C O M M E N T S
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RFL3

7th out of 22

FAC

2q

Horsham

1-5

FAV

3 rep

Marlow

1-2

LC

1st

Bedford Town

0-1

SSC

2q

Met Police

1-2

VT

2nd

Lewes

1-2

SCC

Not played this year due to congestion

was drawn against Banstead (H)

Chairman

Peter Atkins

1 Marsh Avenue, Epsom KT19 9BX

07973 658535

New Vice-Chairman Peter Lumm

Secretary

Dave Wilson

33 Delaporte Close, Epsom KT17 4AE 01372 729817

Press Officer

Dave Wilson

Treasurer

Peter Atkins

Manager

Adrian Hill 0208 661 6030.

Asst Manager

John Wood retired 24/10/00 at age 60. Barry
Barnes took over.

Home
Ground:

Banstead Athletic F.C.

Simon Hatton,
Barry Seal, Joe Loyza, Scott Hayworth all left club

9/6/00 Eric
Winser Banstead historian dies at age of 84. Never managed to write his
club's history, which he had

started to do.

29/6/00 Epsom
start pre-season training at Court Rec.

June 00 Epsom
receive a Bye in F.A.Vase to 2nd qualifying round where they will travel to
Windsor & Eton.

June 00 Epsom
are drawn at Moneyfields in the F.A.Cup. Despite never having met before,
Epsom had arranged a

pre-season
friendly for 12th August and they say it will still go ahead. It doesn't.

20/7/00
reported that future player Leon Raishbrook fined for drunk and disorderly
along with his brother Boe. Both fined

£80 and £50
costs. Occurred in Waterloo Road.

July 00 Neil
Robson leaves for Whyteleafe

22/7/00 1pm and
3pm kickoffs at Hillingdon Borough.

22/7/00 First
Team lead 2-1 with five minutes remaining but lose 2-3. Graham Morris penalty
for handball early in

second half
but it was 1-1 soon after. Grant put Marvell through to score again but
Hillingdon equalised with a long

range effort
and won it with a good free kick.

25/7/00 Epsom
lose 4-0 at Premier Division Croydon in a Friendly.

29/7/00 Epsom
First and Reserve Teams lose 4-0 in Friendlies at Merland Rise this day.
Former and future player

Kevin Webb
scored three games over the two matches! Future Manager Lyndon Buckwell is
also at Banstead.

July 00 James
Hall plays his first game for Reading in a 1-1 friendly draw with Maidenhead
United last week. Had trials

with Reading
and Tottenham last season. Rumoured at the time to be the son of Eric Hall
the well known agent,

but this was a
made up story.

5/8/00 Andy
Nimmo scores after 26 seconds from Sean Grant's pass and it is the only goal
of the game at Gosport

Borough's
Privett Park ground.

Aug 00
Moneyfields cancel their double header friendly with Epsom as they are drawn
together in the FA Cup. Epsom

now have no
games on 12/8/00.

Aug 00 Warren
Aburn joins Carshalton from Brentford but is released in November

8/8/00 Epsom
win 3-0 at Chalky Lane in a friendly against Chessington & Hook but lose
20 year old Darren Forte to

a knee injury.
He had signed from Hampton last year but missed much of the season with the
same injury.

Nimmo scored
after 23 minutes with a direct free kick over the wall and Marvell made it
2-0 a minute later. Barry

Stevens crossed
for Steve Latuske to make in three after 47 minutes.

Aug 00 Mark
Freeborough joins from Corinthian Casuals and will make his debut against his
old club on 19/8/00.

Also coming
with Freeborough as a supporter is Tony Jeffcoate, a future Chairman of the
club.

Aug 00 Adrian
Hill reportedly happier with the pre-season this year but will be missing the
suspended Stevens (four

games) after
his sending off at Great Wakering and Jamie Buckley is on holiday. Stuart
Miller struggling to be

available as
he commutes from Uxbridge and in fact never plays again for the club. Dave
Hyatt missed much of

the season
with injury but is now fit and likely to reclaim the starting spot from Kevin
Espinosa, which he does.

Hill is also
concerned about the lack of a big striker, but Ben Forey will do pretty well
this year anyway.

19/8/00 a very
dull opening League game with Corinthian Casuals at St George's Field is
drifting to a goalless

stalemate when
substitute Russell Knight, signed from Tooting & M scores from 35 yards
with almost his first touch.

It flew into
the top corner and was a great strike. Nigel Bennett's 450th appearance
according to papers but they

are wrong as it
is only 449. 450 is at home to Dorking three days later. Over 300 present for
this match!

Stevens was
suspended for this game, while former manager Alan Webb's younger son Mark
Webb plays and is

booked against
Epsom. Mark Webb only plays for our Reserves and never reaches the first team
unlike his older

brother Kevin.
Also playing against Epsom this day were future players Ross Shoefield and
James (Jamie) Goodwin,

while another
former Epsom Reserve and youth team player John Russell-Smith also plays.

22/8/00
Epsom's unbeaten start continues as Dorking are beaten 3-0. The visitors are
forced into a substitution after 3

minutes and
Epsom led after 22 minutes from Richard Sell, while Ben Forey scored a minute
into the second half.

Richard Sell
scored his second goal after 75 minutes from close range.

August 00
former player Warren Burton has joined Leatherhead from Hampton.

Also joining
Leatherhead this season is future Manager Glyn Mandeville.

26/8/00
Epsom's unbeaten home run extends to 18 as Hornchurch are beaten 4-1 at
Merland Rise. They were the last

team to win
there back on October 16th 1999. Epsom win their first three league matches
for the first time since

1979/80 when
they won the first four. Epsom led after 4 minutes through a Graham Morris
penalty after James Hall

was fouled.
Richard Sell was booked for diving in the area soon after but Hall scored
with a header after 33 minutes

and Forey cut
in to score after 61 with Sell completing the scoring nine minutes later.
Hornchurch consolation after 87.

