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May 3rd
Southall Football Club are runners up in Division One (Central &
East).
Park View beat St John's Athletic 9-0 to go ahead of Southall in
the table by virtue of a vastly superior goal difference and
with two games in hand.
FC Assyria lost 3-0 at home to London United and therefore
cannot now overtake Southall.
Well done Ryan and his team - a
superb effort!
April 27th
A new Message Board is now active.
April 26th
Southall completed their season with a 2-1 win over
London United Football Academy. The two Southall scorers were
Ricky Fletcher and Chris Clafferty.
This result means that Southall are almost certain of second
place in the league. FC Assyria would have to win their
remaining five matches and overtake Southall's superior goal
difference of +13 to claim second place.
April 24th
Congratulations to Southall Sunday who beat Old
Greenfordians 3-2 after extra time to win the Hayes and District
League Division Two Cup.
April 23rd
Please Note
The match on Saturday at home to London United Football Academy
will now take place at
Northolt Rugby Club, Cayton Road, Greenford. Middlesex UB8
9BL.
The kick off time remains at 3 pm.
April 21st
Southall Sunday play in the Division Two Final of
the Hayes and District Sunday League on Thursday April 24th.
Kick off at The Warren (Yeading FC) is at 7.30 pm.
April 19th
Southall's title ambition took a severe blow with a
2-1 defeat away to London United Football Academy.
Southall seemed to start the game less prepared than their
opponents and quickly found themselves a goal down. In the
eighth minute a Southall player was caught in possession of the
ball by the home team centre forward who slotted the ball
home past Ryan DeCosta. To their credit Southall came back into
the game and won a penalty on the quarter hour. Callum Long
played the ball through to Orin Fredericks who was upended in
the penalty area by the home goal keeper. Cris Barrett fired
home the resultant penalty only to find that an infringement had
been noticed by referee Jutkevicius who
demanded that the spot kick be retaken. Cris Barrett made no
mistake with the second kick to level the scores. The scores
remained level until half time.
After the interval Ricky Fletcher was replaced by Tesfa Lowe.
The Southall performance although a slight improvement on their
first half display fell far short of their usual high standard.
On 63 minutes a free kick was given away just outside the
penalty area. The shot which came from this eluded DeCosta and
restored the lead for the home side. The last half hour was all
Southall. Numerous chances were created and scorned and the game
ended with no further score.
The Man of the Match Award, as judged by the Supporters' Panel,
went to Callum Long.
This result leaves Southall still in pole position in the table
one point clear of South Acton who have a game in hand and three
points ahead of Park View who have three games in hand.
A win at home to London United next Saturday in the final game
of the season is essential if Southall are to harbour any hopes
of finishing in the top two places.
April 5th
Southall went to the top of Division One (Central &
East) with a 2-0 win over promotion rivals FC Assyria at Dormers
Wells Leisure Centre.
A goal in each half from Cris Barrett and Orin Fredericks
respectively gave Southall a well deserved victory.
The Man of the Match Award, as judged by the Supporters' Panel,
went to Charles Stephenson.
March 31st
Two more games to add to your collection!
The first recorded game on this date was in 1888 with a visit to
neighbours Colnbrook who beat Southall 5-1.
The last recorded game on this date was last year when Southall
visited old rivals Walthamstow Avenue in the guise of
Walthamstow Avenue & Pennant. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.
March 30th
A programme will be issued for the
match this coming Saturday against FC Assyria. It is anticipated
that the programme will retail for £1 although higher
contributions will not be refused.
If anyone would like to reserve a programme then please contact
Geoff Harrison via
this link
or leave a voice mail message on 07710 534 758.
March 27th
The link for the Southall Message Board has been
temporarily removed. This is due to recurring access and
administration problems.
March 22nd
Southall moved closer to top position in the league
with an emphatic 5-0 win over league leaders South Acton.
Manger Ryan DeCosta was able to welcome back Marcus Denton,
returning from injury, for his first match since the win
over St Lukes at the beginning of October. However, DeCosta
found himself having to don the goalkeeping gloves due to the
non availability of any of the registered keepers.
It was DeCosta who was to make the first impression on the
match, and which was said by some to be the turning point of the
game, when in the 10th minute he produced a good save to turn
away a goal bound header.
Two minutes later Southall were ahead. Interplay between Orin
Fredericks and Callum Long resulted in a cross from which which
Ricky Fletcher found the net.
Southall continued to look the more impressive and the more
likely to score and four minutes before the break Orin
Fredericks rounded the keeper to slot the ball home to double
Southall's lead.
Southall looked comfortable in the second half and the third
goal arrived in the 67th minute. A cross from substitute Tesfa
Lowe found Callum Long whose crisp shot gave the goalkeeper no
chance. Four minutes late the same two players were instrumental
in setting up the fourth Southall goal. A through ball from Lowe
was collected by Long who then found himself upended in the box.
Joshua Morrison made no mistrake from the resultant penalty
kick.
With ten minutes of the match remaining the game was briefly
halted due to a snow blizzard. On resumption Southall sought to
improve their goal difference and two minutes from time Orin
Fredericks scored his second following up a miss-hit shot by
another Southall player.
