C O M M E N T S
/  H I G H L I G H T S

Home Ground:
West Street, Ewell

Club Colours

Royal Blue

Berger
Isthmian League First Division

Position

10th out of 21

FAC

3q

Hastings United

2-4

FAT

2nd

Altrincham

0-1

HC

3rd

Farnborough Town

0-1

LSC

2nd

Leytonstone/Ilford

0-3 aet

SSC

SF

Croydon

0-4

SCC

2nd

Maidenhead United

withdrew due to having no side due to walkout

President

Mayor of Epsom & Ewell

Chairman

Peter Smith

replacing Ian Grant after 4 years

v-c was Dave Ellins.

01-393-2979

Address: 55 Broadstrood, Loughton, Essex
01-508-6668

94 Bradstock Road, Stoneleigh

Secretary

Stan Bailey

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

Treasurer

Alf Cooper

Manager

Pat O'Connell

then Adrian Hill - Dennis Kenny as Physio

Pat
O'Connell's address was 52 Railway Road, Teddington, Middx. Full name Brian
Edward O'Connell. DOB 13/9/37.

Another
address is advised in 1981 in a draft contract which was never signed. 1
Windmill Close, Windmill Lane, Ewell

Press
Secretary

Stella Lamont

25 Woodgavil, Banstead

Tel: Burgh Heath 56245.

Res Manager

Arthur Evans

then Colin Bell

Dave Burke Assistant Coach.

Res Secretary

Dave Wilson

23 Elmstead Gardens, Worcester Park 01-330 0011

Membership
Secretary

Dave Lumm

Programme
Shop: Micky Gibbs

AGM Tuesday
23/6/81 in New Clubhouse. 51 members present.

Peter Smith takes over as Club Chairman, as Ian Grant
decided to take a break after four years. Social Secretary is Ivor Smith,

and the club lost £10,500 last year, mostly on ground
improvements. Committee elected at AGM was Vic Lumm, Dave Lumm,

Wilf Smith,
Bunny Wolbarst, Noel Rundle, Pam Cook.

Epsom ground is classed as ungraded, which seems a bit
harsh as it has one of the best clubhouses in the non-league world.

The pitch is
unfenced, and it is apparently too far to walk from the dressing rooms to the
pitch. It was only about ten feet!

Grading will
need to be a B by 1984 for clubs wishing to gain promotion to the Premier
Division.

1/8/81 82 are present to see a friendly loss 0-2 to
Alliance Premier League Gravesend & Northfleet. We would see them again

later in the
season.

8/8/81 Arundel
(H)(Fr) Roy Beswick breaks leg after 14 minutes of a 5-3 win and never plays
for the club again.

8/8/81 Game
refereed by local famous referee Ray Lewis.

7/8/81
reported Philip Lloyd Shaw is arrested for drunk and disorderly in Wimbledon.
He and a friend are fined £25.

Aug 81 Steve Hill joins club from Hampton. Working as a
local School teacher, and moved from Longmead to Therfield this

summer, where
he remains to this day (Dec 06). Epsom paid Hampton £50 for this transfer.

15/8/81 A 3-1 win for Epsom at Ware. Steve Hill scores on
his debut. Tuite and Martin Francis also scored. Peter Gaydon was

injured, but
was back in action at home to Feltham on the Tuesday.

Jimmy Bates
joins Banstead from Epsom.

Aug 81 Robin
Lewis returns from a season at Leatherhead.

22/8/81 Late equaliser from Steve Hill makes it three in
three games. Tuite is struggling with a leg injury and will be out for a

game or two
says Advertiser.

25/8/81 A
Peter Gaydon header in the first minute of injury time defeats Tilbury 1-0.

27/8/81 to 16/9/81 Mick Stratford is suspended 21 days and
fined £5 for an accumulation of three bookings. Club also fined £2.50.

27/8/81 to 16/9/81 Peter Gaydon is suspended 21 days and
fined £5 for an accumulation of three bookings. Club also fined £2.50.

31/8/81 A 104th minute goal from Martin Francis ensures a
2-1 win over Aveley in the Hitachi (League) Cup after extra time.

