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CCPR

4th Out of 22

Highest League finish since 1984.

FAC

1q

Burgess Hill

2-5

FAV

1st

Chichester City Utd

0-2

CCLC

1st

Dorking

1-2

SSC

SF

Ashford Town (Middx)

1-4

ESHC

never played

Home
Ground:

Banstead Athletic F.C.

Manager

Lyndon Buckwell

Asst - Tony Coombe

President

Stella Lamont

Secretary

Maryse Oakes

Fixture / Match Secretary -

Rob Oakes

Chairman

Tony Jeffcoate

v-c - Albert Bullen

Treasurer

Rob Oakes

Press
Secretary

George Holland unofficially joined in this role
by John Ward in September.

Public
Relations

Pete Beddoe

Committee

Dougie Burns, plus above John Ward co-opted on
in September.

Club
Captain:

Alex Rodrigues

Programme
Editor

Richard
Lambert takes over from Stella Lamont in August 2008. Programme for 2007/08
announced

as fourth place in League while Richard had
been Assistant Editor.

AGM 22/6/08
Postponed due to double booking.

12/7/08 First friendly played in Beckenham at British Gas
Sports Ground against Fisher Athletic. Four half hour (ish) matches

were played against the Conference South unit and after a
goalless draw in the first, new signing Leon White scored for

Epsom who won the second game 1-0. The third game was also
0-0 before Fisher won the last 2-0 to clinch it 2-1 on aggregate.

Oddly the
League doesn't advise in its Bulletin that Leon White has joined us from
Guildford until February 2009!

AGM 13/7/08 at
Banstead Athletic

All Committee
re-elected plus co-opting of Dougie Burns, father of Robbie.

Club makes decision to award second place trophy in Dave
Wilson competition under the name of the Chris Henry Shield in

recognition of Chris' 35 years service before his death in
2004. Doesn't actually happen however, despite it being agreed

at the AGM.

Summer 08 Former Leicester City player Matt Elliott joins
Hednesford Town as Assistant Manager. He will step down on 29/5/09

quoting
business commitments, but by all accounts did a fine job over the season he
was there.

19/7/08 Epsom lose 3-0 at home to Walton & Hersham in
the latest friendly at Merland Rise on a Saturday morning. HT 0-0

23/7/08 Epsom
get good 0-0 draw with Tooting & Mitcham who are step 3 this year.

24/7/08 A
mixed side are narrowly beaten 3-2 by Sheerwater. HT 1-1

26/7/08 Another Saturday morning friendly at Merland Rise
and Walton Casuals win by a flattering scoreline of 5-2. HT 1-2 as

three goals are scored in the space of two minutes. Walton
pulled away in the second half as Epsom missed chances.

29/7/08 The Dave Wilson Trophy commences with Epsom and
Ewell defeating Molesey 2-1. The visitors were ahead early with an

unmarked header from a left wing cross after 5 minutes,
but Epsom got into the game after a slow start and Burns equalised

with a far post header after 38 minutes. The second half
had only been going for nine minutes when the referee awarded Epsom

a penalty which was dispatched by Hough straight through
the keeper, but to his right. Epsom finished the stronger side.

31/7/08 Banstead beat Dorking by the only goal and will
play Epsom in the Final of the Dave Wilson Trophy on 02/08/08. Att 38

31/7/08 Epsom
draw friendly 0-0 at Merrow. A mixed side of firsts and reserves as with the
Sheerwater game.

2/8/08 Epsom & Ewell win Dave Wilson Trophy on
penalties following a 1-1 draw with Banstead Athletic. Epsom were the better

side and
deserved to win in normal time anyway before winning their first ever penalty
shootout 3-2.

Epsom trailed early to former player Joe Loyza who put
Banstead ahead on 7 minutes, but Heuston equalised on the

hour with a
header from a corner.

In the
shootout (no extra time in this comp) Banstead hit post, Hough scored for
Epsom 0-1.

Borg saved
the next, but was ruled to have moved, and the retake was scored, Shoefield's
penalty was saved 1-1.

Banstead
scored and James Moran scored through the keeper's legs 2-2.

Banstead's next effort was again saved by Borg, and again
the Linesman flagged for forward movement, but the retake was

blasted over, while Marcus Rose scored 2-3. Then Banstead
had another penalty well saved by Borg and Epsom had won 3-2

without the
need for their final penalty.

Molesey beat
Dorking 2-1 in the third place playoff. Att 44

9/8/08 Late equaliser for Epsom from Kyle Hough rescues a
point in 1-1 draw at home to Camberley. Both teams would

become the last teams to lose a league match this season,
setting new club records in the process. We trailed after 48 but

Kyle's goal
came on 90 minutes. Future player Joe Paris played for Camberley Town.

Aug 08 Dale
Marvell returns for his third spell at the club. Ollie Dicks decides to leave
for Molesey.

13/8/08 Epsom off to a flier v Guildford as Robbie Burns
scores a header after 1 minute and Epsom dominate at the Spectrum v

Guildford
City, leading 3-0 at half time and eventually winning 4-0 after a late header
from sub Leon White.

16/8/08 Epsom defeat Eastbourne United Association in FA
Cup by 4-2 but twice took the lead before conceding penalties soon

after. Heuston scored his second to give us a 3-2 lead
right on half time, and Leon White scored a late fourth for the second

straight
match. It was Heuston's 100th appearance for the club.

19/8/08 Epsom lead against Ash but are really fortunate to
take a point from a 1-1 draw. Ash were very good and ran most of the

game, but Dale
Marvell put Epsom ahead after 21 minutes before Ash equalised just before HT.

23/8/08 Epsom draw 1-1 with Cobham at Merland Rise, and
whilst it was a fair result, Epsom had led until the 92nd minute.

Burns had put
us ahead after 54 minutes. Not a great game as we hung on nervously.

23/08/08
Nathan Lambert's first Epsom match. Nearly hit by football while behind the
goal. Scary!

25/8/08 We hung on nervously again in the Bank Holiday
match at Egham Town, but this time came from behind to win 2-1,

with two more
from Burns. The second was a back heel from a couple of yards out.

30/8/08 An inept first half had Epsom trailing 1-0 to
Combined Counties Division One leaders Frimley Green, but two Leon White

goals after
54 and 65 turned the FA Cup tie around. Some very long throws caused trouble
but we held on.

This means
that the trip to Wembley on 13/09/08 is p-p as Epsom travel to Burgess Hill
in next round.

6/9/08 This week Epsom come from behind in FA Vase after
trailing 2-0 to Colliers Wood United after 8 minutes. It was 2-2 by HT

and White scored a third early in the second half. Lots of
pressure and an injury to Borg meant that Harrowing came in, and he

had to save a penalty as the game neared the closing
stages. Dale Marvell played Kyle Hough in to score the fourth in the

closing
moments as Epsom earned a trip to Saltdean United with this 4-2 win. Chertsey
(H) on 20/09/08 now p-p.

