Red Tile Football Club

Steve Hall and Shaun Turner officially became Red Tile players on sunday after both impressed in the 5-2 victory over division 2 side L & G at Cossington

 The visitors competed with their division 1 rivals for the opening 20 minutes and in deed took the lead after a lucky deflection. However as the first half wore on Red Tile began to stamp their authority. Goals from Rich Ball, Andy Staunton, Shane Thompson and Neil Thompson gave Tile a 4-1 lead at half time.

 It proved a good test with 15 players to choose from, Staunton was able to give everyone an extended run out which will only benefit. The second half saw L & G rally and pull a goal back however a Jack Taylor header sealed the victory.

Tile were certainly impressive, playing neat triangles and moving the ball quickly to rip their opponents open on numberous occasions. Attention will now turn to their next friendly against league new boys Flag All Stars next sunday.

 Red Tile Squad

Chris Ford, Steve Hall, Simon Bone, Shaun Turner, Neil Thompson, Rich Ball, Adam Evans, Jason McPheat, Shane Thompson, Andy Staunton, Jack Taylor, Andy Smith, Adam Chappell, Scott Capel, Damon Jennings

Red Tile FC have convincingly won their 2nd Pre Season game with a 4-1 win over Grasshoppers.

Tile always looked in control and at times had their opponents chasing thin air as they produced a fluid performance.

Shane Thompson opened the scoring with a fantastic weaving run that took him past 2 defenders before coolly slotting past the advancing keeper.  The lead was doubled from the penalty spot after a hand ball, Adam Wall stepped up to score. Hoppers got themselves back in it with a fortunate goal after a miscommunication between the Tile players and the referee. Tile were given a lesson in playing to the whistle.

Further strikes from Jack Taylor and Simon Bone settled the game, which on another day could have been 6 or 7.

Tiles build up play was much more fluid and the defence looked more at home than it did against Blake in their opening game. Tile have certainly improved in the 10 days since that defeat, but there is plenty to build on before the seasons opener away at Bower.

Red Tile Squad

Wayne Waters, Adam Wall, Simon Bone, Adam Evans, Neil Thompson, Rich Ball, Scott Capel, Damon Jennings, Shane Thompson, Adam Chappell, Jack Taylor, James Hamilton, Andy Staunton, Andy Smith, Jason Hobbs,

Dates for various Practice Matches have started to be arranged, this post will be updated as more fixtures are added as many of the below dates will be filled as possible:-

• 30th July 08 - Blake - RTFC’s Ground
  
• 10th August 08 - Grasshoppers - RTFC’s ground
• 13th August 08 -
• 17th August 08 - L&G - 10:30 - RTFC’s ground
• 20th August 08 - Blake - RTFC’s Ground
• 24th August 08 - Flag All Stars - RTFC’s Ground
• 27th August 08 - Pawlett - RTFC’s Ground
• 31st August 08 - Sportsman - RTFC’s ground

Dates in Red are Wednesday evenings. Other games to be confirmed are against:

• Middlezoy (possibly)

Season starts on 7th September 08.

Red Tile FC have been given a tricky opening start to the 2008/2009 season. They open with an away game to newly promoted Bower Utd followed by another away trip to Railway Club. Tiles opening home game is against last seasons Runners Up Tiger Old Boys.

Tile are looking to improve on last seasons 3rd place and the opening three fixtures will certainly give a good indication on how Tile will fair for the rest of the season.

 First three fixtures are as follows

Sunday September 7th - Bower Utd - Away

Wednesday September 10th - Railway Club - Away

Sunday September 14th - Tiger Old Boys - Home

RED TILE FC have achieved FA Charter Standard Status becoming the first Bridgwater Sunday League side to do so.

More to follow

Red Tile have lost their opening Pre Season game too Blake Old Boys.

In a competitive game Tile went down 4-3 but can certainly take positives from their performance. Tile controlled the game for long periods and created a number of decent opportunities but defensive errors proved their downfall.

