C O M M E N T S
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CCP

3rd out of 22

FAC

Ex-Pr rep

Whyteleafe

H

1-6

FAV

2q

Whyteleafe

H

2-3+

CCLC

QF

Wembley

A

0-2

SSC

2

Chipstead

A

0-3

SCC

SF

Spelthorne Sports

H

0-0+

lost 2-4 on penalties

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

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

Committee
members

Paul Marshall, Dougie Burns

Club
Captain:

Jamie Hatfield

May 13 Epsom & Ewell are placed third Nationally for
the second straight year in the Soccer Club Swap Shop Awards out of around
1000 entries.

June 13 Colliers Wood United announce that the Dave Wilson
Trophy will revert to a four team tournament at Colliers Wood United FC with
Epsom

playing Merstham on Tuesday 23rd July and Colliers Wood
United playing Dorking Wanderers on Thursday 25th July. The finals are
scheduled

for the
Saturday 27th July.

June 13
Merstham pull out of the DWT and are replaced by Eversley & California
who will play us on Tuesday 23rd July instead. It

is advised that the matches will be on the main pitch at
Colliers Wood which has only just been resurfaced. Embarrassingly Colliers
Wood

United are the
first to advise the details and they don't appear on the Epsom website for
another week.

13/6/13 Other Pre season friendlies are announced. The
first two are to be played at Beare Green FC and the Three Bridges game was
originally

advised as at Hazelwick School a venue previously used,
but has now been switched to the ground of TD Shipley FC who were Sussex
Division

Three last
season but have now apparently folded.

24/6/13 CCL AGM
advises that the club have won the League Programme Awards for the second
time in three years.

24/6/13 Also at the meeting the League Cup draw is
completed and yet again Epsom have a first round tie. It is the seventh year
in a row,

despite the odds against even one first round draw being
less than even. We travel to Horley Town and the winners travel to AFC
Croydon Athletic

where Epsom won
a quarter final 6-2 in February on their way to the trophy.

24/6/13 League constitution is confirmed. Dorking and
Sandhurst Town were relegated, while Egham and Guernsey were promoted. Ash
were

reprieved as Walton Casuals were reprieved at Step Four.
Alton Town are moved across from the Wessex League to join the three newly

promoted clubs
Frimley Green, Westfield and Mole Valley SCR for a division of 22 while
Division One will run with 16.

25/6/13
Training starts at Goals, Tolworth.

June 13 Charlie West is now involved in a coaching
capacity at Dorking who have signed two former Epsom players Paul Gough and
Zach Powell.

Jul 13 Club
advise that Broadbridge Heath are now unavailable on 13th July and we will
now face Lingfield at Beare Green on that date.

2013/14 Gavin
Quintyne is at Tonbridge Angels

3/7/13 Club
finally announce their AGM date will be the 28th July, much later than usual.

5/7/13 FA competition draws are announced and Epsom draw
Whyteleafe in both FA Cup and Vase. In the FA Cup we travel to Church Road

and the winners will travel to Epsom Athletic or Croydon.
The winners there will be at home to Sevenoaks, Horley, Holmesdale or East
Grinstead.

In the Vase we have a lucky bye to the second qualifying
round where we will host Whyteleafe. The two sides will know each other well
as the

new Manager
there is John Fowler, formerly of Croydon and many of their players are
rumoured to be moving over there with him.

6/7/13 Epsom score twice in second half to secure a 3-3
draw with Horsham YMCA. Went behind early to a deflection and it was 2-0 soon
after.

Hough reduced the arrears but it was 3-1 before HT. Second
half was quite even but a late Hough equaliser completed his hat trick after
he had

intercepted a
back pass after an hour. Game played at Beare Green, home of Capel FC these
days.

Playing wise, Tony Cuff was back at the club but Dale
Marvell and Robbie Burns are missing and Burns has work commitments while
Marvell

is not certain of re-joining. A new full back Matt Farrell
played but will surely sit behind Sam Currie and many of last season's other
players were

on show along
with a promising half of football from Karl Douglin, formerly of Croydon.

