C O M M E N T S
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ICIS 3

5th out of 20

FAC

2q rep

Banbury Utd

0-1

FAV

2nd

Fakenham Tn

1-2

LC

Prelim

Abingdon Town

1-2

SSC

2nd

Woking

0-5

VT

qf

Tooting & Mitcham

2-3

SCC

2nd

Wokingham Tn

0-1

Home
Ground:

Banstead Athletic F.C.

Chairman

Peter Atkins

Tel: 0973 658535.

Secretary

Dave Wilson

Reserves Secretary

Geoff Gilbert

Treasurer

Peter Atkins

Manager

Adrian Hill

May 98 Mick
Stratford retires as a player aged 45. He kept a meticulous record of his
appearances and it tallied

1226 of which
325 were with Epsom & Ewell. This agrees with my records.

June 98
Charlie Millard a former physio dies of a heart attack. Had been physio for
years with many clubs.

10/6/98 World
Cup starts in France with Scotland taking on Brazil. Matt Elliott is in the
Scotland squad although he

never actually
gets on the pitch. Has three caps already.

14/6/98 Former
Assistant Manager Arthur Evans died. He led the team out at Wembley in 75

Danny
Arkwright and Andy Boxall leave for Whyteleafe, and Geoff Smyrk and Andy
Nimmo (Redhill) left too.

Boxall and
Nimmo would both return before the end of the season.

Redhill
manager was former player Peter Burdett who would crop up at Molesey in
2008/09..

30/7/98 Andy
Rawlinson HT in a 4-3 win over Sutton United at Collingwood Rec.

1/8/98 Epsom
draw 2-2 with Banstead in a friendly. Epsom were 2-0 up at one point.

Aug 98 Chris
Wood has left to take up the position of Marketing Manager with Leeds Rugby
Club.

1998/99 Dave
Argent in second spell at Carshalton after rejoining from Croydon

1998/99 Jamie
Buckley and Matt Fowler still at Carshalton

1998/99  Noel Frankum (25) is at Carshalton. Though
born in Carshalton he began his career with Burnley. Previously

with Tooting
& Mitcham, Leatherhead and Kingstonian. Signed for Carshalton in January.

1998/99 David Jones Midfield/Assistant Manager - Joined
the club in the close season. An experienced central midfield player

who spent several seasons at Sutton United where he was
club captain. Also played for Staines Town, Walton & Hersham. He

also has
League representative honours. Gary Bowyers first assistant after Ian Dawes
left.

1998/99 Ricky
Kidd - Carshalton Coach - Appointed when Gary Bowyer was made Manager in
November but released by

Gary Bowyer
after 3-0 defeat away to Sutton 5th April.

1998/99 Neil
Robson at Carshalton briefly Club Coach but went back to playing

1998/99 Paul Sears at Carshalton Midfield - Aged 18. A
former Crystal Palace youth player last season who was signed in

November. On
trial with Brentford when signed.

1998/99 Paul
Whitthread came up through Carshalton Youth and Reserves but released in
November 1998

Aug 98 Malcolm
Edwards joins club from Sutton United.

8/8/98
Although goalless at HT Epsom won 5-0 at Chichester City in a friendly down
there. A very hot day.

22/8/98
Season opens with an explosive 2-1 win over Dorking. James Hall (19) debut
and Joao Tome came in for the

departed
Boxall and both did well. Future Epsom keeper Chris Roberts and striker
Stuart White played for Dorking.

Dorking
reduced to ten men after 41 minutes for a challenge on Tome that was decided
to be a straight red card.

Epsom already
led by this point and got another after 62 minutes through Kevin Webb but
Dorking had another

sent off
after 67 minutes but pulled a goal back after this and Epsom hung on fairly
comfortably until the end.

25/8/98 A
disappointing 2-1 defeat at Abingdon Town in the Isthmian League Cup yet
Epsom had led after 3 minutes

only for
Abingdon to score twice midway through the second half. Kevin Webb was then
booked twice in short time,

and near the
end Tony Boorman was also sent off for an off the ball incident. Malcolm
Edwards debut.

