๐ค A THANK YOU TO ALL๐ค
From everyone at Badshot Lea FC, we would like to thank everyone involved with the Club, Management, Players and most importantly our supporters on what has been another successful season - our first at Step 4!!
@IsthmianLeague
A whirlwind few hours waiting yesterday for the news . Finally starting to sink in now that we are a Step 4 club for the first time in our 116 year history . Overwhelmed with the number of messages we have received, means so much .
#Step4
#HistoryMakers
Full Time
And we become the 1st team to win on the island
Not as for a โbus stop โ in Surrey ๐
Fantastic performance by the players and the vocal support from the travelling fans got them over the line
Now letโs party
#UTB
๐จCLUB ANNOUNCEMENT๐จ
The club are sad to announce that joint 1st team manager Dave Ford has decided to step down from his role with immediate effect.
Dave has been at the club for over 20 years including managing a successful youth side through to U18's,
First cut of the new pitch for 2019
Looking fantastic....
The countdown is on.
Pre season friendly plans are well under way and we hope to be able to announce the first two very soon. One being the first game another the first floodlit game.....
#TheWaitIsNearlyOver
Just done our bit for the local community.Our Chairman has emptied our clubhouse of crisps,chocolate bars etc and along with also purchasing 1100 teabags, large tin of coffee and box of biscuits has delivered it all to our local hospice,
@PTHospice
.
#LocalHeroes
#Community
Well the day is finally here, after years of blood, sweat and tears, we have done it....
Historic day for the club as we kick off at our new home as we welcome
@OfficialShots
Look forward to welcoming as many of you later to join us what will be a celebration for all
#COYB
What a great day.Not bad for a little old club like ourselves
We might have lost 4-0 with 3 goals coming in the last 5 minutes but we acquitted ourselves well
The revamped home dressing room had its debut today, show me a CCL side with a better home dressing room than this
#UTB
Come on
@ComCoFL
teams and all of our followers.Clubs already going to the wall, nobody is immune to this, could be any of us.5 months without revenue streams,come on and get this retweeted.
Use the
#Letfansin
and letโs get this trending and all get behind this
Defibrillator ordered this afternoon. Will be available for all teams from 1st Team,
@blfcladies
,
@AcademyATFC
and of course our own
@BadshotLeaColts
. We have also made an important commitment that all users will take onboard the full training that is on offer
@megan_tubridy
We are delighted to announce the signing โ๏ธ of midfielder
@geoshortie_7
from
@Binfieldfc
.
George will add quality and experience to the squad
Welcome George ๐๐
#UTB
@ChiCityFC
@buryfcofficial
This is absolute class from you guys and from the lowest club left in the competition, we take our Step 5 hats off to you
#Class
#FootballFamily
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Ground Update
The ground development moves on as we edge a little closer to our long term dream of our own ground
Seats now fully installed into the 100 seater stand
Post and rail with mesh infill started this week
#UTB
#COYB
At the
@surreyfa
Grassroots Awards held this week, our Chairman
@beano_05
proudly received his long service award for 15 years in the role
He has seen a lot of development during his tenure including moving to the new ground
Whatโs he got planned for the next phase ๐
#UTB
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We are absolutely delighted to announce our 1st signings for the 2022/23 season
We are pleased to announce that joint managers
@SmudgerG77
and Dave Ford have committed for next season.
They have been busy organising an excellent pre season schedule and we will announce that soon
We are delighted to announce that we have this evening appointed
@SmudgerG77
and Dave Ford as joint 1st team managers until the end of the season.
They will oversee training on Thursday before taking the reigns v
@Cobham_FC
on Saturday
#COYB
#UTB
Itโs not often that a Step 5 league still has 3 clubs left in at the 2nd Qualifying stage of
@EmiratesFACup
so for that
@fc_abbeyrangers
@BalhamFC
and ourselves can be proud of our achievements.Iโm sure we all want it to continue and at least be in the hat come Monday.
#Believe
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Next up is the 1st of the new signings.
Making the short move over the Coxbridge Roundabout is prolific goal scorer
@charlieoakley
Charlie scored 44 goals in 50 games during his spell
@FarnhamTownFC
Again,Charlie will give us another option up front
Welcome Charlie !!!
#UTB
We are delighted to announce that the floodlights have been fully tested this evening by our supplier and contractor Christy UK
#gettingthere
#anothermilestone
#UTB
We are delighted to announce that Keith Hills
@hillseyknappers
has accepted our offer to become our 1st Team Manager.Keith has proven knowledge and experience
@ComCoFL
Premier level having successfully managed at Knaphill FC over the last four seasons.
Welcome Keith....
#COYB
Cold and some snowfall this morning but the pitch had a nice double cut ready for the visit of
@ashfordtownmx
@luketuffs
this evening
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#UTB
Joint managers
@SmudgerG77
and Dave Ford continue this season which the Directors of the club are delighted with.
Gone about their business well in pre season.
Onto Tuesday and the real work begins
#UTB
The calculators have been checked,all the permutations checked and double checked and tonight,although we lost to
@TheCurfews
this afternoon, with other results,we are mathematically safe and look forward to playing Premier Division football at our new ground next season.
#UTB
We are delighted to announce the signing of โฆ
@sellers1966
โฉ.
Jack joins us after a 5 year spell at โฆ
@FCFleetTown
โฉ. Jack also briefly joined โฆโฆ
@AshUtdFC
โฉ who we thank for waiving the notice period and deregistering him so he could join us .
Welcome Jack
#UTB
A successful evening at the Farnham Sports Council awards!
Our menโs team won
TEAM OF THE YEAR 22/23!
A huge congratulations to our current/ex players & management ๐ช๐
Our very own
@adnew_2
also won sports coach of the year!
