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SITTINGBOURNE FC OFF ICAL MATC HDAY PROGRAMME - 2018-19 BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH EAST DIVISION SATURDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2018 SITTINGBOURNE V THREE BRIDGES Kick off 3.00PM

SITTINGBOURNE FC

OFF ICAL MATC HDAY PROGRAMME - 2018-19

BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH EAST DIVISION

SATURDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2018

SITTINGBOURNE V THREE BRIDGES

Kick off 3.00PM

Sittingbourne Football Club is a UK company limited by

guarantee: Company registration number, 11360242.

Registered office: Woodstock Park, Broadoak Road,

Sittingbourne, ME9 8AG

Who’s who

President: Alan Crowshaw

Vice Presidents: Tania Spice, Andy Spice, Alan Barty, and

John Cooper.

Directors: Maurice Dunk (Chairman), Ken Medwyn (Vice

Chairman), Peter Pitts (Company Secretary), John Pitts

(Football Secretary / Treasurer). Colin Page, Alan Barty, Glen

Parkes, Mick Sayce.

Other Committee members : Danny Appleton (Turnstile

Manager). Roger Pudner (Groundsman)

Other Key Personnel: Faye Goatham (Turnstile), Jackie

Mount (Programme sales), Tony Rickson (Match reporter),

Sandra Pitts (Boardroom), Clive Phillips (Club shop), Dudley

Hird & Tony Rickson (Club Historians). Roger Wilkins (Head

Steward)

Manager: Aslan Odev, Assistant Manager: Ian Varley.

Coaches: Warren Chambers, Nathan Elder Physios:

Mark Wheeler & Hannah Owen

Playing Management Assistant: Harry Chambers.

Development Manager: Davis Sheepwash

The Isthmian League and Singbourne FC strongly supports the FA

statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against

racism and all forms of discriminaon. Accordingly any form of discriminatory

abuse whether it be based on race or ethnicity , sexual

orientaon, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse

will be reported to the Football Associaon for acon by that Associaon.

(The FA 0800 085 0508 / kick it out 020 7253 0162)

SITTINGBOURNE V THREE BRIDGES

Bostik South East, Saturday 17th November 2018, KO 3.00 PM

Manager: Aslan Odev

Ast Manager: Ian Varley

Coach: Nathan Elder

Physios: Marc Wheeler, Hannah Owen,

GK Coach / Kit Manager: Warren Chambers

Match Day Assistant: Harry Chambers

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joseph Stokes (Canterbury)

Assistants: David Joseph (Hastings), Andrew Simmonds ( Grays)

Manager: Martin Dynan

Asst Managers: Keith George, Liam Collins

Coach: Marc Wardley

Physios: Tracy Weller, Alan Street

Kit / Eqpmt: Richard Munn, Donnachadh Street

GOALS

SUBSTITUTE

PLAYER NO

GOALS

SUBSTITUTE

PLAYER NO

Matthew FUNNELL (GK)

Chris WEBBER

Josh DORLING

Lex ALLAN

Reiss CRIMMEN

Ira JACKSON

Lewis CHAMBERS

Mobolaji DAWODU

James SHAW (GK)

Bradley PETERS

Nathan SIMPSON

Olumide OLUWATIMILEHIN

Liam COLLINS

Jensen GRANT (C)

Connor FRENCH

Brannon O’NEIL

Patrick LEE (GK)

Ibby AKANBI

Harrison HATFULL

Tom LOYNES

Ben FITCHETT

Khalil McFARLANE

Tommie FAGG

Johan CANEY-BRYAN

Nathan ELDER

Omar FOLKES

Mason DOUGHTY

Victor NARANJO

Dan DA COSTA E SILVA

Ami GLLOGA

Antone DOUGLAS

Joe TENNANT

David LATUNDE

Joseph DENNY

The Secretary’s Jottings

Good afternoon everyone, welcome to Woodstock.

Our visitors are Three Bridges. Welcome

to their Players, Officials and Supporters. A welcome

also to the match officials.

Three Bridges have not played since 6 th November

when they played Shoreham in the

Sussex County Cup and won 1-0. Previous to

that they played Hastings United and lost 2-1,

and Hythe Town at home, losing 3-2. Both narrow

losses against good teams This shows that

today is going to be a stiff test for our team that

has also lost narrowly to some good teams lately.

I do not include Whitstable Town in that. We

just played badly in that game, a game we are

disappointed to not win. Whitstable are no

Hythe Town, the team we played a week earlier.

We matched Hythe all the way in that game

and only two poor judgement errors prevented

us getting something out of the game. The

Whitstable match was memorable only for the

poor discipline. This disrupted the flow of the

game. It was a shame that our players were

drawn into this. We need a better and more disciplined

performance from the Brickies today if

we hope to get anything out of the game.

