FC Chippenham - Adult Football

New season - Training

2009-06-16T20:27:00.002+01:00

Training will take place EVERY tuesday and Thursday, initially at Westmead from 7pm.

The first session i s TUESDAY 30th JUNE.

All existing as well as new players are welcome. See you there.

Presentation Evening

2009-06-16T20:25:00.002+01:00

This is taking place at the Olympiad on sunday 28th June, START 6pm.

Drinks and social afterwards in town somewhere......

day off monday, for those of us that plan ahead!

1sts v Westside

2009-04-22T14:32:00.002+01:00

Last night, in front of a crowd of around 20, we played a league game at home v Westside.

The opposition arrived late and the start was delayed 15 minutes and it was agreed to play 40 mins each way.

FCCY got off to an excellent start, creating several good moves and a few chances. However, it wasnt until a fast break on 9 minutes that Mark Nolan raced onto a precise through ball and hammered an unstoppable shot into the top corner. Despite total control, it took another 10 minutes before a fantastic move ended with Nolan being tripped from behind when 1 on 1 with the keeper. A penalty but nothing else was awarded, very fortuneately for the defender who was the last man. Pepe Petrov stepped up and slotted beautifully into the bottom corner.

4 minutes later, Fraser Shaw-Morris raided dow the left, cut in then back onto his left peg and took a pop. The keeper somehow managed to miss it and the ball dribbled into the net! Then Luke Holborough produced a rasping shot which the keeper did very well to parry, but he had no help from his defence and Tom Jones tapped in the rebound. Within a minute, a fantastic cross from Mat Pike was headed home from 15 yards by Nolan to make 5-0 after 27 minutes.

Several other good chances were spurned and the visiting keeper did well.

The 2nd half was fairly quiet, as FCCY strolled about, knowing the points were safe. This allowed Chris Meaton to return to the side as a sub after a 6 week lay-off, replacing the excellent Nath Pritchard and Rich Callaway to make his debut at this level, up front (despite being a centre half). Rich even had a goal chalked off for offside after one of the several good moves that we were still creating sporadically, although a more determined opposition were able to create 2 or 3 chances. Then in the last minute, we conceded yet another goal from a set piece. The marking assignment at a corner went wrong, and a free header wasnt gathered by Tristan Miller in goal, allowing the attacker to have 2 more efforts before the ball went in.

Overall, a good performance and 3 very well deserved points. 5-1 is a good result at any level, especially when you know there is a lot more in the tank.

We remain 12th currently, and hope to move up possibly as high as 8th, if we can maintain our current good form, which has seen 3 consecutive league wins for the first time this season (6-1 v Bromham, 3-2 at Devizes and now this game).

On saturday , we play Shrewton(8th) away, then Warminster (15th) away on tuesday under floodlights (7.45 ko ). These are followed by , Corsham (17th) home sat 2nd may (3pm), Marlborough (11th) home tues 5th may (6.15 ko), Westside (14th) away thursday 7th may (6.15 ko), and finally Marlborough(11th) away on sat 9th may (3pm).

Training

2009-04-22T14:29:00.002+01:00

There will be training on wednesday 22nd and 29th april at Stanley Park from 6.30.

After this, we will take a break until we start pre-season training at the start of July.

Details will be posted here.

3rds v Bratton Res

2009-04-22T14:23:00.002+01:00

This game has been "awarded" by the league as 0-0.

The original game was abandoned by the Referee due to "both sides losing complete control and having a mass brawl."

FCCY had NO cards and fielded 7 players aged 16 or 17. We were ultimately (after appeal to the FA) not fined.

Bratton Res had 5 (we think) yellow cards and 2 reds (in 40 minutes) and were fined £200 by the FA.

I will leave it to you to decide who was or wasnt at fault!

However, the league have decided that it is probably best not to re-play the game, as neither side have anything of significance to play for.

Recent results- 1sts

2009-04-20T17:37:00.002+01:00

21st march - lost 0-1 home v Melksham Town Res.

