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Player of the
Year

First X1

Steve Hill

Second X1

Kevin Duffell

Youth

Paul Jones

Home Ground:
West Street, Ewell

Servowarm
Isthmian League First Division

Position 2nd
Out of 22  Promoted.

FAC

2q

Dartford

1-2

FAT

1q rep

Folkestone

0-1

HC

1st

Tooting & Mitcham

1-3

LSC

1st

Bromley

1-2

SSC

F

Sutton United

0-4

SCC

F

Walton & H

1-1

lost on pens

HELD OVER FROM LAST YEAR

SCC

1st

Dorking

1-2

Chairman

Ian Grant

second spell as Chairman

V-c Tony Lindon

Secretary

Dave Wilson

Manager

Adrian Hill

Treasurer

Alf Cooper

Press Sec

Stella Lamont

Membership Sec

Dave Lumm

2/7/83 Summer
Fete @ West Street. Prog Y. Raised £892.

26/7/83 At AGM
Dave Wilson becomes Club Secretary, replacing Stan Bailey.

Club lost
£7,400 last year, but this was because the wage bill had been drastically
reduced. Ian Grant returns as

Chairman. Officers elected as above, plus Committee: Gerry
Shepherd, Ivor Smith, Wilf Smith, Pam Cook, Derek Green,

and John Glazebrook. Tony Lindon replaced Dave Ellins as
vice-Chairman, but he and Peter Smith remain on Committee.

July 83 Colin
Miles joins Epsom "for a small fee".

July 83 Papers
say that Epsom will play QPR Reserves (H) on 13/8 but it doesn't happen.

Training
starts on 14/7/83. Paul Duffell and Mick Stratford will help the Youths.

July 83 Kelvin Roots quits football due to business
commitments. He is a company director. Also Sean O'Connell has

left for
Hampton.

July 83 Arthur
Evans is appointed manager of Molesey.

July 83 Steve Jones, a member of the 1975 FA Vase Wembley
team joins Dorking from Chessington. Also Gary Pike

leaves Epsom
for Dorking.

July 83 Adrian Hill's brother has just retired from the
position of Crockenhill manager and recommends Tony Boorman

to him. Age
19. Also Chris Hiscock joins from Beckenham.

30/7/83 Steve Milton misses friendly with Fulham as he is
getting married, and Steve Hill & Andy Stewart are on holiday.

2/8/83 Game v Croydon is described as a private trial.
Lost 1-0 at Kingston Poly Ground, Tolworth. 87th minute goal.

Aug 83 John
Sears joins from Dorking.

Aug 83 Barry Walker joins from Dorking, but long term
player Colin Bell leaves for a coaching position at Horsham YMCA.

6/8/83 Paul Harding scores on his debut in this friendly
at home to Arundel, but they still lose 2-1. Improving though!

13/8/83 Late Colin Miles winner at Beckenham. 25 yard free
kick six minutes from time. Peter Gaydon and Ian Finch

played for
Beckenham.

Aug 83 Reg
Gaston joins from Bromley.

Reached Final of Southern Combination Cup. Lost on pens to
Walton & Hersham away after 1-1 draw aet.

16/8/83 SCC
Final. Chris Hills, Ian Stillwell, and Alan Morton all in the line up for
Walton.

Final held
over from last year. Lost 4-5 on pens after Mark Jonas had scored for Epsom,
but Chris Hills equalised.

Winterhalter,
Delaney, Hill, and Jonas all scored in shootout, but in sudden death,
Stratford missed.

20/8/83 v
Boreham Wood. First league game of season as happened last year. Scored after
28 seconds.

Paul Harding (Whyteleafe) misses this game with a 21 day
suspension. Also suspended are Malcolm Spratt (14) and

Richard Strong
(7). It doesn't matter as Milton's early goal is added to by Steve Hill and
Epsom win

2-1 this time.
Milton's goal is reported in the Daily Telegraph.

