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New York Rovers FC
New York Rovers FC
New York Rovers FC
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*New Yorks Info*
New York Rovers FC
Started out as a u/15s junior soccer side based in Davenport Stockport Cheshire UK. ! We entered the Stockport Metro JFL for the up and coming 07/08 season at u/15s with a small squad of thirteen players . Now with several having never played for a team before ! we hoped playing as a team rather than a side full of good individual players , would allow us to maybe compete against the stronger sides we would no doubt face .
I would just like to say ! it was a great time at new york rovers, and all the players & parents who represented new york were a great bunch of people ! And every single one of the players can say that they played football the right way "   and proved to the doubters that you dont need the best players   to compete ! They proved playing as a team will always be the winning formula ..and should be proud of there achievments in a short period of time ! which included being the most honest non cheating   team in there day ! along with good football to boot !
Interesting League game Facts & Information
1 New york rovers went to the top of div 4 on the 7th oct 2007 and then spent a unbroken 57 weeks at the top ! until they were knocked off the top by there close rivals sandringham rovers on the 2nd nov 2008 in div 3 ! In fact sandringham were the only team ever to keep us off the top in div 4 and the only team to knock new york off the top in div 3 ! The only team we ever played above us once in 28 league fixtures !
2 New york never dropped below 1st or 2nd position in div 3 or 4 after climbing there on the 30th sep 2007 in div 4 with a 3-2 win over sandringham rovers ! And the only reason that occured was because we started our ist season in div 4 late because of cheshire cup commitments !
3 Only on one occasion did new york play a team above them in the league standings ! our 3rd league game on the 30th sep 2007 against sandringham rovers in div 4 ! new york won 3-2 and there for were never beaten by a team above them ever in the league standings in div4 or div3 !
4 The only team to beat New york without new york returning the compliment was ryecroft rangers !( new york folded before the return league fixture )! They also becoming the only league team we never beat.
5 Bramhall north & great moor county were the only teams to outscore new york over 2 league games ! new york winning 2-1 away & losing 2-0 at home against bramhall ! and new york beating great moor county 2-1 at home but losing away 3-1!
6 Only Ryecroft rangers , great moor county & bramhall north ever beat new york by more than 1 goal ! 4-2 3-1 2-0 respectively !
7 Only 2 teams ever stopped new york scoring ! sandringham rovers 0-0 4th div 27th jan 2008 and bramhall north 2-0 3rd division on 14th dec 2008 ! strangely enough bramhall in the above fix are the only team that can boast to have beaten new york with a full squad available ! all be it in new yorks troubled times !
8 Most goals down at H-T was against norbury athletic in 1st ever league game 3-0 ! eventually coming back to win the game 5-4
9 New york never had a minus goal difference in leagye 4 or 3 of the metro !
10 New york were never bettered on the field of play by any team in the div4 2007/2008 season ! and were the only team to beat everyone. But amazingly were still adjudged runners due to another team dropping out of the league !
11 Biggest half time lead new york ever achieved was 11-0 against chaple town juniors and which was the most goals we ever scored in one half ! eventually running out 21-1 winners ! scoring ten in the second half.
12 Sandringham rovers took the most points off new york in our three meetings in div4 & div3 ! 3pts in total ! and by the way sandringham were the only team ever to have taken new yorks chance of winning the league out of our hands ! all be it briefly after new yorks last game defeat in in div 4 at the hands of norbury ! who by some strange fate put it back in our hands holding sandringham to 1-1 draw in there as it turned out final game !
13 Sandringham were the only team ever to have threatened a comeback having gone 3-0 down they brought it back to 3-2 in a cracking game ! any other team new york had got a 2-0 lead or more in ! eventually lost by 2 or more goals !
14 Only norbury athletic 3-0 1-0, cheadle & gatley B 1-0, greatmoor county 3-0 & ryecroft rangers 2-0 ! these teams were the only sides ever to have led new york at h-t in a game ! with norbury the only side ever to have led new york at h-t twice in there 2 league encounters !
15 Only 3 teams ever managed to go on and win the game against new york with the teams being level at h-t ! Chinley juniors 1-1 3-2, sandringham rovers 0-0 2-1, bramhall north 0-0 2-0 !
16 The team that scored the most league goals against new york were norbury athletic ! in total 6 in 2 league games !
17 The most goals new york scored against a league team was 23 in total ! against chaple town juniors in 2 meetings !
18 New york never did manage to draw a away fixture !
19 New yorks away record of 12 wins 3 losses in 15 games was superior to there home record of 9 wins 2 draws and 3 losses in 29 league games played ! Taking 24pts out of 30pts away from home as opposed to 20pts out of 28pts at home !
20 On the 6th of april 2008 four new york players all scored a hatricks in the same game against chaple town juniors ! more amazingly 3 of them mat knowles , luke farrow & josh lewis all scored four goals apiece ! the other hatrick came from zak gray in a 21-1 win
21 L farrow,jo lewis,ja lewis,M knowles,C neill,D bates,H lee,M ireland all scored on there debuts for new york ! thats nearly half the total of the 17 players that represented new york ! more amazingly these debut goals all came in two games ! the 5-4 win against norbury & the 5-1 win against hillgate boys " with the three summer signings all scoring on there debut aginst hillgate !
22 Unfortunately only 2 players out of the 17 that played for new york failed to score a league goal ! Jake crawley & James howard
23 New york only ever scored 1 penalty and that was scored by Curtis pemberton against disley juniors away in a 5-0 win ! and that was the only goal he ever scored for new york.
