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5th out of 22

FAC

Pr

Bedfont

0-5

FAV

2q

Abingdon United

0-2

LC

1st

Ford United

0-1

SSC

QF

Crystal Palace

1-3

SCC

2nd

Chessington United (H)

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Home
Ground:

Banstead Athletic F.C.

Chairman

Peter Atkins

v-c Derick Hayles

replaced by Pete Lumm after resignation

07719 799212 (m)

0208 481-4802 (w)

Manager

Adrian Hill

Secretary

Dave Wilson

01372-729817

0207 393-3652 (W)

Treasurer

Peter Atkins

resigned

Pete Lumm also took this on.

Top 6 are to
go up due to reorganisations. Epsom are promoted two divisions to Ryman 1
South despite

only finishing
fifth.

21/7/01 Epsom
get a 3-3 draw at Leatherhead in a game played at their Stoke D'Abernon
training ground. A few

players were
missing due to holidays and the Blues were 1-0 down at half time. Ross Aller
equalised with a

volley and
Richard Sell scored the second, both after good work from Paul Whitthread.
Then Nimmo was brought

down and
Adrian Toppin scored the penalty, but two goals in the last eight minutes got
Leatherhead a draw

including the
equaliser from former professional Alex Inglethorpe. Andy Nimmo injured ankle
and out for season.

23/7/01
Leatherhead ask for £25 towards the cost of officials for the friendly on
21/7 which was 3-3.

Aug 01 Jamie
Sinclair joins Epsom from Dorking. Dorking Advertiser advises that his
brother Matt had retired due

to injury, yet
would also play for Epsom's First team this year. Jamie would set up the
club's first ever website

while at the
club. The training ground was at Jubilee College in Cobham.

Aug 01 Slough
Town write to approach James Hall.

2001/02 Ross
Shoefield at Corinthian Casuals - came up from the Youth team

2001/02 Leon
Raishbrook at Corinthian Casuals - been there two years after joining from
Banstead

2001/02 Marcus
Alcindor, Ross Shoefield, Glyn Mandeville and Micky Hudson are at Corinthian
Casuals

Aug 01
Planning permission finally given for the development of the Boiler House
site by David Lloyd Centres.

28/7/01 Epsom
defend badly at Charterhouse School as Godalming & Guildford win 4-2.
Adrian Hill not happy.

Charterhouse
school was in Hurtmore Road, Godalming.

4/8/01 Epsom
defeat Eastbourne United in a friendly at Princes Park with a 37th minute
goal from Richard Sell.

Aug 01 new
signings Ross Aller (Maidenhead), Simon Huckle and Wole Adesmoye.

7/8/01 Epsom
hit five at Chessington & Hook United in a friendly. Five different
scorers including Nigel Bennett!

11/8/01
Epsom lead after 90 seconds through Adrian Toppin but Chipstead equalise
within ten minutes and go

ahead after 55
minutes, but Ross Aller equalises after 57.

14/8/01 An even
game says Dave Wilson after Epsom draw 1-1 at Westfield  in their final friendly.

18/8/01 An
awful start at Hertford Town as Epsom went 3-0 down before fighting back to
3-2 and Adesmoye

missed a free
header from close range right at the end. Adrian Toppin injured hamstring and
Mark Freeborough

injured his
ankle.

21/8/01 Dull
0-0 draw with Egham.

25/8/01 Wingate
& Finchley pinch a 1-0 win at Merland Rise.

Aug 01 Peter
Atkins resigns as Chairman. Had been in the role for many years but would
never return.

27/8/01 Easter
Monday victory at Leighton Town. Epsom are behind but a 50 yard free kick
from Paul Whitthread

levelled it up
and James Hall got a late winner.

1/9/01 One of
the worst results in club history as Epsom travel to Combined Counties League
Bedfont and are

hammered 5-0.
Barry Stevens was out with an injured knee but James Hall's error for the
second goal knocked

the fight out
of the Blues team. Even Dave Wilson said after the game that they shouldn't
be paid after that

performance,
which tells you how bad it was!

4/9/01 Dale
Marvell and Simon Huckle score as Epsom draw 2-2 with Kingsbury on a Tuesday
night at home.

However, it was
a sloppy performance and Epsom were 2-0 up at half time.

8/9/01 This
time Epsom hold on to a 2-0 lead at Abingdon Town as Simon Hatton scores his
first goals of the

season in the
space of two minutes. Nigel Bennett was back in for Adam Stones who was at a
wedding. He

scored after 19
and 21 minutes and a great save at the end of the match denied him a hat
trick.

Sept 01
reported that Epsom player in mid 70's Alex Reid died of cancer in August
aged 54.

Sept 01 former
player Warren Burton is playing for Dulwich Hamlet.

11/9/01
Clapton (A) (LC) is moved to Aveley as Clapton pitch was unavailable. Won 1-0
with a 92nd minute Paul

Sears goal on
his debut. He was son of former player John and had played for Dulwich and
Sutton United..

15/9/01 Ware
(A) was brought forward from 9/10/01 as both clubs were out of the FA Cup.
Epsom trailed 1-0

before scoring
a fluke when a tame Sears shot bobbled in front of the keeper and hopped over
his shoulder as he

dived. A 25
yarder from Hatton followed a minute later as Epsom went on to win 3-1. All
three in the last twenty

minutes. Craig
Prendergast debut as sub and he nearly scored too, but Sinclair finished it
off with a low drive

from a narrow
angle.  A minute's silence was held for
the victims of the 9/11 tragedy four days previously.

18/9/01 Witham
(H) is p-p due to a County Cup tie at Banstead. Witham did not want to play
on the

Wednesday 19/9.
No prog produced. Rearranged for 12/2/02.

