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Position 14th out of 16

FAC

Pr

Cray Wanderers

0-4

FAV

1st

East Preston

2-3

LC

1st

Witham Town

1-2

SSC

2nd

Woking

0-4

AMT

Group Stage

Home
Ground:

Banstead Athletic F.C.

Manager

Ray Purvis

Asst Mark Freeborough

Paul Pritchard also assisted

President

Stella Lamont

Secretary

Dave Wilson

Chairman

Pete Lumm

Committee

Derick Hayles, Stella Lamont, Rob Oakes, Nigel
Pond, Albert Bullen, Tony Jeffcoate

Programme Editor Stella Lamont, compiled by Peter Lumm
with contributions from Richard Lambert on a regular basis from

this season.

June 04 Club is placed in the Second Division of the Ryman
League. They had requested to play in the Combined Counties

League which would have been more local but did not appeal
the decision as it was not expected to succeed. They

were probably
right.

June 04 Graham
Morris retires after 658 appearances. Club record appearance holder.

Dave Hyatt also "retires" but actually plays for
Corinthian Casuals and a few other clubs temporarily before stopping fully.

Jun 04 Drawn
away to Cray Wanderers in FA Cup at their temporary ground share with
Bromley. Winners travel to

Walton & H or Leatherhead. Youths entertain Thamesmead
Town in FA Youth Cup. Winners at home to Horsham YMCA.

June 04 Darren Beale is leaving for Croydon with Craig
Watkins on trial at Sutton. Ray Purvis is looking for young players

to make an impact this season. Returning to the club are
Micky Owen and Kevin Espinosa, while Luke Gay joins. Barry

Barnes is helping out Paul Harford at Leatherhead this
season after originally saying he would stay at Epsom as Coach.

Craig Watkins
leaves for Sutton United.

29/6/04
Training starts at Court Rec, Epsom.

13/7/04 Long term supporter since 1969 Chris Henry dies
aged 46 as a result of a stroke nine days previously.

His Funeral is
on 23/07/04 in the Epsom church near the Haywain pub.

AGM 18/07/04.
No report.

20/7/04 Epsom draw 2-2 with Croydon in first pre-season
friendly with Lee Purvis and Tim Hurren scoring. Hurren scored after

3 minutes when his shot was deflected in but they
equalised a minute later. Purvis scored on 37 but again Croydon were

level quickly,
equalising on 39.

24/7/04 Two defensive mistakes cost Epsom as they lose 2-0
at Frimley Green's Gibraltar Barracks Ground. Epsom

dominated the game but couldn't score. We conceded after
44 when we lost possession  and Albert
Ademi fumbled a cross

after 46 and
the ball was put into the net. Frimley also hit the bar twice.

July 04 Greg
Harfield returns to the club after three years away but only plays one game.

July 04
Abingdon Town (H) is brought forward from 1/1/05 to 28/8/04.

July 04 Prospective friendly away at Rye & Iden United
falls through but instead an Epsom XI will meet an AFC Wimbledon XI

at Kingston
University Ground, Tolworth.

2004/05 Marvin
Hough is Corinthian Casuals Youth Manager with a Young Kyle Hough and Jamie
Hatfield in tow

2004/05 Jamie
Goodwin, Mark Webb, Leon Raishbrook, Dale Marvell all at Corinthian Casuals

31/7/04 Violet Maud Longhurst, long term supporter along
with husband Eric dies this day. Funeral 11/08/04.

31/7/04 A combination XI of First and Reserves lose 6-1 to
AFC Wimbledon at their training ground at Kingston University.

The game was an early kick off and we were behind after 17
and 18 with another going in after 35 and 36! More first teamers

played in the second half. Maloney pulled one back after
56 but two more conceded after 79 and 80 ended the scoring.

Aug 04 Leon
White has left Southall but is suspended as he owes money - joins Feltham

7/8/04 Albert Ademi injured in 2-0 friendly defeat to
Molesey and will miss the season opener. We conceded after 39 and

Ademi was injured soon after while taking a goal kick. Tim
Hurren went in goal for the rest of the half but at half time Nigel

Bennett took
his place and Hurren went back in the field. Bennett had little chance with a
second goal after 56.

7/8/04 Future
striker Dave Stevens plays for Leatherhead in friendly win over Hampton &
Richmond.

10/8/04 Epsom win 4-1 at Chessington & Hook United
this evening. Ross Shoefield hit the bar after 25 but Micky Owen

headed home Gay's cross after 40 minutes to open the
scoring. Six subs came on at half time for Epsom and Heuston

scored with a header from Shoefield's cross after 50
minutes. They got a goal back after 75 and grew in confidence but

Ingham scored
a third from Heuston's pass after 86 and Lee Purvis also scored from
Heuston's good work after 88.

14/8/04 Epsom hold a minute's silence for Chris Henry and
then play out a tame 1-1 draw to open the season at home to

Ware. Jamie Buckley was suspended and Ademi was injured
while Harfield was ruled out after a reaction to an insect bite. It

was very hot. Epsom took the lead after 41 when Richard
Ingham's cross was knocked in by Micky Owen playing in an

unusual upfront position this season. He would play much
better there than out on the wing. Ware hit the bar on 60 but they

equalised after 75 with a chip over debut keeper Warren
Aburn, son of Dave a former 70's player. Also Luke Gay debut.

It was stated that Ben McCarthy made his debut but this
was wrong as he played last year briefly, but notably in the 8-0

defeat at
Walton & Hersham.

21/8/04 Epsom's first visit to Brook House results in a
3-1 win with their late consolation coming about seven minutes into

injury time. They looked lively in their first home match
in the League and we were fortunate to be level at the break but Purvis

scored on 50 and 56, the second as a result of a poor back
pass, and from Buckley's free kick after 69 Owen headed

the third goal.
Richard Ingham 50th appearance.

28/8/04
Abingdon (H) is brought forward from 01/01/05 as both teams are without a
game.

28/8/04 Epsom
recover from 2-0 deficit to beat Abingdon Town 5-4. 3-3 HT score

28/8/04 Epsom
top the table after Abingdon win.

We were 2-0 down after just 12 minutes, the second to
former Oxford and West Ham player Joey Beauchamp, but Micky

Owen headed in Buckley's cross on 18 and Chris Read
equalised after 26 minutes with his first goal for the club. We went

behind on 36 but were level after 42 as Owen finished off
Gay's pass. We went ahead after 63 when Ingham headed in and

Beauchamp scored again in the 73rd minute. However, after
78 Ingham beat several challenges to clip the ball in for the

winner. Lee Purvis had to go off after being knocked
unconscious by a flying boot just before the goal but will be ok for the

next match.
James Deacons debut (Wimbledon trainee).

4/9/04 Cray Wanderers defeat Epsom 4-0 in FA Cup. We were
behind to the higher division team after just 14 minutes at

Bromley's Hayes Lane ground and it was 2-0 after 28
minutes and 3-0 on the half hour and Michael Power completed his hat

trick in first
half injury time. We tightened up in the second half and nearly scored
towards the end.

