Sittingbourne v East Grinstead Town 19th Feb 2019 - Match Day programme
Sittingbourne v East Grinstead Town 19th Feb 2019 - Match Day programme Sittingbourne v East Grinstead Town 19th Feb 2019 - Match Day programme
SITTINGBOURNE FC OFF ICAL MATC HDAY PROGRAMME - 2018-19 BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH EAST DIVISION SATURDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2019 SITTINGBOURNE V EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN Kick off 3.00PM
- Page 2 and 3: Sittingbourne Football Club is a UK
- Page 4 and 5: The Secretary’s Jottings Good aft
- Page 7 and 8: An eventful week. From the Manager
- Page 9 and 10: 1890s East Grinstead Town — A Bri
- Page 11 and 12: Sittingbourne FC Appearances Jersey
- Page 13 and 14: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 Webber
- Page 15 and 16: V A BLOODY R. For years the debate
- Page 17 and 18: Meet The Sittingbourne Squad Patric
- Page 21 and 22: Brickies Lottery Results The lotter
- Page 23: Sponsorship Opportunities Match Day
SITTINGBOURNE FC<br />
OFF ICAL MATC HDAY PROGRAMME - 2018-19<br />
BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH EAST DIVISION<br />
SATURDAY 16TH FEBRUARY <strong>2019</strong><br />
SITTINGBOURNE V EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN<br />
Kick off 3.00PM
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> Football Club is a UK company limited by<br />
guarantee: Company registration number, 11360242.<br />
Registered office: Woodstock Park, Broadoak Road,<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>, ME9 8AG<br />
Who’s who<br />
President: Alan Barty<br />
Vice Presidents: Tania Spice, Andy Spice, and John Cooper.<br />
Directors: Maurice Dunk (Chairman), Ken Medwyn (Vice<br />
Chairman), Peter Pitts (Company Secretary) , John Pitts<br />
(Football Secretary / Treasurer). Colin Page, Alan Barty, Glen<br />
Parkes, Mick Sayce.<br />
Other Committee members : Danny Appleton (Turnstile<br />
Manager). Roger Pudner (Groundsman)<br />
Other Key Personnel: Faye Goatham (Turnstile), Jackie<br />
Mount (Programme sales), Tony Rickson (<strong>Match</strong> reporter),<br />
Sandra Pitts (Boardroom), Clive Phillips (Club shop), Dudley<br />
Hird & Tony Rickson (Club Historians). Roger Wilkins (Head<br />
Steward)<br />
Manager: Chris Lynch, Assistant: Nathan Elder,<br />
Coaches: Jon Barrett, Josh Hall. Physio: Marc Wheeler<br />
Psychologist: Alex Brunette-Leach<br />
Kit Man: Warren Chambers<br />
Playing Management Assistant: Harry Chambers.<br />
Development Manager: Davis Sheepwash<br />
The Isthmian League and Singbourne FC strongly supports the FA<br />
statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against<br />
racism and all forms of discriminaon. Accordingly any form of discriminatory<br />
abuse whether it be based on race or ethnicity , sexual<br />
orientaon, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse<br />
will be reported to the Football Associaon for acon by that Associaon.<br />
(The FA 0800 085 0508 / kick it out 020 7253 0162)
SITTINGBOURNE V <strong>East</strong> <strong>Grinstead</strong> <strong>Town</strong><br />
Bostik South <strong>East</strong>, Saturday 16th <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2019</strong>, KO 3.00PM<br />
Manager: Chris Lynch<br />
Ast Manager: Nathan Elder<br />
Coaches: Jon Barrett, Josh Hall,<br />
Physio: Marc Wheeler<br />
Psychologist: Alex Brunette-Leach<br />
Kit Manager: Warren Chambers<br />
Team Assistant: Harry Chambers<br />
Manager: Matt Longhurst<br />
Coach: Sonny Gladdish<br />
Physio: Shannon McEvoy<br />
MATCH OFFICIALS<br />
Referee: Jamaal Horne (Thornton Heath)<br />
Assistants: Stephen Matthews (Redhill), Carl Smith (Dorking)<br />
GOALS<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
PLAYER NO<br />
PLAYER NO<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
GOALS<br />
Patrick LEE (GK)<br />
Chris WEBBER<br />
Abdel NDEW<br />
Jack MORRELL<br />
Ben FITCHETT<br />
Rob LOFTING<br />
Lewis CHAMBERS<br />
Tim BABBINGTON<br />
Brannon DALY<br />
Callum EMPTAGE<br />
Karn MILLER-NEAVE<br />
Ryan JOHNSON<br />
Drew COONEY<br />
Ben WILSON<br />
Leo MAZZONE<br />
Mitchell CHAPMAN<br />
Izzy ADEBEYO<br />
Gregory CUNDLE<br />
Henry WOODS<br />
Billy LEWINS<br />
Johan CANEY-BRYAN<br />
Roman CAMPBELL<br />
Liam MIDDLETON<br />
Khalil McFARLANE<br />
Joshua SPENCER<br />
Jerson DOS-SANTOS<br />
Ollie BOULDING<br />
Jack BRAY<br />
George LANDALS<br />
Matt DAY<br />
Dan PEARSE<br />
Orlando SMITH<br />
Dylan RICHES<br />
Thomas LAWRENCE
The Secretary’s Jottings<br />
Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to Woodstock Park.<br />
Welcome to our visitors from Sussex, <strong>East</strong> <strong>Grinstead</strong> <strong>Town</strong>. A welcome also to this afternoon’s<br />
match officials, the referee, Jamaal Horne from Thornton Heath and his assistants,<br />
Stephen Mathews from Redhill and Carl Smith from Dorking.<br />
Our last scheduled match away at Three Bridges was of course postponed because of a waterlogged<br />
pitch. The rearranged date for this is Tuesday 26 th <strong>Feb</strong>ruary. I was surprised that not<br />
more matches were postponed last Saturday. I would think that after the torrential rain we had<br />
around that time that there are going to be a number of pitches out there that are the worse for<br />
wear. Roger, our groundsman and Vice chairman, Ken, have worked hard on our pitch to get it<br />
back to a reasonable condition after the Ashford match. I was amazed at the pictures of the<br />
Newport County pitch after their FA Cup tie against Middlesbrough. It looked like a ploughed<br />
field with hardly a blade of grass anywhere to be seen.<br />
I am sure that the supporters will have appreciated the performances under our new manager,<br />
Chris Lynch. The performance at home to Ashford was first class. We were very unlucky not<br />
to get anything out of a game against a team that, in my opinion, are the best team we have<br />
played this season. Chris continues to add new players to the squad and today we welcome<br />
Tom Lawrence who has signed for us from Tunbridge Wells. Chris has also announced that<br />
Nathan Elder has being promoted to Assistant manager. Welcome to Tom and congratulations<br />
to Nathan<br />
Our new dressing rooms are taking<br />
shape with the internal walls all done<br />
as well as much of the plumbing and<br />
