C O M M E N T S
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CCP

14th out of 22

FAC

Prelim

Chipstead

1-2

FAV

2q

Ringmer

0-2

CCLC

2nd

Worcester Park

1-4

SSC

2nd

Sutton United

0-1

Home
Ground:

Moatside, Merstham F.C.

Manager

Lyndon Buckwell

Assts -

Tony Coombe, Glynn Mandeville

Coach -
Tony Knight

President

Stella Lamont

Physio -
Ken Jones

General
Secretary

Tina Nadesan

Resigned 19/1/12

Matchday
Secretary

Tony Jeffcoate

Chairman

Tony Jeffcoate

Vice Chairman

Pete Beddoe

Treasurer

Tony Foster

Press &
Minutes Secretary

Steve Dyke

Membership
Secretary

Ian Twyford

Public Relations

Pete Beddoe

Committee

Dougie Burns, Richard Lambert, Steve Dyke,

Club
Captain:

Alex Rodrigues

replaced by Jamie Hatfield in March 2012

Programme
Editor

Richard Lambert

15/6/11
Supporters Meeting held at Slug & Lettuce in Epsom town centre, to
determine what to do with the Supporters Fund

Raising
Exercise figure of £3,227.53. Around £5k was raised, but £1,200 was for
Mencap, while £300 was donated to

the club to provide a discount for Youth players to attend
the Presentation Evening and £300 went to the club to cover the money

lost when the
cash box was stolen on 7/4/11.

The supporters
decide to pass £3000 to the club and retain 227.53.

June 11 It transpires that the club were expelled from the
Southern Youth League but reprieved on appeal. More details may follow.

June 11 Robbie Burns returns to the club and signs a
contract. Paul Borg and Dale Marvell have left for Egham who are
spending

a lot this
year. Kyle Hough also likely to leave to be nearer to home, which is now near
Three Bridges. Training with Horley

at present but
Lyndon hopes that the resigning of Robbie will help change his mind. It
doesn't.

20/6/11 League Cup draw advises another First Round tie
for Epsom as they are drawn to play at Knaphill. The winners will travel to

Worcester Park
or Molesey in the last 32.

League division is back up to 22 this season as second
placed Chertsey were promoted after Guildford City's ground failed an

inspection. From below Farnham Town and South Park are
promoted, but Worcester Park's ground is not good enough. Finally,

the reformed
Windsor FC are accepted into Step 5 after Windsor & Eton FC folded last
season.

Also, Guernsey FC are accepted into Division One. They are
expected to be promoted and Epsom should travel there next season.

AGM 26/6/11 Held
at Epsom Common Club, Stamford Green

Ian Twyford (Membership Secretary), Lyndon Buckwell and
Tina Nadesan (General Secretary) are elected to the Committee.

Attempts to stall the meeting on a technicality were made
by President Stella Lamont, but the members vote to proceed with the

meeting, which
starts at 8pm. The agenda said 7pm and the web site said 8pm, so there was a
slight error in communication

somewhere
between Richard Lambert (web) or Steve Dyke (Minutes).

28/6/11 Dave Wilson Trophy Draw advised. Epsom will play
Bookham on the Tuesday, while Molesey will meet Dorking on Wednesday.

28/6/11 Training
starts this day.

July 11 FA draws are out. We are at home to Croydon in the
FA Cup with a home tie with Chipstead for the winners, and we are

at Hailsham in
the Vase, with a match against Lingfield or Ringmer for the winners.

If we were to get past Chipstead we would be at home again
to Sevenoaks, Wick, Ash or Redhill, while in the Vase if we can get

past Hailsham
and Lingfield / Ringmer, then we would be at home to Wick, Woodstock Sports,
Bookham or Westfield.

9/7/11 First friendly ends in a narrow 3-2 defeat against
Merstham at Warwick School, which is where Merstham train currently.

We trailed after about ten minutes and were 2-0 down by
half time but a scorcher from Archie Okolie just after the break got us

back into the game until a back pass was charged down,
leaving an easy goal for Merstham. Robbie Burns pulled one back towards

the end and had
hit the post too, but couldn't force the equaliser. A good performance
though.

14/7/11 Epsom travel to the Richardson Evans sports ground
for a friendly with Hampton & Richmond Youth, who led after just 7

minutes, but we were awarded a soft penalty right on half
time which was converted by Dave Francis, and Dre Grobler scored a

header from an
Okolie free kick after 48 minutes to clinch the win. It was a desperately
poor game though.

16/7/11 Torrential rain accompanied the players and
supporters to Swaffham Town for the longest distance the club has ever

travelled for a friendly (138.7 miles). The games were due
to start at 2pm but it was nearly 3pm when the first team kicked off. After

a fairly even first half Epsom took control going downhill
on a West Street style sloping pitch, and had many chances but had to

wait until 87
minutes when Matt Harmsworth volleyed the ball in at full stretch from a
great Aaron Williams cross.

19/7/11 Surrey Senior Cup draw gives Epsom a home tie with
Sutton United. We have not hosted them since 1985/86 when we

drew 2-2 in the
League on Bonfire Night.

22/7/11 League fixtures are released. Epsom start at Cove
on August 6 with their first home game on Tuesday 9th v Colliers Wood.

23/7/11 Epsom
win 1-0 with a solid performance at Three Bridges who were runners up in the
Sussex League last season. It

needed a late Robbie Burns goal to separate the sides but
Epsom were the better side overall, and were quite dominant in the last

twenty minutes.
Game played at Hazelwick School where Three Bridges train. Goal scored after
84 minutes.

26/7/11 All the good work from recent friendlies is wiped
out as Bookham score twice in a minute and hold on to win 2-1 in the Dave

Wilson Trophy. Epsom should have been well ahead by half
time but it was goalless and a late Dave Francis header was only a

consolation.
Games played at Dorking FC this year.

27/7/11 Dorking defeat Molesey on penalties after a 1-1
draw at Meadowbank in the DWT. They will play Bookham in the Final.

30/7/11 Epsom defeat Molesey 5-1. Both sides had a few
squad players, while Lyndon also gave first matches to Michael Morgan

our former Reserve Team Manager, and a loaned player from
Kingstonian Inaki Orduno. Alex Rodrigues delayed in traffic so Alex

McGregor was Captain and had a great game, scoring twice
towards the end. Two good chances were missed before Morgan

scored the first with a curling shot from a very narrow
angle after 35 minutes and Dave Francis made it 2-0 after receiving a
pass

from Aiden Richards on 40. Richards scored himself after
61 minutes after a brave header from Francis put him through, and
despite

conceding on 64, after 82 minutes substitute Mark Jarman
was upended in the box and McGregor smashed the penalty in. Within

a minute he has scored again after a great pass from
Orduno and he took his shot early, surprising the keeper as it sailed over
him.

A much improved
performance.

30/7/11
Following this Bookham won the Trophy after a late winner against Dorking. An
86th minute goal from Renton-Rose

separated the
sides although he missed a penalty shortly afterwards which would have given
the scoreline a flattering look.

Aug 11 Dre
Grobler is suspended for the trip to Cove but Ben Hayward and Robbie Burns
return from holiday and

are available
for selection.

6/8/11 Epsom start League campaign with a 2-1 win at Cove.
Epsom were the better side throughout and led after 12 through

Jarman's finish after being put through by Orduno. Another
loanee from Kingstonian Jamie Summers also made his debut, and had

little to do until nearly half time when Adrian Jones was
forced into a good point blank save from a Cove header. In the second half

we improved again and deservedly went further ahead after
85 when Jarman hooked in Chris Woodward's great pass. Towards

the end McGregor fouled a Cove player just inside the
corner of the box and Cove scored the penalty at the second attempt, after

there was confusion with the first effort as Jones did not
appear ready. Then near the end the Cove 3 was sent off after punching

Alex Rodrigues who had stepped in to break up an argument
caused when the 3 reacted to Ben Hayward's crunching challenge.

Rodrigues required the cut to be glued but would be fit
for the next match. He was replaced immediately with reserve keeper Dan

Coles taking his
place on the field. Our other sub Ayden Richards had gone to the wrong
Farnborough (Kent) and missed the game!

Debuts this day for Adrian Jones (leatherhead), Chris
Woodward (Bookham), Jamie Summers and Inaki Orduno (Kingstonian),

Dave Francis and
Dan Coles (Bookham).

9/8/11 Epsom make it two wins to start the season with a
3-1 win over Colliers Wood. Although we were the better side and took the

lead through Orduno in the fourth minute, Jarman hit the
bar after 25 but Wood then hit the bar from long range a minute later and

the game began
to even up. Myers and the Wood number 5 were carried off after a nasty clash
of heads on 35 minutes and

Wood equalised within a minute of the restart. At this
point we looked wobbly but after 56 minutes Woodward scored his first .

goal for the club with a 25 yard strike, and West scored
from almost twice as far out when his free kick into the danger area was

missed by Hayward and a defender, but the keeper had been
expecting a touch and when it didn't come he was stranded as

the ball crept
in at the far post on 64 minutes.

Aug 11 It transpires that Alex Rodrigues is shortly to
miss some matches as he is going to America for a holiday. He didn't realise

that he was so close to the club record of consecutive
appearances (216) which he would have probably passed early in the New

Year. Very
unfortunate.

Aug 11 Lyndon
Buckwell starts providing regular programme notes.

13/8/11 Epsom lead Windsor 2-0 but have to settle for a
2-2 draw. Windsor had more of the ball but we threatened as often and

scored with a great strike from Francis after 25 minutes
from Orduno's pass which he smashed in with the outside of his right foot.

After 33 minutes Orduno's cross was met with the faintest
touch by Francis and it went in off the far post and up into the roof of the

net. Windsor got a penalty for climbing after 47 and
equalised after 65 but we held on and had the better chances as the game

expired. Freddie
Myers absent with his head injury and replaced by Webber.

Epsom are up to
third after this draw.

Aug 11 Inaki
Orduno has broken a toe during the Windsor match and will be out for about a
month he is told.

16/8/11 Webber, Woodward (flu) and Orduno (toe) are out
for this bore draw at Farnham. Nathan Ayling made his first start for a

couple of
seasons since his return, while Sonny Walsh made his debut and James Moon
another loan signing from

Kingstonian came off the bench. Nothing of real note
happened until right near the end when both sides had close range goal

bound shots blocked by defenders. Ours was
struck by Paul West. We also nearly scored through a sliced kick own
goal

which missed the
post by about a yard. Error strewn game on a poor pitch.

16/8/11 Nathan Ayling wore the 16 shirt as there was blood
on the number six shirt. However, we didn't inform the referee who is

reporting it,
and a fine is likely to follow. There is no number 6 yellow shirt right now.

