Andrew Myland

A warm welcome ‘once again ‘ to Arnall Drive to the players, spectators, and management team of this afternoon’s visitors Frampton.

Last Saturday saw us come up short again, this time a 1-0 loss at home to Sharpness; whilst Sharpness are a more than useful side, we once again wasted a plethora of good chances that should and would have seen us take all 3-points.

This weekend our Reserve Team, B Team, and Sunday side all kick-start their respective seasons and we wish them all well whilst representing this great club.

Please come and search me out or contact me through our website if you can help with sponsoring a match, player, or pitch side advertising board, or would just like to help and get involved with the running of the club. We are always looking for more help with match days, pitch works, fundraising or just being part of an active committee.

Finally, please remember ‘we win

together, we lose together but most

importantly we stick together’.

#UTHR

Regards

Welcome back to the players, management and officials of Frampton United to today's Les James League Cup fixture at Arnall Drive.

                 GLOUCESTER COUNTY LEAGUE

Midweek Result

Cribbs Res 3 Ruardean Hill Rangers 2

LES JAMES CUP 2024-25

HISTORY

Frampton Utd AFC was founded in 1891, making it one of the founder members of the Stroud League. They have played at the Bell Field for over 80 years and originally their HQ was the Bell Hotel until 1968 when new changing quarters were built on the Bell Field.

The club has competed in a number of leagues within the county. The early years seeing them in the Stroud League, and the now obsolete Severn Vale League. The club joined the Glos. Northern Senior League in 1953/54 which they were to play for just one season, before returning in 1964.

In 1976/77 the Reserve XI won the Stroud Division One League and were promoted to the Glos. Northern Senior League whilst the 1st XI then went on to play in the Glos.County League in which they competed for a further 10 years.

As with many clubs, around 2002 results of both teams were not going our way, and a couple of difficult seasons lay ahead.

Eventually the club began to see the good times return, with the 1st XI finishing 3rd in the Stroud and District League in 2007/08, and Runners Up in 2008/09. In 2008/09 the Club also became the winners of the North Glos. County Cup, their first silverware for some years and very much celebrated!

2009/10 the 1st XI became Champions of the Stroud League Division 1 ensuring promotion to the Northern Senior League once again. They also won the Section 'B' Stroud Charity Cup.

HISTORY continued

2010/11 promotion to GNSL Div 1 was gained by winning the GNSL Div 2 League.

2011/12 promotion to Glos County League was gained by becoming Ru/Up in the GNSL Div 1 League.

2012/13 we re-introduced a 3rd team, who now play in Stroud & District League Division 4

2017/18 2nd XI were promoted to GNSL Div 2

2023/24 Lee Driver-Dickerson returned as manager of the 1st XI ,3rds promoted to Stroud

Division 3

2024/25 1st win Glos FA County Cup & Les James Cup

PLAYER PROFILES

Tom Kaye – Experienced goalkeeper, excellent shot stopper & great kicker of the ball.

Dom Brown – Captain. Solid CB with excellent commitment to the cause.

Jacob Geddes- Young,strong & athletic. Made a great impact when joining the club last season bringing experience with him.

George Driver-Dickerson – Agile defender who can attack as well as he can defend.

Manolo Marquez- Espada – Technically excellent, good goalscorer and distribution of the ball.

Henry Driver –Dickerson — Young player enjoying his 2nd season in mens football.Talented & hoping to improve on his strong goal tally from last season.

Freddie Porter—Possesses a great left foot, comfortable with the ball at his feet, has shown good athleticism covers the pitch well.

Myron Turner- Experienced and reliable centre midfielder who returns to the club after having a successful career in the Hellenic league.

Lewis Vye- Energetic CM/winger who’s scored some important goals for us including winning penalty in last seasons County Cup final.

Fin Thomson- Hails from Jersey who attends Hartbury College,a young intelligent footballer a very promising future lies ahead.