09/09/08 Epsom lose their first game of the season in
League Cup, after being the better side, they took the lead through

Heuston v Dorking after 67 minutes, but conceded almost
immediately and then scored a late winner. Epsom now have a spare

day on
27/09/08 instead of a trip to Worcester Park.

13/09/08 FA Cup adventure ends at Burgess Hill 5-2. Entire
left hand side missing through injury or unavailability and Borg still

out, as Epsom trail 3-0 at half time after some good
goals. Burns and Rodrigues put Epsom back in it with twelve remaining, but

are caught on
the break as they chase the equaliser and then let in another in injury
time.

20/9/08 Epsom get back to winning ways with a 1-0 win at
Saltdean United in FA Vase. Both sides were average on a sunny day

and it required a 70th minute goal from Gary McLaughlin
who reacted first to a weak clearance. Bookham (A) now p-p on 4/10/08.

21/9/08 Former Epsom player and manager Ray Chenery passes
away at Epsom Hospital aged 83. Kidney trouble, and had

not been in good health for a year or two. Very very
helpful to me when I was getting information and memories from him for
the

Epsom &
Ewell history book. A really nice chap.

23/9/08 Very entertaining game for the neutral with a 3-2
win at Horley's perfect playing surface. Epsom trailed twice but got it

back to 2-2 at HT through two goals from Marvell. He was
then fouled in the box and Hough scored the penalty early in the

second half. Epsom are indebted to Neil Harrowing who
makes many saves, one of them world class to keep the three points.

Sept 08 Chad
Heuston leaves club for Worcester Park. Nick Drew joins him there soon after.

30/9/08 A minutes silence at the Colliers Wood game for
Ray Chenery, and the club produce a bumper 36 page colour

programme. Ray must be looking down as Epsom lead early
through McLaughlin, and then score a late freak own goal winner

as Ross
Shoefield's shot cannons off a defender and through the narrowest of gaps in
this 2-1 win.

30/09/08
future player Hinga Amara scores for Colliers Wood against Epsom this day.

Oct 08 future
player Shane Sinclair joins Horley from Wembley.

2/10/08 Ray Chenery's funeral at Randalls Park
Crematorium. Reception at Epsom Golf Club afterwards, where former players

Geoff Porter
and Jack Collins were present. Collins is nearly 90 years old.

4/10/08 Low point of the season at Chichester City United
in FA Vase. Despite dominating for large periods, a goal conceded at

each end of the first half is unable to be retrieved. It
is the first time that Epsom fail to score this season although
conditions

were terrible.

Oct 08 Alan
Smillie leaves the club for Guildford City.

Oct 08 former
player Joe Loyza leaves Banstead Athletic for Guildford City.

7/10/08 Epsom bounce back with a 3-2 win of Chessington
& Hook at Merland Rise. Epsom win 3-2 with all five goals in the

first half. First goal from Dale Marvell is timed by Nigel
Pond and accepted as accurate by the club as 21 seconds, a new

club record
in that I have never found an earlier goal. Admittedly in the past, games
were not so accurately timed.

Former player Darren Smith scored equaliser at 1-1 for
Chessington, while another, Craig Prendergast gets their second.

Prendergast
leaves for Egham shortly afterwards.

11/10/08 Bottom club Hartley Wintney were defeated 5-0 as
Epsom again score early after 4 minutes with a Burns header.

Totally dominated their visitors and extended the lead
after 29 with a really good goal from McLaughlin and three goals in a
six

minute spell
after 71, 75 and77 through McLaughlin, Marvell and Hough.

Oct 08 future
player Hinga Amara transfers from Colliers Wood to Chertsey Town.

Oct 08 Oliver Dicks returns from a brief spell at Molesey.
Darren Everett joins from Chessington & Hook after 19 years there.

Also Joe
Diggins joins from Raynes Park Vale.

Oct 08 Adam
Pero leaves for Egham Town

14/10/08 Horley are defeated 1-0 in Surrey Senior Cup.
Narrow win but great keeping kept the score down in the first half.

Epsom will
travel to Sutton in the next round on 9/12/08. Winning goal was a good low
strike by Marvell after 20.

18/10/08
Great win at Sandhurst Town is notable for a Kyle Hough hat trick. Won 4-2
and were well on top in a fine

passing display. Charlie West put us ahead after 21
minutes and a foul on Leon White three minutes later enabled Hough to

slot the penalty away. He had another denied shortly after
a very late flag for offside but at that point Sandhurst started to get

back into the game and pulled one back. Hough scored again
after 56 and although Sandhurst scored from distance a minute

later, a fine
volley after 69 from Marvell's deep cross completed the hat trick and gave us
the points.

25/10/08 Epsom beat Molesey 1-0 through a keeping error
after 35, although the keeper makes some great saves after the goal,

which keep
Molesey in the match until the end.

28/10/08 Epsom go top after their first win for 46 years
at Vale Farm, Wembley. Epsom score in 1st minute
through

Burns, and lead 4-0 at half time before winning 5-0.
Fourth goal saw the keeper kick it out to Kyle Hough who sent it
straight

back over him from 30 yards. This win ensures our eighth
straight league win, which was the best since 1975, and is the twelfth

league game
without defeat, which is a club record, beating the mark of 11, set in
1924/25.

Epsom are the winners of the President's Award, a Combined
Counties League equivalent of the Manager of the Month award.

1/11/08 First league defeat of season in a 4-1 loss at
North Greenford. Deserved loss, and only scored through another big

keeping error.
Epsom drop to third. Jack Bennett HT for North Greenford.

8/11/08 Two late goals against Bedfont see Epsom back to
the top of the table. Leon White's shot after 86 is
half punched

by the keeper
and it dribbles into the net. Burns scores from a Hough cross at the end.

11/11/08 Another loss while at the top of the table for
the second time, after letting a lead go in a 2-1 defeat at home to Chertsey.

We led after 7 minutes when Marvell latched onto a loose
ball from White's shot but they equalised after 59 and went ahead

after 66.

15/11/08 The most impressive performance of the season in
a 5-3 win at Raynes Park Vale. The first half was as good a

performance as Epsom have produced in recent memory as
they led 3-0 and only conceded a late goal that was probably

offside. Lead was extended twice more but pulled back
twice by Vale, who themselves were on a four game winning run. This win

put Epsom four
points clear at the top of the table.

18/11/08 Bedfont Green draw with Egham this day, so
Epsom's narrow scrappy win at Bookham takes them six points clear at

the top. It was a tough, committed game that Epsom shaded,
but required a shot by Marvell that was sliced into his net by a

Bookham
defender for the decisive goal after 73 minutes.

Nov 08
President Stella Lamont spends time in hospital and is discharged towards the
end of the month.