Aug 11 former player Tony Cuff serves a suspension for
four games from 06/08/11 to 16/08/11 with his new club Croydon Athletic.

17/8/11 Twenty
years since the club adopted blue and white hoops.

18/8/11 Alex Rodrigues departs on holiday and will miss
the next few matches, breaking his record run at 188 the second longest

in club history.

Aug 11 Richard
Webber is out injured with a damaged ankle. Orduno will be out until
mid-September.

Aug 11 Aaron France requires an operation on his groin
which will now take place after original doubt over whether it was required.

21/8/11 Epsom recover from conceding after just 25 seconds
to defeat Croydon 3-1 and progress in the F.A.Cup. Game played on

a Sunday due to Merstham ground share issues. Summers
equalised with a fine volley from a Matt Smith corner after 16 minutes

and Burns scored after 56 when Richards shot was parried
by the keeper and he snapped up the rebound. Substitute Jarman

wrapped the tie up with a poacher's finish in the sixth of
seven added minutes, most of which were added for various injuries to the

Croydon number
four! Croydon also mispen (BAR) and over awarded for a foul by West after 41
minutes.

Dre Grobler
debut after he has completed his four game suspension.

Aug 11 Ben
Hayward is now out injured after limping off against Croydon.

Aug 11 Dorking
(A) now moved from 3rd Sept to 11th October.

23/8/11 Two games in three days comes back to haunt us as
Guildford recover from a 2-1 deficit and pinch an 87th minute winner.

Matt Smith had put us ahead with a fine run and shot in
the 16th minute but we conceded a penalty after 25 minutes for a foul by

Grobler, which was
converted. Another penalty was awarded for a foul by Jones on half time but
mispen (BAR) and over. We went

ahead through McGregor as he steered a low Smith pass in
after 54 but Guildford were level after 65 and finished the stronger. We

have now
conceded five penalties in six matches. We were missing the injured Hayward
while Richards was not risked and

Walshe was
working.

Aug 11 Jones was injured in conceding the penalty on
Tuesday and may miss further games. He was replaced by Coles straight

after the injury. Also Summers was subbed at half time
after requiring treatment before half time when clearing a ball and ending
up

in the net.

27/8/11 Epsom bounce back with an easy win over Mole
Valley SCR. It is our first Saturday home League win at Moatside after

failing to do this all of last season. Robbie Burns put us
ahead after 5 minutes when he tapped in after a keeper fumble and Jarman

headed in unmarked from a corner after 25 minutes. After
52 Myers who had provided the two assists, lashed the ball into the roof

of the net from the corner of the box and although they
pulled one back after 54 from long range, it was a comfortable win,
Richards

had a great
effort well saved towards the end and we could have won by more.

Debuts were
made by Harry Hoadley and Steve Rowe both of whom were from Leatherhead and
were on temporary loan.

29/8/11 Déjà vu at Raynes Park Vale as the circumstances
of this game mirror the Guildford defeat almost identically. Epsom led

after 11
minutes when Summers tucked in a loose ball, but RPV were level on 29 with an
easy lob over Coles. We went back

ahead after 34 with a great move ending with a calm Burns
finish and we were ahead until 75 minutes when a Grobler header back

was intercepted
and scored before we conceded a last minute goal when we couldn't deal with a
long throw.

All three Raynes
Park goals were scored by former Epsom player Simon Moore!

Matt Smith had
returned while Myers and Francis were away working. McGregor still in Germany
for a long weekend, while

Jones and
Hayward remain injured. Ayling returned too.

Aug 11 James Moon not to play in the Cup tie with
Chipstead as part of the loan agreement with Kingstonian. He is injured
anyway.

Aug 11 Mark
Jarman suspended for three games following the sending off against Windsor.
03/09/11 to 17/09/11 inc.

3/9/11 Dorking
(A) is p-p due to Epsom's FA Cup tie with Chipstead. Moved back to 11/10/11.

4/9/11 Game v
Chipstead is played on a Sunday due to Merstham being at home in FA Cup the
day before.

4/9/11 Epsom lose 2-1 to Chipstead in FAC despite having
an equal share of the possession. Went behind in the 18th minute to a

close range header and a low drive after 56 extended the
lead. A Jamie Summers header after 74 minutes from a Matt Smith free kick

gave us hope but we couldn't force an equaliser. Many
players still out with injury and Robbie Burns and Antony Myers went off

injured in this
game. We now travel to Sandhurst on 17th September for a League match.

In 70th minute both subs Ayden Richards and Dre Grobler
were booked for a simultaneous foul on a Chipstead player. They got him

from both sides!

10/9/11 Fairly comfortable win at Hailsham Town in FA
Vase. 2-0 up at half time with two from Burns, the first he dribbled
around

the keeper, leaving him on his backside! Despite pushing,
a third didn't come and Hailsham pulled one back after a scramble on 73

minutes but Matt Harmsworth on his debut made the game
safe after closing down a keeper's back pass and scored into an empty

net on 91.
Burns' goals were on 19 and 38.

Sept 11 This win means that the home game with Horley is
p-p from 24/9/11 to Tuesday 25/10/11. We play Ringmer away in the next

round after
they surprisingly defeated Lingfield 3-2 at Lingfield. The winners are at
home to Woodstock Sports or Westfield

from the
Combined Counties League Division One.

Sept 11 former
and future player Charlie West joins Bookham from Chessington & Hook
United.

Sept 11 former player Joe Francis celebrates ten years at
Cray Wanderers. Had moved from Epsom to play for Kingstonian, Hayes,
Enfield,

Bromley and Welling United and is now 42 and Assistant
Manager at Cray. Works full time for Charlton Athletic as Head of
Education

and Welfare.

Sept 11 future
player Jordan Cheadle moves from Kingstonian to Walton Casuals but returns in
November.

17/9/11 Epsom let another lead slip as they lose their
third League game of the season at Sandhurst. Burns had put us ahead
with

a neat back heel
after 35 but the hosts were level on 49 and two late goals on 82 and 92
sealed our fate.

24/9/11 Epsom depart the Vase to two late goals at Ringmer
(82+87). We created little against a solid team who rarely looked in

danger, although Summers was out with tonsillitis, Smith
was injured, and West remains away. Tom Seifers made his first start for

the first team while Hatfield also started for the first
time since his return to the club. Dre Grobler sent off for a second bookable

offence after 61
minutes when it looked like he got the ball, and our players reaction
confirmed this.

Wembley also went out after a replay to Bedfont Sports so
we will go there in the League on 22nd October as originally scheduled.

Sept 11 Ayden
Richards, Paul West, Ben Hayward, Freddie Myers, Inaki Orduno all still out
injured.

1/10/11 Molesey home game is switched to Walton Road after
it transpires that Merstham have been drawn at home in the FA Cup

on that date.
The away game was due to be on 24/03/12 and the home game is now moved to
Tuesday 8th November.

1/10/11 A mini heatwave has no affect on two hard working
sides and Epsom take the points with a 2-0 win at Walton Road. We

were the better side in the first half but without doing
too much. The referee booked Ayling and Downs and the Molesey 4 for about

the only three fouls in the half. Ramzi Bedj Bedj returned
for the team and came on for Burns and within two minutes we were ahead

as Jarman had a close range header from a pinpoint Ayling
corner in the  67th minute. The Molesey
4 received a second yellow after

80 minutes and we took full advantage as Smith crashed the
ball in from six yards after a typical bye line run and lay back from

Bedj Bedj in
the 85th minute. I have only four bookings listed but there were six and we
get a £150 fine as a result.

4/10/11 Epsom defeat Knaphill 3-2 and create a hatful of
chances in this League Cup tie. Knaphill had two shots on target, and not

much else at all, while we could have had ten but were
just wide on a number of occasions. Francis put us ahead after 20 with an

early strike which caught the keeper out, but it was 1-1
on 43 minutes as Coles had no chance with a volley at the far post. We were

ahead after 47 minutes when Francis drilled home a loose
ball after a corner had been flicked on by Hatfield and blocked on the line.

However, Knaphill were level again after 59 with a
speculative shot from out on the right wing. We went in front again after 76
when

Smith had a shot that was going across the goal but it
reached Ayling in space although his shot bizarrely looped up about thirty

feet before dropping down under the bar with Jarman
following up just in case. The keeper had no chance because he was committed,

expecting a harder shot from Ayling instead! The ball went
so high that the keeper was almost able to get up and recover but not quite.

4/10/11 No
programme produced at Knaphill.

Oct 11 Matt
Harmsworth follows brother Luke to Mole Valley SCR after first team football.

8/10/11 Despite a strong Hanworth start Epsom fight back
to equalise a 9th minute goal after Francis pokes in a keeper fumble

on 33 and Jarman was then fouled in the box and Smith
confidently scored the penalty in the first minute of injury time. In the
second

half we had chances to extend the lead but didn't take
them and Hanworth scored an equaliser after 86 for a 2-2 draw. Disappointing.

Paul West booked right at the end of the match or we'd
have gone two games without a booking. A vast improvement on last year.

Only one change to the side from the Knaphill game as the
injured Carl Downs was replaced by Anthony Panayi. Burns misses the

entire game on
the bench and appears unsettled, while Ayling also does not leave the bench.

Oct 11 We have
now conceded 24 goals, only 6 in the first half but 8 in the last ten minutes
and 10 in the last 15 minutes.

Oct 11 Robbie
Burns leaves for Chessington & Hook United.

Oct 11 future
player James Cottee moves from Met Police to Walton & Hersham.

11/10/11 Another late conceded goal costs us more points
as Dorking's 77th minute penalty equalises our goal from Myers in first half

injury time. It
was the third goal in three games that has been scored in first half injury
time.

A very even game went in our favour towards the end of the
first half and Jarman was fouled for a penalty but Smith the regular taker

was lying injured on the side of the pitch and was
eventually substituted so Dave Francis stepped forward and delivered a
weak

penalty straight at the keeper. Fortunately a few minutes
later we were ahead anyway when the substitute Myers delivered a free
kick

which Francis
and a defender appeared to miss and this deceived the keeper and the ball
went straight in.

Unfortunately Myers conceded the penalty and was sent off
for his reaction, which did not deserve a red card. Right at the end of the

match the referee sent off Grobler for a second yellow
card despite there being a big argument with nearly a dozen players. Dorking

had also been reduced to ten men after a second yellow
card for the 4 who fouled Ramzi Bedj Bedj after having been booked for the

foul on Jarman
for the penalty.

Oct 11 Grobler is suspended for the Ash game on 15/10
after his sending off at Ringmer. Another one, presumably two games, will

now follow
after his Dorking sending off, while Myers will also get two games. Suspended
for Camberley and South Park.

