| Season review |
Golden Boot:
RICHARD CRANFIELD (31 goals)
Andrzej Buda (20)
Gareth Minter (9)
Mike Broadhead (7)
Stuart Sayer (6)
Jamie Mardell (6)
Discipline:
1 point for a yellow card, 3 points for a red.
STUART SAYER (6 points)
Keith Tucker (5)
Justin Mayhew (4)
Kris Buda (3)
Dave Phillips (2)
Thomas Sayer Award:
GARETH MINTER
Players Player of the Year:
DAVE PHILLIPS
Over the course of the season, AFC Lexden played 25 competitive games. They won 13, drew 4 and lost 8. They scored 100 goals, ad conceeded 51.
LEAGUE: 4th (division 4)
THORNAVON CUP: 1st round
OSBOURNE CUP: 1st round
WALLY CASTLE CUP: 1st knock-out stage
COUNTY CUP: not entered
Stats/highlights:
RICK CRANFIELD played every minue of every game this season, averaging a goal every 73.5 minutes. He also scored in 12 consectutive games. ANDRZEJ BUDA was only 2 minutes off averaging a goal every 90 minutes. GARETH MINTER has now played 79 games for AFC Lexden which means that he has made more appearances than any other player. KEITH TUCKER is second (76), followed by STUART SAYER (75) and DAVID PHILLIPS & PAUL NICHOLSON (74). STUART SAYER became the first player to be sent off more than once for the club, and JUSTIN MAYHEW became the first player to be sent off on debut (2 bookings within 15 minutes of coming on!). DAVE PHILLIPS deserves special mention for skippering the side in the season-long absence of injured club captain PAUL BLECK, and was voted player's player of the year. The management team nominated GARETH MINTER for the Thomas Sayer award - a fitting end to a very good season for the full-back/centre forward.
Whilst the season was, on the whole a struggle, we did battle up to 4th in the league and we also finally won a Wally Castle game. In fact, we won our very strong group before going out to the eventual competition winners. The other cups were dissappointing, and an admin error meant that we were not in the County Cup (this has been recified for the 2008/09 season). The club struggled with injuries and suspensions this season, and had to sign a number of emergency players to be able to fulfill all the fixtures. At no time did AFC Lexden take to the field with less than 11 players (except when players were sent off!).
Next season will see a number of changes to the club. The main one is the change of manager. Paul Bleck and Keith Tucker remain on the committee, but they pass the managerial duties onto ANDRZEJ BUDA. We all wish the old man great success. |
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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GD |
Pts |
| FC BYAIR |
16
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12
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3
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1
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63
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15
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48 |
39
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| BORUSSIA THORPMUND |
16
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10
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3
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0
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50
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6
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44 |
36
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| FC DRURY |
16
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8
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3
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4
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48
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25
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23 |
28
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| AFC LEXDEN |
16
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8
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3
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5
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72
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34
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38 |
27
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| BROMLEY |
16
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7
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6
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3
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40
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24
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16 |
27
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| DOG & PHEASANT |
16
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5
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2
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8
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27
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41
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-14 |
18
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| RAMSEY UNITED RES |
16
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5
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1
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9
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33
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48
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-15 |
17
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| FEERING UNITED |
16
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3
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1
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12
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34
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61
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-27 |
10
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| SATO |
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0 |
0
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| NEWTOWN ROVERS RES |
16
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0
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0
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16
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5
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118
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-113 |
0
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SATO withdrawn from league (Feb 08)
Unplayed fixtures:
Borussia Thorpmund v Ramsey Utd Res
Dog & Pheasant v Borussia Thorpmund
FC Drury v Borussia Thorpmund
The points are shared for any unplayed games. |
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| Name: Stuart Sayer |
| Goals: 6 |
| MOM's: 5 |
| Average: - |
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