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2014-15 DIARY
June: Oadby
appoint Steve Walker as manager…..
Deeping
groundsman Dave Holmes is nominated for the
annual FA Groundsman of the Year award….St Neots Town Saints are to be renamed
St Neots Town Youth &
Saints
.
July:
The release of the FA competition draws sees
Harrowby
included in the FA Cup for the first time while
Peterborough Sports
and
St Neots Saints
are set for their FA Vase bows….Former
Cogenhoe
and
Long Buckby
striker Dan Holman signs for League One Colchester….
Bourne
stalwarts Darren Munton and Steve Elger take
up the roles of co-chairmen at the Abbey Lawn….
AFC Rushden & Diamonds
lift a couple of items of pre-season
silverware, beating
Rushden & Higham
2-0 in the Chris Ruff Memorial Cup and Hinckley AFC in the Supporters
Direct Shield….Joe Smyth resigns as manager of
Burton Park
who hand Jimmy Simpson the vacancy….A charity
match between
Eynesbury
veterans and the Arsenal celebrity team is watched by almost a thousand people
and raises over £6,000 for local good causes….Five times world snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan agrees to
sponsor one of
Deeping
’s junior sides….
Cogenhoe
hold Northampton Town to a goalless draw in a pre-season
friendly but
Wellingborough
fare less well going down 6-0 to the Cobblers who also beat
Sileby
9-0….
Yaxley
win the Mildenhall tournament beating Sawston and the host club in 50 minute matches….
Stewarts & Lloyds
lose to Corby Town in the Bob Cumming Memorial Cup match….
Holbeach
are beaten by Grantham on
penalties in the Ted Drury Memorial Cup….AFC
Rushden & Diamonds
appoint Andy Keen as Under 21
manager.
August:
The earliest ever start to a league season sees
Deeping
beat
Harborough
3-0 in the first match of the
groundhop….Further matches follow at
Yaxley
,
Peterborough Sports
and
Peterborough Northern Star
over
the opening weekend of the month…..1,153 spectators watch the four matches….
Bourne
lose 8-2 to Stamford
in the Wilf Notley Memorial Cup match….
AFC Rushden & Diamonds Under 21
s beat
Buckingham
5-4 to win
the James Victory Cup….
Sleaford
’s first match against AFC Rushden & Diamonds is postponed after manager
Kris Jones suffers life threatening injuries in a road accident. Terry Fleming steps into the breach as caretaker
manager….The first full day of the new season sees Premier newcomers
Thurnby
lose 3-1 at home to
Cogenhoe
but there are wins for promoted pair
Eynesbury
and
Harrowby
…..FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
action brings victories for
AFC Kempston
,
AFC Rushden & Diamonds
,
Holbeach
,
Peterborough Northern Star
,
Sileby
,
Thurnby
and
Wisbech
while there are replay successes for
Boston Town
and
Cogenhoe
…..Preliminary
Round ties bring further wins for
AFC Kempston
,
Boston Town
and
Wisbech
….
Boston Town
announce plans to
mark their 50
th
anniversary by setting up a ‘Hall of Fame’ to honour fifty of their best ever players….Jay
Harrison is axed as
Harrowby
co-manager leaving Mark Fardell in sole control….
Wellingborough
also make an
early change with Ben Watts dismissed and replaced by a co-manager partnership of Joe Smyth and Steve
Herring….Monthly managerial awards go to
Holbeach
co-bosses John Chand and Graham Drury and
Peterborough Sports
chief Chris Plummer….The season’s first Goalscorer of the Month award is shared by Jezz
Goldson-Williams of
Bourne
and Drew Mitten of
Buckingham
….
Deeping
groundsman Dave Holmes finishes
third in the step 5 and 6 Groundsman of the Year award….Former UCL referee Stuart Burt is on the line for the
European Super Cup final at Cardiff.
September: AFC Rushden & Diamonds
beat Bedford Town in their FA Cup Preliminary Round replay…..
AFC
Kempston
are removed from the competition for playing an ineligible player with
Sileby
reinstated….First
Qualifying Round ties see
AFC Rushden & Diamonds
bow out at Hendon,
Boston Town
suffer a heavy reverse
at
Kings Lynn
and
Wisbech
lose at Norwich United while last survivors
Sileby
fail to make the most of their
reprieve, exiting to North Greenford in their delayed tie….The FA Vase kicks off with the First Qualifying Round
and there are victories for
AFC Kempston
,
Newport Pagnell
,
Thurnby, Yaxley
,
Burton Park
,
Northampton
Spencer
,
Potton
and
Woodford
….
Irchester
are beaten in their replay at Staines Lammas
but are awarded the
tie as their conquerors field an ineligible player….
Olney
win at higher grade
Wellingborough
in the first
Knockout Cup surprise of the season. ..Reserve Knockout Cup holders
Peterborough Northern Star
are beaten
at
Thrapston
in their first defence…The new Under 21 Division kicks off with 14 goals in two
matches….
Deeping
honour two stalwarts who passed away in the summer naming their ground after Haydon
Whitham and their stand after Norman Fowler….Nathan Collins resigns as
Boston Town
boss to be replaced by
Dan Barrett…..Barry Britton leaves
Stewarts & Lloyds
with Alex Cross taking over at Occupation Road….Ed
Wheatley announces he is to leave
Olney
…..
Oadby
part company with summer appointee Steve
Walker….Managerial awards go to Brett Whaley of
Yaxley
and Darren Staniforth of
Potton
….Adam Scotcher of
Blackstones
is the month’s top marksman.