-0 Cockfosters FAC 05/08/23 15:00 Sawbridgeworth Town 5-1 Arlesey Town PREM 12/08/23 15:00 Colney Heath 2-2 Arlesey Town PREM 15/08/23 19:45 Arlesey Town A (61) Potton United PREM 19/08/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 3-3 Tring Athletic FAV 26/08/23 15:00 Desborough Town 2-4 Arlesey Town PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Arlesey Town 1-5 Real Bedford PREM 02/09/23 15:00 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos VS Arlesey Town PREM 09/09/23 15:00 St Panteleimon 1-0 Arlesey Town PREM 12/09/23 19:45 Biggleswade United 6-1 Arlesey Town PREM 16/09/23 15:00 Crawley Green VS Arlesey Town PREM 07/10/23 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Sawbridgeworth Town PREM 10/10/23 19:45 Milton Keynes Irish VS Arlesey Town PREM 14/10/23 15:00 Arlesey Town VS FC Romania PREM 17/10/23 19:45 Dunstable Town VS Arlesey Town PREM 28/10/23 15:00 Harpenden Town VS Arlesey Town PREM 04/11/23 15:00 Real Bedford VS Arlesey Town PREM 18/11/23 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Shefford Town & Campton PREM 25/11/23 15:00 Potton United VS Arlesey Town PREM 02/12/23 15:00 London Lions VS Arlesey Town PREM 16/12/23 15:00 Stansted VS Arlesey Town PREM 23/12/23 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Harpenden Town PREM 27/12/23 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Baldock Town PREM 13/01/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Leverstock Green PREM 20/01/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Milton Keynes Irish PREM 27/01/24 15:00 Leverstock Green VS Arlesey Town PREM 03/02/24 15:00 Shefford Town & Campton VS Arlesey Town PREM 10/02/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS London Lions PREM 24/02/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Stansted PREM 02/03/24 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Arlesey Town PREM 05/03/24 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Dunstable Town PREM 09/03/24 15:00 Cockfosters VS Arlesey Town PREM 16/03/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Crawley Green PREM 23/03/24 15:00 Sawbridgeworth Town VS Arlesey Town PREM 30/03/24 15:00 Baldock Town VS Arlesey Town PREM 06/04/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Aylesbury Vale Dynamos PREM 13/04/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Colney Heath PREM 16/04/24 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Biggleswade United PREM 20/04/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS St Panteleimon FIXTURES & RESULTS2 0 2 3 / 2 4
2 0 2 3 / 2 4 Player APP GLS YEL RED Sin Bin SUB ON CPT Abe, Joseph 9 1 2 2 Aouati, Samy 2 2 blackwood, cordell 2 Busby, Rory 3 1 Crowter, Reece Lewis Patrick 6 3 1 Felenko, Mykola 3 1 Galatis, Jack Gardner, Sonny Gilbert, Matt 10 1 Gooch, Aaron 8 2 1 Helmore, Joshua 9 3 1 Hove, Euan 2 2 Lamond, Ryan 8 1 2 Lobo Brito, Bruno 6 2 1 4 McClelland, William 9 2 1 5 Millett, Tom 3 1 Ovens, Tommy 7 1 4 Parker, Ethan 5 2 Randall, Adam 1 1 Ryan, Gabriel 2 1 Sayer, Archie 2 1 Skinner, Oliver 10 Tanim, Tofael 4 1 Taylor, Alex 8 4 1 1 2 Turner, Adam 6 3 Wappett, Daniel 10 1 SQUAD STATS
