Saturday 21st November 2015 Kick-off 3.00pm

V ENFIELD TOWNRyman League Premier Division

At Mill Field, Aveley RM15 4SR

SPONSORED BY ANTHONY AUGER

NEXT HOME MATCH

Sunday 29th November 2015 Kick-off 2.00pm

V CORINTHIAN-CASUALS

FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round

INSIDE COVER

Today’s

Line-Ups

Sat. 21st

November 2015

Referee:

MATTHEW LEE

Assistant Referees:

RICHARD SARGEANT

NIGEL BAKER

NEXT HOME MATCHSunday 29th November 2015 Kick-off 2.00pm

V CORINTHIAN-CASUALSFA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round

FROM:Lamar Johnson (GK)Sean CroninJay LeaderJey SivaJake HutchingsTommy CummingsKenny Beaney (c)James StevensBradley TomlinsonDumebi GB-DumakaJoao CarlosAlex AddaiRoman Michael-PercilGus DouglasLuke IfilGlen LittleMark BentleyHarry AgombarPerry TamburriniJermaine OseiCallum MalteseGeorge Kamurasi (GK)Mason BloomfieldMontel AgyemangDanny Burnett-Williams

GRAYS ATHLETICBlue

FROM:Nathan McDonald (GK)Joe StevensClaudiu VilcuHarold JosephStanley MuguoTyler CampbellNathan LivingsCorey WhitelyBobby DevyneTayshan Hayden-SmithHarry OttawayJandir da CruzDernell WynterMickey ParcellSamir BihmoutineJordan LockieRicky GabrielOlumide DurejayiRyan DoyleDavid Hughes

ENFIELD TOWNWhite

First of all may I extend a very warm wel-

come to the Directors, staff, players and

supporters of our visitors Enfield Town.

Hopefully traffic wasn’t too bad getting

here and you will have a safe and swift

journey home after the match.

The two Clubs have been regular oppo-

nents over the past few seasons, and

although it was ultimately a disappointing

night for us, the play-off game at the

Queen Elizabeth II Stadium stands out as

the highlight. The two sets of supporters

standing shoulder to shoulder watching the

penalty shoot-out epitomises what non-

league football is all about. Penalties have

been a somewhat sore point for us recent-

ly, including losing out to Witham in the

Essex Senior Cup after a 0-0 draw that we

could easily have won by five or six!

Last Saturday saw us survive the weath-

er, to progress to the final qualifying round

of the FA Trophy with a 2-0 win at Waltham

Abbey thanks to goals by Harry Agombar

and Kenny Beaney. Monday’s draw saw us

come out at home to Ryman South side

Corinthian-Casuals. That match will be

played on Sunday 29 November, kick-off

2.00pm. Next Tuesday, we travel back to

Wingate & Finchley to try to avenge an

unlucky defeat in the League, and thereby

book a place in the Quarter-Finals of the

Robert Dyas League Cup for the third year

running. Our success in the Cup competi-

tions has seen a backlog of League games

building up; we will now visit Needham

Market on 12th January.

Back to today’s match, our last League

game was a fortnight ago when we beat

Burgess Hill Town 2-0, that at the time of

writing puts us in 10th place 9 points

behind leaders Dulwich Hamlet with three

games in hand. Enfield Town recovered

from a poor start to the season to record

six wins in a row, but come into today’s

match off the back of a 2-2 draw against

Bil lericay Town and a 2-0 defeat to

Thamesmead Town in last weekend’s F A

Trophy game.

A small trivia question came up the other

night, the answer to which, for once, can’t

be found on Chris Jones’ excellent site…..

The Grays Athletic side lined up Smith,

Kenny Brown, Burns, Mason, Gould, Leahy,

Woodward, Pepperell, Middleton, Popham

and Newton – what was the match?

All that is left to say is to enjoy the

match, get behind your teams and we hope

to see you all again very soon.

Keith Burns

Thoughts From

The Board

With Chairman

Keith Burns

Who’s Who at

Grays Athletic

Officials &

Committee

Grays Athletic

Football Club

Club

Honours

Conference South

Founder Member Club: 2004-05

Champions: 2004-05

Corinthian League

Founder Member Club: 1945-46

Champions: 1945-46

Runners Up: 1956-57, 1954-55, 1951-52

London League Premier

Champions: 1929-30, 1926-27, 1921-22

Runners Up: 1930-31, 1928-29, 1927-28, 1920-21, 1914-15

Isthmian League Division One

Runners Up: 1999-00, 1987-88

Isthmian League North Division

Champions: 2012-13

Isthmian League Division Two South

Champions: 1984-85

Athenian League

Founder Member Club: 1912-13

Runners Up: 1982-83

FA Trophy

Winners: 2005-06, 2004-05

FA Cup

2nd Round: 2005-06

1st Round: 2008-09, 2003-04, 2001-02, 2000-01, 1988-89, 1952-53

Isthmian League Cup

Winners: 1991-92

Runners Up: 2014-15

Athenian League Cup

Runners Up: 1979-80, 1977-78

London League Challenge Cup

Winners: 1936-1937

Corinthian Memorial Shield

Winners: 1979-80, 1977-78, 1946-47, 1945-46

East Anglian Cup

Winners: 1944-45

Runners Up: 1954-55, 1943-44

Essex Senior Cup

Winners: 1994-95, 1993-94, 1987-88, 1956-57, 1944-45, 1922-23,

1920-21, 1914-15

Runners Up: 2012-13, 1988-89, 1965-66, 1957-58, 1954-55, 1953-54,

1952-53, 1925-26, 1923-24, 1919-20

Essex Thameside Trophy

Winners: 2001-02, 1990-91, 1988-89, 1987-88, 1980-81, 1978-79,

1947-48

Runners Up: 1993-94, 1985-86, 1984-85, 1968-69, 1961-62, 1958-59,

1945-46

Essex Elizabethan Trophy

Winners: 1976-77

Runners Up: 1965-66

GRAYS ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLuB (1982) LTD

First Team Manager: Mark Bentley

Reserves Manager: Rainer Hein

Coach/Scout: David Raven

Physiotherapist: Jack Hughes

Kitman: Sim Madgewick

Youth Development: Rainer Hein

CLuB OFFICIALS AND VOLuNTEERS

Chairman: Keith Burns

Vice Chairman: Danny Swallow

Chief Executive Officer: Joel Nathan

Secretary: Janet Packer

Programme Editor: Glyn Balmer

Assistant Programme Editor: Glyn Jarvis

Programme Production: Mark Kettlety (MK Publications)

Website Manager: Rob Seaman

Fundraising: GAFC 1890 Supporters Trust

Stadium Safety Officer: Steve Boughen

LIFE PRESIDENTS

Alan Barnard, Glyn Jarvis, Jamie Lee, Tony Packer

Fred Saxton, Jeff Saxton, John Turner

GRAYS ATHLETIC 1890 SuPPORTERS TRuST

Chairman: Fred Wakeling

Vice Chairman: Steve Skinner

Secretary: David Barnes

Treasurer: Anthony Auger

Registered Office : 21 St Johns Road, Chadwell St Mary,

Essex RM16 4JU Registered Number: 01651326

Prediction

League

Who Will Win

This Season?

League Table 2015-2016 as at 5pm,

Saturday 14th November 2015

1st Glynbo 1527

2nd Flintstone 1445

3rd Magic 1421

4th Ashingdonblue 1410

5th Miller 1404

6th Graham 1376

7th Graysgooner 1357

8th Stewieg 1356

9th JDockerill2025 1311

10th Brian 1295

11th Graysblue 1291

12th Stiffordblue 1261

13th TerryTibbs 1890 1250

14th Pasha 1248

15th Robbo 1245

16th Teamtalksrus 1243

17th Jack C 1232*

18th Tony Packer 1231

19th Kris 1223

20th PDoc1967 1209*

21st John M 1193

22nd Muttley 1184

23rd Don 1159

24th Wolfie 1143

25th Kim Ross 1139*

26th Gwatts 1127

27th Gazza56 1105

27th Blueblood 1105

29th Mickyrod 1096

30th Elizabeth 1093*

31st Coursie 1087*

32nd Grayscan 1062*

33rd Shepherd 1058

34th Rhino1890 1033

35th David 996

36th Stephen 942

37th Mr Bridger 888*

38th Welchandmahoney 634

* indicates missed prediction

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING.The following are arrestable offences under the Football (Offences & Disorder)

Act 1999.

1. Throwing of an object within the ground without lawful authority or excuse.

2. The chanting of anything indecent, racial or homophobic comments

3. Entry onto the playing area or any adjacent area to which spectators are not generally

admitted without lawful authority or excuse. Conviction could result in a Football Banning

Order being made for ALL grounds in the country, together with the surrender of passport

whenever England are playing abroad.

4. Alcohol may not be consumed with sight of the playing surface (The club may at its dis-

cretion relax this rule, by using plastic glasses for friendly fixtures).

Any breach of these regulations will lead in the first instance to ejection from the ground,

but could also lead to the suspension of season tickets, and Grays Athletic and the Police

issuing a football banning order.

Grays Athletic wish to encourage families and genuine supporters to visit home matches

and hope they enjoy the match-day experience in a safe and friendly atmosphere.

Ryman League

Premier Division

Directory

Of Clubs

Billericay Town FC “The Blues” New Lodge, Blunts Wall Road, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9SA

http://www.billericaytownfc.co.uk/

Bognor Regis Town FC “The Rocks”Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 2TY

http://www.therocks.co.uk/

Brentwood Town FC “The Blues” The Arena, Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood,

Essex CM15 9NN http://brentwoodtownfc.co.uk/

Burgess Hill FC “The Hillians” Leylands Park, Maple Drive, Burgess Hill,West Sussex

RH15 8DL http://www.bhtfc.co.uk/

Canvey Island FC “The Gulls”The Prospect Stadium, Park Lane, Canvey Island, Essex,

SS8 7PX http://canveyislandfc.com/home

Dulwich Hamlet FC “The Hamlet” Champion Hill Stadium, Edgar Kail Way, Dog Kennel Hill,

East Dulwich, London, SE22 8DB http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet/

East Thurrock united FC “The Rocks” Rookery Hill, Corringham, Essex, SS17 9LB

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/eastthurrockunited/

Enfield Town FC “Towners” Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, Donkey Lane, Enfield, Middlesex,

EN1 3PL http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/enfieldtown/

Farnborough FC “Boro” Cherrywood Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8UD

http://www.farnboroughfc.co.uk/

Grays Athletic FC “The Blues” Mill Field, Aveley, Essex, RM15 4SJ (Groundsharing with

Aveley FC) http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/graysathletic/

Hampton & R.B. FC “The Beavers” The Beveree Stadium, Beaver Close, Station Road, Hampton,

Middlesex, TW12 2BX

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hamptonrichmondboroughfc/

Harrow Borough FC “The Boro” Earlsmead, Corylean Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 8SS

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/harrowborough/

Hendon FC “The Greens” Earlsmead, Corylean Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex,

HA2 8SS (Groundsharing with Harrow Borough FC) http://www.hendonfc.net/

Kingstonian FC “The K’s” Kingsmeadow Stadium, 422a Kingston Road,

Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 3PB (Groundsharing with AFC Wimbledon)

http://www.kingstonian.com/

Leatherhead FC “The Tanners” Fetcham Grove, Guildford Road, Leatherhead, Surrey,

KT22 9AS http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/leatherhead/

Leiston FC “The Blues” Victory Road, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4DQ

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/leistonfc/

Lewes FC “The Rooks” The Dripping Pan, Mountfield Road, Lewes, East Sussex

BN7 3XD http://www.lewesfc.com/

Merstham FC “The Moatsiders ” Weldon Way, Merstham, Surrey, RH1 3QB

http://www.mersthamfc.co.uk/

Metropolitan Police FC “The Blues”Imber Court, Sports Ground, Ember Lane, East Molesey,

Surrey, KT8 0BT http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/metropolitanpolicefc/

Needham Market FC “The Marketmen” ‘Bloomfields’ Quinton Road, Needham Market, Ipswich,

Suffolk IP6 8DA http://www.needhammarketfc.co.uk

Staines Town FC “The Swans” Wheatsheaf Park, Wheatsheaf Ln, Staines, Middlesex

TW18 2PD http://stainestownfootballclub.co.uk/

Tonbridge Angels FC “The Angels” Longmead Stadium, Darenth Avenue, Tonbridge, Kent,

TN10 3JF http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/tonbridgeangelsfc/

VCD Athletic FC “The Vickers”Oakwood, Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DN

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/vcdathleticfc/

Wingate & Finchley FC “The Blues” The Harry Abrahams Stadium, Sumners Lane, Finchley,

London, N12 0PD http://www.wingatefinchley.com/

Benno & His

Blue Notes

With

Mark Bentley

Good afternoon and welcome back to

Aveley for this League game with

Enfield.

Today we will be certainly expecting

a very tough game against a side that

are much better than the League table

would suggest and at present are one

of the form teams. I will be looking

for a much improved performance

than that of our last couple of games.