23/8/83 The game at Woking is a lottery in the first half
after a torrential downpour which nearly led to the game being

postponed. The second half saw football being played
though, as Epsom recovered from a 49th minute goal to score

twice themselves, but it required a stoppage time penalty
from Steve Hill, which was saved, but he tapped in the rebound.

Aug 83 Former players Dave Hanks, Paul Pritchard, Phil
Shaw leave Leatherhead to join Arthur Evans at Molesey,

along with
Epsom's young keeper Mark Taylor.

28/8/83 Epsom lose 3-0 at Met Police despite dominating
the game. Also Steve Chapman broke a finger and wrist, but

played on without realising the extent of the damage. He
will be out for 5 weeks. Epsom had a 15-2 corner advantage.

30/8/83 18 year old keeper Grant Long came in for Chapman
in goal but Epsom lose 3-1 at Sandy Lane in Hitachi Cup.

3/9/83 Epsom let a 2 goal lead slip with twenty minutes
left, and draw 2-2 with Farnborough Town at West Street. They

scored a last
minute equaliser past Frank Wheatland, returning to the club after two
seasons without playing.

Sept 83 Reg
Gaston leaves and John Russell (28) joins from Dorking.

10/9/83 Only 105 saw Epsom defeat Hornchurch 5-0 in an FA
Trophy tie at West Street. Hill and Harding were very

dangerous.

13/9/83 A
last minute penalty save by Frank Wheatland earned Epsom a point in a 1-1
home draw with Lewes.

17/9/83 Second half goals from Hill and Russell Harmsworth
saw Epsom past Chatham 2-1 in FA Cup at Maidstone Road.

20/9/83 Three
booked in 0-0 draw at Clapton.

24/9/83
Hornchurch revisit, and are beaten again, but this time only 2-1 with a late
Hornchurch consolation.

Robin Lewis
was at a wedding so Andy Stewart took his place.

25/9/83 Car
Boot Sale at West Street 10am.

27/09/83 Future Combined Counties League Vice-President
Tony Ford ran the line in this SCC match against Dorking.

30/9/83 Arsonists attack Epsom High School and Epsom &
Ewell FC Changing Rooms early this morning. No-one hurt,

but it takes a while for the school to recover as there
was much smoke damage. I was in the sixth form at the time and

helped out
with the cleaning up. Damage at the club was restricted to the treatment
lamp.

1/10/83 Epsom bow out of the FA Cup 2-1 against Dartford
at West Street, but Paul Harding is sent off for spitting.

However, it was definitely retaliation, as the Dartford
defender had been equally guilty. Following the sending off Epsom

scored their
goal, having been 2-0 down. The club backs Paul "100 %" says Adrian
Hill.

Dartford manager was John Still, who guided Leytonstone to
their great season two years previously, and would go on

to manage
Barnet and Maidstone in the Football League.

8/10/83 No
game for first team this day.

11/10/83 Two
goals from Steve Hill ensure a 2-0 win over Leatherhead who had Tony Coombe
playing for them.

15/10/83
Malcolm Spratt 50th appearance v Oxford City

22/10/83 Epsom travel to Folkestone in the FA Trophy
without Colin Miles who dislocated a shoulder playing Sunday

football, and
John Russell who is getting married that day. Drew 0-0 at Cheriton Road.

The winners of
the Folkestone tie are away to Hayes.

Oct 83 Frank
Wheatland resigns from club after being replaced by Steve Chapman again.

Oct 83 Larry
Pritchard quite football at the age of 38. Had started as a 15 year old with
Epsom in 1960/61.

25/10/83 Paul Harding is sent off again in the Folkestone
replay after Folkestone scored early and hung on. Epsom hit

the woodwork
three times, and then Harding and the Folkestone keeper Munden were sent off
for fighting with ten

minutes left.
Lost 1-0.

29/10/83 After this entertaining 0-0 draw it transpired
that the Hampton keeper had ruptured his spleen and it had to be

removed in an operation that night. He only played because
regular keeper Paul Riley had a back injury! Paul Harding

was the best
player on the pitch.

5/11/83 A nasty challenge by Paul Harding breaks the arm
of the Hertford keeper after four minutes, and he is booked.