Aug 81 Dave Dyer signed from Leatherhead on a month's
loan, while Dennis Bailey, son of Secretary Stan, is returning briefly

from his job
in Dubai. Had played a few seasons back, and plays two games here before
returning.

Sept 81 Chris
Kelly Testimonial season and becomes Player Coach at Leatherhead

Sept 81 Peter
Kemp is at Staines

12/9/81 Epsom
lose their unbeaten record 1-0 to an 86th minute goal at Bognor Regis.

14/9/81 SCFA
write to advise that the club has been fined £10 as it accrued 30
disciplinary points last season.

19/9/81 Many
are back for the FA Cup tie v Herne Bay, although Delaney is still out for
another three weeks.

19/9/81 Club records show that the scorers were Malcolm
Spratt and Dave Hanks, despite all reports saying that it

was Spratt and
Hill. I will go with club records, as they were very good around this time.

19/9/81
Comfortably ahead 2-0 at HT, Herne Bay fought back but couldn't get an
equaliser, mainly due to Ian Finch.

Dennis
Waterman XI visits West Street to play E & E XI on 20/9/81. £1,020
raised. Prog Y att:
800. The E & E XI

won 7-5.
Graham Dene the DJ, and Roy North the Basil Brush puppet man were playing.

Sept 81 Epsom
try to extend Dave Dyer's stay, but this is vetoed by the League.

Sept 81 Future
players Warren Farrow and Micky Sorensen are at Tooting & Mitcham.

26/9/81 A dull
game but enlivened by a great long shot from Tony Coombe. Won 1-0 v Oxford
City at West Street.

29/9/81 Epsom defeat Premier Division opposition as
Tooting & Mitcham go down 1-0 in the next round of the Hitachi Cup.

Pat O'Connell
predicts that Epsom will win the Hitachi Cup!

Former Epsom
player Tex Wiltshire was Tooting & Mitcham's manager.

3/10/81 Epsom
secure a 1-1 draw with a fine performance against Premier Division high
fliers Croydon at the Arena.

6/10/81 In
the West Street replay, Epsom defeat Croydon 4-0. Referee was David Elleray.
Hunn mispen (SAVE) at 2-0.

Oct 81 Peter
Gaydon is appointed Assistant Manager. He is 31 and a printer.

Oct 81 Dave
Dyer now joins from Leatherhead.

After this result, Epsom lose their next four matches,
including an FA Cup tie on 17/10/81 which was a 4-2 defeat to Hastings

United. This
was also my first game watching the club.

17/10/81 Southern League Hastings United defeat Epsom in
FA Cup 3q despite Epsom leading 2-1 at HT. Hamshere sent off for

Hastings
towards the end of the game. We trailed early but Tuite and a Hunn penalty
had put us ahead.

24/10/81 Epsom
defeat Thanet United 6-0 in the FA Trophy with a Tuite HT on his 27th
birthday.

Oct 81 Colin
Morris joins from Walton, but is sacked by manager O'Connell in Feb 82

27/10/81 Epsom
are leading Tilbury 3-1 with three minutes left when the floodlights failed.
The players trooped off, but

fortunately
the problem was fixed, and Tuite scored again to make it 4-1 and clinch a
three goal win bonus of £30.

31/10/81 A low key performance sees two late goals for
Epsom over London Spartan League side Swanley Town 2-0 in London

Senior Cup. Steve Hill mispen (SAVE) after 48 minutes at
0-0. Peck scored the first after being out for a few weeks injured.

31/10/81 We
were originally drawn at Swanley Town but the game was switched to West
Street

7/11/81 Epsom
defeat Clapton 1-0 with a Jeff Hunn penalty. Six were booked, including two
from Epsom.

10/11/81 Over
300 see Epsom take the lead, but have to settle for a 1-1 draw against Bognor
Regis.

14/11/81 Epsom lay the Chesham jinx to rest with a 3-1 win
at West Street, but Tuite was stretchered off after 85 minutes.

Fortunately,
he was ok, just bruising.

24/11/81 Andy Townsend plays for Welling (H)(LSC). Epsom
still win 2-1 with a late David Hanks winner. Sean O'Connell debut.

28/11/81 Two goals in the last 6 minutes get Epsom past
Tonbridge in the FA Trophy. Epsom had gone behind after 65 minutes

but Dave Dyer
equalised three minutes later, and Tuite got the other two, one from the spot
after having been fouled.

