2013–14 Tamworth F.C. season

Tamworth
2013–14 season
Chairman Bob Andrews
Manager Dale Belford
Ground The Lamb Ground
Conference Premier 23rd
FA Cup Second Round
FA Trophy Fourth Round
B'ham Senior Cup Runners-up
Home colours
Away colours

The 2013–14 season is Tamworth F.C.'s fifth season back in the Conference Premier and ninth overall at the fifth tier of English football, the highest tier ever achieved by the club.

Competitions

Conference National

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
20 Hereford United 46 13 12 21 44 6319 511 Expelled at the end of the season
21 Chester 46 12 15 19 49 7021 511
22 Dartford 46 12 8 26 49 7425 442
23 Tamworth (R) 46 10 9 27 43 8138 39 Relegation to 2014–15 Conference North
24 Hyde (R) 46 1 7 38 38 11981 10

Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Aldershot Town deducted ten points for entering administration
Alfreton Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
*^1 On 10 June 2014, Hereford United were expelled due to financial irregularities. Because of this, Chester were reprieved from relegation.[1]
*^2 On 13 June 2014, Salisbury City were demoted to the Conference South due to financial irregularities. Because of this, Dartford were reprieved from relegation.[2]

Results by match

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GroundAHHAHAHAHHAAHAAHHHHAAHAHHAAHAHHHAHAHAAAHAAAHAH
Result W D D L L L W D L L W L W D L L D W L L L D L W L W L D L L D L L W L L L L L D L L L W W L
Position 8 9 10 16 17 18 16 15 15 17 20 20 17 17 18 20 20 18 20 20 22 22 22 21 22 21 21 20 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23

Last updated: 8 October 2013.
Source: Conference National
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season

Competitive

Conference Premier

Last updated: 24 September 2013
Source: TheLambs.co.uk

FA Cup

Main article: 2013–14 FA Cup

FA Trophy

Main article: 2013–14 FA Trophy

Birmingham Senior Cup

Statistics

Players

Correct as of match played 12 November 2013. Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup FA Trophy BS Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKEngland Cameron Belford 18020000020030
2DFEngland Jack Evans 14000000014040
3DFEngland Connor Gudger 1 (2)00000001 (2)000
4MFEngland Tom Eckersley 000000000000
5DFEngland Jordan Rose 2 (2)00000002 (2)021
6DFEngland Ben Richards-Everton 1601 (1)1000017 (1)161
7MFEngland Lloyd Kerry 14 (3)000000014 (3)040
8MFEngland Richie Baker 16300000016310
9FWEngland Justin Richards 5 (1)02000007 (1)000
10FWJamaica Darren Byfield 3 (7)10 (1)000003 (8)100
11MFEngland Jake Jones 4 (1)10000004 (1)100
12MFEngland Louis Harris 1 (1)00000001 (1)000
14DFEngland Matt Regan 1 (1)01000002 (1)000
15DFEngland Duane Courtney 13 (1)220000015 (1)211
16FWEngland Stuart Hendrie 1 (1)00000001 (1)000
17FWWales Richard Peniket 18311000019430
18MFEngland Kaiyne Woolery 0 (10)00000000 (10)010
19FWNorthern Ireland Tony Capaldi 18020000020010
20MFEngland Andy Todd 8 (10)11000009 (10)120
21DFEngland Wayne Thomas 12110000013140
22FWEngland Deqwon Ebanks 000000000000
23GKEngland James Wren 000000000000
24FWEngland Scott James 000000000000
25MFEngland Andy Haworth 000000000000
27MFEngland Mark Wright 9 (1)110000010 (1)120
28FWEngland Nick Chadwick 2 (1)12300004 (1)400
29MFEngland Lee Hildreth 2 (1)02000004 (1)020
30MFEngland Scott Lindsey 000000000000
31GKEngland Dale Belford 000000000000
33MFNorthern Ireland David Morgan 102000003010
34DFRepublic of Ireland Jordan Keane 1 (1)01000002 (1)010
36FWEngland Myles Hippolyte 000000101000
Own goals 10001
Players who no longer play for Tamworth but have made appearances this season:
13GKCape Verde José Veiga 000000000000
25MFEngland Ryan Lloyd 5 (1)00000005 (1)000
25DFEngland Ryan Higgins 100000001000
26FWEngland Lateef Elford-Alliyu 11210000012210
32MFEngland Charlie Allen 0 (1)00000000 (1)001
35MFEngland Ryan Croasdale 100000001000

Managerial

As of match played 29 April 2014
Dale Belford took charge of the club.
Name Nat. From To Competition Record Honours
PLDWDLGFGAGDW%
Dale Belford England 2 May 2013 Present Pre-season 8 6 1 1 20 7 +13 75.0
Conference National 46 10 9 27 43 81 -38 21.7
FA Cup 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 66.7
FA Trophy 5 3 1 1 8 7 +1 60.0
Birmingham Senior Cup 5 4 0 1 9 4 +5 80.0 Runners-up
Total 67 25 11 31 86 102 -16 37.3

