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Lee’s team smash 8… then he’s dropped! |
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Hitting top form, Bedfont Green
- the Zamareto South & West Division One team with
Dial-a-Cab goalkeeper, Lee Pearce (J71) – smashed
troubled Bracknell Town by a thumping 8–0! Bracknell manager Kerthney Carty and his assistant manager had resigned just two games into the season, while the team were hit by the absence of 11 players from a first-team squad of 20 men! By half time, BG were already three |
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Call Sign: Another ‘Listening Group’ trip to Coventry |
goals to the good, but ran
riot in the second half scoring another 5 times. However, a footballer’s life can change quicker than an airport trip on a quiet Monday would get covered and the following week, Lee’s life took a dramatic change. Bedfont Green were playing in the preliminary round of the FA Cup with their opponents being one of that competitions most famous giant killers - Isthmian League team Leatherhead. It was in 1974-75 that Leatherhead made news with an FA Cup run that saw them beat Isthmian League rivals Bishops Stortford in the first round, Colchester United in the second and then 2nd Division team Brighton - managed by Peter Taylor - in the third round. In the fourth round they pulled a home tie with first Division (equivalent to the Premier League in 1975) Leicester City. Leatherhead decided to switch the tie to Filbert Street to get some much-needed cash. The BBC's Match of the Day cameras and a crowd of 32,000 saw a dramatic match in which Leatherhead, with their goal machine Chris Kelly, go two goals |
up. Then the dramatic moment when a
Kelly shot that would have made it 3-0, was just cleared off the
line. Leicester City's class and additional fitness eventually
told as they fought back to win 3-2 in the second half. Back to 2009 and no such luck for Bedfont Green as they went out of the competition by 3-0. Even worse, Lee Pearce admitted to Call Sign that he should have stopped the first two Leatherhead goals. And yes, Chris Kelly was there to watch! BG manager Dennis Bainborough dropped Lee for the next game, which saw them battle against early promotion favourites, AFC Totton. They still lost 2-1. And Lee? He was too upset to talk and within a few days had moved to Egham Town, back in the Combined Counties Premier League, where Bedfont Green were promoted from last season! And the future? We know he wants to return to BG, but time will tell. As we said, a footballer’s life can change quicker than an airport trip on a quiet Monday would get covered! |
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LTI is launching a new season of
Listening Group trips and Call Sign will be
making our sixth visit in five years, when once again drivers
will be shown around the facility in addition to being given an
opportunity of asking questions about the TX4 and LTI itself to
senior staff. The Listening Group programme was set up over 5 years ago to get feedback on the LTI model range from drivers, which then contributed to LTI’s vehicle development programme. This remains an important part of the programme, but LTI will be broadening the scope of the programme to discuss wider trade issues and the restructuring of its dealerships announced in July this year. Call Sign has a waiting list from the last trip and those drivers will be given first opportunity. Any vacancies for the trip will be advertised on driver’s terminals. All expenses are paid for by Call Sign… |
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