A
Message from the Chair
Hello Everyone and welcome to this, the 3rd
edition of Diamond Minors Direct.
I hope you like your exclusive Diamond Minors pin
badge, which is enclosed. These badges are
available only to Diamond Minors members so
remember to wear it with pride!
I am very pleased to be able to report to you
that Diamond Minors are now sponsored by A &
J Sectional Buildings. You will see their logo
below and it will also appear on our page in the
Matchday magazine. A & J Sectional Buildings
are a local firm which supplies wooden sheds and
playhouses and they are longstanding friends of
the Club.
They are fully committed to helping the Trust in
any way they can and so, I am very proud that
they have chosen, in particular, to support
Diamond Minors.
I am also very pleased to announce that this
newsletter is now sponsored by DMS Ltd. DMS Ltd
are another local company who have very strong
links to the Club and Trust and I am very
grateful to them for all their support. DMS Ltd
will also be producing our Christmas and Birthday
cards.
I am very sorry that some of you did not receive
your promised birthday card from the players. We
are currently working on a project for those of
you who are disappointed and, hopefully, you will
receive a surprise in the near future!
Don’t forget to come along to the cabin
behind the Airwair Stand at each home game to get
your Matchday stamp card stamped. If you have
ideas you would like to tell us about or would
like to become more involved with YOUR section of
the Trust please come along and speak to one of
us in the cabin.
Enjoy reading this issue and we look forward to
meeting you soon!
Stacey
Hawkins
Chair –
Diamond Minors
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Matchday Stamp
Cards “Announcement”
We are sure many of
you have been wondering what the special prize is going
to be for the person with the most stamps on their stamp
card. Well, the wait to find out is over! The winner will
be invited to be a matchday mascot at one of our
pre-season friendlies for the 2006/07 season. The prize
will also include one adult and one junior ticket for the
match. So make sure you keep getting your cards stamped,
and good luck.
F.A. Youth
Cup 1st Round
Tuesday, 1st November 2005
Rushden & Diamonds 3 Lincoln City 0
Tomlin 1
Lambley 45, 56
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Lee Tomlin
got Rushden & Diamonds off to a perfect start
in this F.A. Youth Cup 1st Round tie by scoring
inside the first 60 seconds. Tomlin, four-goal
hero of the recent Midland Youth Cup victory,
received the ball from the right before cutting
inside to the edge of the penalty area to fire
hard and low into the net. It set the tone for
what was a first-class team performance with
Lincoln continually struggling to cope with the
vision and skill of Tomlin, and the blistering
pace of Lawrence Lambley.
The visitors did however create two chances to
equalise in the space of a couple of minutes. On
11 minutes, a free kick to the left of the
penalty area was crossed to the far post where
Daniel Hone headed wide from 6 yards. This was
followed by another headed chance a minute later
from Nigel Wallace that Martyn Margarson, in the
Rushden goal, saved comfortably.
Rushden continued to look the more accomplished
side going forward. Good work on the right by
Brian Dodsworth saw his cross directed towards
goal by Lambley in the 17th minute, but the
effort caused no real problem for Lincoln keeper
Scott Loach.
An excellent interchange of passes between Alex
Bolt and Jon Stead after 20 minutes almost
created an opening for the Diamonds. On the
half-hour, following a throw-in on the left,
Lambley showed his pace and unleashed a shot that
went just wide of the target. Two minutes later
and more good work by Stead led to a chance for
Tomlin, but his shot cleared the crossbar.
Tomlin made an excellent turn and shot from just
inside the penalty area in the 35th minute that
the keeper did well to save low down. This was
immediately followed by a good run on the left by
Lambley who fed the ball inside for Tomlin to
shoot, but the effort was deflected wide by a
defender. From the resulting corner, a penalty
area scramble ensued that resulted in Lambley
firing in a low shot, and again keeper Loach did
well to save.
A long ball played forward by the visitors was
comfortably dealt with by Dominic Langdon, who
was commanding in the Rushden defence all
evening.
The Diamonds finally got just rewards for their
efforts in the last minute of the first-half.
Lambley again used his pace to outstrip the
Lincoln defence as he ran onto a through ball on
the left side of the penalty area to fire home
confidently.
Full credit to the Lincoln players who came out
in the 2nd half still showing lots of
determination. However, the tie was effectively
over after 56 minutes. A long ball played forward
from midway inside the home teams half, caught
the Lincoln defence flat-footed. Lambley again
used his stunning pace to leave the defenders in
his wake, proceeding to the edge of the penalty
area where he unleashed an excellent shot,
rocketing into the top corner of the net.
Lincoln continued to work hard, with Gary King
firing over the bar just before the hour mark.
Owain Warlow followed this up with a good shot
that Margarson had to be alert to, turning the
ball round the post for a corner.
As game progressed more chances were created. A
right-foot shot from Tomlin from 25 yards out
went narrowly wide of the upright. Tomlin then
crossed from the left only to see Bolt’s
header saved by the keeper. Lincoln then broke
quickly and Tom Garrick forced a good save from
Margarson. In the 70th minute, a good run from
left back Ben Reynolds saw his cross touched just
wide by Tomlin. A minute later another ball
played over the top of the Lincoln defence saw
Lambley race away again only to shoot wide of the
target.
Rushden came close to making four in the 81st
minute following an excellent run by Stead who
saw his goal-bound effort cleared off of the
line.
The crowd showed their appreciation of
Lambley’s display by warmly applauding him
off of the pitch when substituted in the
eighty-second minute.
Teams:
Rushden & Diamonds: Margarson, O’Keefe,
Reynolds, Dodsworth, Langdon, Udoji, Stead, Bolt,
Lambley L (sub Wright 82 mins), Tomlin (capt),
Kennedy (sub Taylor 55 mins). Unused Subs:
Georgiou, Lambley J.
Lincoln City: Loach, Watt, Welburn, Cotton, Hone,
Stubbs (sub Garrick 64 mins), Toyne (sub McGovern
89 mins), Clarke, Wallace, King (sub Pembleton 85
mins), Warlow. Unused Subs: Baxter, O’Boyle. |
| See the Youth
team in action in the main stadium, in the
Midland Youth Cup-tie on Tuesday, 15th November
versus Hednesford. For further details check the
official Club web site: www.thediamondsfc.com. |
Trust
Events - Christmas Concert on Monday, 19th
December
This is an opportunity for supporters,
players and others to join together in a seasonal
celebration.
Full details will be published soon in the
Matchday Magazine. |
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Champions
Of Europe DVD Competition
How would you like to own a copy of the new
Champions of Europe DVD, tracking the complete
history of the European Cup & Champions
League? All you need to do to win this great DVD
is answer the following question:
Who has won the European Cup/Champions League the
most times?
a). Liverpool
b). Real Madrid
c). A.C. Milan
Send your entries to the Trust Office, together
with your name, address, telephone number and
Junior Trust Membership number, by 30th November
2005. All correct entries will be entered into a
draw to decide the winner. |
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