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THE<br />
The Brickies<br />
BRICK<br />
The Matchday Programme of Sittingbourne FC<br />
Season 2019—2020—Programme 4<br />
Saturday <strong>21</strong>st September 2019<br />
League<br />
Sittingbourne v Guernsey, KO 2.00<br />
Tuesday 24th September 2019<br />
Velocity Trophy<br />
Sittingbourne v VCD Athletic, KO 7.45PM
Sittingbourne 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, Sittingbourne, 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 (Programme sales), Tony Rickson (Match reporter),<br />
Sandra Pitts & Lynne Lucas (Boardroom), Clive Phillips<br />
(Club shop), Dudley Hird & Tony Rickson (Club Historians).<br />
Roger Wilkins (Head Steward)<br />
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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 GUERNSEY<br />
SATURDAY <strong>21</strong>ST SEPTEMBER 2019, KO 3.00 PM<br />
Manager: Chris Lynch<br />
Ast Manager: Darren Blackburn<br />
Coach: Josh Hall,<br />
Physio: Marc Wheeler<br />
Kit Manager: Warren Chambers<br />
Team Assistant: Harry Chambers<br />
Coach: Tony Vance<br />
Assistant Coach: Colin Fallaize<br />
Assistant Coach: Steve Sharman<br />
Physio Assistant: Robin Bishop<br />
MATCH OFFICIALS<br />
Referee: Ian Fissenden<br />
Assistants: Howard Collins, Billy Woods<br />
GOALS<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
PLAYER NO<br />
PLAYER NO<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
GOALS<br />
Tom Benham<br />
Lewis West<br />
Emmanuel N'daw<br />
Lewis Chambers<br />
Cory Walters-Wright<br />
Lex Allan<br />
Enoch Adjei<br />
Chris Webber<br />
Shan Brown<br />
Tom Fagg<br />
Chris Barnard<br />
Jason Fregene<br />
Tyron Guthrie<br />
Kane Phillip<br />
Festus Lori<br />
Johan Caney Bryan<br />
Stefan Lawrence<br />
Caleb Roberts<br />
Joshua Oliver<br />
Callum Stanton<br />
Frank Tobin<br />
Keanu Marsh<br />
Harry Tobin<br />
Tom De La Mare<br />
Jamie Dodd<br />
Tom Dodds<br />
Matt Loaring<br />
Kieran Mahon<br />
Liam Mahon<br />
Carlos Canha<br />
Tom Jackson<br />
Alex Scott<br />
Ross Allen<br />
Seb Skillen<br />
Robbie Legg<br />
Paris Pereira<br />
Will Fazakerley
SITTINGBOURNE V VCD ATHLETIC<br />
TUESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2019, KO 7.45 PM<br />
Manager: Chris Lynch<br />
Ast Manager: Darren Blackburn<br />
Coaches: Josh Hall,<br />
Physio: Marc Wheeler<br />
Kit Manager: Warren Chambers<br />
Team Assistant: Harry Chambers<br />
Manager: Keith McMahon<br />
Assistant Manager: Danny Lee<br />
Head Coach: Mel Ramsay<br />
Goalkeeping Coach: Steve Watt<br />
Phsio: Kieran Quarrington<br />
MATCH OFFICIALS<br />
Referee: Lee Dyson<br />
Assistants: Joseph Dan-Pye, Dan Blades<br />
GOALS<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
PLAYER NO<br />
PLAYER NO<br />
SUBSTITUTE<br />
GOALS<br />
Tom Benham<br />
Lewis West<br />
Emmanuel N'daw<br />
Lewis Chambers<br />
Cory Walters-Wright<br />
Lex Allan<br />
Enoch Adjei<br />
Chris Webber<br />
Shan Brown<br />
Tom Fagg<br />
Chris Barnard<br />
Jason Fregene<br />
Tyron Guthrie<br />
Kane Phillip<br />
Festus Lori<br />
Johan Caney Bryan<br />
Stefan Lawrence<br />
Caleb Roberts<br />
Joshua Oliver<br />
Matt Funnell G/K<br />
Tony Coxall G/K<br />
Bradley Simms<br />
Ryan Mahal<br />
Aziz Lyoubi<br />
Raphe Brown<br />
Temitop Eweka<br />
Alastair Gordon<br />
Jack Steventon<br />
Sean Roberts<br />
George Monger<br />
Dominic Odusanya<br />
Aymun El-Mogharbel<br />
Charlie Macdonalds<br />
Alex Gaggin<br />
Michael Olatunji<br />
Kelvin Ogboe<br />
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This is a joint programme that covers the BetVictor Isthmian League fixture versus Guernsey<br />
and the midweek game in the Velocity Trophy versus VCD Athletic.<br />
A warm welcome to the Guernsey and VCD Athletic Players, Committee, and fans, and also the<br />
match officials.<br />
Both teams have started better than us with Guernsey especially doing well despite the fact that<br />
they have played all of their 6 league games so far away owing to work being done at their<br />
Footes Lane ground. This hasn’t stopped them from being the league’s highest scorers and<br />
having a decent record of winning 2, drawing 3, and losing 1. These are exciting times for<br />
Guernsey as they progress on their wish to have their own ground. Their current ground, Footes<br />
Lane, is owned by the State of Guernsey and they share that with the Guernsey Rugby Club.<br />
VCD Athletic have also started well winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1. VCD are likely to include<br />
in their squad two ex-Sittingbourne players in Raphe Brown and Jack Steventon, so welcome<br />
back to them.<br />
Player news now and I start with the sad news that Roman Campbell’s loan period has now<br />
ended and will not be renewed, Roman has again looked impressive whilst on loan to us from<br />
Gillingham and he will be missed.<br />
Patrick Lee, is recovering from an injury and has also decided to move on and we wish both him<br />
and Roman well.<br />
Since the last programme I think it’s fair to say that we have underwhelmed by going out of the<br />
FA Cup to Bognor Regis Town away 3-0 and losing to our local rivals Faversham Town by a<br />
goal to nil. We were rarely in the game at Bognor but against Faversham Town we had what<br />
was probably our best half of the season before succumbing to an unfortunate goal right at the<br />
end of the first half. Faversham took sustenance from this and improved in the second half and<br />
we couldn’t make the break through.<br />
Finally the new website is now on line. It certainly looks better on mobile devices but there are<br />
still teething problems which are probably down to me still trying to get to grips with the Word-<br />
Press approach, principally embedding the photographs and match day programme into the<br />
web page of the match report. However, I managed to save the extensive archive which goes<br />
back to 1996 when the first Brickies website went live so I am pleased with that. As time goes<br />
on I will try and get more links working on that archive. I have to say that there are some pretty<br />
dismal football club websites out there as although they look OK they lack content and I have<br />
always thought that with social media now often being the main communication platform the<br />
website should be for confirmed news and information as well as an archive, as with paper being<br />
more and more side-lined where, will the fans and historians of the future get their history<br />
from? This is probably even more important now that many clubs have gone over to e programmes.<br />
Don’t believe all you read on social media!<br />
Staying with the website I had to take the Mitre shop items off as Mitre and the league have an<br />