29/8/98 A
late winner from Joao Tome saw Epsom win 3-2 at Croydon Athletic. Dave Hyatt
was out after tearing a

hamstring, and
he will be out for a while. Robert Woodward debut. Epsom led three times.

1/9/98 James
Hall gets a first half winner at Lewes. Club official Stella Lamont's 70th
birthday.

8/9/98 Fourth
straight league win but still not top after Joao Tome scores four times in a
4-2 win over Flackwell Heath

at Merland
Rise. The visitors had led after 25 despite having a player sent off after
two minutes for foul and abusive

language. It
was 2-2 at HT as they equalised on 45 minutes, but two goals in the last
three minutes after total

dominance was
just reward, although it was a bit close for comfort.

12/9/98 If
Epsom had won, they would have gone top for the first time since 1980 but
they are held 1-1 at Cheshunt's

Theobalds
Lane ground. They led early through Tome and then missed a penalty from Kevin
Webb (SAVE) who had

returned from
a one match suspension. Tony Boorman still out serving the second game of a
three match suspension.

19/9/98 All
the goals came in the first half as Shoreham are defeated 2-1 in the FA Cup.
Epsom led through

Rawlinson and
Tome but a goal for the visitors just before HT made the second half a bit
nervy. Bunter stretchered

off in second
half with an ankle injury. 11 minutes stoppage time.

Sept 98 Andy
Nimmo returns to Epsom from Redhill.

26/9/98 First
league defeat 2-1 at Camberley who scored a late winner. Adrian Hill was
missing, at a wedding.

Oddly the
Camberley manager was also absent this day on FA business!

29/9/98 A
home defeat to East Thurrock United as Epsom trailed 2-0 at HT and despite
fighting back, were unable

to get a
point.

Oct 98 future
player Jamie Buckley transfers from Carshalton Athletic to Banstead Athletic.

Oct 98 former
player Dave Argent cancels his registration with Tooting & Mitcham
United.

3/10/98 Epsom
travel to Banbury where they see good luck signs that had been left at the
motorway junction by Glen

Connett a
regular supporter and former Committee member. Epsom need the luck as they
trail 2-0 before getting a

very soft
penalty and a second half equaliser to force a replay. Paul Bunter was sent
off after 65 minutes. Chris

Desbrow (19)
debut but Banbury led after 2 minutes. Epsom's equaliser came with only ten
on the field after 73 mins.

6/10/98
Unfortunately Banbury scored after 10 minutes of the replay and held on to
clinch a tie with Enfield.

11/10/98 In a
match moved to a Sunday as Banstead had a home match, Epsom defeated
Bracknell for the first time

at home by
2-1 after extra time. Bunter serving a three match suspension. A fairly
comfortable victory. Graham

Morris and
Kevin Webb returned from holiday. Sean Grant debut. Webb scored an own goal
after Epsom had broken

the deadlock
in extra time, but he made amends with the winner after 110 minutes.

13/10/98
Epsom are battered 3-0 at Tolworth by Corinthian Casuals. Former keeper Geoff
Smyrk played for them and

future player
Mark Freeborough scored their first goal

17/10/98 Ford
United are still in the FA Cup so Epsom have no game this Saturday.

24/10/98
Kingsbury (A) is p/p. Just as well as Rawlinson is struggling with a thigh
injury. Bunter is also out as he

starts a four
match suspension, three for his sending off and another for his fifth booking
of the season. I only have

three listed
so far.

Oct 98 future
Manager Glyn Mandeville is advertised in the League Bulletin by Molesey as
available for loan. They

describe him
as "this hardworking 23 year old joined from Aldershot Town and helped
the club escape relegation last

year. He is a
versatile player who is just as much at home in defence or midfield."

Oct 98 Former
Youth teamer Warren Burton is at Banstead this season.

Oct 98 former
player Barry Miller is at Farnborough and is rumoured to be watched by
Liverpool.

Oct 98 Matt
Bott joins Corinthian Casuals.

Oct 98 Stella
Lamont receives a voluntary service award for 25 years service to the Epsom
& Ewell League.

31/10/98
Epsom's game at Southall who now play at Yeading is the only game to escape
the weather and a Micky

Owen penalty
in the second half is enough to see Epsom win the game. Best performance of
the season so far.

