Sittingbourne FC Match Day Programme
Match Day programme, Sittingbourne v East Grinstead Town Saturday 31st August 2019 Match Day programme, Sittingbourne v East Grinstead Town Saturday 31st August 2019
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The <strong>Match</strong>day <strong>Programme</strong> of <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> <strong>FC</strong><br />
Season 2019—2020—<strong>Programme</strong> 3<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> v East Grinstead Town<br />
Saturday 31st August 2019<br />
KO 3.00PM
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> Football Club is a UK company limited by guarantee:<br />
Company registration number, 11360242.<br />
Registered office: The Martin & Conley Stadium,Woodstock Park,<br />
Broadoak Road, <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, Andrew Marjeram (Non Exec).<br />
Other Committee members : Danny Appleton (Turnstile<br />
Manager). Roger Pudner (Groundsman), Edward Lucas<br />
Assistant First Team Secretary.<br />
Other Key Personnel: Faye Goatham (Turnstile), Jackie<br />
Mount (<strong>Programme</strong> sales), Tony Rickson (<strong>Match</strong> reporter),<br />
Sandra Pitts & Lynne Lucas (Boardroom), Clive Phillips<br />
(Club shop), Dudley Hird & Tony Rickson (Club Historians).<br />
Roger Wilkins (Head Steward)<br />
The Isthmian League and Singbourne <strong>FC</strong> 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 />
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SITTINGBOURNE V EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN<br />
SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 2019, KO 3.00PM<br />
Manager: Chris Lynch<br />
Ast Manager: Nathan Elder<br />
Coaches: Darren Blackburn, Josh Hall,<br />
Physio: Marc Wheeler<br />
Kit Manager: Warren Chambers<br />
Team Assistant: Harry Chambers<br />
Manager: Matt Longhurst<br />
Assistant Manager: Grant Hearn<br />
1st Team Coach: Sonny Gladdish<br />
MATCH OFFICIALS<br />
Referee: Valentine Anekwe<br />
Assistants: Kennedy Kikulwe, Andrew Simmonds<br />
GOALS<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
PLAYER NO<br />
PLAYER NO<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
GOALS<br />
1. Tom Benham<br />
2. Lewis West<br />
3. Emmanuel Ndew<br />
4. Lewis Chambers<br />
5. Cory Walters-Wright<br />
Brannon Daly<br />
Ollie Boulding<br />
Karn Miller-Neave<br />
Dan Pearse<br />
6. Lex Allan<br />
7. Enoch Adjei<br />
8. Chris Webber<br />
9. Shaun Brown<br />
10. Tom Fagg<br />
11. Chris Barnard<br />
12. Hamilton<br />
14. Jason Fregene<br />
Brad Peters<br />
Jack Bray<br />
Curtis Gayler<br />
Freddy Yao<br />
Robin Dean<br />
Adrian Todd<br />
O’shaye Giraud—Hutchinson<br />
15. Tyron Guthrie<br />
Daniel Hogan<br />
16. Kane Phillip<br />
17. Festus Lori<br />
18. Johan Caney Bryan<br />
19. Roman Campbell<br />
20. Stefan Lawrence<br />
21. Caleb Roberts<br />
22. Joshua Oliver<br />
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The Secretary’s Jottings<br />
Good afternoon everyone, welcome to The Martin & Conley stadium.<br />
Our visitors are East Grinstead Town. Welcome to their players, Officials and supporters. A welcome<br />
also to the match officials.<br />
All of East Grinstead’s Isthmian League matches have been at home up to this fixture. They started<br />
the season with a 2-1 home defeat to Haywards Heath. This was followed by a 3-3 draw with<br />
Guernsey. On Bank Holiday Monday they had a very credible 0-0 draw with Hastings United. Unfortunately,<br />
for them, they came unstuck in the Emirates FA Cup losing to a late goal at home to<br />
Combined Counties Premier Division side, Abbey Rangers.<br />
Our last two matches must have delighted our supporters. On Saturday we progressed to the 1 st<br />
Qualifying round of the Emirates F A cup by defeating Isthmian South-Central side, Uxbridge. We<br />
had to go into this match without loan striker, Roman Campbell. Roman’s parent club, Gillingham,<br />
would not let him be cup tied. Ironically, he would not have been able to play anyway after picking<br />
up two yellow cards at Whitstable. Shaun Brown took over the main striker role and did not disappoint<br />
with a superb strike to put The Brickies one up. Substitute Johan Caney-Bryan, settled the<br />
tie with a 78 th minute penalty. The referee was a bit quick off the mark blowing for the penalty as<br />
Johan had already put the ball in the net when he was fouled. It could easily have been 3-0 as<br />
Tom Fagg had only the goalkeeper to beat when the referee stopped the game because of a<br />
head injury. The referee was right to blow his whistle for this but was wrong at the restart to give<br />
the ball to Uxbridge’s goalkeeper. It should have been given back to <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> as we were in<br />
possession.<br />
On Monday our improvement continued with a fantastic team performance at big spending<br />
Ramsgate. Chris had five players missing, among them, Lex Allan who was man of the match<br />
against Uxbridge. To say he was not missed showed how well the replacements played. It took<br />
Ramsgate 39 minutes to have a shot on goal. By then we were 1-0 up from a confident Roman<br />
Campbell strike. Ramsgate played better in the second half but we also played well. It was then 1<br />
-1. Ramsgate scoring from a very dubious penalty when from about ten yards the ball was driven<br />
against Caleb Roberts arm. I thought this sort of nonsense was just the province of the Premier<br />
League. <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> won the match from a clever Roman Campbell shot when he received a<br />
pass after an indirect free kick was awarded to the Brickies after the Ramsgate keeper dropped<br />
the ball and then picked it up again. Don’t think I would like to be manager of The Rams after<br />
reading their Chairman’s comment in the match day programme. They will have to do a lot better<br />
to meet the expectations of him. Because of the 30 degrees plus temperature on the day all of<br />
our board members wore shorts we were not allowed in the boardroom. We found this hilarious<br />
