Following on from the very comprehensive article last month, from Duane Gowen, i thought i would do a brief summary of last season for both our the teams.
1st TEAM
It has been well documented that the 1st team became Champions of the Fosters Solicitors Anglian Combination Premier Division and by doing so have gained promotion to the
Thurlow Nunn Division 1 North (they will be playing at their highest level in the club's history). They won the division by a clear 9 points and boasted a perfect home record of 15 wins from 15 games and in the process scored 50 goals and only conceeding 10. The away record was just as impresive: 9 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses all season scoring 47 goals and conceeding just 17. Overall the record was:
Played 30 Won 24 Drew 3 Lost 3 Goals for 97 Goals against 27 = Goal difference +70 Points 75, a really truly very impressive record. You can also add to this that they also reached the semi-final of the Mummery Cup (lossing narrowly on penalties) and also the quarter-final of the Norfolk Senior Cup (on both occassions losing to the eventual winners).
RESERVE TEAM
The reserve team finally finished a very credible 3rd place in the North West Norfolk League Division 1 with a record of Played 18 Won 12 Drew 2 Lost 4 Goal difference +20 Points 38
but most importantly throughout the season they supplied brilliant back up to the first team, which some times resulted in the reserves being under strength for their own league matches.
The question you may be asking: Did the reserves make it into the final of the George Graver Cup? Well the answer is Yes & No! They did beat Terrington Tigers 8-2 in the semi-final but unfortunately to many players were used who had previously played for the 1st team, so the league had no choice but to award the tie to Terrington Tigers and they took full advantage of the reprive to beat Watlington 3-2 in the final (which was held at Heacham).
AWARDS NIGHT
The end of season party was held at Heacham Manor and this gave the oppurtunity for players, managers, coaches, volunteers and supporters to get together to celebrate the most successful season in the club's history. Here is a full list of award winners:-
"Dusty Miller Shield" Supporters Player of the Year - ROYCE RAWLINGS
"Nigel Askew Cup" Player of the Year - ED TANN
"Harry Hornsby Cup" - Players Player of the Year - NATHAN DAVIES
Clubman of the Year - MATT GOSS
1st Team Golden Boot - NATHAN DAVIES
1st Team Managers Player of the Year - ROYCE RAWLINGS
Reserve Tean Golden Boot - FLETCHER TOLL
Reserves Managers Player of the Year - KARL BROWN
Reserves Players Player of the Year - CONOR EASEY
Coaches Player of the Year - LIAM MITCHELL
Most Improved Player of the Year - SAM LAMMIMAN
Young Player of the Year - FLETCHER TOLL
Double G Clothing (Club main sponsor) 1st Team Player of the Year - BEN COE
Double G Clothing Reserve Player of the Year - LEE TOLL
VACANCIES UPDATE
We are very pleased to announce the arrival of a new management team for the Reserves:-
Chris Vargeson - Manager
Alan Cook - Assistant Manager
They both bring a wealth of experience and we can look forward to very exciting time next season for the reserve team.
SUPPORTERS CLUB UPDATE
Firstly i would like to thank everyone who took out membership last season and i can report that by the end of the season we had 176 paid up members (from 112 the previous season) and the facebook page is fast approaching 400 followers. The support on and of the field has been absolutely tremendous and your support has meant that the Player Welfare Fund, that was put in place during the season, has been able to assist a couple of our players finacially who received bad injuries to help with their loss of earnings. Membership cost for next season will remain at £5 (for the 3rd season running) and included in the membership will be a very special limited edition pin badge to celebrate the "Champions of the Anglian Combination Premier Division". I am hoping that everyone will join again next season and wouldn't it be great to hit that 200 mark! Also must not forget the "free" prize draws held throughout the season, which are included in your memebership plus discounts which are available from local businessess - for more information regarding membership then please do not hesitate to contact me.
The "100 Club" continues throughout the summer and draw dates are as follows:-
June - 25th during half time v Peterborough Sports (friendly)
July - 16th during half time v Eaton Socon (friendly)
Aug - during half time at 1st league game of the new season (tba once fixtures have been released)
Sept to Dec - hopefully all will be at half time when the 1st team have a home match,
MATCHDAY VOLUNTEERS
As previously mentioned we are still looking for help on matchdays, so if you can spare a few hours of your time please get in touch or wander down for a chat at any home game. You will find us a very friendly bunch!
LOOKING FORWARD
By the time you are reading this month's edition of the Heacham Newsletter the players will already have started pre-season training. Don't forget friendly matches already arranged as follows:-
Sat 25th June v Peterborough Sports - a report in next months Newsletter.
Sat 2nd July v Pinchbeck Utd F C ko 3.00pm
Sat 16th July v Eaton Socon ko 2.00pm
The league season starts for the 1st team on 6th August - fixtures not yet available at the time of writing this article. At this moment in time we have no information when the reserves will start thier campaign.
All fixtures and other important information can always be found out on our Facebook page :- HEACHAM F C SUPPORTERS CLUB.
Here is looking forward to another exciting season ahead for both our teams.
"COME ON HEACHAM"
Denis Cooper
Chairman/Secretary
Heacham F C Supporters Club