Match Preview: Urchins v Billericay Town

[Ian_W]

Following the Urchin's draw at Aveley, Billericay Town are the visitors to The Stadium on Tuesday evening. Billericay currently find themselves in the relegation zone, but this is due partly to a decent run in the FA Cup, which finally saw them bow out to Rushden & Diamonds by a single goal in the first round proper. Billericay picked up all three points on Boxing Day in a 4-1 victory over Canvey Island, which included a hatrick from Billy Bricknell. The Urchins will be looking for revenge, when earlier in the season Billericay beat the Urchins 3-0 in the FA Cup. Both sides know that points in the league are often worth more than a run in a cup.

Billericay Town are currently 20th in the league.

 

Form Guide from last 6 league matches

Urchins - W2 D3 L1 GF8 GA7 Pt9

BTFC - W3 D1 L2 GF9 GA11 Pt10

 

 

Urchins Home / BTFC Away Record over last 6 matches

 

Urchins - W2 D2 L2 GF7 GA9 Pt8

BTFC - W2 D2 L2 GF5 GA5 Pt8

 

 

Previous League Matches:

 

2008/9 Home - Urchins drew with Billericay Town 1 - 1 with the goal coming from Andy Tomlinson - report

2008/9 Away - Urchins lost to Billericay Town 0 - 1 - report

 

2007/8 Home -Urchins lost to Billericay Town 0 -2 - report

2007/8 Away - Urchins beat Billericay Town 2 - 0 with goals coming from Des Boateng and Harry Elmes - report

 

Website:- http://www.billericaytownfc.co.uk/

Forum:- http://www.nonleague.co.uk/billericay

Twitter:- http://twitter.com/btfc (Scores)

Twitter:- http://twitter.com/btfcnews (News)

YouTube:- http://www.youtube.c...illericaytownfc

FaceBook:- http://www.facebook....illericaytownfc

Manager:- Brian Statham

Nickname:- The Blues

Colours:-Royal Blue / White / Royal Blue

History:- Billericay Town Football Club was formed in 1880 making it the 11th oldest club in Essex. It moved into the Romford & District League in 1890 competing in this league until 1914. After the 1st World War, BTFC entered the Mid-Essex League where they remained until 1947. Between 1947 and 1966 they played in the Southern Essex Combination League. In 1966 they became founder-members of the Essex Olympian League.

 

Five years later, in 1971, Billericay Town Football Club became founder-members of the Essex Senior League and the club`s six-year stay in that competition saw them win the Championship three times and be Runners-Up twice (and third the other season). The League Cup was won four times and they were Finalists once. In addition they won the League Challenge Cup the only time that it was competed for.

 

Whilst members of the Essex Senior League, the club won the FA Vase in 1976 beating Stamford 1-0 after extra-time at Wembley Stadium. The following season, 1976/1977, the club went to Wembley again for the FA Vase Final. After a 1-1 draw at Wembley, the replay was played at Nottingham Forest F.C. Billericay Town emerged victorious with a 2-1 victory over Sheffield, the oldest club in the world.

 

Billericay Town also became the first Non-League club to win the Rothmans Merit Award in 1978 for "having made a worth-while contribution to the wide spectrum of the game in 1977/78" - the only CLUB previously to have won this Award was LIVERPOOL, the previous season, when they were the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!

 

Progressing to the Athenian League in 1977, Billericay won the Championship and the League Cup in their first season. They became Champions again in 1978/1979 and after two seasons were elected into the Isthmian League.

 

Billericay Town became the first [and so far the only] club to win the F.A.Vase for a third time in 1979 when they defeated Almondsbury Greenway 4-1. This match was notable for a hat-trick by Doug Young - the first hat-trick in a Cup Final at Wembley Stadium since Geoff Hurst`s in the 1966 World Cup Final.

 

The Club then competed in the F.A.Trophy until 1989/1990 when the F.A.Vase was again entered and the Quarter-Final was reached, losing 0-1 to the eventual Finalists, Bridlington.

 

After their success in the Athenian League, Billericay`s league successes continued in the Isthmian League when in their first season they easily won the Division 2 title with a winning margin of 17 points, scoring 100 goals in their 36 league matches. The following season, in Division 1, they finished as Runners-Up to Bishops Stortford - the first time in the history of the Isthmian League that a club had won promotion in two successive seasons on entry into the League.

 

Billericay then had five seasons in the Premier Division before being relegated in 1986. They then spent two years in Division One before again being relegated - this time into Division Two North.

 

Following re-organisation of the League, Billericay finished in third place in the newly formed Division Two and so gained promotion to Division One. That season,1991/1992, they finished the season with an unbeaten run of 15 games, including winning the Essex Thames-Side Trophy.

