New Bradwell

[bicknell]

Ha ha that made me chuckle .

[Rhodes]

It's the old chestnut again isn't it of how football has changed over the last 40 years and definitely not for the better, many of us on here were brought up on a diet of the Leeds United years under Don Revie, Shankly, Bill Nicholson, the Arsenal double in 1970/1971, Hereford v Newcastle in 1972, David Coleman's 1-0 catchphrase and Derby County's rise under Brian Clough, I doubt any Club's had showers in those days and a huge dressing room bath was the norm.

[NeutralFan]

It's the old chestnut again isn't it of how football has changed over the last 40 years and definitely not for the better, many of us on here were brought up on a diet of the Leeds United years under Don Revie, Shankly, Bill Nicholson, the Arsenal double in 1970/1971, Hereford v Newcastle in 1972, David Coleman's 1-0 catchphrase and Derby County's rise under Brian Clough, I doubt any Club's had showers in those days and a huge dressing room bath was the norm.

 

Speak for yourself! Not quite in that bracket....

[Rhodes]

NeutralFan - Exactly, you don't know what you missed

[Rhodes]

It's so sad to see what has happened to a great Club like New Bradwell St Peter, just three points so far this season, nothing to do with the George Best story but where did it all go wrong

[Winslow Boy]

They will be fine they will make it though the season and be stronger for it. Two of their three points off us and should have beat us at their place and were doing well against Ath till the sending off.

[Gruntfuttock]

Yep! Cranfield had great baths! Trouble was it took 45mins to fill them. They used a hell of a lot of water which cost a fortune to heat.

They were good for thawing out your tackle in cold weather like yesterday, you could have a post match snooze in them whilst wallowing in the mud and pee whilst being groped by some hairy arsed central defender..

Trouble was some Elf'n safety nerd in the FA decided all footballers were "Unclean" and suffered from aids so the baths had to be removed.

They existed when footballers were real were men, played with real footballs, wore real boots with nails (both in the inside on the outside), were allowed to make real tackles and abuse the Ref without having to pay a tenner.

Not like today! when they play in carpet slippers, kick plastic balloons and games are called off if the Ref thinks his boots might get wet.

[Rhodes]

They will be fine they will make it though the season and be stronger for it.

It's just a shame the way the Club was left in the lurch like that wasn't it, it left a sour taste in the mouth

[No13]

 

It's just a shame the way the Club was left in the lurch like that wasn't it, it left a sour taste in the mouth

Another clutching at straws quote from the TW@T as he has absolutely no knowledge as to what happened but hopes someone will enlighten him.....

[Tiger007]

It's just a shame the way the Club was left in the lurch like that wasn't it, it left a sour taste in the mouth

 

TW@T........................CLUELESS like other clubs in the same situation including ourselves sometimes you have to take a few steps back to take bigger steps forward..............but good luck to them for keeping going..............they will be fine in the future........

[Gruntfuttock]

Good luck New Bradwell. I hope you come through it all ok.

Your problem does highlight the fact that far too many Club's nowadays are relying on too few key committee men.

It only takes one or two of them to become disenchanted and leave for the Club to end up in trouble like New Bradwell.

There are too many Club's having to rely on too few old stagers to keep them running. Where are the next generation of Club Officials

going to come from?? Not enough Clubs are devoting enough attention to succession planning!.

[lee bearman]

You had hit the nail on the head grunt take tonight for example we will prob have a 70 year old on the gate freezing cold night with so called committee members propping up the bar or at home !

[Rhodes]

Good luck New Bradwell. I hope you come through it all ok.

Your problem does highlight the fact that far too many Club's nowadays are relying on too few key committee men.

It only takes one or two of them to become disenchanted and leave for the Club to end up in trouble like New Bradwell.

There are too many Club's having to rely on too few old stagers to keep them running. Where are the next generation of Club Officials

going to come from?? Not enough Clubs are devoting enough attention to succession planning!.

