We’ve been a casualty of our own success with regard to our reserves. For those of you involved I wanna say keep going - give this a chance and if you believe in how far we’ve come together, then believe that as a club we’ll get it right. We’ve got a great guy and a real Ringmer fella in Neil Thorneycroft and with the right level of support we’ll find that success together. Getting promoted from the Reserve section east, to some extent, has blown up on us insofar that we have taken so many players forward into the front side we’ve left us really light at a time when we need to meet a higher standard. Players - trust that we, all of us, will get it right. You’ll be amazed what a win will do to your outlook. And a win is just around the corner, but it needs to be a win that’s had by you guys, not by me putting in half of the first team in a mid week game. We’ll sign players and you’ll get support. Hey, make sure that YOUR game is better than the guy in the opposition.
Another part of this problem is this. Neil cannot do a training session on Tuesday nights and when I ask Kev to do the session at Falmer SOME of you act like kids and mess about. If me or Steve take the session they’d be no messing about and you know it too or you’d be out for good. So if we’ve a first team game on a Tuesday, the reserves and 18s don’t train. Then we have a session on Thursday night at the club if we can get everyone there. Its tough but you can see that some of these problems we can deal with - others are down to the Tuesday night antics.
Football this week goes like this - On Tuesday night the front side play St Francis Rangers at the Caburn, 7.30 ko on this one then Saturday meet Gary Block’s Pagham in the Sussex Senior Cup. The reserves play Dorking Wanderers Reserves away on Saturday and the 18s play away at Westfield on Sunday.
Before I mention the first team and their performance I just want to thank our travelling away fans. More and more are coming and we are all really grateful for the level of support we are getting. I keep saying to people to remember we are in the entertainment business. No? Yes we are - don’t doubt it. When you charge people to come to watch you play - you are in the entertainment business. I remind every referee of this before every game and also remind them to enjoy themselves. I hope they are, we certainly are.
The midweek game was a hard fought slog that we ran out winners and the win put us into first place in the County League.
The game against East Grinstead went our way too and the three points took us to 21 points and the cynics remind me we need about 5 more wins to be safe this season. Well I’m really sorry everyone. I don’t want to talk about survival. I’m here to win the League.
We want to win it and so do the players. Lets stop talking about not getting relegated. Lets start talking about winning the County League.
See you Tuesday night. Massive game. If you’re not involved, come and watch us.
Monday 29 September 2008
Safety first for leaders Ringmer - County 1 News
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3:56pm Sunday 28th September 2008 THE ARGUS
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Ringmer joint boss Bob Munnery saw his side open up a three-point lead at the top of division one and declared: “That’s a step nearer staying up.”
3:56pm Sunday 28th September 2008 THE ARGUS
By Steve Hollis »
Ringmer joint boss Bob Munnery saw his side open up a three-point lead at the top of division one and declared: “That’s a step nearer staying up.”
Monday 22 September 2008
RFC Weekly Newsletter
’m trying to find a positive take on the games over the weekend and I’m struggling to be honest. The FA Vase game against Lordswood didn’t go to plan as we went behind in the first few minutes. The second goal followed the first and the Ringmer haters will be pleased to record that we lost the tie 4-0. Well, as a cup game we decided that we could either roll over at 2-0 at half time or we could really shake it up and go three at the back - then in the end play four up top. All to no avail however - they withstood our pressure and we got caught on the break in the second half and bing bang bong we’re out. Yeah, it would’ve been good to do something in this national competition but when alls said and done its now viewed that we return to our main objective, surviving in the County League.
Beating Wick 0-2 last Tuesday night took us three points closer to that goal. Wick are as good a side as we’ll meet this term and its fair to say that we were pretty good in this County one encounter. The Ringmer haters will not be happy with this result but the purists in our club - and there’s only a handful of us, believe me- will be impressed. I certainly was.
The 18s played on Sunday and we had two sent off. The ref came over and said he’d been threatened by a player and that he was considering abandoning the game. Shocking stuff? Yes undoubtedly. We embarrassed ourselves - no, the player embarrassed himself actually - and I await an explanation. The club, outside of the FA, will impose a ban on players that threaten anyone, let alone the ref and then the player gets dismissed and sit outside the refs room. Grow up or play park football, its one or the other. No more chances Ryan.
Neil Thorneycroft saw his reserve side lose against a very good Eastbourne Town side on Friday night. Lets not confuse ourselves though. This Town side had 4 first team players competing - and competing for places in the Ryman league - and we had 5 sixteen year olds playing. Neil will encourage a few older players to become involved with the reserves and I expect first team squad players to play when selected.
