Notice Board


Pre-season Training and Signing-on

Pre-season training will commence on Tuesday, 13th July at The Billet, Stanford-le-Hope. 

Prior to the training session the 2010-11 ECWFL registration forms will be signed.  Players are reminded that they MUST bring two recent passport photographs (not the same ones as last year!). 

The session will start at 7pm.


Cup Final Information

Timetable

·      12:30pm   coach arrives at Rookery Hill

·      1:00pm     coach departs Rookery Hill

·      2:00pm     coach arrives at White Notley FC

·      3:00pm     team sheets exchanged in the presence of match referee and ECWFL Registration Secretary

·      3:20pm     teams leave dressing rooms – jewellery and footwear checks in tunnel

·      3:25pm     match officials lead teams onto the pitch; players and officials line up for presentation to Guest of Honour; Respect handshake

·      3:28pm     teams split for team photographs

·      3:29pm     captains and match officials meet in centre circle for coin toss and photograph

·      3:30pm     kick off – first half

·      4:15pm     half time

·      4:30pm     kick off – second half

·      5:15pm     full time (if the scores are level an additional period of 30 minutes will be played followed by penalty kicks if the scores remain level)

·      5:20pm     post match presentations in the following order:

o                   beaten finalists with captain first

o                   match officials

o                   winning team with captain last to receive cup

winning club sign Cup Agreement form

 

A buffet will be provided in the club house for the players, club officials, match officials and league officials

Match Officials

Referee:                        Jonathan Smith (Wickford)

Assistant Referees:     David Hughes (Colchester)
                                       Kenneth Smith (Bishops Stortford)

Fourth Official:              David Campbell (Chelmsford)

 

Guest of Honour:          Mrs Jackie Huntingdon (Secretary of White Notley FC)


Directions to White Notley FC

·      Leave the A12 at the B1389 exit for Witham

·      Continue into the centre of Witham and turn left at traffic lights into Collingwood Road
(SP B1018 Braintree)

·      After crossing the railway bridge turn left into Chipping Hill which leads into Powers Hall End

·      Turn right at the roundabout into Flora Road which leads into Faulkbourne Road and then Church Road

·      White Notley FC is on the right

Click here to link to MultiMap


Experienced Players Sought for 2010-11 Squad

The club is keen to speak to experienced players to bolster the squad for our next season in the Essex County Women’s Football League. 

Trials will take place at Rookery Hill on Tuesday, 25th May and Thursday 27th May.

Interested players should contact Head Coach Scott Farley on 07 875 577 707 for more information. 


Pre-season Friendly Matches

The following pre-season matches have been arranged:
  • Sunday, 9th August:  Runwell Ladies (away) KO 2pm
  • Tuesday, 11th August:  West Ham United U19 (away) KO 7:30pm - CANCELLED
  • Sunday, 16th August:  to be advised
  • Sunday, 6th September:  Harlow Town U18 (away) KO 10:30am - CANCELLED
  • Sunday, 13th September:  Redbridge Ladies (home) KO 2pm



Score Stands: East Thurrock United Ladies 2 - 0 Harlow Town

The ECGFL Management Committee has considered the circumstances surrounding the abandoned match against Harlow Town and decided that the score at the time the game was abandoned will count as the final score.

The letter from the League Secretary can be downloaded here.


Abandoned Game vs Harlow Town – Sunday 24th May

This is the section of the ECGFL Rule Book relating to abandoned matches:

In the event of a match not being played or abandoned owing to causes over which neither Club has control, it shall be played in its entirety on a date to be mutually agreed by the two Clubs and approved by the Management Committee. Failing such agreement and notification to the (Fixtures) Secretary within seven days the Management Committee shall have power to order the match to be played on a named date or on or before a given date.

The Management Committee shall review all abandoned matches and in a case where it is to the advantage of the Competition and does no injustice to either Club, shall be empowered to order the score at the time of the abandonment to stand.

In all cases where the Management Committee are satisfied that a match was abandoned owing to the conduct of one team or its Club member(s) they shall be empowered to award the points for the match to the opponents and take what other action they may deem necessary.

In cases where a match is abandoned owing to the conduct of both teams or their Club members, the Management Committee shall take such action as they consider appropriate. Such action is subject to any disciplinary action taken by the appropriate County Football Association.

In this case the game was abandoned because a Harlow player was injured and it was decided that she should not be moved from where she lay until the emergency services arrived. Because of the time that it took for the ambulance to arrive and the fact that the game had kicked off at 2pm the referee suggested that the game should be abandoned and both managers agreed with his decision.

In normal circumstances I believe that the Management Committee would order the game to be replayed. However, next Sunday, 31st May, is the absolute deadline for completing all outstanding ECGFL fixtures and Harlow Town already have a fixture on that day (vs Leigh Rockets). Whilst Harlow Town will rightly argue that this jeopardises their chances of finishing as runners-up in the league, I believe that the most likely scenario is that the Management Committee will declare the 2-0 score to be the final result.
Nigel Payne, Secretary (25-05-09)


Press Coverage

Our league championship is covered in this week's editions of both the Thurrock Gazette and the Essex Enquirer.  In each case the match report and colour photograph is inside the back page.

To view the online edition of the Essex Enquirer click here (it takes a while to load!).  Once the web page opens click on 'last' at the bottom of the page and then 'previous' to take you to page 47.  Page 46 includes coverage of the U14 and U16 cup final wins.


YourThurrock.com website

Check out this link for a few snippets of Wednesday evening’s match with Leigh Rockets and an interview with Scott Farley. At the time of this posting the video was towards the bottom of the home page of the site but it may be moved to the ‘sport’ page later.

Training

Training  sessions will now revert to the back field at Rookery Hill from 6:45pm until 8:00pm every Tuesday and Thursday until the cup final.  Players are reminded that they should let us know in advance if they are unable to train for any reason.
  • Nigel: 01 375 678 994 / 07 941 737 107
  • Scott: 01 375 377 762 / 07 805 196 762

Stevenage Forfeit Game

We were advised today (11th March) that Stevenage Borough will be unable to fulfil their scheduled fixture against us on Sunday because of a lack of players.  To be fair to Stevenage, they did advise us on Monday that there was a strong possibility of this happening, but everyone was keeping their fingers crossed for the game to go ahead.

Like ourselves, Stevenage are operating with a small squad this season - just 15 players - and have been reduced to only 12 players in recent weeks by three long term injuries.  This weekend two players are away with their school and their two 18 year olds, who are dual-registered, have been called into the senior ladies squad for a game in the premier division of the Eastern Region Women's Football League.  Not surprisingly they are unwilling to play us with only eight players! 

The League will award the win to us and Stevenage will probably be fined.  This will be ratified at the next League Committee meeting on 12th April.


Goalkeeper Required

Following the departure of Sophie Mingay (see News), the club is seeking a goalkeeper to act as understudy to Layla Prior.  This position would suit a young player who is seeking to improve and develop her technique with a higher level club.  Whilst there might be restricted opportunities to start League games this season, the club has a specialist goalkeeping coach who works with the goalkeeper(s) at all training sessions.  This intensive coaching would greatly benefit  the development of any up-and-coming young goalkeeper.  Sophie Mingay was awarded our 'Most Improved Player of the Year' accolade last season.

Interested players should contact the Club Secretary.


Match Days


Players are reminded that they should report on match days, home or away, wearing their club tracksuit with their boots, spare clothing, drinks, etc in their club kit bag.

If you are intending to make your own way to an away game, please ensure  that you have advised  the Club Secretary so that we do not wait for you unnecessarily at the rendezvous point.