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Josh Gallagher  A mixture  of performances, but  Chief Groundsman Steve Regan...

      overall the squad have been fantastic! oh, and some bloke who happened to
 In The Dug-Out  The new floodlights are up on the first  wander in...!
      team pitch.  They look really good
      and are very bright. So we can now
      get back to some floodlit football at
 Hello Everyone,  home. Well done to everyone behind
 It’s been busy here at RPV since we   the scenes for getting this done!
 last did this with lots going on around   We also have our portable training
 the club!  lights  which will  be helpful with
 Getting  match  time  for the  whole   training from now till the end of the
 squad  isn’t always easy and Casmir   season.  Again, thank  you to  Helen
 Umeh, Louie Cockle  and Ethan   (Dalton - RPV Operations Manager)
 Lampard have all gone out on loan to   for getting these sorted for us!
 Earlsfield FC and Westside. Having   With all this going on, we have had
 these players at other clubs means   really positive chats regarding plans
 that they can get the match time and   for next season. So nothing but
 experience  to have a good end of   forward thinking  and planning being
 season.   done.
 In the meantime we have new players   Should be an exciting end part to the
 coming  to  join  us at  Grand Drive   season! Let’s keep pushing on as one
 that  we    hope  you’ll  enjoy  seeing   and  see where it takes us!
 as additions to  the strength of the                             Josh Gallagher
 squad. Coming into  the Vale line-up
 are my twin brother Jake  Gallagher   ************************************
 and a new striker, Timothy Obisanya.
 Jake is someone the players know  we don’t know too  much about, but   FLOODLIGHTS
 well through pre-season as he was  I’ve heard nothing but  good things   As Josh (and everyone else around
 helping  out with the  coaching.  and seeing him  in training gave us   here) mentions we now have NEW,
 Now  coming into play, Jake brings  an  insight  into the  qualities he  has.   proper bright, see-in-the-dark flood-
 experience and quality to the group  Good hold up play, a nice touch and,   lights. After weeks of waiting and
 which will  be great  for our young  like all great strikers, hungry to score.   bumping into goalposts in the gloom
 squad. The players will learn a lot   We  are looking forward to working   the new lights are in and were tested
 from him and hopefully he can enjoy  with Timmy and wish him a long and   last Thursday and the verdict is...they
 his time  with us and get the match  successful stay with us.  are VERY bright! As you can see
 fitness he needs. It’s great to have him  On the pitch it’s been nothing but   a  few  hardy  souls  came  down  for
 down with us, we are really looking  positives recently.  We’ve had some   the big unveiling - the gaffer, Josh
 forward to getting  him involved  really  good  results  including  an   Gallagher, General Manager and all-
 with the squad.  Timmy  is someone  emphatic 7-0 victory.   round doer of stuff Marc Skinner,
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