 

Full Membership of the Football Association was achieved in 1993, twelve years after obtaining Associate Membership in 1981.

 

Promotion back to the Premier Division was obtained in 1998 and 12th. position was obtained in the first season back. In season 1999/2000 they obtained their highest-ever league position in the Pyramid structure - 7th. place. In the following three seasons they finished in 8th., 9th. and 12th. places in the League.

 

Following the resignation of Gary Calder as Manager at the end of the 2002/2003 season the Club moved away from the usual list of local managers and appointed ex-Tottenham Hotspur player Justin Edinburgh as Manager - his first venture into football management following his early retirement from the game after being injured playing for Portsmouth, where he spent two seasons.

 

In January 2004, a local business-man, Steve Kent, acquired the controlling interest in the Club by buying the shares of the major shareholders and also settling the club`s debts. Since his arrival Steve has set about renovating some of the clubs facilities, overseeing the resurfacing of the car park, the building of new boardroom and office facilities and the refit and extension of the clubhouse.

 

Unfortunately the 2003/2004 season ended in disappointment for Billericay as they were unable to escape the bottom four and failed to earn a place in the new Nationwide South league. Many changes have occurred on the playing side of the club over the summer, with a lot of new players arriving at New Lodge as Billericay became to latest non-league club to move towards having a full-time squad. In the event Billericay narrowly missed out on promotion, finishing second, only to lose in the play-offs.

 

http://www.billercaytownfc.co.uk

[Eastside Urchin]

The Bar for this game will open at 6pm for those wanting an early beer or two

[Dagger03]

 

 

 

 

RL , Sat , 16-Feb-35 , A , Billericay , 2-1 – scorers - Dyer 1 , Cracknell 1 , Stokes B

 

RL , Sat , 02-Mar-35 , H , Billericay , 0-3

 

RLC SF , Sat , 15-Feb-36 , N , Billericay , 4-2 –scorers - Stokes B , Blows , Hibberd , Dyer 1 , Morrant , Stokes J 3

 

RL , Sat , 07-Mar-36 , A , Billericay , 2-3 scorers - Storey , Blows , Stevenson , Wareham , Barnes 1 , Tripp 1

 

RL , Sat , 25-Apr-36 , H , Billericay , 2-0 , scorers - Carter 1 , Squires , own goal

 

RL , Sat , 13-Feb-37 , H , Billericay , 5-2 , scorers - Davies 2 , Milne D 1 , Carter , Flint 2

 

RL , Sat , 17-Apr-37 , A , Billericay , 2-1 , scorers - Carter 1 , German 1

 

 

F, Sat, 13-Aug-74, A, Billericay Town, 0-1, , Hookway, White, Hall M, Goddard, Dearman, Emsden, Ferguson, Jacotine, Noonan, Hale, Scrivener

 

IL, Tue, 01-Jan-80, H, Billericay Town, 0-0, Harrold, Williams, Pedder, Reynolds, Hopkins, O'Dell, Sammons, Carvell, Cole, Gaine, Marson, Anderson / --

 

IL, Mon, 07-Apr-80, A, Billericay Town, 3-1 , Harrold, Pedder, Carvell, Reynolds, Hopkins, O'Dell, Sammons, Curley 2, Cole 1, Gaine, Anderson

 

IL, Tue, 15-Nov-88, H, Billericay Town, 3-3, Joyce, Taylor, Christmas, Kerslake, Porter, Roser, Linnell, Berry 1, Brett, Jukes 2, Tuohy, Torpey, , Goddard

 

IL, Mon, 02-Jan-89, A, Billericay Town, 0-2, Joyce, Goddard, Christmas, Torpey, O'Dea, Roser, Linnell, Berry, Brett, Jukes, Tuohy, Allen / 9, , Hazelwood

 

IL, Tue, 07-Nov-89, H, Billericay Town, 1-1, Desborough , Taylor, O'Dea, Hazelwood 1, Flynn, Christmas, Roser, Berry, Tappin, Jukes, Linnell, Goddard, , Torpey

 

IL, Tue, 17-Apr-90, A, Billericay Town, 2-0, n/k, n/k, n/k, Roser 1, n/k, n/k, n/k, Berry, n/k, Jukes 1, n/k

 

IL, Tue, 30-Oct-90, H, Billericay Town, 0-1, Desborough, Cooper K, Burrell, Kerslake, Armstrong, Smith G, Allen, Berry, Sexton, Mitchell, Edkins, Bulgen / 2, , Todd / 7

 

IL, Sat, 02-Mar-91, A, Billericay Town, 0-4, Summers, Cooper J, Fosh, Bulgen, Cooper K, Keeling, Allen, Driscoll, Sexton, Flynn T, Hendricks, Mallin / 8, , Kerslake / 7