Football this week looks like this. The front side play on Tuesday night against Hassocks. On Saturday they play East Grinstead away whilst the reserves play at home against Pease Pottage in the Sussex Intermediate Cup. On Sunday the 18s play Bexhill away. No training on Tuesday night as it apparently last Tuesday a few of our stronger minded but stupid players thought it’d be a hoot to mess about like little kids. That wont happen again. That’s another issue we’ll be dealing with at the next training session. The whole squad is expected to train on Thursday night 7 till 9.
Lastly, just to keep you all up to speed, over the last few weeks we have signed Kiefer Ardaen-Webb the ex Withdean player and Will Broomfield from Hassocks. The ex Uckfield Town striker Jo Tubon signed last week and yesterday we signed Chris Greatwich the ex Bognor Regis midfielder. Good local talent of the highest quality . Welcome fellas.
See you all Tuesday night at the Caburn.
Beating Wick 0-2 last Tuesday night took us three points closer to that goal. Wick are as good a side as we’ll meet this term and its fair to say that we were pretty good in this County one encounter. The Ringmer haters will not be happy with this result but the purists in our club - and there’s only a handful of us, believe me- will be impressed. I certainly was.
The 18s played on Sunday and we had two sent off. The ref came over and said he’d been threatened by a player and that he was considering abandoning the game. Shocking stuff? Yes undoubtedly. We embarrassed ourselves - no, the player embarrassed himself actually - and I await an explanation. The club, outside of the FA, will impose a ban on players that threaten anyone, let alone the ref and then the player gets dismissed and sit outside the refs room. Grow up or play park football, its one or the other. No more chances Ryan.
Neil Thorneycroft saw his reserve side lose against a very good Eastbourne Town side on Friday night. Lets not confuse ourselves though. This Town side had 4 first team players competing - and competing for places in the Ryman league - and we had 5 sixteen year olds playing. Neil will encourage a few older players to become involved with the reserves and I expect first team squad players to play when selected.
Football this week looks like this. The front side play on Tuesday night against Hassocks. On Saturday they play East Grinstead away whilst the reserves play at home against Pease Pottage in the Sussex Intermediate Cup. On Sunday the 18s play Bexhill away. No training on Tuesday night as it apparently last Tuesday a few of our stronger minded but stupid players thought it’d be a hoot to mess about like little kids. That wont happen again. That’s another issue we’ll be dealing with at the next training session. The whole squad is expected to train on Thursday night 7 till 9.
Lastly, just to keep you all up to speed, over the last few weeks we have signed Kiefer Ardaen-Webb the ex Withdean player and Will Broomfield from Hassocks. The ex Uckfield Town striker Jo Tubon signed last week and yesterday we signed Chris Greatwich the ex Bognor Regis midfielder. Good local talent of the highest quality . Welcome fellas.
See you all Tuesday night at the Caburn.
Tuesday 16 September 2008
13/09 County SCFL Round Up
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County League round-up: Worthing United hope to appoint a new manager this week and his arrival cannot come soon enough after they were hammered 14-1 by Ringmer.
County League round-up: Worthing United hope to appoint a new manager this week and his arrival cannot come soon enough after they were hammered 14-1 by Ringmer.
Monday 15 September 2008
RFC Weekly Newsletter
A lot of people have asked me about the Ringmer Football Development Centre which is planned to open next season. Although there was some high degree of secrecy about this, the rumours have been flying about and I feel I should make some sort of a comment. Its been noted by a lot of top quality coaches (mainly from Eastbourne and Burgess Hill clubs) that there is a total void of quality coaching in this area for young and up and coming players. With outside sponsorship, its true that we intend to start a Development Centre for footballers in this region. We plan for it to be totally innovative and be run by top invited coaches in Sussex. The details of all of this will emerge later in the season but suffice to say it’ll wipe the floor clean in coaching terms in this area and we plan on having the top players coming through our Development Centre. Exciting times huh?
On Tuesday our first team travel to Wick to play a SCFL Div 1 game. Winning it will mean a lofty second place in the County League but to me and Steve it would mean three points closer to safety. A 1-14 win secured third place and I have to say I felt sorry for Worthing United. They worked hard and didn’t deserve to get spanked but hey, we were written off at the beginning of the season so we are all out of sentiment. Give me the game again and we’d do the same in reality.
Just a word about Simon Greatwich’s selection for the Philippine national side to tour Cambodia. Its great to have international players at Ringmer and we wish Simon every success and wish him a safe and enjoyable tour - we have to wait and see if he returns back to the UK as there are rumours that they may ask him to be part of their newly formed league. We’ll wail and see how it develops.
