Cowfold 1 Lavant 0

Saturday saw Lavant travel to Cowfold in what was a hard fought battle but sadly came away with nothing. Confidence was high off the back of last week’s demolition of Wittering and the team was further strengthened by the returning Gabb, Wright and last year’s top scorer Sandford.

It was Cowfold that came out of the blocks the sharper and nearly caught the Lavant defence napping in the opening 30 seconds, a long ball out from their back line with Batten getting underneath the flight, giving the Cowfold forward a free run on goal only to be denied by Sanson.

It wasn’t long until Lavant settled and got about their opposition with neat passing football from back to front. Lavant still had to be cautious, Cowfolds more direct approach was giving them equally as much joy in what clearly two very evenly match sides.

On the half hour mark came the only goal of the game, Lavants Hancock was caught in possession although he was arguably fouled, Cowfold played to the whistle and took full advantage as the Lavant defence remonstrated to slot past the stranded Sanson.

The second half saw Lavant persevere to try and get back on level terms but chances both ends were few and far between. The chance of the game to do so fell to Brooks forcing a superb point blank save from the Cowfold stopper.

Lavant unfortunately finished the game with 10 men as Wright was sent off in the dying embers for a second bookable offence. Lavant will certainly feel hard done by from this result as from the quality football played should have come away with at least a point.

Team: Neil Sanson, Richard Gabb, Matt Lyttle, James Batten, Jon Wright, Aaron Hancock, Mike Neville, James Brooks (c), Dave Knight, Ollie Haggar, Dan Baker. Subs: James Sandford, Alan Sheppard, Matt Grace.

Premier League
Cowfold 1 Lavant 0
Faygate 2 Holbrook 2
Predators 4 Hunston 1
Upper Beeding 2 Newtown villa 1

Division IV South
West Chiltington Reserves 6 Chapel 6

Bareham Trophy
Felpham Colts Reserves 1 Lavant Reserves 5
Ajax Trees 5 Real Milland 4 (AET)
Fernhurst Sports Reserves H – W The Nelson
Tangmere 3 Predators Reserves 5 (AET)
The Unicorn 7 Harting Reserves 1
Worthing Borough H -W Wittering Reserves

After months of working on developing, up -loading data from the old website and finally testing, today we have gone live and launched the updated website.

We hope everyone associated with Lavant FC will find it much more informative as we have now incorporated other media communcation tools such as twitter and link to the LFC facebook.

Much of the make up of the website remains in a similar format, plus tweets now displayed down the right side of the webpage.  Page tabs are also now on the top and bottom of the webpage.

The quality of the photographs on the new website are significantly enhanced and in the Gallery Sections there are many photos which have never been loaded up onto the old website before because it was a very time consuming task to do at the time.  That has now changed.

We can also now upload videos as well. So Neil Sanson’s ice bucket challange will be loaded shortly. Hopefully

Also try out the search tool.  If you are a player, past or present, enter you name and just watch what information appears.

There are some items still to add, updates to do, for example upload new kit range for the Club Shop, plus some minor changes.  But generally we are there and ready for the start of the new season.

Please let us know what you think.

All of this is down to one person our Webmaster Martin Ayers.  Martin has put in many hours of his own time into upgrading the website and loading up all the information, testing and training the admin team to use the new website.

I hope you will all agree he has made a great job of the upgrade and we now have one of the best websites around in local football.

August

September

Tuesday 15th July saw Lavant FC’s pre-season training get underway with 25 players going through a number of fitness and football routines, ending with a 5-aside game.

Training will now run through July every tuesday and thursday evening starting at 6.30 pm.

This Saturday 19th July lavant first team have their first friendly away to Alton Town FC of the Combined Counties Division 1.
Kick-Off at 1.00pm at Alton

Instructions on how to get there are listed below:

It is with great sadness that the West Sussex Football league has advised that Mike Baxter; Secretary of Faygate United sadly passed away last week on Thursday 3^rd July 2014.

Everyone at Lavant would recognise Mike’s friendly face every time we played our away fixture at Faygate and again also when he travelled to Lavant with the Faygate team for our home fixture.

Mike worked tirelessly behind the scenses for his beloved club Faygate FC and on match days he would be sorting out the changing rooms, marking the pitch, running the line during the game and manning the club bar after the game.

He even once very kindly lent Lavant an away old kit one season for a price, when David Kent turned up with the home kit instead of the away kit, which would have caused a major problem, as both sides play in yellow.

Mike’s funeral will be held on the 17th July at 2:15 pm at Surrey & Sussex Crematorium, Balcombe Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 3NQ.

Lavant FC is about to kick-off their pre-season schedule in preparation for the new season starting on the 6^th September.

Lavant have two sides on Saturdays playing up to intermediate level in the local

West Sussex League (Premier Division and Division 4 South respectfully) as well as a new Sunday Side playing in Division 2 of the Chichester & West Sussex Sunday League and we are looking for new players to strengthen all three sides.

The philosophy adopted at the club is that the process of selection for all teams starts at pre-season. We welcome back all our current players as well as inviting any new players to come along and train together and compete openly for a place in one of our sides during the pre-season. 

Pre-Season training will be held twice weekly, every Tuesday and Thursday night, starting on Tuesday 16^th July initially on the village green, starting 6.30pm prompt.

Please ensure you bring to every session football boots/trainers, running shoes and plenty of water/fluids.

Friendly Games;

1st Team:
19th July away to Alton
2nd August home to Eaast Dean
9th August away to Sidlesham TBC
16th August away to Alford

Reserves:
16th August home to Elmer
20th August home to Ambassadors
23rd August Yapton TBC

Lavant Sunday:
Match still TBC

Additional friendlies will be posted on the website as soon as they are all confirmed.

During the Season:

From September training reverts back to one session a week on Wednesday nights and starting the 17^th September, training also transfers to the Arena 3G All Weather pitch at Bognor 6.30pm to 8pm.

Training will remain at the Arena until the end of March 2013, after which we revert back to Lavant.

So if you are interested in playing for a great village Football Club, local to the Chichester area, then please come along and take part in one of our pre-season sessions. 

If you require more information about the club and the pre-season schedule then please contact either the 1^st team manager Stuart Eastwood on 07825525832, Reserve team manager Martin Pullen on 07983608428 or David Kent on 01243 780178.