BUGBROOKE
UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION
ST. MICHAELS
26/27 SEASON | ISSUE 6
Y A D H C T A M OFFICIAL !
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WE ARE ALL
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STOTFOLD
OCTOBER2026 3:00PM KICK OFF
BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS FC THE BADGERS, FOUNDED 1929
CLUB COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT: WILLY MARRIOTT CHAIRMAN: KEVIN GARDNER VICE-CHAIRMAN: RICHARD FAULKNER CLUB SECRETARY: GRAHAM CONNEW YOUTH SECRETARY: HAYLEY EVANS (Clubman Of The Year) FEMALE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER / SECRETARY: STEPH NASH WELFARE OFFICER: BLAINE TAYLOR GENERAL MANAGER: TYLER REEVE TREASURER: JASON CHEESEMAN FIXTURES SECRETARY: STUART DIMOND GROUNDSMAN: RICHARD GIBBON COMMITTEE MEMBER: STEVE REEVE COMMITTEE MEMBER: JOE THOMAS COMMITTEE MEMBER: STUART WHITE
M A E T G IN H C A O C / T N E M E G MANA FIRST TEAM: CALVIN GREEN RESERVE TEAM: RYAN NASH LADIES TEAM: CAINY UNDER 16s: CHRIS ASHTON UNDER 15s: TONY HILL UNDER 14s BLUE: IAN MARRIOTT UNDER 14s WHITE: THOMAS MURFIT UNDER 13s WHITE: KYLE TAYLOR UNDER 13s BLACK: NICK HILLIKER UNDER 12s: ANDY JACKMAN UNDER 14s WHITES GIRLS: ALAN THOMAS UNDER 11s: SCOTT ROGERS UNDER 10s: MANI JOHAL UNDER 9s BLACK: JASON CHEESEMAN Minis : JACK THOMAS
WELCOME TO THE SETT FROM THE CHAIRMAN...
As Chairman of Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club, I would like to offer you a warm welcome to The Sett and I hope that you have an enjoyable visit. Here at Bugbrooke St Michaels we are working hard to develop a club with a strong inclusive ethos, offering opportunities for players of all ages and abilities. We are extremely proud of our youth development programme, supporting players from seven all the way up to eighteen. Many of our young players go on to have success with one of our adult teams, with some players going on to even bigger and better things! There is a great wealth of local support for the club, everyone that helps does so on a voluntary basis and through everyone’s hard work and dedication we have been able to achieve and maintain FA Accredited status.
Whilst some clubs choose to reinvest their revenue into players and wages, here at Bugbrooke we hold a different set of values. All of our profits go into upgrading our equipment and facilities, building a solid future-proof foundation that will be here for future generations to enjoy. Whilst this can sometimes hold us back from gaining huge success on the pitch, we feel our excellent facilities, youth development programme and ethos on community sets us apart from other clubs. Success and progression starts from the beginnings. Thank you for your support today, we hope that you enjoy the game, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Kev Kevin Gardner, Chairman
Bugbroooke St Michaels Football Club would like to place on record our thanks to our team of volunteers, our advertisers and sponsors.
MANAGERS NOTES It is a real privilege to be writing my first set of programme notes as we continue our journey together this season.
PHIL DALE
While the results over the last couple of weeks have been frustrating, there is no question about the hard work, commitment and effort the lads have continued to put in on the training pitch. As a coaching team, we know the standards we have set ourselves have not been met in recent performances, and we are honest enough to recognise that. However, we also know the quality, character and determination within this group. The work has been done on the training ground this week, and our focus is firmly on turning that into a performance we can all be proud of this weekend against Stotfold. We understand the expectations that come with representing this club, and we take that responsibility seriously. We are determined to show the response that is needed, raise our standards and give everyone connected with the club something to get behind. Thank you, as always, for your continued support. It means a great deal to the players and staff, and we look forward to seeing you this weekend as we look to put things right together. Phil Dale First Team Coach
FEMALE @THE SETT FOOTBALL We would like to welcome a few new faces to The Sett this season within our ladies squad and the return of some familiar faces too. Firstly we’d like to give a big welcome to Martyn Cain, Cainy who is our new manager this season. Cainy takes over from Stu White who is taking a well earned break from coaching having been manager of our ladies team for the last 6 seasons, although his dedication goes beyond this. Cainy comes to The Sett with a wealth of knowledge and is excited to get this season underway. Alex DeBoer, assistant coach last season is also taking a well earned break from coaching and has not long ago become Dad! Stepping in to Alex’s shoes is Bob Lane who spent the last few seasons with our extremely successful U18’s girls team, his knowledge will be extremely valuable this season. We would like to place on record our thanks to both Stu and Alex and are looking forward to catching them at a game soon, once a badger, always a badger! The girls started their campaign a couple of weeks ago where they headed to Yaxley FC to play Stanground Cardea Ladies in the preliminary round of the women’s fa cup. After 90 minutes the score was level at 1-1, unfortunately we were narrowly beaten in the dreaded penalty shoot out. It was a great game with the ladies almost scoring the winner just before the fulltime whistle was blown. We Would like to wish Stanground Cardea all the best for the rest of the season and thank them for their kind hospitalityafter the game. 13/9 saw the ladies league campaign start where they made the trip to Kingsthorpe Jets. 1-0 down at the break the ladies managed to pull it back to a 4-2 win with goals coming from Tara, Elle x2 and a special mention to Liv who scored her very first goal for the club! On to next weekend when we welcome NN United to The Sett. The game is due to be a 2pm KO, please come on down and cheer our ladies on. With thanks to our kit sponsor Castle Vehicle Servicing. Watch this space for exciting things to come for our female pathway. If you’d like to get involved, you can make contact with the club through any of our social media platforms or email directly Steph.nash@bugbrookesmfc.com Facebook: BSMFC or Bugbrooke St Michaels Youth Instagram: bugbrookestmichaelsfc OR Bugbrooke_ladiesfc OR bsmfc_youth TikTok: BSMFC.official X: @badgersBSMFC
OUR HISTORY
BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS FC Formed in 1929, Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club took over from Bugbrooke United who folded in 1928 after being in existence since 1910. The club, which is named after the local St Michael’s and All Angels Church, initially took its place in the Northants Central Village League and had immense success, winning the league title from 1931 to 1937. The club closed for the Second World War before reforming in 1947 and were once again successful, winning the CVL title from 1947 to 1950, and were Northants Lower Junior Cup runners-up in 1949, a feat repeated in 1954. We finally won the N.F.A Lower Junior Cup in 1956 and followed this in 1957 by winning the prestigious Daventry Charity Cup. The club had its most successful years from 1966 to 1972 when we won the Northants Central Combination Premier title and again from 1976 to 1979 with 1977 also seeing us win the N.F.A Lower Junior Cup again. The club continued to succeed in the Northants Combination until 1987 when we took the decision to join the United Counties League.