2 0 2 3 / 2 4 FAC 08/08/23 19:45 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos VS Tuffley Rovers PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Crawley Green PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Cockfosters VS Baldock Town PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Colney Heath VS Milton Keynes Irish PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Harpenden Town VS Biggleswade United PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Potton United VS Leverstock Green PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Real Bedford VS St Panteleimon PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Shefford Town & Campton VS FC Romania PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Stansted VS Aylesbury Vale Dynamos PREM 30/08/23 19:45 Tring Athletic VS Sawbridgeworth Town PREM 30/08/23 20:00 Stansted First VS Athletic Newham First PREM 02/09/23 15:00 Potters Bar Town FC First VS London Lions First PREM 02/09/23 15:00 St Margaretsbury First VS Baldock Town First PREM 02/09/23 15:00 Tring Athletic First VS Harpenden Town First PREM 02/09/23 15:00 Colney Heath FC First VS London Colney First POS Team P W D L GD PTS 1 Biggleswade United 9 5 3 1 28 18 10 18 2 St Panteleimon 9 5 2 2 20 14 6 17 3 Real Bedford 6 5 1 0 20 2 18 16 4 Harpenden Town 7 4 2 1 18 12 6 14 5 FC Romania 6 4 1 1 18 7 11 13 6 Milton Keynes Irish 5 4 0 1 17 2 15 12 7 Leverstock Green 6 4 0 2 13 8 5 12 8 Colney Heath 7 3 2 2 10 9 1 11 9 Dunstable Town 8 3 2 3 14 16 -2 11 10 Baldock Town 8 3 1 4 20 18 2 10 11 Cockfosters 8 2 4 2 14 12 2 10 12 London Lions 9 2 4 3 19 19 0 10 13 Arlesey Town 7 2 2 3 9 15 -6 8 14 Tring Athletic 9 2 2 5 11 23 -12 8 15 Stansted 7 2 1 4 12 20 -8 7 16 Shefford Town & Campton 7 2 1 4 11 19 -8 7 17 Potton United 6 2 0 4 7 10 -3 6 18 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 8 2 0 6 8 24 -16 6 19 Crawley Green 8 1 2 5 12 21 -9 5 20 Sawbridgeworth Town 6 0 2 4 7 19 -12 2 Saturday 2nd September 2023 SSML Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 0 2 Arlesey Town 105 SSML Baldock Town 2 4 Stansted 85 SSML Biggleswade United 3 3 Cockfosters 68 SSML Crawley Green 3 4 Colney Heath 0 SSML Leverstock Green 1 3 Dunstable Town 85 SSML London Lions 6 2 Shefford Town & Campton 25 SSML St Panteleimon 3 0 Potton United 20 SSML Tring Athletic 0 4 Real Bedford 137 Saturday 9th September 2023 SSML Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 2 1 Potton United 0 SSML Baldock Town 6 3 Crawley Green 0 SSML Cockfosters 0 1 Colney Heath 0 SSML FC Romania 4 1 Biggleswade United 0 SSML Harpenden Town 4 0 Dunstable Town 0 SSML London Lions 0 2 Milton Keynes Irish 0 SSML Real Bedford 7 0 Sawbridgeworth Town 0 SSML Shefford Town & Campton 1 3 Leverstock Green 0 SSML St Panteleimon 1 0 Arlesey Town 0 SSML Stansted 3 0 Tring Athletic 0 SSMLPREMIER DIVISIONFIXTURES TABLE RESULTS
W W W.A R L E S E Y T O W N F C.C O.U K Manager Nick Brown Manager Joseph Abe Samy Aouati Cordell Blackwood Bruno Brito Reece Crowter Nick Felenko Jack Galatis Matt Gilbert Aaron Gooch Josh Helmore Ryan Lamond Will Mccllelland Tommy Ovens Ethan Parker Adam Randall Gabriel Ryan Oliver Skinner Alex Taylor Adam Turner Daniel Wappett Tofael Tanim Euan Hove Boyd Younger Judicael Mottaz Nicolae Trif Joe Parmley Kai McArthur Paolo Deritis Garry Jones © Tejon Brown Daniel Blackman Zion Selassie-Yoseph Joe Hankins Renaldo Smith Alfie Roffey Keane Fullwood Ado Sanni Joe Brinded Andrian Luncasu Marcel Buruiana Franklin Ojumobi Mihai Botosan Andrian Luncasu Jaden Brown Jervon Campbell Justin Dass Edis Greengrass Sidney Gueye Cliff Kentyn Alex Lawlor Terry Offeh Marius Patru Tiernan Parker Parys Smith Jacob Younger Paul Blackman James Sedley Ashley Norris James Gallagher-Bailes Officials