C O M M E N T S
/  H I G H L I G H T S

CCP

17th out of 22

FAC

Pr

Leatherhead

0-2

FAV

2q

Sevenoaks Town

0-1+

LC

2nd

CB Hounslow United

1-2

SSC

2nd

Chertsey Town

2-3

Home
Ground:

Banstead Athletic F.C.

Manager

Paul Pritchard

resigned 26/8/06

Coach -
Gareth Davies

Peter Augustine
- caretaker from that point

New Manager appointed after game on 28/10/06
Lyndon Buckwell.            Asst Tony
Coombe.

President

Stella Lamont

Secretary

Dave Wilson

Died 14/9/06

Replaced by:

no-one

Chairman

Peter Lumm

Treasurer

Rob Oakes

44 Royal Drive, Tattenham Corner KT18 5PR

Mobile: 07879 415411

Home: 01737 358877

Committee

Nigel Pond, Tony Jeffcoate, Alb Bullen, Maryse
Oakes, Pete Beddoe: 25 Hessle Grove Ewell.

Club
Captain:

Dale Marvell

June 06 Epsom & Ewell are transferred to the Combined
Counties League Premier Division along with Chertsey, Dorking,

Egham Town,
Camberley and Banstead Athletic.

June 06 Horley Town are relegated to Division One as their
ground is apparently not good enough, despite being very new it hasn't

quite passed the grading. Sounds harsh. Only 67 seats.
Westfield also relegated for the same reason, while Frimley Green,

and Farnham
Town are all relegated too.

03/06/06
Former Mayor of Epsom & Ewell and former Secretary of the club Bill
Carpenter dies aged 89 after a

short illness.

July 06 Club announce link up with West Ewell Wanderers
and Banstead Rangers, and now provide Youth link ups all the way

down from U-17
to U8's. Club to be called Epsom & Ewell Colts FC.

Awarded a walkover in a tie against Henley Town (A) in
Extra Prelim round of FA Cup. First time in Extra Prelim for many years.

We will meet
Leatherhead in Preliminary Round instead (H).

In FA Vase we
are at home to Sevenoaks Town and the winners play Horley or Bookham (A). We
also have a bye to the

Second Round
of the Combined Counties League Cup and will play at CB Hounslow United.

AGM 16/07/06 -
No significant changes on or off the field reported. All officers re-elected.

22/7/06 First
friendly at Croydon Athletic is postponed as ground is too hard, and
considered dangerous by Epsom.

25/7/06 First friendly at home to Croydon finishes 4-2 to
Epsom. They nearly scored right at the start but Hatton scored twice

after 10 and 13 and we scored a third after 15 when
Pritchard finished off a Marvell corner that was flicked on by Hurren.
An

Ademi error handed Croydon a way back after 25 but HT was
3-1 and Paul Pritchard replaced all ten outfield players at that stage.

We conceded almost immediately from a corner but
Oppong-Baah set up Ed Palmer after 55 to score our fourth goal and Sam

Bulbeck
clipped the bar after 73 minutes. Former keeper Stuart Robbins was in goal
for Croydon.

29/7/06 Double header against Three Bridges at Furnace
Green and first team win 2-1. We went behind after 32 and scored

past Tim Farrington who had just come on for hamstring
victim Albert Ademi. We levelled after 36 when Hatton volleyed in Simon

Taylor's cross
and after 65 Neil Talling (listed as Neil Cook in report) volleyed in from 30
yards to win it.

1/8/06 Final friendly results in a 0-3 home defeat to
Ruislip Manor with goals after 19, 30 and 70. It wasn't great and we
created

little.

Aug 06 future
player Chad Heuston is at Chipstead.

Aug 06 Paul
Pritchard has a minor operation but picks up a kidney infection which keeps
him away for a while.

12/8/06 Our first Combined Counties League match was a
disappointing 0-1 defeat at home to Reading Town. Danny Barnes and

Neil Talling
debuts with Daniel Ike also making his debut from the bench.  We conceded after 43 after an Ademi fumble.

15/8/06 Epsom lead 2-0 at Chipstead but subside 6-3. This
looked quite good at one point against the eventual Champions, but

we were torn apart at times. Neil Harrowing debut and he
was very unlucky, doing little wrong. Phil N'gbale played well and

opened the scoring after 11 with another after being set
up by Pritchard a minute later. It all went wrong from there as we let
in

goals after 31, 36 and 37. A harsh deflection from a free
kick made it four after 57 and two more followed before Marvell's free

kick went in
at the end. Drake HT and future Epsom player Jon Boswell played for
Chipstead.

19/8/06 Epsom recover from 2-0 down to draw at Bedfont.
Home keeper has to leave field as he has jewellery that he cannot

remove. Referee then tries to move all supporters behind
the goal, but they refuse to move! We went behind after 15 but were

looking more threatening in the second half, only to
concede again in the 65th minute. N'gbale pulled back one goal with a
fine

solo effort after 70 and N'gbale headed in Solomon's cross
after 75. He was denied a hat trick after taking the ball off the keeper

and scoring
but the ref ruled that he had fouled the keeper in the process. Harsh.

22/8/06
Richard Ingham 100th appearance v Raynes Park Vale.

Jamie Buckley made his 200th appearance the same night say
club but it was 199 and he actually had to wait until 21/02/07

before getting
to 200.

22/8/06 Epsom
lead 4-3 but a last minute equaliser from distance gives Raynes Park Vale the
draw.

22/8/06 It was a bizarre game though and Marvell became
the first player to score a hat trick in Epsom colours but fail to
finish

on the winning side since 1966. We were behind after 11
when future Epsom player James Earp scored in off the bar and worse

was to follow after 41 when Earp turned provider for
Agyeman to also score in off the bar. Pritchard found Marvell who pulled
a

goal back just before the break and in the 47th minute the
same pair repeated the trick, Marvell scoring from slightly further out

this time. However we lost momentum at half time and Vale
took the lead again on 61. We levelled after 68 when Buckley's free

kick was headed in by substitute Russell Newbury on his
only performance for the club. Then we got a penalty after 80 when

N'gbale was fouled and Marvell completed his HT before
Vale had a player sent off for an altercation with N'gbale who received
a

second yellow card himself. They then equalised after 92
with a third strike that went in off the bar, this time from former
player

Darren
Dobinson.

26/8/06 Epsom concede early and play poorly in a 6-1 home
defeat by Egham. We conceded after 5 minutes and a second after

27 was a good free kick. The third and fourth came after
48 and a few minutes later and were scored by Ismael Baker and Adam

Pero, both of whom would join us within a month or two. A
fifth was scored after 75 and although N'gbale got one back towards

the end there
was still time for Paul Bennett to complete his HT.

26/8/06 After game, manager Paul Pritchard resigns. Peter
Augustine takes over as caretaker manager, with the

position to be
advertised.

28/8/06 We produced a much better performance in a 1-1
draw at Chalky Lane on the Bank Holiday Monday morning. N'gbale

gave us an early lead although Chessington were level
after 32. They had a man sent off later but we couldn't take advantage.

31/8/06 former
keeper Dave Hyatt moves from Corinthian Casuals to Croydon Athletic.

2/9/06
Leatherhead end FA Cup interest 2-0 on a windy day at Merland Rise, but
performance is better.