 

ETT 1, Tue, 22-Oct-91, H, Billericay Town, 0-3, Ridgley, Bulgen, Hazelwood, Moulding, Cooper, Phillips, Hudson, Bhabra, Scarsbrook, Moriarty, Lennon

 

ESC 2, Tue, 26-Nov-96, H, Billericay Town, 0-2, Curtis, Gilliland, Marsden, Fleming , Crutchley, Moulding, Bly, R. Cox, Gray, Ardley , Beard , Taylor / 4, Hayzelden / 10, Wignall / 11

 

LC 1, Tue, 07-Oct-97, A, Billericay Town, 2-5*, Drake, Barnett , Moulding, Gilliland, Ford, Dyson , Barham, R. Cox , Woolley 1, Wright 1, Harding, Wilson / 2, Hunt / 6, Bulgen / 8

 

IL, Sat, 06-Sep-03, A, Billericay Town, 0-2, 523, Gay, Gooding, Martin J, Adedeji, West, Southon, Keeling, Sterling, John, Martin A, McGowan, Douglas / 10, Findley, Sorhaino, Cowley / 2, Collier

 

FAC, Sat, 27-Sep-03, H, Billericay Town, 2-1, 836, Gay, Gooding, Kerrigan, Adedeji, West 1, Southon 1, Keeling, Sterling, John, Douglas, Martin J, Locke, Martin A, Rowland, Maynard, Collier

 

IL, Sat, 17-Jan-04, H, Billericay Town, 1-1, 852, Gay, Stephens, Kerrigan, Adedeji, John 1, McGowan, Graham, Martin J, Opara, Allen B, Keeling, Douglas / 11, Cowley, Heathcote / 6, Gooding / 9, McCartney

 

F, Sat, 05-Aug-06, H, Billericay Town, 2-0, 310, Brightly, Bostock, Glozier, Purdie, McFarlane, Southon, Cross, Parker A, Lee K, Burbridge, Janney 1, Tiffin, Wareham, Holland 1, Fletcher, Thomas

 

IL P , Tue, 21-Aug-07, H, Billericay Town, 0-2, 1030, Brightly, Bostock, Glozier, Purdie, Goddard, Keith, Cross, Janney, Lee K, Parker S, Lee D, Elmes / 9, Foyewa / 8, Halle, Brothers, Tomlinson

 

IL P , Sat, 15-Dec-07, A, Billericay Town, 2-0, 555, Brightly, Barnard, Styles, Purdie, McFarlane, Tomlinson, Boateng 1, Green, Elmes 1, Parker S, Curley F, Bajada, Bostock / 6, Janney / 8, Foyewa / 9, Keith

 

IL P , Sat, 20-Sep-08, H, Billericay Town, 1-1, 506, Brightly, Coyne, Brown, Purdie, Curley, Hodges, Manuella, Green, Parker, Tomlinson 1, Styles, Lee / 9, Wall / 8, Janney / 6, Barnard, Higgins

 

ESC 4, Tue, 16-Dec-08, H, Billericay Town, 3-2, 188, Brightly, Barnard, Coyne, Goodfellow, McFarlane 1, Tomlinson, Curley, Janney, Green, Wall, Styles, Lee / 8, Parker 2 / 7, Sadler / 10, Purdie, Stuart-Evans

 

IL P , Sat, 24-Jan-09, A, Billericay Town, 0-1, 532, Brightly, Barnard, Coyne, Purdie, Goodfellow, Tomlinson, Curley, Green, Lee, Wall, Styles, Parker / 9, Kirby / 11, McFarlane, Gray, Janney / 8

 

LC 4, Tue, 10-Feb-09, A, Billericay Town, 0-1, 172, Willis, Barnard, Coyne, Purdie, Goodfellow, Tomlinson, Curley, Green, Lee, Parker , Styles, Janney / 7, McFarlane, Sadler / 9, Wall / 10, Stuart-Evans

 

 

 

 

 

[Eastside Urchin]

be nice to get an attendance of 1030 again,would of thought that was the highest attendance between the clubs,wouldn't mind betting the two other attendances over 800 at the bridge are the next 2 highest v ricay

[Ian_W]

surprised the two clubs didn't play each other between the end of the second world war and 1974.

 

nice stats again - thanks guys.

[Eastside Urchin]

Maybe something to do with the fact we were sh1t

[Dagger03]

Ian - the reason that they did not play each other from 46 to 74 is that Upminster got senior status (in 1938 when they joined the Spartan Lge - please note the official history is incorrect), and Billericay only obtained senior status in about 1970 when they joined the ESL.

[Eastside Urchin]

so billericay were sh1t.

6 years after they stopped becoming sh1t they won the fa trophy