Epsom now have three weeks off due to there only being 16
teams in this division and already being out of the Cup say

papers but a rearranged Associate Members Trophy game is
arranged for 18/09/04 at Camberley. We are in a four team group

with them,
Chertsey and Brook House, our three most local opponents in this league.

07/09/04 Max
Tacey joins from Molesey

11/9/04 Epsom
no longer top after Enfield win a rearranged game.

11/9/04 No game
for first team.

Sept 04 it transpires that Darren Beale did not go to
Croydon but actually went to Banstead Athletic where he is currently.

18/9/04 Epsom
draw 1-1 at Camberley Town in AMT Group Match. Chad Heuston scores his first
goal for the club.

18/9/04 Few chances in this Group C match. Future player
Robbie Burns plays for Camberley. Camberley led with a header

after 64 but we equalised after 74 when Lee Purvis found
Heuston who steered his shot past the keeper. Max Tacey debut.

Sept 04 Chalfont St Peter (H) is moved from 2/10/04 to
16/10/04 as Banstead have a home game. We will now travel to Brook

House in AMT
Group match on 2/10/04.

Sept 04 former
player Gary Meakin leaves Northwood for Brook House.

Sept 04 future
player Dave Stevens is at Leatherhead this season.

Sept 04 future
player Alex Rodrigues transfers from Molesey to Corinthian Casuals.

25/9/04 former
player Barry Stevens scores a HT for Croydon Athletic in their 3-3 draw at
Met Police.

25/9/04 Sponsored Walk to Chertsey Town with ten walkers
(6 supporters) Richard Lambert, Pete Lumm, Rob Oakes,

John Steinmetz, Steve Dyke, and Steve Davies completed the
15 mile journey in just under 5 hours. Approx £2200 raised

jointly for the club and Mencap who each get a 50/50
split. Former player Matt Elliott's mum was driving the support minibus.

MP Chris
Grayling walked the first mile with the supporters. The walk was even
reported in the League Bulletin.

25/9/04 Former Epsom player Craig Prendergast is one of
the scorers as Epsom produce a weak display in a 2-0 Associate

Members Trophy
defeat at Chertsey Town.

Sept 04 Maurice Munden the keeper who was sent off for
Folkestone when Paul Harding was sent off for Epsom in a

stormy FA
Trophy replay at West Street back in 1983 rejoins Folkestone as cover

Oct 04 Terry
Fennessey at Chipstead with Dave Argent

2/10/04
Chalfont St Peter (H) is moved back for an AMT tie at Brook House.

2/10/04 Programme not issued at Brook House (AMT). Epsom
led after 39 when Luke Gay scored with a lofted shot from

Mark Freeborough's pass. It was Freeborough's first game
back for a year after his operation. Brook House were level after 41

though and we
conceded after 49 and 59. former player Gary Meakin may have played for Brook
House this day.

Oct 04 Interview with Mark Freeborough (26) who only
discovered his brain tumour after getting a whack playing last October.

He had mild blindness for a couple of minutes and suffered
dizziness when he headed the ball for a few games but went to

his doctor and was referred for a scan which showed it up.
It was benign. If not discovered though it would have turned

cancerous, he
advised. He was advised not to play for a year.

Oct 04
Hertford Town (H) originally planned for 11/12/04 but Banstead are at home so
it will be played on 15/1/05.

9/10/04 Very poor performance in a 1-0 defeat at Wembley
which was set up by a misplaced Aburn clearance. Chris Read,

James Deacons
and Luke Gay all injured. They were Wembley's first points of the season.

Oct 04 future player Gary McLaughlin joins Northwood from
Chesham United where he had played for the Reserves.

Oct 04 future Reserve Manager Lee Anderson is in Kingston
Hospital after suffering a serious injury to his ribcage. Stays

longer than
expected (72 hours).

14/10/04 Former programme seller and long term supporter
Sam Rugman passes away. First name was really Edgar.

The obituary
says he passed away suddenly.

16/10/04 Chalfont St Peter are dispatched 3-0 at Merland
Rise and we move up to second place. Micky Owen's header

squirmed out of the keeper's hands and over the line after
just 12 minutes and he scored a powerful header from Buckley's

corner a minute later. Shoefield rounded off the scoring
from 30 yards right at the start of the second half. Freeborough

missed this
game with a pulled hamstring.

Oct 04 advised
that Adam Stones is currently club captain.

Oct 04 former
player Adam Broomhead is back with Dorking, from where he had joined us last
season originally.

Oct 04 former
player Danny Arkwright is with Bromley this season.

Oct 04 Flackwell Heath (H) arranged for Sunday 7/11/04 at
3pm. Game originally planned for the day before but Banstead

had an FA
Trophy match at Merland Rise.

Oct 04 future
player Sam Hewitt (20) joins Banstead Athletic from Sutton United.

Oct 04 future
player Matt Fowler is at Croydon Athletic this season.

24/10/04 Epsom
lead 2-1 due to freak own goal against East Preston, but can't hold on, and
lose 2-3.

24/10/04 Nigel
Bennett's 600th appearance, but was injured after 12 minutes.

Game played on
a Sunday due to ground sharing issues and conceded early but we fought back
to lead. Behind

after 10 but Owen equalised after 16 and a fluke own goal
put us ahead after 55. We could only hold on for 7 minutes though

and a winner came after 71. Ingham hit the bar near the
end. Charlie Pritchard debut. Son of Paul Pritchard the former player

and future
Manager.

26/10/04 Epsom dominate second half against Witham (LC),
who then score the winner with their only visit up the hill 2-1.

They led after 28 but a Stones header from a Buckley
corner after 31 levelled it up. Chances went begging and Witham

scored the
winner after 83 minutes with a mis hit shot that looped over everyone.

30/10/04 Edgware defeat Epsom 2-0 at Merland Rise making
three defeats in a week. Also Ben McCarthy injured his neck

and required a
trip to hospital. Also injured and absent were Bennett, Gay and Purvis.
Edgware took advantage of

missed Epsom chances to score a free kick after 62 and
another on 90 minutes from Chris Henry who would score many

goals for
Bedfont Green against us in the future.

2/11/04 Epsom recover from a half time deficit to win 2-1
in the last minute. Richard Ingham got the winner as a substitute,

two years to the day since his first goal for the club,
also as a substitute, which was also the day of Epsom's last cup win!

This one was against Guildford & Godalming in the
Surrey Senior Cup at Merland Rise. Pritchard scored the equaliser with

a fine solo
effort after 64. after conceding in the 7th minute.

6/11/04
Flackwell Heath (H) is moved back a day as Banstead require the pitch this
day.

7/11/04 Another Sunday game and Flackwell Heath's first
ever win at Epsom in many attempts, but it looked very unlikely

as we led at HT and Chris Read scored his second goal
after 49. His first was after 23. We then conceded four times after

59, 72 87 and
in injury time. Poor.

13/11/04 Epsom take an early lead against Enfield at their
temporary ground at Ware F.C. but despite Ingham's fifth minute

goal, Enfield were level with a long range shot after 25
minutes and they then bundled in another at the near post before

getting a third in the final minute. Harsh on Epsom who
had matched the leaders all the way. Ingham in for Pritchard.

