PRESS RELEASE

Wantage Town F.C. Team Management Season 2008 / 2009.

Wantage Town F.C. are pleased to be able to announce that their first team management pairing of Manager Richie Bourne and Assistant Manager and Coach Andy Wallbridge have been appointed for next season 2008 / 2009. This young and emerging management duo have shown great potential this season, slowly but surely developing a squad that, with a little more consistency and discipline, will challenge for a top six placing next season in the Sport Italia Hellenic Premier League.

Wantage Town is also pleased to be able to announce that Peter Hogan, who came in during this season and stabilised the management of the Reserve Team squad, is to continue to develop Reserve Football at Wantage Town next season.

Underpinning this development will be the expanding Youth Football policy of the Club under the guidance of Director of Youth Football Roger Goodchild. The Club will run an Under 18 Youth team and an Under 16 Youth Team in the Oxfordshire Invitation Youth League. The Under 18 squad will be managed by Sonia Hart. Wantage Town welcomes Gary Stone to the Club to manage the Under 16 squad.

The successful Veterans football squad will once more next season be managed by Fred Bint.

Wantage Town F.C. Chairman Tony Woodward stated:-

‘This 2008 / 2009 management announcement confirms the steady progress that is being made within the Club. Continuity, coupled with prudent development and progressive improvement underpins the Club’s ambition to advance to a higher level of football. This, coupled with the development of grass roots football in the area with the establishment of the Grove and Wantage Community Charter Standard Partnership, and the planned Facility Development at Alfredian Park, promises much for the next couple of years for football in the area. The acquisition of the former St. Mary’s School playing field, and the developing relationship with our neighbour King Alfreds School, will see Wantage Town Football Club emerge as the hub of football excellence in the area. There is much to look forward at Wantage Town F.C. The recent award of the F.A. Charter Standard to Wantage Town F.C. is clear evidence of the advances being made.’