arrangement with Stadium Sports that they are supplier of Mitre kit to us, I am assured that Stadium<br />
have these items and also our shirts. To be fair to Stadium they have subsided the teams<br />
Mitre kit to the tune of around £1000.<br />
Enjoy the games<br />
Peter<br />
From the Programme Editor
Bournecreet House, Bonham Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent,<br />
ME10 3RY, T: 01795 426775, E: info@denmaur.com
Guernsey — A Brief History<br />
Guernsey Football Club was formed in 2011 as<br />
an independent, community amateur football<br />
club to offer the island's elite footballers the opportunity<br />
to progress and test themselves on<br />
a regular basis outside of the Channel Islands.<br />
The proposal to establish the club and<br />
seek to join the English national league pyramid<br />
system was developed by the Guernsey Football<br />
Association in an attempt to further advance<br />
development opportunities for the island's current<br />
and future players by playing at higher levels<br />
on a regular basis.<br />
The club's vision is to create, develop and maintain<br />
a sustainable, successful, financially viable,<br />
democratic football club that creates and maintains<br />
real and lasting benefit to its members and<br />
the local Guernsey community. We are a registered<br />
charity and will remain a non-profit organisation<br />
with any financial surpluses being re- invested<br />
for the future viability of the club and<br />
hence the benefit of the local community.<br />
The initial idea to establish Guernsey FC was<br />
developed during the 2009-10 season when<br />
Guernsey's Senior County Division One<br />
representative side enjoyed a successful run<br />
in the FA National League System Cup (for<br />
league representative sides at Step Seven on<br />
the non-league pyramid system and below,<br />
since renamed the FA Inter-League Cup), culminating<br />
in Guernsey beating the Liverpool<br />
County Premier League 5-2 in the final in May<br />
2010. The final was held in Guernsey in front of<br />
a crowd of over 2,500 and was the first time ever<br />
that the FA had allowed one of its competition<br />
finals to be held outside of the UK mainland.<br />
Following a 1-0 victory over Jersey to reclaim<br />
the Muratti Vase in May 2010, the prize for winning<br />
the FA National League System Cup for<br />
this same squad of players was to represent<br />
England in the UEFA Regions Cup preliminary<br />
round in Croatia in September 2010.<br />
Guernsey enjoyed mixed fortunes by beating<br />
Wales 3-0, drawing with hosts Croatia 1-1 and<br />
losing to group winners Turkey 3-0.<br />
Over the course of the following few months,<br />
the club's founding directors, Steve Dewsnip<br />
and Mark Le Tissier, received encouragement<br />
from the Football Association, the Guernsey FA,<br />
the Combined Counties League (which we were<br />
introduced to by the FA), our former official<br />
main club sponsor Sportingbet, the island's government<br />
(the States of Guernsey) and the island's<br />
local football community to develop our<br />
plans for the new club further and were delighted<br />
when the member clubs of the Combined<br />
Counties League voted by a significant majority<br />
on 20 June 2011 to allow Guernsey FC to join<br />
Division One of their league.<br />
Although our club is very young, football in<br />
Guernsey has a long history dating back to<br />
1893 when the Guernsey FA was established<br />
and since then has produced several players<br />
who have graced the highest levels of the<br />
English professional game, our former club<br />
president Matt Le Tissier (Southampton and<br />
England).<br />
Saturday 6th August 2011 was a historic day for<br />
Guernsey FC and the island in general when<br />
the club played its inaugural game at Footes<br />
Lane against Knaphill FC in the Combined<br />
Counties League Division One. That historic<br />
day turned into an historic season with the club<br />
winning the league title, having lost only 2 of its<br />
34 league matches.<br />
The 2012-13 season was a tough campaign.<br />
The Green Lions reached the semi-finals of the<br />
FA Carlsberg Vase in the club’s first season in<br />
the competition, breaking its record attendance<br />
twice in the historic run. A crowd of 4,290 was<br />
at Footes Lane for the semi-final first leg against<br />
Spennymoor Town.<br />
The May bank holiday weekend saw GFC play<br />
four games in four days and remarkably secure<br />
all 12 points to finish second in the Combined<br />
Counties Premier League and gain promotion to<br />
the Ryman Isthmian League<br />
Continued
Guernsey— A Brief History Cont<br />
The club's first season in the Ryman Isthmian League ended in a respectable fourth place but<br />
we lost 3-2 away to Leatherhead in the play-off semi-final. During the 2013/14 season the Green<br />
Lions also became the first team from the Channel Islands to play in the FA Cup, when they<br />
took on Crawley Down Gatwick away on 31st August 2013. GFC won the game 3-1 but went out<br />
in the 2nd qualifying round to Conference South’s Dover Athletic 3-2.<br />
Guernsey's second season in Ryman South was much tougher The Green Lions eventually finished<br />
10th in the league before many of the squad were part of the Guernsey FA gold-medal<br />
winning side at the 2015 NatWest Island Games in Jersey.<br />
Despite some indifferent form in the first half of the 2015-16 season, the Green Lions found<br />
themselves third in the table in the new year and equalled their Ryman South unbeaten record<br />
of nine games. A six-game losing run though saw our play-off challenge fade away. We beat<br />
our points total and wins total from the previous season, but finished 13th.<br />
The 2016-17 season was GFC's most challenging yet as they battled against relegation for the<br />
first time in their history. It took until the end of September to secure the first victory of the campaign<br />
and bad luck hit Tony Vance's squad with several lengthy injuries and absences to key<br />
players.<br />
They didn't manage to win a home game after Christmas, but finally ended their winless away<br />
run (that had gone on for over a year and nearly 30 matches) when they beat Chipstead in February<br />
and, ironically, it was their away results that kept them up as two more wins and a draw<br />
were enough to keep them ahead of their rivals. There was change off the field as Mark Le Tissier<br />
took over as Chairman.<br />
2017-18 was a slightly more comfortable 18th place out of 24 with safety secured with a few<br />
weeks to go, but the 2018-19 season went right to the wire. Thamesmead Town folded and that<br />
meant that only one team would be relegated, with Guernsey securing a draw in the final minute<br />
of the last day of the season thanks to a Paris Pereira goal to ensure they stayed up on merit.<br />
