HEACHAM F C

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Club are pleased to announce that Mark Cosham has been offered and accepted the position of Chairman of Heacham F.C. He will officially take on the role from the 1st April, with his first game in charge being the local home derby v Downham Town on Easter Monday k.o. 3pm. As many of you know that David “Mr Heacham” Page has stepped down from this role but David will continue to be involved and has accepted the role of Hon President of the Club.
Mark Cosham issued an “Incoming Chairman Message” and this can be found on the Heacham F C Supporters Club Facebook Page, where he outlines his vision for the club going forward.

THE TEAMS

1ST TEAM

In the league once again there have been only a few matches to report because of postponements due to the weather. Certainly been a tough period for the team but this season has been very much a learning curve and our young team will certainly become better going forward. Recent results:-
Lost 1-2 home v Lakenheath
Lost 0-5 away v Sheringham
Lost 1-3 away v Mulbarton Wanderers

Remaining league fixtures for the season:-

MARCH

Tuesday 19th away v Hadleigh United k.o. 7.45pm
Saturday 23rd away v Long Melford k.o. 3pm
Tuesday 26th home v Harleston Town k.o. 7.45pm
Saturday 30th away v Ely City k.o.3pm

APRIL

Monday 1st home v Downham Town k.o. 3pm
Saturday 6th home v Newmarket Town k.o. 3pm
Saturday 13th home v Long Melford k.o. 3pm
Tuesday 16th away v Walsham Le Willows k.o. 7.45pm
Saturday 20th away v Thetford Town k.o. 3pm

Further Information on all this season’s fixtures/results can be found on The Thurlow Nunn League website.

Heacham F.C. U16’s

They compete in The Norfolk Combined Youth Football League (Under 16 Premier League).

Fantastic news - The team has reached the final of The John Savage Cup (Norfolk FA County Cup) after a convincing semi final away win at Terrington Tigers Youth F.C. U16 by 3 goals to nil. They will now play Fakenham Town F.C. U16 EJA in the final with the game to be played on Sunday 14th April k.o. 2.30pm - venue THE FDC, Bowthorpe Park, Clover Hill Road, Norwich NR5 9ED. Please come along and cheer our U16’s to victory.
Currently the team sit mid-table in the league but once again have suffered with various fixture postponements/changes/team withdrawals and have played only a couple of league games to report on:- a 2-6 home loss v league leaders Blofield United Youth F.C. U16 and a battling 1-1 draw away against Attleborough Town F.C.U16.

Here is a list of the revised remaining league fixtures for the season and note all games are scheduled for 10.00am k.o. :-

Sunday 24th March home v Dereham Town Youth F.C.U16
Sunday 21st April away v Blofield United Youth F.C.U16
Sunday 28th April home v Mulbarton Wanderers F.C. U16 Falcons
Sunday 5th May away v Old Catton Juniors F.C. U16 Pumas

Note : Fixtures are subject to change but you can keep up to date with any changes by visiting facebook:-
Heacham Football Club Under 16’s or Heacham FC Supporters Club
You can also visit Norfolk Combined Youth Football League website.

The team are currently looking for sponsorship for Players, Match Days, Match Balls, Match Day Polo’s & Hoodies. If you would like to get involved with any sponsorship for the U16’s then please contact Mark McDonnell on 07392 831608.

Ground Development

To fall in line with the requirements of the Thurlow Nunn League, additional seating has been installed on the Heacham Playing Field, with under cover seating for 100 spectators. This has made the facilities on the Playing Field even more exceptional for a village of the size of Heacham. The residents of Heacham should be very proud of the development of the Playing Field. Hopefully this will inspire all our Heacham Minors players to progress and want to play for Heacham F.C in the future. What could be better than watching your children playing under the floodlights, with Mum, Dad and family watching from the stands.

Sponsorship / Advertising News

Programme Advertising

There are various options / sizes available, all prices are for the entire season

Prices start from £40 for a ⅛ black and white, whilst the premium full page colour is priced at £200

Programme Sponsor

We are pleased to announce that Graham Hagger will be our matchday programme sponsor for the 2023/24 season.

Many thanks to Graham for his continued support of The Magpies.

Matchball Sponsor

We are pleased to announce that The Heacham FC Supporters Club will be our matchball sponsor for the 2023/24 season.

Many thanks to them for their continued support of The Magpies.

2023/24 General Pricing Update.

Following a club meeting we can now share the prices for this season, we have taken on board the current economic climate, and frozen as many prices as possible, in areas where there is an increase, we have kept the increase to a minimum.

Matchday Programme

We are pleased to confirm the matchday programmes will remain priced at £2.

Season 2023/4 Matchday Admission Prices

Adults - £6
Concessions - £4
Children - £1

The Football Club offer various forms of sponsorship/advertising and if you are interested in getting involved with the Club then please contact the club for further information of the packages available by email at:-
commercial.heachamfc@gmail.com

Pin Badges

The Official Heacham F C pin badge and the Anglian Combination Premier Champions 2021/2 pin badge are now priced both at only £3 each and both can be purchased on match days but they are also available from behind the bar at The Heacham Sports & Social Club.

Match Day Programmes

Did you miss collecting any programmes last season? There are a limited number of programmes still available from some games. Please get in touch (email address shown below) with any requirements you have and I will check our stock. There are also a few programmes available from this season.

The 2024 “50/50 Club”

Winners in the February draw were:-
1st Prize - £50 Johnny Ives (No.9)
2nd Prize - £25 Andy Halsey (No.122)

The draw for March is now taking place on 26th March, after the rearranged home match v
Harleston Town.

Supporters Club News

The winner of the Members Only Monthly Draw for February (£25) was Membership No.51 Sarah Askew, who kindly donated her prize back. Therefore, we had 2 winners in the March draw:- Membership No. 23 Russ Richards and Membership No.202 Danny Taylor, who both won £25. Russ Richards has kindly donated back his prize and this will now be used in our end of season “free raffle”.
The final Members Only Monthly Draw (£25), for this season, will be held at the beginning of April.

Details of the latest winners in our recent “free raffle”, for Supporter Club Members:-

No,186 Anna Royal - Tub of Heros
No.59 Tony Richardson - Bottle Rose
No.199 John Ridley - Chocolate Surprise Bundle (3 different items)
No.10 Mark Pishorn - Bottle Lindisfarne Mead
No.79 Robert Bradbeer - Richard Osman Book
No.61 Duane Gowen - Heacham Mug

There will be an end of season “free raffle”, to be held during April and amongst the prizes will be 2 Supporter Club Memberships for next season.

Supporters Club Membership is now closed for this season but details will be in the July issue of Heacham Newsletter for next season with Membership for the 2024/5 season being available from 1st August. .

If you require any further information on any of the matters mentioned, then please contact me on the email address shown below. You can also keep up to date with all the latest news on our Facebook page:- Heacham F C Supporters Club.

“COME ON HEACHAM”

Denis Cooper
Chairman/Secretary
Heacham F C Supporters Club
Email: deniscooper06@aol.com