Nov 98 Adrian
Hill wants a striker and Andy Boxall rejoins from Whyteleafe. Unfortunately
he has a poor season as

his sharpness
seems to have deserted him this year.

Nov 98 Former
player Joe Francis leaves Kingstonian for Bromley.

7/11/98 A
bizarre own goal from Dave Hyatt three minutes into stoppage time ensured a
replay at Stansted after a 1-1

draw at
Merland Rise. Many chances missed before Epsom scored through Tome after 23
minutes. Hyatt's goal

came after he
miskicked a back pass from Graham Morris. In extra time Boorman had a last
minute winner

ruled out.

10/11/98
Luckily Epsom took their chances at Stansted in the replay, cruising to a 5-0
win with a HT from Martin

Jones, the
highlight of which was the chip, Boxall like, for the fifth goal. A very
eerie evening with the ground

shrouded in
fog. Stansted keeper sent off three minutes from time for handball outside
the box.

14/11/98 Yet
another blank Saturday as Epsom have no game this day.

Nov 98 Andy
Boxall returns to the club from Whyteleafe.

Nov 98 future
Manager Glyn Mandeville transfers from Molesey to Croydon Athletic.

Nov 98 Matt
Bott joins Corinthian Casuals

Nov 98 Lee
Dooley joins Sutton from Dulwich

21/11/98 A
Chris Desbrow equaliser is no use as Tilbury score a second goal with 12
minutes remaining and win 2-1

at St Chad's
Road.

25/11/98
Epsom are attempting to reach the final of the AMT again and take the first
step with a 2-0 win at Tring.

A goal in each
half from Webb and Hall seal the passage through.

Nov 98 former
Manager Ricky Kidd becomes Coach at Carshalton Athletic under new Manager
Gary Bowyer. He had

recently been
Coach at Redhill.

28/11/98
Unlucky defeat at Fakenham in the FA Vase. First trip to Norfolk for Epsom
who acquitted themselves well

despite
Richard Sell injuring a hamstring after 14 minutes. Kevin Webb also got a
dead leg. Epsom went behind

after 50 but
Tome's equaliser after 81 looked good enough to take the tie into extra time
before a clumsy James Hall

challenge
after 87 minutes gave Fakenham a penalty which was scored. He was young and
inexperienced but will

improve says
Hill. He does.

Dec 98 Hemel
Hempstead FC become Hemel Hempstead Town.

Dec 98 former
player Dave Argent transfers from Tooting & Mitcham United to Carshalton
Athletic.

Dec 98 former
player from the 50s John Hoy dies. Was a founder member of the club's golf
society.

5/12/98 Epsom
take a 1-1 draw from Aveley's Mill Lane ground. A poor game which Epsom led
for nearly an hour

before an
equaliser with eight minutes remaining. Tome had scored for Epsom after 26
minutes. Bunter returns from

suspension
but Sell was still out as was Bennett who was with his wife, who was giving
birth. Epsom are 14th but

only 9 points
behind the leaders with two games in hand.

8/12/98 Game
starts at 8.05 due to traffic delays an Epsom took the lead after 20 seconds
through Grant, but Ware

fought back
and scored twice in the last twenty minutes to take the points.

9/12/98 former
player Barry Miller plays for FA XI v Ryman League XI @ Harrow Borough.

12/12/98 In a
2pm kick off Epsom defeat Cranleigh 4-0 in the Surrey Senior Cup with two
goals in each half and earn

a trip to
play Woking in the next round. Graham Morris returned after missing the Ware
game and made his 400th

appearance.
Owen had a knee injury so Grant came in on the right. After 25 minutes Nigel
Bennett went off with a

knee injury
and was replaced by Dean Meyer with Bunter dropping back. James Hall was also
injured and replaced

after a knee
injury. Micky Hudson (19) debut. Former Epsom player Andy Dear is now player
manager at Cranleigh.

Kevin Webb
receives Epsom's first booking for seven games. It was a harsh one.

19/12/98
Epsom visit Tring again but this time they are defeated 2-1 in a league
match. Game took a familiar

pattern with
Epsom leading and then losing. Tring had only two players from last week's
9-1 loss at Croydon Ath as a

new manager
had come in. Their first win in 18 games. Bennett, Owen, Sell all out
injured. Grant is shortly to

face a five
week suspension for a sending off for retaliation in a Reserve game.