electrics. The refurbished building will<br />
also have a manager’s office, a physio<br />
room and a medical room. Thanks to<br />
Greg McHardy for all the hard work he<br />
and his men are putting into the project.<br />
We have also been awarded a further<br />
amount of money from Swale<br />
Councillor Derek Conway’s budget to<br />
help with the cost of the electrical<br />
works. This is the second award given to us by Councillor Conway. Last year he gave a contribution<br />
to the main structural works in the new dressing rooms.<br />
In the next few weeks you will see more work being done around the ground that will include a<br />
tidy up of the area both sides of the main stand. We will also be looking for volunteers to do<br />
decorating in the new dressing rooms. Volunteers are also required to keep the motorway<br />
Bridge and Forum Car Park signs up to date!<br />
Next up for us are two away games. Next Saturday we visit VCD, hoping to get revenge for<br />
our unlucky defeat to them recently. The following Tuesday its our rescheduled visit to Three<br />
Bridges. Our next home match is on Saturday 2 nd March against Faversham <strong>Town</strong>.<br />
Enjoy the game!<br />
John
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An eventful week.<br />
From the Manager<br />
We started the<br />
Saturday before<br />
last with our first<br />
away win in the<br />
league since<br />
last September,<br />
with a fantastic<br />
3-4 win at Phoenix<br />
Athletic. And<br />
what a display it<br />
was.. going 0-2<br />
up within 25<br />
minutes away from home, shows just how far we<br />
have come in such a short period of time. This<br />
team is currently full on confidence, with some<br />
added depth and self belief knowing they can<br />
beat anyone on any given day. We ended the half<br />
1-3 up, and deservedly so. With Tommy Fagg<br />
latching onto a ball inside the box from a GK mistake<br />
giving us the lead, then man of the match<br />
Roman Campbell scoring twice, the first a tap in<br />
from 10 yards and the second a moment of magic<br />
from the rising star, firing a low, powerful shot<br />
leaving the GK no chance.<br />
Second half, shows us that even though we are<br />
making significant progress, we still have work to<br />
do when out of possession and when maintaining<br />
a comfortable winning position. 1-3 became 3-3<br />
due to our own lapses in concentration giving<br />
away too many needless fouls around our box.<br />
Both goals coming from set pieces. Some, would<br />
have been forgiven for thinking the story of this<br />
season thus far would strike again, However, the<br />
character of the team shone through, we went on<br />
to score again after some great work down the<br />
right side by on loan Henry Woods producing a<br />
fantastic cross for Johann Caney-Bryan to latch<br />
onto and complete the scoring.<br />
Roman, should have had his first club hat-rick<br />
had the ball not rebounded of the inside of the<br />
post early on in the second half. (Had that have<br />
gone in the score would have been 1-4).<br />
The scenes at the final whistle were deserved<br />
and fully justified as fans and players hugged<br />
each other, (including the management team) after<br />
capping off an exciting display. A great day<br />
out for all, showing a glimpse of what the future<br />
holds in store for us.<br />
We then focused our attention to Tuesday night,<br />
where 2nd placed Ashford visited the Woodstock<br />
stadium, on a ten match unbeaten run. The conditions<br />
were poor after heavy rain/snow the week<br />
before, with the club volunteers/players and committee<br />
members coming together to ensure the<br />
game went ahead. It was testament to the players<br />
that the game was very even throughout. The<br />
final score ending 0-2. However, the game was a<br />
lot closer than the score sounds, the first half<br />
ending 0-1, after a rare Ashford shot found its<br />
way in, this wasn't a moment of class, simply a<br />
shot from the edge of the box, which carried a<br />
light deflection. Had we have closed down a little<br />
earlier we would have dealt with the situation<br />
comfortably. The second half we went at it, and<br />
only conceded again in the dying minutes, due to<br />
me taking a risk and going for it (making a tactical<br />
change leaving three at the back). I would rather<br />
lose 0-2 going for it than lose 0-1 knowing we<br />
hadn't tried to salvage a point. Come the final<br />
whistle, the relief showed from Ashford who celebrated<br />
as if they had won the league, again<br />
showing us the gap is closing and better times<br />
are around the corner. All In all, a very productive<br />
week.<br />
Injury updates:<br />
Lex Allan is doing well and was present at training<br />
this week watching the squad working hard,<br />
he will remain out of action for at least the next 4<br />
weeks, however, his recovery is going well.<br />
Ben Fitchett, trained for the first time in two<br />
weeks following a leg injury sustained in the Haywards<br />
Heath fixture. He should be back, fully fit<br />
within the next two weeks.<br />
Tom Loynes was put through his paces Thursday<br />
night having trained with the development squad<br />
Tuesday, He looks to be making a speedy recovery,<br />
in time to finish the season strong.<br />
Josh Spencer - although pulling up with a knee<br />
injury prior to the game v Phoenix played 90<br />
minutes v Ashford and did well.<br />
Billy Lewins - trained Thursday and felt injury free<br />
from a groin strain he had developed two weeks<br />
prior.<br />
KJ McFaland - is having ongoing treatment for a<br />
hamstring injury and should be back within the<br />
next two weeks.<br />
Tommy Fagg is away for the next two games<br />
through suspension, after totting up 10 yellow<br />
cards throughout the season.<br />
With close to all our injured players making returns<br />
the squad is looking very competitive going<br />
into the remaining 13 x fixtures.<br />
Good news:<br />
We welcome new signing Tommy Lawrence, a<br />
ball playing centre midfielder to the club this<br />
week, who joins us from Tonbridge, having impressed<br />
on trial.<br />
And congratulations to Nathan Elder whom, I<br />
have this week promoted to my new no.2 - Assistant<br />
Manager.<br />
We are now looking forward to the back end of<br />
