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Brantham Athletic Football Club

WELCOME TO THE BRANTHAM ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB WEBSITE
WE HOPE YOU FIND OUR WEBSITE ENTERTAINING AND ON THIS WEBSITE YOU WILL FIND FULL DETAILS OF WHAT IS GOING ON AT BRANTHAM ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB DURING  THE RUN UP TO THE NEW 2013-2014 SEASON!!!!! 

Brantham under 15's are their league champions
Congratulations from everybody at Brantham Athletic Football Club to Kevin Day and his under 15's team who won their league title after beating Boxford Rovers under 15's 1-0 in a match at Brantham last night (Tuesday 14th May). CONGRATULATIONS TO KEVIN AND HIS TEAM WHO HAVE DONE THE  CLUB PROUD
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 Brantham first team pre-season friendly matches confirmed for the season 2013-2014.
Saturday July 13th - Ipswich Valley Rangers versus Brantham Athletic at Woodbridge  -kick off 2.00 pm

Saturday July 20th 2013 - Brantham Athletic versus Kettering  Town at Brantham - kick off 3.00 pm
Saturday July 27th 2013- Wroxham versus Brantham Athletic at Wroxham- kick off 2.00 pm
Tuesday July 30th 2013- Brantham Athletic versus Needham Market at Brantham- 
kick off 7.45 pm
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Senior Presentation Award winners at end-of-season evening.
First team.
Managers' Player of the season - Matt Ryland
Players Player of the season- Matt Ryland
Supporters Player of the season - Ryan Bedingfield.
Reserve team
Managers' Player of the season - Ed Nobbs
Players  Player of the season - James Glen
Young Player of the season -Danny Garrad
"A"  Team
Managers' Player of the season -Chris Dines
Players Player of the season - Harry Parkes
Most improved player of the season- Reagen O'Brien
Under 18's team
Managers' Player of the season - Max Henry
Supporters Player of the season -Alfie Smith
Players player of the season - Alfie Smith
Managers of the Season
Allan Merchant and Nathan Burrell
Special Recognition Award
Dan Allen
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Latest Lottery Winners
The three lucky people who won a cash prize in the BAFC Lottery for April
were
George Hutchins
Dale Cathpole
Martin Willesey
The winners for May were
Sue Roberts
Chris Dines
Nico Fathing
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Andy French

Andy French - who has been a Brantham Athletic player for a very long time has made the journey down under to Australia and here is a photo of Andy with his Brantham Athletic football club scarf. Andy is also going to play football while he is over in Australian and his making his debut for Banyule City football cluib this weekend and we will keep you fully informed of our Andy's progress in the Australian footballing world.
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First team and  Reserves team look at the top end of their respective tables.
FIRST TEAM.
Dereham Town.  P 38 -W28- D3- L7 -Goals For 85  Against 35 -Points 87
Wisbech Town    P38 - W25- D8 -L5- Goals For 85 Against 40-  Points 83
Gorleston           P38 - W23 - D8- L7 - Goals For 91 Against 37 - Points 77
BRANTHAM ATH. P38 - W22- D7- L9 - Goals For 85 Against 50- Points 73
Godmanchester  P38 -  W19- D10- L9- Goals For 76 Against 49- Points 67
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RESERVES TEAM  (League Champions and Chell Trophy winners)
BRANTHAM RES.  P28 - W23- D3- L2- Goals For  105 Against 26 -Points 72
Walsham Res.      P28 - W20 - D4 - L4 - Goals For 88  Against 35 - Points 64
Felix/Walton Res. P27 - W20- D3- L4 - Goals For 74 Against 23- Points 63
Ips Wand. Res     P28 - W18- D4- L6 - Goals For 77 Against 39 - Points 58
(Well done to the Reserves top men in charge - Allan "Merch" Merchant - Nathan Burrell and Neil Williams-- also well done to a great team of players- with every single player doing his part in what turned out to be a great season for the Brantham Reserves team!!!!!!!
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Brantham Athletic football club Lottery  draw for March 2013 was made by Chairman Peter Crowhurst  and the lucky winners were
£100 - Charlotte Partridge -(Ladies team)
£75 -    Dan  Pryke (First team)
 £25 -  Sally Jasper (under 10's)
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 Brantham Junior section Presentation day - June 1st 2013
The annual Brantham junior football section presentation afternoon and evening will be held at the Brantham Leisure Centre on Saturday June 1st 2013.
The day kicks off at 11.00 a.m and goes through to late in the evening.
All the various youth teams are presented with their awards and there is a lot of activities planned for the afternoon and after having a meal there will be a disco--so why not come along and be part of the fun. Once again our thanks to Alison Kanaris and her team who have worked  hard to get the event organised and they will be there working hard all morning to make sure that everything goes alright for ALL of the Brantham Athletic football club youth teams-- as our CEO Darren Smith reminds them every season- they are the Brantham Athletic first team players in future years.
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Brantham Athletic Football Club Lottery 2012-2013
Brantham Athletic football club are running a 12 month lottery for this 2012-2013 season and full details have now been finalisedd. There will be 12 monthly draws, with prize money being £200 per month-First prize £100- 2nd prize £75 and third prize £25. Anybody can join the lottery club and by doing so people, be they players, offcials or supporters can not only help the Brantham Athletic Football Club but they can also have the chance of picking up one of the three monthly cash prizes. Please see Peter Crowhurst, the Brantham Chairman or Darren Smith, the Brantham CEO for full details as to how to register your interest in the  Brantham Athletic football club lottery. If you join the lottery after it has started your payments are structured so that you only pay for the monthly draws left.
(As the old saying goes=you have got to be in it -to win it!!).

