We have put together the following information and hope you will find it useful if going to Newport on Saturday

CONTACT INFORMATION
 
Address: Rodney Parade, Rodney Road, Newport. NP19 0UU
 
Contact Number: 01633481896

For information concerning away supporters see here

If you are traveling independently the following sites may help you to organise your trip -: 

Train -:                    TRAIN INFORMATION

Coach -:                  NATIONAL EXPRESS

Car -:                       AA NEWS  SAT NAV: SG2 8RH

Weather -:               BBC WEATHER NEWS

Travel News -:         AA TRAVEL NEWS

Maintenance work on the South Stand has seen all the doors being repaired and painted

Thank you for your continued support of the CUFC Lottery.

CUFC Lottery 'Accumulator' Results (21 September 2018) - this weeks winning 'Accumulator' numbers are (0782)
-there were no winners of the weekly 'Accumulator' this week, meaning next weeks 'Accumulator' will be £2500.

CUFC Lottery 'Main Draw' Results (21 September 2018) - this weeks winning 'Main Draw' numbers are (9134)
-there were no winners of the 'Main Draw' jackpot this week.
-next weeks 'Main Draw' jackpot will be £300.00.

As the 'Main Draw' jackpot was not won this week
-there is 1 CUFC Lottery member matching the first pair winning £10.00
-there are 4 CUFC Lottery members matching the second pair winning £10.00 each

If you are a winner of either the 'Accumulator' or 'Main Draw' you will be notified individually by email.

Yours sincerely,
The CUFC Lottery Team.

Did you go to the Mansfield Match on Saturday?

Can you see yourself in one of the photographs taken by Ben Phillips.

There are supporters photographs in the album

To see more photographs click here

This is in recognition of the work carried out by the volunteers around the ground working in partnership with Ian and Mick.

Supporters Direct and Football Business Awards are pleased to announce the shortlist for this year's inaugural Club & Supporters Group relationship of the year award.  We had a number of incredible entries and would like to thank everyone for their time in filling out and submitting the application form.


The following supporters groups and clubs have been shortlisted:

• Cambridge United FC and Cambridge Fans United
• Fulham FC and Fulham Supporters Trust
• Portsmouth FC and Pompey Supporters Trust
• Rochdale AFC and Dale Supporters Trust
• West Bromwich Albion FC and Proud Baggies
• Southend United FC and Shrimpers Supporters Trust

The aim of this award is to specifically highlight all the good work happening across the country at all levels of football. We want to celebrate the progressive, proactive and rewarding relationships that exist between supporters groups and their clubs. 

We know solid partnerships can survive and thrive no matter what the performance looks like on the pitch. It's about time we celebrated it.

For more information on the Football Business Awards please click here.

Recently, I attended a Stewards Training event. It was held before the season and was part of their yearly training  schedule. There was a test required to be taken. Could you answer the questions in the test? Which are below.

The answers are at the bottom of the page

Stewards Exercise

1.   Name the organisation which issues a licence permitting Cambridge United to allow spectators into the stadium.

2.   What does the Club’s Safety Certificate contain?
 
3.  If a match is abandoned after kick-off but before half-time no refunds will be made. True or False?
 
4. You see and hear a lady in the Club car park offering match tickets for sale. Do you have power, under the Ground Regulations, to confiscate the tickets?
 
5.  You are at the turnstiles when you are informed from the Safety Officer that a person, appearing to be drunk, is attempting to enter the ground. Do you have the power to arrest the person? Explain your answer.
 
6. Set out, in your own words, five of the ten basic duties of a steward.

7. A normally respectable fan invades the pitch and is arrested. When asked why he says ‘I just don’t know why I did it’. Give a simple explanation of this type of crowd behaviour.
 
8. List four of the physical safety features in the Abbey Stadium
 
9. What should you do if you find a supporter urinating against wall                                                                             

10. List three warning signs that a person is becoming tense or angry.
 
11. In crowd control list the three crowd ‘D’s’
 
12. What would you do if you found a lost wallet in the stadium?
 
13. In relation to first aid what should you bear in mind in assessing if there is any further danger to a patient?
 
14. Name the three parts of a fire triangle and three of the main causes of fire.
 
15.   Just before half-time you discover smoke coming from a tea bar and the staff inside appear to be panicking. What action do you take?
 
16.   Give one example of why each of the following types of evacuation may be necessary:- a) total evacuation out of the ground, b)partial evacuation out  of the ground c) total or partial evacuation within the ground.
 
