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CCP

5th out of 22

FAC

1q

Bognor Regis Town

0-4

FAV

1q

St Francis Rangers

1-2

CCLC

WINNERS

South Park

3-0

SSC

2nd

Leatherhead

1-4

Home
Ground:

High Road, Chipstead F.C.

Manager

Lyndon Buckwell

Assts -

Tony Coombe, Glynn Mandeville

Coach -
Russell Banyard

President

Stella Lamont

Physio -
Ken Jones

General
Secretary

Janice Pond replaced on 18/6/12 by Pete Beddoe

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

Programme
Editor

Richard Lambert

Resigned 24/02/13

Committee
member

Paul Marshall

- joined later in season by Dougie Burns

Club
Captain:

Jamie Hatfield

May 12 Reserve
and Youth Teams cease to exist in a money saving exercise.

May 12 Epsom
& Ewell FC Programme is awarded third place Nationally by Soccer Club
Swap Shop out of a thousand entries.

Combined Counties League bizarrely award their best
programme to Windsor instead who were only ranked 30th nationally. It is
possible

but never
confirmed that the League never do repeat awards.

June 12 Combined Counties League AGM proposes the addition
in the First Division of Epsom Athletic who ground share at Chalky Lane

currently.

They also advise that Whyteleafe are relegated from Step
Four but will move to the Kent League. This hands Chessington & Hook
United

a reprieve
from relegation as Dorking Wanderers are denied promotion from Step Six to
either Sussex Division One or Combined

Counties
Premier Division. Dorking W then appeal to the FA and are successful in
gaining promotion.

June 12
Advised by Lyndon Buckwell that Carl Downs has signed a contract for this
season.

June 12 FA announce that the proposed shake up of clubs
scheduled for August 2013 will now not happen. Instead Step Three
Leagues

will all grow to 24 clubs and also Ryman League Step Four
too, although Southern and Northern Premier Step Four Leagues remain at 22.

This means that extra clubs will be promoted this year,
but probably only the top two in reality as the Isthmian are only relegating
one

club from each
of their Step Four divisions this season. A total of 16 places appear likely
instead of the usual 12.

June 12 Dave
Wilson Trophy to be held at Chipstead on July 28th v Chipstead.

June 12 Proposed friendly for 21st July at East Preston
has had to be cancelled due to a function at their ground. Not sure what
will

happen
regarding another friendly now due to short notice.

June 12 Tony
Jeffcoate advises at Committee meeting that we are likely to fail with our
NESCOT ground bid as we don't have

the money.
However, Chris Grayling and the Holding Company are well advanced on a new
strategy with Reigate and

Banstead
Borough Council whereby Terry Molloy's lease is not to be renewed and we may
be able to come in instead.

This would
enable us to take over at Merland Rise and develop the ground as our own.

We would also
purchase two (or four) of the four 3g training pitches there, leaving RBBC
with more money, and this would

an income in
addition to the clubhouse. Not clear at this early stage whether we would be
there for just a few years or

permanently
but agreed within Committee that the issue with it being just outside the
Borough was not insurmountable.

Looks likely
to be a short lease with a break clause at this stage. Further information is
awaited on this as we could be in

there for
next season with luck. Another benefit would be that this sees the end of the
Holding Company and the club

could then be
run by the Committee themselves finally. This is top
secret for now.

AGM 17/6/12 at
Epsom Common Working Mens Club.

Janice Pond
joins as Club Secretary, dealing with paperwork, fines and clubs. Tony
Jeffcoate to remain as Matchday Secretary.

All agreed at
the AGM. Paul Marshall confirmed as Committee Member. All other posts
re-appointed without contest.

18/6/12 Janice Pond resigns as Secretary. Clearly wasn't
made aware of the full details of the role. Pete Beddoe steps in to take it
on,

which
ironically was Richard Lambert's suggestion in the Strategy Meeting back in
January.

June 12 New
friendly arranged for 21/7 which is a home match with Great Wakering Rovers
at Colliers Wood United.

2/7/12 Great Wakering (H) friendly is cancelled by the
visitors. Epsom advertise for another friendly for 21/7/12. Frimley Green
accept.

July 12
"Home" friendlies are to be held at the Wimbledon Common
Extensions, near Colliers Wood FC as last year.

July 12 Kyle Hough returns to the club from Horley Town on
contract. Budget is to be slightly front loaded this year and geared towards

the FA Competitions and their prize money, in addition to
a decent start in the league. However, it is never made clear at what point
it might

be cut and
what criteria were required to keep it in place. Another woolly decision that
isn't run past the Committee for discussion.

July 12 Jamie
Summers is leaving for the USA to do some coaching.

5/7/12 Dale Marvell returns to the club from Egham. Matt
Smith goes the other way and Paul West also appears to have left the club.

July 12 Two
new players Sam Currie and Billy Ramsey join from Dorking.

July 12 First Team Coach advised as Russell Banyard. Very
innovative and popular. His brother Graham Banyard is doing some scouting

for us. He is
the former Banstead Manager who also applied for the Epsom job in January
2006 while still in charge at Mole Valley

Predators. Russell was a former player briefly back at the
end of the 2010/11 season. Graham only stays for a while taking a similar job
at

Chipstead in
September.

Glynn
Mandeville remains as does Tony Coombe and Ken Jones with Jamie McConnell as
kit man.

July 12
Apparently Tony Knight applied for the vacant Banstead Managers job but
didn't get it.

7/7/12 First friendly of the season ends with a
comfortable 4-2 win over Farleigh Rovers at the Wimbledon Common Extensions.
2pm k.o.

Youngster Alex Tilly scored first after being put through
by Mark Jarman and lobbing the keeper after 16 minutes. Jarman was injured

soon after and replaced by Kyle Hough who then missed a
penalty which was a very soft decision for a nudge on Carl Downs. The penalty

grazed the outside of the post (POST). Farleigh equalised
after 53 with a free kick that seemed to go through the wall but we were back
in

front a minute later after Dewar's shot was well saved,
the ball fell for Tilly to head in from close range. A "van Basten"
style goal followed

for Farleigh after 69, although at this level you have to
question whether that was the real intention. Anyway, Hough's right wing
cross was

tucked away by McGregor after 74 and Hough completed the
scoring in the final minute with an excellent curled shot with his left
foot

from the right wing. New faces on show this day include
Ben Gubby from Tooting & Mitcham Youth, Jamal ? From Corinthian
Casuals,

Sam Currie, Kyle Hough and Billy Ramsey, while players
from last season like Charlie Phillips, Ali Dewar, Alex McKay and Danny
Amos

all feature. Alex McGregor is now fit again, while
regulars Anthony Panayi, Mark Jarman and Nathan Ayling played. Aaron France
spent

most of the season injured but is now fit and played the
second half, and Ben Hayward has now cleared his work commitments and
will

be available more frequently. Charlie West was absent as
he is running the British 10k the next day while Jamie Hatfield is working.
Dale

Marvell was unavailable for this match and Freddie Myers
has a small injury that has kept him out for a week but should be sorted
shortly,

while a new keeper Colin Harris was also away but I
believe Lyndon expects him to be our starting keeper. Lyndon also expects
James

Cottee to
return but he is on holiday right now but hasn't told the players yet!

July 12 Early
Guernsey fixtures are released for August and September. Epsom & Ewell do
not play them in those months.

14/7/12 Epsom draw 2-2 with Sheerwater in a match played
at Lion Park, former home of Lion Sports who Epsom played in the sixties

and seventies. We were behind after 10 when Ayling lost
possession on the edge of the box and they scored. We equalised after 29
with

a penalty from Hough after a handball from a defender who
had jumped with Ayling for a near post Currie cross. However Charlie
Phillips

punched the ball straight at Charlie West and the ball
rebounded straight into the net after 42. Hough equalised after 54 when put
through

by Marvell but
a draw was a fair enough result.

17/7/12 Lingfield hand out a lesson in football but not
discipline as they win 4-1 at the extensions. We were behind after just 2
minutes

after a mix up between keeper and defender, and conceded a
penalty after 26 that was fortunately missed (WIDE). However a good goal

after 43 extended the lead and two further goals in the
second half meant that Alex McGregor's 86th minute free kick was of little
use.

Lingfield had two players replaced by the referee for
various offences and at the end he lost patience and actually sent one of
them off

just before
our goal. Very eventful.

21/7/12 Less eventful was the next friendly at home to
Frimley Green. Hough put us ahead after a deep Ramsey cross was headed
back

in by Marvell to him after 3 minutes and we extended the
lead after 24 when Hough crossed for Hayward to finish from close range. A
great

header after 75 reduced the lead but Colin Folkes volleyed
in a Hough cross from a move started by Richard Bates, newly joined from

Chipstead
after 86 minutes for a 3-1 win.

July 12 James Cottee appears to have left the club.
Rumoured to be at Egham but not confirmed. Eventually appears at Corinthian
Casuals.

23/7/12 League
fixtures are out. We travel to Windsor for our opening fixture.