We were behind after 21 minutes to a shot from the edge of
the area but Marvell nearly equalised after 37 when Marvell's effort

was pushed onto the bar by Paul Borg, the future Epsom
player. N'gbale had a shot deflected wide by the hip of former player

Paul Sears just after HT and we conceded the second goal
after 66 and Harrowing made a good save near the end to keep it at

two.
Leatherhead would go on to reach the First Round of the FA Cup this year,
losing at Torquay.

5/9/06 North Greenford league match is moved from this
date to 26th Sept as they have an FA Cup replay. It actually gets moved

to the 19th
Sept and will be p-p again following the death of Dave Wilson.

9/9/06 A new
low is reached in playing standard as Epsom & Ewell let a lead slip with
two goals in five minutes at the

Osterley
Sports Club and lose 2-1 to CB Hounslow United, who had not yet won a game in
the CCL Division 1. They were

playing in
Step 7 (Intermediate) football last season.

12/9/06 We started brightly at home to Ash but conceded
after 38 and the second half was poor. Further goals followed after 50

and 74
although the third goal was a good volley from the edge of the area. Lost 3-0
and deservedly so.

14/9/06
Following the Youth match the night before (13th), Secretary Dave Wilson
collapsed with a stroke, and

passed away the following afternoon. Condolence book
filled in on the web by many people who knew him, and a

minute's silence was held at Merstham on 16/9, with the
Reserve game on 18/9 v Burgess Hill postponed as a mark

of respect.
Funeral on 19/9/06 and North Greenford First team match was postponed that
day.

Epsom mourn
club stalwart

By Stuart Amos
- Sutton Guardian

The local non-league football world is in mourning after
the sudden death of long-standing Epsom & Ewell FC servant Dave Wilson.

The 56-year-old honorary club secretary collapsed in the
boardroom at Merland Rise last Wednesday night shortly after the

youth team's
3-0 triumph over Ashford Town (Mx) in the Southern Youth League.

Wilson, a
well-known and respected figure in football circles, was diagnosed as having
suffered a suspected stroke,

and died on
Thursday at Epsom General Hospital.

Monday's
reserve team fixture against Burgess Hill Town was postponed as a mark of
respect but the first XI's Combined

Counties
Premier Division clash with Merstham went ahead at the request of Wilson's
family.

And the side
produced a performance the Epsom stalwart would have been proud, despite
going down 2-1 at Merstham.

Philip N'gbale put them in front in the 22nd minute, a
lead that lasted until 18 minutes from time, when Merstham equalised.

The home side
grabbed a winner four minutes into injury time to rob Epsom of what would
have been a fitting tribute.

Wilson's
funeral will take place at Randalls Park Crematorium, Leatherhead, next
Tuesday (4.15pm).

The reserves' home match against Burgess Hill Town that
was scheduled for Monday has been postponed until later in the season.

16/9/06 Epsom
take lead with a good strike from N'gbale, but Merstham fight back and pinch
a winner in injury time.

Our goal came after 22 but future player Charlie West
equalised after 72 with a header before Andy Amfo-Brobbey's last minute

clearance hit
a Merstham player and went in.

19/9/06 Dave Wilson's funeral takes place at Randalls Park
Crematorium. Completely packed out as the loss is felt throughout

Surrey
football.

Combined
Counties League make a donation of £50 for the Stroke Association.

23/9/06 Game with Sevenoaks is goalless after 90 minutes,
but Epsom miss a host of chances and Sevenoaks score in the

last five
minutes of extra time. N'gbale sent off near the end of the match.

21/9/06 former
player Adrian Toppin moves from Met Police to Carshalton Athletic.

30/9/06 Defeat at Chertsey is coupled with a second
straight sending off for N'gbale, who is unable to control his temper. Rumour

has it that he is to be released by club but it doesn't
happen. Yet. We conceded to a free kick after 21 and following the
sending

off on 86 we
scored a second on 88.

Sept 06 Surrey
Senior Cup draw Chertsey (H). Winners travel to Godalming Town or Whyteleafe.

6/10/06 former
player Simon Huckle moves from Walton & Hersham to Met Police.

6/10/06 future
player Carlton Murray-Price moves from Dulwich Hamlet to Whyteleafe.

7/10/06 No
game for first team. It was FA Vase week.

Oct 06 home game with Cove has been brought forward from
18/11/06 to 14/11/06 as Banstead are at home in the Vase that day.

14/10/06 After a two week break debuts are handed to
Julian Phillips, Jamie Watson (returning), Pierre Bourdet and Adam Pero

as Epsom defeat Guildford City 2-0 at Merland Rise. We
opened the scoring after 55 when Watson scored from a Pero knock

down. Adam Pero then scored a second in injury time when
he broke through one on one and lobbed the keeper from 20 yards.

21/10/06 Pero
scores again at North Greenford, but Epsom fall to defeat by 2-1 on their
first visit to Berkeley Fields.

They were ahead early but we equalised after 13 when the
ball fell to Pero who scored but they scored the winner after 21 and

keeper Pierre
Bourdet was injured later in the first half and had to be substituted.

28/10/06 Peter
Augustine's last match as caretaker manager sees them lead Wembley 2-1 but
lose 3-2 to

identical set piece goals. We led after 7 when Marvell
volleyed through a crowd of players and we nearly made it two, but the

keeper tipped the ball onto the bar. Wembley equalised
after 40 from a harshly awarded free kick. We went back ahead after 69

when Pero met Darren Brown's long throw with a glancing
header but two goals in injury time summed up our recent form.

28/10/06 The club announce that the new manager is to be
former player Lyndon Buckwell, with Tony Coombe as his assistant.

Both had done
well in charge of Corinthian Casuals Reserves.

League Bulletin advises that he had recently been
Assistant First Team Manager to Brian Adamson at Corinthian Casuals.

It is also announced that Rob Oakes and Pete Lumm would
assume Dave Wilson's secretarial duties rather than advertise

for a
replacement.

Peter
Augustine's farewell notes:

I would like to express my sincere thanks to all those at
the club who I have worked with at Epsom & Ewell. It was with a
heavy

heart that I took the decision to leave the club. I
was fully aware that a new manager would bring with him a new assistant so
I

could see
there would be no role for me within the club.

I do believe that I have showed a large amount of
commitment to the club and with some of the players and ideas I have
helped

to develop I do believe the club is now in a stronger
position to move forward for success. I would like to thank the players
for

embracing the new ideas that I introduced to them and I
believe these will stand them in good stead for the coming season.

I would like to thank the coaches who worked tirelessly to
help me in trying to improve the team. Neal Hallac, Matt Tebutt,

Gareth Davies, and later on Larry Rarajay and Keith
Levett. I would also like to send a big thank you to Kevin Taylor and
John

Carleton for
keeping the players fit and healthy and for their terrible jokes that kept
the players on the training field.

I would also like to thank members of the committee for
their support as you deserve success. As I said earlier the club is now

in a position to move forward and with the
information I have left with the chairman, Epsom can once again be a force
in

non league
football.

I wish
everyone at the club the best of luck and I will be seeing you all soon in
the near future.

Oct 06 Joe
Loyza  joins Dorking from RPV

Oct 06 Jamie
Watson joins from Egham

Oct 06 Adam
Pero joins from Egham

Oct 06 Charlie
West joins Cobham from Merstham

Nov 06 Jamie
Hatfield (20) joins from Burgess Hill while he was at Brighton University -
previously with Cor Cas

Nov 06 Ismael
Baker joins from Egham

Nov 06 future keeper Aaron France (20) joins Ashford Town
(Mx) from Lewes. Had been with Nottingham Forest & Chelsea originally.