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VCD Athletic — A Brief History<br />
VCD Athletic FC is one of only a few clubs to<br />
have originated during the Great War when, in<br />
1916 it was formed by workers employed at the<br />
Vickers armaments factory in Crayford. The<br />
Company originally played only interdepartmental<br />
games until it was decided that<br />
the best players from the various sections<br />
would be elected to represent the firm. The<br />
club have played at the firm's sports ground,<br />
Oakwood, in Old Road, Crayford, from the outset<br />
right up to the present time, except for eight<br />
seasons spent ground sharing whilst trying to<br />
get permission for the erection of floodlights.<br />
In the early days, only friendly matches were<br />
played as there were no official competitions<br />
during the war years, and records show that a<br />
club called Vickers (Erith) joined the re-formed<br />
Kent League in 1919, changing their name to<br />
Vickers (Crayford) a year later. In their first<br />
season in the Kent League they visited Maidstone<br />
United on Boxing Day and played in front<br />
of a crowd of 13,500. The Vickers team that<br />
day contained seven Arsenal players who were<br />
finishing off their war service. Two years later,<br />
Vickers joined the Dartford & District League,<br />
followed by entry into the newly formed Kent<br />
Amateur League, Division One in 1923. Their<br />
first trophies came in 1927 when they won the<br />
Kent FA Junior Cup and the Kent Benevolent<br />
Cup.<br />
It was a further 25 years before more silverware<br />
came their way, when they won the Kent<br />
Division One title in 1953. The Kent Amateur<br />
Cup was won in 1962 and in 1964 but the following<br />
season saw a spectacular slump and<br />
relegation, with a record of P24 W0 D2 L22,<br />
goals for 25, goals against 199.<br />
Promotion was gained in 1969, but after a mediocre<br />
period during the 1970s, they were relegated<br />
in 1980 back to Division Two. A season<br />
later they were promoted back to Division One<br />
and in 1985 won the championship, gaining<br />
promotion to the restructured Premier Division.<br />
By now the Kent Amateur League had<br />
changed its name to the Kent County League<br />
and the club enjoyed further success when<br />
they won the Kent FA Intermediate Shield in<br />
1988. In the same year the club was involved<br />
in the last ever match played at Maidstone<br />
United's London Road ground when they won<br />
the West Kent Challenge Cup.<br />
In 1993, Martin Ford joined the club as manager<br />
and, in season 1995/1996 a unique cup treble<br />
was achieved with wins in the Kent Intermediate<br />
Shield, Kent County League Cup, and<br />
the Erith Hospitals Cup. Season 1996/1997<br />
then saw the club win the Kent County Premier<br />
Division title for the first time in their history,<br />
and by a record 15 points. Senior status was<br />
awarded that same year and a successful application<br />
was made to join the Winstonlead<br />
Kent League where, in their first season in<br />
modern times, VCD Athletic finished in a creditable<br />
ninth place. The following season saw<br />
the club begin a ground-share with Thamesmead<br />
Town, finishing up in seventh place but<br />
also reaching the final of the Kent League Cup,<br />
where they lost 1-0 to Deal Town in a closely<br />
fought match. Deal at this time were assembling<br />
the side that was later to win the FA Vase<br />
at Wembley.<br />
A season later the club went one better, beating<br />
Faversham Town 4-0 in the final to bring<br />
the club a first ever senior trophy, and the season<br />
after that the club made its third consecutive<br />
cup final appearance when they reached<br />
the final of the Kent Senior Trophy. However,<br />
they narrowly missed out on more silverware<br />
when they went down 10-9 on penalties to<br />
Whitstable Town. The club eventually spent<br />
five seasons as tenants of Thamesmead Town<br />
before Lordswood FC kindly took their place for<br />
two seasons. Then the club embarked on a<br />
one year term with near neighbours Greenwich<br />
Borough, and despite the handicap of having to<br />
ground-share, VCD were consistently one of<br />
the league's strongest members during their<br />
time in the league.<br />
The club reached the final of the League Cup<br />
in 2002/2003, but on the day there was no celebration<br />
as VCD were comfortably beaten 2-0<br />
by Cray Wanderers. The following season was<br />
a disappointment as far as the cups were concerned,<br />
but a creditable third place was<br />
achieved in the league. Further cup success<br />
followed however when, in season 2005/2006<br />
the club reached the final of the Kent Senior<br />
Trophy for the second time. Having suffered a<br />
loss in the first final on penalties, there was a<br />
reversal of fortune this time when, after having<br />
drawn 1-1 with Tunbridge Wells at the end of<br />
extra time, the VCD players held their nerve to<br />
win the penalty shoot-out 3-1.<br />
Continued
VCD Athletic — A Brief History<br />
During 2005 the long awaited news the club<br />
wanted to hear finally arrived when planning permission<br />
for floodlights and the development of<br />
the Oakwood ground was granted by Bexley<br />
Council. This, together with a substantial grant<br />
from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund, part<br />
of the Football Foundation, enabled work to commence<br />
early in 2006. The pitch was levelled, rotated<br />
90 degrees and re-laid. New perimeter<br />
paths were laid, along with perimeter fencing to<br />
enclose the pitch. Floodlights were erected in<br />
June 2006, at the same time that work on enhancing<br />
the changing rooms also began. The<br />
spectator stand was re-sited and extended, and<br />
further additions included a new raised hospitality<br />
area situated to overlook the pitch, and a new tea<br />
bar adjacent to the popular members bar.<br />
At the end of the 2007 season Martin Ford resigned<br />
as manager, and the club are grateful for<br />
his vision and enthusiasm over the years that<br />
took VCD from being a Kent County League side<br />
to one that was always around the top of the table<br />
in the Kent League, and on his departure the<br />
club had just reached the last 16 of the prestigious<br />
FA Vase for the second consecutive season.<br />
Head coach Dean Frost took over as caretaker<br />
manager, and under his guidance the club<br />
obtained runners up spot in the league, narrowly<br />
missing out to Whitstable Town, and then the following<br />
season Paul Foley was appointed manager<br />
of the first team, with Dean Frost reverting to<br />
his former position of head coach. Under their<br />