A last minute error from Webby in goal cost us. Unlucky mate. Other than that it was an excellent performance with neither keeper having a serious effort to save. Should have been 0-0.

31st march - lost 0-1 away v Melksham Town Res.

A dodgy penalty with 15 minutes left, followed by missing 3 absolute sitters cost what would have been a well deserved 3 points.

4th april - Drew 2-2 home v New College. Another excellent team effort. Lead twice and should have won the game against top of the table.

7th april - lost 0-2 home v PurtonRes. Again a good team effort. 1 down for a long time, we battled hard to equalise and in the last 5 minutes got caught on the break.

11th april - won 6-1 home v Bromham. After 4 games against top, 2nd (twice) and 4th placed teams, it was nice to play an "easier" match. However, the half ended 1-1. After some calm analysis followed by severe threats as to the selection for the upcoming cup semi final line-up, the 2nd half was much much better. 5 goals in 14 minutes made the points safe and the score start to reflect the difference in quality of the sides on the day. Biggest win in the league.

14th april - won 3-2 away v Devizes Town Res. A brilliant 1st half, saw a 3-0 lead and the hosts reduced to 10 men. A repeat in the 2nd half would surely see an improvement in the goal difference.......sadly, it didnt materialise, and the teams lack of experience was exposed, as a physical but very hardworking and gallant host side attacked constantly, taking lots of risks. This allowed us to catch them on the break, but fail to kill the game off. Devizes pulled 2 goals back, but thats how it remained.

18th april - Cup Semi Final, Home v Melksham Town Res. Lost 1-2. Brief report on next blog item.

Was great to see a decent crowd of 96 (Garry Lock sat on the bench and counted them!!!!) which is better than many teams get at 2 levels higher. Thankyou.

Wiltshire Times report on the Cup Semi

2009-04-20T17:34:00.000+01:00

Melksham Town reached the final of the Corsham Print Senior Cup defeating FC Chippenham Youth 2-1 in a closely fought tie.
It was the third time the sides had met in four weeks with Melksham winning by the odd goal on all three occasions.
In the opening exchanges honours were fairly even until goals from Josh Robinson and Tim Waylen put Melksham in the driving seat towards the close of the first half.
After the interval Chippenham pushed forward looking to pull a goal back but the Melksham defence denied them many clear cut chance.
With the tie in the last few minutes Jack Coathupe netted with a well taken effort to ensure a lively end to the game.
Chippenham manager Steve Manifold said : “The lads fought well and it was a shame we couldn’t have got a goal a bit earlier in the second half. Their second goal was a bit of a fluke our keeper punched the ball and it hit their player on the back a rolled in, he didn’t know anything about it. On saying that they are a good side.”
Melksham now meet Bradford Town in the final next weekend while in the final of the Fountain Trophies Junior Cup Greenmeadow take on Chalke Valley.

50 Appearances

2009-04-02T21:25:00.000+01:00

Well done to Jack Forester and Pepe Petrov for reaching 50 appearances.

April / May Fixtures

2009-04-02T21:14:00.002+01:00

2nds

Sat 11th - Blunsdon United Res away 3pm

3rds

Sat 4th - The Stiffs away 3pm (at Whaddon Lane, Hilperton)
Sat 25th - Bratton Res away 3pm (Subject to disciplinary hearing)

1sts

Sat 4th - New College HOME 3pm
Tues 7th - Purton HOME 6.15pm
Sat 11th - Bromham HOME 3pm
Tues 14th - Devizes Town Res away 6.15pm
Sat 18th - Corsham Print Senior KO Cup (Wiltshire League Cup) SEMI-FINAL
HOME v Calne Town Res or Melksham Town Res 3pm
Tues 21st Westside HOME 6.15pm
Sat 25th - Corsham Print Senior KO Cup (Wiltshire League Cup) FINAL
at Corsham Town Ground 2pm ko

or Shrewton United Res away 3pm

Tuesday 28th - Warminster Town Res away 7.45pm (under lights)

Sat 2nd May - Corsham Town Res HOME 3pm
Tuesday 5th May - Marlborough Town HOME 6.15pm
Thursday 7th May - Westside away 6.15pm
Sat 9th May - Marlborough Town away 3pm

Chris Meaton - diary!