22/9/01
Richard Sell (groin), Adrian Toppin (hamstring), Barry Stevens (knee), and
Andy Nimmo (ankle) are all

out with
injury. Nimmo will be out all season but doesn't know it yet.

Sept 01 Danny
Arkwright playing for Sutton United this season.

22/9/01
Shocking performance at Abingdon United where Simon Hatton and Ross Aller are
sent off and the Blues

crash 2-0.
Hatton even apologises to the supporters behind the goal as he walks off.
Both were violent conduct.

However
Abingdon also finished with nine men in a poorly refereed match. Their coach
had died during the week.

Adrian Toppin
had returned following his injury at Hertford but to no avail. Dale Marvell
was out with an ear

infection. At
the end Dave Hyatt was up for a corner as Epsom tried for an equaliser, but
the ball was cleared,

and despite
Nigel Bennett being the only man back, with Hyatt forward, no offside flag
was raised and they

scored a second
goal.

EGM 23/9/01 see
above changes to Committee.

25/9/01 Joel
Rogers debut in a disappointing 0-0 draw at Corinthian Casuals. He had been
released by Dulwich

and had been a
professional with Colchester United. Also at Heybridge Swifts recently.

29/9/01 Epsom
throw away a 2-0 lead for the second consecutive home game. Drew 2-2 v
Hornchurch.

Simon Hatton
scored as did Simon Huckle. Hatton robbed the keeper from wide out after 9
minutes and curled it

into the empty
net. Tim Smith missed a good chance before Huckle scored from a Sinclair
cross after 37 minutes.

Hornchurch got
one back after 51 and equalised from a harsh handball penalty against Graham
Morris after 68.

Oct 01 Micky
Owen rejoins from Corinthian Casuals.

2/10/01 Epsom
edge Camberley out at Merland Rise 2-1. Camberley led after 25 minutes but
Huckle scored

twice in three
minutes, the first was a header from a Bennett cross and he then took
advantage of a bad error

from the
Camberley keeper, who spilled the ball away badly for Huckle to follow in.
Epsom are up to fifth.

6/10/01 Epsom
have no game this week which is good as there are many injuries.

Oct 01 Epsom
pair Hatton and Aller are suspended for three games following their red cards
at Abingdon

United. They
miss Edgware (A), Bracknell (H) and Redhill (H) (SSC).

Oct 01 Adrian
Hill believes that Epsom can get one of the six promotion spots available.

13/10/01 Epsom
get a 1-1 draw at Edgware. Epsom dominated at the White Lion but went behind
after 73

minutes when
former Welsh International Malcolm Allen scored for the home team. Joel
Rogers scored a last

minute
equaliser after good work from Richard Sell.

Edgware report
says that they were the better side in the first half!

Oct 01 future player Dave Stevens joins Croydon from Hayes
who he had joined for a five figure fee from Dulwich Hamlet.

The move is a
month's trial to get some match fitness after injury.

16/10/01 Epsom
trail 3-0 at home to Bracknell Town at half time but fight back to draw 3-3.
Bracknell scored from

a penalty
after 13 minutes and scored again after 17 from a counter attack after Rogers
had hit the post for

Epsom. Five
minutes later it was 3-0, but Epsom were getting back into it as half time
approached, and pulled a

goal back
after 48 when James Hall bundled in a Sinclair corner and Rogers made it 3-2
after 50. Hall met a

Sinclair free
kick and headed home for the equaliser after 66.

20/10/01 Epsom
have another blank Saturday.

23/10/01 Epsom
defeat Redhill 3-0 in the Surrey Senior Cup. Start delayed by the
non-appearance of the referee.

A poor game
which started ten minutes late and Huckle was fouled in the area after 29
minutes with Rogers

scoring the
penalty. Mark Freeborough conceded a penalty after 33 but it was a poor one
and was blocked by

Dave Hyatt.
Rogers limped off and Luke Jones replaced him before half time, and he
created the second goal

after 55
minutes for Simon Huckle. James Hall headed another goal from another
Sinclair cross after 70 minutes

and Adam
Stones up front as a late sub for Huckle nearly scored another. Epsom will
visit Met Police or Ash

in the next
round.

Oct 01 New
Chairman Peter Lumm reveals new sponsorship deals are close to being
announced.

27/10/01 Epsom
concede twice in the first half at Tring Town and lose 2-0. Ten game unbeaten
run ends.

It was a poor
performance at a ground where they rarely did well. Huckle was out following
his injury against

Redhill.
Richard Sell was injured early second half and Hatton replaced him. Late in
the game Paul Sears talked

his way into
the book and a one game suspension.

Oct 01 former
keeper Les Cleeveley transfers from Croydon to Aldershot Town.

Oct 01 Adrian
Hill says we will see the best of Epsom once suspensions and injuries are
clear. He says it is

obvious that
Croydon Athletic and Aveley will go up but there are 12 teams battling for
the other four spots.

30/10/01
Clapton's pitch is still unavailable as Epsom play their League Cup tie at
Hertford Town instead. Second

half goals from
Freeborough and Hall see Epsom through. No programme issued.

3/11/01 Nigel
Bennett reaches his 500th appearance this day says club. They are correct.
Also club say that

Dave Hyatt
celebrates his 300th appearance but they are wrong, it is 299. There was an
error in calculation in

1991/92 that
was only found about four years after this game.

Nigel Bennett
was presented with an engraved crystal decanter by Peter Lumm.

