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THAMESMEAD TOWN v FAVERSHAM TOWN SUNDAY 19TH AUGUST 2018 / KICK-OFF 2:00PM BOSTIK SOUTH EAST DIVISION

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CONTENTS ISSUE 02

04 - THE OWNER’S COLUMN 06 - THE MANAGER’S COLUMN 10 - MEAD MATTERS 16 - TODAY’S VISITORS 27 - PLAYER & MATCH SPONSORS 32 - LEAGUE STANDINGS 35 - CLUB STATISTICS 38 - AWAY DAYS

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THAMESMEAD TOWN FC KEY PERSONNEL

Company Number: 03915330 Hon President: Albert Panting Honorary Vice-Presidents: Gareth Connaleigh, Terry Hill, Alan Martin, Eddie McCann, Keith McMahon, Alan Woodward Chairman & Club Owner: Paul BowdenBrown Vice Chairman: Richard Bowden-Brown Directors: Paul Bowden-Brown & Kai Isaksen General Manager: Ian Docker Club Secretary: Keith Masters Marketing: Sonia Whitam

Matchday Operations: Mike Green Boardroom Hospitality: Sue Dingwall Press Officer: Mike Green Club Photographer: Allen Hollands

FOOTBALL MANAGEMENT

First-Team Manager: Tommy Warrilow First-Team Assistant: Alex O’Brien First-Team Physiotherapist: Carly Payne First-Team Coach: Craig Gibson Academy Manager: Ian Docker Academy Coacher: Steve Quashie & Steve Rouse

Kitman: Terry Sedge

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THE CHAIRMAN <

PAUL BOWDEN-BROWN May I welcome the officials, management and players and, most importantly, the supporters of Faversham Town FC on this Sunday afternoon to Princes Park our home for the next four years. I would like to welcome all those supporters new and old that have decided to support Thamesmead Town this coming season. As you will have read, I have negotiated a partnership with Millwall Supporters Association that allows their members to join us as a Mead Card holder at all of our home matches. They will to join our friends from Dartford who, since our move to Princes Park, have joined us in great numbers, so I hope this season we will see a rise in gate numbers because, as I have said many times, the supporters act as a 12th man. Tommy has been busy over the pre-season period as you will see by the new names on the team sheet. It amazes me where Tommy finds these players, but he does and, to be honest, I feel that while we missed out on

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a play-off position last season, we could breach that gap this season. I know better than most you can never just assume things will happen, all we can do is to continue supporting the management and players. There will be good Saturday or Sunday afternoons and others not so good, but whatever we must just get on with the job. If player determination has anything to do with it like what was shown during our Kent Senior Cup game at Ashford United, then we are for a treat this season. We ended up with a 3-3 scoreline and then won 8-7 on penalties. The squad was full of new faces and young players, but every single person on that pitch made me proud. The reason I was proud the team was, on the back of a 5-1 loss on Saturday at Hastings, together with a number of key players suffering from injuries,

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they went out there and played the game we all love. I only wish there were more of our own supporters able to travel to see such games, I believe the players deserve our support. My main consideration this season is to gain higher gates, not for the money through the turnstiles, but to give the players supporters to play in front of. I believe we will not benefit playing at Princes Park until we have more supporters around the ground and I hope that our friends from Millwall & Dartford can assist us in this quest. As you will have heard, we have now a new under-23 team in operation as well as four young teams playing in the Kent League. This is the start of the initiative of making this club a real football club rather than a one team club as we have been

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since we left Bayliss Avenue.

or on our website.

Hopefully, with the continued support from Welling Youth FC, we will have a large contingency of youth teams joining us next season making us a real community club, so watch this space.

I, therefore, brought a young, professional lady into the club by the name of Sonya and, with her team of volunteers, we hope to rectify this.