Epsom are
fifteenth but are only 14 points behind Cheshunt with four games in hand.

Dec 98 Andy
Nimmo out after a piece of floating bone was removed from his ankle.

Dec 98 future
player Jamie Sinclair transfers from Horsham to Barking. When he joined us he
was also responsible for

the creation
of the club's first ever website.

28/12/98
Epsom draw 2-2 at Meadowbank but they had led 2-0 after 31 minutes. Graham
Morris out with flu. John

Holman scored
on his debut after joining from Redhill. John Remfry debut at left back.

2/1/99 Croydon
Ath (H) is p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y. National papers said Epsom had won 4-2!

In the
programme for this match, future Assistant Manager Glyn Mandeville is in the
Croydon Athletic line up.

Jan 99 former
player James Dack returns to Sutton United from Aldershot Town.

Jan 99 Jamie
Sinclair joins Chipstead from Whyteleafe

9/1/99 Lewes
(H) is p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y.

12/1/99 Epsom
lose 5-0 at Woking in SSC at Kingfield. Only 1-0 at HT. Hay HT in second
half.

16/1/99
Flackwell (A) is p/p.

19/1/99
Banstead (A) is p/p. Waterlogged.

23/1/99
Disallowed penalty against Cheshunt. Penalty from Bunter was scored but
because of encroachment, it was

disallowed,
but instead of a retake, the referee gave Cheshunt an indirect free kick!.
Bizarre! Drew 0-0.

Cheshunt
would go up by a point this season. Referee apologised after the game. Micky
Owen had already had a

penalty saved
a few minutes earlier. Official Ralph Bone made his way up the footballing
ladder in the years to come.

Sean Grant
only misses three first team matches and is eligible again for the Kingsbury
game.

26/1/99
Kingsbury (A) is p-p. Prog Y.

Jan 99 former
player Noel Frankum transfers from Leatherhead to Carshalton Athletic.

30/1/99 Chris
Desbrow last game. Leaving for Dulwich Hamlet. Scores in a 4-2 win at East
Thurrock this day.

Adrian Hill
says that he is disappointed he did not wait until the end of the season
before leaving. Only joined from

Croygas in
the summer along with James Hall. Ray Purvis's assistant with the reserves is
Mark Whitbread, who was

formerly the
Croygas manager.

30/1/99 Kevin
Webb scores twice as Epsom win 4-2 at East Thurrock. It was their first
league win since October.

Boxall was
absent with a thigh strain and Epsom went behind after 4 minutes but were
level after 35 and ahead after

39 through
Desbrow.

Feb 99 future
player Simon Hatton cancels his registration with Sutton United.

Feb 99 Simon
Hatton joins Hampton from Sutton United

Feb 99 Chris
Desbrow joins Dulwich Hamlet

4/2/99 The
AMT (Vandanel Trophy) game with Banstead is finally played and Epsom win 4-1
at Merland Rise but

extra time is
required after former player Warren Burton equalised Rawlinson's second half
goal. Tome (92) and

Grant (96)
finished the tie off and Webb got another with a great strike two minutes
from time.

It was Micky
Owen's 100th appearance. He is an insurance broker. Former player Steve
Latuske played for Banstead

and was
booked, while Jamie Buckley also played for Banstead. Sutton sent scouts to
watch Chris Desbrow,

unaware that
he had already left for Dulwich!

6/2/99 Epsom
let points slip as their early lead is cancelled out in the first half.
Bennett and Rawlinson were rested

while Grant
and Edwards came back in against Camberley.

9/2/99 Ford
(H) is p-p. Snow. Prog Y.

13/2/99 Dave
Hyatt pensave at 1-0 (24). Won 4-0 at Clapton. Bunter scored after only 3
minutes against a very young

side. Two
goals in the last six minutes made the score about right. Bunter was a former
Clapton player.

Feb 99 David
Lloyd Tennis Centre is the latest threat to Epsom's new ground. They are
offering £3million which

Epsom can't
compete with.

16/2/99 Epsom
win heavily again as Kingsbury are brushed aside 4-0 on a Tuesday evening.