28/7/12 Epsom and Ewell make their first visit to High
Road this season for the Dave Wilson Trophy match with Chipstead who just

edge us out 2-1. They led with a 35 yard strike after 19
minutes but the substitution by Jarman in the second half sparked things and
he

equalised after 55 with a shot from a free kick that the
keeper probably should have saved. They clinched the trophy after 76
minutes

with a close
range header from a corner. Pete Lumm presents the trophy.

31/7/12
possible friendly with Redhill for this day falls through. It was a very
short notice friendly.

July 12
Camberley (H) is moved from 4th Sept to 11th Sept as Chipstead have a home
draw in the Ryman League Cup.

1/8/12 Committee Meeting - More discussion regarding our
potential ground move. NESCOT is now beyond us financially, and the Holding

Company and Chris Grayling are now putting their full
efforts into our Merland Rise project. Many questions are asked about this,
as you

would expect, for example, who owns the current
outbuildings on the site that Terry Molloy put there (with our groundshare
money). If

they are his but he has no claim to them, then the same
could happen to us in the future, leaving us with no money as we'd have spent
it

on the new ground. Attempts are being made to insert a
clause into any agreement whereby if things don't work out over the first few

years, we could get our capital expenditure back. As a
result it is suggested by Pete Lumm that we don't spend too much on the
ground

to start with. However, it is not an attractive venue and
we need to spend to make it welcoming to any new supporters. A bit of a catch
22

situation. Tony J advises that the club are looking to
spend £250k on four 3g pitches, but this would leave the club with less than
£100k

and is a bit of a gamble. Whilst we would make money to
start with, who knows how many other 3g pitches will appear in proximity to

our own? Also
by not having much money left, we would be unable to spend money on the
ground and would miss out on a grant

believed to be up to an additional £100k for £100k spent.
It is suggested by Richard Lambert that we only purchase two 3g pitches and

spend the combined £200k (inc grant) on the ground. Whilst
we wouldn't make as much on the 3g we could always purchase and build

two more if we
did make money. This is also now being considered as an option.

Also suggested by Richard that the ground improvements
could take the shape of three particular areas: 1) extend the fencing at the
top

goal so it incorporates the banking behind the fencing.
Stepped terracing remains there and it could be re-established with a roof
placed

above some of it. 2) A Dave Wilson stand opposite the main
stand and in the vicinity of the dug outs which would be moved to the other

side of the
pitch. 3) A completely new undercover entry concourse, maybe but not
definitely abutting onto the changing rooms but

providing
cover and protecting spectators from the elements and enabling the provision
of a club shop, tea bar, toilets and public

address room. Early days yet, but this structure with an
Epsom façade would make the whole ground Step 3 standard and would be more

attractive to
the new supporters we want to obtain.

One day the intention may be to save enough money from 3g
sales to have enough to approach NESCOT in ten or so years about a new

ground there,
but for now it is not feasible. The committee all understand this.

4/8/12 League season starts with a tough trip to last
year's runners up Windsor, but we compete well and deservedly earn a 0-0 draw
there

only the third time in club history this has happened.
Debuts for Colin Harris, Sam Currie, and Sam Hewitt, while Billy Ramsey makes
his

debut as a sub. James Moon a briefly appearing player last
year on loan from Kingstonian has also signed for us and is on the bench.

7/8/12 An unfortunate 94th minute winner enables Badshot
Lea to win 1-0 at our first home league match at High Road. Game was even,

but probably
shaded by the visitors especially in the first half. Still we looked quite
compact throughout.

11/8/12 A big FA Cup trip to Arundel results in a 2-1 win.
They had won their opening two matches against Lingfield and Lancing but
we

were the better side for almost all of the game and led
after a great chip from Nathan Ayling after 30 minutes that just grazed in
off the bar.

They were level after 36 with a free kick that was glanced
past Harris into the corner which was frustrating as it was their first real
attack.

We were slow starting the second half but once we got
going again we were well on top and Hough hit the bar after 59 but after
further

pressure we scored again after 75 when sub Jarman robbed a
defender and set up Hatfield whose ball across the box was placed back

across the
keeper by Ayling. Hot food provided by Arundel for players and officials
after the game. Very friendly bunch.

Aug 12 The next match is a home tie with Step Four Three
Bridges which will be played on Sunday 26th August as Chipstead are also

home in the FA Cup that weekend. As a result our games on
Saturday 25th at Croydon and Monday 27th at Dorking are moved to the

19th Sept and
4th Sept respectively.

Aug 12 It transpires that George Smith, son of the George
Smith that played for us in the late eighties is now at South Park. His
dad

watches from time to time, whilst former Manager Ricky
Kidd is Director of Football there. Actually, all three of George's sons are
there.

Aug 12 Former
player Oliver Dicks is now with Cheam Village Warriors.

18/8/12 a worrying league defeat by four goals to nil at
home to league new boys Bedfont Sports. An even first half hour turned into a

really awful final hour as we conceded either side of half
time (46th minute for both technically) and others followed after 56 and 72
as

they cut us
apart. Really concerning and we are now third from bottom without a League
goal to our name.

18/8/12 Dale
Marvell 250th appearance. Presented with a signed ball and bottle of
champagne by Tony Jeffcoate before the game.

Aug 12 Charlie West announces on Twitter that he is to be
Captain for the game against Three Bridges in the absence of Jamie
Hatfield

who is
unavailable.

24/8/12 Evening Argus reports that new Horsham YMCA
manager Pete Buckland is negotiating with us about signing Billy Ramsey,

but this seems
unlikely as he is currently a regular first teamer.

26/8/12 After an even start Three Bridges take the lead
with a low shot that our keeper may have been unsighted for after 20 minutes,
but

Hong Moon
(previously referred to as James) scored a breathtaking individual goal,
running past three or four challenges diagonally

across the area and flicking the ball back across the
keeper into the net after 32 minutes. This turned the game and gave Epsom
belief,

and we improved in the second half, taking the lead after
67. Hough crossed for Ramsey, but the defender looked favourite. Ramsey

worried him into a poor clearance though and it went back
to Hough who squared for Hayward to net from eight yards out. We held on

fairly comfortably for our first win against higher ranked
opposition in the F.A.Cup since 1989 (Met Police replay). We earn £1,750 for
this

win and travel
to Bognor Regis Town (Step 3) in the next round. A tough game.

Aug 12 As a
result of the Three Bridges win, the Cove away game scheduled for 8th
September is moved to Saturday 6th April.

1/9/12 Shocking defeat at St Francis Rangers in FA Vase.
It was their first win in seven games and the surface was dreadful. We missed

lots of chances before they lashed one in from 30 yards
after 56 minutes. Another from distance followed after 75 and a West header

after 87 reduced the arrears. Jarman tried to retrieve the
ball from the goal but was confronted by their keeper and number 4. Following
the

scuffle that ensued, all three were booked but the 4 had
already been booked so had to go. It was too late to force extra time though.

Sept 12
Colliers Wood defeat Badshot Lea in the Vase so our League match on 15/9/12
is moved to Wednesday 24/10/12. Epsom

have a clear
Saturday.

4/9/12
Camberley (H) is moved back a week as Chipstead need the pitch and we travel
to Dorking instead.

4/9/12 A 69th minute goal from sub Mark Jarman gave us a
1-0 win at Dorking on an awful surface which produced a poor game. The

only moment of real quality led to the goal with a great
Currie cross just evading Hough but being steered in by Jarman on the half
volley,

off his shin. He then hit the post after 80 but we held on
without much concern. The win moves us up to 16th from 21st and was our
first

league goal of
the season.

8/9/12 Epsom depart the FA Cup following a 4-0 defeat at
Bognor Regis who had most of the ball and deserved to win. They earn a trip

to Step Two Maidenhead United in the next round. Goals
came regularly throughout the match and two were in each half. We held out
for

12 minutes before they opened the scoring and only had two
corners and two shots on target. The attendance of 368, though their smallest

of the season
was our biggest since a 1-1 draw at Worthing in October 2003 when 390 were
present.

11/9/12 Epsom bounce back well to defeat Camberley Town
2-1 at High Road with Marvell and Hough both breaking their ducks for the

season. Marvell scored after 12 with a curling left foot
shot into the top corner and Hough curled a shot into the bottom corner after
25. It was

a fairly
comfortable win against a team who kept trying long shots, although they did
score with one of them after 95 minutes.

11/9/12 Ben Hayward picked up his fifth booking and now
misses one game from 2nd October and Billy Ramsey has an injury that
will

keep him out
for a week or two.

12/9/12 Committee Meeting. Tony Jeffcoate and Lyndon
Buckwell unavailable and little actually happens. No further progress with
RBBC

on Merland
Rise until a late October meeting. Next Committee Meeting is 17/10/12.

Sept 12 South Park win their FA Cup replay at Walton &
H on 11/9 and we now have no game on 22/9. Attempts were made to line up

Wembley for a
home game but they preferred a day off and will now travel on 22nd December
as originally planned. This game is

rearranged for
Tuesday 4th December.

Sept 12 Friendly arranged for 22nd September against
Chipstead. Apparently it is our home game with a 60/40 gate split, but there
will

not be a programme produced. The referees costs will
probably eat up any revenue which is probably why Chipstead let us have it as
a

home game.