This was a good all round performance and the Man of the Match
Award, as judged by the Supporters' Panel, went to Orin
Fredericks.
March 15th
A goal in each half was sufficient to give a
makeshift Southall team a 2-1 win over Sloane.
Orin Fredericks, returning after injury, put Southall ahead
after 29 minutes. The lead was short lived as Sloane equalised
nine minutes later following a defensive blunder. Cris Barrett
scored shortly into the second half when he headed home a cross
from Callum Long.
Chris Clafferty was named as Man of the Match by the Supporters'
Panel.
March 8th
Southall's hopes of promotion and a possible first
championship for 81 years suffered a severe blow when they lost
5-2 at home to fellow championship contenders Park View.
Park View,
who are now in the Final of the Middlesex County FA Intermediate
Cup where they will face Staines Lammas, had already beaten
Southall twice this season both by large margins and so started
the match as favourites.
The first half was very competitive with Southall having the
edge in terms of possession and quality of play but it was the
visitors who went into the interval in the lead with a goal in
the 31st minute.
Park View doubled the lead on 55 minutes but Southall hit back
two minutes later through James Barnes who had come on as
substitute for Tesfa Lowe. Southall took the upper hand and
continued to battle for the equaliser but were undone by two
goals in two minutes as the away side hit Southall on the break
scoring directly from a free kick and a long range shot that
went in off the post. Park View added a fifth three
minutes from time when a speculative shot hit the bar and
was followed up with the Southall defence motionless.
As the game moved into time added on by referee Mr Russell a
well directed free kick from Ryan DeCosta was headed on by Chris
Clafferty into the path of substitute Simeon Day who made no
mistake with his shot.
The result brought to an end an unbeaten run of eight matches
stretching back to November.
Cris Barrett was named as Man of the Match by the Supporters'
Panel.
March 7th
Fixtures for the remainder of the season are now
confirmed:
| Saturday 8th March |
Park View |
Home |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 15th March |
Sloane |
Away |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 22nd March |
South Acton |
Home |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 5th April |
FC Assyria |
Home |
3.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 19th April |
London United Football
Academy |
Away |
3.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 26th April |
London United Football
Academy |
Home * |
3.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| * At Warren Farm |
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A programme will be issued for the FC Assyria
match on April 5th.
March 1st
Southall maintain second position in the table with
a 2-0 win away to West End United. A good team performance and
goals from Cris Barrett and Tesfa Lowe put Southall in a strong
position by half time. In contrast the second half was
disappointing with neither side looking capable of scoring.
Ryan DeCosta was named Man of the Match.
February 23rd
Goals from Josh Morrison and Ricky Fletcher late
into the second half gave Southall all three points in their
home match against Stonewall. .Josh Morrison was selected as Man
of the Match.
February 21st
The web master would like to thank the many Ground
Hoppers who have contacted him about the match this Saturday at
home to Stonewall.
Unfortunately THERE WILL NOT BE A PROGRAMME produced for
this match.
It is anticipated that a programme WILL BE produced for
one of the remaining home matches.
Notice of this will be posted on the web site.
February 16th
Southall came back from two goals down to defeat St
Johns Athletic 5-2 and maintain second position in the table.
The main impetus for this comeback was Cris Barrett who scored
his first ever hat-trick for the Club. Ricky Fletcher
contributed a brace of goals as Southall extended their unbeaten
run to six matches.
February 15th
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Team News |
| Manager Ryan DeCosta has provided the
following information: |
| Orin Fredericks looks set to miss the
match tomorrow due to the injury that he sustained last
Saturday against Sloane. Marcus Denton is likely to be fit
to resume playing by the end of this month. |
The referee for the game tomorrow against St John's
Athletic will now be Ylber Hoxha who replaces Russell Brown who
is now assigned to County Cup duty.
Another match has been added to the fixture list:
| Saturday 22nd March |
South Acton |
Home |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
February 12th
Further fixtures for Southall have been
announced. The complete list is:
| Saturday 16th February |
St Johns Athletic |
Away |
2.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 23rd February |
Stonewall |
Home |
2.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 1st March |
West End United |
Away |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 8th March |
Park View |
Home |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 15th March |
Sloane |
Away |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
February 9th
Southall moved into second place in the
table with a 2-2 draw at home to Sloane. Goals from Ryan DeCosta
and Simeon Day helped Southall extend their unbeaten run to five
matches.
February 2nd
A Tesfa Lowe hat-trick and goals from Ricky
Fletcher and Ryan DeCosta helped Southall seal a 5-4 win over
The Wilberforce Wanderers.
January 29th
The web master is indebted to Nirmal
Dhaliwal for this further information about Southall Sunday's
Division Two League Cup Semi Final victory over Spartans.
Southall Sunday 8
Spartans 0
Spartans probably had the first 20 minutes but were
unable to though our defence. After the first shaky 20 minutes
Southall Sunday settled down and dominated the rest of the play.
First goal came from a good corner, scored by Nims Dhaliwal.
Amar Toor added a second just before half time with a good run
from midfield.
An excellent start to the 2nd half with 2 goals in the first 5
minutes from Ravinder Lakhan which effectively killed the game
off.
