Family Football Club est. 1910. Three Senior Menโs teams - First Team, Reserves and A Team. For Junior teams, please follow
@BovingdonYouth
#GreenArmy
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Bovingdon Football Club are saddened to hear about the recent car accident involving two men very close to us at the Football Club.
Weโd like to send our best wishes and prayers to Matt MacMahon and Harry Woods for a speedy recovery๐๐ป
The Green Army are right behind you lads๐
Bovingdon FC are delighted to announce the appointment of Steven Hutchins as our new manager.
He brings with him Kevin Godbold and Ian Felgate who will both be assisting him with JJ who remains among the coaching staff with the first team.
Welcome to Green Lane๐
#GreenArmy
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โฝ๏ธ After a couple of weeks of teams coming into our clubhouse, not buying any drinks, eating the free food we graft to supply, then disappearing, a big shoutout to
@1stBerkoR
who despite coming off second best today, stayed and had a few drinks with us ๐
#TopClass
#AlwaysWelcome
๐๐ผ THEYโVE DONE IT!
Huge congratulations to our First Team who have won the
@hscfl
Premier League!
Well done to gaffer
@LEEBIRCH
who has put in an incredible amount of work personally and a big congratulations to all of the lads!
#GreenArmy
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๐ CHAMPIONS! ๐พ Huge congratulations to Gaffer Stanno and all the lads on wrapping up the
@SpartanSMFL
Division 2 league title today! ๐
#GreenArmy
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๐ข BREAKING NEWS: We are delighted to announce that we are now an FA Charter Standard Club! ๐ For those who donโt know, Charter Standard is a Football Association accreditation aimed at raising standards for grassroots clubs. A big well done to everyone involved! ๐
#GreenArmy
Proud of my mum and dad today, driving over to Poland to deliver supplies to the Ukraine refugees๐บ๐ฆ. Always have and will look up to you two. Much love and drive safe x
After
@Johnwood2689
decided to step down we are pleased to announce a familiar name at the club, Steven Hutchins will take over as chairman of the club with immediate effect. Steve has been with us for the last 3 years we are now looking forward to see his ambitions off the pitch
Welcome to Bovingdon๐ค
Our new management team met the squad tonight and put them through their paces๐โโ๏ธ
Weโre really excited to have the lads on board๐
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How good has this season been for
@matt__fallon
13th clean sheet in 29 games today, incredible record. Been a massive reason why weโve won so many tight games.
Great day for the club today not only did we pick up our trophy for December team of the month we got 3 points on the road and extended our winning streak to 9 on the bounce goals today from Jack Allen x 2 and Tom Flanagan ๐โฝ๏ธ
STANNO DEPARTS: Everyone at Bovingdon FC would like to say a huge thank you to First Team gaffer Martin Standen for his fantastic service to the club. He departs after winning the league title both as a player and then a manager! We wish him all the best for the future! ๐๐๐
1 minutes silence was held for Donovan Allen today who played under manager Steve Hutchins and played with several of the players at youth level at Hemel RIP Donovan ๐
๐ถโโ๏ธ| A number of friends of Bovingdon FC are today completing a 30 mile walk for The Intensive Care Society.
The treatment our friends Matt & Harry received from the NHS ICUโs was nothing short of life saving.
We want to say a small thank you and give back for their efforts๐
After 10 years club legend
@BennyD1990
is taking a break from Saturday football to concentrate on family after the recent birth of him &
@SAMPIPERX
first baby. Everyone at Bovingdon would like to thank Ben for his service, culminating in winning 2 league titles! ๐
#GreenArmy
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Very sad to report the news that friend of the club and one of our junior team sponsors Steve Cook has passed away from the coronavirus. Everyone at the club would like to pass our condolences to Steveโs family ๐๐ RIP Steve
Merry Christmas to everyone connected with Bovingdon FC and
@BovingdonYouth
, coaches, players, committee, sponsors, helpers. Also to all the other teams, referees, league officials all involved in the beautiful game
An empathetic 5-0 home win today to end the year, 4 goals from Jack Allen 1 from Blaaze. Thatโs 6 wins from 6, 22 goals scored 6 conceded roll on 2024. An opportunity to thank all those involved from the players and coaches to the groundsmenโs & committee happy 2024 โฝ๏ธ๐
๐โโ๏ธ Here at Bovingdon Football Club we are delighted to announce the official opening of the Bovingdon Community Open Air Swimming Pool! ๐ Please pay attention to our pool rules 1) No diving 2) No running and 3) Children must be supervised in the deep end at all times!
