Imagine training all year round. Keeping/getting fit. To not play football because of your ego. Lol if you ain’t good enough for step 4 football at 19. Just go step 6 and play week in week out. It’s a no brainer
We was told by numerous people around the clubs & coaches that worked with him that Ugonna Emenike Wasn’t good enough to play step 3 football.
He just signed a pro contract for
@SunderlandAFC
Mustafa Bashkal
UEFA B Coach
Previously with Haringey Borough FC, Leatherhead FC & Clapton FC.
Coaching experience of 15+ years.
Including Tottenham, West Ham & Crawley Town.
It’s been a very up & down szn this year, but I’ve had a great time meeting new people & working with the boys at
@HaringeyBoroFC
it’s not goodbye it’s until next time. Best fans in non league I’ve seen so far. Thank you to the club for having me. It’s time to move on.
💙💛💙💛
Footballs a funny one. I know step 5 players that are doing very well at step 3 and step 1 players that struggle at step 3. Generally speaking, personnel, systems, style of play, environments all make a massive impact on quality produced,
Feel free to share.
If anyone in steps 3 & 4 are looking for a manager, UEFA B, Experienced, Approachable & GENUINE…
I’m looking for a role. I want to belong to a project and the freedom to work in a good environment. Please get in touch… I’m open for a chat. 📞
Some of you gaffers really do treat players like shit.
Then when the players act up, we’re all so fast to blame them.
It’s a vicious cycle.
Lets just be honest, theres some really dickhead players out there & definitely some gaffers to go with them.
Just treat people better
Massive win to get the ball rolling. Buzzing we kept a clean sheet & Just when we needed it most. Thank you to the faithful fans that came today. Safe travels home
@LeatherheadFC
Gutted to lose 3-2 today. first home game. It wasn’t too pretty on the eyes but we are still evolving and we will only get better. Thank you to the fans who came down and support in good numbers today. We appreciate you all. We will bring the smiles back very soon!
@LeatherheadFC
I just want to thank the leatherhead fans that made me feel welcome and showed me their support.. I will issue a statement but I always want people to know that football is for the fans and always will be. We are nothing without them..
We’ve got 2, 16 year olds in the starting 11 today.
I think in total, we have 8 players today between 16-19
If you’re good enough you play. Simple as. I can’t expect you to be 16 and experienced so we might as well allow you the chance to gain it the right way.
MATCHDAY l
@ThurlowNunnL
Squad picked and youth really given a chance like always and what a chance they have to put their name out there.
@BasTownFC
vs
#TheTons
3pm Kick Off l Rookery Hill l SS17 9LB
Tom has strengthened the back room staff lineup with the addition of:
• Justin (left), who is now our goalkeeper coach
• Bash (right), who is now one of the first team coaches on the sidelines
Welcome to the
#HBFC
family!
#nonleaguefootball
#goalkeeper
#coaching
On the back of pre szn camp.
1 player sign national league side. (Bromley)
3 players sign Conf south & North.
(Dover, Aveley & Hemel)
4 players sign step 3
4 players sign step 4
7 players sign step 5-6.
2 players sign with teams abroad.
And a few more yet to sign.
My doors currently open to any opportunities in management.
I have a few options on the table but nothing concrete. If any step 4 clubs or above want to get in touch I’m happy to have the conversation.
Thanks in advance 🫡
Man oh man, today definitely feels like 2 points dropped instead of 1 point gained We really should’ve put that game to bed earlier on but it just shows you at this level, 2 minutes lapse of concentration can cost you all your hard work, proud of my tanners today!
@LeatherheadFC
I’ve got 6 players that played for me previously when I took over clapton.
5 of the boys including the fella that scored 4 in the last 2. I’ve coached since he was 17.
7 new additions. Mainly referrals.
Also I’ve got 3 16-18yr starting every game
Chat to me nice!
0 budget.
Our identity is starting to show in our game play but when you’re down at the bottom, you don’t get much luck & decisions go against you 😤🤯😢 but we will go again. Thank you to all the faithful fans as always.. Football is for the fans
@LeatherheadFC
We battled hard and made a good account for 40 minutes until The red card which made the tough job even harder, not having 1 session and knowing the squad. We asked them to react to our idea’s and they did what they could do in crazy circumstances. But we will improve!!!
Glad to have helped the club, always appreciate the opportunity.
Happy to come in when the club needed it most, steady the results and put the club in a much better space.
Will still be supporting from a distance ❤️
We have been speaking with manager
@MBashkal
and he has informed us he has accepted a Head Coach role at Concord FC after having helped secure safety for Clapton FC.
The club would like to thank Bash for all his hard work and wish him all the best for the future.