stewardship the club finished runners up once<br />
more. A year later, the club finally won the Kent<br />
League Premier Division title together with the<br />
Kent Senior Trophy, culminating in the long<br />
awaited promotion to the Ryman Football<br />
League.<br />
The first season was a success with an 8 th place<br />
finish, but the club were left stunned when the<br />
Ryman League deemed ground issues warranted<br />
demotion, and despite an appeal to the Football<br />
Association, the decision was upheld and the<br />
club went back to the Kent League. Manager<br />
Paul Foley resigned to join Chatham Town, taking<br />
virtually the whole team with him, and the<br />
club appointed former reserve team manager<br />
Ricky Bennett his replacement. Under his leadership<br />
VCD achieved third place in his first season,<br />
and the season after the team was also challenging<br />
for honours and, but for a disappointing end<br />
to the campaign we certainly would have given<br />
Herne Bay a closer run to their title. Once again<br />
third place was attained but this time we had the<br />
added bonus of winning the Kent League Cup,<br />
beating Corinthian 2-0 in the final. We also lifted<br />
a second trophy with a 3-2 victory over league<br />
champions Herne Bay in the Kent League Challenge<br />
Shield which gave the club a pre-season<br />
boost.<br />
Midway through season 2012/2013 Ricky Bennett<br />
left the club due to outside pressures, and in<br />
his place the club secured the services of Tony<br />
Russell, previously manager of Erith Town FC,<br />
who joined with his assistant Ray Powell. With<br />
most of the players leaving with the previous<br />
manager the club was in disarray, but a side was<br />
quickly formed by the new management, and a<br />
magnificent record breaking run of 17 victories<br />
and 2 draws in the last 19 league fixtures enabled<br />
the club to once more gain promotion to the<br />
Ryman Football League Division 1 North. Starting<br />
as favourites for relegation, the club had a<br />
stunning run, winning the first15 games and<br />
heading the table for all but a couple of weeks<br />
throughout the campaign, and on the last day of<br />
the season, sitting in 2 nd place the Vickers defeated<br />
Romford FC 6-0 while leaders Witham<br />
Town could only draw their last game which saw<br />
us secure the title by a point, taking the club to<br />
the Premier Division, its highest ever level in the<br />
pyramid. The club struggled for a lot of the season,<br />
spending most of the time in the relegation<br />
places but winning the last 6 games saw us climb<br />
to safety, finally finishing in 18 th position to maintain<br />
our place in the division.<br />
Manager Tony Russell immediately resigned,<br />
joining Cray Wanderers FC in Division 1, taking<br />
his entire side with him but the club acted quickly<br />
to secure the services of Keith McMahon as new<br />
First Team Manager. Keith came with a wealth of<br />
experience having taken neighbours Thamesmead<br />
Town from the Kent League to the Ryman<br />
League Premier Division but, with no players at<br />
the club and only a few weeks to the start of the<br />
2015/2016 season Keith was up against it from<br />
the beginning in trying to assemble a side to<br />
compete at the higher level. He worked tirelessly<br />
and brought in some excellent players, but despite<br />
some good performances we were unable<br />
to find the consistency needed in the Premier Division<br />
and were relegated back to Division 1<br />
(North). Inconsistency during the following two<br />
seasons, albeit with some impressive wins<br />
against higher opposition in cup competitions<br />
saw us finish just below mid-table. Following the<br />
Bostik sponsorship we were placed in the reconstructed<br />
South East Division and enjoyed a successful<br />
season finishing just one point shy of the<br />
play-off positions, and with BetVictor now as<br />
league sponsors we hope to continue making<br />
further improvement.
Molesey striker Matt Hanlan turned his<br />
marker Roy Clark inside out and from a<br />
tight angle found the back of the net. This<br />
was the only time that Clark had been<br />
beaten by the striker.<br />
Sittingbourne had a much welcomed<br />
break from league fixtures in September<br />
1994 and travelled to Surrey to take on<br />
Molesey in the FATrophy.<br />
On paper the Brickies looked good enough<br />
to win this game with Lee McRobert and<br />
Martin Buglione up front. The midfield<br />
looked very experienced with Matt Stock,<br />
Andy Blondrage and Paul Haylock all talented<br />
enough to<br />
outplay the Surrey<br />
side. In defence<br />
Sittingbourne used<br />
a back five with<br />
James Strouts,<br />
Simon Beard, Matt<br />
Hume, Roy Clark<br />
and Dave Collinson,<br />
very much an<br />
unknown quantity.<br />
Teenager Clark was<br />
making his debut and looked cool on the<br />
ball, heading well and marking tightly.<br />
The first half ended goalless despite<br />
Sittingbourne dominating play. The second<br />
half saw the visitors pile on the pressure<br />
with McRobert twice going close and<br />
Buglione twice denied by the goalkeepers<br />
legs. The home side did on one occasion<br />
beat the Sittingbourne defence but Efrem<br />
Ebbli saved.<br />
Blondrage left the field injured and was<br />
replaced by Simon Ulathorne who failed to<br />
make any real impact. In the 80th minute<br />
Sittingbourne huffed and puffed but failed<br />
to find an equaliser and exited the FA<br />
Trophy despite being the dominant side.<br />
Manager John Ryan was disappointed<br />
particularly as his side had virtually 99 per<br />
cent of the play but failed to score. He stated<br />
that Sittingbourne, in their last two<br />
games had restricted the opposition to just<br />
four shots but somehow had lost both<br />
games.<br />
Also this week played on a Thursday night<br />
at Central Park, the youngsters of<br />
Sittingbourne took<br />
on Gillingham in the<br />
FA Youth Cup. The<br />
tie ended 2-2 with<br />
goals coming from<br />
Ben Bray and Steve<br />
Searle. The replay<br />
on Monday night<br />
was another tight<br />
affair this time it was<br />
Gillingham who<br />
advanced to the<br />
next round with a 2-1 win at Priestfield.<br />
Lee Marshall opened the scoring for<br />
Sittingbourne but Gills hit back with two<br />
goals.Sittingbourne: Williams, Bower,<br />
Ponsford, McLoughlin, Waring, Holliday,<br />
Bray, Searle, Planck, Walker, Marshall.<br />
Off field troubles continued however, by<br />
the time Sittingbourne were to return to<br />
Central Park to host Atherstone, the club<br />
would have a new chairman and chief<br />
executive and a rescue operation would<br />
be in place to enable the club to run more<br />
smoothly and efficiently.