2009-03-04T11:56:00.001Z

hello
you are very great
you know me
jus the cheeky diary of wots happened
firstly to let u know...secondally cos im bored!ha
you can post this on website if you like so others dont worry too much about me!

i had to fast (not eat) from dinner on friday until ater i had got here at like 12, but before i was aloud to eat they did tests an took sum blood.now im not the biggest fan of needles but usually i can handle them. however cos i was so weak and dehyrated wen they were taking blood i passed out so!ha great srart!i rememba puting my hand on my head an saying 'im gona faint' ...... ...then wen i came round i didnt have a clue where i was or why there were 5 people looking over my saying my name.....then i remembered and said 'that was mental'.... they all laughed!ha!so yeah not the best start eva but oh well least they all knew who i was now...the tall kid that fainted...brilliant! then sunday morning got woken up at 6.45 and had a big tube needle thing inserted into a vien in my arm which isnt the nicest way ive ever been woken up with...but not the worst!ha!was basically a day of giving blood....think about 10 times they took blood!all thru the tube tho...they take the stop off and put a needle down the tube and in2 the vein so it does feel wierd!but no faints and i was even watching them do it by now!also watched the carling cup final on tele....and cos out of my ward window i can see wembely really well...only like 2 miles away....i tried to listen out the window to the croud!didnt hear anything tho! there are 6 people in my ward an 6wards so alot of ppl!quite a few aussies and south africans as well as easten europeans as always!prob the least ammount of english ppl!ha!on sunday night they came an told 4ppl in my ward that they were defo in but not me and another loser geek im next to!so i was thinking im defo going home, cos of the faint an everything! woke up monday an had loads of tests done agen and then they told the geek kid he was defo doing it!so i was thinking shit im gona get booted and hav no way to get home, an will hav no money!luckerly i heard them talking and saying that 2ppl from the other room were going so i was so happy!the happyness feeling went away tho wen i took the pill and then every hour after more tests!pretty much tests the whole day!my arm was hanging off by the end with all the blood giving...horrible!i did feel abit wierd to after taking the drug but not to bad jus spaced out! 2day woke up an gave blood before they removed the tube from my vien cos from now i only hav one blood sample a day so they jus use needles!which not to happy about but beter than having the tube!just after i got dosed with the drug the wards started smelling and then filling with smoke!followed by the worst fire alarm every so we all had to quickly get are valubles and put clothes on and leg it the hell out of there!we waited outside for about 40mins then were aloud back in so bit of drama!fliping went off jus b4 i was gona go for breakfast so was starving! so now got 2 weeks of jus tests in the morning including a blood sample then nothing for ten hours until the evening tests!so alot of chill out days from now which is great! so there u go a gud long diary of wot has happened!!haha meats x x x x x x x

March Fixtures

2009-03-03T12:29:00.002Z

All 3pm kick offs.

sat 7th
1sts HOME v Pewsey Vale Res
2nds at Marlborough Town Res
3rds HOME v Foresters

sat 14th
1sts at Wroughton
2nds HOME v Ramsbury
3rds HOME v North Bradley

sat 21st
1sts HOME v Melksham Town Res
2nds at Swindon Irons
3rds at Foresters

sat 28th
1sts - no game
2nds HOME v KMLC
3rds HOME v Mere Town YDT

This will leave the 1sts with 12 league games and the cup semi-final over a 4/5 week period!

Nath Pritchard gets his 50

2009-03-03T12:28:00.001Z

Congrats to Nath for reaching the 50 appearance landmark, whilst playing for the 1sts (in a MOM performance) at Calne Town.

50 Appearances

2009-02-23T22:23:00.002Z

Congrats to Garry Lock, for reaching this landmark when playing for the 2nds last saturday.