22/11/08 Cruise control 2-0 win over Badshot Lea. Paul
Borg had broken a finger at Bookham and would be out until the New

Year, so Neil Harrowing came in for another spell and had
little to do except for one fine low save early in the second half. One

goal in each half, and Ross Shoefield's first goal of the
season settled it after Burns had been felled in the area for a first
half

penalty which
Hough converted.

29/11/08
Chessington & Hook (A) p/p Waterlogged pitch. Optimistically arranged for
16/12/08.

6/12/08 Tame
0-0 draw with Horley at Merland Rise. First 0-0 since April 2007 v Banstead.

7/12/08 Stella Lamont resigns as Membership Secretary.
Position to be filled. Dougie Burns takes up a more active role in Club

Merchandise
and new items start to appear for sale including scarves, flags, mugs and
baby outfits!

Alb Bullen
takes over the Membership role until 31st May with Maryse Oakes caretaker
from then until the AGM.

9/12/08 Epsom & Ewell win 3-2 at Sutton United in
Surrey Senior Cup Second Round at Gander Green Lane.

First win
there since 1933. An amazing performance, and despite being penned in for
large periods, led 1-0 after a

fantastic chip from a narrow angle by Hough after 12, and
could have had four by HT as Marvell and Burns are blocked when one

on one, and Hough hit the bar from a narrow angle when
trying to repeat his goal. Sutton equalised just before HT and then took

the lead on 51 minutes, but tried to overplay things from
that point, and Marvell scored an equaliser on a counter attack with
just

under twenty remaining. Then a similar goal three minutes
from time through Marvell again. Historic result which will be

remembered in
fifty years.

13/12/08 Cove
(A) p/p Waterlogged. Flooding in some areas of Surrey. Rearranged for
13/1/09.

16/12/08
Chessington & Hook (A) Waterlogged again despite no rain for two days.
Rearranged for 10/2/09.

Dec 08 Shane
Sinclair joins club from Horley Town.

20/12/08 A frustrating afternoon in a top of the table
encounter with Bedfont Green who win 2-1 with a 94th minute winner. Epsom

miss two great chances to finish the game at 1-1, and
although they trailed at the half before Hough's equaliser, a defender had

already
blocked a Burns shot on the line with both hands, and should have been sent
off.

Epsom are no
longer top of the table after this result after being top since 08/11/08.

27/12/08 Epsom bounce back with their biggest ever win
over Banstead Athletic, 5-0 at Merland Rise. Epsom's away record is

now eight wins and one loss. Kyle Hough and new boy Shane
Sinclair (Horley) score twice and Leon White finishes the scoring,

although
Robbie Burns has an unlucky afternoon, and is a little short on confidence.

Originally
third sub was listed as Ayling, but now corrected by Rob to read as Dicks. I
have added Dicks now.

3/1/09
Guildford City match p/p. Frozen pitch. Nearly playable, but not quite. Prog
Y.

Jan 09 former
player Adam Pero moved from Egham Town to Dorking.

Jan 09 Richard
Webber joins from Chessington & Hook United.

Jan 09 Ollie
Dicks leaves again, this time for Bookham.

Jan 09 James
Moran leaves for Raynes Park Vale.

Jan 09 former
player Stuart Channon is with South Park this season.

Jan 09 former player Craig Prendergast returns to
Chessington & Hook from Egham but then leaves for Colliers Wood United.

Jan 09 former
keeper Warren Aburn moves from Dorking to Bookham.

Jan 09 future
player Joe Paris moves from Camberley Town to Chertsey Town.

10/1/09 All
matches postponed in area including Epsom's game at Cobham.

13/1/09 Epsom return to action with a tough match at Cove.
They trail twice but two second half Marvell goals after 50 and then

78 enable Epsom to retrieve a 2-2 draw. This point takes Epsom back to the top of the table with
a one point lead over

Bedfont Green.

17/1/09 Epsom defeat North Greenford 3-2 and gain revenge
for the 4-1 defeat in November. A first half HT from Dale Marvell,

the first time anyone did this since Andy Boxall in 1996 v
Tring was the highlight of a stunning first half performance which finished

3-1. Second goal was a free kick from distance which the
keeper carried over the line with him. Poor day for their keeper who

was partly at
fault for all three goals. Could have been a bigger win, but hung on a little
at the end.

Kyle Hough
injured early and substituted. Groin injury.

17/1/09 Match
programme is issued with Redhill cover which was the following Tuesday's
programme.

17/1/09
Epsom's lead extends to three points after Bedfont Green draw with Chertsey.

20/1/09 A comfortable 3-0 win over Redhill in Surrey
Senior Cup last sixteen sends Epsom through to QF for the first time since

2002 and they have a home tie with Corinthian Casuals who
edged Dorking out in extra time. Joel Keys opened the scoring from

a Marvell corner and substitute Kyle Hough came on and
scored twice in the second half, the first goal of which saw him
expertly

curl the ball
into the top corner. Hough will attract scouts soon at this rate.

20/1/09 Match programmes are created but not collected,
and so none are available at the game. Distributed afterwards.

24/1/09 Shock League defeat at Ash, only the fourth of the
season. Ash were the better side throughout, yet Epsom led 1-0

through Marvell at HT. Two early second half goals for Ash
which Epsom did not look like equalising very often. Again Bedfont

Green take top spot from Epsom on goal difference, but
this time the teams have played the same number of games.

It appears that Ash's winner may have gone out of play
first, but this was not seen by a very average Assistant Referee on the far

side. As a result Epsom relinquish top spot and Bedfont Green
never give it back.

31/1/09 Scrappy first half against Sandhurst as Epsom
trail 1-0 but the second half saw a different Blues team come out as they

turned it around to win 2-1. Dreadful officiating ensured
that a Burns goal was disallowed for Kyle Hough being offside on the other

side of the field, but Burns scored soon after, and near
the end a Hough shot was parried into the path of Marvell who scored the

winner.

1/2/09 SNOW - Lots of it. Worst snowfall in twenty years
ensures that twelve inches are deposited throughout Surrey.

7/2/09 Epsom's game at Camberley is called off as
conditions are still really bad. Only two programmes produced for this
match

by Andy
Vaughan at Camberley. I have one of them. Prog Y.

10/2/09 Not surprisingly the thaw completely waterlogs the
Chessington pitch and this match is called off again and reorganised

for 10th April
instead.

14/2/09 Rusty and at times clueless performance fails to
break down Raynes Park Vale, who hold on for a 0-0 draw despite

substantial
Epsom pressure in the last twenty minutes.

Feb 09 Simon Moore joins club shortly afterwards from
Raynes Park although he will returrn there in a couple of months.

Feb 09 former
keeper Dave Tidy resigns as Guildford Manager and joins Banstead Athletic.

Feb 09 future
player Terry Fennessey moves from Dorking to Croydon.