Aug 00
Reported that Chelsea are looking for a training ground in the Epsom area but
they eventually go to a site in

Cobham. They
previously trained at Harlington Athletics Ground in Middlesex.

Aug 00 Epsom's
young Gary Meakin (16) invited for trials at Conference team Telford United.

29/8/00 James
Hall 100th appearance and scores as Epsom win 2-1 at Leighton Town in League
Cup. He opened

the scoring
after 47 and Lee Dooley made it 2-0 after 53 minutes with his first goal for
the club after Forey's shot was

saved.

Former Epsom
player Michael Kinnimont banned for 18 months for drink driving and fined
£200 with £55 costs. He was

the future
landlord of Plough and Harrow pub in Epsom High Street.

2/9/00 Epsom
make it five straight wins to start the season with a 2-0 FA Cup win at
Moneyfields. Barry Stevens

returned from
suspension but Andy Nimmo is still out injured despite taking part in the pre
match warm up. After a

goalless first
half Forey thought he had scored but his shot was somehow deflected over by a
defender. Grant went on

for Stevens
and Epsom went ahead after 77 when a poor backpass was pounced on by Dooley
who was brought down

by the keeper. Graham Morris scored from the penalty and
Marvell got the second following up after Forey's initial effort

was blocked.
Nigel Bennett injured and misses Flackwell and Clapton games with a calf
strain.

The five
straight wins to open the season was the best since 1974/75 when we won seven
in a row before defeat.

5/9/00 Marvell
comes in for Bennett but Epsom are comprehensively beaten at Wilks Park as
Flackwell won 3-0 with

goals after
26, 66 and 70. The second goal was knocked in after the initial shot hit the
post. Unbeaten run ends.

9/9/00 Epsom
bounce back with a 4-0 win over Clapton at the Spotted Dog. Ben Forey scored
a hat trick in a

game that
Epsom should have won by more. Knight, Nimmo and Grant all returned for this
game and Epsom scored

after just 90
seconds when the defender headed the ball over his keeper and Forey walked it
in. Forey scored again

after 14
minutes by outpacing the defence and finished off Hall's header for his hat
trick on the hour. Clapton hit the

post before
Epsom scored the best goal of the game after 67 minutes when Nimmo's free
kick was headed back in by

Freeborough for
Hall to net with an easy header.

Sept 00 Hertford Manager Graham Roberts resigns and
leaving with him is his Assistant Clive Gartell, a former Epsom player.

Sept 00 reference in League Bulletin to a Jamie Keith
being released by Epsom and Ewell but we have no one by that name!

12/9/00 Epsom
make the journey to Bedford for a League Cup tie and are defeated by the only
goal of the game.

Jamie Buckley
and Steve Latuske came into the Epsom eleven and Forey nearly scored in the
first half but the

Bedford goal
came after 64 minutes. Epsom kept going though and Stevens, Latuske and
Knight all went close.

16/9/00
Bracknell (H) is p-p as both clubs have FA Cup ties. Rearranged for 13/2/01.

16/9/00
Epsom's F.A.Cup game was at Thamesmead Town's ground where VCD Athletic
groundshared. They were

a Kent League
team but Epsom trailed 3-1 at one point before fighting back to lead 4-3 only
to concede a late

equaliser in a
4-4 draw. Andy Nimmo scored a hat trick in this match. His first was after 21
minutes and equalised

VCD's sixth
minute goal after he finished off Stevens' cross. Dooley hit a post soon
after but VCD scored after 30 and

33 minutes
with the Blues reducing the arrears after 38 after Nimmo was fouled and he
dispatched the penalty. After

the break
Epsom looked a different side and Hall headed in for 3-3 after 50 minutes ,
while Sell put Nimmo through for

his hat trick
after 83. Celebrations were cut short after 86 as VCD equalised with a great
curling free kick which

ensured a
replay although for some reason it was not the following week. It was held
over to Monday 25th September

instead. This
may have been due to the FA's policy on FA Cup replays being held the week
after the original match,

which still
exists for matches from the first Round Proper onwards.

Sept 00 future
player Joel Rogers transfers from Carshalton Athletic to Heybridge Swifts.

23/9/00 Epsom
travel to Windsor & Eton who are a division above them in Ryman Isthmian
League Two and win 1-0 in

the FA Vase
with a Marvell goal seven minutes from time. Epsom were the better team and
could have been home and

dry by half
time. The report describes the game as one of the easiest afternoons that
Dave Hyatt has had. Four good

chances went
begging and the pressure continued. Marvell came on for Sell with fifteen
minutes remaining. After 83,

a free kick was
deflected and the loose ball was slotted in from a narrow angle by Marvell.

Epsom travel to
Fleet Town in the next round.

26/9/00 Lewes
(A) (AMT) is p-p as both clubs have cup repays. Rearranged for 5/12/00.

25/9/00 Epsom
see off VCD at home in FA Cup 2-0 on a Monday evening with Andy Nimmo scoring
two more goals.

27/9/00 Third
Cup match in five days as Raynes Park Vale are defeated 3-1 in the Surrey
Senior Cup, but this game

will always be remembered for a goal from keeper Dave
Hyatt, who scored with a kick from his own area after 71 minutes.

He joked after the game that he had spotted the keeper off
his line from 100 yards! Ben Forey scored the other two goals.

30/9/00 Sixth
straight Cup game is one too many as Epsom lose 5-1 at Horsham in FA Cup.
Epsom led after a few

minutes after
Forey scored, but Nimmo later misses a penalty (WIDE). Flain scores four
goals v Epsom this day.

Three goals
conceded after 20, 22 and 24 which changed the game. The first was from a
strong free kick which came

back off the
bar and was headed in just when Epsom thought they'd got away with it.

7/10/00 Epsom
make their first and only ever trip to Arlesey and are defeated 2-1. They had
just won the South

Midlands
League and would go on to win this division too. Stevens was injured and
Morris was also missing for the

game. After an
awful journey to Bedfordshire, Epsom went behind after 4 minutes but
equalised after 48 when

Latuske's free
kick was half blocked and Freeborough scored his first goal for the club.
Arlesey scored their winner

after 70
minutes. Both Arlesey goals were scored by Dave Hickson said the local papers
but they were actually

scored by Dave
Kitson the future Reading, Stoke and Middlesbrough player. A niggly game.