Ravinder added another 2 goals taking his tally to 4 for this
game.
Sukhraj Hayre added another from the penalty spot after Amar
Toor was fouled by the keeper. Amarjit Chand added the last of
the 8 goals
Good team performance all round.
January 27th
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Southall Sunday News |
The web master is indebted to Raja Flora
for the following news:
Some good news for
Southall Football Club, ex assistant manager Raja
Flora had a baby boy this month and even more news
Southall Sundays won there Division 2 Cup Semi Final
against Spartan 8-0, Ravinder Lakhan taking an
amazing 4 in the game.
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January 26th
Southall played their first fixture for
five weeks and got 2008 off to an excellent start when they
completed the double over Bridge Rovers with a 4-0 win at
Dormers Wells Sports Centre.
A good first half display produced goals from Orin Fredericks,
Ricky Fletcher and Tesfa Lowe to give Southall a 3-0 half time
lead. The second half proved a much more even contest and a goal
from Orin Fredericks in time added on completed the scoring.
The Man of the Match award went to Wayne Dale.
January 22nd
Another one for the historians.
On this day in 1922 Southall travelled to play RAF Depot
Uxbridge in the Middlesex Senior Cup. The result was an 8-1
thrashing. Southall protested to the Middlesex County FA about
one of the RAF players and the match was ordered to be replayed
at Western Road. Despite the home advantage Southall lost the
replayed match 1-0 on March 19th.
January 17th
The match this Saturday away to Sloane has been postponed
due to a waterlogged pitch.
The web master would like to apologise for the recent
inactivity on the web site this being due to internet connection
problems and software conflicts.
January 2nd
A Southall FC 2008 calendar is available for you to download
here.
All you need to do is print it off.
January
1st
Happy New Year to all Southall supporters worldwide.
As there is no news to report at the moment the following
is an opportunity for the historians amongst you to add these to
your records.
Matches played on January 1st include the
following
| 1890 |
Uxbridge |
Home |
Lost |
0-4 |
Middlesex
Senior Cup Round 2 |
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| 1898 |
Uxbridge * |
Away |
Lost |
0-4 |
Amateur Cup 4Q Replay |
| |
| 1898 |
West Herts * |
Home |
Lost |
0-1 |
Southern League
Division 2 |
| |
| 1910 |
1st Battalion
Grenadier Guards** |
Home |
Won |
5-1 |
Middlesex
Senior Cup |
| |
| 1916 |
Associated
Equipment Company |
Home |
Won |
6-0 |
Friendly |
| |
| 1921 |
Metrogas |
Away |
Lost |
1-4 |
Amateur Cup
Round 1 |
| |
| 1927 |
HMS Excellent
(Portsmouth) |
Away |
Won |
3-2 |
Amateur Cup
Round 1 |
* Two matches played on
the same day - the weaker team played in the match against Uxbridge
as a protest - Southall had won the original match 1-0 but
Uxbridge complained that Southall had fielded an ineligible
player. The complaint was upheld by the Football
Association much to the disgust of Southall FC. Uxbridge went on
to reach the Final of the Amateur Cup losing 2-0 to
Middlesbrough at Crystal Palace.
** Match was ordered to be
replayed. Southall lost the second replay 0-3 on February 12th
1910.
December 28th
The Feliz Navidad spoof news item has
certainly caught out some people! The web master was copied into
an email that sent the item to several news sources and a
further one that went to BBC London radio.
As a result of this Geoff Harrison spoke briefly last night to
Phil Parry on the BBC London Thursday Sports Show about the
background to the story and the ambitions of Southall
Football Club for the coming season.
December 26th
The web master would like to point out
that the Feliz Navidad news item on December 24th is infact a
spoof!
Feliz Navidad is a Spanish version of Happy Christmas, Rudolfe
Reno is Rudolph Reindeer and the excerpt from the satellite link
is well, obvious!
Thank you for your interest in a story that would be superb if
only it was true!
December 25th
Happy Christmas to all Southall supporters
worldwide.
December 24th
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Former La Liga Player Joins
Southall Management Team |
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Southall Football Club is pleased to
announce the appointment of Seňor Feliz Navidad
to the newly created role of Director of Football
Development.
Spanish born Navidad, 32, made appearances for Alaves, Valencia
and Deportivo in La Liga and had a short spell with Sampdoria in Italy
before a cruciate ligament injury cut short his playing career.
As a player he had wisely obtained his coaching
qualifications and following his career ending injury he moved into coaching roles at Betis and Osasuna.
Lately he has been involved in management at several clubs
in the Regional Preferente Grupo IV.
Indeed it was at a pre season friendly during
August in Spain between two Regional Preferente Grupo IV
sides UD Oliva and CD Javea that a chance conversation
occurred between Seňor
Navidad and Southall Honorary Club Secretary Geoff Harrison.
At the match which CD Javea won 3-1, a discussion arose
about the relevant standards of Spanish and English
Non-League Football.
Regular correspondence followed which culminated with an
offer of the role of Director of Football Development and an
invitation for Navidad to watch the Southall match away to
West End United at the beginning of December. This was
unfortunately postponed but in enough time to prevent
Navidad from travelling. However, the match the following
week against St Johns Athletic was recorded and sent to
Navidad. As a result Seňor
Navidad accepted the offer from the Club and will take up
his post in time for the first match in January away to
London United Football Academy.