Finally I was advised by those around me that we were not marketing the football club whether it be by social media

I hope very shortly we will have a brand new website in operation together with active social media accounts. I am told that we are getting

over 1500 hits - whatever that means - and it is estimated this will rise to over 5000 once we are fully operational, so please all look at the social media accounts and be involved in your own club. I wish all of you a very enjoyable season whoever you may support. Paul Bowden-Brown Director and Owner

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TOMMY WARRILOW May I welcome the officials, team and supporters of Faversham Town to the SCT this Sunday afternoon and after an enjoyable afternoon they all have a safe journey home. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to Ray Turner and Clive Walker and everyone connected to Faversham Town. I have a lot of time for both Ray and Clive and wish them every success for the coming season. I would also obviously like to welcome all our supporters, too, to the start of what I hope will be an enjoyable and successful season. Well after a reasonably positive pre season, we got off to worse possible start last week in a game we didn’t deserve to win, but at the same time was never a 5-1 game ! In football you have to take

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things on the chin and dust yourself down and start again, and that is exactly what I intend to do. I saw some good things last Saturday as well as the bad and it is easy to state the obvious that the result was not good enough, but in management it is about rectifying the reasons why. We spoke in-depth about the reasons why things went wrong after the game on Saturday and a few home truths were told. To be honest, it was a pretty one-way conversation which I expected after a result like that, but it is important not to dwell on it and move on because these lads have got great potential to do well this

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season. We went to Ashford on Tuesday night and made five changes and the lads put in a good honest, hardworking performance and raised the spirits of the squad who were still hurting from Saturday’s result. We played some good stuff and scored three good goals. The downside was we picked up more injuries which was the one thing we had to avoid this season. We come away winning the tie on penalties, but it didn’t feel like that because of the injuries and playing the game this early in the season was something I was not happy about !

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As per every season, I am expecting a lot from my squad. We, as a club, are growing in strength with an under-23’s side and the start of youth teams within the club aswell. It will be a big ask asking some of these players to step up straight away to the firstteam squad, but this does not mean we will not be pushing the lads to achieve this. On the injury front, we currently having a really bad run of luck.

We are currently waiting on updates for John Coker, Williams Danquah, Tom O’Connor, Danny Paris, Chigozie Agwuegbo, Michael Adolfo and Aaron McCallum. Obviously looking at that list, it shows how well the boys performed the other night at Ashford. I got some lads back in that were with us pre-season to play at Ashford and had another look at them and they aquitted themselves well.

The substitutes at Hastings started too and again didn’t let themselves down. All in all, it has been the most eventful start to a season I have ever experienced as a manager regarding picking up injuries! But as the saying goes, ‘these things are sent to test us ‘. Enjoy today and hope to see you after in the bar. Tommy Warillow First-Team Manager

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mead matters PETER TIERNEY All at the club would like to thank everyone who recently attended Peter’s funeral giving one of our founder members and Vice Presidents the send off he deserved. We had planned a matchday tribute to Peter this afternoon, but sadly the family were unable to be with us and so we will say our own goodbye to Peter when we host SITTINNGBOURNE on Saturday 1st September.

BACK ON THE MARCH TO THE ARCH

LEAGUE CUP

The Mead join the greatest cup competition in the world next Saturday as we travel to face BALHAM FC who are playing in the competition for the very first time and eight days ago, beat our old friends from EAST PRESTON 2-0.

We will face BOSTIK PREMIER side MOLESEY on Wednesday 12th September here at Princes Park at 7.45pm.

The game will take place at the Wibbadune Stadium, the home of the Combined Counties side next Saturday – AUGUST 25th – at 3.00pm with any replay here at Princes Park on Wednesday 29th August at 7.45m. For this travelling, the Wibbadune Stadium can be found at SW20 0AA with the full address being opposite 199-213 Robin Hood Way (A3 South Bound), West Wimbledon. London SW20 0AA.

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The Mead received a bye in the opening round of the League Cup (aka THE VELOCITY TROPHY) and we have been drawn at home on Round Two.

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KENT SENIOR CUP Following Tuesday’s terrific penalty shoot-out win at ASHFORD UNITED, we now await the draw for the second round of the Kent Senior Cup and the entry into the draw of Gillingham and Charlton Athletic’s under-23 sides as well as our neighbours Dartford.

MEAD CARDS Don’t forget application forms are still available for you to get yours – for details see elsewhere in today’s programme and get your form from Princes Park reception, Champions Bar or from the Mead Suite on a matchday.

The draw is due to be made shortly and once we have it, we’ll let you now across our usual social media platforms.

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2. What position did Pope John Paul II play for the Polish amateur football team Woytyla? 3. How many full England caps did Steve Bruce win? 4. Andoni Goiocochea once broke Maradona’s leg in four places, what was his nickname in Spanish football?

