Longlevens AFC

Gloucestershire Adult Club Of The Year 2007


First Team Squad 2005/06

MANAGEMENT

Keith Hardcastle    Colin Dodds

GOALKEEPER

Craig Chambers

DEFENDERS

Simon Wootton   Keith Hall    Gary O'Durny  

Craig Martin   Ryan Bevan (C)

MIDFIELDERS

Nick Poole    Steve Pollock    Dave Gibbs    Danny Moore  

Jamie Allen   Kev Phillips   James Hancox    Sean Hancox

FORWARDS

Lee Allen   James French  

AND.....LINESMAN

Pete Hemmings

Keith Hardcastle

Name: Keith Hardcastle 

Position: Left Winger/Manager

D.O.B: 08/06/1959

Nickname: The Gaffer or according to Paul Walsh W*nker

Previous Clubs: Longlevens, Bristol City, Cheltenham Town, Forest Green, Ledbury Town, Shortwood Utd, Westfields

Best Game You've Played In: Arsenal Res vs. Bristol City Res at Highbury under floodlights, Arsenal had a really strong side out & i played well and made mom in nil-nil draw.

Favourite Goal Scored: For Bristol City Res vs. Southampton Res at the Dell on my res team debut

Biggest Achievement: Signing as a full time professional with Bristol City

Favourite Football Team: Bristol City

Favourite Player: George Best

Favourite Holiday Destination: Ayia Napa, Cyprus

Hobbies: Cricket, Drinking with friends

Favourite Food: Chicken Vindaloo

Favourite Drink: Lager

Favourite Music: Robbie Williams/Kylie Minogue

Favourite Film: Chariots Of Fire

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: Are you joking? The New Inn

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: HC

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Colin Dodds

Name: Colin Dodds

Position: Assistant Manager

D.O.B: State Secret

Nickname: Doddsy

Previous Clubs: Longford, K.S.O.B

Best Game You've Played In: Far too long ago to remember

Favourite Goal Scored: Too many to choose from

Biggest Achievement: Any Saturday without Jamie Allen doing his tracksuit bottom stunt

Favourite Football Team: Blackburn Rovers

Favourite Player: Alan Shearer/Bryan Duglas - Who? Ask me and i'll explain

Favourite Holiday Destination: Cyprus

Hobbies: Cricket, Inphulaphism

Favourite Food: Fillet Steak

Favourite Drink: Far too many to choose from

Favourite Music: 60's

Favourite Film: One flew over the cuckoos nest

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: Royal Oak

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Helen Chamberlain

Curry Or Chinese: Chinese

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Craig Chambers

Name: Craig Chambers

Position: Goalkeeper

D.O.B: 18/03/1978

Nickname: Eugene

Previous Clubs: None senior, Glos City Youth, Robinswood Youth

Best Game You've Played In: FA Youth cup, 1st Round replay Glos City vs. Forest green, won 5-4 aet

Favourite Goal Scored: Only the 1. Came up for a corner playing for Longlevens Sunday + headed into bottom corner

Biggest Achievement: 1st team player of season 2003/04, Winning county cup for Levens

Favourite Football Team: Liverpool

Favourite Player: Jamie Carragher And Djibril Cisse

Favourite Holiday Destination: Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt

Hobbies: All Sports

Favourite Food: Cottage Pie

Favourite Drink: Ribena Toothkind

Favourite Music: R'N'B

Favourite Film: Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: Innteraction

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi Titmus

Curry Or Chinese: Chinese

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Simon Wootton

Name: Simon Wootton

Position: Centre Back

D.O.B: 07/12/1973

Nickname: Sanjay, Sanj, Paki, Blacki or anything else slightly racist!

Previous Clubs: Kings AFC

Best Game You've Played In: It has to be the County Cup winning game against Warden Hill

Favourite Goal Scored: You have to be kidding me, i never score!

Biggest Achievement: Having the best wife and kids ever!

Favourite Football Team: Man Utd

Favourite Player: Eric Cantona

Favourite Holiday Destination: Canada

Hobbies: As much sport as possible!

