Match Preview: Urchins v Bognor Regis Town

[Ian_W]

 

Precautionary pitch inspection to be held on Saturday morning at 9:30am - Hopeful of game going ahead....         v              With just one match this year and only two in the last month due to snow and frost, the Urchins are hoping that with the thaw setting in, they can at last get a match on. The visitors to The Stadium on Saturday are Bognor Regis Town. Bognor find themselves currently in the relegation zone, whereas AFC Hornchurch are just 4 points outside of the playoffs, and so will be looking for a home win to push them ever closer....   Bognor Regis have not played this year, with their only two matches in the last month coming between Christmas and the New Year. Like the Urchins they also had one victory and a draw.       The two teams have met once this season in September, with The Rocks scoring three times in the last 11 minutes to take a 4-2 victory giving the home side their first league victory of the season.  Bognor Report  AFC Hornchurch Report           Match Odds: Sky Bet Sporting Bet Bet 365 Paddy Power Victor Chandler bwin Stan James Coral AFC Hornchurch 4/6 13/20 8/11 4/6 4/6 7/10 4/6 8/11 Draw 11/4 13/5 5/2 13/5 5/2 5/2 11/4 12/5 Bognor Regis Town 3/1 16/5 3/1 7/2 10/3 29/10 3/1 3/1 (odds available at time of publication)       Bognor Regis Town are currently 20th in the league.       Form Guide from last 6 league matches             W D L GF GA PT Urchins 3 2 1 6 4 11 Rocks 2 2 2 10 10 8     Urhins Home / Rocks Away Record over last 6 league matches           W D L GF GA PT Urchins 3 2 1 9 8 11 Rocks 1 3 2 8 10 6     Previous Matches:       2008/9 Home - Did not play each other   2008/9 Away - Did not play each other       2007/8 Home - Did not play each other   2007/8 Away - Did not play each other       2006/7 Home - Did not play each other   2006/7 Away - Did not play each other       2005/6 Home - Did not play each other   2005/6 Away - Did not play each other       2004/5 Home - Urchins & Bognor Regis Town Drew 1-1 with the Urchins goal from Danny Shipp in the Nationwide South - match report   2004/5 Away - Urchins lost 3-1 to Bognor Regis with the Urchins goal coming from Chris Stowe in the Nationwide South - match report     Website:- http://www.therocks.co.uk   Forum:- http://bognorfc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general   Twitter:-   Facebook:-       Address of AFC Hornchurch:- The Stadium, Bridge Avenue, Upminster RM14 2LX Tel: 01708 220080 Grid Reference: 51.55567 0.23837   Admission Prices:- Adults £9, Concessions £6, Under 16 £2           Public Transport:-   Tube Station:- Upminster Bridge (300 yards)   Train Station:- Upminster (1 mile)   Travel Line Website (Public Transport Directions)   National Rail Planning       Directions:-         By car  Take the M25 to junction 29 onto the A127 towards London. Come off at the next major turn-off (signposted to Upminster) and turn left into Hall Lane. Follow this road for about a mile and a half, passing Upminster station on your left, until you come to a major crossroads with traffic lights. Turn right at the lights into St Mary's Lane. Continue down the hill and take the second turning on the left (Bridge Avenue). The ground is about 200 yards along Bridge Avenue on the right.  By Train / Tube  Nearest BR station is Upminster which is on the Fenchurch Street to Southend/Shoeburyness line. Turn left out of the station and follow the directions above. Upminster Bridge underground station (District line) is also close to the ground. Turn right out of the station, walk under the railway bridge and take the second right turning into Bridge Avenue. AA Route Planner           Distance from The Bridge:- 0 Miles       Weather Forecast:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/4291?area=Upminster       Manager:- Darin Killpartrick   Nickname:- The Rocks   Colours:- White/Green/White       History:- Bognor Regis Town FC was founded in 1883 and their early years were mainly spent playing friendly matches until they joined the West Sussex League in 1896. They enjoyed a certain amount of success at this level which included winning the league five years in succession in the early twenties. As a result they joined the Brighton & Hove District League in 1926, however, their stay was short as the following season they applied to join the Sussex County League where they remained until 1972.       The club enjoyed mixed fortunes in this league, winning the Division One Championship in the 1948/49 season. Relegation to Division Two in 1969 was to start a new era for the dub. Winning their way back to the First Division at the first attempt, they went on next season to win the Championship. This prompted them to apply to join the Southern League, which meant they had played in three different leagues in three successive seasons.       Known as the `Rocks', Bognor took their time to settle at the higher level and in the 1981/82 season were runners-up in both the League and the League Cup, they also won the Merit Cup for the most goals scored in a season. The following season saw Bognor playing in yet another league, The Isthmian, they were elected to Division One, and their first season saw them promoted as runners-up to the Premier Division.       