13/11/04 Nick
Williams 50th appearance at Enfield.

13/11/04
according to League Bulletin this was our 1100th game in the Isthmian League.

Nov 04 former
player Darren Dobinson is released by AFC Wimbledon.

20/11/04 Epsom beat a very poor Clapton side 5-2. Easy,
easy win and should have scored so many more. They were

bottom and we scored our first in the opening thirty
seconds when Pritchard got on the end of a Ktorou header ahead of the

keeper. Davidson scored after 11 minutes with a low angled
shot while Pritchard was offside and disallowed after 14. We then

gave a goal away after 38 but Shoefield put us two goals
ahead again just before HT. Ademi replaced the injured Aburn at

half time  and we
went 4-1 up after 69 with good work by Heuston and Nick Williams to set up
Read who scored with a low

shot.
Substitute Gay came on and then scored our fifth goal after 79 and Clapton
got their second after 81.

Nov 04 future
player Jamie Goodwin is with Molesey this season.

27/11/04 nearly the lowest ever attendance as 15 watch
Kingsbury defeat Epsom at Silver Jubilee Park. We started well

but without
doing much. Epsom had a triple substation but we conceded after 82. Very
disappointing.

Nov 04 former
player Kevin Lock is playing for Whyteleafe this season.

30/11/04 Epsom
improving as they depart the SSC at Woking. Lost 4-0, but previous visits
were 5-0 and 6-0!

18/12/04 + 27/12/04 Epsom suffer consecutive
5-2 league defeats at home to Camberley and away to Chertsey.

Woking named ten of their squad that had played v
Gravesend at the weekend and led after 9 minutes with a penalty for a

foul by Tacey and they added a second after 40 after
missing some other chances. Gay and Buckley had chances before we

conceded after 63 and then another on 68 before Gay's shot
was well saved near the end. Winners were away to Farnham

Town or Sutton
United in the next round.

Dec 04 former Manager Barry Barnes becomes joint Manager
of Leatherhead with Dave Harlow following the resignation of

Paul Harford.
He was part of the coaching staff after leaving Epsom & Ewell.

4/12/04 Epsom leave Witham pointless after a 2-0 defeat
and drop to ninth place. We went behind after 20 even though

Ademi got a hand to the ball and the second came virtually
straight from the kick off. Little happened in second half.

11/12/04 No
game for First team.

18/12/04 Epsom lose League match 2-5 at home to Camberley.
By half time we were two-nil down and had lost Davidson

and Stones to injuries. Gay scored after 63 following up
when Ingham's shot was blocked but then we conceded again.

Pritchard
headed a goal back but we conceded two late goals.

27/12/04 Nine days later we suffer a similar reverse at
Chertsey. We trailed after 19 and let in two just before HT but Buckley

also scored right on the whistle and we got a second back
on 56 when Gay broke clear and his pass was met by a Shoefield

curler from twenty yards, but we couldn't keep the
pressure on and conceded after 77 and 84. With a minute to go, the

floodlights
failed and we all had to wait five minutes before coming out and playing the
final seconds.

1/1/05 No game for First team. In fact nothing over the
new year holiday. Largely due to the small number of teams in league.

8/1/05 Epsom make their one and only journey to the
Cricklefields Stadium and lose 2-0 to Ilford for our fifth loss in a
row.

There were signs of improvement this day and Micky Owen
returned from a long term injury which required a knee operation.

The goals came
after 53 and 61 on a cold and windy day.

Jan 05 Jamie
Buckley leaves club. Many others return from injury though.

Jan 05
Camberley Town AMT (H) arranged for 18/01/05.

Jan 05 Darren Brown leaves C&H for Merstham and Mark
Webb leaves Worcester Park for Chessington United - Paul Keeley leaves C&H for Ditton

15/1/05 Epsom lose again, this time 3-1 at home to
Hertford who are now second. We pushed them all the way though and

it required a late winner to be certain of the win.
Shoefield failed a late fitness test and was replaced by Read but we
were

behind after just 6 minutes, although Purvis steered an
equaliser in from Owen's corner three minutes later. They regained

the lead on 27 and hit the underside of the bar soon after
but we were caught on the break as we pushed for an equaliser.

15/1/05 Collection taken at the game towards victims of
the December tsunami. Raised £60 inclusive of Golden Goal tickets.

18/1/05 AMT v
Camberley Town (H) is p-p. Moved back to 25/1/05.

Jan 05 future
player Jamie Reive is with Walton & Hersham this season as he was last
year.

22/1/05 Nigel Bennett sent off at Ware but 10 men salvage
a draw in 84th minute. This was our first point since thrashing

Clapton. Ware went ahead after 55 from a poor Freeborough
clearance and Bennett saw red for an awful two footed challenge

after 67. We deserved the equaliser though as
Freeborough's header from a Purvis corner was cleared but Shoefield

knocked the
ball in for Gay to hook into the net.

25/1/05 Epsom get revenge with a 5-2 win over Camberley in
an AMT group match. Luke Gay scores a hat trick. We went

ahead after just 3 minutes when Gay intercepted a loose
ball and ran it in. Gay scored a second after 26 after a long throw

from Bennett was misjudged by the keeper and he could only
divert it onto the bar before Williams put it back in to Gay.

Owen scored the third from the edge of the box, hooking in
a Williams cross. Camberley scored after 54 and 58 although by

now Aburn was struggling with injury incurred during the
build up to the first goal. We extended the lead again after 64 when

Stones sent the ball out to Heuston and kept going,
heading in the ensuing cross. Gay then completed his hat trick on 86

when he met a
Purvis corner with a glancing header. Ross Shoefield 50th appearance.

25/1/05 The programme for this match is the one created
for the original date of 18th January and still has that date on it.

29/1/05 Brook House show signs of promise as they defeat
Epsom 3-0 at Merland Rise. Well beaten and behind after 6

minutes. Then in first minute of second half,
Freeborough's clearance went in to the net off Adam Stones and two minutes

later it was
3-0 before Max Tacey dislocated his shoulder near the end of the game.

Feb 05 former Manager Barry Barnes is joint Manager of
Leatherhead with Dave Harlow and they win the Manager of the Month

award for
January.

Feb 05 Chris
Barnes from CWD to Chessington & Hook United

Feb 05 Dean
Meyer from Chessington & Hook United to Ditton

Feb 05 Ricky
Dymond from Chessington & Hook United to Ditton

5/2/05 A late Purvis equaliser salvages a point in an away
game that they should have won against Chalfont St Peter.

5/2/05 Again Aburn is injured in first half after 24
minutes and Ademi replaces him. Chalfont led after 52 despite some good

saves by Ademi but Epsom pressure finally told and Purvis
collected Gay's pass and shot in from twenty yards. Epsom still

went down two
places despite the draw.

Feb 05 Brook
House AMT (H) is arranged for 22/2/05 and Chertsey AMT (H) for 1/3/05.

Feb 05 future
player James Earp is at Dorking. Formerly with AFC Wimbledon.

Feb 05 Matt
Elliott announces his retirement from professional football. Medical grounds.
Aged 36.

