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Player of the
Year

First X1

Chris Holding

Second X1

Mark Norman

Youth

James Dack

Vauxhall Opel
League Division 2 South

Position 9th
out of 21

FAC

1q

Barnet

0-7

FAV

4th

Hailsham Town

1-2*

ACDC

1st

St Albans City

0-5

LSC

1st

Woodford Town

1-2

SSC

SF rep

Carshalton Athletic

0-3

Home Ground:
West Street, Ewell

Chairman

Steve Delaney Resigned early in 88-89 and
replaced by Nigel Anstis

Nigel Anstis was announced as Chairman in
Bulletin dated 20th February 1989.

Address 19 Barrett Road, Fetcham - Tel: 0372
57784

Secretary

Dave Wilson

New business number advised in March 1989 of
01-235 5400.

Treasurer

Nigel Anstis took over following Alf Cooper's
death in 1988.

Manager

Ricky Kidd with Paul Duffell assisting from
October.

Physio

Ken Jones

Res Manager

John Sears

Youth Manager

Willy Dell, but did not last long.

Tony Coombe replaced in him in November 88.

Club
programme stat errors. Prog advises Richard Strong has 45 apps but it is 46
and Tim Tweedy is given 31 but

actually
started 32.

Long term
supporter George Nathan died during 88-89.

9/7/88 Epsom
& Ewell FC advise that Matt Elliott is available for transfer, and
advising that a fee will be

required. Age
19. All enquiries to Steve Delaney.

2/6/88
reported former keeper Gary Cook gets married. Now a referee (2007/08)

15/8/88 AGM
original date but postponed.

21/7/88 Player
Contract signed by Andrew Mark Syradd.

This was a
contract at £8 per week from 20/8/88 to 6/5/89 and 19/8/89 to 5/5/90. Also a
financial bonus of £4

for each First
XI appearance in League or Cup.

However this
contract was cancelled from 16/9/89 confirms the FA on 20/9/89.

First two home
games played at Molesey, due to changes in the floodlighting system at West
Street.

The club spent
£15,000 on the floodlights after the League closed the ground when faults
were found.

Haringey were
expected in the League this year, but never joined, as they were suspended by
F.A..

New players
Carlton Walcott (Cobham), Marc Flemington (Whyteleafe), John Russell, Clive
Hadingham. Paul

Andrews, Jeff
Britton (keeper). Also Lyndon Buckwell, a future Manager of the club.

Jimmy
Richardson and Matt Elliott both left, but Richard Strong rejoined from
Worthing, as did Tim Tweedy

Former player
Tony Varcoe, now manager of Farnham Town.

Aug 88 former
player Martin Gillings (29) joins Dulwich Hamlet from Leatherhead.

1988/89 Les Cleevely (23), Reg Gaston (30), Marc
Flemington, Martyn Jones, Murray Jones (23), John Raffington (27) all at
Carshalton Athletic

Aug 88 former
player Chris Hiscock joins Leyton Wingate from Fisher.

Aug 88 future
player Trevor Jones joins Woking from Bromley.

Aug 88 JS Day
joins from Hampton

Aug 88 Paul
Spiller is at Banstead Athletic

Aug 88 Les
Cleevely is at Carshalton Athletic

Aug 88 Reg
Gaston is at Carshalton Athletic (RL Gaston)

Aug 88 John
Raffington is at Carshalton Athletic (JA Raffington)

Aug 88 Bob
Churchley is at Carshalton Athletic (RP Churchley)

Aug 88 Simon
Melius is at Carshalton Athletic

Aug 88 Glyn
Hooper is at Chertsey Town

Aug 88 Tony
Hoy is at Croydon

Aug 88 Russell
Harmsworth is at Croydon

Aug 88 Scott
Hayworth is at Croydon

Aug 88 Rob
Dilger is at Dorking (RW Dilger)

Aug 88 Jimmy
Richardson is at Dorking (JF Richardson)

Aug 88 Neal
Sabourn is at Dorking

Aug 88 John
Egan is at Dorking (JJ Egan)

Aug 88 Roy
Beswick is at Leatherhead (RK Beswick)