However, despite three reports advising Tuite with two
goals, club records have Dyer, Hill and Tuite as the scorers.

I will stick
with club records for now.

5/12/81 Tuite
HT in one of Epsom's best performances, a 4-1 win at Maidenhead.

8/12/81
Farnborough Town (A)(LC) is p-p. Frozen.

Dec 81 Reference to a possible multi million pound sports
development in the Borough with Epsom & Ewell maybe getting a

place there,
but it comes to nothing.

12/12/81
Hornchurch (H) p-p. Lots of snow.

15/12/81
Farnborough defeat Epsom in League Cup 1-0, scored by former player Richard
Parkin.

15/12/81 Tommy Tuite loses his appeal against his booking
v Hastings United. The hearing took place on a Tuesday evening,

so Tuite
couldn't play v Farnborough that day.

Paul Harding listed in the Gravesend & N team for the
first half of Dec 81. Described as a young defender with a great future
-

was this the
same one that played for us in 1983/84?

19/12/81 Gravesend & N (H) in FA Trophy is frozen off.
Most of the snow had been removed but it was rutted. According to the

Kent Evening Post, O'Connell had been shortlisted for the
Gravesend post last Christmas. Not clear whether he ever applied.

Epsom have
been unable to find indoor training facilities so they have had a week off.

22/12/81 FA
Trophy game is called off again.

26/12/81
Farnborough (H) p-p.

30/12/81 The
match is finally played, and Epsom hold their Alliance Premier League
opponents to a creditable

1-1 draw. Tuite had scored for Epsom after 68 minutes, but
a deflected equaliser fifteen minutes from time earned the visitors

a replay.

2/1/82 Epsom
gain revenge for their recent League Cup defeat with a 5-3 win at
Farnborough. Tuite HT.

4/1/82 608 are present for an amazing match with Gravesend
& Northfleet. Epsom led 2-0 before being pulled back to 2-2. In

extra time, the hosts went ahead with six minutes
remaining, but defender Paul Dyer punted the ball back over his keeper
from

35 yards for a bizarre last minute equaliser. Another
replay required. Epsom lose toss of coin, so another visit to Kent is
required.

5/1/82 Lewes
(H) p-p for Gravesend replay.

7/1/82 Second replay at Gravesend on Thursday night is
p-p. O'Connell slams Gravesend as very unprofessional. Epsom

receiving
various opinions from their opponents about whether the game would be on. It
was frozen and could have been

called off at
midday. About 40 supporters made the trip. Gravesend will reimburse Epsom
their expenses.

9/1/82 St
Albans (H) is p-p. 6 inches of snow.

11/1/82
Gravesend p-p again.

14/1/82
Gravesend replay is p-p again. Game arranged for 16/1/82.

Jan 82 Former
player Chris Kelly asks for a transfer from Leatherhead after eleven years
there. It is granted.

Jan 82 Steve Chapman, Martyn Spong and Kevin Fitzgerald
all at Dorking but Ada takes Chapman with him to Epsom in Feb 82.

16/1/82 A Tommy Tuite goal finally clinches this FA Trophy
tie at Gravesend. Pitch was arguably worse than when it was

called off,
but the puddles weren't as dangerous, so the referee let it go ahead. 83rd
minute mispen (SAVE) from Tuite.

Gravesend
& Dartford Reporter likened the pitch to a map of the Great Lakes of
Canada!! More chance of drowning!

19/1/82 Clapton (A) p-p because of trip to Cheltenham in
FA Trophy. The club have finally been training at Ruxley Lane School

gymnasium.

19/1/82 Epsom or Cheltenham draw Altrincham in FA Trophy
second round it is reported in Daily Telegraph. They have already

beaten
Sheffield United and York City in the FA Cup.

21/1/82 Epsom
travel to Cheltenham without Les Peck and Alan Webb due to the rail strike,
with most coaches

already booked up they are allowing 4 hours to travel by
car. Epsom wanted to play on Tuesday 19/1 but Cheltenham had a

Country and
Western Night and the pitch wouldn't be ready. Epsom didn't want Wednesday so
Thursday was agreed.

