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.
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