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Dear All
Its that time of year when if you are thinking of joining/re-joining the club your membership form need to be completed and fees paid ASAP. The league campaign starts on 10th September for 1s, 2s and 3s and 17th September for 4s, 5s and 6s, so please pay this fee by then in order to ensure your availability for selection. Those that have paid will get priority selection over those who haven’t. Details of how to pay and the form itself can be found on Membership page.
Also this year all players are encouraged by the FA to create a WGS account. In order to do this, you will need you FA number. You can either retrieve this online, or contact Mike Todt. Please do feel to contact him should you need any other assistance with this process too.
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On Sunday (4 Sept), Merton gets a glimpse of the future with the Youth Induction Day. Should be a fantastic occasion, with a number of matches taking place, plenty of emerging talent on display and a BBQ for all afterwards. Bar will be open for much/all of it, and the weather looks good. So here’s a shout out to all the senior guys… Let’s get down there and support the next generation of Merton superstars. The festivities start at 11am at the Hood. Should be loads of fun, and a great way to spend a Sunday!
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RESULTS TODAY – down at the Hood the 1s in their new ‘Excelian’ sponsored kit (pic) beat Old Blues 3-0. Good game goals from Emilio (pic) Jase and Tom Rowe. 5s drew 1-1 with Civil Service in another good game. Very good game well reffed. Andy scored a rocket equaliser for us (pic) 3s won 1-0 away at Old Wokingians Scorer – Dan Kelly (Pen) (Action pics). 4s lost 5 – 0 to a very good Civil Service.
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Merton Football Club
Review of season 2015/16
This is a difficult season to assess. It has had its good points and disappointments.
Essentially the Adult section has had a disappointing season on the pitch. Our pre-season recruitment drive produced some new members and this was enough to ensure that we had six teams playing weekly in the SAL without the extreme difficulties of the previous season, but we were largely unsuccessful on the field. However team spirit, club support and camaraderie were strong throughout.
The Youth section had five teams playing and the highlight of the season was the U9s enjoying a very successful season and winning the Surrey Youth League Africa Cup. This was a memorable final at Carshalton and congratulations to Matt and his management team and all the players. This year we will continue with five teams and we have an excellent team of managers in place.
The main difficulty for both sections was the weather and the condition of the Hood which was unplayable due to waterlogging for almost 10 weeks at the turn of the year.
Off the field though it has been a different story. We have had some great events; a very successful quiz, an awards night with excellent fish and chips and some great ‘Apres Footy’ in the bar on Saturday evenings. All this has helped develop the Club atmosphere and also helped our finances.
As you will see from the Annual Accounts (mertonfc_accounts_2015_16) that Len has prepared together with his commentary after the heavy loss of last season we managed a surplus of £2500 shared equally between the two sections. This is very pleasing as is the fact that we have such a small amount of debt outstanding. This means that we are proposing at the AGM to keep our subscriptions and fees at the same level for the season ahead. The Club is in a strong financial position.
As ever we have a challenge ahead. The most important two areas on which our future depends are ‘Recruitment’ and ‘Facilities’. We need members and they need somewhere to play.
Recruitment – We need to recruit more players to the club. We need young reliable players at all levels in the club. But we also need administrators to come forward and help run the club. I am pleased to say that recently a number of our members are stepping forward to help and that is very encouraging. We also need to continue to grow the Youth section and again the right, high quality coaches are an essential part.
Facilities – Without doubt ‘The Hood’ has deteriorated markedly over the past years. The Morden Park Project, the project on which we have been working and pinning our hopes for the past ten years, is facing major difficulties and may not proceed. We will know very shortly and we must be ready to switch our focus on improvements at the Hood or another ground. We have a plan B and will implement it.
I would like to thank all the members of the committee and all managers and captains throughout the club for the work that they have done this year.
I would also like to thank Terry Baker who has announced his retirement this year as President of the Club. Terry has been a cornerstone of the club for the past 40+ years as a player, manager and administrator and without his determination we may not have survived the dark days we may not have survived.
So that is a summary of last season and the main challenges we now face as we continue to build our Club.
Max Herbert (Chairman)
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Youth Section Friendlies yesterday. Great day at Prince Georges. In their first match the U9s got off to a great start and beat Met Police 8-1. U13s beat Mitcham Park 8-0 with eight players making their debut.U15s lost 5-3 to Met Police in a fantastic game. Back to the Bar at the Hood and thanks to all the oppo for making it such a good fun event. Well Done..