Favourite Food: Curry (Obvious i suppose!)

Favourite Drink: Lager

Favourite Music: Anything in the charts

Favourite Film: Sex lives of the potato men (Jonny Vegas)

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: KC's

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: MOTD

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Helen

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Keith Hall

Name: Keith Hall 

Position: Any

D.O.B: 13/11/1982

Nickname: Cowden

Previous Clubs: Barnwood Utd, Longford

Best Game You've Played In: BUSA Cup Final

Favourite Goal Scored: Goal? Whats one of those?

Biggest Achievement: BUSA Cup Final - Won 1-0

Favourite Football Team: Aston Villa

Favourite Player: Del Piero

Favourite Holiday Destination: Anywhere

Hobbies: Pro Evo/drinking/gym

Favourite Food: Toad in the hole

Favourite Drink: Lager - Aint fussy

Favourite Music: RnB/Hip Hop

Favourite Film: Fugitive

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: Inter

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Gary O'Durny

Name: Gary O'Durney

Age: 25

Position: Right Sided Defender/Midfielder

Previous Clubs: Whitminster

The Quiet Man who never trains, never talks but most importantly never has a bad game.

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Craig Martin

Name: Craig Martin

Position: Centre Defence

D.O.B: 07/07/1984

Nickname: Spider

Previous Clubs: Gala Wilton

Best Game You've Played In: Final against Whitminster

Favourite Goal Scored: Against Whitminster, 90th minute to take it to extra time

Biggest Achievement: Having my son Rhys

Favourite Football Team: Manchester United

Favourite Player: Eric Cantona

Favourite Holiday Destination: Turkey

Hobbies: Everything, Skittles, Drinking & Poker

Favourite Food: Spaghetti Bolognaise

Favourite Drink: Lager dash

Favourite Music: Any

Favourite Film: Top Gun

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: Innteraction

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Helen Chamberlain

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Ryan Bevan (C)

Name: Ryan Bevan    

Position: Attacking Defender

Date Of Birth: 13/10/80

Nickname: None I think, only skipper on the forums!

Previous Clubs: Cinderford Town and Tuffley Rovers briefly

Best Game You’ve Played In: County cup final v Warden Hill in 2001

Favourite Goal: Surprisingly the winner in that game in extra time, a bullet back post header, the only type of goals I score!

Biggest Achievement: Winning county cup

Favourite Football Team: West Ham United

Favourite Player: Frank Mcavennie/Paulo Di Canio

Favourite Holiday Destination: Las Vegas

Hobbies: Cards, mainly poker and taking the gaffer’s money at 3 card! And watching Wales beat England at rugby!

Favourite Food: Chinese

Favourite Drink: Corona

Favourite Music: Anything but R’n’B

Favourite Film: Twin Town – I f****** loves it

Quickfire:

KC’S or Innteraction: KC’s

Soccer AM or Match of the Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: HC

Curry or Chinese: Chinese

Lager or Cider: Lager

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Nick Poole

Name: Nick Poole

Position: Midfield/Defence

D.O.B: 06/02/19678

Nickname: Pooley

Previous Clubs: None

Best Game You've Played In: Army vs. Afghanistan

Favourite Goal Scored: Any of my hat-trick away at Dursley a couple of seasons ago

Biggest Achievement: Being selected to play for Army against Afghanistan in front of 60,000 people