Oct 00 future
player Paul Sears, son of former player John Sears is with Sutton United and
was also there last season.

Oct 00 former keeper Trevor Jones transfers from Molesey
to Egham Town. He was at Egham last year and played against us.

10/10/00
Banstead (H) in SCC 2 is p-p. This game is never played as the competition is
discontinued after the poor

weather
throughout the season. Prog Y.

14/10/00 Epsom
lose at home to newly promoted Ashford Town (Mx) 2-1. It is Epsom's first
defeat after 20 matches

unbeaten and
363 days since their last defeat at home to Hornchurch on 16/10/99. Mark
Freeborough is also sent off

but the day
had started well with Tim Smith scoring at the far post after 31 minutes. The
lead only lasted twelve

minutes and
Ashford scored the winner after 59. Forey was rested for this game.

21/10/00 Aveley
(A) is p-p as both clubs were in FA Vase. Rearranged for 28/11/00.

Oct 00 Micky
Hudson is released by the club.

21/10/00 Epsom
win at Fleet Town 2-1 to improve what Adrian Hill had called "our
useless FA Vase record". He is right

as Epsom had
reached the second round only twice since Hailsham in 1989 and these were the
last two years. This

year, a good
win was sealed by two Forey goals either side of half time. A very
comfortable win in the end says Adrian

Hill. Epsom
trailed early but fought back well. Will now play Banstead Athletic at home
in Second round after the

defeated
Chertsey in a replay. Dave Hyatt broke a finger during the game and will miss
three games.

Banstead
Manager Bob Langford is very happy with the draw but Adrian Hill said he
would have preferred a nice coach

journey to
visit a different club. "Meeting new clubs is what the Vase is all
about".

Banstead are a
division above but Epsom have a good record against them, not having lost
since 1975.

Oct 00 future player Leon Raishbrook (21) becomes the
first ever Corinthian Casuals player to sign a contract at £1 a week!

Oct 00 future player Joel Rogers scores in a 2-1 win over
Carshalton Athletic that puts them fourth in the Premier Division.

24/10/00 Kevin
Espinosa returns to the keeper's position for the injured Hyatt at Imber
Court for this Surrey Senior Cup

tie but Epsom
lose 2-1 to a second half winner after James Hall's goal had put Epsom ahead
after 13 minutes but

Met Police
equalised after 40 and a chip over Espinosa after 48 proved to be the
decider.

28/10/00
Hertford (H) is p-p. Prog Y.

Oct 00 future
keeper Warren Aburn, son of former player Dave is released by Carshalton
Athletic.

Oct 00 future
Manager Glyn Mandeville transfers from Leatherhead to Corinthian Casuals.

31/10/00 Epsom
travel to Abingdon on a horrible night and start late, eventually losing 2-1.
After trailing at HT Epsom

raised their
game and equalised after 58 from Forey and he then hit a post two minutes
later. We dominated the

remainder, only
to concede a gift goal after 83 minutes.

Oct 00 John
Wood retires aged 60. Had been with the club as coach for ten years and a
former player in 60's. His

last match was
at Met Police.

Barry Barnes, a
former Epsom Reserve player in the mid 70's takes over as coach.

Nov 00 former
keeper Trevor Jones wins the Divisional Safe Hands award for October while
with Egham Town.

4/11/00
reported in programme that former long serving member Phil Poulson had died.

4/11/00 a
weakened Witham Town subside at Epsom after holding out for an hour at
Merland Rise before losing 4-0.

Epsom should
have scored earlier with Hall hitting the face of the bar and he finally
scored after 59 minutes, meeting

Latuske's free
kick with a header. Forey scored after 72 after a Latuske pass, and eight
minutes later Sell scored after

a Nimmo through
ball. Forey then squared for Nimmo to score the last goal after 87 minutes.

11/11/00
Despite Banstead being a division above Epsom, Epsom's record against
Banstead is good, and they win

again 2-1 in
this FA Vase match. Former Epsom players Dave Taylor, Robin Lewis and Mick
Stratford are all at

Banstead this
year in various capacities. Epsom finished with ten men due to a

straight red
card for Lee Dooley (29), yet Mark Freeborough puts the Blues ahead with a
diving header in the driving

wind and rain
in their favour. Barry Stevens and Andy Nimmo were both booked before the
Freeborough goal after 41

minutes from a
deep Tim Smith cross. The second half started scrappily before a fine run and
shot from Stevens went

in, taking a
slight deflection on the way after 67 "sending the vociferous Epsom fans
wild with delight". Banstead pulled

one back soon
after, but Epsom held on under severe pressure despite six minutes of injury
time, and former player

Robin Lewis
missed a good chance near the end.

Surrey Mirror
sponsored the matchball.

After the game
Adrian Hill praised the fans "full credit must go to the fans who braved
the weather, it was really nice

to see them.
They were loud and really got behind the team, and the players
responded."

18/11/00 Epsom
come from behind to take a point in a 1-1 home draw with Tring. Many chances
not taken. Same

eleven as the
week before except Tim Smith was replaced by Graham Chappell. A 38th minute
penalty put Tring

ahead after a
Chappell foul, but Stevens equalised in the second half. Dave Hyatt 250th
appearance says papers, but .

it is actually
249.

Nov 00 Lee
Dooley suspended for three games, originally W & F, Aveley and Kingsbury,
but all will be postponed, and

the suspension
will kick in later, including the first FA Vase match with Marlow, who Epsom
have drawn at home in

the third
round. First time in third round since 1989, and would not reach this stage
again until 2009/10 season.

25/11/00
Wingate & F (H) is p-p. Prog Y.

28/11/00 Aveley
(A) is p-p.

Nov 00 future player Matt Fowler breaks a Dulwich Hamlet
scoring record with six goals in their 6-3 win over Bromley in LSC.

