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GRANTHAM TOWN www.afcmansfield.net | PAGE 1 ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF GRANTHAM TOWN ACADEMY | ISSUE 03 | 2022/23 | £1.00 Vs KIT SPONSOR SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST 2022 THE UNITED COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE Vs ST ANDREWS KICK-OFF 3PM

PAGE 2 | ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME CONTENTS 1 COVER: NATHAN BRETTONER 3 JOE KEARNEY: MANAGERS NOTES 4 MATCH REPORT - GRANTHAM TOWN Vs LINCOLN UTD 5 LEAGUE & FORM TABLES 6 MEET THE TEAM 7 THE UNTOLD GAME - THE BIRTH OF BRAZIL 8-9 2021 - 2022 MATCHFACTS 10 SPORTS GROUND DEVELOPMENT - #UNITED TOGETHER 11 GALLERY Vs LINCOLN UNITED - FA CUP 12-13 THE OPPOSITION: ST ANDREWS 14 THE NON LEAGUE PAPER 15 UHLSPORT ADVERT Back page TODAYS TEAMS GRANTHAM TOWN ACADEMY STAFF MIDLANDS PROUD BRICKWORK SHIRT SPONSORS CONTRACTOR OF GRANTHAM TOWN ACADEMY www.cmrbrickwork.co.uk ( 01623 259300

JOE KEARNEYACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME | PAGE 3 Iwould like to selection as that has welcome St been challenging at Andrew’s to the times with injuries South Kesteven and holidays Stadium this mounting up. afternoon. I would however It has been a tough like to contragulate start to the season some of our young for our young squad who have squad whilst they already represented acclimatise to life at the first team. step 6. I am hopeful after Whilst there have this weekend we been many areas will have some for development in points on the board each game that we to really kick start must learn from, our season. there have also Kind Regards been some positives Joe which we must continue to do. Hopefully after this weekend we will have everybody available for GRANTHAM TOWN TV

PAGE 4 | ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME MATCH REPORT Grantham Town cruised through to the next round GRANTHAM TOWN 5 of the FA Cup with a 5-1 win over Lincoln United at The Meres on Tuesday night. LINCOLN UNITED 1 After Saturday's dour goalless draw, the replay The FA Cup Preliminary Round Replay between the two sides was a revelation – particularly if you were a Gingerbreads fan, and particularly if you Tuesday 23 August 2022 were hat trick hero Harry Wood. whilst Miller's shot on 53 minutes was deflected for a But it was Lincoln who were first on the scoresheet corner kick. when their skipper Matt Cotton was allowed to run freely across the face of the penalty area and pick his A quick United move in the 56th minute ended with spot, firing in past goalkeeper Dan Haystead. Jarvis curling just over the target. Three minutes later, Cotton's shot was deflected just over the bar for a However, the visitors' lead was short lived with corner. Grantham equalising three minutes later. Wood's initial shot was saved by keeper Nykam Liburd-Hines However, the Gingerbreads were not done yet and but the ball found Matt Tootle who fired home with went 4-1 up in the 62nd minute when Miller cut the aplomb. ball back from the touchline to Wood who curled in over the grasping fingertips of Liburd-Hines. Town were unable to get the vital touch in a goalmouth scramble in the seventh minute, but a Liburd-Hines twice came to Lincoln's rescue to deny minute later they were in front when Ricky Miller got Miller and Wood but he was helpless to do anything on the end of a Tootle cross and poked home from to prevent hero Harry completing his hat trick in the close range. 70th minute. Unhindered, Tootle ran into acres of space to the right of the box and cut the ball back to From then till half time it was pretty much all Wood who slammed it into the back of the net. Grantham Town going forward, with United rarely able to venture out of their own half. The Gingerbreads were able to take their foot Wood went close to adding to the score a couple of off the gas somewhat times before finally finding success on 23 minutes, for the final 20 minutes, firing in a 'worldie' curler that left a mesmerised with manager Matt Liburd-Hines frozen to the spot. Chatfield making use of all three substitutes. Miller cocked the trigger of that left foot of his in the 25th minute but his shot was charged down by the The best scoring Lincoln defence. The always busy Matt McBride went opportunity of the close a minute later, soloing into the box and curling closing minutes saw his strike low just past the the far post. Brad Munns try his luck from 25 yards in the A rare United foray into the Grantham half saw Louie 88th minute, forcing Jarvis try his luck from all of 40 yards. Although on Liburd-Hines to tip his target, his ambitious lob landed straight in the arms effort over the bar. of Haystead. It was not then long A minute later, at the other end, it was Miller teeing up before referee Mr Gray a shot again, this time his effort from the side of the blew for time to send the Gingerbreads forwards to a box flew over the bar. First Qualifying Round encounter at home to Rugby Town next Saturday (September 3). Wood had a chance to double his tally in the 40th minute. Miller's cross-field ball was directed at Att: 334. McBride who fed Wood whose shot struck the post and went across the face of goal. Report by John Burgess for The Grantham Journal As the first half came to an end, the Gingerbreads www.granthamjournal.co.uk were unlucky not to extend their advantage with Jonathan Wafula missing a sitter and Wood having his effort blocked by Liburd-Hines. Lincoln's half time time talk clearly worked as they came out looking a different side after the break, exerting some early pressure. But it was Town who had the first chances. Tootle's 52nd minute strike was an easy stop for Liburd-Hines

ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME | PAGE 5 TABLES & FIXTURES Overall Attendances P W D L F A DIF PTS Team Lowest Highest Average +/- 1 Aylestone Park 5 5 0 0 24 0 24 15 1 Barrow Town 0 240 240 313.79% 2 Hucknall Town 6 4 1 1 15 8 7 13 2 Hucknall Town 160 220 190 -1.04% 3 Blackstones 5 4 1 0 15 9 6 13 3 St Andrews 78 299 189 256.60% 4 Clifton All Whites 6 4 1 1 12 8 4 13 4 Birstall United Social 104 303 176 193.33% 5 Newark Town 6 4 0 2 23 9 14 12 5 Bourne Town 164 175 170 63.46% 6 Birstall United Social 5 4 0 1 17 3 14 12 6 Holwell Sports 75 249 139 61.63% 7 Radford 5 4 0 1 15 6 9 12 7 Aylestone Park 80 180 118 19.19% 8 Kirby Muxloe 6 3 1 2 17 10 7 10 8 Southwell City 102 132 117 N/A 9 Blidworth Welfare 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 10 9 Gedling Miners Welfare 82 132 107 16.30% 10 Bourne Town 6 3 1 2 16 13 3 10 10 Harrowby United 70 140 104 -16.13% 11 Rainworth Miners Welfare 6 3 1 2 8 10 -2 10 11 Newark Town 96 102 99 N/A 12 Dunkirk 6 2 1 3 10 13 -3 7 12 West Bridgford 86 108 96 31.51% 13 Barrow Town 6 2 0 4 11 14 -3 6 13 Kirby Muxloe 47 139 94 6.82% 14 Saffron Dynamo 6 2 0 4 7 13 -6 6 14 Clipstone 61 138 89 14.10% 15 Southwell City 5 1 2 2 8 11 -3 5 15 Blackstones 60 125 83 -4.60% 16 Harrowby United 6 1 2 3 11 20 -9 5 16 Saffron Dynamo 47 103 75 31.58% 17 West Bridgford 6 1 1 4 8 13 -5 4 17 Rainworth Miners Welfare 58 86 66 -12.00% 18 Gedling Miners Welfare 4 1 1 2 6 14 -8 4 18 Radford 58 58 58 -12.12% 19 Clipstone 6 1 0 5 8 13 -5 3 19 Grantham Town Academy 31 81 56 -25.33% 20 St Andrews 5 1 0 4 4 22 -18 3 20 Blidworth Welfare 39 78 55 N/A 21 Holwell Sports 6 0 2 4 9 22 -13 2 21 Clifton All Whites 35 70 49 6.52% 22 Dunkirk 28 59 49 -22.22% 22 Grantham Town Academy 5 0 0 5 3 20 -17 0 Up Next: V VVV SAT 27 AUG | 3.00pm MON 29 AUG | 3.00pm SAT 03 SEPT | 3.00pm TUES 06 SEPT | 7.45pm UCL DIV 1 UCL DIV 1 UCL DIV 1 UCL CUP

