Player Registrations

Player Transfers - 24th November

A sudden rush of transfers this past week with nineteen player’s moving clubs.

		Moved From	Moved To
Rob	Cruse	Cheltenham Saracens	Almondsbury
Daniel	Foster	Henley Town	Finchampstead
Richard	Williams	Binfield	Finchampstead
Carl	Reeves	Marlow United	Holyport
Tim	Yemm	Harrow Hill	Lydney Town
Matthew	Gregor	Launton Sports	Milton United
Robert	McLay	Hungerford Town	Newbury
Steven	Nott-Macaire	Chalfont Wasps	Chinnor
Trannell	Richardson	Kintbury Rangers	Milton United
Nick	Jones	Harrow Hill	Milton United
Alex	Welsh	Witney United	Bicester Town
Adam	Davis	Chalfont Wasps	Flackwell Heath
Benjamin	Chadbone	Chalfont Wasps	Flackwell Heath
Shaun	Thorp	Newbury	Kintbury Rangers
Austin	Best	Henley Town	Kintbury Rangers
Jamie	Thomas	Henley Town	Kintbury Rangers
James	Hastie	Hook Norton	Easington Sports
Mark	Threlfall	North Leigh	Carterton
Liam	Ilsley	Witney United	Wantage Town

Player Transfers - 16th November

Player movements down in the past week, bringing the total number of moves so far this season to a total of 138.

		Moved From	Moved To
Rhys	Denton	Kidlington	Old Woodstock Tn
Adam	French	Bicester Town	Letcombe
Alex	Feaver	Easington Sports	Hook Norton
Terry	Muckleberg	Hook Norton	Bicester Town
Jonathan	Da Silva	Kintbury Rangers	Milton United
Harry	Swabey	Finchampstead	Binfield
Justice	Muze	De-registered	Didcot Town

Player Transfers - 9th November

More transfers were sanctioned in the past two weeks bringing the total number of moves so far this season to a total of 131, including a number of Short Term Loan Transfers between clubs. The short term loan of Andy Styles from Witney United to Milton United has been extended by another 28 days and is approaching the maximum 93 days allowed for such transactions.

Interestingly both Lee Moseley and Jez Hobbs have returned to Witney United after a short spell at Clanfield!

More players registered in the past week take the total up to 3173 with the Premier topping 1000.

Player Transfers -26th October

More transfers were sanctioned in the past week bringing the total number of moves so far this season to a total in excess of 100. The short term loan of Liam Illsley from Witney United to Wantage Town has been extended by another 28 days and is approaching the maximum 93 days allowed for such transactions.

		Moved From	Moved To
Matthew	Collis	Marlow United	Holyport
Stuart	Cattell	Witney United	Kidlington
Scott	Green	Shortwood Utd	Harrow Hill
James	Hambidge	Wootton Bassett	Malmesbury Vic's
Taylor	Gill	Fairford Town	Shrivenham
Matt	Brion	Chinnor	Penn & Tylers G
Paul	Massaquoi	Bisley Sports	Henley Town
Tom	Hemmings	Didcot Town	Bicester Town
Joe	Macklin	Hungerford Town	Lydney Town
Kieran	Davis	Milton United	Clanfield
Jamie	Bewick	Oxford City Nom	Milton United

Veteran's League Cup - 26th October

Four groups with top two in each going through to KO stage. Each club will play each club once in the Group Stage. Usual Competition Rules apply

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Ducklington	Carterton	Chinnor	Bampton
Moreton Rangers	Milton Utd	Chippy Old Boys	Goring
Stonesfield	OCC	Kidlington	Wantage Town
Witney Royals	Oxford City	Old Hooky	Wychwood
	Shrivenham

Players registered in the past week take the total the total up to 3173 with the Premier topping 1000.