Although we have got the wins in

these games, I think our levels of per-

formance have not been to the high

standards we set ourselves. One big

positive though is we have got

through the games in very difficult

conditions; this could be what we face

now with the winter months ahead.

With our young side I'm looking for

the few experienced guys to get

everyone together and pull them

through. I will be looking for more

consistency in the League trying to

string a few wins together.

The way the League is panning out,

three quarters of the teams will feel

they have a chance to get amongst

the front runners, so consistency is

key. We did it last year and I believe

we are stronger in terms of squad

depth, but that is not to say I am not

looking to improve it. We have some

good games coming up over the next

month or two including an important

FA Trophy game next week where we

will certainly be looking to progress to

the competition proper. The added

bonus at the moment is I have a full

squad fit and well which gives me big

selection headaches. For the first

time I have to make the tough deci-

sions to leave good players out of the

squad completely. They get very frus-

trated which is understandable, but

they just have to be patient as there

are many games to play and they

must be ready to play when called

upon again.

Enjoy the game and get behind the

lads today as your support really does

help.

Benno

“With our young

side I'm looking

for the few

experienced

guys to get

everyone together

and pull them

through”

Grays Athletic

On Film

With thanks to

Peter Jackson

Grays Athleticv

Burgess Hill Town

FA Trophy

2015-16

3rd Qualifying

Round

1 FC United of Manchester v AFC Telford United

2 Solihull Moors v Boston United

3 Leamington or Rushall Olympic v Hednesford Town

4 Stourbridge v Spennymoor Town

5 Harrogate Town v Curzon Ashton

6 Marine or Kidsgrove Athletic v Burscough

7 Corby Town v Tamworth

8 Gainsborough Trinity v Ashton United

9 Brackley Town v Worcester Town

10 Chorley v Skelmersdale United

11 Warrington Town v AFC Fylde

12 Buxton v Bradford (Park Avenue)

13 Matlock Town v Blyth Spartans

14 Nuneaton Town v Alfreton Town

15 Sutton Coldfield Town v Stalybridge Celtic

16 North Ferriby United v Stocksbridge Park Steels

17 Stockport County v Nantwich Town

18 Merthyr Town v East Thurrock United

19 Hampton & Richmond Borough v Maidstone United

20 Ebbsfleet United v Molesey

21 Maidenhead United v Bideford

22 Cirencester Town v Gosport Borough

23 Hungerford Town v Thamesmead Town

24 Tilbury v Bishop’s Stortford

25 Weston Super Mare v Hitchin Town

26 Oxford City v Marlow

27 Chelmsford City v Gloucester City

28 Lowestoft Town v St Albans City

29 Metropolitan Police v Wealdstone

30 Hemel Hempstead Town v Weymouth

31 Dartford v Whitehawk

32 Concord Rangers v Sutton United

33 Frome Town v Chesham United

34 Bury Town v Thurrock

35 Dulwich Hamlet v Margate

36 Grays Athletic v Corinthian Casuals

37 Bognor Regis Town v Bath City

38 Havant & Waterlooville v Basingstoke Town

39 Hayes & Yeading United v Eastbourne Borough

40 Kingstonian v Truro City

The Club currently requires additional help on match days in

a variety of different roles including the following:

* Assistance in the Board Room

* Programme / Raffle Sales

* Operate on various gates throughout the ground

* Ballboys

If you would like to be part of the team, and are able to commit to

a number of set dates throughout the season, please see any Club

Official in person, or contact via email

(graysathleticfc@hotmail.co.uk)

If you can help, you wouldn't be expected to keep with the same

position all season, and we are looking at putting

together a rota once we know who we have available.

1. Stenhousemuir 2. Everton3. Gareth Southgate (1995-2001), DavidJames (2000-01), Gareth Barry (2000-09), Darius Vassell (2002-04), AshleyYoung (2007-11), Gabriel Agbonlahor(2008-09), Emile Heskey (2009-10),James Milner (2009-10) and FabianDelph (2014-15).4. Celtic Park, Hampden Park, RugbyPark, Tannadice Park, Fir Park, East EndPark, Dens Park, McDiarmid Park,Somerset Park, Stark's Park, St MirrenPark, Station Park [Forfar], PalmerstonPark [QotS], Victoria Park [RossCounty], Stair Park [Stranraer], NewDouglas Park [Hamilton], Gayfield Park,[Arbroath], Links Park [Montrose],Central Park [Cowdenbeath], OchilviewPark [Stenhousemuir and EastStirlingshire], Glebe Park [Brechin]5.Steve Staunton or Damien Duff6. Stenhousemuir7. Ron Springett, Peter Bonetti, JimmyArmfield, Ron Flowers, Norman Hunter,George Eastham and Gerry Byrne8. Chelsea (1-0, 18th September 1999)and West Ham United (1-0, 10thFebruary 2007 and 2-0, 31st October2015).9. Stenhousemuir10. Leeds United

Quiz Answers

MAN OF THE MATCH AND PLAYER OFTHE MONTH SELECTIONS

OCTOBER 2015This season, supporters once again have

an opportunity to vote for their Man of theMatch after every first team game. All youhave to do is register on the fans’ forum atwww.graysathletic.co.uk, go to the section‘Man of the Match’ and cast your vote.Each month all the votes are added togeth-er to determine the ‘Player of the Month’and the results are reported here in thisMatch Day Programme. There is a bottle ofchampagne for the winner, donated by asupporter.

For October, we are delighted that sup-porter, Supporters Trust Functions Officerand Prediction League organiser, PhilBoston, is this month’s sponsor. ThanksPhil. He will have the pleasure of present-ing the bubbly to our winner before today’smatch.

During the month, we played eight games- three in the Ryman League PremierDivision, three in the F A Cup, one in the FA Trophy and one in the League Cup. In theLeague we beat Lewes, but lost toKingstonian and Leatherhead, all gamesbeing played at Mill Field. In the FA Cup wewon at Hanwell Town, drew at home toWelling, but lost the replay away. We beatBiggleswade Town in the F A Trophy andEast Thurrock in the League Cup (on penal-ties); both ties were at Mill Field.So our overall record was four wins, a drawand three defeats. We scored a total of 12goals and conceded 14 in all competitions. Based on your votes, the ‘Man of the Match’for each match was as follows:Kingstonian (h) lost 1-3 – Roman Michael-PercilEast Thurrock (h) won on penalties after a2-2 draw at 90 minutes – George KamurasiHanwell Town (a) won 2-1 – RomanMichael-PercilLeatherhead (h) lost 0-2 – Jey SivaLewes (h) won 4-0 – Dumebi GB-DumakaWelling (h) drew 1-1 – Mark BentleyWelling (a) lost 0-4 – Joao CarlosBiggleswade Town (h) won 2-1 – JakeHutchings

Four players were in the running for the‘Player of the Month’ Award. Between themthey polled over 55% of the total votescast. In 4th place, it was our leading strik-er, Dumebi GB-Dumaka who starred in our4-0 home win against Lewes. He has nowscored 16 goals in as many starts this sea-son. 3rd was our manager and midfieldmaestro, Mark Bentley. He was outstandingin our 1-1 F A Cup draw at home to Wellingand showed again that his experience isinvaluable on, and off, the pitch. The run-ner-up was squad goalkeeper, GeorgeKamurasi. He only played in one game inOctober, the penalty shoot-out triumph overEast Thurrock, but not for the first time, hispenalty saves were crucial in helping usthough to the next round and he was thefans overwhelming choice for ‘Man of theMatch’. The votes he received in the gamewere the highest recorded for a single play-er in any game so far this season. Welldone, George!

The winner in October, for the secondmonth running, was our flying winger,Roman Michael-Percil, who polled over 20%of the votes cast. He produced ‘Man of theMatch’ performances in the home defeat toKingstonian and in the F.A.Cup win atHanwell Town. Congratulations again,Roman! (pictured below)

We must also again thank Glyn Balmer, ourProgramme Editor and Supporters TrustMembership Secretary and Phil Boston.After each game they publish the squad ofplayers involved in the match on the fans’forum, so we can all cast our vote for ourchoice of best player.

Special

Feature

Unofficial

Fans Forum

Half-Time

Quiz

By Jenny "Quiz

Inquizitor" Jarvis

Some questions have been espe-

cially formulated for Stewie G!

Enjoy!!

1. Name the football club which has

a bar called "The Wee Bar"

2. Which premier football club was

originally known as St Domingo's?

3. Which nine Aston Villa players

were capped by England in the 21st

century?

4. There are 21 Scottish League

Football Stadiums with names that

officially end in Park, even though

Park may not be in common usage,

name any 15!

5. Shay Given (right), Robbie Keane

and Kevin Kilbane are 3 of the 5 Irish

Footballers to win over 100 Caps.

Name 1 of the other 2.

6. Name the football club with the

nickname "The Warriors"

7. When England won the football

World Cup in 1966 seven of the

squad did not get a game in the

finals can you name them (they were

finally awarded medals in 2009)?

8. Which two London Clubs have

Watford beaten in the Premier

League?

9. Which football club has a stand

called "The Norway Stand"

10. Which was the last team to win

the English League before the

Premier League was born?

Saturday 14 November 2015

FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round

At Cappershotts.

Report from the Non League Paper

by Alex Roberts

Waltham Abbey 0-2 Grays Athletic

BEANEY DELIVERS ON HIS RETuRN

Kenny Beaney, a second-half substitute,

scored on his return from injury to help

Grays Athletic to victory at Waltham Abbey

in the FA Trophy second qualifying round.

The 28-year-old midfielder and skipper of

the Blues added to Harry Agombar’s early

effort to keep his side in the hat, as they

look to lift the FA Trophy for the third time

after back-to-back triumphs in 2005 and

2006.

It did not take long for Agombar, who left

Swindon Town in the summer, to open the

scoring. His cross-shot deceived goalkeeper

Anthony Page in the opening minute and

went over his head into the top corner.

Grays then soaked up some Abbey pressure

for the remainder of the first half, although

full back Tommy Cummings nearly made it

2-0 for the visitors on the stroke of half-time

when his strong effort hit the post with Page

well beaten.

But the second goal did arrive four minutes

into the second half when Beaney struck.

Playing his first match after returning to the

side following a previous hamstring strain

towards the end of Grays’ FA Cup fourth

qualifying round home draw with Welling

United on 25 October, Beaney ghosted in

unmarked from the left hand side of the box

and planted a neat side-foot firmly into the

bottom corner after a great turn and cross

from the right by Bradley Tomlinson.

Waltham put a good fight for the remain-

der of the game, but could not breach the

Blues’ defence as they slipped out of the

competition for another year.

STAR MAN: Luke Ifil (Grays Athletic)

ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: *** out of five.

ATTENDANCE: 146

Grays Athletic

FC

Match

Report

PHOTO WITH

THANKS TO

PETER JACKSON

Grays

Athletic FC

Club

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This page details supporters and businesses who have purchased a season ticket for

2015-2016, our 125th Anniversary season. The club and Trust wish to send our thanks to

all, and hope they enjoy their season ticket.

Glyn Jarvis Ben Wayment

Fred Wakeling Oscar Wayment

Steve Skinner George Watts

Charlie Skinner David Barnes

Glyn Balmer David Barnes - Community Chest (1)

Alan Roberts David Barnes - Community Chest (2)

Mick Green Phyllis Hollands

Stewart Goshawk Carol Tillett

Alan Webb Colin Tillett

Rebecca Webb Graham Deats

Anne Paveley Jennie Deats

John Paveley Wayne Durrell

Brian Page Phillip Parker

Phil Boston Martin Howes

Peter Symons Jack Howes

Peter Symons (2) David Seaman

Steve Allen Kim Ross

R J Bloomfield Peter Jackson

Mike Love Peter Sheppard (Prediction League Winner 2014-15)

Alan England Traitors Gate

Essex Tarpaulin The Trop Shop

ET Marine Grayers Graphics

Smiths Orchard Garden Centre Paragon Independent Ltd

Tag Construction Affordable Carpets

KB Coaches Anthony Auger

Essex Industrial Clarendon

Tilbury Tiles The Ship

The White Hart

The list will be updated throughout the season as more season tickets are sold. For full

details of the season ticket packages available please visit

http://www.graysathletic.co.uk/news/201516-season-ticket-packages-1432320.html

Regular

Feature

50 Shades

Of Grays

Hello everybody and welcome to this

Ryman Premier game against Enfield Town.

In my last article, I was moaning about the

village of Mayland, where we now live. I

mentioned the locals have some strange

ways, parking on the road and leaving their

driveways empty etc, but a new personal

bugbear got me this week! The date was

Monday 16th November and one of my

neighbours already has a Christmas tree up

and decorated! I know there are plenty of

other religious festivals throughout the

year, but I have done my research (quick

bog in the window while out walking to the

pub) and it is definitely a Christmas tree! If

I put my tree up this week, I don't think it

would make December before I got fed up

with it! The only possible reason that I can

think of is that my neighbour must work in

retail and has already had her Christmas

decorations up at work since August!