At this time, we decided to run two teams in the U.C.L and two teams in the C.N.C. We also began our youth section and have continued this ever since. Today we run 4 adult sides, including a recently formed Ladies team as well as 15 youth teams. The club has continued to enjoy success across all age groups over those 30 years, the most notable being N.F.A Junior Cup winners in 1992, N.F.A Lower Junior Cup in 1993, and U.C.L Division One winners in 2001. The reputation for producing successful youth teams has increased over those years and 4 of our youth players (under 16) have been signed by professional league clubs The achievements of the club on the field have always been supported by a hardworking committee whose chief officers are recorded on a roll in the clubhouse flyer. They, along with the supporters of the club, have built up the excellent changing room sand clubhouse since 1980. We hope that you enjoy the facilities that they have provided over those years, and we look forward to seeing you again in the future.
TODAY’S VISITORS STOTFOLD
WHO ARE THEY? Full Name
Stotfold FC
Nickname(s) The Eagles Founded
1946
Ground
The JSJ Stadium
Capacity
1500
Manager
Eddie McLoughlin
League
SSML Division One
The first recorded football in Stotfold occurred in 1904 although it is certain the game was played in the town for a number of years before that.[1] In the early 1900s, Stotfold sides played in the Biggleswade and District League.[1] This was followed by a spell of nearly 30 years in North Herts football.[1] The first record of a trophy being won was 1911 when Potton were beaten 1–0 in the Biggleswade and District Championship.[1] Stotfold FC was officially founded, with proper financing, stewardship and record-keeping, in 1946.[1] The club played for many years at the Hitchin Road Recreation Ground before moving into the newly developed Roker Park ground in 1965.[1] This ground was just a meadow named "Roker" when it was first used by Stotfold Athletic in 1911.[1] In 1951, the club joined the South Midlands League Division Two, finishing 2nd to gain immediate promotion to Division One.[1][2] They were Division One champions in 1953–54 and were promoted to the Premier Division, where they remained for thirty years.[2] Stotfold won the South Midlands League Premier Division for the first time in the 1980–81 season under the management team of Brian Parker, Peter Godden, and Geoff Heard.[2] They were also runners-up seven times.[2] In 1984, the Eagles were transferred to the United Counties League.[2] They were admitted straight into the Premier Division, where they stayed until 2010.[2] Through the 1990s, the club generally finished high in the top ten.[2] After several changes of manager, the club reappointed former Arsenal man Ian Allinson as manager for 2007–08, and he rewarded them by leading the club to their most successful season, including the UCL championship for the first time. He subsequently left to join Boreham Wood. The championship was clinched in dramatic fashion; starting the second half 0–4 down to closest challengers Long Buckby, Stotfold managed to equalise in the 90th minute for the point needed to clinch the title. Stotfold transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League for the 2010–11 season.[2] They remained in the Premier Division before being relegated to Division One on the last day of the 2018–19 campaign.[2][3] Stotfold achieved a landmark for the club in February 2020 when they moved to their brand new £2m step 4 ready stadium at New Roker Park on Arlesey Road.
TEAMSHEETS
BUGBROOKE ST MICHAELS
STOTFOLD FC STOTFOLD FC
Management Calvin Green - Manager Dale Walton - Assistant Manager Ryan Seaman - Assistant Manager Phil Dale - Coach Kristian Barber - Physio Colours White/Black
Managment Eddie McLoughlin Colours Purple
Team Ewan Evans Kieran Spencer Joe Malkin Tom Walton Reece Irwin Ronnie Gibbon Dalton Leon Jake Webster Matt Bazeley Raff Coupar-Evans Callum Farmer Alfie Green Charlie Seaman Jake Bettles Amine Benkorichi Alfie Doherty Shaun Fotso Gabriel Badero Marley Falcon-Manser Jack Connor
Team NOT PROVIDED
Match Officials: Kieran Hawthorn, Stephen Hoare & Mark Wardell
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