Nov 06 former
player Tony Quinton joins Sutton United from Carshalton Athletic.

Nov 06 Future
player Dave Stevens is at Leatherhead.

Nov 06 former
player Luke Gay is at Corinthian Casuals.

4/11/06 An
immediate impact as Epsom win a relegation six pointer 3-0 at Dorking against
Bookham. If we had lost, we

would have been 7 points adrift of safety. Admittedly, the
side was Augustine's really, but the result was all important. Pero

scored an easy opener after keeper and defender collided
after half an hour and he rolled the loose ball in and Watson doubled

the lead early in the first half A second yellow card for
a Bookham defender with eight minutes left made the job a little easier

and we sealed the win on 84 when Amfo-Brobbey found Watson
after a good run. Bookham Manager was Glyn Mandeville.

Nov 06 Death
of club stalwart and former Committee member Wilf Smith aged 86. Born 6/8/20.
Had not been at

the club
since it left West Street but had been a helper for 60 years. Funeral at
Randalls Park on 21/11/06.

Nov 06 Wilf
Smith born 6th August 1920 helped in the tea bar in mid thirties - was a
pastry cook at Coombes Bakery in

Twickenham Joined the army in 1940 in the Orkneys before
being posted to Malaya and India as a signals gunner in the Field Artillery

Pat O'Connell was very complimentary about Wilf. He would
do anything that was asked and would never break a confidence.

Stella Lamont
obituary in programme:

No person
served Epsom and Ewell Football Club longer than Wilf.

Wilf was born on the 6th August 1920 and first got
involved with Epsom & Ewell in 1934 assisting his mum in the tea bar.
Later

he ran the tea bar himself. It was after WW2 when he took
on more duties.  First he helped the team on training nights, then he

ran the supporters club and progressed to overseeing the
dressing-room and keeping the football kit in order, laying it out ready

before matches and collecting it ready for away games. In
the seventies and eighties he also served on the club committee.

Managers he
could recall were Jock Whitehead, Peter Norris, Jimmy Smith, Sid Bristow
(trainer/manager),

Pat Lynch (player/manager), Fred Chitty and Tony Williams
(producer of the Non league Football Annual).  The largest gate he

would have
seen was for the 1934 (sic) FA Cup tie against Leytonstone.

Wilf lived in West Street just along the road from the
football club with his wife Betty who also helped at the club. He worked as

a pastry cook at Coombes bakery at
Twickenham. (I can remember some of the pastries he made himself for
special

parties which
were truly exceptional). Alongside football he enjoyed watching horse racing,
boxing, snooker and going

caravanning.

Wilf joined the army in 1940 serving with the artillery
coastal defence in the Orkneys, Bland and Scapa Flow.  He then went to

India & Malaya in the field artillery as
a signals gunner.

His elder
sister married long serving Epsom player Dick "Tug" Wilson and
lived for many years.

Nov 06 Jamie
Hatfield (20) joins from Burgess Hill. He lives locally. Ismael Baker joins
from Egham.

11/11/06 Cobham are defeated 3-0 also, with Simon Hatton
scoring twice, and Daniel Ike scores a great third goal, just after

Darren Brown had been harshly sent off after 78. Hatton
opened the scoring after 25 minutes and he doubled the lead just after

the break.
Daniel Ike scored a spectacular third goal after 83 from wide out on the
right. Jamie Hatfield debut. A

future club
captain. Our first ever clean sheet on this date.

18/11/06 Cove
(H) is not played this day as Banstead needed the pitch. Rearranged for.
28/11/06.

18/11/06
Friendly at Farleigh is p/p. Waterlogged.

21/11/06 First 0-0 draw since January with North Greenford
(H) in an even match. Jon Boswell debut but otherwise unchanged

from the
Cobham win. North Greenford had a player sent off after 82 but this didn't
affect the game.

25/11/06
Sandhurst (A) is p-p. Moved to 30/1/07.

Nov 06 Albert
Ademi leaves club and transfers to CB Hounslow United.

28/11/06 Cove visit and score early, but Epsom respond
with two goals from Watson and Marvell. Although Cove equalise before

HT, Boswell restores the lead almost immediately and Tim
Hurren scores in the second half. Game had originally been planned

for 14/11/06 but was put back. The injured Hatfield and
Maye were replaced by Mark Solomon and Tim Hurren and we conceded

after 6 minutes. It could have been two nil after 9 but
Bourdet saved well and we equalised after 24 after a good run from Ike and
a

great finish from Watson. Marvell scored after 40 from the
penalty spot after a foul on Pero but Cove scored a penalty of their own

right on the 45 minute mark but in five minutes of injury
time we retook the lead through Boswell from a good Ike cross Tim

Hurren scored
a fourth with a shot after 61 minutes.

1/12/06 former
player Mazin Ahmed joins Molesey from Kingstonian.

3/12/06 future
player this season Niall Connery joins Kingstonian from AFC Wimbledon.

Dec 06 Lyndon
Buckwell is awarded the Southern Counties Radio Manager of the Month award
for November.

Dec 06 League
advise that Epsom have not applied for promotion this season. Deadline was
30/11/06.

2/12/06
Chertsey are beaten 2-1 with a comedy own goal at the covered end at Merland
Rise. Deserved winners though.

We had a good record on this day in history but a poor one
against Chertsey. However, an unchanged side opened the scoring

after 14 when
Pero received a long kick from Bourdet. They equalised after 36 but they
scored the winner for us after 76.

Watson's shot hit the bar but the oncoming defender tried
to chest the rebound and clear. However, he chested it too strongly

and in trying to clear could only rifle the ball into the
roof of the net. It had almost certainly gone over the line by this time
anyway.

9/12/06 A brave Adam Pero header is the difference between
the sides at Krooner Park as Epsom defeat Camberley 1-0. The goal

came after 71
minutes of a game with few chances although Epsom just shaded it.

12/12/06
future player Carlton Murray-Price leaves Whyteleafe to join Croydon
Athletic.

12/12/06 Chertsey gain revenge with a last minute winner
in a SSC tie at Banstead which they win 3-2 after Epsom had led 2-1

with 15 minutes remaining. Just ten days after their last
visit we threw on some fringe players for this game and they led after
17

but Marvell sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot
after 24 following a foul on Pero. With 75 minutes gone Hurren limped
off

but his replacement Simon Hatton scored with a header
within a minute of taking the field. A scrambled equaliser after 84 and

a good finish
after 91 enabled Chertsey to win from a losing position.

16/12/06
Chessington (H) is p-p as they have a Vase tie. Moved to 6/2/07.

Dec 06 future
player Joe Paris joins Kingstonian from AFC Wimbledon.

Dec 06 future
player Alex McGregor transfers from Bookham to Chessington & Hook United.

Dec 06 Future
Epsom player Robbie Burns transfers from Chipstead to Chessington & Hook
United.

Dec 06 future
player Terry Fennessy moves from Chessington & Hook to Banstead Athletic.

Dec 06 Albert
Ademi joins CB Hounslow

Dec 06 Lyndon
Buckwell Manager of Month for November on Southern Counties Radio

23/12/06 Poor game at Ash, but two late goals flattered
the hosts as they won 3-0. Only a first half penalty harshly awarded for

handball
split the sides with five minutes remaining. Two goals after 78 and 91 put a
gloss on the scoreline.