15/10/11 Probably the best performance of the season as
Epsom destroy Ash. They had a Downs goal disallowed for a non-existent

offside after 21 minutes but Jarman finished well from a
West pass and McGregor extended the lead less than a minute later in the

34th when the keeper got ahead of him to claim a long ball
but then dropped it at his feet. Jarman extended the lead on 50 from a great

Bedj Bedj pass and despite conceding a penalty after 56
minutes (our seventh) Francis scored after reacting first to a good save

from the keeper
from Myers long shot. We could have had more.

22/10/11 Epsom are defeated 4-1 at Wembley despite them
only having three shots on target. The other goal came from a wind

assisted cross after 23 minutes but Jarman equalised
almost immediately with a well taken finish. However we conceded again after

36 and despite
lots of pressure we conceded two soft goals in the second half for an unfair
score.

Sam Robinson debut after joining from Merstham. He had
played in our first friendly of the season but was on the bench at Step Four

level and is now in the middle of the park for us.
Promising debut although he was meant to be on the bench but Downs was late

arriving at
Wembley so he started.

25/10/11 Horley register their first ever win against
Epsom in 18 attempts with two late goals at Moatside. They had more
possession

but we had better chances until we had a free kick blocked
and they scored on the counter attack through former Epsom player Kevin

Lock in 73rd minute, then a clearance appeared to rebound
back into the net after 86 minutes after a big goalmouth scramble.

25/10/11 Alex
Rodrigues misses another game. Anthony Panayi steps in and we looked better
at the back.

29/10/11 Badshot Lea win after receiving two presents from
us on 22 and 62. We had much possession but created little although

Robinson had a great shot tipped onto the bar at 1-0.
Jamie Hatfield 150th appearance and made captain for the day, but sent off
for

a second yellow
card after kicking the ball away, despite us losing at the time!

Oct 11 Molesey game scheduled for 8/11/11 is postponed as
Merstham have a rearranged Ryman League game. Game is moved

to Tuesday
31/1/12.

Oct 11 Matt
Harmsworth departs for Mole Valley SCR.

Oct 11 Chris
Woodward returns to Bookham.

Oct 11 former
player Kevin Lock joins Horley Town from South Park.

1/11/11 Friendly arranged at Walton Casuals involving
first and second team players, but actually only three Reserves get a look
in.

A Matt Smith right foot strike went just inside the far
post after 76 minutes to cancel out a 23rd minute Walton free kick as their
new

Manager Mick
Sullivan tried out a few new players. A draw was fair but Francis missed two
good chances near the end.

2/11/11 Committee Meeting at Epsom Common W.M.C. Little to
report, but Casuals are not interested in a ground share for next

season. Looks
like we may have to negotiate with Merstham again but other clubs like
Leatherhead will be asked.

5/11/11 Disaster at Camberley as Epsom crash 4-0 despite
dominating first half possession. We trailed at HT to a long shot that

was deflected past Coles after 7 minutes but had much of
the ball from that point but without really doing anything. A second followed

after 55 and then Matt Smith clipped the far post when he
should have scored on 61. Within 30 seconds it was 3-0 and an easy

headed finish
followed in the 79th minute. We created little and have now gone for 335
minutes without finding the net.

5/11/11 Worcester Park defeat Molesey 4-2 in League Cup so
Epsom will go there in next round. Molesey provisional Cup tie is now

obviously cancelled from 15th Nov and a date for Worcester
Park which must be a Saturday due to no lights at Green Lane will

follow soon.
Francis was with the Reserves this day. Not sure why seeing how short of
goals we are.

Antony Myers and Dre Grobler are suspended for two
matches, starting with the Camberley game. Grobler is likely to be leaving
soon.

8/11/11 Moesey
(H) is moved back again. Moved back to 31/01/12.

12/11/11 Much improved performance as Epsom defeat South
Park 3-1. Ricky Kidd our former Manager is Director of Football there

and was present at the game. From a wobbly start a
Robinson shot from outside of the area put us ahead on 23 and he scored again

on 56 when he got on the end of a free kick and slotted it
under the keeper, who had been in goal for our 6-0 win at Horley a few years

ago. Jarman scored on 59 when he reached a Robinson free
kick that had just eluded Smith and the defenders were expecting an

offside. We conceded a penalty after 82 for a West foul
that looked unnecessary, but held on comfortably for our first win in five

matches. We
ended our scoreless run at 358 minutes.

Nov 11 Lyndon advises the latest position on some players.
Ben Hayward is now fit but work commitments are a problem, and he

cannot train so often. He knows he may struggle for a
place if he misses training and may join Banstead instead. Steve Rowe has

returned to
Leatherhead as his dad is now in charge of their reserve team. Dre Grobler is
going to join Chessington & Hook

while James Moon suffered ligament damage but is returning
to training shortly and will return to Epsom. Inaki Orduno is absent

because his father is ill in Spain and he had to fly back
so misses the South Park game and maybe others after this. Ayden Richards

briefly went to Aveley in Ryman Premier League but has
since returned to Epsom Reserves, where it appears he will remain. Jamie

Hatfield missed the game at Camberley as he had to shadow
someone at work for his new position, and whilst Saturday's aren't

usually a problem, he could only do the shadowing on that
day. He returned for the South Park game. Freddie Myers is having

a few off field
issues and is struggling for form.

Both Myers and Grobler's suspension has now ended and both
are available for selection for the Croydon game, while Hatfield's

suspension has
not come through yet but is expected shortly.

Myers was a two
game suspension from 01/11/11 to 12/11/11 and Hatfield's was a one game ban.

Nov 11 Jordan
Cheadle now moves from Kingstonian to Croydon Athletic and Harry Hoadley
moves from Leatherhead

to Walton
Casuals. He will return to Epsom in the future.

19/11/11 Two Jarman goals ensure a 2-1 win over Croydon at
Moatside. Despite a slow start we led after 17 when Francis beat his

man on the right. His low cross was palmed away by keeper
straight onto the body / shoulder / arm or Mark Jarman and the ball

dribbled over the line just before the Croydon player was
able to clear. Despite this we conceded another penalty after 35. West

dived in and although it appears fairly certain it was
outside the box, it was a clumsy unnecessary challenge. HT was 1-1 but
West

made amends with a top quality right wing cross right onto
Jarman's head and he gave the keeper no chance on 55. We probably

should have finished the game off then, but despite a
couple of nervy moments, 2-1 was how it finished. It was a deserved
result

though, as our
second half display was better than Croydon's.

Nov 11 Egham lose in Vase so we will meet them at home on
3rd Dec and our League Cup game with Worcester Park will be played

there on 7th
January, with the South Park away game moved back from that date to Tuesday
10th January.

26/11/11 Despite a fine rearguard performance Epsom are
edged out 1-0 at Windsor, who were definitely stronger than the last time

we met, back in August. A second half goal after 53
minutes made the difference but Robinson hit the post soon after and on

another day, we might have taken a draw, but the result
was a fair one. The attendance of 213 was the biggest for an Epsom game

since 30/11/04 when we lost 4-0 at Woking in
SSC.

Dec 11 former
player Terry Fennessey joins Banstead Athletic from Croydon.

3/12/11 worst performance for a while as Egham win easily
4-1 at Moatside. Paul Borg and Dale Marvell play for Egham. A Sam

Robinson penalty after 82 for handball was scant
consolation after the visitors led in 20th minute and extended the lead in 58
and 62

before a late
goal in the 89th minute. Epsom were very flat which was a real surprise after
recent games.

6/12/11 Sutton edge past Epsom 1-0 with a 78th minute
goal. Francis and Jarman had efforts saved when one on one but result was

fair. First home
game v Sutton since 1985 and club record 80 page programme was produced for
the occasion.

10/12/11 Epsom lead 4-1 at HT and 5-2 with 15 minutes
left, yet are held 5-5 by Chessington & Hook. First 5-5 draw since 1938.

Jarman scored after 8 when he turned in a Robinson cross
that had clearly gone out of play but was missed by the linesman. A

Panayi error on 18 let the hosts equalise but a low drive
from Matt Smith put us ahead again in the 25th minute and goals from
Cottee

on 31 and 35, the second one deflecting off him from
Robinson's shot, put us in charge. They pulled one back from distance after
48

but a great Ayling run and cross was forced in by Smith on
55 to restore the lead. However, former Epsom player Robbie Burns

scored on 76, while two more goals in 86 and 88 happened
as Epsom fell apart. Rodrigues had been subbed by Summers on 68 and

the trouble
could be traced to that point.

Dec 11 South Park game on 10th January is rearranged for
28th Feb as they play Leatherhead in Surrey Senior Cup instead.

Dec 11 Final game of season at Colliers Wood is switched
to Cobham FC and brought forward by a day to 27th April. Wood are

undergoing pitch
refurbishments from 1st March.

Dec 11 Harry Hoadley is advised in League Bulletin as
leaving our club for Mole Valley SCR but it was advised that he was only on
a

temporary loan
originally when it appeared that he must have signed for us. We will see him
in the future again.

Dec 11 Richard
Webber returns to previous club Chessington & Hook United.

Dec 11 former
and future player Charlie West joins Banstead Athletic from Bookham.

Dec 11 Ross
White joins club from Egham Town.

17/12/11 Epsom blow a good chance to redeem themselves
after the Chessington disaster and are 2-0 down at home to Cove by half

time to goals on 20 and 23. A third follows after 55 and
Epsom scored through a Matt Smith penalty on 62 when Cottee was bundled

over and on 65 Cottee scored with a good low drive after
two defenders had got in each other's way and the ball had fallen to him.

However, a Ross White flick apart, we didn't hit the
target again. White had come on for Jarman who was injured in a clash of
heads

just before the break. Cove had already used three subs by
that point, including one stretchered off, but their player was ok to

continue and they finished the game with 11 men. A very
poor display from Epsom though and Lyndon was not happy after the game.

17/12/11 Jamie Hatfield was sent off harshly towards the
end of the match for a foul, when there didn't appear to be any contact!

27/12/11 Epsom edge the local derby match with Banstead
Athletic by a goal to nil with Ross White scoring in the 48th minute from

a really good midfield pass. We could have had more as we
were well on top during the early part of the second half, but they hit the

post in the
first half and attacked more as the game closed. First win since 19th
November v Croydon.

Unofficially
this attendance was revealed as 105. In the absence of nothing official I
will use this as it seemed about right.

2/1/12 Heavy
rain the day before renders the Moatside unplayable and the Raynes Park game
is called off at 8am this day.

Programme cover
was printed but not issued.

Jan 12 Colliers Wood are doing work on their pitch, so our
final match of the season will be at Cobham instead, but on Friday 27/4/12.