Has it actually been documented as to why the respected Haynes family jumped ship particularly having fought so long and hard for funding for the Club’s state of the art changing rooms, I also thought that they all bled maroon but apparently not. It brings a tear to the eye to see this link of a great Club thriving in happy times:

 

http://pieandmushypeas.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/new-bradwell-st-peter-fc.html

[Rhodes]

The enchanting Recreation Ground was always my favourite venue to go each season bar none and the iconic windmill, dating back to 1817, is wonderfully depicted here in this match report, penned, Shakespeare like, by a gifted volunteer Community worker who was briefly recruited by Tokyngton Manor in early 2010 to take some of the heavy workload off me:

 

Saturday 20th March 2010 - Kick-off 3.00pm

The Molten Spartan South Midlands League Division One

New Bradwell St. Peter F.C. 5 Tokyngton Manor F.C. 0

 

It would not have been amiss for Don Quixote himself to have turned out amongst the New Bradwell St Peter faithful, on top of a teetering Sancho Panza and immaculately declare the giant score-line flattering to the home side, under the shadow of the Bradwell windmill and amid curtains of blustery rain.

 

New Bradwell kept us waiting, the ancient tactic of staying a little longer in the dressing room, and duly Tokyngton started the match cold. Strong movement from Joey Achsampong up front opened space for Bradwell to build constructively down left and right and Tokyngton found it difficult to compete in the air – which was being whipped up into a maelstrom. Classy defending from Sayed Sadi and Bruno Delgado took the pressure off a little. But just as Tokyngton were threatening with a freekick delivered into the opposition penalty box, Bradwell broke away swiftly and scored with a low drive off a post. It was the first of four for Lea Coulter, the league’s top scorer.

 

We were under the cosh, but good work from debutant fullback Melvyn Brewley began Tokyngton’s first fluent move, the ball coming out to Gino Sufi on the left, and Melford Simpson’s effort had the defence scurrying. The next fifteen minutes was end-to-end stuff without either side really testing the other’s keeper; on thirty-one minutes however a clever flick-on freed Achsampong and although Kamal Mohammed saved he spilled the ball and Coulter finished neatly from the follow-up. That’s how we went in at half-time.

 

Atanas Chakalov, Tokyngton’s Bulgarian Manager, previously a pro in four countries, must have had words to say with the team in the dressing room, “Read my lips! You call that semi professional?” Because we came out fired up, quickly forcing two corners and two free kicks in forward positions. Melford, nicknamed Drogba, for his own giant presence up front, headed just wide. A clever flick from Tim Maynard (captain) set Steve Dosreis away down the left and he fizzed a shot past the right-hand upright. On sixty-five minutes, though, against the run-of-play Coulter broke away for Bradwell and won a free kick on the edge of the area. For the second match running the shot was driven underneath Tokyngton’s jumping wall and Coulter had his hat-trick.

 

Now, tempers were beginning to fray amongst the Tokyngton defence, as the rain eased and all our attacks were easily snuffed out. And while they were well-taken - Joel McCormick’s penalty and Lea Coulter’s final goal, coming after a breakaway long ball, quick movement and a strong finish from the edge of the box, put the gloss on a five-nil score-line belied periods of sustained pressure from ‘The Manor’ right up until the final whistle.

 

The mood in the dressing room remains relatively upbeat, considering the lop-sided score-line, and the lads are looking forward to welcoming top-of-the-table Hadley to the Viking Ground on Monday. Injuries have dogged the team-sheet in recent weeks, but we had two Reserve team players make their first first-team appearances today, and the core of the team that played New Bradwell St Peter this blustery afternoon will turn results like this around in seasons to come. Back to windmills! the old men are applauding.

 

Manor Team: Mohammed, Delgado, Waldman, Chick, Sadi, Brewley, Dosreis, Maynard, Sufi, Simpson, Farrell

Sub: Price

[No13]

The enchanting Recreation Ground was always my favourite venue to go each season bar none and the iconic windmill, dating back to 1817, is wonderfully depicted here in this match report, penned, Shakespeare like, by a gifted volunteer Community worker who was briefly recruited by Tokyngton Manor in early 2010 to take some of the heavy workload off me:

 

Saturday 20th March 2010 - Kick-off 3.00pm

The Molten Spartan South Midlands League Division One

New Bradwell St. Peter F.C. 5 Tokyngton Manor F.C. 0

 

It would not have been amiss for Don Quixote himself to have turned out amongst the New Bradwell St Peter faithful, on top of a teetering Sancho Panza and immaculately declare the giant score-line flattering to the home side, under the shadow of the Bradwell windmill and amid curtains of blustery rain.