Church festival dates are Thursday 6 th December

to Sunday 9 th December .Please go and

visit these churches to see the festivals. It is really

a great effort by local community groups.

The Tunstall festival has featured on BBC 1

South East Today programme for the past two

years.

One good thing about last Saturday was the observance

of Remembrance. Thanks to the local

British Legion and in particular the standard

bearer, Jim Pledger and “our own” Derek

Wakeling. Derek laid our wreath at the war me

Christmas is not far away and we have been

invited by St Michaels Church, High Street, Sittingbourne

and St John The Baptist Church,

Tunstall, to provide trees for their Christmas

Tree festivals – something we are pleased to do

every year. The festival at St Michaels Church

runs from Thursday 29th November 2018 to

Saturday 1st December 2018 and The Tunstall

Our Poppy Wreath

morial on our behalf at the Remembrance Day

service last Sunday

The funeral of our late President, Alan Crowshaw,

will take place at The Garden Of England

Crematorium next Thursday (22 nd November) at

1:00pm. His family have stated that only family

flowers, although they are inviting donations to

Cancer Research.

Next Saturday we travel to East Grinstead

Town. We are next home on Saturday 1 st December

when we play in form VCD Athletic.

JOHN

Hi Everyone.

From the Programme Editor

I hope that you enjoyed last weeks programme

which focused on remembrance. This weeks

programme focuses on nostalgia which was

brought

about by my

obtaining a

few programmes

from the

90’s. I do

have a lot of

programmes

from that

era in my

loft but

these were

some that I

didn’t possess.

Have

a look at the

map that

showed just

how far we

travelled in

those days.

I did enjoy

the trips

though,

even if it

meant being

away for a

whole day.

I’ve still kept a lot of the coach bookings that I

used to make for the club back then . (I am definitely

a hoarder) and note that most coaches

had to leave between 9.00 and 10.00am .

I well remember the quiz and the raffle, and the

home made cakes that were part and parcel of

the journey, not to mention the beer that was a

must have cargo—strictly forbidden these days

on football coaches.

I don’t believe we could survive financially now

if we had those journeys again, as the cost of

coaches would be just too exorbitant. Of

course it all depends on the size of crowds that

we get, and it was great to see almost 200

here last week.

Speaking of our Southern League days its interesting

to see how the clubs in that league

have got on, so I have included an article of

“where are they now?” It’s a fascinating insight

into how the fortunes of non league clubs ebb

and flow over a period , which on this occasion

is 24 years. I found that 1 club has completely

gone, that was Rushden & Diamonds. 3 further

clubs were liquidated but have reformed, 2

clubs have merged due to financial difficulties,

4 clubs have changed their names, 3 clubs are

now in the football league, 2 clubs are in the

non league pyramid step 1, whilst 2 are in step

2, 4 in step 3, 9 (including ourselves) are in

step 4, 3 in step 5 and 1 in step 6. The totals

come to more than 22 in the league because

some liquidated clubs reformed.

Finally the FA Cup continues and slowly the

non-league clubs are falling by the wayside. I

watched the Hampton & Richmond game

against Oldham Athletic as I have fond memories

of supporting the Middlesex side, (then just

called Hampton,) for many years from about

the age of 12 to 20+ and I took my referees

course and exam at their ground the Beveree.

It doesn’t seem to have changed much! They

lost 2-1 but It was a brave attempt by the

“Beavers”. Amazing that a game like that was

beamed to Slovenia, Denmark, Croatia, Serbia

and Slovakia! The FA Cup still has a “kind of

magic”!

Peter

The Three Hats Pub

Sponsors of Sittingbourne FC

93 High Street, Milton Regis

So you think we have to travel!

I know that some of our supporters have been with us for many years, but those who have only

known us in the various guises of the Isthmian league may be surprised at just how far we had

to travel for some of our Southern League matches. I found this map in a Crawley Town v Sittingbourne

programme for a Dr Martes Cup game played on 18th October 1994, which

strangely enough I remember, that shows our away league venues in those days. Take a look

at where they are now later on in this programme.

1. Atherstone Utd

2. Burton Albion

3. Cambridge City

4. Chelmsford City

5. Cheltenham Town

6. Corby Town

7. Crawley Town

8. Dorchester Town

9. Gloucester City

10. Gravesend & Northfleet

11 Gresley Rovers

12. Halesowen Town

13. Hastings Town

14. Hednesford Town

15. Leek Town

16. Rushden & Diamonds

17. SITTINGBOURNE

18. Solihull Borough

19. Sudbury Town

20. Trowbridge Town

21. VS Rugby

22. Worcester City

Remembrance at Sittingbourne FC

Saturday 10th November 2018—Photo by Glen Parkes

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Three Bridges — A Brief History

Founded in 1901, Three Bridges joined the Mid Sussex

Football League in 1902 and were Champions

of that League for the first time in the 1907/08 season.