Bognor's highest Premier League placing was fifth in 1986/87 and their lowest 21st seven seasons ago when they avoided the drop due to Dagenham leaving the league and no Conference side being relegated to the Isthmian League. They were however relegated the following season and are now in their seventh season in Division One.       After winning the Sussex Senior Cup for the first time in 1955 , Bognor went on to create a competition record by winning it in five consecutive years from 1980 to 1984.       They have won the Sussex County League on four occasions and in 1986/87 season beat Hendon to win the AC Delco Cup. This was the first cup success for a Sussex side outside its own County.       The Rocks have reached the Second Round Proper of the FA. Cup on four occasions, the first time being in 1984.       After holding Swansea to a 1-1 draw at the Vetch Field in the First round, they won the replay 3-1 before a record crowd at Nyewood Lane, only to lose to Reading at Elm Park in the Second Round. The following season they reached the same stage only to lose away to Gillingham.       The 1988/89 season again found Bognor beating League opposition, this time Exeter City 2-1, but their hopes of reaching the third round for the first time were dashed when they lost 1-0 at home to Cambridge United. The Rocks last appearance at this stage was in season 1995/96 when they again failed to reach the third round. Losing 4-0 at Peterborough's London Road ground.       In addition, the club have reached the First Round Proper on three occasions, the first being 1972/72 followed by 1986/87 and 1987/88. Bognor enjoyed their best ever run in the Umbra FA Trophy in the 95/96 season, just to reach the last sixteen, losing 3-1 at home to Radcliffe Borough.       For the past four seasons, Bognor have just failed to gain a promotion place; in the 1995/96 season playing 22 Cup games and a growing injury list were the main factors.       In the 1996/97 season, a poor start in the League saw The Rocks concede points which left them with a lot of leeway to make up and despite a ten match unbeaten run from March until May, the Rocks were still four points adrift and had to be content with sixth place. The following season saw a similar pattern, winning out of the last 7 games; but again it was not enough.       In the 1998/99 season saw The Rocks lose at the first hurdle in all the six cup competitions entered, this created a new, albeit, unwanted record for the club. However this left the way open to concentrate on promotion and by Christmas the team had built up a commanding 13 points lead Unfortunately this could rot be sustained in the second part of the season, picking up just 25 points from 25 games, and finishing in sixth Place.       The 1999/2000 season saw us exit form the F.A cup at the 4th Qualifying Round and with a number of players coming and going did not help the side play consistently. This resulted in the club involved in a relegation battle for the most of the season .Our usual end of season rally saw us climb to 17th position.       Season 2000/2001 saw the club finish in a disappointing 16th position. However, they did reach the final of the Sussex Senior Cup, losing to Lewes and also reached the 3rd Round of the FA Trophy.       2001/2001 season saw the club just missed out on promotion finishing in 4th place, this after being unbeaten in the first fifteen league games. Bashley became a real thorn in the clubs side, knocking us out of the FA Cup and then the FA Trophy. After the disappointment of missing out on promotion last season the club will be going all out for success in this seasons newly formed Division One South.       2002/3 saw the club finish in 2nd place and gain promotion to the Premier League. This was achieved despite a long list of injuries, which at times devastated the squad. Promotion gave the whole club a huge lift and everyone is looking forward to the coming season.       On their return to the Premier League, the club finished in a respectable 10th position and with it qualification to the new Conference South division where the club finished a creditable 9th position in there first season .       2005/6 and 2006/7 seasons saw the club finish 12th in the Conference South league.       Michael Birmingham, Pearce's assistant manager took over as player manager in October 2007 and managed to save the club from relegation with an 18th place finish.       He stepped down at the end of the season in May 2008 and was succeeded by ex Havant & Waterlooville and Dorchester Town manager Mick Jenkins and his assistant Andy Awford in June 2008.       After a run of adverse results they resigned on 3 January 2009.       Darin Killpatrick took over as caretaker manager with assistant Kevin Braybrook. Within days the club were deducted 7 points for playing an unregistered player. Despite an improvement in results under Kilpatrick, Bognor were officially relegated on 4 April 2009 following a 4-1 defeat to Welling United.       This ended a remarkable season which saw a financial crisis, a player exodus, an arsonist burn the clubhouse down, Jack Pearce fighting cancer, a 7 point deduction, 3 managers and over 54 players. Braybrook has since left the club       On 1st June 2009 Darin Killpatrick was confirmed as manager with former Rock Jamie Howells as his assistant.