Jan 12 former
player Craig Prendergast is at Farleigh Rovers this season.

Jan 12 Jamie
Hatfield suspended for four games starting with the Worcester Park game.
07/01/12 to 21/01/12 inc.

7/1/12 South Park (A) is moved back for Epsom's League Cup
tie at Worcester Park. It was moved back three days but then moved again

as South Park
had an SSC tie with Leatherhead.

7/1/12 Epsom depart League Cup with a whimper to Step Six
Worcester Park by four goals to one. Our heaviest ever defeat to a

Step Six club and frustrating too. Conceded after 9
minutes but equalised after 53 when Cottee finished off a great run and pull
back

from Myers. However, we conceded again after 67 and fell
apart. Also Downs and Jarman suffered injuries and had to be subbed.

Unfortunately they were both poor. Robinson was sent off
for two bookable offences, the first of which was harsh, but the second

was quite
clear. Then Ayling conceded a penalty with a clumsy challenge after 86. We
had conceded a third goal to former

Epsom player
Nick Drew after 82, just before Robinson was sent off. Their first goal was
scored by Marc Muino, former

Epsom Youth, Reserve and briefly first teamer. Real
problems for Lyndon who also had Glynn Mandeville sent off with the score at
2-1.

It also
transpires after the match that Sam Robinson has damaged the dressing room
door at Worcester Park.

Jan 12 Former
keeper Dan Coles signs for Dorking.

Jan 12 It transpires that there are serious admin issues
at the club again. We have been fined by the Suburban League, and did
not

respond to this, so the League suspended the club for the
time being and cancelled the South Park home game and Molesey away

games scheduled for 9th and 14th January. The club has
been summoned to a meeting on Monday 23rd January where it is

expected that
all outstanding matters will be dealt with.

Jan 12 It also appears that Paul West was suspended for
the Croydon game on 19th November and that Alex McGregor was

suspended for the Banstead game on 27th December. Had we
lost both it wouldn't have mattered, but we are now in line for a six

point deduction as we won both games. If confirmed, as
seems likely, this would be our first points deduction since 1965. Tony

Jeffcoate says that he didn't receive the Paul West
paperwork and may appeal on that one, but that he found the McGregor
paperwork

in amongst some other bits. No appeals are
ever submitted.

Jan 12 New
signing former player Alex McKay has injured his back and will be out for a
little while advises Lyndon.

Jan 12 Club
arranges Strategy Meeting for Weds 25th January where this and other matters
are to be discussed.

14/1/12 Wembley are defeated by a goal to nil thanks to an
acrobatic Jamie Cottee volley after Ali Dewar's shot was blocked by

their reliable keeper Pearce but the ball spun across the
box where Cottee readjusted well to reach it in the 38th minute. There was

little else of
note in the entire match except for an injury to the referee that meant he
was unable to continue after half time.

Supporter John Bonner, a qualified linesman took over,
although Wembley complained for a while about not being informed. It

made no difference as much of this game was played in
midfield. Ironically, it was 23 years to the day that Dave Wilson had to do

exactly the same
job in our home match with Whyteleafe back in 1989! New ref was Will Davies.

Jan 12 New signings Adam Goodwell (month's loan from
Leatherhead, Nick Greaves (loan from Kingston) and Martin Smith (MVSCR)

are all on the team sheet for the Wembley game and
Goodwell makes debut at left back. Ben Hayward is still having work
issues,

while Jamie Summers is still ill and Mark Jarman has
sinusitis. Paul West misses Wembley and Raynes Park games with a knee

injury but Lyndon hopes he will be back for the Croydon
game. Dave Francis has been out with a bad back but was at the game.

15/1/12 Richard Lambert attends an FA meeting relating to
the potential reorganisation of Step Five at the Thurrock Hotel in Purfleet.

Although just a proposal at this stage, the FA are trying
to get 14 divisions down to 12 and provisionally for this exercise we are

placed in the London SW area. This would mean we would
continue to play teams local to us and as far away as Guildford or

Hanworth if they are still at Step Five, but there would
be many new teams like Arundel and Shoreham with League meetings against

Redhill for the first time since the seventies. We are
also in the projected catchment area for Guernsey when the come up, and if

they don't get
any higher we could have a few regular meetings there.

This is projected to come in at the conclusion of 2012/13.
I asked whether we would be able to get an extra promotion place and

whether we would have a problem with an inspection in
March 2013 if we were moving to a new ground for August 2013 which may not

be ready in March (assuming we actually get a ground).
They said that this would be ok and we would be given time to sort that out.

Whether this will come in is hard to say, but I believe it
is likely once a few more tweaks are made to the badly affected areas like

Sussex and
United Counties which are having their teams scattered far and wide.

17/1/12 Matt Smith is suspended for this game following an
accumulation of bookings. He was about to make his 100th appearance.

17/1/12 Epsom lead after 43 seconds but concede two goals
in the last twenty minutes as Raynes Park defeat us 2-1 to complete

a League double.  It
was the third straight time they had won at Epsom and deserved the win in the
end. Ross White controlled a

great through ball to put him through. H then crossed
towards Cottee from a slightly wide angle but a defender intervened and it
hit

his leg and crept just inside the post for an ideal start.
The game was even but we looked very dangerous when going forward and we

earned a penalty after 36 minutes when Robinson's shot was
charged down by a block from a defender. However, Robinson's penalty

was blasted straight at the keeper and he saved it. Keeper
was Dean Cupit, the only player to save a penalty from Kyle Hough back

in 2008 when with
Bookham. The warning signs were there approaching half time but they were
level after 71. A free kick was floated

in and their player got a head to it and looped the ball
over Jones. Five minutes later we were behind as a one-two on their right
was

returned and the striker beat Jones from close range.
Cottee nearly produced a fine goal on two occasions, once in the first half
when

he beat at least five players Ricky Villa - like but just
rolled his shot a foot outside the near post with the keeper beaten, and
once

right at the end when the keeper produced a fine save from
a good shot. Mat Smith would have made his 100th appearance this

evening but found out just before the game that he was
suspended. More administration issues. Debut for Martin Smith from Mole

Valley SCR.

18/1/12 Combined Counties League advise that we owe £710
to Surrey FA and it needs paying today or we will be suspended. Pete

Beddoe to look into this urgently and clear debt. Mostly
for fines on top of fines which is inexcusable. Not sure exactly where the
fault

lies as yet but
someone has not been doing their job correctly.

18/1/12 In the
end only £165 was paid after an appeal against some of the fines on top of
fines.

21/1/12 Epsom equalise twice to secure a point at the
Croydon Arena. We were unable to get out of half for much of the first half

against the wind, but as soon as we had the wind in the
second, we conceded after 52. Jarman came off the bench to tap in after
the

Croydon keeper missed Cottee's low cross after 68 but we
went behind after 84 to a good low free kick that our wall jumped over.

Luckily Jarman's persistence forced two defenders to get
in each others way while chasing a long ball and he nipped in and
slotted

past the keeper in the final minute. There were three
seconds left in normal time. Keiran Lunn debut. Right winger but not
sure

where from yet.
Matt Smith's 100th appearance.

23/1/12 Suburban League Meeting give the club one last
chance to sort their affairs out. Pete Beddoe describes it as the "Last

Chance
Saloon".

25/1/12 Strategy meeting where preliminary discussions
take place relating to the abolition of the Reserve and Youth teams. The

general consensus is that we have little choice due to
financial issues but final decision to be made at next meeting on 29th Feb.

Suggestion made by Richard Lambert for Pete Beddoe to take
over Secretarial job on temporary basis with Tony Jeffcoate being left

to concentrate
on sponsorship issues, but neither are in favour so the logjam continues and
no sponsorship is gained.

Tina Nadesan has resigned as
Secretary. Never really did anything apart
from the Youth team anyway, but her problems occurred

because other
Secretarial bits weren't getting done.

28/1/12 Biggest win of season by 5-0 over Dorking at
Moatside. Very even first twenty five minutes but after 29 Cottee sliced
through

from the left and crossed for Jarman to prod in. Summers
made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute when he headed in a loose ball spectacularly.

Cottee scored on 52 when clean through and he thumped it
past the keeper, while Jarman was bundled over in the process of

converting a Matt Smith cross and Smith scored the penalty
low to the keeper's right on 55. Cottee scored the fifth on 69 after the

keeper had parried Jarman's effort. The keeper was former
Epsom keeper Dan Coles and he played well but had no help from his

defenders. Jamie
Summers returned from illness and Jamie Hatfield from suspension, but
Robinson, Dewar, McKay and West were

all missing
while McGregor went with Reserves. West is still injured as is Robinson
currently.

Robinson was
actually suspended for this match following his Worcester Park sending off.

29/1/12 League Bulletin finally advises that we have been
deducted three points for playing Paul West at home to Croydon on 19th

November despite
his suspension. The other issue with Alex McGregor v Banstead is still
outstanding.

31/01/12 Game v
Molesey is called off at 6.15. Poor decision as pitch was playable. Prog
produced (number 17) Y.

Game is
rearranged for 6th March.

4/2/12 Badshot Lea (A) is p-p for a frozen pitch.
Temperatures were very low this weekend. Game rearranged for 13th March, but

then switched to
3rd April as Godalming Town have a rearranged Ryman League match there now.

Feb 12 Sam Robinson returns to Merstham and almost
immediately leaves for Faversham. He may even have gone there straight from

Epsom as this
was advised in the Isthmian Bulletin and he was probably on dual
registration.

Feb 12 It transpires that the club has been entered into
the voluntary Suburban League Shield even though this will incur costs and

there is no prize money. Decision made by Chairman alone
who is using his Committee less and less. No consultation with a

Committee that would surely have chosen not to waste money
on this. Maybe that's why he didn't consult. More money wasted.

Club will play
four group games, all away from home incurring half the officials costs for
each match.

This is an even more bizarre decision based on the
discussions regarding costs at the last Committee Meeting. Jeffcoate
stubbornly

refuses to
withdraw the club from the competition. A real lack of responsibility and
accountability to club members.

11/2/12 Farnham
(H) is also p-p for a frozen pitch. Even lower temperatures this weekend. No
prog issued.

Game rearranged
for 20th March.

12/2/12 League bulletin advises that we have now had the
other three points deducted for playing Alex McGregor at Banstead on

27th December
despite being suspended at the time.

18/2/12 Epsom return to League action but are defeated 3-1
at Horley. Horley's first ever home win over Epsom and their first double.

Epsom were hampered by the harsh sending off of Adrian
Jones in the 45th minute for a foul which was definitely a penalty, but an

erratic ref decided that despite the conditions it was a
professional foul. He was poor throughout, confusing both sets of
supporters

and players
with his decisions and Horley extended their lead with goals after 54 and 62.
Epsom kept working though and

pulled one back in the 93rd minute through Nathan Ayling.
Former player Kyle Hough scored the penalty and the second goal to make

36 for the
season since joining Horley.

