Today was our first ever win against Aveley:
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We have beaten 7 of 9 'A' Opponents, failing to register a win against Aberdare (FA Cup qualifying in 1923) and Alfreton (the 2014/15 NL season)
Aston Villa (3 wins and a draw from 5 games) the highest ranked
Website is updated after today:
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- Paul Wotton overtakes Stuart Morgan & David Webb (20) to become the #tufc manager with the 23rd highest number of wins (21)
- A 1002nd Clean Sheet delivering 1442nd win in the league
- A 7th 1-0 league win of the season
Website is updated #tufc
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- A first visiting supports figure for Salisbury, as we last hosted them in 2008/09 and away followings only became a thing the next season.
- A 6th 2-2 draw of the season. The last time we had higher was an incredible 8 in 1986/87.
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- A 6th 1-0 win in the league was last bettered by Martin Ling's incredible 12 in 2011/12. For context, the 2nd highest in 90 completed seasons is 8.
- Jordan Young pulls ahead in the combined G+A metric
Website updated after today's match #tufc
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- We have 11 players in the dressing room who now have 30+ appearances for the club. All of them played today.
- Carson into double figures for goal involvements with 3G 7A.
- A 333rd 2-1 league win of all time.
Website updated after today's game.
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- Matt Jay & Emmanuel Ilesanmi become the 1240th and 1241st players to represent the club
- Paul Wotton's win % as manager is a round 50.00%
Website is up to date after today, as a fifth 1-1 draw of the league season draws it level with a 1-0 win as our most frequent result this season.
Website updated after today #tufc
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The 'All Goalscorers' page gets an update after Jordan Dyer gets off the mark in yellow.
He goes from not appearing to being level with Jimmy Aggrey, Guy Branston, Ben Gerring, Reuben Hazell, Ali Omar and Brian Saah.
Dean Moxey makes his second start of the league campaign for #tufc
By opponent, he has made these against:
Welling: 2
The other 22 teams added together: 0
One second into today's game, the 7 highest appearance makers in the squad are starting, in order:
Moxey, Jenkins Davies, Craske, Hamon, Dreyer, Hayfield & Threlkeld #tufc
With Moxey's reduced gametime in particular, this is the first time that's happened in a while.
Website updated - won't dwell on that one...#tufc
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- Of 15 subs made in the cups this season, Dean Moxey is the only player to be subbed on more than once.
- Of 7 bookings in the cups, Jordan Young is the only player to be booked more than once.
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- Cody Cooke is into double figures for the season.
- We scored our 200th (and 201st) goal in the NLS competition.
- 10 matches without defeat in the league (W5, D5)
#tufc wake up top of the league on Christmas morning for the 3rd time in the last 7 years.
Or 3rd time in the last 125 years, whichever sounds better... probably the first one.
2018 🎄 2020 🎄 2024
Merry Christmas everyone!
Brad Ash & Ollie Tomlinson had the 2nd & 3rd most appearances in the squad. Only Dean Moxey had more. WJD now becomes 2nd highest.
Ash made his debut on 05/08/2023 away at Dover.
17 goals in 51 (13) apps.
Tomlinson debuted on 16/08/2022 away at Bromley.
2 goals in 43 (15) apps.
Ok, website should be updated:
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A 4th 1-0 league win equals the 2023/24 season
A 12th league win equals 2022/23
A 33rd league goal in halfway to the 66 in 2021/22
43 league points is not linked to anything we did in 2020/21 but puts us top of the league...
Number 🥇 at Christmas for #tufc
Achieved by @Cody_Cooke scoring goal number 5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ in the league since election to FL in 1927.
Highest of those was the title winning 93 in 2018/19.
Lowest was the 30 goals scored in 1995/96.
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The last time #tufc won the NLS in 2018/19 we won all 4 games from matchdays 19-22.
Last season we won all 4 games from matchdays 19-22.
This season we have won all 4 games from matchdays 19-22.
Ed Palmer made his #tufc debut against Farnborough (A). Jack Wood made his last weekend against Farnborough (H).
This is the only home & away combo in the current squad, and most recent since Dan Martin - Notts County (A) in 2021 and Lewis Collins - Notts County (H) in 2023.
Was about to work this out, but thankfully Paul Hepworth got there first...
#tufc are top of the table for the first time in 1313 days, since 11th May 2021!
Website is updated after today's game:
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- Jack Wood becomes the 1238th player to represent the club in the modern era.
- The visiting away support to Plainmoor is identical for the 2nd league game in a row (Enfield & Farnborough both brought 96) #tufc
Will Jenkins Davies, in his 50th appearance in yellow, scores what is a rarity in recent times, the first goal of the match.
His 12th goal for the club in that time #tufc
The last time we made exactly 2 changes to the starting XI was the 1-0 win at Salisbury.
Despite being 6 league matches ago, in a month where Paul Wotton won manager of the month, it was the last time we scored the first goal of a match #tufc
Bit late, but website is updated after Tuesday #tufc
- Hayfield the first player to 10 Goals + Assists this season (4G 6A)
- Foulston first booking of the season
- Moxey's first cup substitute appearance in his 166th game
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On This Day: Torquay United 2-2 Mr Tomney’s XI (1899)
We played friendlies in our first season before joining the East Devon league for 1900/01.
Edward Tomney was the father of Harry Tomney, our first ever goalkeeper #tufc
Website is updated after today's game. Just the assists still to add after the video.
In the four matches against an Enfield side (before and after re-forming) we have conceded exactly one goal in all 4 matches.
0-1, 1-1, 2-1 and now 4-1 #tufc
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Like London buses... WJD on 🔥
Paul Wotton names an unchanged side: 2 occasions, 2 penalties conceded.
Paul Wotton makes some changes: 19 occasions, 0 penalties conceded.
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Paul Wotton names an unchanged side today for the first time since the 2nd game of the season, his first and most recent opportunities to do this #tufc
Lirak Hasani, after 19 completed appearances, is yet to receive a yellow card for the club, but has had a red card. Can't be many players with that ratio #tufc
In the league this season, we have conceded 9 goals at home, scored 9 goals away from home and conceded 9 goals away from home.
The 17 goals scored at home gives us the +8 goal difference so far this season.
It was the 42nd time we have won a league fixture 4-2 #42
