UCL Review 2012-13_9a2d718c

2012-13 DIARY

June ….Long serving Sileby manager Gary Petts resigns…..Title winning boss Glenn Botterill leaves Long Buckby and takes over at Sileby….Scott Goodwin takes the reins at Long Buckby….Jamie Weston takes charge at Peterborough Northern Star….Boston Town appoint Pinchbeck pair Ian Dunn and Matt Hocking as co- managers….Clem Dublin joins Oadby as joint manager. July ….Burton Park groundsman Graham Coles is announced as runner up in the FA Groundsman of the Year awards for steps 5 and 6…..Jason Harrison is named co-manager of newcomers Harrowby….Pre season cup action sees AFC Kempston beat Bedford Town 4-2 to win the Harry Robinson Memorial Cup but Bourne are beaten 5-3 by Stamford in the Wilf Notley Memorial Cup. August ….Buckingham announce that they are to play the season at Manor Fields, Bletchley….Long Buckby withdraw their reserve side with the season just days away….Stewarts & Lloyds lose 4-1 to Corby in the Bob Cumming Memorial Cup….Long Buckby retain the Andy Humphries Memorial Cup with a 2-0 win over Harpole….Buckingham beat Banbury 3-2 to win the James Victory Cup….Harrowby lose 1-0 to Stamford in the Ted Drury Memorial Cup….The FA Cup swings into action with an upset as Thrapston beat Cogenhoe in their Extra Preliminary Round meeting….Also enjoying FA Cup first hurdle success are Blackstones, Holbeach, Quorn, Oadby, Sleaford, Huntingdon, Peterborough Northern Star, Bugbrooke, St Ives, Wellingborough, Yaxley, AFC Kempston and Newport Pagnell….Preliminary Round ties see further progress for Holbeach, Quorn, Peterborough Northern Star, Bugbrooke, Huntingdon, AFC Kempston and Newport Pagnell….Opening day league action sees draws for Premier newcomers Quorn and Shepshed but promoted Huntingdon lose on their bow at Boston Town….In Division One 784 spectators watch AFC Rushden & Diamonds enjoy a winning kick off against Thrapston….Harrowby make a losing start but Oadby hit the ground running with an 8-0 win over Potton and their reserves enjoy a 9-1 victory at Olney in their first match…384 watch Wootton host AFC Rushden & Diamonds – exceeding the total attendance the previous season for Blue Cross…..Desborough treasurer Vic Panter receives a long service award….Harrowby treasurer Les Staniland passes away….End of month managerial awards go to John Chand of Holbeach and Paul Field of Bugbrooke….St Ives pair Karl Gibbs and Conor Washington share the season’s first Goalscorer of the Month accolade. September …The league’s FA Cup interest ends at the First Qualifying Round stage with all seven survivors exiting to higher grade opponents….The FA Vase gets under way with First Qualifying Round wins for Boston Town, Harborough, Thrapston, Desborough, Bugbrooke and AFC Kempston….Second Qualifying Round action sees further progress for Boston Town and Desborough along with victories for Spalding, Sleaford, Eynesbury, Stewarts & Lloyds, AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Yaxley and Northampton Spencer….Spalding notch up the Premier season’s biggest win, 11-1 at Irchester….Oadby beat Anstey 2-1 to win the Battle of Britain Cup….Lee Duffy of Stewarts & Lloyds becomes the season’s first managerial casualty with former boss Daren Young returning to the Foundrymen helm….Wellingborough manager Rob Gould is another casualty, with ex- Woodford boss Phil Mason replacing him at the Dog & Duck…..Holbeach enjoy their best ever start to a UCL campaign with nine wins to start the season….St Ives sell star striker Conor Washington to Conference club Newport County….End of month awards go to two managerial pairs, Warren Everdell and Jez Hall at St Ives and Oadby duo Lee Harriman and Clem Dublin….Shane Tolley of Spalding is the month’s top goalscorer. October ….FA Vase First Round action sees wins for Sleaford, Deeping, Spalding, Boston Town, Northampton Spencer, AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Desborough….1,157 watch the Rushden & Higham v AFC Rushden & Diamonds derby at Hayden Road, believed to be the highest second tier crowd since 1950….St Ives’ 24 match winning run on home soil in all competitions ends with a Hinchingbrooke Cup shootout defeat by Eynesbury….Long Buckby are removed from the League Knockout Cup for playing an ineligible player in their win at Desborough….A Lincolnshire Senior Trophy upset sees Bourne win at Blackstones….Northampton Spencer equal a 74 year old club record by beating Finedon 14-0 in the Northants Junior Cup….Sad news from Rushden & Higham is the death of long serving secretary Chris Ruff….Seven Burton Park members climb five Welsh mountains in 24 hours to raise funds for the club’s floodlight project…..Buckingham part company with manager Steve Orchard, Dan Kingston taking caretaker charge….Matt Clarke resigns as Rothwell Corinthians boss….Dan Newman makes his 500 th appearance for St Ives….Manager of the Month awards go to St Ives duo Warren Everdell and Jez Hall and Northampton Spencer’s Ben Stone….Kris Nurse of Quorn is the Goalscorer of the Month. 3