However, Epsom didn't do much in this game until two late
Hill goals in the last twenty minutes. Won 2-0 at West Street.

5/11/83 Before
the match the Vic Lumm Gates were opened by Alice Lumm his widow.

12/11/83 Epsom
win 1-0 at Tilbury. Gary Cook (Molesey) made his debut in goal as Chapman was
injured.

14/11/83 Barry Walker starts a 21 day suspension, and Paul
Harding requests a personal hearing with Adrian Hill and Ian

Grant speaking
on his behalf. It was on 17/11/83 and he still receives a 21 day suspension.

Nov 83 fringe
players Harry Gerber (Bromley) and Russell Wyeth (Banstead) leave the club.

15/11/83 Epsom
lose 4-2 at Windsor & Eton, but were never in the game, trailing 3-0 at
one point.

19/11/83 A disappointing 2-0 loss at Maidenhead casts
doubts about Epsom's promotion potential. Future Fulham keeper

Lawrence Batty
was in goal for Maidenhead. The two goals were in the last eleven minutes.

Nov 83 Former player Roy Marlow writes a book about his
prisoner of war experiences called Beyond The Wire. He lied

about his age to get into the RAF in 1940 and when he
wrote back to the papers about his experience, it nearly got him

court martialled as he didn't realise it was still
sensitive information! Nearly missed his wedding as a result. He got

married in either 1944 or 45 to Doris Holden and then had
a season playing for Aston Villa but professional football was

not for him and he and his wife opened a greengrocers next
door to his fathers grocery store in Ruxley Lane which

they ran for ten years and lived at 3 Bramham Gardens,
Chessington. Surrey Comet says he was the ADOPTED son

of Reg and Beatrice Marlow. Played for the school team
when aged only 9!! A former English Schools International

with three caps in 1939. Today he is a member of the RAF
Escaping Society which helps make contact and support

those who
helped them while they were escaping. Never appears to have played for the
Villa first team.

22/11/83 Epsom defeat Woking 2-1 due to a winner from Paul
Harding, who beat three players and scored from 25 yards.

26/11/83 A
Steve Hill winner saw Epsom win 3-2 at Lewes where they had trailed twice in
the first half.

3/12/83 Cheshunt's unbeaten home record disappears as
Epsom win comfortably 2-0, although the goals were a long

time coming,
eventually requiring a penalty to open the account after 59 minutes. Hill got
both goals.

Dec 83
Athenian League is to close at the end of the season.

10/12/83 Two odd own goals meant that extra time was
required before Epsom edged past Pennant, who would eventually

become Walthamstow Pennant 2-1 with a Steve Hill winner.
Pennant then finished with nine men, after a sending off

and an injury
after the subs were used.

Dec 83 Club are allowed to stage 15 floodlit matches for
the Youth Team next season. It will enable them to enter more

competitions.

17/12/83 Epsom lose 1-0 at Kingstonian for the second
season in succession. Day of the Harrods bombing by the IRA.

The goal was
scored by Chris Kelly the former Epsom and Leatherhead player. A win would
have put Epsom top.

22/12/83
Provisional friendly at home to Banstead this day is not played.

Dec 83 Barry Walker now suspended for 14 days after
accumulating five bookings. But Paul Harding has finished his

suspension.
Robert Winterhalter, Robin Lewis and Richard Smith are all injured but Steve
Delaney could return.

27/12/83 Epsom lose 3-2 to Walton, although keeper Steve
Chapman's mobility was restricted after suffering a thigh injury

in the first
half, which required strapping.

31/12/83 Epsom complete an entire year unbeaten at West
Street in the League with a 2-1 win over Wembley. Epsom

scored the
first with a Mick Stratford wonder strike, and Epsom held on fairly
comfortably.

2/1/84 Another great strike, this time from Tony Boorman
saw Epsom defeat Walton 2-0 and gain revenge for their

recent
defeat. Steve Chapman has been out since pulling his thigh muscle against
Walton, and would never play

again for the
first team, eventually announcing his retirement (again) on 28/1/84.