Sept 12 former
player Craig Prendergast transfers from Farleigh to Westfield, but returns in
Mid February.

15/9/12
Colliers Wood United (A) is moved back as they have a Vase game. Rearranged
for 24/10/12.

15/9/12 No game for Epsom who apparently declined to play
Molesey this day as their pitch work is not going ahead this season so
the

pitch is
available. For some reason they wanted to avoid the Boxing Day kick off which
would have got a decent crowd.

15/9/12 Also this day Horley win their Vase match so we
will have no game on Saturday 13th October as it stands. The Horley game is

rearranged for
Tuesday 2nd October and this is the match that Ben Hayward will be suspended
for.

Sept 12 Typically, no effort is made to get an opponent to
fill our free weekend and a trip to Chesington, suggested by Richard and
endorsed

by Lyndon does
not look as though it will be brought forward. More poor admin on behalf of
the club.

Sept 12 Egham (H) scheduled for 29th September is now
switched to Egham, as Chipstead have been given a game by the Ryman League.

Our original
away match with Egham on 11th December is rearranged for Tuesday 30th
October.

19/9/12 Epsom work hard to win 2-1 at Croydon in an
entertaining game at the Arena. A Dale Marvell penalty after 9 awarded for a
foul on

Jarman is answered with a Croydon penalty after 15 awarded
softly by the linesman when a defender fell over Charlie West's leg. They

probably had the better chances but we went ahead after 55
through McGregor who was put through and slotted past the keeper. Hough is

unavailable as his wife is expecting their second child
any day now, while Sam Currie was working in India and Carl Downs has
reportedly

left the club for Corinthian Casuals. Ali Dewar and Al
McGregor came in and did well, especially Dewar who played almost as a wing
back.

Epsom rise to tenth as a result. Charlie West's 150th
appearance but injured and replaced at half time after taking a blow to the
head.

19/9/12 The
Croydon match was also Lyndon's 300th in charge.

Sept 12 The spare date on the 13th October has been filled
with an away trip to South Park at their request. The match was scheduled
for

10th November
which now sits blank.

Sept 12 Leatherhead (H) SSC tie has been provisionally
arranged for Tuesday 27th November although they may have a FA Trophy replay.

22/9/12 19 years old Anthony Panayi is given the arm band
for the friendly with Chipstead in the absence of Hatfield and with Charlie
West

being rested. However, despite a bright start we are a
goal down after 25 minutes and five further goals from the 72nd minute give
them

a flattering 6-0 win. We had some new faces, Joe Goodman
and Kieran Campbell from Walton Casuals, while Robbie Burns made a return

and looked lively. Campbell did well in goal as did Dewar
down the right flank, but the rest were average at best, not surprisingly,
once the

result was determined, seeing as the League cup tie at
Farnham is only three days away. Paul Gough started but received a kick to
the

head and had
to be subbed after 34 minutes by Ayling.

25/9/12 A well earned 3-2 win at Farnham Town in the First
Round of the League Cup after having been behind twice. We trailed after 19

but Hough glanced in a Marvell cross after 42. We then let
in a basic route one goal after 61 and then an altercation with Charlie West
and

the Farnham 11 resulted in straight red cards for both.
West was alleged to have stamped on the player, but I think the ref went with
the

reaction of their players. Both sets were appealing for
everything as the ref had been so poor. We adjusted better to the space of a
ten

a side game and from a free kick after 77 Alex McGregor
swung a free kick in at the near post when everyone was expecting it at the
far

post, including their keeper who could only get an arm on
the ball which sent it into the roof of the net. After 89 Jarman scored the
winner

after a good run from Marvell and a flicked pass from
Burns or Hough and he crashed it home, grazing the bar on the way. The
Farnham 8

either did something in the build up or said something
afterwards and received a second yellow card. Five minutes injury time but we
held on

and visit
Bedfont Sports in the second round on 9/10/12.

25/9/12 Ben
Hayward's 200th appearance and Mark Jarman's 100th.

Sept 12 Players and Manager are keen on the idea of a
grand presentation evening with Matt Elliott so the idea will be pursued
further shortly.

Sept 12 Tony Jeffcoate reveals that modular creation of a
clubhouse will reduce the cost of a new ground at NESCOT and the idea may be

revisited with a new quote at about £400k less, and that
is just the clubhouse. This could reduce the project to well under £1m so is
worth

nailing down
figures on.

Sept 12 For the Guernsey trip on 3rd November it is
decided that the team will all stay a second night at extra cost of £45 in
addition

to the first
night which is paid for under the Guernsey conditions. The party will leave
on Friday afternoon and three Committee are

making the
journey, Tony Jeffcoate, Paul Marshall and Richard Lambert.

29/9/12 Egham
(H) is switched to the away game as Chipstead require the pitch.

29/9/12 Epsom do not turn up at Egham. They are beaten 3-0
and it could have been so many more. Somehow it was only 1-0 at HT after

good saves
from debut keeper Kieran Campbell and poor finishing but two long range
strikes after 48 and 55 remove any doubt.

Kim Taehun
(sub) and Kieran Campbell debuts.

Sept 12 Paul
Gough joins Chessington & Hook from Epsom. Not a surprise as he isn't
getting much playing time.

2/10/12 Ben
Hayward suspended for Horley game.

Oct 12 Charlie West to be suspended for three games from
16th October and should miss Hanworth Villa (H), Ash United (A) and Egham (H)

but if this is
the case, he would be back for the Guernsey trip.

2/10/12 Horley
(A) is brought forward from 13/10/12 because Horley had a Vase match on the
original date.

2/10/12 A much improved performance indicated that our
problems are only on Saturdays as we hold Horley Town 1-1 at the New Defence.

They were on a 6 game league winning run although we were
probably the better side overall. An entertaining game but two defensive

mistakes led to the goals. Horley led after 60 when a
right wing ball was left by a defender and Harris and tapped in, but an
overhit backpass

wrong footed their keeper three minutes later and Jarman
scored from an angle. West goal harshly disallowed for a foul by Ayling in
the build

up, yet no
whistle was heard until the ball hit the back of the net. Kyle Hough's 200th
appearance.

6/10/12 Epsom play well and defeat Sandhurst 4-0 at High
Road. Acting League Chairman Chris Conlon was present at the game. It was a

hard working, high tempo performance and we led after 12
with Robbie Burns' first goal for the club since scoring at Sandhurst in our
3-1

loss last season. A nice ball into the right hand channel
and he cut inside the keeper and scored. After many chances came and went,
during

which time they hit the post and Dewar cleared off the
line, we extended the lead after 57 when Marvell slammed a shot into the roof
of the net

from an angle. It was 3-0 when Burns put McGregor through
and he lobbed the exposed keeper and Burns shot was half saved after 81, the

loose ball
being turned in by Hough, just getting there ahead of Moon. A very late
booking for McGregor spoilt a perfect day.

6/10/12 Referee, former Epsom player Ryan O'Sullivan
injured just before HT and a replacement assistant was found for the second
half

after a slight
delay. Mark Ford the Assistant then became referee.

Oct 12 League bulletin advises League Cup Third Round draw
for the winners of Bedfont Sports and Epsom & Ewell will be a home tie
with

Guernsey the
holders. Could have been worse, it could have been away!

9/10/12 Epsom win comfortably 3-0 a Bedfont Sports in
League Cup to earn home tie with Guernsey on 11th December. Sam Currie

was away and Ben hayward still missing as his girlfriend
was ill, while Myers was working. Lyndon started with Burns and Jarman in
a

front two with Hough on the bench and we led after 9 when
a deep Moon right wing cross was headed back across goal and in by Jarman.

Burns nearly made it two-nil after 23 when clean through
but scored after 45+1 when he received a terrible cross field pass from a
defender

and walked it past the keeper. Jarman scored another after
85 when put through by recently introduced sub Ross Defoe who is related to

Jermain (second cousin) but hasn't met him! Bedfont were
down to ten briefly at that point after their centre half was injured and all
three

subs were used. 3-0 was the least we deserved as we hunted
in packs and closed down their moves really well and they had very few

chances to
score.

13/10/12 Excellent 3-1 win at South Park, who remain in
the F.A.Cup and are one match from the First Round. We even went behind
after

90 seconds when a snap shot was parried by Harris but the
rebound was forced in. We were level after 12 when Jarman was fouled in the

area. Originally given as a free kick but after discussion
with the Assistant thhe referee changed his mind and gave a penalty which
Hough

finally took after 12 minutes, scoring convincingly. He
then intercepted a header back, cut outside the keeper and scored with his
right foot,

although it wasn't the cleanest of contacts and we had a
nervy second or two as a defender tried to reach it but couldn't. We did a
lot of

defending in the second half but Harris only had a couple
of shots to save as we again defended well as a team and limited their
real

chances, and
we broke away in the 94th minute and Hough scored from a narrow angle to
complete his hat trick.

Oct 12 South
Park's SSC tie with Met Police is now on 4th December so our League match is
now moved to 22nd January 2013.

