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ISSUE 30 Welcome

Happy Easter everyone…

And it’s incredible to think that we’re into the last month of what has been a monumental season for Thamesmead Town Football Club playing in these terrific surrounds here at princes Park for the very first time.

After waiting to play Shoreham until midMarch, it’s, I suppose, odds-on that the two sides then meet twice in just under a fortnight – I just hope that those who have made the trip up to the M25 this Easter Monday have as good a trip as we did to the Sussex coast a few weeks back.

So, what do we have for you in today’s edition of the Mead? We pay tribute to one a footballing knight who would have celebrated his 96th

birthday this week.

We’ve given Gibbo “promotion” to the coaches pages, and we’ve all the very latest club news and top it all off with our latest trip to the Chairman’s office.

Don’t forget we’re back on the road after today with trips to Salters Lane Faversham on Saturday for a 3:00pm kick off and then next Tuesday (April 10th) to Badgers to face Greenwich Borough.

Enjoy the rest of Easter if you can and safe trip home…

Greenie

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, Peter Tiernay, Alan Woodward Chairman & Club Owner: Paul BowdenBrown Vice Chairman: Richard Bowden-Brown Directors: Paul Bowden-Brown & Kai Isaksen General Manager: Ian Docker Club Secretary: Mike Green

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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 THE CHAIRMAN

May I extend a warm and friendly welcome to the officials, players and supporters of Shoreham FC to Princes Park the club’s new home for the next five years and, after enjoyable game and some refreshments, they all have a safe short journey home.

Well here we are to face a Shoreham side we only played a couple of weeks ago after three or four postponements for both the weather and fixture congestion.

We eventually managed to travel to the Sussex Coast on a very cold Tuesday evening to play our twice-cancelled game coming away with all the points with a 3-0 win.

Believe me we should have scored eight but, as we have said throughout the season, we have not played badly or tactically incorrect, we just have not taken our chances when we should have, that is why we are not in the playoffs which, as you know, was our target after last season.

So I am looking forward to see some positive reaction by all the players to what the manager has been preaching

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to them all season now that the pressure is off them.

We cannot get in the playoffs and hopefully we can finish strongly finishing in the top ten of the league, so we can continue into a great preseason the manager will be arranging.

A lot has been said about the standard of refereeing this season within this club, I personally believe that I would not want the job of a referee because, in my opinion, you are never right as you are always going to upset someone.

But I do feel over the last couple of seasons common sense has gone out of the game when we look back over the games played home and away.

We hear the word respect everywhere we discuss

football even our own league have many initiative’s in place, but still we as a club find ourselves in 62nd position out of the three league’s something I am not proud of.

But I do believe all parties need to sit down to discuss the respect initiative if it is going to work.

Be assured our players are fully aware of what will happen to them should they ignore the club’s rules with no exceptions, but where I am seated behind the home dugout I hear most conversations between the officials, assistants, the players and management and I must say I have felt on a number of occasions that the word respect has been lost or forgotten about when certain referees have communicated with us.

How can I expect the club

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personnel to abide by this rule, if in my opinion, it is so one-sided when the lack of respect is determined?

If visiting officials have their own view of this word which differs from ours I believe we have a problem, the majority of our supporters come to watch a game of football not an official giving players yellow and in the extreme times a red.

Of course there has to be rules and if players abuse these rules they should be booked, but I believe the actions and the understanding of the word respect need airing by all involved in the game, please letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bring a little

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bit of common sense back in this wonderful game that we all enjoy.

I at all time respect the officials that visit our club and, as I have already said, I could not do their job, but that is not an excuse to give them power to use their own interpretation of the word respect.

Without advising the club of their thoughts thankfully these actions are minimal, I believe we should all work together and then I am sure matters will then get better and the word respect will be used in the right context by everyone involved in the game.

With the same interpretation,

I honestly believe that within this wonderful game that we play to enjoy players and officials are the main part of the game, therefore if we have a lack of respect at the start matters can only get worse, so I will ensure my management, players are well versed with what is required I only ask that common sense is used when applying the rule of the word respect as the thesaurus says of the word have a high regard for or show consideration for.