Talking of shops, it is that time of year

again that I start online shopping. There is

no way that I'm plodding around Lakeside

when I can have everything delivered to my

work and then I don't run the risk of her

indoors finding out what I've bought when

she wants to get something out from the

wardrobe!

That said, online shopping is not without

its own setbacks! Entering your address

about five times then realising that you

wanted a separate billing and delivery

address! Some places even want you to

put your country in you address and you

have to do this from a drop down box. The

list is in alphabetical order so firstly I

search for “Britain”, no, then “England”, er

no, then “Great Britain”, still no, until even-

tually “United Kingdom” turns up! Then

guess what happens? I select United

Kingdom only to be told “sorry your

request has timed out”, so not only was it

an aptitude test to find out the correct

name of where I live, I'm also being pitted

against the clock! Think I'm going to move

to Albania next year, failing that, it defi-

nitely won't be Zimbabwe!

Talking of Christmas and shopping, I have

got to get Thanksgiving out of the way

first! It's basically Christmas Day without

the presents. I'm off to Connecticut to

meet the North American branch of GAFC

and Cara is taking their Supporters Trust

membership cards to present them in per-

son, well it is her brother and his young

family! Anyway, I have a few games of

golf, and beer sessions planned for over

there, plus will take time to do my article

for the FA Trophy game against Corinthian-

Casuals!

Enjoy the game and see you in December!

Parker

Raven's

Ramblings

By

David Raven

We're nearly at the midway point of theseason having played 27 games - at least31 more to go now - and the half-termreport isn't looking too shabby at themoment. After 17 League games we areenjoying our best spell in the RymanPremier League in our third campaign atthis level. We are still in the League Cupand the FA Trophy and after a bit of astumble we appear to have found our feetagain. We are approaching that time of theseason when it appears that the early sea-son positivity and investment throughoutthe division makes way for realism andausterity and the player-go-round starts upin earnest - there are already players ontheir 5th club this season - and results goall over the place. The division is alreadytight with just 9 points separating the top10 and 16 points separating the play-offplaces and the relegation zone and withteams having up to 7 games in hand ontheir rivals...you just can't take your eyesoff it!

It was recently revealed, probably toIndependent readers, that the Clubs thatlook down on the pyramid...to be fair theylook down on anything below UEFA bags ofcash...are bringing fewer players throughtheir academies. Many reasons are given,but possibly the most pointless and bizarrereason is when a child comes into theworld. If junior pops out at the start ofBlighty's academic year, their chances ofselection for progress are considerablyhigher than those of the sprogs unfortu-nate enough to be born in November or,heaven forbid, the following July. A studyrevealed, titter ye not, that older childrenare usually taller and more physicallydeveloped. Seriously? They spent moneyto work that out? It just so happens theydid and it turns out there are top flightacademy sides made up entirely of playersborn in September and October and selec-tion was based more on height and physi-cality than anything else. Sounds familiarand so typical of the mentality towardsplayer development in this country...Messiwould have stood little chance in England.

All is not lost though. It's all a tad unfair,apparently, so one suggested solution

being tested is 'bio banding' which involvesusing a complicated formula which factorsin the height of the players' parents todetermine which players play in whichgroup and gives those players waiting fortheir growth spurt more of an even chanceto push onwards and upwards.

It was recently revealed, not just toIndependent readers, that there is some-thing called non league football. Thisremarkable discovery was made by someformer footballers what was all born in1992 in the same hostipal room inMangechester. Salford was already knownto us Murkeyside folk because it has dockswhen it's 2,738 miles from the sea, butnow it's properly on the map because somehas-beens got a bit fed up of spending mil-lions of pounds on stuff and decided toinvent non league football by investing in aslice of a football Club and then selling halfof it to a foreign billionaire investor. Themedia frenzy has even risen above JurgenKlopp levels of embarrassing. Don't getme wrong, it is fantastic there is someattention on the non league game, but youwould think our wonderfully communityfocused Beeb would represent proper foot-ball in a balanced way that is good foreveryone involved. We live in hope!

It was recently revealed that if you areshort of excitement, have a spare hour andyou just happen to be in the vicinity ofLoughton or Waltham Abbey in the lateafternoon when the roads appear to beemptier then I can highly recommend thenumber 66 rollercoaster. At £3.50 returnfor grown-ups you will get the bestest,longest white knuckle ride this side of thelunatic conductores that hurtle around theCancun lagoon. After watching the Abbotshost the Millers recently I quite literallycouldn't wait to get back on the bus andspend 20 minutes dodging the ceiling,takeaway packaging and something thatlooked like it crawled out of a slurry pit.Before I wander off again I was returningfrom a-rambling recently and was waitingfor the usual delayed 'service' at the trainstation when I decided to get my pads outand get started on my notes. A local gen-tleman bereft of his 'crewe' must have

On This

Day In History

21st

November

1967: Foot-and-mouth slaughter rate soars

The number of animals slaughtered in thelatest epidemic of foot-and-mouth diseasehas reached a record high of 134,000.More than 70 fresh outbreaks were con-firmed today, bringing the total to 746since the first case last month. The epi-demic is now the worst this century.

There were 40 fresh cases in Cheshire, akey dairy-producing county at the centre ofthe epidemic. A further 13 were diagnosedin neighbouring Shropshire, where the firstoutbreak was reported. Northamptonshirealso confirmed its first case. The Ministryof Agriculture has issued farmers with fourmeasures which it says will help containthe epidemic:* Keep as many animals as possible undercover* Split livestock into separate units wherepracticable* Have all animals examined at least everyday* Keep people and vehicles off the farmsby arranging a farm-gate collection anddelivery service

Fred Peart, the Minister for Agriculture,told MPs the epidemic is being contained,despite the gravity of the situation. "If thepresent united effort is kept up we shallwin through," he said. The government isfollowing a ruthless slaughter policy, in linewith previous methods for dealing with thedisease. Under the policy, all the animalson a farm where an outbreak is confirmedare killed.

Some farmers have argued vaccinationwould be a more humane way of dealingwith the disease. The government, howev-er, believes it would cost too much andwould not cover all types of farm animal.

The government is committed to paying anestimated £8m in compensation to farmersafter the first month alone. But the NationalFarmers' Union points out that the actuallosses to the farmer are far higher. Apartfrom the lost income, there is also theincalculable loss caused by the destructionof a lifetime's work. Many of the animalsslaughtered come from long-establishedpedigree herds, built up over generations.Yesterday, 60 of the Duke of Westminster's300-strong Eaton herd of pedigree DairyShorthorns on one of his farms nearChester were slaughtered after the diseasewas confirmed there. The herd dates backto 1880, and included current show champi-ons.

It's still not known what caused the cur-rent outbreak, although veterinary officerssay investigations are proceeding. One the-ory is that the virus was brought into thecountry in imported frozen beef. Suggest-ions that the beef may have come fromArgentina, a key source of Britain's frozenbeef imports, are being strongly denied bythe Argentine government.

Selection of matches on this day1914-15 FA Amateur Cup 2nd Qualifying Rd H Custom House W 9 - 01931-32 FA Amateur Cup 4th Qualifying Rd A Colchester Town L 1 - 41959-60 FA Amateur Cup 4th Qualifying Rd H St Albans City W 2 - 11964-65 Athenian League Premier A Redhill L 0 - 51970-71 Athenian League Premier A Wembley W 7 - 31972-73 Kent Floodlight League A Gravesend & Northfleet L 1 - 51981-82 League Cup - Athenian 1st Round A Uxbridge L 2 - 41987-88 FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round H Welling Utd L 0 - 21992-93 Isthmian League Premier Division H Sutton United L 1 - 31998-99 FA Trophy 2nd Round H Whyteleafe L 2 - 32009-10 Football Conference National A Gateshead L 0 - 3

thought a like-minded companion hadjoined his vigil and was ready to record therolling stock of these parts. In all fairness,we could have been peas from the samepod with the exception of his flask. Mynew trainspotting friend took a pew andtook a glance at my scribblings and won-dered wide-eyed and aloud what in criminyI was doing. He nodded in all the rightplaces and seemed to understand thewords tactics, formation and set piecesbefore informing me it was all a bit toogeeky before scurrying off to the far end ofthe platform to wait for the next EMU378/2 Capitalstar.

Today, we host an Enfield Town side look-ing for their first League win against theBlues since April 2012. In that game

Kenny Beaney, Joao Carlos and HarryAgombar all played for the Blues, whileTyler Campbell scored for the Towners andJordan Lockie also featured in a 3-0 win atRookery Hill. All five players are in con-tention to play this afternoon! In my timeat the Club I don't think we've had a poorgame between the two sides and I includethe ressies in that. The Towners had apoor start to the season with 5 points in 9games, but have since lost just one of thelast 8 League games and have one of thebest defensive records in the division...justas the Blues have rediscovered their scor-ing touch, so expect a battle. Promises tobe a decent game... Time to ram-ble on ..

THE ALAN TuRVEY TROPHY (LEAGuE CuP)

SPONSORED BY ROBERT DYAS – QuARTER FINALS

Kingstonian are waiting for their next opponents in the Alan Turvey Trophy

sponsored by Robert Dyas to book their berth after the draw for the quarter-

finals of the Isthmian League Cup was made last week.

With the outcome of seven other third round ties still to be decided, the K's

are the only side already through after their 2-1 win over Farnborough in the

last round. The Ryman Premier side, who knocked out holders Hendon in the

second round, will travel to either top flight rivals Leiston or Great Wakering

Rovers in the competition's last eight.

Grays Athletic, last season's losing finalists to the Greens at Whyteleafe's

Church Road, will travel to either Brightlingsea Regent or Enfield Town if they

can overcome Wingate & Finchley at the Harry Abrahams Stadium later this

month.

The Isthmian League Cup was sponsored for the first time two seasons ago

by Robert Dyas, a subsidiary of the Isthmian League's title sponsors Ryman.

It was renamed the Alan Turvey Trophy before the start of this season in trib-

ute to former Ryman League chairman and current president, Alan Turvey.

As winners, Hendon banked £2500 in prize money last season as well as a

share of the profits from the final, with Grays Athletic collecting £1500 as run-

ners-up. Losing semi-finalists are awarded £750 while clubs reaching the

quarter-finals collect £250.

Quarter Final draw:

Brightlingsea Regent or Enfield Town

v Wingate & Finchley or GRAYS ATHLETIC

Dulwich Hamlet or Faversham Town

v Walton & Hersham or Dorking Wanderers

Hastings United or Sittingbourne

v Tooting & Mitcham United or Corinthian-Casuals

Leiston or Great Wakering Rovers

v Kingstonian

FA Trophy

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Round

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ness of preparation and helped me cope withmy anger. Basically, he worked me out.‘I owe him a lot. He challenged me to believein myself and changed me, in a footballsense, by sending me to study the systems atAjax and Anderlecht. That’s when I realisedI was miles behind. I thought I was a coach,but needed to do so much more to justify thattitle.

‘I watched how they were forceful with theirplayers, but gave them leeway to think forthemselves. Their coaches only step in if thepoint they are trying to make doesn’t comeacross. Afterwards they go and have a beer.It’s very relaxed, jeans, T-shirts, players andcoaches talking about football. There’s trustand respect. The more I looked into theEuropean side of the game the more I start-ed to see a completely different aspect offootball. We attach too much importance totradition in this country. There’s no definitiveway of playing; what can we learn from othernations? How and why are they progressing?‘The one thing I’ve worked really hard on isthe emotional outpouring. I was an emotion-al player who showed passion and commit-ment, but as a manager and a coach you’vegot to lead by a different example. There aretimes you feel the frustration of a fan, whenthat shot just misses, or a chance is lost, butthe approach needs to be more intelligent,because the environment is changing.

‘I played in a promotion-winning team atColchester in 1998. It was a group of drivenindividuals, who developed a real cama-raderie. But what I could never comprehendas a player was why I would always have aheadache after playing against a PremierLeague team, even in a pre-season friendly.‘I’m sure the lower down you go, a player canonly process one movement, one sequence ofplay. Top players process three or four. Theysee it quicker, think quicker and that’s whythey are where they are. To maintain thatlevel of processing information, you’re goingto have to train your brain.

‘I want to improve, further educate myself.I watched Roberto Martinez of Everton put ona couple of training sessions. He taught methat the key to bringing out knowledge is howyou interact with people. He was authorita-tive with his information, but imparted hisknowledge with such enthusiasm. You can’tbe monotone these days. Top managersadapt and move. I like to think I’m a for-ward-thinking young manager, but some peo-ple, in their ignorance, will argue I can’t bebecause I’ve operated in the bottom half ofLeague One. We have to get them to open

their minds a bit more. Don’t judge peopleon who or what they are, or where they’vebeen.’