17/2/09 Late show required as Epsom take 72 minutes to
break down a determined Guildford side by the only goal. A great

strike from McLaughlin comes down off the bar into the
path of Burns who heads it in and spares the club their first back to back

0-0 draws
since 1983 (Oxford C Away and Home 16/04/83 and 26/04/83)

21/2/09 Epsom work hard to lead by two Hough goals at the
Orchard but a five minute spell sees Bedfont equalise and a late

miss at the
end from Burns ensures just a point a piece.

24/2/09 Cobham (A) is moved back for our SSC tie this day.
Rearranged in error for 31/03/09 by League - amended to 17/03/09.

24/2/09 Another fight back is required as Epsom trail
Corinthian Casuals in SSC QF but equalise in the second half through

Marvell and force extra time. With seconds remaining in
the second extra period, Marvell scores again with an outside of the
foot

strike into the low far corner to put Epsom into the semi
final for the first time since 1989. They will travel to Step 3 Ashford
Town

(Middx) or
Kingstonian in the semi final. Former players Luke Gay and Tom Jelley played
for Casuals.

28/2/09 Tight match at Molesey as Epsom hold on for a 0-0
draw. Molesey finished the stronger but Borg had a good game.

3/3/09 Epsom travel to Camberley on a wild wet evening and
the game is abandoned after 57 minutes with the Blues trailing 2-1.

Camberley were the better side and led deservedly, but a
suicidal back pass let in Burns, who was taken out. Hough equalised

from the spot. HT 1-1 but the hosts led with an unmarked
header after about 50 minutes before the referee called it off.

5/3/09 Epsom will meet Ashford Town (Mx) in SSC SF after
they beat Kingstonian 2-1 in their outstanding QF this evening.

7/3/09 Fairly comfortable 4-1 home win against Bookham.
Epsom led through goals from Hayward and McLaughlin but the

visitors pulled one back early in the second half. Marvell
restored the two goal lead very quickly and Hough made it 4-1 not

long
afterwards.

9/3/09 SSC SF
at Ashford Town moved to Thursday evening 26/03/09 due to other cup
commitments for Ashford.

14/3/09 Game at Badshot Lea is postponed as Farnborough
Town's ground had an attack of vandalism last night. The sprinkler

system was left on at Badshot's temporary ground.
Programme produced and was eventually used for the rearranged match on

7th April.

17/3/09 Epsom look really good in first half and lead
Cobham 2-0 but second half is poor and Cobham run most of it. Epsom

hold on to win 2-0 against a team that would shortly find
itself bottom of the league. Robbie Burns and Kyle Hough both score,

Burns from a narrow angle after 3 minutes and Hough with
an unmarked header from a good cross by Sinclair after 25.

21/3/09 Epsom
only take two subs to Hartley Wintney where a low key performance results in
a goalless draw.

Burns had a
chance in the first minute and that was it.

22/3/09 Former Chairman Beau Reynolds wife Gemini is in
the newspapers. Gemini (50) is a pen pal of long term prisoner

Charles Bronson. Gemini now lives in Cyprus and has
written a couple of books since her days as a topless model. Her husband

Beau died in late 2006 (date unknown but reported in
Worthing Herald on 04/01/07) and had recently been Chairman at Worthing,

where he had been for a while. Also had been Chairman of
Wimbledon for a spell in the eighties. Gemini's poodle is named

Bronson and
she is originally from Catford.

26/3/09 Ashford Town (Mx) rest a few players but are still
too good for Epsom and win 4-1 in SSC SF at Short Lane. HT 1-0 and

although
Burns equalised after 60, the hosts took the lead 6 minutes later and two
late goals put a gloss on the

scoreline,
although in truth, 4-1 was about right as Epsom tired in the second half.

28/3/09 Same story in home league match with Egham who
withstand everything Epsom can throw at them in the first half only .

to score three times in the second half. The first two
goals occur in a two minute spell during a large hailstorm during which
the

referee took
the players off for five minutes and sheltered beside the stand.

4/4/09 Epsom suffer unfortunate 4-2 defeat to Cove. First
goal was a fluke after Epsom had a strong penalty appeal turned down,

and scoreline flattered because Borg came forward at 3-2
down to salvage a point but Cove broke away and rolled the ball into an

empty net.

7/4/09 Very strange game at Farnborough Town v Badshot Lea
as nothing happened in the first half. Dale Marvell scored from

distance early in the second half and his second followed
soon after as his cross was competed for by Burns and a defender who

both appeared to miss it but deceived the keeper at the
same time who also missed it. From total domination at 2-0 somehow

Epsom conceded three times and at 3-2 down with two
minutes left it looked bleak. However a good cross was turned in to the

goal apparently by the defender, although the goal was
credited to Robbie Burns after the game as he said he got a touch before

it went over. Moments later a good left wing cross was
intercepted by a Badshot defender who only succeeded in powerfully

heading the ball into the top corner of the net for what
proved to be the winner! Epsom win 4-3 and are second instead of fifth!

Badshot Lea's second goal was a twice taken penalty after
Borg had stopped the first but was alleged to have moved early.

11/4/09 Feisty game at Chertsey where Epsom had the better
possession in first half again but trailed again before equalising

through
another own goal from a defender direct from a corner after 70. Draw was fair
result.

13/4/09 Epsom should have been 4-0 up by HT but weren't
and crashed to two second half goals against landlords Banstead

Athletic in an Easter Monday morning match. Goals came on
62 and 80. Robbie Burns 100th appearance. Marcus Rose was

unlucky to hit
the underside of the bar in the first half.

18/4/09 Bedfont Green host Epsom at Windsor & Eton
needing just a point for the title and they got it with a 4-2 win. Not for
the

first time the game had few goals until the break. Epsom
have now not scored in 9 straight first halves and trailed 1-0 at HT here.

Hough penalty for Epsom's second was his 8th of the
season, and Epsom's first from Burns was the club's 100th of the season.

It was also
Kyle Hough's 100th appearance.

21/4/09 Epsom lead twice at Chessington with goals after
45 and 90 minutes, yet concede in injury time of both halves. Two

fine goals
from Burns only count for a point. Dale Marvell 200th appearance.

25/4/09 Wembley prove tough to break down, but a McKay
header flicked past the keeper from a corner just before HT made a

difference, and Hough made it 2-0 midway through the
second half, before substitute Dale Marvell scored a third with a run
and

low shot. Ben
Hayward's 100th appearance in this 3-0 win..

26/4/09 Ross Shoefield runs London Marathon in support of
MacMillan Cancer Relief. 3 hours and 55 minutes and raises close

to £4,500.
The club also contribute golden goal proceeds from games v Corinthian Casuals
and Bookham.

