1. Art and Diseño

OLD MEADONIANS FC CIRCULAR
4th February 2015
Fixtures For Saturday 7th February
Team
Opposition
Venue / Referee
Competition
1st
Old
Minchendenians
Away - Bramley Road Sport Ground, Bramley Road, Southgate, London N14
4HP
League
2.15pm
Old Manorians II
Home – Ref Robert Pearce
LOB Inter
2.00pm
Economicals III
Away - LSE Sports Ground, Windsor Avenue, New Malden, KT3
League
2.00pm
2nd
3rd
Kick Off
Home – Ref to be advised
4th
Worcester College
Old Boys
OMFC IV WILL BE THE AWAY TEAM IN THIS FIXTURE
League
2.00pm
5th
Economicals V
Home – Ref Trevor Weaver
AFA Senior
Novets
2.00pm
6th
Old Whitgiftian
Away - Whitgift Sports Club Clubhouse: Croham Manor Road, South
Croydon, Surrey, CR2 7BG
League
2.00pm
Old Guildfordians
Away - A Ground, Stoke Park, London Road, Guildford, GU1 1TU
League
2.15pm
Old Sedcopians IV
Away - Sparrows Lane Sports Centre, Sparrows Lane, New Eltham. London
SE9 2BT
League
2.00pm
Old Tiffinians III
Home – Ref Jim Kissane
League
2.00pm
Old Lyonians
Away - John Lyon Playing Fields, Sudbury Hill, Harrow on the Hill, HA1 3SB
League
2.00pm
7th
8th
9th
Vets
Teams
1sts
G. Robinson
K. Quinn
M. OSullivan
A. McCombe
A. Chapman
J. Holmes
J. Shea
D. Brennan
J. Gowers
J.Mace
E. Glover
C. Jones
A. Goode
L. Pointer
2nds
Joe Beharie
Tom Gadsby Misha
Mantel
Dave Miller
Dean Stacey
Damian Reading
Adam Boynton
Tom Timmins
Matt Allen
Aaron Glover
Nick Wilson
Ryan Kohn
Ed McKenna
Nick Jones
3rds
Tim Castle
Ash Hamidi
Andrea Olivari
Luke Latimer
Darren Grainger
Freddie Jeffries
Tommy Champion
Daniel Stewart
Rash Ovie
Dwayne Beckford
Jose Nueto
Tim Dorsett
Olivier Deneau
4ths
Dermot Jordan
Eoin Toher
Jack McCarthy
Rowan Graham Collins
Tinashe Sithole
Michael Bonsu
Harrison Rowe-Davies
Dillon Zoufoul
Mike Conroy
Tim Haddon
Barry Mcguinness
5ths
Riccardo Avanti
Alan Wade
Tim Gates
Mark Stone
Will Knox
Nick Rankin
Kevin Coyne
Mekel Hackett
Luke Tierney
Matt Walcott
Joey Watts
Adam Hooper
Marvin West
6ths
Lewis Taylor
Gavin Kenny
Simon Parker
Jayson Beckford
Alfredo Fagalde
Vaughan Edmonds
Brad Waygood
Usif Bangura
Peter Noreaga
Craig Elder
Tom Husbands
7ths
Josh Kearney
Max Kearney
James McKeige
Danny Knight
Gareth Williams
Dom Williams
Marlon Wright
Liam Irish
Corin Mitchell
Lionel Scurville
Manuel Ruidiaz
8ths
Steve Challice
David Terry
Paul Smith
Gareth Hurley
Dave Williams
Derek Barnett
Lum Berisha
Dean Simon
Dan Elder
Abbey Balogen
Craig Elder
Dan Piper
Matt Ring
9ths
Nathan Nicholsan
Simon Gordon
Bill Philpoft
Dave Randall
Paul Augtais
Ben Weekes
George Toft
Gabriel Woodhall
Simon Greening
Scott Brown
Barry Baxendale
Max Eggl
Peter Mielewczyk
Steve Nicholl
Dan Smith
Vets
Merv Hughes
Dino Antoniades
Micky Scanlon
Steve Dodd
Lee Walsh
John Walcott
Jaime Allen
Joe porter
Neil Hanman
Allen Kerr
Charlie morales
Rob Lee
 Saturdays Results (07.02.15)
 1s win - Won 3-0 UCL Academicals
 2s win - Won 6-0 Old Vaughanians
 3s lost - Lost 2-1 Old Sedcopians
AFA Senior Cup
League
League
PLEASE contact the Team Secretary ROB WILLIAMS on [email protected]
or 07941 134 503 to advise if you’re available and not selected.