26/12/06 Lyndon Buckwell takes the field as Epsom lead
early at Banstead, in the traditional local derby, but Banstead get a

deserved equaliser with about twenty minutes remaining
after a lot of pressure. Buckwell breaks the record for the longest spell

between first
team appearances. Kick off was 12.00. Peter Solomon scored after 7 but an
equaliser after 79 was fair.

30/12/06
Dorking (H) is p-p. Moved to 3/4/07.

Dec 06 former Chairman Beau Reynolds dies aged 86. Joined
us in 1976 along with wife Gemini and was one of those responsible

for the colour programmes from 1976/77. Installed by Ray
Bloye in place of Graham Peacock as he was keen to get involved with

the board at Crystal Palace and Bloye who was Chairman
there wanted to test him out it appears. He never got on to the board

there but became Chairman at Worthing as well as having
time at Wimbledon and Leatherhead. He died over the Christmas period

and had been
ill for some time according to the Isthmian League Bulletin.

6/1/07
Merstham (H) is p-p. Moved to 17/4/07

13/1/07
Colliers Wood (A) is p-p. Moved to 21/2/07.

Jan 07 Alex
McGregor joins Chessington & Hook from Bookham

Jan 07 Robbie
Burns joins Chessington & Hook from Chipstead

Jan 07 Terry
Fennessy joins Banstead afrom Chessington & Hook

Jan 07 Charlie
West joins Dorking from Cobham

Jan 07 Adam Pero leaves for Brook House. Ismael Baker is
released by the club due to internal disciplinary reasons. Youth

teamers Daniel Davies and Julian van Gelder have
transferred to Merstham. Dave Tidy has joined to replace the departing
Pierre

Bourdet who
was allegedly going to have trials with three Scottish League teams and a
Conference side. Tidy joins from

Corinthian Casuals. Scott Murphy joins from Woking
Academy. Jon Boswell is staying until the end of the season as the loan

from AFC
Wimbledon is extended. Phil N'gbale has a broken hand.

20/1/07 A
great goal from Anthony (Freddie) Myers sees off bottom club Bedfont 1-0 at
Merland Rise. It was a tight game

and the
strike that won it after 29 minutes was deserving as he cut in and hit the
ball from the right into the top corner.

21/1/07
Dorking and Colliers Wood are both deducted points for fielding ineligible
players and Epsom rise two places!

27/1/07 Epsom concede a goal in the last quarter of the
match at Reading Town in a game that deserved no goals. Hurren was

injured so Solomon moved back into defence. Reading Town
hit the post in the first half but there was little between them and

they scored
the winner after 70 which Dave Tidy got a piece of, but was unable to prevent
from trickling into the corner.

30/1/07 A great goal from Dale Marvell saw Epsom level at
HT, but they slipped up 2-1 to an 84th minute winner at Sandhurst.

We conceded after 30 following a foul by young defender
Dan Cunningham but Marvell struck from a long way out in first half

injury time. The winning goal had an element of handball
in it as a player controlled and then shot against the bar before the
ball

was headed in
by another player.

Jan 07 Niall
Connery joins on loan from Kingstonian.

Jan 07 future player Charlie West was at Merstham earlier
this season but League now advise that he has transferred from

Cobham to
Dorking.

Jan 07 Future
player Allan Smillie moves from Egham Town to Chertsey Town.

2/2/07 former
player Simon Huckle moves from Met Police to Kingstonian.

3/2/07 A fortunate equaliser enabled Epsom to scrape a
home 1-1 draw with Bookham. A fussy ref didn't help. Bookham went

down to ten men after 60 for a second yellow following
retaliation to a Boswell challenge (he was also booked). However a
thirty

yard shot went in off the bar after 76 and we were in
trouble, but an equaliser on 81 which originally looked like an own goal
but

was a
defender's header that rebounded in off Myers saved a point.

6/2/07
Chessington & Hook win 2-0 at Merland Rise with two first half goals
after 30 and 45.

9/2/07 former
player Jon Boswell moves from AFC Wimbledon to Godalming Town.

10/2/07 Egham
(A) is p-p. Moved to 13/3/07.

Feb 07 Advised that the away game at Bedfont Green is to
be moved from 9th April to 23rd April as Yeading have a home game

that day and Bedfont Green groundshare there. As it turns
out, the game is to be played at Avenue Park, their main ground on

the A40
previously used by Viking Sports amongst other teams.

Feb 07 Ben
Hayward joins club from Banstead Athletic

Feb 07 Julian
van Gelder leaves club for Merstham.

14/2/07
Guildford C (A) is p-p. Moved to 7/3/07.

Feb 07 Ollie
Dicks joins from Bookham.

17/2/07 This was statistically Epsom's worst ever day in
history but after trailing early to Sandhurst, a N'gbale equaliser from

long range just before HT made it 1-1. The goal was from
almost exactly the same position on the field and the same time as

Dale Marvell's equaliser at Sandhurst, and both goals went
past the same keeper. Scott Murphy rounded off a fine second half

team
performance with the winning goal early in the second half. Sandhurst had
gone ahead after 37 and they had a goal

disallowed for
handball after 41.

21/2/07 An absolute shocker at Colliers Wood where Epsom
were dispatched 3-0 with ease. Some supporters also had cars

broken into outside the ground in the first half. Jamie
Buckley 200th appearance. Goals after 30, 42 and 61 on a bad night.

24/2/07 Raynes
Park (A) is p-p. Moved to 2/5/07.

Feb 07 future
player Adam Cheadle moves from Banstead Athletic to Cobham.

3/3/07 Bedfont
Green is p-p. Waterlogged. Moved to 5/4/07.

7/3/07 After a two week break Epsom produced their worst
performance of the season losing 4-0 at Guildford City. HT was 3-0

and was one of the worst halves of football ever witnessed
by supporters. A last minute goal rounded off the scoring. Goals came

after 5, 42 and in first half injury time. The second half
was improved and Guildford's fourth goal again came in injury time and

from distance.
Ben Hayward debut.

10/3/07 A vast improvement saw Epsom lead twice at
Meadowbank, but settle for a 2-2 draw. We led after 20 when Charlie West

scored his first goal for the club from an N'gbale cross.
Peter Solomon had a goal disallowed but it was not clear what for.
Dorking

equalised right on HT although Marvell put us back ahead
after 58 again from an N'gbale cross. However Dorking drew level a

second time
after 78 with a bit of a route 1 type of goal.

13/3/07 Poor game at Egham finishes 0-0 mainly due to
Egham's poor shooting although Tidy had to tip one effort on to the bar.

Mar 07 Mark
King joins from Banstead Athletic.

17/3/07 Epsom went 1-0 down early and then had Freddie
Myers sent off for an elbow after only about 12 minutes. However,

Epsom fought back to lead 2-1 and looked comfortable
winners before a late equaliser by Cove which they had not looked like

scoring since they had taken the lead some eighty minutes
earlier. We had feared the worst after conceding on ten and the

sending off on eighteen but the possible injustice
inspired Epsom to greater heights in the second half and Hatton scored
from

Marvell's cross after 50 and he scored again after 57 from
a Scott Murphy pass. We nearly scored a third and were totally in

control yet
somehow let one in as we were in injury time.