This was Dulwich's first game under new player manager Les
Cleevely (36) a former Epsom keeper while another former

Epsom keeper
Peter Burdett will help with the coaching.

Nov 00 Adrian
Jones joins Carshalton from Crystal Palace - a former Carshalton Youth player

Dec 00 Ricky
Kidd leaves Carshalton Athletic

2/12/00
Kingsbury (A) is p/p. Just as well as Morris, Stevens and Nimmo would all
have missed the game through

freak
injuries. Stevens dropped a slate on his foot at work, while Nimmo and Morris
had whiplash after a car accident.

5/12/00 Epsom
travel to Lewes who beat them 2-1 in the Associate Members Trophy.

Dec 00 Bedford player Steve Searle is killed in a car
crash. Played against us in the Associate Members Trophy Final in 1998.

Dec 00 future
keeper Warren Aburn transfers from Carshalton Athletic to Dorking.

9/12/00 FA Vase
match v Marlow is p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y.

12/12/00 Marlow
p-p again. Prog Y. Same as Saturday's but with a small insert.

14/12/00
Russell Knight selected for London FA v Lloyds Representative XI at Fisher
Athletic this day. K.O. 7.30pm

Dec 00 former and future player Kevin Webb is playing for
Dulwich Hamlet for whom he scores v Aldershot in Premier Division.

Dec 00 future
player Adrian Toppin is released by Wealdstone.

Dec 00 former
player Nigel Webb is current leading scorer in Division Two with Tooting
& Mitcham Utd.

16/12/00 Epsom
dominate their match at Bracknell, yet only win 3-2. Andy Nimmo scored from
25 yards after 21

minutes, while
Forey made it 2-0 four minutes later. Nigel Bennett concussed early in the
second half, and Bracknell

levelled it up
soon after the restart but Sell scored again, and Forey won a penalty near
the end but Morris mispen

was weak
(SAVE). The keeper had been sent off and a defender was in the goal, but
still Morris couldn't put it away.

James Hall was
then sent off near the end and Epsom limped home, despite their first half
domination which could

have had Epsom
ahead by many.

Dec 00 former
Manager Ricky Kidd is sacked as Coach of Carshalton Athletic alomg with
Manager Tony Rains.

Dec 00 former
player Richard Baum transfers from Wingate & Finchley to Wembley.

19/12/00 Same
Marlow Vase programme is used but with an extra insert. Drew 1-1 and replay
required two days later.

This insert was
covering Graham Morris's 500th appearance this day. (CORRECT)

19/12/00 Extra
time can't separate the two teams as Division Two Marlow draw 1-1 at Merland
Rise in the FA Vase

Third Round.
Bennett was still injured and Dooley suspended but Epsom started well and led
after 26 as Forey

intercepted a pass back and rounded the
keeper, scoring from a narrow angle. Forey nearly scored again a minute

later but was
just crowded out. Marlow fought back and improved in the second half, scoring
an equaliser after 52

after a James
Hall foul gave them a penalty. Hyatt kept the scores level, but we had a
clear penalty turned down when

he had his
legs taken away in the act of shooting, and after 64 minutes the lights went
out on one side of the ground.

Apparently
this happened to Marlow last time they visited Merland Rise! Very little
happened in the extra period,

although Marlow
had hit the post/bar before the 90 was up.

21/12/00 A
Thursday night replay at Marlow went Marlow's way with a 2-1 scoreline and
they will play Stotfold at home

in the next
round (which they win, going out eventually in fifth round). Epsom could have
won this game. Dooley

returned ahead
of Latuske, and Forey and Stevens missed half chances, and other chances went
begging before

Marlow scored
right on half time with a bit of a fluke. A Marlow effort was going wide but
it deflected off a Marlow

player and
looped over Hyatt. Forey equalised after 61 when he took a pass from Stevens
in stride and slid the ball

past the
keeper. Then Freeborough fouled the same player who earned the penalty two
days previously and another

one was
awarded. Nimmo booked near the end which is his fifth and he would miss the
game v Egham but it was

postponed.

Long term
supporter Arthur Stockham died in Dec 2000.

Dec 00 Graham
Chappell has medial ligament damage, while Bennett is still suffering from
the effects of concussion,

and Nimmo is on
holiday.

23/12/00
Graham Morris presented with an award for his 500th appearance and Epsom
celebrate with a 5-0 win over

Clapton. Lee
Purvis, son of former player Ray makes his debut. Forey scores twice in this
easy game which could

have finished
10-0.

Terry
"Tex" Wiltshire died on 24/12/00. Previous Epsom player in the mid
60s. Age 57. Funeral 5th January in Kent.

The League Bulletin announced that he had been ill for a
while. Former Dorking Manager and Horsham, Lewes & Worthing player.

26/12/00 Epsom
win 1-0 at Croydon Athletic with a James Hall goal. Fine performance. Epsom
are up to 9th but will

face a number
of fixtures in the remainder of this badly weather affected season.

29/12/00
Arthur Franklyn Stockham, former long term supporter and Committee member
dies suddenly. He and wife

Prim were still
watching in the eighties.

30/12/00
Chalfont St Peter (H) is p/p. No programme issued.

Dave Hyatt
wins safe hands award for Nov/Dec. Just 3 goals in five games conceded.
Second time he has won the

award, having
won it in 1996.

6/1/01 Egham
(A) is p/p.

Jan 01 Lee
Dooley (25) leaves Epsom for Carshalton

Jan 01 Ryman
League vote for a restructure of the divisions from Prem, 1, 2, 3 to Prem 1s,
1n and 2. It is expected

to take place
next season which angers many, but eventually and due to the weather, this is
put back to the following

season. Adrian
Hill calls the decision to change mid-season "criminal" even though
Epsom had a great chance of a

top six finish, which would have earned themselves
effectively two promotions. Fortunately we'd get it next year anyway.

Jan 01
Leatherhead Secretary criticises Adrian Hill's views, but Hill wasn't against
the restructure itself, but the

timing of the
change. Fortunately it would not happen for another year anyway.

