Category: Club

FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Eligon, Barrett, Searle, Younger, Johnson, Owen, Donovan, Albuery, Amerena, Leach, Bell Subs: Crierie, Sampson, Hill, West, Dzyadyk, Carn Following a good pre-season, which included wins over Torquay, Brentford and Lewes, a draw against Hashtag United and with just one defeat, it was a return to the SkyEx Continue reading

Premier League Cup  Team: Warren, Friel, Agbude, Akindileni, Street, Neill, Scarlett, O’Brien, Obikwu, Sutton, Brunson  Subs: Taylor, Pullella, Wiles, Kennedy, Wright  On a very hot evening at Loftus Road, an enforced change was made in the 7th minute, when Kobe Agbude was helped off and Tom Wiles replaced him.  The first opportunity fell to the visitors when a dangerous cross from the right was bravely Continue reading

Pre-Season Friendly  Team: Ward, Mbengue, Morrison, Edwards, Esquerdinha, Varane, Vale, Saito, Poku, Burrell, Kone  Subs Not Used: Salamon, Putman, Akindileni, Ikoroha, Sutton  Attendance: 4,249 (1,365+ R’s fans)  Following the 7-0 win at Bromley the night before, Julien Stephan, not surprisingly, fielded a completely different starting X1.  With R’s fans still taking their seats, Rumarn Burrell had the ball in the net, but it was Continue reading

Pre-Season Friendly Team: Charles, Adamson, Dunne, Clarke-Salter, Kemper, Alemayehu, Morgan, Smyth, Chair, Lloyd, Sanyaolu Subs: Warren, Putman, Akindileni, Larkeche, Ikoroha, Pearman, Scarlett, Sutton Attendance: 3,614 After meeting up with Simon Staal at Rayners Lane, by the time we reached Harrow-on-the-Hill Station, it was confirmed that, due to a fire in the West Hampstead area, part Continue reading

Kenneth Francis Jackett was born on 5th January 1962 and grew up in Watford. Kenny joined his local club at the age of 12 and went on to make his first team debut six years later as a substitute at Sunderland. Whilst with the Hornets, Kenny made his international debut for Wales on 22nd September,1982 Continue reading

Team: Warren, Putman, Wilkie, Akindileni, Adjetey-Brew, Dyke, Wiles, Scarlett, Sutton, Pearman, Sanyaolu Subs: Trialist, Esquerdinha, Agbude, Friel, Pullella, Street, Neill, Kennedy, Brunson, Trujillo, Wright Attendance: 618 On a very warm evening, it was the hosts who provided the first opportunity following a swift breakaway. The cross over from the right found the unmarked No.12 in Continue reading

Team: First-Half – Taylor, Friel, Street, Akindileni, Larkeche, Dyke, O’Brien, Trujillo, Brunson, Dillon, Sutton Team: Second-Half – Fittall, Putman, Wilkie, Akindileni, Esquerdinha, Wiles, Neill, Dyke, Kennedy, Wright, Scarlett After picking up a match programme, a small quantity of team sheets later became available, and I managed to have a quick chat with Gary Waddock just Continue reading

Team: First-Half – Taylor, trialist, Wilkie, Putman, Wiles, Pullella, Brunson, Trujillo, Wright, Neill, Sutton Team: Second-Half – Fittall, Friel, Agbude, Akindileni, Street, Dyke, trialist, Kennedy, Pearman, O’Brien, Scarlett I can’t believe it was my first trip to Hemel. The last time we played there was during the pandemic. The game was played behind closed doors, but Hemel streamed the game. I remember Stephen Duke-McKenna scored a brilliant 25 yard free kick. Team sheet revealed two new names, both trialists apparently. The first-half was Continue reading

Richard was born in Millom, Cumbria on 27th February 1952.  His career began at QPR as a schoolboy, before moving on to Walton & Hersham in 1970.  Richard signed pro-forms for the R’s in July 1973.   This appeared in Goal magazine in May 1974: ‘Richard Teale enjoyed his own bit of glory last season when he played in Walton & Hersham’s FA Amateur Cup success at Continue reading

London Senior Cup Final Team: Salamon, Putman, Adjetey-Brew, Smith, Wilkie, Dyke, Sanyaolu, Alemayehu, Dillon, Pearman, Scarlett Subs: Taylor, Tarbotton, Neill, Brunson, Hassan Attendance: 2,880 After disposing of Cheshunt in the semi-final, the R’s then travelled to the Champion Hill Stadium, the home of Dulwich Hamlet. Whether nerves were affecting some of the players, but I have to say it was a very sloppy start for the R’s. The Continue reading