3/11/01
Chalfont St Peter are demolished 5-1 at Merland Rise although there was a
scare as the floodlights

failed for
twenty minutes with the Blues ahead by 4-0 at the time. One side failed to
light up and needed to be

reset.
Chalfont were flying high in the table and hit the bar after a few minutes
but Micky Owen scored after 15

from a Sears
cross and he hit the post soon after. The second goal came just before the
break and was a really

good one as
Hall's long ball found Sears whose first time cross was struck into the net
on the half volley by

Hatton from
the edge of the area. The Blues increased the lead after 58 minutes when
Bennett found Rogers who

turned his man
and scored, and it was 4-0 after 70 when the keeper did well to claw out a
Rogers header only for

Hatton to mop
up from close range. James Hall scored the fifth ten minutes later from
Owen's free kick but a 90th

minute penalty
awarded against Hyatt gave the visitors a consolation. Barry Stevens returned
after ten weeks out

following a
knee operation.

"I'm
delighted to have played 500 games" said Bennett. "I made my debut
in 1989 under Ricky Kidd and I'm still

here under
Adrian Hill. I love playing football and the club is an excellent place to
be. I've had offers to play

elsewhere but
I've turned them down because I'm happy here."

Bennett is
currently a postman which enables him to play because he can finish early.

Nov 01 former player Micky Stratford is pressed into
service for Banstead Athletic at the age of 48. Has apparently played

327 games for
Banstead now, just passing the 325 he made with Epsom & Ewell.

10/11/01 Epsom
have another blank Saturday. This is the third this season, despite the
postponement issues

that blighted
the League last season. Epsom still have injuries to Sell and Toppin, while
Sears is suspended for

the game v
Witham. Also Morris and Freeborough are doubtful with hamstring and ankle
issues. Freeborough

plays though.

13/11/01 Epsom
draw 1-1 with Witham Town. Epsom dominated the first half and led after
Rogers cut back was

forced home by
Simon Hatton. However the visitors controlled the entire second half and
equalised after 81

minutes. Dave
Hyatt actually makes his 300th appearance.

Nov 01 Epsom
agree sponsorship deal with A & M Transport. Pete Lumm says "back us
to go up" in the local

papers.

Nov 01 future player Dave Stevens completes his month's
trial at Croydon but leaves to return to Dulwich where he had

been a couple
of years ago.

Nov 01 Mark
Webb, brother of former and future player Kevin and son of Alan is released
by Banstead Athletic. He

joins
Corinthian Casuals.

17/11/01 Awful
display at Wokingham Town in a game played at Windsor & Eton where they
are ground sharing.

Epsom lose 5-2
after taking an early lead through Sears after 4 minutes. Graham Morris
returned from injury

but we were
back level after 5 minutes. Epsom went ahead again after 33 trough the first
goal of the season from

Barry Stevens,
but it was 2-2 at half time due to a 40th minute equaliser. Wokingham went
ahead after 57 with

a shot that
went under Hyatt, and then hit the bar. Huckle nearly equalised but his
header was just wide.

The game ended
as a contest after 74 minutes. Hyatt brought a player down in the box and a
penalty and yellow

card was
awarded. During the incident though Sears had said something and the linesman
drew the referee's

attention to
it and Sears was sent off. The penalty was scored and a dispirited Epsom side
conceded again near

the end.
Following the game Paul Sears registration is cancelled and he is released.
Pete Lumm says that the

club had no
choice as threats were directed at the linesman by Sears. Adrian Hill
informed Sears on the Sunday

after the
game. He played 12 games and was booked in six and sent off in one says Lumm.
He actually played

13. I can only
trace 2 bookings right now. (CHECK)

20/11/01
Narrow defeat at Ford United's temporary ground at Barkingside F.C. Epsom
lose 1-0 against their

higher
division opponents at a ground that Ford would eventually use permanently
when they changed their name

to Redbridge
F.C. They were two divisions above us. Simon Hatton suspended for two games
starting this day.

Long term
injuries mean that only Jamie Buckley is available of the regular midfielders
so Nigel Bennett is

pushed forward
with Freeborough pairing up with Hall at the back.

Pete Lumm says
Saturday's upcoming game (v Flackwell) is a must win.

Nov 01 former
player Neil Robson makes his 300th appearance for Carshalton Athletic.

24/11/01 Epsom
defeat Flackwell Heath with an easy 1-0 win thanks to a Simon Huckle header
that goes in off

the far post.
The picture of the goal is in the local papers. Epsom had nearly scored after
15 seconds and

Huckle's goal
was after just 4 minutes. Hall hit the bar after 27 minutes and he hit the
post with a header after 64.

27/11/01 Dave
Hyatt is late to Ash United for the Surrey Senior Cup tie and Nigel Bennett
has to play the first

half in goal.
Ash led 2-1 at half time but game is level at 2-2 after 90 minutes.

Simon Hatton
HT, one of which were in extra time. Dave Hyatt came on for second half.

Mark Packham
debut and Chris Barnes first goal for the club. Rail delays meant that Hyatt
and Stones were late

and there was
no warm up for many of the players. Hatton had put Epsom ahead after 32
minutes.

Epsom
equalised at 2-2 on the hour. Barnes scored in extra time and Sinclair was
fouled in area but no penalty

after 103
minutes, then Ash went up the other end and got a penalty of their own which
hit the bar..

Hatton scored
the final goal from the spot  on 116
after he was fouled when shooting.

Epsom will
travel to First Division Whyteleafe in the last 16.

Nov 01 keeper
Robert Hall signs for Banstead Athletic.

1/12/01 Aveley
(H) is p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y. Rearranged for 8/1/02.

Dec 01 Pete
Lumm says that they are talking to a former Epsom player about a return.
Looks like this player

was Kevin Webb
or Lee Dooley, both of whom return to the club later in the season.

8/12/01 Croydon
Athletic are in FA Vase so game at home to Epsom is p/p.