and took advantage of the cheap prices in their bar. Supporters, Management and Board all had<br />
a great day out at Ramsgate.<br />
We have been drawn away at Bognor Regis Town in the first qualifying round of the Emirates FA<br />
Cup. This match takes place on Saturday 7 th September. We will run a coach to this fixture. Let<br />
Darren Gibbs know if you are interested. Entrance fees at Bognor will surprise our fans. £12.00<br />
for adults and £10.00 concessions.<br />
Enjoy the game.<br />
John
From the <strong>Programme</strong> Editor<br />
Welcome everyone and a special welcome to today’s mascot who is Ben Stone. More about<br />
Ben later.<br />
What a bunch of Goodies we have for you in today’s match day programme! The pick of the<br />
bunch as far as I am concerned is our very own Paul Martin’s summary of the 1962 Isthmian<br />
League. It’s a time that I remember very well and as Paul says there was no automatic promotion<br />
and relegation then. If you finished bottom of the football league you would probably still not<br />
be relegated as the other football league clubs would vote that you stay. That was because<br />
there was no football pyramid then and the non league club that I supported in those days,<br />
Hampton (Now Hampton & Richmond), won the Spartan league on a number of occasions but<br />
were not given promotion to the Athenian League. I lived in Hampton at the time.<br />
Also featured are of course the match reports and part two of the history of football programmes<br />
is also very interesting.<br />
I’m gutted to have missed Saturday’s very satisfying victory over Ramsgate (owing to a strange<br />
injury to my ankle as I have no recollection of hitting it or twisting it—old age I suppose!).<br />
Apologies for the lack of PA last week. We have had problems with the usual amplifier and so I<br />
was using a different one that has hardly been used. It worked fine for the first couple of games<br />
but I reinstated 3 more speakers and I don’t think the replacement amp has enough power to<br />
cope. Hopefully the original amp will work OK today but it will mean I will have to use a static<br />
mic instead of the wireless mic.<br />
If you have ever wanted to own a football club then perhaps the example of seven19 years old<br />
will spur you on. They have taken over Walton & Hersham, a club that we used to play only a<br />
few seasons ago but are now languishing in 15th place in the Combined Counties League 1<br />
which is two steps below us. Walton & Hersham were once a top non league club and I saw<br />
them defeat Exeter in the FA Cup but there biggest scalp must have been Bryan Clough’s<br />
Brighton at Brighton, a game that I remember well as I missed the beginning of the match owing<br />
to travel delays.<br />
Walton & Hersham now share with Walton Casuals after their old and famous ground that many<br />
of us remember in its heyday, Stompond Lane, is set for development.<br />
Staying with the Combined Counties League 1 I see that Jersey Bulls have so far played 5 and<br />
won 5 and scored 19 goals for none against so it may not be long before we see them in our<br />
league. Home crowds have been over the 800 mark. Two names of clubs that caught my eye<br />
in that league are Everseley and California (That’s one club). And the exotic sounding,<br />
Deportivo Galicia.<br />
Finally, we were sorry to hear that one of ex footballers, Malcolm McCleod, has passed away<br />
recently after being involved in a car crash in South Africa. Malcolm played for us in the<br />
1987-88 season and was 59 when he died. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends.<br />
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East Grinstead — A Brief History<br />
1890s: East Grinstead Town Football Club was<br />
formed on May 8, 1890 although it was another<br />
ten years before they played their first competitive<br />
match as founder members of the Mid Sussex<br />
Football League. In those early days the<br />
club played in blue and white with the town's<br />
coat of arms on the breast pocket. It was some<br />
years before they adopted their current colours<br />
of amber and black and were nicknamed 'The<br />
Wasps,' both of which survive to this day.<br />
1900s: They won the Mid Sussex League in<br />
1902 and their first major honour followed seven<br />
years later when they shared the Sussex Junior<br />
Cup 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: In 1912 Grinstead reached the Sussex<br />
Senior Cup final for the only time in their history<br />
but lost 4-1 to St Leonards Amateurs in a ferocious<br />
snowstorm.<br />
1920s: The Wasps were original members of<br />
the Sussex County League when it was founded<br />
in 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: 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: In those halcyon days either side of the<br />
Second World War, four-figure crowds were the<br />
norm at their old ground in West Street, East<br />
Grinstead, which they shared with the town's<br />
cricketers. The club's record attendance is<br />
2,006 for an FA Amateur Cup tie against Lancing<br />
in November, 1947.<br />
1950s: Success eluded Grinstead until 1952<br />
when they won the Baldwin Cup, the forerunner<br />
of the Sussex County League Cup. That team is<br />
reckoned by many to be the finest the club has<br />
ever produced. It was certainly the most entertaining<br />
- 42 games that season in league and<br />
cup produced 222 goals!<br />
Grinstead 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: Following the spell at King Georges<br />
Field in the town centre it wasn't until 1967 that<br />
they finally moved to their current home at East<br />
Court after a protracted battle to get the ground,<br />
which was prone to waterlogging, fit for football.<br />
1970s: The club again finished third in 1973 but<br />
that was as good as it got for another 30 years<br />
although Grinstead 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.<br />
1980s: 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: They were promoted back to Division<br />
One in 1993, but lasted just two years.<br />
Floodlights were installed in 1997.