Now letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look forward to a great afternoon of football.

Paul Bowden-Brown Director and Owner

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CRAIG’S CORNER <

CRAIG GIBSON THE coach

First of all a warm welcome to players, officials and supporters of today’s visitors from the South Coast, and we hope you had a good journey here and have a safe journey home with the Bank Holiday traffic.

They’ve let me loose on the management pages this week, so here goes…

At the time of writing I cannot tell you our result away to Sittingbourne on Good Friday, I hope it was another win and another clean sheet to follow our previous two results.

The away victory at Shoreham was a gritty performance on a horrible pitch. To be honest, we controlled the

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vast majority of the game and were well worth the points, despite Shoreham making us work hard throughout, two late goals to make it three nil on the night was the least we deserved.

Our home game with Chipstead resulted in a second clean sheet on the bounce with a 1-0 victory courtesy of a Danny Parish penalty in the 64th minute.

I unfortunately missed the game having spent over two hours in traffic moving less than four miles Grrrrr!

By all accounts this was a very tough fixture where the boys worked extremely hard to grind out the win with both Scott Kinch & Joe Denny outstanding on the day – it was just a shame that yours truly that I didn’t actually make it into Kent to watch it -fingers crossed for today

even it is a Bank Holiday…

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If we look at the current league table we are sitting midway around eleventh place at the moment, no doubt that with the ability in this squad we should be higher, we have been unable to get enough consistency into our game in order to reach the play-offs, dropping too many points from winning positions & not killing off teams early enough in certain games.

Nobody will have an easy game against Thamesmead and certainly none of the top teams have found it easy to take points from us, they have all had to work extremely hard yet in other games we have disappointed.

Both the management team & the players are extremely disappointed not to have, at the very least, been in amongst the play-off group at this crucial time of the season.

We are aiming to finish with a flourish if we can & at least be in seventh or eighth place in the table.

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MEAD MATTERS <

THAMESMEAD TOWN

mead matters FINALS DAY Non-League Finals Day returns to Wembley Stadium next month and we now, of course, have some added interest after our neighbours and friends at BROMLEY have won through to face BRACKLEY TOWN in the Buildbase FA Trophy Final which will kick off at 4:15pm on Sunday 20th May. Before that, will STOCKTON will meet THATCHAM in the Buildbase FA Vase Final – that one starts at 12:15pm – as the four clubs head to Wembley for two of the biggest titles in grassroots football.

Tickets on sale now either from Bromley themselves or directly from Bromley priced at £25.00 for adults; £10.00 for concessions and students with under 16s being charged just £1.00…

REMINDER OF NEW BOROUGH DATE Our away game with GREENWICH BOROUGH that fell victim to the “Beast from the East 2.0” has been rescheduled for TUESDAY 10th APRIL with a 7:45pm kick off at the Badgers Sports Ground.

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SO LONG GABBY & SOL The Gaffer confirmed this week that both Solomon Taiwo and Gabriel Adelowo have been released by the club.

Gabby has moved onto Cheshunt in BOSTIK North and we wish him and Sol well and thank them both for their efforts whilst wearing the Green and the Blue of the Mead.

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THE Academy Happy Easter to you all and hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping for another three points for Tom and the lads.

With so many clubs and private organisations now flooding the marketplace, it is important to get the best set up both in terms of the football programme and the studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education package and balancing the two is the main factor for success.

Our chairman and I have spoken to several education providers already and have a further three to meet this week, after the Easter break.

We have also spoken to other clubs regarding their setups and hopefully sooner rather than later, we can find the right package that will suit Thamesmead Town Football Club and the pathway we want to go down.

Anyone interested in enquiring about trials or require further information, please contact me on academy_thamesmeadtownfc@outlook.com Your is sport.

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THE OPPOSITION <

INTRODUCING

Shoreham There can seldom be a season endured by a club similar to the one that Shoreham FC have had this season.

Only officially promoted to the BOSTIK League in July following an almighty battle off the pitch where the Sussex side were promoted, despite “only” being runners-up in the Sussex County League behind Haywards Heath before they were deducted nine points.

After Haywards Heath’s appeals were eventually thrown out, Shoreham took their place in the Isthmian League for the first time.