🔴⚪
How is this for a story ♥️
Ugonna Emenike (18) was playing at non league Clapton (step 5) at the start of the season! Has now just signed a pro contract at Sunderland. 😳
So he’s gone from step 5 to league 1 👀
WHAT A STORY 👏
I’m looking for a Assistant coach to come in and join
@ClaptonFootball
management team.
If you have experience in the game at these levels. Get in touch. Share this please
#nonleague
Great performance from the boys today. Well deserved win. Good in defence, good in transition & efficient up top.. we take the 3 points and look towards Tuesday night. Always a good weekend when we win.
#Justabusstop
#uptheBoro
@HaringeyBoroFC
Boys were class today, won the 1st & 2nd ball. Defended well. Deserved all 3 points but there’s a reason why
@HornchurchFC
are top of the league. If you don’t take your chances they have the ability to do that in the 93rd minute. We go again
@HaringeyBoroFC
#Uptheboro
The boys did us proud once again, a tough competition against 2 good sides. We can’t complain about silverware even if it’s pre szn. It’s always a positive, we move towards Tuesday and go again!
Why are so many managers moaning about losing their players to money. It literally happens all the time.
It’s a part of the game now. Some of you couldn’t put a team together without a budget. You’re just angry because you can’t pay them as much as someone else. Get on with it.
That little black book, full of names. Young players we worked with for a long time coming to fruition.
People Question it but the proof is in the pudding.
We’ve had a 16 year old captain us, we’ve had 5-8 players aged 16-18 in match day squad regularly.
We keep working.🙏🏽
Boys were on job today. Even at 3-0 they defended with pride to keep the clean sheet. Fans as always brilliant. Win lose or draw. Massive game Tuesday. Let’s go!!!
FT: A huge three points! Thank you for your great support on the road, onto the next! 💪
Kingstonian 0-3 Haringey Borough
(Ben Allen x2, Harry Philippou)
The fans as always since we’ve join the club have been amazing & will continue to show we fight for the badge and for the fans week in week out. One promise I will make and be accountable for. We won’t be In trouble/poor league position for a long time!!
@LeatherheadFC
#Tanners
Two good training sessions this week focused on bringing us an identity. Massive game tomorrow in front of our fans. Another opportunity to get 3 points and climb the league. Let’s go
@LeatherheadFC
🔥🔥🔥
0 budget, Big man.
The reason it’s a myth is bcoz most clubs (Yours & a few others) couldn’t put up a title race without assembling quality players without paying them.
Our chairmen paid us in jerk chicken rice and coleslaw last night.
Did you put the 7dayer in?
One of the biggest myths in non-league is when a club says they don’t have a budget. Players talk, and you are not fooling anybody. In the league we play in, I know those who don’t have a budget, and I respect them so much. But I also know those who want to lie to look good.
Im very upset on the back of today’s result, we huffed & puffed but inevitably didn’t do enough when it mattered. Thank you to all the faithful fans that made the trip down to
@FavershamTownFC
today. Good luck for the rest of the cup run & season. We go again
@LeatherheadFC
Thank you for hosting us
@HornchurchFC
good luck for the rest of the season.
@LeatherheadFC
fans thank you for the support. We will show our appreciation every time we step out on to the field. Regardless of the result.
#UptheTanners
Welcome back Tommy Cooney who rejoins The Tanners following a previous spell at Fetcham Grove. The experienced left sided player signed this week and will bring some experience to our young squad. Welcome back
@cooney07
🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
What a great result for the boys today
@HaringeyBoroFC
10 men for 80 minutes, clean sheet & 🌲 points in the bag. Everyone involved in the game deserves 100% of the credit. A tough opponent but we stayed resilient.
Tough to match the same energy from Saturdays win but the boys still put in a good shift, thought we could’ve nicked the 3 points if we was more clinical but we move! 🤙🏽
Between all the Shitters, liars & back stabbers in the football industry. It’s so refreshing when you find a good person in the game. Got to appreciate good people. Not always many about.
We came away yday with nothing to show for it & that was the frustrating part but not a negative word in the changing room us(management) or from the players..Massive learning curve, you can do well and still lose. But the boys want to right the wrongs. We go again
@LeatherheadFC
That performance today was 110% not acceptable. We don’t have a blame culture in our changing room and we all collectively take responsibility but without taking anything away from the opposition. We was dreadful and all the players have been made aware that that’s good enough!
I can only apologise to our faithful fans that came out today in big massive numbers. I completely understand frustrations and we will bounce back stronger!
Just because you’re a good manager doesn’t mean you’ll be a good coach, or if you’re a top recruiter doesn’t mean you’ll be top performance analyst. Visa Vursa.
Each role is different. You have to respect each role and what it brings.