21st feb - results

2009-02-23T21:57:00.002Z

This week was a bit of a "mare", with loads of players injured, away, ill, working etc. This meant that all 3 teams were weakened, the 2nds quite a bit and the 3rds very much so, but we did manage to get Jigger (Alex Orledge) to play for the 3rds after his self imposed exile! It was definitely worth it for him, as he got on the scoresheet along with Ben Pantry, although sadly it wasnt enough, as the 3rds went down 2-5 against Calne Eagles.

The 2nds played 2nd placed Byrons Wanderers and lost 0-4. Byrons now look to have a realistic chance of catching Greenmeadow at the top.

The 1sts went to a very strong and well organised Westbury Utd Res. The Meadow Lane ground is a very good facility - probably the best we have been to so far - and this seemed to have our lads at ease, pre-match. It was obvious that the home players were expecting an easy game, which was perhaps understandable after our last 2 results, but was the same mistake Bromham had made at their place before we beat them!

As it turned out, this was a game of few chances. FCCY had a double penalty shout in the 1st half when Aarron Merryweather was shoved over from behind and then the ball squirted to Mark Nolan who was tripped, but no dice from the officials. Westbury had one chance when the striker won 4 - yes 4 - consecutive tackles before making Webby make a save. Then a deflected pot shot hit our bar, before going out for a corner. Then a great sweeping move from the back, involving 4 passes and excellent movement, followed by a quality finish from Mark Nolan was struck off for offside. Nolan insists he ran past the defender after the pass, but hey-ho!

The 2nd half was just as tight. Westbury had a 15 minute period on top, but could only manage 2 strikes from distance which didnt trouble Webby at all. Then the game evened up and FCCY started to put some pressure on the home defence. This lead to a penalty! Aaron decided, in the interests of making life exciting, to pass it to the keeper who made a meal of it and palmed the ball round the post!

Then, amazingly (though correctly), we were awarded another penalty 2 minutes later. This time Pepe Petrov volunteered (as most of his teammates headed for the half way line!). After a very long delay caused by the protestations from the home players, Pepe kept his cool and buried the ball past the despairing dive of the home keeper. This left 5 minutes to play, during which time Westbury had several corners and a couple of half chances but we held firm and managed to inflict Westbury's 4th defeat of the season.

This result was built on a great team spirit with excellent performances from Chris Meaton and Jack Forester at the back and everyone working hard and doing their job. The next game is another easy one (not) at Calne Town Res, who sit 2nd in the table. We have now moved up to 13th and still harbour ambitions of reaching 8th.

Amended feb fixtures

2009-02-16T00:34:00.001Z

Sat 21 Feb

1sts @Westbury Utd Res 2.15
2nds HOME v Byrons Wanderers 2.15
3rds HOME v Calne Eagles 2.15pm (this one is a change) ***KICK OFF TIME BROUGHT FORWARD***

Sat 28th Feb

1sts @ Calne Town Res 2.15
2nds HOME v Moredon Cheney 2.15
3rds @ Westwood FC 3pm

Sat 14th Feb

2009-02-13T23:03:00.002Z

The 2nds game is off, due to the pitch at the Ridgeway School, Wroughton being way too soft.

This leaves the 1sts with the only remaining game, at HOME v BRADFORD TOWN Res KO 2.15.

Despite having several regulars missing this week and Bradford (according to the grapevine) having a very strong squad this week, we are looking forward to the challenge and remain hopeful of bagging a decent result.

Latest Stats

2009-02-11T13:26:00.007Z

Latest stats can be downloaded below:

Appearances/Goals

1st Team Results

2nd Team Results

3rd Team Results

Social event - wed 11th Feb

2009-02-06T14:30:00.002Z

The squad will be having a social at the Old Lane on wed 11th from 7pm.

Its the pubs "curry night" plus the 2 meals for a fiver promotion is still on, so plenty of choices.

Also, if Rich Callaway is allowed out to play, we can "wet the babies head".

PLEASE NOTE that our under 18's will not be able to attend due to the licencing of the pub.

Sat 7 Feb fixtures

2009-02-06T14:29:00.000Z

All 3 games are OFF due to snow.

