Robins win local derby in the FA Vase

Sat 22nd Oct: Buckingham Town came away from Elmfields Gate with a place in the next round of the FA Vase after defeating Winslow United 5-2 this afternoon in front of a large crowd. On a bright sunny but cold October afternoon it was the home side who drew first blood when a defensive error saw Phil Martin gifted the ball only to be brought crashing to the ground by Robins keeper Matt Bines. Referee David Jarrett had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. Martin picked himself up and calmly slotted home after 16 minutes. Winslow's lead lasted just three minutes as a long cross-field pass by Kyle Stimpson found James Wardell, who ran through to shoot past Paul Bowley.

Leo Brooks came off for the home side with injury to be replaced by Mark Holman. The game finished level at the break. In the 50th minute, Stimpson latched on to a ball with the Winslow defence exposed and unleashed a powerful shot to put the visitors into the lead.

The Robins Club Captain Chris Robson battled through the United defence on 62 minutes and lobbed the advancing Bowley to net Kit Bamber's side's third. United battled back five minutes later as Mark Holman was on hand to side foot home after Simon King battled hard to win the ball in the visitor's box before crossing. As United pushed for an equaliser it was the visitors who increased their two-goal advantage when Wardell netted his second in the 83rd minute before Ben Shepherd's long range shot ended up in the back of the net in the 89th minute.

Winslow Utd: Bowley, Tarrant, Wiffin, Ainger, Heywood, Brown (Setterfield), Butler, L.Brooks (Holman), King, Martin, Dawson (M.Brooks).
Buckingham Town: M.Bines, Menday, Phillips (Shepherd), Gale, Kasprzyk, Sands, Wardell, Diamond, Robson (Ross), Stimpson, N.Bines (Riley).

The FA Vase 1st Round Proper

Winslow United F.C. 2 - 5 Buckingham Town F.C.

The build up for the game over the last few weeks was noticed and both clubs were looking forward to this mouth watering tie.
An impressive crowd of over 200 watched a very entertaining derby game and would have been thoroughly entertained.

I'm not going to right a full match report on this game as I believe we had every Robins fan watching and I was really pleased with the support you all offered to the club on the day.
I have kept quiet over the way Winslow have conducted themselves off the pitch and that is not my concern, the concern for myself and this team was to put a professional performance on and show maturity and responsibility on the pitch.
The players did not need any incentive to win this game, and the way they went about their duties as a team was justified, the confidence was within the players and it showed when James Wardell walked into the changing room before the game and told me he will get a brace today!!
I can start picking players out with individual performances and wanted to make a point about Mark Gale our centre back, he played through the pain barrier for this game due to his achilles problems and we would all like to thank him for that.

The victory was sweet and lets say worth it!! .
Well done to all involved in the club,the players,supporters and the management team.


The BTFC goals came from Wardell (18) Stimpson (53) Robbo (64) Wardell (85) Shepherd (89)

Buckingham Town: M.Bines, Menday, Phillips (Ross), Gale, Kasprzyk Sands, Wardell
Diamond, Robson (Shepherd), Stimpson, N.Bines(Riley).

Gt Linford vs BTFC Development

Click the link below for Great Linford FC's take on their game against our development side last Saturday.

I particularly like the last paragraph

http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/greatlinfordadultsfc/221189/Matches/report

Buckingham Town Support

I was at the Stony Stratford match last night and looking around the ground was impressed by the diversity of support there for Buckingham Town. It was good to see Lucy there along with a few of the other stalwarts from the clubs past. At the other end of the scale there was a good turnout of young players from this seasons development team, taking an interest in their future and checking out the standard to aim for! In between we had current committee members, sponsors and old as well as new supporters. All there in a common cause.

Buckingham Town Football Club was, as always, well supported and with the players doing the business on the pitch consistantly, a positive future is achievable.

Bucks Charity Cup First Leg QF

Stony Stratford 1-3 BTFC
The players are more than aware that we are not just in this competition to make the numbers up, we are in competitions to win, and last nights performance showed that.
The squad was used, and it gave us the opportunity to rest 3 players due to injuries, so in came Daryl Phillips and Daley Cross from the development team.
BTFC got off to an impressive start with James Wardell

finding the back of the net after 3 minutes, and then Kyle Stimpson made it 0-2 after 8 minutes with what could be described as a wonder goal!!
Stony to their credit got a goal back after 15 minutes with a Strike from outside the box, but BTFC had more than enough possession and should have found the back of the net a further 2-3 times.
The second half showed more ball retention by Buckingham and they were moving the ball quicker and creating more space for the attacking players.
It also gave me the opportunity to move players around and use all 3 substitutes, and to me that is important to the squad.
The third goal came after Kyle Stimpson reacted well, and latched onto a sloppy back pass from a Stony defender, Stimpson went to round the keeper who brought him down in the box for a BTFC penalty. yellow card for the keeper and Graham Sands

slotted home the perfect penalty.
Another turning point in this game was when Stony were given a penalty 5 minutes from time but Matt Bines again helped his team mates out and pulled of a fantastic save.

The players and squad are developing well and I can not praise them enough for the work ethic and football they are playing.
lets all keep our feet on the ground and take each game as it comes and continue this unbeaten streak.

Development team vs Marsh Gibbon.

Just a reminder to anyone going to Marsh Gibbon to watch the development team this coming weekend in the interdivisional cup, kick off is at 2-00 pm. Extra time and penalties if required!