2/1/84 Tommy
Tuite watched the Walton game.

7/1/84 Epsom
lead at Boreham Wood through a Steve Hill goal, but lose 3-1 in a League
match.

10/1/84 Epsom trail 2-1 with half an hour left but a low
Boorman free kick, and Paul Harding header three minutes from

time enable
Epsom to win 3-2.

14/1/84 Met
Police (H) p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y

17/1/84 Epsom
are unlucky to lose 2-1 at Bromley in London Senior Cup. Dominated most of
the match, but all

three goals
were scored in the last 16 minutes. Steve Delaney 300th appearance says club.
They are right.

21/1/84 Goalkeeper problems before this game as Gary Cook
was injured, but Frank Wheatland returned and Epsom

won 3-0 with
two goals from Hill, and a late looping effort from Malcolm Spratt.

24/1/84
Leatherhead (A) is p-p as Leatherhead had a London Senior Cup tie.

Jan 84 Future player Jimmy Richardson the former Wimbledon
defender joins Leatherhead after being released by Hendon.

Jan 84 Alan Morton may be joining Epsom & Ewell says
Advertiser. He does. Formerly with a host of clubs. Paul Harding

will start his
second suspension shortly. 14 days. Morton joins from Bae Weybridge.

Steve Chapman announces his retirement aged 34. Had two
injuries this season, and this plus a new job is why. Epsom

will need a
new keeper soon.

28/1/84 Epsom are well on top against Addlestone &
Weybridge, but have to settle for a 1-1 draw and replay. No extra

time was
played in the SSC matches in those days.

31/1/84
Friendly arranged at home to Malden Town is p-p for the replay at Addlestone
& Weybridge.

1/2/84 Epsom win the replay 2-1, but the hosts are unlucky
to have a good equaliser chalked off because someone

else was offside! Keeper Andy Abel starred in both matches
and was promptly signed by Hill for the rest of the season.

Harmsworth was
sent off in this replay after 26 minutes for apparent violent conduct.

4/2/84
Kingstonian (H) is p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y.

7/2/84 Epsom
escape from Hampton with a 0-0 draw. Not many chances. Debuts for Andy Abel
and Alan Morton.

11/2/84 Paul Harding is currently suspended, while Chris
Hiscock also starts a 21 day ban, and Kevin Fitzgerald is also

suspended, while Steve Milton has a groin injury. However,
Champions elect Windsor & Eton are steamrollered 4-0 at

West Street,
thanks to a HT from Steve Hill, and a fourth from Alan Morton.

Alan Morton is
a head Green keeper at West Byfleet Golf Club. Aged 33.

18/2/84 Steve
Hill is away on a school skiing trip for three matches, but Paul Harding
returns from suspension.

18/2/84
Despite leading for most of the match, Oxford City equalised with only 6
minutes remaining.

21/2/84 Epsom led through Morton, but an in form
Leatherhead came back with two goals in the second half, to win the

match at
Fetcham Grove 2-1. Kelvin Roots returned to the side after being away with
business.

21/2/84 Future
player Brian Perkins scores winner for Leatherhead v Epsom.

25/2/84 Epsom have to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to
Tilbury. They were missing Stratford, Delaney, and Winterhalter

with injury, and Hiscock was still suspended said papers,
but Stratford actually played, as did Steve Milton, back after

a month out, and Gary Kent, who was moved up
from the Reserves.

3/3/84 Three goals in the second half at Merland Rise saw
Epsom past Banstead Athletic in the SSC QF. Steve Hill

returned and
took the place of Paul Harding, who was suspended again. Banstead had a goal
disallowed at 0-0.

Former player
Jimmy Bates played for Banstead.

8/3/84 Race
Night at Clubhouse with free beer and lager on sale.

10/3/84 No
game for Epsom & Ewell.

13/3/84 Future player Chris Holding currently at Met
Police, who end Epsom's 24 match unbeaten run at West Street

with a
comprehensive 3-0 win. Promotion is now looking uncertain.