12/2/05 Wembley
game postponed. Waterlogged. Prog Y.

19/2/05 Epsom lose 3-1 at Edgware's White Lion ground
despite a lively start. Against the run of play Edgware took the lead in

the 32nd minute with a penalty which went in off the foot
of a post. Owen blasted a good chance over before we were 2-0 after

66. Purvis reduced the arrears after 71 but it was 3-1
after 77 as we conceded again to the dangerous Chris Henry. Owen's

cross bounced
off the top of the bar but they also hit the bar near the end.

22/2/05 Brook House AMT (H) p-p. Frozen pitch. Prog Y.
Rearranged for 22/3/05 but game would never be played in the end.

26/2/05 No game
for first team.

Feb 05 reference to DJ Mike Read using a kissogram.
Tantalising Telegrams owner at the time was Gemini Reynolds, who

was the wife of
Beau our Chairman from 1976/77 who recalled the story.

Mar 05 future
player Tommy Moorhouse is with Leatherhead this season.

March 05 Ray Purvis admits that his team have failed to
live up to expectations this season. Only one win since October,

against bottom club Clapton. "I thought we'd be
challenging the top four", he said. "We are young and I think we
have found

the physical
side of this division difficult to cope with."

1/3/05 Chertsey
AMT (H) is p-p. Waterlogged. Prog Y. Rearranged for 15/03/05.

5/3/05 Epsom inflict Hertford Town's first home league
defeat of season 5-2! Hertford player sent off for professional foul after

10 minutes and Epsom were 3-0 up at HT. This was
Hertford's only home defeat in the league all season. Only Epsom's third

win in 14 matches, all three by a 5-2 scoreline!! Game
only just survived a mid-morning inspection. Best performance of the

season. The sending off was for a deliberate handball as
Heuston was about to get through. We led after 19 after Purvis

scored with a shot and Davidson's square ball to Heuston
was pulled back for Micky Owen to extend the lead after 26. The

stunned home crowd were silenced as Owen added a third a
minute before the break. Epsom appeared to tire after the break

and Hertford pulled a goal back before having another
ruled out for offside. With 15 left Epsom made a triple substution which

gave us fresh legs and we scored a fourth after 77 when
Tacey crossed and Gay passed to Ingham who returned it for Gay

to roll in at the far post. Hertford got a second on 86
but in stoppage time Gay was pushed wide but squared for Chris

Fossey to
score.

12/3/05 Epsom follow this great result with a 5-0 home
defeat to Witham Town! Epsom were without the unavailable Read

and Heuston while Freeborough picked up an injury in
training and Bennett was suspended. They led after 20 although Gay's

shot hit the post soon after and we were 2-0 down after 27
and 3-0 after 37. We conceded on 73 and in the 90th minute too.

12/3/05 Micky
Owen made his 150th appearance in this game.

March 05 Richard Lambert is quoted asking the Council to
let us have a site so we can build before the money runs out. The

Council were unavailable for comment in an article that
took up quite a bit of room in the local papers. Also, there is

mention of the
fact that Richard is writing a club history book.

15/3/05 Last minute equaliser from Chertsey sends Epsom
out of AMT. We needed two wins from our last two games and if

we could beat Chertsey we had a chance as Brook House were
already through. We led early in the game through a shot

from Shoefield
but a 93rd minute equaliser gave them a 1-1 draw at Merland Rise and put us
out.

19/3/05 Epsom lose 3-0 at home to Ilford and the game was
over by HT with all the goals in the first half. Warren Aburn had

left the club in midweek so Albert Ademi came in and like
many other recent games we started promisingly before conceding

after 21, 27
and then 43. We had a Shoefield effort cleared off the line near the end.

19/3/05
Following the game there was a Supporters Meeting with Ian Grant and Chris
Grayling MP in attendance.

March 05
Wembley (H) is rearranged for 12/4/05.

22/3/05 Brook House game not played, as it made no
difference to the qualification situation. BH were through, Epsom out.

The League
asked both clubs if they wanted to play and neither did.

26/3/05 Easter Saturday disappointment as Camberley Town
defeated us 2-1 at Krooner Park. We conceded after 76 and then

on 89 Ktorou and Ademi got in a mess and Ktorou headed the
ball back over him for an own goal. Davidson found Ingham who

nodded the ball
in during injury time but it was just a consolation.

28/3/05 Easter Monday and another home defeat, this time
to Chertsey Town despite playing well. Stuart Millard debut in

goal after
singing from Camberley but he was beaten by a deflected shot after 53.

We are now 14th
out of 16, level with Kingsbury below but with a game in hand.

2/4/05 Early goals at Abingdon seal Epsom's fate. We were
2-0 down after 12 minutes (7) and (12)
and a third followed on the

hour. Ingham
hit the post with a header in the closing minutes but that was about it.

Apr 05 Ray Purvis is in the Philippines on business so
Mark Freeborough is in charge for two matches v Enfield and Wembley.

9/4/05 Epsom surprise Enfield with two goals in a minute,
and hang on to win 2-1. Dave Copeman came in for his first match

in eighteen months with the first team. Enfield had lost
their previous three matches and we went ahead after 31 when Owen

got the  ball on the
right, cut in and drilled a shot past the keeper. Two minutes later Jones
missed an Owen cross but it fell

to Purvis who knocked it in at the second attempt after
his first shot was blocked. Enfield got one back from the spot after 52

but we held on
for our first win in seven games.

12/4/05 A goal in each half in a 2-0 win against Wembley
means Epsom record back to back wins for the first time since

August. Shoefield's cross found Owen who scored on the
stroke of half time, and although Lee Purvis hit the post after 52,

Chris Fossey made sure in the 75th minute when he bundled
the ball in after Stones' header had been saved onto the bar.

12/4/05 Liam
Oxley debut.

16/4/05 Epsom lose 2-1 at Flackwell Heath to a late
winner. Deserved at least a point despite conceding right at the start of

the game but Owen hit a post soon after before we finally
received some reward when Liam Oxley's cross was headed in by

Owen after 58.
Flackwell's winner was in the 75th minute.

April 05 Epsom
& Ewell win Ryman League FX Team of the Month for their 5-2 win over
Hertford Town in March.

23/4/05 A Ross Shoefield thirty yard strike was the
difference between Epsom and Kingsbury at Merland Rise, but he left it

late, scoring
in the 88th minute. Game started 10 minutes late as one of the officials was
held up.

Apr 05 Club reports that ex-Chairman Graham Peacock had
died. Was Chairman in 1973 and oversaw the

early
development of the club.

30/4/05 A shortage in players sees manager Ray Purvis take
the field as sub v Clapton. First ever occasion of a father and

son on the same
field in Epsom colours. Drew 1-1 with youngster Liam Oxley's first goal for
the club.

Epsom were unfortunate as Clapton equalised with a fluke
goal with just two minutes remaining although they did hit the

woodwork three
times so deserved a point. Clapton had a man sent off for a second yellow
card near the end.

12/5/05 Annual
Presentation Evening at Horton Park Golf Club - 7pm.

