Scheduled Christmas Fixtures for Ryman Division One (North), Spartan South Midlands & Essex Senior League (Check before travelling for kick off time and if game is on) Monday 27th December RYMAN NORTH Brentwood Town v Tilbury Enfield Town v Cheshunt Grays Athletic v East Thurrock United Great Wakering Rovers v Thamesmead Town Heybridge Swifts v Maldon & Tiptree Needham Market v AFC Sudbury Potters Bar Town v Waltham Abbey Redbridge v Leyton Romford v Ilford Waltham Forest v Wingate & Finchley Ware v Harlow Town ESSEX SENIOR Eton Manor v Witham Town SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS Premier Division Aylesbury United v Tring Athletic Biggleswade United v Dunstable Town Hatfield Town v Haringey Borough Hertford Town v Leverstock Green Hillingdon Borough v Colney Heath Holmer Green v Chalfont St Peter Kingsbury London v Harefield United Oxhey Jets v Hadley Royston Town v Broxbourne Borough St Margaretsbury v Kentish Town Stotfold v Langford Division One AFC Dunstable v Berkhamsted Amersham Town v Buckingham Athletic (kick off 2pm) Ampthill Town v Bedford Town Reserves Bedford v Hoddesdon Town Cockfosters v Wodson Park Crawley Green v Cranfield United Harpenden Town v Welwyn Garden City (kick off 2pm) Kings Langley v Sun Postal Sports (kick off 12 noon) London Lions v London Colney New Bradwell St Peter v Stony Stratford Town Tuesday 28th December ESSEX SENIOR (note - not sure if these are 3pm or 7.45pm kick offs????) Hullbridge Sports v Burnham Ramblers Stansted v London APSA Takeley v Mauritius Sports Association Wednesday 29th December ESSEX SENIOR Enfield 1893 v Bethnal Green United (kick off 7.45pm) Saturday 1st January 2011 RYMAN NORTH AFC Sudbury v Heybridge Swifts Cheshunt v Ware East Thurrock United v Waltham Forest Harlow Town v Enfield Town Leyton v Romford Maldon & Tiptree v Needham Market Waltham Abbey v Brentwood Town Wingate & Finchley v Potters Bar Town ESSEX SENIOR Basildon United v Bowers & Pitsea (kick off 12 Noon) Clapton v Barking Sawbridgeworth Town v Takeley Sunday 2nd January ESSEX SENIOR Barkingside v Mauritius Sports Association Monday 3rd January RYMAN NORTH Ilford v Great Wakering Rovers Thamesmead Town v Redbridge Tilbury v Grays Athletic (kick off 1.00 p.m.) SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS Premier Division Broxbourne Borough v Biggleswade United Chalfont St Peter v Aylesbury United Colney Heath v Royston Town Dunstable Town v Stotfold Hadley v Hertford Town Hanwell Town v Kentish Town Harefield United v Hillingdon Borough Haringey Borough v St Margaretsbury Langford v Hatfield Town Leverstock Green v Holmer Green Tring Athletic v Oxhey Jets Division One Ampthill Town v Crawley Green Bedford Town Reserves v Bedford Berkhamsted v Cockfosters Buckingham Athletic v New Bradwell St Peter Cranfield United v AFC Dunstable Hoddesdon Town v London Lions London Colney v Harpenden Town Stony Stratford Town v Kings Langley Welwyn Garden City v Amersham Town Wodson Park v St Albans City Reserves Tuesday 4th January (all 7.45pm kick offs) RYMAN NORTH AFC Sudbury v Enfield Town Brentwood Town v Harlow Town Heybridge Swifts v Needham Market Leyton v Cheshunt ESSEX SENIOR Barking v Basildon United Barkingside v Takeley Burnham Ramblers v Bowers & Pitsea Southend Manor v Clapton
Christmas is also time to reflect so there is no time like the present than to look back over how far Enfield Town has come since formation during the supporters meeting in June 2001. The club's first competitive game was just under two months later on the 18th August 2001 when the team took to the field at Gardiners Close to take on Basildon United in the Essex Senior League. It was fitting we returned to that stadium in the Essex Senior League Cup Final at the end of our first season when we famously beat big rivals Leyton FC on penalty kicks. My overriding memory of that match was nervously not being able to look when the final penalty was taken and then glancing along at the mass ranks of Town fans with a large number of them doing the same as I was.
The cold end would like to thank all of those people who have made OUR club happen from the members of the board, to the coaching staff and players, and the people behind the scenes who carry out so much hard work and so often get overlooked.
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| Above - The programme for Enfield Town's first competitive fixture |
When fans moan and whinge about the team losing or not doing well they should stop and look back on how far the club has come in just under a decade. The fact we have a team to support that will have it's own ground in the borough for all the community to use is far better than the grim situation football in Enfield found itself in when the bulldozers moved in and so sadly demolished the hallowed Southbury Road at the end of 1999.
Whoever you support The Cold End wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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