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9th October 2007
Victory in the Hinchingbrooke Cup, 2-0 away at Stotfold.
Read the match report.
6th October 2007
Back to winning ways in the league - 4-2 away win at Potton
Utd - you can read all about it here.
2nd October 2007
2-1 win against Kettering
Town in the Hillier Cup - match
report here.
29th September 2007
Two defeats on the bounce - Spencer unlucky to go down 1-0 to league
leaders Boston
Town - see the match report.
25th September 2007
Spencer beaten 3-1 by Long
Buckby, read the match report.
22nd September 2007
Two points dropped as Spencer fail to capitalize on a hatful of chances, but
come away from Wootton
Blue Cross with a 1-1 draw. Read the match
report.
15th September 2007
Another week and another cup exit for the first team - losing 1-0 at
Southern League Hillingdon
Borough in controversial circumstances. See the match
report. The reserves had a 5-1 win away at Raunds, Scott Chilton getting
a hat trick.
13th September 2007
The Under 18s suffered their first defeat of the season, a 3-1 home reverse
against Buckingham Town.
11th September 2007
The first team were in UCL action tonight at Raunds
Town, a late Chris Kirby goal winning all three points. See the match
report.
8th September 2007
Spencer bowed out of the FA Vase at the first hurdle, going down 3-2 at St.
Margaretsbury of the Spartan South Midlands League. Read the match
report here. The reserves continued their good start, beating Deeping
Rangers Reserves 3-1 with two goals from Jack Kaare and one from Paul Pickering.
6th September 2007
The Under 18s won their second game, beating Bedford FC 3-2. The game looked
dead and buried, but Spencer seemed to tire in the second half and almost let
Bedford back in.
4th September 2007
The first team won through to next round of the League Cup, beating St
Neots Town at Rowley Park. Read the match
report.
1st September 2007
Spencer moved into the next round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win over North
Greenford United. Read the match
report here. The Reserves were 3-0 winners at Daventry United.
28th August 2007
The Under 18s started the season with a 3-2 win at Bugbrooke. The
match was never as close as the scoreline might suggest with Spencer creating
but missing a huge number of chances, and nervous defending gifting the home
side two goals.
25th August 2007
Back to the UCL for the First Team, and away at league leaders Newport
Pagnell Town. A Scott Marshall goal gave the Millers a useful away point
- read the match report.
18th August 2007
The first team made it to the Preliminary round of the FA Cup with a 3-2
win over Clapton
Town - read the match report
here. This gives the Millers a home tie against North
Greenford United on 1st September.
14th August 2007
A Chris Davies goal in injury time got the first team out of jail in
their home UCL match against S&L Corby - see the match
report. The reserves had a good win at Rushden & Higham United,
winning 5-2 in a friendly.
11th August 2007
The new season kicked off against Holbeach United, and a welcome 1-0 win in
the sweltering conditions. See the match
report for more details.
20th July 2007
New UNOFFICIAL website launched. Tomorrow's friendly cancelled.
29th March 2007
The Reserve team's home game last night was abandoned due to a serious
injury. Read roving reporter Gavin Nullatamby's report here.
Add this one to the backlog......
21st March 2007
The Reserve team have won through the group stages of the
Reserve League Cup and are drawn away to Deeping Rangers in the Semi-Final on
Wednesday April 4th. The first team weren't so successful, edged out in the
Semi-Final by a single goal from Potton United in a bad-tempered game.
8th February 2007
Saturday 31st March sees the welcome return of blue comedian
Mike Marsh, accompanied by a couple of "exotic dancers" to entertain
what will hopefully be a full house at the club. Mike was here three seasons
ago, and everyone who went that night will no doubt recall how good it was.
Ticket prices yet to be finalised, keep an eye on this website for more
information.
21st December 2006
The traditional Boxing Day fixture against Cogenhoe United has now been
re-scheduled to the following evening, Wednesday 27th December with a kick-off
at 19:45 pm.
11th December 2006
The First Team fixture against Ford Sports Daventry on Tuesday 12th December has
been switched to Royal Oak Way due to Kingsthorpe Mill being waterlogged. There
will be a pitch inspection at Royal Oak Way on Tuesday morning.
9th December 2006
Spencer crashed out of the FA Vase, losing 2-1 at Ridgeon's League high-flyers Mildenhall
Town. See the match report
for this excellent but ultimately disappointing performance.
3rd December 2006
Today saw the launch of Spencer's
On-Line Store. Rather than being a store selling Spencer-branded goods
(this is being looked atseparately), this is an on-line shopping mall of all the
major retailers, like Littlewoods, M&S, and John Lewis. Run via an affiliate
programme, the prices are the same but any purchases made via the Spencer site
will result in the retailer making a donation to club funds. So now you know
where to do your Christmas shopping!
26th November 2006
Since sustaining a serious groin injury in the FA VAse 1st Round game at
Wembley FC, Matt Collins has struggled to regain fitness, so the club has sent
him on a 9 week rehabilitation programme in New Zealand. The treatment is based
on getting as far away as possible from the place where the injury
occurred.......