19/2/12 League Bulletin advises that Club Secretary is now
Tony Jeffcoate, following Tina Nadesan's resignation. This is the official

date of the
change in positions.

25/2/12 Epsom are defeated 3-2 at home to Sandhurst who
were just the better side although Epsom fought back and rattled them

in the final 15 minutes. We went behind after 26 to a near
post volley from a corner although Cottee took advantage of a defender and

keeper
miscommunication to smash home the equaliser from a wide angle after 32. We
then conceded a penalty right on half time

again, this time for a handball from Anthony Panayi so
were behind at half time. Epsom pressure ensued but a really bad
handling

error from Adrian Jones cost us as he fumbled the ball
over the line for 3-1. Cottee put Myers through for our second after 87 but
we

couldn't force an equaliser. Myers had a weak shot hacked
off the line and there was also a goalmouth scramble midway through

the second half
when the ball nearly crossed the line. Ultimately we left ourselves too much
to do.

Adam Goodwell and Alex Rodrigues were both unavailable for
this game, while Paul West (knee), Alex McKay (hamstring) and

Dave Francis
(back) are all out injured. Ali Dewar is now fit again.

25/2/12 Sub keeper Nick Taylor-Greaves, yet to make an
appearance for the club, gets booked for dissent following a booking for

Jarman. First
player in club history to do this!

Also this day
an Assistant asks a spectator on the far side
to take off his red top as it was clashing with the visiting
colours

and affecting
his offside decisions!

Feb 12 Sam
Robinson has left for Faversham Town. More money offered.

28/2/12 Heroic display in 3-1 win at South Park. First
League double of the season. Cottee scored twice after 22 and 26 and

the first one was brilliant as he cut in from the right
and curled the ball right into the top corner from nearly 25 yards. He headed
in from

McGregor's free kick shortly after and Cottee had two
chances to secure a hat trick but was just wide once and well saved
afterwards.

The referee booked eight players in the first half alone,
four from each side and the second half started with the home side pushing

but they did little until Jones tried to catch when he
should have punched and the ball was lost then bundled in on 73 and on 76 a

clumsy challenge resulted in a penalty but it was a bad
one and hit straight at Jones who kept it out with his feet. On 83 we
scored

on a
counter-attack when Cottee broke through on the right and his low ball in was
turned in from close range by Jarman.

The booking count eventually reached 11, 6 for South Park
which included a second booking for their number two towards the end, and

a number of
bookings were very harsh.

29/2/12
Committee Meeting at Epsom Common WMC.

Further delays on decision relating to the abolition of
the Reserves and Youth Team. Now agreed that a decision will be made on 21st

March. Nothing else of real interest except that the
Holding Company minutes were read out and they are now keen to forge a

stronger link
with the Committee. Also Ian Twyford has resigned from the Committee.

March 12 former player Jim Davies and future player Matt
Tanton are at Colliers Wood United this year as they reach the League Cup
Final.

Mar 12 Matt
Tanton at Colliers Wood

Mar 12 Charlie
Clark-Gleave and Jordan Cheadle at Banstead

3/3/12 Best performance of the season in a 3-0 win at
Hanworth Villa. Villa hit the post after 41 but we took the lead through a
great

move started by Downs and Dewar and finished off by Cottee
who also hit the ball on 55. We kept up the tempo and Downs scored

with a good drive on 81 after Dewar had hurried the keeper
into a poor clearance and Jarman was fouled in the box on 92 so Smith

scored the
penalty. Our third straight win there. Hanworth had reached the final
qualifying round of the F.A.Cup this season.

6/3/12 Worst display of the season as Molesey destroy
Epsom 6-0 at Moatside. Jarman had a shot cleared off the line after 19
but

that was about
it as we conceded on 23, 31, 42, 51, 66 and 85. Totally flat.

March 12 James
Cottee is related to Tony Cottee who is a cousin of James' dad.

March 12 Tom Siefers was born in Asuncion, Paraguay and
adopted at the age of 6 months and brought to England. The surname is

Dutch / German
according to his dad.

March 12 former
player Adam Broomhead moves from Merstham to Whyteleafe.

10/3/12 Adrian
Jones serves a one match suspension this day, following the sending off
against Horley.

10/3/12 Epsom survive tricky trip to Mole Valley's
temporary ground at Cobham with a 4-2 win. A fine overhead kick goal from
Jarman

after 4 minutes from Cottee's flick set us up well and
after 10 minutes Gough finished off a great first time Myers cross from the
left.

A penalty was conceded after 18 which former Epsom player
Jay Holden scored and after 54 a diving Jamie Summers header went

into our own net. However, from a near post Smith corner
after 60 Cottee flicked the ball in and Nathan Ayling hit a 25 yarder
into

the roof of the
net in the 89th minute.

13/3/12 Badshot
Lea (A) is moved back to 3/4/12 as Godalming required the use of their pitch.

17/3/12 A poor first half leaves us with too much to do
against Ash at the Moatside. Goals after 24 and 29 both with limited marking,

and we created
little in the second half even if it was an improvement.

20/3/12 Another shocker at the Moatside as Epsom lose 4-1
to Farnham, and again conceded two soft goals after 17 and 21, the first

an own goal when the keeper came out and called but it was
too late and Summers soft header dribbled over the line. We looked

threatening
occasionally but conceded again after 56 and 69 both with our defence slow to
react to the first which

came back off the bar and the second which came back off
the keeper. Ali Dewar scored his first goal for the club in the 91st
minute

when a corner
got through to him at the back and he controlled and fired home glancing a
defender on the way through.

21/3/12
Committee Meeting at Epsom Common WMC where it is decided that the Reserves
and Youth Teams will cease at

the end of the season. The decisions are purely financial
and it is felt that this would save approximately £14k which is a huge

chunk of the
club's outgoings. The intention is for them not to return until we have a new
ground at the earliest.

21/3/12 Also committee agree to pursue a new ground
sharing agreement with Chipstead F.C. The agreement is just waiting to
be

signed. They will charge significantly less than Merstham
who have upped their price to £9,200 and £10,300 + VAT for the next two

years. Chipstead will charge £8k and £8.5k with no VAT for
the two years and was decided to be a better decision than the other
offer

from Molesey because a) we are not paying money to a
league rival and b) Molesey are playing all home games away at the start of

next season if
they get planning permission to turn their pitch by 90 degrees.

21/3/12 Committee also close to agreeing a venue for the
DWT next year which is South Park FC. Ricky Kidd the former Epsom

Manager is Director of Football there and is keen to have
the tournament, although dates are to be confirmed. Failing this, we may
be

able to hold it at Chipstead, either on the main or the
back pitch. We are also hoping to be able to hold some home friendlies
on

Chipstead's back
pitch.

21/3/12 Richard
Lambert confirms that he will stand as Club Secretary next season.

21/3/12 Also
confirmed that the Committee will finally have a meeting with the Holding
Company at some point in April. In the

meantime Pete B and Tony J are to speak directly with
Chris Grayling in an attempt to relight the NESCOT option for a new ground

as it is felt that it is vital that they are pushed into
making a decision one way or the other sooner rather than later so we can
either

plough fully
into this or move on to other options.

24/3/12 Epsom
First team and reserves have no game this day.

March 12 Micky Hughes has left for Chessington & Hook
where he is in the first team. Former Epsom player Zach Powell is also

there currently.

March 12 Lyndon advises that Tom Siefers has departed for
Burgess Hill Town, and that Dave Francis, Alex McGregor, Paul West,

and Adrian Jones are likely to be out for the season.
James Moon has returned to the club from Kingstonian, while Ramzi Bedj Bedj

is advised as returning after a break. Charlie West also
returns to the club from Banstead Athletic. Joshua Smith a wide player

formerly at Leatherhead has joined from Lingfield. Lyndon
believes we need two more wins from our seven games, three of which

are against
teams in the bottom four, but three others are against teams in the top four
with just Badshot Lea in the middle!

March 12 South Park advise that they cannot host the Dave
Wilson Trophy and Chipstead is not an option either. Decided to approach

Leatherhead regarding their River Lane academy ground and
the tournament would be played a week earlier than usual. Also,

Dorking
Wanderers might be an option for a venue. Neither pan out.

March 12 New players Adam and Jordan Cheadle join from
Banstead. Michael Lidbury joining from Merstham and was due to play

against
Chessington & Hook on 31/3/12.

31/3/12 Michael Lidbury unavailable at short notice so
Nick Taylor-Greaves continues in goal and does nothing wrong but we still
lose

1-0 to a 74th minute volley. James Cottee surprisingly
started on the bench and we were limp throughout even with the inclusion
of

Carl Downs in
the team. Very little created throughout. Adam Cheadle debut.

31/3/12 Match
report now advises that relegation is a possibility.

March 12 still no announcement made relating to decisions
agreed at the Committee Meeting. As of 3rd April Trevor Smith hadn't

been told that
his Youth team was folding.

Apr 12 Richard
Webber is at Bookham

3/4/12 Entertaining match at Godalming Town's Weycourt
ground against Badshot Lea which finishes 2-2. Much improved work rate

and general activity from the players and we led after 16
when new signing Martin Grant from Chipstead held the ball up well for Downs

to smash in a low drive from 25 yards that went in the far
corner. Badshot equalised three minutes later as a long ball was prodded in

at the far post and we went behind after 65 to a long
range shot that went under Taylor-Greaves. However we kept going and after
more

pressure Hayward had a shot that took a big deflection and
went in the opposite corner to where the keeper was heading. Jarman

nearly won it in
the last minute but the keeper pulled off a great save with a trailing leg.

7/4/12 Epsom deserve and get a point at Guildford City in
a 1-1 draw. Guildford scored in the 4th minute but Epsom hang in and

Taylor-Greaves makes some good saves. Then in the 78th
minute Martin Grant holds off his man and curls a shot into the corner from

just outside the box and we held on. Charlie West returned
for Epsom and Joshua Smith, son of Reserve Manager Trevor makes his

debut.

9/4/12 An excellent Easter on the field as Banstead are
beaten 2-0 at Moatside, ending our run of five straight losses at home. James

Cottee was originally on the bench but the non-arrival of
Grant meant that he started and he had a blinder. The first 30 minutes was

fairly even but we began to get on top and Cottee scored
in the 44th minute when he received a great pass from Jarman,
sidestepped

the last ditch challenge and clipped the ball over former
keeper Dave Tidy from a narrow angle. A great goal. He had many other

chances but they were usually well stopped by the keeper
until the 57th minute when he cut in on the right by-line and crossed
low

for Hayward to
tap in. Former players Robbie Burns and Tony Cuff played for Banstead.