Managers/Captains
1st Team
Rory Vermeulen
Paddy Rumley
07979 858 595
07956 377 469
2nd Team
Luke Graham
07707 288 174
3rd Team
Tim Castle
07455 003 245
4th Team
Barry McGuinness
07751 071 537
5th Team
Phil Dussard
07920 779 374
6th Team
Lewis Taylor
07921 809 349
7th Team
Rob Williams
07941 134 503
8th Team
Dave Terry
07817 884 739
9th Team
Simon Gordon
Nathan Nicholson
07989 342 224
07791 530 214
Sat Vets
Sun Vets
Steve Kearney
Roy McLoughlin
07973 835 203
07778 551 168
Club Website
Take a look at the club’s revamped website http://www.omfc.co.uk.
We are also on Twitter and once the season gets going, Instagram. Look up @oldmeadsfc on twitter….. #MEADS
Have a nice day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbL0I56r7JI&feature=youtu.be
Advance Warning : Chiswick Bridge Closure
Chiswick Bridge will be closed from Saturday morning at 01:00 until Monday morning at 04:00 on the following
dates.
Saturday 21 February until Monday 23 February 2015
Saturday 28 February until Monday 2 March 2015
Saturday 7 March until Monday 9 March 2015
Signed diversion routes will be in place at Chiswick Bridge. Drivers are strongly advised to plan alternative routes
to avoid this delay. You can get live traffic information at tfl.gov.uk/traffic news and on Twitter @tfltrafficnews.
Some bus routes will be affected, you can find live updates at tfl.gov.uk/bus/status.
Pedestrian access will be available via one of the footpaths.
Please note and plan your journey for games on these dates accordingly.
Golden Boot
Current leaders as at 31st January are as follows :
Nick
Matt
Max
Craig
Dwayne
Ross
Wilson
Allen
Eggl
Jones
Beckford
Ellison
22
20
20
19
13
11
Ed
Glover
11
Weekend at the Clubhouse
DERBY DAY this Saturday at the clubhouse!!
07 Feb 12:45
Spurs
v
Arsenal
07 Feb 17:30
Everton
v
Liverpool
08 Feb 14:05
Newcastle
v
Stoke
08 Feb 16:15
West Ham
v
Man Utd
Fantasy Football Update
Match Reports
Please send match reports, photos or anything else for submission in the newsletter to
[email protected]. We are introducing the coveted ‘Report of the Month’ award once more, so let’s get
your creative juices flowing.
Old Meadonians’ Press Release 02.02.15
Amateur Football Alliance Senior Cup
UCL Academicals 0 Old Meadonians 3
UCL Academicals’ stronghold at London Colney is one of the more rugged venues in the A.F.C., being next door to where the
Gunners toughen up their squad and, reputedly, where snow doesn’t fall, it comes in across-field, like stair-rods and hedge
hopping! However, come snow, rain or shine Old Meadonians’ A.F.A. Senior Cup quarter final clash with the Acies was never
going to be plain sailing; if the elements did not test the visitors to failing point, the hosts would do so, as they had done in
several epic battles over the years. On Saturday UCL were no different from their ancestors, claiming, while not the lion’s
share, a good 60% of the ball and, with Meads playing a four, four, two formation, taking advantage of a five man mid-field
to monopolise possession, up to a point. This point was, as is Meads’ usual wont, ten yards into their half, beyond which
Meads put their foot down, snuffed them out and struck back through counter attacks at pace led by Ed Glover and Ryan
Bright up front. After twenty five minutes of probing from each side Meads went one better with a ten pass move carried
out at dazzling speed which ended with Bright free on the right and crossing for Glover to roll the ball in from ten yards, a
pivotal moment which shook Acies rigid. The hosts were even more easily contained in the second half and Meads added
their second on the hour: sub Jake Gowers hit the bar with a snap shot from the edge of the area and mid-fielder Dave
Brennan’s follow up header met the same fate but just as he was going to pop the loose ball into the empty net he was
wiped out by the home keeper. This ploy was not worth the gamble: the keeper was dismissed, a further home player was
booked for dissent and Glover obliged from the spot. At two down the hosts had to chase the game by throwing caution to
the wind and with ten minutes to go Brennan broke through to chip the keeper. Even then a broken Acies spurned the
referee’s attempt to give them a consolation by putting the spot kick wide after he’d harshly deemed that Meads’ keeper,
Gary Robinson, had brought a striker down in a one on one when diverting the ball for a corner. Post match, Joint Coach
Paul Rumley who devotes himself fully to cogent but succinct instructions throughout play confined himself to nodding
agreement as colleague, Rory Vermeulen expressed his admiration for a thoroughly professional team performance in
execution of the three C’s, Contain, Counter and Cut-Down, a fact borne out by an opposition player who admitted that the
Acies had been surprised by Meads’ physicality, while stressing that this had been totally legal. Centre back Ali McCombe
was named MoM for his magnificent marshalling of Meads’ back four.