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INTRODUCING

FAVERSHAM TOWN After all the successes of the World Cup in the summer, this afternoon we welcome the only league side in the Country that have “The Three Lions” on their badge. Faversham Town endured a frustrating 2017-2018 season after flirting with the Ryman play-offs with many results disappointing to boss Ray Turner and his assistant Clive Walker. Three play-off appearances in four years between 2013

and 2016 saw two final defeats to Maidstone United and Worthing and a semifinal defeat to Merstham on penalties in 2015 emphasises the consistency that the Lillywhite’s have become associated with.

CLUB GUIDE

Two tight games between the two sides last season and we have no reason to think that today will be any different as both sides go looking for respective first league win of the new season.

Nickname: The Lilywhites Founded: 1884 Chairman: Ray Leader Manager: Ray Turner Last Season: 19th Ground: Salters Lane Capacity: 2,000

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RECENT CLUB HISTORY Season 2007/08 saw the arrival of Justin Luchford and Jimmy Strouts taking over the management with Town second bottom of the league. The team sunk to bottom before the pair gradually steered them up to mid table. Strouts soon left for personal reasons and Luchford, along with Clive Walker, took the Lilywhites to the Kent Senior Trophy final in season 2009/10, beating Greenwich 2-1 to lift the trophy. A week later, they were crowned Kent League Premier Division champions. Towards the end of his first season in the Ryman League, and with Town within touching distance of the play-offs, Luchford resigned. His place was taken by his assistant Ray Turner. Turner took charge of the last seven league games securing eighth spot - the highest position of any Kent team competing at that level. Having consolidated their position as a mid-table Ryman South side during the first two years of Turner’s reign, Faversham embarked on one of the best seasons in the club’s history during the 2012/13 season. The Lilywhites lost just three away league games all campaign on their way to finish third and reach the Ryman South play-off final against all odds. However, at Maidstone United’s newly-built Gallagher Stadium in front of a 2,226 strong-crowd, Town were unable to pull off one final upset against a side with huge investment and backing. Maidstone cruising to a 3-0 victory

to deny Faversham their first taste of Ryman Premier League football. Town spent the majority of the 2013/14 campaign just outside the play-offs, and ultimately had to settle for tenth position in their fourth season in the Ryman South. Off the pitch, Town continued to grow with another significant advance. They came together with nearby Faversham Town Youth & Juniors to form a new youth section. The move also created a route through from youth development into the senior side and enabled the newly-expanded club achieved FA Charter Standard Community Club rank. The Lilywhites took another step forward in February 2014 with the announcement of an ambitious project to redevelop Shepherd Neame Stadium. The plans - broken down into five phases - include rebuilding the changing rooms, adding hospitality an function rooms, extra seating in the stands and a new stadium entrance. A coffee shop and retail store will then be added, with meeting rooms and offices also being built to bring in additional revenue. A new 120-seater stand, fitness centre and sports hall will also be built. Fundraising for the project then began. Faversham had a productive 2014/15 season, scoring 111 league goals and amassing a record 97 points to finish in third place in the Ryman South for the second time in three seasons. But the club suffered more play-off heartache, as they lost 5-4 on

penalties at home to Merstham in their Ryman South Play-off Semi-Final following a goalless draw away. Faversham came fifth at the end of the 2015-16 season, again reaching the play-offs, but after beating Dorking Wanderers 2-1 in the semi-final they lost 3-0 to Worthing in the final, leaving them knocking once more on the door of the Ryman Premier Division. The 2016/17 season was one of transition for the Lilywhites on the pitch, and success off it as they forged ahead with Phase One their ambitious rebuilding programme. A tenth place finish was achieved with a young squad as manager Ray Turner dealt with a number of unexpected player departures, which led to a mid-season wobble. However, in May 2017 MP Helen Whately opened the new changing rooms as the first stage of the stadium redevelopment was finally completed. Another significant advance came when, for the first time, the club were able to field Kent Youth League standard squads at every age group from Under 13s upwards in the 2017/18 campaign. In a further development, the Under 21s also switched to become an Under 23 Development team with the aim of helping young players bridge the gap from the Under 18s to the first team. The progress marked the fruition of a vision set out five years earlier by Turner and Head of Youth Chris Greenfield, who was promoted to Under 23s Manager.

