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Supporters
Player of the Year:

Alan Webb

Club Player
of the Year:

Tommy Tuite

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

AL2

Position 2nd out of 16

Promoted

FAC

1q

Southall & Ealing Boro

1-5

FAV

2nd

Merstham

4-5

LC

2nd

Hounslow

0-2

SSC

1q

Banstead Athletic

0-1

SCC

1st

Aldershot Services

0-1

President:

The Mayor of Epsom & Ewell, Councillor
Herbert Chard.

Chairman:

Graham Peacock

vice-Chairman Ian Grant

Secretary

Stan Bailey

5 Burbage House, Poole Street, New North Road,
London N1

Manager

Pat O'Connell

Arthur
Evans (asst), Wally Langford (physio), Colin Bell, Eamonn Mulligan (trainers)

Phone 01 942 7935.

Treasurer

Dave Ellins

Committee:
Dave Wilson (Publicity Secretary), Wilf Smith, George Nathan, Fred Read, John
Carpenter,

Dave Wilson

23 Elmstead Gardens, Worcester Park 01-330
0011 (h) 01 278-4241 (w)

Social
Secretary

Ken Stebbings

First season
back in Athenian League. Promoted as runners up to Epping Town

Trevor Lee
and Phil Walker sold to Millwall in Oct 75. Millwall spotted them in a pre
season friendly

4/10/75 Walker scored winner on debut v Mansfield from
Lee's pass. Millwall went on to be promoted to Div 2 that year.

Willie
Bennett also spent a month on trial there.

Millwall
agreed to pre season friendly for next season

June 75 New players Alex Reid (Redhill), Paul Butler
(21)(Hampton), but lose coach Ted Buxton to Dulwich. He had clocked up over

1,000 miles
creating the Buxton Files on the Vase opponents.

June 75
Graham Hemphrey is promoted to Reserve Team Manager.

8/7/75
Training Starts

AGM at
Clubhouse on a Monday evening - 23/6/75. More than 50 attended, the best
attendance for many

years. Accounts were declared by Treasurer Dave Wilson to
be a surplus of £183, up from last years £24. Much of the FA Vase

revenue is
still to come in next years accounts, as year ended on 31/3/75.

President John Martin, now living in Isle of Wight (says
locals, presume Isle of Man) has retired, almost certainly because of the

problems with the ground last year. A new President should
be named shortly says v-c Ian Grant. Dave Manning has resigned as

Social
Secretary and John Carpenter has given up the post of Press Secretary,
although he will remain on the Committee.

Dave Ellins
opening batsman for Dorking C.C. takes over as Treasurer, and Dave Wilson
moves to Press Secretary. Ken

Stebbings is the new Social Secretary and Arthur Stockham
takes on a new post as Membership Secretary. Chair, v-c and

Secretary
remain the same. Reserves will remain in SSL as Athenian League do not run a
Reserve Division at present.

The Reserves
were rejected by the Suburban League.

July 75 Tony Algar (30) joins from Carshalton Athletic
after being released. Utility player. Also joining may be Cambridge
University

player Mick
McHugh (21). Has played twice at Wembley in Varsity matches.

July 75 Pat O'Connell declares an intent to make the
Reserve side an under 20 side as a stepping stone. Tommy Tuite's Sunday

side ST
Merton will be sending down some youngsters.

Pat O'Connell
wins £5 in Epsom & Ewell's 100 club June draw.

30
enthusiastic helpers have given the ground a facelift with regular Sunday
working parties.

O'Connell is hoping for regular crowds of 700 plus. In
their drive to attract followers, the club entered a float in the Chessington
Horse

Show!

Summer 75
future player Alan Morton rejoins Woking for £1500

July 75 Club
takes part in a 5 a side competition against Shell on Saturday, presume 5/7
or week before.

July 75 Dave
Ritman currently injured after operation on an ankle that troubled him last
season.

July 75 All players except Ted Yorke are returning, and
Mike Matthews also returns to the club from Redhill. Was previously

Peter Norris's Assistant Manager but is now doing scouting
for us. Ted Yorke becomes player coach for Kingstonian Reserves.

Matthews would find Del Brown for us, knowing him from
Redhill, and he would do a lot of work with a young Mick Leonard, who would

have much
success as a professional keeper in future years.