20/10/12 Despite missing some key players, Epsom got in
front of Hanworth Villa and stayed there to record their fourth win in a row,
their

fourth at High
Road in a row, and their second in a row against one of the top four teams.

Hatfield was working, while West started the first of his
three game suspension. Replacing Moon was Ayling, while replacing Hatfield
was

Myers. The game was even until Hough broke through and was
clippped in the box. He knocked in the penalty after 21 and four minutes

later he had a second as he met a deep Currie free kick
with a thumping header. Marvell had two shots blocked on the line in between
the

two goals and
a Myers error let a Hanworth player have a shot from twenty yards and he gave
Harris no chance after 34. McGregor

limped off early in the second half and we struggled from
then on as Defoe wasn't really fit and the other subs were not risked, like
the

returning from injury Billy Ramsey. They had a goal
disallowed right at the end and the refereeing was average at best, but it
was the right

result as we
were very good as the first half concluded.

24/10/12 Despite conceding after just 14 minutes, we play
extremely well throughout at Colliers Wood and Hough equalises after 28.

However we trail again before the half only to see a great
turnaround with a hooked shot from Hough after 57 from a great Currie cross
and

Anthony Panayi scored with a strange goal after 59. He hit
the shot very hard but the keeper parried it up and it dropped just under the
bar

despite a defender's attempts to clear on the line. Then
Robbie Burns scored our fourth from a Currie lay back with an excellent chip
into the

far corner after 72
minutes. This was his 100th goal for the club. A late 91st minute goal made
the scoreline of 4-3 look closer than it was

against a team
with five straight wins. We now have five of our own. This moves us up to
sixth place.

24/10/12 Robbie Burns becomes only seventh player in club
history to reach a hundred goals for the club and the first since 1984,

following his
goal at Colliers Wood.

26/10/12 Meeting between Reigate and Banstead
Council and Chris Grayling and Holding Company appears to close the option of

Merland
Rise. It looks like Chris had been given wrong information and we cannot get
Terry Molloy out of his lease which he also has the

option to renew to 2017. Too late for us so it
now appears to be NESCOT or bust.

27/10/12 Shocking start at Ash where we concede after 5
and 9 and then again after 20 to trail 3-0. We fought back straight away and
Hough

reduced arrears after 24 from a quick McGregor free kick
and Burns scored a second goal after 50 minutes to set it up nicely. However,
a

large hailstorm rendered all play virtually impossible for
twenty minutes and we couldn't get an equaliser and we drop to eighth place.

30/10/12 Epsom bounce back to defeat joint leaders Egham
2-0 at High Road for our fifth straight home win. A Burns header after 23
from

a pinpoint Marvell cross was added to by a Roberto Carlos
style free kick from McGregor after 77 minutes. He was wide on the edge of
the

area and only about four yards up from the touchline yet
bent his kick with the outside of his foot with power and in off the far
post, giving

our former
keeper Paul Borg no chance. Egham had more of the ball but we threatened
frequently.

30/10/12 Charlie West returned from suspension but was
rested due to a back problem while Billy Ramsey made his first appearance
since

his injury v
Camberley. Alex McKay was away for a week so Ben Hayward came in at centre
half and did really well.

30/10/12 This result takes us up to fourth behind Badshot
Lea, Guernsey and Egham Town although we have played a game or two more

than some
below us, especially South Park.

Oct 12 Ross
Defoe returns to Corinthian Casuals to get more playing time. Not really
match fit.

2/11/12 Richard Lambert, Paul Marshall and Pete Beddoe
visit Epsom Downs to confirm the booking for the Presentation evening on
3/5/13.

Deposits are
now paid to Epsom Downs (£500) and Matt Elliott's agent (£175).

2/11/12 Guernsey (A) is p-p. Waterlogged. Game called off
at 11 am on the Friday to save the team travelling on the plane which was due
to

leave at 4pm
that afternoon. New date for fixture is not yet advised as Guernsey are
struggling with a fixture backlog.

3/11/12 As a
result of scores this afternoon, Epsom drop back to 8th again, but the top
nine have a gap on the rest in terms of

points with
games in hand in their favour.

10/11/12 No
game for first team as the original match v South Park (A) was brought
forward.

13/11/12 Two weeks off proves a real obstacle as Epsom are
crushed 6-2 at home by Croydon to end their five game winning streak. A long

rang effort set them on their way after 26 with a harsh
penalty for handball against Hayward after 31 and a third goal after 35
putting us in the

same hole we were in at Ash. McGregor reduced the arrears
in the 45th minute from a Burns pass and Hough got a second back after
55

from a McGregor pass, but they replied within a minute and
two more soft goals after 63 and 89 ensured that we lost all of our plus four
goal

difference. Charlie West was still out injured and Hayward
remained at centre half ahead of McKay after playing well against Egham.

Future players
Karl Douglin and Taylor Smith (2) score for Croydon.

17/11/12 Epsom fail to take chances and slip to a 1-0 home
defeat to Chessington & Hook. It would have been different had Hough not
had a

penalty saved after 24 minutes. Actually, he had two
saved, as his first was saved but retaken as the keeper had encroached, but
the

second was an equally good save from Nick Taylor-Greaves
who was with us at the end of last season. We had some other chances but

they scored
after 70 without creating much before then, and we were unable to get it
back.

Nov 12 Matt Robinson joins from Walton Casuals. Younger
brother of Sam who was with us last year and remains at Walton after the

departure of
Manager Mick Sullivan.

24/11/12 Epsom take the spoils in a feisty game at
Camberley Town by two goals to one. Epsom took the lead after 20 with Robbie
Burns'

eighth goal for the club against his old side but
Camberley were level with a good run and shot four minutes later. The game
really got going

in the second half when Jarman was tripped just outside
the box by the Camberley 8 who had already been booked and was sent off.
After

62 minutes a poor challenge on Ben followed by a two
footed chalenge by Ben saw both players sent off and another should have gone
for

thumping Hayward
when he got up. Soon after the Camberley 9 should have gone as he hauled
Dewar to the ground after earlier picking up

a yellow card. The sub Dale Marvell came on and had only
been on the field for a minute when he took aim from fully 35 yards and the
ball

flew in, thumping the far post and going across to hit the
other post before nestling in the goal. Epsom were well worth their win
though but

with ten
against nine they made hard work of it.

27/11/12 Leatherhead (H) (SSC) is p-p. Waterlogged. A lot
of rain. Prog produced Y and is to be used with small insert when game is
played.

30/11/12 Holding Company and Tony Jeffcoate and Pete
Beddoe meet with Chris Grayling. The rest of the Committee are left in the
dark

about what is happening and have to wait until Wednesday
12th December when there is a Committee meeting. Another unacceptable delay.

1/12/12 Epsom turned around a goal down but recovered to
win 3-1 thanks to another two from Marvell and a late finish by Hough. We
trailed

after 40 and deservedly so but a change from 4-3-3 to
4-4-2 worked wonders and Jarman's header was knocked in at the far post with
a diving

header after 52 and when Jarman's shot was well tipped
onto the bar by the keeper after 81 it flew twenty feet in the air before
coming down

and Marvell jumped higher than the keeper to nod it over
the line. Hough scored after being set up by Currie after 93 and it was a
little

harsh on
Farnham.

4/12/12 no
game for Epsom as South Park (H) is moved back as they had an SSC tie.
Rearranged for 22/01/13.

Dec 12 Leatherhead game is rearranged for 18th December.
Leatherhead had cheekily suggested switching the game but this was declined!

Dec 12
rumoured that Carl Downs is unhappy at Casuals and may return to Epsom. He
does.

8/12/12 Epsom win 4-0 at Hartley Wintney but this was ever
so harsh on the bottom club who deserevd a point for their first 70
minutes

showing. Harris made save after save before sub Robbie
Burns came on after 70 and scored in 71 after being on for 46 seconds.
Hayward

finished off a Burns pass after 73 and it was game over.
Burns completed his hat trick after 91 and 93 to become the first sub ever in
Epsom

colours to
score a hat trick.

11/12/12 Guernsey League Cup game is called off due to a
frozen pitch. Decision is made early to save on flight, but there was no way
the

game could be
played as it was the coldest night of the recent snap with temperatures down
to minus 9 in the Chipstead area.

11/12/12 Prog
issued for Guernsey cup match (13). Y

12/12/12 Committee Meeting reveals that Merland Rise and
NESCOT options for a new ground appear to have gone. Committee to now

take on the search for a ground themselves and not to
bother running things past the Holding Company any more. Richard advised that
he

has a potential investor in the new ground which received
lukewarm interest. I still fear that the Committee are not savvy enough to
actually

get such a major project to work. College Road's quarry
site was mentioned as was some land beyond it that may be owned by Tom
Hilliard.

Tony will approach him and Steve will do some work with
the council. Decisions to be made at next meeting regarding a cut in the
budget, as

Tony feels we need £3k extra to sustain it which is likely
to prove pointless. Although the club are sixth, promotion looks unlikely,
although

the costs of such a promotion would be minimal as the
budget would not increase and gates would improve against increased travel
costs.