Aug 88 Mike
Erlebach is at Molesey

Aug 88 Barry
Gartell is at Molesey

Aug 88 Paul
Meredith is at Molesey

Aug 88 Robert
Winterhalter is at Molesey

Aug 88 Ricky
Dymond is at Redhill

Aug 88 Steve
Barwick is at Sutton United

Aug 88 Lee
Edwards is at Sutton United

Aug 88 Graham
Morris is at Sutton United

Aug 88 Ian
Rondeau is at Sutton United (IM Rondeau)

Aug 88 Arjan
van Sliedregt is at Sutton United

Aug 88 John
Vincent is at Sutton United

Aug 88 Ken
Ireland is at Sutton United (KW Ireland)

Aug 88 Dave
Hyatt is at Sutton United (DLG Hyatt)

Aug 88 Mick
Sorensen is at Tooting & Mitcham United

Aug 88 Paul
Mumford leaves for Leatherhead

20/8/88 Epsom
lead with stunning strike from Mark Flemington but Whyteleafe dominate
throughout and

equalise ten
minutes from time.

23/8/88
Carlton Walcott HT v Petersfield United. Stuart Cox HT for Petersfield in a
3-3 draw at Molesey.

27/8/88 Epsom
lead at Molesey against Finchley but lose 4-1. Paul Andrews came in to
replace the injured

Paul Pritchard
and Brian Perkins came in for Matt Gibbs (holidays). Clive Hadingham debut.

30/8/88 An
extra time winner by Marc Flemington saw Epsom win 2-1 at Berkhamsted in the
League Cup.

3/9/88 No game
for Epsom as they have a Bye in the FA Cup.

Sept 88 Former
player Gary MacDonald is in East Enders. Plays Carmel's brother Darren.

Sept 88
former player John Raffington approaching 300 appearances for Carshalton
Athletic. Also previously with Croydon.

Sept 88 former
player Chris Kelly is still Manager of Kingstonian.

Sept 88
reference to former keeper John Vincent being third string at Sutton but
helping out Tooting & Mitcham due to

injury.

Sept 88
bulletin makes reference to former player John Rains who is now Manager at
Worthing.

Sept 88 former
player Steve Milton is at Whyteleafe

Sept 88 John
Tippell leaves for Dorking (JP Tippell)

Sept 88 Mark
Jonas is at Molesey

Sept 88 Gary
Dodd is at Leatherhead

Sept 88 Bob
Churchley joins from Carshalton Athletic

Sept 88 former
player Mick Stratford is Captain at Grays Athletic.

Sept 88 former
player Jimmy Richardson is Captain at Dorking.

Sept 88 former
player Ray Purvis is Captain at Dulwich Hamlet.

Sept 88 future
Reserve and Youth Manager Trevor Smith is at Leatherhead. Striker.

3/9/88
reported that the Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda had died aged 58. If he was the
President of Epsom FC

in the last
forties, he would have been very young. It may have been his father.

5/9/88
Agreement made with Charlton Athletic for the transfer of Matt Elliott for a
gross transfer fee of £5,000

plus VAT =
£5,750. Also another £5,000 to be paid if he plays in ten first team games
(he doesn't), and also a

15% resale
clause if he is sold. Signed by Dave Wilson and Richard D Collins, Charlton
Chairman.

Lennie
Lawrence was the manager at the time. A copy of the cheque for £5,750 is also
held on file.

Epsom will
eventually receive £1,500 when he is sold to Torquay later on, but we have to
write and ask for it!

7/9/88 Epsom
return to Molesey for their away league game and lose 3-1. Two first half
goals. Neil

Robson late
consolation.

10/9/88 Matt
Elliott's contract is cancelled by mutual consent.

10/9/88
Richard Parkin is at Staines (RM Parkin)

13/9/88 Three
goals just before HT led to a 5-0 defeat at St Albans in the League Cup.

13/9/88 Paul
Mumford leaves for Leatherhead

17/9/88 Epsom
crash 7-0 at Barnet in FA Cup. 2-0 after 3 minutes and never in it. Opening
goal in 49 seconds.

Carlton
Walcott hit the post near the end. Gary Abbott's third consecutive HT for
Barnet.

21/9/88 Tim
Tweedy debut in a 3-1 loss at Flackwell Heath. Late Kidd consolation (87) for
Epsom.