Tom Mangan – Young player,good energy excellent finisher, will be looking to prove himself as permanent fixture this year.

Joel White/Digger- Another player who returns from Hellenic football, a good CB and holding CM who’s got a great passing range.

Stan Shilton — Young and energetic, good left foot willing to run himself into the ground.

Josh Browning – Calm midfielder who lends the ball well,and a consistent performer.

Stuart Maule – A real club man who will do anything he is asked to do for the team. Is a handful to play against for any defenders.

Zak Tyers- A very energetic experienced player who’s been at club for many years, a reliable versatile player.

Harry Churchley- Returning to the club after a few years away,versatile player who looks to get on the ball.

Archie Howarth – Product of the youth system with stacks of potential& pace.

Theo Browne- Hartbury student new signing this season,two footed speedy forward who likes to take defenders on.

Tyler Jaggers- New signing former Slimbridge & Malmesbury Hellenic league forward, good left foot with stacks of ability.

Zac Marshfield- Talented young new signing, composed & energetic can play anywhere down the left hand side.

Manager— Lee Driver-Dickerson

Coach – Steve Jackson

Physio - Abbie Klus

By Mark Simpson

Following a good win in midweek at Tytherington, Bishops Cleeve Development couldn’t take their form up to Broadwell and were well beaten. Sharpness join Frampton at the top on maximum points whilst Quedgeley have made an encouraging start to the campaign. Next week is a break from the league when the first round of the Les James League Cup takes place.

At the Hawthorns Broadwell Amateurs made a fast start against Bishops Cleeve Development talking the lead on three minutes, from a long throw into the box a partial clearance fell and sat up for Kian Skidmore to half volley into the top left corner. There was not much more to the first half , although Cleeve did have a close attempt just past the post. Into the second half which was only 4 minutes old when, after a succession of corners by Skidmore, the final of which was met by Kris Burnard at the back post for 2-0. Like buses you wait for one and a second comes almost straight away and two minutes on a Cleeve clearance fell to Jack Knight 35 yards out and a half volley was dispatched straight over a scrambling Noah Sunter for 3-0. Cleeve pushed on and although they had a decent free-kick off the crossbar and forced a couple of decent saves from Jack Watkins, Well’s defence held strong and 3-0 it remained.

After weeks of hot weather there was a stark contrast in wet and breezy conditions at Arnall Drive for Henbury & Rockleaze against Sharpness, and unfortunately both H&R’s finishing and luck in front of goal didn’t change. H&R started the stronger, but Sharpness edged the first 

half overall, H&R saw lots of possession in the first 10 minutes without creating any clear cut chances. Sharpness scored the games only goal on 18 minutes when James Tainton strode through the middle of the defence and dispatched his effort past Harry Trett. On 25 minutes Sharks Kieran Bennett struck a volley just wide from the edge of the box and on 29 minutes Trett made his only real save of the game, turning round the post Michael Bryant’s vicious effort. On 34 minutes both teams were reduced to ten, H&R’s Cam Tarr for pulling down his man, and Sharks Kieran Bennett for a headbutt. This sparked H&R into action and Harvey Moran hit the crossbar right on half time with a dipping effort from the corner of the box.

The second half was one-way traffic but H&R couldn’t find the equaliser. On 47 minutes Rhys Iles had an attempt well saved by Sharks keeper Pete Dykes and on 61 minutes Nick Jones drive from the edge of the area sailed narrowly wide. On 62 minutes Dykes made a superb save from a Drew Sawdon header and five minutes later Sam Bailey’s 25 yard effort struck the post with Dykes for once well beaten. H&R kept pushing and on 79 minutes thought they had equalised when Iles close range shot looked goal bound only for that man Dykes to make a miracle save! The final act of the game saw Tommy Collins’ effort from distance deflect just wide of the post. Despite being down to nine, from a sin-binning, Sharpness saw out the last few minutes to take the three points 1-0 and join Frampton at the top.