East Grinstead — A Brief History Cont<br />
2000s: Bob Smith led Wasps back to Division One in 2003 and they also won their first trophy<br />
for 52 years, beating Three Bridges 4-0 in the final of the RUR Cup.<br />
Unfortunately, the club were relegated back to Division Two on the final day of the 2004-05 season<br />
and in October 2006 Smith, the longest-serving manager in the club's history, was replaced<br />
by former player Steve Norris.<br />
In his second season Wasps romped to the Second Division title by a massive 18 points, losing<br />
just twice all season. Their winning run of 14 successive league games at the start of the season<br />
meant they became the last senior non-league team in the country to drop points.<br />
Since then the club has established itself in the top flight, most recently under former Brighton<br />
striker Simon Funnell and their progress on the field has been matched off it.<br />
A new drainage system laid in 2003 transforming the playing surface, which is now one of the<br />
best in Sussex.<br />
The club were awarded the prestigious FA Standard Chartered Development Club award in<br />
2003 and were registered as a Community Amateur Sports Club in 2005.<br />
In 2008 two new stands and a pitch perimeter barrier were erected.<br />
2010s: in 2014 with the GAC Stadium already meeting the requirements of the Isthmian<br />
Football League after installing additional seating, the club began work on a new dressing room<br />
and hos-pitality complex, a new turnstile block and entrance and a resurfaced car park. Part of<br />
the 2014 funding included a £50,000 grant from FA Cup sponsors Budweiser, £100,000 from<br />
the Football Stadia Improvement Fund, £40,000 from Mid Sussex District Council and £35,000<br />
from SITA Trust.<br />
Funnell’s side finished the season in second place, their highest ever County League position,<br />
and in May 2014, the club were accepted into the Isthmian League for the first time in our history.<br />
Funnell left the club during our first season at Step 4 and Tony Beckingham returned to East<br />
Court for a second spell. 'Becks' kept the club in the League but he resigned in October 2015<br />
and Matt Longhurst took over. Matt made sure Wasps retained their Isthmian status in his first<br />
season and in his two following seasons (bar a mini-break on the South Coast for a couple of<br />
weeks)<br />
The club runs multiple teams in the Isthmian and Mid Sussex Leagues (details of which are all<br />
on this website). Matt is firmly committed to playing a young team and to 'developing our own'<br />
first-team players of the future.<br />
During 2018 the club commenced working in partnership with the local Jubilee Community Centre<br />
to develop disability football provision in the area.<br />
2018 also saw the Football Association announcement of a revamping of the Non-League pyramid.<br />
From 2018/19 the two division step 4 Isthmian League Division One North and One South<br />
(which the Wasps competed in) was replaced by 3 divisions (North, South-Central and South-<br />
East). 2019/20 sees the Wasps kicking-off their sixth season at this level in the 20 team Isthmian<br />
League South-East.
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Todays Mascot<br />
Todays mascot is Ben<br />
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Ben attends South Avenue<br />
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His favourite team is<br />
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Appearances
FA Cup 1st Qual Rnd Draw<br />
We would have preferred a club at our level but<br />
we have drawn Bognor Regis at home. Bognor<br />
are 17th in the BetVictor Isthmian League<br />
Premier Division.<br />
A selection of other ties is below.<br />
Whitstable Town Vs Folkestone invicta<br />
Chesham United Vs Fleet Town<br />
Whyteleafe Vs Merstham<br />
Chertsey Town Vs Sheppey United<br />
Chichester City Vs Chalfont St Peter A<strong>FC</strong><br />
Hartley Wintney Vs Spelthorne Sports<br />
Bracknell Town Vs Carshalton Athletic<br />
Kingstonian Vs Walton Casuals<br />
Leatherhead Vs Lewes<br />
Hanwell Town VS Staines Town<br />
South Park VS Badshot Lea<br />
Tooting & Mitcham United VS A<strong>FC</strong> Varndeanians<br />
Whitehawk VS Abbey Rangers<br />
Broadbridge Heath VS Worthing<br />
Haywards Heath Town VS A<strong>FC</strong> D'stable / Hayes & Yeading<br />
Harrow Borough VS Binfield<br />
Horley Town VS Balham<br />
Cray Wanderers VS Bedfont Sports Club<br />
Westfield VS Chipstead / Hassocks<br />
Haringey Borough VS Herne Bay / A<strong>FC</strong> Croydon Athletic<br />
Corinthian Casuals VS Sevenoaks Town<br />
Sutton Common Rovers VS Beaconsfield Town<br />
Ashford United VS Farnborough<br />
Ramsgate VS Arundel<br />
Sutton Athletic VS Flackwell Heath<br />
VCD Ath / A<strong>FC</strong> U'field VS Moneyfields<br />
Little Common VS Hendon
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04 Jan 2020<br />
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25 Jan 2020<br />
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25 Apr 2020<br />
Whitstable Town<br />
Cray Valley PM<br />
Uxbridge<br />
Ramsgate<br />
East Grinstead Town<br />
Sevenoaks Town<br />
Bognor Regis Town<br />
Ramsgate<br />
Faversham Town<br />
Ashford United<br />
Guernsey<br />
VCD Athletic<br />
Whyteleafe<br />
South Park<br />
Hythe Town<br />
Phoenix Sports<br />
Hastings United<br />
Haywards Heath Town<br />
Cray Valley PM<br />
Herne Bay<br />
Chichester City<br />
VCD Athletic<br />
Burgess Hill Town<br />
Sevenoaks Town<br />
Whitehawk<br />
Phoenix Sports<br />
Ramsgate<br />
East Grinstead Town<br />
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Hythe Town<br />