Brantham Athletic Season Tickets
You can now pre-order your season  ticket for the 2013-2014 football season. The ticket,which will be very good value will mean that you can watch Brantham first team, Reserve team ,"A" team league matches with the season tickets.  The season ticket is not valid for any FA Cup, FA Vase, FA Youth Cup or Suffolk County FA Cup competitions. You will be advised when you are given your "new" season ticket what matches are and are not covered for the cost of the tickets. The Brantham Athletic club will do everything to make buying a season ticket an attractive offer and no doubt you will save money over the course of the season.  The season ticket prices also includes you in the Brantham Athletic football club monthly draw at no extra expense to you and maybe, just maybe, you could walk away with one of three monthly cash prizes, £100, £75 and £25.For further details pleaseany Brantham Athletic committee member.

BRANTHAM ATHLETIC CLUB SHOP
Brantham Athletic have some items for sale now in the club shop. You can buy a Brantham Athletic scarf, Brantham Athletic lapel pin badge, Brantham Athletic Bobble Hat or a  very smart Brantham Athletic club tie.
Also now available is the top quality Brantham Athletic long sleeved white shirt with a Brantham Athletic badge on. All sizes are available.
We hope to have several other items on sale very soon, including,hopefully, Brantham Athletic  polo shirts. Please see Darren Smith, Alan Clarke or Barry Felgate for details and how to buy items.
The Brantham Athletic football club programme,which was voted the best in the area by the Ipswich Evening Star will be on sale at the gate for all first team home fixtures. 
 TWO NEW ITEMS ADDED TO OUR RANGE - The official Brantham Athletic Football Club tie- great value at only £12.00 and the official  top quality Brantham white shirt with Brantham logo on- long sleeves- cost £25.00 each.
You can view some of the items and details of all items available by clicking onto "Shop" on this website.
If you wish to  purchase any items please see any member of the Brantham Athletic football club for full details.
Due to a good run of sales we are now re-stocking some items-so sorry for any delay in your being  able to purchase items . Thankyou.

PHOTOGRAPHS ON THIS BRANTHAM ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB WEBSITE
All photos on the Brantham Athletic Football Club website are - Copyright - Andrew Powell/Barry Felgate/Laura Wilding/Paul Brackley and All are-Brantham Athletic Football Club copyright unless otherwise stated.

Brantham Football Security personnel
Brantham Athletic Football Club's two security personnel taking time out from their rounds for a photo-call. Freddie is on the left and the new addition to the team is Gem on the right. They patrol the grounds every day under the supervision of Alan Clarke. Thanks to Alan and Lynne for the photo.

Latest Results

LEAGUE AND CUP FIXTURE RESUlLTS
SOME FIRST TEAM AND RESERVE TEAM STATS FOR YOUR PONDER OVER FOR THE SEASON JUST FINISHED
FIRST TEAM
Matches played: (games actually started)
48 games - goalkeeper Ryan Bedingfield who played in every game of the season and Ryan had a superb season between the sticiksand was one of the bestb keepers in the league.
45 games - Matt Ryland joined us from Felixstowe & Walton Utd and soon became the first team captain and Matt is the sort captain who leads by example. Matt is quick into the tackle and while he will defend in depth when needed he also was quick to break down the left and he played a major part in playing some superb through balls for his forward to latch onto and hit home some important goals.
41 games- reliable defender Jack Sibbons who had a great season at the back and led by  example. Strong on the ground and in the air.
 36 games - defender  Alex Drennen who also got involved in midfield in some games and another player to have a good good season.
35 games- out and out striker Josh Mayhew had a top class season up front and certainly scored some stunning goals none more so than the winning goal in the FA competition at Brightlingsea Regent netting from an almost impossible angle.
 32 games- Kieran Lawler is Brantham through and through and he puts 100% effort into every game that he plays in and even found the time to pop in 4 goals from midfield.
31 games - David Grimwood who had a great season in midfield and ran the midfield with some great passing and tackling and David also notched up 9 goals.
30 games- Ben Deacon, who joined us from Hadleigh after the start of the season and Ben's ability to hit home a goal from an awkward angle  and Ben finished up with 26 goals to his credit and did a lot of off the ball running for the team.
30 games- Simon Mann, a classy defender who despite injuries played some top class football  who liked nothing better than breaking down the right  into the opposition goal area and he netted 3 goals during the season.
27 games-  livewire striker Lee Grimwood who hit home 11 goals and  gave defenders real problems with his direct running with the ball and his ability to shield the ball and take it away from a defender.    Dan Pryke also started 27 games and gave some top class displays at either right or left back and was quick to move forward down the flanks when the chance came.
26 games -  midfield man Jack Smith joined us mid-season and soon started to show why he was such a good footballer, quick into the tackle and the ability to turn defence into attack and who will forget his first goal for the club  on his debut with a stunning 35yard shot into the roof of the Mildenhall net.
23 games- the livewire and quick running Sean Gunn. Althought only of slight build Sean was never afraid to get stuck into a tackle and  he had an eye for the goals as the 7 strikes will tell you.
20 games - top class midfield man and defender when needed Aldam Bloss had a very good  season. He missed some of the season after sustaining a serioud injury at Felistowe but much to our obvious delight he made a great return and  is very comfortable either in midfield or at the back.
18 games - Nico Farthing joined us and has proved to be a very solid and quick tackling defender and he is the sort of man you want at the back. Never afraid to get involved and Nico is the sort of player who will never shirk a tackle and  has made an impressive start here at Brantham.
16 games- Ben Garnham joined us from Felixstowe & Walton Utd at the start of the season and proved to be a very strong and competitive midfield man and ben hit home twice from the spot for us. Picked up a serious injury after the start of the New Year and his strong and competitive tackling has been missed at times. Gone over to Australia since the start of the New Year.
11 games - Ross Norfolk joined us from Stanway Rovers and is anorther very competitive player who is not afraid to get stuck into situations. A top class midfield man who has had a very good season with us here at Brantham and is the sort of player who can dominate midfield.