Appearances to 17th September 2019<br />
Player<br />
Apps 19-20 Sub 19-20 Goals 19-20 Tot Starts Total Sub Apps Tot Goals<br />
Adebayo Izzy 0 0 0 19 12 4<br />
Adjei Enoch 5 2 1 5 4 1<br />
Allan Lex 9 0 0 53 8 2<br />
Barnard Chris 7 2 0 7 2 2<br />
Benham Tom 9 0 0 9 0 0<br />
Brown Shaun 3 1 1 18 1 1<br />
Campbell Roman 7 0 5 22 0 12<br />
Caney-Bryan Johan 1 4 2 7 23 5<br />
Chambers Lewis 8 0 0 56 0 4<br />
Comins Bradley 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Fagg Tom 9 0 0 44 0 4<br />
Fitchett Ben 3 0 0 29 0 2<br />
Fregene Jason 8 1 0 8 1 0<br />
Guthrie Tyrone 2 3 0 27 26 1<br />
Lawrence Stefan 1 0 0 1 0 0<br />
Lori Festus 4 2 0 4 3 0<br />
Loynes Tom 0 0 0 111 40 19<br />
McFarlane Khalil 0 0 0 4 10 0<br />
Middleton Liam 1 2 0 5 12 1<br />
N'daw Abdel 6 1 0 7 5 0<br />
Oliver Joshua 2 0 0 2 0 0<br />
Phillip Kane 4 1 1 30 16 4<br />
Roberts Caleb 2 0 0 2 0 0<br />
Walters-Wright Cory 9 0 0 9 0 0<br />
Webber Chris 3 2 0 88 2 4<br />
West Lewis 6 1 0 6 1 0<br />
Own Goals 1<br />
Matches <strong>21</strong>st September 2019<br />
3pm Burgess Hill Town v Whitstable Town<br />
3pm East Grinstead Town v Ashford United<br />
3pm Herne Bay v Hythe Town<br />
3pm Sevenoaks Town v Faversham Town<br />
2pm Sittingbourne v Guernsey<br />
Three Bridges P Ramsgate<br />
3pm VCD Athletic v Hastings United<br />
3pm Whitehawk v Phoenix Sports
DATE OPPOSITION COMP Sc ATT 1 2 3 4<br />
5<br />
17 Aug 2019<br />
20 Aug 2019<br />
24 Aug 2019<br />
26 Aug 2019<br />
31 Aug 2019<br />
03 Sept 2019<br />
07 Sept 2019<br />
14 Sept 2019<br />
17 Sept 2019<br />
<strong>21</strong> Sept 2019<br />
24 Sept 2019<br />
05 Oct 2019<br />
12 Oct 2019<br />
15 Oct 2019<br />
19 Oct 2019<br />
22 Oct 2019<br />
26 Oct 2019<br />
02 Nov 2019<br />
05 Nov 2019<br />
09 Nov 2019<br />
16 Nov 2019<br />
23 Nov 2019<br />
30 Nov 2019<br />
07 Dec 2019<br />
14 Dec 2019<br />
26 Dec 2019<br />
28 Dec 2019<br />
04 Jan 2020<br />
11 Jan 2020<br />
18 Jan 2020<br />
25 Jan 2020<br />
01 Feb 2020<br />
04 Feb 2020<br />
08 Feb 2020<br />
15 Feb 2020<br />
22 Feb 2020<br />
29 Feb 2020<br />
07 Mar 2020<br />
14 Mar 2020<br />
<strong>21</strong> Mar 2020<br />
28 Mar 2020<br />
04 Apr 2020<br />
11 Apr 2020<br />
13 Apr 2020<br />
18 Apr 2020<br />
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 />
Faversham Town<br />
Ashford United<br />
Guernsey<br />
VCD Athletic<br />
Whyteleafe<br />
South Park<br />
Ramsgate<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 />
Three Bridges<br />
Hythe Town<br />
Whyteleafe<br />
Guernsey<br />
Ashford United<br />
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 />
League<br />
League<br />
FA Cup Pr<br />
League<br />
League<br />
Velocity Trop<br />
FA Cup 1stQ<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
Velocity Trop<br />
League<br />
FA Trophy Pr<br />
Kent Snr Cup<br />
League<br />
Velocity Trop<br />
League<br />
League<br />
Velocity Trop<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
League<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
1-1<br />
1-3<br />
2-0<br />
2-1<br />
2-2<br />
2-2<br />
0-3<br />
0-1<br />
1-2<br />
318<br />
166<br />
159<br />
208<br />
177<br />
59<br />
339<br />
312<br />
225<br />
Benham<br />
Lawrence<br />
Benham<br />
Benham<br />
Benham<br />
Benham<br />
Benham<br />
Benham<br />
Benham<br />
West<br />
West*<br />
West<br />
West<br />
West*<br />
N’daw*<br />
West*<br />
N’Daw *<br />
Fitchett<br />
N’daw<br />
N’daw*<br />
Fregene<br />
Fregene<br />
Fregene<br />
Fregene<br />
Fregene<br />
Fregene<br />
Fregene<br />
Next home match<br />
This programme covers VCD Athletic, Tue 24th September.<br />
Next home after this is the FA Trophy Preminary Round v<br />
South Park, KO 3.00PM<br />
Chambers<br />
Chambers<br />
Chambers<br />
Chambers<br />
Chambers<br />
Guthrie<br />
Chambers*<br />
Chambers<br />
Chambers*<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Roberts<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Allan<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Allan<br />
Walters-Wright<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 />
Allan<br />
Roberts<br />
Allan<br />
Walters-Wright<br />
Allan<br />
Adjei*<br />
Campbell1<br />
Barnard*<br />
Adjei*<br />
Adjei 1<br />
Phillip*1<br />
Adjei*<br />
Phillip*<br />
N’Daw<br />
Webber*<br />
Webber<br />
Guthrie<br />
Oliver*<br />
Barnard<br />
Oliver*<br />
Webber<br />
Fitchett*<br />
Fagg<br />
Campbell 1p#<br />
Brown<br />
Brown 1<br />
Campbell 2<br />
Campbell 1<br />
Campbell<br />
Brown<br />
Campbell<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg*<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg*<br />
Middleton*<br />
Fagg<br />
Fagg<br />
Caney-Bryan 1 Barnard<br />
Barnard*<br />
Bernard*<br />
Adjei<br />
Lori*<br />
Lori*<br />
Lori<br />
Lori<br />
Barnard<br />
Phillip*<br />
Fregene<br />
Roberts<br />
Roberts<br />
N’daw<br />
N’daw*<br />
West*<br />
N’daw<br />
West<br />
West<br />
Brown*<br />
Oliver<br />
N’daw<br />
Guthrie*<br />
Guthrie<br />
Webber*<br />
Guthrie*<br />
Guthrie*<br />
Middleton *<br />
Guthrie*<br />
Fregene*<br />
Oliver<br />
Middleton*<br />
Roberts<br />
Barnard<br />
Barnard*<br />
Lori<br />
Adjei*<br />
Lori*<br />
Adjei*<br />
Lori<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Webber*<br />
Adjei*<br />
Phillip*<br />
Adjei*<br />
Oliver<br />
Caney-Bryan<br />
Lori*<br />
Caney-Bryan*1<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Caney-Bryan*<br />
Lori*<br />
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Paul Martin remembers his special games<br />
I am sure most supporters have some special games which stick in the memory for whatever<br />
reason. Here are a few of mine.<br />
Leeds United 7 Chelsea 0 - October 1967<br />
I left the security of my family in 1967 for Yorkshire and three years at Leeds University. A bit<br />
of a culture shock to begin with, my first year being in a back to back street house (my mother<br />
was appalled) sharing two attic rooms with three medical students. Our landlady, a fiery Irish<br />