26/7/75 now
reported that Paul Butler is staying at Hampton.

29/7/75 is
designated as Press Night.

30/7/75 rep Chris Page out for a while still with hand in
plaster. Not recovering well says papers. O'Connell tries to get Sutton
veteran

Dave Roffey
out of retirement for two months. Dave Worby injured the same knee that he
injured at Wembley.

In the end
Bobby Dell comes from Sutton and Geoff Rees also joins from Met Police.

Page has
broken a bone in the back of his hand, and may require a bone graft.
Nicknamed "Plug".

31/7/75 due
to play Sutton in a  private match at
Sutton Recreation Ground 7pm.

Sutton win
5-1 with John Rains and Ricky Kidd scoring, while Trevor Lee scored for Epsom
& Ewell. Bumpy pitch and rain.

Former
Dorking & Redhill centre half Bobby Lang also plays for part of this
match and the Chobham game.

Aug 75 John
Sears is at Croydon - gets married on 06/09/75 but still playes at St Albans
that afternoon!

2/8/75
Friendly v Chobham. Johnny Eales scored after 35 seconds

Pat O'Connell broke wrist in a pre season friendly for Res
v Sutton on 12/8/75, and in September (12th) broke his ankle when

refereeing a
schoolboy friendly.

Future
manager Barry Barnes described as newcomer in Aug 75.

Aug 75 Ted
Buxton sacked as Coach at Dulwich - had joined from Epsom.

Former player
Ted Murphy had also been there as Assistant but had left to manage Hampton in
1974/75.

5/8/75 Just
as well Pat O'Connell is on holiday as Leatherhead win 1-0. Soft goal after
35 minutes, but even game.

Mick Matthews
now helping Reserves along with Hemphrey and Colin Bell.

Matthews is credited with three years at Epsom in various
roles, starting as Res Team Assistant Manager, and took over the

Reserves 6
months later, before apparently becoming first team coach.

Aug 75 Tony
Coombe (17) is shoeing up well and will sign shortly. Future Assistant
Manager and Youth Team Manager.

Aug 75 Barry
Rowan signs for T&M - Former Millwall and a future Assistant Manager.

Aug 75 Alan
Ives back at T&M Had quit in 1974 for Sutton but returned this season.

Aug 75 Keith
Eshelby and Paul Jablonski at Corinthian Casuals.

7/8/75 Epsom defeat Millwall XI 2-1 at West Street. HT 0-0
and two for Dave Ritman. A couple of first teamers in Millwall side.

9/8/75 Bobby
Dell pensave at 2-5 but the rebound is knocked in, and Epsom lose 3-6 to
Penhill Standard in friendly.

11/8/75 Two
days later Epsom hold Crystal Palace's first team for an hour before losing
3-0 as fitness told.

Entry was
only 15p less than for a football league match - 50p instead of 65p, and £1
for stand instead of £1.20. This was

because
Palace were fielding a full strength team. Att 1,450. A penalty, an o.g. and
a defensive error in last 30 minutes.

Peter Taylor
scored the second from a penalty and a 15 year old Vince Hilaire made his
first appearance in Palace colours.

Aug 75 former
player Mark Talmage joins Malden Town.

Aug 75 Epsom have applied for planning permission for
lights, so special tests were made with an aerial balloon to assess the
effect.

The cost is
£12,000 and is to be heard on 2/9/75. Similar is size and shape to those at
Rosslyn Park Rugby Ground.

Unfortunately,
both balloons burst!

16/8/75
Opening league match sees a 2-1 defeat at Uxbridge but were behind after 45
seconds.

19/8/75 A better show as Epsom defeat Camberley 1-0, but
had ten chances in the first half. Phil Walker returned to the side and

Tuite scored from a Lee cross in 65th minute on his 100th
appearance says Advertiser. Programme advises Tuesday 18th August.

Aug 75 The club had previously given away the programme
with entry but now have to charge 5p. Costs of printing increased.

Aug 75 Willie
Bennett has an injured leg which requires an x-ray.

Sept 75
Herbert Chard is appointed as the new Club President. He is Mayor of Epsom
& Ewell.

3/9/75 A
late equaliser for Dave Ritman secures a point in a 2-2 draw at Princes Park,
Eastbourne United's ground. Trevor

Lee was also sent off in this match for the first time in
his career. Tuite also booked. Lee's first foul of the game after 60 minutes.