Whyteleafe<br />
Guernsey<br />
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Whitehawk<br />
Sevenoaks Town<br />
Hastings United<br />
Haywards Heath Town<br />
Herne Bay<br />
Chichester City<br />
Faversham Town<br />
Three Bridges<br />
Whitstable Town<br />
Cray Valley PM<br />
Phoenix Sports<br />
VCD Athletic<br />
Burgess Hill Town<br />
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1-1<br />
1-3<br />
2-0<br />
2-1<br />
318<br />
166<br />
159<br />
208<br />
Benham<br />
Lawrence<br />
Benham<br />
Benham<br />
West<br />
West*<br />
West<br />
West<br />
N’daw<br />
N’daw*<br />
Fregene<br />
Fregene<br />
Chambers<br />
Chambers<br />
Chambers<br />
Chambers<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Roberts<br />
Next home match<br />
Kent Senior Cup<br />
Tuesday 10th September 2019<br />
Ramsgate<br />
KO: 7:45pm<br />
KEY to above grid:<br />
@ = After Extra Time<br />
& = Lost on Pens<br />
+ = Own Goal<br />
# = Sent Off<br />
1,2,3, etc after players name = goals scored<br />
* = Subs used and players substituted<br />
** = Sub was Substituted
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17<br />
Allan<br />
Allan<br />
Allan<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Adjei*<br />
Campbell1<br />
Barnard*<br />
Adjei*<br />
Webber*<br />
Webber<br />
Guthrie<br />
Oliver*<br />
Campbell 1p#<br />
Brown<br />
Brown 1<br />
Campbell 2<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg*<br />
Fagg<br />
Barnard*<br />
Bernard*<br />
Adjei<br />
Lori*<br />
Fregene<br />
Roberts<br />
Roberts<br />
N’Daw<br />
Brown*<br />
Oliver<br />
N’Daw<br />
Guthrie*<br />
Guthrie*<br />
Fregene*<br />
Oliver<br />
Middleton*<br />
Lori*<br />
Adjei*<br />
Lori<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Caney-Bryan<br />
Lori*<br />
Caney-Bryan*1<br />
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This season has heralded the news that yet another island team are hoping to enter the Non-<br />
League pyramid.<br />
Following in the footsteps of Guernsey, who play at Step 4 and the newly formed Jersey Bulls,<br />
who are currently competing in Step 6, a group from the Isle of Man have unveiled plans to create<br />
their very own football club, with ambitions to play in the Northwest Counties League in time<br />
for the start of next campaign.<br />
This is brilliant news both for the Non-League system and players and fans living on the Isle of<br />
Man.<br />
Last year I went to visit Guernsey, where I thoroughly enjoyed watching a match and have subsequently<br />
interviewed their manager Tony Vance on a number of occasions.<br />
It was brilliant to see how the island’s community had really embraced the team and the atmosphere<br />
on matchday was a superb thing to be a part of.<br />
When speaking to Vance it quickly becomes clear just how much pride he has taken in the project<br />
and the importance that it has had in developing young players on the island.<br />
Whereas before, making the jump into the professional ranks was extremely hard for young footballers<br />
on the island, they now have the opportunity to showcase their talents in England throughout<br />
the year.<br />
One of the big drawbacks of starting an island team is the high costs involved, which include having<br />
to pay for the travel of both themselves and their opponents, however both Guernsey and Jersey<br />
Bulls have demonstrated how, with the support of their local communities, these steep financial<br />
commitments can be managed.<br />
The fact that Jersey Bulls were able to attract almost 1000 fans for their very first fixture at the<br />
start of the month shows both how island clubs can develop revenue and help to cultivate a special<br />
following across the community.<br />
The Isle of Man bid is being led by National Team manager Paul Jones.<br />
When interviewing him last week I was immediately struck by his immense passion for football on<br />
the island and his determination to see the project through<br />
There have been plans in the pipeline to start a team on the Isle of Man for almost 15 years but<br />
for one reason or another the project has never come to fruition, until now<br />
I wish Paul and his colleagues the absolute best of luck in creating a club because these island<br />
teams have the potential to unite their communities in such a unique way.<br />
Hugo Varley
Paul Martin—Isthmian League Clubs 1963<br />
At the end of the 1962/63 season, the Isthmian<br />
League invited four Athenian League Clubs to<br />
join their ranks to increase their number from 16<br />
to 20. You might appreciate that at this time,<br />
there was no promotion or relegation from either<br />
the Isthmian League or the Southern<br />
League, gaps only being filled previously when<br />
clubs dropped out for whatever reason. Promotion<br />
was only available by applying to the Football<br />
League to replace a bottom side in Division<br />
Four which rarely happened. The Southern<br />
League was widely regarded as the stronger<br />
League of the two at this time.<br />
As a result of this invitation, Enfield (Athenian<br />
League Champions the previous three seasons),<br />
Hendon, Hitchin Town and Sutton United<br />
were elected. The interesting thing about this<br />
League constitution is that only 5 of the 20<br />
Clubs are still playing at the same ground. Can<br />
you name them?<br />
Bromley and Sutton United continue, albeit with<br />
artificial surfaces now. St. Albans City, Hitchin<br />
Town and Woking are the other 3 but probably<br />
looking a bit different over 50 years later (not<br />
visited any of them recently though my spies tell<br />
me that Hitchin Town has not changed a great<br />