woman, supplied breakfast every day – spaghetti on toast with a poached egg! Every single<br />
day!<br />
It did, however, give me the opportunity over these 3 years to visit all of the Football League<br />
grounds in the area and some a bit further afield. Enjoyed visits to York City, Bradford City,<br />
Bradford Park Avenue (a league team at the time), Halifax Town, Huddersfield Town, Barnsley,<br />
Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City as well as Manchester United, Liverpool,<br />
Burnley and Newcastle United.<br />
On my first Saturday of residence, I walked to Elland Road and stood on the vast open terrace.<br />
After a 7-0 victory, how could I not become a closet Leeds fan! A crowd of 40,460 saw<br />
goals from Albert Johannson, Jimmy Greenhoff, Jack Charlton, Peter Lorimer, Eddie Gray,<br />
Billy Bremner and a Marvin Hinton own goal. Also in the team that day: Gary Sprake, Paul<br />
Reaney, Paul Madeley, Norman Hunter and Mick Jones. The real start of the Don Revie Era.<br />
Toronto Blizzard 2 Edmonton Drillers 1 – May 1981<br />
In May 1981, my wife and I booked plane tickets to New York with Freddie Laker to visit some<br />
relatives of my Mother in Canada and some friends of my Mother-In-Law in Philadelphia.<br />
Spent a week in Philadelphia and managed to see my one and only live baseball match. After<br />
a week or so we drove up to Canada to visit my relatives. On the way home, we spent a few<br />
days in Toronto before flying back to New York and home.<br />
Purely by chance (?), I found out that Toronto Blizzard were at home in the North American<br />
Soccer League at the Exhibition Stadium not far from the CN Tower. The stadium was massive<br />
but only a tiny crowd in attendance. All I can remember is that the snacks were excellent.<br />
The stadium was multi-purpose being used by the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football<br />
League and the Toronto Blue Jays for Major League baseball. The stadium was demolished<br />
in 1999.<br />
I have (or had) a programme for this game but unable to locate it. Toronto Blizzard were managed<br />
by Keith Eddy, ex Watford, Sheffield United and New York Cosmos and included in their<br />
squad Clyde Best, Colin Franks, Jimmy Greenhoff and Alex Cropley. They had a fairly unsuccessful<br />
season winning 7 and losing 25. At least I saw one of the seven!<br />
Edmonton Drillers were only slightly better that season winning 12 and losing 20. Neither<br />
side qualified for the North American Soccer League Play-Offs and neither side stayed in existence<br />
in that form for much longer.<br />
Part 2 to follow in a future programme.
A series of articles by the author of the book ‘A History and Guide to Football Programmes’<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 Sittingbourne FC<br />
programme.<br />
Early FA Cup Finals<br />
While the most important day in the football calendar has always been the FA Cup Final, for<br />
many decades the quality and frequency of its programmes were far behind those issued by<br />
clubs. Indeed, it was not until the late 1900’s that the football authorities took some interest in FA<br />
Cup Final programmes, having previously stood back while outside publishers “sponsored”<br />
matchday issues.<br />
A number of 19th century Cup Final programmes were published by “The People” newspaper.<br />
Printed locally, these Crystal Palace issues comprised a folded sheet with advertisements on<br />
one side, the People being prominent amongst sports outfitters; and team lines and more advertisements<br />
on the reverse. They were sold as “The only authorised programme” and so few have<br />
survived that they now fetch five figure sums at auction.<br />
Some doubts as to the “only authorised” issue status of these programmes have been raised by<br />
the existence of another version of a 1901 Cup Final teamsheet. An “Official Programme” for the<br />
Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United match, in the shape of a 7” x 5” blue card, has survived.<br />
This version is devoid of advertisements, and one wonders if it was purely distributed to VIPs, as<br />
opposed to being on public sale.<br />
The teamsheet for the 1904 “English Cup Tie” between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers<br />
listed the players in two columns, and numbered them (1 to 22), reintroducing the original concept<br />
of a match programme - the identification of players by spectators. Curiously, the reverse<br />
side displayed the same names, and numbers, in 2-3-5 formation, along with the note: “Any alteration<br />
taking place in the Players’ Names, a board will be sent round the Ground corresponding<br />
with numbers on card.” It must have been a particularly large board to be seen by everyone in<br />
the 61,300 crowd at the old Crystal Palace ground.<br />
When Newcastle United played Bradford City at the Crystal Palace in the 1911 Final, W.H. Smith<br />
& Sons issued a “Souvenir Card” priced 1d. Colin Veitch of Newcastle United was photographed<br />
on the front cover of this large folded sheet, with the team lines (un-numbered, in 2-3-5 formation)<br />
on the inside pages along with advertisements for “The Yorkshire Evening Post Football<br />
Edition ; containing full report of the Cup Final, will be on sale to-night at King’s Cross, St Pancras,<br />
Marylebone and Euston stations on the departure of special trains for the North.”<br />
The refusal of the Football Association to become involved in programme production has not<br />
helped in resolving this unofficial/official debate nearly a century later. Similarly, programmes for<br />
representative and International fixtures were left to the host club. It was not until the Cup Final<br />
moved to Stamford Bridge in 1920 that a single, definitive football programme began to be published<br />
for the FA Cup Final.<br />
For more information and advice on programmes and programme collecting, please visit<br />
www.pmfc.co.uk.