 Tile scored 3 good goals, 2 coming from James Hamilton and the third a debut goal for Jack Taylor. Taylor in fact had a further effort chalked off for off side.

 Despite the defeat the game proved a decent work out for Tile. Manager Andy Staunton was able to give every member of his available squad an extended run out and was left pleased with the work out.

Tile have plenty to work on and further games to iron out the kinks before the real business gets underway in September. What is for sure Tile are heading in the right direction but there is plenty of work still to do.

 Red Tile FC Squad

Chris Ford, Adam Wall, Jason Hobbs, Adam Evans, Neil Thompson, Rich Ball, Andy Smith, Scott Capel, James Hamilton, Jack Taylor, Adam Chappell, Andy Staunton, Shane Thompson, Simon Bone

Red Tile FC v Blake Old Boys FC - 30th July 2008 - Cossington - 18:30 Kick Off 

After weeks of hard training, Red Tile tonight finally hit the Business end of their Pre Season. Attention now turns from running and fitness to tactics and match practice as Tile entertain 2nd division side Blake Old Boys.

The Cossington pitch is looking picture perfect for what is an eagerly anticipated match for the Red Tile squad as Andy Staunton attempts to find his best 11.

Tonights game is the first of 6 pre season games before the League campaign starts on the 7th September.

 Kick off is at 18:30.

Red Tile will officially get their preperations for the 2008/2009 campaign underway as the squad returns to preseason training this week.

Tile are looking to build on last seasons 3rd place finish and a decent pre season could set the tone for the up coming season. It will also give the new boys a chance a settle into the squad.

Preseason friendlies are currently being arranged and it looks likely that Red Tile will travel to Glastonbury Town to take on Division 2 side Abbey Moor as well as taking a trip to Exeter to play a side from the Devon League. Other fixtures are still being arranged. Be sure to check the website for more information on forthcoming fixtures.

Andy Staunton has made his move in the transfer window snapping up Jack Taylor and Scott Capel. The moves were confirmed at the clubs AGM which also saw the majority of last seasons squad put pen to paper on new deals.

Both Taylor and Capel impressed whilst playing for the League Under 18 side last season and their signings further underline the direction Red Tile are heading. Tile could actually line up with 6 of the squad that represented the league in the county under 18 competition.

Andy Staunton said ‘The new boys will bring fresh competition in key areas of the pitch and give us further options’. The squad has two players for every position and Staunton now has the difficult task of finding his best 11 and keeping players happy.

After the rain causing fridays cricket to be called off I can confirm that Tickets for the game can be swapped for any other Somerset Match at Taunton this season apart from the first day of the Tour Match v South Africa on the 29th June 2008.

Please find below Somerset’s remaining home games, we can organise to attend one as a club and invite more people or can go individually at our own convienence.

Wednesday, 16 July 2008LV County Championship - Division One Somerset v Kent, Taunton, 11:00 Wednesday, 06 August 2008LV County Championship - Division One Somerset v Nottinghamshire, Taunton, 11:00 Sunday, 10 August 2008NatWest Pro40 - Division One Somerset v Nottinghamshire, Taunton, 13:00 Tuesday, 12 August 2008LV County Championship - Division One Somerset v Surrey, Taunton, 11:00 Sunday, 17 August 2008NatWest Pro40 - Division One Somerset v Hampshire, Taunton, 13:00 Saturday, 23 August 2008NatWest Pro40 - Division One Somerset v Gloucestershire, Taunton, 13:00 Thursday, 28 August 2008 DAY NIGHTNatWest Pro40 - Division One Somerset v Worcestershire, Taunton, 16:30 Tuesday, 09 September 2008LV County Championship - Division One Somerset v Durham, Taunton, 11:00 Wednesday, 24 September 2008LV County Championship - Division One Somerset v Lancashire, Taunton, 11:00Please Note LV County Championship games are 4 day games - Natwest Pro40 is One day 40 overs per side.