Having taken a 2 nil lead against the academy side from Margate, you’d think that our 18s were favourites to progress in the FA Youth Cup. Before I’d got back to the safety of the dugout for the second half, we’d conceded twice and were very much on the back foot. We lost the game 3-5. To be honest we were (in my opinion) the better side. Their coach remarked that our youth side was “a really great side” and the Reading scout there was astonished that we lost having dominated the game so thoroughly. Hey its about learning and development - I think we learnt in this game but I’m not sure we developed.
As I was with the front side on Saturday I didn’t see the reserve game on Saturday. We lost 1-3 to Pagham reserves and our new manager Neil Thorneycroft probably felt he had a baptism of fire. The next reserve game is on Friday night and I’m confident of a reversal of fortunes for our illustrious rezzies. They’ll do well - you’ll see.
So football this week goes like this. Tuesday night training for the reserves and 18s at Falmer, 7.30 till 9pm. A training game will be the order of the day up there on that night. The front side travel to Wick on the same night. Deb will text you your involvement if selected. On Thursday the 18s play at home to Eastbourne Borough and on Friday night the reserves play Eastbourne Town at the Caburn. On Saturday we travel to Kent to play in the FA Vase game against Lordswood. They are level nine and stand in our way if we are to succeed in competing in the next round.
Check Malc’s details on kick off times etc on the web site together with Rob, Steve’s and David’s detailed deliberations for each game we play.
If they just get the politics sorted this could become a golden era for our club…….
On Tuesday our first team travel to Wick to play a SCFL Div 1 game. Winning it will mean a lofty second place in the County League but to me and Steve it would mean three points closer to safety. A 1-14 win secured third place and I have to say I felt sorry for Worthing United. They worked hard and didn’t deserve to get spanked but hey, we were written off at the beginning of the season so we are all out of sentiment. Give me the game again and we’d do the same in reality.
Just a word about Simon Greatwich’s selection for the Philippine national side to tour Cambodia. Its great to have international players at Ringmer and we wish Simon every success and wish him a safe and enjoyable tour - we have to wait and see if he returns back to the UK as there are rumours that they may ask him to be part of their newly formed league. We’ll wail and see how it develops.
Having taken a 2 nil lead against the academy side from Margate, you’d think that our 18s were favourites to progress in the FA Youth Cup. Before I’d got back to the safety of the dugout for the second half, we’d conceded twice and were very much on the back foot. We lost the game 3-5. To be honest we were (in my opinion) the better side. Their coach remarked that our youth side was “a really great side” and the Reading scout there was astonished that we lost having dominated the game so thoroughly. Hey its about learning and development - I think we learnt in this game but I’m not sure we developed.
As I was with the front side on Saturday I didn’t see the reserve game on Saturday. We lost 1-3 to Pagham reserves and our new manager Neil Thorneycroft probably felt he had a baptism of fire. The next reserve game is on Friday night and I’m confident of a reversal of fortunes for our illustrious rezzies. They’ll do well - you’ll see.
So football this week goes like this. Tuesday night training for the reserves and 18s at Falmer, 7.30 till 9pm. A training game will be the order of the day up there on that night. The front side travel to Wick on the same night. Deb will text you your involvement if selected. On Thursday the 18s play at home to Eastbourne Borough and on Friday night the reserves play Eastbourne Town at the Caburn. On Saturday we travel to Kent to play in the FA Vase game against Lordswood. They are level nine and stand in our way if we are to succeed in competing in the next round.
Check Malc’s details on kick off times etc on the web site together with Rob, Steve’s and David’s detailed deliberations for each game we play.
If they just get the politics sorted this could become a golden era for our club…….
Sunday 14 September 2008
Double Tragedy for Herve's Family
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A talented young footballer stabbed to death outside a nightclub is the 26th teenager to be murdered in the capital this year.
Oliver King-Onzila died after a fight outside a bar in Croydon, South London, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A talented young footballer stabbed to death outside a nightclub is the 26th teenager to be murdered in the capital this year.
Oliver King-Onzila died after a fight outside a bar in Croydon, South London, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Monday 8 September 2008
RFC Weekly Newsletter
To win or even to do ok in the Sussex County League, chances and opportunities need to be taken. If you watched the game against Horsham YMCA you’ll have seen a good account of the passing game which, frankly, we excel at. However, when we get in front of goal we need to finish at this level. And finish we didn’t. It’d be easy to be over critical but we’re still finding our way in the Sussex County first division and a 2-1 defeat to YM, whilst is unpalatable, it should be recognised that we played one of the fancied sides of the division and of course we are, in a lot of peoples eyes, already relegated. We move on from the disappointment to play Sidley on Tuesday night in the RUR Cup and Worthing United away next Saturday. We will be addressing our deficiencies in the next two games to ensure a next cup round in one and 3 points in the other.