It also transpires that Cove played an ineligible player
against us. They lose a point, but we might have won all three. Frustrating!

20/3/07
Champions elect Chipstead visit, and although they deserved their win, they
had to wait until the 64th minute

to claim the
only goal of the game.

Mar 07 former player and coach Russell Banyard and former
player James Deacons are at Banstead Athletic this season.

Mar 07 Adam
Pero leaves club to return to Egham Town.

Mar 07 future
player Mark Jarman moves from Guildford City to Bookham.

Mar 07 Ben
Hayward joins from Banstead

Mar 07 Julian
van Gelder leaves for Merstham

Mar 07 Ollie
Dicks joins from Bookham

Mar 07 Adam
Cheadle joins Cobham from Banstead

Mar 07 Joe
Frimpong Sheerwater to RPV

22/3/07 Lyndon
Buckwell and wife Lucy celebrate the birth of Evelyn Carol Buckwell 6lbs 7oz.

24/3/07 A windy day at Wembley saw Epsom behind after 30
despite having the wind, and they then conceded a second from a

penalty after 40 which Oliver Dicks was sent off for his
reaction. It wasn't a penalty in my opinion. Three goals followed in a

one sided
second half, although two of these were very late, as the ten men defended
well.

28/3/07 match
v Dorking is brought forward one week from 03/04/07 so Banstead could play a
home match v Egham.

28/3/07 A 2-0 loss at home to Dorking extends Epsom's
goalless run to 302 minutes. We were behind after just 3 minutes when

Hatfield was penalised for a foul and the penalty was
converted. We had chances but were made to pay for not taking them after

56. Former Epsom player Joe Loyza was the man fouled for
the penalty while their second goal was scored by future player

James Earp.

Apr 07 Mark
King joins from Banstead

Apr 07 Mark
Jarman joins Bookham from Guildford City

Apr 07 Adam
Pero returns to Egham

Apr 07 Craig
Prendergast playing for Sheerwater

5/4/07 On a
Thursday night Epsom defeated Bedfont Green 1-0 with a fine individual goal
from Dale Marvell after 21. Alex

Rodrigues
debut. A future club captain.

7/4/07 Bedfont
Green (A) is p-p as their pitch at Yeading is double booked. Moved to
24/4/07.

9/4/07 The
Easter Monday game with Banstead was drawn 0-0. It was fairly even.

14/4/07 A
poor 1-2 home defeat by Camberley. Their second goal was right on the 90
minutes, but there was still time for

a Dale Marvell penalty at the end. An even game that was
definitely poor, but neither team deserved the points. They had led
after

33 with a
shot that barely crept over the line before Hayward was able to clear it. Our
penalty was awarded for handball.

17/4/07 An impressive Merstham visit and come away with an
easy 3-0 victory, although it was goalless at HT before a Tidy error

(punching a cross in at the near post) after 52 opened the
floodgates. Further goals followed after 76 and 87. Merstham would fail

to catch
Chipstead this season but next season would be their greatest.

21/4/07 Lifeless 3-0 loss at Cobham, even though they had
a player sent off after 42 minutes, Epsom made no headway at all and

were really poor. They led 1-0 after 24 but almost
straight after the sending off we conceded again (44). A third followed
midway

through the
second half as Epsom just played out time. Zach Powell debut. Promoted from
the Youth team.

24/4/07 The Bedfont Green game is played at Bedfont
Green's Avenue Park ground, (that used to belong to Viking Sports along

the A40), which might not seem odd, but they had been
groundsharing at Yeading all season before then! A goal in each half (31

& 89), and
a dreadful open goal miss from Freddie Myers at 1-0 summed the game up.

28/4/07 Epsom are on another scoreless run again as
Colliers Wood win 2-0 at Merland Rise. Unfortunately Philip N'gbale is

sent off again after responding to another verbal remark,
kicking out at the player after he had been sent off. The first half was

goalless but a Colliers Wood player was then sent off at
the start of the second half for dissent. Powell hit the bar with a
fierce

drive after 69 but we went behind after 71 and the points
were sealed with another in the final minutes just before N'gbale's
fourth

red card of
the season. It would be three and a half years before he would play for the
first team again.

2/5/07 Epsom finish on a high after trailing to a long
range strike on the half hour at Raynes Park, they fought back and
Daniel

Ike equalised after 41 (ending a goalless run of 311
minutes) from a low Myers cross. A great individual run and strike from

Marvell after
55 clinched the points, but should have been added to in the remaining
minutes.

May 07
Problems loom at the club as Ian Grant says that the budget will be cut by
nearly half. This appears to cause

dissention within the Committee and two people stand for
the vacant Chairman's position after Pete Lumm announces that he

will take a
season out. The proposed cut does not occur.

11/5/07
Presentation Evening at Banstead Athletic. Club dispenses with the
"posh" venue theory as it is described in the

programme.

Player of the
Year: Dale Marvell

Players Player
of the Year: Dale Marvell

Reserve Team
Player of the Year: Jonathan Sexton

Players Player
of the Year: Jonathan Sexton

Most Improved
Player Award: Tim Hurren

Reserves:   Suburban League South Division

Position

15th Out of 16

Manager:

Neal Hallac

replaced in November by Matt Tebbutt.

SLC

1st

Molesey

2-2+ lost 0-3 pens

SPC

1st

Ashford Tn (Mx)

0-2

29/7/06 Double header against Three Bridges at Furnace
Green and reserves lost 2-0, conceding after 41 and a 65th minute

penalty for a
foul by Steve Savage clinched the result. Tim Farrington was in goal for
nearly all of both games.

12/8/06 The
final pre-season friendly results in a 4-1 defeat at Harefield United. Our
scorer is unknown.

19/8/06 Epsom's opening match saw a 10-1 defeat at
Tonbridge. They would draw the return match eventually 3-3! We were

behind as early as the third minute and it was 3-0 at HT.
Darren Brown's header reduced the arrears after 48 but the remaining

seven goals
all came in the last half hour of the match.

21/8/06 Seven changes to the side after the Tonbridge
defeat and there was an improvement even though Tooting & Mitcham

won 3-0 at Merland Rise. We were a goal down after 7
minutes after Farrington was unable to hold a shot. A harsh penalty for

handball after
64 and a third goal after 66 ended our resistance.

30/8/06 Epsom
travelled to Raynes Park Vale on a Wednesday night and recorded their first
point. They led after 60 and

deservedly so, but they switched off after the goal and
Epsom got back into the match, and John Baah (formerly known as

Oppong-Baah) hit the bar after 72 before we equalised on
84 when Pritchard took advantage as the keeper misjudged Dean

Fullerton's
cross.

2/9/06 Epsom
manage a respectable 2-0 defeat from their trip to Lewes.

4/9/06 Merstham defeat us 4-2 at Merland Rise. They were
lucky to go ahead after two minutes with a shot that was deflected

past Ademi but Pritchard equalised after 18 as he followed
up a Baah shot. They led again after 30 from a direct free kick but we

were level a second time after 47 when Baah finished off
after his original shot was blocked. Merstham went ahead for good after

56 and secured
the points in the 68th minute.

9/9/06 Epsom lead twice, once in extra time but Molesey
fight back to draw 2-2 and we were embarrassingly beaten 3-0 on

penalties.