the season and finishing strong.<br />
Chris
From the Programme Editor<br />
I want to start with repeating a plea by John<br />
that in the next few weeks if anyone has any<br />
spare time to help us then there will soon be a<br />
host of jobs that need doing at the ground.<br />
These include painting and general decoration<br />
of the new dressing rooms as well as some<br />
general tidying up, all in readiness for our<br />
ground grading that will take place on the 18th<br />
March. It really is “squeeky bum” time as if we<br />
don’t get the ground up to step 4 standard then<br />
relegation is a distinct possibility.<br />
I want to add my personal thank to Roger Pudner<br />
our groundsman and to Ken Medwyn for<br />
working tirelessly on the pitch. We all know that<br />
the drainage<br />
of the pitch<br />
is, too put it<br />
politely, not<br />
very good!!<br />
There are<br />
machines<br />
available<br />
that will<br />
sponge water<br />
off of the<br />
pitch but<br />
with all our<br />
other outgoings<br />
there is<br />
just no money<br />
in the kitty<br />
to purchase<br />
one<br />
of these, so<br />
if you supporters<br />
want<br />
to start fund<br />
raising don't<br />
let us stop<br />
you!<br />
I know that<br />
many of you<br />
look forward<br />
to going over<br />
to the Channel<br />
Islands to<br />
play Guernsey<br />
and<br />
therefore you<br />
will be<br />
pleased to<br />
hear that Jersey<br />
Bulls,<br />
Jersey’s top<br />
team, have<br />
just been accepted<br />
into<br />
the Combined Counties League one, the<br />
league that Guernsey began in. That means<br />
that by season 2022—2023 they could be in<br />
our league!!! More about this later on in the<br />
<strong>programme</strong>.<br />
I was sorry to see that the planning application,<br />
that would if passed, have meant that Canterbury<br />
City would be “coming home” however<br />
the Quinn Estates led plan has been turned<br />
down. Canterbury Citiy’s latest idea is to get<br />
some of their supporters interested in standing<br />
for the council so that there is a greater chance<br />
that the plans, in some form or another, will<br />
eventually get through.<br />
Recently both Cray Wanderers and Horsham<br />
from our league have been successful with<br />
their applications for new grounds, with Horsham’s<br />
all set to be their home from the start of<br />
next season.<br />
Peter<br />
The Three Hats Pub<br />
Sponsors of <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> FC<br />
93 High Street, Milton Regis
1890s<br />
<strong>East</strong> <strong>Grinstead</strong> <strong>Town</strong> — A Brief History<br />
<strong>East</strong> <strong>Grinstead</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Football Club was formed<br />
on May 8, 1890 although it was another ten<br />
years before they played their first competitive<br />
match as founder members of the Mid Sussex<br />
Football League. In those early days the club<br />
played in blue and white with the town's coat of<br />
arms on the breast pocket. It was some years<br />
before they adopted their current colours of amber<br />
and black and were nicknamed 'The<br />
Wasps,' both of which survive to this day.<br />
1900s<br />
They won the Mid Sussex League in 1902 and<br />
their first major honour followed seven years<br />
later when they shared the Sussex Junior Cup<br />
with Arundel.<br />
In 1909 they were awarded senior status which<br />
they have held ever since apart from two seasons<br />
when they were relegated to the intermediate<br />
third division of the Sussex County League<br />
in 1989.<br />
1910s<br />
In 1912 <strong>Grinstead</strong> reached the Sussex Senior<br />
Cup final for the only time in their history but lost<br />
4-1 to St Leonards Amateurs in a ferocious<br />
snowstorm.<br />
1920s<br />
The Wasps were original members of the Sussex<br />
County League when it was founded in<br />
1920, but they struggled to make any impact<br />
and after finishing bottom in 1927 and replaced<br />
by Horsham, they were not re-elected.<br />
1930s<br />
Rather than returning to the Mid Sussex<br />
League, they had four successful seasons in<br />
the Brighton League before stepping up to the<br />
Southern Amateur League. A fresh challenge<br />
reinvigorated the club and they won the Division<br />
Three title in 1932 with 15 victories out of 18.<br />
Three years later they played on the Test match<br />
cricket ground at Trent Bridge in Nottingham<br />
when they defeated Nottinghamshire Amateurs<br />
6-0 in the old FA Amateur Cup.<br />
Determined to regain their place in the Sussex<br />
County League, they were re-elected back in<br />
1937 after winning the Mid Sussex League<br />
again and finished fifth in their first season.<br />
1940s<br />
In those halcyon days either side of the Second<br />
World War, four-figure crowds were the norm at<br />
their old ground in West Street, <strong>East</strong> <strong>Grinstead</strong>,<br />
which they shared with the town's cricketers.<br />
The club's record attendance is 2,006 for an FA<br />
Amateur Cup tie against Lancing in November,<br />
1947.<br />
1950s<br />
Success eluded <strong>Grinstead</strong> until 1952 when they<br />
won the Baldwin Cup, the forerunner of the Sussex<br />
County League Cup. That team is reckoned<br />
by many to be the finest the club has ever produced.<br />
It was certainly the most entertaining -<br />
42 games that season in league and cup produced<br />
222 goals!<br />
<strong>Grinstead</strong> were third in 1955, but their fortunes<br />
began to decline along with crowd numbers after<br />
that. They left West Street in 1959 and had a<br />
spell at King Georges Field in the town centre.<br />
1960s<br />
Following the spell at King Georges Field in the<br />
town centre it wasn't until 1967 that they finally<br />
moved to their current home at <strong>East</strong> Court after<br />
a protracted battle to get the ground, which was<br />
prone to waterlogging, fit for football.<br />
1970s<br />
The club again finished third in 1973 but that<br />
was as good as it got for another 30 years although<br />
<strong>Grinstead</strong> did reach their first cup final<br />
since 1952 when they lost 4-1 to Haywards<br />
Heath in the RUR Cup in 1974 despite taking<br />
the lead.<br />
Wasps found themselves in Division Two for the<br />
first time in 1979.