๐ข BREAKING NEWS: Bovingdon Football Club have today appointed
@ajstratty
as our new First Team manager. Everyone would like to wish him all the best as he comes straight in for the First Teamโs upcoming fixture this Saturday.
A massive thank you to all the volunteers involved in the up keep of the pitches at our club. Yesterday was the 6th game in 7 days and it still looks immaculate. ๐โฝ๏ธ๐๐ป
Lovely to meet Dave Henman from the
@SpartanSMFL
today who presented us with the Division 2 Team of the Month for November. Bovingdon were worthy winners 3 wins in that period with no goals conceded. Took some of that form into today with another clean sheet.
๐ธ The UK Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
was in Bovingdon today visiting our friends at
@BovingdonPA
. Hereโs a great pic of the PM, alongside one of our players with his BFC jacket on! ๐ When DTM Tyres sponsored the club, we always told them this day would come! ๐
#GreenArmy
Big congratulations to former
@BovingdonYouth
player Alfie Bircham (son of our former FC player/manager
@LEEBIRCH
) who has signed a deal with
@BarnetFCAcademy
. We wish him all the very best and hope his story gives inspiration to the current crop of
#GreenArmy
players! โฝ๏ธ๐๐
After nearly 4 months since Mattโs accident heโs been able to do a small video for you all to watch ! So proud of him heโs strength & resilience has been unreal hopefully not too long now before we can see him โค๏ธ
#NHSheroes
A fantastic effort from our boys yesterday they implemented the game plan to perfection and with a bit of luck we were winning 2-0 at 85 mins but we ran out steam conceding 4 late goals Best of luck to
@Biggleswadeutd
in the next round. Mountgold MOM went to
@HarryPe91957634
We would like to take this opportunity to thank
@Johnwood2689
for all his hard work at the club. Johnโs been involved with the club for 17 years initially as a coach, he then gave 4 years to the club as junior chairman & 11 yrs as senior chairman. Go well John ๐โฝ๏ธ
the time is right for me to stand down as Chairman of
@BovingdonFC
I've worked with some great people over the years and I would like to thank everyone who helped us accomplish so much too many too mention individually u know who u are๐
Today after an incredible 37 years of being involved, club legend Kev Carter is standing down from our committee, leaving us with the message of "I wish you all the very best and keep up the good work!". We would like to say a huge thank you to Kev for his incredible service! ๐
Unless Les scores 15 today Luke will be our top goalscorer for the season, can he improve on 21 today. Photos courtesy of Dale
@sportsshotsnews
, give them a follow as well as
@mladenovs
Stefan who took some great ones at Tring Corinthians recently.
Bovingdon 3 AFC Welwyn 2 throughly deserved 3 points today. Disappointing to concede goals from a corner & a throw.
We go again next week against
@MKCollegeFooty
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Great to be hosting Jack Keeneโs Memorial game for the 4th year. Once a player within our junior teams and itโs so lovely to see his teammates, friends and family getting involved on a special day.
RIP Jack Keene. 17 Forever Young.
Today we come together for the fourth annual Charity Match in memory of our dear friend Jack, who we tragically lost in 2017 at just 17 years of age.
Since then, his family and friends have united for the annual event, a day which is truly one of the most special of the yearโค๏ธ
Finally
@stevenh04984285
did a few thank yous, and the one I personally loved the most was for an incredible man who gives up so much of his time. A volunteer but also a great friend to many of us. Every club needs a Fred. ๐๐๐
Good 4-1 today against
@AstonClintonFC
2 goals Jack Allen taking his tally to 20 for the season 1 from skipper Haydn Cassidy and Keane Fullwood with his first for the club, thatโs 8 wins from 8 in the league๐โฝ๏ธ
FRED DEPARTS: Everyone at Bovingdon FC would like to wish Fred Benning all the very best after his move to Berkhamsted Town FC was confirmed. A real football man and a true unsung hero, Fred has played a huge role in our recent success and absolutely deserves this opportunity! ๐
60โ Shot from Jack Wadmore. Possibly the worst shot Iโve ever seen. Gone from left back to the right corner flag. Great effort,
@JackWadmore
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#GreenArmy
Following on from the tweet earlier this week, please be aware if youโre good enough youโre old enough at Bovingdon. Here are some stats from our young players in the first team. Particularly Harry Peterson who has had a great first season. Get in touch with Steve by sending a DM
Roy Keane said yesterday that stats have taken over the world!
