codpiece Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hard to believe that it's 10 years ago that we reached the Southern League Division One Central play off final losing 0-4 to Chesham,after beating Hitchin in the semi final.Finishing in the final position , as we always seem to do!Things were very different then to today for the rebels : Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Bury Town 42 32 6 4 115 40 +75 102 Promoted to IL Premier Division 2 Hitchin Town 42 31 7 4 91 36 +55 100 Qualified for play-offs 3 Burnham 42 26 9 7 67 43 +24 87 4 Chesham United 42 24 8 10 76 41 +35 80 Qualified for play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division 5 Slough Town 42 23 8 11 87 54 +33 77 Qualified for play-offs 6 Sutton Coldfield Town 42 22 11 9 93 61 +32 77 Transferred to NPL Division One South 7 Woodford United 42 18 8 16 70 68 +2 62 8 Romulus 42 16 13 13 66 48 +18 61 Transferred to NPL Division One South 9 Arlesey Town 42 17 10 15 58 48 +10 61 10 Leighton Town 42 18 6 18 63 66 −3 60 11 Soham Town Rangers 42 17 7 18 73 80 −7 58 12 Biggleswade Town 42 14 13 15 56 63 −7 55 13 Atherstone Town 42 15 9 18 65 82 −17 54 14 AFC Sudbury 42 13 12 17 55 54 +1 51 Transferred to IL Division One North 15 Marlow 42 12 14 16 64 65 −1 50 16 Bedworth United 42 12 11 19 59 72 −13 47 17 Stourport Swifts 42 11 10 21 63 69 −6 43 Transferred to Division One South & West 18 Rothwell Town 42 11 8 23 53 80 −27 41 Resigned at the end of the season 19 Beaconsfield SYCOB 42 8 8 26 46 96 −50 32 20 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 8 15 19 45 68 −23 29[a] Transferred to Division One South & West 21 Barton Rovers 42 6 9 27 49 95 −46 27 Reprieved from relegation 22 Aylesbury United 42 4 6 32 48 133 −85 18 Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League Source: fchd.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Notable that we finished with 23 points less then 2nd and ten less than 3rd neither of whom made the playoff final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codpiece Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Yes.Remember how peeved Hitchin were when we beat them,especially as on the last day of the regular season they could have won the title , and we squeezed into the play offs by one goal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 That was the year when we crept into the final fifth place because our goal difference was one better than Sutton Coldfield Town couldn't have been closer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Ooops sorry codpiece didn't read your last few words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Kay Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I remember hanging around at the end of the Romulous game that we had walked to. No one moved, we all stayed there waiting for the Beaconsfield/Sutton Coldfield socre to come in, which for some reason had been massively delayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorshamRebel Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 To bring back more memories of that day https://flic.kr/s/aHsjqwbEM1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3spirit Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 18 hours ago, HorshamRebel said: To bring back more memories of that day https://flic.kr/s/aHsjqwbEM1 Great photos,as always,HR. Several faces in the crowd, sadly no longer with us but not forgotten. That year Bury Town were the best team on merit, with Hitchin pushing them all the way. Slough were fortunate to make the play offs. We were not a bad side but didn't have enough quality in key areas to compete with the best but this was a team evolving, as it was Steve Bateman's first full season in charge. We played some good football that season but were not consistent enough. We deserved to beat Hitchin in the play off semi-final,although it was a close contest on the night but we were outclassed by Chesham in the final. We had players suffering from nerves in the final and if anything, Slough didn't do themselves justice on the day. Truth be told we weren't good enough to get promoted over the season but Steve Bateman did sign some quality players and it was early in his reign. To Steve's credit he really turned Slough's fortunes around, when he was appointed at the back end of season 2008-9, so 2009-10 the season we're talking about here, was a huge improvement from the season before and got the club moving up the division,after a few seasons of awfulness. He also was desperately unlucky to have his star signing/highly rated prolific centre forward, Gary Sippetts, drop a sheet of glass on his foot in an accident at work. He was never the same player after that. As a spectator, on the whole I thought it was an exciting season, in that we signed a few 'names' of non-league football and tried to play the right way.At the end we came up short but it was an enjoyable season overall, and looking at those photo's they bring back a lot of fond memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Just looked through the photos and there are some great memories. Some supporters who are no longer with us and some who for one reason or another no longer seen at games. Forgot all about Yiadom Yeboah and Thomas Hayes. The face is familiar and there are a couple of photos of him but can't remember the name of Steve Bateman's assistant at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 30/12/2019 at 22:58, codpiece said: Yes.Remember how peeved Hitchin were when we beat them,especially as on the last day of the regular season they could have won the title , and we squeezed into the play offs by one goal ! With 100 points I'm not surprised they were peeved ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 As I remember we changed assistant almost every year under Bateman for one reason or another. Names I remember include Darren Salton, John Lawford, Dave Anderson and Fred Cummings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, Nathan said: As I remember we changed assistant almost every year under Bateman for one reason or another. Names I remember include Darren Salton, John Lawford, Dave Anderson and Fred Cummings. Ah, that's it Darren Salton, he's the one in a couple of the pics. I think he then went on to manage another club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorshamRebel Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I remember that wait seemed to last for an eternity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codpiece Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 01/01/2020 at 17:30, Rebel Kay said: I remember hanging around at the end of the Romulous game that we had walked to. No one moved, we all stayed there waiting for the Beaconsfield/Sutton Coldfield socre to come in, which for some reason had been massively delayed. Wasn't it goalkeeper Ricky Perks doing his Chris Kamara live report from Holloways Park who brought the news of the result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Reading Rebel said: Ah, that's it Darren Salton, he's the one in a couple of the pics. I think he then went on to manage another club. Dont believe he managed after Slough unless someone can say who Rather tragic case really A Scottish U21 international tipped for great things whose career was ended in a car crash which killed a female passenger in the other car The car was driven by Celtic player Paul Telfer who Darren brought to Slough at the end of his career so presumably no hard feelings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I know he coached at Sutton after Slough but not sure about a management position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Kay Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Fab looking at the old pictures. I had forgotten how cute my little Alfie was. And the fact that I was still standing come the end of the game was nothing short of a miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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