March 84 FA
Cup QF 83/84 contained Mick Leonard playing for Notts County. Ex Epsom
Reserves 75-76.

He was signed
from Halifax for £30,000.

17/3/84 A big match against fellow promotion chasers
Maidenhead is won 2-1 at West Street. Epsom are now level

with them but with two games in hand. All of their injury
concerns are now over and the squad is back at full strength.

Maidenhead
only scored in the last minute. Consolation.

20/3/84 Steve Hill was out with flu, and Mick Stratford
was unavailable, but Epsom record a 0-0 draw at Hornchurch.

24/3/84 Epsom and Croydon wish to play their SSC SF tie
midweek, but the County won't let them. In the end it is p-p

and played
midweek anyway! This means that Chesham (A) was moved back to 18/4/84.

Mar 84 Grant
Long joins Banstead from Epsom.

26/3/84 SSC SF saw Epsom 2-0 up after two goals from Alan
Morton, one from a long way out. Unfortunately, Croydon

fought back to
get a 2-2 draw. Replay required.

29/3/84
Croydon (H) in SSC SF replay is p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y.

31/3/84
Cheshunt (H) is p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y.

Apr 84 Russell Harmsworth 28 day suspension after his
sending off at Addlestone. Also Barry Walker is injured and out

for the game
against Feltham.

7/4/84 Martin Francis and Arnie Venturini are both at
Feltham, but Epsom win easily 5-0 at the Arena. Feltham are

relegated with
this result.

7/4/84 Surrey
Intermediate Cup Final Ditton S & FC v Surbiton Town @ West Street k.o.
3pm. Prog Y.

12/4/84 Epsom win the replay 3-1 against Croydon with a
Steve Hill HT. Same programme used as the original tie but with an

updated
insert.

14/4/84 Two
John Russell penalties help Epsom to a 3-2 win over Kingstonian in a League
match. The first one

was originally saved from Steve Hill, but the referee
ordered a retake either for encroachment or the keeper moving early.

Epsom were 2-0 up after 12 minutes, but Chris Kelly
reduced the arrears and it was 2-2 by HT. However, Epsom got

their second
penalty in the second half.

18/4/84 Two Steve Milton goals help Epsom to a 4-2 win at
Chesham United. They meet again seven days later, and

Epsom win that
match 3-1 for a very quick "double".

21/4/84 A big
promotion battle at Vale Farm, where the two favourites for the runner up
spot battle out a 1-1 draw.

A Colin Miles
penalty put Epsom ahead, but a late equaliser still left Epsom as favourites
to go up.

23/4/84 Chesham (H) is moved back two days to accommodate
the Easter Monday Surre Senior Cup Final v Sutton United.

Reached Final
of Surrey Senior Cup. Lost 0-4 to Sutton United at Met Police 23/4/84 Att
1,000+

A one sided affair, with Epsom taking very little out of
the game, which was played in brilliant sunshine at Imber Court.

25/4/84 Epsom bounce back with a 3-1 win over Chesham with
two more goals for Steve Hill, who has now scored 38.

28/4/84 Two penalties from Alan Morton, the second in off
the post, was good enough for Epsom to defeat Clapton 2-1.

Gary Kent broke his nose two minutes from the end from an
incident that saw him booked and a Clapton player sent off.

29/4/84 Epsom
& Ewell Parks Boys League Cup Finals at West Street. 6 different finals.

May 84 It is
announced that Adrian Hill is Manager of the Month for April.

1/5/84 Epsom
Postal v Watford Postal in LPR Evanson Cup @ West Street. Prog Y.

Promotion clinched on 1st May 1984 with a 2-1 win at
Farnborough Town. Murray Jones 92nd minute winner.

After going a goal behind, Epsom fought back, and a Steve
Milton equaliser got Epsom back into it before the late finish.

Steve Hill
had been rested after running in the Sutton Marathon (3hrs 39 mins) and Colin
Miles had an abscess.

Although Epsom finished second in the table, they never
hit the top of the League at any time. Prize money was £1,000.