deal).<br />
What of the other 15? Sadly, Ilford, Leytonstone<br />
and Walthamstow Avenue are no more although<br />
all three attempted amalgamations and<br />
rebirths in later years ending up as Redbridge<br />
Forest. All three grounds were wonderful to visit,<br />
especially Green Pond Road, Walthamstow<br />
Avenue, a favourite of mine for midweek<br />
games. Leytonstone (Granleigh Road) was also<br />
a unique venue – you could watch the game<br />
from the platform on Leytonstone High Road<br />
station if you were so inclined.<br />
That leaves 12 more to consider who have all<br />
moved grounds (at least once). They are:<br />
Wycombe Wanderers, Wimbledon, Kingstonian,<br />
Hendon, Enfield, Oxford City, Tooting &<br />
Mitcham United, Corinthian Casuals, Maidstone<br />
United, Barking, Clapton and Dulwich Hamlet.<br />
Of these, Wycombe Wanderers have made the<br />
most progress moving grounds from Loakes<br />
Park to Adams Park and into the Football<br />
League. Wimbledon also reached the Football<br />
League, left Plough Lane to share at Selhurst<br />
Park and on to Milton Keynes with A<strong>FC</strong> Wimbledon<br />
beginning from scratch at Kingsmeadow<br />
which was the home of Kingstonian after they<br />
left Richmond Road. Kingstonian have now<br />
moved again to share with Corinthian Casuals<br />
who, themselves, had periods sharing with Dulwich<br />
Hamlet and Tooting & Mitcham before being<br />
able to build their own ground at King<br />
George’s Field. Hope you are still with me!<br />
Hendon now share with Edgware at Silver Jubilee<br />
Park after leading a nomadic existence after<br />
leaving Claremont Road. Enfield became Enfield<br />
1893 and Enfield Town after leaving<br />
Southbury Road, Enfield Town progressing the<br />
higher up the pyramid so far. Oxford City were<br />
evicted from their White House Ground and<br />
some years later moved to a new ground on the<br />
outskirts of Oxford (which I have yet to visit!).<br />
Similarly, Tooting & Mitcham United moved<br />
from Sandy Lane (another classic venue) to a<br />
new purpose built stadium in 2002. Maidstone<br />
United had several venues (and existences) before<br />
reaching their current site. Dulwich Hamlet<br />
moved just a few yards backwards to a new development<br />
in Champion Hill. Barking moved<br />
from Vicarage Field to Mayesbrook Park. Clapton<br />
are now in the Essex Senior League but<br />
have recently been forced out of the Old Spotted<br />
Dog (another fine old ground which holds so<br />
many memories for me) and their long term future<br />
must be in some doubt.<br />
I think this is a reasonably accurate synopsis of<br />
what has happened to these original clubs<br />
since 1963 without going into meticulous detail.<br />
For the record, Wimbledon became League<br />
Champions that season with the “usual suspects”<br />
at that time, Clapton, Corinthian Casuals<br />
and Dulwich Hamlet holding up the rest. At the<br />
end of the season, Wimbledon departed to the<br />
Southern League and turned “professional”.
FROM THE<br />
SCRAPBOOK<br />
25 YEARS AGO.....<br />
Twenty five years ago<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> entertained Crawley Town<br />
at Central Park for a Beazer Homes<br />
Southern League Premier Division fixture.<br />
Pointless <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> had already suffered<br />
a 0-2 home defeat to Burton<br />
Albion followed by away defeats at<br />
Dorchester Town and Solihull Borough.<br />
The visitors were struggling themselves<br />
and arrived looking<br />
for at least a point.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> took<br />
just five minutes to<br />
score. Lee McRobert<br />
collected a Matt<br />
Stock pass and<br />
advanced on goal. A<br />
great tackle by a<br />
Crawley defender<br />
stopped the striker in<br />
his tracks but the ball<br />
spilled out to midfielder<br />
Andy<br />
Blondrage who fired a left footed shot in<br />
to the net to open the scoring.<br />
Five minutes later Crawley restored parity<br />
through Paul Fishenden who ran<br />
straight through the five man<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> defence.<br />
The first half finished one apiece, however<br />
the booking of Andy Blondrage left<br />
him on a knife edge for the second half.<br />
According to the East Kent Gazette<br />
Blondrage was booked for a 12th<br />
minute tackle that arrived in the 13th<br />
minute!<br />
Blondrage was inspirational in midfield<br />
with his non stop running and his take<br />
no prisoners tackling. <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
raised their game which encouraged the<br />
787 onlookers to become more vocal as<br />
the home side began to up the tempo.<br />
Simon Ullathorne used his pace down<br />
the left causing havoc for the Crawley<br />
defence. Simon Beard saw his shot hit<br />
the post and Dave Fleming headed a<br />
great chance wide.<br />
At the other end Efrem Ebbli made a<br />
great near post save and Crawley’s<br />
Steve Payne shot<br />
over the bar.<br />
As the game moved<br />
into the last ten minutes<br />
it was<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> who<br />
looked more likely to<br />
score as their superior<br />
fitness and stamina<br />
began to show.<br />
From a throw-in<br />
McRobert sent the<br />
ball across goal to the far post where<br />
Beard was rushing in to score. In a nail<br />
biting last few minutes James Strouts<br />
headed home an Ullathorne cross to put<br />
the game out of the reach of the visitors.<br />
The sounds of jubilation sounded<br />
around the stadium as three valuable<br />
points had been secured.
