Willand Rovers FC
The Toolstation League
WILLAND ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB
"very much a family club"
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The latest from Silver Street.....
Rovers defeat Elmore 3-0 in pre-season game / Goals from Baily, Stamp and Norrish as the Eagles are grounded / Rovers advertise for COMMERCIAL MANAGER / Reserve side seek LINESMAN / Groundsman needed at Silver Street / Rovers to face Taunton Town on Saturday (3pm) at Silver Street / Rovers Youth latest - 'MEET AND GREET' evening set for Friday August 6
ROVERS ARE BACK in pre-season action at Silver Street on Saturday (JUly 31) when they host TAUNTON TOWN (3pm).
ROVERS PRODUCED A display of dominance but mixed with poor finishing as they defeated Western League Division One side Elmore on their Horsdon Park pitch 3-0. Danny Baily struck the only goal of the first half and after the break further goals from Dean Stamp and skipper Rob Norrish completed the scoring. Jake Wannell and Shaun Goff looked very good on the night in the two full back rolls as Rovers played a 4/3/3 that allowed various changes to slot into the new formation that the Rovers boss is thought to favour this term. The only disappointment would have been the final score in as much as the performance was every bit as dominant as the one that had seen Cullompton Rangers beaten 6-1, with the difference being some wayward finishing at Horsdon Park.
THE ROVERS RESERVES won their pre-season game at Silver Street on Thursday night, beating Tiverton Town Under-18 side 5-2.
ROVERS BOSS Clive Jones described himself ‘satisfied with the work in progress’ after two 1st team friendly matches in the space of 48 hours. After a Tuesday night 3-0 defeat to Saltash united from the South West Peninsula League Premier Division on Tuesday night at Silver Street and then, 48 hours later the same score line but this time in favour of Rovers as Western League Division One outfit Elmore were beaten 3-0. Speaking after the Saltash game, the Rovers boss said: “I really never read too much into pre-season results as, in large periods of the game, players, positions and formations get switched for this is the testing ground for the season ahead. I always work on the basis that it’s vital to get an eleven sorted, at least I mind, for the opening competitive game which is always that Toolstation league opener and, in our case, that is on Saturday week at Bishop Sutton. Against Saltash I felt we looked strangely ‘small’, and that was a worry. But counter that with the fact that in the missing (holidaying), Danny Jee and Ian Patchett, we were without a coupe of our six footers. The first half against the Ashes was very much a contest of even-steven nature, it was only after the break as we changed things that we shipped the goals. I learnt a lot more against Saltash than I had on the game in Cullompton. There were some promising individual performances and there are things we need to loom at further before we make decisions as to the players we go with for the season ahead.”
ROVERS YOUTH SECTION have announced that the Under-12 (SUNDAY) and the Rovers Girls Under-15 teams will have a MEET AND GREET for all players and their families between 6pm and 8pm on Friday next (August 6) at Silver Street. The MEET AND GREET session is designed for parents/guardians to come along and meet the management and also in attendance will be the Clubs WELFARE OFFICER. Parents of players are reminded, please, that the 'registration' fee for each player is £10 and there is also a charge for FAMILY MEMBERSHIP to Willand Rovers Football Club of £5 (this allows full membership to Willand Rovers Football Club for the whole family for a full year, and opens the club up to the family as members to take part in the numerous social events that take place at the Silver Street Headquarters throughout the year).
ROVERS HAVE BEGUN THE search for a Commercial Manager and anybody interested is asked to contact the Rovers Secretary Tony Baker. The role of Commercial Manager is vital to the well being and indeed, future development, of Rovers and involves all manner of fund raising initiatives from selling ground advertising by way of boards around the ground and other parts of the Silver Street complex, selling advertising space ion the Rovers Review, the match day programme and also looking at all sorts of other fund raising initiatives. Steve Birley, who is the club’s programme editor, and himself a former Commercial Manager having done the role at Plymouth Argyle, Reading and Exeter City has said that he is MORE than happy to help settle somebody into the role and offer as much advise as is thought necessary. He says: “It’s a fabulous opportunity for somebody to get involved in football. Back in 1992 I was the commercial manager of then Western league Elmore and from that humble beginning I met Brian Talbot during a testimonial that I set up between the Horsdon Park side and West Brom. Brian, the Baggies Manager at the time, seemed impressed with yours truly and the next thing I knew I was at Aldershot, after which I went on to have some great times at Reading, then Exeter City and finally Plymouth Argyle. The job of Commercial Manager suits a person of indeterminate age – yes, teenager to pensioner – the only requirement is a willingness to get stuck into projects. You don’t HAVE to have an undying passion for football, obviously an understanding of the game helps as the people you deal with for sponsorships are like minded football followers. I have said, and I am happy to, help settle any prospective commercial manager into the role at Silver Street.”
MEANWHILE the Club are also seeking a REGULAR LINESMAN for the Rovers Reserves who play in the Premier Division of the Devon and Exeter Football League and again, anybody interested is asked, in the first instance, to contact the Secretary Tony Baker on – phone 07887587811 or by email at tonybaker@burnrew.gotadsl.co.uk.
ROVERS ARE ALSO KEEN TO RECRUIT A GROUNDSMAN to look after the Silver Street turf and the new pitch for the Youth Section which is situated by the Willand Village Hall. If anyone is interested in this position then please do contact Secretary Tony Baker at the earliest opportunity.
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