9/4/12 Committee decide to water down Press announcement
because they have not told Trevor Smith that the Reserves and Youth

are folding, despite the decision being made three weeks
previously and the leagues notified nine days earlier. Richard Lambert

argued correctly that the information was already in the
public domain and had already been tweeted and we had a duty to let our

supporters know, but some Committee members are still
having trouble dealing with social networking and couldn't understand.

Full statement
is to go back on the website on Saturday 14th April once Lyndon has let
Trevor know.

It transpires
later in the week that Trevor knew already and wasn't concerned.

9/4/12 Richard Lambert confirms to Pete Beddoe that he
will not be standing as Club Secretary until the Committee starts working
as

a group, as too many decisions and mistakes are being made
by Chairman not Committee which is costing the club its reputation.

14/4/12 Epsom produce a fine performance in defeating
Egham Town 2-0 at the Runnymede Stadium. The first twenty minutes were

mostly Egham, but we began to grow in confidence and took
the lead in the 38th minute when Hatfield's corner was knocked straight

back to him, and his right foot cross was headed into the
net by the Egham number 7. Ramzi Bedj Bedj added a second after 56

from the penalty spot when his left wing run and cross was
handballed. Egham created little in the second half and we had the

better of the few chances around in that period. Former
players Alex Rodrigues, Paul Borg and Dale Marvell played for Egham.

21/4/12 Flat end of season game is decided by a solitary
Camberley goal after 21 minutes. It was the first goal we had conceded
for

287 minutes
since Guildford and we had chances to equalise when Myers was one on one but
rushed his shot, and when

Dewar shot at
the keeper but the ball came back to him and he rolled it beyond an open goal
from a wide angle, both in

the second half. Alex Tilly debut. Promoted from the
Reserves and looked useful, though harshly booked towards the end of the
game.

21/4/12 Yet
another fine comes our way as CCL do not receive our information on the
Camberley game.

21/04/12 Current injury position is as follows: Ramzi Bedj
Bedj is in Scotland with family, Jarman is away for the weekend, Martin

Grant has returned to Chipstead. Injured players Adrian
Jones (exsema), West (knee), McGregor (knee), Summers (tonsillitis),

Joshua Smith
(working), James Moon returned to Kingstonian.

23/4/12 Epsom & Ewell FC Quiz team come second out of
13 in the Radio Marsden quiz at Sutton United. Beaten only on a second

tie break, the
team was made up of Richard Lambert, Steve Davies, John Steinmetz, Gary Ellis
and Joon Wong.

25/4/12
Important meeting between Holding Company and 5 members of Club Committee.
Paul Marshall and Lyndon absent.

At the meeting it was clear that the number 1 priority
remains NESCOT and Roy Betts believes that a lack of contact with them isn't

a major issue. A couple of things were decided though. 1)
The Holding Company will contact Chris Grayling again with a view to

providing him with an updated business plan, with any
shortfall advised as "Investment Income" at this point. 2) A final
costing on the

ground is to be undertaken by Pete Lumm and Dave Ellins
based on the current 3 scenarios a) Stadium & separate 3g pitch, b)

Stadium
consisting of a 3g pitch for use of the first team and no grass, c) A stadium
consisting of just grass.

Currently determined that we will work on a worst case
scenario which is the most expensive project so far and is estimated at
£1.4m.

Modular buildings may reduce the cost of any clubhouse and
this will be looked at by Tony. Currently the Holding Company advises a

figure held at £387k and it is hoped that it will still be
over £300k by August 2015 meaning that the contribution from them would only

be in the region of £29 - £30k for the next three years.
Apparently this year it was £47k but the removal of the Reserves and Youth

will save £14k and a couple of thousand more will be saved
by the move to Chipstead so £30k is not insurmountable. Meeting was

cordial
although a second joint meeting has not been planned. I hope we can get
another for 6 months time if possible.

27/4/12 Epsom's
game at Colliers Wood is washed out. Rearranged for Tuesday 1st May.

1/5/12 Game is p-p again due to further rain. There are
only three matches remaining to be played in the League and all have a
bearing

on the relegation position. This game is rearranged for
Tuesday 8th May after Colliers Wood's League Cup Final appearance on

Friday 4th May.

4/5/12 Hastily
arranged and badly publicised Presentation Evening takes place at Imber
Court. Carl Downs wins the Players

Player of the
Year, while Mark Jarman wins the Management Player of the Year award.

No mention of
any Reserve or Youth awards yet.

8/5/12 game at Colliers Wood is finally played at Cobham
and ends in a 2-2 draw. We went behind after 28 but a foul on Jarman a

minute later allowed Ramzi Bedj Bedj to chip the penalty
in Panenka-style in the 30th minute. We went ahead after 58 when Gough

finished off a great bullying run and low cross from
Jarman, but despite Wood having a player sent off for a professional foul on
Jarman

as early as the
37th minute, they fought back and equalised with four minutes remaining after
we didn't heed the warning signs. The

biggest problem
for Lyndon next season may well be in midfield.

Future player
Matt Tanton played and scored Colliers Wood's first goal.

Final position
of 14th with minus 6 GD. Record of 7-2-12 32-41 at home but 8-7-6 39-36 away

May 12 AGM
confirmed for Sunday 17th June at 8pm

May 12 decision
made to approach Dorking FC with regard to the Dave Wilson Trophy, scheduled
for July 2012.

14/5/12 It transpires at Committee Meeting that Dorking
are unable to host either so the Dave Wilson Trophy will revert to a one
match

format and Epsom
will meet Chipstead on their own ground on Saturday 28th July.

Reserves:

Suburban League South

Position:

4 out of 14

Manager:

Les Smithers

Asst Jamie Kennedy

Both resigned 22/1/12.

Secretary:

Roy Anklesaria

10 raymead close Fetcham surrey kt22 9lu.

01372 363356

07814 236934

[email-masked], but left soon after his appointment.

Suburban League changes constitution. Now four divisions
with a Premier A and B, with two supporting divisions, North and South

although they should be called East and West as Ash and
Hartley Wintney have to travel north of the Thames quite frequently. We

are in the South
division which is slightly reduced in size to a more manageable 16 teams.

16/7/11 Reserves win 8-0 at Swaffham Town and dominated
from start to finish. John Antonio and Lewis Matthews scored twice

each, along with goals from Damion Parris, Paul Goff,
Wesley Lennon and Lee Binns with a cracker from 25 yards in the final

minute. It was only 2-0 at half time and it had taken 25
minutes before we broke through, but Swaffham never really threatened.

18/7/11 Reserves win 1-0 over Kingstonian XI which is a
mix of Youth and Reserves on a wet and windy evening. Micky Hughes

scored the only
goal in the first half. Game played on the park pitch at Raynes Park.

23/7/11 Epsom win 3-1 at Three Bridges after conceding
early. Despite missing a few of the side that won at Swaffham, they were

still the better side and a Matt Rains header after 31
minutes brought the sides level before we scored two goals in the second
half.

James Pearson
mispen (SAVE) at 1-1 in second half.

July 11 Further Suburban League reorganisation now places
Epsom in a division of just 14 teams. The format is the same with the

four divisions,
but is more sensibly aligned.

July 11 Reserves
do not appear in Surrey Premier Cup draw. Presume not entered.

12/8/11 Epsom defeat Colliers Wood 2-0 in a friendly. They
are a Premier Division side this season so this is another good result.

14/8/11 Reserves lose 1-0 to Wearside Rangers at Raynes
Park, Tony Jeffcoate has connections with them and I believe they

are a veterans
team. Reserves well on top and lost to a disputed first half penalty.

22/8/11 Aaron
Stephens suspended for one match this day.

22/8/11 Reserves kick off their Suburban League season
with a surprising 3-2 loss at home to Molesey. They were behind at half

time but a
Lewis Matthews header and another from Michael Hughes put us ahead, but not
for long and Molesey scored a

winner near the
end.

27/8/11 Reserves pegged back with a 90th minute equaliser
at Thamesmead. Unfortunate. Michael Hughes had put us ahead after 50.

Some players
arrived late due to traffic trouble and another with a puncture.

3/9/11 Reserves
lead 3-0 but lose 4-3 to Hanworth Villa in first leg of Suburban League Cup.
Many players out and Les's

brother Andy Smithers came in for his first game in 7
years. He pulled a groin muscle after ten minutes but played on as there

was no sub
keeper! Aaron Williams had scored after 2 minutes and Matt Harmsworth
extended the lead after 20 with Okolie

heading home
after 31 minutes from a keeper fumble. It was 3-1 before HT though and
Harmsworth hit the bar

after 85 minutes and Hanworth scored their second on the
counter attack before equalising from a free kick shortly after and

getting the
winner after 102 minutes! Fortunately there is a second leg this year so
there is still time.

10/9/11 Reserve game at home to Walton & Hersham is
moved. Probably because Raynes Park had a game. Hopefully the League

won't give us
any more games at home on a Saturday.

17/9/11 Epsom
get a good 2-2 draw at South Park with all goals in the second half.

19/9/11 Finally we get our first win of the season as
Chessington & Hook are blitzed 4-1 at Raynes Park Vale, despite it being

goalless at HT.

24/9/11 A little revenge for our boys who were the only
side to  lose to Oakwood last season.
This time we win 5-0 at Oakwood and

were totally
dominant.

26/9/11 Reserves recovered from 3-1 down and 4-3 down to
draw 4-4 with Redhill Reserves. Adewale put us ahead after half an hour,

but we were still 2-1 down at half time and gave a penalty
away soon after the restart to go further behind. England reduced the

arrears from the spot after Okolie was fouled but
substitute Vic Martin equalised with a great chip, and with ten minutes left
we were

pressing for a winner, but conceded again before Paul
Gough equalised by flicking the ball in at the near post with two minutes

remaining.

Oct 11 Rod
Wallace the former Glasgow Rangers and Southampton player has joined as a
coach to Les Smithers.

3/10/11 Reserves lose Aaron Stephens for a second yellow
card early in the second half, and go behind on the hour to Lingfield, but

recover to win
2-1 thanks to a thirty yard strike from Hughes and a late header from
Matthews.

8/10/11 Reserves are totally dominant in a 6-1 win at
Corinthian who were on a good run themselves. Epsom were 4-0 up at half

time. Hughes
scored twice, once from the spot, while Kevin Bassaka scored on his debut.

12/10/11 Another dominant performance at Cobham as the
Blues defeat Mole Valley Reserves by four clear goals. They were 3-0 up

before the home
side had a man sent off, yet we were only able to add one more goal in the
time that remained.