20/2/99 Epsom
lose 2-1 at Corinthian Casuals to end any faint promotion hopes. They were
2-0 down and going

through the
motions but after Bunter scored on 72 minutes, they nearly saved the game.
Rawlinson out with work

commitments.
Six match unbeaten run ends. Former players Steve Smith and Clive Offer
played for Casuals.

23/2/99 Epsom
turned in a well below par performance and lost 3-0 at Hornchurch. James Hall
was on the bench as

he was
struggling with a back injury but Epsom started well and were the better side
for 25 minutes. After conceding

on 37 Epsom
weren't in it.

27/2/99 Epsom
pull off a great 2-1 win at Ford United despite James Hall being out with
back trouble and Ray Purvis

having his
first start in years at the age of 40. Had played from time to time in the
Reserves. Ford had reached the

first round
of the FA Cup this season and the last 16 in the Vase. Webb scored after 13
minutes and Tome

put them
further ahead in the second half. Ford got one back with twenty minutes
remaining and Epsom held on.

March 99
future keeper Jefferson Curtis transfers from Hitchin Town to Bromley.

March 99
former player Dave Argent now cancels his registration with Carshalton
Athletic.

2/3/99 Epsom
are robbed at Tooting & Mitcham by a poor referee's decision in a very
exciting AMT QF which was lost

3-2. Right at
the end of the game, and with extra time looming a Toting player was offside
and the linesman flagged

for it. As
the ball was headed away by an Epsom player the referee waved play on but the
header went straight to a

Tooting
player who put the ball back in by which time the flag had been taken down.
The winning goal then ensued.

6/3/99 Stuart
Gibbs debut at Kingsbury as Dave Hyatt dropped out due to a family
bereavement. James Hall

also returned
as Epsom won 3-2 but really should have won by more.

9/3/99 Clapton
(H) is p-p.

13/3/99
Inconsistent Epsom slip up at home to Southall 2-1. Shane Fox debut. Micky
Owen has left for Corinthian

Casuals.
Three Epsom players booked as Epsom trailed to two first half goals and a
late goal for James Hall (88).

March 99
former player and future Assistant Manager Tony Coombe is elevated to
Caretaker Manager of Hampton. He

hd been
Assistant to Chick Botley who was sacked.

16/3/99 Epsom
start at Flackwell with ten men after traffic troubles. Hyatt and Rawlinson
were both injured and

Sell was ill.
Fox and Boorman were both working and Bunter dropped out for domestic
reasons. This left Epsom with

just 12 and
Tome and Grant were late arriving. Andy Barton came in for his debut despite
playing a full game for the

Reserves the
night before, and Stuart Miller returned to the club. He was only intended to
have a twenty minute run

out. Tome
took the field after 8 minutes and Epsom led after 11 after Miller won a
penalty which Webb converted.

Epsom ran riot
eventually winning 6-1.

Julie Morris
quoted in Epsom Herald with support for a new ground. Lib-Dem councillor Prog
20/3/99.

20/3/99 Epsom
defeat Hornchurch with goals from Kevin Webb and Joao Tome. They remain 12th
but are now within

six points of
the next six teams. James Hall was ill on the morning and had to pull out.
Webb scored after 3 minutes

and Tome's
mishit shot looped over the keeper after 77 for the second. A fair result.

23/3/99 Epsom
edge home 1-0 against a physical Egham side containing Eric Young the former
Palace player.

Reference to
defender John Holman having represented his country at the high jump.

27/3/99 Epsom
are edged out this week 1-0 by promotion candidates Wingate & Finchley.
Papers say that a draw

would have
been fairer. An entertaining game.

Mar 99 Papers
report on the rivalry for the keeper's position between Stuart Gibbs and Dave
Hyatt.

30/3/99 Joao
Tome is sent off for retaliation in a 1-0 home win over Lewes. During the
game, the ball burst. It turned

out that it
was a training ball. Sean Grant's goal after 40 minutes denied Lewes
promotion.

Mar 99 Player
coach of Hampton Robin Lewis a former player, leaves the club following the
sacking of manager

Chick Botley.
Tony Coombe the Assistant Manager stays on and remains assistant when Steve
Cordery is appointed.