Sept 75 John
Martin becomes Chobham Manager

Sept 75
future keeper Dick Vincent is at Woking

Sept 75 Alex
Reid and Willie Bennett are now fit again.

6/9/75 First
Division Grays Athletic are seen off in ALC by two goals from Tuite. W2-1.

9/9/75 Lee, Walker and Willie Bennett play for Millwall in
Midweek League v Luton at the Old Den. 3pm k.o. on a Tuesday. W3-0.

Lee and
Walker both scored.

Micky Lyel
rejoins club from Malden Town in mid-Sept 75

Pat O'Connell remembers Micky as someone who was an
enforcer. Very few stood up to him. In the Epsom team, only Alan Webb

and Tommy
Tuite did. Tommy was lifted up off his feet and hung on a clothes peg by him!

13/9/75 Epsom
draw with Southall in FAC who contain a young Alan Devonshire in their line
up.

20/9/75 Epsom lose at home to Banstead Athletic in SSC.
Their managers were former players Tony Monk and Ken Ireland.

Lost 1-0
which was Banstead's first goal of the season. Corner ratio was 15-4 to
Epsom.

22/9/75 two days later Epsom subside 5-1 at Dulwich in a
second replay of the FA Cup tie with Southall. Had drawn 3-3 aet in replay.

27/9/75
First team were due to play at Hemel Hempstead but the match was rained off.
Res were at home to Frimley, but

this was also
rained off and was played the following week 4/10.

29/9/75 Lee, Walker and Bennett all start a months trial
at Millwall. National papers say they have signed professionally, but

this is not
the case. They will train full time, but probably still play Saturday's for
Epsom says Pat O'Connell.

Sept 75 New Club President is Councillor Herbert Chard the
Mayor of Epsom & Ewell. Richard Varey (C.Palace) elected life v-p.

Oct 75 Dave
Turner is @ Redhill

1/10/75 Micky
Lyel rejoins from Malden Town.

1/10/75 Millwall Res 3-0 Portsmouth Res. Lee, Walker and
Bennett all played, as did future Epsom player Martin Francis, brother

of Gerry, who was watching the match. Lee and Francis both
scored. South London Press believes Millwall will sign Lee and Walker.

4/10/75 Striker crisis at Millwall sees Gordon Jago select
both Lee and Walker for their match at home to Mansfield this day.

Lee is from Lewisham and a builder and decorator and
Walker is from Battersea and a trainee electrician. Both 6 footers and
both

West Indians
said the local papers.

Plenty of press coverage as Jago is "taking the
biggest gamble of his managerial life", but Millwall win 1-0 and Walker
scores from a

Lee pass. They do not get paid. Promptly dubbed "The
Sunshine Kids". Trevor Brooking applauds the decision in his column
in

the Evening
Standard. Lee is 21, Walker (20), Bennett (20) and Tuite (20).

7/10/75 Tommy
Tuite makes debut for Millwall Reserves v Cambridge (H).

Oct 75 Paul
Butler finally joins Epsom from Hampton. New signing Del Brown (29) comes
from Horsham, but was also

player and
Chairman of Battlebridge. Also formerly at Redhill and Palace as a junior.

Oct 75 Chris
Dunne out for a month after dissent in a Sunday match.

Oct 75 Tommy
Tuite makes plays for Millwall Reserves. Bennett also plays in a 1-1 draw
with Gillingham.

11/10/75 Dave
Worby returns from holiday while Tony Coombe makes debut in a 4-2 win over
Feltham.

18/10/75 A
solitary piece of brilliance from Paul Butler decides this league match at
home to Hemel Hempstead. W 1-0.

It is possible that Butler was substituted by Ritman in
this game. Did Ritman come on for 11 the week before too? Check Dave W
records.

21/10/75
Epsom are drawn at home but game in SCC is played away at Aldershot Services.
Lost 0-1.

Future Combined Counties League Vice-President Tony Ford
ran the line in this match. Played at Aldershot Military Stadium.

25/10/75 Micky Lyel keeps Epsom in FA Vase with a rugby
tackle professional foul. Sent off. Drew 2-2 aet and replay required.