Being sacked for the first time is a rite ofpassage. When it happened to Waddock, hewas counselled by Bobby Campbell, the for-mer Fulham, Portsmouth and Chelsea manag-er, who is a trusted member of RomanAbramovich’s inner circle. Dunne drew uponthe advice of Tony Pulis, but was still comingto terms with the chasm that separates ideal-ism and pragmatism. ‘Harry Redknapp askedme how many first-team games I’d done. Itold him just over a hundred. He said: “Welldone. If you pass seventy-five then you’reprobably going to stick in the game.” I toldhim he’d made my day. I magpie bits andpieces from all the top managers, but thebest piece of advice I’ve received is not tomodel myself on one individual. I try to bemyself. We work hard down the Leagues, toprogress through the system and people tellme to be more selfish. They think I’m madwhen I say there is more to the game thanwinning. You are judged continually as anindividual and loss of status is massive.You’re told, “Get to the top. Just try and getto the top.”

‘Be careful what you wish for. I see peopleripping the heart out of a Club for their ownends and it does my head in. I suppose I’mtrying to be rational in modern society, whenrationality doesn’t exist. It’s mental. You’rea manager and you ask about the long-termgoal. It’s “Just f*****g get promoted.That’s what we want.” OK, I’ll get you pro-moted, but eventually it is still “See youlater.”

Waddock was not around to share Dunne’sswirling emotions, but he had captured thesubtext of the conversation: ‘We’re all thesame, when the ball is rolled for the firstgame of the season. We’re all going to getpromoted. We’re all going to be successfuland progress our careers. We’re all going toget the sack eventually.’

Neither knew it at the time, but their pathswould cross again, which I will cover inanother piece from the book for your MatchDay Programme, later in the season.Meanwhile, enjoy today’s game as the youngmanagers of Enfield and Grays Athletic,Bradley Quinton and Mark Bentley, continuein their endeavours to make their way on upin the game.

“The Wanderer”

Grays Athletic

FC

GAFC

Supporters Trust

First, I would like to say it has not beena great couple of weeks for three of oursupporters. Carol Tillett, Steve Allen(Muttley) and Alan Mills have all beenunwell, but I am pleased to report that allare on the mend now and are in ourthoughts for a speedy recovery and areturn to our games once they are “matchfit”.

As this is our 125th year, the Club, sup-ported by the Supporters Trust, is puttingon a grand Presentation Night at the end ofthe season to celebrate such a greatachievement. This will be held at theLangdon Hills Golf Club with 120 seatsavailable at £25 each. Full details will fol-low soon. We will be looking for sponsorsfor the cost of tickets for our players andany donations would be gratefullyreceived.

The Club is also looking for someone torun coach trips for a number of our awaygames. Perhaps this is an opportunity forone of the younger supporters to step for-ward, or possibly two supporters whomight “team up” and work together? Your Supporters Trust sponsored our lasthome game, the Essex Senior Cup tieagainst Witham Town, on Wednesday 11November. The donation to the Clubtowards the costs of staging the game waspaid for by three supporters and we thankthem for their help. It was a shame welost on penalties and missed out on theopportunity to progress in the competition.It was still pleasing to see Jake Hutchingsreceive the Man of the Match award for hisperformance on the night. It was his sec-ond award after receiving the accoladeagainst Biggleswade Town in the F ATrophy win on 31 October, soon after hisreturn to the Club, from Heart ofMidlothian in Scotland. Hard to believethat he is still only 19 and even harder tobelieve it is nearly three years since hemade his first team debut! Well done,Jake.

Many of our games are sponsored for therest of the season – see the centre pagesof this programme - but please see me orSteve Skinner if you, or your company, isinterested in receiving details of how youcan get involved in supporting the Club inthis important way.

It’s back to the League today after ourrecent success in the FA Trophy atWaltham Abbey last Saturday. A big wel-come to our visitors from North London,Enfield Town, the first wholly supportersowned and run Club in the country. Wealso welcome Anthony Auger, ourSupporters Trust Treasurer and MatchSponsor for the day.

A final thought from me as I now handback the reins to Glyn Balmer, ouresteemed Programme Editor, who has nowsuccessfully moved house, has his internetconnected and is busting a blood vessel toget back to writing this piece on behalf ofyour Supporters Trust. For those whowatched the recent TV documentary aboutthe "Class of '92" ex Manchester Unitedstars who have bought non league SalfordCity, I thought that the real stars were theClub volunteers. Dwindling volunteer num-bers is becoming one of non league'sbiggest issues.

Small Clubs up and down the country arestruggling through as people are stretchedever thinner to cover the must-do jobs.Increasingly busy lives mean fewer willinghelpers are giving up their free time,unpaid, for nothing but their love of foot-ball. The draw of an evening sat on thesofa watching the Champions League orThe Apprentice seems to be proving toomuch for some. Players don't registerthemselves, tea doesn't serve itself andthe last one out has to turn the light off.We have been very lucky at Grays, espe-cially since we lost the Recreation Groundin 2010. Volunteers have rallied round tohelp us through difficult times. But itappears to be getting more difficult. Onmatch day, there are the same few reliablefolk, carrying out the essential jobs. Weget very little new blood coming through tohelp. I hope our supporters who read thismay think about offering their servicesover a wide range of tasks which we canidentify to those who don't want to see ourgreat Club struggle to a point where, liketoo many other Clubs, our very survivalmay be in doubt.

Thank you and enjoy the game.David Barnes, Secretary, GraysAthletic 1890 Supporters Trust

months’ time, I could really enjoy this time,go to games, build up my information on play-ers. But this could last a day, or last for ever.This is the worrying thing, because you knowwhat you want to do, but you might not getthe opportunity to do it.’

Fate had randomly bonded him with Dunne,11 years his junior, but linked by the threadsof allegiance, resilience and availability. Theywere united by a sobering set of statistics: ittakes a sacked manager an average of 18months to find another job. 58 per cent offirst-time managers never get back into workwhen they are discarded. Around 35 per centof dismissals are the result of a breakdown inthe relationship between manager and chair-man or Club owner. Dunne was told to staystrong by Tony Pulis, a family friend and cur-rent West Brom boss. Dunne had spent 18years at Colchester, as player, youth coach,assistant manager, caretaker manager and,finally, first-team manager.

He had been forced to grow up fast on theterraced streets of Inchicore, a Dublin suburb.He was a self-reliant boy, who became theman of the house at 13, when his father died.He had yearned to be a football manager formthe age of nine, when, as a Liverpool fan, hestood in front of his bedroom mirror and con-ducted imaginary interviews in character, asBob Paisley and Joe Fagan. His school friendseulogised Kenny Dalglish, the player; he pre-ferred to analyse Kenny Dalglish, the player-manager. He left his home in Ireland at 15, togo for a trial at Gillingham, a town of which hehad only vaguely heard. He accepted anapprenticeship without telling his mother andhis first manager, Damien Richardson, becamea surrogate father. ‘I left my Mum by herself,but when I got there I had this sense of I’vegot away. Damien was really inspirational.Almost as soon as I was in England, he let mecoach the kids in the car park at the back ofthe stadium. ‘I’m a teacher. Managementthese days is teaching. Coaching is teaching.My approach comes from my time as a youthcoach, because that was when I was teachinglife skills. I tell young players the biggestcrime is not fulfilling their potential, not justin football, but in life. To get the best out ofa player, you need to understand the person.Obviously there will be times when he choos-es not to engage and that’s when you have tobe upfront and talk through why he’s not inthe team, or why he may or may not have toleave. I tell the truth, because I’ve been liedto as a player. When that happens you losetrust.

‘The human side of the game is so impor-tant. I lost my father very early. So I knowwhat being brought up by a single parent is

like. In football, we go to the inner cities, thesprawl, to look for talented players, so weneed to empathise with their circumstances.‘Everyone wants to be judged by their status.Who’s got the best house, best car, bestclothes, best watch, best phone. Do we needto be so shallow? We have a responsibility inthe football industry to help the young menwithin it.’

His pride in his philosophy was tangiblewhen he showed Michael Calvin around thenew training ground at Colchester, ten daysbefore he was sacked. In the dressing room,which he intended to be a monument to hisinclusivity; instead of decorating the wallswith the usual motivational posters, he hadasked his squad to define themselves as agroup and present their expectations of theircoaches. Their value judgements were printedon sheets of A4 paper, placed above the pegson which clothes were expected to be hungneatly:“This is not a holiday camp….Respect for eachother….Consistency of emotions….Don’t takeit to heart….Continuity….Communication...Professionalism….Positivity….We look afterourselves.”

They were meaningful words, thoughtfulsentiments, devalued so comprehensively byresults that they were barely worth the paperon which they were written. Since Dunne hasgone and a new manager was setting thetone, the messages were historical curiosities,hieroglyphics on a Pharaoh’s tomb. Dunneretained his principles, but he had lost hisplatform. ‘When you’re a first-time manager,it is where do I go from here? I have noproblem talking about that. It has taken meten years to get a philosophy together. Thenyou see it fall apart in front of your eyes. Youthink, I’ve worked so hard for this. I’ll keepon working, but it’s getting away from me.Everything I’ve worked my whole life for,everything I believe in, is now judged on arun of results.’

The hierarchical structure of football invitesa culture of bullying and casual contempt.Dunne has never forgotten arriving, as ayoung coach at Colchester, to find his person-al effects in a cardboard box, thrown into acorridor without explanation or apologybecause a staff member, aligned to a newmanager, commandeered his office. The con-trast with Aidy Boothroyd’s maturity, when hebecame Colchester’s manager, was marked.

‘I was caretaker manager when Aidy got thejob. He impressed me straightaway with hisknowledge of the players, the staff and every-thing else to do with the Club. He does hishomework. He taught me about thorough-

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Meet Our

Visitors

Enfield

Town FC

Formed on 23rd June 2001, Enfield Town

FC started life in the Essex Senior League

in 2001-02. The club finished runners-up in

that first season before winning the league

championship the following year. Their

time spent in the ESL was successful, with

two championships, two league cups, a

Middlesex Charity Cup and wins in the

Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy and

Capital Counties Feeder Leagues Trophy

finals to show for their efforts.

Following promotion to the Southern

League (East) in 2005, the Towners had a

terrific first season at that level, before

eventually losing to Wivenhoe Town in the

promotion play-offs. The following season,

following a move into the Ryman League

for 2006-07, the club again finished 3rd –

this time losing out via the play-offs to AFC

Sudbury. In 2009-10, the club yet again

only just missed out on promotion, being

beaten this time by Concord Rangers in the

play-off final.

The club originally played at Brimsdown

Rovers' Goldsdown Road ground in a

ground share arrangement. In October

2008, however, Enfield Council announced

a deal with the club allowing it to relocate

to the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium.

Realising a long held dream, the club

worked closely with the Council to see the

old athletics stadium restored and upgrad-

ed to be able to host Ryman League foot-

ball. This finally provided the club with a

home of its own a short distance from the

former stadium in Southbury Road, with a

capacity of 2,500.

While retaining a running track as a train-

ing facility for local use, the club has been

able to provide an atmospheric environ-

ment. The Stadium was formally opened in

November 2011 with a match against a

Tottenham Hotspur XI in front of nearly a

thousand spectators. Following the move

to the new ground, the team’s form was

excellent and there was a very close run-in

with eventual champions Leiston for the

2011-12 Ryman 1 North title. Despite

beating Leiston 1-0 late on, they had to

settle for promotion the hard way, beating

Grays Athletic and Needham Market in two

exciting play-off games.

In 2012-13, seeking to consolidate in the

Ryman League Premier Division for the

first time, the club finished in 16th posi-

tion, although safety was not guaranteed

until the final month of the season. 2013-

14 began with some promising results, but

a mid-table position going into the autumn

soon turned into a battle for survival.

Manager Steve Newing, who had guided

the club into unchartered territory with

promotion the previous year, was replaced

in the December by ex-Enfield FC manager

George Borg, who had also had proven

managerial success with clubs such as

Chelmsford City, Aldershot Town, Horn-

church and Braintree. Safety was secured

on the final day of the season with a 2-1

away win at Cray Wanderers.

Bradley Quinton succeeded George Borg

as first team manager in August 2014 and,

during his first few months at the helm, he

won the first of his Ryman League Premier

Division Manager of the Month awards, and

the team won two Macron performance of

the month awards, for 3-0 wins at

Maidstone and at Margate, both of whom

ended up as promoted clubs. Such was the

team’s improvement in fortunes that a 4-0

home win against Billericay Town in mid-

February equalled the previous season’s

full points tally, and eventually a play-off

place was achieved. However, a crucial 3

points were deducted at the end of the

season in controversial circumstances and

a final league placing of 7th was the out-

come. Continued over

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LIVING ON THE VOLCANO – SECRETS OFSuRVIVING AS A FOOTBALL MANAGERI have been reading a book written by

Michael Calvin, chief sports writer with theIndependent on Sunday, which exposes thelives of football managers from the lower lev-els to the Premier League. Through thecolumns of this Match Day Magazine, I amincluding some of his unique insights about atrade where managers require ruthlessnessand empathy, idealism and cunning. I offermy take on his findings and acknowledge hisoutstanding work in the process.

I have already covered stories about MartinLing, Aidy Boothroyd and Gareth Ainsworth,managers still in their forties, who havealready experienced significant highs andlows in their careers – as players and man-agers.