Unfortunately ground improvements will cost £5,000
although that is reduced considerably with voluntary labour at working

parties
throughout May. Ian Grant is confident that Epsom will be in the Premier
Division next season.

3/5/84 Epsom were promised two bottles of champagne for
every goal they scored against Cheshunt, and they won 3-1,

but Tony Boorman broke his arm after falling near one of
the floodlight pylons on the stand side just before half time.

5/5/84 Relegated Feltham, without a point on their
travels, won 2-1 at Epsom on the final day of the season, although

Epsom led, and had a goal disallowed late in the game,
which would have got the draw. Their first away win since Nov 82.

10/5/84 Final
game of the season is a testimonial for Steve Jones which Epsom lose 6-3 at
Meadowbank.

18/5/84 Annual
Dinner Dance at The Worcester saw the usual awards presented.

May 84 Epsom
& Ewell Supporters regained the Durst Trophy with a 6-1 win over their
sponsors.

24/5/84 Former
Chairman and Trustee of club Albert E Tuck dies, aged 86. At Epsom Cemetery.

31/5/84 Epsom's West Street ground is given a
"B" grading which enables them to be promoted. Tooting &
Mitcham

get a reprieve
as Premier Division Staines Town are relegated because their ground was not
good enough.

Reserves

Alan Webb Manager

Suburban
League South Division Position 7th out of 18

Surrey Premier
Cup

3rd

Woking

0-1

SLC

SF

Harrow B

1-3+

Epsom get bye
in First round of Suburban League Cup

Probably
23/7/83 but possibly midweek either side saw Reserves first friendly, a 2-1
win over Southern Rail.

16/8/83 Three
down after 8 minutes and lose 3-1 at home to Frinton Rovers in a friendly.

10/9/83 Four
wins out of four before today's 6-0 defeat at Sutton United.

17/9/83 Last
minute winner from John Sears in a 2-1 home win over Banstead.

Following this game, our seventh, stats for the Reserves
are advised which tie up with exception of Andy Winyard playing in

this game when the stats indicated a missing appearance
for John Russell instead. Check scrapbook before amending!

29/9/83 Epsom
move up to second place after this 2-0 win over Met Police.

8/10/83 Some first teamers are drafted in for the Reserves
Suburban League Cup tie which they win 3-0 at West Street.

They needed to play local league keeper Barry Smith in
goal, while former Epsom player Richard Higgs had to go in

goal for
Whyteleafe as he was nursing an injury!

11/10/83
Dorking (A) is p-p for their Vase replay. Played one week later.

18/10/83
Richard Strong sent off for retaliation in a 2-0 defeat at Dorking.

29/10/83 1-0 loss at Kingstonian who finish with ten men.
Stewart and Winyard both hit the bar as missed chances cost us.

5/11/83 Epsom
get a good 1-1 draw at Walton Casuals.

12/11/83 Richard Strong went in goal against Addlestone
& Weybridge as Epsom won 3-0 in Surrey Premier Cup.

19/11/83 Former player and future Manager of Reserves
Peter Burdett is in goal for Redhill and plays well in a goalless draw.

Following this game I have stats for the first 18 games of
the season (this was the 18th) and was missing apps for players in

the games
against Dorking (A) 18/10 and Walton Casuals (A) 5/11. I have calculated the
missing players.

However, John Sears has ten apps (+5 subs) while prog
stats say 9 (+6). As a result, for the sixteen spaces, I have 17 names

and one must
have been there instead of Sears if prog stats are right. His stats were
right after 7 apps. Check!

The 17 are Cook, Duffell (2), Jones (2), Kent, McManus
(2), Russell, Smith, Stewart (2), Strong, Fitzgerald (2), Palmer, B.Smith.

I have
allocated 16 for now with John Russell not placed yet.

There is also 1 sub for Colin Miles which I can allocate
to the Walton Casuals game as he had been out for a couple of weeks

with a
dislocated shoulder.

26/11/83
Epsom score all six goals in a 4-2 win at Bromley in Suburban League Cup. Now
in QF for first time.

