The Seasider - Issue 21, April 8 2023

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LOCAL derbies have always been one of the most exciting elements of grassroots football.

Looking back over the years, clashes between clubs like Lyme and Axminster have produced some of the most exciting games and always attracted huge crowds. Tempers have often flared but quickly forgotten over a beer in the clubhouse afterwards.

Every club has a few characters that are forever etched on our memories. On a train journey once to see the FA Cup final I sat opposite someone whom I vaguely remembered. Suddenly he said: “Did you use to play for Slime Regis? How’s that b*****d Richard Austin." It was Ernie Morgan, hard man of the Perry Street League!

The one thing we miss most about playing in Devon and Exeter League is that there are few real local derbies these days. Whilst in the Perry Street League we had some titan scuffles with Axminster, Seaton and Beer during a period when we rarely missed a season without winning some silverware.

Axminster have now moved to the giddy heights of the South West Peninsular League (one level below the Western League) and Beer Albion are in the Devon League. Our closest rivals now in D & E Premier is against Colyton who have been one of our bogey sides for many season.

Today we welcome the players and officials of Sidmouth Town Reserves to the Davey Fort for a Devon and Exeter Premier Division fixture with our Firsts. The Vikings are placed one position behind us in the table so it should be a close affair.

After the game we will be drawing the winners in our Easter Draw, organised by our Ladies Group whose fundraising efforts are keeping the club financially stable.

The Davey Fort, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3DR

– Established 1885 –

Club Officers

President: Philip Evans MBE

Chairman: Gerard Hitchcock

Vice Chairman: Francesca Evans

Secretary: Robert Thom

Treasurer: Philip Evans MBE

Groundsman: Mark Bailey

Committee Members

All of the above, plus: Howard Larcombe, Heather Larcombe, Martin Rowe, Alex Rowe, Rob Fellingham, Tim Edwards, Rob Larcombe, Dave Reed, Joe Bond, Paul Barlow, Cam Fowler, Wallace Blackmore

Life Members:

Mrs Kath Wellman

David Cozens MBE

Philip Evans MBE

Les Loveridge

Ellis Hoole

Martin Rowe

Howard Larcombe

COMING UP AT THE FORT

Saturday April 8 – Easter Raffle

Sunday April 30 – Sunday Lunch Club

Friday May 26 – LRFC Presentation Night

Saturday July 26 – Sausage & Cider Festival

Michel Longuet (US Creully)

Programme:

Editor: Philip Evans MBE

Design: Rob Larcombe

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Philip Evans MBE Programme Editor

LRFC 1st Team

Recent Results

LRFC Reserves

Today’s Opponents

Matchday Squad

Recent Results

Upcoming Fixtures:

VIEWPOINT VIEWPOINT THE MANAGER'S Rob Fellingham

FIRST TEAM

Our last game – a fortnight ago –was a disappointing defeat against Kentisbeare.

It was always going to be tough going down there with such a depleted squad, we had six or seven missing from our normal side and on the day we didn’t have quite enough.

Full credit to the opposition – they’re third in the league for a reason, but we still felt we should’ve done better and went away with plenty of regrets to stew on.

Straight back on the horse this week and a chance to put things right as we welcome Kentisbeare in the return leg immediately… interesting scheduling from the league! Great to have options again with players returning, which’ll naturally help depth in the Ressies too.

Both the 1sts and the Ressies have five games left this season now. Wally and I just want the lads to rally together and see the season through to the end with a strong finish – it’s not in Lyme’s nature to have this little to play for at the business end of the season, but there’s still plenty of pride at stake and a chance to finish as high as possible.

Up the Seasiders!

Alex Rowe

Nicknames: Robot

Position: RB at the moment

Previous clubs: Seaton

Club you support: West Ham

Player(s) you liken yourself to most, or base your game on: Mark Noble

Best player(s) you’ve played with: Glenn Gould and Fred Parsons

Best player(s) you’ve faced: Sam Dibling

Favourite ground (besides Davey Fort): Always enjoy Beer Albion away

Favourite film: Napoleon Dynamite & Saving Private Ryan

Your first tune on the jukebox: One Kiss - Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa

Drink of choice: Lager or a G&T

Any interesting fact about you: I was at the final ever game at Upton Park!

Three dream dinner guests: Bobby Moore, Peter Crouch and Tyson Fury

My Favourite Football Memory

As a player I could (understandably) never get past club legend left back Rodney Rowe and get a regular run out in the first team, so my playing memories are confined to the Ressies.

I remember captaining the side at 18 for half a dozen games, times were tough and we were struggling, but we had a massive future star amongst our ranks in Phil Everett who of course went on to become a national non-league star with Tiverton Town.

But two games, five or six seasons later stick out for me, and one of those featured another talented player in teenager James Owen. James was on the wrong end of a terrible tackle and suffered a broken leg against our rivals Chard United who used to rock up stinking of cider.

It suited Chard, who we were neck-and-neck with for the PSL Division Three title, to call the game off and head to the bar, but we wanted retribution and proceeded to run the dirty b*stards off their feet and stormed to 6-0 win on our way to a treble winning campaign.