The reserves third encounter of the season, due to take place on Friday night, had no chance of being held as the River Ouse took a new route through the middle of our pitch. So a postponed game followed by a similar postponement for the youth side against Wealden on Sunday, left for a very unhappy and dissatisfied 30 odd players. Sorry fellas. Your time will come.
I’m pleased that our way of playing has caught the attention of the youth players of Lewes. Some of these players are top class and its been easy for Lewes “coaches” to have had success with them over the last two years - lets not forget they were talented players before they even got there though - and I’m pleased that so many of them are wanting to join our progressive club.
I have been a critic of attitudes and the restrictions there however and once again I find the antics of Jason Hopkinson deplorable. I asked a Lewes U18s player to run the line for our reserves last week and Mr Hopkinson couldn’t help but have a view on this and advised the player not to do it. This kid has no job and the 15 quid payment would, no doubt, have helped his financial position. But Mr Hopkinson said that he’d prefer it if he didn’t. With an implied threat of being dropped no doubt, the player withdrew his offer of lining. Unfair and unnatural control over a youth player in his private life? You decide. The player, who will remain nameless, has now been banned by Mr Hopkinson from Ringmer, similarly Hopkinson now been banned by me from the Caburn.
Next week we have a youth cup game on Thursday night at home against Hurstpierpoint. This is a prelude to Sundays FA Youth Cup game against Margate in which we will play mainly second year termers in what will be a tough encounter. 3pm ko on Sunday - hope loads of you come. Our Cub Secretary advises me that spectators will be charged as per normal FA Youth Cup ties - £2.50 adults, kids etc £1. This is an FA rule by the way - not a Ringmer thing. The rezzies play Pagham at home on Saturday BUT I’m trying to rearrange this fixture for Friday night.
Training goes like this. The 18s and the reserves go to Falmer on Tuesday night 7-30 till 9 pm. On Thursday the first team only will train at the club whilst the 18s play their cup game against Hurstpierpoint.
See you all on Tuesday night at the Caburn.
The reserves third encounter of the season, due to take place on Friday night, had no chance of being held as the River Ouse took a new route through the middle of our pitch. So a postponed game followed by a similar postponement for the youth side against Wealden on Sunday, left for a very unhappy and dissatisfied 30 odd players. Sorry fellas. Your time will come.
I’m pleased that our way of playing has caught the attention of the youth players of Lewes. Some of these players are top class and its been easy for Lewes “coaches” to have had success with them over the last two years - lets not forget they were talented players before they even got there though - and I’m pleased that so many of them are wanting to join our progressive club.
I have been a critic of attitudes and the restrictions there however and once again I find the antics of Jason Hopkinson deplorable. I asked a Lewes U18s player to run the line for our reserves last week and Mr Hopkinson couldn’t help but have a view on this and advised the player not to do it. This kid has no job and the 15 quid payment would, no doubt, have helped his financial position. But Mr Hopkinson said that he’d prefer it if he didn’t. With an implied threat of being dropped no doubt, the player withdrew his offer of lining. Unfair and unnatural control over a youth player in his private life? You decide. The player, who will remain nameless, has now been banned by Mr Hopkinson from Ringmer, similarly Hopkinson now been banned by me from the Caburn.
Next week we have a youth cup game on Thursday night at home against Hurstpierpoint. This is a prelude to Sundays FA Youth Cup game against Margate in which we will play mainly second year termers in what will be a tough encounter. 3pm ko on Sunday - hope loads of you come. Our Cub Secretary advises me that spectators will be charged as per normal FA Youth Cup ties - £2.50 adults, kids etc £1. This is an FA rule by the way - not a Ringmer thing. The rezzies play Pagham at home on Saturday BUT I’m trying to rearrange this fixture for Friday night.
Training goes like this. The 18s and the reserves go to Falmer on Tuesday night 7-30 till 9 pm. On Thursday the first team only will train at the club whilst the 18s play their cup game against Hurstpierpoint.
See you all on Tuesday night at the Caburn.
Sunday 7 September 2008
SCFL Round Up 06/09/08
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GOALS from Martyn Flack and Tom Lawley saw Horsham YMCA bounce back from a 5-0 loss at Whitehawk with a 2-1 win over Ringmer.
