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Castle AFC is the football club of University College, Durham. The club is made up of four teams and is open to players of all abilities. Template:Featured article is only for Wikipedia:Featured articles.

Castle AFC
Badge of University College
Full nameCastle Association Football Club
Nickname(s)Castle
Founded1923
GroundMaiden Castle
CapacityStanding only

History

The club dates back to some time in the early 20th century and has an illustrious history. The club was formed by Colonel Horatio Wallace in 1923.

In conclusion Castle AFC has a diverse history.

Current Season

Club Captain Jeremy Stamper
A Team Captain Sam Packham
B Team Captain Alec Vještica/Jonathan Rex
C Team Captain Kieron Smith
D Team Captain Nyall Sharp
Self-Elected Social Sec Arjan Gill

Squad

A Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Adam Carson
2 MF England ENG Sam Horrocks
3 DF England ENG Ben Cooper
4 MF England ENG Sam Packham (captain)
5 DF England ENG Joe Smith-Morgan
6 DF England ENG Chris Moore
7 FW England ENG Josh Richardson
8 MF England ENG Hal Rhoades
9 FW Iran IRN Ramin Irvani
10 MF England ENG Jack Barratt
11 DF India IND Mike Benedict
12 DF England ENG Jon Hook
13 MF England ENG Will Danskin
14 MF Denmark DEN Daniel Brenden
17 FW England ENG Dexter Tate
18 GK England ENG Tyler Ibbotson
19 MF New Zealand NZL Matt Hoser
22 MF England ENG Rob Langman
25 DF England ENG David Gell
DF England ENG Tyrone Cummins

C Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Ben Bryant
2 DF England ENG Chris Bellaby
3 DF England ENG George Mallett
? DF England ENG Ben Tansey
? DF England ENG Andy Isauskas
7 MF Vietnam VIE Kieron Smith (captain)
26 MF England ENG Matt Funnell
? MF England ENG Jeremy Stamper
? MF England ENG Oli Robins
? MF England ENG Sam Morgenstern
? FW England ENG Stuart Whitehouse
? FW England ENG Adam Williamson
10 FW Italy ITA Tom ToMato
? MF India IND Samraj Singh
? MF Sweden SWE Ruben Arnbert
? DF England ENG Callum Kilpatrick
? MF England ENG Milo Finnett

A Team Results

Date Opponent Competition Result Scorers
7 October 2012 Hatfield A Friendly 0-4
13 October 2012 Hatfield A Premiership 1-3 Danskin
20 October 2012 Collingwood A Premiership 0-10
24 October 2012 John's A Floodlit Cup 1-1
(2-4 pens)
Tate
28 October 2011 Collingwood B Premiership 2-1 Rhoades (pen), S Horrocks
3 November 2011 Castle B Cup 5-1 Langman, Packham, Barratt (2, 1 pen), Hoser

Previous Seasons

2011/12

Club Captain James Benson
A Team Captain Chris Moore
B Team Captain Dexter Tate
C Team Captain Chris Bellaby
D Team Captain Arjan Gill
Self-Elected Social Sec Arjan Gill

A Team Results

Date Opponent Competition Result Scorers
15 October 2011 Hild & Bede A Premiership 0-1
22 October 2011 Grey A Premiership 1-0 Irvani
29 October 2011 Aidan's D Cup 8-0 Tate (2), Barratt (2), King, Brenden (2), Packham
2 November 2011 HMS Bulwark Friendly 4-1 Barratt (2), Irvani, S Horrocks
5 November 2011 Van Mildert A Premiership 1-1 Barratt
9 November 2011 Stephenson A Floodlit Cup 0-3
12 November 2011 Cuth's A Premiership 3-0 Packham (2), Richardson
19 November 2011 Mary's A Premiership 3-4 Irvani, Barratt, Moore
11 December 2011 Collingwood B Premiership 3-2 Spiers, Packham, Barratt
29 January 2012 Stephenson A Premiership 5-1 Brenden, Tate, Barratt (3)
18 February 2012 Hatfield A Cup 2-2
(4-1 pens)
Tate, Barratt
25 February 2012 Hild & Bede A Cup 0-0
(4-5 pens)
25 February 2012 Hatfield A Castle-Hatfield Challenge 0-4
26 February 2012 Butler A Premiership 0-2
11 March 2012 Hatfield A Premiership 1-3 Spiers
2 May 2012 John Snow A Premiership 5-2 Irvani (2), Rhoades, Barratt, Spiers (pen)
5 May 2012 Collingwood A Premiership 1-1 Packham
2 June 2012 SS Ladzio Friendly 2-1 Benson, Packham
13 June 2012 The Underdogs Friendly 3-1 Irvani, Brenden (2)