Jan 01 former Reserve player Mark Webb, brother of Kevin
and son of Alan transfers from Corinthian Casuals to Leatherhead.

13/1/01 Hall,
Freeborough, Dooley and Nimmo are all suspended but Epsom still win 2-0 at
Dorking.

Epsom have 28
matches remaining to play still. Ben Forey's 19th goal of the season finished
Dorking off after Dale

Marvell had
scored on the 6 minute mark from Jamie Buckley's header. Ben's goal was on 64
minutes and his header

went in off
the bar, and this was the sixth straight game in which he has scored.
Convincing win although Dorking

Advertiser
says the game is much more even and Epsom's "long ball tactics made it a
dour uncompromising game".

16/1/01
Camberley (H) is p-p. Prog Y.

20/1/01
Corinthian Casuals (H) is p/p. No programme issued.

23/1/01 Lewes
(A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

Jan 01 Lee
Dooley leaves for Carshalton Athletic. Howard Newton joins on loan from
Hampton and Richmond Borough,

he is 18. Also
a 21 year old Adrian Toppin joins having been with Molesey and Wealdstone.
Also Paul Bunter was

expected to
rejoin. James Hall is still suspended for the Hornchurch game.

Jan 01 Outline
planning permission is granted for the Boiler House site. It eventually
becomes the David Lloyd Centre.

Jan 01 future
player Matt Fowler transfers from Dulwich Hamlet to Carshalton Athletic.

27/1/01
Hornchurch game kicks off at 2pm as their floodlights are not deemed good
enough by the Ryman League.

A certificate
is still outstanding from contractors.

27/1/01 Adrian
Toppin makes a sparkling debut as Epsom come from behind twice to draw 2-2 at
Hornchurch. Not one

of Epsom's
better performances as Hornchurch scored from a one on one after 31 minutes.
Nimmo almost equalised

from a free
kick but Epsom did level it up after 54 minutes from Nimmo's corner which was
knocked back in by

Freeborough
for Stevens to score. However Epsom conceded again four minutes later and
substitutions made a

difference for
Epsom as Purvis and Toppin came on for Buckley and Stevens, with Toppin
equalising at the near post

finish from a
Sell pass after 79. Adrian Hill misses the start of the second half after
being locked in the dressing room

by a home
official and had to call Peter Atkins to get help. "Luckily I had my
mobile phone with me" said Ada!

30/1/01 Epsom
defeat Hertford 3-1 at Merland Rise in a midweek match. Barry Stevens missed
the game with an

ankle injury.
Another two goals for Ben Forey. Game did not start until 8.45 as M25 was
closed for a while. Hertford

scored after 5
minutes, but Purvis won the ball and fed Forey for the equaliser four minutes
later. Epsom took charge

then and finally went ahead on 48 for Toppin to score from
Sell's near post pass, a carbon copy of Epsom's equaliser at

Hornchurch
involving the same players. Forey scored again after this to secure the
points. It was Andy Nimmo's 250th

appearance
(CORRECT).

Jan 01 Peter
Atkins says he feels that Epsom can get promotion despite finishing ninth.
The players are good enough,

but the
weather would have the final say this year. Adrian Hill says "if any
more of our games are called off, playing on

Thursday will
be something we might need to think about."

Jan 01 reported
that James Hall might sign for Reading, but it never happens.

Feb 01 former keeper Tony Webb wins the safe hands award
for January in Division Two with Tooting & Mitcham United.

Feb 01 Matt Fowler is at Carshalton Ath - had recently
joined after a brief spell at Southend United having been at Dulwich
from

August 00 - was
at Carshalton before that

Feb 01 former
keeper Adrian Jones transfers from Carshalton Athletic to Walton &
Hersham.

3/2/01
Flackwell (H) is p-p. Prog Y. Waterlogged.

6/2/01 Aveley
(A) is p-p. Waterlogged. Rearranged for 1/5/01.

10/2/01 James
Hall hat trick destroys Camberley 4-0 at Krooner Park. Not bad for a centre
half! Epsom well on top

throughout and
led after 28 after Sell's shot came back off the post and Hall forced it home
also via the woodwork. Two

minutes later
Nimmo's free kick was headed in by Hall, and Forey just wide before HT. Nimmo
hit post early in second

half, but his
free kick after 54 minutes was headed in by Hall again, and Freeborough also
hit the post with Hall just

unable to turn
in the rebound. Another Nimmo free kick was forced in by Toppin with a low
drive for his third goal in

three games.
David Hall debut (19). Previously with Merstham and Sutton.

Feb 01 Ryman
League announce that the restructure it had proposed will now not take place
until the end of 2001/02.

The F.A. have
told them that it is not possible to make this decision mid-season. The FA
approve decision in principle

but it must
wait a year. Ratified on 5th March by F.A.

Pete Atkins is
not worried about the decision saying that he thought it would be too big an
ask to go from Division

Three to
Division One South, yet it would happen the following year instead.

Feb 01 As of 10th February the Third Division has only
completed 49.8% of its fixtures. Division Two is also just under this.

Feb 01 Flu
virus affecting the club ahead of their two matches v Lewes and Egham. Sell
was unavailable for the

Bracknell game
because of this.

Feb 01 future
player Paul Sears is released by Sutton United. He joins Dulwich Hamlet.

13/2/01 Nine
match unbeaten run ends with a 2-0 home defeat by Bracknell, who frequently
win at Epsom. Below par

performance
blamed on flu. Goals conceded after 17 minutes and in second half injury
time, despite Bracknell being

reduced to ten
men after 81 minutes. Epsom caught on the counter attack while pushing for
the equaliser.

Only Epsom's
second home defeat since October 1999.

17/2/01 Adrian
Toppin sent off at home to Lewes and Epsom lose to a last minute winner.
Lewes scored first after 53

minutes, then
Toppin retaliated to a poor challenge and was sent off after 57. Marvell came
on for Luke Jones and

Epsom pressed
strongly equalising after 73 through Freeborough, who converted Nimmo's
cross.