28/4/09 Epsom are edged out by Camberley despite leading
briefly 2-1 in the second half after Amfo-Brobbey's first goal for the

club. He scored for the Reserves the day before. Epsom
trailed but a Burns well poached equaliser before HT. Epsom had

one disallowed at 2-2 because the ball was adjudged over
the line before the cross was made and Camberley scored what proved

to be the winner shortly after. Game ends on a sour note
due to a spitting incident that was alleged to have been a Camberley

player. Richard Webber booked after the whistle for
retaliation as a result. Tony Coombe also may be in trouble for comments

after the game. Fussy referee who was up with play
constantly but decisions regularly mystified players and supporters alike.

Originally reported that Webber was sent off after the
final whistle but the Rob Oakes Match Centre says just a booking.

May 09 Ricky
Kidd steps down as South Park Manager

2/5/09 Season ends on a high with a 2-1 win over Colliers
Wood. Only the third time this decade that Epsom have beaten a team

three times in a season (Camberley (07/08) Clapton
(01/02). Epsom took the lead fairly early after Sinclair's cross reached
Burns

at the far post and he controlled and scored into the top
corner from 6 yards out. A second followed early in the second half as

Hayward missed a chance, but was able to benefit from a
lucky bounce to get it again and hit it low into the corner. Seconds

later it was 2-1 as substitute Solomon was badly exposed
just after coming on, and his clearance was ineffective and

intercepted by future Epsom player Ramzi Bedj Bedj who
scored. However, Epsom finished the stronger and could have made it

more in the
closing stages without looking in too much trouble at the back.

6/5/09 Unexpected bonus for Epsom as Camberley play a late
game at Bookham and are held 4-4. This added to their loss at

home to Banstead ensures a fourth place finish for Epsom,
which was their best league placing in twenty-five years. It also

means that
Epsom receive an exemption to the First Round of the FA Vase, which saves
them two matches.

15/5/09
Presentation Evening at Imber Court.

Kyle Hough is Player of the Year with Alex Rodrigues and
Dale Marvell second and third. Rodrigues took the Players Player of

the Year award
with Kyle in second and Dale again third.

May 09 Fisher Athletic Epsom's first opponents this season
fold. They had been in Conference South but had been relegated.

They will
reform in the Kent League as Fisher F.C..

May 09 Dorking are promoted after Knaphill lose on the
final day 3-2 at Farleigh Rovers. Top 5 separated by 2 points and

Knaphill would
have won Combined Counties Division One with a win. Instead they finished
fifth!

Hanworth Villa also promoted but Champions Staines Lammas
ground does not pass grading. Cobham likely to be relegated

but reprieves
higher up may yet save Hartley Wintney. They don't as Croydon transfer over
from the Kent League.

31/5/09 Alb
Bullen officially resigns as Vice-Chairman. Pete Beddoe expected to fill the
position at the AGM.

6/6/09 Matt
Elliott joins Midland League club Oadby as Co-Manager. A step 5 club.

Reserves:

Suburban League South Division

Position: 5th
out of 19

Manager: Lee
Anderson and Trevor Smith (Asst)

AGM 12/6/08 at
Sutton United

24/7/08 Epsom are defeated 3-2 at Sheerwater and we were
behind after 8. Paul Borg played for the reserves as he had

missed the first team game the night before after
returning from holiday. We were level after 20 when Heuston headed in a
Moran

cross but behind again within half a minute of the second
half starting. Heuston scored his second goal after 62 again with

Moran the
provider but we were behind almost immediately and that's how it finished.

26/7/08 Reserves lose held over East Surrey Hospital Cup
Semi-Final 3-2 to Merstham after extra time at Merland Rise.

We were behind after 12 but equalised after 37 when
Radford curled in a great shot from the edge of the box. White should
have

put us ahead but was just over after 48 and we conceded a
penalty after 74 scored by Michael Morgan. Dan Bolton was thrown

on with
moments remaining and he equalised in injury time but Merstham scored the
winner after 117 minutes.

31/7/08 Epsom are held goalless by Merrow (Surrey
Intermediate League). Game finished after 81 minutes due to an injury
and

fading light.

5/8/08 Reserve
friendly is postponed due to a double booking at Warlingham.

16/8/08 Good start for Reserves with 4-2 win at East
Grinstead Town in opening League match. Goals came from Radford, Durmus

Karapinar,
Adam Pero and Dan Bolton.

18/8/08 Two days later they slip up 1-0 at home to Croydon
Athletic. Croydon Athletic mispen (SAVE) after 21 minutes by

Humphries but
we conceded after 28. We were better in the second half but without scoring.

26/8/08 Epsom
get a good point at Godalming with a Dan Barham 65th minute equaliser in a
1-1 draw at Weycourt.

30/8/08 Ben Radford scores after just 17 seconds but Epsom
still lose 2-1 at Leatherhead who score twice in the second half.

1/9/08 Another quick start is fruitless after Gary Dennis
scores from 25 yards after 100 seconds v Raynes Park Vale,

but Epsom still lose 3-1. HT 1-1 after RPV equalise in the
seventh minute of first half injury time and scored after 54 and 89.

13/9/08 Reserves lead through a penalty after 40 minutes
at Walton Casuals but are lucky to leave with a point in a 1-1 draw.

20/9/08 Radford scores a first half equaliser as Epsom are
held 1-1 by Molesey. They scored after 27 and we equalised on 34.

1/10/08 Narrow loss in Surrey Premier Cup at home to
Colliers Wood at Merland Rise. The goal came from a free kick for a

back pass
despite this not being the case.

11/10/08 Epsom get a late winner in a 4-3 win at Cobham.
The winner is scored by 52 year old Trevor Smith, the Assistant

Manager who had come on as sub in the last few minutes. We
conceded after 12 and 13 but Micky Beale pulled one back

after 19 with a 35 yard free kick and Barham levelled it
up a minute later from close range. Cobham led again on the stroke of

half time but Beale scored a second goal midway through
the second half. Trevor Smith came on with ten minutes to go and

scored with three minutes remaining. The game was then
held up for 25 minutes as a paramedic was required for the keeper

who was
injured during the build up to the goal.

13/10/08 Reserves lose to an early goal against Colliers
Wood. 3 minutes. We hit the post and dominated the second half.

18/10/08
Suburban League Cup exit 3-2 at Fleet Town. We had led through Radford and
although they had made it

1-1 Barham had put us ahead at half time. A
second equaliser from the penalty spot after 61 led to

extra time
being required and the winning goal for Fleet was a 120th minute penalty.

22/10/08 Reserves win 2-0 at Crowborough but Micky Beale
breaks an ankle there. HT 0-0 but Radford and Beale both scored.

25/10/08 Epsom
lead through Ben Radford but crash 6-1 at Oakwood. HT 1-1.

1/11/08 Epsom win 4-2 at Chipstead despite being 2-0 down.
Barham and Diggins made the score level at half time before

Jim Tidy and
Barham again clinched the points.