		Moved From	Moved To
Nick	Jones	Shortwood Utd	Harrow Hill
Kylo	Atkinson	Wokingham & E'	Henley Town
Jamie	McGahey	Cricklade Town	Highworth Tn
Tom	Foley	Hook Norton	Easington Spt
Alex	Williams	Oxford City Nom	Thame Utd
David	Glover	Shrivenham	Swindon S'mar
Tom	Matthews	Thame United	Launton Spt’s
John	Stott	Wantage Town	Milton Utd
John	Steadman	Witney United	Milton Utd (STL)

Players registered in the past week take the total from 3041 to 3095. The breakdown by division is listed below:

	Registered	Transfer
Premier	982	53
One West	759	20
One East	871	09
Reserve	89	01
Veteran’s	394	01
Total	3095	84

Another eight transfers were sanctioned in the past week bringing the total number of moves so far this season to sixty six.

FA Vase Second Round Draw - 6th October

Two Division One West sides enter the Second Round proper and Division One East Binfield have another chance to progress when they meet Fareham in the replay tomorrow night.

Clanfield have drawn Chalfont St Peter away from home and Wootton Bassett will be travelling to the Bournemouth area to meet Wimborne Town.

If Binfield overcome Fareham Town in tomorrow nights replay the Moles will have a reasonably short trip to Frimley Green.

Witney United travel to Sandhurst Town, and Hook Norton, Shrivenham and Almondsbury all have home ties. Though the Almonds will be facing their old rivals Hungerford Town in an all Hellenic League fixture.

The fixtures will take place on Saturday November 15th.

Player Registrations & Transfers - 5th October

More players registered in the past week take the total from 2976 to 3041. The breakdown by division is listed below:

	Registered	Transfer
Premier	961	51
One West	747	19
One East	850	06
Reserve	89	01
Veteran’s	394	01
Total	3041	78

Another eight transfers were sanctioned in the past week bringing the total number of moves so far this season to sixty six.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Ardley United	Chinnor	Chalfont Wasps	Clanfield
Ascot United	Cirencester United	Holyport	Hook Norton
Easington Sports	Cricklade Town	Letcombe	Kintbury Rangers
Old Woodstock Town	Thame United	Newbury	Launton Sports
Prestwood	Witney United	Rayners Lane	Penn & Tylers Green
			Shrivenham

The Grand Old Men Of Refereeing - 30th September

We are in an era when age does not debar an individual from involvement in sport. The question asked here is can any team of match official’s match or beat this statistic?

At the FTL Futbol Hellenic League One West match between Pewsey Vale and Tytherington Rocks played on Saturday 20th September 2008, the combined ages of the three officials totalled 194 years and 7 months. The youngster was match referee Peter Cobby, a mere 61 Years and 0 months of age. Peter was assisted by two stalwarts of the game, Colin Gould who contributed 66 years and 2 months to the age tally whilst Ernie Jones topped the lot with 67 years and 5 months.

Ernie refereed the game Cricklade Town v Wootton Bassett One West match the previous Saturday as a late stand in when the appointed referee was unable to turn out for the match due to a misunderstanding. It was great to see them taking part and referee using their renowned experience. None of them were left behind when it came to moving with the play.

The effort and commitment put by these three are an example of ‘Service before Self’ and says volumes for their enthusiasm and fitness. Added to the physical commitment Peter Cobby is also a Football Association registered Referee Assessor who operates on the Hellenic League when not officiating, which is not very often.

Can any other team of three top the total of 194 years and about 7 months or how close can you get?

Player Registrations & Transfers - 21st September

Another 407 players registered in the past week as the Veteran’s Section increases momentum with over 160 more players registered.  The breakdown by division is listed below:

	Registered	Transfered
Premier	918	35
One West	697	15
One East	824	6
Reserve	88	1
Veteran’s	362	1
Totals	2889	58

Another six transfers were sanctioned in the past week with Hungerford Town signing a new goalkeeper in Danny Holdcroft from Almondsbury Town and Joe Da-Silva has returned to Chalfont Wasps after an unsuccessful spell at Flackwell Heath. Danny Clarke has left Kidlington and signed for Ardley United, Kidlington have also lost Jimmy Deabill to Abingdon United but retain his Hellenic registration.