7/1/84 Epsom draw 2-2 with Woking in the Surrey Premier
Cup. Game went into extra time, but no goals were scored.

11/1/84 Epsom lose the replay with Woking to a second half
goal. They now play Banstead or Bae Weybridge (A).

14/1/84 Game played at the Port of London Authority Ground
in Redbridge, Essex, but a goal in each half meant that the

hosts went
through, despite Epsom having an equal amount of the play.

21/1/84 A clear cut 2-0 win over Hillingdon Borough
Reserves puts Epsom into the Suburban League Cup semi-final.

Robin Lewis
played after returning from injury, while John Wilkes and Ray Murphy both
scored.

28/1/84
Horsham (A) is p-p. Pitch was unfit. Waterlogged.

Horsham
Reserve Manager was Colin Bell and Steve Leighton a former and futurre player
was in their squad.

31/1/84 A provisional friendly with Malden Town was
arranged for the first team, but as they drew with Addlestone &

Weybridge, they had a replay to deal with, so the plan was
for the Reserves to play them instead this day. In the end

Epsom played Banstead Reserves at home and drew 1-1 with
Alan Morton making his first appearance for the club.

4/2/84 Tooting
& Mitcham (A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

3/3/84 Colin
Miles played for Carshalton v Epsom & Ewell this day. We lost 1-0 at West
Street.

10/3/84 Steve Delaney, Andy Abel and Steve Milton all
played for the Reserves this day as Epsom beat Kingstonian

5-2 at West
Street.

24/3/84
Horsham (H) is p-p. Waterlogged.

27/3/84 Epsom lose 2-1 at home to Dorking Reserves. Keeper
Simon Wilkinson is the club's 12th keeper this season!

In the
opposition line up were former players Gary Pike and Marvin Hough.

Epsom lead early through Alan Webb after 5 minutes but
following a clash of heads between Ray Murphy and a Dorking

defender that
landed both in Epsom hospital, Epsom fell away to lose 2-1.

31/3/84
Horsham (H) is p-p. Waterlogged.

10/4/84 Bromley (H) is not played. This date was
provisional anyway. It becomes Leatherhead (A) and Epsom win 3-0.

17/4/84 Fourth win in a row. 3-1 home win over Bromley.
The sequence ended on 21/4/84 with a 1-1 draw at home to

Sutton United,
who were already Champions.

24/4/84 A week later the last match of the season saw a
3-3 draw at home to bottom club Horsham, who had led 3-1.

I have final stats for the season and I have another set
at 18 games (see above). In the remaining 25 games of the season, there

are 48 names
that I am missing in six of the fixtures, and I don't know who played in
which.

They are: Cook (3), Delaney, K.Duffell (4), Harmsworth,
Hiscock (2), Jonas (2), Kent (2), McManus (3), Murphy (5), Sears (3),

R.Smith (2),
Stewart (3), Winterhalter (2), Bridgewater, Fitzgerald (4), May, A.Webb,
Wilkes (4), Winyard (4).

There are also
3 subs missing. They are: Sears, Bridgewater, D.Chapman.

I also have extra subs to the stats. Neil Andrews has 3
sub apps (stats say 1), and Clive Gartell has 2 (stats say 1).

Youth

Paul Duffell Manager

Southern Youth
League

Position 4th out of 6

FAYC

Woking

1-5

IYC

Group Stage

27/7/83
Friendly loss 0-7 v Chelsea who scored three in the last three minutes. HT
2-0.

A lot of youngsters played including future first teamers
Mick Kinnimont, Clive Gartell, Chris Wood and Jamie Stainer.

4/8/83
Friendly at home to Wimbledon Youth was scratched by the visitors who had
eight injured. Never played.

31/8/83 Epsom
crash out of the FA Youth Cup 5-1 at Woking.

14/9/83 A 4-0
loss at Redhill was not witnessed by the manager who was preparing for his
upcoming wedding.

28/9/83
Whyteleafe (A) is not played.

13/10/83 A
good 2-2 draw was recorded at home to Woking. First point of the season.