Would a change in the weather bring a change in Wick’s luck or a repeat of last week’s lack-lustre effort. Unfortunately for the Wick crowd it appeared to be the latter against Bromley Heath United when after two minutes a mistake by the Wick centre halves gifted the ball to Bromley’s Jake Millward who made no mistake firing the visitor’s into the lead. The Wick attack broke through the middle on five minutes but Will Ferguson saved well. Things got worse for Wick on nine minutes when after losing the ball in midfield Bromley broke down the right, squaring the ball past Kai Wilson for the on-rushing Jack Waldron to finish into an empty net. Home supporters braced themselves for what looked like another long afternoon, as Bromley continued to look dangerous for most of the half but the home side managed to break on 40 minutes but the shot was straight at Ferguson, however, right on half time Cory Langdon pulled back a goal to give Wick a foot hold in the game. Wick began the second half better than the first, which wasn’t exactly hard! Ten minutes in Wick shot wide but on 65 minutes they drew level with George Lloyd scoring from an acute angle. On 80 minutes Langdon broke down the left only for his shot to be headed clear. It was Langdon again two minutes later but his shot was kept out by Ferguson and 2-2 it ended.

On a wet and windy afternoon at the Stoke Gifford Stadium,Stoke Giford SGS United and Totterdown United played out a five goal thriller. Gifford were in the lead on 15 minutes through Payryk Kosciolek with Totts Ollie Lovell just wide of the goal on 22 minutes. On 25 minutes Harry Ford headed in Gifford’s second. On the half hour Oscar Sealey’s shot was well saved by Totts keeper Ash Martin

Just before half time a Sealey shot ricocheted to Masood Garder and Martin saved the shot with Sealey missing the rebound. On 51 minutes good approach play gave Ford the chance from close range and 3-0 it was. On 65 minutes Chaz Hemmings pulled one back for Totts heading in from a corner, and on 70 minutes he tried to chip Evan Healan from 40 yards. Five minutes from time Marcus Thatcher held off his defender to slot home sealing a 4-1 victory for Gifford.

At Elm Park Filton Athletic took on Tytherington Rocks for a match that unfortunately never went the distance. The game started in heavy rain and the first chance fell to the visitors when a shot from Toby Waterman was well saved by Tom Bradley, with Chris Hillyer blocking Ollie briggs back up. Rocks had another chance when Waterman’s shot was blocked by Jack Willmore and the resulting corner bounced around the Filton box before the incoming shot brought a great save from Tom Bradley. Filton started to eek out some chances, Venables from distance wide and Abdulrahman also from distance. Rocks then drew a good save from Bradley from Briggs’ effort. Filton then struck the bar, Venables deep cross headed goalwards by Cooper. Both teams started the second half creating half chances and Cooper had a big chance on the hour when good wing play by Merrett who put in a low cross towards Cooper, but the ball went under his foot! He didn’t dwell on that because moments later a Dan Payne shot was blocked and Cooper slid the ball home for 1-0. On 75 minutes Rocks Ben Cook went into a strong challenge with Liam Dorman in which Cook got a shoulder injury and couldn’t continue or move so the game was abandoned.

The other match this weekend was Quedgeley Wanderers v Hanham Athletic, both teams started the game with fight wanting to gain points out of the game. Quedgeley's Fin Jenner had his first shot of the game on target in the 5th minute but the Hanham keeper saved it. Hanham's first chance of the game came when they were awarded a penalty in the 17th minute after a foul, however they missed their chance to open the scoreline as Kieran Derbyshire comfortably saved it. Quedgeley retaliated with on target shots from Fin Jenner and Riley Stokes. Just before the half time whistle, Hanham found the back of the net when a free kick on the right hand touchline was awarded taken by McKyle Beck but found the back of the net by Lewis Williams.
Quedgeley came out fighting the second half, determined to equalise. 5 minutes into the second half, Quedgely were awarded a penalty, this was easily converted by Dylan Venn with a strong strike to the bottom left hand corner. This started the ball rolling on Quedgeley's scoring when 10 minutes later in the 60th minute deservedly Fin Jenner tapped the ball in putting Quedgeley into the lead. The result was sealed when in thr 70th minute Fin Jenner produced a powerful hit into the bottom right hand corner. Quedgeley dominated the 2nd half and came out worthy winners.

