FM12 Eastwood Town (2012 BSBN Champs)

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Dyer scores!

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Mansfield ties it.

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Gardner scores!

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Off the post! Eastwood wins!!

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EASTWOOD!

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Ladapo 6.1, ZC 6.4

Andrews 6.7, Elliott 6.7, Dyer 6.8

Benjamin 6.8, Troke 6.9, Caines 7.5, Hanson 7.5, Bailey 7.9

Gilpin 6.9


West 6.7, Montgomery, Gardner 6.3, Parsonage, Rewbury, Lacey 6.6, Cooper


Bailey is MoM. 1,642 thrilled fans watched this one!

[Poli]

Eastwood gets 22.06k for that victory!

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The next round is at Crawley, 17 Nov 2012.

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(Stolen from Abe, by permission)

November Preview:

3.11.2012 - Eastwood (5th) v Hayes & Yeading (12th) (Blue Square Bet Premier)
6.11.2012 - Braintree (24th) v Eastwood (Blue Square Bet Premier)
14.11.2012 - Newport Co (8th) v Eastwood (Blue Square Bet Premier)
17.11.2012 - Crawley v Eastwood (FA Cup)
18.11.2012 - English FA Cup Second Round Draw
24.11.2012 - Eastwood v Cambridge (13th) (Blue Square Bet Premier)
27.11.2012 - Chelmsford (16th) v Eastwood (Blue Square Bet Premier)

Only two scheduled home matches this month.

[Poli]

For the first time ever, I not only allowed a finalist for the goal of the month, but also the winner. BAH.

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To summarize, the board is delighted with the leadership qualities you are demonstrating.

The team's fantastic overall performance in the Blue Square Bet Premier has been a particular highlight.

However, your decision to let David Lee leave the club is regarded by the fans to be a poor piece of business.

The club made a profit of $37.84K last month.

Monthly Turnover: $134K
Previous Month: $133K
Main Income: Gate Receipts $88.3K

Monthly Expenditure: $96.44K
Previous Month: $107K
Main Expenditure: Tax - $18.29K

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31.27k in the green.

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Eastwood: 7-4 Draw: 11-5 Hayes & Yeading: 5-4 (Fav) (Blue Square Bet Premier)

Newly-promoted Eastwood go into this game as slight underdogs even though they have home advantage over Hayes & Yeading, according to Sky Bet.

Eastwood have been playing above all expectations so far this season and find themselves in 5th place in the Blue Square Bet Premier. Eastwood can overtake a number of teams including Forest Green and move as high as 3rd if they win their next game. Eastwood could drop out of the playoff places if they lose their next match.

Hayes & Yeading have been performing above expectations in the Blue Square Bet Premier so far this season and find themselves in 12th place.

The referee for the match will be Tony Harrington from Hartlepool who has shown 15 yellow cards and no red cards in his seven Blue Square Bet Premier games so far this season.

[Poli]

Chester has expressed at least some interest in 5 players:
Alex West, Alex Troke, Luke Edwards, Markel Bailey, and Danny Poole.

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3 NOV 2012

Hayes & Yeading, 5-6-4 (12th)
@
Eastwood, 9-1-5 (5th)

Wet, 53 degrees


Ladapo, ZC

Andrews, Caines, Gardner

Benjamin, Rewbury, Hanson, Troke, Montgomery

Gilpin


West, Parsonage, Cooper, Lacey, Ashton


Caines is still on yellow card watch.

Ladapo hasn't scored in 616 minutes.

We're worn out after the Cup match.

[Poli]

As expected, we lay an egg after the lengthy cup match just days earlier. I sub out at the half, down 2-0, just to get fresh legs in.

We fall, 4-0.

[Poli]

Ladapo 5.5, ZC 5.9

Andrews 5.9, Caines 6.7, Gardner 6.6

Benjamin 5.9, Rewbury 5.7, Hanson 6.3, Troke 5.3, Montgomery 6.3

Gilpin 6.2


West, Parsonage 6.0, Cooper, Lacey 6.1, Ashton 5.9


1589 witnessed this miserable match.

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No time to mope. We have to travel to last place Braintree next. WE BETTER WIN THERE.

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Braintree: 4-5 (Fav) Draw: 2-1 Eastwood: 3-1 (Blue Square Bet Premier)

Debt-ridden Braintree are clear favorites in this home encounter but will still have to make sure they do a professional job against newly-promoted Eastwood, according to Sky Bet.

Eastwood have been playing above all expectations so far this season and find themselves in 6th place in the Blue Square Bet Premier. By winning the upcoming match, Eastwood can move up to 5th in the standings and will hope to leapfrog Gateshead.

Braintree are currently 24th in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

The referee for the match will be Billy Khatib from Sunderland who has shown 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards in his eleven Blue Square Bet Premier games so far this season.

[Poli]

There you have it: We're in 6th place but dogs on the road to the 24th ranked team.

