Honor's even in Derby

Buckingham Town 2 - 2 Olney Town
(Stimpson 2 )

The Buckingham Derby against Olney Town finished all square at the Winslow Centre.
The Robins enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges with Nick Bines giving the visiting defence problems, while Ben Shepherd shone for the home side with an excellent work ethic in midfield.
Kyle Stimpson headed home Joel McCormick's free kick from the right flank on 34 minutes before another McCormick free kick found Stimpson again as he showed a superb spring and out jumped two central defenders to head past the keeper just three minutes later.
In the 53rd minute James Fletcher slotted home before Stuart Allan levelled fifteen minutes from time.
In the closing stages Both Wardell and McCormick had glorious chances to wrap the game up for the Robins but the game ended even.

Wade, Cross, Phillips, Diamond, Kaspryrk, Shepherd (Kazongo) Sands, Riley, Bines (Wardell) McCormick, Stimpson.
Subs Not used: Hull, Barker, Lee

Buckingham Town 1 Huntingdon Town 5

Saturday, 17 March 2012

Huntingdon's firepower earned them a high scoring eight day double over their hosts.

Niks Savelnieks gave the league leaders the lead after 18 minutes, but the Robins competed well in the first half and were on terms through Nick Bines after 32

minutes.

Buckingham had no answer though, once Jamie Blackwell restored Huntingdon's lead with a volley seven minutes into the second half.

Declan Rogers added a visiting third from the penalty spot on the hour.

Defenders Ryan Spencer and Charlie Bowen joined the goal spree, scoring with headers from Dan Moyes deliveries after 78 and 80 minutes respectively.

Buckingham: Zac Wade, Daley Cross, Sam Barker, Kyle Stimpson, Jakob Kasprzyk, Graham Sands, Ben Shepherd, Pat Diamond, Paul Hull (James Wardell). Joel McCormick (Ieuan Riley), Nick Bines.

Huntingdon: Dave Beeny, Ashley Yeomans (Stuart Eason), Ryan Spencer. Declan Rogers, Josh Crick (Charlie Bowen), Ricky Dear, Dan Moyes, Jake Waterworth, Jamie Blackwell, Niks Savelnieks, (Joe Jordan), Dan Drane.

Shepherds "SCREAMER"

Rothwell Corinthains 1 - 1 BTFC

An entertaining encounter at Sergeants Lawn ended with honours even. Buckingham started strongly forcing a number of early corners, but were unable to make the breakthrough. It was Corinths who went ahead with their first real chance after 22 minutes, Sam Johnson netting with a fierce cross shot from the edge of the box.Nick Bines almost levelled two minutes later, breaking clear on the right, but his first effort was saved by home custodian Ben Holdsworth with a defender blocking the follow up.Ben Shepherd wasted a good chance for the Robins, shooting wildly after a fine run.
At the other end Shaun Morris and Tony Ielapi created an opening for Elliot Roberts to shoot wide.
At the start of the second half Sam Johnson shot over for Corinthians after being played clear by strike partner Ielapi. End to end play saw Graham Sands shoot just too high from a deep Bines corner, and when Corinths replied Luke Bewers' well struck effort from distance found Zac Wade well placed to save. Sam Barker's goal line clearance denied Sam Johnson his second goal after the home keeper had taken the ball round Wade.
Buckingham levelled after 66 minutes, substitute James Wardell's pass picking out Shepherd "WHO SCREAMED LIKE A GIRL" and coolly sat Holdsworth on the floor before slotting home.

Buckingham: Zac Wade, Daley Cross, Sam Barker, Daryl Phillips, Jako Kasprzyk, Graham Sands, Ben Shepherd, Pat Diamond, Kyle Stimpson, Paul Hull (James Wardell), Nick Bines (Ieuan Riley).

BTFC Development 2-1 Wolverton Town

Another encouraging showing today as this young group of players picked up their first win of the season (The previous win was with a completely different set of players back in August).

The back four of Sam Benson, Lewis Hayes, Ollie Bruce and Joe Smith all performed solidly in front of Zac Wade in goal and rarely looked threatened. Mike went 5 across midfield with Corey Ringer on the right, Jason Gardiner on the left and skipper Jamie Hyde one of 3 centre mids alongside Jimmy Richardson and Jeff Boateng Bekoe, Josh Whitehead was the lone front man.

Wolverton went one up early with a wonder strike but BTFC hit back almost immediately as Jamie Hyde reacted quickest in the six yard box following a Josh Whitehead knock down. Jeff Boateng Bekoe put BTFC 2-1 ahead with a well taken goal later in the first half and in truth the young Robins could have won by a much more comfortable margin as they failed to capitalise on several one on ones.