@Blfcu18s
congratulations Newy ๐ช๐
@IsthmianLeague
Another cut on the main pitch by
@Agripower
Pitch looking good
Box goals and the rollaway goals for the outer pitches have all been delivered
@MHGoals
Meeting with
@Fullers
today to agree bar installation and agree on what we are going to stock.
#Moretti
#UTB
'66
A superb corner from Robins meets the head of New who runs off to celebrate after the ball smashes the back of the net!!
BL 1 - 0 AU
#Isthmianleague
#Baggies
Couldnโt finish tonight without acknowledging the Man of the Match Award.
Deservedly going to our own
@kanefitzgeraldd
for an excellent performance in the middle of the park.
Official attendance tonight 345
Thanks and goodnight
Picture courtesy of
@fieldmatters
#UTB
And that Ladies and Gents brings the season to a close
Delighted for management and players to end with a bit of silverware to go with promotion
Onto May 19th now and End of Season Awards night
#UTB
#Promotion
#CupWinners
Pictures courtesy of
@fieldmatters
On behalf of everybody connected to
@blfccommunity
, past and present , we would like to wish a very happy birthday to one of our all time legends and still playing for the club.
@Blakeadinho9
. 19 years of continued loyalty and still going. Never been anywhere else
#Legend
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Beaten by the better side today , good luck to
@BracknellTownFC
for the next round and the rest of the season.
Done ourselves proud on and off the pitch today , not easy on these social distance times but it was great to see that as a club we coped with a crowd of 300
#UTB
This could be a time to sit and count our losses or even set up a Go Fund Me Page or just ponder life with no football.Not us.
Over the coming days & weeks we are going to communicate everything positive and share our plans for when football returns.
#StayPositive
#StayTuned
๐จPlayer Of The Month๐จ
We are delighted to announce
@KaiAllsopp
is the October Player of the month - Sponsored by
@coopuk
Wrecclesham
An outstanding month from Kai, scoring 1 goal and 3 assists, a positive influence both on and off the pitch..
#Baggies
#Isthmianleague
๐พPLAYER OF THE MONTH๐พ
Our February POTM has been awarded to
@kanefitzgeraldd
after a superb month in the middle ยฉ๏ธ
Creating chance after chance at one end, and being over consistent in his defensive roles!!
Carry on the great work Kano ๐ค๐๐
#Baggies
#Isthmianleague
We are delighted to announce that
@SmudgerG77
, Dave Ford,
@bailey14weeman
and
@paulharkness18
have confirmed they will be remaining with us and will lead us into next season 2019/20 and our new ground.
Plans for pre season are now underway. Watch out for announcements soon
#UTB
๐ฅ๐ฅFULL TIME
We have come away from Grand Drive,
with a GRAND 3 points.
Well deserved, with plenty of chances to get more, including a cracking penalty save from Cawdron!!
A huge thanks to
@RPVFC
for their hospitality this afternoon and we look forward to hosting you.
Our September Player of the Month sponsored by
@coopuk
Wrecclesham goes to one of our new players
@Billyupton8
.
Billy has settled in really well and is fully deserved of the award. Weighed in with 3 goals as well.
#BillysABaggy
#UTB
So we bring the curtain down on the 2021/22 season.
โ 81 pts,most points in a league season
โ 5th place finish,highest at Step 5
โ only 1 away league defeat in the season, best in the division
โ 1st and only team so far to beat Jersey on the island in a league game
#UTB
๐จNEW SIGNING
Prior to todays game we are delighted to announce the signing of Cameron Rohart-Brown.
Massive thanks to Thatcham for their help with the process
#Followbaggiesaway
Congratulations to our friends at
@OfficialShots
for a comprehensive victory and 3 welcome points over near neighbours
@wokingfc
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๐จSTAFF UPDATE๐จ
We are happy to announce
@Victor_O6
has rejoined the club to become 1st Team Coach!
Please give Vic a warm welcome back to the Baggies ๐ชโญ๏ธ
Back in Step 5 officially ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โญ๏ธMOTMโญ๏ธ
Yesterdayโs man of the match vs
@chipsteadfcsurr
has been awarded to
@adnew_2
!
A solid performance at the back, and at times some crucial challenges to keep us level!
Well played Newy ๐๐๐ช
#Baggies
@IsthmianLeague
Itโs the turn of one of our management team celebrating their birthday today.
We would like to wish
@paulharkness18
our 1st Team Coach and
@BadshotLeaColts
U18 Manager a very happy birthday from everyone at the club.
(Picture after goal scored by
@nicciardini
at
@South_ParkFC
)
A Special Achievement Award for over 500+ appearances (in fact we think with Intermediate football 600+). Also, it is worth saying that for 17 seasons at one club.. Itโs probably deserved
@Blakeadinho9
After yesterdayโs 1-0 home victory v
@fc_abbeyrangers
, our October Player of the Month, Sponsored by
@coopuk
Wrecclesham, was won by
@Billyupton8
Bill has been very consistent since joining us in the summer. Weighed in with 3 goals in the month as well.
#UTB
#BillyIsABaggy
With the announcement of the
@TheVanaramaNL
of Step 2 Null & Void,you start to think we are all resigned to the fact that Steps 3-6 will have to follow suit,HOWEVER, whilst we wait for announcements next week, the old girl has had a cut,line and stripe ready for ??
Anyway..
#UTB
๐จNEW SIGNING๐จ
We are delighted to announce the signing of โBow Dryโ on an emergency 24 hour loan!
Big thanks to our friends
@HartleyFC
for sorting this so quickly ๐
Oh, GAME IS ON!
After a pitch inspection conducted with the match referee, the pitch is in perfect condition!