 Favourite Football Team: Liverpool

Favourite Player: Steven Gerrard

Favourite Holiday Destination: New Zealand

Hobbies: Cards, rugby, drinking

Favourite Food: Mexican

Favourite Drink: Jack daniels

Favourite Music: any

Favourite Film: Full metal jacket

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: KC's

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: MOTD

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Steve Pollock

Name: Steve Pollock 

Position: Left Midfield

D.O.B: 28/12/1983

Nickname: Polly

Previous Clubs: Gala Wilton

Best Game You've Played In: Any cup final

Favourite Goal Scored: Two against gala in cup final

Biggest Achievement: 3 x Managers player of the year

Favourite Football Team: Liverpool FC

Favourite Player: Gerrard

Favourite Holiday Destination: Magalluf

Hobbies: Football/Pro Evo

Favourite Food: Italian

Favourite Drink: Vodka + Lemonade

Favourite Music: Various

Favourite Film: Forrest Gump

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: Innteraction

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Helen Chamberlain

Curry Or Chinese: Chinese

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Dave Gibbs

Name: David Gibbs

Position: Midfielder

D.O.B: 06/09/1980

Nickname: Gibbo

Previous Clubs: Tuffley Rovers, Shortwood united, Slimbridge

Best Game You've Played In: Maxwells Vs. French Connection at Bentham (What a game hey frenchy?)

Favourite Goal Scored: For Tuffley pre season 03/04 - Hit a 40 yard left foot volley past the mighty Chambers

Biggest Achievement: Hopefully in a few months when i'll become a Dad

Favourite Football Team: Man Utd

Favourite Player: Gazza

Favourite Holiday Destination: Maldives

Hobbies: Going to Chelt Races, Golf and Tennis

Favourite Food: Indian

Favourite Drink: Carling Extra Cold

Favourite Music: Oasis, Coldplay and the mighty Bon Jovi

Favourite Film: Pulp Fiction

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: Rather go to Jumpin Jaks!

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: MOTD

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: HC

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Danny Moore

Name: Danny Moore

Position: Centre Midfield

D.O.B: 09/11/1979

Nickname: Moorey

Previous Clubs: Harrow Hill, Tuffley Rovers, Cinderford Town

Best Game You've Played In: County cup final vs. Warden Hill

Favourite Goal Scored: Away to Woodmancote - 40 yards lobbed the keeper, said i was going to lob him before the game

Biggest Achievement: Completing my first triathlon in Worcester in August

Favourite Football Team: Chelsea

Favourite Player: Diego Maradona

Favourite Holiday Destination: Cyprus

Hobbies: Triathlon, General Fitness, Cards

Favourite Food: Pasta Carbonara

Favourite Drink: Corona with lime

Favourite Music: Cheese

Favourite Film: American Pie

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: KC's

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi Titmus

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Jamie Allen

Name: Jamie Allen

Position: Centre Midfield

D.O.B: 18/03/1982

Nickname: Jiggy

Previous Clubs: None

Best Game You've Played In: Every game i score in

Favourite Goal Scored: Away vs. Mitcheldean, I beat 4 players shot with the outside of the foot from on edge of area, bar and in. It was a Screamer.

Biggest Achievement:

Favourite Football Team: Manchester United

Favourite Player: Ronaldhino

Favourite Holiday Destination: Magalluf

Hobbies: Drinking, Football, Any Pub Sports, Longlevens Website

Favourite Food: Bacon! Yummy

Favourite Drink: Any lager but i prefer Grolsch. Also Baileys and Southern Comfort

Favourite Music: R'N'B

Favourite Film: Top Gun

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: Innteraction if not wearing fancy dress

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi Titmus

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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Kev Phillips



Name: Kev Phillips

Position: Midfield

D.O.B: 27/07/1975

Nickname: Coach

Previous Clubs: Arlingham AFC, Kings AFC, Royal Engineers Corps

Best Game You've Played In: Army Cup Final, County Cup Final (Against Warden Hill)

Favourite Goal Scored: Winner in Charity Cup Final For Arlingham AFC

Biggest Achievement: Smashing Danny Moore 4-0 On ISS

Favourite Football Team: Man Utd

Favourite Player: Bryan Robson

Favourite Holiday Destination: South Africa

Hobbies: Any Sports & Moaning about Anything, Walking my Two Dogs

Favourite Food: Pasta

Favourite Drink: Carling or JD & Coke

Favourite Music: Various

Favourite Film: Escape To Victory

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: KC's

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: MOTD

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: Lager

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James Hancox

Name: James Hancox 

Position: Midfield/Forward

D.O.B: 12/02/1978

Nickname: Jimmy/Hanksy

Previous Clubs: Moreton Town, Kings, Tuffley Rovers, Harrow Hill, Ledbury Town, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham Saracans.