21/1/82 A Steve Hill third minute header was followed with
a 35 yard drive from Tony Coombe that "barely rose off the floor"
after

13 minutes, but Cheltenham fought back to level the tie
with goals after 80 and 86 minutes. However, a  typical Tommy Tuite

goal pinched
it after 89 minutes.

22/1/82 Isthmian League votes 41-9 in favour of joining
the Isthmian Pyramid. Epsom are one of the nine but I don't know why.

23/1/82 Another Isthmian Premier side are defeated in
London Senior Cup, as a Steve Hill goal is enough to defeat Hendon 1-0.

Advertiser remarks on a disappointing crowd. Former Epsom
player from the sixties Peter Deadman plays for Hendon where he has

spent much of
his career although spent plenty of time at other clubs too.

26/1/82 Frimley Green are hit for seven in a Southern
Combination Cup tie at West Street. Won 7-1 with Hill HT. Game started

40 minutes
late due to traffic delays. Gary Pike came on as sub for Ian Finch but not
clear why. Injury or run out?

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

26/1/82 We
were originally drawn at Frimley Green but the game was switched to West
Street.

28/1/82 Quote from Pat O'Connell in Evening Standard.
"I'm my own man and I work with people I like and respect.

I couldn't ask
for anything more."

30/1/82 Same as last Saturday as a Steve Hill goal is
enough to defeat Tooting & Mitcham 1-0 as Epsom start their defence of

the Surrey Senior Cup. Colin Morris appears to have been
cautioned in this game, as I have a referees report, but he is not

listed in the line up. Check! He wasn't in
the Reserves line up either.

2/2/82 Two
goals in the last twenty minutes sees Farnborough pinch a 2-1 win at West
Street. Epsom would not score

again for 563
minutes.

Stand seats
can be reserved for the Altrincham match at a cost of £1.50. I recall it was
out of my price range at the time!

Chairman Peter Smith says that expenses for this game are
£450 and they need 1,000 people to break even. They don't get it.

Feb 82 Allies
leaves Epsom for Staines - formerly with Tottenham in their Combination side

Feb 82 John
Reader leaves Hampton for Molesey

Feb 82 Clive
Offer leaves Sutton for Leatherhead

Feb 82 Peter
Bartlett is at Hampton where he has been a first teamer since he was 16

Feb 82 Vinnie
Reid joins Hampton from Addlestone - former England Youth Cap

6/2/82 The giant killers take on the giant killers says
Epsom Herald as Altrincham come to West Street. A deflected shot

from 25 yards was enough for them to win the tie. Peter
Gaydon was sent off for dissent right at the end. One of the Altrincham

players was booked for throwing a boot into the crowd!
Epsom dominated the first half with 3 good penalty appeals turned down.

5 of the Altrincham team had played at Wembley in 1978
when they won the trophy, and they would go there again this season.

Feb 82 Ray
Murphy joins club from Egham.

9/2/82 An
early goal for Lewes is enough as they beat a deflated Epsom side in a League
match 1-0.

Feb 82 Martin
Francis leaves club. Wanted to be in the first team, but O'Connell said
"he hated training and hard work"!

13/2/82 Epsom fight Leytonstone & Ilford all the way
in this London Senior Cup tie, only to let three goals in the final period
of

extra time. Leytonstone would eventually win the Isthmian
League, and Hitachi Cup, and Essex Senior Cup, and London Senior

Cup. Manager John Still also got them into the first round
of the FA Cup this year! Steve Hill was injured early, and was eventually

subbed after
half an hour. Goals came after 108, 114 and 120 minutes.

16/2/82 Tommy
Tuite well shackled by future player Peter Bartlett as Hampton and Epsom draw
0-0 at Beveree.

20/2/82 A
terrible game at Walton in Surrey Senior Cup is just edged 1-0 with a late
Jeff Hunn penalty. Future keeper

Ian Stillwell
was in goal for Walton & Hersham.

Feb 82 Colin Morris is sacked by Pat O'Connell after an
incident before the Walton game. Apparently he had a tooth abscess but

just turned up
without contacting O'Connell, and expecting to play. He was sent home after
an exchange of words.