A series of articles by the author of the book ‘A History and Guide to Football <strong>Programme</strong>s’<br />
describing how programmes have changed over a century-and-a-half of Association<br />
Football. These articles will appear throughout the season in the <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> <strong>FC</strong><br />
programme.<br />
1900’s - The First Recognisable <strong>Programme</strong>s<br />
<strong>Programme</strong>s started to adopt something approaching<br />
their modern appearance when the clubs and authorities<br />
discovered that they could charge buyers a penny,<br />
thus introducing the possibility of the programme making<br />
a financial profit. To justify such a price they had to<br />
provide some value for money, which meant including<br />
more information on the club, their opponents and their<br />
respective players.<br />
Printers and publishers quickly cottoned on to the example<br />
shown by other branches of entertainment,<br />
chiefly the theatre, and attracted paid advertising to the<br />
issue. That, in turn, required sufficient sales to keep<br />
the advertisers happy, which meant that content had to<br />
be good enough to attract buyers at the match.<br />
By this process, the match programme evolved from a<br />
single sheet, to a folded, and then stapled, publication.<br />
Liverpool first issued in September 1892 with the visit<br />
of Rotherham Town to Anfield Road, and their 1d programme<br />
was a four page affair, with teams listed on<br />
the front page, surrounded by adverts; first and reserve<br />
team fixtures and results surrounded by adverts,<br />
and two pages of features on players, officials and recent<br />
matches, and “Notes”.<br />
The programme issued by Chester for the visit of Welsh club Druids on Christmas <strong>Day</strong> 1907 had<br />
the teams (in 2-3-5 formation) on one page, surrounded by adverts, and on the inside of the 4<br />
page folded programme was substantial editorial entitled “Club Gossip”, a photograph and description<br />
on one of the home players, reserve team results and scorers, and “Notes by Rambler.”<br />
A number of clubs were more ambitious in their programme production. In 1887 Aston Villa entertained<br />
London Casuals and issued a “<strong>Programme</strong> Card” but by 1906-07 they had launched<br />
“The Villa News and Record” in multi-page form. This remained at 1d, but sold far more copies<br />
than the brief team sheets of a few years previously, which in turn satisfied the multitudinous advertisers.<br />
Not every League club issued for every fixture, and it often took a special occasion to compel the<br />
club to print. One such milestone was Cardiff City’s first ever match at Ninian Park, against Aston<br />
Villa in September 1910, and a special souvenir programme was issued, some time before City<br />
contemplated a regular programme.
Saturday 24 th August 2019<br />
Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> 2 (Brown 49 mins, Caney-<br />
Bryan 77 mins (pen), Att: 159<br />
By Peter Pitts<br />
The FA Cup this year has more prize money<br />
available than ever before and for the first<br />
time at this stage of the competition the losers<br />
also get some cash which will at least pay the<br />
expenses, so this competition can be a lifeline<br />
at <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s level.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s recent record in this competition<br />
is poor with them going out to lower level<br />
teams twice in the years 2015 to 2018. Last<br />
year they went out to 1-0 at home to Gosport<br />
Borough, in the first qualifying round. The year<br />
before that they went out to Pagham in a replay<br />
at Pagham. In fact the last time they got<br />
beyond the first Qualifying Round was September<br />
2015, defeating Metropolitan Police 1-<br />
0 in a replay before again losing to a lower<br />
league team in Hoddesdon Town.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> and Uxbridge play at the same<br />
level so at least there wasn’t going to be a<br />
“giant killing”, and amazingly they have identical<br />
playing records after the first two games of<br />
the season, so a draw looked pretty much on<br />
the cards.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> were without the injured Chris<br />
Webber and also Roman Campbell who was<br />
serving a suspension for the red card received<br />
against Cray Valley PM, but wasn’t allowed to<br />
play anyway as Gillingham didn’t want him<br />
cup tied.<br />
The more likely winners in the first half were<br />
Uxbridge who caused <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> plenty of<br />
problems from both flanks with crosses. Lex<br />
Allan, along with the whole defence, were superb<br />
though blocking most of the dangerous<br />
shots, and when they got through Tom Benham<br />
in goal was a steady pair of hands. The<br />
closest Uxbridge actually came to scoring<br />
came on 32 minutes when the dangerous Olie<br />
Harris fired straight at Tom Benham, who just<br />
<strong>Match</strong> Report<br />
managed to block the ball.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> changed their shape for the second<br />
half and got onto the front foot quickly.<br />
Just four minutes into the half Shaun Brown<br />
went steaming down the left and fired the ball<br />
from an acute angle past Tyler Tobin in the<br />
Uxbridge goal and it nestled in the far corner<br />
of the net to give the Brickies the lead.<br />
It was a different game now and the Uxbridge<br />
threat down the wings diminished as <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
took control.<br />
Johan Caney-Brown came on for Chris Barnard<br />
and he was instrumental in <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
extending their league when on 77 minutes<br />
the ball was whizzed into the Uxbridge area<br />
where Caney-Bryan was lurking and as he<br />
turned he was brought down. The referee immediately<br />
whistled for a penalty, but in the<br />
meantime the ball had been headed into the<br />