After losing their first five games, a hugely-creditable draw against possible Champions

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Lewes gave Shoreham their first point and followed that up in their next home league game by beating Greenwich Borough.

Sadly it was to be more than twenty league games later that Shoreham would sample the winning feeling – a 2-1 win at Molesey in February.

Since then and before Saturday’s game at Whyteleafe, its another six straight defeats and, while today cannot be the day that Shoreham are officially relegated, Sammy Donnelly’s side will keep going will be looking to go out in style and leave their mark on the BOSTIK League starting today as they look for revenge that 0-3 defeat inflicted by the Mead just 13 days ago...

CLUB GUIDE Nickname: The Musselmen Founded: 1892 Chairman: Stuart Slaney Manager: Sammy Donnelly Last Season: 1st (promoted) Ground: Middle Road Capacity: 2,000

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THAMESMEAD TOWN Parish (64 pen)

Saturday 24th March Princes Park Attendance: 98 Bostik League South

0 CHIPSTEAD The Mead completed the league double over Chipstead courtesy of Danny Parish’s 17th league goal of the season settled a game that wont live long in the memory.

Unlike so many of the Mead’s matches that has seen the side net 83 goals in 38 games, this was a real battle against a Chipstead side who arrived at Princes Park on the end of five straight defeats.

The home side, of course, were returning from the midweek 3-0 success at Shoreham which, in turn, snapped a losing streak for the home side that has made even the most optimistic Mead fans play-off dreams evaporate!

You just knew that it was going to be one of those days as an early morning accident on the Dartford Bridge caused travel chaos in all directions - some supporters missed kick-off as the queues on the road grew all day and, sadly to be fair, those who didn’t make it to the game were probably

the lucky ones!

A bitterly disappointing first half saw both sides struggle to get going completely, and, while the second half thankfully improved, at least seeing the two sides starting to provide those who’d beaten the traffic something to enjoy.

The games only goal arrived just past the midway point when for the second successive home game the Mead were awarded a penalty.

Danny Parrish duly picked up the ball and took the authority before he drove

home the spot kick for his seventeenth League goal of the season to take him to within one of the Mead’s top scorer - Paul Vines - who has eighteen League goals in his twenty-four overall.

Back to back wins then for the Mead - and clean sheets too - to propel the side into the Easter programme and the finale to the season.

THE MEAD - Carey, Brand, McIntyre, Kinch, Avery, Denny, Green, Anidugbe (Smith), Vines (Pacquette), Parrish (Danquah), Mendy Subs - OConnor, Ovenden

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MATCH ACTION <

MATCH ACTION

THAMESMEAD TOWN 1 CHIPSTEAD 0 Pictures taken by club photographer Allen Hollands

Let battle commence

Ellis dances through

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The gaffer

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Jake’s ball forward

Joe challenges on half-way with Harvey looking on

Bode’s in control

Vinesy in motion

Danny wheels away after his match winning penalty

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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN One person missing from last weekends win over Chipstead was our coach Craig Gibson, who as you’ll have read else, was held up as many thousands were by a serious accident on the bridge. But instead of putting his feet up or walking the dog, Craig’s been casting an eye through the three divisions of the BOSTIK League as “The Final Countdown” begins…

With the final run in push for promotion now upon us in the Bostik league let us have a quick review.

In the Premier Division for so long the talk was all about Billericay Town and how many points they would win the title by, looking now, it would seem they still have a good chance, but how tight it has become following their mini slump, Dulwich Hamlet & Folkestone Invicta no doubt are hoping that Billericay will slip up further. I wonder?

The one relegation spot looks like being Burgess Hill at the moment.

In the North, I think AFC

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Hornchurch will win the title, while the race for that coveted second spot is shaping up nicely with Bowers & Pitsea, Potters Bar & Canvey Island fighting it out.

After their heroics in the FA Cup & FA Trophy, Heybridge Swifts are now catching up with the games in hand though, I doubt they will make second place, but should certainly achieve a play-off berth.

Relegation from the North will probably be poor Romford.

