The official matchday programme of GOSPORT BOROUGH football club | season 2021-2022
Edition 08 | £2.00
Saturday 6TH NOVEMBER 2021
PITCHING IN SOUTHERN Premier League
KICK-OFF - 3.00pm
REGULAR FEATURES
Good Afternoon and a warm welcome to Gary, the players and officials
from Beaconsfield Town.
Shaun Gale
Iain McInnes
Once again, I thank all the fans conceding a late equaliser against on.
and ask you to please get behind Torquay United on Saturday to draw And sometimes, after those last-
the boys as your support is invalu- 1-1. minute goals, you do wonder if it
able. YOU HAVE to wonder what The documentary covering their take would be easier to not bother.
Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds -over will be titled Welcome to But that’s the thing with football. It
and Rob McElhenney really made Wrexham. Last week was also a hooks you in. It refuses to let go.
of their first experience of Non- Welcome to Football. Where it Conceding stoppage-time goals is
League football. rarely goes to plan. equalled out by those stoppage-time
In case you hadn’t heard, the actors After Tuesday’s defeat, Deadpool winners. Or at least the hope of one.
who bought Wrexham turned up at star Reynolds – a seriously success- And there’s something bizarrely
Maidenhead United to see their first ful businessman to boot – described magical about being out in the freez-
Red Dragons in the flesh last week. his feelings on an instagram post. ing cold watching a drab draw.
For people who roll in some pretty “Football is a staggering, heart- Especially in Non-League. Where
high-profile and glamorous circles, breaking, gorgeous, tommy-gun of you’re so close to the action and feel
walking in to be greeted with some soul-deadening, evil and beauty and so much a part of it. I think we’ve
heckling must have been an eye- I'm never sleeping again ever, ever.” seen that this season with some of
opening experience. I doubt that Whether you are interested in their the attendances across all levels – a
happens on the red carpet. takeover or are indifferent, we can combination of people just happy to
The depth of the National League probably all relate, in some form, to be out at games again, mixed with
System on full show with more than that summary. an apathy of the higher reaches of
1,600 turning out on a dark night to Whoever you support, there must the game.
watch 90 minutes of the Beautiful have been times when you think: Because, yes, football can be a real
Game. Fantastic. Why do I do this? I know I have. pain at times. There are issues at all
I imagine they returned home with There are millions of people in this levels that really grate and things in
an even greater sense of how vital country who have no interest in this Non-League that could be better.
all these clubs are to their communi- mad game. Who don’t spend their But it also provides more drama and
ties, not to mention how much it Saturdays – or midweek evenings – moments than any Hollywood script.
means to the supporters of the club standing in the cold, or glued to Hopefully the Wrexham duo saw
they now own. websites and social media to see that for themselves.
Of course, as is the way with these how their team and rivals have got
things, their team lost 3-2 before
COVID-19
Against Discrimination
IN TOWN TODAY
Past The Season
Classic
Hartley Wintney 1
Beaconsfield T 4
28 September slpds
Taunton Town 7
Beaconsfield T 1
16 October SLPDS
Taunton Town 7
Beaconsfield T 1
16 October SLPDS
Olly McCoy 4
Scott Donnelly 4
Nathan Minhas 3
Toby Little 3
Jefferson Louis 2
Aaron Minhas 1
Dylan Kearney 1
Bajram Pashay 1
Stats Last
Head to Head Monday 28 September 2020
Gosport Borough One to Watch
BEACONSFIELD TOWN
OLLY
MCCOY
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Year Formed
THE PAST
Honours: SOUTHern League PREMIER SOUTH PLAY-OFF WINNERS ‘18
Season League Pos Pld W D L F A Pts FA Cup FA TROPHY
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
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AFTER A YEAR ON THE SIDELINES OWING TO LOCKDOWNS AND INJURY, FANS
FAVOURITE MATT PATERSON MADE HIS RETURN IN A GOSPORT BOROUGH SHIRT
LAST SATURDAY, COMING ON AS A LATE SUBSTITUTE.