Match Report—By Tony Rickson<br />
Saturday, 31st August 2019<br />
BetVictor Isthmian League South East Division<br />
Sittingbourne (1) 2 (Campbell 40, Ako-Adjei<br />
77) East Grinstead Town (Miller-Neave<br />
(pen) 83, Smith 88), Attendance: 177<br />
It should have been a win, it felt like a defeat,<br />
but it was actually a draw.<br />
Two-up with less than 10 minutes to go, Sittingbourne<br />
will have thought it was a victory<br />
thrown away as East Grinstead fought back<br />
dramatically for an unlikely share of the points.<br />
After two encouraging wins in the previous<br />
week, it seemed as if Sittingbourne were well<br />
and truly up and running for the season. And<br />
the first 80 minutes did nothing to dispel that.<br />
Praise East Grinstead for the spirited way they<br />
kept going, but Sittingbourne will have to look<br />
at their game management and ensure they<br />
see out games when they get in front like this.<br />
before crashing the ball past the keeper at his<br />
near post for his first Sittingbourne goal.<br />
Perhaps substitutions before and after the<br />
goal disrupted Sittingbourne, but they still<br />
looked like holding out for the win even when<br />
Cory Walters-Wright had a foul on the edge of<br />
the area given against him and the resulting<br />
penalty was squeezed under Benham as he<br />
dived the right way.<br />
Tails up, East Grinstead didn’t have to wait<br />
long for their equaliser, Jason Fregene spoiling<br />
an otherwise impressive performance by<br />
giving away the ball, and Smith’s shot going in<br />
via a deflection off an attempted block.<br />
A decent enough Sittingbourne show to be a<br />
deserved two goals up after 80 minutes, but<br />
they need to do better over the whole game.<br />
I always thought that old cliché about 2-0 up<br />
being a dangerous scoreline was just that, an<br />
old cliché. Seems like I had it wrong.<br />
Both Lex Allan and Chris Barnard were back<br />
after missing Monday’s exciting win at Ramsgate,<br />
and Sittingbourne began well enough<br />
with Tommie Fagg firing in a 30-yard effort<br />
that would have been brilliant had it gone in.<br />
East Grinstead didn’t show much but tested<br />
Tom Benham after 30 minutes as he made an<br />
excellent save diving to his right.<br />
Sittingbourne: Tom Benham, Lewis West<br />
(Abdul Ndew, 80 min), Jason Fregene, Lewis<br />
Chambers, Cory Walters-Wright, Lex Allan,<br />
Enoch Adjei, Chris Barnard, Roman Campbell,<br />
Tommie Fagg (Yellow card) (Johan<br />
Caney-Bryan, 74 min), Festus Lori (Chris<br />
Webber, 34 min). Sub not used: Tyrone Guthrie,<br />
Caleb Roberts.<br />
After losing Festus Lori to a first half injury,<br />
Sittingbourne still took the lead when Barnard<br />
crossed low from the right, Enoch Ako-Adjei<br />
cleverly dummied it, and Roman Campbell behind<br />
him turned beautifully to smash into the<br />
net and maintain his record of scoring in every<br />
one of his games.<br />
Benham impressed again when he took a free<br />
-kick solidly and bravely under enormous<br />
pressure, so bad that the visiting player was<br />
booked for his challenge, while Fagg hit the<br />
bar at the other end, Allan following up to convert<br />
the loose ball only to be given offside.<br />
Sittingbourne looked the better side in the<br />
second half but needed the second goal to<br />
make their lead look secure. And they got it<br />
on 77 minutes when the speedy Adjei raced<br />
from the halfway line and couldn’t be caught<br />
East Grinstead Town: Brannon Daly, Ollie<br />
Boulding (Yellow card), Karn Miller-Neave,<br />
Dan Pearse (Yellow card), Andrew Cooney,<br />
Jack Bray (Yellow card), Curtis Gayler, Freddy<br />
Yao (Dan Mosby, 69 min), Robin Deen<br />
(Orlando Smith, 58 min), O’Shaye Giraud-<br />
Hutchinson, Reece Batchelor (Kyle Woolven,<br />
15 min). Subs not used: Jack Meeres, Daniel<br />
Hogan.<br />
Referee: Valentine Anekwe; Assistants:<br />
Kennedy Kikulwe, Andrew Simmonds
Buglione continuing to struggle up<br />
front. Despite their dominance<br />
Sittingbourne conceded a goal in the<br />
59th minute.<br />
This week 1994 Sittingbourne travelled<br />
to the Midlands for a Beazer<br />
Homes Premier Division fixture<br />
against Corby.<br />
Having gained a point in their last<br />
game away at Sudbury, expectations<br />
were high especially as Corby had<br />
their own problems. The Steelmen,<br />
bottom of the<br />
league, were on<br />
their third chairman<br />
and third<br />
manager of the<br />
season! The club<br />
programme said<br />
Saturday’s team<br />
would be “any<br />
Tom, Dick or<br />
Harry” and was<br />
also described as<br />
“a team full of loaners, youngsters and<br />
misfits all trying to resemble a football<br />
team.”<br />
You would be forgiven for thinking that<br />
Sittingbourne’s pre-match talk was<br />
about how many they would win by.<br />
Simon Beard put Sittingbourne ahead<br />
during injury time in the first half.<br />
Come the second half Sittingbourne<br />
struggled to convert dominance into<br />
goals with Lee McRobert and Martin<br />
Sittingbourne nearly took the lead<br />
when substitute Lee Thompson headed<br />
the ball against the bar from a<br />
Simon Ullathorne cross. In the 91st<br />
minute Corby won a free-kick 25 yards<br />
out. The kick was laid sideways to ex<br />
West Brom player Noel Luke who fired<br />
it home for a stunning winner.<br />
The following week Atherstone were<br />
the visitors to Central Park for another<br />
league fixture. Barry Bright had taken<br />
over as Chairman and visited the<br />
dressing roon<br />
before the match<br />
and praised the<br />
team for their commitment<br />
and effort.<br />
S i t t i n g b o u r n e<br />
made one change<br />
to the team that<br />
had lost at Corby.<br />
C h r i s t i a n<br />
Matthews coming<br />
in to replace Matt Stock in midfield.<br />
Sittingbourne outplayed Atherstone in<br />
every department but had to wait for<br />
injury time in the second half when<br />
substitute Lee Thompson managed to<br />
force the ball over the line to give the<br />
Brickies their second win of the season.<br />
The 539 supporters celebrated<br />
along with the players who went into<br />
jubilation when the final whistle sounded!
