The Villain 23/24 - Episode #3

Culver Road, Lancing BN15 9AX Division 1 26/08/2023 15:00KO Montpelier Villa AFC Men's vs Dorking Wanderers B

Manager's Notes If you had asked me before the season started would I be happy with 10 points out of 12 after 4 games the simple answer is yes.

Dorking Wanderers will be better than their first game I am sure of it, they are a talented young group and their results have shown that since.

During the week we learnt a lesson after losing 4-0 to Roffey FC in the RUR Cup. This showed the squad that we still have a lot of work to do.

If our players think too much about Tuesday or don't give this side the respect they deserve we will come unstick making our away game bank holiday Monday against Seaford Town very tough mentally.

We are asking this group to play football the right way and its a process. The reaction after Tuesday was brilliant and was a useful session Thursday night as we looked at how we can improve as a side and deal with the challenges we faced this week.

This weekend is one of those which could define the early part of our season. #UTV DAVID BAKER MENS MANAGER

Villa Squad LOUIS PEACH

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Selsey Squad ALBERT, SONNY

TOMMY YEATES

AYENI, TYRESE

BILLY GREEN

BEJASHVILI, LUKE

KEYROULOS FAKHOURY

BROWN, JOEL

DAVID SHARMAN

CAHUSAC, ZACH

BEN THOMSETT

CHARLESWORTH, HARRY

JAY PULLEN

COWING, LUC

BRAD STEVENS

FULCO, LUCA

TYLER LEGGETT

HARLAND-GODDARD, PADDI

THOMAS SHELLEY

OGUNSERI, ISAAC

JACK BADEN

LEE, HWAN

LUKE BURBIDGE

MARINO, SALVATORE

JESSE BURBIDGE

RAWLINS, OLIVER

RAMON SANTOS

RICHARDSON, JAY

MAYCKOL SABINO

RUSS, HENRY

FRASER COX

TAUTA-CABALLERO, SEBASTIAN

EBRIMA JALLOW

TODMAN, JACOB

MIKE MCCORMICK

TREVATT, LIAM

MUHAMMAD HAMMAD CHARLIE COOK JULIERMES SILVA SHAY TOBIN MASON FUNNELL JACK GREEN ABANOB FAKHOURY

London & South East Regional Women's League Culver Road, Lancing 27/08/2023 14:00KO

Manager's Notes All we have to do is win the rest of our games and we win the league.

Unfortunately for us this is the case for all of our opponents and Eastbourne are no exception and were the standout club from Sussex who were promoted to this level.

We were beaten twice by them last season but there were encouraging signs in each game which is arguably a reflection of the entire season for us.

As we begin our season at home, I want to give a special shout-out to those who help behind the scenes beginning with Charlotte who does so much more than keep the defensive line in check.

Tony and Ryan are back for another season of coaching and all that goes with it but this summer has seen a number of players step up and take positions of responsibility which is incredible.

Scarlett has become Vice-president where she has the honour of working with Dave at close quarters.

Ruby has been appointed our club welfare officer and many more of our players have been involved with and attended PLG (Player leadership group) meetings which has helped us discuss big and small issues alike. All of which will help ensure we have the Best Season Ever.

SKIP KELLY WOMEN'S MANAGER

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OUR VISITORS - DORKING WANDERERS B

It’s a story combining nearly 200 years of rich local heritage with a remarkable modern day community success story.

Football was first played in Dorking in the 1830s. The game was played in the street with the East and West of the town competing against each other in the annual Shrove Tuesday game. The first senior club, called Dorking FC, was formed in1880 and became founder members of Surrey FA. Football in Dorking became quite literally central to the town in 1953, when a new stadium was built at Meadowbank - an iconic, picturesque location just behind the High Street. Among many memorable occasions in the Corinthian and Athenian Leagues, the stadium’s high point came in 1992 when a recordbreaking crowd saw the latest version of Dorking FC take on Peter Shilton’s Plymouth Argyle in the first round proper of the FA Cup. Unfortunately, there was to be no happy ending as, not only did the visitors secure a narrow 3-2 win, but Meadowbank never witnessed such heady days again. Two decades of under-investment and decline saw a dilapidated Meadowbank stadium, once the pride of Dorking, closed for health and safety reasons in 2013.

Meanwhile, Dorking Wanderers FC had been established in 1999. Founder members Marc White, Peter Buckland, Mark Lewington, Ian Davidson, Lee Spickett and Penny Gregg entered a fledgling team into the Crawley & District League, with home games played at Big Field in Brockham. The club remained at its village location for eight years until, after several promotions it relocated to its current Westhumble home. This was a monumental project, which saw a huge off the field effort transform the once derelict site into a new, senior standard football ground.

The promotions kept coming and, in 2015, the club finished runners-up in the Sussex County League, securing promotion to the Ryman League. The club gained promotion to the Bostik Premier League at the end of the 2016-17 season, after play-off victories over Hastings and Corinthian Casuals. After a season of consolidation in the Bostik Premier League, the club returned to its ancestral seat at Meadowbank, with a multi-million pound stadium in July 2018.

The move delivered a new, state-of-the-art town centre home for Dorking Wanderers, and acted as the catalyst for a magnificent season in 2018-19 as the team won the Bostik Premier League by some 22 points. After finishing seventh in their first season in the National League South, Dorking Wanderers suffered defeat in the 2019-20 Play-Off Semi Finals. Dorking then went on to see the 2020-21 null and void, sitting top of the league at the time of that decision. The Wanderers went on to clinch promotion to the National League in spectacular style, winning the play-off final of the 2021-22 season.

Dorking Wanderers ‘B’ have a firm commitment to develop talented players for the first team. They are the final piece of the club’s Elite Development Pathway. The team compete in the Southern Combination Football League Division One under manager Ruben Gaspar.

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