23/2/82 Epsom trail 2-0 at Kingstonian only to pull it
back in the last few minutes. At 2-2 Kingstonian then scored a last
minute

winner. Game played at Richmond Road. Alan Morton scored
for Kingstonian, as he had done against Epsom earlier this season.

Feb 82 Jeff
Hunn joins Molesey after losing his place in the first team.

27/2/82 Epsom
lose a tame game 1-0 at Wembley. Still unlucky to lose though.

Following match v Wembley on 27/2/82, manager Pat
O'Connell resigned (on 28/2), and many players left the club.

Only regular first team players staying were Stratford,
Hill, & Webb, although Hill was listed in the original statement.

Peter Gaydon is quoted as saying that although he enjoyed
his time at Epsom, he'll never kick a ball for them again.

The disagreement was between O'Connell and the Directors,
and a massive cut in the players salaries that was

required.
Malcolm Spratt also remains.

Game on 6/3/82
v Hornchurch (H) postponed as was 2/3/82 v Maidenhead United (A) in SCC.

Prog issued at
Maidenhead - Copy = Y.

Epsom were
fined £50 for postponing the League game.

New manager
was former player and Assistant Manager Adrian Hill who joined from
Dorking.

6/3/82 Supporters Meeting Held at West Street Chaired by
Peter Smith. Around 100 were present. A barrage of questions for

90 minutes. League imposes a token fine against the club
for the postponement. Adrian Hill has a contract for this season and

next. Durst
continue as sponsors but want certain guarantees. Also Gil Schmidt from
Wandsworth has been appointed

Reserve Team
Manager until the end of the season.

March 82
Isthmian League give Epsom until 10/3/82 if necessary to recruit players.

Mar 82 Barry
Rowan moves from Cor Cas to Camberley

Mar 82 Keith
Seager at Staines. Joined from W&H a season previously.

Mar 82 Peter
Kemp is at Staines. Previously with Gillingham and Dartford

Mar 82 Gary
Pike leaves for Dorking

Mar 82 Jeff
Hunn leaves for Molesey

Mar 82 Tommy
Tuite leaves for Carshalton

Mar 82 Kevin
Duffell leaves for Leatherhead

Mar 82 Dave
Hanks leaves for Leatherhead

Mar 82 Sean
O'Connell leaves for Leatherhead

Mar 82 Alan
Ives joins from Corinthian Casuals

Mar 82 Ray
Murhy joins from Egham

Mar 82 Barry
Hughes joins Woking form Dorking

9/3/82 Adrian
Hill's first game sees Hampton win 2-0 against a new look Epsom side at West
Street.

Steve Chapman and Dennis Kenny the physio come over from
Dorking with him. Chapman was a former Charlton Ath keeper.

New players Barry Hughes (Dorking), Lee Richardson,
Richard Higgs, Alan Pardew, Martin O'Toole (all four from Whyteleafe),

Kelvin Roots (Croydon), Peter Coker (Carshalton Ath), Alan
Ives (ex Tooting & Corinthian Casuals), Eric Broome (Redhill).

Adrian Hill is
a refrigeration engineer by trade and played for Redhill, Leatherhead,
Tooting and Croydon.

Alan Pardew would go on to better things with Corinthian
Casuals, Dulwich Hamlet, and eventually Crystal Palace, for whom he

played in the FA Cup Final of 1990 and replay v Man
United. Martin O'Toole was a former Epsom player, who made his debut

back in 1970,
but he would only play once in this spell with the club..

13/3/82 Epsom defeat Aveley 1-0 with a Kelvin Roots
penalty against the same keeper, Danny Gill who had been in goal for

Clapton in
November 81, when they also lost 1-0 to a penalty!

Aveley were awarded a penalty near the end, but the
referee was persuaded to talk to his linesman who told him the offence was

outside the
area. Lucky escape. Game also started ten minutes late because a linesman
failed to turn up.

13/3/82 Epsom were due to play Croydon in SSC but have no
players available that have been signed on for long enough, so

they were
given until 27/3 before playing the match.

March 82 Steve
Hill rejoins the club. Martin O'Toole will only play in emergencies it is
reported.

16/3/82 This date was scheduled for the match at
Maidenhead in SCC according to Epsom Herald, but it looks as though

Epsom had
already withdrawn from this competition. No game was played this day.