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> CLUB HISTORY

CLUB HISTORY

Thamesmead F.C. was formed in 1969 as a community team for local youngsters. The club merged with Southlake FC in 1973, and by 1979 were fielding a Saturday team, playing on local park pitches. In 1980 the club entered the London Spartan League at the Intermediate Division Three level and dominated the divisions in the early 80s, but were couldn’t gain promotion to the Senior Division until they gained senior status. In 1985, the club changed its name to Thamesmead Town FC, and later that year they relocated to Bayliss Avenue, before finally gaining senior status during the summer of 1987 and were accepted into the London Spartan League Premier Division. The club moved to the Kent League in June 1990, where they remained until 2008, generally finishing amongst the top half dozen in the table. In 2002–03, the club missed the runner-up spot on goal difference, despite bizarrely having more points than Cray Wanderers, who won the League! Keith McMahon took the helm in the summer of 2006 and this would be the beginning of a new successful era for Thamesmead. In 2007–08, Thamesmead Town were champions of the Kent League, winning the title on the last day of the season. The title ensured promotion to the Isthmian League, where they were elected to play in Division One North in 2008–09. The summer of 2009 saw work begin to give Bayliss Avenue a massive transformation as work began on “Sportsman Club Thamesmead” The Project aimed to deliver first class facilities for the local community as well as a stadium suitable for Conference South which

Thamesmead town was hoped to be completed for the start of the 2010/11 season. However, delays ensured and it was at this time around September 2012 that former Maidstone United Chairman Paul Bowden-Brown became involved in the club as a director, with the main aim of stabilizing the finances off the field and then during January 2015 became outright owner of the club as chairman. When Keith McMahon resigned in early 2015. Before in 2012-13, the Mead finished 3rd in this division and beat Maldon & Tiptree on penalties in the final to gain promotion to the Isthmian Premier Division for the first time in their history. The club’s stay in the Premier Division lasted just one season, and the club endured two turbulent seasons, after Keith McMahon resignation The Chairman appointed Terry Spillane as his replacement unfortunately his reign was terminated by the Chairman early 2016 although the team was in the play-off positions. In the summer of 2016 the Chairman appointed Tommy Warrilow as the first-team manager, and with a new man at the helm came fresh hopes for the season, as Warrilow alongside his number two former Leather and Dartford skipper Alex O’Brien looked to take the club back to the Bostik Premier League. Pre-season began with a completely new-look squad yet it proved to be a historic season in the FA Cup, when the club were the first to play a tie in the Channel Islands before reaching the Third Qualifying Round for the first time in the club’s history. In March 2017, the Chairman announced that the Club due to unacceptable rising costs at Baylis Avenue the Chairman had reached

agreement with the Directors of Dartford FC to enter into a five- year Ground share Agreement that would allow the Club to play their home games at Princes Park Stadium. During the 2017-2018 close season, this Groundshare was formally sanctioned by the new Bostik league directors, as well as confirming that for the first time, the Mead would be competing in the South Division for the upcoming season. In August 2017, the club enjoyed a record 8-0 win in the FA Cup (away to East Preston) which was not only the Clubs biggest ever win in the competition but was also the first time, we have won a competitive game by eight clear goals! By the end of 2017-2018 season, the club had netted over one hundred League goals but missed out on the end of season Play Offs. Season 2018-2019 dawns with some new personnel but with the same targets…

CLUB RECORDS

BEST LEAGUE POSITION 22nd Isthmian League Premier Division, 2013-14 BEST FA CUP PERFORMANCE Third Qualifying Round, 2016-17 BEST FA VASE PERFORMANCE Fifth Round, 1995-96 RECORD VICTORY 8-0, East Preston FACP, 19 August 2017

CLUB HONOURS Isthmian North Play-off Winners, 2012-13 Kent League Champions 2007-08

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BOSTIK LEAGUE FEATURE

We’re going through changes The summer of 2018 saw major upheavals of Step Four and Step Five of the English Footballing Pyramid with fresh division’s being added that had some applauding but left some shaking their heads in disbelief that traditional rivalries had been ripped apart leaving neighbouring clubs heading in completely opposite directions along the M25! We set Greenie the task of trying to explain the changes… We ended last season speculating who would be our opponents this season given that in the last two seasons the Mead have “starred” in both the BOSTIK League North and South Divisions. So imagine our pleasant “surprise” when the reorganisation was announced and now with three divisions of 20 clubs rather than two of 24 feed into the PREMIER DIVISION with the “traditional” NORTH DIVISION remaining,

