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JERRY SPEAKS

Good afternoon to you all once again
from the comfort of your homes. I have to Todays front cover comes from the
be honest I am finding it more and more 1986/87 season and features a
frustrating that I don’t get to see or interact black and white and blue design.
with any of our loyal supporters. Games On the pitch City finished in
really aren’t the same without you all and
believe it or not I actually miss the abuse 10th position in the GM Vauxhall
and banter from the away support!!! Conference table and the average
Today we extend a warm welcome to attendance at Twerton Park was
Jamie, his staff and players from Billericay just 501.
Town. This will be another tough test for our
new group.
I thought last Saturday was a really good
FA Cup tie for all involved. Winchester
certainly played their part but our players
attitude and character did shine through in
tough conditions and we felt we deservedly
went through to the next round. The game as a whole was very tight with
With nearly 70% possession and lots them adopting a very physical high press
of excellent football played at times the strategy for 90 minutes and being very 3 Jerrys Notes
players relationships and connection is good at it. The only chance they had first
starting to form. It was great for young half was the free kick they scored from.
Tommy Conway to open his account with We were a bit scrappy and didn’t create 4 Commercial News
two very similar goals. We have worked enough in the opening 45 minutes.
on getting him across the near post Second half we were dominant and in 6 From the Boardroom
with movements and Callum Evans was control of the game. The best move of
outstanding with his crossing the whole the game resulted in Tom Smith scoring
game as provider. but being wrongly adjudged offside after 11 Billericay Town History
Tom Richards was terrific coming off the seeing the footage back. Tommy Conway
bench and we were all really pleased to was in an offside position but didn’t touch 12 Getting to know
see him score the winner. The win helps us the ball. Their GK then pulled off a wonder Billericay Town
as a group with confidence and also the save low to deny Conway. Their second
club financially even if the prize money goal that killed the game late was similar
from the FA has been cut. We all would to their first. We have to learn to delay 15 Last Time Out
love to have another good FA cup run as and stay on our feet in those situations as
the club has not had one for some time nowadays any contact at all sees players 25 The Pledge
now. go over. I wasn’t too unhappy after the
Tuesday saw us go to Oxford City for our game as I felt the second half performance 29 Vanarama National
was very encouraging but it’s still not nice
first NLS league game. I made a couple of losing games in saying that.
changes to freshen it up with the reality of League South Season
so many games coming thick and fast, the Tuesday sees us again in the FA Cup. The Fixtures
small squad will be tested physically. draw could certainly have been kinder, a
Jack Batten was a huge plus on the night, tough away game at in form Slough. We 30 Next Match Preview
will all look forward to it but of course the
making his first competitive start for 18 focus is today and us trying to keep our Slough Town
months following his ACL injury. It was very good home record going. It will be
always the plan to take him off on the hour nice to see a positive performance and the
whatever the state of the game. He will players understanding how Twerton can be 33 Man of the Moment –
benefit massively from the game time. We Tommy Conway
also welcomed Tom Leak on loan from a fortress for us
Walsall a centre back who really enjoys JERRY
defending and did very well considering he 34 Looking back
only met the group that evening.
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