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MATCH
BUILDBASE FA TROPHY
THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND
MATCH FOCUS
MATCH FOCUS
PITCHING IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH
1 Farnborough 13 10 1 2 31 17 14 31 PREMIER DVISION SOUTH
02/11/21
2 Hayes & Yeading United 10 9 1 0 29 7 22 28 DVISION ONE SOUTH
02/11/21
3 Gosport Borough 13 8 1 4 20 14 6 25
PREMIER DVISION SOUTH
4 Harrow Borough 13 8 0 5 20 13 7 24 06/11/21
5 Poole Town 15 7 3 5 25 24 1 24 09/11/21
6 Taunton Town 13 7 2 4 27 16 11 23 DVISION ONE SOUTH
06/11/21
7 Metropolitan Police 11 6 4 1 15 6 9 22
8 Salisbury 14 6 4 4 24 24 0 22
9 Yate Town 12 6 3 3 22 15 7 21
10 Walton Casuals 13 5 4 4 16 21 -5 19
11 Tiverton Town 14 5 3 6 24 20 4 18
12 Truro City 12 5 2 5 18 16 2 17
13 Chesham United 13 4 5 4 20 22 -2 17
14 Weston-super-Mare 12 5 1 6 15 16 -1 16
15 Hendon 13 5 1 7 20 22 -2 16
16 Swindon Supermarine 14 3 6 5 17 18 -1 15
17 Hartley Wintney 13 4 3 6 17 25 -8 15
18 Beaconsfield Town 15 4 2 9 19 40 -21 14
19 Dorchester Town 14 4 0 10 15 24 -9 12
20 Merthyr Town 13 2 4 7 17 25 -8 10
21 Wimborne Town 12 1 3 8 9 21 -12 6
22 Kings Langley 14 1 3 10 9 23 -14 6
PITCHING IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SOUTH
1 Frome Town 10 8 2 0 28 9 19 26
2 AFC Totton
3 Bristol Manor Farm 10 7 2 1 34 10 24 23
4 Cirencester Town
5 Sholing 13 6 4 3 24 19 5 22
6 Winchester City
7 Highworth Town 9 6 3 0 24 6 18 21
8 Larkhall Athletic
9 Melksham Town 10 6 1 3 16 9 7 19
10 Paulton Rovers
11 Lymington Town 11 5 3 3 27 13 14 18
12 Willand Rovers
13 Plymouth Parkway 10 6 0 4 19 12 7 18
14 Evesham United
15 Slimbridge 10 4 5 1 23 10 13 17
16 Cinderford Town
17 Bideford 10 5 1 4 18 13 5 16
18 Mangotsfield United
19 Barnstaple Town 10 5 1 4 21 18 3 16
12 4 3 5 16 22 -6 15
10 4 2 4 18 17 1 14
9 4 1 4 27 16 11 13
11 4 1 6 13 23 -10 13
13 4 1 8 18 33 -15 13
11 2 3 6 26 34 -8 9
10 2 2 6 8 19 -11 8
11 1 1 9 6 30 -24 4
12 0 0 12 9 62 -53 0
SHAUN GALE Gary Meakin
ALBERT WHITE Aymen Azaze
HARVEY REW Harry Tucker
RYAN WOODFORD Oliver Sprague
THEO WIDDRINGTON Jordan Ajanlekoko
MATT BRIGGS Jordan Aghatise
BRADLEY TARBUCK Matthew Harriott
LUKE HALLETT Toby Little
DAN WOODEN Scott Donnelly
MATT CASEY Nathan Minhas
RORY WILLIAMS OlLY McCoy
SIRIGUI DEMBELE Kaine Kennedy-Sinclair
JOSH HUGGINS Carl Stewart
ELLIS GRANT Mihai-Andrei Chiriac
BILLIE BUSARI Antonis Vailiou
ELLIOTT WHEELER Tyrone Lewthwaite
JOE LEA Dylan Kearney
Merthyr Town Kings Langley SWINDON SUPERMARINE