Season Review

The club started the season with the A-Team in the mighty reaches of the Premiership for the first time in college memory. With the arrival of freshers Sam "Pacman" Packham and Mike "Megs" Benedict, coupled with the year-long loan signing of Lewis "Stewie Lewie" Spiers, the promotion winning squad had significantly strengthened over the summer with the loss of few players. Both the Super C’s and perennially underachieving B’s resided in the lowly echelons of the newly formed Division 4.

For the A Team, a battling 1-0 defeat to last winners treble-winners Hild Bede A was the sign of things to come, and was quickly backed up by a gritty 1-0 victory over Grey A. The results soon followed, with comfortable victories over the likes Cuths A, Stephenson A & John Snow A, plus a stunning comeback against Collingwood B, meant that with 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats Castle finished 5th out of 12, signifying a very respectable first season back in the top flight.

The B’s started with a whole new squad, with the likes of Dexter, VJ, Floy & Benson giving solid former/current A-team experience, B-team stalwarts Magic, T (released from Hatfield), Conrad & Dink (after returning unfortuanetly from his loan spell in France) and Freshers such as Tyler the Creator, JSM & Rich Jones causing the season to start with promise. After an 11am Saturday start at Queens campus ended in an inevitable hungover loss, resounding 11-1, 13-1 and 4-1 results were interwoven with some shocking performances as the team struggled to gel as a new team and attain the consistency required for promotion, despite the January signing of Italian midfielder Massimo.

The Super C’s however had no such problems, and by Christmas were the league leaders, three convincing wins at the start of the season disrupted only temporarily by a shock 3-2 defeat to Van Mildert F. After continuing their good form they moved into the crunch game against the B’s with their destiny seemingly in their own hands. After Stevie Byrne took the lead through a dubious penalty, the B’s hit back before the break when T poked home from close range. The game looked to be heading for a 1-1 draw when spectacularly the C’s scored what seemed a certain winner through an ecstatic looking Stompie the Retard. Amazingly though, this match had one final twist, as Conrad swooped home from a corner in the dying moments to seal the draw, much to the dismay of the packed, partisan, orange-clad crowd. After this, the C’s could only muster up two further draws as their promotion flame flickered out, finishing 3rd on 24 points, one place and 3 points above their B-team rivals.

In the cup, Castle had resounding success from all sections of the club. Castle A marched forward with convincing victories to the last 16, where they faced fierce rivals Hatfield A. After a dogged and determined display, a fine Jack Bauer strike in the closing moments so the match go to penalties, where some composure and balls of steel so Castle spectacularly prevail. Their success then inspired the Sunderland squad, travelling from the Three Tuns for their FA cup match with Arsenal, to repeat their cup underdog success. In the quarter-finals against Hild Bede A, yet more thrilling football so Castle come desperately close to claiming a deserved victory on many occasions. Alas, the breakthrough did not come and this time penalties did not prove Castle’s saviour.

The B-team also recorded their most resounding successes in the cup. A hard fought game with Mary’s B, from a higher league, saw the clubs first penalty action of the season. Answering his countlessly many critics, Dinkleman held his nerve at the crucial time to slot home the winning kick and send the team, and the onlooking Rugby squad, into raptures. Next up was Van Mildert A, a team 4 leagues higher who had previously held Castle A to a 1-1 draw. Despite some defensive lapses at the start of the 2nd half helping them to a 3-0 lead, the B-team mustered up a special comeback with two goals from Magic giving Mildert more than a scare. Unfortunately the equaliser did not come, but it was the performance the B-team had been promising all season, and one they failed to achieve again.

Elsewhere, we also had a D-Team for the first time in the cup. In the first round against Cuths G an Arjan Gill inspired team ran out comfortable 7-3 winners, with A-team keeper “Soft as Shit” Swindells bagging 4 on his outfield debut. Sadly a heavy Halloween Vs session and the prospect of playing Collingwood A led to a 3-0 forfeit, a great result for a team with only 7 fit players.

