2014–15 Woking F.C. season

Woking

2014–15 season
Chairman	Mike Smith[1]
Manager	Garry Hill[2]
Stadium	Kingfield Stadium
Conference Premier	Yet to begin
FA Cup	Enter in Fourth Qualifying Round
FA Trophy	Enter in First Round
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season is the 125th season in Woking F.C.'s history, and their 3rd in the Conference Premier.

Build up to the season

First team

As of 19 July 2014.

Squad

Club staff

No. Player Pos Date of birth (age) Apps Goals Ref(s) Goalkeepers Jake Cole GK 11 September 1989 (age 26) 0 0 [3] 1 Aaron Howe GK 5 October 1987 (age 28) 168 0 [4] Defenders 19 Adam Brice DF 11 November 1994 (age 21) 14 4 [5] 3 Mike Cestor DF 30 April 1992 (age 23) 186 4 [6] James Clarke DF 17 November 1989 (age 26) 0 0 [7] Joey Jones DF 25 November 1994 (age 21) 26 4 [8] 5 Joe McNerney DF 24 January 1990 (age 26) 422 30 [9] 2 Adam Newton DF 4 December 1980 (age 35) 101 1 [10] John Nutter DF 13 June 1982 (age 33) 148 2 [11] Midfielders 11 Kevin Betsy MF 20 March 1978 (age 37) 357 88 [12] 12 John Goddard MF 2 June 1993 (age 22) 84 24 [13] Theo Lewis MF 10 August 1991 (age 24) 0 0 [14] 8 Keiran Murtagh MF 29 October 1988 (age 27) 124 20 [15] 7 Josh Payne MF 25 November 1990 (age 25) 90 6 [16] 4 Mark Ricketts MF 7 November 1984 (age 31) 425 6 [17] Forwards 20 Reece Beckles FW 19 July 1995 (age 20) 24 10 [18] 9 Reece Beckles FW 21 October 1986 (age 29) 76 50 [19] 10 Giuseppe Sole FW 8 January 1988 (age 28) 516 226 [20]

Backroom Staff[21] Gary Hill (manager) Steve Thompson (first-team coach) Derek Powell (football secretary) Paul Smith (first-team physio) Board of directors[21] Mike Smith (chairman) Geoff Chapple (director) Rosemary Johnson (director) Peter Jordan (director) Garry Richardson (director) Kelvin Reay (director) Apps/goals stats correct up to and including the 2013–14 season

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Pos	Moving from	Fee
13 June 2014	Keiran Murtagh	MF	Mansfield	Undisclosed[22]
1 July 2014	James Clarke	MF	Salisbury City	Undisclosed[23]
1 July 2014	Theo Lewis	MF	Salisbury City	Undisclosed[24]
14 July 2014	Jake Cole	GK	Free agent[25]
14 July 2014	Joey Jones	DF/MF	Free agent[26]

Out

Date	Player	Pos	Moving to	Fee	Apps	Goals
Unknown	Niall Wright	MF	Released[26]		7	0[27]
7 June	Sam Beasant	GK[28]	Stevenage	Free[29]	35	0[30]

Matches

      Won       Drawn       Lost       Postponed

Pre-season matches

Woking v Falkirk

12 July 2014 Friendly	Woking	3 – 2	Falkirk	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Murtagh  21' Rendell  66' (pen.) Hicham  81'	Report	Alston  18' Loy  54' (pen.)	Attendance: 736

Woking v Fulham XI (U21)^[31]

19 July 2014 Friendly	Woking	0 – 0	Fulham XI (U21)[31]	Kingfield Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 557

Frome Town v Woking

22 July 2014 Friendly	Frome Town	1 – 1	Woking	Aldersmith Stadium
19:45	Ford		Beckles	Attendance: 109

Woking v AFC Wimbledon

26 July 2014 Friendly	Woking	1 - 3	AFC Wimbledon	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Rendell  62'	Report	Tubbs  16' Rigg  45' Arthur  88'	Attendance: 980

Woking v Crawley Town

30 July 2014 Friendly	Woking	1 - 2	Crawley Town	Kingfield Stadium
19:45		Report		Attendance: 437

Basingstoke Town v Woking

2 August 2014 Friendly	Basingstoke Town	1 - 2	Woking	The Soccer AM Stadium
14:00		Report		Attendance: 1,090

Woking v West Ham United XI

5 August 2014 Friendly	Woking	2 - 3	West Ham United XI	Kingfield Stadium
19:45	Morgan  81'  82'	Report	Lee  14'  18'  89'	Attendance: 1,072

Football Conference Premier

August

Alfreton Town v Woking

9 August 2014 1	Alfreton Town	1 - 3	Woking	North Street
15:00	Stevenson  14'	Report	Morgan  27' Joey Jones  51' Rendell  60'  68'	Attendance: 613

