Pride in our past: Leamington Football Club 2006-7

Polymac Services Midland Football Alliance: Champions (Promoted)
Midland Football Alliance League Cup: Winners
Moldwell Products MFA Team of the Month: October 2006, December 2006
Midland Football Alliance Manager of the Year: Jason Cadden
FA Cup: First Qualifying Round
FA Vase: Quarter Final

Players' player of the season: Stuart Herlihy
Manager's player of the season: Adam Knight
President's Award for most Man-of-the-Match nominations: Andy Gregory
Supporters player of the season: Jon Adams and Jamie Towers

Comp	Date	Opposition	Venue	Score	Scorers	Crowd
MFA	Sat 12 Aug 2006	Oadby Town	H	1-0	Blake	552
MFA	Tue 15 Aug	Studley	A	3-2	Husband, M Thompson, Gregory	260
MFA	Sat 19 Aug	Causeway United	A	2-0	J Adams, Gregory	197
MFA	Tue 22 Aug	Stratford Town	H	0-0		657
MFA	Sat 26 Aug	Biddulph Victoria	H	2-0	J Adams, Mackey	510
MFA	Mon 28 Aug	Alvechurch	A	3-3	Knight (2), Herlihy	305
FAC P	Sat 2 Sep	Stone Dominoes	H	6-0	Blake (2), Mackey (2), Pearson (2)	527
MFA	Tue 5 Sep	Westfields	H	3-2	J Adams, Blake, Herlihy	441
MFA	Sat 9 Sep	Tipton Town	A	4-2	M Thompson, Blake, Titterton, Pearson	268
MFA	Tue 12 Sep	Cradley Town	H	3-0	Gregory, M Thompson, Blake	440
FAC Q1	Sat 16 Sep	Rocester	A	0-1		267
BSC 1	Tue 19 Sep	Banbury United	H	1-3	Husband	476
MFA	Sat 23 Sep	Romulus	A	1-0	Husband	301
MFA	Tue 26 Sep	Friar Lane & Epworth	A	2-0	M Thompson, Pearson	240
MFA	Sat 30 Sep	Atherstone Town	H	1-0	Mackey	690
MFA	Sat 14 Oct	Tipton Town	H	3-1	J Adams, Blake, Mackey	629
MFA	Sat 21 Oct	Boldmere St Michaels	A	3-1	M Thompson, Mackey, Pearson	278
LGC 1	Tue 24 Oct	Barwell	H	3-1	Mackey, Durroch, Pearson	443
MFA	Sat 28 Oct	Oldbury United	H	4-1	Husband, M Thompson, Mackey, Bates	583
MFA	Sat 4 Nov	Coalville Town	A	3-0	Mackey, Blake (2)	320
MFA	Sat 11 Nov	Rocester	H	3-0	Blake, Bates (2)	545
FAV 2	Sat 18 Nov	Sutton Town	H	4-0	Towers (2), Mackey (2)	630
MFA	Sat 25 Nov	Market Drayton Town	H	4-2	Husband, Mackey (2), Gregory	568
LGC 2	Sat 2 Dec	Westfields	H	2-0	Bates, Pearson	433
FAV 3	Sat 9 Dec	Croydon	A	1-0	Mackey	279
MFA	Sat 16 Dec	Barwell	A	3-0	J Adams (2), Bates	379