8/12/01
Instead Epsom visit Wingate and Finchley and win 2-0 with second half goals
from Huckle and Stevens.

Only the
second home defeat of the season for the Londoners. Huckle scored on 75 and
Stevens was soon after.

Dec 01 former player Clive Gartell joins up with Manager
Graham Roberts as the new team in charge at Carshalton Athletic.

Dec 01 Epsom
are now back to almost full strength except Richard Sell. Adrian Toppin was
on the bench but

did not come
on. Sell is seeing a specialist now with medial damage to his knee.

15/12/01 Epsom
unable to hold on to a half time lead in a 1-1 home draw with Hertford.
Huckle is the scorer with

a neat chip
after 18 minutes. Hertford equalised after 66 and Stevens hit the bar almost
from the restart, but were

unable to win,
and were grateful to a late save from Hyatt.

Hertford had to
play in Banstead's kit as theirs clashed with Epsom's.

22/12/01 Epsom
again have no game on a Saturday.

26/12/01
Dorking (A) - p-p. Frozen pitch.

Dec 01
Interview with Adrian Hill advises that only George Talbot (Uxbridge) is a
longer serving manager in the

Ryman League.
Started his career with Redhill. Adrian Hill speaks of Dave Wilson and says
that he will

"probably
end his days at Epsom & Ewell"

29/12/01 Epsom
lead at Egham but have to settle for a 1-1 draw. Joel Rogers put Epsom ahead
on 55 seconds

but a penalty
awarded for handball against Jamie Sinclair was scored in the final minute.
Richard Sell returned

from injury
and played in this game. Also Ben Forey returned from America for Christmas
and played as a sub.

He was just
wide with one good attempt. Tim Smith limped off after 52 minutes.

Epsom currently
sit in ninth place, three places and six points away from the top six
positions.

1/1/02 Leighton
Tn (H) is p-p. Prog Y.

Jan 02 former
player Danny Arkwright leaves Sutton United for a temporary move to
Whyteleafe.

5/1/02 Joel
Rogers and Tim Smith are doubtful for the trip to Kingsbury but Rogers
recovers to play.

5/1/02 Epsom
win 3-2 at Kingsbury with two goals from Barry Stevens and Richard Sell's
first of the season,

although he
would be substituted later and would be out again until March.

Kingsbury had
beaten leaders Croydon Athletic at Silver Jubilee Park the previous week but
in Epsom's last

visit there
they went behind early in the game. Epsom equalised after 20 through Stevens
after a pass from Mick

Owen, and he
scored again after 23 minutes collecting a return pass from Rogers and
scoring with his left foot.

The keeper had
made a good save from Stevens just before this otherwise he could have had a
three minute hat

trick! Hyatt
made a good save before we went further ahead after 57 as Sell nipped in to
take advantage of a

defensive
slip. However within two minutes the hosts had pulled a goal back. Towards
the end Kingsbury had a

player sent
off for two yellows and Stevens was denied a penalty. The referee then booked
him for dissent. We

nearly added a
fourth at the end when Hatton's shot hit the post.

8/1/02 Epsom
slip up at home to a hard working Aveley side by two goals to one but learn
their lesson from this

and work much
harder for the rest of the season. Aveley go top after this win and are ahead
early with a diving

header. After
47 minutes it was 2-0. As Epsom pressed Huckle hit the post and Stevens was
fouled in the box

after 89 with
Rogers scoring the penalty. Aveley had three booked and Epsom none.

Jan 02 Pete
Lumm says there is no need to panic and sit five points away from the top six
in ninth place.

Richard Sell
had a recurrence of his knee injury while Tim Smith is still out and Hatton
is 50/50 despite pulling

his hamstring
against Aveley!

Jan 02 Paul
Sears joins Chertsey Town after a small gap since being released.

12/1/02 High
flying Abingdon Town are defeated 3-1 at Merland Rise. The only concern was
another issue

with the
floodlights which left the players in the dressing room at half time for 35
minutes. Epsom led after 10

minutes when
Aaron Phillips' corner was flicked on and bundled in by Freeborough. Hyatt
made two good saves,

and Stevens
went close for Epsom before a good cross was volleyed in by Huckle after 38.
Once the second half

had started
Hyatt was again in action before Toppin's whipped cross was met by a diving
header from Stevens

after 66
minutes. Abingdon scored after 75 and at the end Huckle was the victim of a
bad challenge and was

carried off
with suspected ankle ligament damage. He would miss the next seven games.

19/1/02 Sell
out for another six weeks while Huckle is out for a month. Kevin Lock (19)
joins on loan from local

rivals
Carshalton Athletic.

19/1/02
Epsom's season really takes off after a 3-0 win at Witham Town. Jamie
Buckley's long range swerving

completely
deceived the keeper after 39 minutes and on loan Kevin Lock (Carshalton
Athletic and future

Merstham) was
a handful, setting up Freeborough whose cross after 66 was knocked in by Owen
for Rogers to

head home.
Epsom sealed things with a third goal after 84 after Toppin collected a
return pass from Lock to score.

A wonderful
performance although Witham had a goal disallowed for offside at 0-0 after 30
minutes.

22/1/02 Great
win at Whyteleafe who are two divisions above Epsom in Surrey Senior Cup.
Deserved 3-1 win

Whyteleafe hit
the post after 7 minutes and also hit the bar before Joel Rogers robbed the
home keeper and

Hatton rolled
the ball in after 29 minutes. A really good move culminated in Epsom's second
goal after 43 with

Barry Stevens
stretching to finish off a low Jamie Sinclair cross after good earlier work.
Debut for keeper

Stuart Robins
but he failed to gather the ball from a cross after 65 minutes and it was
headed

home but we
were back ahead after 67 when James Hall netted with a textbook header from a
Morris free kick.