1980s<br />
<strong>East</strong> <strong>Grinstead</strong> <strong>Town</strong>—A brief History Cont<br />
During the 1980s the club regularly hosted<br />
Crystal Palace and Brighton in charity fixtures<br />
watched by crowds of over 2,000 spectators.<br />
However during this time the Wasps had<br />
dropped even lower with two seasons in Division<br />
Three before regaining senior status.<br />
1990s<br />
They were promoted back to Division One in<br />
1993, but lasted just two years.<br />
Floodlights were installed in 1997.<br />
2000s<br />
Bob Smith led Wasps back to Division One in<br />
2003 and they also won their first trophy for 52<br />
years, beating Three Bridges 4-0 in the final of<br />
the RUR Cup.<br />
Unfortunately, the club were relegated back to<br />
Division Two on the final day of the 2004-05<br />
season and in October 2006 Smith, the longestserving<br />
manager in the club's history, was replaced<br />
by former player Steve Norris.<br />
In his second season Wasps romped to the<br />
Second Division title by a massive 18 points,<br />
losing just twice all season. Their winning run of<br />
14 successive league games at the start of the<br />
season meant they became the last senior nonleague<br />
team in the country to drop points.<br />
Since then the club has established itself in the<br />
top flight, most recently under former Brighton<br />
striker Simon Funnell and their progress on the<br />
field has been matched off it.<br />
A new drainage system laid in 2003 transforming<br />
the playing surface, which is now one of the<br />
best in Sussex.<br />
The club were awarded the prestigious FA<br />
Standard Chartered Development Club award<br />
in 2003 and were registered as a Community<br />
Amateur Sports Club in 2005.<br />
In 2008 two new stands and a pitch perimeter<br />
barrier were erected.<br />
2010s<br />
in 2014 with the GAC Stadium already meeting<br />
the requirements of the Ryman Football League<br />
after installing additional seating, the club began<br />
work on a new dressing room and hospitality<br />
complex, a new turnstile block and entrance<br />
and a resurfaced car park. Part of the 2014<br />
funding included a £50,000 grant from FA Cup<br />
sponsors Budweiser, £100,000 from the Football<br />
Stadia Improvement Fund, £40,000 from<br />
Mid Sussex District Council and £35,000 from<br />
SITA Trust.<br />
Funnell’s side finished the season in second<br />
place, their highest ever County League position,<br />
and in May 2014, the club were accepted<br />
into the Ryman League for the first time in our<br />
history.<br />
Funnell left the club during our first season at<br />
Step 4 and Tony Beckingham returned to <strong>East</strong><br />
Court for a second spell. 'Becks' kept the club in<br />
the League but he resigned in October 2015<br />
and Matt Longhurst took over. Matt made sure<br />
Wasps retained their Ryman (now Bostik) status<br />
in his first season and in his two following<br />
seasons (bar a mini-break on the South Coast<br />
for a couple of weeks)<br />
The club runs multiple teams in the Bostik and<br />
Mid Sussex Leagues (details of which are all on<br />
this website). Matt is firmly committed to playing<br />
a young team and to 'developing our own' firstteam<br />
players of the future.<br />
During 2018 the club commenced working in<br />
partnership with the local Jubilee Community<br />
Centre to develop disability football provision in<br />
the area.<br />
2018 also saw the Football Association announcement<br />
of a revamping of the Non-League<br />
pyramid. From 2018/19 the two division step 4<br />
Bostik League Division One North and One<br />
South (which the Wasps compete in) replaced<br />
by 3 divisions (Bostik League North, South-<br />
Central and South-<strong>East</strong>). The Wasps will be<br />
kicking-off their fourth season at this level in the<br />
20 team Bostik League South-<strong>East</strong>.
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> FC Appearances<br />
Jersey Bulls To join the pyramid<br />
The following is from https://fanbanter.co.uk<br />
A league spokesman said: “It is an exciting development for the League and its clubs as<br />
well as for Jersey Bulls. When Guernsey came in it was very much a step in the dark. It<br />
went well though and we now have that experience which should serve us in good stead if<br />
it all comes to fruition which certainly looks likely, especially as the Bulls have the support,<br />
not only of the Jersey Government but also the local Jersey League and the Jersey Football<br />
Association.”<br />
The club will fly into Gatwick Airport for their away games as well as will pay costs for the<br />
travel and accommodation for all of the travelling oppositions.<br />
Back in September of 2018, Guernsey chairman Mark Le Tissier wrote: “We were delighted<br />
to be able to offer support and advice from our experiences to Russell. We wish Jersey<br />
Bulls well and we look forward to the prospect of derby matches in the future.”<br />
Jersey do have their own league which consists of 13 teams, split into two divisions.<br />
Back in December 2015, Jersey FA submitted an application to UEFA to allow them to take<br />
part in international matches after Gibraltar were successful with theirs two years earlier.<br />
In October 2016, Jersey’s bid to join UEFA was rejected but went on to be appealed to the<br />