5/11/08 Epsom win again over Chipstead to complete a very
quick League double. Won 5-3. We were much the better side and

led after 10 through Gary Dennis. They got a soft penalty
for a foul by Ollie Dicks after 14 and former Epsom player Liam Oxley

scored it. Solomon put us ahead two minutes later with a
shot from 30 yards and Barham put us further ahead after 28. He

scored our fourth after 53 before Chipstead pulled goals
back in off the post after 61 and another penalty by Oxley after 70 but

Barham
completed his hat trick after 76.

26/11/08
Reserves lead early again and lose again to Walton Casuals 2-1. Radford
scored after 7.

6/12/08 Narrow
3-2 defeat at Merstham. Diggins and an Ellis penalty were our scorers.

10/12/08
Merstham (H) p/p Frozen pitch. Then waterlogged on 15/12/08.

13/12/08
Horsham YMCA (A) p/p Waterlogged.

20/12/08 Reserves suffer narrow 1-0 loss to an early goal
at Croydon Athletic and Joe Diggins gets a nasty facial injury.

5/1/09 Horsham
YMCA (H) game is p/p.

10/1/09 Raynes
Park Vale (A) is p/p.

12/1/09 Horley
(H) game is p/p.

17/1/09
Eastbourne Borough (A) is p/p. Waterlogged.

19/1/09
Chessington & H (A) is p-p. Waterlogged. Big downpour on Sunday/Monday.

31/1/09 Reserves fight back from two-nil deficit and the
sending off of Peter Solomon to win 3-2 at Horley Town who are also

reduced to ten
after our first goal, an Ellis penalty. Barham scored twice to win it..

1/2/09 SNOW - Lots of it. Worst snowfall in twenty years
ensures that twelve inches are deposited throughout Surrey.

4/2/09 Reserves match snowed off at home to Leatherhead.
Called off on Monday by Suburban League who cancelled all games.

16/2/09 Reserves lead early against Chessington & Hook
but trail 3-1 at HT and lose 4-3 at Merland Rise. Radford had opened

the scoring after 8 but a penalty after 14 made it 1-1.
After going 3-1 behind we pulled one back through Nathan Ayling after 48

but it was 4-2 after 55. We had a penalty of our own after
86 and Ellis scored past former Epsom keeper Tim Farrington, and

we nearly got
a draw at the end.

21/2/09 Reserves lose 2-1 at Colliers Wood. Paul Durrans
scored from 35 yards to equalise in the first minute of the second

half but it
wasn't enough.

23/2/09 Reserves lose 2-1 at home to Merstham with all
three goals coming in injury time at the end of the game. Merstham

led, then
Solomon equalised before they scored the winner.

28/2/09 Great result for Reserves who travelled down to
Eastbourne Borough with ten recognised players. Assistant Manager

Trevor Smith (48) played the full 90 minutes and Manager
Lee Anderson came on near the end of the game too. Epsom

actually led
2-0 but had to settle for a 2-2 draw. A Nathan Ayling penalty was added to by
a goal from Simon Moore.

2/3/09 Reserves defeat Horley 3-1 at  Merland Rise. Andy Amfo-Brobbey gets two,
one a penalty against Simon Lockwood, the

Horley first team keeper. He also set up the first for Dan
Barham after 13. The equaliser came after 21 but we got our penalty

after 31 when
Dennis Nyarko was tripped. The third came in injury time.

7/3/09 Epsom trail 2-1 at HT but win 3-2 at Horsham YMCA.
Jordan Ellis got the winner after sub Dan Bolton had equalised.

Andy
Amfo-Brobbey had given us a 3rd minute lead. Bolton scored after 61 and Ellis
scored after 75.

9/3/09 Return
match with Horsham YMCA p/p as they couldn't raise a team.

18/3/09 Reserves finally complete double over Horsham YMCA
with 1-0 win. The goal came after 32 when Moore finished well

from an Ayling
pass.

21/3/09 Fine 3-0 win at Raynes Park Vale. Reserves really
on a good run right now. Amfo-Brobbey scored one in each half and

the third came
from Nathan Babu.

28/3/09 Andy Amfo-Brobbey scores the only goal midway
through the second half of a scrappy game at Chessington & Hook.

30/3/09 Eastbourne Borough are swept aside 3-0 at Merland
Rise on Monday evening. Lyndon and Tony were in charge

although it
was 0-0 until 70 minutes. Amfo-Brobbey scored after 70 and 85 with Moore
scoring in between on 80.

4/4/09 Reserve Team Manager Trevor Smith has to play the
whole 90 minutes again but scored the second goal as Epsom win

3-0 at bottom club Molesey. Radford won a penalty after 37
that Ayling scored but Smith scored after 44 and Radford scored

almost on the
full time whistle.

6/4/09 Another 3-0 win as East Grinstead Town are defeated
at Merland Rise. Sixth clean sheet in a row. Amfo-Brobbey scored

again after 6 minutes and Nyarko made it two-nil after 35
and Asri Lewis finishing off Amfo-Brobbey's cross after 52. We could

and should
have scored more.

15/4/09 League Champions Leatherhead visit Merland Rise
and suffer only their second defeat of the season as Epsom beat

them
comfortably 2-1. The late goal ended the club's excellent clean sheet run
which had extended to 673 minutes.

We have now won nine and drawn one of our last ten games.
Ellis put us ahead after 42 and Amfo-Brobbey reached an Alex

McKay pass
just ahead of the keeper on 61.

18/4/09 Reserves ninth straight win as they play a home
game at Cobham and defeat them 8-0. Simon Moore gets five.

We were three
up at HT. Durrans scored after 7 and Radford extended the lead after 23
before Moore

got his first after 37. Moore scored again after 56 before
Russell Williams netted after 75. Moore completed his hat trick after

89 before
scoring again after 91 and 92 for quite possibly the fastest hat trick by an
Epsom player ever.

20/4/09 Great run ends with a 2-1 home defeat to Godalming
Town. Third match in six days. We were behind after 15 and a

second went in soon after but in the second half we hit
the bar twice and the post twice before Ayling got one back after 86.

27/4/09 Reserves already certain to finish fifth with two
matches left and defeated Oakwood 4-2 this evening. They conceded

early but ran the match and should have had more as we
avenged the 6-1 defeat from earlier in the season. We were behind

after 6 but were level after 25 through Amfo-Brobbey and a
great Moore volley of a Dennis cross after 29 put us ahead. We were

all over them in the second half and Diggins put us
further ahead after 49. We let in a second after 86 and nearly conceded
an

equaliser
before Nyarko scored a spectacular fourth on a quick breakaway.

5/5/09 Epsom finish season with a 4-3 home win over
Crowborough Athletic. A fantastic finish to the season by the Reserves.

We were
harshly behind after 38 and although Amfo-Brobbey equalised after 40 we were
behind again just on HT.

Amfo-Brobbey scored again after 60 and Ellis converted a
penalty for a foul on Radford after 66. Diggins then scored a fourth

after 75
before a late consolation for the visitors on 89.