F’Name	Surname	Trans’ From	Trans’ To
Joe	Da-Silva	Flackwell Heath	Chalfont Wasps
Mark	Bartley	Reading Town	Henley Town
Daniel	Holdcroft	Almondsbury Tn	Hungerford Tn
Jack	Dodd	Wootton Bassett T	Shrivenham
Danny	Clarke	Kidlington	Ardley United
Aaron	Posey	Oxford City Nom’s	Old Woodstock T

Another 165 players registered in the past week as the Reserve Section increases momentum this weekend. The breakdown by division is listed below:

Total’s Registered Transferred

Premier   865              23
One West   680             09
One East     786              04
Reserve        72               01
Total            2403           37

Sanctioned Transfers this week, thirteen in all increase the number of player’s that have moved clubs to 37. The list of this weeks moves are listed below & include a couple of 28 day loans.

F’name	Surname	Club Transferred From	Club Transferred To
Richard	Guy	Hungerford Tn	Kintbury Rang’
Benjamin	Dunk	Kintbury Rang’	Ascot United
Ian	Smith	Milton United	Abingdon Tn
Richard	Saunders	Shrivenham	Hungerford Tn
Liam	Garrett	Hook Norton	Easington Sp
Scott	Green	Hardwicke	Shortwood Utd
Paul	Thompson	Hungerford Tn	Fairford Town
Chris	Copp	Wantage Tn	Hungerford Tn
Liam	Illsley	Witney Utd	Wantage Tn (S Loan)
Matthew	Ansell	Thame Utd	Chinnor
Andrew	Styles	Witney Utd	Milton Utd (S Loan)
Michael	Davies	Henley Tn	Kintbury Rang
Tony	Njogu	Abingdon Tn	Oxford City Nom

Player Registrations & Transfers - 1st September

With just twelve Clubs not increasing their number of registered players, another 208 players have been registered during the past week. And a further eight player transfers have been processed.

Registered Players: Premier 795  One West 652 One East 724 Reserve 67  Total 2238 

Transfers since the start of the season as as below

F’name	Surname	Club Transferred From	Club Transferred To
John	Aitkenhead	Wootton Bass’  T	Shrivenham
Sam	Mepham	Wootton Bass’ T	Cirencester United
Daniel	Barnes	Milton United	Trowbridge Tn
Luke	Alford	Wantage Town	Shrivenham
Carl	Heritage	Clanfield	Cirencester United
Lee	McMullen	Wootton Bass’ T	Highworth Town
Darren	Quegan	Milton United	Oxford City Nomads
Ross	Peart	Highworth Town	Swindon S'marine
James	Townsend	Wootton Bassett	Purton
Chris	Tullett	Chalfont Wasps	Newbury
Alex	Cairns	Chalfont Wasps	Holyport
Mark	Appleby	Ascot United	Eton Wick
Matt	Dixon	Ardley United	Hook Norton
Joe	Da-Silva	Chalfont Wasps	Flackwell Heath
Tom	Smith	Ardley United	Abingdon Town
Matt	Brion	Chalfont Wasps	Chinnor
Jason	Weston	Chalfont Wasps	Penn & Tylers
Warren	Fuller	Wootton Bass' T	Purton

Player Accident Insurance is Needed! - 7th August

Many County Football Associations and Football League clients promote SBJ Insurance Broker’s Players Personal Accident Insurance, either mandatory or voluntarily, and while many clubs are convinced of the benefits of having this cover, there is always the doubters amongst the numbers.

The FTL Futbol Hellenic League Office received information on Wednesday that an injured player playing in a match affiliated under the administration of the FA of Wales has received over £20,000 in compensation in respect of the loss of sight following a fractured eye socket injury suffered in an accidental collision during a game. While not good news this does highlight the benefits of players having the protection of this cover."

FA Launch Respect Program - 6th August

The Football Association is to implement a new initiative aimed at improving the behaviour of players and coaches. The Respect program will be launched across all levels of the game and the FA has set out guidelines in an attempt to stamp out some of the unsavoury scenes that have become more commonplace in recent seasons.