Squad:- Robinson, Chapman, McCombe, O’Sullivan, (Mace), Qinn, Shea, Brennan, Gerrish, Holmes, (Gowers), Glover,
Bright, (Costello).
Senior 3 South
Old Vaughanians 0 – 6 Old Meadonians II
Saturday saw the return to league action for the second team following a successful AFA Cup win the week before. With
games being called off across the league it was a chance to tick off one of the many games in hand, maintain the
undefeated start to the league campaign and make up ground on the league leaders.
A rain soaked and windswept afternoon greeted the team upon arrival in East Acton and saw Tom ‘The Great Gatsby’
Gadsby find himself lost in Homebase car park searching in vein for the away team dressing room.
The pre-match prep was scuppered further with press rumours circulating that hot shot striker Alex Jones, reclaiming a
place in the squad following an ankle injury, had followed in the footsteps of his striking hero Frank McAvennie in sinking 15
pints on Friday night. This being the only similarity, with Jones subsequently missing his alarm, the game and, in turn, losing
his dignity - in stark contrast to boyhood hero McAvennie, who would have notched a hat-trick.
This, coupled with the loss skipper Nick Jones, who had a late family emergency to deal with having been a little too prolific
in front of the ‘goal’, meant that a true test of character faced the team against a well regarded Old Vaughanians team.
Thankfully the Danger Car arrived with wig season ticket holder Misha Mantel, the kit and a cool looking Joe ‘Shagger’
Beharie who, living up to his name with a new clean cut image, left the team wondering whether, like Samson, the loss of
facial hair would lead to the loss of his magical powers between the sticks. Only time would tell.
Despite the deluge the pitch was in solid shape and, following a last minute inspection from long time Meadonians
officiating tormentor Malcolm Edwards, giving the opposition time to get the nets up, the game was finally underway.
Meads, lining up in their usual formation and adopting the high intensity pressing game came away with the best of the
early exchanges. Tom Timmins, starting central midfield, started to get on the ball and, marshalled by Damian Reading and
‘Bouncing’ Adam Boynton, the midfield started to sweep the ball around and into the channels.
Chomping at the bits in the waiting wings were the effervescent Aaron Glover and Matt Allen, both duly supplying current
leading goal-scorer Nick Wilson with a series of decent chances, all of which were duly dispatched wide of the target.
Thankfully for Wilson and the team the chances weren’t costly as Damian Reading beat Wilson to the punch a few minutes
before half time, smashing in a low drilled cross from Allen. Wilson’s embarrassment at being out gunned by the returning
Reading was short lived as Matt Allen did his best ‘American Sniper’ impression by tripping over his own feet four yards
away from the opposition left back before appealing for a free kick that never was. Mantel blew a sigh of relief. Surely the
wig was beyond him for once.
As half time arrived, as did the realisation that the game was far from won, despite being 1-0 up. Old Vaughanians were
providing strong opposition and, with a few handy players in their front line, sensed that one goal would have them right
back into the mix of things.
The half time team talk was based on being patient, keeping the energy high and from here the chances would come.
Dean Stacey, skippering the side in the absence of Nick Jones, reinforced the importance of the 3 points on offer and was
quick to use all his years experience to stop an onrushing Vaughanians striker in the early stages of the second half. The
subsequent freekick was gratefully clung onto by Shagger Beharie, proving to his teammates that his handling was equally
as slick as his new image.
