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WelcometoHartsdownParkaswehostStansfeld(O&B)inthisKentCountyPremier Divisiontiethisafternoon.ScottandhissquadhavehadadecentjourneytoThanet today from the Eltham & Sidcup area and we thank them for making the trip althoughwehopethatwillbewherethegenerositystops!Weagainwelcomesome familiar match officials from this season as Keith takes charge in the middle, with WilliamandSamrunningthelines

We enjoyed a Tuesday evening here last time around with a 7-0 win against CanterburyCitythatperhapswasn’taseasyasitsounds–certainlynotthefirst20 minutes. We then managed a 2-1 away win last Saturday against Cuxton 91 that takesusto2 placeintheleagueandlookingtochasedownFalconwoodwhohave hadagreatfirstseasoninthetopflightsofar.Wehaveanawayleaguetieagainst themin2weeks’timeandthenahomefixturetobeconfirmedlaterintheseason.

Coming back to that 2-1 win last Saturday, both goals were scored by our talisman Todd Jordan who has now reached double figures for the season. His winner in the latestagesofthegamewasatypicalleftfoottopcornerstrikefromoutsidethebox. Iamcertainlynotexaggeratingbyusingtheword“typical”hereaswehaveseenso manyToddspecialsovertheyearsandperhapsitwasfittingthatthiswashis250 goalfortheclub–ahugeachievementbyaplayerwhohasmassivelycontributed to the growth of Minster FC in these past 10 years or so. Let’s hope we see the 251 goaltodayanditmightbeatypicalgoaltoo!

Todd Jordan Goals

from the boss

Good afternoon all and welcome to Hartsdown Park. This afternoon we face Stansfeldinour17thleaguegameoftheseason,oneshyofthehalfwaypointinthe season.Stansfeldcurrentlysitin15thplaceintheleaguehavingwon5,drawn1and lost 8 of their games this season. A positive result for them today could see them move out of the relegation zone and we are certainly wary of the threat they pose The return fixture took place in the first week of October and saw us leave London with a 3-1 victory, all of the goals coming in the second half Stansfeld are a strong sideandIwouldnotbesurprisedtoseethemmoveawayfromthefootofthetable in the second half of the season. We will need to perform well today to build on our tworecentperformancesandmakeitthreewinsarow.

Our last home game saw us take on Canterbury City on Tuesday 18th November, a game in which we shrugged off the disappointment of the previous weekend's results to record one of our best wins of the season. Canterbury opened the game withagoodtempoandwereclearlykeentomakeamarkinthelocalderby.Thefirst ten minutes would be their best spell of the game however as we gradually took control of the contest, the momentum and the scoring. After 27 minutes Jake MundayranontoathroughballfromOllieHarris(apleasinglyregularcombination) to finish low into the far corner This goal would be the moment for us to take complete control of the game After 37 minutes Jake Munday doubled his tally, winning a header in front of the defender following a Curt Jordan flick on to see us enterthehalftimeperiodtwogoalstothegood.Thesecondhalfwasonewaytraffic and an excellent team performance saw us deservedly secure the win in empathic style.LewisRaycompletedanoutstandingteammovewhichsawussweeptheball from left to right and back again before John Argrides crossed and Ray slid in and converted from close range, one of the best goals we have scored all season. Ollie Harris deflected in a Todd Jordan free kick for our fourth goal and a Todd Jordan brace took the tally to 6. The first was finished from close range following another good team move whilst the second was a superb lob from distance with the oppositionkeepercaughtoffhisline.LukeHarveythenmarkedhisdebutfortheclub with an excellent first time finish after latching onto a fine through ball. A fantastic response all round and a performance to be very pleased with, one that we would looktobuilduponawayatCuxtonthefollowingweekend

The fixture at Cuxton took place in their adopted home of the Gallagher stadium, the residence of Maidstone FC. The game was a tight affair settled in fine style with just ten minutes to play. Todd Jordan opened the scoring from outside of the box just after ten minutes. This advantage was cancelled out a few minutes before half time following a long range Cuxton effort, via a deflection. The second half was a pattern of us dominating possession and territory and creating chances that we could notconvertwhilstCuxtonoffereda consistentthreatonthebreak.The telling moment came from the ever reliable Todd Jordan, a short pass from Luke Harvey saw Todd step into space and fire a left footed effort into the top corner from25yards,hisfifthgoalinthree games and a strike worthy of winning any game Defensive resilience was required in the last ten minutes and it was very pleasing to see out a close win away from home, in many ways more enjoyable and satisfying thanthemidweek7-0victory.

Thesetwowinshaveseenusclimbtosecondintheleaguetableandweareinclose proximitytotabletoppersFalconwoodwhowefaceintwoweekstimefor thefirsttimethisseason.Today’sfixtureisfollowednextweekbyanother homegameagainstKingsHill.Theaforementionedawaydayat Falconwoodisourpenultimategameofthecalendaryear,thelastbeing atriptoMeridianVPon20thDecember.Wewillbeaimingfor consistencyofperformancesandresultsintheremainingfourgamesof theyearaswelooktosetourselvesupforanexcitingsecondhalfofthe season.

Wehopethatyouenjoythegametoday andthankyouaseverforyoursupport!

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1911 team

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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