15/5/09
Presentation Evening at Imber Court.

Ben Radford is Reserve Team Players Player of the Year
with Andy Amfo-Brobbey and Nathan Ayling second and third.

Aaron Williams
took the Reserve Player of the Year award with Nathan Ayling in second and
Ben Radford in third.

Youth:

Southern Youth League

Central Division

Position: 6th
out of 10

Manager:
Russell Banyard and James Deacons.

AGM 11/6/08 at
Sutton United

5/8/08 AFC Wimbledon Youth win 7-0 in friendly. Both teams
play at Banstead and Wimbledon are managed by former

Epsom player
Russell Harmsworth.

7/8/08 Youth
friendly with Cobham is p-p due to no referee being available.

11/8/08
Friendly win 4-0 at David Beckham Academy v Eltham Green College.

27/8/08 First League match sees Epsom blow a 2-0 lead and
draw 2-2 v Greenwich Borough at Merland Rise. We led after 27

through Fernando Betancourt and after 38 Rhidian Gautama
extended the lead. A Greenwich mispen (HIGH) after 42 was a let

off but they
got one back after 50 and equalised later on.

4/9/08 were
due to travel to Mole Valley Predators for an SYL match but…

Sept 08 Mole Valley Predators withdraw from League due to
problems in gaining affiliation from SCFA. No games are played.

10/9/08 3-0 win at Westfield in FA Youth Cup. Gautama put
us ahead after 5 and Betancourt scored the second after 11 from

long range. Chris Brayne made it three after 29 from
Gautama's reverse pass was finished off. Many more chances in an

easy win.

24/9/08 This time Hassocks are defeated 5-0 at Merland
Rise in next round of Youth Cup. This earns a home tie with

Kingstonian. We were on top but did not score until 44
minutes when we were awarded a penalty for a foul on Gautama which

Brayne scored. We made it 2-0 on 51 with a shot from
Gautama and he scored again after 60. Substitute James Voisey had

been on the field for a couple of minutes when he scored
from Betancourt's pass after 68 and he got another after 85 when he

just beat the
keeper to the ball.

2/10/08 Youth Team gain a draw at Cobham v St Andrews with
a 2-2 scoreline but a late penalty equaliser is required. We led

after 43 through Nathan Smith but were behind by the 68th
minute. A Brayne penalty after 82 for a foul on substitute Gautama

earned a draw.

8/10/08 Kingstonian win 4-2 on penalties in FA Youth Cup
after a 1-1 draw. We were ahead with just a couple of minutes left

and there were
no goals in extra time.

22/10/08 Nine man Epsom win at Camberley (Allied Counties
League side not SYL side) in Southern Midweek Floodlight Cup.

Won on penalties after going behind in extra time. 1-1
after 90 minutes. We led after 20 through Chris Ashbolt but Brayne

received two quick yellow cards just before HT and were
reduced to nine after Chris Ashbolt also received a second yellow card.

This also led to one of our management staff also being
sent off. Camberley equalised after 92 and then went ahead after 115 but

the nine men recovered to equalise in the final minute
with a Voisey header from a Paul Birch cross. Penalties were taken

at the old
entrance end and the first eight were all converted. They then missed but so
did we.

They then
missed again and Voisey then converted the winning penalty for a 5-4 win.

29/10/08 Grant McLellan 1st round 1st leg v Cobham (H) is
p-p. Rearranged for 24/11/08 but now at Cobham with home tie 7

days later.

3/11/08 Wild 5-3 loss at Raynes Park Vale. We led after 5
through Brayne from the spot after Chris Ashbolt had been fouled

but we were back at 1-1 within a minute. We went behind
after 39 and it was 3-1 after the sixth minute of injury time. Ashbolt

scored a free kick after 60 but it was 4-2 after 73 with a
suspicion of handball. Mark Deacons was sent off for his protests. A

fifth followed after 80 and Birch scored our third after
95 in a dark area as one of the Raynes Park floodlights had packed up

minutes
before!

Raynes Park Vale were then found guilty of playing an
ineligible player, League Management Committee deemed the match

void and
ordered a replay.

12/11/08 Camberley's Southern Youth League team are beaten
by Epsom in Southern Youth League Cup 5-3 which is becoming

the score of choice here. They had a 100% record in their
division but we led after 2 through Gautama and his effort rebounded

back of the post after 12. Brayne made it 2-0 with a
penalty before a mispen (SAVE) penalty to Camberley after 26 was saved

by Humphries before Camberley equalised with goals after
36 and 42. We led again after 48 with a chip from Gautama that

caught the keeper off his line and went in off the bar. It
was 3-3 after 52 and Voisey put us back in front with a tap in after 70

and he headed
in a Betancourt corner seven minutes later.

17/11/08 Merstham progress at Epsom's expense in Southern
Midweek Floodlit Cup 5-3 despite a hat trick from Chris Brayne.

We were behind after 7 but Brayne scored his first after
14 after a good run and shot. Merstham went back in front after 21

although a curling Brayne effort from the edge of the box
made it 2-2 after 28. He then put us ahead after 38 after another good

run and shot
from 20 yards, but Merstham scored three times in the second half, the last
of which was a penalty.

19/11/08 Youth Team produce first league win in 26 outings
as they win 2-1 at Molesey. We led from another spectacular goal

from Brayne after
20 minutes and should have been further ahead by HT. Luckily Betancourt
extended the lead after 55 but

Molesey scored
after 60 and we held on.

24/11/08 Youths lose 4-2 in Cobham. First leg of the Grant
McLellan Cup. A number of players were suspended, including

Brayne and
Chris Ashbolt. Betancourt and Birch scored for us. Keeper Ed Humphries came
on as a sub

for Stephen
Betancourt following a sending off for Josh Breedon.

1/12/08 Strange second leg has Epsom 2-0 in front after 90
minutes, but with extra time looming, they concede three times and

go out 7-4 on aggregate! We had led on the night after 54
following Brayne's seven day suspension he scored another long range

goal and Jake Hill equalised with a header after 71. As
Epsom pressed for a winner to avoid extra time we were caught with

goals after
91, 95 and 96.

3/12/08 48 hours later they get a point in a 2-2 SYL draw
with Raynes Park Vale. Very cold at Merland Rise and James

Layton-Hill scored the opening goal after 16 but Raynes
Park were level after 22. Voisey put us ahead after 28 but we tired and

an equaliser
came after 65.

11/12/08 Game
at Greenwich Borough p/p due to vandalism.

17/12/08 SYLC
match v Croydon (H) p/p Waterlogged.

8/1/08
Colliers Wood (A) p-p. Pitch frozen.

14/1/09 Youths remain unbeaten after 2-1 win over
Chipstead at Merland Rise. After a 6 week lay off we recovered from
going

behind after 14 But a free kick from Lee Davison after 37
minutes brought us level. We scored the winner after 65 when

Brayne scored
another one from long range.

