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January 2003 report

Saturday 4th January

Farnborough 2 - 1 Woking

Good game, De Souza putting us in the lead, before Huckerby made it 1-1. Stoneman scored just before Half-Time, but De Souza got injured, my only hope was that he wouldn't be out for long

Wednesday 8th January

Farnborough 0 - 0 Yeovil

First 0-0 score since I joined Farnborough, and yet De Souza is out for a month, so Middleton took over, but didn't get much Action

Saturday 11th January

Dover 0 - 2 Farnborough

Middleton proved me wrong, scoring on the 17th minute to put us in the lead, before Baptiste hit one more in, lets hope Middleton will get more goals!

Tuesday 14th January

Vans Trophy South, 2nd round

Brentford 2 - 4 Farnborough

Great result against the D2 side, Middleton (2) Cartwright and Collins scored for us, while McMahon and Ingimarsson scored for them. Can we keep going in the Vans Trophy?

Saturday 18th January

FA Trophy 3rd Round

Telford 3 - 1 Farnborough

Maybe we partied too much after the Brentford game, as we lost 3-1 to Telford, who are a few places ahead of us. McEnvoy scoring Telford's first, before Middleton got another one, but Smith and McEvoy scored to make it 3-1, and put us out of the cup.

Wednesday 22nd January

Farnborough 1 - 1 Halesowen

How did we only get one point? De Souza returned with a goal, just beofre Half-Time, they gave us no problems, untill Bassey, outta nowhere, equalised, man so unfair......I think.

Saturday 25th January

Telford 2 - 1 Farnborough

Close game, Smith's pen and Martindale put Telford 2-0 up, but De Souza gave us hope. The Ref was stupid! There was a clear Penalty, and he lets them off, and when they Dived, he gave them a pen, grrrr!

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February 2003 report

Saturday 1st February

Farnborough 3 - 0 Boston

I ROCK! Middleton made it 1-0, before Baptiste and De Souza got goals after half-time, Collins got injured, but, for some reason, I don't care, cos I rock!

Tuesday 4th February

Vans Trophy South, Q.Final

Leyton Orient 2 - 2 Farnborough (L.Orient won 7-6 on Pens)

Woah, what a match. Chris Tate and Dean Martin (I'm sure I've heard those names before..) scored for L.Orient, but Cartwright and Middleton put the match into E.Time, and then to Pens. Both teams seemed to be great under pressure, none of us missed a pen untill Thomson failed to make it 7-7, which put us out the cup.

Saturday 15th February

Farnborough 3 - 1 Scarborough

Great game, Scarborough WERE ahead of us, in 4th place, but after Mattis scored for them, Thomson and a Baptiste double gave us the win, and now we are ahead of Telford in 4th place.

Wednesday 19th February

Chester 0 - 2 Farnborough

When I came to Farnborough, they were 11th, now I seemed to have turned then around. De Souza scored, but Baptiste got injured, and his replacement, Green, who had not scored any goals this season, scored on his first touch. Great result though, and with 12 games to go, maybe 2nd place is fair, but first already seems Miles away.

Saturday 22nd February

Hereford 0 - 4 Farnborough

Green scored ALL of the goals in this match, shocking since he hadn't scored one untill 3 days ago. This result has put us up into 3rd, 3 points behind York, and 15 points behind leaders Barnet.

End of Month Stats:
League Postion: 3rd (54 points)
Top Scorer: Baptiste (21 goals)
Top Assists: Cartwright (8 assists)
Highest Av.Rating: De Souza (7.81)

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March 2003 Report

Saturday 1st March

Farnborough 4 - 1 Blyth Spartans

Another win for Farnborough, De Souza, Middleton, Green and Cartwright got the goals for us, while Skedd scored for B.Spartans

Saturday 8th March

Morecambe 1 - 2 Farnborough

Close game, went behind after 16 mins, before De Souza scored just before Half-Time, Green, once again, won it for us. Baptiste was back, but I beleive you shouldn't change a winning side.

Tuesday 11th March

Northwich 2 - 1 Farnborough

Unlucky match, McMahon and Mitchell got the goals for Northwich, while only Middleton could score for us.

Saturday 15th March

Farnborough 3 - 0 F.Green

Great result, Green (2) and Middleton with the goals, puts us up to 2nd :cool:

Saturday 22nd March

Yeovil 1 - 2 Farnborough

Green has just secured a first team place, after scoring yet again. Baptiste scored the other goal while Grant scored for Yeovil.

Saturday 29th March

Farnborough 1 - 0 N.Borough

Green's only 21, yet he's destroying the Conference....in a good way. Scoring the only goal of the match, he's now scored 11 goals in 9 (3) apps, which is great!