16/9/06 Epsom led 2-0 but had to settle for a 2-2 draw at
Chipstead's High Road ground. New signing Richard Lyle scored both

goals.

23/9/06 Another draw, this time at Walton Casuals who had
six booked and one player sent off. Jamie Watson opened the

scoring midway through the first half, although the
dispute and protest over whether the ball had crossed the bye line before
it

was crossed in, was enough to cause the sending off.
Despite the advantage we conceded a late equaliser when caught in

possession on
the edge of our own area.

30/9/06 Epsom defeat Camberley Town 2-1 at Krooner Park
although they led after 8 minutes from a free kick. Watson hit the

post soon after from Adam Pero's cross and we made lots of
chances before finally equalising after 48 through Pero and his free

kick five minutes later was not held by the keeper and
Watson pounced on the loose ball for what proved to be the winner.

4/10/06 Epsom depart the Surrey Premier Cup in Middlesex
by losing 2-0 at Ashford Town (Middx). The goals came either side

of half time.
Originally scheduled in Bulletin for the day before but definitely played
this day.

Oct 06 Epsom request a switch of their trip to Burgess
Hill as we are at home to them just 5 days before. The League give us a

trip to Horley
instead on 21/10/06.

7/10/06 Epsom slip up 3-2 at Haywards Heath Town,
conceding after 3 but we were level after Ike's cross was headed in by

Enver Hasa after 35. We went behind again on the hour but
we had two decent penalty shouts before equalising after 65 when

Joseph Maye volleyed in from ten yards out. However we
could not hold on and conceded again after 75 and Hasa was sent

off after 88
minutes for kicking out.

14/10/06 AFC
Wimbledon defeat Epsom 9-0 this day in a match played at Croydon Athletic's
Mayfields ground.

16/10/06 Epsom are defeated 2-9 at home by Burgess Hill,
making 18 goals in just over 48 hours! Goals came regularly after

17, 22 and 26. Enver Hasa reduced the arrears after 44
with a header but the HT score was 4-1. Lyle scored after 47 but five more

goals
followed, coming after 67, 75, 77, 83 and 85.

21/10/06 Reserves lose narrowly at Horley. Enver Hasa is
sent off for a second time in three matches for kicking an opponent. He

would not play
for the club again.

28/10/06 No
game for Reserves.

4/11/06 Epsom get a good 3-3 draw at Merstham Many youth
team players played and the Youth team Managers Steve Butt and

Derek Rogers were in charge this day along with Matt
Tebbutt. Ben Radford had scored for Epsom in a first half that had ended

1-1 and Ruben Lavrado scored two in the second half, the
last of which put us 3-2 up. However, due to a shortage of subs and

injuries
sustained we finished with 9 men and Merstham scored an equaliser.

6/11/06 Epsom lose at home to bottom club East Grinstead
2-1. They now hang precariously near the bottom. Epsom played

seven of the
eleven that had started at Bookham for the first team on 4/11/06 while East
Grinstead also played many first

team regulars. We were behind after 16 seconds and further
behind after 8 minutes, both from defensive errors. We reduced the

arrears after
23 when Pero cut the ball back to Watson who scored but we created few good
chances in the second half.

11/11/06 First Epsom & Ewell Colts player to play for
Epsom & Ewell. Ed Humphries (16) called up at short notice. He made

his debut this day as Epsom led after 30 minutes from an
Ismael Baker penalty but two goals in the last twenty minutes gave the

hosts all
three points.

20/11/06 Epsom lose 2-3 at home to Molesey despite leading
twice. Andy Amfo-Brobbey scored after 20 minutes but they won a

soft penalty after 41. We went back in front after 75 when
the keeper parried an Amfo-Brobbey shot and Julian Phillips was there

to put the
loose ball in, but Molesey were level again after 80 and took the lead with
three minutes remaining.

2/12/06 Epsom
have two Daniel Nicholls goals disallowed in a 2-0 defeat at Tooting &
Mitcham in the Suburban League.

4/12/06
Tonbridge (H) is p/p. Waterlogged.

14/12/06
Hastily arranged match in Suburban League for 16th Dec v Lewes (H).

16/12/06 Lewes
(H) is p/p. Waterlogged.

27/1/07 Epsom defeat East Grinstead 2-1 and gain revenge
for the 2-1 defeat at Merland Rise earlier in the season. Zach Powell

put us ahead midway through the first half and although
the home side equalised in the second half Daniel Nicholls scored the

winner.

5/2/07 Camberley take an undeserved point with a penalty
six minutes from time at Merland Rise. We should have been three

up by HT but a Simon Hatton tap in after 26 from a Powell
corner was all we had to show for our dominance. Nicholls hit the bar

from 30 yards
in the second half at 1-0.

10/2/07
Burgess Hill (A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

19/2/07 AFC Wimbledon are far too good and win 10-1 at
Merland Rise. Epsom played Dale Marvell who was suspended at the

weekend. We
didn't concede until the 29th minute and frequent goals followed. It was 5-0
at HT and 7-0 by the time

Ryan O'Sullivan scored from 25 yards after 54. Andy
Amfo-Brobbey was injured after 70 but we had already used our three subs

and keeper Tim Farrington was also injured after 76 when
conceding the eighth goal so we finished with Mark Styles taking the

jersey on and
nine men completed the match.

26/2/06 Horley
(H) is p-p. Moved to 12/3/07.

3/3/07 The Molesey match managed to survive the weather
despite puddles on the pitch but they soon disappeared. Radford

had a goal disallowed for offside after 6 and we were
behind after 13 and it was 2-0 after 26 and 3-0 after 29. Nicholls got a
goal

back after 37 after a good run and low shot, and as the
game neared the end Radford scored with a curling shot from the edge of

the area. We
nearly got a point after 87 following a scramble and blocked shots.

5/3/07 Lewes
(H) is p-p. Waterlogged. Moved to 30/4/07.

12/3/07 A 1-0 win at home to Horley is the first home win
of the season for the reserves. Daniel Nicholls scored the goal after 20

minutes when a
Powell shot was fumbled by the keeper.

16/3/07
Burgess Hill (A) is not played as their ground is being used for a
representative match.

19/3/07 Two goals in the second half from Daniel Nicholls
help Epsom to a 2-1 win at home to Raynes Park Vale. Game delayed

by 15 minutes as a blizzard obliterated the line markings
which needed to be cleared. A Vale equaliser came in between our

goals.

24/3/07 Epsom are held 1-1 by Haywards Heath Town at
Merland Rise. They led  in the first
half but we equalised in the second

through Henri
Kousso-Doua and nearly won it.

26/3/07 Epsom draw 1-1 with Walton Casuals at Merland
Rise. It was goalless at half time but we broke through on 48 when

Radford latched on to a header and smashed the ball in
from 30 yards off the crossbar. We should have scored again in the

62nd minute but from the resultant goal kick they
equalised and they had good chances to take the lead before Kousso-Doua

hit the
outside of the post near the end.

2/4/07 Regular keeper Tim Farrington is injured after 3
minutes and James Elsey took his place. Drew 0-0 at home to Godalming.

There were very few chances in the match. Farrington went
to hospital with his injured knee and would never play for the club again.

12/4/07 Epsom had a narrow 1-0 defeat at Champions elect
Burgess Hill. Their goal came in the second half and they had a

player sent
off in the last ten minutes for violent conduct, while Joseph Maye also had a
red card for retaliating.