 

New Bradwell kept us waiting, the ancient tactic of staying a little longer in the dressing room, and duly Tokyngton started the match cold. Strong movement from Joey Achsampong up front opened space for Bradwell to build constructively down left and right and Tokyngton found it difficult to compete in the air – which was being whipped up into a maelstrom. Classy defending from Sayed Sadi and Bruno Delgado took the pressure off a little. But just as Tokyngton were threatening with a freekick delivered into the opposition penalty box, Bradwell broke away swiftly and scored with a low drive off a post. It was the first of four for Lea Coulter, the league’s top scorer.

 

We were under the cosh, but good work from debutant fullback Melvyn Brewley began Tokyngton’s first fluent move, the ball coming out to Gino Sufi on the left, and Melford Simpson’s effort had the defence scurrying. The next fifteen minutes was end-to-end stuff without either side really testing the other’s keeper; on thirty-one minutes however a clever flick-on freed Achsampong and although Kamal Mohammed saved he spilled the ball and Coulter finished neatly from the follow-up. That’s how we went in at half-time.

 

Atanas Chakalov, Tokyngton’s Bulgarian Manager, previously a pro in four countries, must have had words to say with the team in the dressing room, “Read my lips! You call that semi professional?” Because we came out fired up, quickly forcing two corners and two free kicks in forward positions. Melford, nicknamed Drogba, for his own giant presence up front, headed just wide. A clever flick from Tim Maynard (captain) set Steve Dosreis away down the left and he fizzed a shot past the right-hand upright. On sixty-five minutes, though, against the run-of-play Coulter broke away for Bradwell and won a free kick on the edge of the area. For the second match running the shot was driven underneath Tokyngton’s jumping wall and Coulter had his hat-trick.

 

Now, tempers were beginning to fray amongst the Tokyngton defence, as the rain eased and all our attacks were easily snuffed out. And while they were well-taken - Joel McCormick’s penalty and Lea Coulter’s final goal, coming after a breakaway long ball, quick movement and a strong finish from the edge of the box, put the gloss on a five-nil score-line belied periods of sustained pressure from ‘The Manor’ right up until the final whistle.

 

The mood in the dressing room remains relatively upbeat, considering the lop-sided score-line, and the lads are looking forward to welcoming top-of-the-table Hadley to the Viking Ground on Monday. Injuries have dogged the team-sheet in recent weeks, but we had two Reserve team players make their first first-team appearances today, and the core of the team that played New Bradwell St Peter this blustery afternoon will turn results like this around in seasons to come. Back to windmills! the old men are applauding.

 

Manor Team: Mohammed, Delgado, Waldman, Chick, Sadi, Brewley, Dosreis, Maynard, Sufi, Simpson, Farrell

Sub: Price

Yawn

Edited February 26, 2013 by No13

[Rhodes]

Yawn

No13 - A bit like your posts then

[Whitley Bay]

I was impressed with New Bradwell last night at Harpenden - one all after sixty minutes was a 'fair' reflection of the game to that point.

 

However, they seemed to 'fall apart' after conceding a second, and whilst Harpenden probably deserved the win, 4-1 flattered them.

[JamieSE]

What is this guy Rhodes on?

Edited February 28, 2013 by JamieSE

[Neutral]

In regards to the post about the future of non league football, and who will step up onto comittees and as chair people/directors etc...

 

I feel the future of Non League football is very bright. The FA have just annunced a huge £150m spending program between now and 2015, attendances (accross non league) are steadily growing. As for ho will make the step up to run the clubs... I honestly feel the players and referees will make the step up, there is a huge number of young people who love non-league football. I am one of them.

 

People who tend to run clubs are in their twiglight years due to them having more time (and money(?)) to invest into the club. Working 9-5 and also be on a board at a club isn't as easy as when you're retired.

[BUFC]

What is this guy Rhodes on?

 

Little blue pills by all accounts.........