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20th May 2005
Nine Elms finish the season as runners up in Division 6 after winning 16 out of 20 matches and look forward to Division 5 next season.
A celebration BBQ will be held at the Nine Elms pub on Sunday 29th May. Free to Nine Elms players, £5.50 per head for anyone else who wants to join in.
20th February 2005
Cricklade 2 - Nine Elms 3
Despite being 2-0 down at half time, Nine Elms failed to throw in the towel and made a supreme effort in the second half to snatch the win. It could have easily been more for the Elms who had several shots hit the woodwork to deny them further goals. A great win making it four in a row. Keep this up and promotion will be a cert.
13th December 2004
Sadly I have had to remove some of the content from the Nine Elms United web pages. The match reports, statistics and previous seasons fixtures are no longer available.
This situation has arisen because my son has started playing for Shaw F.C. under 8's and I can no longer make it to the Nine Elms games.
Stace,
webmaster,
nineelmsunited.co.uk
21st November 2004
Today's match against Actebis has had to be postponed.
14th November 2004
Intermach Engineering 1 - Nine Elms 13
Intermach Engineering played some good football in this game but struggled against a strong Elms side because they could only manage to raise 10 players.
7th November 2004
Nine Elms 1 - Greyhound 5
An early exit from the Wiltshire Cup this year for the Elms side as they suffer a defeat at the hands of SSFL Division 1 champions for the last 12 years.
3rd November 2004
Wiltshire Cup first round. Nine Elms v Greyhound on Sunday 7th November at Commonweal School, Old Town. 10.30 a.m. kick off.
31st October 2004
Chesters 1 - Nine Elms 7.
24th October 2004
The Kingsdown match scheduled for today has been postponed.
17th October 2004
The match between Nine Elms and Arval Cricklade has been postponed. It will now take place on 30th Jan 2005.
10th October 2004
Kingsdown United 1 - Nine Elms 2
Nine Elms get through the Preliminary round of the Knockout Cup in a closely fought game.
3rd October 2004
Another bitterly disappointing performance from the Nine Elms team as they lose to a bottom of the division team.
26th September 2004
A much better performance from the Nine Elms team this week. Most of the play went their way and without some shocking decisions from the line it could have been a far bigger victory.
19th September 2004
A disappointing result for the Nine Elms who seem to be finding it tough in Division 6.
12th September 2004
Nine Elms struggled for the first half of this match and were a goal down at half time. Fortunately they managed to get back into the game in the latter part of the second half and the scoreline finished at 6 - 1 - a good result at the end of the day but we know they can play better than this!
5th September 2004
A shocking start to the season from a disappointing Nine Elms side. Chesters, despite looking flabby themselves, broke through the Elms defence repeatedly and were 3 - 0 up for a time.
A poor start to the Elms season as they destroy all hope of winning all their league games. Well done to Chesters - a good start for you, especially being the first to beat the Nine Elms in a league game.
But wait....
There is a rumour that Chesters played an unregistered player - this is being checked out at present. If this is the case Nine Elms will get the points. Watch this space!
29th August 2004
Nine Elms 6 - The Bear, Marlborough 0
This last pre-season friendly kicked off at 1 p.m. today and resulted in a fine win for what looks like an unstoppable Elms side.
A last minute pitch change to Marlborough Rec. caused a bit of a stir due to the lack of facilities and long grass - to quote Turns, the Elms keeper, "I've just found a Bengal tiger and an anaconda!". Nonetheless, the game got underway on time with The Bear in green hoops and The Elms in blue so it looked more like a Celtic Rangers clash!
At 15 mins Steele put The Elms into the lead from a corner kick and Townsend scored a second for The Elms making the half time score 2-0. A flurry of player changes occurred at half time and The Elms restarted the game. Play went pretty much the Elms way all through the second half.
Webb hit a 30 yard strike which was made to look better than it was by the keeper who spectacularly punched it out when I felt it could have been caught!
Steele scored again for The Elms to make it 3-0 then Eustice made a quick turn from a corner ball and fired it into the net to make it 4. Two minutes later Eustice made a long pass from just before the half way line hoping to find Jackson. The keeper shouted for the ball and Jackson also went for it - both missed and it rolled into the back of the net, 5-0.
Negus rounded off the scoring with a neat goal to give the final result of 6 - 0.
Goals for The Elms were scored by: Steele (2), Eustice (2), Townsend and Negus. So, Paul 'over the crossbar' Webb is yet to get on the scoreboard!
A good game lads - well played to all of you. Looks like this season is going to be awesome.
Stace,
web master.
26th August 2004
A friendly game has been arranged for Sunday 29th August against BEAR MARLBOROUGH, a new SSFL Division 8 team. Kick off is at 1.00 p.m. at Marlborough Rec. Meet at the Nine Elms 12 noon.
Last nights pre-season friendly against Motorola resulted in a 6-4 victory for the Elms. Goals were scored for the Elms by Townsend (2), Watts, Ward, Mike Jackson and an own goal. Ali Ward narrowly missed scoring from the penalty spot when the ball thundered into the crossbar.
25th August 2004
Pre-season friendly result - Nine Elms 4, Stratton Rovers 1.
17th August 2004
Striker Warren Fuller is due to have the plaster cast removed from his ankle tomorrow (Weds, 18th August). We all wish him a speedy recovery and a rapid return to the pitch.