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Training Last Night. Good session and turnout!! Thanks to Nathan for organising the fitness (boot camp) session and Clappers for the skills and Footy. Registration with Darren and Michael.(Thanks for setting that up). Lots of new faces but not enough of the old ones. So get down here boys!! Same time next week guys and also AGM at 8.45 in clubhouse.
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Pre season training will start on 13th July 2016 at the home ground. Joseph Hood Pavilion, Joseph Hood Recreation Ground, Martin Way, Merton, London, SW20 9BU. More details can be seen on the Training Page.
This is your chance to bring friends and colleagues along to experience the joys of Merton FC and encourage them to join.
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Take Notice that the Annual General meeting of Merton Football Club will take place at The Clubhouse, Joseph Hood Recreation Ground at 9.00pm on Wednesday 20th July 2016. This will be straight after training.
Links below for AGM documents, please click on to read.
Merton F C Notice For AGM 2016
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Awards Day
It was a cracking day down at the Hood.
The day started with some inter club footy with 4 teams playing a mini tournament. 4 teams of 11 playing a knock out competition. Thanks to Dave Laughton for reffing this and Kieran and Sherbs for keeping goal for the duration.
That was followed by the first ever club penalty shoot out to determine the best penalty taker in the club. After surprisingly long elimination rounds it was Darren Avey who survived beating all rivals. Ricardo and Dom Plumbridge were there till the final bout. We employed a whole barrage of keepers for this who seemed to dive out of the way for Darren. No he did it them with the eyes.
Then it was showers and into the bar for a good drink and the Cup Final. Sherbs had arranged some excellent Fish and chips, alternative Sausage and chips and one sausage in batter and chips for the discerning diner. All from Whistlestop (Raynes Park) to be delivered at Half Time. £5 a time and terrific value. Should that be one of the highlights of the season???
After the Cup Final we doled out the money to the winners of First Goalscorer and Time of first goal.
Kenzo and Matt Haswell
Then on to Awards – And here is the List of this seasons honours
Club Person of The Year – Clive Corrigan. Terrific work running the 5s in what could have been a difficult season but not for him and got his team supporting the bar and the club.
Club Player of the year – Neal Davison who played his part for not only the 3s but every other team too as another real club man.
Clubs leading goalscorer – Denys Zhurbiy (On a countback with Tom Benham) showing how successful the season was for the 3s.
Golden Gloves (GK) – Sherbs won the low scoring competition for the third time in four years. All teams conceded far too many goals.
First Team
Player of the year – Alex Gladkow His final season with the club before he is off to the US was a cracker.
Top Goalscorer – Shared Tom Rowe and Tills.
Reserves (2s)
Player of the year – Connor Murphy a cracking season and a strong performance every game.
Top Goalscorer – Dave Quainton despite missing half the season
3s
Player of the year – Tom Benham
Top Goalscorer – Tom and Denys Shared
4s
Player of the year – Dom Plummridge.
Top Goalscorer – Dulanie Richards Mark Gibbs
5s
Player Of the Year – Clive Corrigan the man himself
Top Goalscorer – Mark Gibbs
6s
Player of the Year – Swanny the indomitable Keeper
Top Goalscorer – Peter Obeng- Adu recovered from being hospitalised for and out of the game but so nearly won the clubs TGS.
There were several other important thank yous
All the Captains – Clapps/Wilgo/Lofty/Ed/Clive/Kevin and all their helpers
All the Committee but especially Len (Accounts) Peter and Jasper Kemp for their sterling work behind the bar and in the kitchen and of course Steve and Kenzo for their drive in the Youth section on Sundays but helping us all along on Saturday
Dave Laughton for reffing, discipline and part time bar man.
Also the Vice Presidents and in particular the Dodge (Roger Asling) who helps organise them and the certificates with which they were all presented. Thanks for their sponsorship of the awards for players to Keep. (Vice Presidents- Dodge/Dixie/Pat Jim and Fergus Murphy/ Coombes/ Steve Philpot/Martin Quinlan.)
It was also announced that after 40+ years Terry Baker was standing down as our president. He was thanked for all his work particularly recently on the Morden Park Community Trust which holds the prospect of a new ground and state of the art facilities. We will mark this service at our AGM. It was timely to note that we need more helpers in the club and we need to pursue our most important objectives Recruitment of players and helpers and improvement of our facilities,
Finally Thanks were due to Clappers/Sherbs/Mark for organising this most successful event.
That is the Merton Way (and Incidentally we need someone to step forward and edit that – A Volunteer please)
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