By Jon Couch

LAST year’s FA Cup concluded with one of the biggest final shocks in modern history after Crystal Palace stunned Manchester City at Wembley.

And this year’s episode has started in much the same vein with cup shocks aplenty already whetting the appetite for the campaign ahead.

Take last Saturday’s preliminary round. Atherton Laburnum Rovers were handed the dream tie against higher-ranked town rivals Atherton Collieries in what was the first-ever competitive Flat Cap derby.

Michael Clegg’s Collieries, from Northern Premier League Division One West were strong favourites to show their superiority but it was Step 5 LR who turned on the style in front of a near 1,000 crowd to come through 5-1 to complete one of the most famous days in the club’s history.

Victory earned Dave Jones’ North West Counties League side a potentially lucrative second qualifying round trip to Clegg’s former club, Macclesfield, where an estimated 3,000 crowd will welcome them in to Moss Rose.

“Winning the league [last season] will take some topping, but this is a close second,” Jones told our reporters afterwards. “These lads have played in so many big games now, and they just weren’t fazed.”

But you can’t talk cup upsets without mentioning Tadley Calleva.

The Combined Counties League side hosted a Weymouth team who were playing National League South football last season and welcoming popular boss Steve Claridge back in their dugout for the first time in 21 years.

But, in a lunchtime kick-off in front of the BBC cameras, Joe Lawlor’s Calleva rallied to a 4-2 victory to reach the second qualifying round for the first time in their history.

Whitstable Town know all about performing on the big occasion – they lifted the FA Vase at Wembley last season with an extra-time success over AFC Whyteleafe.

And the Oystermen were at it again last weekend when travelling a Dulwich Hamlet side who have started their Isthmian Premier season strongly under boss Mark Dacey and came away with an impressive 3-2 victory at Champion Hill.

Next up for them is a home tie against another club from the same Step 3 division, Chichester City, conquerors of Havant & Waterlooville.

While Whitstable will fancy their chances of pulling off another upset next weekend, there are a number of other clubs with one eye on a third qualifying round berth.

Stalybridge Celtic, already conquerors of former Football League clubs Bury and Workington, will be looking to add a third when they host Chester, while Step 5 Chadderton, have been rewarded for seeing off Bishop Auckland in the last round with a glamour trip to NPL Premier leaders FC United of Manchester.

Ben Herd’s Hertford Town will relish a trip to full-timers Chelmsford City, while Jersey Bulls manager Elliott Powell describes his side’s visit of Worthing as “absolutely massive” and “the biggest fixture we have ever had”.

The Rebels represent the highest-ranked side that Jersey will have faced since their foundation in 2018.

Two Step 5 sides are gearing towards huge ties against Step 2 opponents.

In the south-west, Torpoint Athletic have reached this stage for the first time in their history and make the trip to Penydarren Park to face Southern Premier Central champions Merthyr Town, while Wessex League Laverstock & Ford head to the Ray Mac Stadium to take on Salisbury.

But, arguably, the standout tie of the round sees Step 2 Enfield FC host their rivals from Step 2, Enfield Town in an intriguing match-up.

This will be the first competitive match between the two sides for over 14 years, although the pair were drawn to each other in 2021 before Enfield Town lost their replay to Hadley.

Alex Salmon’s FC underdogs need only look to Atherton LR for inspiration in a competition which just keeps producing the unexpected.

Who will be next to step up to the plate?

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