17.  Briefly describe one feature of crowd behaviour in a crisis
 
18.  Explain why it is a mistake to delay giving people information about a crisis on the assumption this may provoke panic.
 
19.  What does the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act define as ‘chanting’?
 
20. Give one definition of ‘racism’.
 
21. When dealing with offenders what is ‘reasonable force’?
 
22. What is the priority question which a steward should always ask themselves in any spectator misbehaviour situation?
 
23. A spectator has been behaving badly and the Safety Officer has directed that the person is to be immediately ejected from the ground. What is the most important consideration for the stewards who are deployed to carry out the ejection?
 
24. Give one example of circumstances in which a steward who uses force against an offender would be able to claim the common law defence of ‘self-defence’
 
25. At a match with a large crowd a mother rushes up to you in the North Terrace and says she has lost her young daughter. What would you want to know and what action would you take.
 
26. You find a box with wires coming from it in your area just before the turnstiles open, would you:

1. Pick it up
2. Open the box to see what is in it
3. Ask the people around to see if it belongs to them
4. Inform match control immediately and await further instructions

 
27. During the half-time interval you see a woman stagger out of the toilet and try to climb the steps towards the seats, would you?

1. Think she was OK because she was still standing
2. Help her to her seat
3. Eject her from the ground for being drunk
4. Ask her if she is ill and requires assistance

 
28.  What is the discharge time of a 9 litre (2 gallon) water filled fire extinguisher?

1. 30 seconds
2. 90 seconds
3. 3 minutes
4. 5 minutes

 
29.  Under the Ground Regulation certain articles must not be brought into the Ground. Name six of these articles.

30.  Name two of the offences under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol) Act 1985

31.   What action do you take if a goal is scored by Cambridge United?

Answers -:

Q.1 Sports Ground Safety Authority

Q.2 The terms and conditions to be met before spectators are allowed into the stadium. Also the capacity

Q.3 Depends of Club but probably false

Q.4 Regulation 21 ‘Any tickets offered may be confiscated by a steward…’

Q.5 No only the Police

Q.6 General Health & Safety, Pre-Event checks, Control flow of spectators, work not watch match, staff entrances, exits and gates, prevent overcrowding, assist emergency services, first-aid, respond to emergencies, specific emergency duties.

Q.7 Loss of individuality in a crowd situation

Q.8 Lighting, CCTV, PA, turnstile counting, emergency generator

Q.9 Is toilet blocked? Drunk?

Q.10 Clenched fist, clenched teeth, flared nostrils, restless movement, repetitive movement, pacing about, aggressive gestures, pointing, tone of voice

Q.11 Dynamics, Density, Distress

Q.12 Tell Control, hand to supervisor, send to Control

Q.13 Is it necessary tomove the patient or should they be left where they are.

Q.14 Fuel, Heat, Oxygen.  Electrical, Flammable liquids and gasses, smoking, rubbish and combustible waste, arson, contractors

Q.15 Keep people clear, staff out, tell Control

Q.16
a) Floodlight fail, bomb or suspect package found,  Explosion, warning from outside
b) Disorder or crushing, isolated fire, structure collapse
c) Avoid contact between rival supporters or overcrowding
 
Q.17 Go out the same way they came in, not leave straight away.

Q.18 Escape behaviour may be selfish and even violent but it is not panic. Early information may enable personal escape decisions to be taken before the circumstances become highly constrained.

Q.19 Repeated uttering of words

Q.20 Person inferior because different colour, different country, different religion. Racism is a prejudice or a judgement which is based soley on ignorance

Q. 21 Reasonable in the circumstances, absolute necessity, minimum necessary, proportionate to the seriousness of the offence.

Q.22 Does this person need to be removed immediately

Q.23 There own and colleagues safety

Q.24 If steward honestly thought the offender had the opportunity, ability and intention to do harm

Q. 25 Where situated, how long, description,  calm mother, inform Control

Q.26    Inform Control immediately and await further instructions

Q.27    Ask her if she is ill and requires assistance

Q.28    90 seconds

Q.29 Knives, fireworks, smoke canisters, air-horns, flares, weapons, dangerous or hazardous items, laser devices, bottles, glass vessels, cans, poles and any article that might be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety.