MFA	Sat 23 Dec	Romulus	H	4-3	Titterton, M Thompson, Mackey, J Adams	658
MFA	Tue 26 Dec	Racing Club Warwick	A	3-0	Pearson (3)	800
MFA	Mon 1 Jan 2007	Alvechurch	H	2-1	Mackey, Towers	606
MFA	Sat 6 Jan	Westfields	A	1-0	Dutton	207
MFA	Sat 13 Jan	Causeway United	H	5-1	Blake (2), Towers, Mackey, Pearson	606
FAV 4	Sat 20 Jan	Bemerton Heath Harlequins	H	4-1	Mackey (2), M Thompson, Pearson	1,045
LGC 3	Sat 27 Jan	Biddulph Victoria	A	2-0	Towers (pen), M Thompson	152
MFA	Tue 30 Jan	Stratford Town	A	0-2		677
MFA	Sat 3 Feb	Biddulph Victoria	A	1-2	Jephcott	175
MFA	Tue 13 Feb	Quorn	A	4-0	Blake (2), J Adams, Mackey	217
FAV 5	Sat 17 Feb	Retford United	H	5-1	Mackey (2), Pearson (2), J Adams	1,380
MFA	Tue 20 Feb	Loughborough Dynamo	A	4-3	Titterton, Mackey, Husband, Jephcott	207
FAV QF	Sat 3 Mar	Curzon Ashton	A	1-4	Blake	898
MFA	Tue 6 Mar	Boldmere St Michaels	H	1-3	Mackey	345
MFA	Tue 13 Mar	Friar Lane & Epworth	H	4-0	M Thompson, Mackey, Husband, J Adams	360
MFA	Sat 17 Mar	Coalville Town	H	4-0	J Adams (2), Husband, Towers	503
MFA	Tue 20 Mar	Studley	H	3-0	Blake, J Adams, Mackey	331
MFA	Sat 24 Mar	Barwell	H	3-2	Mackey (2), M Thompson	578
MFA	Tue 27 Mar	Atherstone Town	A	0-0		454
MFA	Sat 31 Mar	Oldbury United	A	3-0	Jephcott, Thompson, Towers	245
LGC SF 1	Tue 3 Apr	Atherstone Town	H	3-1	Jephcott (3)	564
MFA	Sat 7 Apr	Cradley Town	A	4-0	Towers (2), Adams, Cooper	203
MFA	Mon 9 Apr	Racing Club Warwick	H	3-0	Mackey, Adams (2)	1,151
MFA	Thu 12 Apr	Oadby Town	A	0-2		215
MFA	Sat 14 Apr	Loughborough Dynamo	H	5-0	Blake (4), Towers	584
MFA	Tue 17 Apr	Market Drayton Town	A	1-2	Towers	187
MFA	Sat 21 Apr	Rocester	A	1-0	Towers	242
LGC SF 2	Tue 24 Apr	Atherstone Town	A	2-3	Thompson (2) (won 5-4 on aggegate)	363
MFA	Sat 28 Apr	Quorn	H	1-1	Towers	606
LGC	Thu 3 May	Tipton Town	Bescot Stadium	2-1 aet	Jephcott, Gregory.	946
Key: MFA: Midland Football Alliance (league); BSC: Birmingham County FA Senior Cup; FA: FA Cup; FAV: FA Vase; LGC: Midland Football Alliance League Cup. In all cup competitions, R = Replay, Q = Qualifying round, EP = Extra Preliminary round, P = Preliminary round.