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) the following year. A few months later, the CAS ordered<br />
the UEFA congress to hear the case. In <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 2018, Jersey’s bid to become an international<br />
football nation was rejected by majority of the member associations of UEFA
DATE OPPOSITION COMP Sc ATT 1 2 3 4<br />
5<br />
11 Aug 2018<br />
18 Aug 2018<br />
21 Aug 2018<br />
25 Aug 2018<br />
27 Aug 2018<br />
01 Sept 2018<br />
04 Sept 2018<br />
08 Sept 2018<br />
15 Sept 2018<br />
23 Sept 2018<br />
25 Sept 2018<br />
29 Sept 2018<br />
02 Oct 2018<br />
06 Oct 2018<br />
13 Oct 2018<br />
20 Oct 2018<br />
27 Oct 2018<br />
30 Oct 2018<br />
03 Nov 2018<br />
10 Nov 2018<br />
17 Nov 2018<br />
24 Nov 2018<br />
08 Dec 2018<br />
15 Dec 2018<br />
23 Dec 2018<br />
29 Dec 2018<br />
05 Jan <strong>2019</strong><br />
19 Jan <strong>2019</strong><br />
22 Jan 2018<br />
26 Jan <strong>2019</strong><br />
02 <strong>Feb</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
05 <strong>Feb</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
16 <strong>Feb</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
23 <strong>Feb</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
26 <strong>Feb</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
02 Mar <strong>2019</strong><br />
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Campbell<br />
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Fagg<br />
Dawodu*<br />
Fagg*<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg*<br />
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Fagg*<br />
Fagg 1<br />
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Fagg<br />
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Dawodu 1<br />
Dawodu<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
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Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg*<br />
Lewins<br />
Lewins*<br />
Woods<br />
Woods<br />
Caney-Bryan<br />
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Loynes* 1<br />
Loynes*<br />
Loynes*<br />
Loynes*<br />
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Adebeyo 1<br />
Adebayo*<br />
Loynes*<br />
Adebeyo<br />
Loynes<br />
Loybes*<br />
Hatfull<br />
Loynes<br />
Loynes<br />
Loynes<br />
Loynes*<br />
Loynes<br />
Loynes* 1<br />
Loynes<br />
Loynes<br />
Liynes<br />
Loynes*<br />
Loynes* 1<br />
Woods*<br />
Jackson<br />
Adebeyo*<br />
Middleton<br />
Middleton<br />
Babbington<br />
Babbington<br />
Babbington*<br />
Hatfull<br />
Hatfull<br />
Jackson*<br />
McFarlane*<br />
Hatfull<br />
Caney-Bryan<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Loynes*<br />
Hatfull*<br />
Crimmen<br />
Crimmen<br />
Elder*<br />
Webber<br />
Dorling*<br />
Crimmen*<br />
Denny*<br />
Crimmen<br />
Dorling*<br />
Dorling<br />
Dorling<br />
Dorling*<br />
Waritay*<br />
Riches<br />
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Lofting<br />
Lofting<br />
Otuadinma*<br />
Lofting*<br />
Spencer<br />
Ndew<br />
Spencer<br />
Ndew<br />
McFarlane*<br />
McFarlane*<br />
Elder*<br />
Adebayo*<br />
Adebayo*<br />
Dorling<br />
Loynes<br />
Elder*<br />
Crimmen*<br />
Hatfull*<br />
Denny<br />
Dorling<br />
Allan<br />
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Parkinson*<br />
<strong>East</strong><br />
Hatfull*<br />
Elder<br />
Hatfull<br />
Hatfull<br />
Hatfull*<br />
Adebeyo*<br />
Elder<br />
Lofting<br />
Dawodu*<br />
Phipps<br />
Latunde*<br />
McFarlane<br />
Woods*<br />
Middleton*<br />
Ndew*<br />
Lofting*<br />
Adebayo*<br />
Adebayo*<br />
McFarlane*<br />
Caney_Bryan*<br />
McFarlane*<br />
Elder* 1<br />
Jackson*<br />
Crimmen<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Hatfull*<br />
Denny<br />
Riches*<br />
Denny<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Parkinson*<br />
McFarlane<br />
Hatfull*<br />
Carvalho#<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Otuadinma<br />
Elder*<br />
Dawodu*<br />
Elder*<br />
Latunde*<br />
Dawodu*<br />
Loynes<br />
Adebeyo*<br />
Morrell<br />
Lofting<br />
Middleton*<br />
Middleton*<br />
CaneyBryan*<br />
CaneyBryan*<br />
Fagg<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Canry-Bryan*<br />
Adebeyo*<br />
Riches*<br />
Hatful<br />
Elder<br />
Denny<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Hatfull*<br />
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Hatfull<br />
Denny<br />
McDarlane<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Latunde*<br />
Dawodu*<br />
Elder*<br />
Lofting<br />
Jackson*<br />
Otuadinma<br />
Otuadinma<br />
McDonagh*<br />
<strong>East</strong><br />
Orenuga**<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Riches<br />
Brooks<br />
Brooks<br />
Lee<br />
Brooks<br />
Brooks<br />
Lee<br />
Brooks<br />
Brooks<br />
Brooks<br />
Brooks<br />
Brooks<br />
<strong>East</strong><br />
Elder*<br />
<strong>East</strong><br />
Canry-Bryan*<br />
<strong>East</strong><br />
Pritchard<br />
Pritchard<br />
Lee<br />
Funnell<br />
Lee<br />
Adebeyo*<br />
Woods*<br />
<strong>East</strong><br />
Funnell<br />
Funnell<br />
Riches<br />
Elder<br />
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From the Archives<br />
Todays archive features 4 pages from Souvenir Programme of 30th Jan 1954 for the game<br />
in celebration of the completion of purchase of the Bull ground.