Best Game You've Played In: All of them in my last 2 seasons at Cleeve were pretty good

Favourite Goal Scored: Any senior goal, as they have dried up since junior football.

Biggest Achievement: Had 3 numbers on lottery once

Favourite Football Team: Man Utd

Favourite Player: George Best/Bryan Robson

Favourite Holiday Destination: Sydney

Hobbies: Computers & Gadgets

Favourite Food: Chicken

Favourite Drink: Guinness

Favourite Music: Virtually anything!

Favourite Film: Rocky 1,2,3 &4

Quickfire:

KC's Or Innteraction: KC's

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: MOTD

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

Lager Or Cider: What about Guinness?

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Sean Hancox

Name: Sean Hancox

 

Position: Anywhere on the left, definately not the right.

 

Date Of Birth: 28/8/1968

 

Nickname: Hanks

 

Previous Clubs: Kings FC, Hardwicke, Bishops Cleeve, Moreton Town and Tuffley Rovers.

 

Best game you’ve played in: It was a GFA Sunday Premier Cup Final in 1996 for Longford, we were the clear underdogs and won 3-1.

The County Cup win against Warden Hill in 2001 was pretty special too.

 

Favourite Goal You’ve Scored: Any of the few.    

 

Biggest Achievement: Playing against Swindon Town in a friendly when they were a Premiership side.

 

Favourite Football Team: Leeds United

 

Favourite Player: Alan Smith

 

Favourite Holiday Destination: Thailand

 

Hobbies: Gardening, DIY, leisure time with my family and a bit of golf

 

Favourite Food: Indian and anything my wife cooks

 

Favourite Drink: Strongbow and a good red wine or port.

 

Favourite Music: Soul, disco and dance.

 

Favourite Film: Any of Norman Wisdom’s and Grease.

 

Quickfire:

 

KC’S or Innteraction: KC’s

 

Soccer AM or Match of the Day: MOTD

 

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi

 

Curry Or Chinese: Curry

 

Lager Or Cider:     Cider

 

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Lee Allen

Name: Lee Allen

Age: 25

Position: Centre Forward

Previous Clubs: Gloucester City, Swindon Supermarine, Gloucester United, Tuffley Rovers

Top Goal-Scorer. Quality player with Pace and skill. One of the 3 Allen brothers at the Club.

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James French

Name: James French

Position: Centre Forward

Date Of Birth: 24/10/1979

Nickname: Frenchy

Previous Clubs: Bristol Rovers, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport County, Cinderford Town, Harrow Hill, Dursley Town, Soudley.

Best Game You've Played In: When at Bristol Rovers i played in a Billy Clark testimonial against West Ham Utd in front of over 10,000 people. Rio Ferdinand was marking me and it was Ian Wrights debut for West Ham, needless to say he scored twice and we lost 2-0.

Favourite Goal: A couple of months ago in the Longlevens 7-a-side tournament i scored a goal like David Platts against Belgium....Only much better and from much further out!

Biggest Achievement: Signing Pro forms with Bristol Rovers, and showering with David Ginola and Sol Campbell!

Favourite Football Team: Everton

Favourite Player: Duncan Ferguson

Favourite Holiday Destination: Not a keen flyer...so anywhere in England!

Hobbies: Maintaining this website, poker, fishing, most other sports

Favourite Food: Any

Favourite Drink: Southern Comfort & Lemonade

Favourite Music: Anything you can sing along to!

Favourite Film: Anything with Adam Sandler in...If i had to choose one i'd pick Waterboy

Quickfire:

KC's or Innteraction: KC's

Soccer AM or Match Of The Day: Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain or Abi Titmus: Abi Titmus

Curry or Chinese: Curry

Lager or Cider: Lager

Pete Hemmings

Name: Pete Hemmings

Age:

Position: Linesman!

Previous Clubs:

“ Cider Pete ” Loyal linesman who has never claimed to be the best – but he never lets us down. Just returned from holiday for 2 weeks - the bar takings dropped big time.

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