Today, it’s about Gary Waddock and JoeDunne. Waddock is a 53 year-old, who as aplayer appeared for six different Clubs andearned 21 international caps for the Republicof Ireland. Jack Charlton controversiallyomitted him from their 1990 World Cupsquad. Dunne played as a defender forGillingham and Colchester United, but hisplaying career was ended prematurely aftersuffering a series of injuries.

Here are their stories.

Bad news travels fast. The ringtone on GaryWaddock’s mobile phone, the type of klaxonwhich once warned a submarine crew of animminent dive, signalled another good manhad gone. It was 10.57am on 1 September2014 and the news was that Joe Dunne hadbeen sacked by Colchester United. Dunnewas praised as a ‘Colchester legend’ byChairman Robbie Cowling, a recruitment spe-cialist who made great play of his matureworking relationship with a man he describedas ‘a remarkable servant’ of the League OneClub. Dunne’s fate was sealed by five con-secutive defeats.

Waddock had met his most recent downfallin July 2014. He was only three days intopre-season training when he became theinnocent victim of football’s version of adrive-by shooting, his replacement as OxfordUnited manager by Michael Appleton follow-ing a sudden change of ownership. It hadbeen a turbulent half an hour; GrahamKavanagh’s sacking by Carlisle United hadbeen announced at 10.30 am. Waddockexplains: ‘The news flashes up and thenagents and friends ring you. It’s the natureof the business; it’s horrible, because you arerelying on other people to lose their jobs so

you can have an opportunity to go back in. Iknow Joe and Graham. They’re good peopleand it is very sad for them. It’s cruel, butthat’s the way it is. I’m quite realistic andhonest with myself. When I’ve been sackedI’ve always asked, what did you learn fromthat? If you get another opportunity, wherewill that be? There’s no point me looking inthe Premier League or Championship. If I doget a job, it could be at Conference level,because I got Aldershot promoted, or aLeague Two Club looking to get into LeagueOne, as I did at Wycombe. Geographically,Carlisle is a long way, but I’m very muchabout my career and if it means having tomove, I’ll move. Colchester want to bringtheir young players through. I’ve had experi-ence of that, so, yeah, I’ll look at that too.’

He was too late for Colchester. The vacan-cy was filled at 5.30pm that day. Regimechange was clinical and suspiciously smooth.Dunne and his assistant, Mark Kinsella, werereplaced by Tony Humes, the Club’s Head ofYouth and Richard Hall, promoted from theUnder 21s. A new recruitment structure andstrategy were simultaneously introduced.Cowling, who had been reducing the playingbudget by £300,000 each season, signalledhis intention to stop putting money into theClub from 2016. Waddock was one of over 80applicants, made the shortlist, but was over-looked in favour of Keith Curle, who had beenout of work since being sacked by NottsCounty in February 2013. He knew he had ‘nochance’ at Oxford, once it became clear therestructure there would involve a newChairman and Chief Executive. ‘They hadevery right to bring in their own man. It’stheir Club. I don’t take it personally. I neverhave done. I move on very quickly.’

His most poignant duty was to apologise tothose players who were suddenly vulnerable,since they were on trial that week. Some hadrejected opportunities to go elsewhere,because they believed in him. They trustedin his track record, especially in straightenedcircumstances at Wycombe, where GarethAinsworth still referred to him as ‘Gaffer’.Football subtly closes ranks around its own intimes of stress. Waddock had worked in thePremier League, overseeing academy stan-dards at Fulham, West Ham, Tottenham andChelsea, after being sacked by Wycombe.

‘I’ve never spoken to anybody about thesack. I think you stay clear of that. I’venever asked people, “What did you do whenyou were out?” You take it for granted thatyou get out there, to see and be seen.‘If I knew I was getting another job in six

Meet Our

Visitors

Enfield

Town FC

The first supporters-owned club in the

country, growth continues at a sustainable

pace. Successful Under-21, U18 and

Ladies sides have been built, along with a

number of teams of varied age groups, as

the club seeks to reinforce its position as

an inclusive club for all and a football and

social centre for the community. In 2013,

the club achieved FA Charter Standard

Community Club status and then, a year

later, received the Middlesex FA Charter

Standard Community Club of the Year

award. June 2014 saw the launch of a

Community Share scheme, with the back-

ing of Supporters Direct, in order to help

the club progress further both on and off

the field.

This season, Enfield Town progressed to

the 4th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup for

the first time in its relatively short history,

recording its biggest competitive home

gate, 883 against Hitchin Town, along the

way.

Nathan McDonald (Goalkeeper):

Now in his second season on loan from

Braintree, 24 year-old Nathan has England

C international experience. He only missed

a couple of games last season and won the

Manager’s Player of the Season award.

David Hughes (Goalkeeper):

David is a 22 year-old goalkeeper who

joined the club in the summer from East

Thurrock United, where he made 85

appearances. He began his career at

Thurrock FC, coming through their youth

set-up, and became a first team regular at

Ship Lane in 2010-11. He was voted

Players’ Player of the Year the following

season before moving to East Thurrock in

the summer of 2013, and has toured with

Middlesex Wanderers.

Jordan Lockie (Defender):

Originally signed in August 2009, he came

through the youth system at Barnet before

trialling with Hartlepool United. 26 year-

old Jordan has also had experience with

Leyton, St Albans City and Bishop’s

Stortford, where he had a brief spell last

season. He made his 200th appearance for

the club in February 2015.

Ricky Gabriel (Defender)

Left back Ricky, 23, joined Town from

Molten Spartan South Midlands League

side Brimsdown in January 2015. He made

13 appearances for the Limers last season

and, prior to that, had played a handful of

games for Dover Athletic. He has also pre-

viously played in the USL Pro League for

Antigua Barracuda FC. He is currently

recovering from a broken leg unfortunately

sustained in November.

Claudiu Vilcu (Defender)

Claudiu is a 27 year-old central defender

who made his Town debut in January 2015.

He started his footballing career in his

native Romania with the youth team at

Brasov prior to playing in the second and

third tiers of Romanian football with a

number of other clubs. He has also played

in Moldova, making around 50 appearances

in the A Division for Nistru Otaci. In the UK

he has represented Banbury United,

Wealdstone, FC Romania and Cambridge

City.

Jandir da Cruz (Defender)

27 year-old Jandir joined the club in June

from Portuguese club Amora, of the

Setubal FA District League. Born in Cape

Verde, he has had wider experience in

Portugal with Luso, GD Lagamecas and

Banheirense Union.

A regular at Manston Road Stadium forthe 2007-2008 season, The Rangers wererelegated to Blue Square North at the endof it and he moved to another Premierside, Salisbury City, in July 2008. He con-tinued his tour of the top level of non-League football when he signed for YorkCity in July 2009. The following season wasprobably the best that Jimmy had inEnglish football as The Minstermen foughttheir way to the Blue Square PremierPromotion Play-Off Final against OxfordUnited at Wembley Stadium. During thegame, Jimmy came on as a substitute forNeil Barratt nine minutes from the end asYork City were chasing a 1-2 deficit. And aformer Grays Athletic player who had comeon as a substitute did score a decisive goal! Unfortunately for Jimmy and his OxfordUnited team-mates, it was Alfie Potter whohad come on for Oxford United and made it3-1 in injury-time. But Jimmy signed a sixmonths extension to his contract and atthe end of it in December 2010 he negoti-ated a move to Moroccan Champions,Wydad Casablanca. This fell through andhe returned to Europe, going on trial withLincoln City of League Two.

Offered a contract by The Imps, heturned it down and signed for anotherLeague Two side, Oxford United in January2011. He made his debut as a substitutefor Tom Craddock in a 2-1 win overBradford City at the Kassam Stadium on 15January 2011. In April of that year hebroke a metatarsal bone and was releasedthe following month by The Us. In July2011, he signed for Blue Square Premierside, Kettering Town (managed by a cer-tain Mark Stimson at the time) and wastransfer-listed along with ten other play-ers in September. He finished the seasonwith The Poppies who were relegated. Hereturned to France to complete his coach-ing badges. He signed for Championnat DeFrance Amateur side, A.S. Lyons-Ducherein the summer of 2012 and the followingseason moved to Amateur Level 2 side,U.S. Gravelines-Foot. Over the last twoyears he hasn't played much and is lookingfor a coaching job. He has all his badgesfrom the French Football Federation, aDegree in Sport Science and can speakEnglish and French so hopefully somethingmay happen for him !Oxford United 4 Appearances 0 Goals

Harold Joseph (Defender)

Harold is a young central defender who

has had experience with Barnet, Stevenage

and Wingate & Finchley and had most

recently been playing in Sweden prior to

joining Town in August.

Matt Toms (Defender)

A former Great Wakering, Romford and

Cheshunt centre back, Matt made his Town

debut earlier this month in a Ryman

League Cup tie against Cheshunt.

Ryan Doyle (Defender/Midfield):

Ryan signed from Heybridge Swifts in

January 2014 and scored the winning goal

in the 2-1 win at Cray Wanderers on the

final day of the 2014-15 season which

guaranteed Town’s Ryman League Premier

Division survival. He was previously with

Aveley and Brentwood, where he had been

captain at both clubs.

Joe Stevens (Defender/Midfield):

He signed in February 2011 from Harlow

Town. Previously at Ware, Brentwood and

Hornchurch, he left the club briefly follow-

ing a move to Australia. Joe won the 2013-

14 Players’ Player of the Season, and made

his 100th appearance for the club in March

2015. Aged 29.

Samir Bihmoutine (Defender/Midfield)

Samir is a 21 year-old left sided player

who was originally with Arsenal at youth

level. He then moved on to AFC

Bournemouth in September 2013, and sub-

sequently gained Conference South experi-

ence with Hayes & Yeading and

Wealdstone. He returned to the club in

September after a spell in Morocco.

Mickey Parcell (Defender/Midfield)

A 19 year-old who was born and raised in

Enfield, he signed a professional contract

with Torquay United last summer. He com-

pleted a two year scholarship with the

Gulls prior spending some time on loan

with Truro City and Bideford.

Stanley Muguo (Midfield):

A 2014-15 pre-season recruit from Harlow

Town, Stanley is a strong holding midfield

player and captain of the side. Cameroon-

born, his previous clubs include Cray

Wanderers, Maldon Town, East Thurrock

United and Grays Athletic. Aged 31.

Nathan Livings (Midfield): Nathan made his

debut for Town in January 2014, having

had experience with Concord Rangers and

East Thurrock United. Prior to that, he was

on the books of Chelsea, Bristol City,

Sollefteå GIF (Sweden) and Bishop's

Stortford. Aged 24.

Olumide Durojaiye (Midfield)

Formerly with Tottenham Hotspur, AFC

Wimbledon, Norwich City and Falkirk, he

made his debut for Spurs reserves as a

teenager and, after some time away from

the game, rediscovered his enthusiasm at

Norwich under coach Gary Holt. He signed

for Town in the summer after a brief loan

spell at Brechin City. Aged 23.

Tayshan Hayden-Smith (Midfield)

19 year-old Tayshan has already gained

very useful experience with AFC

Wimbledon, Aldershot Town, Brentford,

Fulham, Newcastle United and QPR. He

suffered a broken wrist while at St James

Park, which hampered his further progress

there. He joined Town in the summer.

Tyler Campbell (Midfield/Forward):

He joined from Brentwood Town during

2011-12, having previously played for

Histon, Concord Rangers and Waltham

Abbey. When he was with the Abbey, Tyler

got through to the last three of a competi-

tion run by Swindon Town to offer a one-

year contract to a young player. He has

had trials with Bradford City and

Continued over

DJOuMIN SANGARE

Born: 16 December 1983, Dunkirk, Nord, France.

Clubs: U.S.L. Dunkerque, E.S. Wasquehal,Redbridge, Chelmsford City,

Redbridge, Lewes, St. Alban's City (Loan),Grays Athletic, St. Alban's City (Loan),

Stafford Rangers, Salisbury City, York City,Oxford United, Kettering Town, A.S. Lyon-

Duchere, U.S. Gravelines Foot.

'Jimmy', as he was known in England, isa central defender who started organisedfootball with his local side, Ligue 2 U.S.L.Dunkerque, in 1993, when he was tenyears old. By the time he was in his mid-teens, they had dropped into theChampionnat Amateur and he signed forE.S. Wasquehal of Ligue 2 in 2000. Whilehere he also studied for a Sports ScienceDegree, combining studying with playingas he was now classed as a professional.In his third year of studying, he came toEngland to complete his degree at AstonUniversity, Birmingham and also signed forConference South side, Redbridge inSeptember 2004. In January 2005, hemoved to Chelmsford City of the IsthmianLeague Premier Division but, after onegame, he was back with the OaksideStadium outfit at the end of the month andhelped them join Chelmsford City in theIsthmian League when Redbridge were rel-egated from the Conference South at theend of the season.

Jimmy liked the Conference though andmoved to South Division side, Lewes, thatsummer. In August 2005, he went toConference South St. Alban's City on amonth's loan before returning to TheDripping Pan the following month and mak-ing a major contribution to helping themfinish fourth that season. However,deemed surplus to requirements, he wasreleased in May 2006.