Results 31 jan

2009-02-02T15:18:00.004Z

1sts played at Corsham Town Res and despite some late withdrawals, a weakened team and only playing in patches, we had control of the majority of the match without ever quite being able to dominate. Josh Hodges on his debut for the 1sts came the closest to scoring on 3 occasions, Chris Meaton had a weak shot saved and Joner had what looked a perfectly good goal disallowed for offside (cross was from the bye-line!). Sadly, it was all to no avail, as Corsham scored in the89th minute on a breakaway, and so we lost 0-1. Very disappointing.

The 2nds played Pembroke at home, looking to complete the double, but failed 2-3. Goals from Brett Partner and Dave Nolan. At 1-1, we had a series of gilt edged chances but somehow failed to convert and ultimately paid the price.

The 3rds played a strong North Bradley side at home in the Spring Cup with a bare 11 players, due to a couple of withdrawals due to sickness.

Despite the issues, a spirited team performance saw a 2-0 half time lead. Sadly, this became 2-1 and then with just 3 minutes left, 2-2. So, extra-time was called for! In the end, the guys went down 2-4, but battled hard. Goals from Mark Kmiec and Tommy O'Cain.

Rich Callaway is a dad again!

2009-01-29T17:02:00.002Z

Congratulations to Rich & Kim Callaway.

Kim gave birth to a daughter this morning - Megan Angelene.

Megan was 7lb 5oz and has dark hair!

Mum & daughter are both doing well......lets hope that rubs off on Rich!!!

Feb fixtures

2009-01-26T21:04:00.002Z

Sat 7 Feb

1sts HOME v Pewsey Vale 2.15
2nds @ Blunsdon Utd Res 2.15
3rds HOME v Calne Eagles 3pm

sat 14 Feb

1sts HOME v Bradford Town Res
2nds @ Swindon Irons 2.15
3rds @ Calne Eagles 2.30 (Spring Cup QF) - IF we beat North Bradley on the 31st Jan

Sat 21 Feb

1sts @Westbury Utd Res 2.15
2nds HOME v Byrons Wanderers 2.15
3rds @ Foresters FC 3pm

Sat 28th Feb

1sts @ Calne Town Res 2.15
2nds HOME v Moredon Cheney 2.15
3rds @ Westwood FC 3pm

Re- arranged fixture on 31st jan

2009-01-26T21:03:00.002Z

The 3rds are at home v North Bradley in the Spring cup, ko 1.45, this saturday.

This is the 3rd attempt, so fingers crossed!

John Ingram 50 appearances

2009-01-24T10:56:00.001Z

Congratulations to John, who in the win at Wilton Town last week, reached his 50th appearance for the club.

results 17 jan

2009-01-22T19:25:00.003Z

The 1sts played v Bromham in the Senior Cup QF and despite not having played for a few weeks, actually played pretty well, creating several chances before a lovely move produced a fine finish from Joner. This was soon followed by Mark Nolans first of the match. The 2nd half was much better - fewer chances being taken at the back - and the game became very one sided. The only question seemed to be how many goals FCCY were going to get. As it turned out, it was 2 more, both from Mark Nolan. He also managed to hit the post when one on one with the visiting keeper. Our defence remained resolute throughout and meant that Webby had just the one shot on target in the whole 90 minutes to save, which he did comfortably.

The semi-final is at home on a date tba, v the winners of Calne, Melksham or New College!

The 2nds took the long trip to Wilton Town to face the bottom team, who are actually better than their league position suggests. Fortuneately, we knew this and therefore didnt take them lightly. A tight game resulted in 2 goals (from the bench) for 16 year old Josh Hodges and a towering headed winner from Craig Ewles in a 3-2 win.

The 3rds went to Bratton Res. The match was abandoned after the home team had 2 players sent off and others booked, and their goalkeeper deciding to impersonate Ricky Hatton. The league are well aware of the situation and DO NOT HOLD FCCY RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY.

They have had several independent reports from respected people who were present, plus FCCY had no cards AND Bratton "have a history".