13/7/13 Lingfield arrive with a bare bones squad and no
keeper but borrow Joe White and beat us 5-1 at Beare Green! We were 3-0 down
after

just 19 minutes as a much changed team struggled to get
back on terms in the stifling heat. Hough hit the bar and then in the second
half

reduced the deficit after Wang Gil Choi's shot was saved.
In goal for Epsom was Joe's brother Michael White. A few new faces were
present as

we struggled to
deal with the number of absences and Karl Douglin was not at the game either.
Pity!

16/7/13 Epsom travel to the village of Shipley, home of TD
Shipley for a friendly with Three Bridges. Shipley appear to have folded in
the close

season but were previously a Sussex League Division Three
club. Epsom go behind after just 6 minutes and the lead was doubled after 14.

The second half was much better but we let in a third on
the counter attack after 72 before Karl Douglin scored with an individual
effort with

seconds remaining. Game kicked off ten minutes late
because Kyle Hough was late and he eventually arrived after 20 minutes,
coming on at HT.

Many others are still missing, Burns (work), Marvell
(holiday), Downs (just warming up) Alex McKay, George Murphy, Jamie Hatfield
Antony

Myers, Ben
Hayward and Mark Jarman.

2013/14 Adam Heagney and Jordan Gallagher play for
Leatherhead Central v Balham Blazers, winning 1-0 in the Southern Youth
League Cup Final

16/7/13 Douglin
appears to have returned to the club. Other people returning

include Matt Smith although this may be more in a coaching
role, and Kieran Campbell who played the second half in goal, following
Arjuna Adlam

who has come
over from Farnham and was formerly with Ash. New player Rhys Jackson played
after being at Dorking last season.

20/7/13 Epsom win 1-0 at Arundel with a Richard Lediju
winner after 72 minutes when he headed on a long ball and just beat the
keeper to the ball,

getting round him and rolling the ball into an empty net.
It was a game of few chances on the main pitch there but Arundel rarely
looked like scoring

although they had played less friendlies so were maybe
behind us in their development. New centre half James Taylor is the son of
former eighties

player Dave Taylor and new left back Jordain Henry came
from the Woking academy and let Jamie Hatfield have a rare run out in
midfield.

Adlam appears to have left again as he wanted to be
guaranteed first team football which no Manager could agree to at this stage,
so Kieran

Campbell played
the whole game and made a good save near the end from a long shot that he
tipped over.

James Taylor had come from Hampton. Game watched by former
Epsom player Colin Bell who gave twenty years service to the club but has

been living in
Australia for twenty eight years.

22/7/13 Rumour circulated by Mole Valley SCR Secretary
that Epsom have entered a Reserve Team into the Surrey Elite League
"according to

the Epsom
Chairman". Confirmation follows later that day. It is apparently
self-financing, but further questions need to be asked.

22/7/13 League fixtures are released and Epsom start with
the longest trip of the season to new boys Alton Town who finished 18th in
the Wessex

League last season. We follow that with home games against
Westfield and away to Mole Valley SCR and if we want to get a good start to
the

season we
probably won't get a better opportunity.

22/7/13 Tony
Jeffcoate suffers a stroke and is in St George's Hospital, Tooting. He is
recovering but will be in hospital for a few weeks.

Transferred
later to John Keats ward in Kingston Hospital.

23/7/13 Epsom lose their Dave Wilson Trophy match against
Eversley & California by three goals to one. The result was harsh on
Epsom, who

recovered from an 18th minute free kick goal to press hard
as half time approached but we went further behind after 59. A long range
effort from

Nathan Ayling a minute later gave us hope and Mark Jarman
hit the post with a header but an 82nd minute goal for Eversley finished us
off and

its the third /
fourth place play off once again for Epsom.

25/7/13
Colliers Wood defeat Dorking Wanderers 7-2 in the other Dave Wilson Trophy
Semi-Final. Was 2-2 at one point.