The following season we were 100% robbed by a bent referee in the Dorset Minor Cup semi-final away at Weymouth-based Tudor Paving. At that time no PSL side had ever won the trophy but we felt we had a decent chance of reaching the final and were the better side, but a series of baffling decisions – including a defender who dived full length of the goal line to tip the ball round the post - saw us unjustly beaten 3-2.

It turns out waiting for us in the final would have been another of our old foes in Halstock who, like Chard United, were from the middle ages!

Fun times which seemed to flash by in an instant.”

Do you have a favourite football memory? Not necessarily a match. It could be as a spectator or the first professional game you ever saw. Share your memories with club members - speak to Philip Evans if you'd like to share your Favourite Football Memories.

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IT’S a difficult job selecting just one outstanding match in my 44 years as a member of LRFC.

with HOWARD LARCOMBE, Player, captain, manager, chairman and now Life Member

Match Photofile Match Photofile

Saturday 11th March 2023

First Team 2 - 5 Crediton United 2nds

Photos by Philip Evans

WHAT’S ON AT THE FORT

The BIG Coronation Party!

Annual

Night & Dinner

Friday, May 26th at Lyme Regis Golf Club

START OF SEASON PARTY!

Race Night!

Saturday, October 28th

Live

CHRISTMAS

THE NEXT GENERATION THE NEXT GENERATION

News from our Youth Section

Lyme Regis Under 11s 10 - 0 Teignmouth Under 11s

TEN is the magic number for the little Seasiders as they put on a great performance at Anning Road against a travelling Teignmouth.

With a new member added to the coaching team, and a change in formation over the last couple of weeks, the boy’s got to work straight away, They were soon on the front foot, with a new partnership up front, and they showed great link-ups between all the players and being more confident in playing from the back and showing

great strength in a wider midfield.

A big shout out for Seth Buller, the birthday boy, scoring a cracking freekick to make his day extra special.

All the boy’s played so well today we couldn’t pick a man-of-the-match so we had Team of The Day as the game finished with a 10-0 win, the goals coming from Josh Fowler (5), Rory Galvin (2), Marley Rawlins, Seth Buller and an own goal.

A big thanks to Mark Bailey for refereeing the game.

The Under 11s celebrate their biggest ever win with a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday for Seth Buller.

From the Archives... From the Archives...

THE Seasiders of the 1926-27 season. Great kits, great hats, not so great photo quality...

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SPECIAL OFFER LIVE ON SITE:

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NEW RANGE AVAILABLE: The Opus

£17 / £18 / £32 Youth sizes also available

MEMBERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP

MEMBERSHIP

Players - £30

Social - £25

Social membership enables supporters to enjoy the Davey Fort clubhouse Bar and Clubhouse facilities on match days and on other occasions where bar prices the most competitive in town. Members are also entitled to one free use of the clubhouse for family events.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

There are a number of sponsorship opportunities at the Davey Fort. These include:

GROUND PERIMETER ADVERTISING BOARDS

(8 ft x 2ft) at a cost of £380 for three years including artwork.

MATCH SPONSORSHIP

Available for £40 to include four persons who receive a drink from the bar before and after the match and refreshments at half-time. Sponsors get a free advertisement in the Matchday Programme and will present the man-of-the-match after the game with a photo appearing in the LymeOnline newspaper.

For more details contact Philip Evans on 07796 951991.

BALL SPONSORSHIP

Available for £20 to include two persons who receive a drink from the bar before and after the match and refreshments at half-time. Sponsors will get a free advertisement in the matchday programme.

LYME REGIS Association Football Club

Honours Board

DORSET AFFILIATED

Dorset Intermediate Cup: 9 (1994-95, 96-97, 99-00, 2003-04, 04-05, 10-11, 12-13, 13-14)

Dorset Junior Cup winners: 6 (1982-83, 85-86, 86-87, 87-88, 99-00, 2011-12)

DEVON & EXETER AFFILIATED

Premier Division Covid Mini League Champions: 2020/21

Division One promoted: 2017-18

Division Two promoted: 2015-16

Division Three runners-up: 2014-15

Division Four promoted: 2018-19

Division Five promoted: 2017-18

Division Six promoted: 2016-17

Division Seven promoted: 2015-16

Grandisson Cup: 1 (2017-18)

AFC

Football Express Cup: 2 (2016-17, 17-18)

PERRY STREET & DISTRICT LEAGUE

Premier Division: 6 (1957-58, 59-60, 88-89, 2004-05, 09-10, 11-12)

Division One: 2 (1998-99, 99-00)

Division Two: 2 (1961-62, 94-95, 20-21 on PPG basis)

Division Three: 3 (1998-99, 2013-14, 18-19)

Division Four: 2 (1998-99, 2007-08)

Challenge Cup: 6 (1983-84, 86-87, 2005-06, 09-10, 11-12)

Coronation Cup: 9 (1959-60, 79-80, 87-88, 94-95, 97-98, 2004-05, 09-10, 10-11, 11-12)

Daisy Hutchings Cup: 1 (1998-99)

Arthur Gage Cup: 3 (2003-04, 05-06, 09-10)

Tommy Tabberer Cup: 1 (1994-95)

John Fowler Cup: 2 (1986-87, 1988-89, 2018-19)

Bill Bailey Cup: 3 (1988-89, 2000-01, 2016-17)

Jack Venn Cup: 1 (1989-90)

Kenny Hodges Cup: 1 (2011-12)