19/3/82 Epsom
write to Maidenhead to concede the SCC tie planned for 23/3/82.

20/3/82
Clapton (A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

March 82 Tony Coombe has joined Malden Vale, while Tommy
Tuite has joined Carshalton Athletic. Originally the Isthmian

League had said that all players were banned until the end
of the season, because of the walk out, but relaxed their view in March.

Also Peter
Gaydon and Dave Burke joined Swanley, while Steve Delaney also joined Malden
Vale.

23/3/82 A good
2-0 win at Chesham with two goals from Micky Stratford.

March 82 Paul
Holder joins from Woking but ineligible for the Croydon match.

27/3/82
Croydon SSC SF. Striker Steve Hill plays in goal despite stress fracture of
ankle. Unfortunately, Epsom

still struggle to put out a decent side because of the 28
day qualification rule, and are hammered 4-0 by a team that lost here

4-0 earlier in the season. Les Whitton scored all four for
Croydon, as Epsom put two fifteen year olds in the field Richard Smith

and Neil
Andrews. It transpires afterwards that Richard Smith was 16. Not sure about
Neil Andrews yet.

Chairman Peter Smith blasts the FA for their rules, but
with hindsight, I don't see why Croydon should have suffered, as it was

Epsom's
problem, and largely the fault of O'Connell and the players who left.

March 82 Former Secretary Bill Carpenter is elected Mayor
of Epsom & Ewell. He is 65 and lives in Park Avenue East. He is

in office for
a year. Dies in 2006 aged 89.

Apr 82 Paul
Jablonski at K's - joined from Sutton in 1979

Apr 82 Paul
Holder joins from Woking

3/4/82 A fine
2-1 win at Clarence Park against St Albans is capped by Malcolm Spratt's
headed winner. He also won the

penalty for
Epsom's first goal.

Apr 82 Dave
Hanks and Sean O'Connell have joined Leatherhead where it is Chris Kelly's
benefit year.

Apr 82 Chris
Holding is at Met Police

6/4/82 A late
Hornchurch equaliser deprives Epsom of a win. Drew 1-1.

Alan Webb
Testimonial Year events 8/4/82 Race Night 24/4/82 Disco. Both at Clubhouse

10/4/82 Ware
are battered 5-0 with two goals from Robin Lewis.

Paul Holder is
photographed in this match, and the action shot is used for the 1982/83
programme cover.

Parks Boys Cup
Finals 18/4/82 & 25/4/82 - Prog for 25/04/82 - Y

Ground chosen
for Suburban League Cup Final replay, but wasn't required.

20/4/82 After three successive draws Steve Hill returns
from two months out injured and scores, but they lose 1-3 at West Street

to Wokingham
who clinched the Championship this day.

24/4/82 St Albans gain revenge for their home defeat with
a 2-1 win at West Street, but they needed two penalties to get it, one of

which was in
injury time.

24/4/82 Surrey
U11's drew 2-2 with Berkshire @ West Street either before or after the St
Albans match.

27/4/82 Clapton defeat Epsom 2-1 at Old Spotted Dog
ground. It would be the last competitive match I would miss until Oct 1995!

May 82 Leatherhead players listed this year with their
reserves contains many Epsom names: Paul Pritchard, Gary MacDonald,

Rob Dilger,
Sean O'Connell, Kevin Duffell, Dave Hanks, John Egan

1/5/82 Surrey U-11's v Berkshire U-11's @ West Street.
David Tuttle plays for Berkshire (Reading) Future pro footballer. Prog Y.

1/5/82 Later
that day Epsom lose 0-2 to Hornchurch to end this bizarre season. Frank
Wheatland debut in goal.

3/5/82 Sutton & District League - Clapham Harps v
Epsom Mead @ West Street in Charity Cup. Andy Stewart plays. Prog Y.

6/5/82 Barking
v Worthing in Berger Isthmian Youth Cup Final. Prog Y.

9/5/82 EEFC v
London Photographers XI at West Street. Prog Y. Won 15-4. A dismal
attendance.

Reserves

Suburban
League South Division

Position 18th
out of 18

Surrey
Intermediate Cup

2q

1-2

Farnham Town

London
Intermediate Cup

1 rep

2-6

Leyton County

Suburban
League Cup

3rd

1-5

Leatherhead

6/8/81 Res
friendly with Molesey scheduled for Kingston Poly is p-p.