Hampton will
also change their name to Hampton & Richmond Borough from next season.

Apr 99
T.Murphy joins Chipstead from Epsom

1/4/99 Epsom
send out a depleted side and lose 1-0 at Wokingham in the Southern
Combination Cup in a match

where Epsom
were drawn at home.

April 99
former player Robin Lewis transfers from Hampton to Staines Town right on the
transfer deadline.

3/4/99 No game
this Saturday despite facing 7 games in 15 days.

5/4/99 Easter
Monday disaster as Tilbury visit and win 5-0 at Merland Rise. Holman injured
in the second half and

replaced by
Edwards.

10/4/99 Epsom
complete a league double over Egham with a 2-0 win. Ray Purvis returned while
Holman was out, and

Gibbs was
injured, while Boxall and Boorman were away. Eric Young had now left the club
after spending cutbacks,

and it
showed. A James Hall header put Epsom ahead in the first half before a great
header back over his own keeper

from the Egham
defender made it 2-0.

10/4/99 Dave
Hyatt official 200th appearance in 2-0 win v Egham. It was actually his
199th.

17/4/99 Epsom
clean sheet for Hyatt as they defeat Aveley 1-0 at home with another James
Hall header.

20/4/99
Wingate & F (H) is p-p. Prog Y.

22/4/99 Epsom
defeat Clapton 3-0 on a Thursday night. Slight delay for floodlight failure.

24/4/99 A
Dave Hyatt error contributes to Epsom's first ever loss at Ware, but strikers
also at fault for this 2-0 loss.

25/4/99
Memorial match held at Cobham for Arthur Evans. Dave Hanks, Pat O'Connell,
Ricky Kidd,

Robin Lewis,
Gary MacDonald, Tony Coombe, Mick Stratford, Steve Aldred all attended. Prog
Y.

27/4/99 A
stupid sequence of three games in three days starts on Tuesday with a 2-0 win
over Croydon Athletic with

goals from
Bunter and Tome.

28/4/99
Rearranged after last week, Wingate & Finchley win 2-0 at Epsom. Webb out
injured from the night before.

29/4/99 Epsom
throw in virtually a reserve team including 43 year old Richard Strong and he
and Purvis last for half

an hour before
Ford score and they win 5-0

May 99 Kevin
Duffell is Assistant Manager of Hampton Reserves with Tony Quinton, Stuart
Channon, Chris

Fossey and
Michael Branch all playing there

1/5/99 Final
game of the season as bottom club Tring are beaten 3-0 at Merland Rise. Two
goals from Joao Tome

bringing his
tally up to 21 for the season. Epsom finish fifth but 16 points behind fourth
placed Lewes.

7/5/99 James
Hall is Player of the Year in his first season with the club. Kevin Webb is
Players Player of the Year,

while Micky
Hudson is Reserve Player of the Year and Players Player of the Year was
Stuart Gibbs, another who

joined from
Croygas. Ray Purvis won the Clubman of the Year award and special awards were
given to Tony Boorman

for long
service and Graham Morris and Nigel Bennett received awards for 400
appearances, even though Bennett

is stuck on
399 for now!

May 99 Epsom
& Ewell won the Fair Play award for Division 3.

Reserves:   Suburban League South Division

Position  12th (15)

Dorking resigned, only 15 finished season

SLC

1st

Fisher Athletic (LONDON) 0-3 agg

SPC

1st

Tooting & Mitcham Utd

2-4

SLS

group

5th out of 8

Full Reports
in programme this season thanks to Geoff Gilbert.

Manager: Ray
Purvis

Assistant Manager: Mark Whitbread

both occasionally played this season

1/8/98 Epsom v
Banstead friendly is abandoned at HT with Epsom leading 1-0 after inclement
weather.

8/8/98 Joao
Tome and Matt Bott HT's v Chichester City in 6-1 friendly win. Dymond mispen
(78) (SAVE) at 6-1.

7/9/98 Epsom
are 2-0 down to Chipstead and fight back to level before losing 3-2 in a
Shield match at Merland Rise.

The first four
goals in this game came in a six minute spell just before half time.

