Tamworth Blog

Future football stars are being welcomed to join Tamworth FC’s Soccer School.

The two day course takes place at Tamworth College on Tuesday, February 16 and Wednesday, February 17.

The course, for six-14-year-olds, runs from 10am-3pm both days and costs £20.

Family discounts are available and there are 80 places up for grabs.

Youngsters who sign up also get matchday tickets, take part in a penalty shoot-out and get to meet some of the Tamworth players.

More details are available from Jay Edwards on 07545 550477 or by emailing community@thelambs.co.uk.

Tamworth FC have been drawn a tough fixture in the FA Trophy, away to Blue Sqaure Premier high flyers Mansfield Town.

The ties will be played December 12.  Visit the Lambs Website for more information.

Lamb’s legend Ronnie Sims sadly passed away on Friday October 16.

Ronnie Sims who also played for Liverpool during his career passed away peacefully with his wife Sandra and Step-daughter Mel at his side.

The Lambs posted the story on their website and promised a fitting tribute to the Lambs legend in their next match programme.

The Lambs will travel to Ilkeston Town in the FA Cup 4th Qualifying round to be played on October 24.

Ilkeston Town are 4th in the Blue Square North league and came through after beating Eastwood 3-1 away from home on Tuesday night (October 13), earning the tie with the high flying Lambs.

Tamworth FC have already organised the coach to Ilkeston for £5 return.  For more details on tickets, please keep your eye on the clubs Official Website.

Tamwoth FC have teamed up with ‘Time To Quit’ to provide a fun family day Saturday October 31st 2009.

Entertainments day starts 12.30pm between Tamworth FC v Hayes & Yeading at The Lambs Ground. The kick off is 3.00pm … The day will provide Face Painting – Balloon Modelling – Children’s Penalty Shoot Out – Children’s Fancy Dress – Competition’s – Clowns – Magician – Give away’s and much more …

A range of other attractions include Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, who will be on hand for those who want to explore a fire engine, and a children’s penalty shoot out at half time with “Big Cig” from the Time to Quit  stop smoking team.  As well as the fun activities, there will also be professional advice and support available to anyone considering giving up smoking and information to take away explaining where people can get help if they want it.

Nick Lunn, Commercial Manager of Tamworth Football Club, said:

“Our supporters and the local community are really important to us at The Lambs, so we are really pleased to work with partners to improve their health and wellbeing.  We hope people will come along to watch the game and enjoy the activities, and I hope that they also take advantage of the opportunity to find out a bit more about some of the issues around the harm caused by smoking, and the fantastic support that is available to help them at the same time.”

Chris Stanley, Tobacco Control Coordinator, South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust, said:

“It’s great to be able to support Tamworth FC during this exciting time in their club’s history.  For only £5 an adult and two children will be able to come to the match and join in the fun. We’ll be there with a few other partners to provide information and advice, and we expect to enjoy the day as much as the supporters do.”

Tickets are £5 for 1 adult and 2 juniors for a Blue Square Premier Bash Family Fun Day Ticket and can be purchased from Tamworth FC Ticket Office at The Lambs Ground or for more information call 01827 – 65798.

The Lambs made it three defeats in a row at the weekend as they went down 3-1 loosers to Histon who travelled to The Lamb for the first time.

Gary Mills made no changes to the team that played during the last week but saw his team 1-0 down at half time when Histon’s Knight-Percival firing home on 27 minutes.

Tamworth made a change at half time with Russell replacing Pritchard and within 3 minutes they were level after Wylde scored on the 48th minute.  On 77 minutes though Histon took the lead for the 2nd time in the match through Knight-Percivals second goal with a glancing header.  Histon added another 4 minutes from time when Simpson prodded home, doubling the visitors lead.

The loss leaves Tamworth 12th in the Blue Square Premier.

You can read the full match report on The Lambs official website here.