Their first major success came in 1933/34,

when they won the Sussex Junior Cup, and sundry

other minor honours came their way before they

joined the Sussex County Football League in

1952/53, and two years later were crowned Second

Division Champions.

In 1962/63 they won the Division Two Invitation Cup

and in 1968/69, 1973/74 and 1979/80 were Second

Division Runners Up. 1970/71 produced an

against‐the‐odds triumph when winning the

League’s Invitation Cup against Southwick (3-2).

The 1980’s heralded a run of successes, starting

with reaching the last 16 of the FA Vase for the first

time in 1981/82 before losing at Molesey (1-2). A

season later they made it to the last 32 but also won

the Sussex RUR Charity Cup for the first time, beating

Hastings Town 3-2. Another year on saw them

finish runners up in the Thorn EMI National six-aside

tournament, winning a set of floodlights.

1985/86 saw them finish as County League Division

One runners up, a feat they repeated in both

1987/88 (when they also won the RUR Cup again)

and 1988/89.

A fire destroyed their clubhouse in 1993 which refocused

their priorities and ultimately resulted in relegation

in 1996/97. They won the Division 2 League

Cup a season later and then finished runners up in

Division 2 to regain Division 1 status. They were

RUR Cup runners up in 2003/04 and then winners of

that same prestigious trophy in 2007/08.

In season 2010/11 hopes were high when they started

by winning their first nine League games, but

eventually finished the season in 5th place. However

they did win the John O’Hara League Challenge

Cup for the first time that season, beating Rye United

2-1, a tremendous feat that they achieved again

in 2011/12, this time AFC Uckfield being defeated 2-

1. It looked like being another tough League campaign

when they lost four of the first nine matches,

but then lost only one of the remaining 29 games,

which was concluded by beating Championship rivals

Rye United 1-0 at home on the final day of the

season! This tremendous run meant the club had

achieved its ambition and become Sussex County

Football League Champions. With a superb run in

the FA Vase too, losing in the last 32 on a penalty

shoot‐out with Derbyshire side, Gresley FC, the

2011/12 ‘Double’ season had undoubtedly been the

best in Three Bridges’ history.

Their first season in the Ryman Isthmian Football

League South Division saw them struggle for much

of the time. However, having been 10 points adrift

at the bottom of the table in mid‐February, they

went on a run of 11 matches that produced 7 victories,

2 draws and just 2 defeats, earning them Team

of the Month Awards in both March and April as a

result. It meant that they survived the drop, but their

second season in the Ryman League saw them

struggle at times again but some key signings midway

through the season helped them to 19th place.

The 2014/15 season saw an even greater improvement

with a healthy mixture of youth and experience

guiding them into 7th position and, whilst they were

happy to score 94 League goals, they were less

than happy about the 95 they conceded! They improved

their defensive record in conceding 67 goals

in season 2015/16 but only scored 59, hardly helped

by long-term injuries to strike partners Allan Tait and

Tony Garrod. With 66 points, they slumped to 14th

position, although they only accumulated 6 points

fewer than in the previous campaign!

Bridges maintained most of that season's squad for

the 2016/17 campaign. However, with at least 11

first team players out injured by September, they

had to use a lot of the U21s, Academy and U18s

players and by November had lost 12 games in a

row, drew three and won just one game. Towards

the end of the season, they strengthened the squad

but it was too late to avoid relegation.

For the 2017/18 season, Bridges kept a few of the

best of the players from the current season and

strengthened the team with more experienced players

in the hope of promotion once again. Having

dispensed with the services of Simon Wormull, Paul

Hammond and Danny Lee from the coaching team

and folding the Academy team, Bridges also

strengthened the management team with the additions

of the experienced ex-Bridges player, Martin

Dynan as Assistant Manager, and UEFA ‘A’ licensed

Coach, Marc Wardley. That season turned out to be

an extremely tough one with every team wanting to

beat us. However, Bridges accomplished what they

set out to do by gaining promotion back to the Bostik

League having finished second place in the Southern

Combination League Premier Division, just one

point behind the winners, Haywards Heath Town,

and despite having only lost 3 games all season.

The 2018/19 season sees Martin Dynan take over

the reins as First Team Manager and he has appointed

Liam Collins as joint-Assistant Manager/

Player, alongside Keith George. Paul Faili stood

down as First Team Manager at the end of last season

after 25 years in the Club’s management set up

and will now continue to solely concentrate on his

role as Club Chairman. Martin Dynan has also recruited

a new U23s manager in Oliver Saunders,

another UEFA ‘A’ licensed coach, to work closely

with the First Team in developing both the U23s and

U18s.

Where are the clubs in our 1994-95 league are now?