Woking v Dartford

12 August 2014 2	Woking	1 - 1	Dartford	Kingfield Stadium
19:45	Lewis  62' Payne  66' Giuseppe Sole  90+3'	Summary	Rory McAuley  48' Lee Burns  73'	Attendance: 1,538

Woking v Macclesfield Town

16 August 2014 3	Woking	0 - 0	Macclesfield Town	Kingfield Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 1,340

Welling United v Woking

23 August 2014 4	Welling United	1 - 1	Woking	Park View Road
15:00	Harry Beautyman  33' Afolabi Obafemi  68' Sam Corne  79'	Summary	Joe McNerney  46' Newton  81'	Attendance: 634

Woking v Dover Athletic

25 August 2014 5	Woking	6 - 1	Dover Athletic	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Giuseppe Sole  10'  20' Payne  23' Rendell  25'  52'  60' (pen.)  73'	Summary	Payne  30'	Attendance: 1,454

Wrexham v Woking

30 August 2014 6	Wrexham	1 - 2	Woking	Racecourse Ground
15:00	Moult  38'  75' Ashton  81' Joe Clarke  86'	Summary	Rendell  24' Morgan  66' Joe McNerney  78'	Attendance: 3,154

September

Woking v Lincoln City

6 September 2014 7	Woking	3 - 1	Lincoln City	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Morgan  15'  73' Payne  44' Arthur  65'	Report	Burrow  64'	Attendance: 2,160

Aldershot Town v Woking

9 September 2014 8	Aldershot Town	0 - 1	Woking	Recreation Ground
19:45		Report	Payne  35' Giuseppe Sole  70'	Attendance: 3,567

Woking v Chester

13 September 2014 9	Woking	1 - 0	Chester	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Giuseppe Sole  52' Cestor  64'	Report	McConville  42'	Attendance: 1,629

Torquay United v Woking

16 September 2014 10	Torquay United	1 - 0	Woking	Plainmoor
19:45	Cameron  82' Young  90'  90+5'	Report	Newton  84'	Attendance: 2,144

Bristol Rovers v Woking

20 September 2014 11	Bristol Rovers	2 - 0	Woking	Memorial Stadium (Bristol)
15:00	Cunnington  3' Gosling  38' Mansell  86'	Report	Cestor  30' Joey Jones  71' Murtagh  76' Arthur  78' Payne  85'	Attendance: 6,028

Woking v Kidderminster Harriers

27 September 2014 12	Woking	2 - 3	Kidderminster Harriers	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Joe McNerney  32' Rendell  49'  68' Payne  72' Marriott  88'	Report	Styche  21'  32' Michael Gash  26'  34' Kyle Storer  29' Nathan Blissett  86'	Attendance: 1,524

Woking v Nuneaton Town

30 September 2014 13	Woking	1 - 0	Nuneaton Town	Kingfield Stadium
19:45	Lewis  66' Newton  88' Giuseppe Sole  88'  90+1'	Report	Andy Brown  31' Charles-Cook  88'	Attendance: 1,313

October

Southport v Woking

4 October 2014 14	Southport	2 - 5	Woking	Haig Avenue
15:00	David Fitzpatrick  55' Foster  81'  88'	Report	Rendell  5'  83'  87' (pen.) Lewis  53' Giuseppe Sole  65'	Attendance: 730

Altrincham v Woking

11 October 2014 15	Altrincham	0 - 3	Woking	Moss Lane
15:00	Griffin  55'	Report	Rendell  52' Morgan  66' Payne  90+1'	Attendance: 1,218

Woking v A.F.C. Telford United

18 October 2014 16	Woking	1 - 3	A.F.C. Telford United	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	John Goddard  34' Betsy  83'	Report	Mike Phenix  10'  47' Parry  23' Sam Smith  60' Platt  69' Todd  83'	Attendance: 1,817

November

Braintree Town v Woking

1 November 2014 17	Braintree Town	0-0	Woking	Cressing Road
15:00	Chez Isaac  37'	Summary	Murtagh  29' Joey Jones  87' Payne  88'	Attendance: 876

Woking v Wrexham

12 November 2014 18	Woking	1-1	Wrexham	Kingfield Stadium
19:45	Rendell  47' Cestor  49' Giuseppe Sole  84' Joey Jones  9+1'	Report	Bishop  45' Joe Clarke  90+3'	Attendance: 1,418

F.C. Halifax Town v Woking

16 November 2014 19	F.C. Halifax Town	1-3	Woking	The Shay
14:00	Peniket  55' Marshall  72' (pen.)	Summary	Giuseppe Sole  24' Newton  44'  59' Payne  51'	Attendance: 1,415