Uxbridge net. Caney-Bryan took the kick himself<br />
and justice was done when he curled his<br />
kick into the left hand corner of the net and<br />
doubled the lead.<br />
The crowd must have expected a tense last<br />
13 minutes but in truth Uxbridge never bothered<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> again and it’s the Brickies<br />
who go into the hat for Tuesday’s 1 st Qualifying<br />
round draw.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>: Tom Benham, Lewis West, Jason<br />
Fregene, Lewis Chambers, Cory Walters-<br />
Wright (C), Lex Allan, Chris Barnard (Johan<br />
Caney-Bryan 70 mins), Tyrone Guthrie, Shaun<br />
Brown, Tom Fagg (Liam Middleton 63 mins Yellow<br />
Card), Enoch Adjei. Subs Not used: Caleb<br />
Roberts, Abdel N’Daw, Joshua Oliver, Festus<br />
Lori.<br />
Uxbridge: Tyler Tobin, Remell Clarke (Adam<br />
Morris 63 mins), David Thomas (C), Callum<br />
Duffey (Yellow Card), Elliott Poley, Alan Hedley,<br />
Jack Beadle (Michael Kalu 70 mins), Alex<br />
Paine, Mark Bidmead, Olie Harris, Mahlodo<br />
Martin. Subs not used: Mark Goodman, Daniel<br />
Nielsen, Paul McCarthy.<br />
Referee: Mr Alexander Bradley (Brighton), Assistants:<br />
Mr David Ellis (Brighton), Mr Duncan
BetVictor Isthmian League South East<br />
P W D L F A +/- Pts<br />
1 Haywards Heath Town 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 7<br />
2 Whyteleafe 3 2 1 0 9 5 4 7<br />
3 Cray Valley PM 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7<br />
4 Ashford United 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 6<br />
5 VCD Athletic 3 2 0 1 8 7 1 6<br />
6 Chichester City 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 6<br />
7 Hastings United 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 5<br />
8 Whitehawk 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 5<br />
9 Whitstable Town 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4<br />
10 Sevenoaks Town 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4<br />
11 Herne Bay 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 4<br />
12 Faversham Town1-0 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4<br />
13 SITTINGBOURNE 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4<br />
14 Burgess Hill Town 3 1 0 2 9 9 0 3<br />
15 Hythe Town0-1 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 3<br />
16 EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2<br />
17 Guernsey 3 0 2 1 7 10 -3 2<br />
18 Ramsgate 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0<br />
19 Phoenix Sports 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4 0<br />
20 Three Bridges 3 0 0 3 3 10 -7 0<br />
Todays <strong>Match</strong>es<br />
3pm Ashford United<br />
3pm Chichester City<br />
3pm Hastings United<br />
3pm Haywards Heath Town<br />
3pm Herne Bay<br />
3pm Hythe Town<br />
2pm Phoenix Sports<br />
3pm Sevenoaks Town<br />
3pm VCD Athletic<br />
v Burgess Hill Town<br />
v Faversham Town<br />
v Whyteleafe<br />
v Three Bridges<br />
v Cray Valley PM<br />
v Whitehawk<br />
v Guernsey<br />
v Whitstable Town<br />
v Ramsgate
Bournecreet House, Bonham Drive, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>, Kent,<br />
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<strong>Match</strong> Reports by Tony Rickson<br />
Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2019<br />
BetVictor Isthmian League SE Division<br />
Ramsgate (1) 1 (S Smith (pen) 42)<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> (1) 2 (Campbell 19, 80),<br />
Attendance: 208<br />
What a 48 hours for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> Football Club.<br />
They enjoyed their first win of the season in Saturday’s<br />
FA Cup-tie, kept a clean sheet, and ended<br />
with a nice little earner in prize money.<br />
Back on the field within two days in the hottest of<br />
seaside weather, and against all the odds, they<br />
then picked up their first league win of the season<br />
down at Ramsgate.<br />
Against all the odds? Well, they were without four<br />
players who would surely have been in the starting<br />
XI. Missing for various reasons including injury<br />
and work commitments, were Lex Allan, Chris<br />
Webber, Shaun Brown and Chris Barnard.<br />
They had to dig deep into their squad, and give<br />
full debuts to central defender Caleb Roberts and<br />
midfielder Josh Oliver and a first start for winger<br />
Festus Lori. They were left with just four substitutes<br />
– <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> had as many photographers<br />
pitchside as they had subs!<br />
But at least they had Roman Campbell back after<br />
a one-match suspension, and he took his tally to<br />
four goals from three games in a stunning start to<br />
his month’s loan. If this young man doesn’t make<br />
it all the way through to the Gillingham first team<br />
I, for one, will be mighty surprised.<br />
Ramsgate went into the match with confidence on<br />
the back of a 4-1 away win in the FA Cup, and<br />
with the familiar figures of Nick Davies and Tony<br />
Cornwell leading them from the sidelines.<br />
Understandably in the heat, and given the quick<br />
turn-around since the previous games, both<br />
teams started quite slowly, though <strong>Sittingbourne</strong>’s<br />
new-look back four immediately looked up for the<br />
job.<br />
Soon after Tommie Fagg had undercut an ambitious<br />
long shot with the Ramsgate keeper off his<br />
line, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> grabbed the lead.<br />
A huge throw-in from Lewis Chambers out on the<br />
left caused predictable havoc in the six-yard area<br />
but Ramsgate cleared it to the edge of the area.<br />
Oliver tried his luck with a shot from there – the<br />
bad news was it slewed off target, the good news<br />
was that it fell perfectly to the feet of Campbell.<br />
His control was instant, and I almost turned away<br />
to note the time of the goal so confident was I<br />
he’d score from that position.<br />
And he did.<br />
Ramsgate passed the ball around well enough<br />