Player of the
Year: Ross Shoefield, Players Player of the Year Chris Read, Most Improved,
Tim Hurren

Second team
Player of the Year: Andy Briant, Players Player of the Year Sam Bulbeck

Youth Team
Player of the year Mark Cowhig, Players Player of the year Sam Carter

Nigel Bennett
also received an award to mark his 600 appearances and Derrick Hayles won
Clubman of the Year.

Awards
presented by Chairman Peter Lumm. Derrick Hayles retiring as Vice-Chairman.

13/5/05
"Positive" meeting reported with Nescot regarding a new ground on
the site of part of their playing fields.

Further
developments awaited, but no further meeting occurs until 6th January 2006.

May 2005 Barry Stevens wins both Player of the Year and
Players Player of the Year at Croydon Athletic. Future player Matt

Fowler also won leading scorer award with 26 while Rob
Frankland won Sportsman of the year and a ten year service

award. He is
also having a testimonial.

Reserves:   Suburban League South Division

Position

12th out of 16

SLC

1st

Uxbridge

0-1

SPC

2nd

Westfield

0-3

SLS

Group Stage

18/8/04 Epsom started their season on a Wednesday evening
with a 3-1 home defeat to Molesey with Micky Hudson scoring

our goal from the penalty spot. We were behind after 27
but Heuston hit the post from 30 yards out just before a torrential

downpour closed out the half. A second goal occurred after
57 and it was 3-0 after 69. Hudson scored a poor penalty after

73 which just
crept in due to the conditions.

21/8/04 Tim Hurren and Kiel Ramjohn scored for Epsom at
Camberley but we conceded a last minute equaliser after a

penalty for a
professional foul by Andy Briant for which he was sent off.

1/9/04 Charlie Pritchard and Sam Bulbeck scored but Epsom
lost 2-6 at home to Tonbridge Angels. We led after 4 minutes

through Pritchard but it was 2-1 at HT and then 4-1 not
long after. Bulbeck reduced the deficit midway through the second half

before two late
goals made the scoreline a more disappointing one.

8/9/04 Future Manager Lyndon Buckwell plays for Corinthian
Casuals v Epsom along with Dave Hyatt and Richard Sell. They

won 3-2 at Merland Rise. Casuals were ahead in the 2nd
minute but Ramjohn beat Hyatt with a penalty after 16. They went

ahead early in the second half before Kevin Bourne
equalised on 54. A penalty from future Epsom player Jamie Goodwin in

injury time won
it for the visitors.

11/9/04 Epsom win first game of the season with a 6-1 win
at Chipstead. Ademi and Pritchard were both injured and required

trips to hospital. Both incidents caused lengthy hold ups.
We led after 8 when Ramjohn crossed for Emrah Korkut to score.

Ademi raced to clear after 18 but was injured in the
process and Kevin Espinosa who was playing as a centre half but was a

former first team keeper, went in goal. His long clearance
after 42 went to Ramjohn who set up Korkut for the second goal.

Ramjohn scored a minute after the break from a penalty
after he had been fouled, but Chipstead scored after 56 with a header

from a corner. After 59 substitute Pritchard was brought
down and he converted the penalty before he was involved in a nasty

aerial collision with the Chips keeper. Having used all
three subs by then we had to play with ten for the last twenty minutes

but Ramjohn scored on the break and Ramjohn's pass to
Solomon was controlled and finished from the edge of the box

in injury time.

22/9/04 Epsom defeated a very poor Bracknell side
(according to Dave Wilson) by four goals to nil. We scored all four in the

first half and
opened the account with a goal from Emrah Korkut after 13 after the keeper
fumbled Solomon's cross. Korkut

returned the favour to Solomon who scored two minutes
later and it was 3-0 on 17 when Ramjohn's run and cross was

volleyed in by Bourne. It was 4-0 after 34 when Bourne
scored again with a low shot. On 67 minutes Mark Freeborough

returned to
make his first appearance since last October following his operation for a
brain tumour.

25/9/04 Epsom are 2-0 down to Lewes at Merland Rise after
6 minutes, eventually losing 5-3. Kevin Bourne pulled a goal back

after 13 but it was 3-1 at HT after a goal on 31. Daniel
Green then scored a wonderful goal from 40 yards as he volleyed back

a keeper clearance just under the bar but two more goals
put the game out of reach, even though Heuston scored after 68.

Green had
another long range effort tipped onto the bar near the end. James Moran (18)
debut.

2/10/04 Reserves conceded after just two minutes at
Hampton & Richmond Borough but we led 3-2 at HT only to fall away to

a 6-3 loss
against a side with several first teamers in their line up said the report

6/10/04 Epsom are defeated by a single goal in the
Suburban League Cup at home to Premier Division Uxbridge. The goal

came with 12 minutes remaining when Ademi fumbled the ball
and then pulled his man down receiving a red card and penalty

which was
scored. Tim Hurren went in goal for the penalty and the remainder of the
match.

9/10/04 James
Moran scores but Walton Casuals win 4-1 at Merland Rise in Suburban League.
Ryan

Carney (22)
and Guy Kenchington (19), son of member and former Supporters player Doug and
grandson of former

Manager Peter,
make debuts for the Reserves.

9/10/04 We were two behind after 7 minutes and although
Moran reduced the arrears midway
through the half it was 3-1 on

HT and a fourth
went in on 78.

20/10/04 Charlie Pritchard scores twice as Tooting &
Mitcham are defeated 3-2 at Merland Rise. His first opened the scoring

in the 46th minute after receiving a pass from Maloney and
the same combination worked again after 52. An 87th minute goal

for the visitors appeared a consolation especially as
Ramjohn then scored after 90 but a 30 yarder in stoppage time made the

score a lot
closer than it actually was.

23/10/04 Four days later we repeat the scoreline at
Tonbridge. James Moran and Kiel Ramjohn with his second goal in two

matches are added to by a Tonbridge own goal. We were
behind a minute before the break to a 30 yard effort which Copeman

appeared to think was going wide but Fossey found Ramjohn
after 47 and although his first shot was blocked, he knocked in

the rebound. We were ahead after 65 when Ktorou's cross
was headed at goal by Heuston but the ball deflected in off a

defender. They were level after 82 but we grabbed a winner
after 85 when Moran's corner went straight in through a crowd of

players, many
of whom claimed it. The referee thought it went straight in, so the club
awarded it to Moran.

27/10/04 Dover thrash Epsom 5-1 at Merland Rise. However,
they didn't score until the 65th minute and we equalised after 70

when Kevin
Bourne chipped inside the near post. However goals after 73, 78, 83 and 90.

Nov 04 Former Secretary Robert Bell passes away. His wife
Shirley who had also helped in the sixties had died

in June of that
year.

10/11/04
Hampton & R (H) is not played.

16/11/04 A disappointing 3-0 defeat at Westfield in the
Surrey Premier Cup at Westfield. They led after 42 but we had a goal

disallowed after 52 for a debateable offside. They scored
a second after 58 before we then hit the bar after 73 and Green hit

the follow up against the post. Westfield had a penalty
after 80 but Cowhig made the save mispen (SAVE). A third goal

followed after
88 minutes.