Fog prevented Navidad arriving at Heathrow on Sunday for his
planned Press Conference at The Park Inn at Heathrow but
speaking via a satellite link this morning Navidad had this
to say about the position with Southall Football Club:
I know that Southall has a very long and notable history
and does not deserve to be playing at the level it is at
now. When I met Seňor
Harrison in August I was impressed with the vision that he
had for such a worthy club and set about finding out more
about Southall and non league football in England. This is
an exciting opportunity for me to enter the English football
system. From what I already know there are several good
players already at the club and I am looking forward to
working with Seňor
DeCosta in a purely advisory role. I will not interfere with
his team selection and decision making. If things work out
with Southall, and I have no reason to think that I will
have problems, then eventually I would like to also bring
over Rudolfe Reno, someone that I have worked with in the
past to aid with the training and dietary regime of the
players.
Honorary Club Secretary Geoff Harrison added:
We are delighted that Feliz has agreed to join us at
Southall. This is going to be an exciting time for this
historic club and one that I know will make the rest of the
Non League World sit up and take notice of Southall Football
Club once again.
An excerpt from Senor Navidad's satellite link can be found
here. |
December 21st
The web site will not be updated again until December 24th at
the earliest. However, a major announcement is expected within
the next few days.
December 15th
A brace of goals from Player Manager Ryan
DeCosta helped Southall return to winning ways with a 3-1 win
over St Johns Athletic at Dormers Wells Leisure Centre.
St Johns took the lead on fifteen minutes and held this until
DeCosta equalised eleven minutes later. There was no further
scoring before half time.
In the second half DeCosta put the home side ahead from the
penalty spot after 73 minutes and a goal ten minutes later from
substitute Simeon Williamson sealed all three points for
Southall.
December 9th
In response to several requests to know
who is at the Club, the following players, 38 in total, have signed for
Southall Football Club and have registered to play in Middlesex
County Football League matches:
| Cristian Barrett |
James Beavers |
Michael Blax |
Damir Brujic |
| Oscar Bryce |
Tyrone Bunting |
Sebastian Castello |
Amarjit Chand |
| Chris Clafferty |
Wayne Dale |
Ryan DeCosta |
Marcus Denton |
| Leon Dussard |
Mark Ezeabasili |
Richard Fletcher |
Anthony Francis |
| Orin Fredericks |
Shaban Habib |
Boris Hadjipetrov |
Spencer Hyland |
| Leroy Jennings |
Patrick Jones |
Mohamed Kadi |
Alseny Keita |
| Jewels Lewis |
Tesfa Lowe |
Adrian Mason |
James McKenzie |
| Steve McKenzie |
Jerry Moses |
Oladimeji Oluwo |
Dupesh Patel |
| Andre Robinson |
Alfie Spencer |
Charles Stephenson |
Ian Whitmore |
| Simeon Williamson |
Benjamin Wilson |
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December 8th
The match away to West End United was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
December 4th
The Middlesex County Football League has
announced that Division One (Central & East) side St Lukes has
folded. Their record has been expunged which means that
Southall's 7-1 victory over them earlier in the season now does
not count!
December 1st
Southall picked up their first point since
October 27th with a 3-3 draw at home to The Wilberforce
Wanderers.
The visitors opened the scoring before Ryan DeCosta equalised
with a well struck free kick. Southall took the league through a
well worked first goal for the Club by Ricky Fletcher. The lead
was short lived as The Wanderers made the score 2-2 before the
interval.
Southall had the upper hand through most of the second half and
an excellent strike from Orin Fredericks after 71 minutes gave
Southall a deserved lead. Four minutes later a defensive lapse
allowed the visitors to level the score. The remainder of the
game saw both teams have chances to snatch the win.
November 24th
Southall slipped down to fifth place in
the table following a heavy 6-1 defeat away to Park View. The
Southall goal was scored by Cris Barrett.
November 19th
The Staines Lammas match was attended by a
handful of Ground Hoppers and
this link takes you to a posting from one of the visitors on
the day.
November 17th
A brace of goals from Tesfa Lowe was not
enough to prevent Southall going out of the Middlesex County FA
Intermediate Cup 5-2 at the hands of Combined Counties Division
One side Staines Lammas.
November 13th
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Information for
Supporters and Ground Hoppers |
| A programme will be issued this Saturday
for the Middlesex County FA Intermediate Cup match against
Staines Lammas at Ealing Central Sports Centre. The
programme will be available for the price of £1 although
larger donations will be gratefully accepted. |
November 10th
Southall's poor run of results continued
with a 3-1 defeat away to current leaders FC Assyria. The
Southall goal was scored by Cris Barrett.
