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01/11/09
Craig Melling - Injury
Erdington have been hit by news that midfielder Craig Melling has suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament. The injury occurred 5 minutes into the Erdington derby against Holly Lane. Melling’s scans have now been completed and he has also had an operation on the cartilage, but the major operation will not take place until later in the year.
Melling will be out of action for at least 12 months, and as manager Paul Shaw knows only too well, there are no long term guarantees of a full recovery. Shaw said: “This is devastating news. Craig began with our reserve team back in February and came through to make a first team place his own. He has worked so hard to come this far in such a short time and his commitment levels were outstanding for this level of football. Our thoughts are with him and we obviously hope he makes a full recovery.”
Erdington have been hit by news that midfielder Craig Melling has suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament. The injury occurred 5 minutes into the Erdington derby against Holly Lane. Melling’s scans have now been completed and he has also had an operation on the cartilage, but the major operation will not take place until later in the year.
Melling will be out of action for at least 12 months, and as manager Paul Shaw knows only too well, there are no long term guarantees of a full recovery. Shaw said: “This is devastating news. Craig began with our reserve team back in February and came through to make a first team place his own. He has worked so hard to come this far in such a short time and his commitment levels were outstanding for this level of football. Our thoughts are with him and we obviously hope he makes a full recovery.”
01/10/09
Ian Pugh - Goal Rush
Centre-forward Ian Pugh went into 3rd place on the EAFC all time goalscorers list on Sunday when he scored both goals in a 2-0 win against Hardwick Arms. Pugh has had a fantastic start to the season, scoring 3 in the first 2 games. Manager Paul Shaw was quick to praise his striker, saying: “Pughy deserves this, he has worked much harder this summer than ever before and now the goals are flowing. I hope he continues to work as hard because this is what he can achieve week in week out.”
Centre-forward Ian Pugh went into 3rd place on the EAFC all time goalscorers list on Sunday when he scored both goals in a 2-0 win against Hardwick Arms. Pugh has had a fantastic start to the season, scoring 3 in the first 2 games. Manager Paul Shaw was quick to praise his striker, saying: “Pughy deserves this, he has worked much harder this summer than ever before and now the goals are flowing. I hope he continues to work as hard because this is what he can achieve week in week out.”
01/09/09
EAFC Presentation Night
EAFC captain Andrew Markham scooped the 2008/09 Manager's Player of the Season award at the club's annual Presentation night. The midfielder has lead by example, putting in a string of impressive performances as the club recovered from a difficult start to the campaign to end the season strongly. In presenting the award, Manager Paul Shaw said "Andrew is in the top bracket in terms of ability level. He has had an excellent season and deserves his place alongside some great names on the Mark Phelps memorial shield". A shell-shocked Markham was rendered speechless!
Defender Adam Williams won the 2008/09 Players' Player of the Season vote (by some distance) to cap an excellent campaign. The defender barely missed a kick all year and weighed in with 4 goals in his first full season with the club.
Mark Barber took the Top Goalscorer title following his haul of 14 goals. Presenting the award, Adam Markham hailed the striker's all round contribution to the club, having played a number of games in midfield. "It's not just his goals and the quality of his finishing, his creativity has not gone un-noticed - the goals tally has probably been matched by the number of assists".
Barber's strike partner for much of the campaign Dean Campbell was awarded Young Player of the Season. Deano finished the season with 11 goals in total including 4 for the Reserves. The 19 year old held down a first team shirt for the vast majority of the campaign, impressing the Manager and team-mates alike with his work-rate, goals, natural ability and superb attitude.
Midfielder Chris Elliman was awarded 2008/09 Reserve Team Player of the Year. Presenting the award, Reserve Team Manager Wayne McIntosh said "Ability wise Chris has everything going for him. At 17 he has been the team's most influential player in an attacking sense. He has shown fantastic promise and that can be seen by his 11 appearances for the first team."
EAFC captain Andrew Markham scooped the 2008/09 Manager's Player of the Season award at the club's annual Presentation night. The midfielder has lead by example, putting in a string of impressive performances as the club recovered from a difficult start to the campaign to end the season strongly. In presenting the award, Manager Paul Shaw said "Andrew is in the top bracket in terms of ability level. He has had an excellent season and deserves his place alongside some great names on the Mark Phelps memorial shield". A shell-shocked Markham was rendered speechless!
Defender Adam Williams won the 2008/09 Players' Player of the Season vote (by some distance) to cap an excellent campaign. The defender barely missed a kick all year and weighed in with 4 goals in his first full season with the club.
Mark Barber took the Top Goalscorer title following his haul of 14 goals. Presenting the award, Adam Markham hailed the striker's all round contribution to the club, having played a number of games in midfield. "It's not just his goals and the quality of his finishing, his creativity has not gone un-noticed - the goals tally has probably been matched by the number of assists".
Barber's strike partner for much of the campaign Dean Campbell was awarded Young Player of the Season. Deano finished the season with 11 goals in total including 4 for the Reserves. The 19 year old held down a first team shirt for the vast majority of the campaign, impressing the Manager and team-mates alike with his work-rate, goals, natural ability and superb attitude.
Midfielder Chris Elliman was awarded 2008/09 Reserve Team Player of the Year. Presenting the award, Reserve Team Manager Wayne McIntosh said "Ability wise Chris has everything going for him. At 17 he has been the team's most influential player in an attacking sense. He has shown fantastic promise and that can be seen by his 11 appearances for the first team."
The final award of the evening, Clubman of the Year 2008/09, was presented to Adam Markham, completing the night's 'Super-Markham sweep!' (© J. Woodward). More than a football award, this one recognises significant contributions to the club on or off the field. One of the club's original benefactors, Adam has played in just about every season in just about every position. He is the club's all-time top goalscoring Defender (master of the near-post flick from corners!) and notably lead the club to its only silverware to date, the Division 2 Title in 2003/04. Once again this season his presence and man-management skills have been hugely important to the first team, while he has also proved to be a steadying influence in the Reserve Team's first campaign whenever asked to step in.
