A Good Day

It was a fantastic day at Ford Meadow yesterday, one for everyone there to savour from club volunteers and officials to fans, players and the management team. The fans were brilliant and the players deserve a huge amount of credit for what was a scintillating display against the 3rd placed side in the league, I thought the lads showed a maturity above their ages yesterday and a big glimpse of exactly what they are capable of. It was Buckingham Town's day and no-one can take that away from us.

Now, feet back on the ground time and off to Wellingborough Whitworth FC next Saturday for the last act of the season and a tough game. There are several potential outcomes depending on other results on the day but we'll look to get at them and win the game from the first whistle, we can't leave anything to chance.

Thanks for your continued support and hopefully see you at Whitworths, always nice to see you Robins fans at away games!

Chairmans Report

Hello everyone, this will be my last chairman’s report of the season and what a season it has been, overall we have moved forward both on and off the pitch.

The committee has tried to improve all aspects of the club, the first thing was our appearance  with new kits and training tops we then looked at the programme to add more content and sponsors and articles from club captain, chairman, players and fans will follow, this is down mainly to Odette who has been a revelation in the publishing world. The new website took a little longer than I had hoped and is still evolving but it is cleaner with up dated pages and up to the minute reports. Also the little touches around the club house mainly from Eddie most you will not notice other than the painting around the ground but they make a real difference.    

Our newly formed U16 team has acquitted themselves well in the Midland Junior Premier league and will finish a respectable mid table, I know Steve and the players have really enjoyed the experience of playing teams in Bristol, Wales and across the midlands. Steve will take his team and half of the current eligible U18 players next year and further develop them in the Allied Counties league next season.

On to the current U18 team they have had a mixed season and had a couple of teams not withdrawn from the league they would have also finished in a respectable mid table and they are still in the cup but unfortunately the league once again will not finish the competition which is a shame. Marc is stepping down at the end of the season to spend more time with his family (mainly his son at Goodison Park) I would personally like to thank him for all his hard work and dedication he has given the team and I know my own son has greatly benefited working with him and has improved, I know the players think the world of him so Thank You Marc.

The first team is a work in progress at the moment but I hope you can all see an improvement in the results. It has been a few years since we won three games in a row and scored five in a game added to that the March and April form table we are 6^th from ten games and we already have six points more than last year and have scored seven more goals with games still to play so it has been a fantastic turnaround for Dan and the players and with some new faces in the summer I genuinely feel very positive for next season.

Once again I would like to thank all our fans for their patients and support

Vince Hyde

The Magnificent Seven Days

Last Wednesday the first team played hosts to Rushden & Higham at Ford Meadow and dispatched them  5-1 in a comprehensive victory, then three days later the young U16 Robins made the long trip to Droitwich where another three points were put in the bang with a thrilling 2-3 win.

Later that afternoon the first team travelled to Rushden where the home side were hoping to exact some revenge and put some pride back in the team for their last home game of the season, but it was not  to be and Buckingham took all three points with a convincing 3- 0 win.

On to Monday night when the Rushden U18 came to Ford Meadow to show the first team the way but once again Buckingham took the points with another three goals and only conceding one.

On the seventh day some people rested but not BTFC on Tuesday evening when the first team made the trip to Sileby for another mid-week game  and showed great fight and spirit coming from behind twice to finish eventual and deserved 3-2 winners.

Carlsberg don’t do weeks in football but if they did they would probably be like this one.

Please come along on Saturday as the action continues when the U16 take on Winterbourne United at Ford Meadow 10.30 KO and later that afternoon the first team host Potton United