14/9/98
Former keeper Tony Webb is in goal for Leatherhead Reserves. Game is drawn
1-1 at Merland Rise.

26/9/98 Epsom
draw 3-3 at Hampton after twice holding a two goal lead. Greg Harfield makes
first appearance for

nearly two
years due to business and injury. Also Sean Grant debut for reserves.

28/10/98
Horsham (A) (SLSH) is p-p.

2/11/98
Croydon (H) is p-p.

Nov 98
Mostapha Afia cancels his registration with Epsom and Ewell. Only played for
the Reserves here.

Nov 98 Darren
Hendon cancels his registration with Epsom and Ewell. Only played for the
Reserves here.

14/11/98
Tooting & Mitcham United (A) is p-p.

16/11/98
Epsom win 5-0 at home to Raynes Park Vale with Andy Rawlinson scoring twice
on his return from injury.

16/11/98
Chairman Peter Atkins is one of the Linesmen as one did not appear.. Also
Charlie Degale was due to start but

did not
appear.

21/11/98 Game
at Corinthian Casuals is abandoned after 80 minutes for a floodlight failure.
Drawing 1-1 at the time.

21/11/98 Andy
Rawlinson scored for us while former and future Epsom player Matt Bott scored
their goal.

25/11/98
Horsham (A) (SLSH) is p-p.

30/11/98 Lee
Dooley and Ray Power play for Sutton Res in a 3-3 draw with Epsom Res in
Suburban Shield. Prog Y.

Sean Grant is
also sent off in this match near the end and a Sutton player is booked for
what was described as

handbags.
However, Epsom had done well to fight back from being three nil down to get
the draw.

30/11/98 The
Sutton programme advises a number of players who have played for their
Reserves this season,

many who are
former or future Epsom players. They are: Simon Boyd, Nicky Brown, Lee
Dooley, Danny Emery,

Kevin
Espinosa, Neal Hallac, Simon Hatton, Junior Muslu, Ray Power, Danny Tanner,
Kevin Ward, Iain MacFarlane.

Of those, Ray
Power, Iain MacFarlane and Danny Emery (Hatton sub) are all in the programme
line up for this match.

5/12/98 Lost
2-0 at Banstead in an awful game. Banstead mispen (HIGH) at 0-0.

12/12/98
Horsham finally play Epsom Res in Suburban Shield at Queen Street and we win
4-0. Prog Y.

15/12/98 Lost
2-0 at Carshalton Athletic in Suburban League Shield. We were already
out,

19/12/98
Croydon (H) is p-p.

4/1/99
Corinthian Casuals (H) is p-p.

16/1/99 Walton
& Hersham (A) is p-p.

1/2/99 Former
keeper Geoff Smyrk plays for Corinthian Casuals v Epsom. Now recovered after
leg break.

9/2/99 Mark
Grimshaw and John Synan arrived late due to traffic. Named as subs instead
and Synan never got on.

1/3/99
Banstead Athletic (H) is p-p.

13/3/99 Ray
Purvis scores as Reserves win 3-2 at Tooting & M.

20/3/99 Former
keeper Geoff Smyrk plays for Corinthian Casuals v Epsom again.

3/4/99
Reserves thrashed 7-2 at Gravesend & Northfleet.

12/4/99 Horsham
(H) is p-p.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

Prog?

30/07/1998

Sutton Utd XI

A

4-3

Rawlinson (3), Jones

30/07/1998

Chessington Utd

A

3-4

RES

Bott (2), Tome

01/08/1998

Banstead Ath

A

2-2

D.Salmon, Boorman

01/08/1998

Banstead Ath

A

1-0

AB45

RES

Tome

HT 1-0

04/08/1998

Ashford Tn (Mx)

A

0-3

Y

08/08/1998

Chichester City

A

5-0

Rawlinson (3), Boorman, Gary Connolly HT 0-0

08/08/1998

Chichester City

A

6-1

RES

Bott (3), Tome (3)

HT 1-1

11/08/1998

East Grinstead

H

2-4

Rawlinson, Owen

11/08/1998

Three Bridges

H

4-1

RES

Tome (2), Bott, Remfry

18/08/1998

Ex-Blues

H

3-1

RES

Bott, Belgrave, Hendon

HT 1-0