24/9/88 First
win of the season as Epsom beat Feltham 4-0. 3-0 up after 15 mins. Tweedy
scored in last minute.

Feltham's
first defeat of the season.

1/10/88 Epsom
win 2-1 at Harefield. Jeff Britton returned in goal as Andy Syradd was
injured. John Russell was

playing for
Harefield after playing for Epsom earlier in the season. Harefield finished
with ten men after injury.

Oct 88 former
player Larry Pritchard is now Manager at Walton & Hersham.

Oct 88 former
keeper Paul Riley is at Farnborough Town and was there last season.

Oct 88 former
player Martyn Spong is Manager at Maidenhead United. Former Brentford player.

Oct 88 former
player Paul Holder oins Maidenhead from Feltham.

Oct 88 former
keeper Steve Chapman is Manager at Croydon. Reference to him being in goal
for Colchester United's

famous 1971 FA
Cup win over Leeds United.

Oct 88 future
keeper Rick Collier joins Walton & Hersham from Sutton United.

Oct 88 Gary
Greenaway is at Dorking (GA Greenaway)

Oct 88 Noel
Frankum is at Dorking

Oct 88 Paul
Allies is at Egham Town

4/10/88
Future long term player Dave Hyatt plays for Horsham v Epsom and Epsom win
3-0. Jason Hopper debut.

6/10/88
former player Ted Yorke wins an award with his company Yorke Developments
(Epsom) Ltd. He won a

Top 100 Award
from the National House Building Council.

8/10/88 Epsom
open their first FA Vase campaign since 1977/78 with a 5-0 win at Chatham
Town.

11/10/88 Matt
Elliott makes debut for Charlton Athletic in a Littlewoods Cup second round
second leg tie which

they win 2-1
against Northampton Town. They win 3-2 on aggregate in front of 2,782.

Lennie
Lawrence commented that "Young Elliott acquitted himself quite well, but
he is not quite ready for this

level of
football." Attendance 2,782.

11/10/88 Epsom
defeat Yeading 2-0 for their fifth straight win of the season. Walcott
injured but easy win.

15/10/88 A
slightly fortunate Brian Perkins goal is the difference between Epsom and
Newbury. Richard Strong

injured near
the end.

Oct 88 Paul
Duffell steps up from the Reserve Manager position to be Assistant Manager of
the first team.

AGM 17/10/88
at clubhouse.

Chairman
Steve Delaney resigned. Ian Grant Chaired meeting and it was decided at next
meeting to appoint Nigel

Anstis (49).
Dave Wilson re-elected with Stella Lamont as Press Secretary and Richard
Lambert Membership Sec.

Committee Pam
Cook, Carol Reid, Pat Chapman, Nigel Anstis, Gil Schmidt, Glen Connett.

Vice-Chairman
and Treasurer were not decided at this meeting either, but Nigel Anstis took
over the Treasurer

position,
having sort of held it already following Alf Cooper's death.

Within days of
this meeting it is advised that Pete Atkins (36) will be Vice-Chairman.

22/10/88 No
game for Epsom.

22/10/88 John
Cook leaves for Woking

24/10/88
Friendly at Croydon is drawn 1-1. Croydon used 19 players and Steve Hill
scored for them, while Walcott

scored for
Epsom. Carlton Walcott had joined from Cobham.

29/10/88
George Smith went to Ruislip FC by mistake so Tim Tweedy played against
Ruislip Manor where the

six game
winning run ended with a 1-1 draw.

5/11/88
Banstead lead Epsom with five minutes remaining, but a late Brian Perkins
equaliser forced extra time,

where Richard
Strong got the winner in this FA Vase game. Three Bridges (H) are next.

8/11/88 Epsom
concede two goals in the last five minutes to lose 5-3 at Eastbourne United.
Not a bad foul in

the match, yet
six booked, five from Epsom.

Nov 88
Clubhouse organiser John Glazebrook died.

Nov 88 former
keeper Les Cleeveley is now back at Carshalton Athletic as is another former
keeper Simon Melius.

Nov 88 former
player Barry Stone joins Whyteleafe from Croydon.

Nov 88 former
player Richard Parkin joins Chertsey Town from Staines Town.

Nov 88 former
player Murray Jones is at Carshalton Athletic where he was last season's top
scorer.