15/12/12 Epsom finally defeat Raynes Park Vale for the
first time at home since 2007 and they do it in style by a score of 6-1. We
trailed

after just 4 minutes, but Jarman levelled after 9 and
scored again on 22 to put us ahead. The third goal from Burns after 33 was
well finished

from a tight position it went in off the post, and the
second half saw us extend our lead with a Burns header after 57, a Marvell
finish after a

cut back on 78 and one in injury time for sub Matt
Robinson. Carl Downs was back in the side while Alex McKay was in Scorland
and Ben

Hayward started his three game suspension. Defeats for
Cove and Molesey ensure that Epsom are fourth in the table with only South
Park

below them
with enough games in hand to overtake us.

Dec 12 Kieran
Campbell transfers to Dorking following a 7 day approach.

Dec 12 Guernsey League cup game is rearranged for 29th
January. The League game remains unscheduled and there are now 6 home

games for them
to be arranged. This becomes seven with the p-p of their Dorking game on
22/12/12.

Because of the
delay between games, the Guernsey game will require another programme to be
issued.

18/12/12 Leatherhead visit and win 4-1 in the Surrey
Senior Cup. It was a harsh score on Epsom although we were deservedly behind
at half

time to goals after 4 and 39. Ramsey's first goal for the
club responding to a keeper's parry of Hough's shot after 50 minutes gave
hope, and

had we not condceded almost immediately, I think we might
have gone on to force extra time. We had a few good chances before a Myers

foul gave them a penalty after 64 and that was that.
Hatfield and Currie started on the bench, while Marvell was captain but
injured and

Hough took the armband for the first time in the second
half. He was subbed later by Jarman who was going to pass the armband to
Burns

but instead
held on to it for the remainder of the game. Maybe Robbie didn't want it?

18/12/12
Programme for the Leatherhead match was the original one (number 11) with an
updated insert (11i) attached.

22/12/12 Following substantial downpour the Wembley home
game is p-p. Waterlogged. Rearranged for 15/01/13. Prog produced Y (15).

26/12/12
Molesey (A) is alsp p-p for the same reason.

29/12/12
Chessington & Hook (A) is also p-p for a waterlogged pitch.

Dec 12 Steve Newman joins from Chipstead. He is a
defender. Received his release from Dorking on 5th Jan where he was loaned
out.

Dec 12 Guernsey League match is rearranged for Friday
night 1st March. Also Chessington (A) is arranged for 5th Feb and Molesey
(A)

seven days
later.

Jan 13 A freak injury involving a window rules Colin
Harris out for the season as he has damaged his hand and required
emergency

treatment at
the scene. It may even end his playing career.

In response Lyndon signs Joe White (19) who was
Farnborough Reserves keeper. Connection with the former Reserve Manager there
Dave

Tidy. He had been loaned out to Stevenage and had spent
last year at Lingfield. Lyndon also knows his dad Paul White, the Manager of

Hampton Youth.
Paul becomes a regular supporter for the remainder of the season.

5/1/13 Ben Hayward completes his suspension and Alex McKay
is in Scotland while Mark Jarman and his family are away on holidays.

Jan 13 Ramzi
Bedj Bedj rejoins the club after sorting out his personal issues.

5/1/13 A blistering five goal burst in the first 25
minutes of the second half against Ash after the first half had finished
fairly even and goalless.

We were just getting on top as we approached HT but Hough
guided in a Dewar cross with an outstretched left leg after 51 minutes and
got

his second, and hundredth for the club in total, with an
incredible finish from a very very narrow angle five minutes later. He was on
the edge

of the six yard box but just two fet out from the
touchline! Burns guided in a Marvell cross from close range after 58 and a
Marvell cross

missed everyone and crept in at the back post after 66. He
had tried something similar at the start of the half which had just gone
wide. A

poor punch from the keeper let Dewar in to poke the ball
over the line before being kicked after 70 minutes. He was replaced by the
returning

Ramzi Bedj Bedj and soon after Charlie West returned from
injury for a fifteen minute run out. Ash had a player sent off after 59 but
still

pulled two goals back after 77 and 92 to take the shine
off an excellent half of football. If we had won 5-1 instead of 5-2 it would
have been the

first time since
1933 that we had won three league games in a row by four goals or more. It
was still the first time we'd won three league

games by three
clear goals since April 2002.

5/1/13 Kyle
Hough becomes the eighth person in club history to reach 100 goals for the
club, following his brace against Ash.

Jan 13
Committee Meeting put back from 16th January to 23rd January.

11/1/13
Discussion held between RL and CG. CG says NESCOT is still available when I
mention the SCFA as potential investors. He

suggests they build their own stadium, with us
paying for the 3g training pitch, so I will approach Ray Ward on that basis.

12/1/13 Fantastic performance at Godalming Town as Epsom
destroy Badshot Lea even though the score is only 3-2. They hardly had a

shot as we controlled the first half and we finally took
the lead after 42 when Ayling headed in at the far post from a Hough corner.
A Hough

shot after 52 was parried straight to Burns and it was 2-0
but a foul by Currie gave them a lifeline with a penalty after 60 although it
made no

difference as we kept coming at them. Marvell hit a post
from 30 yards but from the resultant corner Ayling headed back across goal
where

Burns headed
it against the bar and then poked the rebound over the line before it was
cleared. They scored again after 93 but

didn't deserve
it. Possibly the best performance of the season.

12/1/13 This win puts us top of the form table with 6
straight wins and second in the real table, leapfrogging Badshot in the
process. Egham's

game with
Guernsey was p-p late and we Guernsey are now 6th. Egham are 7 points clear,
level games.

14/1/13 Regular supporter Vic McGregor, father of Alex,
dies suddenly of a heart attack. He was at the game two days earlier. Funeral

at Guildford
Crematorium on 30/1/13 at 11am.

15/1/13 On a very cold evening the High Road pitch is
playable and Epsom defeat Wembley 2-0. This was a little harsh on Wembley who

contributed plenty but were not that much of a threat,
although they did hit the post just before the hour mark. However, they were
2-0 down

by then as Burns had seen his shot saved but from the
rebound set up Marvell to drive low into the net in first half injury time,
and Hough

scored the
second after a good passing move. We had a few opportunities to get a third
goal but it was not to be.

15/1/13 This win closes the gap on top placed Egham Town
to four points and we are four points clear of the rest with a points per
game

average of
over 2 at this stage of the season for the first time in a few years.

18/1/13
Discussions held with Ray Ward at SCFA with reference to a new ground. Not as
fruitful as first thought although some leads were

provided. RL to have a follow up meeting on
costing and grants with SCFA on 7/2/13.

19/1/13 Heavy snow renders the match against Windsor (H)
unplayable. Programme (originally numbered 17) not produced. Rearranged for
26/2/13.

19/1/13 Club
release details of the end of season Presentation Evening - Tickets are now
on sale.

22/1/13 Emergency programme created (18) but never
actually printed for South Park (H) which falls victim to the continued snow.
Lucky

really as it should have been numbered 17! Rearranged for
25/04/13 before being moved back five more days as the pitch was unavailable
that day.

23/1/13 Committee Meeting advises that the budget will
continue to be consistent with the early part of the season but will be
reviewed on a

month by
month basis. If and when we drop out of the top 6 or the top places become
unreachable the budget will be cut.

23/1/13 Committee Meeting also advises that contact has
been made with Phab and Steve Dyke will follow this up. They have been
advised

that a place is being made for them at NESCOT but they are
looking for a larger outdoor space which we could help them with. Other sites

are being considered and Tony J is making contact with
Hilliards with a view to a site just on the edge of the Borough and not far
from the

Drift Bridge, along College Road. We await further. Club
also unhappy about being given a Friday night date for the trip to Guernsey.
In

addition the league have rearranged the Windsor (H) game
for 26th February meaning we will be unable to train and may also pick up
knocks

before the trip to Guernsey. The club decided to write to
Alan C to see whether the Windsor game can be moved. Incredibly this required
a

vote to achieve this as Tony J and Pete did not want to do
it, even though we are spending more money this season in an attempt to
sustain

a promotion
push. The vote was 4-3!! Another sign of a dysfunctional committee that just
let things happen to them.

26/1/13 A script that was impossible to write as Epsom
trail with twelve minutes left, only to win with an equaliser from Jarman and
an 89th

minute free kick winner from Alex McGregor who also set
the equaliser up. He'd only been on the pitch for 12 minutes and it was his
first

match back after his dad had passed away. Boys Own stuff.
We trailed after 52 despite having just hit the bar, but we really piled it
on after

that and
deserved to win. The desire is great right now.

29/1/13 The weather relents just enough for Epsom to host
Guernsey on the Tuesday despite many other postponements, including a

Football League match at Crawley. Guernsey remain in the
Vase and had a tough game on Saturday at Rye, so came with a weakened side,

but Epsom did what they had to do, even though they didn't
look like breaking through for a while. A cross shot from Hough after 63
following

a nice move set us up as it went in off the far post and a
great finish from Hough after 75 sealed the win in this League Cup tie and
put us

through to the quarter finals. It was Guernsey's first
defeat since August, and even though they had a weaker team out, they will be
needed

more often in the future as their fixture backlog refuses
to subside. Ramzi Bedj Bedj and Ali Dewar were replaced by Mark Jarman and
Alex

McGregor
while Anthony Panayi was rested and Alex McKay came in. All did well and we
have a great bench too right now.