Atherstone Utd – Liquidated in 2001. A group of supporters formed a new Atherstone Town

club and they now play in the Midland League Division 1 (Step 6 of the non league pyramid)

Burton Albion – Now play in the Football League Division 1

Cambridge City – Now play in the Southern League Eastern Division – They ground share

with Histon – step 4 of the non league pyramid

Chelmsford City – Now play in the National league South – step 2 non league pyramid

Cheltenham Town – Now play in the Football League Division 2

Corby Town – Now play in the Southern League, Division 1 Central – step 4 non league pyramid

Crawley Town – Now play in the Football League Division 2

Dorchester Town – Now play in the Southern League Premier Division South step 3 non

league pyramid

Gloucester City - Now play in the National League South – step 2 non league pyramid.

Gravesend & Northfleet – Now renamed Ebbsfleet United and play in the National League

Premier – step 1 non league pyramid

Gresley Rovers – Liquidated at the end of the 2008-9 season. Reformed in 2009 and now

named Gresley FC who play in the Northern Premier Division 1 East. Non league pyramid

step 4.

Halesowen Town – Now members of the Southern League Premier Division Central – step 3

non league pyramid.

Hastings Town – Changed their name to Hastings United for the 2002 – 3 season. Step 4 non

league pyramid.

Hednesford Town – Now playing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division – step 3

non league pyramid.

Leek Town – Now playing in the Northern Premier League Division 1 west – step 4 non

league pyramid.

Rushden & Diamonds – Club dissolved in the 2011-12 season

SITTINGBOURNE – We are at step 4 of the non league pyramid

Solihull Borough – Because of financial problems merged with Moor Green in 2007 to form

Solihull Moors. Now play in the National league – Step 1 of the non league pyramid

Sudbury Town – Because of financial problems merged with Sudbury Wanderers in 1999 to

form AFC Sudbury. Now play in the Isthmian (Bostik) League Division 1 North – step 4

non league pyramid.

Trowbridge Town – The club folded in 1998 and reformed that same year and now play in the

Wiltshire League. – Step 5 non league pyramid.

VS Rugby – Changed name to Rugby United in 2000 and then to Rugby Town FC in 2005.

Rugby Town play in the United Counties League Premier Division. (Equivalent to the

Southern Counties East Football League – step 5 of the non league pyramid).

Worcester City – Now play in the Midlands Premier League – step 5 of the non league pyramid.

Very unlikely that I will be around in 2042 to track the fortunes of the clubs in our league, including

ourselves!

Programme Ed

Meet the Three Bridges Players

IBBY AKANBI – Striker. Born 12.07.1997 in

London. Joined Bridges on 3rd October 2018.

Previous clubs include: Crystal Palace; Grays

Athletic; Bedford Town; Guildford City; Whyteleafe;

Whitehawk; Kingstonian; Kettering Town

and Farnborough.

LIAM COLLINS – Defender / Assistant Manager.

Born 10.06.1982 in Chertsey. Joined Bridges

on 29th June 2017. Previous clubs include: Walton

& Hersham; Carshalton Athletic, Kingstonian;

Walton Casuals.

JAMIE CRELLIN – Defender / Club Captain.

Born 17.11.91 in Shoreham. Joined Bridges in

July 2014. Previous clubs include: Lewes,

Peacehaven and Hastings United, with whom he

reached the 3rd Round Proper of the FA Cup at

Middlesbrough. Has been Club Captain since

2015/16 season. Won the Crawley Observer

Player of the Year in 2015/16, Supporters’ Player

of the Year in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons,

and the Manager’s Player of the Year last season

(2017/18).

MASON DOUGHTY – Forward. Born 20.05.1999

in Crawley. Come through the Bridges Youth

section and previous Academy. Was quickly

brought into the First Team fold after scoring 8

goals in 6 games for the U23s this season. Won

Club Player of the Year for U21s last season

(2017/18).

ANTONE DOUGLAS – Defender. Born 27.12.89

in London. Joined Bridges in July 2018. Previous

clubs include: Crawley town; Waltham Forest;

Staines Town; Histon; Carshalton Athletic;

Billericay Town; Whyteleafe (loan); Worthing;

Merstham

OMAR FOLKES – Striker. Born . 24.09.1990 in

London. Previous clubs include: Histon;

Worthing; Merstham; Tooting & Mitcham United,

and of course Sittingbourne

CONNOR FRENCH – Striker. Born 15.10.92 in

Southend. Joined Bridges on 27th July 2017.

Previous clubs include: Millwall (U18s); Concord

Rangers; Tooting & Mitcham United; Merstham;

Chipstead; Walton & Hersham; Dulwich Hamlet;

Farnborough; Walton Casuals; Molesey. Won

the Top Goalscorer award last season (2017/18).

AMI GLLOGA – Midfielder. Born 17.02.91 in Albania.