The attendance of 1380 for the FA Vase Fifth Round match against Retford United on 17 February 2007 was a new record for the New Windmill Ground

Match photos

Leamington FC squad at the start of 2006-7 season,
taken at the New Windmill Ground in front of the Sheepside stand.

Back row: Keith Orme (Management Support/Technical Adviser), Adam Cooper, Neil Stacey, Andy Gregory, Ben Mackey, Martin Thompson, Jason Pearcey, Rich Morris, Morton Titterton, Adam Knight, Steve Thompson, Paul Eden, Jon Adams, Jamie Coleman.
Front row: Natalie Wilson (Sports therapist), Josh Blake, Tom James, Ryan Parisi, Jason Cadden (Manager), Craig Dutton, Darran Tank (Assistant Manager), Martin Hier, David Care*, Jemma Holt (Sports Therapist)

The squad that won an unprecented Midland Football Alliance League and Cup double
	Appearances			Goals scored
Player	Starts	Sub	Total	MFA	FAC	FAV	BSC	LGC	Total	Sponsor
Ben Adams	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Rex Payne
Jon Adams	45	8	53	15	0	1	0	0	16	Louise Jones
Tom Bates	12	9	21	4	0	0	0	1	5	Carlsberg IFC
Josh Blake	40	9	49	17	2	1	0	0	20	John Akerman
David Care	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	To Racing Club Warwick Linleigh Electrical
Jamie Coleman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Wyn and Maggie Grant
Adam Cooper	32	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	Stan and Betty Hodgkins
Jon Crockett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Clintplan
Tom Cudworth	25	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	To Atherstone Town North Bank Banter
Scott Darroch	3	7	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	To Stratford Town David Hucker & Associates Limited
Craig Dutton	40	7	47	1	0	0	0	0	1	Mick and Jenny Brady
Adrian Fuller	9	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	Kate Fisher
Andy Gregory	33	4	37	4	0	0	0	1	5	Bertie Brakes
Andy Harper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stuart Herlihy	44	4	48	2	0	0	0	0	2	Sue Tomlinson
Martin Hier	30	4	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	Peter Davis
Ryan Howell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	To Stratford Town Sheepsiders
James Husband	29	4	33	7	0	0	1	0	8	Leamington Brakes FC U11s Colts
Tom James	2	12	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	Access Platform Sales Ltd
Avun Jephcott	8	9	17	3	0	0	0	4	7	Terry Ford
Adam Knight	40	0	40	2	0	0	0	0	2	Leamington Brakes FC U13s
Ben Mackey	35	15	50	19	2	7	0	1	29	Vianen
Richard Morris (GK)	36	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	Changes Hair Design
Ryan Parisi	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Nigel & Debbie Hodgkins
Jason Pearcey (GK)	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	Mark Fickling (Mansfield)
Dave Pearson	20	27	47	7	2	3	0	2	14	Rugby Brakes
Liam Reynolds	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neil Stacey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	To Stratford Town Whitnash Windmill Petanque
Martin Thompson	34	14	48	10	0	1	0	3	14	Kevan and Margaret Brown
Steve Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Clintplan
Morton Titterton	27	4	31	3	0	0	0	0	3	Liz Hall
Jamie Towers	50	3	53	10	0	2	0	1	13	Windmill Wonderland

Own Goals				0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			56	105	6	15	1	14	141
Player	Starts	Sub	Total	MFA	FAC	FAV	BSC	LGC	Total	Sponsor
Jason Cadden (Manager)										William John Hairdressers
Darran Tank (Assistant Manager)										Curly O'Callaghan
Keith Orme (Management Support/Technical Adviser)										Roger Vincent
Morton Titterton (Player/Coach)										See above
Malcolm Hyland (Goalkeeping coach)
Dean Merrick (Sports Therapist)										Left - Alan Merrick
Jemma Holt (Sports Therapist)										Jim Scott
Natalie Wilson (Sports Therapist)										Brian Knibb

Tony Kempster's website ranked all of the teams, Step 6 and above, by average crowd size. Leamington were ranked 157th. If you remove all the Premiership and Football league clubs from the rankings it means that the Brakes were 65th of all the nonleague teams.

There was no surprise that Manchester United were top with an average crowd of almost 17,000 more than second place Newcastle United. Coventry City were 26th in their first season in the Ricoh Stadium, and Colchester United's run in League One leading to promotion to the League Championship ranked them 82nd. The highest ranked nonleague team was FC United of Manchester, North West Counties Division Two, who were ranked 87th with an average of 3,059. This was their first season as they were formed in the summer of 2005 by disgruntled Manchester United fans. Nuneaton Borough, Conference North, averaged over a thousand while rivals Redditch United, also Conference North, averaged less than Leamington. Other local Southern League teams Banbury United and Bedworth United also averaged crowds less than the Brakes. Bottom of the pile was Merrow, Combined Counties Division One, who averaged only eight fans per game.

There is no surprise to find that Leamington came top of the Midland Football Alliance clubs. The biggest crowd in the Alliance was the Boxing Day visit of Brakes to near neighbours Racing Club Warwick. Leamington's visit to 12 other clubs was the biggest attendance for that club.