In our South Division, It is looking increasingly likely Lewes will take the title with my money on Carshalton for the second place leaving

the likes of Cray Wanderers, Greenwich Borough, Corinthian & Walton Casuals with the play-off places.

And we could still have a big say in that as we face the Borough and Walton in our last games…

At the foot of the table, the one relegation place will no doubt be our visitors today, Shoreham however they have made a real fist of it since the turn of the year and it was always going to be a difficult season at this level for them after a super championship winning year last season, so good luck to them after today…

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> CLUB HISTORY

CLUB HISTORY

thamesmead town 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

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local community as well as a stadium suitable for Conference South which 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.

Dduring the 17-18 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 17-18 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!

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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SIR TOM FINNEY <

Sir tom finney

He’s one of NINE former players to receive a knighthood, and this week would have been his 96th birthday. Today Greenie pays tribute to the plumber from Preston who once rivalled Sir Stanley Matthews – the one and the only SIR TOM FINNEY… Sir Tom was one of the greatest players of the postwar period, described by Bill Shankly as “the greatest player I ever saw, bar none”.

He played for his home town team, Preston North End, for his entire career. Signed as a teenager, Finney had yet to make an appearance when the Second World War brought football to a halt.

He was 24 by the time he could make his debut for club and, shortly after, country.

From leaving the army in 1946 until his retirement from the game in 1960, Finney made over 400 appearances for Preston.

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The versatile attacker could play in any forward position, left or right, on the wing or at centre-forward, and won his 76 England caps on either side of the pitch.

Twice voted Footballer of The Year in the 1950s, the debate on who was the best footballer between Blackpool’s Stanley Matthews or Finney, divided the nation. Some preferred Matthews’ dribbling skills and others Finney’s all-round ability.

He was not a big man and had to take some hard tackles in a time when defenders did not take prisoners.

However, his speed,

movement and ability, on the ground and in the air, left defenders bamboozled. A prolific goal scorer, Finney was also great at creating goals for other players: the ideal team man.

Despite Tom’s undoubted greatness, major honours were to elude him throughout his career. During the Finney era Preston were often viewed harshly as a one-man team.

Having been relegated in 1949, they won the Second Division in 1951, and were to finish First Division runners up the following year. In 1954, with Finney later revealed to not be fully fit, Preston lost 3-2 to West

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Brom in the FA Cup Final.

Despite his most prolific goal-scoring years still being ahead of him (a partnership with Tommy Thompson seeing Sir Tom hit 23 goals in 56/57, and 26 in 57/58), the narrow defeat at Wembley was to be the closest Tom came to any silverware.

Despite playing 43 league and cup games in 1959/60, persistent injury forced Tom’s retirement at the end of the season, aged 39. Without him the following season, Preston finished bottom of the league, and haven’t returned to the top flight since.

Finney played at three World Cups with England (1950, 1954 & 1958), and his 30 goal haul was briefly a record; in Tom’s final international game he saw Nat Lofthouse equal his record, and even handed over his regular penalty-taking

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duties to a young Bobby Charlton; the man who was to due to eclipse both players’ tallies.

Both on and off the field he was known as a gentleman.

Never booked, sent off or reportedly even ‘spoken to’ by a referee, after his career ended he dedicated his life to helping the people of his beloved city of Preston, working for local

charities and hospitals.

He was awarded an OBE, a CBE and in 1998 a Knighthood for his charitable work. With the nickname “The Preston Plumber” he ran his own successful plumbing business from the 1940s until the 1990s.

Sir Tom passed away on Valentines Day in 2014 aged 91.

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BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH

STATistics

BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH TABLE 1

Lewes

P 39

W 26

D 8

L 5

F 80

A 31

GD +49

Pts 86

2

Corinthian Casuals

40

25

6

9

76

38

+38

81

3

Carshalton Athletic

38

24

9

5

79

46

+33

81

4

Cray Wanderers

40

22

12

6

95

39

+56

78

5

Greenwich Borough

38

22

10

6

85

35

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76

6

Walton Casuals

39

21

10

8

82

44

+38

73

7

Hythe Town

39

19

10

10

74

55

+19

67

8

Whyteleafe

40

17

12

11

71

58

+13

63

9

Phoenix Sports

40

18

7

15

71

61

+10

61

10

Hastings United

39

16

11

12

67

60

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59

11

Thamesmead Town

39

15

10

14

84

73

+11

55

12

Herne Bay

36

16

3

17

65

77

-12

51

13

Horsham

39

14

8

17

58

71

-13

50

14

Sittingbourne

38

14

6

18

55

62

-7

48

15

South Park

33

14

5

14

61

60

+1

47

16

Chipstead

39

12

9

18

58

62

-4

45

17

VCD Athletic

39

13

5

21

61

77

-16

44

18

Ramsgate

39

12

7

20

62

76

-14

43

19

Faversham Town

38

10

8

20

46

62

-16

38

20

Guernsey

37

9

9

19

51

80

-29

36

21

East Grinstead Town

40

9

9

22

60

106

-46

36

22

Ashford United

39

7

7

25

48

97

-49

28

23

Molesey

37

5

10

22

46

86

-40

22

24

Shoreham

37

3

5

29

29

108

-79

8

* Correct at time of print on Tuesday

BOSTIK SOUTH LEADING GOALSCORERS RANK

NAME

TEAM

TOTAL

1 2 3 4 5

Jack Barham Josh Kelly William Medlock Charles MacDonald Christopher Smith Michael Power Paul Vines Mickel Miller Danny Parish

Greenwich Borough Walton Casuals Lewes Cray Wanderers South Park Cray Wanderers Thamesmead Carshalton Athletic Thamesmead

28 20 20 20 19 18 18 18 17 *League goals only

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CLUB

STATISTICS TOTAL APPEARANCES 2017/18 PLAYERS

Adeniran, Ade Anidugbe, Bode Avery, Richard Brand, Harvey Carey, Lewis Danquah, Williams Denny, Joe Flack, Ryan Green, Ellis Kinch, Scott Laker, Lennie McIntyre, Jake Mendy, Laurent Mfula, Warren Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, Tom Ovenden, Max Pacquette, Richard Parish, Danny Simmonds, Donovan Smith, Leon Taylor, Charlie Vines, Paul Whitely, Warren

LGE APPS

0 (1) 36 26 24 (3) 37 15 (1) 23 (2) 1 (2) 24 (6) 19 (7) 1 (1) 27 (1) 24 (10) 1 33 (1) 2 10 (5) 19 (5) 0 (2) 21 (3) 0 (1) 26 (11) 2 (2)

LGE GLS

5 3 3 1 1 4 1 10 3 4 17 1 18

CUP APPS

8 (1) 4 8 7 1 8 (2) 2 (1) 7 (2) 6 (1) 10 10 (1) 7 (1) 4 0 (1) 2 8 (1) 9 (2) -

CUP GLS

APPS

2 1 1 1 1 2 6 -

0 (1) 44 (1) 30 32 (3) 44 16 (1) 32 (4) 3 (3) 31 (8) 24 (8) 1 (1) 37 (1) 33 (11) 1 40 (2) 6 10 (6) 21 (5) 0 (2) 29 (4) 0 (1) 35 (13) 2 (2)

CUP GLS

APPS

GLS

7 3 3 1 1 2 5 2 11 5 4 17 1 24

NO LONGER AT THE CLUB PLAYERS

Adelowo, Gabriel Ajala, Tobi Butler, Richard Duyile, Raphael Glover, Simon Kwayie, Tashi-Jay Luchford, Dane Taiwo, Solomon Teniola, Alex

LGE APPS

8 (1) 6 (1) 5 (6) 3 (1) 8 (1) 3 (2) 15 (2) 9 (3)

LGE GLS

1 1 7 1 5

CUP APPS

1 1 (1) 2 (2) 4 3 (1) 2 (1) 2 6 (1)

-

1 1 6

8 (1) 7 (1) 1 (1) 7 (8) 7 (1) 11 (2) 5 (3) 17 (2) 15 (4)