Awards

Lloyd Kerry picked up two awards.
Awarded on 26 April 2014.[3]
Award Name No. Pos. Notes
Players' Player of the YearEngland Cameron Belford1GK
Tamworth Herald 'Man of the Match', Player of the YearEngland Lloyd Kerry/EnglandCameron Belford7/1MF/GK
Manager's Player of the YearEngland Ben Richards-Everton6DF
Whitehouse family Leading GoalscorerEngland Nick Chadwick28FW
Supporter's Player of the YearEngland Lloyd Kerry7MF

Transfers

Richard Peniket joined the club from Fulham.
Richard Tait joined Cambridge United, ending a 4 year stay with the club.
Ryan Lloyd joined on loan from Port Vale.
Players transferred in
No. Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
11 13 May 2013 MF England Jake Jones Walsall Free [4]
22 17 May 2013 FW England Deqwon Ebanks Birmingham City Free [5]
14 23 May 2013 DF England Matt Regan Nottingham Forest Free [6]
8 24 May 2013 MF England Richie Baker Barrow Free [7]
2 29 May 2013 DF England Jack Evans Gillingham Free [8]
18 5 June 2013 MF England Kaiyne Woolery Maidstone United Free [9]
9 20 June 2013 FW England Justin Richards Oxford United Free [10]
4 21 June 2013 MF England Tom Eckersley Accrington Stanley Free [11]
5 24 June 2013 DF England Jordan Rose A.F.C. Telford United Free [12]
1 25 June 2013 GK England Cameron Belford Bury Free [13]
17 17 July 2013 FW Wales Richard Peniket Fulham Free [14]
19 1 August 2013 DF Northern Ireland Tony Capaldi Oxford United Free [15]
12 1 August 2013 MF England Louis Harris A.F.C. Wimbledon Free [15]
13 2 August 2013 GK Cape Verde José Veiga Harrogate Town Free [16]
20 9 August 2013 MF England Andy Todd Mansfield Town Free [17]
21 9 August 2013 DF England Wayne Thomas Luton Town Free [17]
26 31 August 2013 FW England Lateef Elford-Alliyu Crawley Town Free [18]
27 5 September 2013 MF England Mark Wright Shrewsbury Town Free [19]
29 18 October 2013 MF England Lee Hildreth Unattached Free [20]
Players transferred out
No. Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
2 8 May 2013 DF Scotland Richard Tait Cambridge United Free [21]
8 9 May 2013 MF England Lee Hendrie Retired (later joined Corby Town) N/A [22]
7 10 May 2013 FW England Adam Cunnington Cambridge United Undisclosed [23]
19 16 May 2013 DF Wales Scott Barrow Released Free [16]
6 29 May 2013 DF England Tom Marshall Released Free [24]
30 5 June 2013 DF England Sam Oji Republic of Ireland Limerick Free [25]
18 6 June 2013 MF England Peter Till Solihull Moors Free [26]
9 10 June 2013 FW England Tommy Wright Harrogate Town Free [27]
13 14 June 2013 GK England Tony Breeden Leamington Free [28]
4 14 June 2013 DF England Michael Wylde Alfreton Town Free [29]
21 30 June 2013 FW England Jake Healy Corby Town Free
22 30 June 2013 DF England James Wilcock Released Free
25 5 July 2013 FW England Danny Lloyd A.F.C. Fylde Free [30]
3 17 July 2013 MF England Marcus Kelly Forest Green Rovers Free [31]
35 1 August 2013 MF England Elliott Turner Worcester City Free
13 25 September 2013 GK Cape Verde José Veiga Worcester City Free
26 27 November 2013 FW England Lateef Elford-Alliyu Malta Valletta Free [32]
19 26 February 2014 DF Northern Ireland Tony Capaldi Released Free [33]
3 26 February 2014 DF England Chris Palmer Released Free [33]
21 26 February 2014 DF England Wayne Thomas Released Free [33]
25 12 April 2014 MF England Andy Haworth Released Free [34]
Players loaned in
No. Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
25 31 August 2013 MF England Ryan Lloyd Port Vale 30 September 2013 [35]
25 18 October 2013 DF England Ryan Higgins Birmingham City 13 November 2013 [20]
28 18 October 2013 FW England Nick Chadwick Plymouth Argyle 1 January 2014 [20]
32 31 October 2013 MF England Charlie Allen Gillingham 10 November 2013[36] [37]
11 11 March 2014 FW Republic of Ireland Kevin Thornton Wrexham 26 April 2014 <ref name=ThorntonLoan">"Wrexham's Kevin Thornton joins Lambs on loan". BBC Sport. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.</ref>
Players loaned out
No. Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
22 1 August 2013 FW England Deqwon Ebanks Daventry Town 10 November 2013 [15]
24 1 August 2013 MF England Scott James Coleshill Town 15 August 2013 [15]
4 16 August 2013 MF England Tom Eckersley Rushall Olympic 16 November 2013 [38]
24 16 August 2013 MF England Scott James Gresley [38]
3 16 August 2013 DF England Connor Gudger Barwell 24 September 2013 [39]
13 25 August 2013 GK Cape Verde José Veiga Worcester City 25 September 2013 [40]
14 13 September 2013 DF England Matt Regan Hednesford Town 11 October 2013 [41]
12 20 September 2013 MF England Louis Harris Rugby Town [42]