24 Only five players played in every league game for new york ! L farrow,Ja lewis,Jo lewis,A fletcher & C neill ! they played in all 29 league fixtures.
25 Apart from our regular goalkeeper Willian cartwright ! Josh lewis & Luke farrow were the only other players to represent new york in goal ! more so in div 3 before we folded.
26 Strange but true is the fact ! The only defeat new york suffered on a big pitch was at chinley juniors ! with all the other six defeats coming on small or junior pitches.....
27 Only two players never tasted defeat in a league game for new york ! them players being " Hemang lee & micheal ireland ! who only made 2 and 1 appearances respectively! And by the same token only one player never tasted victory with new york ! James howard made two app as sub in a 1-1 draw & 3-2 defeat in div 4
28 Only one team ever managed to come from behind and win when losing to new york at some point in the game ! they were chinley juniors ! with cheadle & gatley B the only other team to evade defeat having earned a draw when going behind 1-0 early in second half !
29 Of the thirteen league games new york lead in at H-T ! they went on to win the game and therefore won every league game they lead in at half time !
2007/2008 Seasons summing up at u/15s !
Given the above profile it was always going to be a learning curve in our first ever season " and uncertain as to how we would fair ! but to the amazement of quite a few sceptics " we did not dissapoint ! Winning the title on the field of play in our first season " is a testament to the spirit and good football the 12 players of new york brought to the smjfl , and they must be commended highly for that . Official metro refs at all our games (because we went out lookin for them and wanted them)!! not one booking not one bit of trouble between us and our opponents (league wise) and always acted in a sporting manner . We never called a game off, even when our best players were injured or only had eleven to choose from " on two occasions startin a game with only ten players ( Great Season ) and one which ended up with new york rovers being crowned champions on the field of play ! unfortunateley because a opposing team dropped out of the league ! the smjfl chose to crown another team outright champions " a team that were always chasing and second best to new york overall ! results wise and table wise. New york had finished there season in the knowledge they were the only team to beat and fair better better against all there opponents on the field of play ! which no one can dispute as our recorded history will always show !
2008/2009 Seasons summing up at u/16s !
Well this was going to be a tougher season given promotion to a higher division ! But i was confident if we stuck to our policy of commitment and playing as a team we would enjoy the experience . Into the 1st game against hillgate boys away and what i was expecting became a reality ! yep football the last thing on the agenda with home reffin and fouling and intimidating tactics by the parents ( which did not work by the way) the main course, but we stuck to our footballing ethics of keeping outta the way when possible and played the game as it should be   clean and honest and in the end football won the day with the thugs of hillgate   taught a footballing lesson and thrashed   5-0 ! unfortunately due to the sometimes over part of this match new york lost two new summer signings who we had introduced from school team football and very good players aswell ! but the injuries sustained put them off and they left after one game . To the next game and against a team relagated from the second div last year ! i was conscerned but in the end no need to be ! coz although we beat wilmslow sports 5-1 it was a good clean honest, game of soccer ! but i did detect one or two of our players seemed half hearted commitment wise ! 3rd game against a strong big bramhall side and boy was this tough ! the first time we have never got ontop of a side in a game ! they new how to stop ya playing and closed you down big time.and it was gonna take commitment and a little bit of magic to get anything outta this game !coz again we had players on the pitch who seemed to have lost interest 1 in the end new york ran out 2-1 winners in a even game ! Something was not right with the team commitment wise which needed to be put right ! given we were now down to a squad of only 13 players ! in the next fix against whaley bridge we were awarded a default away win coz they called the game off on there pitch and refused to come to our ground after agreeing this previousley ! which is in the rules ! so we now have a 100% record of 4 wins from 4 and 3pts clear . The next game rycroft rangers away a team relegated from the top div last year and unbeaten on 5pts ! and a chance to pull 5 pts clear of em ! Big enough game to get you outta bed ERM NO ! a squad of only eleven players and goalie who was not interested and said so on the pitch to his own players ! at which point he was taken off after there 1st two goals ! needless to say the what was coming happened ! rycroft being the 1st team ever to beat new york by more than 1 goal at 4-2 ! even then i felt sorry for the handfull of commited players coz in fact they played there socks off and were very unlucky against all the odds not to have scored at least 7 goals given the one on ones with there superb keeper ! Dont get me wrong though Ryecroft played some sublime football at times and were a pleasure to watch ! coz they did to us what we had been doing to teams last season and early this season . Deep down though i new this was the end and just a matter of time ! New york did manage to play another 7 games in this season winning four more games and losing three ! no doubt down to the fact we had no goalkeeper in two of the losses and folded on 1st march 2009 due to lack of players . PS never would i have thought that it was going to be our own downfall given the success we have enjoyed ! but you cant give players commitment they have to have it !.........And as for the smjfl lets be honest with ourselves its a self regulated league with no hard fast rules or regulations ! teams being allowed to play ringers ! home teams allowed to cheat refwise and sideline abuse by parents verbal & physical. Of course this is not the doing of the smjfl its the doing of its member clubs ! and until the people who condone this behavior are delt with grass roots football will suffer irrelevant of the respect campaign ! but for them to be delt with there needs to be a body to go to who will listen and take action and thats where the smjfl fails miserably in my opinion ! So all you managers parents   refs players who are reading this CMON and help the smjfl kick it out !..........Anyway good luck for the future to all managers/teams/parents .