GOALS from Martyn Flack and Tom Lawley saw Horsham YMCA bounce back from a 5-0 loss at Whitehawk with a 2-1 win over Ringmer.
Saturday 6 September 2008
01/09/08 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
The next game of football we have is against Sidley in the RUR Cup on Tuesday evening, note the kick off time, 7.15 pm. There was some deliberation as to whether this game would be on as they were playing Eastbourne Town on Sunday in the FA Cup and if it had been drawn they’d have played on Tuesday - but evidently they lost 2-1 - so our game now goes ahead.
Our 18s had their first work out during the week taking on a very talented Whitehawk 16s side. Thanks to them for coming over and for the session. On Friday night our reserves went to Whitehawk to take on the lost the game 1-0. Despite the scoreline I was pretty impressed with our game and the way we played. We were 3 key players light in this game and when we come up against Southwick rezzies next Friday night at our gaff we’re gonna have it right.
The 18s start their league programme next Sunday away to Wealden, 11am ko. I’ve not spoken to Dave and Grant who run the side but with Tommo doing their front side, they’re sure to be well organised and motivated. I look forward to going up there. The following Sunday our 18s play Margate in the FA Youth Cup and we’re gonna have to be on it that day. I’m told Margate Youth is run by Neville Southall and Terry Yorath. I expect a competitive game. In between the two games we meet Hurstpierpoint in some cup or the other.
I want to thank Crowborough for their wonderful hospitality on Saturday. Nice people and a club run properly is my impression having taken a side up there. They certainly have harmony throughout the club as their chairman shook everyone’s hand as they came off the pitch. The game? Well we played some great stuff in the first 45 and at that point perhaps looked the better side. Half time came and we had to make a change due to injury and a couple of individual errors resulted in us going out of the FA Cup. If we take any consolation it has to be from the conversation I had with Steve Johnson on Sunday when he commented that he felt we could be a top six side this term. It was a great day for some of the players who’d not been involved in the FA Cup before. Good luck to Steve and his side in the next round and I hope they have a good run.
We have a training session planned for Thursday evening at the club, 7-9pm. Deb will call you to verify and also to notify you of your involvement throughout the next seven days of football.
Our first team game on Saturday is against Horsham YMCA. They stand in our way from keeping our 100% record in the Sussex County League. With St Francis Rangers losing on Saturday, we are now the only side with 3 wins out of 3 and a win against Horsham could see us take top place at 5pm on Saturday.
See everyone on Tuesday night. The meet time will be 6-00pm sharp if you are involved.
Our 18s had their first work out during the week taking on a very talented Whitehawk 16s side. Thanks to them for coming over and for the session. On Friday night our reserves went to Whitehawk to take on the lost the game 1-0. Despite the scoreline I was pretty impressed with our game and the way we played. We were 3 key players light in this game and when we come up against Southwick rezzies next Friday night at our gaff we’re gonna have it right.
The 18s start their league programme next Sunday away to Wealden, 11am ko. I’ve not spoken to Dave and Grant who run the side but with Tommo doing their front side, they’re sure to be well organised and motivated. I look forward to going up there. The following Sunday our 18s play Margate in the FA Youth Cup and we’re gonna have to be on it that day. I’m told Margate Youth is run by Neville Southall and Terry Yorath. I expect a competitive game. In between the two games we meet Hurstpierpoint in some cup or the other.
I want to thank Crowborough for their wonderful hospitality on Saturday. Nice people and a club run properly is my impression having taken a side up there. They certainly have harmony throughout the club as their chairman shook everyone’s hand as they came off the pitch. The game? Well we played some great stuff in the first 45 and at that point perhaps looked the better side. Half time came and we had to make a change due to injury and a couple of individual errors resulted in us going out of the FA Cup. If we take any consolation it has to be from the conversation I had with Steve Johnson on Sunday when he commented that he felt we could be a top six side this term. It was a great day for some of the players who’d not been involved in the FA Cup before. Good luck to Steve and his side in the next round and I hope they have a good run.
We have a training session planned for Thursday evening at the club, 7-9pm. Deb will call you to verify and also to notify you of your involvement throughout the next seven days of football.
Our first team game on Saturday is against Horsham YMCA. They stand in our way from keeping our 100% record in the Sussex County League. With St Francis Rangers losing on Saturday, we are now the only side with 3 wins out of 3 and a win against Horsham could see us take top place at 5pm on Saturday.
See everyone on Tuesday night. The meet time will be 6-00pm sharp if you are involved.
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