The Villain Episode #7 - 23/24

Culver Road, Lancing BN15 9AX Division 1 04/11/2023 15:00KO Montpelier Villa AFC Men's vs Chessington & Hook FC

Manager's Notes Last week was a test we hadn’t faced this season.

The playing conditions didn’t enable us to find our rhythm but we have learnt a lot from that match.

This season has been my most enjoyable to date and I hope the players realise the potential they have.

We are constantly learning and adapting to the way we are asking these players to play and with every defeat we get stronger as a group.

I couldn’t be happier with this set of players and I will do everything in my power to help them succeed and reach their goals.

We want to give a good account of ourselves today after losing heavily to Chessington at home last season.

DAVID BAKER MENS MANAGER

The boys trained well this week and are in good spirits. There is no doubting how important this fixture is but I won’t put anymore pressure on them than they do themselves.

Villa Squad LOUIS PEACH TOMMY YEATES BILLY GREEN CONNOR MARTIN DAVID SHARMAN

Chessington Squad ANDREW OSEI KEVIN DANCE BEN THORNE ELLIS DUNN OSHEA MACDONALD SAMUAL BOAKYE BARRY VANLINT

AARON ANCELL

GREG HEARN

ZACHARIAS KLADIS

OLIVER DAVIS

SEBASTIAN CHOTUIS

AARON LEACOCK JOHN JUPP

BEN THOMSETT

JAKE HILL

JAY PULLEN

TOBE UZOR

THOMAS SHELLEY JACK BADEN LUKE BURBIDGE JESSE BURBIDGE RAMON SANTOS MAYCKOL SABINO

FABIEN O'BRIAN CHARLIE BATH BOE FOWLER SIDNEY NABO ARCHIE MORGAN JIMMY GRAHAM MAURICE BLACK BAILEY ELLIS JOE AVERY

FRASER COX

DAVID GABOR

MUHAMMAD HAMMAD

STEVEN FAMOSE

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

KEIRAN HEAD

London & South East Regional Womens League, Division 1 South Culver Road, Lancing, BN15 9AX 05/11/2023 14:00KO

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OUR VISITORS CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED FC

Andrew brought in ex CHUFC player Darren They finished third in the Premier division Formed as Chessington F.C. in 1921, the ‘04/05 and the season after, made the 4th Woods to assist him but to no avail as club entered the Kingston & District round of the F.A. Vase, beaten 2-1 by finalists we were relegated to Division One finishing League and within two years were the Division Cammell Laird at home in front of some 500 bottom of the Premier Division after flirting 4 Champions. Further honours proved supporters. Work was carried out during the close with that position for the previous two years. elusive through the divisions until 1961 winning season to bring the ground up to level Division One was probably a breath of fresh the Premier Division. five standard and they now possess a stand air & Darren & Andy took it on the chin & By 1968, the club had moved to the Premier for 200 spectators and also erected a covered set out to earn promotion back to the Premier Division of the Middlesex League, which area behind one goal.

Division but with 19 games to play, it Season 2006/07 had Chessington languishing was their first taste of intermediate football. seemed a bridge too far until a run of just in the relegation zone but 15 matches They ended that first season as Runners-up unbeaten saw them finish a creditable 10th two defeats & two draws & a dramatic final and were consequently admitted to the Surrey position. 2007/08 season saw us use a huge game of the season when, 1-3 down at HT v County Senior League – a major milestone number of players who had us playing some Alton Town & Worcester Park beating Banstead in the club’s history. Even more significantly, good attacking football, but the weather it all seemed in vain until a strange they became Division 1 Champions in caught us napping, & with only one match in twist of fortune as the lads scored four 2nd the 1970-71 season. In 1972, the club joined eight weeks, finally finished the season once half goals & Banstead won at Worcester Park the Home Counties League and continued to again mid-table. play in the League until the formation of the 2008/09 & saw the introduction of a new to send the mammoth crowd of over 350 deliriou that means we finish third in the table manager after Paul Norris decided to step current Combined Counties League in 1978. down after 10 years. Enter Glynn Stephens as above Worcester Park & back in the Premier That season, the most successful in the manager.

Glynn had been reserve team manager Division, unfortunately, we couldn’t sustain club’s history, when they brought home seven at Ashford Town (Middx) after a glittering our Premier Division status, once again, trophies! playing career amongst some of the top our pitch lets us down leaving us to play 16 Despite the successes of the late 70s, the Ryman teams, but he took to it admirably & games in 34 days, a bridge too far as we end club’s fortunes declined alarmingly in the took the team to its second highest finish of up 2nd bottom to be relegated to Div One. early 80s. Relegation to the Surrey Premier 6th, since we entered this competition.

League was quickly followed by further demotion Four years later & sadly, Glynn found the going Fifth in the following season meant we’d be once again playing Division One in 2017/18. tough & halfway through the 20011/12 to the Surrey Combination, Bankruptcy season, parted company with the Club.

In for was a real possibility. The introduction Glynn came once again……...Paul (Nogsy) This season 2022/23 we welcome Glynn of a new management team in 1986, led Norris!! Nogsy changed the team around in an effort Stephens as First Team Manager after our

by Chairman Graham Ellis, (of Hook United to save the Club from relegation, but move into the SCFL & Hook Youth) saw a rebirth of the club all in vain as we finished third from bottom, and return to former glory under the banner only Banstead Athletic & Mole Valley ‘Chessington & Hook United FC’ & ex-skipper SCR were below us, but our fate was in the Eric Wicks as Manager & Graham’s son hands of a relegated Whyteleafe team who Paul assistant. By 1994, they were back in the were bottom of Ryman South but decided not to come down to CCL but enter the Kent Surrey Premier League, by just one point to League leaving us free to continue our quest make a welcome return to Senior football in for success in this League! 2013/14, Nogsy the Combined Counties League. Eric stands left the Club in October that year, leaving his down due to work commitments, Paul takes assistant Andrew Ellis to take charge. the reins. Chessington played through to the League Cup Final in their first season versus Ash United at Woking, only to lose 6-1.

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