Jan 13 In the
quarter finals we wil travel to AFC Croydon Athletic the reformed team,
playing at the Croydon Arena on 20/2/13.

Jan 13 The win over Guernsey means we have won five out of
five in January, only the fifth time in history that we have had a perfect
month

of more than
four games, equalling a club record. Our best ever January in history.

Jan 13 future
player Tommy Harper joins Molesey from Dorking but returns less than a month
later.

2/2/13 Narrow squeak against Dorking as we extend our
winning run to nine straight League games, the first time since 2002 and the
first

time in an unbroken season since the opening nine games of
1974/75. But it nearly didn't happen as a comfortable half time 2-0 lead

evaporated and we required a 94th minute winner from Ben
Hayward to pinch the match 3-2. We were the better side and led after 17
through

Hough who shot from a narrow angle and it clipped the post
and went in off a defender's leg who was stood on the line! Then a great
header

from Jamie Hatfield after 39 from a deep Currie cross
found him unmarked at the back post. However a snap shot after 69 caught us
out and

they broke the offside trap to equalise after 78. They
competed well, but we had a better cutting edge and they scored with their
only

two real
chances.

5/2/13 Epsom
miss a chance to go top after their game at Chessington & Hook is
postponed. Waterlogged.

6/2/13 The two clubs have decided to give it another try
on Thursday 7th February as Epsom chase top spot and ten straight League
wins,

which has been done once before at the end of 1932/33 (9
wins) and the start of 1933/34 (1 win). It has never been done completely in

one season
before.

6/2/13 Also Hanworth Villa (A) is rearranged for Thursday
4th April and South Park (H) is now on Thursday 25th April. We have a
blank

Saturday on
9/2/13 as Hanworth Villa are held up by their delayed FA Vase tie at Walsall
Wood.

Also Molesey
(A) on 12th Feb is p-p as they have a delayed Surrey Senior Cup tie. This is
rearranged for Saturday 16th March.

7/2/13 Meeting held between Richard Lambert and SCFA
Development Officer Caroline McRoyall and the FA's Stuart Lamb to ascertain

what opportunities are available in the form of grants for
a new ground and roughly how much one might cost. The results were not
promising

and the club is effectively only able to get a grant for
approximately £100k. If a ground costs £1.2m we are £850k short. They also
suggested

our link with the Colts is tenuous and that there should
be some inter-party involvement on each other's Committees. Without this,
even a

£100k grant would be a problem. Effectively there is no
real interest in first team football from a grant perspective especially
while we pay our

own players.
They want Community links and lots of them, especially with Youth teams.

7/2/13 Epsom go top of the table following a 3-2 win at
Chessignton & Hook United. On a boggy pitch Epsom scored after 8 minutes
when a

Currie cross came back off the bar and Burns tucked in the
rebound. We had large spells of play but were vulnerable to the counter
attack

and they had a penalty after 57 for an Ayling trip but it
was put wide. We extended the lead after 67 when Burns found Jarman unmarked
in

the middle and he controlled the ball before burying it in
the corner and a perfect cross from Currie was met by a great glancing header
from

Burns to seal it after 86. However, a deflected free kick
and a penalty after a Hatfield slip and foul gave them a lifeline and they
had a header

disallowed for offside in injury time as we nearly
contrived to throw it away. Tenth successive League win for the first time in
a single

season in club
history.

9/2/13
Hanworth Villa (A) is moved back to 4/4/13 as they have a delayed Vase tie.

9/2/13 No game for Epsom but Egham are off at Chessington
so we stay top. Also, we have brought forward a game at Sandhurst to Tuesday

12th March
from 20th April which would allow us to extend our lead if the weather allows
us to play.

12/2/13
Unfortunately the game falls victim to the weather and now reverts back to
20/4/13 again.

13/2/13
Committee Meeting is postponed at short notice.

16/2/13 An eleventh successive win as Epsom defeat Horley
Town 4-1 although the first half was even and was also marred by some
fussy

refereeing and a nasty facial injury to Alex McKay. Jarman
put us ahead from a pinpoint Hatfield cross after 25 although an error from
White

allowed a long shot to creep under him after 27. White
redeemed himself with a great save after 47 and we went ahead after a rare
fumble of

a cross by veteran keeper Chatfield and although Jarman's
attempt was half saved, Hough tucked away the loose ball. Dewar made it
3-1

after 72 after Hough's shot had looped up off a defender
and a late penalty when Burns was clipped was put in by Hough after 97
although

Chatfield did get a hand to it. A Horley player was sent
off just before the penalty as many of their players lost it with the ref who
was overly

fussy and pedantic, yet missed the challenge on McKay and
a couple of other nasty ones. Attendance of 114 including support from
the

Colts and
their Girls teams who were mascots mean that this was the largest home league
attendance since September 2009.

16/2/13 The eleventh straight league win sets a new club
record. Postponements for Egham and Guernsey plus a defeat for South
Park

mean that we are five points clear at the top. These three
are the only teams who can catch us by winning games in hand but South
Park

are now 19 behind with seven in hand so would need to win
all of them. Egham are five back with four in hand while Guernsey are
seventeen

behind but
with ten in hand!

Feb 13 Guernsey game is in doubt. Currently they are in
the QF of FA Vase on the weekend that they are due to host us and Cove, but
if

Walsall Wood and Runcorn Town cannot reach a decision on
23rd February then we will still have to travel on 1st March as Guernsey's
trip

would be
delayed.

20/2/13 A brief scare at the start of this League Cup
Quarter Final at AFC Croydon Athletic on an icy windy day, as we trailed 2-1
after 14

minutes. We had led through Hough who finished off a great
reverse pass from Bedj Bedj after 6 minutes but conceded after 12 and
14.

Fortunately, Ali Dewar picked up a loose ball across
midfield and ran straight through on goal to equalise after 16 minutes. He
was replaced

soon after by Jarman due to an injured groin but a Burns
goal after 31 when Hough had broken through and laid the ball back to him,
and a

Jarman header after 39 when Burns broke the offside trap
and crossed the ball in, left us well clear at HT and when Burns tapped in a
low

driven cross
from Currie at the far post after 47 it was 5-2 with Hough scoring a sixth
after 65 shortly before being replaced.

A comfortable win in the end and we are the first team
through to the semi finals, our First League Cup semi since 1977 and first in
this

competition
since 1975.

23/2/13 Raynes Park become the first side to be better
than us in 2013 over 90 minutes but we still won 3-2 to extend the League run
to 12.

A well worked goal involving a great pass from Hough to
Bedj Bedj who squared for Jarman to slot in after 14 would have beaten any
team at

this level and an own goal extended the lead after 38
after Hayward and then Burns had put in attempts on goal, but a defender in
attempting

to clear knocked the ball against the keeper's face and it
went in between them. However, Vale fought back and scored after 55 when
White

was impeded going for a punch. After 72 Downs blocked the
ball on the line but the referee decided it was handball and sent him
off,

awarding the penalty which was scored by former Epsom
player Simon Moore. However a strong last fifteen enabled us to take the
points

even being a man short and from an Ayling cross following
a short corner, Burns got the ball at the far post with back to goal, turned
and

smashed the
ball into the far corner of the net in the 87th minute for the win. Just!

23/2/13 Walsall Wood win at Runcorn Town in FAV which
means Guernsey will go there next weekend and their two League matches

against us and
Cove will not go ahead. We will now visit Cove on 2/3/13.

Club stats also credit the own goal from the Raynes Park
match to Robbie Burns which was an error and I have corrected this here.

24/2/13 Richard Lambert announces his resignation from the
Committee following further disagreements about the lack of direction of the

Committee and its organisation and leadership. He will
become just a supporter from the end of the season and intended to
remain

Programme
Editor until then but it was decided by the Chairman and rushed through the
Committee that he would stop now.

26/2/13 Windsor end our great winning run with a 3-1
defeat at High Road. We were unfortunate but had been a bit lucky to get to
twelve wins

with some late goals, so it evens itself out. We had two
shots off the line and two really strong handball decisions that weren't
given. Windsor

had taken the lead after 21 after no one cleared the
second ball from a White save. By this time Hayward was struggling with
injury and we

had lost Hough with a dislocated kneecap which Ken Jones
had to pop back in. We continued to pressure Windsor and equalised
through

Jarman after 67 but we were caught on the counter attack
and Panayi brough the striker down for a penalty after 68 and a third goal
from

long range followed after 71. Just not our night and Hough
now joins Marvell, McKay and Dewar on the sidelines. We remain top but
Egham's

3-1 win over Guernsey means they are just two points back
and with four games in hand. Guernsey remain 17 behind with ten in hand and
if

we are to
finish second it is they we will probably need to finish above.