GLS

1 1 1 8 1 11

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2017/18

FIXTURES & RESULTS DATE OPPOSITION AUGUST Sat 12 Cray Wanderers Wed 16 Hythe Town Sat 19 East Preston Wed 23 Cray Wanderers Sat 26 Horsham Mon 28 VCD Athletic SEPTEMBER Sat 2 Lewes Wed 6 Phoenix Sports Sun 10 Sittingbourne Sun 17 Billericay Town Tue 19 Billericay Town Sat 23 Ramsgate Tue 26 Phoenix Sports Sat 30 Greenwich Borough OCTOBER Tue 3 Hythe Town Sun 8 AFC Hornchurch Tue 10 AFC Hornchurch Sat 14 Chipstead Wed 18 Herne Bay Sat 21 Cray Wanderers Tue 24 Hastings Sun 29 Brightlingsea Regent NOVEMBER Sat 4 Walton Casuals Tue 7 Herne Bay Sat 11 Metropolitan Police Wed 15 Phoenix Sports Sat 18 Lewes Wed 22 AFC Sudbury Sat 25 Carshalton Athletic Tue 28 Molesey DECEMBER Sat 2 Ashford United Wed 6 Faversham Town Sat 9 Corinthian Casuals Sat 16 East Grinstead Town Tue 19 Corinthian Casuals Sat 23 Horsham Sat 30 Molesey JANUARY 2017 Sat 6 Whyteleafe Sat 13 South Park Wed 17 Guernsey Sat 20 Hastings United Sat 27 Ramsgate FEBRUARY Sat 3 Lewes Wed 7 VCD Athletic Sat 10 Guernsey Sat 17 Ashford United Sat 24 Carshalton Athletic MARCH Sat 10 Corinthian Casuals Wed 14 East Grinstead Town Tue 20 Shoreham Sat 24 Chipstead Fri 30 Sittingbourne APRIL Mon 2 Shoreham Sat 7 Faversham Town Tue 10 Greenwich Borough Sat 14 Walton Casuals Sat 21 Whyteleafe Sat 28 South Park

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COMP

A H A H H A

BLS BLS FACPR KC1 BLS BLS

ATT POS

1

2

3

4

5

6

2-2 2-1 8-0 0-3 5-0 1-3

133 114 89 81 105 64

11 7 2 7

Carey Carey Carey Ovenden Carey Carey

Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand

Mendy McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre

Kinch Kinch Kinch Glover < Kinch < Kinch

Smith Smith Smith < Butler Smith > Smith

Denny Denny Denny Denny Denny Mendy >

H FACFQR H LCR1 H BLS H FACSQR A FACSQRR H BLS A BLS H BLS

3-0 4-3 2-2 1-1 0-5 1-3 3-2 2-4

104 59 134 433 774 74 115 83

11 15 13 14

Carey Ovenden Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey

Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand

McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre > Mendy McIntyre McIntyre

Kinch Glover Kinch Anidugbe Anidugbe Anidugbe < Kinch Kinch

Smith Smith * Avery Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith

Denny Denny Glover Glover Kinch < Denny > Avery Avery

A BLS H FATPR A FATPRR A BLS H BLS H BLS A BLS H FATFQR

1-2 1-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 3-1

153 116 126 61 101 110 279 156

15 12 11 13 12 -

Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey

Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand Brand * Brand

McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre Mendy McIntyre McIntyre

Anidugbe Kinch Kinch Avery Kinch < Kinch Anidugbe Avery

Smith Smith Smith Smith Avery Avery Avery < Smith

Avery Avery > Denny Denny Denny Denny Denny Denny <

A BLS A BLS H FAT2QR H BLS A BLS H LCR2 H BLS A BLS

0-0 3-2 0-1 5-2 2-2 3-2 2-3 3-3

107 198 82 546 67 94 35

13 12 10 10 12 12

Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Ovenden Carey Carey

Brand Brand 2 < Denny Duyile > Duyile < Duyile Anidugbe Green

McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre McIntyre Mendy McIntyre