Whyteleafe had
lost 8-0 at Aylesbury three days previously but Kevin Lock was cup tied and
Micky Owen and

Aaron Phillips
were also out.

26/1/02 Clapton
(H) is p-p. Rearranged for 12th March. Stevens was doubtful with a calf
strain.

Jan 02
Fixtures are looking good as the last matches of the season all appear quite
winnable against teams in

the lower
reaches. It could be all about the next few games.

29/1/02 Epsom
travel to Dorking and lead 2-0 with two goals from Adrian Toppin, the first
was hit like a bullet!

It was from
about 25 yards and low after 18 minutes, and he headed the second ten minutes
into second

half. Missed
chances from Hatton and Sinclair. Hall is booked (his fifth) and will now
serve a one game ban.

However, they
concede twice to draw 2-2. Adrian Hill was happy with that. He is less happy
with Sell, Huckle

and now
Bennett who are all out for a little while. Huckle maybe three weeks but the
other two are longer with

medial ligament
knee damage. Dorking's goals came in the last ten minutes.

Feb 02 future
player Leon Raishbrook joins Croydon Athletic from Corinthian Casuals.

Feb 02 Adrian
Hill hopes that Kevin Lock will join permanently but he departs after the
loan spell ends.

2/2/02 This
time it is Epsom's turn to fight back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with
leaders Croydon Athletic

with goals in
the final ten minutes. Epsom are now up to seventh. Future Epsom player Leon
Raishbrook made

his debut for
Croydon Athletic this day. We were behind after 20 minutes on a windy day and
Fowler got his

second after
78 minutes, but this got the Blues going and a Graham Morris free kick was
knocked in by Lock for

Freeborough to
head home after 80 and we equalised after 83 with a thirty yard screamer from
Buckley into the

top corner.
Just one defeat in ten games now.

5/2/02 C.Palace
(H) in SSC is p-p.

9/2/02 Aveley
(A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

12/2/02 Epsom
put up a brave fight at Croydon Athletic but are defeated 4-2. The hosts have
now won all 14 home

games at
Mayfields. We were behind after five minutes, but Barry Stevens equalised
after 32

half. Former
Epsom player Tony Quinton on 37 and they got a third on 47. Jamie Buckley
reduced the

arrears with
another long shot past former Epsom keeper Rob Frankland but the final word
went to the hosts after

78 minutes.
Epsom drop to eighth place three points behind sixth place Hertford Town.

Barry Stevens
hobbled off with a hamstring injury and is doubtful for the Hornchurch game.
He actually misses

the next five
games. James Hall served his one match suspension in this game.

Feb 02 Pete
Lumm is not too downhearted as everyone else has lost there and they will
obviously go up. He is

concerned about
the next game at Hornchurch who have won "eight or nine on the
trot".

16/2/02 Epsom
have to settle for a point in a 0-0 draw at Hornchurch. They had the better
of the few chances.

Feb 02 Kevin
Lock returns to Carshalton Athletic after his loan spell ends.

Feb 02 The club
release Wole Adesmoye and Craig Abbott.

Feb 02 former
player Warren Burton transfers from Dulwich Hamlet to Corinthian Casuals.

Feb 02 Fulham
FC have planning permission turned down to build a sporting facility adjacent
to NESCOT.

Not clear
exactly where this site was, but could have been the same one we are looking
at for a ground.

It was an
indoor pitch however and was as high as a 4 storey building.

19/2/02 Two
points thrown away says Dave Hyatt "we felt we lost a bit of
ground". Jamie Buckley had scored

direct from a
corner (18) but Leighton equalised midway through the second half. Mark
Freeborough sent off in

injury time for
a second yellow card.

Epsom are now
just one point behind Hertford who are sixth, but Epsom have played a game
more.

Feb 02 Fulham
F.C. application to create a training facility at the London Fire Brigade
site near NESCOT is

rejected by
EEBC.

23/2/02 Epsom
jump into the top six for the first time since October. Epsom's first win at
home over Casuals in

five attempts.
Alec Stewart was in attendance. His father Micky used to play for Casuals in
their glory days of the

fifties. Epsom
scored after 16 through Joel Rogers from a Huckle cross. Rogers then mispen
(SAVE) after 28

minutes. The
penalty was conceded by Tommy Moorhouse the future Epsom player. Other good
chances came

and went and
Bennett was sent off for alleged stamping after 67 minutes. Epsom deserved to
win but were

thankful to
Hyatt who made a great final minute flying save from close range. The pass
for this was from future

Epsom player
Ross Shoefield.

27/2/02 Crystal
Palace (H) in SSC is p-p. Prog Y.

2/3/02 Alan Elliott died of a heart attack. Father of
Matt, he was also a manager of our Youth team on two occasions.

2/3/02 Epsom
score twice in each half as they ease to victory with a 4-1 win over
Camberley Town who were

bottom. Epsom
are now fifth. Mark Freeborough was serving his one match suspension while
Tim Smith

and Richard
Sell were injured still and Graham Chappell came back into the side. After
good pressure Epsom

finally led
after 32 minutes when Owen made space and scored from a pass by Rogers. In
injury time we went

further ahead
as Rogers steered his header over the keeper. Epsom extended their lead after
71 after Huckle

collected
Sinclair's pass, sidestepped a defender and scored off the inside of the bar.
Camberley scored on 75

but Chappell's
throw found Hatton who scored Epsom's fourth in the final minute.

Mar 02 Lee
Dooley returns to the club from Croydon Athletic.