Suspended 7
days. Chessington were top of the Surrey Senior League at the time.

25/10/75
Chessington programme refers to welcoming Gordon Tillyer back after his
recent operation.

Programme also advises former players Terry McCormack,
Dave Argent, Brian Kidwell and future player Steve Percival in their line up.

Oct 75 Willie Bennett was ill during his trial period at
Millwall and is offered another month. Tommy Tuite however, decides to

remain
amateur.

Bobby Dell
retires for business reasons in Nov 75. Is a draughtsman employed on North
Sea Oil rig contracts.

6/11/75
Willie Bennett plays for Millwall Res v Charlton Athletic in Midweek League.

08/11/75
Johnny Eales out for two months following 4 fractures to a bone in his temple
at Camberley.

Steve Jones
and Tony Algar released. Jones goes to Feltham. Barry Denman has applied to
join from Redhill.

TV "Today" programme shows Trevor Lee signing
for Millwall live on 13/11/75. First ever live signing says Advertiser.

Both Lee and Walker have been making a massive impression
there, but Walker was having x-rays at the time, and was

unable to
sign that evening.

Pat O'Connell
reads through the contacts for the young players. He was formerly Players
Union Rep at Fulham.

Millwall
will have to sell Gordon Hill shortly. He was formerly at Southall and would
go on to play for Manchester United.

Nov 75 Many residents (41) protest against floodlights.
Also a row of elm trees that used to surround the ground is no longer there

due to Dutch
Elm Disease. The club would be happy to see them replaced.

15/11/75
Epsom crash out of FA Vase 4-5 at home to Merstham, despite leading 4-3 with
not long left.

Epsom would
have visited Farnborough in FAV 3 if they had beaten Merstham

FA Vase
receipts finally arrive in Nov 75 £1,280

15/11/75
future Player and Manager Ray Purvis scores his first goal for Barnet.

Nov 75 Paul Butler suspended 28 days (plus £7 fine) for a
sending off whilst with Hampton. Graham Hemphrey is selected again.

Nov 75
former player Gordon Tillyer is now Manager at Chessington United. He is
listed as a former Kingstonian player.

Nov 75 Micky
Dunne has returned to the club.

22/11/75
Former Epsom players Gary Kent, John Cox and Bill Martin are all at Windsor
& Eton, but Epsom win 5-2.

Tommy Tuite
100th and 101st goal in 118th appearance on 22/11/75

02/12/75
Willie Bennett plays for Millwall Res v Colchester in Midweek League.

Dec 75 Phil
Walker says he is still on a one month basis and has not yet signed.

Dec 75 Alan
Llewellyn (23) has moved south and is training with Epsom. Formerly with
Barry Town.

Dec 75
Windsor & Eton switch on the floodlights that Epsom & Ewell sold them
a few years previously.

Dec 75 Mick Stratford (21) joins Woking from Slough - is a
student at Borough Road College and plays briefly in Dec then from April
76

when his
course finishes

Planning
application for floodlights heard in December and deferred.

A major supporter of the scheme is Bill Carpenter, former
Secretary. However Chris Pottinger, an admitted fan for 30

years was
against the scheme for fear of extra traffic.

6/12/75 Many
chances missed in a 3-0 win over Faversham. Tuite mispen (POST) and knocked
in the rebound but

no-one had
touched it.

Nov 75 Reference to a Linesman at the game being Vic
Wheal. He and his brother Jack were both Reserve players just after the
war

according to a paper report, and were sons of founder
member Ted Wheal who died in 1957. Vic lived in Blenheim Road, Sutton.

Club Annual Dinner at Cavalier in Wallington has Walker
and Lee as guests of honour. It is reported that Millwall gave the club a
friendly

but couldn't
do any more as they were not on contract.

6/12/75 Also this day one of the linesmen was Vic Wheal.
He and his twin brother Jack used to sell programmes at West Street.

Their father was Ted (CE) Wheal, one of the founder
members of the club. Vic lived in Blenheim Road, Sutton and used to play for

the Reserves just after the war along with his brother
says Advertiser. Used to be about 2,000 at the games pre-war he says.

Dec 75 Phil
Walker has now signed a two year contract with Millwall.

His brother
Dennis was playing for the Reserves and would be around for a few years.

Lee and
Walker were made life members at Epsom & Ewell.