And as part of the celebrations for the arrival of HMS Bulwark, the club entertained their football team in a match that was friendly only in its title, after several large tackles and bad-mouthing Castle ultimately prevailed 4-1. This was followed by an end of season friendly with the SS Ladzio, the London-based Castle old boys team, before the traditional festivities of the Jamies Mum Invitational, Underdogs match and North vs South, quite rightly the biggest event on the sporting calendar.

Social-wise the club went off the beaten path with their chosen tour destination of Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria, which involved late-night bowling, a Casino that just kept giving, beer roughly 20p per pint and a rather impressive Roman Amphitheatre. Whilst their we watched the mighty Lokomotiv Plovdiv record a 1-0 win over Ludogrents in a match that will stay long in our memories. Outside this, and the initial social, we had our annual trip to Newcastle. After hitting the trebles bars at 8pm, things were destined to go badly and after laying waste to the area around the monument some of us even made it back to Durham for Klute. And our yearly trip to the Pantomime, where the new college office and overly-serious Quickfix were slightly less improving of the traditional antics. The end result was a ban in alcohol and outside security for future years, and undoubtedly far less demand for future tickets. Well done Quickfix!!

2010/11

Club Captain Stephen Byrne
A Team Captain Hal Rhoades
B Team Captain Robbie "The Barrel" Baruch
C Team Captain Dan Johnson
Self-Elected Social Sec Alex Howe

A Team Results

Date Opponent Competition Result Scorers
10 October 2010 Hatfield A Friendly 0-1
22 October 2010 Hild & Bede A Floodlit Cup 2-5 Rhoades, Barratt
24 October 2010 Collingwood D Division 1 Pool A 2-0 Barratt, Brenden
7 November 2010 Van Mildert A Cup 0-7
21 November 2010 Aidan's A Division 1 Pool A 5-0 King, Barratt (2), Richardson, Brenden
19 January 2011 Van Mildert C Division 1 Pool A 1-2 Barratt
13 February 2011 Chad's A Division 1 Pool A 2-1 Rhoades, Richardson
23 February 2011 Grey B Division 1 Pool A 1-2 Benson
26 February 2011 Hatfield A Castle-Hatfield Challenge 3-5 Brenden, Shores, ?
12 March 2011 Butler A Division 1 Promotion Pool 2-2 M Horrocks, Irvani
13 March 2011 Chad's A Division 1 Promotion Pool 4-0 King (3), Richardson
27 April 2011 Hild & Bede B Division 1 Promotion Pool 4-2 Barratt (pen), Irvani (2), Duff
1 May 2011 Grey B Division 1 Promotion Pool 1-1 Irvani
7 May 2011 Van Mildert B Division 1 Promotion Pool 1-1 Barratt (pen)
14 June 2011 The Underdogs Friendly 8-1 Rhoades (2), Barratt, Burge (2), Irvani, ?

2009/10

Club Captain Nick Reid
A Team Captain Frazer Comley
B Team Captain Mark Heller
C Team Captain Andy Burge

A Team Results

Date Opponent Competition Result Scorers
11 October 2009 Hatfield A Friendly 0-1
17 October 2009 Van Mildert B Division 1 Pool A 2-0 Rhoades, Duff
31 October 2009 Ustinov A Division 1 Pool A 1-1 Barratt
17 October 2009 Grey E Cup 4-0 Duff (2), Wilson, Harker
14 November 2009 Trev's A Division 1 Pool A 2-3 Comley, Caspell
21 November 2009 Chad's A Division 1 Pool A 6-0 Clarke, Barratt, Harker (2), Wilson, M Horrocks
22 November 2009 Staff A Division 1 Pool A 1-1 Wilson
9 December 2009 Cuth's B Cup 1-4 Barratt
5 February 2010 Aidan's A Floodlit Cup 2-4 Barratt, King
6 February 2010 Hatfield A Castle-Hatfield Challenge 3-8 Comley, Barratt (2)
6 February 2010 Mary's A Division 1 Pool A 0-2
6 March 2009 Ustinov A Division 1 Promotion Pool 1-1 Clarke
7 March 2010 Butler A Division 1 Promotion Pool 2-5 Reid, Rhoades
10 March 2010 Hild & Bede B Division 1 Promotion Pool 2-0 Comley, Barratt
10 March 2010 Linthorpe FC Jordan Harker Memorial Match * 4-1 Clarke, Barratt
17 March 2010 Trev's A Division 1 Promotion Pool 0-4
6 April 2010 FC de Meer Amsterdam Tour 1-7 Barratt
20 June 2010 The Underdogs Friendly 1-3 Barratt
  • Durham University played first half, Castle AFC played second half (2-0 at HT)