20/2/01 Egham
win at Merland Rise 2-1 for Epsom's third straight loss.

24/2/01 Epsom
produce an amazing turnaround to win 3-2 at Hertford. Unchanged side from the
Egham defeat but Sell

scored for the Blues after just 2 minutes. However
Hertford were level after 8 and ahead after 52 with a sloppy goal after

Hyatt let the
ball go under his foot, and although he recovered to clear the ball off the
line, it was put back in by a

Hertford
player. Substitute Lee Purvis was scythed down on the hour with Davis shown a
straight red card. Hertford

then tried to
waste time, but Epsom kept pressing and equalised with a quick corner that
was scored by Mark

Freeborough
after 91 minutes, and five minutes later Forey got the winner with a glancing
header from Purvis's left

wing cross,
being clattered in the process.

Feb 01 future player Simon Hatton transfers from Croydon
Athletic to Leatherhead. He joins former player Warren Burton.

Feb 01 Kevin
Webb is released by Dulwich Hamlet. He joins Banstead Athletic in early
March.

27/2/01 Epsom
return to winning ways at home with a 2-1 decision over Ware. Two late goals
from Dale Marvell after

71 and 79 did
the damage, with a late consolation from Ware in the last minute. Ware had
also hit the post at 1-0.

Feb 01 Adrian
Hill believes his side can still feature in the promotion race. He refers to
Kingsbury and says we beat

them 5-0
earlier this season, but it was Clapton.

Adrian Toppin
suspended for three games and actually misses four matches.

Mar 01 Les
Cleevely joins Croydon from Dulwich

Mar 01 Paul
Whitthread joins from Dorking

3/3/01 Aveley
(H) is p-p. Prog Y.

6/3/01 Late
winner at Kingsbury as Epsom pinch game 2-1. Three goals in the last ten
minutes as Epsom led through

Stevens but a
quickly taken free kick caused trouble and led to an equaliser, but Forey
slid in to finish off Stevens'

cross for the
winner in the last minute.

March 01 Ryman
League Div 2 clubs including Banstead Chairman Terry Molloy try to get the
F.A. to change their

decisions, as
next season's campaign will have no relegation as a result of the
restructuring. F.A. tell them to "get

on with it".

8/3/01 Former
Youth player Chris George Robin Powell talks in Evening Standard about his
debut for England against

Spain the day
before. Currently with Charlton, but played for Epsom in mid-eighties. Now
31. Played for 45 minutes

before coming
off with a calf strain. Played briefly alongside Matt Elliott in the Youth
team. Both now Internationals.

He went to
Palace, then Southend before Jim Smith paid £750k to take him to Derby before
Alan Curbishley paid

£825k to bring
him back to Charlton, nearer his Lambeth roots.

10/3/01 Epsom
record a rare win at Ashford Town (Mx) thanks to an Andy Nimmo penalty in the
second half. Quiet first

half but Epsom
improved after the break and won a penalty after 74 minutes when Forey was
sent sprawling.

It was Epsom's
fourth win on the trot and sent them 7th with games in hand and level with
Ashford who would go up

at the end of
the season. Ashford papers are very critical of their team and ask whether
they are out of their depth. The

criticism works
as Ashford are promoted by the end of the season, 12 points ahead of
Epsom.

13/3/01 Chris
Powell a former Youth team player writes to Dave Wilson on Charlton Athletic
headed paper to thank

him for his
good wishes ahead of Powell's England debut v Spain at Villa Park.

13/3/01 Epsom v
Wingate & Finchley (H) is p-p at Banstead's request. No programme
produced.

14/3/01
Travellers break in to the Sports Ground on Banstead Road, currently owned by
Epsom & Ewell FC and cause

£30k worth of
damage. Front page pictures in Epsom Comet on 16/3/01. Evicted on 15/3/01 but
the damage was done.

Epsom Informer
says damage was between 5.15 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. and it was two men who
caused the damage.

17/3/01 Arlesey
(H) is p-p. Prog Y. Bad weather kicking in now. More rain.

Mar 01 former
keeper Les Cleevely is released by Dulwich Hamlet. He joins Croydon.

Mar 01 future
player Paul Whitthread joins after being released by Dorking.

20/3/01
Chalfont St P (H) is p-p. Prog Y.

23/3/01 Adrian
Hill says he is looking for revenge when Epsom travel to Witham, but we
actually beat them 4-0 earlier

in the season!

League to meet
on 9th April to consider extending the season. Adrian Hill says that is too
late.

24/3/01 Witham
(A) is p-p. Prog Y.  It was a wasted
journey

as the game is
called off with less than an hour before kick off. Epsom had been assured
that the pitch was playable

in the morning.
Eventually Epsom receive a cheque for £228 on 14/8/01.

26/3/01
Further damage at Banstead Road Sports ground as newly reglazed windows are
broken again. Damage will

run into
thousands again.

27/3/01 Egham
(A) is p/p.

29/3/01 Epsom
produce same programme for Chalfont rearranged game as that used 9 days
previously but with a

small insert.
It is p-p again anyway! Prog Y.

31/3/01 first
game played for three weeks sees a rusty performance at home to Abingdon Town
who win 2-1. They

hadn't won in
12 games but Epsom lacked sparkle despite sending out an unchanged team to
that which had won at

Ashford.
Adrian Toppin completed his suspension this day. Epsom goal disallowed after
19 minutes for offside by

Barry Stevens,
and Epsom trailed after 52 with a cross that Hyatt should have blocked
evading him and being tapped

in at the far
post. 61 minutes and 2-0 with an easy header but Epsom woke after this and
Nimmo scored with a great

free kick
after 74 minutes into the top corner and Abingdon finished with ten men near
the end as the pressure told.

Andy Nimmo
mispen (SAVE) in last minute before the sending off.

From this
point Epsom will play 17 games in 32 days as League decide not to extend
season. 13 in April and four

more before 5th
May. Stupid decision by League. Very amateur.