Well with November done and dusted for us in the
@SSMLFixtures
@SpartanSMFL
league hereโs a few for us
November saw us win 100% of our games scoring 9,conceding 0. It took our 100% record to 5 scoring 17 conceding 2
1-0 win today got us today in very entertaining game, end to end from start to finish. Canโt believe there was only 1 goal scored. Our goalscorer was
@HarryPe91957634
. Mountgold MOM went to
@matt__fallon
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Good 3-0 win away โฆ
@RRFCdevelopment
โฉ yesterday average age of just 18 years old in the squad Mountgold MOM โฆ
@mullerrz
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Good 3-0 win today, some good performances but stand out today was
@kye6_22
Kye Allport who wins the Mountgold Land and Development Man of the Match ๐
Was great just to be nominated for the 2nd week in a row,but to win it is fantastic.
@ampthillfc
and
@DunstableTownFC
had big unbeaten runs like us, but I think beating a quality team near the top of the table like
@MKCollegeFooty
might have swung it for us. Flying flag for Div 2
SSML Team Of The Day
@ampthillfc
- 7-1 win at London Tigers
@BovingdonFC
- 3-1 win at MKCFA to extend unbeaten league run to eight
@BroadfieldsUtd
- 2-0 win at Harpenden Town
@DunstableTownFC
- 3-1 win at Crawley Green, to extend unbeaten league run to nine
๐ | Happy Christmas๐
Merry Christmas to all from Bovingdon FC. Enjoy your festive celebrations and stay safe.
Weโre looking forward to seeing you again in the new year๐
#GreenArmy
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Our penultimate pre-season friendly against a very competitive
@CrawleyGreenFC
side saw us come out with a 2-0 win, the goals coming from
@Ben_Baldwin_
& Jack Allen honourable mention to Leo Smith who was outstanding tonight ๐โฝ๏ธ
First award was top goalscorer and there was only one winner with 21 goals his goals single handedly won many games. A great lad with a great eye for goal
@LukeBeckwith13
First opportunity to see some of the first teamโs new and existing players on Saturday as we take on
@afcdunstable
at 3pm, following the reserves v
@AFCDevTeam
at 1pm. Admission for first team this season will be ยฃ3 for adults.Get down and support
@stevenh04984285
@felgs85
lads๐
November wasnโt just about the first team going unbeaten with their 100% record but both the reserves and A team also were unbeaten in the month.
Firsts P3 W3
Reserves P3 W1 D2
Aโs P2 W2
Well done to all 3 teams ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
We are delighted to announce
@JoshBrownGK
as our new goalkeeper coach for the upcoming season.
Josh has recently been involved with Scarborough Athleticโs coaching set up and weโre pleased to have him onboard with us this year.
Welcome to the
#GreenArmy
, Josh๐
๐ FIRST LOOK
Hereโs our new First Team kit, kindly sponsored by
@FocusRigging
, weโd like to say a massive thank you to them for all their support!
Also a big thank you to gaffer
@LEEBIRCH
for spending hours sorting this out! Well worth it as it looks absolutely superb! ๐
Please feel free to take a look at our online match day programme for tomorrowโs cup game with
@sarrattfc
We will also be donating a percentage of any gate money tomorrow to Luke, the
@Tottsfc
player injured at last weeks game. ยฃ3 adult admission. 2pm k/o
very proud of our coach and physio
@felgs85
came on to help a badly hurt opposition player stayed calm under pressure ๐คall the best to the lad
@BovingdonFC
Saturday Resultโฝ๏ธ
Oxhey Jets 0 - 2 First Team
A cracking start to the season for the boys against a top opposition. All the best for the season,
@1972Jets
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A new look team today only 4 remaining from the side that started out 1st game of last season, competitive debuts under this management for Alex Marsh, Luke Marsh, Rob Frost & Scott Bonner ๐โฝ๏ธ
2nd friendly tonight at home against
@LEEBIRCH
@LeightonTownFC
With a few of our boys back from Magaluf hopefully it will be a good game. Leighton might feature 2 former Bovingdon players in Frankie and Josh. 7.15 kick off, bar open. ยฃ3 admission
The final award was the Managers Player of the year.