Nov 88 former
player Micky Sorensen is at Tooting & Mitcham. Has been there since
leaving us in 1986.

Nov 88 former
keeper Ian Stillwell is at Met Police.

Nov 88 Gary
Broz is at Walton & Hersham

Nov 88 Mark
Esiri joins Dulwich Hamlet

12/11/88 Even
game saw a 1-1 draw with Maidenhead United. Hadingham scored after 15 minutes
but 1-1 on (30).

12/11/88 Epsom
Herald holds team photo for game with Maidenhead if required.

19/11/88 A
poor performance by Epsom, who lose 2-0 at Camberley Town.

22/11/88 Poor
run ends with a 2-1 win at home to Egham.

24/11/88
Player Contract signed by Clive Robert Hadingham.

This was a
contract at £8 per week from 26/11/88 to 6/5/89 and 19/8/89 to 5/5/90. Also a
financial bonus of £3

for each First
XI appearance in League or Cup.

Signed with a
proviso that should Ricky Kidd leave the club, this contract will be
cancelled.

However this
contract was cancelled from 20/3/90 confirms the FA on 22/3/90.

26/11/88 Epsom
require extra time again in the FA Vase match with Three Bridges, but after
forcing an

equaliser
twenty minutes from time, six goals were scored in the extra time period,
with Epsom winning 6-2.

Scoreline
immensely flattered Epsom who were second best for most of the game until
Brian Perkins came on

after 69
minutes and the game changed. Clive Hadingham played a great game.
"Mercurial". Simon Alldridge debut.

3/12/88 Epsom
lose 1-0 at Chertsey. Keeper Andy Syradd is injured after 10 minutes and does
not reappear, being

replaced by
Tim Tweedy in goal in the second half. Syradd was never a fan of goalkeeping,
and would often prefer

playing in the
outfield when representing the Epsom supporters as he would often do in the
early nineties.

Hadingham was
missing with a knee injury and Perkins was not fit enough for 90 minutes.
Simon Ward debut.

Nov 88 Nigel
Anstis is pictured planting two trees in Gibraltar Rec. The trees were
donated by the football club

to the Mayor's
tree replacement fund, following the hurricane on 16/10/87.

Nov 88 Fund
raising evening at Epsom & Ewell FC raises £1,250 for cancer sufferers.
Organised by

Helen and Rob
Wilkinson.

Dec 88 John
Rains is no longer Worthing Manager.

7/12/88 Poor
performance at Woodford where Epsom lose the London Senior Cup tie 2-1.
Consolation for

Carlton
Walcott after 77 minutes.

10/12/88
Epsom led comfortably 2-0 at HT at home to Molesey, but lose 2-3 to give them
their first away win

of the season.
A "wretched second half performance." Paul Andrews sent off at 2-2.

17/12/88
before this game it is revealed that Ray Metz the former Epsom player is down
there. The Wick manager

is Norman
Cairns who may well have been related to Gordon Cairns the former Epsom and
Carshalton player,

who went to
Worthing as player and manager.

17/12/88
Epsom lead at Crabtree Park in this FA Vase tie, but Wick equalise shortly
afterwards and extra time

is required
again but with no result. Replay required on Tuesday.

20/12/88
Replay at Epsom saw Wick score early and a last minute equaliser was required
to take the tie into

extra time
again, where Epsom won 4-2. Ray Metz played in this game for Wick.

Dec 88 Croydon
release former players Steve Hill and Russell Harmsworth who join Whyteleafe.

21/12/88
Lockerbie Disaster.

27/12/88 Paul
Andrews suspended for three games after his sending off. Misses Banstead
Eastbourne & Finchley.

27/12/88
Banstead manager Bobby Knock promises Banstead will not wait their chances
against Epsom, yet

they are
easily beaten 3-0 in the Christmas Derby.

31/12/88 A
disaster as Epsom lose at home 1-0 to Eastbourne United and lose star player
Clive Hadingham with

a torn
hamstring. He would never be quite the same again.

2/1/89 The
New Year starts poorly as Finchley score a last minute goal to win 3-2 at
Summers Lane. Perkins

missed his
second straight game on holiday while Hadingham would be out for a while with
his injury. Chris

Holding put
Epsom in front after 31 minutes. Debut for David Fry who scored the equaliser
with a great strike

with only five
minutes remaining.