In August 2006 he was signed by themighty Grays Athletic on a one-yearcontract. The team from The Rec. wereone of the high-flyers in the NationwideConference at the time and were also thecurrent F.A. Trophy holders. He made his

debut for the club on 19 Septemberagainst Aldershot Town at The Rec, a gamelost 1-2. He played in the next four gamesbut the only win was against Crawley Townat that time and, after a 2-4 loss toTamworth at The Lamb Stadium on 10October it seemed the 'writing was on thewall' concerning Jimmy. His final Confer-ence game for the Mighty Blues was atBroadhall Way Stadium on 18 Novemberas Stevenage Borough won 1-0. He didplay in two winning Essex Senior Cupmatches but, in January 2007, he returnedto St. Alban's City on loan, helping them torelegation in their only season in the Na-tionwide Conference. Released by GraysAthletic in May 2007, he signed for BlueSquare Premier side, Stafford Rangers, thefollowing July.

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Enfield

Town FC

Dagenham & Redbridge, and clocked up

150 Town appearances in February 2015.

Aged 24.

Corey Whitely (Forward):

A former Town youth and reserve player,

Corey rejoined the club for the start of the

2013-14 campaign from Cheshunt, where

had been named in the Ryman 1 (North)

team of the year in 2013. He was subse-

quently named in the Ryman Premier

Division team of the year in 2015. Leading

scorer last term with 17 goals, he clocked

up 100 competitive appearances earlier

this season. He has also represented

Waltham Forest.

Bobby Devyne (Forward):

Bobby is a former Chelsea youth player,

signing as a 13 year-old after impressing

during trials. He was another January 2015

signing from Brimsdown, where he had

scored 15 times in 14 appearances earlier

in the season. Since his move, he has

maintained a healthy goals-per-game ratio

in a Town shirt.

Dernell Wynter (Forward):

Dernell made the step up from the Under

21s to the first team squad at the turn of

the year, making his full debut in January

2015. He was previously with Wembley,

and has trialled with Norwich City.

Harry Ottaway (Forward)

Harry joined Town in August from Dulwich

Hamlet, where his appearances were limit-

ed because of injury. He previously played

for Sutton United and Dover Athletic in

Conference South, having also had spells

at Merstham and Leatherhead.

Evans Kouassi (Forward)

26 year-old Evans joined Town from

Hayes & Yeading United this month, having

spent last season at Chelmsford City and

Concord Rangers. He has also played for

Aveley, Potters Bar Town, Billericay Town

and Cheshunt as well as having a spell in

Cyprus.

OuR OPPONENTS LATEST RESuLTS

12/10/2015 FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round A Hitchin Town W 2 - 117/10/2015 Isth. League Premier Div. H Staines Town W 2 - 124/10/2015 FA Cup 4Q A Chesham United L 1 - 227/10/2015 Isth. League Premier Div. H Hendon W 2 - 031/10/2015 FA Trophy - 1Q H Leighton Town W 4 - 002/11/2015 Isth. League Premier Div. A Kingstonian L 0 - 107/11/2015 Isth. League Premier Div. H Billericay Town D 2 - 214/11/2015 FA Trophy - 2Q H Thamesmead Town L 0 - 2

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21/09/2010 Isthmian League Division 1N A L 0 - 209/03/2011 Isthmian League Division 1N H W 2 - 003/12/2011 Isthmian League Division 1N A L 1 - 228/04/2012 Isthmian League Division 1N H L 0 - 303/05/2012 Isthmian League Division 1N POSF A D 2 - 2

Enfield Town won 3-1 on penalties, after extra time17/08/2013 Isth. League Premier Div. H W 2 - 002/11/2013 FA Trophy 2Q A W 1 - 018/03/2014 Isth. League Premier Div. A D 1 - 104/10/2014 Isth. League Premier Div. A D 2 - 207/02/2015 Isth. League Premier Div. H W 3 - 1

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Fixtures

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Ryman League

Premier Division

Wednesday 11th November 2015ESSEX SENIOR CUP - 3RD ROUNDGrays Athletic 1-1 Witham Town * (pens)

Saturday 14th November 2015PREMIER DIVISIONBillericay Town 2-1 Harrow BoroughFarnborough 2-1 Wingate & FinchleyHendon 0-2 Needham MarketFA TROPHY 2ND ROUND QUALIFYING Bideford 3-2 Brentwood TownCanvey Island 0-2 Metropolitan PoliceDorchester Town 2-2 KingstonianDulwich Hamlet 2-0 VCD AthleticEast Thurrock United 5-0 Tiverton TownEnfield Town 0-2 Thamesmead TownHampton & RB 3-1 AFC SudburyLeiston 1-2 Corinthian CasualsTaunton Town 1-4 Bognor Regis TownTonbridge Angels 1-2 Cirencester TownWaltham Abbey 0-2 Grays Athletic

Monday 16th November 2015MIDDLESEX SENIOR CUP - 2ND ROUNDHendon 1-2 NorthwoodFA TROPHY 2ND QUALIFYING ROUND REPLAYKingstonian 2-1 Dorchester Town

Tuesday 17th November 2015PREMIER DIVISIONBrentwood Town 0-1 Bognor Regis Town East Thurrock United 1-2 Needham Market Tonbridge Angels 1-0 Lewes VCD Athletic 2-1 Farnborough Wingate & Finchley 1-0 Leiston MIDDLESEX SENIOR CUP - 2ND ROUNDNorth Greenford Utd P-P Enfield Town Hampton & RB P-P Hayes & Yeading UtdStaines Town 4-1 Barnet LONDON SENIOR CUP - 1ST ROUNDLondon Bari (pens) 2-2 Met. Police

Saturday 21st November 2015PREMIER DIVISIONBognor Regis Town vs Dulwich HamletBrentwood Town vs Hampton & RBBurgess Hill Town vs Billericay TownEast Thurrock United vs Wingate & FinchleyFarnborough vs Needham MarketGrays Athletic vs Enfield TownHarrow Borough vs VCD AthleticLeiston vs Staines TownLewes vs Kingstonian Merstham vs Canvey IslandMetropolitan Police vs LeatherheadTonbridge Angels vs Hendon

Tuesday 24th November 2015PREMIER DIVISIONEast Thurrock United vs FarnboroughHampton & RB vs VCD AthleticHarrow Borough vs Dulwich HamletMerstham vs Bognor Regis TownMetropolitan Police vs Tonbridge AngelsTHE ALAN TURVEY TROPHY SPONSORED BYROBERT DYAS - 3RD ROUNDBrightlingsea Regent vs Enfield TownWingate & Finchley vs Grays Athletic

LONDON SENIOR CUP - 1ST ROUNDHendon vs Cray Valley PM

Wednesday 25th November 2015SUFFOLK SENIOR CUP - QUARTER FINALLeiston vs Ipswich WanderersWalsham-Le-Willows vs Needham MarketSURREY SENIOR CUP - 2ND ROUNDWalton Casuals vs Kingstonian

Saturday 28th November 2015PREMIER DIVISIONBillericay Town vs Tonbridge AngelsEnfield Town vs MersthamHendon vs Burgess Hill TownStaines Town vs LewesWingate & Finchley vs Harrow BoroughTHE FA TROPHY -3RD ROUND QUALIFYINGBognor Regis Town vs Bath CityDulwich Hamlet vs MargateGrays Athletic vs Corinthian CasualsHampton & RB vs Maidstone UnitedMerthyr Town vs East Thurrock UnitedMetropolitan Police vs Wealdstone

Monday 30th November 2015PREMIER DIVISIONFarnborough vs Hendon

Tuesday 1st December 2015PREMIER DIVISIONHampton & RB vs Bognor Regis TownHarrow Borough vs Grays AthleticNeedham Market vs Brentwood TownStaines Town vs Tonbridge AngelsESSEX SENIOR CUP - 4TH ROUNDColchester United vs Canvey IslandTHE ALAN TURVEY TROPHY SPONSORED BYROBERT DYAS - 3RD ROUNDDulwich Hamlet vs Faversham TownSURREY SENIOR CUP - ROUND TWOMetropolitan Police vs Dorking WanderersKENT SENIOR CUP - 2ND ROUNDPhoenix Sports vs VCD Athletic

Wednesday 2nd December 2015PREMIER DIVISIONBurgess Hill Town vs Enfield TownSURREY SENIOR CUP - 2ND ROUNDLeatherhead vs Carshalton AthleticTHE ALAN TURVEY TROPHY SPONSORED BYROBERT DYAS - 3RD ROUNDLeiston vs Great Wakering Rovers

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The Non-League

Paper

With

Sam Elliott

WE’VE all met one of them. You know, theperson who thinks they are being reallyhelpful but ultimately they are just creat-ing chaos for everyone else. That’s exactlyhow most of Non-League football feelsabout the Football League right now.

They say the road to hell is paved withgood intentions. For the National Leagueclubs they are sitting between the deviland the deep blue sea. On one hand, moremoney is being injected into the lower lev-els. That’s always a positive, except it’scoming to just two clubs in the form ofparachute payments – and the fear is thateveryone else is going to get left laggingbehind.

That’s paraphrasing, and, as it happens,putting it quite nicely. Two leading figureswithin the league are frankly foaming atthe mouth. The issue is that the FootballLeague, with a fair element of self-con-gratulation, announced that those clubsrelegated from League Two will be comingdown with an additional £500,000 in theirback pocket.

Those joining the Conference will now fallwith £474,000 in their first season, and intheir second season they will also have£237,000 planted into their accounts. Nice.

Riches, many feel, earned for failure. Akick-back so juicy that Lee Harding, thelong-serving Braintree chairman, believesis almost a temptation to cut costs atFootball League level and bank a nicecheque to come on down. Harding feels thesituation will destroy the game at thislevel. The reason is a footballing one, clubslike his Braintree – eyeing a place in the 92after building organically over a number ofyears – will have next to no chance of

achieving their dreams.Neither will the likes of Dover, Gateshead

or Woking – and those ex-League clubs stilltrying to get back up, Wrexham, Grimsbyet al, are now up against it even more.

National League clubs take in around only£40,000 for being a part of the league.That means whoever comes down will havea half-a-million head start. I watchedCheltenham for the first time last Tuesdayand they were smashing. Guiseley had noanswer as Gary Johnson’s side rolled themover 5-0. If they beat Forest Green Roverstoday then they’ll be firm favourites to gostraight back up.

They made the point excellently. Youdon’t need a huge helping hand. Promotionneeds to be earned. Fact is, if the Robinsleft their relegation another 12 months,they could afford over the two years theyare enjoying these parachute payments,three more top class players for this leveleach season. Johnson endorses Harding’sview. He wasn’t speaking out of bitternesshaving not had that extra £474,000 tosplash on his squad. He cares about thegame, he loves the romantic notion that aclub the size of the Braintree chairman’sone can rise through the Leagues likeBurton Albion have.

He doesn’t feel it should be suffocating,and only the rich ones given a chance withprogression stunted with no sign of threeup, three down. And he wants answers asto why they are changing a system thatworks. Johnson is doing a wonderful job ofperfectly illustrating the foolhardy FootballLeague’s irrational thinking, and why thishand out is just not welcome.

League

Table

Ryman League

Premier Division

INC. MIDWEEK P W D L F A PTDulwich Hamlet 20 12 3 5 46 22 39Bognor Regis Town 18 11 4 3 33 18 37Leiston 19 11 3 5 31 21 36Wingate & Finchley 19 11 2 6 33 22 35Hampton & Richmond Borough 20 9 7 4 37 27 34Canvey Island 20 10 4 6 32 31 34Tonbridge Angels 16 10 3 3 33 11 33Kingstonian 20 9 6 5 33 21 33Billericay Town 22 9 6 7 38 29 33Grays Athletic 17 9 3 5 30 20 30Harrow Borough 18 8 4 6 28 20 28Burgess Hill Town 20 8 4 8 30 33 28East Thurrock United 18 7 6 5 40 30 27Metropolitan Police 19 8 3 8 20 33 27Leatherhead 19 7 4 8 30 34 25Enfield Town 17 7 3 7 21 19 24Merstham 21 7 3 11 27 39 24Staines Town 15 6 4 5 19 25 22Hendon 20 5 4 11 26 35 19Brentwood Town 18 6 0 12 24 31 18Needham Market 20 4 6 10 23 40 18Farnborough 16 4 0 12 27 43 12VCD Athletic 20 1 6 13 15 46 9Lewes 20 1 4 15 18 44 7

Grays Athletic

FC

Meet The Staff

& Players

been released by Wolves after starting as ayouth at Arsenal. He made in debut atTonbridge Angels in August 2015 and hasimpressed with his defensive and attackingplay. George Kamurasi – Goalkeeper.

Popular keeper who returned to the Bluesin August 2015 after helping us win theRyman Division One North Championship in2012/13. Also had spells at Brentwood andPotters Bar. Made his return debut in theCanvey League Cup win in August 2015and starred in the match with two crucialsaves in the penalty shoot-out. Callum Maltese – Midfielder.