Joined Bridges originally on 5th December

2017 before moving to Malta on a professional

contract in January 2018. Previous clubs include:

Copthorne; Crawley Down Gatwick; Pembroke

Athleta FC (Malta)

JENSEN GRANT – Midfielder / Vice Captain.

Born 27.04.1991 in Croydon. Joined Bridges on

11th February 2017. Precious clubs include:

Croydon; Whyteleafe. Players’ Player of the

Year in 2017/18.

LEE HALL – Midfielder. Born 23.11.87 in London.

Joined 14 February 2017. Previous clubs

include: Fulham (8 years, earning two years’

scholarship as high and reserve level); Corinthian

-Casuals (in 2015 played in Brazil against Corinthians

at the Arena Stadium in front of 30,000

fans); Lewes, Sutton United, Harrow Borough,

Kingstonian, Metropolitan Police, Tooting &

Mitcham United and Carshalton Athletic. Has a

knack of scoring from outside the box only!! Won

Goal of the Season last year (2017/18).

VICTOR NARANJO – Midfielder. Born

09.02.1999 in London. Joined in September

2017. Bridges U21s last season and has impressed

pre-season to be called into the First

Team squad this season. Previous clubs include:

Sutton United; Leatherhead.

BRANNON O’NEILL – Central Midfielder.

Born 22.03.1990 in Cuckfield. Joined on 12th

January 2018 from Burgess Hill. Spent four

years at Worthing before leaving to join Dorking

Wanderers in 2016/17 season. He then signed

for Burgess Hill in the Bostik Premier Division last

season before transferring to Bridges. Joined

Whitehawk the start of this season and re-signed

for Bridges on 11th October 2018.

OLU OLUWATIMILEHIN – Midfielder. Born

24.10.1994 in Nigeria. Joined Bridges on 3rd October

2018. Previous clubs include: AFC Hornchurch;

Whyteleafe; Waltham Forest; Kingstonian.

BRADLEY PETERS – Defender. Born

03.01.1997 in Crawley. Come through the Bridges

youth section and earned himself a First Team

contract this season. Won Young Player of the

Year last season (2017/18).

JAMES SHAW – Goalkeeper. Born 25.05.1991

in Cuckfield. Transferred from Hayes & Yeading

Utd. to Bridges on 30th October 2018. Previous

clubs include: Hayes & Yeading Utd; Lancing;

Berkhamsted; Horsham; Dorking Wanderers;

Worthing United; Shoreham; Eastbourne Borough;

Burgess Hill Town.

NATHAN SIMPSON – Defender. Born

15.09.1985 in Camberwell London. Joined Bridges

on 30th May 2017. Previous clubs include:

Crystal Palace (youth); St. Albans; Torquay United;

Potters Bar; Bromley, Worthing; Harrow Borough;

Tooting & Mitcham United; Merstham;

Thamesmead Town.

JOE TENNENT – Defender. Born 08.07.1998 in

Sidcup. Joined Bridges in September 2018 after

transferring from East Grinstead. Previous clubs

include: Colchester United; Grays Athletic; Soham

Town Rangers; East Grinstead Town.

DATE OPPOSITION COMP Sc ATT 1 2 3 4

5

11 Aug 2018

18 Aug 2018

21 Aug 2018

25 Aug 2018

27 Aug 2018

01 Sept 2018

04 Sept 2018

08 Sept 2018

15 Sept 2018

23 Sept 2018

25 Sept 2018

29 Sept 2018

02 Oct 2018

06 Oct 2018

13 Oct 2018

20 Oct 2018

27 Oct 2018

30 Oct 2018

03 Nov 2018

10 Nov 2018

17 Nov 2018

24 Nov 2018

01 Dec 2018

08 Dec 2018

15 Dec 2018

23 Dec 2018

29 Dec 2018

05 Jan 2019

12 Jan 2019

19 Jan 2019

26 Jan 2019

02 Feb 2019

05 Feb 2019

09 Feb 2019

16 Feb 2019

23 Feb 2019

02 Mar 2019

09 Mar 2019

16 Mar 2019

23 Mar 2019

30 Mar 2019

06 Apr 2019

13 Apr 2019

20 Apr 2019

22 Apr 2019

27 Apr 2019

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It is now almost three years to the day since, on a cold and wet Saturday afternoon at Leicester

City’s King Power Stadium, Jamie Vardy latched onto a Christian Fuchs through-ball before

slotting a powerful low drive past Manchester United’s David de Gea. The significance of

the goal, which saw Vardy break Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of scoring in ten consecutive

Premier League matches, was clear evidence of a footballer at the height of his powers.