Players will be asked to adhere to basic codes of conduct and the team captain may be involved, at the discretion of Match Referee’s, in control of players. Referees have been told to deal firmly with any show of dissent, while measures have also been taken to stop spectators impeding other officials.

Respect will be applied by the FA in partnership with the Premier League, Football League, PFA, LMA and PGMO (referees body) at professional game level, down to Step 5 & 6 Leagues such as the FTL FUTBOL Hellenic League and County FA’s dealing with grassroots leagues.

The Four Steps
The programme is championing four practical steps which League’s will be invited to sign up to:
1. Codes of Conduct for players, referees, coaches and spectators. The codes of conduct set down basic principles which everyone must accept and adhere to, with related actions for repeated breaches.

2. Designated Spectator's Area demarcated by touchline barriers, keeping spectators about two metres back from the pitch. This allows the assistant referees to perform their function unimpeded, and in the pilot scheme has demonstrated a marked restraining effect on spectator behaviour. Spectators will be on the opposite touchline to the coaches.

3. Captain taking responsibility.
While the captain does not have any special privileges under the Laws of the Game, captains will be expected to take on more responsibility for the conduct of their team. The captain will act as the main contact point for the referee, and will be called over to an incident involving a team-mate even if he/she is some distance away.

4. Referee managing the game.
Referees have been instructed to work with captains to manage the players and the game effectively. They have also been reminded of their responsibility to control the game by applying the Laws of the Game and dealing firmly with any open show of dissent by players. The instruction to referees is to stay and deal with dissent rather than moving away.

Respect Toolkit
Leagues are encouraged to opt into the programme by adopting the "Respect toolkit" provided by The FA.

This includes:

• Guidance notes on the operation of the Respect steps, with versions tailored specifically to clubs, leagues, and referees.
• Order forms for obtaining touchline barriers at a specially negotiated rate.
• Codes of conduct
• Captain's guidance leaflets and Respect armbands

Community Shield
The program will be launched at this Sunday's Community Shield between Manchester United and Portsmouth and a number of steps have been agreed with the sides:

• Referee managing the game (applying the Laws of the Game)
• Captain taking responsibility
• Pre-match briefing meeting with referee and managers/captain
• Team handshake before kick-off
• Improved behaviour in the technical area

Both teams and the referees will wear Respect T-shirts during the warm-up and the match shirts will feature Respect on the sleeve badges.

FA chief executive Brian Barwick said: "The Respect programme is a top priority for The FA and for the game as a whole. We are trying to change a climate within the game and that takes time, but I am confident that this joint commitment will make a real difference. The promotional film will really help raise awareness of this important issue - it needs everyone to look at their own behaviour."

AGM 2008 - 20th June

Chairman Bob Dalling opened the meeting welcoming all present and especially congratulated those clubs that had been fortunate to become Divisional Champions. He especially congratulate North Leigh FC on promotion to the BGB Southern League. He also extended a warm welcome to the new clubs joining the league.

The Constitution of Clubs for season 2008-2009 was decided by member clubs at Wednesday's AGM.
Two Recommendations were placed before the Member Clubs and following much discussion Launton Sports were moved from WEST to EAST with all other clubs retaining a place in accordance with Recommendation No 01.

New clubs for season 2008-2009 in Premier Division are:
Chalfont Wasps - Champions of Div ONE EAST
Marlow United - 2nd in ONE EAST
Old Woodstock Tn - 2nd in ONE WEST
Reading Town - Transfer from Combined Counties League

New clubs for season 2008-2009 in ONE WEST are:
Hardwicke AFC - Champions of Glos' County League
Lydney Town - From Premier Division

New clubs for season 2008-2009 in ONE EAST are:
Launton Sports - Transferred from One WEST
Newbury FC - 2nd in Reading League
South Kilburn - 2nd in Middlesex County League

Details of the new sponsorship package with FTL FUTBOL was distributed to member clubs present, the main elements are:
Match & Training Ball package to each member club.
Premier Division clubs also receive THREE Bench Jackets
All clubs will be able to purchase heavily discounted Bench Jackets and other items of Team Wear clothing directly from the sponsor
An 'on-line' facility will be added to the League Web Site were Hellenic supporters will be able to purchase FTL FUTBOL Team Wear.

