WELCOME TO SHOUT

Shout is the new feature coming to SportTrades Report. Shout will express our opinions on sporting news from the previous month, to promote opportunities available with the company, publish updated information regarding SportTrades Report features and forthcoming events.

SportTrades Report is edited by Adam Dennehey and his postings will cover a wide range of sports and evoke much discussion and debate. The Ice Man by Pete Lewis will continue to follow the Chelmsford Chieftains season in Ice Hockey. Sol y Futbal by Ian Lanes will report on the fortunes of UD Lanzarote in the Spanish 3rd Division. Our F.A.Cup Tracker feature started with the Barkingside v Bowers & Pitsea tie in the Extra Prelim Round. We followed the winners through each subsequent round created from that starting point. We are now at Stage 7 Accrington Stanley v Salisbury City.

We are developing our prediction game 2012 that will be available for the 2010/2011 season, which will be featured via SportTrades Talk on Twitter and SportTrades Report. We will run a trial of this feature during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and post more details in January.

SportTrades have joined partnerships with a few organisations. We have joined forces with Girls in Football to increase awareness and funding for the grassroots of the women’s game. We are also in negotiations with Teams 4 You to find a partnership that will benefit that charity. Our own campaign ‘Support Your Local’ was put on the back burner for a couple of months due to other commitments. We will be in a position during December, however, to launch this promotion. Our aim will be to encourage season ticket holders of Premiership and League clubs, to go and watch their local ‘Non League’ club if their team are away.

This month has seen the extremes of sport. The dark side, Formula One Drivers instructed to crash, retired tennis legends declaring their drug abuse during winning titles and premiership footballers jailed. The bright side, England qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Jensen Button became world champion and Beth Tweddle produced a fantastic display to also become world champion. So October produced many talking points I’m sure November will do the same.

The Shout postings will be made on the first Friday of each month with the first on 4th December, make a note in you diary. SportTrades Diaries are available for clubs to order. Designed to incorporate a season, they run from July 2010 – June 2011. Your club Logo can be printed on the cover and we can also contain club information pages. Please contact us if interested. There is no minimum order, however, the more you request the cheaper the cost of the individual diary.

SHOUT is coming to SportTrades Report 4th December.

SALISBURY TRAVEL TO ACCRINGTON IN F.A.CUP

STAGE 6 F.A.CUP TRACKER.

SALISBURY CITY 4 FARNBOROUGH 2

The Whites march on to Stanley in the 1st Round of the F.A.Cup. We will add more details when we receive them,however a brace from Tubbs earned Salisbury a emphatic win and booked a place in the 1st Round for the club.

Sol y Futbol: Honours Even In Canaries Derby

Report by Ian Lane

TENERIFE B 2 LANZAROTE 2

26th October 2009

U.D. Lanzarote were within two minutes of securing their first away win of the season, however they did gain their first away point in a good performance against their island rivals.

Los Rojillos looked good from the start and in only the 5th minute a superb run from Rúben Rodriguez who skinned his defender and pulled the ball back for Rosmen, his 5 yard side foot came back off the bar but the tall striker fired in the rebound and claimed his second goal of the season and put his side into unfamiliar territory by leading a game of football.

If the Primera Liga´s sides B team thought they were up against a side low on confidence they were mistaken as Lanzarote played the ball around the park with ease and looked as though they were league leaders rather than propping up the table. Lanzarote dominated the remainder of the half but failed to create anything clear cut whereas their opponents only threat came from set pieces as the score remained 0-1 at the break.

In the opening minutes of the second period Tenerife gained control of possession as the Rojillos were gradually pinned back. Ten minutes into the second half and a clear push by Lanzarote´s centre back Faruk on striker Ramón resulted in a penalty for the Blanquiazules (blue and whites). Midfielder Airán Cabrera sent keeper Floro the wrong way by sticking the ball into the right hand corner leveling the scores at one apiece.

Tenerife then decided to go for the kill moving their left and right back forward and playing with three centre backs. To combat this Rojillos manager Carmelo Hernández switched from 4-4-2 to 4-5-1 and packed the midfield. Lanzarote were under pressure but the defence was confident and held firm.