Vardy’s rise from such humble Non-League beginnings to the bright lights of the Premier

League has been well documented. From Stocksbridge Park Steels, via FC Halifax and Fleetwood

Town - England recognition would follow off the back of his blazing run with Leicester

City. Here was the ‘poster boy’ for what Non-League football could deliver. So much so, in

fact, that scouts up and down the country are now looking for that next gem; a player with a

price tag that wouldn’t even be picked up on most Premier League clubs’ balance sheets.

But while the new wave of Non-League stars continue to take their places in the higher

leagues and beyond – former Kettering striker Calum Wilson’s call-up to the England squad

being the latest example of such – the lack of managers being given their chance remains a

cause of major frustration.

Scratch the surface and you can see some reasoning: if a club purchases a player for such a

nominal fee - even the £1 million Leicester City paid Fleetwood Town for Vardy’s services in

2012 - there is so much to gain and so little to lose. But taking a manager from the lower

leagues, who is expected to make a team gel and manage players’ egos, well that’s a different

challenge. And, where such appointments are concerned, chairmen and board members

don’t want any egg on their faces.

That said, if Football League clubs could have a window into the work and lives of many Non-

League managers, they would see so many astute footballing brains that are complemented

with the key ingredient needed for success: hard work. Yet still our managers are being ignored,

and if they are given a chance, it is invariably with a club that is swimming against the

tide.

Paul Hurst’s recent ill-fated stint at Ipswich is a case in point. Despite a playing career where

he chalked up to close to 500 games in the Football League with Rotherham United, Hurst cut

his teeth in management in the lower leagues, working alongside Rob Scott at Ilkeston, Boston

and Grimsby before taking the job with the Mariners on a full-time basis. He then moved

to Shrewsbury before Ipswich came calling last May.

With one of the lowest budgets in the Championship in a division that has become, pound for

pound, arguably the toughest in Europe, the task at Portman Road was never going to be an

easy one. It proved beyond Hurst, and now instead of celebrating the talents of a man who

has gone from the Conference to the Championship in the space of two years, we are left

scratching our heads as to when the next bright light from Non-League will be given the

chance to shine.

Managers deserve greater support and patience to progress their careers. Non-League football

has been recognised as the perfect breeding ground for players who develop the right

attitudes for the task ahead, but those players are learning from some of the game’s most aspiring

young managers. Like Vardy, there are some golden nuggets out there…

Alex Narey

Match Reports by Tony Rickson

Saturday 3rd November 2018

Bostik South East

Hythe Town 3 Sittingbourne 2, Att 252

It was fitting that the day after the death of muchrespected

Sittingbourne FC club president Alan

Crowshaw that the players should produce a display

packed with character and bravery.

Ultimately they didn’t have anything to show for it,

but how well Sittingbourne did to come back from

two-down early on and go close to causing a major

upset.

Hythe haven’t lost a home league match this season

and the three points they got from this win

took them back up to third in the Bostik South

East League.

So it was doubly disappointing for Sittingbourne

to get within a mistake or two of spoiling their day,

and end up falling into the bottom half of the table

for the first time this season.

The match was preceded by a minute’s silence in

honour of Mr Crowshaw and a Sittingbourne team

unchanged from the midweek defeat at Folkestone

in the Velocity Trophy kicked off in pleasant

autumn sunshine.

In fact, it was from the kick-off that Hythe scored,

Sittingbourne losing possession on the edge of

the home side’s penalty area. The ball was

whisked forward into the inside-right channel on

the counter-attack and the speedy Aikhionbare

raced clear of the central defence before lashing

a superb shot high inside the near post.

Just seconds into the game and a hammer blow

for Sittingbourne, Hythe following it with more

dangerous attacks in the opening few minutes

and almost adding an immediate second.

It took patience and strength of mind for Sittingbourne

to edge their way back into the game

after such a shocking start, but they seemed to

be settling into it despite giving the ball away too

much after building good positions.

Then came another shocker. A long clearance by

Hythe keeper Roberts deep into the Sittingbourne

half in the 29th minute saw goalkeeper Patrick

Lee race out of his area to kick the ball away.

Whether the low sun temporarily blinded him, or

whether the ball bounced strangely, but Lee totally

missed his kick and Aikhionbare simply had to

run on behind him and place the ball in the empty

net.

Who would have thought at this moment that Sittingbourne

would go into half-time on level terms,

but somehow they managed it, battling back with

courage and conviction.

After unleashing one long-range shot that keeper

Nicholls saved at the second attempt, Dan Parkinson

blasted in a free-kick from 25 yards that

wrong-footed the keeper, admittedly with the help

of a big deflection on the way through.

And two minutes later, with just 40 minutes

played, Sittingbourne were level as Tommy Fagg

threaded a clever pass through for Tom Loynes.

Running at full pelt, his first touch seemed slightly

too heavy but with a defender and the keeper

closing him down from different directions,

Loynes stretched to get there first and place the

ball in the far corner. That makes Loynes the

team’s leading scorer now this season.