2008/09

Club Captain Liam Gaffney
A Team Captain Joey Grigg
B Team Captain Chris Facey
C Team Captain Will Waugh

Squad

A Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Hugh O'Shea
3 DF England ENG Steve Emery
5 DF England ENG Liam Gaffney
4 DF England ENG MP Horrocks
2 DF England ENG Jordan Harker
15 DF England ENG Jonny Coates
6 MF England ENG Rich Cothay
8 MF England ENG James Benson
7 MF England ENG Danny Hall
11 FW England ENG Matt Caspell
10 FW England ENG Peter Duff
12 MF England ENG Frazer Comley
14 MF England ENG Joey Grigg (captain)
B Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Robbie Baruch
2 DF Japan JPN Michael Kato
25 DF Isle of Man Isle of Man Ted Arnold
4 DF England ENG Ollie Critchfield
5 DF Japan JPN Ken Inoue
6 MF England ENG Pete Hughes
7 MF England ENG Chris Facey (captain)
8 MF England ENG Alex Turner
11 MF England ENG Mark Heller
9 FW England ENG Steve King
10 FW England ENG Adam West
12 DF England ENG Steve Oldroyd
13 GK England ENG Alex Taylor
14 MF England ENG Scott Parker
C Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Geraint Steyn
2 DF England ENG Dave Read
3 DF England ENG Dan Barber
4 MF England ENG Dave Bird
5 DF England ENG Will Waugh (captain)
6 DF England ENG Steve Murphy
7 MF England ENG Rob Bolton
8 MF England ENG Andy Burge
9 FW England ENG Ali Kisby
10 FW England ENG Will Britton
11 FW England ENG Craig Shores
12 FW England ENG Steve Byrne
14 MF England ENG James Gyselynck
15 FW England ENG Joe Cooper

2007/08

Club Captain Johnny Hughes
A Team Captain Michael Gwinnett
B Team Captain Mike Bunch
C Team Captain Rich Pinks

For the second season running, the A team narrowly failed to achieve promotion to the Premier Division having suffered "second-term-syndrome" once more. The promotion campaign was dealt a series of blows throughout the course of the season, with long term injuries to both Nick Reid and Madhu Krishnan. Under the guidance of A Team Captain Michael "the Drizzler" Gwinnett, the A team enjoyed a relatively successful cup run which was ended in the 3rd round by Aidans A. Liam Gaffney was named player of the season at the end of the season with Captain Michael Gwinnett winning the top goalscorer award.

The B Team suffered a disappointing season competing in the Conference Division. Once more they failed to meet pre-season expectations and found themselves languishing near the bottom of the league, with 2 wins and a draw seeing them finish 7th of 9. Under the new league structure, only one team were to gain promotion from each pool of the Conference Division, making promotion a difficult challenge from the off. Joe Gallard was awarded B team goal of the season for a sensational free kick.

Castle's C Team enjoyed a fantastic season gaining promotion from the Conference Division in the opposite pool to the Castle B Team. Under the guidance of Captain Rich Pinks, the "super C's" showed excellent determination and team spirit in their title campaign, which was won with a battling 1-0 victory against Hatfield on the final day of the season. C team centre back Gary Brook scored an exquisite volley from the edge of the 18 yard area to seal the Conference title.

Club highlights include a memorable tour to Dublin as well as a hard-fought victory over a Castle underdogs XI. Jamie's Mum were the winners of the Angry Pirates Invitational 6-a-side tournament following penalty shootout controversy in the final over a 5-man Angry Pirates side.