12/12/75 Alan Mullery is expected this day to draw the
club Christmas Raffle at 8pm at West Street. Definitely there that evening.

13/12/75
Molesey (A) Cyrille Regis and Les Peck in the Molesey line up. Lost 1-0

Dec 75 Evening Standard does large piece (IN DW SCRAPBOOK)
on Lee and Walker, and the rise of black players in the game.

20/12/75 Hounslow come to West Street and win 2-0 in
League Cup Replay. Not as good performance as in the first match.

Tuite and
Brown were booked in this match.

27/12/75 Pat O'Connell returns to play after a few months
out, but Epsom lose 1-0 at Edgware. Wasn't expecting to play, but Del

Brown had a
pulled muscle that morning.

Jan 76 Permit
player term is abolished.

Jan 76 Martyn
Spong is at Woking

3/1/76 A late
equaliser after 87 minutes from Trevor Wales saves Epsom's unbeaten home
record v Epping.

Jan 76 More
protests over the floodlights. Ian Grant says he is prepared to meet anybody
to discuss it.

6/1/76 Bill Carpenter again speaks in support of the idea.
A three year term was originally suggested, but due to the cost of

installation,
a seven year term was provisionally recommended to the full meeting on
17/2/76.

10/1/76 Epsom win 2-0 at Faversham, but refereeing was
fussy. Epsom took the lead with a retaken penalty for encroachment

from Ritman
after Tuite's had not been scored.

17/1/76 A Johnny Eales header secures both points against
Molesey in a 2-1 win. Regis and Peck again played for Molesey.

It was a last
minute goal from a Lyel free kick. Future player Henry Hill also in line up.

22/1/76 paper says Epsom applied for permission for
improvements to the old clubhouse. New storage area and better security.

and on 13th
March v BAC Weybridge (A)(L)

Jan 76 Del
Brown now only available in emergencies due to pressure of business. Paul
Butler ill with possible pleurisy.

24/1/76 Coach
taken to Tring, but Epsom lose 1-0 on a snow covered pitch. 89th minute goal.
Butler had been injured

with 15
minutes left, but their sub had already been used. Passenger.

Alex Reid
who was subbed could be out for a while, and rumour has it that Epsom could
bring in a striker with many years

experience in
the Football League Divisions Two and Three.

31/1/76 Epsom defeat Willesden 4-0. Programme dated
7/2/76. Hat trick for Tuite and debut for Dennis Giles from Malden Town.

Trevor Wales
missed this match as his wife gave birth on the Sunday.

Feb 76 19
year old Gary Lee joins from Malden Vale.

Feb 76 Chris
and Micky Dunne left for Redhill

7/2/76 Epsom
dominate but draw 0-0 at Windsor & Eton.

14/2/76 Epsom lose a league match at home for the first
time this season 2-0 to Tring who complete a double. First team to

do the double
against an O'Connell managed Epsom.

Feb 76 Former player from the fifties Gordon Tillyer is
Manager at Chessington and is getting help from former Manager Peter
Spittles.

Feb 76 future
player Micky Sorensen is at Sutton

Feb 76
Wimbledon sign Martin Francis on a month's trial - previously with QPR and
Millwall

Feb 76 Alex Reid and Barry Denman are both long term
absences. Denman had a hole in his lung 10 years ago, and had chest pains.

18/2/76
Graham Peacock announces that permission for floodlights has been granted
until 1983. Just a seven year term.

Will cost
£13,000 plus £6,000 for improvements to clubhouse. Lights are only allowed
for football matches.

Feb 76
Edgware are deducted 28 points by Athenian League for 14 ineligible players.
They are now bottom, but will appeal.

According to the local papers, the Edgware Secretary had
been forging the signatures of the players to save time. Only came to light

when a player
moved to Wealdstone. The Secretary has now resigned.

21/2/76
Hemel Hempstead trip is called off as they only had 5 fit players. Instead
Epsom won a friendly 2-1 at Rainham.

21/2/76
Former player Ted Murphy, now aged 42 and Manager of Hampton was pressed into
service as a substitute!

Feb 76 Former player Gordon Tillyer is manager at
Chessington United, Peter Spittles, former manager briefly in 73 is also
there.