Driven on with the help of tremendous backing

from their ever-noisy ever-singing fans, Sittingbourne

looked the more dangerous side for

quite a time in the second half, Parkinson having

a free-kick in a promising position blocked by the

wall and Ira Jackson seeing his shot tipped over

the bar by the keeper.

Hythe were probably just getting back into the

game a bit when they scored the 74th minute winner

thanks to a mixture of luck and skill. Lee was

once again out of his area to half-clear the ball

but it fell to midfielder Kinnear, who from fully 30

yards immediately lobbed it straight back in as

Lee tried in vain to race back to his line.

For poor old Lee it completed a day he’ll want to

forget but he’s such an enthusiastic and positive

influence on the team he’s easy to forgive when

things don’t work out for him.

Again, Sittingbourne responded well and sub Gil

Carvalho, making what seemed a welcome return

to the club, went so close to an equaliser with a

shot the Hythe keeper just managed to turn away

with a fine save.

With four minutes left, though, Carvalho blotted

his copybook with a reckless tackle which the referee

deemed worthy of a straight red card.

So five goals, a sending off, a spirited fightback.

An enjoyable game all round. Quite an afternoon

down in South Kent – but a draw would surely

have been a fairer result!

Sittingbourne: Patrick Lee, Chris Webber, Reiss

Crimmen (Yellow card), Dan Parkinson, Ben

Fitchett, Joe Denny, Tommie Fagg (Gil Carvalho,

63 min, Red card), Lewis Chambers, Ira Jackson,

Bola Dawodu (Yellow card), Tom Loynes (David

Latunde, 82 min). Subs not used: Josh Dorling,

Harrison Hatfull, Shea Pritchard.

Match Reports by Tony Rickson

Saturday 10th November 2018

Bostik South East

Sittingbourne 1 Whitstable Town 2,

Att 198

On a lovely autumn afternoon, Sittingbourne

attracted their biggest home crowd of the season

for a league game but most will have left

disappointed as the run of games without a win

stretched to six.

How long ago it seems now that they were up

in second place in the Bostik South East

League and looking for all the world like playoff

contenders.

It’s virtually the same set of players, but

they’ve lost their way a bit and Whitstable did

enough to deserve to win this Kent derby.

To crown a bad day, Sittingbourne had a player

red-carded for the second successive week,

and four players sent off in just a couple of

months this season is not a record to be proud

of.

Manager Aslan Odev made some brave decisions

for this match, leaving out two players -

goalkeeper Pat Lee and Bola Dawodu - who

have been first choices all season. In came a

new keeper, former Crystal Palace academy

player Matthew Funnell, and player-coach Nathan

Elder was recalled upfront. The other

change saw Lex Allan back after two games

out injured, replacing Joe Denny.

The first half-hour went badly for Sittingbourne.

They conceded a lot of free-kicks as well as

more than a few corners, with Whitstable dominating

the game. And it was no surprise when

they took a 29th minute lead, West heading

home from yet another set piece swung in by

former Sittingbourne left-back Chris Elliott.

Sittingbourne responded well and the rest of

the half was their best period of the game.

Both Tom Loynes and Tommie Fagg had powerful

shots saved by keeper Eason and Fagg

had a header cleared off the line by Gillman

after timing his jump beautifully to beat the advancing

keeper.

And it was the hard-working Fagg who singlehandedly

created the equaliser, driving past

three defenders with a mixture of skill and determination

before spotting Ira Jackson in

space on the right side of the penalty area.

Getting Jackson in one-on-one situations is a

key Sittingbourne manouevre and he made no

mistake, setting himself up before driving his

first goal since August into the far corner.

The second half began quietly until a 58th minute

foul by Whitstable captain Morrish clearly

hurt Sittingbourne’s Dan Parkinson. Words

were exchanged in the aftermath and suddenly

players were piling into a pushing-and-shoving

melee. Most were acting as peacemakers and

it didn’t last long but Morrish and Parkinson

were both given red cards for their part in it all.

Whitstable went on to create a 71st minute

winner when Wright finished a skilful passing

move in the area to slot home. Sittingbourne

defenders, presumably apprehensive about

diving in and giving away a penalty, stood off

just too much as the move built up and couldn’t

do enough to prevent it.

Sittingbourne tried to get back into the game

but Elder missed a good chance in front of

goal and substitute Dawodu headed just over

in added time, while at the other end Whitstable’s

Smith hit the post.

Football wise it was an afternoon to forget, especially

following the dignified and moving start

it was given by the pre-match remembrance

commemorations.

