Speaking after taking over as Bedford Town manager, Nick Platnauer spoke of his view on the season just gone and looked forward to next term. Platnauer, back for a second spell at the club, spoke about his reasons for returning and the changes that will be happening for the 2012/13 season. The full interview is available by copying the link below into your browser:


http://myspacefilehosting.com/lnfft/Platnauer_End_Of_Season_2012_Interview.mp3.html

Speaking after the presentation evening on Friday night, Bedford manager Ady Hall spoke of his feelings regarding leaving the position. Hall also mentioned some of the highlights and disappointments of the campaign. The full interview is available by copying the link below into your browser:

http://myspacefilehosting.com/lnffs/20120511_221203.mp3.html

Whilst I have the opportunity may I thank Ady for his co-operation with providing the online interviews over the past two seasons. I am sure everyone would agree, the insight he has given both positive and negative has provided a different element and it will be missed. We all wish him the best for the future.

Last night saw the annual celebration of a solid season at the Eyrie. The awards evening was an emotional one as exiting manager Ady Hall said his goodbyes. The evening started with a summary speech from the under 16s and under 18s. After a break for food, the first team and main club awards were announced. The awards were as follows:

Under 16s
Managers Player of Year:
Josh Webley

Top Goalscorer:
Andy Jarman-Webb

Supporters Player of the Year:
Louis Nervais

Players Player of the Year:
Tim Larrier

Under 18s

Top Goalscorer Award:
Martin Danobrega

Managers Recognition Award:
Stuart Gillies

Pat Allen Award:
Leigh Stevens

Players Player of the Year Award:
Leigh Stevens

First Team:
Supporters Club Player of Season:
Drew Roberts

Dorothy Spavins Fair Play Award:
Seb Simpson

website award:
Drew Roberts

Goal of the season:
James Hatch away at Hitchin

Allen Trophy Winner:
Eric and Barbara Dilley

Club person of the year:
James Smiles

Jim Davis Trophy:
Ady Hall

Special Mentions to:
Lesley (bar supervisor)
Heidi (club psychologist)

Players player of the year:
Ian Brown & Drew Roberts

Managers player of the year:
Jon Darby

Special award for ten years service with a Life vice presidency:
Ady Hall.

Chairman David Howell closed the evening by thanking everyone for attending and looked forward to seeing them in preseason.

The end of season awards evening for the club takes place this Friday (11th May) 7:30pm start. We look forward to you joining the youth, under 18s and of course the first team in celebrating a solid season for the club. For further information please contact Dave Swallow at the club.

The Supporters Club is making a number of changes over the summer that fans need to be aware of. As of today, there is no online club shop available until further notice. The online club shop is being redesigned by members of the committee to provide a better management of stock online and will be re-launched at the start of pre-season.

In addition to this, the club shop at the ground has secured enough funding from fans fundraising to begin construction. The existing club shop has been knocked down and cleared ready for construction of the new shop to take place in June. Fans have been fantastic in supporting the appeal throughout the course of this season and it is a surprise to us all to find ourselves in a position where we can start to build the new facility. However, the project is reliant on another season of fundraising from supporters to pay for the remainder of the development.

This means that currently there is no stock available to purchase at the Eyrie, as it is all in storage. If anyone wishes to purchase anything, please contact Gerry on 01234 381213 or gerry.edmunds@bedfordeagles.net for further information.

The Club's Facebook page will have all the information regarding the construction of the new club shop over the summer. This will start with pictures of the demolition being uploaded to a new album later on this evening.

Finally, the Supporters Club wish to thank everyone who has contributed to the New Club Shop Appeal. It has been a fantastic effort from all connected and we really appreciate your contributions. We can only hope fans continue with their support of the project next season.

The draw for the EURO 2012 sweepstake was made this morning at the car boot sale. The complete draw is as follows:

1 Mick Spavins - Russia
2 Max Edmunds - France
3 Joe Phelan - Poland
4 Richard Prew - Denmark
5 Bill Willgress - Ukraine
6 Gary Scott - Republic of Ireland
7 Pete Radford - Croatia
8 Ian Smiles - Holland
9 Frank Farmer - France
10 Dave King - Germany
11 Andrew Neal - Portugal
12 Dave Timms - Spain
13 Neil Whitmore - Czech Republic
14 Trevor Cooper - Croatia
15 Paul Smith - Greece
16 Mick Spavins - Holland
17 Lauren Chatley - Germany
18 Richard Prew - Poland
19 Barry Stephenson - Czech Republic
20 Pep Landolfi - Greece
21 Richard Henson - Russia
22 Dave Williams - Czech Republic
23 Paul Searing - Poland
24 Carl Allen - Ukraine
25 Dave Timms - Portugal
26 Gerry Edmunds - Holland
27 Sam Braybrook - Republic of Ireland
28 James Edmunds - Italy
29 Trevor Cooper - Greece
30 George Lobban - Sweden
31 Carl Allen - Croatia
32 Nick Watt - Russia
33 Dave Swallow - Germany
34 Ash Scutchings - Italy
35 Michael Howlett - Ukraine
36 John Gibbons - Denmark
37 Dave Redman - Italy
38 Alex Walke - England
39 Pete Jennings - Republic of Ireland
40 Mick Freakley - Sweden
41 Matt Howell-Daly - France
42 Tony Watt - Sweden
43 Roger & Stella Worsley - Spain
44 Lee Moore - Spain
45 Alan Thomas - England
46 Tony Peachey - Portugal
47 Pete Adamson - Denmark
48 Eric & Barbara Dilley - England

The prizes are £40 if you have a team that wins the tournament, £10 for a runner up or £5 for the worst performing team. Prizes can be claimed in pre-season from James Smiles.