End of Month Stats:
League Postion: 2nd (69 points)
Top Scorer: Baptiste (22 goals)
Most Assists: Baptiste, Cartwright, Hamsher (9 assists)
Highest Av.Rating: Green (7.75)

Just 8 points behind the leaders, Barnet, but only 5 games left. You do the maths!

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April/May 2003 Report

End of the season was nearing, could we just make it to the top shot?

Saturday 5th April

Hayes 1 - 1 Farnborough

Bottom placed Hayes shocked us, as we drew 1-1 with them. Luckily Barnet lost, 7 points behind now. Morrel for Hayes on the 45th minute, and Baptiste for us on the 67th minute.

Monday 7th April

Farnborough 0 - 4 Margate

Three problems in this match:
A: We had 2 days to recover from the last match, that ain't fair!
B: The Ref was a Margate Supporter
C: We had 1 Red Card, 2 offisde goals and a pen dissmissed!
Brazier got sent off, then Jones (2), Nancekivell and Hafner all got goals for Margate. Barnet had won the Conference, 10 points ahead with 6 points to play for.

Saturday 26th April

Farnborough 0 - 2 Dag & Red

My worst month at Farnborough continued after we lost 2-0 to Dag & Red, Dean and Piper with the goals. We slipped down to 3rd, Scarborough ahead by 2 points.

Saturday 3rd May

Barnet 1 - 3 Farnborough

A match against the leaders, and we won! After a really bad month, Green (2) and Cartwright got the goals that put us 2nd, for the second year in a row, after Southport beat Scarborough 3-2. DJ Campbell got one back for the Champions, but it was too little, too late.

End of season stats:
League Postion: 2nd (74 points)
Top Scorer: Baptiste (23 goals)
Most Assists: Baptiste, Cartwright, Hamsher (9 assists)
Highest Av.Rating: Green (7.76)

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Transfer News (Farnborough and Top 10 Transfers)

Transfers In (Farnborough)

Allot, Oldham, Bosman (25, English, SC)
S.Hartley, Armagh, 2k (23, N.Irish, SC)
Mickael Kaprielian, Bolton, 400k (22, French, F/RL)
Sean McClare, Barnsley, Bosman (25, Irish, M/RC)
Lee Bullen, Dunfermilne, Bosman (30, Scottish, SC)
Alan White, Luton, 85k (27, English, DC)
Liam Carr, Leigh RMI, 2l (23, English, MC)

Transfers Out

There has been no transers out, De Souza could be leaving though.

Loans In

Gaston Marquet, Nottenham Forest, Played the last 3 months for us last season.

Top 10 Transfers (Since the Start of the Year)

1. Javier Zanetti, Inter to Real Madrid - 22M

2. Pavel Nedved, Juventus to Roma - 16.25M

3. Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid to Lazio - 14.75M

4. Roberto Carlos, Real Madrid to FC Bayern - 14M

5. Robert Pires, Arsenal to Lazio - 14M

6. Jermaine Defoe, West Ham to Leeds - 13.5M

7. Christian Panucci, Barcelona to Milan - 12.5M

8. Jardel, Sporting to Milan - 12.5M

9. Juan Roman Riquelme, Boca to Juventus - 12M

10. Jaap Stam, Lazio to Man Utd - 12M

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Pre-Season results

Farnborough 0 - 2 Wrexham

Albershot 1 - 1 Farnborough

Farnborough 2 - 1 Sutton Utd

Farnborough 3 - 0 Leigh RMI

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Sorry, forgot about this one, remembered now, though!

August 2003 Report

The start of the season, after being 2nd for the last 2 years, can we finally get up to the Third Divison?

Saturday 16th August

Slough 2 - 2 Farnborough

Not the greastest game, Green scored two for us on the 4th and 27th, but Samuels scored for Slough just after half-time. Hall made it 2-2, so not the greastest of starts.

Tuesday 19th August

Farnborough 0 - 0 Barnet

BORING! Nothing happened, apart from a good performance by Boston's Goalkeeper, Jamie Speare.

Saturday 23rd August

Telford 2 - 3 Farnborough

Finally, a win, De Souza scored on the 2nd minute, but nothing much else happened untill the 69th minute, Martindale scored for Telford, Green scored on the 71st minute, before scoring again on the last minute. Smith got one back for Telford.

Wednesday 27th August

Farnborough 2 - 1 Bath

We nearly lost this one. Milsom made it 1-0 to Bath. Middleton got one back for us just after half-time, then Green scored 3 minutes later to give us the win.

Saturday 30th August

Halesowen 3 - 1 Farnborough

Shocked about this game, a game I expected to win. Patterson made it 1-0 Halesowen, before Giddings made it 2-0 on the 54th minute. Payne then made it 3-0, before Carr got one back for us.

End of Month Stats:
League Postion: 9th (8 points)
Top Scorer: Green (5 goals)
Top Assists: Bunce (2 assists)
Highest Av.Rating: Green (7.80)