V A BLOODY R.<br />
For years the debate around technology<br />
raged. Should football have it? Should it not?<br />
Will it help? Will it take away the spontaneity<br />
and disrupt the flow of the game?<br />
The answers still aren't all that clear. In last<br />
year's Russian World Cup there were some<br />
decisions where its use made absolute<br />
sense. There were others times that left everyone<br />
scratching their heads.<br />
Essentially it is used in four scenarios. Goals<br />
and whether there was a violation in the build<br />
-up like an offside or foul.<br />
The next is for penalty decisions – general<br />
fouls aren’t reviewable unless it is a direct<br />
red card.<br />
And the final option is for cases of mistaken<br />
identity when yellow or red cards are issued.<br />
The system is something everyone is clearly<br />
getting used to – referees, players and fans.<br />
That is a big part of the problem.<br />
Having held off for so long, it's like to football<br />
powers were so desperate to use it that the<br />
process has been completely rushed.<br />
Supporters inside the stadium and at home<br />
watching on TV don't fully know what is happening.<br />
In cricket and rugby, we at least hear the<br />
conversation between the officials. In American<br />
Football, decisions are literally announced<br />
to the crowd.<br />
But football too often treats its fans - customers<br />
- like a school child with a box of matches.<br />
The lack of transparency that masks<br />
many areas of the game is the same here.<br />
Eventually showing a replay doesn’t really<br />
cut it.<br />
Clips should be shown inside stadiums and<br />
we should hear the officials arrive at their<br />
verdict. Instead fans in the ground wait for a<br />
man with his finger in his ear to make an arm<br />
signal.<br />
VAR is not something Non-League clubs are<br />
going to be worrying about any time soon, if<br />
ever.<br />
Apart from when it comes to the FA Cup. The<br />
system was introduced during last year’s<br />
competition.<br />
Let’s be clear. If correct decisions are being<br />
reached because of it, then all well and good.<br />
But surely there has to be a level playing<br />
field. The fact is, not all grounds have it.<br />
Take the other weekend, for example. Championship<br />
side Sheffield Wednesday were<br />
awarded a penalty at Chelsea. VAR was in<br />
operation, the decision was looked at and the<br />
Chelsea defender clearly won the ball. Penalty<br />
overturned and on we go – although<br />
Wednesday would have felt they should instead<br />
have been awarded a corner rather<br />
than the drop ball that restarted the game.<br />
Last Monday night, Barnet had Brentford on<br />
the ropes. Having fallen behind, Darren Currie’s<br />
side swung the tie back their way with<br />
two quick goals from Shaq Coulthirst.<br />
But just seven minutes later, Brentford were<br />
thrown a lifeline. Referee Andy Madley adjudged<br />
David Tutonda to have fouled Ollie<br />
Watkins in the box. Replays clearly show<br />
there was no contact. It’s not even up for debate.<br />
Watkins, probably expecting contact,<br />
went down untouched. He’s since apologised.<br />
Despite the game being shown live on BT<br />
Sport and replays within seconds showing a<br />
clear angle, there was nothing that could be<br />
done because VAR was having the night off.<br />
Brentford scored, went on to take the lead<br />
before Dan Sparkes’ wonderful free-kick<br />
made it 3-3 and booked a replay.<br />
It’s all Sliding Doors, but who’s to say if VAR<br />
had been deployed that Barnet wouldn’t have<br />
gone on to win the game 2-1 and proceed to<br />
the fifth round, banking £180,000 while<br />
they’re at it?<br />
There has to be parity across the competition<br />
to keeps its integrity. VAR should only come<br />
into operation from a certain stage, say, the<br />
quarter-finals. Where it is likely most clubs<br />
will be in the Premier League and able to<br />
cope with what is needed or arrangements<br />
can be made.<br />
It can’t be one set of rules for the fortunate<br />
big boys and another for the so-called minnows.<br />
Matt Badcock
<strong>Match</strong> Reports by Tony Rickson<br />
Saturday 2nd <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2019</strong><br />
Bostik South <strong>East</strong><br />
Phoenix Sports 3 <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> 4, att 124<br />
Oh what fun it is to see <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> win away.<br />
Even more so when it’s as dramatic and exciting<br />
as this.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> went 2-0 up, then it was 2-1, 3-1 at<br />
half-time, Phoenix fought back to 3-3, and then<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> clinched it 4-3 with a glorious winning<br />
goal.<br />
Since they won at Guernsey back in September<br />
and drew at Ashford, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> have lost their<br />
last seven away league games on the bounce.<br />
No wonder this win was celebrated so jubilantly<br />
with fans who have followed – and unstintingly<br />
cheered them on all the way – throughout those<br />
journeys.<br />
They were the only team in the lower half of Bostik<br />
South <strong>East</strong> League to win so victory also lifted<br />
them up from joint bottom of the table.<br />
Praise for recently-appointed manager Chris<br />
Lynch for the way he has rebuilt this team so convincingly<br />
in such a comparatively short time, and<br />
praise for the Gillingham manager, ex-Brickies<br />
boss Steve Lovell, for lending out three of his excellent<br />
youngsters who were so important to this<br />
win.<br />
And for once, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> had a bit of luck on<br />
their side – when Phoenix had two defenders<br />
sent off in the last minute of their previous game<br />
and were suspended for this one. And when they<br />
were gifted the crucial opening goal by a goalkeeping<br />
error.<br />
On a bitterly cold north Kent afternoon, with just a<br />
little bit of snow swept behind the touchlines, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
planned to field the same team that<br />
was unlucky to lose to Haywards Heath the previous<br />
weekend.<br />
That meant they were still without Tom Loynes,<br />
Lex Allan, Ben Fitchett and Billie Lewins, and<br />
even that plan was thwarted when Joshua Spencer<br />
pulled out during the pre-match warm-up. So<br />
Gills youngster Jack Morrell switched to a makeshift<br />
central defensive pairing with normal midfielder<br />
Tommie Fagg – and how well he did –<br />
while Rob Lofting came in at left-back.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> started positively, putting pressure<br />
on Phoenix’s presumably equally makeshift defence,<br />
and took the lead when the home keeper<br />
dropped Chris Webber’s free-kick and Fagg coolly<br />
slotted home the loose ball for his fourth goal of<br />
the season.<br />
Hardly looking like a side who had lost seven<br />
games in a row, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> continued to tear<br />
open the Phoenix defence, and after Morrell got<br />
the ball in only to be ruled offside, they went twoup<br />
on 34 minutes. Fagg hit an incredible diagonal<br />
long ball into space behind the home defenders,<br />
the keeper could only parry Timmie Babbington’s<br />
fierce shot, and the lively Roman Campbell was<br />
in the right place to tuck the rebound away.<br />
Phoenix hadn’t showed much going forward but<br />
they pulled a goal back when Fagg made a great<br />
defensive block, only for Hopkins to pick it up and<br />
hit a low shot into the corner of the goal from just<br />
outside the area.<br />
2-1 was hardly a fair reflection of <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s<br />
first half dominance but they got a crucial third in<br />
added time, Izzy Adebayo finding Campbell, who<br />
worked the ball onto his favoured left foot and<br />
from a narrow angle crashed a brilliant shot into<br />
the far corner.<br />
Campbell was within inches of his hat-trick when<br />
he smashed the ball against a post at the start of<br />
the second half but two set pieces later and<br />
Phoenix were level and <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> were looking<br />
distinctly jittery for a bit.<br />
The home side made it 3-2 when a low free-kick<br />
from their right created a scramble at the near<br />
post with the ball going in off Fagg, according to<br />
those behind the goal.<br />
The equaliser was controversial as Webber was<br />
penalised for handball just outside his area, complaining<br />
bitterly that he’d shouldered the ball<br />
down and getting a rare booking for his dissent.<br />
Keeper Patrick Lee got his hands to Taiwu’s wellstruck<br />
free-kick but couldn’t keep it out.<br />
The momentum was with the home side now but<br />
this <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> team have plenty of spirit about<br />
them and always looked dangerous when they<br />
could get the ball forward.<br />
The 76th minute winner was a thing of beauty.<br />
Babbington did really well down the right and<br />
found Henry Woods running into space on the<br />
overlap.<br />
The Gills youngster showed great vision and skill<br />
to hit a beautiful early cross to perfectly pick out<br />
sub Johan Caney-Bryan who finished the move<br />
smartly.<br />
So many late goals have taken points away from<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> this season and Phoenix looked for<br />
all the world as if they were going to get one in<br />
the last minute of normal time. But Lee made a<br />
super save, coming out quickly and tipping a<br />
fierce shot wide.<br />
Every single <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> player contributed to<br />
an enjoyable, important and overdue win. It’s<br />
amazing what organisation, energy, commitment<br />
and a few judicious signings can do for a club.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>: Patrick Lee, Chris Webber<br />
(Yellow card), Rob Lofting, Tommie Fagg (Yellow<br />
card), Jack Morrell, Lewis Chambers, Izzy<br />
Adebayo (Liam Middleton, 63 min), Khalil McFarlane<br />
(Johan Caney-Bryan, 45 min), Roman<br />
Campbell, Henry Woods, Timmie Babbington<br />
(Abdel Mdaw, 90+3 min).