[Dagger03]

Previous matches with Bognor - if anyone has the line up for the Nov-81 match could they please contact me?

 

 

 

 

 

 

IL, Sat, 24-Oct-81, H, Bognor Regis Town, 1-2, Harrold, Pedder, Hickey, Sammons, Hopkins, Jones, Wilsmore, Chapman, Reynolds, Cole, Stewart, Gaine / 7

 

 

 

IL, Sat, 21-Nov-81, A, Bognor Regis Town, 0-0, Pedder, Hickey, Sammons, Cole – full line up not known.

 

 

 

LC 4, Mon, 14-Feb-83, A, Bognor Regis Town, 1-2, aet, Baker, Bissett, Hopkins, Hickey, Pedder, Roast, Joughin, Weddell, Hughes 1, Parker, Hill

 

 

 

LC 1, Tue, 20-Nov-01, H, Bognor Regis Town, 5-2, Att 60, Sanders, Tungate 1, Moulding, Bower, McDonald, Bates, Fox, Lowery, Marsden, Cripps, Woolf 3, Hawley, Pyne 1, Dyson

 

 

 

IL, Sat, 18-Oct-03, H, Bognor Regis Town, 3-0, Att 474, Gay, Sterling, Kerrigan, Adedeji, West, Locke 1, Keeling, Martin J 1, John 1, Douglas, Graham, Southon, Martin A, Gooding, Ada, Collier

 

 

 

IL, Tues, 09-Mar-04, A, Bognor Regis Town, 3-1, Att 262, Gay, Gooding, Kerrigan, Adedeji, Matthews 1, Williams, Graham, Locke, John 1, Brayley 1, Martin J, Keeling / 8, Douglas, Southon, McGowan, McCartney

 

 

 

Conf S, Sat, 09-Oct-04, H, Bognor Regis Town, 1-1, Att 852, Bayes, Gooding, Searle, Stuart, McCarthy, Weatherstone, Elam, Caskey, Jackson, Purser, Clark, West / 9, Martin, Shipp 1 / 11, Sigere / 10, Pullen – in this match Danny Shipp scored the equaliser in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

 

 

 

Conf S, Sat, 12-Feb-05, A, Bognor Regis Town, 1-3, Att 346, Desborough, Williams, Hill, Dear, Southon, Bowes, Vrhodski, Glynn, Shipp, O'Connor, Douglas, Stowe 1 / 10, Burgess, Makitu / 8, Everett, Morgan / 6

 

 

 

RPL, Sat, 05-Sep-09, Bognor Regis Town, 2-4, Att 275 – Scorer Gary Bowes 47, 90+3, Behcet, Coyne, Barnard, Purdie, Goodfellow, Stevens, Shave, Tomlinson, Bowes, Higgins, Styles, Wall / 16, Fletcher / 4, Green, Bansende / 6, Murray.

 

Debut for Bostry Bansende.