#Thinkingoutloud
Great result for the boys tonight. Having played Wednesday & playing again so soon. Scoring 7 goals in 2 and only conceding 1. We walk away with 7 points in 3 games within 6 days. Nonetheless boys were brilliant tonight
@ClaptonFootball
We went behind twice today against top of the league, showed heart to come back into the game, could’ve stolen all 3 points in the end but wasn’t to be, we go again Wednesday
@ClaptonFootball
@EssexSenior
Thank you, Ipswich Town for hosting us. Showcase game put together along side my good friend
@QayumShakoor
the standards were very high. The boys made very good account of themselves and looking forward to the next part of the process.
#Showcase
#Coachbash
#opportunity
Very good 2nd half but couldn’t fix a shakey 1st 30 minutes. We wasn’t even bad we just made errors. The football in the 2nd half was definitely more of what we wanted. Our identity at leatherhead football club will be to play the game the right way. Results will follow.
I know it’s not easy with games twice a week whilst training to. Playing Home & Away, you win & lose. Moany players about being benched or not selected, phone battery dying from all the organising and group chat stuff. But it’s all worth it. Enjoy the game whilst we can!!
0 budget M8, I gotta borrow and get scraps. The difference is, players love playing for me.
Just a quick question, what was the bill for tonight’s loss?
@MBashkal
Not when it's at our place and there's no chance of it being called off 😬 better hope some of them teams you borrowed them players off tonight don’t have a game that weekend 👀😂
Good result away from home in hindsight. Our fans always singing the whole way through, also to add a little mention
@HorshamFC
fans who were very hospitable. Good luck for the rest of the szn 💪🏽
FT - A frantic affair in Horsham ends with the spoils shared.
Thank you for your support, once again 👏👏👏
Horsham 3-3 Haringey
Goals scored by:
Bawling (9’, 1-1)
Durojaiye (31’, 1-2)
Desa (32’, 1-3)
Recently we’ve been in a bit of a dog house. We haven’t been good enough & we haven’t done enough as a team. But one thing I can promise is we will resolve it and we will be better. We are better than our results & we will rise again
@ClaptonFootball
I’m so grateful that my hard work allowed me to treat my family with gifts at this festive time. There’s time in my life where I had boiled pasta for Xmas dinner. I’ve learnt to be grateful for anything in my life that has substance & people who bring me happiness!
@Mattcarmichael9
@ClaptonFootball
@LittleOakleyFC
Plenty of goals and drama last night but respect to
@LittleOakleyFC
who never gave up and were a very honest and hard working team even with a few minutes to go being a couple goals down. They’ll definitely trouble a lot of teams this year. Good luck for the season mate 👊🏽
Good luck in the final this weekend
@LeatherheadFC
The fans always showed me a lot of love in my time there. I hope you get the win and go back up 👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
1/10 I just want to address why I’ve kept chatting shit about 0 budget.
The competitiveness in football has driven it to become a war fare on who can pay players more instead of how it used to be back in the day. Going to war with your brothers for 3 points.
Tomorrow 😍
We take on Charlton Athletic U21’s in the London Senior Cup Final.
You can buy your tickets from our pinned tweet!
Get them and support the Borough ASAP!
Shout out to my boy
@QayumShakoor
who also pushed Ugonna. The things you don’t see. Helping him travel to games back and forth, putting him in good places to be seen. Consistently in his ear to do better. Believing he has the ability to move higher!
And just like that, the szn is done. So close but so far. We worked so hard to get it back to 3-3, arguably should’ve won it in the 94th but not to be. Well done
@CAFCofficial
& As always the fans are unreal. Best fans in non league!
#UpTheBoro
Not our night.
A spirited and passionate performance from the boys isn’t enough. It ends in defeat.
Massive thank you to the supporters, who were fantastic all throughout the game.
Congratulations to
@CAFCofficial
on a great achievement.
Some players are so dumb lol. They say they can’t make games or training and forget at this level teams post pics and videos lol. Good luck with that naive stuff.
Just to confirm. He wasn’t down when we scored. He gave away the pen and we scored from that and then we scored after that again. Nonetheless you’re a top team, good luck for the szn until we meet again 🙏🏽
#Upthetons
90 mins gone. Winning. Our keeper goes down with a bad head injury and the referee plays on and they score.
Is there any point moaning about it anymore.
We are still fighting strong regardless of the circumstances. When we prevail all you haters will have nothing to say. When a man has to put his family first over his own needs you can only respect him for it.. nonetheless when the chips are down you can count on us to come thru!
We wouldn’t ever stop a player moving up. Like all of us in football, We want to be at the highest level possible, good luck
@ryan_huckle
thank you for your efforts this season.
We can confirm that
@ryan_huckle
has left the club to join a National League South Side. We would like to wish him all the best for the future and thank him for his time with us.