20/11/04 A last minute Daniel Green equaliser gets a point
from a 3-3 draw at Corinthian Casuals. They led but two goals for

Epsom from Ramjohn put us ahead. Then they got two goals
to lead before Green struck our third from a long way out.

27/11/04 A Liam Oxley goal just before HT and a Kiel
Ramjohn penalty are too much for Godalming & Guildford in a

rare Saturday
Suburban League match at Merland Rise. The penalty was a little soft but was
scored after 75.

13/12/04 Epsom narrowly beaten 3-2 at home to AFC
Wimbledon in an away game played at Merland Rise. Future Epsom

player James Earp played for Wimbledon. Fog threatened at
the start but held off. Freeborough opened the scoring with a

far post header but Earp scored right on HT with an
unmarked header. Wimbledon then went ahead after 56 and a 69th minute

penalty for a foul by Briant looked to have ended the game
as a contest. However, Freeborough's header was helped over the

line by both keeper and defender and we nearly got an
equaliser when Thomsett couldn't quite reach Bourne's cross.

Dec 04 Suburban
League Shield match away at Lewes on 25/1/05 is now at Merland Rise on
26/1/05.

5/1/05 After a three week break the Reserves slip up 3-2
at Bracknell. We led after 30 when Espinosa headed in a Moran

cross and got a second five minutes later when Ramjohn
took Moran's pass in stride and rounded the keeper to score. The

hosts scored
after 38 and equalised after 57 and they scored the winner in the final
minute from a corner.

22/1/05 Epsom
put in creditable performance with many youth teamers at Crabble but Dover
Athletic still win 2-0.

26/1/05 A similar side take the field against Lewes in the
Suburban League Shield but concede after 13 and 74 to lose 2-0.

8/2/05 Epsom secure a good 2-2 draw at Carshalton Athletic
in a Suburban League Shield match. Manager Andy Dunne was

absent so Chris Fossey and Peter Solomon became
"acting managers" for the day. This draw eliminated both teams
though.

We scored after 8 when Heuston's cross was volleyed in by
Ramjohn. They made it 1-1 after 24 with a header that took

a deflection but we were ahead again three minutes later
when Ingham beat his man and scored with a low shot. Carshalton

hit the post just before HT and Ingham hit the post before
41 year old Conrad Kane scored a 67th minute equaliser. A good

performance.

12/2/05 Epsom trailed 2-0 at HT at Weycourt v Godalming
& Guildford but fought back for a draw. We got one back after 65

when Ramjohn's shot took a slight deflection. Then in a
furious last few minutes with sub Aburn up front too we got an equaliser

4 minutes into
injury time when Sam Bulbeck's deep cross was met by a looping header from
Hurren that crept in.

16/2/05 Ramjohn's 14th goal of the season deep into injury
time earned a point at home to Camberley from a 1-1 draw. We

had conceded
after 2 minutes.

5/3/05 Weakened by late withdrawals Epsom crash 6-1 at
Fleet with Daniel Green our scorer. We started slowly and were

behind after 9 minutes and then scored with a long shot
that took a deflection over Copeman after 23. It was 3-0 after 65 with

another shot from long range and an easier goal came after
67 and 69. All three of these goals came from Ed Smith who

scored his HT in 4 minutes. Green scored from 6 yards
after 71 but Andy Dunne was forced into an appearance following a

74th minute
injury to Ramjohn. Smith scored his fourth after 87.

9/3/05 Andy Briant and Charlie Pritchard (2) score but we
are defeated 4-3 with a goal in the third minute of injury time by

AFC Wimbledon. It was rumoured that this home game may be
switched to Kingsmeadow due to pitch problems at Merland

Rise but it looks like it was played at home. It was
played at Merland Rise. Keeper Kevin Espinosa played in defence, while

future Epsom player Joe Paris played for Wimbledon. We
were ahead after 12 when Andy Briant scored with a good drive.

They equalised after 19 and went ahead on 34. Substitute
Pritchard came on for Doyle at the break and scored within three

minutes of the second half and a diving header from
Pritchard put us ahead after 56 but Wimbledon scored again on 65 and

then got the late winner when Paris passed to another
future player Mark King to score. Future player Paul Smith was in goal.

16/3/05 Epsom are battered 5-0 at Tooting & Mitcham
United in a "dead" Suburban League Shield match. We should
have

led but
conceded after 40 and then 43. A third followed on 50 with further goals
after 70 and 80.

19/3/05 Epsom
lose 3-0 at Walton Casuals. Two quick goals in the first half did the damage.

2/4/05 A solitary second half strike at Tooting &
Mitcham ensures a much closer League game than the Shield one a few

weeks back.

2/4/05 Did Warren Aburn play in this game instead of Dave
Copeman? The appearance stats show he played in one more

game than I can find but this day he did not play for the
First team. If not then it could have been 13th April where the report

also says Copeman played, but he also played 90 minutes
for the first team the day before if that was the case. Check!

Rob Oakes's line ups seem detailed enough even though the
count is 14 for Copeman and 3 for Aburn, but I can only find 2

for Aburn with
15 for Copeman and will amend the stats to 15 and 2 for now.

I have also added an extra sub appearance for Ryan Carney
and Kevin Espinosa as the line ups showed one more than the

counts did. I
think they are now all correct!

6/4/05 Heavy 6-0 defeat at Havant & Waterlooville who
are top. Very one sided and we conceded after 19 and 22 with another

soon after. We had our first chance on the hour mark but
although it went in, it was disallowed for a foul. We then conceded

after 70 and 80
(penalty) and then 87.

13/4/05 Epsom defeat Hampton & Richmond 4-2 at Merland
Rise. Chad Heuston gets two of them as Epsom recover from

going 2-0 down. The game was delayed by an hour,
presumably due to traffic and they went ahead after 11 from the spot,

although Copeman (SAVE) saved the first penalty he then
fouled a player in trying to get the loose ball and another was

awarded, which was scored!. They scored a second after 26
before we had a goal disallowed after 31. Gay volleyed a goal

back after 34 and a Barnes header from a Williams free
kick brought us level two minutes later. Two late goals after 88 and 95

clinched the points. Heuston got the first with a chip
from the edge of the area and Heuston scored again in off the post from

Gay's cross.

16/4/05 Luke Gay and Chris Barnes both repeated their
goals from the win over Hampton as we defeated Lewes 2-0 at the

Dripping Pan.
This ends Lewes's charge for promotion and secured it for Dover Athletic and
Havant & Waterlooville.

20/4/05 Epsom make it three wins in a row with a 1-0 win
over Chipstead with a goal from Andy Briant. Game played on main

as Reserve pitch resembled a lake. It was a late win and
owed much to Stuart Millard who made two great saves towards the

end. Briant had
only come on as a substitute moments earlier.

23/4/05 Molesey
defeat Epsom 3-0 at Walton Road but no further report exists.

30/4/05 Epsom win 3-0 at league leading Havant &
Waterlooville who will eventually finish second. Goals from Chris
Barnes,

Phil N'gbale,
and James Moran.