November 4th
Further fixtures for Southall Football
Club have been announced. The complete list is now:
| Saturday 10th November |
FC Assyria |
Away |
2.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 17th November |
Staines Lammas |
Home |
1.30 pm |
MCFA Intermediate Cup |
| Saturday 24th November |
Park View |
Away |
2.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 1st December |
The Wilberforce Wanderers |
Home |
2.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 8th December |
West End United |
Away |
2.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 15th December |
St Johns Athletic |
Home |
2.00 pm |
Div 1 |
November 3rd
Brentham spoilt the first home match
played by Southall FC in Southall since 1992 when they put the
home team out of the Division One Cup by three goals to two.
Brentham dominated the early stages of the game and took the
lead. Cris Barrett equalised before half time. In the second
half Ryan DeCosta gave Southall a 2-1 lead before a highly
controversial penalty awarded against Cris Barrett was converted
to tie the game. With a quarter of an hour remaining Brentham
scored the decisive goal to give them a home tie against London
United Football Academy in the next round.
October 29th
Please note that from November 3rd
Southall Football Club will play their First Team home matches
at Dormers Wells Leisure Centre, Dormers Wells Lane, Southall,,
Middlesex UB13HX.
The only exception to this will be the Middlesex Intermediate
Cup match against Staines Lammas which will take place at Ealing
Central Sports Ground on Horsenden Lane South.
October 27th
Southall threw away a two goal lead to
draw 2-2 away to bottom placed club Stonewall. Follow
this link
for a short match report.
October 24th
Further fixtures for Southall Football
Club have been announced. The complete list is now:
| Saturday 27th October |
Stonewall |
Away |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 3rd November |
Brentham |
Home |
1.30 pm |
Div 1 Cup |
| Saturday 10th November |
FC Assyria |
Away |
2.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 17th November |
Staines Lammas |
Home |
1.30 pm |
MCFA Intermediate Cup |
October 23rd
Southall went out of the Senior Open Cup
on Saturday when they lost 4-0 at home to Park View.
The web master is indebted to Gary Drew for providing
information about the match.
Southall lost their first game of the season when fellow
Division One (Central & East) side Park View ended the
impressive sequence of six consecutive victories by
comprehensively beating Southall by four goals to nil.
Southall had the first chances of the game in the opening
minutes when Tesfa Lowe had two opportunities to score in quick
succession from close range but both efforts were blocked.
After 10 minutes Ryan DeCosta prevented Park View going ahead
when he cleared off the line from the visiting centre forward
Osei.
Three minutes later Park View went ahead. through number 10
Williams when a cross cum shot went in off the right hand post.
There was no further score before half time.
At the start of the second half DeCosta brought on Richard
Fletcher in place of Adrian Mason. Seven minutes into the half
the visitors doubled their lead. Park View substitute (14) who
had come onto the field a minute earlier had an immediate impact
on the game when he rounded James Beavers in the Southall goal
and squared the ball to Osei who had the simple job of tapping
home the ball.
After 69 minutes Southall picked up their first caution of the
season when DeCosta was yellow carded by referee Podsadny.
Seven minutes later it was 3-0. A long ball from over the top
from the Park View defence found Osei by himself. He ran on
unopposed, drew Beavers and made no mistake with his shot.
Within a minute Southall were almost four down. Straight from
kick off the home side lost the ball and the goal bound shot
from Williams was cleared off the line by Wayne Dale.
Goal scoring chances for Southall were few and far between and
in the 77th minute a long range shot from Oscar Bryce went over
the visiting cross bar.
A minute later the scoring was complete. Another long ball
through the middle was run onto by Osei who completed his
hat-trick.
Simeon Williamson made his Southall debut with ten minutes to
spare when he replaced Damir Brujic. Deep into time added on
Tesfa Lowe incurred the wrath of Mr Podsadny when he became the
second Southall player to be booked.
Manager Ryan DeCosta had this to say about the performance of
his team:
Outplayed, outfought and out of the
Cup. We were second best in every department and received the
result our performance deserved. We never played well during any
period of the game and every single player knows that they under
performed. The big test is how we respond to this setback. I
believe the character of my players will put us back on course.
It was disappointing to finally lose but it isn't my job to
dwell on the negatives but to eradicate them, by ruthless means
if necessary. Find the positives, work on them and hopefully
make us better next time around. Next week we're back to our
league campaign and as I have stated earlier, the league is the
bread and butter!
October 20th
Due to family commitments the web site
will not be updated until at the earliest October 22nd.
Please continue to post news/views on the Message Board.
October 19th
For any groundhoppers - there will be no
programme produced for tomorrow's match against Park View.
October 16th
Follow
this link for Ryan DeCosta's match
report for the game against Rayners Lane.
October 14th
As well as Southall putting out Step 6
opposition in the Middlesex County FA Intermediate Cup yesterday
there were three other instances of Middlesex County League
sides doing the same feat. These were:
| Hanworth Villa (Combined Counties
Division 1) |
3 |
Park View (Division 1 Central & East) |
4 |
| Feltham (Combined Counties Division 1)* |
0 |
Northfield Shamrocks (Division 1 West) |
1 |
| Harrow St Marys (Division 2) |
1 |
Sport London e Benfica (Spartan South
Midlands Division 1) |
0 |
Hanworth Villa are currently
leaders of the Combined Counties Division 1 and Park View are
the next opponents for Southall !!
* The Feltham match was played in midweek.
