Wormley Rovers FC vs. Newport Pagnell Town FC

Spartan South Midlands Football League, Premier Division

Date: 1 August 2026

Kickoff: 15:00

View from the chair

Welcome everyone to The Lane for our opening game of this new season 2026/27. The end of last season does not seem that long ago and there has been lots of work going on behind the scenes to get us ready for the new campaign but more on that later.

Firstly I would like to offer a warm welcome to the players officials and supporters of Newport Pagnell Town who we play for the first time in our history today and have moved into our league this year in a sideways move having last year played in the United Counties league. Hope their journey down was ok as it is arguably the longest journey they will make this season.

This is the first pre-season we have not had a big infrastructure project going on around the ground, the last six years have seen new floodlights, new dugouts, two new stands, removal and renewal of fencing around the ground and erection of a new walkway to the pitch for players and officials so it was nice to be able to focus on preparing for the new season without a project to finish on time.

We are delighted to have kept the same management team in place and in a league where changes seem to happen all the time we as a club enjoy working closely with Ryan, Tony, Lee, Adam, and Steph to drive the Mens first team and therefore the club forward.

Ryan has been working really hard this summer initially to retain players as we have a core of lads now who have been around for five or six years which can only be positive and to bring in the right players to get a good pre-season under their belts and hopefully be competitive this season getting back to the successes of the past few years.

Busy first week of the season with today’s opener vs Newport Pagnell Town followed by a league game away at Colney Heath on Tuesday night before an FA Cup game away at Tilbury next Saturday. We have had a bye in the FA Vase and await the winners of Stansted vs Potton United in the next round.

Still time to get involved if you would like to sponsor a player, a match ball or even get involved in our bonus ball for £2 a week there are lots of ways you can help the club going forward, please just ask any of the committee.

Thank you as always to all our sponsors particularly ALM, Usdaw, Harrison Hayes and Robyland who have again stepped up this year and to all our pitchside sponsors thank you so much for your support.

Lastly as I know lots of people will keep asking when is the astro going in next door to the main pitch, we do not have a date yet but it is soon and we cannot wait as it brings all of our youth and ladies teams back to the club to train all year round which will be amazing

Hope you enjoy the game and thanks for your support. COYW.

Welcome to our opponents

History of Newport Pagnell Town FC

The first recorded football team in Newport Pagnell dates back to 1874 and the town has had many different teams since then. The modern club that we know today was formed in 1963 by a few young lads because they wanted a regular game of football. From such humble beginnings to contesting two consecutive FA Vase finals at Wembley Stadium it is fair to say that it has been an eventful and exciting journey.

Newport Pagnell Wanderers entered a team in the North Bucks Minor League in their first season, playing home games on Bury Field Common. The following year saw the formation of a Senior team, they entered the North Bucks League and won Division 3 in their second season. Soon after that they won Division 2 and Division 1 (three times) in consecutive years. In the 1971-72 season they joined the South Midlands League, temporarily playing home matches at the Youth Club. Then in 1972 the club moved to the new facilities at the Willen Road Sports Ground, changing their name to Newport Pagnell Town the following season. In 1973-74 Newport Pagnell Town joined Division 2 of the United Counties League and won promotion to Division 1 in 1974-75. They won the Division 1 Championship in 1981-82 and were promoted to the Premier Division. They were relegated in 1985-86, promoted back to the Premier Division in 1991-92 and then relegated again in 1996-97. The club won the Division 1 Championship in 2001-02 and remained in the Premier Division until the FA moved the club into the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League in 2019-20. Following two curtailed seasons the FA moved Newport back into the United Counties League Premier Division South in 2021-22.

Our best FA Cup achievement was to reach the Second Qualifying Round in 2008-09. Newport have performed well in the Berks & Bucks FA County cups winning the Senior Trophy In 2009-10 and 2010-11, Intermediate Cup in 2001-02 and the Reserve Team won the Junior Cup in 1982-83. The club’s major achievement to date is, without doubt, winning the Buildbase FA Vase in 2022. Following a club record crowd of 1,858 at Willen Road for the exciting semi-final victory over Hamworthy United, more than 7,500 Newport Pagnell Town supporters travelled to Wembley to see the impressive 3-0 win over Littlehampton Town in the final. Then the following season this achievement was almost repeated when the Swans once again got to the FA Vase final. Newport once again sold their entire allocation of tickets, although this time a very well organised Ascot United side went on to lift the cup winning 1-0. Reaching two consecutive Wembley finals is something we never thought would happen in our wildest dreams.

As far back as 1936 Newport Pagnell has had a Women’s team and there has been various teams over the years since. In the last couple of years, the Women’s team has been re-established and in 2022-23 they were Champions of the Thames Valley Counties League Division 3. They have been promoted to the East Midlands Regional League Division 1 South for the 2023-24 season and will also enter the Women’s FA Cup for the first time.

Newport run Bobicat & Bearcat Disability Teams and has around 30 youth teams for boys and girls. The club is passionate about providing a continuous pathway from youth to senior teams and many of this season’s Senior players have progressed from our Youth Section. Once a Swan, always a Swan.

Match Day Squads

Wormley Rovers FC

Keeper: All Green

Red Shirts | Black Shorts | Black Socks

Joshua Asiedu
Alex Awobimpe
Lanrewaju Ayomide Balogun
Freddie Josef Brown
Dimitri Mario Christou
Marcus Crowther
Shay Darcheville
Zion Dos Santos Sinclair
Torion Edmunds
Bradley Empson
Rory Harding
Shaquille Ishmael
Thomas Mulqueen
Louis Offer (C)
Tiernan Parker (GK)
Freddie Marc Stanley
Ryan Stevenson
Craig Tolley
Freddie Albert Wood

Manager: Ryan Wade

Asst Manager: Tony Faulkner

Coach: Adam Hart (GK), Lee Protheroe

Physio: Stephanie Symeou

Newport Pagnell Town FC

Keeper: All Yellow

All Blue

Alex Collard
Ben Lynch
Finley Tapp
Jake Watkinson
Joshua Djan
Kacper Kurylowicz
Ben Ford
Aaron Onginjo
Christian Smail
Daqaio Stewart
Harrison Lynham
Jordan Wright
Samuel Oyediran
Mason Watkins
Alfie Powell
Jacob Williamson
Tommy Blennerhassett
Lewis Findlay
Charlie Kille
Seb Simpson
Finlay Jaggard
Markel Cousins
Adam Pryke
Joel Halsall