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Chapman, Criddle, Football, groundhopping, Hellenic, League, New College Swindon, Perry, Tytherington Rocks
Saturday 31st December 2011 ko 12.00pm
Hellenic League Division One West
NEW COLLEGE SWINDON 0
TYTHERINGTON ROCKS 3 (Chapman 25 Perry 42 Criddle 79)
Att 78
Entry & Programme £3
Tea 60p
Steak Pie £1.50
It has to be said that New College are a difficult side to get a grip on as to what they’re about. Formed in 1994 as a side playing friendlies on Wednesday afternoons (a day typical for student football), they graduated to academy status two years later with a tie up with Swindon Town. That lasted 2 years before the club linked up with Forest Green Rovers, but these days there appears to be no official link-up, but coaching is directed by Paul Bodin, youth team manager at the County Ground. There were a few Swindon Town bench coats in evidence. Continue reading