Q. 30 Attempting to enter the Ground or being inside the Ground whist drunk, and, being In possession of any intoxicating liquor, or bottle, can or other portable container and which could cause damage or personal injury, when entering the Ground or in a public area of the Ground from which the event can be directly viewed

?

Photographs of the Abbey Stadium on Friday taken by Alan Burge

Buy one, get one a bit cheaper

Actually a lot cheaper – head for the CFU online store (click here) or the caravan on a matchday to profit from a discount price when buying the first two volumes of Celery & Coconuts.

Celery & Coconuts: Volume I – Newmarket Road Roughs The Story of Abbey United and Cambridge United Football Club: 1912-1951  by Andrew Bennett Published by Lovely Bunch 2016

In the early years of the twentieth century, many residents of the Cambridge district of Barnwell had little going for them. It would take a long time for the poverty and squalor of the dense warren of housing, erected hurriedly during the Victorian industrial boom, to be alleviated.

From 1912 onwards, they had something to lift their spirits: their own football club.

Abbey United sprang up in the gloomy streets and on the bumpy commons of Barnwell. Sustained by the aid of the church, local benefactors and a steadfast band of devoted supporters, the club made rapid strides. As the 1950s dawned, it was contemplating the big time.

Andrew Bennett’s meticulously researched and engagingly written Newmarket Road Roughs is the first volume in the Celery & Coconuts series, which will tell the entire history of Abbey/Cambridge United. This volume examines in depth the birth and early years of a club that would one day threaten to storm the Premier League stronghold.

Celery & Coconuts: Volume II – Risen from the Dust The Story of Abbey United and Cambridge United Football Club: 1951-1970 by Andrew Bennett Paperback; 388 pages Published by Lovely Bunch 2017

In 1951, Cambridge United were a lowly United Counties League football club, although one with huge ambitions. As they prepared for their first season in the Eastern Counties League, they appointed their first full-time player-manager and looked towards the stars.

Supporters and players alike rolled their sleeves up and started work on the rapid rise that in 1970 took them to their promised land: the Football League.

Risen from the Dust, the second volume of Andrew Bennett’s brilliant Celery & Coconuts, the definitive history of an extraordinary club, takes readers on a breathtaking surge upwards through the leagues.

Backed by painstaking research and Bennett’s eye for a story, Risen from the Dust reveals what can be achieved by a community determined to succeed.

Several weeks ago we wanted to brighten up the Abbey Arms by adding some pennants to the area behind the bar.

We have now put them up and would like to thank everyone who donated them.

See below the ones of significance that are Cambrdge United related and are now proudly hanging on show.

The third volume of Andrew Bennett’s brilliant Celery & Coconuts history of Cambridge United, relating the incredible story of the 1970s, is available to order now.

With a foreword by star 70s striker Alan Biley, Champagne & Corona tells the tale of a revolutionary decade – one that saw the club continue its irresistible rise to claim a place in English football’s second tier.

Written in Bennett’s distinctive, expressive style and containing more than 150 illustrations – as well as the vital statistics of an amazing ten-year upwards surge – it will merit a place on any football fan’s bookshelves.

Champagne & Corona will be published in November by Lovely Bunch, the publishing offshoot of CFU heritage arm 100 Years of Coconuts, in good time for Christmas.

Champagne & Corona: get your order in now

Initial orders are being taken through the CFU online store and at the CFU caravan on a match day. Email 100 Years of Coconuts if you have any questions.

Champagne & Corona: The Story of Cambridge United Football Club 1970-1980
Paperback; 360 pages
£18.99 if collected from the CFU outlet; £17.99 for CFU members
£21.98 for postal deliveries; £20.98 for CFU members

Are you able to help? We have had the following request from Toby Ward concerning the boot he was given following the Sevenage play off match. He would like to find the person who has the other one to make up the pair.

If you have the other boot or know the person who may have it. please contact us via the form below -

Hello there, I have match/season worn boot from Robbie willmott. He gave it to me after the Stevenage playoff semi final. Along with another child at the time. I would like to give the boot to the boy so he has the pair. This one I have is signed. May you please help me find the boy who has the other boot. Thank you

Manchester United will be coming to the Abbey Stadium on Wednesday 24th October (K.O. 6:00pm).

During recent years the Academy age group have played against Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea at the Abbey.

The academy Under 15's will play against the exciting talent being produced through the Red Devils Academy

Tickets for the fixture are priced as follows:

Adults - £5
Under 18s - £1
Tickets can be purchased online now at cufcdirect.com and in-store.