October 13th
Second half goals from Ryan DeCosta and
Orin Fredericks helped Southall to a 2-0 home win over current
holders Rayners Lane in Round Two of the MCFA Intermediate Cup.
Southall will now face Staines Lammas in the next round.
October 7th
Following the victory yesterday against St
Lukes, First Team Manager Ryan DeCosta has posted the following
message on the Message Board. With his kind permission it is
reproduced below:
You're right,
Rayners Lane will definitely be a test for the Southall team.
But saying that, yesterdays result (and the beginning of the
season as a whole) has built confidence throughout the whole
squad. What pleased me most about the game was the way the team
played. Every player had a hunger, a willingness to work for one
another and the team as a whole and wanted and felt comfortable
with the ball.
We created so many good chances (including their keeper saving a
penalty, hitting the woodwork twice) that if we'd have hit
double figures it would not have been a flattering scoreline. I
realise that games involving 'cricket scores' show a vast
difference in the teams competing but as I stated earlier, for
me, it was how we played! Since the start of this campaign we've
won games but we haven't played as well or for long enough
periods of the game as I want us to. The players know the
standard I'm expecting from them and I applaud them for nearly
reaching that mark yesterday. But we can't get carried away from
one good performance and one scoreline. Its back to the drawing
board and hard work at training this week. Obviously I have a
season long goal and the old saying about 'the leagues the bread
and butter' still holds true even at the level we are at the
moment, but a good cup run or getting and winning a final sure
as hell feels good! I remember playing in the FA Cup, FA Vase
and even playing against AFC Wimbledon and the buzz and feelings
that were involved in playing those games. As a player you
should and want to play better opponents and this Cup game
allows us to pit ourselves against those teams.
Rayners Lane will be the hardest opposition we have faced so far
this campaign. They are a few levels above us, have played 4 or
5 more games than us so should have more cohesion and a better
understanding of one another. But saying all of that it's still
a one off game. I'll prepare my team to win and hopefully we'll
get a few supporters down to cheer us on to do so.
October 6th
Hat-tricks from Chris Clafferty and Orin
Fredericks and one from Jerry Moses helped Southall to a 7-1
victory at home to St Lukes.
October 4th
There will be a programme issued for the
Middlesex County FA Intermediate Cup match at home to Rayners
Lane. It is anticipated that the programme will cost £1.
September 30th
Following their 6-1 win over Spartan FC
two weeks previously, Southall Sunday lost 3-1 away to Old
Greenfordians in their latest Hayes & District Football League
match.
September 29th
Southall continued their good early season form with a 4-2 win
away to South Acton.
First Team manager Ryan DeCosta has provided the following
report:
It took Southall
less than a minute to open their account against South Acton.
The home team took the opening kick off but were quickly
relieved of possession and punished for their slow start. Chris
Clafferty intercepted a pass and slotted a through pass to Orin
Fredericks who held off the challenge from the defender before
slotting the ball passed the keeper into the bottom right
corner.
Southall dominated the early part of the game with South Acton
resorting to clearing their lines and hoping one of their
forwards could make something of it.
After 10 minutes Tesfa Lowe took his tally for the season to 4
with a well timed run to beat the off side trap, rounded the
keeper then slid the ball home to take the score to South Acton
0 Southall 2. The Southall defence were kept on their toes and
reminded that South Acton still posed a threat when Acton
forward Christopher Johnson's shot from an acute angle hit the
outside of the post.
In the 25th minute Southall should have increased the lead when,
from an in swinging whipped free-kick from Ryan DeCosta, Cris
Barrett directed his header passed the diving South Acton
goalkeeper only to see it smash back into play after hitting the
post. It only took another 5 minutes before the ball did find
its way into the back of the South Acton net. Orin Fredericks
grabbed his second goal of the game after some neat inter play
between Wayne Dale and Andre Robinson set up Fredericks for an
easy finish.
In the space of 5 minutes South Acton found themselves back in
the game. In the 38th minute Christopher Johnson latched onto a
long ball, rounded Southall keeper Damir Brujic and put the ball
into the back of the net just in front of lunging leg of Anthony
Francis. The goal seemed to spur
South Acton on, who then enjoyed a good spell of pressure which
paid off in the 42nd minute when Zaied Sabbi timed his run to
perfection (suspicions of offside really) to find himself
unmarked in the area and then able to steer his header just past
the finger tips of Brujic to bring South Acton from 2-0 down to
2-3.
Southall's response to being pegged back was instant and within
two minutes had restored their 2 goal lead. Southall's fourth
produced arguably the most audaciously piece of skill from Andre
Robinson. Robinson beat two Acton defenders but found himself
out near the left hand corner flag. As the Acton defenders began
to bear down on him Robinson crossed the ball to the far post
'ala' Joe Cole to the on coming Fredericks who's little legs
could only stretch so far and direct the cross onto the same
post that Barret had hit earlier. Only on this occasion Southall
had someone waiting to pounce on the rebound, Tesfa Lowe. After
some bizarre decisions by the referee regarding stopping the
game for injuries (you had to be there to believe it) the two
teams went in at half time with the score South Acton 2 Southall
4.