7/1/89 Epsom
do not slip up in SSC this time. Former Cobham players from last year Simon
Ward and Bill

Williams are
now with Epsom who beat Malden Vale 2-0. Comedy o.g. in the second half as
the defender

side footed
the ball past his own advancing keeper.

Club records
had this down in error as a Carlton Walcott goal. Now amended.

Jan 89 former
player Dave Taylor leaves Dulwich Hamlet to join Croydon after being ever
present since joining a year and

a half
previously (Aug 87).

Jan 89 Andy
Dear is at Walton & Hersham

Jan 89 former
player Andy Dear asks to go on the transfer list at Walton & Hersham
where he has been since leaving

us in the
summer of 1986. Was Club Captain at Walton and will shortly join Kingstonian.

11/1/89 A
Wednesday evening win at Horsham was fairly comfortable. Won 3-1. Future
keeper Dave Hyatt played

for Horsham.

14/1/89 Dave
Wilson linesman v Whyteleafe. Two goals in last two minutes for a 1-1 draw at
West Street.

Whyteleafe
goal is scored by former player Steve Hill but Epsom equalise in injury time
through Brian Perkins.

Hill had only
recently joined Whyteleafe from Croydon, while Russell Harmsworth also played
for them just after

being released
by Croydon.

21/1/89 Clive
Hadingham is not fit for the FA Vase game with Hailsham Town. On a very wet
day, Epsom led

early in the
second half through a Richard Strong penalty, but Hailsham got an 87th minute
equaliser and scored

in extra time
with their own penalty. Hailsham were the better side but this was Epsom's
best Vase run for 11

years and they
have never reached this stage since then as of June 2007. Fifth straight Vase
game to go

into extra
time. Apparently 200 travelled from Hailsham this day, but I think that was
excessive.

24/1/89
Whyteleafe (H) is p-p in SSC.

28/1/89 Had
Epsom beaten Hailsham they would have been at home to Hungerford, who visited
seven days later

and won 3-1
on a pitch so muddy, that it would take a few weeks to become properly
playable again. Clive

Hadingham
returned as a second half sub. The go ahead to play was only given at 2.30 by
the referee. Chris

Holding was
suspended and missed this game. Epsom led after 15 minutes but HT was 1-1 and
Epsom weren't

in it for the
second half.

31/1/89
Whyteleafe (H) is p-p in SSC.

Feb 89 former
and future player & future Manager Ray Purvis receives concussion &
dislocated shoulder playing for Dulwich.

He had joined
them in October 1987.

Feb 89 Neil
Fewings is at Hampton

4/2/89 Very
windy and a poor game on the artificial pitch at Feltham. HT 0-0. Epsom went
behind before

Luke Harding
equalised and Perkins hit the underside of the bar and was cleared.

7/2/89 Epsom
get past Whyteleafe 1-0 in the SSC QF with a Hadingham winner after 60
minutes. Steve Milton

played
against Epsom and was booked. Steve Hill also played for them, while Holding
returned from suspension.

7/2/89 Player
Contract signed by David Fry.

This was a
contract at £8 per week from 11/2/89 to 6/5/89 and 19/8/89 to 5/5/90. Also a
financial bonus of £3

for each First
XI appearance in League or Cup.

Signed with a
proviso that should Ricky Kidd leave the club, this contract will be
cancelled.

However this
contract was cancelled from 6/1/90 confirms the FA on 11/1/90.

7/2/89 Player
Contract signed by Lyndon Roy Buckwell.

This was a
contract at £8 per week from 11/2/89 to 6/5/89 and 19/8/89 to 5/5/90. Also a
financial bonus of £3

for each First
XI appearance in League or Cup.

Signed with a
proviso that should Ricky Kidd leave the club, this contract will be
cancelled.

However this
contract was cancelled from 6/1/90 confirms the FA on 11/1/90.

11/2/89 Player
Contract signed by Jason Anthony Hopper.

This was a
contract at £8 per week from 11/2/89 to 6/5/89 and 19/8/89 to 5/5/90. Also a
financial bonus of £3

for each First
XI appearance in League or Cup.