Sittingbourne: Matthew Funnell, Chris Webber,

Reiss Crimmen (Yellow card), Dan Parkinson

(Red card), Ben Fitchett (Yellow card)

(Johan Caney-Bryan, 87 min), Lex Allan, Ira

Jackson, Lewis Chambers, Nathan Elder (Bola

Dawodu, 76 min), Tommie Fagg, Tom Loynes.

Subs not used: Josh Dorling, Harrison Hatfull,

Patrick Lee.

Meet The Sittingbourne Squad

Patrick Lee: Goalkeeper. Patrick "Patch" Lee is a

product of the Soccer Elite Football Academy. He

signed for Tunbridge Wells before moving on to

Chatham Town for the start of the 2016-17 season.

In December 2016 he signed for Ryman Premier

side, Harlow Town. After leaving Harlow he played

for Margate until the end of last season. Sponsored

by Matt Hart (On behalf of McMillan Cancer

Relief)

Chris Webber: Defender. Joined Sittingbourne

from Canterbury City at the beginning of last season.

Has also played for Billericay and Faversham

Town. Made captain for this season. Sponsored

by John Andrews

Lex Allan: Defender. 6’ 7” Lex was spotted playing

in local football and offered a trial with Sittingbourne.

It soon became clear that he had great

potential. This potential has been spotted by a

number of scouts and Lex was invited to play in

trial matches and he has not looked out of place in

the company of more experienced players.

Reiss Crimmen: Defender. First played for Sittingbourne

three seasons ago. Returned to The

Brickies in March 2018, signed from Ramsgate.

Renowned for his long throw.

Ben Fitchett: Defender. Ben signed for Sittingbourne

from Margate at the beginning of September.

He came to prominence at Margate after

playing a key role in their development side winning

their championship. He joined Margate after impressing

at SCEL Erith Town. Made his Sittingbourne

debut in a 2-0 Velocity Trophy win in

September 2018. He scored on his debut.

Harrison Hatfull:Defender / Midfield. Second

spell with Sittingbourne. He originally joined us

from Chatham Town. He started last season with

Herne Bay before joining us in February 2018. Harrison

had two trials at Bolton last season.

Dan Parkinson: Midfield. Experienced player who

came through the Morecambe youth academy to

sign a one-year contract for the 2011–12 season

for the League two club. He then signed for Barrow

of the Conference North. He also played on loan at

Colwyn Bay and Vauxhall Motors before moving

South and playing for Maidstone United (alongside

his brother Jack) and Tonbridge Angels. Dan originally

joined Sittingbourne for the 2017-18 season

but a knee injury put him out for most of that season.

Got back to full fitness last season and is an

important part of the team.

Josh Dorling: Midfield. Josh joined Sittingbourne

from Maidstone United in February 2018 where he

played for their academy. Whilst with the Stones,

Josh had a week long trial with Brighton & Hove

Albion.

Lewis Chambers: Midfield, Lewis is another to

sign for then new manager, Aslan, in March 2018.

He impressed right from his first game for the club.

He has played for Maidstone United youth. Another

to have a long throw.

Izzy Adebayo: Midfield. Previous club was Faversham

Town. Has also played for South Park and

Tilbury.

Khalil (Keith) McFarlane: Midfield. Khalil’s last

club was Herne Bay. He has also played for Faversham

Town and Margate.

Dylan Riches: Midfield. Very talented youngster

who scored on his debut for the Brickies in April

2018 against Thamesmead Town. He progressed

from Sittingbourne’s successful Under 18 side.

Tom Loynes: Midfield/ Forward. Tom first played

for Sittingbourne in the 2012-13 season. In between

playing for us he has played at Ramsgate,

Whitstable Town and Sheppey United. Since returning

to The Brickies at the beginning of last season

he has shown that he has lost none of his skill

and enthusiasm. Sponsored by: John Cooper

Ira Jackson: Forward. Joined Sittingbourne at the

beginning of he 2018-19 season, another to make

an impressive debut against Horsham. Previous

clubs include Whitstable Town, Ramsgate. Dover

Athletic, Worthing, Leatherhead, Margate and

Ramsgate. Sponsored by: John Cooper

Bola Dawodu: Forward. Joined Sittingbourne for

the first time at the beginning of last season. Previous

to that he played for Faversham Town and

Whitstable Town. Midway through last season he

decided to re-join Faversham Town. All at the club

were pleased that he decided to sign for the Brickies

again this season. - Sponsored by Lee

Kempton

Johan Caney-Bryan: Forward. A 6’ 5” player who

is a product of the Soccer Elite academy. He

scored two goals in a friendly debut he made at the

beginning of this season against Bearsted. Played

for University College Of London where in one spell

he scored 19 goals in 9 games.

Tommie Fagg: Forward. A graduate from the Soccer

Elite Football Academy, and Ashford United.

The tall striker then made six appearances for the

Harlow Town in the Isthmian Premier Division. He

signed for the Brickies at the beginning of this season

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