The 2nd half saw neither team score anymore. Southall will feel
they should have grabbed at least another two during the second
period with the amount of chances they created but failed to
capitalize on.
Adrian Mason made his debut for Southall, coming on as a late
substitute.
Manager Ryan DeCosta was happy with the result but added "There
are a few things we need to work on. We can't keep letting teams
back into games and have to be more ruthless in front of goal.
When it comes time to put teams to bed we should have no mercy".
September 26th
Further fixtures for Southall Football
Club have been announced. The complete list is now:
| Saturday 29th September |
South Acton |
Away |
3.00 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 6th October |
St Lukes |
Home |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 13th October |
Rayners Lane |
Home |
2.00 pm |
MCFA Intermediate Cup |
| Saturday 20th October |
Park View |
Home |
2.00 pm |
Open Cup |
| Saturday 27th October |
Stonewall |
Away |
2.30 pm |
Div 1 |
| Saturday 3rd November |
Brentham |
Home |
1.30 pm |
Div 1 Cup |
September 22nd
Two goals from Tesfa Lowe and one each
from Orin Fredericks and Andre Robinson helped Southall to a 4-2
home win over West End United.
Southall made their debut on their new
home pitch of Perivale Park - a far cry from the almost billiard
green surface at The Warren, the home of the former Yeading FC, that the Club was using only
two years previously. The council operated pitch at Perivale
Park has a very untrue surface, is not enclosed, has no dugouts
or shelter for spectators but costs less for the whole season
than one match cost at the Club's adopted home of last season at
Avenue Park which itself is only an Intermediate Status ground
as it fails the criteria for
Senior Status as prescribed by the Middlesex County FA.
Changes were made to the team that comprehensively
defeated Imperial College Old Boys the previous week. Leon
Dussard was unavailable, Ryan DeCosta returned after serving his
seven day suspension, James Beavers took over in goal and Oscar
Bryce returned to the starting line up in place of Ben
Wilson.
Within two minutes of the start Southall were ahead when Tesfa
Lowe slotted the ball home from the left hand side of the
penalty area. Southall continued to look the brighter of the two
sides and it was no surprise that they doubled their lead after
a quarter of an hour. Andre Robinson brought the ball down on
his chest and then lifted the ball over the defence for Orin
Fredericks to run onto to score his first goal of the season.
As is usually the case, the arrival at the match of the web
master heralded a change in fortunes and for the rest of the
first half West End United looked by far the better side and any
neutral observer would be forgiven for thinking that it was West
End who had a two goal lead. Shortly before half time the lead
was reduced. Following a corner which was poorly cleared the
ball was scrambled home by Monero to bring West End right back
into the game.
HALF TIME: Southall 2
West End United 1
The second half started with increased Southall possession but
with the visitors clearly looking the more likely team to score.
Just after the hour the seemingly inevitable happened. The
Southall defence was breached which allowed Rahman to round
Beevers and slot the ball home to bring the equaliser.
After 79 minutes Southall had the bit of luck that sometimes
wins matches. A clearance from the West End keeper was charged
down by Tesfa Lowe who slotted home the ball for his second goal
of the match. This goal seemed to dampen the spirit of the
visiting team and Southall once more began to look comfortable.
With time running out a piece of individual magic by the
irrepressible Andre
Robinson, who at times showed that he is a class above most
players in terms of skill, gave Southall their fourth and final
goal.
HALF TIME: Southall
4
West End United 2
September 16th
The following players have also signed for
Southall Football Club and have registered to play in Middlesex
County Football League matches:
| Ian Whitmore |
Orin Fredericks |
Patrick Jones |
Spencer Hyland |
| Marcus Denton |
Leroy Jennings |
Steve Mackenzie |
Anthony Francis |
For people who have not seen what happened
to Western Road after it was taken from Southall Football Club
the following picture is taken from Google Earth and shows the
subsequent development.
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September 15th
Southall won through to the next round of
the Senior Open Cup with a 3-0 win away to Division One (W) side
Imperial College Old Boys.
Manager Ryan DeCosta was forced to change the team from the
previous week with Cris Barrett being unavailable and both
himself and Michael Blax unable to play due to suspension.
The match was played on a 'third generation' artificial surface
which provided a good platform for the Southall team to display
their passing skills and generally good ball control.
The match started very evenly with both teams moving the ball
about well but with attacks breaking down in the last third of
the pitch at both ends. The deadlock was broken in the 24th
minute with a good move initiated from midfield by the
impressive Andre Robinson who played an accurate pass through to
Leon Dussard whose shot was well saved by the Imperial College
keeper. The ball fell loose to Tesfa Lowe who hit the target
from 15 yards.
Twelve minutes later Southall were two up. As Robinson worked
his way into the penalty area he was felled by a clumsy tackle
which referee Mr Hazell adjudged to be a penalty. Leon Dussard
made no mistake from the spot by putting the ball into the
keeper's left hand corner of the net.
The remainder of the half saw some excellent moves from the
Southall side with Orin Fredericks pressed into action at full
back being particularly impressive.
HALF TIME: Imperial College Old Boys
0
Southall 2
Six minutes into the second half Southall gave themselves the
luxury of a three goal lead. A quickly taken free kick from the
left hand edge of the penalty area was hammered home by the
quick thinking Leon Dussard.