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6 NOV 2012

Eastwood, 9-1-6 (6th)
@
Braintree, 3-2-11 (24th)

Drizzle, 44 degrees


Ladapo, Lacey

Elliott, Cooper, Dyer

Daniel, Troke, Hanson, Caines, Bailey

Gilpin


Parsonage, Rewbury, West, ZC, Benjamin


Caines is still on yellow card watch.

Ladapo hasn't scored in 706 minutes.

We still appear pretty drained from this past week's action.

[Poli]

An abysmal performance. 3-0 loss. We were down 2-0 at the half, outshot 12-1. Pathetic effort.

Elliott left with an injury and Bailey picked up a garbage yellow card inside the penalty area.

[Poli]

Ladapo 6.1, Lacey 5.9

Elliott 6.6, Cooper 5.6, Dyer 6.7

Daniel 6.6, Troke 6.7, Hanson 6.1, Caines 5.8, Bailey 6.4

Gilpin 5.7

Parsonage 6.3, Rewbury, West 6.5, ZC 6.5, Benjamin

[Poli]

Fortunately, our next game isn't for a week. We can try to heal and recover.

The loss drops us to 7th place.

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Newport Co: 1-2 (Fav) Draw: 13-5 Eastwood: 9-2 (Blue Square Bet Premier)

Beaten Welsh Cup finalists Newport Co are clear favorites in this home encounter but will still have to make sure they do a professional job against newly-promoted Eastwood, according to Sky Bet.

Eastwood have been playing above all expectations so far this season and find themselves in 9th place in the Blue Square Bet Premier. Eastwood can overtake a number of teams including Gateshead and move as high as 5th if they win their next game.

Newport Co are currently lying in 12th place in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

The referee for the match will be Tony Harrington from Hartlepool who has shown 16 yellow cards and no red cards in his eight Blue Square Bet Premier games so far this season. Harrington's last Eastwood Town match was Eastwood's heavy 0 - 4 Blue Square Bet Premier defeat against Hayes & Yeading on Saturday 3rd November.

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14 NOV 2012

Eastwood, 9-1-7 (9th)
@
Newport Co, 7-3-7 (12th)

Dry, 48 degrees


Ladapo, ZC

West, Andrews, Dyer

Daniel, Joyce, Troke, Hanson, Bailey

Gilpin


Cooper, Caines, Elliott, Lacey, Rewbury


Caines is still on yellow card watch.

Ladapo hasn't scored in 796 minutes.

Hanson to make his 50th appearance as part of Eastwood Town. Ladapo to make his 25th career appearance.

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It appears Newport will be using us as a training ground. Three players making their professional debuts today in their 4-3-3.

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A very quiet first half until the final minute...when Joyce takes a free kick from Bailey and quickly beats the out of position keeper.

West left earlier with an injury, given the opponent's strategy, I move Bailey to the midfeild, Hanson to the right wingback. Lacey enters to give us another striker.

1-0 at the half.

Newport storms back to start the second half and finally sends one in after peppering the keeper with shots. 1-1

Joyce makes his case for MoM with another goal...this time off a corner with a header. 2-1

At the 60 mark ZC appears to be beat up so I sub him out. I bring in Rewbury to put us back in a 5-3-2.

One of the rookies from Newport steal a goal from Ladapo and knocks it in himself. An own goal! 3-1

Ladapo on a counter is tripped from behind as he approaches the net...a penalty kick is awarded. To my surprise, Rewbury, not Ladapo, steps up to knock it in. 4-1

Ladapo picks up a late yellow for tripping.

[Poli]

Very satisfying to beat a team that was taking this game for granted. Nice to finally win another one.

[Poli]

Ladapo 8.1, ZC 6.9

West 6.6, Andrews 6.9, Dyer 6.9

Daniel 7.2, Joyce 9.3, Troke 7.4, Hanson 7.6, Bailey 8.1

Gilpin 6.9


Cooper, Caines, Elliott, Lacey 6.9, Rewbury 6.9


Joyce is the MoM.

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Since we were the only teams playing, the victory sends us back up to 5th place.

[Poli]

Alex West is out for three months with a bad hip. I'll pay the specialist a thousand in order to bring him back in early. Otherwise it's likely he would miss the rest of the season.

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I had to think about how I handled that. West plays enough in my rotation that I don't think I can let him sit the rest of the season.

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We've got the cup match against Crawley in three days. We're guaranteed to play prevent defense the entire match.

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I put in for a loan for a 20 year old Polish midfielder. Probably won't go through, but the transfer window closes in a week and with West out maybe I can add a body for the time West will miss.

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Crawley: 1-6 (Fav) Draw: 5-1 Eastwood: 10-1 (English FA Cup First Round)

Npower League 2 outfit Crawley should face little, if any, problems in overcoming what are vastly inferior opposition in the shape of part-timers Eastwood, according to Sky Bet.

Sheff Utd is just one of the seventy-eight teams that potentially await Eastwood in the Second Round if they get through.

Both clubs will be doing everything they can to ensure victory.