It certainly wasn't the best Wolverton Town team I have seen in recent times but I don't want to take anything away from the boys today, they have come a long way this season and with the right support, coaching and opportunities they will continue to flourish.

I thought all the lads played well today particularly Sam at right back, Lewis Hayes won pretty much every header at centre back and showed good recovery pace. Jimmy Richardson gave a tidy and hard working performance in the more defensive midfield role and Jamie Hyde worked his socks off and led by example. Jeff Boateng Bekoe appears to be one of those exciting players with bags of skill and with a bit more coaching (mainly when to release the ball!) he could be one to watch. I was impressed with Josh Whitehead too who showed a maturity above his years, he worked tirelessly in what can be a thankless lone striker role and did a great job for the team.

Hopefully they can build on this result between now and the end of the season.

The Robins on top over the Royals

Buckingham Town 4 Potton United 1

Buckingham returned to winning ways to complete a double over the Royals.
Paul Hull gave the Robins a sixth minute lead slotting home after good work from McCormick but James Worboys levelled for Potton a minute from the end of the first half.
The second half was more entertaining, and it was the last 20 minutes that provided vital for the Robins to secure the victory.
A change was needed Paul Hull made way for Sol Kazongo and Nick Bines moved up front to partner Joel McCormick.

This gave Buckingham a extra edge up front and still gave the option of width and pace on the flank.
Chris Robson restored the home lead on 73 minutes, then Joel McCormick smashed home a Robins third after 85 minutes and the finishing touch was presented by debutant Sol Kazongo who impressed and completed the scoring in the final minute to make it
4-1

Matt Bines, Daley Cross, Daryl Phillips, Kyle Stimpson, Jakub Kasprzyk, Pat Diamond, Ben Shepherd, Chris Robson, Joel McCormick, Paul Hull (Sol Kazongo)
Subs - not used: Baldwin, Barker, Wade

We started well and scored an early goal, BUT then let Potton into the game, this was not what we required and strong words were said at half time.
The second half proved the better and players upped their game and advanced with the correct attacking football, also offering more belief in their play.
4-1 was a good result and I was happy with the second half performance.
The players realised that the first half performance was not acceptable and giving your all for the shirt is a must!!
Well Done Lads

Chairmans Report

I have been asked to put this weeks report on the web site with a small change as I was 8 months out with one of my facts. :)

I couldn’t help but draw comparisons between the Greek people’s situation and that of Buckingham Town, through no fault of our own we find ourselves paying for the actions and others miss management and unsustainable spending. But unlike the Greek people we will not have to suffer for ten years to get back to where we were. In truth we will be financially better off and in better facilities in probably two years.

I know the Winslow Centre is not perfect and given the choice we would not be here but this is where we are and it was the last and only venue approved by the league, but if we are honest the pitch is no worse that Ford Meadow after its 90+ games and 50 ton of sand. And yes we don’t have stands here but no one really used them at Ford Meadow.

I guess what I am saying is, it’s not great but we all need to get on with it and we are in a much better place than Rushden and Diamonds or Kettering and many other clubs.

Looking at a 10 to15 mile radius of Buckingham, there are four clubs who play at a higher level than us, Aurdley, Brackley, Newport Pagnell and the MK Dons and to be fare they all pay high wages and have the pick of the best players, although the Dons and Brackley don’t sign local players, and Aurdley don’t draw from our catchments area. But that’s it, only four.

When we move to our new home, with the exception of Stadium MK we will have the best ground locally and offer a good level of football, we should have our pick of the players; although I would hope we will remember those who have supported us through these dark times.

With over 40,000 football clubs, England has more clubs involved in the code than any other country. However there are only 273 full or associate member clubs which make up the FA, of which Buckingham Town is one.

Buckingham Town was formed in 1883, as we all know, which makes us older than Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, West Ham, not to mention, the Eiffel Tower, The Statue of Liberty and Tower Bridge, I could go on but you get the picture.

Buckingham Town has lasted through two world wars, Queen Victoria, Edward VII , George V , Edward VIII, Jack the Ripper, Vincent van Gogh, Tchaikovsky, so we can take a blip in our very long history, to put things in place for our next 129 years.

Some interesting facts from the web site stats, amount of people and the countries who have viewed our site: United Kingdom 2,769, United States 367, Russia 198, Germany 122, Singapore 71, Spain 60, Latvia 42, Sweden 20, Ukraine 20, Brazil 19

We are not a small club and we have a great and proud history, 129 years and counting.
Once again I would like to thank all our fans for their patients and support.

Vince Hyde