3/5/05 Fleet Town hammer Epsom at Merland Rise in our
final game of the season. We were 2-0 down at HT to goals after

26 and 45. We had a legal goal from Briant ruled out for
offside by the referee, despite originally allowing the goal and Dave

Wilson saying there were three men between Briant and the
goal when the pass was delivered. A Green corner was headed

in by Ramjohn
after 54 but goals after 75, 79 and 90 provided a sad end to the season.

Youth Team:
Southern Youth League North Division.

Position

8th out of 9

SYLC

QF

Lewes

0-5

SMFC

2nd

Molesey

3-4

FAYC

3q

Dover Athletic

0-2

SYLC Bye in
Preliminary Round

29/7/04 Pre season commences with a 4-1 defeat at Horsham.
Many were unavailable so Liam Lynch got to look at many

new players. Kick off delayed by 15 minutes due to traffic
and we only had ten men throughout the game. We went behind

after 40 minutes of even play and Oppong-Baah scored an
equaliser after 47. However it was a temporary respite and they

led again after
52 with further goals after 82 and 88.

9/8/04 In a friendly played at Wallington Sports &
Social Club Epsom are defeated 3-1 by Bromley. We led after 14 but were

pulled back on 22. Bromley took the lead after 51 and 68.
The game was called off after 76 due to storm clouds and bad light.

11/8/04 Narrow 3-2 defeat at Westfield despite dominating
completely. We hit the bar in the first ten minutes through

Oppong-Baah and Thompsett hit a free kick goalwards after
22 but the keeper tipped the ball onto the post and away. He then

tipped another effort onto the bar after 29 but we finally
led after 31 after Oppong-Baah finished off a Jay Mewes flick on from

a corner. We led for 39 seconds. We regained the lead in
the 47th minute when Escoffery found Lynch who scored with an

overhead kick
but conceded after 75 and they pinched a winner in the final minute.

18/8/04 John Oppong-Baah scores twice but Epsom still lose
5-2 at Dulwich Hamlet in SYL. They led after 31 and went

further ahead at the start of the second half. Oxley put
Oppong-Baah through to score after 54. However, it was 3-1 just two

minutes later and it was 4-1 after 76 minutes as Epsom
tired. Oppong-Baah went through to score a second shortly after this

but a final
goal for Dulwich after 83 made it 5-2.

25/8/04 Epsom thrash Croydon Athletic 7-1 with goals from
Oppong-Baah (2), Oxley, Escoffery, Lynch Butt and N'gbale. We

opened the scoring on 5 minutes when Oppong-Baah scored
with an overhead kick and he was through again after 22.

Although his shot was saved, the ball came back to him and
he rolled it in to the net. Oxley picked up Escoffery's pass after

35 and scored against his old club. In the second half
Escoffery extended the lead after 55 with a chip from 25 yards and five

minutes later Rob Lynch just got a foot to Dean Tullett's
free kick ahead of the keeper to make it 5-0. A long range 25 yard

strike went in off the bar after 62 minutes but this was
one of very few opportunities that Croydon Athletic had. They did get a

penalty after 84 but (SAVE) well saved by Luke Burton. On
the break the ball was threaded through to Phil N'gbale who had

only just come on, and he had his shot saved but got to
the rebound first to make it 6-1. Ryan Butt headed home a Tullett

free kick in
injury time.

Aug 04 Liam Oxley and Mark Solomon are called up for
Surrey Under 18s v Sussex at Lancing FC on 19/9/04 - 2pm.

1/9/04 Sutton United are too strong and win 4-0 in a SYL
match. We were behind after 5 minutes and conceded again after

25. Two goals
in a minute midway through the second half completed the scoring.

7/9/04 Mark Solomon put us ahead after 4 minutes on our
way to a comfortable 4-0 home win over Lewisham Borough. Oxley

sent in a deep cross that Oppong-Baah finished with a
combination of head and shoulder after 35 minutes. The second half

had an unusual incident as a Lewisham sub was booked for
coming on without authorisation. Presume this happened at half

time. We increased the lead after 54 before Oxley finished
with a low shot that went into the roof of the net off the keeper's

foot. Carter hit the post after 57 and Lewisham had a
player sent off for a late challenge which earned a second booking and

we scored our fourth goal after 62 when Carter beat a
couple of players before hitting a low shot that swerved into the net.

15/9/04 Epsom led twice but were pegged back twice by
Thamesmead in FA Youth Cup and the match went to penalties.

Liam Oxley,
Marc Muino, Mark Solomon, Michael James and the double goal scorer John
Oppng-Baah were all

successful but the visitors blazed their fifth penalty
over the bar and into the car park. We led after 26 through Oppong-Baah

but they were level five minutes later although
Oppong-Baah scored again on the half time whistle when he got in front of
an

Oxley shot and
diverted it past the keeper. However an equaliser came after 76 and extra
time produced no goals.

21/9/04 Epsom lose 3-1 at Tonbridge despite leading after
ten minutes when Lynch scored with a downward header from a

Thompsett corner. Thompsett almost scored a second when
his free kick was deflected onto the bar after 15 but they were

level after 40
and we conceded again after 52 and then after 94 on a counter attack as we
pushed for an equaliser.

26/9/04 Liam
Oxley, Mark Solomon, Rob Lynch and Jonathan Waro (sub) all play for Surrey v
Army in an under 18

representative match. Surrey won 3-2 and Oxley scored the
first equaliser for Surrey. Match played @ Egham Town.

Oxley and
Solomon had also played v Sussex the week before.

29/9/04 Horsham YMCA are defeated 3-1 in FA Youth Cup.
Oxley scored after just 3 minutes and Oppong-Baah got the

second after 38. The visitors got one back midway through
the second half but Rob Lynch scored a third goal in injury time.

They will now meet Fisher Athletic at Dulwich Hamlet in
the next round the paper advises, but the game is actually played

at Greenwich
Borough.

Sept 04 Liam Oxley, Mark Solomon and Rob Lynch are all
called up for Surrey v Bedfordshire in the FA County Youth Cup

at Leatherhead
on 09/10/04 at 2pm.

Oct 04 Epsom
receive bye in Surrey Midweek Floodlit Cup and will play Molesey in the
second round.

14/10/04 Fisher are defeated 4-2 in Youth Cup. Oxley
scored twice along with goals from Oppong-Baah and Escoffery. We

travel to Dover in the final qualifying round. Phil
N'gbale mispen and hit a post. Oxley's first came after 13 and although
they

equalised after 32 we took control in the opening minutes
of the second half when Escoffery finished off Michael James' cross

and three minutes later James found Oppong-Baah who also
scored. A fourth came after 67 when Oxley finished off Carter's

cross. They got a second goal after 72 but we were the
better side and N'gbale was fouled but mispen (SAVE) and he then

hit the post a
minute later.

26/10/04 Epsom lose 2-0 in Youth Cup to Dover Athletic.
They hit the bar early and led with a lucky goal after 34 when a shot

hit Billy Georgiou and deflected into the net. A second
followed after 48 but we kept trying and although they hit the bar

midway through
the half, Oxley saw his shot turned onto the post near the end.

3/11/04 Lewisham Borough (A) is p-p after contractors at
the Ladywell Arena drilled through the main power cable that

afternoon!