Cambridge United are delighted to confirm further details of this weekend’s celebration of former U’s players, delivered in collaboration with Cambridge United Former Players’ Association.

This Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two fixture against Mansfield Town will see the biggest gathering of ex-U’s at the Abbey Stadium since March 2013, when a team of United legends took on Dion Dublin’s Allstars to mark the centenary year of the club.

The day will include an opportunity for supporters to mingle alongside their former heroes both before and after the match, whilst the stadium will collectively be given the opportunity to show it’s appreciation as each legend is introduced to the crowd at half time.

Read more by following the link - www.cambridge-united.co.uk/news/2018/september/ex-players-day/

Tickets for Saturday’s match against Mansfield Town are available to purchase online here, in-store or by calling 01223 566 500.

Did you go to the Colchester Match on Saturday?

Can you see yourself in one of the photographs taken by Ben Phillips. There are supporters photographs in the album

To see more photographs click here

Dear CUFC Lottery Member,

Thank you for your continued support of the CUFC Lottery.

CUFC Lottery 'Accumulator' Results (14 September 2018) - this weeks winning 'Accumulator' numbers are (9427)
-there were no winners of the weekly 'Accumulator' this week, meaning next weeks 'Accumulator' will be £2500.

CUFC Lottery 'Main Draw' Results (14 September 2018) - this weeks winning 'Main Draw' numbers are (2856)
-there were no winners of the 'Main Draw' jackpot this week.
-next weeks 'Main Draw' jackpot will be £300.00.

As the 'Main Draw' jackpot was not won this week
-there are 2 CUFC Lottery members matching the first pair winning £10.00 each
-there are 3 CUFC Lottery members matching the second pair winning £10.00 each

If you are a winner of either the 'Accumulator' or 'Main Draw' you will be notified individually by email.

Yours sincerely,
The CUFC Lottery Team.

What is the CUFC Play2win lottery?
 
The lottery is run and administered by volunteer fans of Cambridge United FC as a sub group of Cambridge Fans United. The lottery is run in association with Cambridge United Football Club.

Aims
 The lottery aims to raise funds for

•  fans' amenities  at The Abbey stadium
•  local community projects.

How does the lottery work?
Each member is issued with a four digit lottery number.
Each week there are two draws held:
                The first is for a weekly prize – currently £300.
Using a random number generator the winning four digit number is drawn.

The member holding the four digit number in the same order wins the first prize.

If there is no winner then runner-up prizes will be awarded to those members holding either the first two or last two digits in the correct position and order.
               
The second draw is for the jackpot accumulator.

The jackpot is again drawn using the random number generator and, as with the weekly draw, the member holding the four digit number in the same order wins the jackpot amount.
If there is no winner the jackpot increases week by week by £50 until the maximum (currently £2500) is reached .

How much is membership and what happens to the money?
Each lottery membership costs £2.00 per week. Payment can be made by cash, cheque or bank standing order. Payments can be made monthly, quarterly, half yearly or annually.

95pence is paid into a Prize Fund.  This fund can only be used for prizes – the greater the number of lottery memberships, the larger the prizes.

5pence is paid into a Cost Fund. Although the lottery is run by volunteers, there are costs for licences, printing, web charges etc. Any surplus after costs is fed back into the lottery to provide, for example, additional prize draws.

70pence is paid into a fund for fan amenities in the Abbey Stadium.

30pence is paid into a Community Fund used for community projects in the Cambridge area.
 
With Play2Win everyone can support both the Club and the community and have some fun whilst doing it! 

Thanks for your interest and ...Good luck in the draw! Click here to join

Cambridge United Women's side played Stevenage this week-  See the photographs taken by Ben Phillips at the match by following the link - www.flickr.com/photos/141422009@N06/sets/72157701045148644

For more photographs from this season see here 

 The painting continued this week. See some of what has done or is underway.

Above - The Newmarket Road Turnstiles are getting a face lift. The work is ongoing and being done in between other jobs so won't be completed for a while

Below - all the doors in the South Stand are being painted to prevent further weather damage. Several are being repaired and the rotten wood is being replaced

Below is showing the Control Room doors before and after

We have also painted the white wall as you enter the gents toilets Amber to tidy it up

The generator in the Main Car Park has also been painted with zinc paint and was completed today

We have put together the following information and hope you will find it useful if going to Colchester on Saturday

Cambridge United fans will now be housed in the East Stand.‬ ‪Tickets already purchased will be fine for entry at the ground.