Mar 02 future
player Leon White is offered for transfer by Kingstonian. Previously with
Sutton United.

9/3/02 Matches
coming thick and fast now and getting bigger as Epsom home in on promotion
for the first time

since 1984.
Ware are defeated 2-0 at Merland Rise with two second half goals from Simon
Huckle on a windy

day. Game
kicked off 15 late due to travel difficulties for Ware. Lee Dooley has
returned to the club to cover the

suspensions for
Freeborough and Bennett whose three match suspension started this day

although he
actually misses five. Epsom led after 49 after Rogers was unable to score,
and after 62 minutes

Micky Owen's
chip had the keeper struggling, and he could only palm the ball onto the post
leaving the easiest

of chances for
Huckle. Richard Sell returned after ten weeks out.

Mar 02 Epsom
Secretary Dave Wilson appeals for information as he is trying to contact the
members of the

Vase Final
squad from 1975. Not sure exactly why this was done.

12/3/02 Clapton
(H) is moved back for our SSC tie.

12/3/02 Epsom
lose their Surrey Senior Cup Quarter Final 3-1 at home to Crystal Palace but
no one is worried

as League
matches are priority now. Only approximately 100 present as Palace youngsters
play well. One of the

players is
Wayne Routledge who goes on to play for a few pro clubs including Palace and
Tottenham Aston Villa,

Cardiff City,
QPR and Newcastle. Currently (2011) at Swansea City in the Premier League and
was an England

under 16 under
19 and under 21 player. Was the second ever England player to score at the
new Wembley.

Routledge
scored the first goal after 43 minutes but a foul on Barry Stevens after 57
allowed Graham Morris to

equalise from
the spot. Also playing was Steve Kabba currently with Barnet and had already
played for Palace's

first team
since 1999. Two goals on 70 and 80 secured the tie for Palace.

Mar 02 Kevin
Webb returns to the club from Banstead Athletic. Epsom currently sit in fifth
place but with a lot of

matches to come
against the lower sides.

13/3/02 Alan
Elliott's funeral at Randalls Park, Leatherhead. Not enough space in the
church.

16/3/02 Epsom
storm back from conceding a 7th minute goal to win 2-1 at Bracknell Town.
Massive win against

one of the top
four and our third straight win there. Kevin Webb squared the ball for
Stevens to score after 14

and after 15
Huckle had put us ahead from a Rogers pass. A fairly comfortable second half
ensued.

Adrian Toppin
was missing after needing stitches in a head wound after the Palace game.
Bracknell's first home

defeat since
August. - 14 games.

19/3/02 Epsom
get a good 2-2 draw at third placed Aveley and have finished playing all the
top sides now. It

could have
been better as Epsom led until right near the end but conceded a late
equaliser. Freeborough scored

after 23
minutes with a cross that everyone missed but Aveley were level within a
minute of the restart.. This fired

Epsom up and
Stevens scored with a header from a Rogers cross, but Epsom couldn't hold on.
Dooley injured

after 90
seconds with a cut eye and was substituted by Sell, who was then substituted
by Owen when he was

injured.

Mar 02 Dave
Wilson uses the "game at a time" cliché in the Epsom Comet
following the Aveley game!

Mar 02 Lee
Dooley Adrian Toppin and Richard Sell all missing for the game at home to
Edgware. Toppin is on

holiday while
Dooley suffered concussion at Aveley and Sell limped off with knee trouble.
Pete Lumm says it

is likely Sell
will be out for the season. He was. In fact he would only play another six
games for the club spread

over the next
two seasons.

Mar 02 former
player Warren Burton transfers from Corinthian Casuals to Dulwich Hamlet.

23/3/02 Easy
win at home to Edgware. We lead after 39 minutes after Huckle chipped the
keeper, and scored

again after 55
when Huckle found Rogers whose 25 yard shot deceived the keeper. 58 minutes
was the time of

our third goal
as a Freeborough cross was headed towards goal by Huckle with Webb just
getting a touch.

Consolation for
Edgware after 62 after Hyatt missed his punch.

28/3/02
Picture of Dorking FC players celebrating in 1955. Ron Francis former Epsom
player loaned the picture

and is said to
be living in Rough Rew, Dorking. He is also pictured here. Another pictured
here is Ken Harding.

Epsom had a
K.Harding playing 15 times in 1947/48 and it could well have been him.

30/3/02 No game
this Saturday again for Epsom.

Mar 02 Nigel
Bennett believes the club will gain promotion, Destiny is in our hands.
Dorking will be a tough

match though,
he says.

1/4/02 Easter
Monday game against Dorking swings in both directions before finishing 2-2 at
Merland Rise. A

point each was
about fair. Dorking led just before half time but a soft penalty for a foul
by future Epsom player

Adam Broomhead
enabled Hatton to score and he got another two minutes later from close
range. Broomhead

scored a late
equaliser for Dorking in injury time. The penalty was after 78 and was
apparently for shirt pulling.

Dorking also
hit the post after 87.

Apr 02
Isthmian League may promote seven as it appears that Romford may fold. They
are currently at the old

Colliers Row
ground, the inappropriately named Sungate. To be determined at AGM in June.

Apr 02 Richard
Sell could be out for a long time says Peter Lumm.

6/4/02 A
minute's silence is to be held at all matches following the death of the
Queen Mother on 30/3/02.

6/4/02 Epsom
suffer a promotion blow as Tring Town visit Merland Rise and win 2-1. They
had only one defeat in

sixteen games,
but Epsom couldn't recover from conceding a second goal after 70 minutes.
They had already

equalised in
the 23rd minute when Huckle's shot was well saved onto a post but Webb
followed up by smashing

it home. We
went behind after 13 to the first move of the match on a very windy day.