28/2/76 Epsom
defeat Aylesbury 2-0 despite not playing that well. A very ordinary match.

March 76
Malyon is at Chessington - presume Rodger

6/3/76 draw
in return match at Aylesbury puts Epsom top of the table, but only because of
Edgware's penalty.

13/3/76 Edgware fight back from a 2-0 deficit to claim a
draw at West Street. Keith Eshelby (Cor Cas, Kingstonian, Woking) makes

debut and scores. O'Connell also returns to the side.
Eshelby then limped off 14 minutes from time with a leg injury, and
Edgware

scored twice in last 12 minutes! Epsom remain top on goal
average, but Epping have played 1 game less, + Tring have played 3 more.

Future
Combined Counties League Vice-President Tony Ford ran the line in this match

Bobby Page
(19) and Leigh Montgomery (18) signed from Bromley in March 76

Mar 76 Paul
Butler sent off again on a Sunday and will face a long suspension.

Despite this he gets a trial at Reading Reserves on
24/3/76 v Arsenal Reserves. He did well despite Reading losing 2-0 at Elm
Park.

Gary Lee had also been selected but was injured.
Recommended to Reading not by Epsom but by Morden League Searchlight FC.

Mar 76 Dennis
Giles joins from Malden Town.

Mar 76 Keith
Eshelby has a torn achilles says papers, yet plays again in April..

20/3/76 Epsom destroy Harefield Utd 4-0 despite absence
through injury of Lyel, Reid and Eshelby. Lee and Eales score twice.

Rachid
Harkouk plays for Feltham 27/3/76. Dull game finishes 0-0.

31/3/76
Reading Reserves draw 2-2 with Luton at Kenilworth Road. Butler heads the
second goal for a late equaliser.

He plays
three games in total for them, but the third is unreported here.

Apr 76 16 year old reserve keeper Mick Leonard plays
second game for Halifax Reserves. Played for same Sunday league side as

Tommy Tuite
and had been at ST Merton since 1969.

April 76
Edgware get all of their 28 points back after appeal to F.A.

3/4/76 Epsom trailed twice in first 20 minutes but
defeated Eastbourne Utd 3-2 in League match with a last minute Tuite goal
(HT).

4/4/76 All
Star match in aid of Multiple Sclerosis.

Alan
Mullery, Ian Callaghan, Jimmy Hill, Julian Wilson, Phil Walker, Trevor Lee,
Dennis Waterman and Richard O'Sullivan

All played,
Lee scored v Epsom. Ritman cut leg on a stone 12 stitches. Att 2,500 raised
about £400.

Steve Jones
returns in April 76

7/4/76 whole
squad taken to watch Feltham v Epping!

10/4/76 The
tactic worked as Epsom won 2-0 at Epping on the Saturday with two goals in
the last five minutes.

Nasty game
with lots of fouls, and Epping had a player sent off near the end.

1976 FA Vase
Final linesman Mike Holland is an Epsom supporter, who was at the 75 final as
a fan.

17/4/76 Easy win over Uxbridge is coupled with an Edgware
loss in their final game. Almost promoted. They need to avoid defeat by

19 goals in
their last two games.

24/4/76 But
Epsom then slip up 3-2 at Hemel Hempstead. A 17-0 loss at Eastbourne would
see them fail to go up.

25/4/76 Alec
Stock presenting trophies at E & E parks boys league finals at Epsom

Dennis Walker
is brother of Phil Walker.

26/4/76 Charity Match - Gentlemen v Ladies @ West Street.
Pat O'Connell as referee. In aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind. Prog Y,

30/4/76 A Friday night at Eastbourne Town's Saffrons
ground saw Epsom win 6-0 to clinch promotion. HT for Tuite plus mispen.

6/5/76 Phil
Walker voted Evening Standard Player of the Month for April 76

8/5/76
Carshalton (A) Lennie Lawrence is coach of Carshalton Athletic

8/5/76 lost
on pens 3-4 after 0-0 draw. Coombe N, Eshelby Y, Tuite Y, Hill Y, Butler N,
Vincent N 3-3 after 5 pens.

Then Vincent
hit the bar in sudden death, and future player Steve Delaney got winning
penalty for Carshalton!

Dick Vincent
played on loan from Woking, while Henry Hill
(Molesey) guested too.