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with the South being expanded and replaced by BOSTIK SOUTH EAST and BOSTIK SOUTH CENTRAL. And so the Mead will be playing in the BOSTIK South East which is a division made up predominantly of Kentbased sides, including newly promoted Sevenoaks Town and Whitstable Town along with five Sussex-based sides along with Whyteleafe and Guernsey. But, while we welcome the

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new sides into the division this year – the already mentioned Sevenoaks and Whitstable from the “Kent League”, along with Haywards Heath and Three Bridges – what happened to those “leaving use” from last season? We said goodbye to the promoted Lewes, Carshalton Athletic, Walton Casuals and Corinthian Casuals – still not sure how the losing play-off finalists can get promoted, but still – and the relegated Shoreham to whom we wish a

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successful return to the Sussex League.

for six in the last league game played here at Princes Park?

now that both Chipstead and Molesey are now linked and tied into a league that takes them North round the M25 as far as Cheshunt and Ware to name but two.

But what happened to the rest of our former “colleagues” given that the number in the League was decreased from 24 to 20?

So, no trip to Reigate for the Mead and South Park’s new artificial surface, and no trips to CHIPSTEAD or MOLESEY either.

Was it a case of something we said when we found out that SOUTH PARK had been moved into the league’s new South Central division after being hit

Now when you remember that Whyteleafe’s Church Road ground is less than five miles from Chipsteads NRT Stadium home, it does seem strange

There will be obvious teething problems across both steps, but the bottom line has to be the hope that all the clubs survive and that they are able to re-establish themselves at their new level…

BOSTIK SOUTH EAST

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BOSTIK NORTH

Ashford United Cray Wanderers East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Greenwich Borough Guernsey Hastings United Haywards Heath Town Herne Bay Horsham Hythe Town Phoenix Sports Ramsgate Sevenoaks Town Sittinbourne Thamesmead Town Three Bridges VCD Athletic Whitstable Town Whytealeafe

Ashford Town (Middx) Bedfont Sports Bracknell Town Calfont St Peter Cheshunt Chipstead Egham Town FC Romania Hanwell Town Hayes & Yeading United Hertford Town Marlow Molesey Northwood South Park Tooting & Mitcham United Uxbridge Waltham Abbey Ware Westfield

AFC Sudbury Aveley Barking Basildon United Bowers & Pitsea Brentwood Town Bury Town Canvey Island Coggeshall Town Dereham Town Felixstowe and Walton Utd Grays Athletic Great Wakering Rovers Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Mildenhall Town Romford Soham Town Rangers Tilbury Witham Town

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Hastings United

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L 0

F 5

A 1

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3

1

+2

3

5

Whyteleafe

1

1

0

0

3

1

+2

3

6

Sittingbourne

1

1

0

0

2

1

+1

3

7

VCD Athletic

1

1

0

0

2

1

+1

3

8

Faversham Town

1

0

1

0

1

1

0

1

9

Herne Bay

1

0

1

0

1

1

0

1

10

Haywards Heath

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

Sevenoaks Town

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

Three Bridges

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

Whitstable Town

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

14

Horsham

1

0

0

1

1

2

-1

0

15

Ramsgate

1

0

0

1

1

2

-1

0

16

East Grinstead Town

1

0

0

1

1

3

-2

0

17

Guernsey

1

0

0

1

1

3

-2

0

18

Hythe Town

1

0

0

1

1

3

-2

0

19

Greenwich Borough

1

0

0

1

0

3

-3

0

20

Thamesmead Town

1

0

0

1

1

5

-4

0

RESULTS Saturday 11th August Ashford United 3-1 Hythe Town East Grinstead Town 1-3 Phoenix Sports Faversham Town 1-1 Herne Bay Greenwich Borough 0-3 Cray Wanderers Hastings United 5-1 Thamesmead Town Horsham 1-2 Sittingbourne VCD Athletic 2-1 Ramsgate Whyteleafe 3-1 Guernsey