Signed with a
proviso that should Ricky Kidd leave the club, this contract will be
cancelled.

However this
contract was cancelled from 22/1/90 confirms the FA on 26/1/90.

11/2/89 Many
chances missed in a 0-0 draw with Flackwell Heath. Neil Robson returned to
the side after a two

week
suspension. Tedious game.

17/2/89 60's
disco at the Clubhouse. Entry for non members is £1. Starts at 8pm.

18/2/89 Gary
Newcome leaves for Walton & Hersham

18/2/89
Strange game at Egham with seven minutes of injury time, a sending off, four
bookings and two penalties

as Epsom win
2-1 at Egham. Referee Steve Coffin was often controversial but Epsom were
aware of him, whilst

Egham maybe
weren't. Egham was annoyed that the game was even played as they didn't
believe it should go

ahead. When
it did, Epsom were awarded two penalties in the first half an hour that were
generous. With regular

taker Richard
Strong absent, Hadingham scored them both. Then Egham had a player sent off,
but the ten men

scored after
89 minutes and Epsom held on through the stoppage time.

Feb 89 former
player Reg Gaston is at Carshalton Athletic. - suspended two weeks.

21/2/89 Epsom
have 500 present as they draw 2-2 with Carshalton Athletic in SSC Semi Final.
Epsom led after

just two
minutes after a Hadingham shot that came from out wide and deceived former
Epsom keeper Les

Cleeveley.
Another former Epsom player Murray Jones equalised for Carshalton five
minutes later. Epsom

gained the
upper hand but they went behind before Perkins equalised on the hour. Replay
required.

25/2/89
Newbury (H) is p-p. Prog Y. Another prog is also produced this day which has
Flackwell listed on

the team page. Prog Y.

Feb 89 Gary
Newcome leaves the club for 6 months in Australia.

28/2/89
Carshalton win SSC SF replay 3-0 at Colston Avenue. Epsom were never really
in it after a decent start,

and went
behind after 44 minutes, collapsing somewhat in the second half.

4/3/89 Epsom
lead 2-0 at Yeading after 72 but lose 2-3. Three penalties awarded against
Epsom, two were

scored. Steve
Coffin was the referee again. The first penalty was farcical and was missed
(WIDE) in the first half.

Both second
half goals were given on the linesman's decision and both were for handball.

11/3/89
Epsom's lowest gate of the season saw Epsom defeat Harefield 1-0 with a great
goal from Clive

Hadingham in
first half injury time. Rhys Evans debut.

11/3/89
Presentation to the widows of Alf Cooper (Vera) and George Nathan (Sarah) at
7pm.

March 89
former player Dave Taylor is sent off in Croydon's last match at the Arena
before moving out for six months work

on the ground.
They would return in October 89.

March 89
former player Mick Sorensen is Assistant Manager at Tooting & Mitcham.

14/3/89
Southall away game postponed at late notice. Prog Y.

15/3/89 Eddy
Dunbar (supporter) died. Often heard singing at the bar!

18/3/89 No
game for first team.

21/3/89 v
Dorking. Match refereed by a young Graham Barber.

Programme
referred to him starting his career in the Epsom & Ewell Parks Boys
League in 1976. Class 1 1980

Parks Boys
finals at Epsom 30/4/89 and 7/5/89.

Unfortunately
Dorking win 1-0 with a penalty from former Epsom player Jimmy Richardson for
handball. A young

16 year old
James Dack makes his debut for the club.

25/3/89 Nigel
Bennett (17) makes debut v Ruislip. Would go on to make over 600 appearances
for the club.

Again Epsom
lose 1-0 at home to Ruislip Manor but it was better than last year's 6-1 home
defeat.

Carlton
Walcott misses game with a knee injury while Richard Strong had a stomach
bug.

Apr 89 Peter
Fitzgerald is at Leatherhead (PJA Fitzgerald)

Apr 89 Danny
Bamford is at Redhill

Apr 89 Dean
Meyer is at Redhill

1/4/89 Epsom
win 2-1 at Banstead Athletic for their third win over them this season. They
led again and Epsom

came back to
win in a similar ending to the Vase match earlier in the season. Former
player Derek Williams

played for
Banstead. He played for Epsom in 76/77 and 77/78 briefly. A late Simon
Alldridge winner (83).

