Horley Town F.C.
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Event
- Title:
- Cup Semi Final Bedfont 3 vs 0 Horley Town
- When:
- 23/03/2010 19:45
- Category:
- Fixtures
Description
| BEDFONT | Telephone: 020-8890-7264 |
Ground:
The Orchard,
Hatton Road, Bedfont, Middlesex. TW14 9QT
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Colours: Yellow & Blue/Blue/Blue |
Teams have played under the name of Bedfont F.C.since the end of the 1800,s as the photographs in the clubhouse show. They played their
games on a number of local sites, the first being Bedfont Green, from there they had a short spell at Rectory Meadow in Hanworth, then back to Bedfont Recreation ground, as there was no changing rooms the teams changed at Bedfont Institute and walked the half mile to the ground. During the war years this was used as an army camp for the Royal Artillery and was fitted with 4 enormous anti aircraft guns,they were kind enough to leave most of the fittings behind after the war.Wimpey who were building Heathrow Airport carved out a pitch in the airport which was used until the new recreation ground was built. Our colours also changed over the years from claret & blue, and old gold and ending up as the yellow & blue we wear today. Our club was formed in 1900 as Bedfont Institute and in 1968 amalgamated with two local clubs, Bedfont Rangers founded 1950 & Fairholme United founded 1953. The club was later joined by Interharvester in 1973.
In 1968 the club moved into Intermediate football joining the Middlesex League, winning the premier league in 1973/74,the premier cup in 1970/71 and again in 1976/77,the Middlesex Intermediate cup was added to the collection twice,1969/70 & 1976/77.In 1983 the club moved into the Surrey County Premier League, winning that division in 1984/85 & 1986/87.In 1987 Senior status was gained and with it promotion to the then Dan Air Combined Counties League. Since joining the club have yet to record league success,but have twice been to league cup finals, winning the Challenge Vase in 1992/93 beating Sandhurst Town 2-1 at Woking F.C.in 1994/95 we were beaten 1-0 by Chipstead.1999/2000 saw Bedfont win the London Senior Cup beating Erith Town 5-1. With the completion of major ground improvements we now look forward to making the next step up.
| Neil Shipperley | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Jason Shipperley | |
| Date of birth | 30 October 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Chatham, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Centre forward | |
| Youth career | ||
| Chelsea | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992–1995 1994 1995–1996 1996–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 2007 |
Chelsea Watford (loan) Southampton Crystal Palace Nottingham Forest Barnsley Wimbledon Crystal Palace Sheffield United Brentford Total |
37 (7) 6 (1) 67 (12) 61 (20) 20 (1) 78 (27) 87 (32) 41 (8) 39 (11) 11 (0) 447 (119) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1993–1995 | England U21 | 7 (3) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2009– | Bedfont | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 31 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals) |
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Neil Jason Shipperley (born 30 October 1974 in Chatham, Kent) is a retired English professional footballer, who played as a centre forward. He is currently manager of Bedfont of the Combined Counties League
A large, powerful, courageous, honest and brave forward who was surprisingly mobile for a big man and was particular good with his back to goal, Shipperley lived in Hillingdon, Middlesex and attended Bishopshalt School. He is the son of Dave Shipperley, who played for many years at centre back for Charlton Athletic and Gillingham.
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Club career
Shipperley began his career as a trainee at Chelsea on leaving school in 1991 and was an occasional member of the first team. He was loaned out to Watford during the autumn of 1994, and soon after returning to Stamford Bridge, he was transferred to Southampton, in January 1995.
He was signed for the Saints by Alan Ball for a record fee of £1.5 million.[1]He seemed to be fairly settled in the first team but, following Ball's departure, new manager Graeme Souness recruited Norwegian Egil Østenstad and, after two years at The Dell, Shipperley left the Premier League club for Division One promotion chasers Crystal Palace in October 1996, for a fee of £1 million.
He helped Palace win promotion to the Premier League at the end of the 1996-97 season, but was unable to save them from going straight back after just one season. Next stop was at newly promoted Nottingham Forest, who also went down within a year of promotion. At Forest he scored once against future club Wimbledon.[2]
The following season, 1999-00, Shipperley was playing for Barnsley, scoring 31 goals from 88 appearances in two seasons before moving to Wimbledon and forming a strong partnership with David Connolly during 2002-03, which produced nearly 50 second level goals. When Wimbledon went into administration, Shipperley chose to remain at Selhurst Park, transferring back to Crystal Palace (Wimbledon had been groundsharing with the Eagles), and during the 2003-04 season he captained them to promotion to the top level, scoring in the play-off semi-final home win over Sunderland, and the winning goal in the final victory over West Ham United.
However, Shipperley rarely featured in the subsequent campaign, with England international Andy Johnson preferred. After Palace were relegated, Shipperley moved to Sheffield United on a free transfer in July 2005, scoring 11 goals in 39 appearances in his debut season, helping them to promotion to the Premier League. Injuries made it difficult for an individual impact in the top flight season, and he was one of several United players transfer-listed in December 2006.
On 15 January 2007,[3] his contract with Sheffield United was terminated by mutual consent. He then signed a four-month contract with Brentford, eight days later.[4]Despite a promising start, Shipperley failed to score in his eleven appearances for Brentford, and on 25 April 2007 announced his retirement from professional football.
International career
During his time with Southampton Shipperley won his first England under-21 cap, earning seven in all.
Management
On 20 May 2009, it was announced that Shipperley had become manager of Bedfont in the Combined Counties League
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