Callum was a member of last season’ssuccessful Under 18 side which won theEssex Pelly Cup. He has been given thechance to step up to the reserve and firstteam squad. He made his first team debutin the penalty shoot-out win over Canveyin the League Cup in August 2015. Son offormer Grays Athletic star, Bradley Maltese,who helped the Blues to promotion to theRyman Premier Division in 1988. Jermaine Osei – Striker.

Jermaine is a young striker who joinedthe Blues in August 2015 after havingspells at Enfield 1893, Enfield Town andBishop’s Stortford. Made his senior debutin the penalty shoot-out win at Canvey inAugust 2015.Roman Michael-Percil - Winger.

The Club signed 20 year-old Roman inAugust 2015 after impressing in pre-sea-son. He was originally a youth at Spursand has also played for Concord Rangers,Billericay and Farnbor-ough. Scored hisdebut goal in the 4-0 home win overBrentwood Town on 31 August 2015.Lamar Reynolds – Winger.

Lamar joined the Blues in August 2015having previously played for other Essexsides Barkingside, Thurrock and Aveley.James Stevens – Midfielder.

James came through Southend United’syouth system, making his debut in March2011. He was released by Southend inMay 2012 and moved to Witham Town,before joing the Blues in December 2014.He has great passing ability and a powerfulstriker of the ball.Perry Tamburrini – Midfielder.

Another returnee in August 2015. Perry

previously made two first team appear-ances when we were in Ryman DivisionOne North. He opted to move to our land-lords, Aveley, to get first team experience,before a spell at Basildon in the EssexSenior League. He suffered an injury play-ing for our Under 21s as an 18 year-old,but he is now looking to get back into ourfirst team squad.Mason Bloomfield - Striker.

Joined from Chelmsford City in October2015. Mason is a product of the Dagenham& Redbridge Academy. He had loan spellsat Chatham Town, Erith & Belvedere,Maldon & Tiptree before signing forChelmsford City in September 2015 wherehe had dual registration with local rivalsBillericay Town.Montel Agyemang – Midfield

Made his first team debut for LeytonOrient at the end of 2014 as he came on inthe dying minutes at Yeovil Town as Orientran out 3-0 victors. Predominantly a cen-tral midfielder, Agyemang was rewardedwith a new one-year contract following asuccessful two-years as a scholar.Agyemang featured heavily for the O’sreserve team last season and made a totalof 30 appearances for the youth team dur-ing the 2014-15 campaign. Joined GraysAthletic in October 2015.Jake Hutchings - Defender. Highly rated 19 year old who had a brief

spell at Grays in 2013, before Martin Linggave him his first professional contract atTorquay. He moved to Hearts in Scotlandon a short-term contract in January 2015,but was released in July and returned toGrays in October.Danny Burnett-Williams – Striker.

25 year old Danny joined on dual regis-tration from Dover Athletic in October2015. He had a brief spell in our reservespreviously before joining Dover. He alsohad a loan spell at Leatherhead this sea-son, coming on as a substitute in their 3-0win against the Blues in September.

Appearance

& Scorers

Season

2015-16

Grays Ath.

Career

Start Sub. Tot Goals Yell. Reds Apps Goals

Apps

Alex Addai 4 5 9 2 1 0 9 2

Harry Agombar 9 6 15 2 0 0 98 17

Montel Agyemang 6 1 7 0 0 0 7 0

Kenny Beaney 13 2 15 2 1 0 215 18

Mark Bentley 6 6 12 0 2 0 48 2

Mason Bloomfield 2 6 8 1 0 0 8 1

Daniel Burnett-Williams 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0

Joao Carlos 23 1 24 4 3 0 241 71

Alex Cathline 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Sean Cronin 24 0 24 2 3 0 33 4

Tommy Cummings 8 0 8 0 0 0 8 0

Gus Douglas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Dumebi Dumaka 17 0 17 16 4 1 58 30

Calvin Ekpiteta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nathan Ferguson 16 0 16 0 1 0 33 1

Bradley Fortnam-Tomlinson 21 1 22 8 1 0 35 11

Jamie Fuller 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Kofi Halliday 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Jake Hutchings 6 0 6 1 0 0 10 1

Luke Ifil 24 0 24 1 1 0 24 1

Lamar Johnson 25 0 25 0 2 0 85 0

George Kamurasi 2 0 2 0 0 0 60 0

Jay Leader 22 0 22 2 2 1 78 6

Glen Little 1 12 13 0 0 0 41 1

Callum Maltese 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0

Roman Michael-Percil 14 9 23 3 0 0 23 3

Brian Moses 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 2

Max Nicholson 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0

Germaine Ofori 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Jermaine Osei 1 4 5 0 0 0 5 0

Lamar Reynolds 3 14 17 0 0 0 17 0

Jey Siva 21 0 21 0 0 0 70 0

James Stevens 19 3 22 4 1 0 44 8

Perry Tamburini 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Ruddock Yala 1 2 3 0 0 0 33 3

OWN GOALS 4

uP TO AND INCLuDING SATuRDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2015

Kenny Beaney – Midfield.This season’sClub captain. He made two appearancesfor Grays Athletic in October 2008 beforebeing released. He started his career atDulwich Hamlet and had a loan spell atWealdstone before joining Fisher Athleticin 2007. He also had a short spell withBeckenham Town and then moved on toThurrock in December 2008. RejoiningGrays Athletic in 2011, he has made one ofthe midfield spots his own.Dumebi GB-Dumaka – Striker. Signed inAugust 2014. Affectionately known as ‘DD’,the young striker was impressive in trainingand pre-season friendlies. He was previ-ously with Heybridge Swifts and Barking,for whom he performed well against us inan Essex Senior Cup tie in 2013.Joel Nouble – Striker. The club arepleased to announce that Joel Nouble hasjoined the club on a short term loan withthe intention of extending until the end ofthe season. Joel last played for the club in2013/14 season. He made his debut for theclub in the victory over Tilbury in theRyman League Cup, coming on as a substi-tute for Jeff Hammond and scoring withonly his second touch. His first goal in theleague came in a 3–2 defeat to DulwichHamlet. He scored in the 3–3 draw withChatham Town as the Blues progressedthrough to the semi-finals of the RymanLeague Cup on penalties. Joel scored hisfirst ever brace in the 4–2 home league winover Lewes. He returned to Dagenham &Redbridge having made thirty-two appear-ances, and scoring nine goals for theBlues.Brian Moses – Striker.

The club are very pleased to announcethat Striker Brian Moses has rejoined theclub. In August 2015 Brian went on loan toBarkingside.

Nathan Ferguson – Midfield. Nathanstarted his career at Norwich City in theiryouth academy and has played for sidesincluding; Chelmsford City, St Albans City,Folkestone Invicta, Dagenham & Redbridgeand Billericay Town.Glen Little – Midfield.

A vastly experienced player. He joined inAugust 2014 from last season’s RymanLeague Champions, Wealdstone. He wasborn in Wimbledon. He also previouslyplayed for Burnley, Derry City, Glentoran,Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Wrexhamand Aldershot Town. He has also appeared

in the Premier League for BoltonWanderers, Reading and Portsmouth. Heis the scorer of some classic goals, witheither foot and the maker of many more,as ‘You Tube’ will testify! Glen rejoined theclub in March 2015 after his recent spell atWelling United.Bradley Tomlinson – Striker. Narborough-born Tomlinson was snappedup at the age of 11 by Leicester City beforemoving to Sheffield Wednesday at the ageof 16. Before his release in 2013 he fea-tured twice for Northern Ireland's U19 sideand signed his first professional contractfor St. Johnston in Scotland in September2013. Tomlinson returned to England insummer 2014, joining Hereford United on asix-month deal and becomes AndySwallow's first signing since taking overthe reins from Jody Brown in December2014. Bradley rejoined the club in March2015.Sean Cronin – Centre Back. On 24 March 2015, Sean joined the Blues

on loan from Wealdstone. He signed forWealdstone in August 2010 having previ-ously played for Neath FC in the WelshPremier League. Sean has also played forCardiff City and represented Wales atUnder 18, Under 19 and semi-pro Under 23level, and has made over 170 starts for theStones. Harry Agombar – Midfielder.

Harry originally joined in 2010 and playedin our last season in the Conference. Aftermaking 75 appearances he moved toMacclesfield Town in 2012. After a briefloan spell back with the Blues, he moved toMaltese side, Floriana in January 2013. InJuly 2013, Swindon Town signed him on atwo year deal. He returned on loan to theBlues again in March 2015. He leftSwindon by mutual consent at the end ofthe 2014/15 and re-joined the Blues inAugust 2015.Gus Douglas – Defender.

Gus has joined up with the first teamsquad after being a key member of theUnder 21 side that won the Ryman DivisionNorth title in 2014/15.Luke Ifil – Defender.

He joined in August 2015 after managerMark Bentley had been searching for aright back during pre-season. Luke hadbeen on trial at Wealdstone but was unableto obtain a place in their squad. He had

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Other Ryman

League Tables

2015-16

Season

NORTH DIVISION (18/11/15) P W D L F A PT

Cray Wanderers 21 13 6 2 48 22 45AFC Hornchurch 18 13 2 3 45 14 41AFC Sudbury 19 12 3 4 36 28 39Thurrock 17 12 2 3 40 19 38Bury Town 19 10 7 2 40 21 37Cheshunt 19 10 5 4 42 19 35Tilbury 18 10 4 4 35 21 34Aveley 20 9 3 8 43 35 30Thamesmead Town 17 9 3 5 25 19 30Phoenix Sports 21 9 3 9 31 32 30Maldon & Tiptree 19 8 5 6 35 32 29Harlow Town 15 8 4 3 27 15 28Brightlingsea Regent 16 8 3 5 23 17 27Dereham Town 21 7 6 8 29 28 27Great Wakering Rovers 22 7 6 9 38 43 27Romford 20 5 6 9 21 35 21Soham Town Rangers 21 5 4 12 26 41 19Wroxham 18 5 3 10 23 38 18Witham Town 17 4 4 9 26 37 16Barkingside 20 4 4 12 28 44 16Redbridge 20 4 1 15 21 71 13Waltham Abbey 19 2 6 11 19 31 12Heybridge Swifts 19 3 2 14 23 45 11Haringey Borough 18 2 4 12 13 30 10

SOuTH DIVISION (18/11/15) P W D L F A PT

Folkestone Invicta 19 14 2 3 40 16 44Molesey 19 12 2 5 43 27 38Ramsgate 22 11 5 6 41 32 38Worthing 19 12 1 6 42 30 37Carshalton Athletic 21 12 1 8 36 32 37Dorking Wanderers 19 10 5 4 41 23 35South Park 19 11 2 6 30 21 35Three Bridges 20 11 2 7 30 23 35Faversham Town 21 10 4 7 26 18 34Corinthian-Casuals 21 11 1 9 30 27 34Whyteleafe 22 11 1 10 30 29 34Guernsey 21 10 2 9 44 41 32Hastings United 16 10 0 6 30 19 30Herne Bay 17 8 5 4 28 21 29Walton & Hersham 21 8 3 10 29 38 27Walton Casuals 21 8 2 11 39 40 26Tooting & Mitcham United 20 8 1 11 23 32 25Hythe Town 19 6 5 8 20 22 23Chatham Town 19 6 4 9 30 26 22Peacehaven & Telscombe 22 5 5 12 25 46 20Sittingbourne 17 6 0 11 23 28 18East Grinstead Town 17 3 4 10 20 33 13Chipstead 20 2 2 16 16 52 8Whitstable Town 22 2 1 19 23 63 7