The sponsorship distribution fund will be decided in July and clubs will be advised of the potential amount available for distribution at the pre-season meeting on THURSDAY 31st JULY - venue TO BE DECIDED. The fund in 2007-2008 was £20,000

The FTL FUTBOL Hellenic League is to invoke a Web Site facility for Program Editors to download Club Details, Pen Pics etc to enable a more responsive program production for member clubs.

There were some increases agreed in Match Official's fees for season 2008-2009 and Club Affiliation fee's for season 2009-2010.

Pegasus Junior's proposed a 'Vote of thanks' to all retiring Officers who were then re-elected for season 2008-2009.

The meeting was closed within ONE HOUR.

Badshot Lea, who have been transferred to the Combined Counties League made a small presentation to General Manager Brian King and Admin Secretary Angela King for all their help and assistance whilst the club have been members of the Hellenic League.

Oxfordshire FA seeking Under 18's County Youth Manager - 18th June

Oxfordshire Football Association require a Manager for the County Under 18's. The Under 18's Representative Team play in the South West Counties

Youth Football Championship and also the FA County Youth Cup with matches played on Saturday's, though the occassional match is played Midweek. There is a total of about 12 matches per season.

The successful applicant will have coaching and inter-personal skills along with a good knowledge of the local Youth football scene within the County.

Letters of application to County Youth Officer, Dave Tutton, 24 Forest Road, Headington, OXFORD OX3 8LF. Or call for further information on 01865 768412 by Friday 4th July 2008.

From Sport To Futbol in Seven Days - 15th June

Hellenic League General Manager Brian King and his wife visited the 'Grass Roots' show at the NEC on Friday 30th May and heard whispers from several people regarding then sponsors Sport Italia.

By Tuesday of the following week the whispers had increased and a statement from a Director of Sport Italia stated 'Sport Italia would not be able to fulfil it's agreed obligations to the Hellenic League and possibly other league's for season 2008-2009. A meeting had been diaried for some two weeks with one of the League's CUP Sponsors and that meeting on Tuesday 3rd June was turned literally on it's head, to discuss the 'Headline Sponsorship' of the League. After 72 hours of discussion and many phonecalls a draft sponsorship contract was e-mailed to the League Office by midday Friday 6th June the day of the League Presentation Evening.

After discussion with Board Members and with a few slight adjustments the contract was agreed and signed at 5pm on Friday forming the partnership of FTL FUTBOL and the Hellenic League. FTL Futbol is the brand name of the import & distribution company with Soccerkitsplus.com being the retail arm of this young and vibrant company. The partnership will allow FTL FUTBOL Hellenic League clubs to purchase kits and other football related items as well as training kit, benchwear and teamwear clothing as specially discounted prices. Discussions are still ongoing regarding some other aspects as 'add - on's' that could see clubs wearling FTL Futbol kit with the Hellenic League 'logo; embroidered on the sleeve as well as an on-line shop running via the League web-site for purchase of FTL FUTBOL HELLENIC LEAGUE sportswear. More to follow on this aspect.

FTL FUTBOL Hellenic League clubs will continue to be supplied with heavily discounted Match and Training Balls as part of the sponsorship package with Premier Division clubs also receiving three Bench Jackets, with others available at discounted prices. From a position early last week the recovery process moved so quickly that BOB Dalling, Chairman of the newly named FTL FUTBOL Hellenic League was able to make the sponsorship announcement at the League Dinner & Presentation Evening on 6th JUNE. Brian King and wife Angela went away for a few days rest and recuperation after a hectic week. Who said everything to do with football finishes in May, Get Real.

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