The referee for the match will be Eddie Ilderton from Newcastle.

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Aberystwyth's Krzysztof Nalborski has agreed to a deal with Eastwood.

Nalborski revealed that he was impressed with Eastwood's league standing.

The loan move of Aberystwyth's Krzysztof Nalborski to Eastwood can now be completed.

The transfer will go through on Tuesday 1st January 2013.

Eastwood have confirmed the deal.

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Didn't think it would be that easy! We're paying his salary (10 bucks a week) for 3 months.

I unfortunately didn't realize he wouldn't join the team until January. That doesn't do much for us in December. Dang.

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17 NOV 2012

English FA Cup First Round

Eastwood
@
Crawley

Drizzle, 41 degrees


Ladapo, Lacey

Andrews, Elliott, Dyer

Benjamin, Joyce, Caines, Troke, Hanson

Gilpin


Rewbury, Bailey, Cooper, ZC, Daniel, Gardner, Barrett


Caines is still on yellow card watch.

Ladapo hasn't scored in 886 minutes.

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The Crawley game goes as we expect it...somewhat.

Ladapo scores to start out the game, but it's called back. He was offsides. 16 shots by Crawley later, Ladapo has another score called back by an offsides. Those were our only two chances and both were wiped away...though Dyer added a late shot after it was said and done.

Crawley connected on two of those 16 and came away 2-0 victors.

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We have Cambridge at home next. We get a week off to recoup.

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Ladapo 6.5, Lacey 6.5

Andrews 6.6, Elliott 6.7, Dyer 6.6

Benjamin 5.7, Joyce 6.2, Caines 6.7, Troke 5.7, Hanson 6.7

Gilpin 6.6


Rewbury, Bailey, Cooper 6.9, ZC, Daniel 6.9, Gardner, Barrett 6.9

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Eastwood: 4-1 Draw: 5-2 Cambridge: 4-7 (Fav) (Blue Square Bet Premier)

Minnows Eastwood are up against it in their home encounter against troubled Blue Square Bet Premier strugglers Cambridge, according to Sky Bet.

Eastwood have been playing above all expectations so far this season and find themselves in 5th place in the Blue Square Bet Premier. Eastwood could be overtaken by the likes of Hayes & Yeading and drop as low as 9th if they fail to win their next game.

Promotion contenders Cambridge are currently lying in 11th place in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

The referee for the match will be John Hopkins from Southend-on-Sea who has shown 30 yellow cards and 2 red cards in his twelve Blue Square Bet Premier games so far this season. Hopkins' last Eastwood Town match was Eastwood's 2 - 0 Blue Square Bet Premier victory over Forest Green on Saturday 20th October.

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24 NOV 2012

Cambridge, 7-4-7 (11th)
@
Eastwood, 10-1-7 (5th)

Drizzle, 62 degrees

Ladapo, ZC

Andrews, Elliott, Dyer

Daniel, Joyce, Hanson, Troke, Bailey

Gilpin


Parsonage, Benjamin, Gardner, Lacey, Caines


Caines is still on yellow card watch.

Ladapo hasn't scored in 976 minutes.

[Poli]

An incredibly boring match...only 11 shots taken in the contest...5 by Eastwood. Only 2 of those were even on target, both by Eastwood.

Ladapo finally put one in without being offside in the 77th minute. That would be the only goal and the game winner. Unfortunately, he would need to leave 3 minutes later due to injury. The good news is that it isn't serious.

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Ladapo 7.3, ZC 6.2

Andrews 7.0, Elliott 6.9, Dyer 6.9

Daniel 6.8, Joyce 6.8, Hanson 6.9, Troke 7.3, Bailey 6.8

Gilpin 6.7


Parsonage, Benjamin, Gardner 6.9, Lacey 6.9, Caines 6.9



Ladapo ends the streak and picks up MoM.

1,883 were in attendance.

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Next match is on the 27th against low ranked Chelmsford.

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Chelmsford: 5-4 (Fav) Draw: 11-5 Eastwood: 7-4 (Blue Square Bet Premier)

Eastwood Town go into this away game with every chance of walking away with something against slight favorites Chelmsford, according to Sky Bet.

Eastwood have been playing above all expectations so far this season and find themselves in 5th place in the Blue Square Bet Premier. Hayes & Yeading are hot on Eastwood's tail and will hope to move above them in the standings.

Pennyfather's men are on a poor run of ten games without a win and the relegation candidates find themselves in 21st place in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

The referee for the match will be John Busby from Oxford who has shown 3 yellow cards and no red cards in his ten Blue Square Bet Premier games so far this season.

[Poli]

Lost power. Last save was before Cambridge match. Not happy.

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Cambridge: Take 2.

Ladapo scores again...this time in the 6th minute. Parsonage adds his first career goal on a 35 yard shot that might make the goal of the month nominees.

Eastwood wins this time, 2-0. Andrews and ZC went down with injuries. ZC is fine, but Andrews is out 4-5 weeks with a thigh strain.