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Romans FC
Our parish football team
Christian Cup Winners, 2007
St
Albans Romans, the Parish football team set up with St Bart’s, were victorious
in the final of the National Christian Football Cup last Saturday. They defeated
a team from Doncaster Evangelical Churches by 4-0, although the game was
much closer than the score-line suggests.
Several of the team are moving away so if anyone is interested in joining
the team for next season please contact Richard Exact on 07976 252309.
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The venue....
The 2007 National Christian Cup Final was held at Nene Park Stadium, the
home of Rushden & Diamonds Football Club, for the second year running
- such a prestigious venue! This wonderfully continues
the trend of holding the Final at Professional grounds over the last 7 seasons,
the previous being Liverpool FC, Northampton Town FC and Macclesfield Town
FC!!
Who was there?
We are also very pleased to announce that the Guests of Honour for the Cup
Final were Derek Jefferson, the ex-pro player with Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton
Wanderers, the Rushden & Diamonds Chaplain, Canon Roger Knight and the
Managing Director of current Sponsors Verit Media, Chris Powell. The match
was refereed by Dermot Gallagher, the Premiership Referee.
St Albans Romans 4 - 0 Doncaster Evangelical Church
Left to Right:
Team Captain Will Kumar,
Guest of honour Derek Jefferson, and
Man of the Match Adam Powell
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Who are Romans FC?
With
players from the Catholic churches in and around St Albans, Romans FC first
team (16+) competes in the St Albans & District Churches League (part
of the National Churches League). The league and club organise a number of
non-football social and Christian events through the year. Meetings take
place on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm for training at
St Albans Rugby Club and 10.30 on Saturday mornings to play matches. Our home ground is Boggymead Springs.
We welcome new players and are looking to expand to a second team.
New players should be willing to train regularly and play on Saturdays.
All players commit themselves to playing with respect for the opposition
and referee.
Read more on the Romans website
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What IS the National Christian Cup ?
The
National Christian Cup is in its 15th year. The aims of the competition are
to draw together Christian - based football teams from across the country
to play on a national stage, to encourage and bless one another and to enable
christians to reach others with the love of Christ through their common passion
for football
The competition is an important part of the network of christian footballers
and teams, with regular reports and updates appearing in Frontline magazine
and on their Web site.
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Semi Final
Romans 4 - 1 Rhondda Royals
Quarter Final
Romans 1 - 1 St Johns Bowling
Eagles (Bradford)
(Romans won 4-3 on penalties)
Round Four
Trinity (Liverpool) 2 - 3 Romans
Round Three (Regional)
United Chelms- 3 - 6 Romans
ford Churches
(after extra time)
Round Two (Regional)
Romans 2 - 1 Kings Sports
Reserves (Herts)
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© Ss Alban & Stephen
Catholic Church 2007
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