26/2/13 Final
programme produced by Richard Lambert - Number 20. Prog Y. Future programmes
revert to being unnumbered.

27/2/13 Former Club Secretary Maryse Oakes passes away
following a heart attack a few days previously. Born 1950. Funeral is
21/3/13.

2/3/13 Epsom are held 1-1 at Cove in an even game. Missing
Hough and Hayward, Dewar returned and was on the bench while Charlie West

appears to have left the club. A new signing Wang Gil Choi
is on the bench but isn't used although Steve Newman comes on late in the
game.

Epsom trailed after 23 despite having a good start but a
hanging cross from Currie was headed in by Burns after 25 and although Cove
hit

the bar after 38 and Jarman could have won it in injury
time when he volleyed wide, there was little of real interest. Currie also
cleared off the

line after White had half stopped a shot midway through
the second half. However, he and Downs limped off and it is not clear how
long

they'll be
out. Luckily they both return for the next match.

2/3/13 Egham defeat Raynes Park Vale with two late goals
and are now top on goal difference, although they do have four games in hand
too.

Guernsey's Vase game is drawn so they have to replay on
the island seven days later, meaning that two more matches require
rearranging.

3/3/13 League Bulletin advises a new date for the Guernsey
trip on Friday 3rd May but this clashed with the end of season presentation

night at Epsom Downs. Pete Beddoe says it is a mistake and
that we are going on the Sunday 5th with Dorking travelling on the 3rd.

4/3/13 Now
confirmed on Guernsey website that Epsom will play on the Sunday 5th May.

4/3/13 League Cup Semi-Final is drawn and Epsom will play
Egham or Wembley away from home. Scheduled for Tuesday 26th March

originally but
then Wembley advise that Hendon are using their pitch that night so it's only
26th if Egham win.

9/3/13 Epsom disappoint in a 4-2 home defeat by Hartley
Wintney who were on a good run of form but Epsom were flat. Ramzi Bedj Bedj

injured himself in the warm up so Hough started and played
much of the match. He scored an equalising penalty after Jarman crumpled in
the

box in first half injury time but we had gone behind after
11 minutes to a route one goal that pointed the blame at a few players.
However, just

when we thought we'd be ok we were hit with two goals in
three minutes to open the second half, the first of which came 37 seconds in
and

was a very straightforward goal. The third goal was a long
shot that just went inside the post and an easy header from a right wing
cross after

75 minutes
made it 4-1. A great McGregor strike into the top corner after 93 minutes
from a cross from Ramsey was of no benefit.

Paul Hunt and Wang Gil Choi both made their debuts as time
ticked down. Hunt used to be quite good at Merstham but had recently
joined

from Banstead.
Neither really made an impression, but Jarman apart, no one really did.

March 13
former player Nick Williams is playing for Worcester Park at present.

March 13 Club announces that it has "done a
deal" with Guernsey tv and they will be present for the League match on
19th March. The club

don't reveal
the details of the deal, which probably involved a small personal donation to
charity from Mark Le Tissier or similar.

March 13 Guernsey's remaining fixtures are arranged and
their home matches are spread so they play at home on Fri/Sat/Sun on a few

weeks. Clearly the league will not bow to allowing midweek
travel for the member clubs which is admirable, although it does make
Guernsey's

chances of promotion slimmer. This week is pivotal as they
play their two main rivals South Park and Epsom before their Vase game with

Spennymoor.
The picture will be clearer after those two League games.

16/3/13 Molesey (A) is p-p as heavy rain wipes out all
league matches on the mainland. Game is rearranged for Tuesday 23rd April.

17/3/13
Guernsey edge out South Park by a goal to nil in an even game. They are 15
points behind Epsom with 11 games in hand.

Mar 13 George Murphy a defender signs from Chipstead
although the League transfer says Mole Valley SCR. Josh Gallagher rejoins
from

Walton
Casuals.

Mar 2013 Bobby
Bennett at Met Police + Dec 13

19/3/13 Carl Downs is suspended as Epsom lose 5-2 at home
to Guernsey at High Road. We probably had more possession in the first half

but trailed to goals after 19 and 29, the second of which
went in off Jamie Hatfield. Kyle Hough pulled one back with a low drive from
distance

after 57 but moments later a Guernsey long shot from Ross
Allen went through Joe White to restore the lead and two minutes later we
were

unable to clear the ball and left an easy nod in from
close range. A deep cross was headed in off White after 76 and Jarman's good
low strike

after 89 with the opposition expecting an offside flag was
just a consolation. Score was a little harsh but Guernsey looked good going
forward.

19/3/13 This probably means that we won't get one of the
two promotion spots as Guernsey are now only 12 points back with 11 games in

hand. Maybe
with Guernsey and Egham going up there will be a better chance next season.

19/3/13 It
also transpires that Hatfield broke his foot in the early part of this game.

19/3/13
Attendance of 185 was the best home attendance for the club for many years.

19/3/13 Also Egham's League Cup qf with Wembley is p-p and
put back to next Tuesday so our Semi-Final on that date is now postponed.

March 13 South
Park (H) is moved back from Thursday 25th April to Tuesday 30th April.

23/3/13 Rain and then snow are the cause of a rare
postponement at Chipstead as the home game against Colliers Wood United is
called off.

The game is
then rearranged for Thursday 28th March. The same programme will be used for
this match.

28/3/13 Epsom see off Colliers Wood 3-2 at High Road
although a goal near the end made the scoreline closer than it really was. An
even

start was followed by a Burns header after 27 minutes that
former Epsom keeper Dan Coles couldn't reach, and although former Epsom

player Dre Grobler volleyed an equaliser early in the
second half, goals in quick succession from Ayling with a back header from a
Hatfield

free kick and
from Jarman who turned in Hough's pinpoint low cross put us 3-1 up and we
held on fairly comfortably.

28/3/13
Hatfield went off near the end when his foot was damaged and Hough took over
the captaincy, although

Ben Hayward
assumes the captaincy for the next few matches while Hatfield is out. Anthony
Panayi 100th appearance.

30/3/13 Epsom draw 1-1 at Farnham, following a number of
missed chances. We were the better side but trailed after 32 and had to wait

until the 70th minute for Hough to equalise with a shot
that went in off the post and just crossed the line, although this was
disputed. In the

closing minutes we had a Hough effort ruled out for
offside and Ayling hit the post. Ben Hayward replaced the absent Hatfield as
captain

while Myers
stepped in at left back.

1/4/13 Molesey are defeated 1-0 at High Road as Epsom make
it seven points out of nine over Easter. It was a deserved win with Ben

Hayward's 23rd minute goal quite possibly being the best
of the season. He was given the ball on the right but instead if shooting
straight

away, he flicked the ball over the incoming challenge and
then volleyed the ball into the far corner, similar to Paul Gascoigne's
attempt at

Euro 96. It was a goal worth of winning any game but he
had another shot deflected onto the bar and away before Burns hit the bar
with a lob

with the last
kick of the game. Molesey had hit the outside of a post just before our goal.
This was an 11.30 kick off.

1/4/13 Following these results we are now ten points clear
in second place, six behind Egham who still have four in hand and Guernsey

still have 12
in hand and are only 13 back. Third place looks the most likely outcome right
now.

Apr 13 Egham cup game is arranged for Tuesday 16/4/13. It
will be the 1000th game since we left West Street. The Final would be on

Friday 10th
May at Farnborough FC and would be against Cobham or South Park.

4/4/13 Epsom are defeated 3-2 at Hanworth Villa despite
leading for much of the game. Hanworth scored two goals in the 90th and
92nd

minutes to pinch the game after we had missed chances to
go 3-1 up. We led after 16 when Hough volleyed a shot towards goal but
didn't

catch it too cleanly which caught the keeper out and he
could only graze a hand to it as it went over him. They were level when
White

misjudged a bouncing ball and it went over him. He was
able to touch it but no more and the ball was run into the empty net. However
Burns

was fouled in the area right on half time and Hough tucked
away the penalty, but he should have completed his  hat trick in the second half

and we were made to pay. A frustrating result seeing as
Egham were held to a draw again and Guernsey would only take four points out
of

nine over the
weekend.

4/4/13 Nathan
Ayling misses this match with a toe injury, but Marvell returned and played
the full 90.

4/4/13 Ramzi Bedj Bedj has an injury too which kept him
out of this match. Having trouble with fitness. Also Carl Downs and Sam
Currie

limp out of
the game with injuries and are subbed early.

13/4/13 Epsom defeat Wembley 4-1 after a nine day break
but the scoreline was harsh on Wembley who hit the post early and did much
of

the attacking before Mark Jarman opened the scoring from a
corner that was flicked on by a Wembley defender and his header went
back

across everyone into the far corner after 18 minutes. We
looked good for a while and could have extended our lead but we were hanging
on a

bit by half time. Another goal came from a Hough corner,
this time McKay got there ahead of the keeper to glance a header over the
line

after 49 and on 65 it was 3-0 when the assistant flagged
for a free kick to Wembley but the referee over ruled him and from White's
clearance

Hough skipped round the keeper and slotted the ball past
the covering defender. A fourth goal from the spot followed after Hough was
brought

down in the 88th minute but it was a soft one and although
Hough scored the penalty we conceded to a good low drive after 89
minutes

which was the least Wembley deserved. Still, we had lost
there 4-1 a few years back despite dominating and after the harsh loss
at

Hanworth Villa maybe this was a way of evening it up!
Hatfield was still out injured and Currie only joined the fray with twenty
remaining while

Burns and
Downs were taken off early to protect them for Tuesday's cup semi-final.

