View From The Dugout

Good afternoon everyone as we welcome Burnham FC to Northwood Park. All from the Club wish the players, officials and supporters from Burnham a pleasant stay and a safe journey home. Another tough game awaits us today against an in-form Burnham side.

We have put together back to back performances both at Thatcham Town and Beaconsfield SYCOB and we will be looking for more of the same today.
T r i g g e r
My first game in charge was against Thatcham Town. I did not have a good start to my managerial career due to an accident on the M4 which led to six of my players turning up at 7:15pm; this left no time for preparation before the game.

We had a shaky first ten minutes, but once we scored we settled into the game and started to play some good football on a bobbly  pitch. We ended 4-1 winners  with a good performance all round.

My second game in charge was away to Beaconsfield, who are riding high in the League. We started off strong with high tempo football which led to us being 2-0 up at half time. We battled hard in the second half to hold on to our lead, which we should have increased; this was another good performance.

Since the last game, unfortunately Leon Osei has gone to Aylesbury and Jack Hutchinson has joined Gary Meakin at Wingate & Finchley. I wish them both well.

To close; I would like to thank you all for your continued support. I hope you enjoy today's game.

Mark

1 December 2012