3/4/01 Lewes would go up as runners up this year but Epsom
go there and win 1-0 this day with a goal from Ben Forey

right on half
time. Epsom's 11th League win in 13 visits. Nimmo absent with ankle injury
gained against Abingdon so

Freeborough
returned to the side with Bennett moving to midfield. Stevens cross led to
Forey's finish. Purvis and

Stevens came in
for some rough treatment. It was their first home league defeat of the
season.

April 01
former player James Dack is playing for Farnborough Town as they close in on
the Isthmian League title.

April 01 former
player Robert Frankland is at Croydon Athletic. Has been there for much of
his career.

5/4/01 Wingate
& F (H) is p-p again. Prog Y.

7/4/01 Epsom
defeat Tring 3-1 at Merland Rise as the weather improves. Many games remain
though and Adrian Hill

talks about
playing a weakened team against Arlesey next week.

7/4/01 This
was Epsom's sixth win in seven games and this was an easy one. Epsom led
after 2 minutes when

Stevens cut
inside to score and he opened the visitors up time and again. Many other
chances before Hall scored

Epsom's
second, and his tenth of the season from Buckley's corner. Tring scored from
their only chance of the day

after 51 as
the ball went in off Hall but Stevens got his deserved second and Epsom's
third after beating two defenders

and scoring
from the edge of the box with a low drive. He was unlucky to miss out on a
hat trick due to a poor bounce.

Toppin replaced
Buckley near the end as he returned after suspension.

10/4/01 A late
goal for Corinthian Casuals more or less ends their chances of promotion in
this 2-1 defeat at Merland

Rise. Ben
Forey hit the bar after 6 minutes  and
Stevens did the same after 18. However, chances were not taken and

despite
dominating the half, Epsom went behind after 63 as the visitors improved.
Morris equalised with a penalty (not

Forey as
stated in Comet) but former and future player Micky Owen scored the winner
with almost the last kick of

the game.

12/4/01 Epsom
lose at home to Arlesey 2-0 as Epsom rested a few players. Paul Whitthread,
Darren Dobinson and

Marcus
Kempster all made debuts according to Herald but Kempster had in fact played
at Abingdon earlier in the

season. Adrian
Toppin mispen (WIDE).

14/4/01 Epsom
scrape past bottom side Chalfont St Peter after trailing after 58 minutes.
Two goals in the last five

minutes
including a 30 yard equaliser from Dale Marvell was followed up by a late
winner from Forey. Hall is missing

with a foot
injury that keeps him out for a few games.

16/4/01
Croydon Athletic win on Easter Monday with a goal after 62 minutes at Merland
Rise. Former keeper Robert

Frankland plays
for Croydon Athletic as does Tony Quinton

18/4/01 Epsom
draw 1-1 on a Wednesday night with Flackwell Heath at Merland Rise. James
Hall was still out, while

Barry Stevens
and Ben Forey were rested. Epsom led after 35 minutes through Marcus
Kempster's first goal for the

club from
Graham Morris' corner. 49 minutes in and they were level.

21/4/01 In a
double match weekend, Epsom narrowly lost an away game at Wingate &
Finchley by the only goal

scored after 30
minutes. Ben Forey and Adrian Toppin nearly levelled it up.

22/4/01 On the
Sunday with a 12pm kick off Epsom won 2-1 at Egham Town. Marcus Kempster
scored after 90

seconds and
Adrian Toppin scored a second with a low drive after 56, but a sloppy goal
after 77 meant a nervy finish.

Adam Stones
debut for the club and it was a good one said the papers. Former Epsom keeper
Trevor Jones in goal for

Egham.

24/4/01 Epsom
hammer Camberley Town 4-0 at home. Lee Purvis, Ben Forey, James Hall and
Richard Sell all scored

25/4/01 The
next evening though Epsom concede home advantage to  play at Wingate & Finchley again, where
the

tired side are
defeated 4-0.

April 01 Peter
Atkins is on the back page of the local paper criticising the decision by the
Ryman League not to extend

the season.
Historically it is quite clear that we have never has a season like it before
or since. Epsom have to play

15 games in 28
days. Misquoted in the papers as 21 days.

26/4/01 Epsom
defeat Aveley 3-1 at Merland Rise in their fifth game in six days. Nimmo put
Epsom ahead after 32

minutes, and
Barry Stevens added a second two minutes later. After 57 minutes Stevens
great run ended with a tap

in for Lee
Purvis and Aveley got a consolation after 70.

28/4/01
Entertaining game at home to Kingsbury finishes 2-2. Epsom led twice but
couldn't finish their opponents off.

Kingsbury
mispen (BAR) after 6 minutes, but Nimmo scored a penalty after 27 to put us
ahead. The lead only lasted

for five
minutes though. Mark Freeborough nasty clash of heads led to his substitution
by Adam Stones and Epsom

were back
ahead after 56 minutes when Paul Whitthread's corner was met by Stevens at
the far post who headed in.

Again though it
didn't last long and Kingsbury were level a minute later.

May 2001 Paul
Borg & Lee Dooley at Carshalton Athletic

1/5/01 Epsom
have the luxury of three days between games and win 1-0 at Aveley with a goal
from Lee Purvis.

2/5/01 Epsom
trail 3-0 after 37 minutes at Witham but two goals from Ben Forey enable them
to get a respectable

4-2 defeat in
the end.

2/5/01 Witham
(A) Physio Kevin Taylor is reported to the FA by the match referee for bad
language. FA reminds him of

his position
and responsibilities but takes no further action.

3/5/01
Chalfont St Peter win 2-1 at Epsom. They hadn't got a point on their travels
all season and this was a replica

of the
situation that happened in 1983/84 when Feltham did the same thing in their
last away match of the season. Lee

Purvis had
given the Blues the lead in the first half, but two second half goals for the
visitors did the damage.