but they could find no way through a stubborn defence<br />
and it was 38 minutes before Tom Benham<br />
had a save to make in goal. A comfortable one it<br />
was, too.<br />
But a couple of minutes later and the Rams<br />
equalised from the penalty spot, after a shot was<br />
driven against Roberts from very close range and<br />
hit his arm. No way did it look deliberate, but that<br />
isn’t the point any more.<br />
Ramsgate used their attacking players in a different<br />
formation after half-time, a compliment to the<br />
way <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> had so successfully stifled<br />
them in the first half. The popular Allan, for one,<br />
won’t easily walk back into the team the way Roberts<br />
and fellow central defender Cory Walters-<br />
Wright kept Ramsgate out, with good support<br />
from their full-backs.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> were disciplined and organised in<br />
the way they went about the game and held<br />
Ramsgate out so well. They’re definitely showing<br />
improvements in every match.<br />
Fagg, Walters-Wright and sub Liam Middleton all<br />
had chances without being able to make the most<br />
of them, while at the other end, Benham made a<br />
good save to his right and Rams’ Jack Morrell,<br />
who was with <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> on loan from Gillingham<br />
at the end of last season, went close with a<br />
shot as he advanced from left-back.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong> won it with 10 minutes to go. The<br />
assistant referee spotted Rams keeper Godmon<br />
handling the ball just outside his area. Fagg<br />
slipped the free-kick to his left and Campbell bent<br />
a left-footed low shot round the defensive wall<br />
and in off the post. A classy and mature finish and<br />
a goal worthy of winning any match.<br />
Not sure how Ramsgate kept Kane Rowland on<br />
the subs’ bench for 75 minutes given the way he<br />
performed week-in week-out for <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> the<br />
season before last, but he could make no difference<br />
when he eventually got on.<br />
Benham had to make one picturesque save, arching<br />
backwards to tip a shot over the bar, but generally<br />
this makeshift <strong>Sittingbourne</strong> team continued<br />
to work hard all over the pitch to see the game<br />
out.<br />
Overcoming the non-availabilities was a pretty<br />
significant effort. The players rightly enjoyed the<br />
adulation of their fans behind the goal at the end<br />
after completing a highly successful and pretty<br />
exhausting weekend double.<br />
<strong>Sittingbourne</strong>: Tom Benham, Lewis West, Jason<br />
Fregene, Lewis Chambers, Caleb Roberts, Cory<br />
Walters-Wright, Enoch Adjei (Liam Middleton, 54<br />
min), Josh Oliver (Tyrone Guthrie, 54 min), Roman<br />
Campbell, Tommie Fagg, Festus Lori (Johan<br />
Caney-Bryan, 65 min). Sub not used: Abdel<br />
Ndew.
Brickies Lottery Results<br />
The lottery is now even more attractive. There is now an annual prize (in December) of £500, and<br />
each month a prize of £100. In addition Each week there are draws for £40 ( 3 prizes except for<br />
the week when there is a £100 prize when there will be two £40 prizes).<br />
Week Commencing 26th August 2019<br />
£40, Ticket number 161, Nigel O'Reilly, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
£40, Ticket number 544, Daphne Dempsey, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
£40, Ticket number 670, Belinda Wisdom, Canterbury<br />
Week Commencing 19th August 2019<br />
£40, Ticket number 171, Roger Wilkins, Rainham<br />
£40, Ticket number 180, Sheila Laming, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
£40, Ticket number 564, Holly Neal, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
Week Commencing 12th August 2019<br />
£40, Ticket number 060, Carol Cooper, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
£40, Ticket number 154, Karen Newcombe, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
£40, Ticket number 638, Geof Rudd, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
Week Commencing 5th August 2019<br />
£40, Ticket number 068, Fay Jordan, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
£100, Ticket number 549, David Cummins, Queenborough<br />
£40, Ticket number 667, Stephen Horn, <strong>Sittingbourne</strong><br />
Now is the time to join our lottery, see John Pitts or Peter Pitts (On the PA) or the bar for a form,<br />
cost is just a £1 a week! (Payable monthly. Quarterly or annually)
Sponsorship Opportunities<br />
<strong>Match</strong> <strong>Day</strong> Sponsor - this gives the sponsor and guests (Up to four)<br />
access to the boardroom to enjoy half time and post match food and<br />
drink. Costs of this is a very reasonable £175<br />
<strong>Match</strong>ball Sponsor - £50<br />
Mascot - An ideal present for a football mad youngster = £50 Includes<br />
mascot plus three guests plus Hospitality.<br />
Man of the <strong>Match</strong> - Your chance to be the official "Man of the <strong>Match</strong>"<br />
awarder £15<br />
Sponsor a Brickie and have your name in the programme as a sponsor<br />
for the entire season, rates are:<br />
Complete Player...............................£50<br />
Socks only........................................£10<br />
Shorts only.......................................£15<br />
Shirt only...........................................£20<br />
Boots only.........................................£15<br />
Web site advertising—An exciting opportunity to advertise on a web<br />
site that has a verifiable 3000 plus hits a month. Box Advert, £75. All<br />
enquiries for web site advertising to Peter Pitts via<br />
bournefc@hotmail.com or call 07785 906627<br />
Inside <strong>Programme</strong> Advertising: (Black & White or Colour). From<br />
£50.00 (Business card size)<br />
Ground Perimeter Boards: Size 8 feet x 3 feet = £200, then £150<br />
per year renewal.. Other sizes negotiable<br />
For any of the above see any committee member. Or email<br />
andrew@sittingbournefc.co.uk