Website ---- www.cu-fc.com/

Colchester United Football Club,
JobServe Community Stadium,
United Way,
Colchester,
Essex,
CO4 5UP


Travel
Supporters should note that the shuttle bus service from the train station came to a close in the summer of 2018.

Supporters are therefore recommended to catch a taxi from the train station, to catch the number 65 from the stops just outside of the stadium or to walk to the stadium (around 30 minutes walk).

Parking
Parking is available to book at the stadium car park for £6 per vehicle. This can be booked online at www.colutickets.com or by calling 01206 755161. 

Allocated disabled parking is available at the same price but is in high demand, so advance booking on the above number is recommended. 

However, all parking at the stadium is within short walking distance of the away end.

Alternatively, there is parking available at the nearby Colchester Park & Ride car park at £3 per car. If parking here, please leave the car park via the exit next to McDonald’s and walk back along Boxted Road to reach the stadium.

Refreshments
Food – such as sandwiches and snacks – and drink including alcohol is available at the Hot Shots café adjacent to main reception.

The South Stand concourse is also open from 12.30pm for food and drink and it is hoped there will be entertainment on offer on the day.

Match programme
Please note that the match programme is included in your ticket purchase, so please collect your copy when you go through the turnstiles on matchday.

You can buy your match tickets by calling 01206 755161 between 10am and 3pm.

Parking for all home games is available for purchase via www.colutickets.com.

If you are traveling independently the following sites may help you to organise your trip -: 

Train -:                    TRAIN INFORMATION

Coach -:                  NATIONAL EXPRESS

Car -:                       AA NEWS  SAT NAV: SG2 8RH

Weather -:               BBC WEATHER NEWS

Travel News -:         AA TRAVEL NEWS

Please see below for a quick round-up of FSF news from August and September:

• FSF statement on EFL streaming of Saturday 3pm kick-offs
• Fans to protest at EFL offices in London and Preston
• Man Utd fans hit out at Sky Sports over latest fixture change
• Fans for Diversity: Summer 2018 round-up
• A Guide to Wales for Visiting Fans
• FA back reform of all-seater laws
• Helping fellow fans: crowdfund for legal fees launched
• Saints & Virgin Media look to widen disabled opportunity
• Deepdale incident: important lessons should be learned
• Unhealthy partners? Time to rethink football and junk food brands
• La Liga announces overseas fixtures
• Fans losing out on cheaper train travel say Labour
• Have your say: Away Fans Survey 2018-19
• Shrews make standing history: will Spurs & Oxford United be next?
• Statement: FSF and SD merger
• Spurs fans unhappy with pricing at new ground – survey
• Newcastle fan groups urge owner to sell up in joint letter

In 1955, avid Burnley FC supporter and son of a local barber, Bob Lord, rose to the position of Chairman of Burnley FC.  The early days of his chairmanship oversaw the most successful period in the club’s history, seeing them become league winners in 1960 and FA Cup finalists in 1962.

Two years later, 1964 saw the first broadcast of Match of the Day, a weekly programme showing football highlights from across the league.

A vocal critic of televised football, citing that it would “damage and undermine attendances” Lord not only banned the BBC cameras from Turf Moor for five years, he successfully convinced fellow league chairmen that televised matches on a Saturday afternoon would negatively impact the attendance and income of those clubs not televised.

As a result of Lord’s actions, the broadcasting “blackout” was introduced.  An agreement made by the governing bodies and leagues in English Football that no matches would be permitted to be televised live between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday within the United Kingdom.

Read more by clicking here supporters-direct.org/articles/another-nail-in-the-coffin-for-live-football

The weather has changed now and it has started to rain more frequently helping to keep the moisture levels of the pitch up to the correct levels. However even now with all the rain the importance and the need to water is still a necessity.

During the past few months during the hot summer and drought conditions getting water onto the pitch was a real task in itself and different actions had to be undertaken to ensure the pitch was stable and playable in time for when the matches begun. The grass is improving all the time as it becomes stronger

See the pictures below. Not only were the sprinklers used but so were hosepipes in certain areas.