Anidugbe Kinch Anidugbe Avery Avery Taiwo Taiwo Kinch

Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Avery Avery Avery

Denny Denny Avery Denny Denny Denny < McIntyre Taiwo

A H H A H A H

BLS BLS BLS BLS LCR3 BLS BLS

1-4 2-3 1-1 3-3 1-1* 4-3 3-0

202 69 68 56 131 68

11 13 13 14 12 10

Carey Carey Carey Carey Ovenden Carey Ovenden

Brand < Green < Anidugbe Denny Green Adelowo Adelowo

Laker > McIntyre McIntyre Mendy Danquah Danquah Danquah

Anidugbe Kinch Taiwo Taiwo Kinch Taiwo Taiwo

Avery Avery Smith Smith Denny Smith Smith

McIntyre Smith * Avery Avery Taiwo Denny Avery

H A H H A

BLS BLS BLS BLS BLS

2-3 1-2 5-0 4-2 3-2

53 101 107 104 176

12 14 13 14 12

Ovenden Carey Carey Carey Carey

Taiwo < Adelowo Brand Brand Adelowo >

Danquah Danquah Danquah > Danquah Danquah

Anidugbe Kinch Kinch * Kinch Kinch

Smith Smith Denny Smith < Denny

Denny McIntyre McIntyre Denny > Taiwo

H H A H A

BLS BLS BLS BLS BLS

0-0 2-2 2-2 3-1 1-2

124 81 530 139 371

12 12 12 11 11

Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey

Brand Brand Brand < Brand Brand

Danquah Danquah McIntyre Adelowo * Danquah

Taiwo Taiwo Taiwo Taiwo Taiwo <

Avery Avery Avery Avery Avery

Denny < Adelowo Adelowo Denny Denny

A H A H A

BLS BLS BLS BLS BLS

1-2 4-5 3-0 1-0

184 77 57 98

11 11 11 11

Carey Carey Carey Carey

Denny < Adelowo Green Brand

Danquah Danquah Danquah McIntyre

Kinch > Anidugbe Kinch Kinch

Avery Avery > Avery Avery

McIntyre * McIntyre McIntyre Denny

H A A H A H

BLS BLS BLS BLS BLS BLS

THAMESMEAD TOWN V SHOREHAM

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Glover Glover < Mendy Mendy > Green Green

O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor Flack O’Connor O’Connor

Teniola < Luchford > Teniola 4 > Vines Teniola 3 * Teniola

Kwayie (2) > Kwayie * Luchford Kwayie Kwayie Luchford <

Flack * Mendy Glover * Green Anidugbe Anidugbe

Luchford < Flack < Butler < Smith < Vines < Vines <

McIntyre > Teniola > Vines 2 > O’Connor > Mendy > Flack >

Vines * Vines * Green *

Anidugbe * Flack Green < Mendy Green Green Ajala Ajala

O’Connor O’Connor > O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor Anidugbe

