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from the chair
AnotherafternoonatHartsdownParkandwehaveanotherTuesdaynightunderthe lights coming next week. Welcome to this GoCardless Kent Intermediate Shield tie againstBordenVillage–noextratimeandsoit’sstraighttopenaltiesifrequired!
We welcome Jimmy and the Borden Village squad to Thanet this afternoon – how can we ever forget that last game of the season, do or die match, that saw The VillagerstaketheKCFLPremierDivisiontitleafewyearsago?(forastartIcouldstop mentioningit..andalsotheBosswillprobablymentionitoverthepage!).
Welcome – as always – to our officials today. Matthew in charge in the middle and hisassistantsMarkandBaileydownthelines. With November being Men's Mental Health Awareness Month in the UK, e another opportunity to continued support for king Football - our project that meets every ning at the Minster Astro fantastic financial and port from the national Rethink Mental Illness to provide free football ng with opportunities to as well as the open hat group that we have. that happened recently hegroupaboost–firstly ent gave us an interview project as part of their fference” campaign and so had our first team PTF “camouflage” shirts cent match against d Reserves. This has me interest in both the alsothe elves–our shop!
So much more happening in Minster FC world – more to come on TuesdaynightaswehostCanterburyCityhereatHartsdownPark–wewillcatchupagain. Enjoythegame!
from the boss
Good afternoon all and welcome to Hartsdown Park! Today we welcome a familiar foe in the form of Borden Village, a reunion with a respected opponent is an unexpectedonefollowingtheirrelegationlastseasonbutthecupdrawonceagain seesusdobattle.Borden’srelegationlastyearcertainlysurprisedmeandIamsure itdidothers,theyhadbeenamainstayinthedivisionformanyyearsandofcourse hadnarrowlybeatenustothePremierDivisiontitleasrecentlyasthe22/23season It shows how competitive the Kent County League is across the divisions and how quickly things can change. Borden have responded well to their relegation in terms oftheperformancesthisseason,winning8andlosing2oftheirleaguegames.They sittopofDivision1CentralandEastandlooksettomakeanimmediatereturntothe PremierDivisionnextyear.Wewishthemwellwiththeremainderoftheirseasonand anticipate a stern test today as we look to qualify for the next round of the Kent IntermediateChallengeShield.
OurlasthomegamesawusdefeatSportingClubThamesmeadReserves4-1witha strongperformanceallroundwhichreinforcedthestrongmidweekshowingagainst HawkingeTownandsawuscollect7pointsacrosstheweek,apleasingtallyfroma seriesofchallengingfixtures.OllieHarrisopenedthescoringwithafinecloserange volley following a lofted cross from Todd Jordan Charlie Sharp then continued his pleasing recent habit of converting from distance, firing home yet another long rangeefforttomakeit2-0midwaythroughthefirsthalf.Thamesmeadfoundaway back into the game following a scrappy goal just prior to half time but we would regain the lead immediately after the interval as Charlie Sharp's cross sailed over thekeeperandinviathefarpost.ThisextensionoftheleadsawSporting’sresilience wane and the remainder of the game sawus create further chances with very little totroubleourbackline.OllieHarrisconvertedhissecondofthegameandourfourth fromcloserange.A4-1winwasmorethanjustrewardforacompetentandefficient allroundteamperformance
The same and more could be said for the first 70 minutes of last week's fixture against 3rd placed Long Lane. We played superbly both defensively and offensively forthefirst70minutesofthegameanddeservedlyfoundourselves2-0tothegood at half time. Jake Munday nodded home from a yard out following a Tom Coyne assist CharlieSharp,again,fromoutsideoftheboxrifledhometomakeit2-0athalf timeanditcouldandprobablyshouldhavebeenabiggerlead Tothispointandfor much of the second half we had control over the game, unfortunately we would concede 2 goals quickly with around 20 minutes to go and the game became an end to end affair with Long Lane grabbing a late winner. A game we should have won this resp 90m
Today is the start of another 3 game week, Borden today is quickly followed by a localderbyagainstCanterburyCityunderthelightsonTuesday,wehope toseeyouthere!WethenfaceCuxton91,attheiradoptedhomeofthe GallagherStadiuminMaidstonenextweekend Aplaceinthenextround oftheKICSand6pointsaretheprizesweplayforthisweekandifwecan maintaintheperformancelevelswehavereachedforthemostparts inrecentweeksthenwehaveachanceofachievingallofthosethings.
Thankyouaseverforyoursupport,wehopeyouenjoythegame andtoseeyoubackhereonTuesdaynight!
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welcome to minster fc
Youwillhaveseenfromtheclubcrestthatweareover100yearsoldwithonlyWorld Wars getting in the way of continued existence – a matter not taken lightly as club players and staff fought for their country during these difficult times. If you get a chance take a look at the club photos at our pavilion main hall that reminds us of ourhistoryandthegenerationsofplayersthathaverepresentedourclub
Throughouttheseyearstherehavebeensuccessful teams – most notably in the 1960s – that have playedthegameintherightspiritandhavesetthe foundations for future generations to continue A difficult time in the early 1980s saw the club – with onlyasingleteamatthetime-almostfailtofinish a season in the Thanet League due to lack of playersandsupport.
My father Ralph (also known locally as Colin) stepped in to gather as many eligible youngsters–includingmyself–toregisterand playthosefinalmatchestokeeptheclubalive.
The results didn’t matter – there was a much largermotivetokeepthecontinuityoftheclub.
For us 16/17 year old lads at the time we were finally playing for Minster – a team we had watchedfromthesidelinesformanyyears The following seasons saw the club continue to buildfromtheverybottomupwards.
Ourclubhasnowgrownveryquicklyintheselast11-12yearsaswehavebuiltonthe success of a very young team – managed by Ian Wallace - that have progressed through the Canterbury & District League and further into the Kent County Football League to the Premier Division where we have consolidated our standing in this division. Two further adult teams were added in 2019/2020 and during these last 5 yearswehaveseenourclubdevelopapathwayforyoungplayerswithintheareato progresswiththeirfootball.Ourveteransteamcontinuetoenjoytheirfootballinthe locallenMartinThanet&DistrictLeague.Wearealsoreallyhappytonowhavefour youth teams represent Minster from U15 to U18 age groups and our previous youth teamshaveprovidedplayersintoouradultssquads.Thisseasonalsosees theclubdevelopawomen'sfootballteamforthefirsttimesincethe1960s whenMinsterwereoneoftheoriginalfemaleteamsinthearea.
Whilstwehavehadgoodfortuneonthepitchtheselastfewyearsbacked byahugeamountofeffortawayfrommatchdays,wecontinuetobea clubthatseelongtermfriendshipsandasenseofcommunityspiritas beingthereal“winning.”
Avillageteamthatwillcontinuetousefootballtobuild competitivespiritalongsidefriendships thatwilllastalifetime.
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