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the field activity at Horsden Park, a superb
programme produced with plenty of gloss
and plenty of reading.”
Elmore to the rescue: Elmore
came to the rescue of Western League
Premier Division side Larkhall last Saturday
(September 14).
The programme is designed and edited by
former local journalist Colin Gunney, who
reported on Elmore for the Devon & Somerset
News back in the late 1960s and early 1970s
has taken on the role of PR co-ordinator.
Chairman, Jed Hewitt received a phone call
late on Friday evening from the side who put
Tiverton Town out of the FA Cup in the first
round, asking if the club could help them.
Colin is content managing the website and
editing/designing the matchday programme.
Having been drawn away to Southern League
Premier side Bideford Town in the second
qualifying round of the FA Cup, they had
arranged with another club to have a
pre-match meal provided on their way to
Bideford. However, the other club had let
them down.
Before leaving Tiverton in late 1972, he was
chairman of the Tiverton Youth Centre
Football Club (comprised mainly of young
Elmore players) which gained promotion
from the third to the first division of the
Exeter Sunday League in successive seasons.
Such short notice proved no problem for
Elmore who duly provided a sit down meal
for unbeaten Larkhall.
In Reading, Colin was the Reading FC
correspondent for the Reading Chronicle for five
years, sports editor of the Berkshire Mercury and
later chief sub-editor of the Chronicle group.
Larkhall were extremely grateful for the
club’s hospitality and were very
complimentary about Elmore and the
facilities at Horsdon Park
For 14 years he edited Reading FCs awardwinning matchday programme. He is also the
man behind the club’s nickname change
from The Biscuitmen to The Royals – he
persuaded the directors of Reading FC and
the Chronicle Group management to agree to
find a new nickname via a competition.
Unfortunately they lost their unbeaten
record, at Bideford, going down 3-0 with local
youngster and former Tiverton Town player
Owen Howe scoring one of the goals with a
searing volley.
The new-look Elmore programme has been
receiving quite a lot of plaudits from visiting
clubs and fans.
Berkshire being a Royal county, The Royals
was always the firm favourite. However,
everyone was taken by surprise at how
quickly the nickname was adopted and how
popular it became.”
South West Peninsula League secretary and
websmaster, Phil Hiscox has attended several
games and his online report of the home
game against Tavistock ended with the
following quote: “One word about the off
Colin then worked for 16 years as design/
studio manager for a London-based
company designing and producing
corporate communications for a range of
national and international clients. He set up
Praise for new programme:
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