Wormley Rovers FC vs. Baldock Town FC

Spartan South Midlands Football League, Premier Division

Date: 15 March 2025

Kickoff: 15:00

View from the chair

Welcome everyone to the Lane for todays SSML encounter vs Baldock Town a team we played earlier in the season where we ran out 3-1 winners in a very even game. Matt Coker who managed our reserves is part of the coaching team there so will be good to see Matt and catch up as always I would like to offer a warm Wormley welcome to all of the Baldock Town players, management team, officials and supporters.

Last Saturday saw us host Winslow United who are a big strong physical team, to say a contrast in styles would be an understatement but we tried to play our football, welcomed back Marcus Crowther after 9 months out injured and a neat strike from Reece Mosanya and a really clever toe poke finish from Josh Asuide saw us 2-0 up at the break. The long ball aerial bombardment kept coming from the visitors and Ryan, Danny, Tolly and sub Cormac who replaced Marcus at half time were excellent in constantly winning first and second balls whilst still trying to play our own style of football. Midway through the half Josh ran onto a through ball squared the defender up before leaving him languishing before absolutely smashing the ball past the goalkeeper to put us 3-0 up, it was a real laces through the ball finish and a fully deserved second goal of the day for Josh who ran their defence ragged all afternoon.
All that was left was for Noah Mosanya to get yet another assist from a corner that saw Declan Enche volley home to seal a 4-0 victory against a side that drew 0-0 the week before with 2nd placed Cockfosters. Josh Asuide picked up Man of the Match after the game and Reece Mosanya picked up Player of the month for February after the game.

Tuesday night saw Dunstable Town give a really good account of themselves here at The Lane in a hard fought 2-2 draw. They took the lead early on with a powerful header from a corner back into the six yard box and a forward poked the ball home, we responded well and a Reece Mosanya deflected free kick just before half time drew us level before his brother Noah ran from his own half played a simple one-two with Josh Asiedu before smashing the ball home to put us 2-1 ahead. A late corner which we failed to defend properly saw Dunstable equalise and it was probably a fair result..

We start today 5th in the table with games in hand on the teams around us so we are keen to try to get the win today to keep us in the play off mix.

Busy week off the pitch getting the ground ready for grade 5 grading sand not 1 but 2 new stands now ordered,a ver busy month ahead.

Enjoy the game COYW

Welcome to our opponents

Following the demise of the original Baldock Town FC in 2001 the new Baldock Town was formed in 2003 from Baldock Town Youth FC as an outlet for youth squads. The club played its first competitive match in September 2003 in the North Herts League at ‘The Shed’ on Clothall Road, Baldock. The match was against Magnum with a Rob Foster hat-trick sealing a 5-1 win. The club then progressed from the North Herts League to the Herts Senior County League (HSCL) where they won Div 1 in their debut season 2007/2008.

For three seasons from 2008 the team played its home matches at the County Ground, Letchworth but they returned to Baldock to play at their old ground in Norton Road, now known as the North Herts Arena.

After three near misses the club finally won the HSCL Premier Div title in 2012. Unfortunately, due to ground grading issues the club were unable to take their place in the Spartan South Midlands Football League (SSMFL).

In order to achieve its ambition of playing at the highest possible level the club was forced to move to ground share with Hitchin FC. The club finished in second place the following season and this proved to be good enough to secure that elusive promotion to the SSMFL. The team, at that time managed by former player Scott Grant, also won the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy for the first time and retained the Anagram Records Trophy.

The next two seasons saw a period of consolidation as they finished Jlh and 10^th respectively, in SSMFL Div 1 (Step 6 on the Non-League pyramid). After three seasons at Hitchin the club moved to ground share with Stotfold FC. Luke Gregson then took over as manager in 2015, following Grant’s resignation, and assisted by Dean Gilbert the team then went on a superb run and ended up just missing out on promotion. The 3rd place finish was the highest placing in their recent history.

The 2017-18 season proved to be even more successful as Baldock Town continued to progress and finished second in Div 1 and were duly promoted to the SSMFL Premier Division. The team continued with its run of excellent form and finished in 5th place in their first season in the Premier Division. The following season Baldock managed to get to 12th position before the season was prematurely ended as Covid 19 started to take hold. Luke Gregson decided to step down at the end of that season and Adam Fisher took over as Manager, assisted by Rob Bates.

The club only managed 12 games in the 2020-21 season as the Covid-19 pandemic eventually won and the League was abandoned. Rob Bates took over as Manager during the summer of 2021 and started the season with some great Cup performances but failed to turn that into League form.

The last couple of seasons have been variable with Team development on-going. The Team currently ground share at Arlesey FC and are managed by Dave McAdam. Dave is a strong believer in youth development, and has put his faith in a number of our promising youngsters from our reserves and U18s.

The club continues to grow, running six teams, two at U13 and U14 in the Eastern Junior Alliance (EJA), another at U18 in the Southern Counties Floodlit Youth League (SCFYL), and a development side playing as Baldock Town Reserves in the Herts Senior County League (HSCL) Division One. The first team continues to play in the Spartan South Midlands Football League (SSMFL) Premier Division, and for the first time, the club has a women’s team this season. Baldock Town FC Ladies compete in the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire County Women’s Football League.