While looking for ways to water the pitch it was even considered using the system that was used when Ian first joined the club. See the photograph below. The sprinkler had to moved around the pitch manually  and took hours to completely water the whole area. There was only one

Unfortunately, having found it we could not use it due to certain parts no longer working properly and having seized up

Recently we asked what your favourite matches at the Abbey Stadium have been. Click here to see the original  story

Through Facebook and Twitter we have received the following suggestions. If you have any further ones please add to the comments below -

You can watch the matches against Bristol City,  Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth below. I couldn't resist adding one of the best goals scored at the Abbey Stadium during recent history

Richard Nurse - For me the top 5 Abbey games I went to were
1) Beating Ipswich 1-0 in the League Cup with David Crown scoring in the rain on a Tuesday night. Even the main stand was singing and bouncing
2) 4-0 v Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 in the FA Cup after 100 tonnes of snow were shovelled off the pitch. Dion and Shaggy destroyed them.
3) Beating Halifax 2-0 to reach the play off final in 2014 thanks to 2 from Delano Sam Yorke. Only time I’d been on the pitch (apart from another game - weirdly also v Halifax - years earlier when there was a bomb scare)
4) The aforementioned first game back in the league with Josh Coulson (who else?!) scoring in front of the NRE.
5) The 0-0 v Man Utd.

Mark Churchill - The infamous Mansfield game, 3-2 promotion decider, think it was 1973

Carl Ankers -  Old ones for me - Oldham FA Cup 2-2 (1st Sunday) Newcastle 1-0 Atkinson last game

Sandy Morley - Stevenage playoff semi. It didn't count for a lot in the end, but that was the best single game I've seen at the Abbey.  Also Grays a couple of seasons before. Simpson brace, one a penalty. Don't remember much of it--not even certain it was Grays!--but that was my first game and I fell in love.

Jane N Paul Grantham  Bristol City 5-1. Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 fa cup. Millwall 1-0 fa cup. Man Utd 0-0. The best jointly the two play off wins at Wembley.

Adam Haniver - 26th April 1994. We got beat 5-4 by Huddersfield. Despite the result, it still remains the best game of football I’ve ever seen.

Scott McGeorge - Some great choices there just watched them all back, that Stevenage game makes my top five & still gives me goosebumps. My other four games would be the Bristol City 5-1 (FA Cup), Millwall 1-0(FA Cup,Thompson OG), Manchester United at Home(FA Cup 0-0) & the Wembley victory v Gateshead after nine years out of the the football league.

Gary Dew  Has to be the Mansfield game

 Wayne Cousins 1990-91 beating sheff weds in the 5th round of the FACup 4-0

 Joel Kipling Some of the john beck era games were awesome , including the play off final

Vernon Wombwell  Cambridge United 1 Ipswich Town 0 (league cup). David Crown scored the winner goal

Dudley Walton I just found this when looking for Sheff Weds match.

Andy Cooper  Yep Mansfield Town, for me too, ziggy stardust on the tannoy, monkey boots, scarves on the wrist, donkey jacket

Penny Da Costa  I went there with my brother once. Don’t remember who was playing just never forgotten that I was wearing a skirt and it was a very cold day. The occasion left me only with the memory of having very cold knees! Never felt the inclination to repeat the experience.

Steve Teversham Kettering at home winning 3-0 Tony Butcher hatrick to win the southern league 69/70 ( i think) 6000 + attendance

Paul Carwell One cold Wednesday night in 1967 or 1968, we played Hillingdon in a Southern League match, we won 5-0, Bud Houghton scored all five and I had found a new hero.

Sid Barker When they played West Ham, in 1979
Roy Proctor - I have the programme for the 1979\1980. It was played on Friday the 21st. December1979 7.30 in the evening.

Richard Gambie Chelsea

Eugenie Heon - My dad took us once. It'd have been about 1965/67 and I've no idea who was playing ... I just remember standing on the grass at the edge behind a low fence.

Roy Alan Ethridge My hero too was Bud  But the Bristol game was great

Alan Warren  In my mind for sheer atmosphere it has to be the game v Bristol City FA Cup 5th Round 2nd Replay, 27 February 1990. Just look it up on you tube. Still sends shivers down my spine.
Chaz Gray - And most disappointing V Crystal Palace at home .Quarter final .Totally gutted,different to the Quarter against Arsenal game as we expected to lose. If i remember the 1st replay 1-1 was a stonker as well.
Clyde Welch Neither of those games had a replay

Carol Wood - Spurs in cup

Jason Mebbrey Aston Villa

Roy Alan Ethridge   Barnet was a great game in southern league too

Ian Barton - Think I went with the school to see the all blacks play there in the 50's

Rob Taylor Sheff Weds
 
John McGivern - Crystal Palace in the Cup and only just lost to a toe poke from Jeff Thomas.