10/11/04 Epsom come from behind to beat Corinthian Casuals
2-1 and will travel to Woking in the next round. We were

at home but the tie was switched to Corinthian Casuals
because we had a reserve match with Hampton & Richmond on the

same night. We trailed at HT but Oppong-Baah scored from
the spot after 49 after he had been fouled, and in injury time

Ryan Butt headed in the loose ball after a bit of
defensive confusion. Future player Dan Jackson scored for Casuals.

17/11/04 Epsom trailed 3-0 at the break but Sam Carter got
one back before Butt was sent off for a second yellow. Escoffery

scored a second from the spot after 85 and Molesey
immediately scored their fourth before Billy Georgiou headed in

Escoffery's
free kick but they couldn't get an equaliser in this Surrey Midweek Floodlit
Cup second round tie.

1/12/04 Epsom trail leaders Carshalton Athletic 2-0 but
get a 2-2 draw with goals  from Oxley
and Sam Carter. We trailed 2-0

after an hour, having conceded in first half injury time
and again from the spot after 62. We got one back after 76 when

Oxley's shot was blocked but he scored the rebound, and
Dixon's free kick found Carter who scored with two minutes

remaining. Mark
Cowhig suspended for this game but not sure why.

8/12/04 Very foggy night as Sutton defeat Epsom 3-0 in a
League match at Merland Rise. Goals came after 42, 56 and 87.

After the game our keeper asked Michael James whether he
had come on, but he had been on for half an hour! Very foggy!

12/12/04
Surrey U18 v Kent U18 @ Leatherhead. Mark Solomon and Liam Oxley listed in
the line up. Prog Y.

15/12/04 Dulwich Hamlet are far too good and beat Epsom
6-0. They led after 12 and two more goals after 20 and 22

(overhead
kick) finished the match off. It was 4-0 by HT and further goals occurred on
65 and 87. We created little.

Jan 05 Woking
(A) in SYLC is to be played at Cobham FC on 10/1/05. This is then rearranged
for 24/1/05.

19/1/05 Chipstead win 2-0 at Merland Rise, taking the lead
after 2 minutes and although Oxley hit the bar and had a goal

disallowed for offside after 37, we were poor, especially
in the second half and they scored a second goal on the hour.

24/1/05 Epsom win 2-1 at Woking in SYLC 2 in a match
played at Cobham F.C. and are now in QF's. We took the lead after

13 when N'gbale lashed the ball home from a defenders
half-clearance. We were under pressure but on the break won a free

kick after 60 and although it was cleared, it came out to
Carter, whose cross was met by a looping header from Georgiou.

We nearly scored again through Oxley after 70 but gave
away a penalty for handball by Tom Larkin in the second minute of

injury time but
there was hardly any time played after that before the final whistle blew.

2/2/05 Despite Escoffery's penalty and a 25 yard screamer
from Oppong-Baah, Whyteleafe still won the League match 3-2

at Church Road. We started with a bare minimum 11 players
due to traffic delays and although the first twenty minutes was

even, we went behind after 22 after Nial Lee tripped and
injured himself leaving a home player through to score off the post. It

was 2-0 after 43 but we were a better side in the second
half. Lynch hit the underside of the bar from 20 yards after 47 and we

got a penalty for a foul after 60 which Escoffery took
successfully. We equalised after 80 from Oppong-Baah from 25 yards but

at 2-2 we faded
and then conceded with three minutes remaining.

9/2/05 Epsom lose the home SYL match with Whyteleafe this
week. Oxley hit the bar but we went behind after 18. Trailing at

the break we conceded again after 68 and although Ryan
Butt pulled a goal back after 72 from Oppong-Baah's cross, it was

3-1 after 78 and even when Oppong-Baah got another back
after 94 when the keeper spilled Oxley's shot, Whyteleafe got

their fourth
even deeper into injury time.

16/2/05 Phil N'gbale scored but Epsom lost 2-1 at Croydon
Athletic. We went behind after 56 and it was 2-0 after 59.

Escoffery's
cross was finished off by N'gbale after 66 but that was all we could do.

16/3/05 Ryan Butt and Rob Lynch score as Epsom record
their first League win since 7th September, 2-0 at Lewisham

Borough. This was the Youth team's first match for exactly
one month. We led after 18 when Escoffery's free kick was not

cleared and Butt followed up to score. Mark Cowhig then
got injured and was replaced by Tim Farrington, a signing from

Chipstead, We
added a second goal after 77 when Lynch finished off Georgiou's pass.

23/3/05 Lewes
(H) in SYLC is p-p. Waterlogged.

31/3/05 Epsom finishing strongly and Sam Carter gets both
goals as Epsom defeat Chipstead 2-0 at High Road. We went

ahead after 13 when N'gbale found Carter whose first shot
was blocked but he was first to the rebound. We went further ahead

on the hour when the Chipstead keeper saved N'gbale's shot
but Carter was there for the rebound again. Two good saves from

Cowhig, (including one that Dave Wilson said reminded him
of the famous Gordon Banks save) preserved our clean sheet.

Oxley had a shot tipped onto the bar by the keeper in the
closing minutes. Rob Oakes report says Marc Muino got the second

goal, but as
Dave was actually there I will stick with his report.

3/4/05 London
U18 v SurreyU18 @ Egham. Mark Solomon and Liam Oxley listed in the line up.
Prog Y.

4/4/05 Epsom depart the Southern Youth League Cup at the
Quarter Final stage 0-5 at home to Lewes. We were the better

side in the first half which finished goalless but we went
behind after 57 and a second goal after 75
made things very difficult.

As we pushed
forward  we conceded after 83, with two
more in injury time.

11/4/05 Carshalton Athletic (H) is p-p as they have seven
players in a representative fixture the day before. Rearranged for

the 29th April.

Youths were due to participate in Southern Youth League
Plate but withdrew. Had been placed in a group with Carshalton Ath,

Molesey and
Walton & Hersham but no games were ever played.

29/4/05 Epsom crash 1-6 at home to Carshalton Athletic who
were chasing the title. We were missing some regulars and

trailed after 10 minutes although we equalised after 20
when a Butt shot found Russell Williams who scored. Two goals just

before half
time put the game out of reach with further strikes on 72, 73 and 88.

5/5/05 A disappointing end to the season as Epsom lose 7-0
at home to Tonbridge. Goals came after 11 and 12 and it was

4-0 after 32.
Three more followed in the second half.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

20/07/2004

Croydon

H

2-2

2-2

N

40

Hurren, Purvis

24/07/2004

Frimley Green

A

0-2

0-1

N

29/07/2004

Horsham

A

1-4

0-1

N

YTH    45

Oppong-Baah

31/07/2004

AFC Wimbledon XI

N

1-6

0-4

N

119

Maloney

07/08/2004

Molesey

H

0-2

0-1

N

41

09/08/2004

Bromley

N

1-3

1-1

N

YTH

Mewes

10/08/2004

Chessington & Hook

A

4-1

1-0

N

82

Owen,
Heuston, Ingham, Purvis

11/08/2004

Westfield

A

2-3

1-1

N

YTH

Oppong-Baah,
Lynch