Grays Athletic

FC

Meet The Staff

& Players

Mark Bentley – Midfield/Manager. JoinedGrays Athletic in August 2014. He startedhis career at Enfield in 1998, later movingto Aldershot Town, Gravesend &Northfleet, where he won Player of theYear for 2002/03 and Dagenham &Redbridge. He stepped up to the FootballLeague with Southend United in 2004where he made 93 appearances and wasinvolved in two consecutive promotions.He moved to Gillingham in 2006 and hewas runner up for their 2006/07 and2009/10 Player of the Year award. He alsorepresented Cambridge United, Hayes &Yeading, Boreham Wood and was a mem-ber of Wealdstone’s Ryman LeagueChampionship winning squad last season.In January 2015 Mark took over as care-taker manager from Andy Swallow. InFebruary 2015 it was announced that Markwould retain the manager’s role for theremainder of the 2014-2015 season.Discussions are ongoing for his tenure tocontinue for next season.David Raven – Coach / Scout. Retiredfrom playing in 1999 after a career thatincluded spells at Wigan Athletic, SloughTown and Didcot Town. Joined the staff in2011. A former Kilmarnock coach and Graysreserve team manager. Previously a youthcoach and assistant manager for the CapitalLeague side at Redbridge before joiningGrays Athletic in 2011 as assistant managerfor the reserves. His role was expanded toinclude scouting opponents and potentialsignings. He will continue in his dual coach-ing/ scouting role working on fitness &rehabilitation and working closer with theU21 and U18 coaching staff to identify play-ers to develop through into the first team. Lamar Johnson – Goalkeeper. He joinedGrays in 2011 after spells at Romford andAveley. In his early career, he was part ofthe Charlton Athletic youth setup and alsoplayed for Thurrock’s under 18’s and theirreserve side, before switching to Canvey-based Concord Rangers in 2010. He willavailable to play after 15 October 2014.Jay Leader – Centre Half. A product ofthe Dagenham & Redbridge youth setup hehas progressed through the non-leagueranks playing for Bethnal Green in theEssex Senior League before moving toAveley where he was made captain in his

first season. He joined in August 2014 fromThe Millers where he was voted Fans’ andPlayers’ Player of the Year last season.Alex Addai - Alex started his career withTottenham Hotspur as a youngster butmoved north to join Blackpool as a trainee.He was released at the end of the 2012/13season without managing to break into thesenior squad at Bloomfield Road. After anunsuccessful trial with Leyton Orient in thesummer of 2013, he joined then RymanPremier Division side Carshalton Athleticand made eleven appearances for theRobins, scoring once. He joinedConference South side Whitehawk inDecember 2013 and then moved ontoCrawley Down Gatwick in March 2014. Hesigned for Ryman Premier side Kingstonianin the summer of 2014 and played forty-one times, scoring just once.Tommy Cummings – Mark Bentley hasalso announced the signing of defenderTommy Cummings. With Arsenal andCharlton Athletic as a youngster, hebecame disillusioned with the game andgave up for a while, but has been playinglocally in the past year or so and hasimpressed sufficiently to be offered termsby Bentley.Jey Siva – Left Back.Joined from Weald-stone in August 2014 where he was part oftheir Championship winning squad in2013/14. He was at Enfield from 2010until 2013 and previously played forHillingdon Borough, Indian Gymkhana andNewbury Forest. He has coaching experi-ence at a number of English Clubs and inthe USA. He achieved a sports sciencedegree at Brunel University where he madethe England University side.Joao Carlos – Midfield. He joined in thepre-season of 2011. The Portuguesewinger started his career at Clapton beforemoving on to Brentwood Town and thenAveley. He went on to sign for FootballLeague side Dagenham & Redbridge inNovember 2009, where he made oneappearance as a substitute. He rejoinedBrentwood Town in August 2010, before amove to Thurrock. He was voted thePlayer of the Year in 2011/12 and theSupporters’ Player of the Year 2013/14.He was also the top scorer in both sea-sons.

Reserve

Team

Essex Senior

Football League

15/08/2015 Thurrock A Lge 0-7

22/08/2015 Heybridge Swifts H Lge 3-3 Osei (2), Tamburrini

05/09/2015 Redbridge H Lge 3-1 Tamburrini, Maltese, Fuller

12/09/2015 Sawbridgeworth T. H Lge 1-1 Fuller

26/09/2015 Thurrock H Cup 2-1 TBA

03/10/2015 Hullbridge A Lge 4-0 Cummings, Bangora, Osei (2)

17/10/15 Takeley A Lge 5-3 Fuller (2), Burnett-Williams,

Gordon, Osei

14/11/2015 Southend Manor H Lge 2-1 Maltese, Moses

18/11/2015 Waltham Abbey A Lge 2-3 Burnett-Williams, Ofori

21/11/2015 Southend Manor A Lge

12/12/2015 Waltham Forest A Lge

19/12/2015 Barking H Lge

23/01/2016 Redbridge A Lge

30/01/2016 Sawbrudgeworth T. A Lge

03/02/2016 Clapton A Lge

13/02/2016 Waltham Forest H Lge

27/02/2016 Takeley H Lge

05/03/2016 Thurrock H Lge

12/03/2016 Hullbridge Sports H Lge

19/03/2016 Heybridge Swifts A Lge

TBA Clapton H Lge

TBA Waltham Abbey H Lge

TBA Barking A Lge

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RESERVE DIVSION P W D L F A PT

Heybridge Swifts 10 8 1 1 41 13 25

Waltham Abbey 9 8 0 1 28 13 24

Redbridge 10 7 0 3 24 24 21

Thurrock 8 6 1 1 32 6 19

Hullbridge Sports 9 5 1 3 25 19 16

Grays Athletic 8 4 2 2 20 19 14

Sawbridgeworth Town 8 3 1 4 17 24 10

Clapton 13 2 3 8 19 29 9

Walham Forest 6 2 0 4 9 15 6

Barking 9 1 2 6 10 24 5

Southend Manor 9 1 1 7 14 34 4

Takeley 7 0 0 7 10 29 0

Statistics

2015-16

Grays Athletic

Football Club

Statistics

2015-16

Grays Athletic

Football Club

DATE OPPOSITION C R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Substitutes Used ATT OGSat 8th Aug Hendon Lge 1-1 Johnson Cummings Siva Cronin Leader Stevens Michael-Percil Beaney Tomlinson Ferguson Carlos Little +, Bentley *, Reynolds @ 201 1

Tues 11th Aug Tonbridge Angels Lge 3-2 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Stevens + Tomlinson Beaney GB-Dumaka 2 Ferguson Carlos 1 * Michael-Percil +, Bentley * 439

Sat 15th Aug Burgess Hill Town Lge 2-1 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Stevens Tomlinson 1 * Beaney GB-Dumaka 1 Ferguson Carlos+ Michael-Percil +, Reynolds * 458

Tues 18th Aug Canvey Island ***** ATT1 2-2 Kamurasi Ifil Cummings Douglas Bentley Stevens 1 Michael-Percil Maltese @ Osei * Ferguson + Reynolds Beaney +, Little *, Addai @ 153 1

Sat 22nd Aug Billericay Town Lge 2-0 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Stevens 1 * Tomlinson 1 + Beaney GB-Dumaka Ferguson + Carlos @ Reynolds +, Bentley *, Michael-Percil @ 263

Weds 26th Aug Canvey Island Lge 2-0 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Stevens * Tomlinson Beaney GB-Dumaka 1 Ferguson + Carlos + Reynolds +, Agombar * 289 1

Sat 29th Aug Dulwich Hamlet Lge 1-1 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Stevens+ Tomlinson Beaney 1 GB-Dumaka Ferguson @ Carlos * Michael-Percil +, Reynolds *, Little @ 999

Mon 31st Aug Brentwood Town Lge 4-0 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader 1 Michael-Percil + Tomlinson * Beaney GB-Dumaka 2 Ferguson @ Carlos Agombar +, Reynolds *, Stevens @ 205

Sat 5th Sep Leiston Lge 2-1 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Stevens Tomlinson + Beaney GB-Dumaka 2 Ferguson @ Carlos * Michael-Perci l +, Reynolds * 232

Tues 8th Sep Canvey Island Lge 3-0 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Stevens 1 @ Tomlinson + Beaney GB-Dumaka 1 Ferguson @ Carlos * 1 Michael-Percil +, Reynolds *, Agombar @ 330

Sat 12th Sep Biggleswade Utd FAC1Q 5-0 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin 1 Leader Agombar + Tomlinson @ Beaney Michael-Percil 1 Ferguson @ Reynolds * Carlos + 2, Little *, Osei @ 182 1

Sat 19th Sep Bognor Regis Town Lge 0-2 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Stevens+ Tomlinson @ Beaney GB-Dumaka Ferguson Carlos * Michael-Percil +, Reynolds *, Little @ 207

Weds 23rd Sep Staines Town Lge 1-1 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin 1 Leader Stevens + Michael-Percil Beaney * Tomlinson Ferguson Carlos Agombar *, Reynolds +, 173

Sat 26th Sep Hullbridge Sports FAC2Q 6-0 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin + Leader Stevens Michael-Percil Tomlinson @ 3 GB-Dumaka 3 Ferguson Carlos * Yala +, Reynolds *, Osei @ 206

Weds 30th Sep Leatherhead Lge 0-3 Johnson Ifil @ Siva Cronin Leader Stevens + Michael-Percil Agombar * Tomlinson Ferguson Carlos Reynolds *, Little +, Yala @ 272

Fri 2nd Oct Kingstonian Lge 1-3 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin + Leader Stevens + Michael-Percil 1 Agyemang Tomlinson Ferguson * Carlos @ Bloomfield +, Little *, Reynolds @ 191

Wed 7th Oct East Thurrock *** ATT2 2-2 Kamurasi Ruddock Cummings Nicholson Bentley Halliday Addai Fuller Bloomfield 1 Agombar 1 Reynolds Osei +, Little *, Reynolds @ 159

Sat 10th Oct Hanwell Town FAC3Q 2-1 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader 1 Stevens Michael-Percil + Agyemang GB-Dumaka 1 Tomlinson @ Carlos* Bentley +, Little ,* Reynolds @ 311

Weds 14th Oct Leatherhead Lge 0-2 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin + Hutchings Stevens Michael-Percil Agyemang @ GB-Dumaka Tomlinson * Carlos Bentley +, Bloomfield * Little @ 172

Sat 17th Oct Lewes Lge 4-0 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Hutchings 1 Stevens 1 Michael-Percil @ Bentley* GB-Dumaka 2 + Agombar Carlos Bloomfield +, Little *, Addai @ 194

Sun 25th Oct Welling United FAC4Q 1-1 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Bentley Michael-Percil + Beaney * GB-Dumaka Agombar Carlos Addai + 1, Stevens * 512

Tues 27th Oct Welling United FAC4Qr 0-4 Johnson Ifil Siva Cronin Leader Bentley + Michael-Percil * Agyemang GB-Dumaka Agombar @ Carlos Stevens +, Tomlinson *, Addai @ 733

Sat 31st Oct Biggleswade Town FAT1Q 2-1 Johnson Ifil Cummings Cronin Hutchings Stevens * Addai 1 Leader B.-Williams + Tomlinson 1 Carlos @ Bloomfield +, Bentley *, Agombar @ 151

Tues 3rd Nov Wingate & Finchley Lge 2-3 Johnson Ifil 1 Cummings Cronin Hutchings Leader Michael-Percil Agyemang Tomlinson * 1 Agombar @ Carlos + Addai +, Bloomfield *, Little @ 111

Sat 7th Nov Burgess Hill Town Lge 2-0 Johnson Ifil Cummings Cronin Leader Stevens + Addai * Bentley GB-Dumaka 1 Tomlinson 1 Carlos @ Agyemang +, Michael-Percil *, Agombar @ 148

Weds 11th Nov Witham Town^^^ ESC3 0-0 Johnson Cummings Siva Nicholson Hutchings Little Ofori * Agombar Cathline + Bloomfield Addai @ Burnett-Williams +, Osei *, Maltese @ 86

Sat 14th Nov Waltham Abbey FAT2Q 2-0 Johnson Ifil Cummings Cronin Leader Hutchings + Tomlinson Agyemang GB-Dumaka * Agombar 1 @ Carlos Beaney +1, Bloomfield *, Michael-Percil @ 146

Sat 21st Nov Enfield Town Lge H SPONSOR: ANTHONY AUGER

Tues 24th Nov Wingate & Finchley ATT3 A

Sun 29th Nov Corinthian-Casuals FAT3Q H KO 2.00PM

Tues 1st Dec Harrow Borough Lge A

Sat 5th Dec VCD Athletic Lge H

Mon 7th Dec Hendon Lge A

Sat 12th Dec Hampton & RB Lge A

Tues 15th Dec Staines Town Lge A

Sat 19th Dec Dulwich Hamlet Lge H SPONSOR: PAUL COX

Tues 22nd Dec Billericay Town Lge A

Sat 26th Dec Brentwood Town Lge A

Sat 2nd Jan East Thurrock U. Lge H SPONSORS: CAROL TILLETT AND

PHYLLIS HOLLANDS

Weds 6th Jan Tonbridge Angels Lge H SPONSOR: CAROL TILLETT

Sat 9th Jan Merstham Lge A

Tues 12th Jan Needham Market Lge A

Sat 16th Jan Farnborough Lge H

Sat 23rd Jan Metropolitan Police Lge A

Sat 30th Jan Wingate & Finchley Lge H

Sat 6th Feb Kingstonian Lge A

Sat 13th Feb Harrow Borough Lge H

Sat 20th Feb Lewes Lge A

Sat 27th Feb Met. Police Lge H SPONSOR: GLYN BALMER (GLYNBO)

Sat 5th Mar Farnborough Lge A

Sat 12th Mar Leiston Lge H SPONSOR: PHYLLIS HOLLANDS

Sat 19th Mar Bognor Regis Town Lge A

Sat 26th Mar Merstham Lge H

Mon 28th Mar East Thurrock U. Lge A

Sat 2nd Apr Enfield Town Lge A

Sat 9th Apr Needham Market Lge H SPONSOR: PARAGON INDEPENDENT LTD

Sat 16th Apr Hampton & RB Lge H SPONSOR: GLYN BALMER (GLYNBO)

Sat 23rd Apr VCD Athletic Lge A

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