Alan Mappledoram Chelsea back in the 70s friedly webb beneti osgood atkingson haris. Ian Hutchinson throwing into the goalmouth..and Peterborough in 74/75 end of season.?. ow yes hutchinson went to chelsea .i meet him when i worked at chelsea ground 1976 and all the team

Duncan Stanley Any game where Coconuts is played and sounds excellent through Wembley sound system as well.

Russell Unwin Mansfield wen the U's won 3-2 to win promotion to,the then,3rd division for the first time.

Neil Haggart Sheffield weds 5th round

Malcolm Holmes First floodlit game I think it was F A Cup may have been Dover about 1955/6

Derek Smiley for me got to be when we beat Mansfield was it 71/72 x

Craig Red Withers v Mansfield to achieve promotion for the first time. Ronnie Walton scored a brace that day, my hero, he just lived around the corner from me!
Mark Coulson I remember that game, 3-2 as I recall. Think you me and Shrubs were there. One of the biggest crowds in the U's history
Craig Red Withers Absolutely right! First time I experienced a triumph as such!
Ian Gurr I was at that game atmosphere was fantastic.
Mark CoulsonCertainly was Ian, lots of Mansfield fans wandering around the edge of the pitch. One of the greatest games I have seen.

Did you go to the Carlisle Match on Saturday?

Can you see yourself in one of the photographs taken by Ben Phillips. There are supporters photographs in the album

To see more photographs click here

The August Player of the Month was Gary Deegan.

There were also votes for other players and in particular Ade Adeez and Louis John

See the video below for the Notts County match

Thank you for your continued support of the CUFC Lottery.

CUFC Lottery 'Accumulator' Results (07 September 2018) - this weeks winning 'Accumulator' numbers are (9721)
-there were no winners of the weekly 'Accumulator' this week, meaning next weeks 'Accumulator' will be £2500.

CUFC Lottery 'Main Draw' Results (07 September 2018) - this weeks winning 'Main Draw' numbers are (3126)
-there were no winners of the 'Main Draw' jackpot this week.
-next weeks 'Main Draw' jackpot will be £300.00.

As the 'Main Draw' jackpot was not won this week
-there is 1 CUFC Lottery member matching the first pair winning £10.00
-there are 0 Lottery members matching the second pair

If you are a winner of either the 'Accumulator' or 'Main Draw' you will be notified individually by email.

Yours sincerely,
The CUFC Lottery Team

Find out more about the lottery below

What is the CUFC Play2win lottery?
 
The lottery is run and administered by volunteer fans of Cambridge United FC as a sub group of Cambridge Fans United. The lottery is run in association with Cambridge United Football Club.

Aims
 The lottery aims to raise funds for

•  fans' amenities  at The Abbey stadium
•  local community projects.

How does the lottery work?
Each member is issued with a four digit lottery number.
Each week there are two draws held:
                The first is for a weekly prize – currently £300.
Using a random number generator the winning four digit number is drawn.

The member holding the four digit number in the same order wins the first prize.

If there is no winner then runner-up prizes will be awarded to those members holding either the first two or last two digits in the correct position and order.
               
The second draw is for the jackpot accumulator.

The jackpot is again drawn using the random number generator and, as with the weekly draw, the member holding the four digit number in the same order wins the jackpot amount.
If there is no winner the jackpot increases week by week by £50 until the maximum (currently £2500) is reached .

How much is membership and what happens to the money?
Each lottery membership costs £2.00 per week. Payment can be made by cash, cheque or bank standing order. Payments can be made monthly, quarterly, half yearly or annually.

95pence is paid into a Prize Fund.  This fund can only be used for prizes – the greater the number of lottery memberships, the larger the prizes.

5pence is paid into a Cost Fund. Although the lottery is run by volunteers, there are costs for licences, printing, web charges etc. Any surplus after costs is fed back into the lottery to provide, for example, additional prize draws.

70pence is paid into a fund for fan amenities in the Abbey Stadium.

30pence is paid into a Community Fund used for community projects in the Cambridge area.
 
With Play2Win everyone can support both the Club and the community and have some fun whilst doing it! 

Thanks for your interest and ...Good luck in the draw! Click here to join