We are up to
Second in the Suburban League now.

17/10/11
Reserves game with Walton & Hersham is moved for the Youth Cup tie with
Ebbsfleet United.

23/10/11 Les
Smithers announces his resignation by email. Not happy with a number of
issues at the club.

24/10/11 Assistant James Kennedy takes charge for the top
of the table clash at home to Walton that Epsom win 3-0 at Raynes Park

Ali Dewar scores twice while Ayden Richards gets the other
goal. Walton's first dropped points of the season in their tenth game and

we are back up
to second after dropping during the weekend.

Oct 11 Les
Smithers rescinds his resignation and will continue as Manager.

29/10/11 Reserve
game at Horley is moved. Don't know why. Rearranged for 19/11/11.

5/11/11 Reserves keep winning, this time 4-2 at
Crowborough Athletic. Led 2-1 at HT and 3-1 before the lights went out for 30
minutes.

Once restarted Epsom scored a fourth from a Lewis Matthews
penalty before conceding near the end. They are currently third in the

table but bang
in form.

14/11/11 Although only 1-0 up at half time, the Reserves
extend that lead to five before conceding a late consolation at home to

Cobham. Dave
Francis scores twice while Anthony Panayi and Aaron France both play.

19/11/11 Reserves win 2-1 at Horley. A closer game than
they have had recently against one of the weaker teams in the Division.

Nov 11 Horley
(H) now arranged for Monday 12th December.

28/11/11 Reserves defeat Hanworth Villa 2-1 in second leg
of Suburban League Cup making an aggregate score of 5-5 but lose 4-2 on

penalties at
Grand Drive.

3/12/11 Ninth straight win as Epsom win 1-0 at Chessington
& Hook. An early Lewis Matthews header was enough but Epsom were

well in control
throughout on a muddy pitch.

12/12/11 Reserve game at home to Horley is p-p as Raynes
Park want to protect their pitch for their League Cup tie with Farleigh

Rovers the next
day.

Dec 11 It transpires that Epsom have tried to get their
game at Molesey called off from 17th December and were successful.

Molesey will now
play Chessington & Hook instead.

Jan 12 Reserves games at home to South Park on 9/1/12 and
Molesey (a) on 14/1 are moved because the club has been

suspended by
the Suburban League for non-payment of fines.

See January 12 comments in first team area. Reserves next
match is currently away at Walton & Hersham on 28th January, by

which time the
Reserves will have had no game for nearly two months.

Jan 12 Keeper Dan Kelton joins Dorking Wanderers quoting a
lack of matches. This is not really the clubs fault as the Suburban

League has such
small divisions, but the suspension hasn't helped. Les Smithers is
understandably not happy about this.

22/1/12 Les Smithers resigns to accept a first team
assistant post at Chessington & Hook United. James Kennedy and Rod
Wallace are

leaving with
him. He had finally had enough of the administration issues surrounding this
club.

Trevor Smith takes over the running of the Reserve team
too and will give many of the youth team a run. This may prove difficult
as

there are dates
coming up where the Reserves and the Youths have a game on the same date.

28/1/12 Reserves lose 2-1 at Walton & Hersham which
was a creditable result, considering the recent upheaval. We were 2-0 at HT.

6/2/12 Home game
with Horley is p-p for a frozen / waterlogged pitch at Raynes Park.

18/2/12 Epsom's much changed Reserve side secure a 2-1 win
at Molesey with goals from Kyle Matheson and Jordan Nevin. The

Molesey website
says it was against the run of play.

20/2/12 Reserves slip up with a 2-1 home defeat to
Oakwood. Title chances are gone now as Walton & Hersham have extended
their

lead to 15 points and Epsom are now behind Thamesmead Town
too. HT unknown but Mark Jarman's goal came after 79 minutes.

Despite a lack of players and administartion Tony
Jeffcoate enters the Reserves into the optional Suburban League Shield. This
will cost

the club money
for each game as all our home games are to be played away from home.
Committee not consulted.

Reserves are moved from a five team group E into a three
team group H for the Suburban League Shield. Instead of Molesey and

Cobham and Hampton & Richmond we will now play Met
Police and Walton & Hersham home and away but the two home games

will be away
too. We were due to be in the same group as Met Police anyway.

22/2/12 Reserves lose 4-1 to Met Police in Suburban League
Shield. HT unknown but McGregor's goal came in the 32nd minute.

26/2/12 Suburban League advised we would be playing our
home Suburban League tie with Walton at Walton on this Sunday, but it

now appears to
have been a mistake and is rearranged for Monday 26th March. It did look a
bit odd.

27/2/12 game with Walton & Hersham in Suburban League
Shield is p-p because we were unable to raise a team because the Youths

were also playing this night. Suburban League are
apparently ok with this on this occasion but other dates remain in the
calendar

with clashes and
it is clear we need more players to fill the two teams.

5/3/12 Reserves
lose 3-1 at home to Crowborough Athletic in Suburban League.

14/3/12 Ashley Nadesan scores twice for Reserves but we
still lose 5-2 in the Suburban League Shield. Met Police have also beaten

Walton & Hersham so have probably won the group. As a
result, the two matches with Walton & Hersham will probably not be
played.

The first game
was originally scheduled for 27th Feb and the next for 26th March but this
has already been postponed.

March 12 It transpires that Les Smithers has now left
Chessington. Circumstances unknown although it is clear that he didn't

actually get a
first team position, he was just assisting.

March 12 Former
player Robbie Burns moves from Chessington & Hook to Banstead Athletic.

March 12 Horley
p-p on 6th Feb is apparently now awaiting a Management Committee decision.
Why was this?

March 12 Redhill
game is rearranged for Saturday 7th April and will be played at Redhill.

March 12 Game at
home to Corinthian moved from 2/4/12 to 16/4/12.

17/3/12 Epsom win 3-0 at Cobham who have Morgan sent off.
We also have Kris Adewale sent off but not clear if the incidents were

linked or not.

19/3/12 In a game brought forward from 4th April Epsom
lose 2-4 to Thamesmead Town in the battle for second place and third looks

as though it will be the best they can achieve. Due to a
shortage of management, former Manager Barry Barnes took charge and the

performance
against the second best team in the League was quite good. Trevor Smith was
with the Youths at Knaphill.

21/3/12 Met Police defeat Walton & H in Suburban
League Shield to win the group. Unlikely now that we will play Walton & H
in

our two
outstanding Shield matches which saves us money. These games are never
scheduled and do not get played.

24/3/12 Reserves
have no game this day.

26/3/12 Shield match at home to Walton & Hersham was
scheduled this day but since Met Police beat Walton on 21/3/12 this game no

longer requires
to be played. It never is.

31/3/12 Reserves wish they had no game this day either as
only eight players make the trip to Lingfield. Even the Manager Trevor

Smith was unavailable and Tony Jeffcoate, down there to
deal with paperwork, ended up having to organise the team. Our keeper

was also injured
at half time and we finished with seven players, unsurprisingly crashing 9-0.

Interestingly
though the team sheet lists 12 players. Some of those must have failed to
show but not sure who yet.

Definitely the
sub, Victor Martin did not play as he was playing for Chessington & Hook
against us in a first team match!

2/4/12 Normal service resumed in terms of players and
management but still lost 2-1 to South Park at Raynes Park Vale. The
season

cannot end soon
enough.

7/4/12 In a home
match switched to Redhill by the Suburban League, Epsom defeat their hosts
4-2.

April 12 Horley
(H) is now rearranged for Thursday 19th April.

16/4/12 Reserves
draw 0-0 with Corinthian at Raynes Park. We remain fourth.

19/4/12 Horley (H) is not played again. However, a 0-0
scoreline appears on their website, indicating that this match has just been

left unplayed and a 0-0 score awarded. With a couple of
weeks left in the season it is a surprise that the Suburban League have

done this, but
it looks the most likely outcome right now.

30/4/12 Reserves
probable final match of season is p-p. Waterlogged at Raynes Park Vale.

Game v Mole
Valley SCR is rearranged for Wednesday 9th May at Raynes Park.

9/5/12 Mole
Valley SCR (H) is p-p.

Games v Horley and Mole Valley SCR have been awarded as
0-0 draws and there seems no interest from the League in getting them

played. Final
table will show 1 point each which gives us fourth place in the table.

Youth:

Southern Youth League Central Division

Position:

2nd out of 11

Manager /
Coach:

Trevor Smith

Fixture confusion already as Youths are given a home game
with Molesey on 22nd Aug but the Reserves already have a home

game that day.
The Youth match is moved.

27/7/11 Youths
defeat Bromley in Bromley by three goals to nil, all of which came in the
first half. Scorers

were Nadesan (2)
and Aaron Decombre

8/8/11 Youths
defeat Hampton & Richmond Boro with three second half goals at Raynes
Park. Goals from Ashley Nadesan,

Ryan McPherson
and Declan Smith.

15/8/11 Youths meant to start season with a home game with
St Andrews but Southern Youth League cancel all match for this

week due to many
kids still being on holidays. Rearranged for 08/09/11 but then brought
forward to 05/09/11.

They will start
their season at Colliers Wood on Thursday 25th August.

Aug 11
Chessington & Hook fold their Youth team as they are offering a ground
share to Epsom Athletic it is rumoured.

Aug 11 Youths
have trip to Horsham in Prelim Round of FA Youth Cup.

17/8/11 Youths defeat Nescot College at Banstead Athletic
by two goals to one. Goals from Nadesan and Keiran Bramwell-Grant.

Aug 11 Southern
Youth League produce a full fixture list for the season. Ambitious!

25/8/11 Colliers
Wood (A) is p-p due to it still being the holiday season. Rearranged for
Thursday 29/9/11.

29/8/11 Friendly
v Crawley Down at Raynes Park Vale is called off. May be played some time in
future.

5/9/11 Epsom lose at home to St Andrews by two goals to
one at Raynes Park Vale in their first Southern Youth League match

and for some
reason the number 2 shirt is missing, so the numbers used ran down to 12!
This continues for a while.

6/9/11 Hanworth
Villa (A) is moved back as Epsom have a Youth Cup tie. Rearranged for
15/12/11.

8/9/11 Epsom bounce back at Three Bridges with a 2-1 win
over Horsham. An unexpected bonus ensues as their next match

at home to Arundel is a walkover as Arundel have
withdrawn. Team sheet issued from Horsham game. Prog Issued
but I don't have one.

8/9/11 Team
sheet says HT was 2-1 but Tina Nadesan's report clearly shows it was 1-1 so I
will stick with this.

12/9/11 Epsom recover from conceding two goals in the
first ten minutes to defeat Balham Blazers 3-2 at Raynes Park Vale. All

goals were in
the first half.