 

This was Jay Murray’s only appearance in the squad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kel]

Previous matches with Bognor - if anyone has the line up for the Nov-81 match could they please contact me?

 

 

 

 

 

 

IL, Sat, 24-Oct-81, H, Bognor Regis Town, 1-2, Harrold, Pedder, Hickey, Sammons, Hopkins, Jones, Wilsmore, Chapman, Reynolds, Cole, Stewart, Gaine / 7

 

 

 

IL, Sat, 21-Nov-81, A, Bognor Regis Town, 0-0, Pedder, Hickey, Sammons, Cole – full line up not known.

 

 

 

LC 4, Mon, 14-Feb-83, A, Bognor Regis Town, 1-2, aet, Baker, Bissett, Hopkins, Hickey, Pedder, Roast, Joughin, Weddell, Hughes 1, Parker, Hill

 

 

 

LC 1, Tue, 20-Nov-01, H, Bognor Regis Town, 5-2, Att 60, Sanders, Tungate 1, Moulding, Bower, McDonald, Bates, Fox, Lowery, Marsden, Cripps, Woolf 3, Hawley, Pyne 1, Dyson

 

 

 

IL, Sat, 18-Oct-03, H, Bognor Regis Town, 3-0, Att 474, Gay, Sterling, Kerrigan, Adedeji, West, Locke 1, Keeling, Martin J 1, John 1, Douglas, Graham, Southon, Martin A, Gooding, Ada, Collier

 

 

 

IL, Tues, 09-Mar-04, A, Bognor Regis Town, 3-1, Att 262, Gay, Gooding, Kerrigan, Adedeji, Matthews 1, Williams, Graham, Locke, John 1, Brayley 1, Martin J, Keeling / 8, Douglas, Southon, McGowan, McCartney

 

 

 

Conf S, Sat, 09-Oct-04, H, Bognor Regis Town, 1-1, Att 852, Bayes, Gooding, Searle, Stuart, McCarthy, Weatherstone, Elam, Caskey, Jackson, Purser, Clark, West / 9, Martin, Shipp 1 / 11, Sigere / 10, Pullen – in this match Danny Shipp scored the equaliser in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

 

 

 

Conf S, Sat, 12-Feb-05, A, Bognor Regis Town, 1-3, Att 346, Desborough, Williams, Hill, Dear, Southon, Bowes, Vrhodski, Glynn, Shipp, O'Connor, Douglas, Stowe 1 / 10, Burgess, Makitu / 8, Everett, Morgan / 6

 

 

 

RPL, Sat, 05-Sep-09, Bognor Regis Town, 2-4, Att 275 – Scorer Gary Bowes 47, 90+3, Behcet, Coyne, Barnard, Purdie, Goodfellow, Stevens, Shave, Tomlinson, Bowes, Higgins, Styles, Wall / 16, Fletcher / 4, Green, Bansende / 6, Murray.

 

Debut for Bostry Bansende.

 

This was Jay Murray’s only appearance in the squad.

 

I remember the Feb 05 game. I was standing behind the Bognor goal when Danny Shipp took a penalty. He missed and knocked my beer out of my hand!

[Eastside Urchin]

me and frank went semi naked behind the goal second half

[Hornchurch "O"]

From the waist down?

[Eastside Urchin]

up fortunatly

[Kel]

A real moob moment.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Looking at some of those teams from the noughties brings a tear to the eye.... some great side's we've had!

[Ian_W]

Odds updated - shortening on The Urchins and lengthening on The Rocks. The draw is staying fairly constant.

[Ian_W]

Hoping to play......

Precautionary pitch inspection to be held on Saturday morning at 09:30

[Fat Tom Daley]

There is a 9-30 pitch inspection tomorrow.

Edited January 15, 2010 by Urchins Youth

[coupwotcoup]

Previous matches with Bognor - if anyone has the line up for the Nov-81 match could they please contact me?

 

There's probably only two people who come on here that knew the Chins had a football club in 1981

[Eastside Urchin]

think you would be surprised actually how many did follow the urchins pre millenium