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PAGE 8 | ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2022 Opposition V Competition Att. F-A Goalscorers o.g. Date CLIFTON ALL WHITES H UCL1 81 0-2 Revuelta Cook Kirk-Ellis Atkin Kudla Richards Jul Sat 30 KIRBY MUXLOE A UCL1 97 1-5 Brettoner Eatough Cook Cox Atkin Kudla Richards BLACKSTONES Aug SOUTHWELL CITY A UCL1 125 1-4 Lawe Eatough Cook Kudla Gibbons Atkin Wedgwood BARROW TOWN Sat 06 ST ANDREWS A UCL1 102 0-2 Eatough Kudla Cook Ofushine Atkin Jemson Wed 10 RADFORD H UCL1 31 1-7 Noon Cole Kudla Kirk-Ellis Wedgwood Jemson Richards Sat 13 DUNKIRK H UCL1 Sat 20 BOSTON TOWN Sat 27 HUCKNALL TOWN A UCL1 RAINWORTH MW Mon 29 GEDLING MW RESULTSA UCL1 Sept NEWARK TOWN A CUP Sat 03 AYLSTONE PARK A UCL1 Tuesday 2nd August 2022 Att. Saturday 13th August 2022 WEST BRIDGEFORD A UCL1 Tues 06 CLIPSTONE H UCL1 Blidworth Welfare 2 0 Radford 78 Birstall United Social 3 Sat 10 BOURNE TOWN H UCL1 BLIDWORTH WELFARE Sat 17 SAFFRON DYNAMO H UCL1 Saturday 6th August 2022 Blidworth Welfare 1 Tues 20 Bourne Town 0 KIRBY MUXLOE A UCL1 Aylestone Park 8 0 GedlingMiners Welfare 80 Sat 24 BIRSTALL UNITED H UCL1 Clifton All Whites 0 Oct HOLWELL SPORTS GedlingMiners Welfare 1 WEST BRIDGEFORD H UCL1 Blackstones 2 1 Rainworth Miners Welfare 65 Sat 01 H UCL1 CLIPSTONE Tues 11 RADFORD A UCL1 Clifton All Whites 3 2 Southwell City 40 Sat 15 SOUTHWELL CITY Tues 18 HARROWBY UNITED H UCL1 Clipstone 0 1 Barrow Town 61 Harrowby United 0 Sat 22 A UCL1 Dunkirk 1 1 West Bridgford 59 Holwell Sports 0 NEWARK TOWN A UCL1 Harrowby United 2 6 Birstall United Social 101 Radford 3 Sat 29 BLACKSTONES H UCL1 Hucknall Town 4 0 St Andrews 160 Rainworth Miners Welfare 1 Nov CLIFTON ALL WHITES Kirby Muxloe 5 1 Grantham Town Academy 97 Southwell City 2 RAINWORTH MW A UCL1 Sat 05 H UCL1 GEDLING MW H UCL1 Sat 12 HOLWELL SPORTS A UCL1 Sat 19 AYLSTONE PARK A UCL1 Newark Town 7 1 Holwell Sports 102 St Andrews 0 Sat 26 SAFFRON DYNAMO 103 Friday 19th August 2022 H UCL1 Saffron Dynamo 2 1 Bourne Town Dec ST ANDREWS West Bridgford 2 BIRSTALL UNITED A UCL1 180 Saturday 20th August 2022 Sat 03 HUCKNALL TOWN 121 Aylestone Park 4 Sat 10 H UCL1 Tuesday 9th August 2022 Sat 17 BARROW TOWN A UCL1 Aylestone Park 3 0 Saffron Dynamo Mon 26 DUNKIRK Jan-23 BLIDWORTH WELFARE H UCL1 HARROWBY UNITED Sat 07 A UCL1 Birstall United Social 4 0 Barrow Town Sat 14 BOURNE TOWN H UCL1 Sat 21 Sat 28 A UCL1 Bourne Town 4 4 Harrowby United 175 Blackstones 3 H UCL1 Clifton All Whites 2 2 Holwell Sports 35 Clipstone 2 Feb H UCL1 3 Blidworth Welfare 85 Dunkirk 1 A UCL1 Clipstone 1 0 St Andrews 139 Grantham Town Academy 1 Sat 04 Kirby Muxloe 6 2 Southwell City 86 Hucknall Town 1 Sat 11 H UCL1 Rainworth Miners Welfare 2 A UCL1 Sat 18 H UCL1 Sat 25 A UCL1 Mar Sat 04 Sat 11 Sat 18 Sat 25 Apr Sat 01 Sat 08 Mon 10 Sat 15 1st Sub West Bridgford 3 0 Newark Town 86 Kirby Muxloe 1 2nd Sub 3rd Sub Wednesday 10th August 2022 Newark Town 9 4th Sub Blackstones 4 1 Grantham Town Academy 125 Rainworth Miners Welfare 2 MoM ������������ Goalscorers in BOLD RED Hucknall Town 2 3 Dunkirk 220 Saffron Dynamo 1 CAPTAIN

ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME | PAGE 9 Parker Glossop Noon Milne Brettoner Johnson J Carr Wedgwood Cox Johnson H Brettoner ������������ Glossop Noon Lawe Milne Wedgwood Smith McGrady Parker Johnson J Parker McGrady Brettoner Lawe ������������ Milne Richards Noon Lees-Collier Cox Kirk-Ellis Parker Wedgwood Gibbons Lawe Richards McGrady Johnson Kirk-Lewis Milne Glossop Noon McGrady Brettoner Cox Cox Eatough Lawe Noon ������������ Elwood Att. Tuesday 23rd August 2022 UCL1 Barrow Town 3 0 West Bridgford 104 UCL1 Clifton All Whites 2-3 Kirby Muxloe 0 UCL1 Clipstone 3-2 Saffron Dynamo 70 1 2 Blackstones 39 UCL1 Dunkirk 2-3 Hucknall Town 138 UCL1 Harrowby United 0-2 Rainworth Miners Welfare 55 0 2 Hucknall Town 0 UCL1 Holwell Sports 1-5 Newark Town 140 UCL1 West Bridgford 3-5 Bourne Town 94 0 1 Newark Town 50 1-4 Radford 95 1 2 Dunkirk 82 0 2 Saffron Dynamo 70 0 3 Aylestone Park 75 3 0 Kirby Muxloe 58 1 0 Barrow Town 58 2 0 Grantham Town Academy 102 0 2 Clipstone 78 2 3 Harrowby United 108 4 0 Southwell City 93 More photos from the FA Cup win on Tuesday night. 3 3 GedlingMiners Welfare 60 Courtesy of Ed Mayes Photography 2 3 Radford 71 1 3 Bourne Town 28 1 7 Barrow Town 31 1 0 Birstall United Social 190 1 2 Clifton All Whites 47 9 2 St Andrews 96 2 0 Holwell Sports 60 1 2 Blidworth Welfare 47

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PAGE 12 | ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Rifle Butt and origins Fifth Round of the Fa Vase in 1994-1995. The Rifle Butt public house on New Bridge Recent history in the East Midlands Street, Leicester was demolished along with Counties League a whole community to accommodate the extension of the Leicester Royal Infirmary. The In 2008, the club was founder members of licensee of the “Butts” as it had become known the East Midlands Counties League formed was the former Leicestershire Wicketkeeper, of senior league clubs from Leicestershire, Paddy Corrall. The lads whom drank in the club Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. In the at the time were all sports mad. There was a inaugural season with a talented side the club boxing ring, a gym upstairs and a pub darts finished a creditable 9th in a highly-competitive team who were “M&B” Champions many times. league. The football team played friendly matches from 1965. In 1973, when the public house along with Following the loss of a majority of the players, the surrounding houses was demolished, it a rebuilding process ensued over the following was decided to enter a league and namel the two season. This culminated in a 4th place club after the newly built estate in its place, St finish in 2011-12 under manager Clem Dublin. Andrews. The following season seen a change in management and makeup towards a very Years in City League young squad, who eventually finished 16th. The club was accepted into the Leicester Andy “Pepsi” Purple was appointed first team City League and during the following twelve manage for the 2013-2014 season. Pepsi’s year period won forty-four honours including managerial record was exceptional with the Premier Division Championship on four massive success with Blaby & Whetstone’s first successive occasion and the Junior Cup twice team along with cup and league trophies with between the first team, the reserve team and the St Andrews reserve side. the “A” team.. Along with a crop of quality youth players Leicestershire Senior League from our all-conquering Under 18 side brilliantly managed by Andy Ward and Sean Over twelve months starting in 1983, the Hickey, Pepsi signed a number of high-class, clubhouse at Canal Street was built entirely experienced players. This blend of talented by the club’s highly talented committee. The youth and experience along with Pepsi’s club was elected to the Leicestershire Senior managerial skills proved to be a good formula League in 1985. with early promise indicated by a brilliant away-win against eventual champions Thurnby Since their election the club added a further Nirvana and the Saints topping the table for forty-one honours between first, reserves and much of the first half of the season. youth team including: The season seen a remarkable 8 game winning Three-time champions and four-time runners- run in the FA Vase leading to a Semi Final tie up of the Leicestershire Senior League, four- against West Auckland of the Northern League. time League Cup winners, three-time Rolleston After a pulsating goalless draw in the North Cup winners, 1997 Westerby Cup winners, East, the Second Leg was played out at Canal two-time Leicestershire Junior Cup winners Street in front of a record crowd of just over and three-time Leicestershire Combination 1,600. A terrific strike on the hour by 17 year- champions. The club in this period reached the old Brady Hickey put the Drews ahead. Sadly

ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME | PAGE 13 FOOTBALL CLUB two West Auckland goals in the the last ten ST ANDREWS FACTFILE: minutes denied the club a Vase Final and a dream trip to Wembley. YEAR FOUNDED 1973 NICKNAME THE RIVERSIDERS The exertions of the incredible Vase run had CHAIRMAN BRETT WELLS taken a toll on the league. However for only MANAGER SHANE GIBSON the second time in our history, a very tired St 4 Andrews side won the Leicestershire Senior LEAGUE TITLES STEP 5 Cup to end an incredible season. HIGHEST LEVEL PRELIMINARY ROUND BEST FA CUP RUN SEMI-FINAL The 2014-2015 season was another BEST FA VASE RUN unforgettable season, playing scintillating football all season, the team looked like worthy champions only to be a pipped in controversial circumstances to the title by Bardon Hill on goal difference.. The 2015-2016 season ended with the club winning the East Midlands Counties League and gaining promotion to the Midland Premier League and step 5 status. Year League Honours 1989-90 Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division Champions 1993-94 Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division Champions 1995-96 Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division Champions 1997 Leicestershire Challenge Cup Winners 2015-16 East Midlands Counties League Champions A good finish in the Midland Premier League of 7th was a fantastic achievement but unfortunately players moved on to bigger clubs so we had to rebuild and contend with a sideways move to the UCL. Due to all the changes the team struggled last season and we found ourselves relegated into Division one.

PAGE 14 | ACADEMY MATCHDAY PROGRAMME By Matt Badcock the physio, said, ‘He’s stopped breathing.’ Straightaway they started CPR. Our club doctor EVERY season there are stories that stop you and paramedic ran on – a they got the defib out in your tracks and aren’t forgotten. Often they and gave him a shock and he came round first come with a message that transcends well time. beyond the 90 minutes of action we are usually “The emergency services were fantastic discussing. too. Literally within minutes we had two This month football had just that following ambulances and a rapid responder and a few the scary scenes seen at Chippenham minutes later an air ambulance landed. I can’t Town in their National League South match praise them highly enough. with Chelmsford City when Pablo Martinez “By the time he left in a land ambulance he was collapsed. sat up and gave us a wave. He actually said to For the Bluebirds chairman Neil Blackmore, the doctor from the helicopter, ‘Will I be OK to the story has a simple reminder for clubs play on Tuesday?’” and all sport facilities – make sure you have Of course, that game came a bit too soon a defibrillator for that situation you hope will for the former Bristol Rovers defender but he never happen. was due to be fitted with an ICD (Implantable Like many clubs, Chippenham have the life- Cardioverter Defibrillator) like Denmark saving piece of equipment. Never did they international Christian Eriksen and hopes are expect to use it – especially on one of their own he will play again. players. The fact this is a good news story is down to a But during the first half of their recent game lot of people. When the medical process swings with the Clarets, it became very apparent into action, there can be positive outcomes. something was wrong when 21-year-old And Blackmore said it has hit home quite how Martinez went down. important a defibrillator is. “It was a real shock – you just don’t expect “It sits in the cupboard and it comes out once to see it,” Blackmore told The NLP. I’ve been a year to be serviced,” he said. “You don’t think in football for a number of years and seen you’re ever going to use it. That day you need it, quite a lot of injuries. Broken legs, dislocated you can’t put a value on it. It saved Pablo’s life. joints, cuts and things like that. As bad as they can be at the time, none of them are ever life “I would say to everyone, it doesn’t matter if threatening – or very rarely. you’re a sports club or not, if you haven’t got access to a defib, please get one. Get some “But to see the club’s doctor knelt over him funding, get some sponsorship, get yourself a doing CPR is really shocking and hopefully we defib. They are really easy to use and hopefully never see it again. it will sit in your cupboard and never be used. “The way everybody reacted was fantastic. But that day you need it, it’s an amazing piece He collapsed and straightaway the physio and of medical kit.” a team-mate, who is first aid trained, came onto the pitch and turned him over. Anton,

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