Apr 02 former
keeper Les Cleeveley transfers from Aldershot Town to Aylesbury United.

Apr 02 former
keeper Paul Smith is now first choice keeper at Brentford.

9/4/02 Epsom
are straight back into the top six after defeating Clapton 3-0 at home, but
it was 1-0 and nervy for

quite a while
before this game was finished off. Part of the Clapton team and their kit
were late so the game

kicked off ten
minutes late. Epsom led after 11 when Stevens finished off a Huckle and
Rogers move, but the

second goal
wouldn't come. Kevin Webb glanced a post with a free kick but finally
increased the lead on 79

when an off
balance Rogers got enough on the shot to beat the keeper and Hall headed the
third after 80 from a

pinpoint
Buckley cross. A rare situation where Epsom do not fall foul of new manager
syndrome.

Apr 02 Epsom
know that three wins in their last three games will clinch promotion, all
against teams in the lower

half of the
table. The key to promotion lies in the heads of the players says Adrian
Hill.

13/4/02 The
heads look pretty strong as Epsom crush Chalfont St Peter by 4-0 on their own
pitch with two

goals each
from Kevin Webb and Barry Stevens. Chalfont were never in it and had a
defender in goal as their

three keepers
were all injured. He wasn't at fault for the goals though. Stevens scored
with a 25 yard strike after

8 minutes and
increased the lead after 32 with a good move started and finished by Webb but
involving Huckle

and Toppin. A
third goal followed on 64 minutes when Stevens cut in from the right to score
and Webb scored

after 79
minutes when he picked the ball up from a poor defensive header. Huckle
injured and limped off. He was

ok for the
remaining matches two though.

Apr 02 former
player Tony Quinton is with Croydon Athletic this season who win the League
title.

14/4/02 Cheam
and West Ewell FC play a remembrance match in respect of Alan Elliott. Matt
Elliott attends

but isn't
allowed to play as he is Captain of Leicester City at present. His wife says
that "he (Alan) wasn't keen

on football
himself but enjoyed working with young people." Present players beat
past players 4-0.

20/4/02 Tooting & Mitcham United play their final
match at Sandy Lane before it is developed. They host Wealdstone. Epsom

played there
many times, winning the Surrey Senior Cup exactly 21 years ago this day.

20/4/02 Any
nerves about this match against Wokingham were eased almost immediately when
the keeper

made a real
hash of things in the fifth minute and left an easy goal for Huckle. Epsom
were three nil up after 15

minutes. Webb
scoring after 9 after chesting down Freeborough's long ball and shooting, and
Huckle's header

from Buckley's
cross after 15 minutes sealed the game. Webb snapped p a rebound in the 45th
minute after

a Rogers
effort was palmed away by the keeper, and it was 5-0 after 76 minutes when
Toppin crossed the ball in

for Hatton to
finish with a first time shot. The last kick of the game saw the smallest of
consolations for

Wokingham who
are to drop into the Combined Counties League say papers, but they never go
there.

Epsom need a
point to be certain of promotion but even a loss needs a swing of eight goals
for the Blues to miss

out. They are
going up.

Apr 02 Peter
Lumm says that the club will introduce a Youth Team again from next season.

27/4/02 Epsom
& Ewell confirm promotion with a 2-1 win at Flackwell Heath. As it turned
out, they would have

still gone up
with a loss, but led 2-1 at half time after Rogers mispen (SAVE) just on the
45. Huckle scored after 6

minutes with a
spectacular volley and he nearly did it again after 9 but Webb's free kick
beat the keeper after 11

and Epsom were
2-0 up. Hyatt had to deal with a poor back pass from Dooley and brought down
his man after 24

and the penalty
was scored. Nothing of real note in second half.

27/4/02 Two
coach loads (1 coach, 1 minibus) travelled to Flackwell as the day doubled as
my "stag day". Quite

a lot to drink
throughout and the players supporters and management all stayed at
Flackwell's ground for a while.

Epsom finish
fifth after Croydon Athletic defeat Egham Town on the final day.

Apr 02 Pete
Lumm asks for more support in local papers.

May 02 Another
break in at Banstead Road site causing £500 of damage.

Croydon
Athletic win all 21 home League games this season.

May 02 Adrian
Hill says he will stick with much of the side for next season.

Training to
start on June 27.

May 02 Paul
Borg is at Carshalton Athletic where he has been for a while despite being
aged only 20

May 02 Kevin
Lock is at Carshalton Athletic - aged 19

May 02
Clarkson Hyde win Redhill & District League Premier Division by 11
points. Andy Boxall top scored

with 34 goals
and Tony Boorman also plays for them.

18/5/02
Presentation Evening at Cuddington Gold Club. Around 100 present. Each squad
member was presented

with an
engraved medal and Simon Hatton got an autographed match ball for his HT at
Ash in SSC.

First Team
Players Player of the Year was James Hall - Simon Huckle won the Supporters
Player of the Year.

Second Team
Players Player of the Year was Luke Jones and Management award went to Stuart
Robins.

Nigel Anstis
award for Club man of the Year went to Barry Barnes.

Also announced
at the evening that the Youth Team would be reforming. Rejoining the Southern
Youth League.

Reserves:   Suburban League South Division

Manager: Ray
Purvis, Assistant: Malcolm Edwards

Position  11th out of 17

SLC

3rd Rnd

Met Police

1-3

SPC

3rd Rnd

Netherne Village

3-3* lost 3-4 pens

July 01 Former
Reserve Captain Craig Belgrave leaves for Oakwood. Craig Prendergast takes
over.

28/7/01
Reserves win 9-1 at Godalming and Guildford in a friendly at Charterhouse
School.