On the counter attack in the 64th minute the Rojillos restored their lead. Man of the match Rúben Rodriguez went on a scintillating run racing past defenders and laid the ball back on a plate for sub José Manuel and for the second consecutive week the gifted winger came off the bench two minutes previous and scored from close range.

Five minutes later and Rúben Rodriguez had run himself into the ground was replaced by Barnsley boy Ian Robinson. As a unit the Rojillos defended stoutly but in the 88th minute a corner for Tenerife was swung in and defender Moreno climbed all over Rosmen and headed high into the right hand corner and the score was 2-2.

This infuriated the Rojillos as a blatant foul was ignored. Lanzarote then played the remaining minutes on the attack and were unlucky not to take the lead for a third time.

This can still be viewed as a good away point but Lanzarote can be disappointed to have not claimed all three. The good news is that the Rojillos have now found the net five times in their last two outings which is one more than their opening eight matches.

Ex Rojillo Oscar Martín has been in fine form since his arrival in Tenerife and in time a Primera Liga debut could be on the cards. Against his former club thankfully he had a quieter game. An improvement is noticeable over recent weeks but points at home are critical. Lanzarote remain bottom though next week the Rojillos are at home and take on Cerro Reyes (formerly Badajoz) who are only one place above Lanzarote

ROUTE 66 TO STANLEY - EXACTLY

Farnborough 0 Salisbury City 0

The 6th stage of SportTrades F.A.Cup Tracker, AKA 4th Qualifying Round F.A.Cup, was played out in front of a crowd over 1200. Farnborough could not take advantage of the extra man after Salisburys Lee Brown was dismissed. Lee Brown received 2 of the 11 yellow cards issued by the official, which did not represent the good natured way the game was played. The teams will meet again on Tuesday.

The draw for the F.A.Cup 1st Round was made today. This tie was number 66 in the hat and the winner of the replay will be enroute to Accrington - exactly.

Why Brawn And Jenson Are Worthy Champions

SportTrades Adam Dennehey Writing

With it being almost a week since Jenson Button and Brawn clinched the Formula 1 World Drivers and Constructors titles. As I'm a big Formula 1 fan i felt that it would be appropriate to write about the small subject of whether Button and Brawn are worthy champions or not. The reason for this is that in the build up to the Brazilian Grand Prix there was a small question emerging about the fact that Jenson’s results since the Turkish GP in June have not been as good as results earlier in the season. But does that theory mean that Jenson and the team are not worthy of what they've won this season - no it does not!

Jenson’s performances at the start of the season were nothing short of brilliant. Matched with a fine car in the Brawn BGP 001 and a reliable and quick Mercedes engine, Jenson as we should now know won 6 of the first 7 races. In the only race he didn’t win in the first 7 he still managed a fine third in Bahrain behind the two Red Bull drivers (Vettel and Webber).

In fact in those early parts of the season it looked like this year’s season was going to be a boring processional one. No disrespect to Button or Brawn whose achievements were quite sensational, but if it wasn’t for the Red Bull’s finding some form and the other leading drivers making steps forward, Brawn’s dominance may have been seen in a negative light. After all at the start of this decade we had Michael Schumacher winning a staggering 5 championships on the bounce. Between 2000 and 2004, only the 2000 and 2003 seasons were ones where Schumacher and Ferrari didn’t have it all their own way.

Since Turkey though, Button ‘struggled’ in the eyes of a few people and began to struggle for the front in qualifying yet alone the races. However in the races since Turkey, he has still only failed to finish in the points once. Even in Spa where he retired after a handful of corners on the first lap, it wasn’t really his fault. Heading into the tricky Les Combres section of the track, Jenson spun out only after Renault’s Romain Grosjean ran into the back of him.

That blemish aside he has still had what most drivers would call good point’s finishes, especially a good second at Monza behind fellow team mate Rubens Barichello. So bad days of 5th and 7th placed finishes at the end have helped him to the title because they were not DNF’s where his championship lead would slip further behind.

This year Jenson has had a car worthy of his talents. After dogged years where he was driving a crap car which even a driver with the combined talents of Schumacher, Senna and Moss wouldn’t be able to do well in. Right from the word go, Jenson’s driving was spot on and he matched some brilliant qualifying performances with excellent race results. During those races in particular and the whole season to be fair, when Jenson needed a good spell of laps to put pressure on his opponents he put in some great lap times that earned him the success in the races. It was very much a year of Jenson getting in the car and expressing himself behind the wheel, something he had not been able to in past years.