2006/07

Club Captain Bambos Patsalides
A Team Captain Phil Holdsworth
B Team Captain Jamie O'Dwyer
C Team Captain Rob Mathers

The A team, despite hopes of promotion ended up missing out on joining the premier division due to a disappointing second half of the season. Performances to note included an impressive 3-1 win against Chad's A which was watched by the Norwich City F.C. first team and a hard fought win against Hatfield A in terrible conditions. Simon Harrison ended up as top goalscorer and Steve Emery capped a very good first season by scooping the A team player of the year award.

Following relegation from the Second division, the B Team found themselves competing in the Conference for the second time in three years. Expectations were understandably high but they failed to meet them and ended up playing in the 'wooden spoon' pool during the later months of the season. The team consisted of lots of new faces with only three players remaining from the previous year remaining. Positive points for the future included Mike Bunch's long-range shooting and excellent performances from Nick Reid and B team player of the year Rich Cothay.

The C team, in only its fourth year, continued to improve on previous seasons, finishing second only to the B team in the 'wooden spoon' Conference league. Captain Rob Mathers adding several new players to an existing core managed after a disappointing start to forge a team which ended up playing their best football since the C's were founded. Notable contributions were from centre-back Phil Butler, goalscoring superstar Tom Berryman and player of the year Dave Read. The team also bid a sad farewell to former captain 'Brazilian' Dave Stafford, who had missed only one game in the previous four seasons.

Highlights for the club included the tour to Amsterdam and beating Hatfield on penalties to win the Castle v. Hatfield Day for the second year running.

2005/06

Club Captain Tom Ashworth
A Team Captain Gary Davies
B Team Captain Mark "Ex Bar Chair" Boyd
C Team Captain Dave Stafford

2004/05

Club Captain Ben Rowland
A Team Captain Andy Byrne
B Team Captain James Irvine
C Team Captain Fady Jadayel

Honours

Competition Achievement Season
Conference Pool A Winners (C Team) 2007/08

Awards

The Nick Lehmann Award

The Nick Lehmann Award is Castle AFC's highest honour and is given out in recognition of outstanding service to the club. It has never been won by James Irvine.

Previous Winners

2011/12 Stephen Byrne
2010/11 Robbie "The Barrel" Baruch
2009/10 Will Waugh
2008/09 Matt Caspell
2007/08 Nick Reid
2006/07 Dave Stafford
2005/06 Xav L'Hoiry
2004/05 Gaz Hughes
2003/04 Nick Lehmann

The Jordan Harker Award

The Jordan Harker Award is given to the A Team's Player of the Season, named in memory of our friend and teammate.

2011/12 Lewis Spiers
2010/11 Chris Moore
2009/10 Madhu Krishnan

B Team Player of the Season

2011/12
2010/11 Dexter Tate
2009/10

C Team Player of the Season

2011/12
2010/11 Le Duy Anh
2009/10 Le Duy Anh

Notable Former Players

Name Nationality Position Period Appearances Goals
Bambos Patsalides  Greece DF 2003-07 ? ?
Ted Arnold  Isle of Man CDM 2008-12 42 2
Rich Pinks  England MF 2004-08 27 probably none
Rob Mathers  England MF 2004-08 39 ?
Tom Krajnyk  Poland MF 2004-08 32 1
Gary Brook  England DF 2006-08 19 1
Phil Butler  England FW 2004-08 35 1
Michael Gwinnet  England MF/FW 2005-08 32 33
Jonny Hughes  England FW 2004-08 ? ?
David Stafford  England FW 2003-07 ? ?
Mike Bunch  England MF 2005-08 ? ?
Phil Holdsworth  England FW 2004-07 ? ?
Jamie O'Dwyer  England DF 2004-08 ? ?
Jonathan De Vletter  England MF 2003-06 ? ?
Xav L'Hoiry  England DF 2003-06 ? ?
Gaz Hughes  England MF/FW 2003-06 ? ?
James Irvine  England MF 2004-07 ? ?
Mark Boyd  England MF 2004-07 ? ?
Nick Lehmann  France D/AMC 2001-04 ? ?
Tom Ashworth  England FW 2003-06 ? ?
Simon Harrison  England MF/FW 2004-08 ? ?
Joe Gallard  England FW 2004-08 ? ?
Simon Day  England FW 2003-08 ? ?
Favaad Iqbal  England FW 2004-08 ? ?
James Turnbull  England MF 2007-08 9 0
Damien Gomez  Singapore DF 2005-08 ? ?