16/4/07 Epsom recover from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 at home to
Tonbridge Angels and nearly pinched a win. We were behind after

32 but a good run and shot from Radford levelled things up
after 36. We gifted a second goal after 43 and another goal went in

after 48 by way of a deflection that looped over new
keeper James Daly. An N'gbale shot after 54 was saved but knocked in by

a defender
who couldn't avoid the ball, and Tommy Kavanagh's volley after 74 found the
top corner of the net.

23/4/07
Chipstead win 3-1 at Epsom in last game of the season.

We conceded after 12 after a miscommunication between
Karapinar and Daly and it was 2-0 by HT. A third came after 59.

Chipstead mispen (SAVE) after a handball by Karapinar
which saw him red carded and we went down the other end and scored a

consolation
through Elsey. Lewes (our final opponents) say they are unable to fulfil
their remaining fixtures.

30/4/07 It
wasn't the last game though as the Lewes game was resurrected at Merland
Rise, with Lewes recovering

a 2-0 deficit to force a 2-2 draw with almost the last
kick. We led after 29 through Daniel Nicholls and he scored again after
48.

However a goal
for Lewes after 79 made it a bit closer and they equalised with a header from
a free kick after 91.

Youth Team:
Southern Youth League East Division.

Position

5th out of 9

SYLC

QF

Sutton United

0-3

SMFC

2nd

Carshalton Ath

0-1

GMLC

1st

Cove

withdrew after losing first leg 4-2

FAYC

3q

Ramsgate

3-3+

lost on pens 5-4

2/8/06 First friendly of the season results in a 1-1 draw
at home to Carshalton Athletic. We led after 11 when Conteh bundled the

ball in. They
equalised with a couple of minutes remaining.

7/8/06 Late winner against Croydon who are defeated 3-2 at
Merland Rise. We were behind after 6 minutes but were level after 18

when Chris Monk received the ball and scored at the second
attempt after his first effort was blocked. Matt Keddo put us ahead

after 57 but
Croydon made it 2-2 after 81. Zach Powell volleyed in the winner from a
corner with one minute remaining.

15/8/06 Youths
win 3-2 at AFC Wimbledon on their training ground at Kingston University in
Tolworth.

17/8/06 A 12th minute free kick from Zach Powell from 30
yards out was the difference between the sides. Very few chances.

23/8/06 Final friendly is drawn 0-0 against Croydon
Athletic played on the neighbouring pitch at Crescent Rovers. Game played
in

torrential
rain.

6/9/06 Colliers Wood league game is moved from Wibbandune
to Merland Rise with the return at Colliers Wood on 17/1/07.

6/9/06 Game is drawn 1-1 Colliers Wood took a 43rd minute
lead but Conteh chipped the keeper from 12 yards out after 55. Zach

Powell's free
kick from 30 yards hit the crossbar after 62.

Sept 06
Ashford Town (Middx) (H) is brought forward from 21/3/07 to 13/9/06 as
Godalming league match scheduled

for 13/9/06 is
p-p for F.A. Youth Cup.

13/9/06 Epsom defeat Ashford Town 3-0. We took the lead
after 25 when Reuben Lavrado bundled the ball in and he scored again

after 42 with a chip from the edge of the box. We scored a
third in the final minute when Alwyn Dixon's shot went straight to

Monk who
tapped in from close range.

Sept 06 Cobham (H) moved from 14/02/07 to 20/09/06 so we
can have another competitive fixture before the F.A. Youth Cup.

20/9/06 Epsom defeat Cobham 2-1 at Merland Rise. Following
a minute's silence for Dave Wilson Cobham started brighter but it

was goalless at the half. We took the lead after 48 when
Powell scored and Lavrado scored an individual second after 73. There

was then a delay for the keeper who was injured and from
the restart we were caught napping and it was 2-1. Monk missed a

good chance
near the end but we held on anyway.

27/9/06 Youth Team edge past Dover in extra time 2-0. A
very tight game that could have gone either way, although Epsom were

the better
side. They now play Oakwood in 2q with Ramsgate or Whyteleafe (A) for the
winners.

We thought we had gone ahead after 104 when a Sam Braggins
corner dropped over everyone and appeared to cross the line

after hitting the far post but we took the lead four
minutes later when Lavrado converted a Mark Frimpong pass. As they
pushed

forward we
caught them on the counter attack and won a penalty after 117 which Dan
Cunningham scored.

4/10/06 Friendly against Colts u-16s is narrowly won 3-2.
A few trialling and fringe players were used, but closer than Steve Butt

probably expected. We were behind after 12 but Lavrado
equalised after 44 and we took the lead on the hour when Jerson Dos

Santos scored with a flying header. Peter Alkass extended
the lead after 73 but the colts got a second four minutes into injury

time. Was
Jerson Dos Santos related to Danny or Ivan? Almost certainly.

Oct 06 Epsom receive bye to qf's in Grant McLellan League
Cup but then have to play Cove instead who were late entrants.

11/10/06 Two late goals saw Epsom build a 2-0 lead at
Oakwood in FAYC 2q and a late consolation caused little damage.

We finally led after 70 when Akiotu found Conteh with a
cross and he headed it in. We had another disallowed for offside after
78

but a great
solo run by Lavrado after 82 clinched the win, despite the late reply.

14/10/06 Behind closed doors training session match is won
against Oakwood. Reported on web by Rob Oakes. No other details.

15/10/06
Youth played friendly against Queens Park under 19's a touring side from
Perth, Western Australia. Drew 3-3.

18/10/06 Epsom won 3-1 at Ashford Town (Middx) and led
after just 2 minutes when Conteh's cross was knocked in by Lavrado

and a defender. We extended the lead after 27 when the
keeper rushed out but missed a kick and Lavrado rolled the ball in. We

began to look tired but had another Conteh effort
disallowed for offside after 71. We got a third goal after 74 when
Cunningham's

free kick was
headed onto the bar by Dos Santos and Lavrado scored from the rebound.
Ashford got an injury time goal.

Godalming beat
Cobham 4-0 this evening so Epsom lose top spot on goal difference despite the
win!

25/10/06 Epsom depart the Youth Cup on penalties at
Ramsgate after a 3-3 draw which looked unlikely as Epsom trailed 3-0 at

HT. They would
have been away to Brighton, where Ramsgate were crushed 6-0. Prog - Y

We were two nil down after 5 minutes and a third followed
in injury time. I remarked to Pete Lumm that did he fancy penalties

tonight, and
incredibly we started to fight back. Lavrado reduced the arrears on 53 with a
shot that took a deflection, then

Frimpong was fouled in the area after 60 and Cunningham
scored the penalty. After 64 we were level as Powell fed Lavrado again.

Both teams had chances but on a wet day we couldn't follow
Cunningham's example of how to take penalties and a couple were

skied over the
bar. Ramsgate won 5-4 after 7 penalties each.

8/11/06 Epsom defeat Leatherhead with a single goal scored
after 9 minutes when Lavrado headed in an Alex Bailey corner.  We

are now top of
the table again following Godalming's 0-0 draw with Ashford Town a week
previously.

16/11/06
Cobham (A) is p/p. Waterlogged.

22/11/06 Carshalton progress in the Surrey Midweek
Floodlit Cup with a 1-0 win in this second round tie. The goal came after
47

and although
Powell clipped the top of the bar from distance it was a deserved win.