Midway through the second half the home
side was reduced to ten men with the dismissal of one of their
players for what appeared to be verbal abuse.
From this point onwards Southall seemed to take their foot off
the gas and sat back and allowed the Old Boys much more
possession. This produced a few worrying moments as the home
side pressed to try to make the break through which could have
produced a close finish. Damir Brujic in the Southall goal was
called into action and his save in the final minute of the game
was outstanding.
All in all this was a good performance by the Southall team,
with Orin Fredericks being named as Man of the Match, but the
inability to completely kill off the game particularly against
ten men was a cause of concern for manager DeCosta who relayed
this message to his team.
FULL TIME: Imperial College Old Boys 0
Southall 3
In Round Two Southall have a home tie against fellow Division
One (C&E) side Park View. The match is scheduled for Saturday
October 20th.
September 12th
Please note that the match away this
Saturday to Imperial College Old Boys is a 2.30 pm kick off.
September 8th
Southall got their league campaign off to
a superb start with an impressive 5-2 win away to Bridge Rovers.
The home side took the lead which was cancelled out by a goal
from Leon Dussard and Oscar Bryce added a second to give 'The
Hall' a 2-1 lead at half time.
The second half saw Southall dominate the game and further goals
from Wayne Dale and a brace from Chris Clafferty gave Southall
an unassailable 5-1 lead before the home side pulled one back in
the dying minutes.
Man of the Match was Cris Barrett.
Congratulations to Ryan and his set of players.
September 6th
There has been a fixture change for
Saturday September 29th. Southall will now travel to play South
Acton.
August 31st
The following players have signed for
Southall Football Club and have registered to play in Middlesex
County Football League matches:
| Wayne Dale |
Tesfa Lowe |
Richard Fletcher |
Ryan DeCosta |
| Michael Blax |
Leon Dussard |
Jerry Moses |
James McKenzie |
| Dupesh Patel |
Andre Robinson |
Cristian Barrett |
Damir Brujic |
| Oscar Bryce |
Chris Clafferty |
Seb Castello |
Mark Ezeabasill |
| James Beavers |
Adrian Mason |
Boris Hadjipetrov |
Oladmeji Oluwo |
| Benjamin Wilson |
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August 30th
The amended draw for the Middlesex County
FA Intermediate Cup now includes Southall Football Club.
Southall enter the competition in Round Two when they have a
home tie against current holders Rayners Lane of the Hellenic
League Division One East (Step 6).
The tie is scheduled for Saturday October 13th.
August 28th
Fixtures for September have been released:
| Saturday 8th September |
Bridge Rovers |
Away |
3.00 pm |
| Saturday 15th September * |
Imperial College Old Boys |
Away |
3.00 pm |
| Saturday 22nd September |
West End United |
Home |
3.00 pm |
| Saturday 29th September |
Park View |
Away |
3.00 pm |
All fixtures are Middlesex County
League Division One (Central & East) except * which is Round One
of the Middlesex Football League Senior Open Cup.
August 11th
The web site will not be updated again
until August 25th at the earliest. However, please use the
Message Board to pass on news and comments.
Any orders for programmes and email queries will be dealt with
as soon as possible after the above date.
August 10th
Geoff Harrison has resumed his role as
Honorary Club Secretary of Southall Football Club.
It is anticipated that Southall Football Club will plays its
home matches this season at Perivale Park.
August 5th
As a member of Division One of the
Middlesex County League there is no requirement for Southall
Football Club to publish a programme for matches during the
coming season.
Supporters may wish to avail themselves of the opportunity to
acquire the programmes that were produced last season prior to the
resignation in February of Geoff Harrison as Honorary Club Secretary and
Programme Editor.
The programmes available are:
| August 18th 2006 |
Ealing |
Middlesex County League |
| August 22nd 2006 |
Willesden Constantine |
Middlesex County League |
| August 29th 2006 |
Parkfield Youth Old Boys |
Middlesex County League |
| September 9th 2006 |
Neasden Foundation |
Middlesex County League |
| October 28th 2006 |
Sport London e Benfica |
Middlesex Federation Cup |
| November 18th 2006 |
Kings Meadow |
Middlesex County League |
| December 9th 2006 |
Bedfont Sports * |
Alec Smith Cup |
| February 3rd 2007 |
Bedfont Sports |
Alec Smith Cup |
| February 17th 2007 |
Wraysbury * |
Middlesex County League |
| February 17th 2007 |
Walthamstow Avenue & Pennant * |
Middlesex County League |
* Never issued
Programmes are 75p each, including postage and packing within
the United Kingdom.
All ten programmes are available for £6.50, including postage
and packing within the United Kingdom.
For orders and further information please contact
Geoff Harrison.
August 1st
Southall will begin their season in the
Middlesex County Football League with a match away to Bridge
Rovers on Saturday September 8th.
Southall Football Club has affiliated with the Middlesex County
Football Association as a Junior Club and as such will play this
season in the Middlesex Junior Cup.
Southall last played in the above competition in the season
1906-1907 when they reached the Semi-Final losing 4-0 to the eventual winners Eton Mission.
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