Vines 2 > Teniola 2 < Vines > Vines Vines Vines Vines > Teniola <

Teniola < Luchford Teniola * Teniola Teniola * Kwayie Kwayie 3 < Kwayie

Green Mendy Anidugbe Green Mendy Luchford * Green Green

Kwayie < Vines < Mendy <

Flack > Anidugbe > Kwayie >

Mendy * Green * Denny *

Denny < Kinch < Mendy < Mendy <

Flack > Glover > Teniola >

Luchford * Teniola*

Green Mendy Anidugbe Mendy Mendy Ajala < Green Mendy

Ajala Anidugbe Kwayie Kwayie Anidugbe O’Connor O’Connor Anidugbe

Vines Vines Vines Teniola < Vines Vines Vines Vines

Teniola < Kwayie Teniola Ajala Mfula > Teniola Teniola > Teniola >

Kwayie > Ajala < Mendy Anidugbe Ajala Anidugbe Mendy Green

Kinch < Teniola <

Mendy > Denny >

Duyile Anidugbe Green < Anidugbe Anidugbe Green Green < Mendy

O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor Anidugbe

Vines Vines Vines > Pacquette < Paquette > Vines 2 Vines Pacquette

Parish < Parish Parish Parish 2 * Parish Parish Pacquette Parish 2

Green Mendy Mendy Mendy Mendy Anidugbe Parish O’Connor

Kinch < Duyile < Duyile < Vines < Green < Mendy < Duyile <

Pacquette > Green > Vines >

Adeniran

Green Taiwo Duyile * Duyile > Duyile Green > Green >

O’Connor O’Connor 2 O’Connor Anidugbe Anidugbe O’Connor Anidugbe

Pacquette * Vines Pacquette > Pacquette < Vines Vines Vines

Parish Pacquette > Parish < Parish * O’Connor Parish 2 < O’Connor <

Mendy Anidugbe Mendy O’Connor Mendy Anidugbe Mendy

Kinch < Mendy < Vines < Vines <

Duyile > Parish > Taylor > Green >

Vines * Duyile * Simmonds * Simmonds *

Mendy < Parish <

Kinch > Kinch >

Green > Anidugbe Anidugbe Anidugbe Whitely <

O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor Anidugbe

Vines 2 Vines Parish Vines Vines

Parish Parish Pacquette < Whitely * O’Connor

McIntyre Taiwo Mendy 2 Mendy Green *

Kinch <

Duyile >

Vines < Taiwo < Mendy

Taiwo > Parish > Brand >

Anidugbe Green < Anidugbe Anidugbe < Green >

O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor Anidugbe

Vines Vines Vines Vines 2 Vines

Parish > Parish Parish Parish > O’Connor

Green Anidugbe Danquah Danquah Mendy

Smith < Mendy < Mendy < Mendy < Whitely <

Whitely >

Pacquette > Pacquette >

Laker *

Green Green Anidugbe > Green

Anidugbe O’Connor O’Connor Anidugbe *

Vines Vines < Vines Vines >

Parish Parish 2 Pacquette < Parish <

Mendy Mendy Mendy Mendy

Brand < Pacquette < Parish < Danquah M

Pacquette > Denny > Brand > Pacquette >

Adelowo *

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Vines < Kinch < Green < Smith < Kinch <

Luchford *

Teniola > Duyile > Duyile >

Ajala *

Green * Green * Parish *

Smith *

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ASHFORD UNITED

GUERNSEY

RAMSGATE

Homelands Stadium Ashford Road Kingsnorth TN26 1NJ

Footes Lane Stadium St Peter Port Guernsey GY1 2UL

Southwood Stadium Prices Avenue Ramsgate, Kent CT11 0AN

CARSHALTON ATHLETIC

HASTINGS UNITED

SHOREHAM

War Memorial Sports Ground Colston Avenue Carshalton SM5 2PW

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

The Taxi-Link Community Ground Middle Road Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6GA

CHIPSTEAD

HERNE BAY

SITTINGBOURNE

Chipstead High Road Chipstead CR5 3SF

The Altira Park Stadium Winchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field Stanley, Gardens CT6 5SG

Woodstock Park Broadoak Road Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8AG

CORINTHIAN CASUALS

HORSHAM

SOUTH PARK

King Georges Field Hook Rise South Tolworth KT6 7NA

The Sussex County FA Headquarters Culver Road Lancing BN15 9AX

Whitehall Lane South Park Reigate, Surrey RH2 8LG

CRAY WANDERERS

HYTHE TOWN

VCD ATHLETIC

Bromley FC Hayes Lane Bromley BR2 9EF

Reachfield Stadiums Fort Road Hythe, Kent CT21 6JS

Oakwood Old Road Crayford, Kent DA1 4DN

EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN

LEWES

WALTON CASUALS

College Lane East Court East Grinstead RH19 3LS

The Dripping Pan Mountfield Road Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2XA

The Hib Waterside Drive Walton-On-Thames, Surrey KT12 2JP

FAVERSHAM TOWN

MOLESEY

WHYTELEAFE

Shepherd Neame Stadium Salters Lane Faversham ME13 8ND

412 Walton Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2JG

Church Road Whyteleafe Surrey CR3 0AR

GREENWICH BOROUGH

PHOENIX SPORTS

DGS Marine Stadium Middle Park Avenue Eltham SE9 5HP

Mayplace Road East Barnehurst Kent DA7 6JT

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MANAGER:

1

LEWIS CAREY

1

JAMES BROADBENT

2

HARVEY BRAND

2

SEAN RODDY

3

JAKE MCINTYRE

3

ALFIE PROTO-GATES

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4

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HARVEY DUNK

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6

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