4/4/89 Newbury
Town visit and are defeated 1-0 with a good Neil Robson goal. K.o. 7.45pm.

8/4/89
Erratic Epsom lose 2-0 at home to Southall, although they had many people out
with injury. Kidd named

himself as a
sub despite being injured. One goal in each half

11/4/89 James
Dack's first goal for the club gets the points 1-0 at Petersfield
United.

Apr 89 Matt
Elliott joins Torquay after a period on loan for £10,000. If Elliott plays 20
first team game, it will cost

Torquay
another £5,000. It does.

15/4/89 Epsom
win 1-0 at Maidenhead United with a first half penalty from Richard Strong.
This day would always

be remembered
for the Hillsborough disaster. Bob Churchley debut replacing injured James
Dack after twenty

minutes.

20/4/89
Former player Bernard "Butch" Canham dies suddenly on the golf
course. Aged 58. At Epsom Cemetery.

22/4/89 Epsom
defeated Camberley Town 3-0 at West Street even though they had won their
last four games.

22/4/89 A
minute's silence is held for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster at West
Street against Camberley.

25/4/89 A dull
game at Southall's Western Road ground sees Epsom defeated 2-0.

28/4/89 Matt
Elliott plays at Wembley v Bolton with his new club Torquay in Sherpa Van
Final. He had

joined after
being released by Charlton Athletic. Torquay manager Cyril Knowles. Matt
lived in Eastcroft Road.

He had
previously marked Steve Bull out of the game in a 2-0 SF win at Wolves.

29/4/89 Surrey
Intermediate Cup Final @ West St. Prog Y. Bradbank Sports v Colliers Wood
Utd.

29/4/89
Dorking defeat Epsom 3-0, leading 2-0 after 20 minutes. Dorking were already
champions. Jimmy

Richardson,
Kevin Fitzgerald both played for Dorking. Former Epsom players.

29/4/89 After
the Dorking game, Epsom & Ewell Supporters won 4-2 at Dorking Supporters
on the Meadowbank.

Game reported
in local newspapers. Two late goals for Epsom and it was their 30th match.

30/4/89 Epsom
& Ewell Parks Boys Football League Finals at West Street. Prog Y.

Apr 89 Break
in at Epsom. Cash register and £100 stolen but the register was later
recovered in the grounds.

May 89 former
player Steve Chapman wishes to resign as Croydon Manager and take another
role at the club.

Another former
keeper Charlie Sinclair is at Croydon too.

3/5/89 More
Boys Finals. Prog Y.

6/5/89 Epsom
and Ewell's 200th Isthmian League win and 400th Isthmian goal v Chertsey.
W2-1 at West St.

Two goals by
Brian Perkins leaves Epsom 9th at the end of the season. Winner on 81
minutes.

7/5/89 Even
more Boys Finals. All from the same League. Prog Y. 3 different programmes.

At some point
during this season Fred Stenning dies, aged 73. Had been with Epsom pre war,
and played for

many clubs
against Epsom, including Cobham, Vickers and Leatherhead, for whom he was
their record scorer.

Brian Perkins
is Epsom player of the Year according to Epsom Herald who had rated the
players all season.

12/5/89
revealed in bulletin this day that we received one share of the pot allocated
for four goal wins. It was worth £69.35.

6/6/89 Epsom
Presentation with Tony Gubba as guest at Imber Court last week.

Reserves

Suburban
League South Division Position 10th out of 18

SPC

2nd

Ashford Town (Mx)

0-4

SLC

1st

Hampton

0-2

20/8/88
Whyteleafe (H) prob n/p as a later fixture appears for 18/2/89. Almost
certainly due to the ground being

closed. This
might however have been away.

30/8/88
Originally meant to host Leatherhead this day but fixtures switched around
and we travelled there because

West Street
was stil not available. We lost 3-0. The return match was for 19/11/88 and
this was played at West Street.

3/9/88 Epsom
twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Sutton United.

17/9/88 Epsom
lose 2-1 at home to Hampton.

1/10/88 Epsom
lose 2-0 at home to Hampton in the League Cup.

Suburban
League registration and record book confirms 2-0 and confirms no scorer for
Epsom.