Now I’ll focus on the team and team owner Ross Brawn. When the 2009 regulations were announced in December 2006, Ross Brawn sacrificed Honda’s 2007 and 2008 seasons for a chance to be the top dog in a year where the technical and aero-dynamical regulations of the car were to be the most radical in years. However after dismal performances and the current world economic recession Honda decided to pull out of the sport in December last year and everyone involved within the team was out of a job.

Thankfully Ross Brawn brought the team and kept the team on the grid. There were casualties with hundreds of people at the base in Brackley losing their jobs. But those high up knew that they had a competitive car under their belts and the rest now is history. The car baring the odd mistake has been reliable and the team have won 8 races so far this season. It’s a credit to everyone involved with the team through their previous incarnations of Honda and BAR that there has been a fairytale ‘light’ at the end of the tunnel – even if they were not present at Interlagos last weekend.

Ross has shown once again that he is one of the key figures in F1. Under his work he has been part of championship winning seasons with 3 different teams; Benetton, Ferrari and now his own team. Of course beforehand he was working with a certain Michael Schumacher who at his peak was the best driver in the sport. This year’s championship i would argue means more not just because of Brawn’s fairytale story but the fact that they have overcome the bigger names in Ferrari, McLaren, Renault and BMW in getting there.

In conclusion both Button and Brawn are worthy champions. Yes they were slightly fortunate at the start of the season that no-one could really match up to them, but the team still had to do their job and Jenson had to get to the car to the finish. Time and time again this year, when it has really mattered Jenson has produced the pace and consistency needed to win the title. The team have continued their fine work and with limited resources at the start of the year have worked their way to a stunning conclusion. Between now and next season the likes of Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren will be working their hardest to chase down Brawn and start next season well. It will be hard for both Button and Brawn to retain their titles; however I don’t think that they’re a team scared of a daunting challenge

Good Results For Chelmsford

Pete Lewis Reporting:

The Chieftains headed to Oxford to take on the City Stars in what was potentially their toughest game so far this season. The game started off in interesting fashion when notorious referee Blaine Evans sent Rudi Dzurko from the ice to have his chin strap sorted out before the first puck had dropped. It was expected that Evans would continue in the same vein all night long and to be fair other than some meddling in face off infringements and a few questions to players about their kit he called a good game. It wasn’t until the second period before the first goal was scored when Danny Wright fired through a crowd of players in front of the Oxford net when the Chieftains were on the power play and scored for the visiting side. Nine minutes later the Stars had tied the game up when Ken Forshee put Abu-Saada in and he scored his third goal in 2 games for the Stars.

The game was very open and heading into the third period it could have gone either way. The Stars began to tire first and the Chieftains maintained their pressure on the Stars net and eventually forced a goal through man of the match Danny Hammond. The Stars didn’t give up the fight and tried everything they could to get back in the game but Andy Moffat stood firm in the Chieftains net and made some quality saves. With under a minute on the clock the Stars pulled their net minder for an extra skater to put more pressure on the Chieftains goal and defence. However it was their undoing as the powerful Hammond and Novak combined to send star forward Jerry Pavlus through to score the empty net goal with 2.2 seconds left to play.

Speaking after the game Dean Birrell, Chieftains coach, had this to say “It’s never an easy place to come to and to come away with a win like we did is very pleasing. They gave us a real test tonight and were not easy to break down. Pre-season I said that Oxford would be one of the dark horses in the league and on tonight’s showing I stand by that. Having said that, the youngsters on the Chieftains side really stepped up to the mark tonight and it’s testament to their ability and dedication to the cause that they did that. It bodes well for the long-term future of the club that we can produce young players that stand up like they were tonight when we were missing key players for one reason or another”.

Meanwhile back in Essex the Chelmsford Warriors were up against one of the contenders for the league the Invicta Mustangs. An early goal from Max Bennett ensured that at the first break the Warriors were 1-0 to the good. The Mustangs showed their class in the second period though and fought back to take a 4-2 lead into the next break with a Ben Osborne strike in response for the Warriors. The third was all Warriors as they battled had to try and rescue something from the game and the chances the Mustangs had were stopped by the excellent Andrew Brummitt in the Warriors net.