Meet The <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> Squad<br />
Patrick Lee: Goalkeeper. Patrick "Patch" Lee is a young goalkeeper and a product of the Soccer<br />
Elite Football Academy. He signed for Tunbridge Wells before moving on to Chatham <strong>Town</strong><br />
for the start of the 2016-17 season. In December 2016 he signed for Ryman Premier side, Harlow<br />
<strong>Town</strong>. After leaving Harlow he played for Margate until the end of last season.<br />
Robert Lofting: Defender. Made an impressive debut against Horsham in the first league<br />
match of this season. Previously played for Arundel.<br />
Chris Webber: Defender. Joined <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> from Canterbury City at the beginning of last<br />
season. Has also played for Billericay and Faversham <strong>Town</strong>. Made captain for this season.<br />
Lex Allan: Defender. 6’ 7” Lex was spotted playing in local football and offered a trial with <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>.<br />
It soon became clear that he had great potential. This potential has been spotted by<br />
a number of scouts and Lex was invited to play in trial matches and he has not looked out of<br />
place in the company of more experienced players.<br />
Ben Fitchett: Defender. Ben signed for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> from Margate at the beginning of September.<br />
He came to prominence at Margate after playing a key role in their development side<br />
winning their championship. He joined Margate after impressing at SCEL Erith <strong>Town</strong>. Made his<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> debut in a 2-0 Velocity Trophy win in September 2018. He scored on his debut.<br />
Joshua Spencer: Defender: Another to join <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> in January <strong>2019</strong>. Previous club was<br />
Margate<br />
Henry Woods: Defender. Henry joined <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> in January <strong>2019</strong> on loan from Gillingham.<br />
A highly thought of youngster who plays in the Gillingham FC Youth team.<br />
Arben Muskaj: Defender/Midfield. Albanian born, Arben joined <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> in January <strong>2019</strong><br />
from Greek side Souli Paramythias. Before joining Souli Paramythias Arben played for Albanian<br />
1 st Division side Bylis Ballash He played as a youth for Olympiacos. Arban was part of the Albania<br />
U20 side that competed in the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey where he<br />
played in all five games<br />
Lewis Chambers: Midfield, Lewis is another to sign for then new manager, Aslan, in March<br />
2018. He impressed right from his first game for the club. He has played for Maidstone United<br />
youth. Another to have a long throw.<br />
Izzy Adebayo: Midfield. Previous club was Faversham <strong>Town</strong>. Has also played for South Park<br />
and Tilbury..<br />
Dylan Riches: Midfield. Very talented youngster who scored on his debut for the Brickies in<br />
April 2018 against Thamesmead <strong>Town</strong>. He progressed from <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s successful Under<br />
18 side.<br />
Jack Morrell: Midfield. Loanee from Gillingham. Joined <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> to get experience in January<br />
<strong>2019</strong>. Highly thought off at The Gills.<br />
Tom Loynes: Midfield/ Forward. Tom first played for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> in the 2012-13 season. In<br />
between playing for us he has played at Ramsgate, Whitstable <strong>Town</strong> and Sheppey United.<br />
Since returning to The Brickies at the beginning of last season he has shown that he has lost<br />
none of his skill and enthusiasm.<br />
Tommie Fagg: Forward. Another graduate from the Soccer Elite Football Academy, and Ashford<br />
United. The tall striker then signed Harlow <strong>Town</strong> in <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 2016 to bolster the attack,<br />
making six appearances for the Hawks in the Isthmian Premier Division. He signed for the<br />
Brickies at the beginning of this season<br />
Roman Campbell: Forward. Roman joined on loan from Gillingham FC. He is captain of their<br />
successful Youth team where he is a prolific goalscorer. Roman scored on his <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> debut<br />
against VCD Athletic in January <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Liam Middleton: Forward. Joined <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> in January <strong>2019</strong>. Previously played for Canterbury<br />
City.<br />
Johan Caney- Bryan: Forward. Joined <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> at the beginning of the 2018-<strong>2019</strong> season.<br />
Immediately made an impact when he scored two goals in a preseason friendly. Johan<br />
was awarded a scholarship at the University of <strong>East</strong> London whilst being a third-year sport and<br />
exercise student following an impressive display playing for The UEL football Club.<br />
More to follow!