19/9/11 Lancing beat Godalming in Youth Cup so Epsom will
travel there in second qualifying round. Lancing beat us 5-0 last year

at Raynes Park.

Sept 11 Guildford (A) SYLC tie moved from Weds 19/10 to
Mon 17/10, while home game with Cobham is Monday 26/9/11 instead of

the original
date of 28/09/11.

Sept 11 Lancing (A) is confirmed for Wednesday 5th
October. The winners will be at home to Tooting & Mitcham or Ebbsfleet.

This also means
that the SYL trip to Hanworth Villa is moved from 6th October to a later
date.

26/9/11 Epsom
defeat Cobham 4-0 at Raynes Park in SYL.

29/9/11 Youth
Team make it four wins in a row with a 3-2 win at Colliers Wood United in
SYL.

They also go top of the table, but were 2-0 down early in
this match before fighting back. Now the number 6 shirt has disappeared

though!

5/10/11 Epsom record a club record Youth Cup win with a
9-0 win at Lancing's Culver Road ground. The perfect pitch helped them

as did an early sending off for handball. Declan Smith
converted the penalty in the 8th minute and had already scored in the fifth
to

put us ahead. Charlie Bryant floated a cross over the
keeper's head after 16 minutes and the game was over. Ashley Nadesan
(31)

and Dejaun Best (45+2) scored before HT with Kyle Matheson
getting the 6th after 49, sub Jordan Nevin got the next two after

75 and 81 with
Jack Jones getting the last from a Nevin pass.

Epsom are at
home to Ebbsfleet United in the next round on 17th Oct and the Guildford
League Cup tie will be moved to

accommodate this
match.

Hanworth Villa
(A) originally planned for Wednesday 5th Oct is now moved to 15th December.

Guildford game is now to be played on Monday 24th October
at the Spectrum, and the Molesey game, originally planned for that

day will be
moved, probably to 7th November but this is currently unconfirmed.

10/10/11 Epsom
depart the Surrey Midweek Floodlit Cup 3-0 at Egham Town.

17/10/11 Epsom lead 2-0 but are edged out 3-2 in extra
time by ten man Ebbsfleet who were the bigger side.  Would have been at

Whyteleafe or
Dulwich in First Round and home to
Cheltenham or Oxford United in Second Round.

Winning goal
came in 117th minute with penalties looming.

19/10/11 SYLC
tie at Guildford City was p-p so we could play our FA Youth Cup tie.

Oct 11 It transpires that we have entered the Grant
McLellan Cup after all and have a bye to the second round, where we will
visit

Farnham Town.

24/10/11 Molesey
(H) is moved back to accommodate the SYLC tie

24/10/11 Epsom
win 3-2 at Guildford in Southern Youth League Cup and now visit Crawley Down
in next round. This was a

second round tie but first round only had one match in it.
They are now in the last 16, and the winners would face Godalming or

Egham at home in
the QF. Two goals from Jack Jones and another from Best.

2/11/11 Epsom
win 5-2 at Bedfont Sports in SYL. Two goals each for Jones and Nevin while
Best got the other one.

7/11/11 Epsom
are home to Leatherhead in a match brought forward from 12/3/12 and Molesey
at home is moved back.

Also St Andrews
away game at Cobham is brought forward from 26/1/12 to 17/11/11.

Crawley Down
SYLC tie is now Thursday 10/11/11.

14/11/11 Game at
Westfield is postponed due to a County cup tie for Westfield.

Nov 11 Egham
defeat Godalming 2-0 so Epsom will be at home to Egham on Dec 5th in QF of
League Cup.

17/11/11 Epsom
win 5-2 at St Andrews in a game played at Cobham F.C. where St Andrews are
based.

21/11/11 In a top of the table clash Epsom crash 5-1 at
home to Egham who scored twice in the opening six minutes, and went 4-1

up just on half time, a moment after Jack Jones missed a
great chance to make it 3-2 but was wide when one on one. A great

individual goal
finished the match at 5-1.

1/12/11 Epsom
win 2-1 at Leatherhead on a rainy night at River Lane, Fetcham, where
Leatherhead play their Youth games.

5/12/11 Epsom are the better side but are edged out 4-3 on
penalties by Egham in the Quarter Final of the Southern Youth League

Cup after a 2-2
draw and extra time.

15/12/11 Youths
game at Hanworth Villa is p-p. Waterlogged.

12/1/12 Youth start new year with a 3-1 win at Cobham in
SYL. They have arranged the Grant McLellan Second Round tie at Farnham

for Thursday
19th January.

16/1/12 Colliers Wood (H) is p-p but not sure why. Don't
think it was weather related as the web site showed the postponement on the

Sunday 15/1/12.
Bulletin advises it was p-p early so must have been a clash of some sort.

Jan 12 Molesey
away game is moved from 22/2/12 to 25/1/12.

19/1/12 Epsom win 3-2 at Farnham Town in Grant McLellan
Cup second round. After a goalless half we went 3-0 up with a penalty

from Declan Smith and two from Dejaun Best but two late
goals meant the final scoreline was closer than it should have been.

25/1/12 Molesey
(A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

30/1/12 Hanworth
Villa are defeated 2-0 with two goals from Ashley Nadesan.

9/2/12 Balham
Blazers (A) is p-p. Frozen pitch.

13/2/12
Westfield (H) is p-p. Frozen pitch.

27/2/12 Youths
keep winning 3-1 at Raynes Park against Bedfont Sports in SYL.

1/3/12 Youths
travel to Hanworth Villa and are defeated 1-0.

5/3/12 Top of
the table game at Egham is p-p. Waterlogged.

8/3/12 Epsom reach semi finals of Grant McLellan Cup with
a 6-1 win at Cobham. They will travel to Knaphill in the semi final, with

the winners
meeting Bedfont Sports or Westfield or Camberley or Horley in the Final.

Query on scorers here. I was given them over the phone by
Pete Beddoe and Ashcroft scored a hat trick, but we don't appear to have one!

12/3/12 Youths
keep up good form with a 5-1 win over Colliers Wood United and remain top of
SYL for now.

19/3/12 Disappointing 1-0 loss at Knaphill ends the Grant
McLellan Cup run in the Semi-Finals. Epsom mispen (BAR) in first half

but lost out to
a 75th minute winner that was a good strike from the edge of the area.

Mar 12 The 29/3/12 game with Balham Blazers was due to be
at Colliers Wood but their pitch is undergoing renovation so venue

for this game is
currently unknown.

22/3/12 Narrow 1-0 defeat at Egham puts them top and clear
favourites for the title. Second place looks quite likely though for our

boys.

March 12 Final outstanding fixture at home to Westfield
has been placed on 16th April but Reserves are already at home to Corinthian

that day. I expect this date to be moved.

26/3/12 Youths
defeat Molesey 2-1 at Raynes Park in SYL.

29/3/12 Game with Balham Blazers was due to be at Colliers
Wood where they usually play. However, Colliers Wood is out of

action due to
pitch works so the match is switched to Raynes Park Vale.

29/3/12 Epsom draw 2-2 with Balham Blazers which puts them
further adrift of Egham but keeps a gap between them and the other

chasing teams,
of which Balham were one.

2/4/12 Westfield (A) is p-p as the venue is unavailable at
fairly short notice. Not sure what the League will do about this just yet.

11/4/12 Epsom clinch second place with a 6-0 win at
Molesey. They are five points behind Egham and each have two matches
left,

but Egham have
drawn their last two games so it's not out of mathematical reach yet.

Apr 12
Westfield (H) game is finally moved to Monday 23rd April at Raynes Park Vale.
The away game is still up in the air,

due to Westfield essentially being a Woking Academy side.
Dates need to be agreed with them, but should be sorted out soon.

23/4/12 game v Westfield appears to have been moved to
Thursday 26th April now. Still no mention on a date for the away game at

Westfield, but I
think of Egham win one of their last two matches to clinch the title, it may
remain unplayed.

26/4/12 Epsom v
Westfield is p-p. Waterlogged after torrential rain for last two weeks.

It is rearranged
for 9th May but Reserves are also at home this day, so who knows when this
will be played.

The other Westfield (A) game is as yet un rearranged. I
think they are waiting for Egham to get two points in one of their games, at

which point our
game will not require organising as we will be unable to finish anywhere
other than second.

May 12 Southern Youth League advise all divisional
fixtures are complete yet Egham and Epsom & Ewell both have two
outstanding.

Also, Epsom have been entered into the Championship Play
offs along with divisional winners Dorking, Guildford and probably Egham.

Dorking have already beaten Guildford in what appears to
be a four team league. Although no other fixtures are yet listed, we may

get three more matches before the season ends, but why
they haven't just put the three division winners together instead, I don't

know. Also Redhill had a better points coefficient than us
as probable runners up in Dorking 's division yet are not in the playoff.

May 12 The two outstanding matches against Westfield have
been determined by SYL Committee as 0-0 draws. Likewise for Egham's

two remaining
matches so Epsom finish second.

The Championship playoffs did not in the end involve Epsom
but Dorking won this after defeating Guildford and drawing with Egham,

who had lost to
Guildford previously.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

Scorers & Notes

09/07/2011

Merstham

A

2-3

0-2

N

Okolie, Burns

14/07/2011

Hampton & R XI

A

2-1

1-1

N

Francis
(pen), Grobler

16/07/2011

Swaffham Town

A

1-0

0-0

N

M.Harmsworth

16/07/2011

Swaffham Town

A

8-0

2-0

N

RES

Antonio
(2), Matthews (2),

Goff,
Parris, Lennon, Binns

18/07/2011

Kingstonian

H

1-0

1-0

N

RES

Hughes

23/07/2011

Three Bridges

A

1-0

0-0

N

Burns

23/07/2011

Three Bridges

A

3-1

1-1

N

RES

Rains,
Hillman,

Amfo-Brobbey

26/07/2011

Bookham

DWT

H

1-2

0-0

Y

DWT SF

Francis

27/07/2011

Bromley

A

3-0

3-0

N

YTH

Nadesan
(2), Decombre

30/07/2011

Molesey

DWT 3/4

H

5-1

2-0

Y

DWT F

Morgan,
Francis,

Richards,
McGregor (2)

08/08/2011

Hampton & Richmond Boro

H

3-0

0-0

N

YTH

Nadesan,
McPherson

12/08/2011

Colliers Wood United

A

2-0

1-0

N

RES

M.Harmsworth,
Atkins

14/08/2011

Wearside Rangers

H

0-1

0-0

N

RES

D.Smith

17/08/2011

NESCOT College

H

2-1

1-0

N

YTH

Nadesan,
Bramwell-Grant

01/11/2011

Walton Casuals

A

1-1

0-1

N

M.Smith