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BetVictor Isthmian League South East Table<br />
To Tuesday 17th September 2019<br />
P W D L F A +/- Pts<br />
1 Hastings United 6 4 2 0 7 1 6 14<br />
2 Sevenoaks Town 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 13<br />
3 VCD ATHLETIC 6 4 1 1 14 11 3 13<br />
4 Ashford United 4 4 0 0 11 2 9 12<br />
5 Chichester City 6 4 0 2 10 7 3 12<br />
6 Whitehawk 6 3 2 1 11 7 4 11<br />
7 Cray Valley PM 6 3 2 1 8 4 4 11<br />
8 Haywards Heath Town 6 2 3 1 10 7 3 9<br />
9 GUERNSEY 6 2 3 1 14 13 1 9<br />
10 Whyteleafe 4 2 1 1 9 6 3 7<br />
11 Faversham Town 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 7<br />
12 Herne Bay 6 2 1 3 9 14 -5 7<br />
13 Phoenix Sports 6 2 0 4 12 12 0 6<br />
14 Whitstable Town 6 1 3 2 6 9 -3 6<br />
15 Three Bridges 6 2 0 4 7 12 -5 6<br />
16 SITTINGBOURNE 6 1 2 3 7 10 -3 5<br />
17 Burgess Hill Town 5 1 0 4 11 14 -3 3<br />
18 East Grinstead Town 6 0 3 3 10 15 -5 3<br />
19 Hythe Town 6 1 0 5 4 12 -8 3<br />
20 Ramsgate 5 0 1 4 5 13 -8 1
Match Reports by Tony Rickson<br />
Tuesday, 3rd September 2019<br />
By Tony Rickson<br />
BetVictor Isthmian League Velocity Trophy<br />
Sevenoaks Town (0) 2 (Stone 64, Everett<br />
67) Sittingbourne (2) 2 (Miles own goal 4,<br />
Phillip 23)<br />
Sevenoaks got a bonus point for winning a<br />
penalty shoot-out 4-2 Attendance: 59<br />
Sittingbourne can’t hold on to 2-0 leads for love<br />
nor money at the moment, as they were pulled<br />
back to 2-2 for the second successive game.<br />
Under the peculiar new rules of the Velocity<br />
Trophy, the League Cup by another name,<br />
group matches that end in a draw then go to a<br />
penalty shoot-out. The team that wins that finishes<br />
the night with two group points and on<br />
this occasion it was Sevenoaks.<br />
So Sittingbourne got a point for the draw and<br />
that means they’ve gone four games unbeaten.<br />
And this was a decent performance, even<br />
though they’ll be disappointed at the way they<br />
lost their grip on the game for a short spell midway<br />
through the second half.<br />
They were able to bring in squad members and<br />
keep key players Lewis Chambers, Tommie<br />
Fagg, Cory Walters-Wright and Chris Barnard<br />
fresh for Saturday’s FA Cup-tie, and they also<br />
had Kane Phillip fit enough to start for the first<br />
time this season.<br />
And they took an early lead when Festus Lori<br />
crossed from the left, Roman Campbell’s shot<br />
was blocked, and Joshua Oliver thrashed a follow-up<br />
shot against the inside of the post. It<br />
bounced off a covering defender and back into<br />
his own net.<br />
Sittingbourne continued to look dangerous going<br />
forward and midway through the half, Phillip<br />
completed a fine run across the pitch and cut<br />
the ball back left-footed inside the far post.<br />
What a shame that Phillip went off injured soon<br />
after, following a foul tackle, as he’d looked<br />
dangerous and very quick.<br />
an opening, Abdul Ndew provided the cover by<br />
clearing off his own line.<br />
Sevenoaks had huffed and puffed without doing<br />
much, and Sittingbourne looked capable of<br />
holding out, but the home side took advantage<br />
of the rules of the competition by using all five<br />
of their substitutes to give themselves fresh impetus.<br />
And it worked a treat as they were soon level,<br />
grabbing two goals in just three minutes. The<br />
first was a long ball into the area that fooled<br />
both Lex Allan and keeper Tom Benham, resulting<br />
in an easy tap-in, and the second was a well<br />
-taken curling shot by one of the subs, Everett.<br />
Sevenoaks also hit the post and wasted a glorious<br />
late chance to win the game, but Sittingbourne<br />
were good value for the draw, even<br />
though their passing on an artificial pitch was<br />
sometimes not as a sharp as it might have<br />
been.<br />
The home side converted four of their five penalties,<br />
Benham making a good save at one of<br />
them, but despite Johan Caney-Bryan and Lori<br />
scoring theirs for Sittingbourne, Campbell and<br />
Adjei both saw their efforts saved by the keeper<br />
and the shoot-out ended 4-2 to Sevenoaks.<br />
Sevenoaks Town: Ben Bridle-Card, Harry Kindon,<br />
Kieran Hughes, Daniel Cumber (Bradley<br />
Schafer, 61 min, Yellow card), Jack Miles, Ben<br />
Gorham, Tyrell Richardson-Brown (Ainsley Everett,<br />
61 min), Alec Fiddes, Adrian Stone<br />
(Connor French 65 min), Frankie Sawyer<br />
(Fraser Walker, 77 min), Ryan Fowler (Yellow<br />
card) (Kyle De Silva, 61 min).<br />
Sittingbourne: Tom Benham, Abdul Ndaw<br />
(Lewis West, 60 min), Jason Fregene, Tyrone<br />
Guthrie, Lex Allan, Caleb Roberts, Kane Phillip<br />
(Chris Webber, 39 min), Joshua Oliver (Enoch<br />
Adjei, 67 min), Roman Campbell, Liam Middleton<br />
(Johan Caney-Bryan, 67 min), Festus Lori.<br />
Referee: James Simpson<br />
Assistants: Louis Saunders, David Joseph<br />
Oliver, who had an impressive first half in midfield,<br />
had a free-kick tipped round the post and<br />
at the other end, when Sevenoaks did create
Brickies Lottery Results<br />
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Week Commencing 16th September 2019<br />
£40, Ticket number 649, Barry Young, Sittingbourne.<br />
£40, Ticket number 159, Hilary Carey, Sittingbourne,<br />
£40, Ticket number 348, Michael Barrow, Sittingbourne,<br />
Week Commencing 9th September 2019<br />
£40, Ticket number 053, Kevin Coomber, Sittingbourne.<br />
£40, Ticket number 477, Graham Martin, Sittingbourne,<br />
£40, Ticket number 658, John Hyland, Sittingbourne,<br />
Week Commencing 2nd September 2019<br />
£100, Ticket number 269, Hilary Joines, Sittingbourne.<br />
£40, Ticket number 075, Kin Crocker, Sittingbourne,<br />
£40, Ticket number 547, Margaret Parrish, Sittingbourne,<br />
Week Commencing 26th August 2019<br />
£40, Ticket number 161, Nigel O’Reilly, Sittingbourne<br />
£40, Ticket number 544, Daphne Dempsey, Sittingbourne<br />
£40, Ticket number 670, Belinda Wisdom, Canterbury<br />
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