29/11/06
First home defeat in SYL to Kingstonian by 1-2. Ivan Dos Santos is sent off
as Epsom blow a half time lead.

Lavrado had
put us ahead. Dos Santos was sent off for conceding the winning penalty which
was harsh.

Nov 06
Staines advise that the youth fixture at Wheatsheaf Lane has been moved from
6th to 7th December.

7/12/06 Game
at Staines is p-p anyway!

13/12/06
Godalming Town (A) is p-p so the Grant McLellan Cup First Round, First Leg v
Cove can be played instead.

13/12/06 First
leg of Grant-McLellan Youth Cup is switched to Epsom from Cove, but Epsom
still lose 4-2.

Cove led after 13 and scored again after 15. Cunningham
reduced the deficit with a shot from 45 yards after 39 minutes and

equalised after 50 when Dixon finished off Keddo's shot.
However we then went behind again after 55 and another on 63 put

Cove in pole
position for the return leg.

Jan 07 The
second leg of the Grant McLellan match v Cove is scheduled for 10/01/07 is
moved to 24/01/07.

16/1/07 The year starts well with a 3-0 win at Colliers
Wood just three days after the first team fixture was postponed there.
We

were ahead after 5 minutes when Powell's free kick clipped
the underside of the bar and bounced down. Although Ivan Dos Santos

made sure with a header, it was adjudged to have crossed
the line already. Omar Darweesh made it 2-0 from Lavrado's pass just

before HT. Wood had a goal disallowed for handball after
42 but they then lost their keeper after 48 to an injury he had
aggravated.

With no sub keeper this gave us an advantage although Wood
nearly equalised soon after while Cunningham was off receiving

treatment. As the pitch cut up the game deteriorated but
we scored a third in injury time when a poor back pass stuck in the

mud and
Darweesh scored his second goal on his debut.

24/1/07 Cove (A) in Grant McLellan Cup is p-p.
Waterlogged.  The second leg is never
played due to the weather so Cove advance.

1/2/07 Epsom record another 3-0 win at Cobham. We should
have been ahead after 17 but took the lead five minutes later when

Lavrado scored with a diving header. We doubled the lead
on 37 when Cunningham met a Powell corner with a looping header.

Within 30 seconds of the second half commencing Darweesh
intercepted and set up Lavrado for the third goal. Cobham hit the

bar after 67
and 82 as we relaxed a bit and Alex Sale pushed a shot onto the bar  right at the end.

4/2/07 Friendly at Kingston University Sports Ground v AFC
Wimbledon but a depleted side just play ten men to start and

concede five times in the second half to lose 5-0. We then
had to go down to nine men after 60 as keeper Ed Humphries had a

game for the Colts under 16's next door! Sam Braggins took
over in goal with the score still at 1-0. With ten minutes remaining we

were down to eight players as Alkass limped off with a
hamstring injury at 3-0 and in the final minute Alfred Akiotu also limped
off

so we finished
with seven! AFC Wimbledon then scored their fifth goal.

7/2/07 Epsom record a fine 2-1 victory at Guildford City
in the SYLC 2 IT was goalless at HT although they had hit the bar with a

free kick but we improved after the break and led after 72
when Lavrado's run and cross was knocked in from close range by

Darweesh. They then equalised after 76. They had hit the
bar but we had then cleared the ball only for it to come straight back

over the top and the striker knocked it past Sale. It was
looking like extra time on a freezing night but Lavrado ran on to Dos

Santos's pass
and scored.

Despite the
good season this was our last win as we would lose all of our last seven
competitive matches!

14/2/07
Godalming Town (H) is p-p. Waterlogged.

27/2/07 Sutton
United (A) is p-p. Waterlogged. Moved to 5/3/07.

29/2/07
Leatherhead (A) is p-p. Moved to 27/3/07.

5/3/07 Youth lose 3-0 at Gander Green Lane to Sutton Youth
in QF of Southern Youth League Cup. We started well but went

behind to their first real attack after 16 minutes and it
was 2-0 after 19. A third followed after 70 as we went down with a bit of
a

whimper.
Sutton mispen (BAR) after 76.

14/3/07 A second friendly against the Colts under 16s
resulted in another narrow victory, requiring an injury time winner from
Henri

Kousso-Doua. Ed Humphries played well as the Colts took a
half time lead but Conteh equalised after 50 from a Powell corner.

19/3/07 Epsom go down 2-0 at Godalming. A late arrival
didn't help and Rob Oakes' report says we conceded after just 9 seconds

after an error
by Dos Santos. Another followed at the close of the first half.

27/3/07 Title hopes are gone as we are defeated 2-1 at
Leatherhead. We were behind after 17 and a second followed after 19.

Lavrado took
advantage of a keeper error to reduce the arrears after 67 but we didn't play
well.

4/4/07 Epsom are defeated by Godalming again who win 2-1
at Merland Rise. They led after 20 and a second followed quickly

again as it was 2-0 after 25. Akiotu converted a penalty
after 67 when Dixon was fouled in the act of scoring. Another clearer

penalty shout wasn't awarded and the keeper was very lucky
to only have a yellow card against him at the end of the day.

11/4/07 Epsom are defeated by champions elect Warlingham
at Merland Rise. It was our fifth successive loss. We took the lead

after 10 when James Kelly headed the ball in at the back
post but they were level within a minute. Warlingham cleared an Epsom

chance off the line after 34 and they took the lead after
36 with a third goal following after 38. Little happened in the second half
but

this wasn't a
bad performance against a team that would remain unbeaten for the whole
league season.

17/4/07 Staines were 2-0 up at HT but although we pulled a
goal back through Lavrado after 65 Staines were the deserved

winners and
could have scored more.

23/4/07 Youth lose 1-0 at Merstham to Warlingham in a game
played at Merstham's Moatside ground. The goal came in the

first half.

Two outstanding matches are not played (as are quite a few
others) and they are all classed as 0-0 draws by SYL. Very odd, as

there was
plenty of time to play them. These are Kingstonian (A) and Staines Town (H).

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

Scorers & Notes

25/07/2006

Croydon

H

4-2

3-1

N

30

Hatton
(2), Pritchard, Palmer

29/07/2006

Three Bridges

A

2-1

1-1

N

20

Hatton, Talling

29/07/2006

Three Bridges

A

0-2

0-1

N

RES

01/08/2006

Ruislip Manor

H

0-3

0-2

N

25

02/08/2006

Carshalton Athletic

H

1-1

1-0

N

YTH

Conteh

07/08/2006

Croydon

H

3-2

1-1

N

YTH

Monk,
Keddo, Powell

12/08/2006

Harefield United

A

1-4

0-2

N

RES

?

15/08/2006

AFC Wimbledon

A

3-2

1-1

N

YTH

?

17/08/2006

Chipstead

A

1-0

1-0

N

YTH

Powell

23/08/2006

Croydon Ath

A

0-0

0-0

N

YTH

@ Crescent Rovers

04/10/2006

E & E Colts (u-16)

H

3-2

1-1

N

YTH

Lavrado,
Dos Santos,

Alkass

15/10/2006

Queens Park

H

3-3

2-1

N

YTH

o.g.,
Bailey, Dixon

04/02/2007

AFC Wimbledon

A

0-5

0-0

YTH

14/03/2007

E & E Colts (u-16)

H

2-1

0-1

N

YTH

Conteh,
Kousso-Doua