Alan Walker
(Carshalton) and Micky Lyel were both sent off after 80 minutes after
appearing to exchange blows.

Future Epsom
keeper Ian Finch was in goal for Carshalton and Peter Gaydon also played.

29/5/76 Annual Dinner at Surrey Hills Hotel on Saturday
evening. Alan Webb is player of the year. Tuite won an award for being the

top scorer in
the whole Athenian League. Now 117 in 141 games and ever present said papers.
Correct.

Guests
included Dennis Waterman DW Jenkins (Athenian League Chairman).

May 76 Kelvin
Roots and Adrian Hill ever present for Croydon this season

May 76 Willie
Bennett to get a months trial with Crystal Palace.

Dave Wilson wins linesman of the year for Reserve Section
of Surrey Senior League. Had travelled to West Street to watch a cup

final after being released from hospital where he had
suspected appendicitis, and got the award that evening at the presentation!

Epsom apply
for Suburban League for 1976/77 but are not accepted as clubs choose to
remain with one division only.

Reserves:

Surrey Senior League Reserve Division

Position

6th out of 14

SSL Res Cup

Winners

Future
manager Barry Barnes plays for reserves this season - Played 24 scored 3

SIC

1q

Frimley Green

0-1

SSLC

W

Merstham

3-1

Horley Town
are playing at The Defence, Smallfield Road, and Chobham are playing at
Station Road.

4/8/75 Future
Professional keeper Mick Leonard is replaced at HT of this friendly 3-0
defeat to Molesey Res.

9/8/75 Res
Friendly v Banstead. Gerry Fowler in goal for Banstead, brother Geoff in goal
for Epsom!!

23/8/75 No
linesman v Worplesdon Res. Fined £1.

30/8/75
Former player Dave Stagg plays in goal for Wandsworth v Epsom in our 2-0
defeat.

6/9/75 Phil Walker plays for Reserves in a 3-1 home defeat
by Camberley Town as he missed the first team coach to Grays!

13/9/75 Res lose 2-0 at Sheerwater but were unable to use
the regular pitch as it was in use for an Athletics meeting. Park pitch

nearby was
used. Very poor.

27/9/75 Game
v Frimley Green rained off and played next week. Prog Y which was used a week
later.

4/10/75
Horley (H) (L) is moved back to 13/12/75 to accommodate a Surrey Intermediate
Cup tie.

4/10/75 Epsom
lose 0-1 to a 70th minute goal at home to Frimley in Surrey Intermediate Cup.

The programme
was dated Saturday 26th September (which was a Friday so must have been put
back a week.

Also this was
Frimley not Frimley Green.

18/10/75 Due
to be at home to Wandsworth but fixture is not played.

25/10/75 Res have one of the most one sided 0-0 draws ever
against Lion Sports, despite the injury of Phil Holton on his debut

after 75 minutes. He never played again for the club.
Barry Barnes had injured his ankle after twenty minutes so the sub had
already

been used. We
finished with ten men. Ted Richards is booked.

Oct 75 Six Reserves Rob Weller, Keith Knight, Graham
Hemphrey, Colin Bell, Tony Tillin and Ted Richards selected to play for the

Surrey Senior
League Reserve Section v Middlesex League Reserve section.

Nov 75 Alan
Newton rejoins club. With Reserves three seasons ago. Had been at Guildford
and Whyteleafe.

Nov 75 Les
Cross a keeper is signed from local football. Aged 22.

1/11/75 Due
to be at BAC Weybridge but instead we met Lion Sports away and won 5-1 in
Bisley.

8/11/75
Camberley (A) is moved back to 13/12/75 and we played Merstham at home
instead.

8/11/75 A
Paul Basten goal is enough for Epsom to beat Merstham 1-0 and they now go
fifth in the table.

15/11/75 Paul Basten sent off in 3-1 defeat at
Chessington. Suspended 21 days from 18/12/75 and fined £3. Ted Richards also
booked.

15/11/75
Chessington v Epsom late result sheet. Chessington fined £1.

15/11/75
Former player Roger Malyon scored twice for Chessinton, while future player
Steve Percival got the other goal.

22/11/75 No
game for Reserves.

29/11/75
former player Roger Sears played for Malden Town this day. Any relation to
John (80s) or his son Paul (00s)?