Jan 09 Reference to Karl Douglin being one of the leading
scorers in the League at present. He is with Raynes Park Vale.

19/1/09
Croydon (H) p-p. Waterlogged. Big downpour on the Sunday/Monday.

1/2/09 SNOW - Lots of it. Worst snowfall in twenty years
ensures that twelve inches are deposited throughout Surrey.

12/2/09 Youth finally play a match but it is abandoned at
Chipstead after further heavy snow falls with the score at 1-1. Second

season in a row that this fixture is abandoned. Volunteers
tried to clear the snow at HT, but to no avail. A yellow ball was used

and Chipstead scored after 6 but we equalised after 38
after the keeper fumbled Voisey's shot to Longhurst who tapped in as

the snow began to fall heavily. Game abandoned at half
time. Bulletin says it was abandoned after 53 minutes though.

19/2/09 Youth trail at Crawley Down but recover to win 2-1
in Southern League Youth Cup tie. No recognised keeper available

so Paul Birch went in goal. Josh Breedon had joined the
Army and Ed Humphries was on a ski trip! We were behind after 26

minutes and deservedly so as we were awful in the first
half. A vast improvement in the second half was required and after 90

seconds Smith headed in a loose ball after the keeper had
saved Gautama's shot and we took the lead after 65 after a good

run and low
shot that skidded past the keeper into the corner. Birch made two really good
saves towards the end.

23/2/09 Youth travel to Raynes Park for their replayed
League match and lead after 36 through Jimmy Majinya's solo goal but

lose 4-1. We
led for only two minutes and it was 4-1 by the 54th minute.

11/3/09 Late equaliser in 4-4 home draw with Croydon.
Epsom led 2-0 with goals after 6 and 16 from Birch and Betancourt but

HT 2-2. We led again from Majinya after 50 but it was 3-3
after 51 and we were behind with ten minutes left but Voisey earned

the draw with
an 89th minute goal.

March 09 future players Alex McGregor, Russell Hartt and
Mark Jarman are at Bookham this season. Maybe Matt Smith too.

16/3/09 4-2 home defeat to St Andrews despite taking a
first minute lead at Merland Rise through Chris Brayne. They equalised

after 26 and led after 62. Alec Tuppen scored again after
67 to make it 2-2. but we conceded two more after 82 and 92.

19/3/09 Another 4-4 draw, this time at Colliers Wood in
SYL. Epsom had to equalise four times. We went behind after 13 but

levelled through a Majinya header after 15. We trailed
again after 31 from close range but Tuppen fired an equaliser after 38.
HT

was 3-2 as we conceded after 43 but Voisey hit the post
and then smashed in the rebound after 66. Although they scored

again on 82 and Chris Ashbolt was then sent off for a
foul, Tuppen was fouled in the box and Brayne scored from the spot in

injury time.

25/3/09 Epsom trail 2-0 to Molesey at HT but turn it
around to win 3-2. Birch had to go in goal again as Humphries was
injured.

We were behind after 11 and 16 but after HT we played much
better and Brayne pulled a goal back after 49 and then heading

in a Daniel
Field cross after 53. He completed his hat trick after 78.

30/3/09 Youth also have lots of goals as they recover from
4-1 down to force another 4-4 draw with Croydon at the Arena.

2/4/09 Youth win 5-1 at Chipstead but lead 4-0 at HT. Nice
to see a game finally finish at Chipstead! Luke Longhurst HT.

We led after 13 when Jimmy Majinya scored from twenty
yards inside his own half! He pumped the ball forward but it bounced

over Longhurst and the home keeper and into the net.
Longhurst made it two after 19 and Brayne scored from 25 yards just

beating the keeper who could only turn it on to the post
and in before being scooped out. Tuppen blasted the loose ball in but

the goal had already been awarded. Longhurst then scored
again on HT and got our fifth after 65 with a direct free kick that was

curled into
the top corner. Chipstead got a consolation after 77.

8/4/09 The SYL QF match with Croydon finished 1-1 after 90
minutes and 2-2 after extra time before Epsom lose 4-3 on

penalties.
Croydon equalised after 118 minutes otherwise Epsom would have played
Greenwich Borough in the SF.

We were behind after 6 to a penalty but Epsom worked hard
and got a deserved equaliser after 63 through Tuppen. After 80

minutes a Croydon player was sent off for a punch and in
extra time we went ahead after 94 with a long range effort from

Voisey before their late equaliser. Each team only scored
three of their five kicks so it went to sudden death and our one was

saved, allowing Croydon to win it with their next penalty,
which they did. We also had Gautama sent off but unclear when.

Croydon went
on to win the Cup over Sutton United.

20/4/09 Paul Birch equalises just before HT at Sutton
United but Epsom lose 3-1. Sutton keep their 100% record in the League.

22/4/09 Youth recover from 2-0 down after 20 minutes to
draw 2-2 with Colliers Wood in SYL at Merland Rise. Longhurst got one

back right on HT and Dayle Honess headed us level midway
through the second half. Jake Hill may have scored a third but the

officials were
unable to confirm whether the ball had gone over the line.

28/4/09 Youth match at home to Sutton United is p/p as
they cannot raise a team due to their Ryman League playoff that night.

League
Committee decide to leave the fixture unplayed.

30/4/09 Season ends with a 4-0 defeat at Greenwich
Borough. We were behind after 3 and conceded further goals after 15, 59

and 87.

Greenwich Borough's ground only has one more match due on
it before it is to be bulldozed for a regeneration scheme!

15/5/09
Presentation Evening at Imber Court.

Chris Brayne
is Youth Team Players Player of the Year with Jimmy Majinya and Chris Ashbolt
second and third.

Paul Birch
took the Youth Player of the Year award with James Voisey in second and Ned
Humphreys in third.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

Scorers & Notes

12/07/2008

Fisher Athletic

A

1-2

-

N

83

Four 25 minute games

White

0-0, 1-0, 0-0, 0-2

19/07/2008

Walton & Hersham

H

0-3

0-0

N

65

23/07/2008

Tooting & Mitcham

H

0-0

0-0

N

49

24/07/2008

Sheerwater

A

2-3

1-1

N

37

RES

Heuston (2)

26/07/2008

Walton Casuals

H

2-5

1-2

N

35

Hough,
Heuston

29/07/2008

Molesey

H

2-1

1-1

Y

55

DWT

Burns,
Hough (pen)

31/07/2008

Merrow

A

0-0

0-0

N

39

RES

02/08/2008

Banstead Athletic

H

1-1

0-1

Y

104

DWT

Heuston

Epsom
win 3-2 on pens

05/08/2008

AFC Wimbledon

H

0-7

0-2

N

YTH

11/08/2008

Eltham Green College

A

4-0

2-0

N

YTH

Gautama,
Chris Ashbolt,

Jake
Hill, Joe Payne