Hayward also went off near the end and Hough took the
captain's armband. Ayling replaced him, making a sooner than expected return.

This goal was
Jarman's 50th for the club.

13/4/13 Egham
also won this weekend while Guernsey won twice so we remain second but not
for much longer.

16/4/13 Epsom reach their first Cup Final for fifteen
years as a Jarman goal after 48 is enough to see off Egham Town at the
Runnymede

Stadium. Egham hit the bar in the first half but it was
fairly even at that point and a through ball from Myers put Jarman in to slot
past our

former keeper Borg for what proved to be the only goal.
Egham pressed and hit the post near the end while Jarman was sent off for
retaliation

by throwing a
ball at the Egham player after 85 minutes. We held on to clinch a final with
South Park who came from 2-0 down to

beat Cobham
3-2. This will be played at Cherrywood Road on Friday 10th May.

16/4/13 This
game was free to attend, yet still only had an attendance of 98. It was our
1000th since leaving West Street.

20/4/13 Epsom slip up badly at bottom club Sandhurst,
losing to a 92nd minute winner after fighting back from conceding after 49
when we

didn't deal well with a long throw which was knocked back
in. Burns equalised after he received a cross from Currie and his first
attempt was

blocked but it came back to him and he poked it in the
corner after 65. From then on we were well in charge but got caught out by a
deep

cross and simple header at the end. Panayi started up
front and whilst he nearly scored, the message this must have given to the
players

was that we
would be easy winners and could afford to take this sort of gamble. A poor
decision.

Ben Hayward and Mark Jarman were both away while Ali Dewar
was nursing a groin injury and Kyle Hough had a twisted knee but was on

the bench for emergencies and will probably play at
Molesey. Luckily, South Park, Cove and Guernsey all lost games over the
weekend too.

23/4/13 Burns and Downs are absent but McGregor returns
from a week on holiday as do Hayward and Jarman for this 0-0 draw at Molesey.

Hough remains unused on the bench and neither side creates
too much in this game which saw the ball mostly in the air. Jarman had a

good chance on his birthday just before the break but his
shot was well blocked by Young. Also Murphy hit the bar from a corner in the
final

minute and
should probably have done better as he was unmarked. A draw was a fair result
though.

23/4/13 South Park and Cove both win and we'll probably
need to beat both of them and / or win in Guernsey to hold on to third place.

April 13 Pete Beddoe confirms after some hesitation that
the club are still intending to have the Presentation as planned, yet no
advertising

and no raffle ticket sales have appeared yet, while there
is still no mention on the website. Also no mention of the impending Cup
Final yet

as more rare
opportunities to highlight the club go begging. Both eventually appear just
thre days before the actual date.

23/4/13 A new
Molesey programme is not produced and the one from the original fixture of
16th March is used.

25/4/13 South
Park (H) is moved back five days to 30/04/13 as pitch unavailable at
Chipstead.

April 13 It
transpires that the Matt Elliott part of the Presentation evening is off as
the club have cancelled him.

This is a terrible waste of money by the club who just did
not advertise it and didn't appear to have made the effort to sell any
tickets.

It would have only required eight extra ticket sales to
cover his fee which may well have been waived anyway. Very poor but
depressingly par for the

course for the
current leadership.

27/4/13 Cove destroy Epsom 6-1 at High Road in a display
of clinical finishing. Epsom started well yet Cove were 2-0 up after 15
minutes

with their only two attacks, the second of which came
after we had a shot cleared off the line. Jarman finished well over the
keeper after 35

but all hope was gone from the second half kick off when
Parfitt shot from the kick off and White seemed to let the ball go over his
head and

into the net. It was a little like Andy Boxall's effort at
Hornchurch but there did seem an element of keeper error too. Following this,
we

conceded after 60, 69 and 72 and although Downs came on
and we looked more secure from that point, you have to wonder why he
doesn't

start more often. Hough struggled with his knee injury
which led to his substitution after 57 minutes and it was a bad day at the
office all

round,
although Cove were excellent in all departments.

30/4/13 A late South Park equaliser means an unfortunate
ending to an entertaining encounter to close out our first season at High
Road.

A Ben Hayward volley from a low Ali Dewar cross put us on
our way after 11 and we were the stronger side for much of the first half,
but

somehow Dewar's goalbound shot was blocked by a phenomenal
clearance by the Park captain just before HT and Burns somehow sliced a

shot over when Myers cross had left him with a tap in to
an empty net from three yards out. They made us pay for it with an equaliser
after

79 and when Hayward's goalbound shot was blocked when it
hit Burns after 82, who also had a point blank header saved by Wastell after
85,

you realised
that it wasn't our night. Maybe we will get the luck in the Cup final against
the same side.

This result leaves us fourth, seven points above South
Park who have three games in hand and four left in total against our trip to
Guernsey.

We are guaranteed to finish no lower than fifth now. Hough
was injured while Jarman and McKay were rested and Murphy was absent.
There

is doubt about Hough's knee recovering in time for the
Guernsey game but it is a different knee to the one he injured at Windsor.
Also

Hatfield was subbed near the end so Hayward took the
armband but when Hayward went off injured near the end it is not clear who
became

captain at
that point.

3/5/13
Presentation Night at Epsom Downs Racecourse with the following awards:

Players Player
of the Year: Sam Currie

Supporters
Player of the Year: Mark Jarman

Managers
Player of the Year: Anthony Panayi (new award)

Lyndon Buckwell also received a "special" award
but it wasn't clear what it was for. Also no awards are made to Robbie Burns
or Kyle Hough for

scoring their
100th goals for the club. A very poor show.

4/5/13 Squad
flies over to Guernsey for their match on the Sunday with 1pm k.o.

5/5/13 Guernsey score two late goals to defeat Epsom 2-0
in front of 1,271, the third biggest league crowd of the season at Footes
Lane. The

first half was fairly even, although we didn't really do
enough to deserve to lead. They pushed us back and eventually scored with
headers

after 77 and 90, both from really good deliveries. Neither
Hough nor Jarman were fit to start and Burns was also starved of service at
times.

Both strikers
came on, but were unable to make an impression in the little time that
remained.

6/5/13 Today
is 20 years since Epsom last played a first team game at West Street.

6/5/13 South Park's win over Horley this day means Epsom
will almost certainly finish fifth as South Park need one point from two
games

remaining
against Molesey and Sandhurst to finish above us.

6/5/13 Guernsey defeat Farnham to guarantee second and
promotion. Two will go up this year and it looks right now as though Walton

Casuals may get a reprieve at Step Four. This will
reprieve Hartley Wintney and Sandhurst but probably not Dorking who have
finished bottom.

7/5/13 South
Park's 3-1 win over Molesey confirms fourth place for them and we have to
settle for fifth.

10/5/13 Epsom
& Ewell win first trophy since 1981 with a 3-0 win over South Park in the
League Cup Final.

An even start at Farnborough's Cherrywood Road ground was
followed by Hayward hitting the post with a far post header after about

20 minutes, and a diagonal ball in from Marvell was just
reached by Hough ahead of the keeper, and he nodded it round him, ran on to
the

through ball and tapped it in after 29 mintues. A second
goal followed after 42 when a harmless enough ball in from the right was not
dealt

with by the defenders under pressure from Burns, who then
lobbed the ball over the exposed keeper. South Park came out stronger in
the

second half and hit the foot of a post just after the
restart, but we fought back and it was more even by the hour mark. After 75
minutes Al ex

McGregor came on for Carl Downs and his ball put Currie
through on the right. Despite being at a narrow angle he lashed the ball into
the far

corner for a
game worthy of winning any Cup.

It was our first trophy for 11,708 days and our biggest
with a clean sheet since 1933. It was the first time we had won a Cup Final
and kept a

clean sheet
since 1960! Attendance was advised at 230 which looked a little low.

12/5/13 Combined Counties League advise that the new
season will start on Saturday 3rd August, the earliest start to a season in
our history.

Fixtures will
be released in mid-late July as they are dependant on the Ryman League
advising theirs first.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

Scorers & Notes

07/07/2012

Farleigh Rovers

H

4-2

1-0

N

Tilly (2), McGregor, Hough

14/07/2012

Sheerwater

A

2-2

1-2

N

Hough (2)

17/07/2012

Lingfield

H

1-4

0-2

N

McGregor

21/07/2012

Frimley Green

H

3-1

2-0

N

Hough, Hayward, Folkes

28/07/2012

Chipstead

DWT

A

1-2

0-1

Y (1)

Jarman

22/09/2012

Chipstead

A

0-6

0-1

N