However, it was a warning and, as the game continued the stretch, as did the belief of the home side who started to create
more chances. The back four, with the average height increasing to around 6’2” thanks to the return of The Great Gadsby,
had to dig deep with Dave Miller commanding once again but with the midfield working tirelessly around them it looked like
the remaining 30 minutes would be long and hard.
That was until a great piece of skill from the marauding Wilson helped him break free from the shackles of the right back
and into the box, only to be upended by some clumsy defending in the form of the opposition centre back. The penalty was
duly dispatched by the in-form Allen, despite a gaping hole in the front of his boot, the result of the earlier ‘sniper-gate’
incident.
From here the floodgates opened as Meads steamrolled through the opposition. 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0 all came very quickly.
An issue Nick Jones knows all too much about. Ahem.
The remaining 10 minutes saw Meads control the game and even Mantel sensed an opportunity to get forward by trying to
play a one-two with Allen only to see himself air kick the ball three times and then toe poke it out for a throw in. A blushing
Mantel sensed that the wig was now very much back in his realm.
It arguably could have been 7-0 but a clear penalty was not given in the dying embers of the game, much to the dismay of
the watching Ollie Matthews from the sidelines whose wise choice of words would, on a less windy day, might have seen
him sent to the stands after a rampage onto the playing surface. Clearly very eager to get back to playing and a sign of the
passion running through the squad this year.
At the final whistle Meads sensed the importance of a very hard working victory and a massive 3 points to send another
message out to the league.
MOM was awarded to Tom Timmins for a sensational return to the starting XI.
The wig was awarded to Nick Wilson for his collective misses, much to the relief of a smug Misha Mantel.
Team: Beharie, Gadsby, Mantel, Miller, Stacey, Reading, Boynton, Timmins, Allen, Glover, Wilson, Ly
Old Sedcopians 2-1 Old Meads 3’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVhlHf37tnY
Head to 1minute 27 seconds if you don’t want to watch the whole thing.
And from the Vets…………….The Secret Diary of Lee Walsh Now Aged 47 and a bit
1st november 1977
10 years old today and I’ve got my own diaree. I can’t wait to rite everyfin in it, startin with me becumin an astranawt when
I grow up!
17th April 1985
It’s been a while since I last wrote in this thing but not much has changed apart from the wet dreams that started a couple
of years ago and keep happenin but I’m only 17 so I guess this is normal. Don’t fink I’ll be an astronawt any more though as
they don’t let you smoke up in space.
2nd november 1987
20 years old yesterday and I finally got my first snog! She seemed a corker but when I sobbered up today my mate Roy said
she was a porker like the one he shagged was. I am gettin a bit worried about those wet dreams that are still happenin.
14th may 1995
Bein a postie is great apart from the problems I’m havin when I deliver to houses that are number 10 or higher as I get a bit
confused with the digets. The boss reckons I’ve got dixlessia but he’s rong cos that went when the doc gave me the tablets
for the wet dreams a couple of years ago.
1st janury 2000
First shag done! I thought that pushin it in from behind would be good but with all her flab I couldn’t tell which part of her I
was in or if I was actualy in or not.
2nd janury 2000
Maybe that shag wasn’t such a good idea. The rash that started yesterday is getting wurse and is really itchy. Better go to
see the doc again.
7th November 2007
I cant believe that I’ve still got this dairy! And I cant believe that i’m still getting rashes so I guess I’d better stop shagging fat
birds…..and the wet dreams are back. I don’t understand why Roy and Neil were in the last one though. It must be a Danes
thing.
28th janury 2015
Me and emails don’t go together well. I spent two days doing the vets match report on my phone and when I tried to send it
they didn’t recieve it. It’s a shame cos those two paragraffs were quality as I slated every player. LOL. But why am I still
playin right back? Carts must have been jokin when he said the worst player in a team is always hidden there by the
manager so I’ll have to ask steve k why I’m being played there.
3rd februry 2015
Bloomin hell! QPR still haven’t managed to get a point playing away from home but I hope that the vets will win on Saturday
which will mean happy days…..apart from the fact that those bloody wet dreams are back.