Club

Coaching staff

Darren Byfield in his first coaching role.
Position Staff
Manager England Dale Belford
Assistant Manager England Scott Lindsey
Coach Jamaica Darren Byfield
Sports & Conditioning Coach England Darren Chesworth
Kit Manager England Buster Belford
Backroom Staff Manager England Degsy Bond
Sports Therapist England Katie Andrews
Assistant Sports Therapist England Alan Cooke
Performance Analysist England Richard Hughes
Youth Team Coach England Mike Corbett
Youth Team Secretary England Brad Stokes

Last updated: 27 July 2013
Source: TheLambs.co.uk

Kits and sponsors

2013/14 Kit Supplier & Sponsors
Kit Supplier
Home Kit Sponsor
Away Kit Sponsor

Supplier: Jako
Sponsor(s): Solus Coaches (Home), Drayton Manor (Away)

Home
Away

Source: Tamworth F.C. Official Website
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See also

References

General
Specific
  1. "Hereford thrown out of the Conference". Pitchero. 10 June 2014.
  2. "Football Conference Statement on Salisbury City FC". Football Conference. 13 June 2014.
  3. "And the winner is...". TheLambs.co.uk. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. "Jones snubs Lincoln City for Lamb". ThisIsTamworth.co.uk. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. "Ex-Birmingham City striker Deqwon Ebanks joins Tamworth". BBC Sport. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. "Matt Regan completes move to The Lamb". BBC Sport. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. "Ex-Barrow midfielder Richie Baker signs for Lambs". BBC Sport. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  8. "Jack Evans: Tamworth set to sign Gillingham defender". BBC Sport. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  9. "Woolery switches to Lambs". TheLambs.co.uk. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  10. "Tamworth swoop for former West Bromwich Albion youth". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  11. "Tamworth FC land Tom Eckersley". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  12. "Jordan Rose: Tamworth sign ex-AFC Telford United man". BBC Sport. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  13. "Tamworth: Dale Belford signs goalkeeper son Cameron". BBC Sport. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  14. "Richard Peniket: Ex-Fulham forward joins Tamworth". BBC Sport. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Tamworth complete deal for Capaldi". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  16. 16.0 16.1 "Tamworth complete deal for Capaldi". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  17. 17.0 17.1 "Wayne Thomas and Andy Todd join the Lambs". BBC Sport. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  18. "Two New Lambs". Pitchero. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  19. "Wright Move To The Lambs". TheLambs.co.uk. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Tamworth sign Argyle's Chadwick and Birmingham's Higgins on loan". BBC Sport. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  21. "Tait leaves Tamworth FC for Cambridge United". ThisIsTamworth.co.uk. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  22. "Former Aston Villa ace Hendrie confirms he's quitting". ThisIsTamworth.co.uk. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  23. "Tamworth's Adam Cunnington joins Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  24. "Marshall unlikely to return to Lambs". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  25. "Samuel Oji Signs". LimerickFC. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  26. "Two More In - Two Out at Solihull". Pitchero.com. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  27. "Wright Move for Tommy". Pitchero.com. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  28. "Tony Breeden returns to Brakes". LeamingtonFC.co.uk. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  29. "Wylde leaves Lambs for Alfreton". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  30. "Former Tamworth FC striker joins Fylde". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  31. "Marcus Kelly joins Forest Green Rovers after Tamworth exit". BBC Sport. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  32. "Elford-Alliyu hits a brace on his debut for Valletta". TimesofMalta. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 "Former Cardiff and Stoke City defenders depart The Lamb". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  34. "Tamworth FC can still have a say in relegation battle". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  35. "Lloyd leaves on loan". Port-Vale.co.uk. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  36. "Tamworth's Nottingham Forest loan star earns international call". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  37. "Tamworth sign Gillingham midfielder Charlie Allen". BBC Sport. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  38. 38.0 38.1 "Tamworth FC's Eckersley heads to Rushall on-loan". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  39. "Tamworth FC's Gudger joins Barwell on loan". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  40. "Evans urges Tamworth FC to keep belief for Cambridge United clash". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  41. "Regan a Pitman for a month". TheLambs.co.uk. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  42. "Harris joins list of those out on loan". TamworthHerald.co.uk. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.