5/5/01 Epsom
finally conclude season with a 2-1 win at Ware, who had rested a few players
for their County Cup

Final against
Baldock the next day. An even game went our way after Marvell chased the
keeper into making an error

after 24
minutes, but they were level seven minutes later. Hyatt made some good saves
and Epsom went ahead again

through Nimmo
after good work from Sell after 74 minutes. Good late save from Hyatt
preserved the points.

May 01 Ben
Forey announces he is moving to America where he met his wife. Adrian Hill
admits disappointment, and

that next
season will be very tough as the imminent restructuring means there will be
more money about in an attempt

to finish in
the top six and earn two promotions into the new Division One South. He
thinks Epsom could do it though.

May 01 Epsom
Sports Holdings submit proposals for the old GA site in Banstead Road to turn
it into a deluxe

members club
with gym and other facilities. Pavilion has been out of action for a while
but is still in reasonable

conditions.

June 01 Local
paper advises former Epsom keeper now with Croydon Athletic, Robert Frankland
is applying for

bankruptcy

Kevin Webb now
at Banstead Athletic.

May 01 Barry
Seal at Sutton United Reserves

Reserves:   Suburban League South Division

Position  11th out of 17 (Staines Tn expunged)

SLC

2nd

Maidenhead Utd

1-3

SPC

2nd

Carshalton Ath

0-2

22/7/00
Reserves win 3-2 at Hillingdon Borough with Micky Hudson scoring after 75
seconds and led at HT. Luke

Jones and
Marcus Kempster put Epsom ahead 3-1 and a late goal for Hillingdon was
irrelevant.

5/8/00 Craig
Belgrave scores a penalty after 2 minutes although it was 1-1 after 5 minutes
as Epsom's 15 year old

keeper Adam
Glaied was given no chance after a defensive error. These were the only goals
of the game.

21/8/00 Ray
Purvis is in Taiwan on business and Epsom lose 1-0 at home to Chipstead,
conceding a second half goal.

26/8/00
Aldershot (A) p-p waterlogged.

2/9/00 Reserves
get a creditable 2-2 draw at Gander Green Lane. Luke Jones and Gary Meakin
scored.

7/10/00 Jason
Small is the Epsom scorer as they crash 5-1 at Fisher Athletic.

9/10/00 Reading
Town (H) is p-p.

16/10/00
Bracknell Town (H) is p-p.

4/11/00 A fine
performance from Epsom as Marcus Kempster scores in a 1-1 draw with Aldershot
Town at the

Recreation
Ground in a Suburban League match.

6/11/00
Bracknell Town (H) is p-p.

2/12/00
Reserves have no game.

4/12/00 Molesey
(H) is p-p. Waterlogged.

9/12/00
Bracknell Town (A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

12/12/00
Tonbridge Angels (A) is p-p.

6/1/01 Ashford
Town defeat Epsom 2-1 in Epsom's first game since 27/11/00. Luke Jones
scored.

8/1/01 Dale Marvell HT v Reading Town in 4-1 win. Suburban
League. Reading had a member of their Management team

booked before
the teamsheets were even exchanged!

22/1/01
Aldershot Town (H) is p-p.

5/2/01 Ashford
Town (Middx) (H) is p-p.

12/2/01
Bracknell Town (H) is p-p.

26/2/01 Ashford
Town (Middx) (H) is p-p.

5/3/01 Marcus
Kempster HT v Bracknell (H). Graham Chappell returns after some time out with
a

knee injury in
December. Went behind early but won 3-2.

10/3/01
Bracknell Town (A) is p-p.

17/3/01
Despite the bad weather elsewhere Epsom win 4-1 at Fleet Town despite
trailing at HT. Kempster scored twice

and Howard
Newton and Gary Meakin scored the other two.

24/3/01
Tonbridge (A) is p-p.

26/3/01 Molesey
(H) is p-p. Waterlogged. Dave Wilson's records show a 2-0 win though and

no mention of
the game on 6th May that I have listed in my records.

It definitely
was played on 26th March and won 2-0 so what is the 6th May game all about?
Was it a guess on my

part? It is
unusual if it was. - DELETE SOON once you have looked at the programme for
any report as no mention in

scrapbook.

2/4/01 Late
equaliser forces a 2-2 draw with Sutton United at Merland Rise. Second draw
this season with Sutton.

9/4/01 Ashford
Town (Middx) is p-p.

25/4/01 Crawley
Town (A) is p-p.

27/4/01 Barry
Barnes went to watch his son Chris playing and ended up playing. He was
eventually replaced by Andy

Dunne who also went to watch! Despite all this Epsom had a
narrow 1-0 defeat at Tonbridge. Also Tim Hurren (16) debut.

Official League Table is wrong. It has Epsom down as F 47
but we scored 48. Discrepancy is Fisher (A) which the League

has recorded as
2-0. I have amended.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

Prog?

22/07/2000

Hillingdon Boro

A

3-2

N

RES - Played on park outside ground

HT 1-0

Hudson, Jones, Kempster

22/07/2000

Hillingdon Boro

A

2-3

N

Played on park outside ground

HT 0-0

Morris (pen), Marvell

25/07/2000

Croydon

A

0-4

29/07/2000

Banstead Athletic

A

0-4

N

29/07/2000

Banstead Athletic

A

0-4

N

RES

01/08/2000

Chessington United

A

0-0

N

Played on park at back of ground

HT 0-0

02/08/2000

Redhill

H

3-6

N

RES

Jones (2), Small

03/08/2000

Lingfield

A

3-1

Marvell (2), Forey

05/08/2000

Gosport Borough

A

1-1

N

RES

Belgrave (pen)

HT 1-1

05/08/2000

Gosport Borough

A

1-0

Y

Nimmo

HT 1-0

08/08/2000

Chessington & Hook

A

3-0

Nimmo, Marvell, Latuske

HT 2-0

08/08/2000

Bedfont

A

0-5

RES

15/08/2000

Raynes Park Vale

A

1-0

RES

Jones

March 01
reference to a game between Croydon Schools and Sutton Schools under 11's.
Playing for Croydon was a

young Kieran
Gibbs, future Arsenal full back.