Woking v Barnet

22 November 2014 20	Woking	1-1	Barnet	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	James Clarke  45' Cestor  57'  90+1'	Summary	Luisma (Spanish footballer)LUisma  2' Akinde  50' Stack  87'	Attendance: 2,617

Grimsby Town v Woking

25 November 2014 21	Grimsby Town	3-1	Woking	Blundell Park
19:45	Disley  14' John-Lewis  54'  89'	Summary	James Clarke  62' Morgan  67' Newton  81'	Attendance: 2,663

Woking v Braintree Town

29 November 2014 22	Woking	1-0	Braintree Town	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Arthur  32' John Goddard  38' Lewis  78'	Summary		Attendance: 1,622

December

Woking v Altrincham

2 December 2014 23	Woking	2-0	Altrincham	Kingfield Stadium
19:45	Marriott  49' Rendell  65'	Report		Attendance: 1,056

Macclesfield Town v Woking

6 December 2014 24	Macclesfield Town	2-1	Woking	Moss Rose
15:00	Barnes-Homer  13' Pilkington  38' Fairhurst  76' Turnbull  89'	Report	Morgan  51'  86'	Attendance: 1,383

Forest Green Rovers v Woking

9 December 2014 25	Forest Green Rovers	2-1	Woking	The New Lawn
19:45	Parkin  35' Oliver  42' Sinclair  56'	Report	Morgan  22'	Attendance: 970

Woking v Southport

20 December 2014 26	Woking	1-2	Southport	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Arthur  66' Giuseppe Sole  87'	Report	Charlie Joyce  12' Foster  31' Rutherford  51' Dom Collins  67'  86'	Attendance: 1,688

Eastleigh v Woking

26 December 2014 27	Eastleigh	2 - 2	Woking	Ten Acres
15:00	Evans  22' Jai Reason  37' McAllister  43' Strevens  73' Green  90+3'	Report	Morgan  8' Lewis  17'  34' Murtagh  36'	Attendance: 1,752

Woking v Aldershot Town

28 December 2014 28	Woking	1 - 2	Aldershot Town	Kingfield Stadium
13:00	Giuseppe Sole  13' Marriott  88'	Report	Hatton 13' McCollin  7' Williams  28' Jaydon Gibbs 63' Oastler 79' Holman 89' Roberts 90+4'	Attendance: 3,559

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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Forest Green Rovers[lower-alpha 1]	46	22	16	8	80	54	+26	79	Qualification to Conference Premier play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
6	Macclesfield Town	46	21	15	10	60	46	+14	78
7	Woking	46	21	13	12	77	52	+25	76
8	Dover Athletic	46	19	11	16	69	58	+11	68
9	Halifax Town	46	17	15	14	60	54	+6	66

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2015. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Forest Green were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Southport on 9 August 2014.^[33]
2. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Two.

FA Cup

Woking v Boreham Wood

25 October 2014 4Q	Woking	2-1	Boreham Wood	Woking
15:00	Giuseppe Sole  56'  61' Joe McNerney	Report	Morias Shakes  57'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium Attendance: 1,107

Wrexham v Woking

9 November 2014 1st Round	Wrexham	3 - 0	Woking	Wrexham
14:00	Ashton  19' Wes York  36' Bishop  43' Joe Clarke  45'	Report	Rendell  18' Joe McNerney  18' Payne  23'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,253

FA Trophy

Woking v Eastleigh

13 December 2014	Woking	2-0	Eastleigh	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Payne  30' Marriott  73'	Summary		Attendance: 693

Oxford City v Woking

10 January 2015 Round 2	Oxford City	2-2	Woking	Marsh Lane
15:00	Greg Pearson  72' (pen.) Declan Benjamin  74'	Summary	Betsy  17' John Goddard  54'	Attendance: 652

Woking v Oxford City

13 January 2015 Round 2 Reply	Woking	2-1	Oxford City	Kingfield Stadium
19:45	Payne  35' John Goddard  74'	Summary	Greg Pearson  3'	Attendance: 555

Woking v Dover Athletic

24 January 2015 Round 3	Woking	3-3	Dover Athletic	Kingfield Stadium
15:00	Arthur  16' Rendell  44' (pen.)  90+3'	Summary	Essam  35' Deverdics  49' Payne  53'	Attendance: 1,167

Dover Athletic v Woking

27 January 2015 Round 3 Reply	Dover Athletic	1-0	Woking	Crabble Athletic Ground
19:45	Deverdics  60'	Summary

References

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External links

• Official Woking F.C. website
• Woking F.C. at BBC Sport
• Woking F.C. at Statto