Sept 81
Reserves advertise for players.

12/9/81 Lost 4-0 at home to Walton & Hersham. Simon
Melius replaced keeper Paul Allies in this game, but not due to injury.

Also in this
game future keeper Ian Stillwell plays for Walton.

3/10/81 Epsom come from behind to defeat Reigate Town in
SIC. Keith Brown stabbed home a rebound from a Gary Kent shot

which had hit
the bar.

10/10/81 Lost
1-0 at home to Croydon. Future keeper Bobby Knock played for Croydon.

14/10/81
Whyteleafe (H) is cancelled.

24/10/81 No
game for reserves.

7/11/81
Reserves win 3-0 at Walton & Hersham in Suburban League. Had lost 4-0 at
home earlier in the season!

7/11/81 Former
players Kevin Jordan, Chris Hills, Jimmy Jackson all played for Walton &
Hersham.

14/11/81 Future player Rob Dilger scores HT for
Leatherhead Res in 5-1 win at Fetcham Grove in Suburban League Cup 3.

Malcolm Spratt got the reserves first booking of the
season in this game. Gary McDonald also played for Leatherhead and
scored

one of their
goals.

12/12/81 Met
Police (A) p-p snow.

2/1/82 Hampton
(H) p-p. Waterlogged.

9/1/82
(probable date) Whyteleafe (A) is p-p.

Jan 82 Also
around this date Kingstonian (A) is not played as their first team need the
pitch.

16/1/82
Banstead (H) p-p. Thaw comes too late.

23/1/82 First
competitive game since 5/12/81. Lost 2-1 at Whyteleafe in Suburban League.

30/1/82 Future
player Russell Harmsworth scores the only goal for Croydon v Epsom as they
won 1-0.

2/2/82 We led after 5 minutes but fell away to lose 4-1 at
Leatherhead. Former player Kevin Davies scored their third goal (pen).

6/2/82
abandoned after 115 minutes in e.t. - Leyton player sent off but refused to
leave pitch! Replay required, despite

Epsom leading
at the time.

13/2/82 A fine
4-1 win at Kingstonian. Ray Murphy debut for Reserves.

20/2/82 First goal for 5 years for Alan Webb. A 30 yard
free kick at home to Bromley who got a very late equaliser for a 2-2 draw.

3/3/82
Leatherhead (H) and 6/3/82 v Carshalton (A) are p-p following the player
walkout the previous week.

13/3/82 A very young Reserve side captained by Alan Webb
lose narrowly 1-0 at Dorking who had Gary Pike playing in goal for them.

20/3/82 Leyton
County (LIC) replay at West Street is p-p.

March 82
Advised that Gil Schmidt and Colin Bell are in charge of the Reserves until
the end of the season.

27/3/82 Because half of the reserves were required, Epsom
fielded seven first teamers but could only draw 0-0 at Carshalton

Athletic, who
had Tommy Tuite in their side! They also had former keeper Chris Lightfoot,
and future player Colin Miles.

3/4/82 Another controversial match with Leyton County who
had two more players sent off in this match, yet still won 6-2 at West

Street!

10/4/82 Lost
2-0 at Imber Court to Met Police. Former player Colin Rose scored one of
their goals.

1/5/82 No game
for Reserves who have two matches remaining.

8/5/82 A 3-0 loss at Molesey means they overtake Epsom and
leave them bottom of the league on the final day of the season.

Former player
Jeff Hunn scored one of the goals.

Reserves did
not win a single match following the O'Connell walkout.

Friendlies:

Prog?

30/07/1981

Hounslow

@KP

0-2

RES

HT 0-1

01/08/1981

Gravesend & Northfleet

H

0-2

Y

HT 0-1

Att 82

04/08/1981

Leatherhead

H

1-1

Y

Hanks

HT 0-1

Att 196

08/08/1981

Arundel

H

5-3

Y

Tuite (2), Francis, Hill, Lewis

HT 4-0

11/08/1981

Carshalton Athletic

H

0-5

RES

HT 0-1

22/08/1981

Westfield

A

2-3

RES

Winterhalter, Mather

HT 1-1