FIXTURES Saturday 18th August Guernsey vs Ashford United Haywards Heath vs VCD Athletic Herne Bay vs Whyteleafe Hythe Town vs East Grinstead Town Phoenix Sports vs Three Bridges Ramsgate vs Hastings United Sevenoaks Town vs Horsham Sittingbourne vs Greenwich Borough Saturday 18th August Cray Wanderers vs Whitstable Town

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NAME

TEAM

TOTAL

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Eddie-Louis Dsane Charles Lea MacDonald Christopher Arthur Smith Thomas Loynes Sidney Lawrence Sollis Charlie Webster Ashley Jordan Miller Connor Anthony Farron Cox Thomas Andrew Chapman Ira Alexander Jackson

Whyteleafe VCD Athletic Horsham Sittingbourne East Grinstead Town Hythe Town Faversham Town Herne Bay Ramsgate Sittingbourne

3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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FIXTURES & RESULTS DATE OPPOSITION AUGUST Sat 11 Hastings United Tue 14 Ashford United Sun 19 Faversham Town Sat 25 Balham FC Mon 27 Phoenix Sports SEPTEMBER Sat 1 Sittingbourne Sat 15 Ramsgate Sat 22 Horsham Wed 26 VCD Athletic Sat 29 Didcot Town OCTOBER Sat 6 Guernsey Sat 20 Whyteleafe Sat 27 Herne Bay NOVEMBER Sat 3 East Grinstead Town Sat 10 Three Bridges Sat 17 Ashford United Sat 24 Whitstable Town DECEMBER Sat 1 Cray Wanderers Sat 8 Sevenoaks Town Sat 15 Haywards Heath Wed 26 Phoenix Sports Sat 29 Greenwich Borough JANUARY 2019 Sat 5 Hythe Town Sat 12 Sittingbourne Sat 19 Herne Bay Sat 26 Guernsey FEBRUARY Sat 2 Whyteleafe Tue 5 VCD Athletic Sat 9 Ashford United Sat 16 Whitstable Town Sat 23 Cray Wanderers MARCH Sat 2 Sevenoaks Town Sat 9 Haywards Heath Sat 16 Three Bridges Sat 23 East Grinstead Town Sat 30 Faversham Town APRIL Sat 6 Hastings United Sun 14 Ramsgate Sat 20 Hythe Town Tue 23 Greenwich Borough Sat 27 Horsham

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Bostik south East Follow the Mead on the road with this handy guide to the grounds up and down the country.

ASHFORD UNITED

CRAY WANDERERS

EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN

Homelands Stadium Ashford Road Kingsnorth TN26 1NJ

Bromley FC Hayes Lane Bromley, Kent BR2 9EF

The Gac Stadium East Court, College Lane East Grinstead RH19 3LS

FAVERSHAM TOWN

GREENWICH BOROUGH

GUERNSEY

Shepherd Neame Stadium Salters Lane Faversham, Kent ME13 8ND

24 Middle Park Avenue Eltham London SE9 5HP

Footes Lane Stadium St Peter Port Guernsey GY1 2UL

HASTINGS UNITED

HAYWARDS HEATH

HERNE BAY

The Pilot Field Elphinstone Road Hastings, East Sussex TN34 2AX

Hanbury Stadium Allen Road Haywards Heath RH16 3PT

Winchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field Stanley Garden Herne Bay, Kent CT6 5SG

HORSHAM

HYTHE TOWN

PHOENIX SPORTS

The Sussex County FA Headquarters Culver ROad Lancing BN15 9AX

Reachfields Stadium (Off) Fort Road Hythe, Kent CT21 6JS

Mayplace Road East Barnehurst Kent DA7 6JT

RAMSGATE

SEVENOAKS TOWN

SITTINGBOURNE

Southwood Stadium Prices Avenue Ramsgate, Kent CT11 0AN

Greatness Park Mill Lanl, Seal Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 5BX

Woodstock Park Broadoak Road Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8AG

THREE BRIDGES

VCD ATHLETIC

WHITSTABLE TOWN

Jubilee Walk Three Bridges Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1LQ

Oakwood Old Road Crayford, Kent DA1 4DN

The Belmont 3 Belmont Road Whitstable, Kent CT5 1QJ

WHYTELEAFE 15 Church Road Whyteleafe Surrey CR3 0AR

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DEAN GRANT

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LUKE HARVEY

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