6/12/75 No
game for Reserves. This was the original date for the rearranged Wandsworth
home game.

13/12/75 Due
to be at Camberley in a rearranged League match but instead we hosted Horley
Town who won 2-1.

20/12/75 No
game for Reserves. Were due to be at home to Chobham in a League match.

27/12/75 No
game for Reserves.

3/1/76 Paper says Johnny Eales scored a penalty in a 3-3
draw at Chobham. No mention of a penalty in Dave's records. Now amended.

7/1/76 John
Erwood transferred to Chessington.

10/1/76
Originally due to host Westfield in a League match but moved back for the
League Cup tie with Cobham.

10/1/76 Selection problem for second leg of League Cup
tie, as the first match was played two months ago, and the club can only

use players who were members who were qualified back then.
Many have left over that time. Still won 5-0 v Cobham for 8-2 aggregate!

First goal
was after only 25 seconds.

17/1/76
Westfield (H) is not played. Moved to 30/04/76.

31/1/76
Horley (A) is p-p.

Jan 76
Chessington give John Erwood a run out. Formerly with Epsom says paper, but
never played for firsts or reserves.

21/2/76 Barry
Barnes scores his first goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Chessington
United.

28/2/76 Won
1-0 at Camberley in a match twice rearranged.

Mar 76 Four
players Rob Weller, Graham Hemphrey, Colin Bell and Dave Ritman all selected
for SSL Res Division v Surrey

Intermediate
League (Western Division) at BAC Weybridge on 3/4/76.

13/3/76 Epsom
v Wandsworth (H)(L) fails to be played for the third time.

16/3/76 SSL meeting heard that Epsom were looking to leave
for Suburban League "as they were not happy with the present

arrangement."
They were asked to clarify matters but later it was advised that they were
remaining in the league for 76/77.

27/3/76 a
Ritman winner against Horley in first leg of League Cup SF. 2nd leg at West
Street on 10/4/76.

7/4/75
Eventually we host Wandsworth in the League, winning 5-1.

10/4/76 Easy
5-2 win in 2nd leg sees them through to the final.

17/4/76 Lost
1-0 at Merstham

Apr 76 Colin
Bell selected for SSL Reserve Section v Surrey Intermediate League (South
Division) @ Merstham on 27/4/76.

24/4/76
Originally intended to have a friendly at Lensbury, but…

24/4/76 Friendly played against Kingstonian at Richmond
Road and is won 3-2. Former player Ted Yorke played for Kingstonian.

27/4/76 Rob
Weller listed as Reserve GK too. Prog Y.

30/4/76 Drew
1-1 at home to Westfield on a Friday night

4/5/76
Reserves win League Cup with a 3-1 win over Merstham @ Chertsey.

Ritman scored after ten minutes and HT was 2-1 up with
Ritman getting his second in the 63rd minute. Montgomery made it 2-0 (30).

The game was
a 6.45 k.o.

6/5/76 Chobham (H) brought forward from 15/5/76 and Epsom
won 5-2 with both Pages on the scoresheet. Martin got two goals.

Friendlies

Score

Prog?

31/07/1975

Sutton United

A

1-5

Lee

02/08/1975

Chobham

A

3-0

HT 2-0

Ritman
2,1pen, Eales

02/08/1975

Lensbury

A

0-2

RES

04/08/1975

Molesey

A

0-3

RES

HT 0-2

05/08/1975

Leatherhead

H

0-1

Y

HT 0-1

07/08/1975

Millwall XI

H

2-1

Y

HT 0-0

Ritman (2)

Att >200

09/08/1975

Penhill Standard

H

3-6

Y

HT 2-4

Ritman
(pen), Tuite, Walker

09/08/1975

Banstead Athletic

A

0-2

RES

HT 0-1

11/08/1975

Crystal Palace

A

0-3

Y

Att 1,450

HT 0-0

12/08/1975

Sutton United

H

1-2

Y

RES

HT 0-2

Tillin

21/02/1976

Rainham Town

A

2-1

Tuite, Butler

HT 2-1

04/04/1976

MS Charity Match

at West St

4-7

Y

Eales, Page, Lee, Ritman (pen)

HT 2-2.

24/04/1975

Kingstonian

A

3-2

RES

Lee
(2), Ritman HT 2-2