27/10/83 A John Wilkes goal ten minutes from time earned
Epsom a draw at Croydon in an Isthmian Youth Cup Group

match. Drew
1-1.

25/10/83 and 27/10/83 I have calculated the teams for
these two games from the match programme. However, there are two

players
outstanding and they could have played in either match. They are Barry
Matthews and Richard Smith.

There is also
one sub appearance missing in either of these games for Gary Richardson.

29/10/83
Whyteleafe (H) p-p.

3/11/83 Epsom defeat Sutton 4-1 with stand in keeper Clive
Gartell doing well. Andy Winyard had a twice taken penalty saved

in the first
half. Gartell was in goal because McDonald was injured and Olver was
unavailable.

10/11/83 Sutton get a last minute equaliser to ensure that
they draw 2-2 with Epsom. All four teams in this group have

now drawn both of their games but Sutton are top on goals
scored. Future players Neil Robson and Alex Mair play for Sutton.

22/11/83 A 7-1 defeat in the Isthmian Youth Cup Group
match. Both teams missed a penalty in the first half, Winyard

for Epsom, and amazingly it was 0-0 after 65 minutes, but
7-0 before Richard Smith scored a late consolation. R.Francis got

four for
Bromley.

29/11/83 This
time Epsom won 7-1, but trailed to an early Whyteleafe goal before leading
6-1 at HT.

5/1/84 SYL
game at Sutton is p-p. Waterlogged.

12/1/84 3-0 down in Isthmian Youth Cup tie, but Epsom only
lost 3-2 at home to Sutton. Neil Robson played again.

25/1/84
Croydon (A) in Isthmian Youth Cup Group Match is p-p. Waterlogged.

6/2/84 Croydon
(A) is not played on this date as originally advised in programme. Moved back
two days.

8/2/84 Epsom lead 2-0 at Croydon with four minutes left,
but had to settle for a point in a 2-2 draw. Final group match,

and Epsom
cannot qualify for the final stages.

16/2/84 Epsom hand Carshalton their only defeat in the
Southern Youth League 2-0, although they did have a player

stretchered
off earlier with a broken leg. Andy Winyard and Mark Bridgewater scored in
the second half.

23/2/84 Woking
(A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

1/3/84 Lost
4-0 at Sutton. Future player Alex Mair scored for Sutton.

19/4/84 Last
game of the season was a 1-0 win over Redhill in Southern Youth League.

The Leatherhead game (H) was never played as they withdrew
late in the season after playing only 5 of the 12 matches.

Friendlies

H/A?

Score

Prog?

23/07/1983?

Southern Railway

2-1

RES

Sears, Winyard

27/07/1983

Chelsea Youth

H

0-7

YTH

HT 0-2

30/07/1983

Fulham

H

0-4

Y

Att 315

HT 0-2

02/08/1983

QPR Youth

A

0-5

YTH

02/08/1983

Croydon

@KP

0-1

No issue

HT 0-0

02/08/1983

Merton

H

3-1

RES

Harding (2), Murphy

06/08/1983

Arundel

H

1-2

Y

Harding

HT 0-2

09/08/1983

Corinthian Casuals

@KP

1-0

No issue

Hill

HT 0-0

09/08/1983

Ranelagh

4-1

RES

Murphy (2), Spratt, Jonas

11/08/1983

Horsham YMCA

3-2

RES

Harding (2, 1 pen), Gerber

13/08/1983

Beckenham Town

A

1-0

No issue

Miles

HT 0-0

16/08/1983

Frinton Rovers

H

1-3

RES

Andy Stewart (pen)

18/08/1983

Fulham Youth

H

1-2

YTH

David Chase

HT 0-0

05/10/1983

Wimbledon

H

1-0

Y

Lewis

HT 0-0

31/01/1984

Banstead Ath

H

1-1

No issue

RES

John Sears

HT 0-1

03/04/1984

Redhill

A

4-1

Hill,
Morton, Boorman, Lewis

HT unk

10/05/1984

Dorking

A

3-6

Y

Harmsworth, Hill, Milton

HT 0-3