RESERVE TEAM STATS
34 games - Shaun Webb was the only player in the reserve team to start all games. A very competititve captain and a player who can turn defence into attack with just one pass.  Sean finished up on 12 goals. Sean was the reserve team captain and like Matt Ryland from the first team Sean is the type of skipper and player who will always lead by example and keep on hiving his team mates encouragement.
33 games - the livewire Ed Nobbs who the ability to turn defence into attack with his blistering pace.  To prove the point Ed found the back of the net 19 times.
31 games- the ever depenedable James Glen. A superb defender who is not afraid to got into the  tackle hard and get the ball and with some superb passing sets his forwards on their way.
Dan Page also started 31 games and is a very dependable defender who likes to get forward given the chance  but his ability is to defend in depth.
30 games - Ben Spencer has turned out to be one of the real stars of the Reserve team. A straight forward tackling defender who is not afraid to put himself about and goes in where (as the saying goes) angels fear to tread.
29 games - Danny Garrad is every defenders nightmare to mark- quick off the mark and has the ability to turn a defender inside out. Danny finished as leading goalscorer for the team as  well with  28 goals.
26 and 25 games -  goalkeeper James Thompson joined us and played in  goal in 26 games.  very dependable keeper and a person who with a quick ball out could turn defence into attack. Brother Adam Thompson started 25 games and hit home 9 goals, including a brace at Wivenhoe despite picking up a bad injury.
23 games - Scott Cooke is a no nonsense type of defender and plays the ball quickly out of defence and made some superb passes to set his fellow forwards on their way towards goal.
21 games - Alex Stocker started 21 games and came on as sub for 11 and he still managed to get forward at every given chance to hit home 14 goals.
19 games - James Turner re-joined us from Ipswich Wanderers and  has hit home 7 important goals.Not a payer who is brushed off the ball easily and has a good turn of speed when running at goal.  Lewis Jones also started 19 games and has proved to be a very good all round playing team member. Can go forward quickly when the chance arises but is also able to get back to help out at the back when needed.
16 games - defender Tom Barnes is a very good defensive player who just gets on with his job  without any problems. Has the speed to break from the back when needed and is not the sort of player who will shirk a tackle.
Other players who have been involved  have included the very reliable and dependale Jono Crouch who started 9 games after coming back from a serious injury and Jono is the sort of player who puts everything into a game Arron Hall has started  10 games and has come on as sub for 14 games. Arron is at home either on the pitch or in goal and he has hit home  6 great goals.
There are some players who have just had the odd run out for the Reserves and they have all played their part in taking the team to the title.
One man we must not forget is Josh Mann who travelled over to Canade after Christmas. Josh  had hit home 14 goals prior to his departure and no doubt if he had played the while season he would have been amongst the leading goalscorers. An old fashioned type centre forward player who had an eye for goal. 
Last but by no means least we have the manager Allan Merchant who named himself as sub for some matches  and he did at last have the chance to show his team what a top class man he is.
Congrats also to Allan's friend Nathan Burrell who did a superb job for the reserve team and at the same time took his Veterans team to the league title.
There were some first team players who played a few games, with Sean Gunn playing 4 times for the Reserves and netting one goal.

 

Upcoming Fixtures

Friday May 10th 2013
SCFA Senior reserves cup final
AFC Sudbury Res. versus Kirkley and Pakefield Res.
If you are not going to the senior end of season
evening then you can still watch a game at Brantham.
The Suffolk County FA  Senior Reserves cup final
between AFC Sudbury  Reserves versus Kirkley & Pakefield
Reserves will take place at Brantham on FRIDAY MAY 10th
2013 with a 7.45 pm kick off. 
Admission - Adults £300  Concessions £1.00