Ricky Mills and Watson combined to tie the game with 7 minutes on the clock. Time was running out and both sides were throwing everything at the other to take something from this game and then a penalty was called on Invicta leaving them down a player going into the last minute of the game. The Warriors benefited on this with an Adrian Woodyard strike with 55 seconds left to win the game for the Warriors to the obvious delight to the crowd and players who knew that they had seen a game of epic proportions in how the game changed direction so often and at one point looked gone from the home side’s grasp.

Both sides have a weekend off this weekend but the Chieftains return to action with what will be a tough away game in Cardiff on the 31st, followed by an equally tough home game on the 1st V Wightlink Raiders. The Warriors face the Solent and Gosport Devils on the 31st at the Riverside with a 5:30 face off.

Sol y Futbol: Great Character Shown By Rojillos

Report by Ian Lane @ Mercancia Lanzarote

LANZAROTE 3 SPORTING GIJÓN B 3

19th October 2009

Los Rojillos showed superb character by at first clawing back a two goal deficit then finding a dramatic 93rd minute equalizer with only 10 men.

Lanzarote displayed their fighting spirit in a highly entertaining six goal thriller. The Primera Liga’s B team was only seconds away from victory which would have pushed them up to second place in the league table.

Lanzarote began the match looking far the more positive side and big front man Rosmen came close with a header in the 5th minute and only two minutes later had a glorious chance to open his goal scoring account for the season but from seven yards goalkeeper Dani Lavianna saved well with his feet.

In the 17th minute a good cross swung in from the right by Rosmen was well read by Toñito who controlled the ball instantly and unleashed a drive heading for the right hand corner but a last gasp block by a defender prevented the Rojillos from taking a deserved lead.Typically, with chances not been taken Sporting Gijón punished Lanzarote to the full. In the 19th minute a free kick dangerously swung in from the left wing was not dealt with by the defence or claimed by the goalkeeper and at the far post striker Portilla chested his side into a 0-1 lead.

Ten minutes later and Lanzarote were in free fall. A clearance by Gijón’s keeper caught Lanzarote’s centre backs dreaming and winger Jorge neatly chipped Lanzarote’s keeper Ruymán to make the score 0-2 and left Lanzarote with another mountain to climb.

Four minutes before the break and midfielder Rúben Rodriguez turned his defender and was tripped giving Lanzarote a penalty. The same player took the spot kick and fiercely drove the ball low into the right hand corner reducing the score 1-2 and giving his side a lifeline to take into the half time break.

Manager Carmelo Hernández brought on Englishman Ian Robinson to add to his attacking force a minute into the second half and Lanzarote began to dominate possession. Sporting still looked dangerous on the counter and a great run by winger Jorge who fired in a low, hard cross and was only inches away from finding his strike partner Pablo Acebal.

In the 54th minute good work from right back Kamara and the ever alert Toñito who produced a stunning cross in which Rosmen rose tallest and powerfully headed into the roof of the net leveling the scores at two apiece.

Only five minutes later and with the Rojillos in top gear, defender Kamara received a straight red card for causes unknown and again Lanzarote were forced to play the final half hour in scorching heat and a cloudless sky with only 10 men. The unfortunate Englishman had to be sacrificed after only 15 minutes as defender Francis replaced Kamara.

Both teams still went in search of the full three points. In the 66th minute Rojillos defender Santi Torres headed off the line and Lanzarote´s inspirational Captain Vladi who does not understand the meaning of defeat was chasing, tackling and creating the best chances for the home side.

Three minutes from time and Sporting scored what they believed to be the winner. A long ball was tidily chested down by sub Landeira and in one movement guided the ball out of the reach of Ruymán and into the bottom left hand corner.

Deep into stoppage time and a long ball was hoisted into the corner of the box, Rosmen nodded the ball over to the far post and Vladi on the sprint, got that all important toe onto the ball steering it into the back of the net to give his side their first point in eight matches.

It may only be a point but the heart and guts showed by an under pressure side was there for all to see. Vladamir was exceptional and it seems a crime that he is not playing his football at a higher level. Toñito and Rúben both gave 100 per cent and striker Rosmen put in his best performance wearing a Lanzarote shirt. Next week Lanzarote travel and face the B side of Tenerife.