<strong>Match</strong> Reports by Tony Rickson<br />
Saturday 5th <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2019</strong><br />
Bostik South <strong>East</strong><br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> 0 Ashford Utd 2, Att 174<br />
Some consolation for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> is that the<br />
last time they played a second-placed team<br />
they got thrashed 5-0, and this match was altogether<br />
closer.<br />
That shows how much they’ve improved in the<br />
last few weeks, but ultimately you get no more<br />
for losing 2-0 than by five.<br />
High-flying and in-form, Ashford were a totally<br />
different side to the one <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> drew<br />
with back in September.<br />
This time they were powerful, strong, organised,<br />
and altogether pretty horrible, claiming<br />
free-kicks all over the place, wasting time, and<br />
generally killing the game. Horrible, but effective.<br />
And in John Coker, Josh Wisson and Tom<br />
Carlse, the three ex-<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> players in<br />
their side, they had three of the best players on<br />
the field.<br />
In fact, it was the performance of Coker, and<br />
his fellow central defender Kamara, that was<br />
key to it as they tightly-marked Roman Campbell<br />
out of the game.<br />
The hugely-promising young striker is a player<br />
who can make all the difference, and having<br />
scored three in three coming into this game he<br />
is clearly going to be a key player in <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s<br />
fight against relegation.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> made two changes from the<br />
team that excitingly beat Phoenix Athletic 4-3<br />
just three days earlier, Joshua Spencer returning<br />
in defence and Johan Caney-Bryan starting<br />
in the No 10 role after getting the winner on<br />
Saturday as a sub.<br />
Both sides restricted scoring chances to a minimum<br />
in the first half, but <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s forward<br />
passes weren’t accurate enough at times<br />
and Ashford mainly kept a tight rein on them.<br />
The singing battle between the fans at either<br />
end finished in an honourable draw although<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> coined the best lyrics when they<br />
called down the pitch to Ashford: “We’ll see<br />
you next year. You’ll lose in the play-offs.”<br />
The only goal of the half came after 17 minutes<br />
when <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> defended well to block a<br />
shot on target only for the ball to run kindly for<br />
Parrish to pick his spot from the edge of the<br />
area. Either he was lucky to be in just the right<br />
place to get the rebound, or maybe it was skilful<br />
positioning.<br />
Inevitably the second half was going to be<br />
slightly more open as <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> pressed<br />
for an equaliser and Ashford attempted<br />
to catch them on the counter-attack.<br />
Keeper Patrick Lee made a couple of good<br />
saves while at the other end, on 53 minutes,<br />
Izzy Adebayo got in <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s first ontarget<br />
shot but the visiting keeper had it covered<br />
all the way.<br />
The referee missed what looked like an obvious<br />
foul on Timmie Babbington and in the<br />
break that followed a free-kick was given for<br />
handball against Spencer – the Ashford players<br />
made sure the referee didn’t miss that one.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> were right in it at this stage and<br />
Caney-Bryan’s header was punched out by<br />
keeper Mott, followed by the referee refusing<br />
penalty appeals for handball against Coker. It<br />
looked for all the world like the one Chris Webber<br />
was penalised for at Phoenix on Saturday,<br />
but I didn’t think that was handball either.<br />
Spencer twice broke from the back for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
with enterprising runs, the first time<br />
forcing a corner but the second trying a shot<br />
that flew miles wide.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> went three at the back in a brave<br />
bid to get something from the game against a<br />
strong Ashford defence, but it was all over in<br />
the 85th minute when a long throw from the left<br />
was helped into the goalmouth and Corne<br />
made it 2-0 from close range.<br />
No lack of effort from <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>, but there’s<br />
clearly a gap between themselves and promotion-chasing<br />
teams, and a lot of hard work still<br />
needed to preserve their status at this level<br />
come the end of the season.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>: Patrick Lee, Chris Webber,<br />
Jack Morrell, Tommie Fagg, Joshua Spencer<br />
(Yellow card), Lewis Chambers, Izzy Adebayo<br />
(Liam Middleton, 64 min), Henry Woods, Roman<br />
Campbell, Johan Caney-Bryan, Timmie<br />
Babbington (Rob Lofting, 85 min). Subs not<br />
used: Abdel Ndew, Dylan Riches, Nathan Elder.
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Joining the lottery is, after attending home games, the most important way you can help to build<br />
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Now is the time to join our lottery, see John Pitts, Peter Pitts (On the PA) or go to the<br />
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Week Commencing 11th <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2019</strong><br />
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£100, Ticket number 056, Michael Hopkins, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
£40, Ticket number 257, Kevin Manser, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
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£40, Ticket number 077, Madeline Bean, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
£40, Ticket number 092, Kate Hammond, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
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Bostik South League Table to 09/02/<strong>2019</strong><br />
P W D L F A +/- Pts<br />
1 Cray Wanderers 25 20 4 1 58 20 38 64<br />
2 Ashford United 24 15 3 6 51 22 29 48<br />
3 Hastings United 25 14 5 6 53 31 22 47<br />
4 Horsham 24 14 3 7 46 30 16 45<br />
5 Haywards Heath <strong>Town</strong> 24 12 6 6 45 34 11 42<br />
6 Whyteleafe 24 12 5 7 48 31 17 41<br />
7 Hythe <strong>Town</strong> 25 11 6 8 51 42 9 39<br />
8 VCD Athletic 23 11 2 10 42 42 0 35<br />
9 Ramsgate 25 9 6 10 42 37 5 33<br />
10 Phoenix Sports 24 8 8 8 46 49 -3 32<br />
11 EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN 24 8 6 10 45 48 -3 30<br />
12 Sevenoaks <strong>Town</strong> 25 8 6 11 35 39 -4 30<br />
13 Three Bridges 24 8 3 13 40 47 -7 27<br />
14 Whitstable <strong>Town</strong> 24 6 8 10 20 36 -16 26<br />
15 Faversham <strong>Town</strong> 24 7 5 12 40 61 -21 26<br />
16 Guernsey 24 7 4 13 33 49 -16 25<br />
17 SITTINGBOURNE 23 6 2 15 30 47 -17 20<br />
18 Herne Bay 24 6 2 16 41 65 -24 20<br />
19 Greenwich Borough 25 5 2 18 30 66 -36 17<br />
20 Thamesmead <strong>Town</strong> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Bostik South <strong>East</strong> <strong>Match</strong>es Today<br />
3pm Greenwich Borough v Hythe <strong>Town</strong><br />
3pm Hastings United v Faversham <strong>Town</strong><br />
3pm Herne Bay v Ashford United<br />
3pm Horsham v Three Bridges<br />
3pm Phoenix Sports v Haywards Heath <strong>Town</strong><br />
3pm Ramsgate v Cray Wanderers<br />
3pm Whyteleafe v VCD Athletic
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