20th November 2006
Following our win over Thetford
Town in the FA Vase second round, today's draw pits us against Ridgeons
League Premier Division leaders Mildenhall
Town on 9th December. Cogenhoe are away to Fakenham Town of Ridgeon's
Division 1. Full draw available here.
10th November 2006
There's a race night at the club on the evening of Saturday 18th
November, the day of the FA Vase game against Thetford Town. The evening starts
at 6:30, most races are sponsored but there is room for more sponsorship. Also
horses will be for sale as well as to bet on.
5th October 2006
We're pleased to announce a new sponsorship deal with The
Mainland Group, a leading worldwide logistics company based here in
Northampton. The sponsorship is for the Man of the Match award, which from now
on will be called the Mainland Man Of The Match (or "the Mainland Main
Man" if everyone is in a forgiving mood.....!). We'd like to say a big
THANK YOU to Sean Meagher at Mainland for doing this, and we look forward to
meeting him and some of his colleagues at The Mill for them to present the
awards.
Player sponsorship is doing well, with most players now being sponsored. However, we do have a few that still need sponsors, so if you are interested, or know someone who is, please let us know.
23rd September 2006
We're extremely sad to report that Scott Coleman has decided to hang up his
Saturday boots. Although only 28 years old, Scott is a legend in the UCL, and is
admired by many as a good old-fashioned British centre-forward. Many UCL
defenders will be greatly relieved by this item of news! With a young family,
Scott was finding it increasingly difficult to devote the time he wanted to, and
demonstrating a level of commitment that typifies the man, Scott believed that
if he couldn't give 100% then he should withdraw. This is a huge disappointment
to all at the club, many of whom would have been pleased to see Scott continue
in the "supersub" role he had been playing so far this season, a
"secret weapon" to be unleashed in the last 20 minutes to terrorize
defences and change the course of games.
This writer would like to pay a special tribute to Scott; three seasons ago, coming up to Christmas, Spencer were entrenched in bottom place with 13 points - relegation certainties. Although not playing all that badly, an inability to score goals meant that league points were few and far between. In the January, Scott signed for the club, and suddenly there were goals, belief, and points on the board. Compared with those meagre 13 points from the first half of the season, Spencer took 30 points from the second half, finishing well above the relegation places. Scott deserves much of the credit for this remarkable turnaround in fortune. For this, and a long list of spectacular goals, a sincere thanks and best wishes to "Colesy", we hope he keeps his connection with the club, and we REALLY hope he can be tempted out of retirement for the odd cameo appearance.
18th September 2006
The Under 18s Manager, Stuart Middleton, is pleased to announce two
sponsorships. Sponsoring the Youth Team's switch to the new club strip is The
Outlet, based in High Street Rushden, and kindly sponsoring the track suits
is Moulton Digital. The club is very grateful to both these companies for
their support.
14th September 2006
Yet another player back in the fold - Darren Frost, last years' joint leading
scorer, has returned to Spencer from Southern League Woodford Utd, and if rumour
is to be heeded, there may be more news soon! The partnership with Northampton
Town FC continues to flourish, with Cobblers helping out with some vital
training equipment and also top-class physio treatment for Steve Jelley and
Jamie Moss, our long-term injured. The Webmaster would like to sincerely thank
Northampton Town FC for all the help and advice given, demonstrating that they
truly believe in their responsibilities as the head of the local football
community. Please take the time to familiarise yourself with the issue they
currently have with Northampton Borough Council with regard to the development
of Sixfields, and then draw your own conclusions.
4th September 2006
Commercial Manager Dave McClellan was a guest on BBC Radio Northampton this
evening to talk about the partnership that has been developed with Northampton
Town FC. He managed to sound vaguely coherent and not sound like a total idiot.
26th August 2006
The reserves annihilated Raunds Town reserves 8-1. Report to follow.
22nd August 2206
Spencer made it four out of four with a convincing 2-0
win over the much-hyped Wellingborough Town 2004. On the cabbage patch that is
the Dog and Duck, first half goals from Zac and Ben, along with great saves from
Alexis (including a double save from a penalty) gave the Prem new boys a taste
of what it takes to be the top of the table.
19th August 2006
Success for both teams this weekend - the Reserves thumping Sileby Reserves 6-0
(Sheedie, Picks 2, Sammo 2 and Batesy) and the First team beating a
determined Holbeach side 1-0 (Pete
Gregory). Click on the scores for the reports
18th August 2006
Josh Urquhart is the latest player to resist the overtures of Southern
League football and re-join Spencer. The 19 year old defender was signed by
Brackley Town in the close season, but has decided his better interests lie at
Kingsthorpe Mill. He joins Luke Dowling, Chris Davies, Scott Marshall and
brother Olly Urquhart who have all said "Thanks....but No Thanks..!"
The Reserve Team's season kicks off this evening with a home fixture against local rivals Northampton Sileby Reserves. Kick Off is at 19:45
17th August 2006
Welcome to the new-look Official Northampton Spencer website.