THE ENTERTAINERS 3 BORING UTD 3 - ELLIOT STYLES' TESTIMONIAL

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Friday 12-May-2017

ELLIOT STYLES TESTIMONIAL

 

THE ENTERTAINERS (0) 3  BORING UNITED (2) 3

 

The Entertainers - Callum Chafer, Donny Barnard, Dave Collis (Jim McFarlane), John Purdie, Jamie Southon, Colin McBride (Taj Hussain), Frankie Curley, Mark Janney (Mark Holloway), George Purcell, Ross Wall, Ozzie Adeniji

 

Boring Utd - Richard Wray, Billy Coyne, Chris Barry, Asa Pamplin, Jack Barry, Elliot Styles, Simon Glover, Jamie Hursit, Martin Tuohy (Sam Bantick), Dean Green, Andy Tomlinson

 

Scorers - Dean Green 14 (BU) - Dean Green 35 (BU) - George Purcell 43 (TE) - Ross Wall 46 (TE) - Sam Bantick 53 (BU) - George Purcell 65p (TE)

 

 

THE ENTERTAINERS (0) 3 BORING UNITED (2) 3

 

In a match where play switched from end to end, both goalkeepers were in frequent action, making some excellent saves.

 

Boring Utd took the lead on 14 minutes when Dave Collis floated the ball towards the far post, where Dean Green was ideally placed to finish the move off with a well-placed shot wide of Callum Chafer.

 

Chafer made two saves to deny Martin Tuohy and Green, but was beaten a second time with another Dean Green shot from close range.

 

As half time approached, Chafer again saved, to deny Green his hat-trick. At the other end, Richard Wray tipped a shot over the bar from Ross Wall, who ran on to an Ozzie Adeniji pass, and Wray was in action shortly afterwards, saving from George Purcell after Wall had crossed from the right.

 

Colin McBride, playing in midfield, withdrew at half time, and his replacement, Taj Hussain, made several powerful runs along the right wing.

 

George Purcell pulled a goal back with a ‘Purcell special’, and Ross Wall levelled he score three minutes later with a fine drive from the edge of the area.

 

Wray saved from Purcell, who then went close with a shot that lifted just over the bar, whilst Chris Barry denied Hussain with an excellent tackle as he homed in on goal.

 

Sam Bantick put Boring Utd back ahead with a shot from just inside the area, but the Entertainers drew level through a George Purcell penalty after Hussain was brought down.

 

Wray then moved sharply to save from Mark Janney, before Elliot Styles, playing in midfield, led a strong challenge late in the game and twice went close with shots, both of which cleared the bar by a narrow margin.

 

 

USMAN (OZZIE) ADENIJI - Ozzie joined Hornchurch in January 2017 from Witham Town, having also played for Canvey Island and Billericay. He has played ten times for Hornchurch, scoring one goal.

 

WAM BANTICK - Sam first played for Hornchurch in 2011-12, and rejoined in March 2017, having played for Sudbury for most of the season. He has made five appearances for Hornchurch.

 

DONNY BARNARD - Donny played 145 times for Leyton Orient, before joining Hornchurch in 2007. In three seasons at Bridge Avenue, Donny made 94 appearances and scored one goal.

 

CHRIS BARRY - Chris joined Romford from Ilford in 2006, and has no other senior clubs. He has made 141 appearances for Romford, scoring 17 goals.

 

JACK BARRY - Jack joined Romford FC in 2009-10 and in his five seasons at Romford he made 228 appearances and scored 33 goals. He joined Thamesmead at the start of the 2015-16 season.

 

CALLUM CHAFER - Callum has been with Hornchurch for three seasons, after moving up from our Youth Alliance team. He has made ten appearances in our first team, and has spent this season on loan at Romford FC, after being on loan at Redbridge FC the previous season.

 

DAVE COLLIS - Dave has had more than one spell at Bridge Avenue, the most recent being when he rejoined us from Canvey Island in 2015. Dave has made 95 appearances and scored six goals.

 

FRANKIE CURLEY - Frankie first played for Hornchurch in 2007, and made 298 appearances, scoring 19 goals, before leaving to join Billericay, where he was made club captain.

 

BILLY COYNE - Billy first joined Hornchurch in 2008, and has also played for Concord Rangers, and his current club, Aveley. He played 244 times for Hornchurch, and scored seven goals.