The Lambs finally came back to Tamworth after 4 games on the road on Tuesday night (October 6) to host York City in the only Blue Square Premier match of the evening.  The game, even though the only one of the night was highly anticipated as Gary Mills Lambs were only a point behind York City who were unbeaten in 9 games.

Despite taking the lead on 18 minutes through Tait’s flicked header and plenty of possession, the Lambs went into Half time honours even after Ferrell equalised for the visitors on 40 minutes.

The 2nd half started with vigour with both teams playing attacking football, it was York City though took the lead on 61 minutes when Brodie headed home from close range.  The rain by now was pouring and York doubled their lead on the 78th minute through a diving header from Sangare.

The Lambs pressured the York defence and after believing they won a penalty (which was waved away by referee Mohareb), they set up a tense final few minutes of the game with a towering header by Tait drawing the Lambs one closer to gaining to a point.  However, it wasn’t to be and York City went back up the M1 with the points.

You can read the full match report and reaction on The Lambs official site.

Greg Keane who writes for www.nonleaguefootballlive.com is our guest poster with his article on Tamworth’s succesfull start to the Blue Square Premier season.

From the four newly promoted sides into the Conference, few would have expected Tamworth FC to be the side holding their heads highest in the division almost a quarter the way through the current campaign, only having the misfortune of losing once thus far in league competition. The Midlands side do have some pedigree at non-league level however, including a cup final victory won at Wembley Stadium, watched by close to 30,000 spectators.

It certainly seems the case for the Lambs that success breeds success after returning to the Conference following on from their two-year stint in the Conference North. The side escaped the dreaded scenario of tumbling down the divisions after their relegation in 2007 and returned in glorious fashion earlier this year, attaining promotion as Champions of Conference North and securing the title in April 2009.

Lead by former Leicester City midfielder- Garry Mills- the former Notts County manager has kept faith in the majority of last season’s young squad and have taken such confidence from their early season form and performances, that they will be looking to stay in the top half of the table for the remainder of the campaign, perhaps spurred on by the now seemingly realistic aspiration of achieving a play-off spot.

Rod Hadley, Tamworth’s General Manager and Secretary says,

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The Lambs climbed to 3rd in the Blue Square Premier league yesterday (Saturday September 19) even with an ever growing  injury list at The Lamb.

The Lambs took the lead within 12 minutes when a pin point cross from Shaw was greeted by Blackwood’s powerful header which left Bittner no chance.  It took Tamworth another 5 minutes to double the lead with a sweet volley by Shaw, leaving Salisbury, who are 22nd in the league, picking the ball out of the back of the net.

The 2nd half saw Tamworth kicking towards the Castle End and saw Tamworth probing and looking for their third but they were unable to find the break through.  Settling for a 2 – 0 win, The Lambs were elevated to 3rd in the league, not bad considering they were promoted just this season.

You can read the full match report on The Lambs website here.

Tamworth FC Supporters Club, Heritage Project is asking for your help.

They have recently been awarded a Lottery funded grant to record the history of Tamworth FC through the eyes of the people who were actually there.  To build this history they need your help.

Do you remember your first time watching, playing or being involved with Tamworth Football Club?

Do you still have the match ticket, programme, scarf or other memorabilia?

Are you willing to share your memories of Tamworth Football Club through the years with them?

The aim of the project over the course of the next year is to produce the Tamworth Football and Community Website – which will have a fully interactive and searchable database of memories of Tamworth Football Club along side the playing history of the club which will also include pictures, audio and visual clips.

The project will also produce Lambs legends Playing Cards showcasing the top 30 Tamworth Football Club players, printed on a set of collectable playing cards.  There will also be a History of Tamworth Football Club Guidebook, looking back over the last 75 yrs.

If you have anything that might help with this project, you can contact Tamworth Football Club on 07967 756918 or email them on TFCSC-HERITAGE@HOTMAIL.CO.UK.  You can also use snail mail and write to TFCSC Hertage project, The Lamb Ground Kettlebrook Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 1AA.