8/10/88 Epsom
defeat Staines Town 2-0 with goals after 2 and 29 minutes. The second was a
penalty.

19/11/88
Leatherhead defeat us 1-0 at West Street.

3/12/88
Carshalton Ath (H) p-p.

17/12/88
Epsom are goalless at HT but Ashford Tn (Mx) score four in the second half in
Surrey Premier Cup 2.

14/1/89 A
Simon Alldridge goal is enough to defeat league leaders Tooting & Mitcham
1-0.

28/1/89 Epsom
lose 2-1 at Staines Town this day.

4/2/89 Epsom
lose 0-1 against Hampton in an away match played at Epsom as Hampton played
all home matches

away this
season due to their groundshare with Kingstonian this season.

11/2/89 No
game for Reserve Team.

18/2/89
Whyteleafe (H) is p/p. Probably waterlogged.

25/2/89
Banstead (A) p-p waterlogged.

18/3/89 Epsom
beat Woking 1-0 at West Street.

25/3/89
Provisional fixture at Sutton is p/p anyway.

Youth

Southern Youth
League Position 8th Out of 12

SYLC

QF

Sutton United

1-3

FA Youth Cup:
2nd Round Arsenal

0-11

20/8/88
Crystal Palace Juniors defeat Epsom 2-0 at their training ground, which is
now the new home of

Tooting &
Mitcham.

inc 29/9/88
Epsom had played four games. Scorers listed: Daley (4), Matthews (2) and
Spelling (2).

13/10/88 Matt
Gibbs selected for Surrey v Kent @ Tonbridge. Prog Y. Kent won 5-1.

26/10/88
Malden Vale game in SYL (A). Prog Y but undated. Filed between 13/10 and
15/10/88.

9/11/88 Erith
& Belvedere finished with ten men but still managed a 1-1 draw at West
Street. Replay required.

9/11/88 Not
clear whether extra time was played. Check!

16/11/88 Epsom
win 1-0 at Erith & B in FA Youth Cup and will now play Arsenal.

6/12/88
Arsenal are far too good for Epsom and win 11-0. Only 1-0 until the 38th
minute. Keeper Robert Frankland

did really
well despite the scoreline. Three goals just before HT.

12/12/88
Sutton were due to be here for a League Cup QF tie, but the League match was
played at Sutton instead

as a County
match was being played at West Street. Prog Y and lost 6-2.

14/12/88
Surrey Under 18's 0-2 Sussex. Game played at West Street and Matt Gibbs
played for Surrey. Prog Y.

4/1/89
Dulwich were down to ten men for over half of the game but had an early goal
and Neil Allan equalised for the

1-1 draw at
West Street.

18/1/89
Dorking (H) is p-p.

15/2/89
originally due to be rearranged Dorking (H) match but switched to Malden Vale
(H) instead and we drew 2-2.

9/3/89 Horley
(A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

15/3/89
Hampton (A) is p-p. Due to be played at West Street and will be in two weeks
time.

29/3/89 Nigel
Bennett scores rare goal for the Youth team in a 1-0 win over Hampton. Game
played at West St.

12/4/89 table
in Yth prog - Pld 20 W6 D3 L11 F30 A47 Pts 12. Correct.

17/4/89 Nigel
Bennett and Geoff Day selected for Surrey U18's v Middx @ Ruislip. D1-1.

As a result,
the Horley SYL match (A) is p-p and played on 2/5/89 instead.

Friendlies

H/A?

Score

Prog?

30/07/1988

Monotype

A

2-2 0-3 0-2

No Issue

3 x 40 minute matches

06/08/1988

Three Bridges

A

0-3

06/08/1988

Three Bridges

A

2-2

RES

09/08/1988

Walton & Hersham

H

1-3

Y

13/08/1988

Arundel

A

2-0

Smith, Flemington

13/08/1988

Arundel

A

2-0

RES

Evans, Hadingham

15/08/1988

PO Telecoms

H

RES

16/08/1988

Leatherhead

H

0-3

Y

20/08/1988

Crystal Palace

A

0-2

YTH

Played at Training ground, now T & M F.C.

18/10/1988

Horley Town

H

4-1

maybe 18/8/88

24/10/1988

Croydon

A

1-1

Walcott