 

SIMON GLOVER - Simon joined us from Maidstone Utd in 2011, and made 73 appearances, scoring one goal, before joining East Thurrock. He has also played for Canvey Island, Thamesmead, and more recently for Brentwood Town.

 

DEAN GREEN - Dean previously played for Hendon, before joining Hornchurch in 2007. In his two seasons at Bridge Avenue, Dean scored 22 goals in his 77 appearances in his two seasons at Hornchurch, before joining Boreham Wood.

 

MARK HOLLOWAY - Mark Holloway has been assistant manager at Hornchurch for the last two seasons.

 

JAMIE HURSIT - Jamie has played five times for Hornchurch, having started in the Youth Alliance team, before playing for Enfield FC.

 

TAJ HUSSAIN - Tai was joined Hornchurch at the start of the current season from Sporting Bengal. He spent some time on loan at Southend Manor, and has made eight appearances for Hornchurch.

 

MARK JANNEY - Mark was another of Colin McBride’s signings, having previously played for Dagenham & Redbridge and Purfleet. He made 178 appearances for the Urchins, scoring 41 times. Mark had his own testimonial match in September 2012, when Hornchurch played Dagenham & Redbridge. Several of the players here today - Colin McBride, Jim McFarlane, Kris Lee, Jamie Southon and Andy Tomlinson, played in Mark’s testimonial, on a day when it poured with rain.

 

KRIS LEE - Kris was one of Colin McBride’s first signings, and joined us from Purfleet in 2006. He scored 56 goals in his 150 appearances for Hornchurch, and he subsequently played for Brentwood and Maldon & Tiptree.

 

JIM McFARLANE - Jim played 634 times for Purfleet, scoring 75 goals, before joining Hornchurch when Colin McBride took over at Bridge Avenue. Jim played 104 times for Hornchurch, and then took over as manager in September 2009. He has currently been in charge for 422 matches.

 

COLIN McBRIDE - Colin was a player at East Thurrock and Purfleet, but is better known as manager of Purfleet. He became manager at Hornchurch in 2006, and after 180 matches in charge, he stepped aside to resolve the financial crisis inherited from a previous regime.

 

ASA PAMPLIN - Asa joined Hornchurch from Enfield Town in 2005. He made eight appearances in their only season in the Essex Senior League, and then became manager of our Capital League side.

 

GEORGE PURCELL - George joined Hornchurch in at the start of 2013 and is our all-time leading scorer with 104 goals from his 177 appearances. He missed much of the current season due to injury.

 

JOHN PURDIE - John was another who followed Colin McBride from Purfleet,             for whom he made 362 appearances and scored one goal. He played 150 times for Hornchurch and scored one goal, against Ilford in the final match of the 2006-07 season.

 

JAMIE SOUTHON - Jamie first played for Hornchurch in 2002, and played under both George Borg and Gary Hill. He rejoined Hornchurch when Colin McBride took over. In 121 appearances, he score eight goals, and is currently assistant manager and player at Kelvedon Hatch.

 

ANDY TOMLINSON - Andy joined Hornchurch in the wake of the financial crisis and made his debut in the match at Arlesey. He did not play in the Essex Senior League season, but returned when Colin McBride took over in 2006. Andy made a total of 270 appearances for Hornchurch, scoring seven times. After leaving Hornchurch, Andy played for Heybridge Swifts.

 

MARTIN TUOHY - Martin is in his second spell at Hornchurch, having played for Canvey Island in between. He has scored 83 goals in his 213 appearances for Hornchurch.

 

ROSS WALL - Ross is in his second spell at Hornchurch, rejoining from Thurrock in October. He has scored 46 goals in 124 appearances for Hornchurch. He was also our leading scorer in the Capital League with 33 goals in 33 appearances.

 

RICHARD WRAY - Richard played for Hornchurch in 2001, although he only played once in the first team, before joining Aveley, and then East Thurrock. He is currently player / goalkeeper coach at Romford.

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Today's Romford Recorder has a pull-out supplement on Elliot Styles, and there is also a very lengthy feature on their on-line edition.

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Thera are two more columns about Elliot, in the on-line edition of the Romford Recorder - one featuring Frankie Curley, and the other featuring Jack Barry.