@stevenh04984285
explained it was impossible for them to just pick one and highlighted an incredible defensive record with these 2 so integral in so many clean sheets. Joint award went to
@gary2587
and
@matt__fallon
#bosh
๐ฅ Big congratulations to Fred Benning on winning the โGrounds Team of the Yearโ award at the Herts FA Grassroots Football Awards! ๐ Fred has joined Berkhamsted Town but has chosen to still remain part of the Bovingdon FC team away from matchdays and weโre happy to share him! ๐
Twitter highlights from the draw on Saturday with
@OldBradwellUtd
Special mention to
@Leo_Smith03
who pulled off some great saves in only his 3rd first team game. Plus a bit of magic from
@JackWadmore
in the middle.
@LukeBeckwith13
with his 19th goal of the season. 2 good teams
Another unbeaten 100% record for the first team this month. Unbeaten record stretches back to mid October. Biggest test of the season next Saturday as 1st plays 2nd, away to league leaders Old Bradwell.
1-1 draw against league leaders
@OldBradwellUtd
. We took the lead in 89th minute when Dillon wiped out , Becks scored, but Bradwell didnโt give up and equalised in the 97 or 98th minute. A very tight even game of few chances
Congratulations
@LEEBIRCH
on becoming the manager at our friends
@hemelfc
! Lee started his managerial career here with us, winning two league titles at Green Lane, before moving to
@BerkoFC
where further success was curtailed by COVID-19. Best of luck!
#GreenArmy
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#TudorArmy
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Our 3 goals from yesterdays 3-2 win away at
@FC_Codicote
2 from Jack Allen & 1 from Tom Flanagan. A huge shout out to stand in keeper for the day Ben Humphrey making 2 crucial saves in the first half ๐โฝ๏ธ
We were pleased to have the
@BovingdonYouth
u10 Hurricanes with us today as mascots where they were joined by Bovisaurus. Credit to the officials who added to the occasion by lining the 2 teams up.
Full time, apologies for lack of updates from MK , was relying on people at the game. 3-1 to Bovy, Adam Baldwin hat trick. Up to 2nd in the table behind Old Bradwell.
Another dominant display yesterday saw us through to the next round against
@eynesburyutd
with a 4-2 win over
@caddington_fc
. Goals from Ben Baldwin, Lewis Nicholls, Haydn Cassidy and Jack Allen with his 17th of the season. And a superb MOM debut display from Tom Flanagan ๐โฝ๏ธ
Massive 3 points today at
@eynesburyutd
, fantastic facilities. 2 late goals from Josh turned a 1-0 half time deficit into a 2-1 victory that guarantees a top 4 spot. A win on Monday will see
@stevenh04984285
and
@KevGodbold
young team finish 3rd in their first season in charge.
All at Bovingdon would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of Norman Appleby. Norman was loved by many of us, especially our reserve team manager Percy who worked closely with him.
RIP Norman
FT - Bovingdon 2 - 1 Leverstock Green
Really positive win today. Played some beautiful football across the pitch and another win against strong opposition.
Thanks for coming down
@levgreenfc
, all the best for the season๐ค
#GreenArmy
One club joined together today as the u10s were invited by the first team manager Hutchy to be mascots and have a penalty shootout at half time. They even took on ball boy duties during the game. Good luck to them throughout the season ๐
With no first team game this weekend our manager
@stevenh04984285
has been busy organising this charity game for his friend Scott Walters on Sunday afternoon at
@BerkoFC
If you canโt attend and want to donate here is link. A few ex Bovy players playing
Huge update on our Little Brother Matt below โฌ๏ธ Again massive thank you to everyone for the kind messages & support our family have received itโs remarkable ๐The NHS are truly amazing โค๏ธ
Goal number 1 from the 4-0 win over
@MKCollegeFooty
great turn over from man of the match Harley Thomas then showed maturity to slot Blaaze Lawrence in to finish for his 2nd in 2 games.