Charterhouse
school was in Hurtmore Road, Godalming.

4/8/01
Reserves lead 5-0 at HT with a Craig Abbott hat trick for the second game in
a row. They win 6-2 at

Eastbourne
United. Mark Packham mispen (POST) at 6-2 after 77 minutes.

11/8/01
Reserves friendly at Uxbridge is postponed. They made the journey only to be
told when they arrived.

20/8/01 Barry Stevens scores a hat trick in Epsom's 7-2
win over Camberley at Merland Rise who got a late consolation.

Sept 01 Chris
Barnes selected for Surrey Youth in a tournament at Charterhouse Public
School on 2/9/01.

Sept 01
A.Glade and C.Barnes selected for Surrey Youth v Cambridge Yth at Fowlmere FC
(Nr Royston) 9/9/01.

10/9/01 Russell
Gungor is sent off v Croydon (H) in Suburban League Cup 1st round. Suspended
7 days.

16/9/01 Chris
Barnes selected for Herefordshire (A) this day. @ County Ground, Widemarsh
Common, Hereford.

29/9/01 Ray
and Lee Purvis both scored for Reserves in a 6-4 win at Tonbridge. Lee got
two, while Dale Marvell

got two and
Luke Jones also scored.

6/10/01
Reserves get a 2-2 draw at Camberley with Luke Jones putting them ahead after
7 minutes. The hosts

equalised
after 23 but Lee Purvis put Epsom ahead on the half hour before conceding
again just before half time.

Right near the
end Jamie Sinclair made a goal-line clearance. We only had a bare eleven it
appears as no subs

are named.

8/10/01 Croydon
Athletic (H) is p-p.

20/10/01 Epsom
narrowly defeated 3-2 by Molesey. Paul Whitthread limped off early and a Rob
Woodward error

enabled
Molesey to lead after 21. Adam Stones headed an equaliser from an Alan Pogson
free kick just before

half time but
we were behind again after 50, Huckle hit the post before Molesey scored
again after 58 minutes.

Joao Tome
pulled one back after 71 and Huckle had an effort well saved near the end.

10/11/01 Simon
Huckle scored four times for the Reserves who led 4-1 at Fisher Athletic, yet
somehow lost 7-5!

Huckle scored
a hat trick in the first 18 minutes. Fisher made it 3-1 before Prendergast
increased the lead again.

It then went
4-2 before Joao Tome missed a penalty and Epsom conceded five times before
Huckle got his fourth.

12/11/01
Reserves score five again and Burnham are defeated 5-1 in the Suburban League
Cup. Luke Jones hat

trick plus
goals from Mark Packham and Ross Aller.

19/11/01 Raynes
Park are defeated 5-2 in Surrey Premier Cup at Merland Rise. Luke Jones HT.

24/11/01 Lots
of goals right now as Reserves defeat Godalming & Guildford 7-1 at
Weycourt. They had beaten

them 9-1 in
pre-season. Joao Tome and Mark Packham HT's as Luke Jones is absent.

1/12/01 Croydon
(A) - p-p. Waterlogged.

3/12/01 Keeper
Stuart Robins has to come on as sub for the injured McCabe.

8/12/01 Epsom
lose 3-1 in Suburban League Cup at Met Police. Aaron Phillips scores on his
debut.

11/12/01
Aldershot Town (A) is p-p.

5/1/02 Goals
from Ross Aller and Chris Barnes ensured a 2-1 win at Bracknell Town.

7/1/02 Surrey
Premier Cup game at Netherne Village is switched to Merland Rise. It wasn't
so long ago that we

played their
first team in the Surrey Senior Cup. This game finished 3-3 after 90 minutes
and extra time had no

further goals,
and Epsom and Netherne both missed their first penalties although Netherne
scored their other

four goals and
appeared to win 4-3 on penalties but the paper said 5-4. I will stick with
4-3. It was 4-3.

Penalty
Scorers were as follows: Barnes - x Prendergast - y Packham - y Jones - x
Martin - y: Netherne xyyyy.

14/1/02
Godalming & Guildford (H) is p-p.

19/1/02 Tooting
& Mitcham (A) is p-p.

2/2/02 Malcolm
Edwards comes on as sub in goal for Rob Woodward.

4/2/02 Croydon
(H) is p-p. Waterlogged.

11/2/02
Bracknell Town (H) is p-p.

9/2/02 First
team is off at Aveley but Reserves lose 1-0 at Tooting & Mitcham.

25/2/02 Walton
Casuals (H) is p-p.

9/3/02 Epsom
win 3-0 at Fleet with goals from Mark Packham, Lee Purvis and Ross Aller.

18/3/02
Corinthian Casuals (H) is p-p.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

Prog?

21/07/2001

Leatherhead

A

3-3

Aller, Sell, Toppin (pen)

HT 0-1

24/07/2001

Fleet Town

A

1-4

Aller

28/07/2001

Godalming & Guildford

A

2-4

Marvell, Aller

28/07/2001

Godalming & Guildford

A

9-1

RES

Abbott (3), Small, Packham

Jones, Sinclair, Gungor, o.g.

31/07/2001

Corinthian Casuals

A

0-1

RES

04/08/2001

Eastbourne Utd

A

1-0

Y

Sell

HT 1-0

04/08/2001

Eastbourne Utd

A

6-2

Y

RES

Abbott (3), Jones, Prendergast

Gungor

HT 5-0

07/08/2001

Chessington & Hook Utd

A

5-0

Aller, Bennett, Huckle, Marvell, Hatton

11/08/2001

Chipstead

A

2-2

Toppin, Aller

HT 1-1

14/08/2001

Westfield

A

1-1

Huckle