27/7/13 Epsom finish third in DWT after a 0-0 draw with
Dorking Wanderers that ends with a 3-1 penalty shootout win. This was a very
even game

in strong heat
and although he had a couple more chances, Dorking W were just wide with a
glancing header near the end.

Tony Coombe was
in charge of the team in Lyndon Buckwell's absence.

Penalty
shootout below:

Dorking W

Epsom & Ewell

1

r

Kyle Hough

a

2

r

Alex McGregor

a

3

a

Matt Smith

r

4

r

Reece Jackson

a

5

-

5

-

Jackson's
penalty was a Panenka style chip and was probably the highlight of the
afternoon!

In the Final Colliers Wood scored twice after 59 and 66
through Ogunseye only to see Baker get two for Eversley after 80 and 89 and
force

a further session of penalties. Both teams missed their
third penalty (E&C - High, CWD - wide) and eventually Colliers Wood's
eighth penalty was

saved so
Eversley won 7-6. Cup presented by Hannah Burns.

AGM 28/07/13 at Epsom Common Working Mens Club. A paltry
ten people were in attendance to witness a couple of nuggets of information
but

little else to
tell me that anything will improve on the communication or action front.

It also transpires that despite saying they want to save
costs and having a fixture backlog we have entered the Southern Combination
Cup for

the first time
in ages, with its associated entry costs.

On the officers side John Ward has returned to the club
and has been co-opted on to the Committee as Press Secretary as Steve Dyke
felt that

he was struggling with the role of this and the programme.
This is an important role and John will need significant support but I doubt
it will be

forthcoming and
communication will remain as poor as before.

Everyone in attendance is also in agreement that the club
should put the League Cup on display at Bourne Hall if possible and Richard
Lambert

will make
contact with Jeremy Harte, the curator of the museum there.

Tony will remain as Chairman while Pete Beddoe will make
"executive decisions" if he has to. We shall see whether this
actually happens in

practice. Richard Lambert put forward the proposal that
the club initiate moves towards a merger with other local Epsom clubs which
was well

received but it has been suggested that this should wait
until the club has more confirmation on a site at NESCOT. This is a flawed
view as many

new ground proposals have bitten the dust before and we
won't find out about this one until the New Year, by which time we could have
already

put things into
action regarding a merger but this wasn't understood.

On the new ground front, the NESCOT suggestion is now
based on the old London Fire Brigade site that has a shell of a clubhouse in
place. This

means that a new one and its building costs wouldn't be
required, although refurbishment would be. The estimated cost (my figures)
based on

the old figures I was aware of (inc clubhouse) and now
reduced would be in the region of approximately £600k if you include first
year running costs.

Pete Lumm explained that the Holding Company were also
concerned about the running of the club once a ground was built. Clearly they
too have

little faith in
the current organisation.

Aug 13 Richard
Baxter, Merstham FC Secretary will assist the club as Match Secretary while
Tony Jeffcoate recovers.

Aug 13 Surrey
Senior Cup draw gives Epsom a home match with Chertsey Town.

It also appears that we have entered the Southern
Combination Cup for some reason and we are drawn at home to Chipstead in the
2nd round.

3/8/13 Epsom start their league season with a
comprehensive 1-0 win at Alton Town. Epsom had played Alton back in 1977 but
that match was

across the road in Anstey Park, while we played at the old
Brewery Ground also in Anstey Road. Karl Douglin and Reece Jackson debuts and

both were involved as we made chance after chance, despite
missing Ali Dewar, Carl Downs, Antony Myers on holiday and Mark Jarman served

the second of
his three match suspension from last season's sending off.

Alex McGregor hit the post with a free kick after 35
minutes while Ben Hayward hit the bar after 50 and Kyle Hough had a shot
finger tipped onto

the post at the other end after 78. Fortunately we were
ahead by then after a low drive from Anthony Panayi after 51 minutes when a
short corner

broke down and
the ball found its way to him on the edge of the area. We were on top
throughout but Alton were very poor.

6/8/13 Epsom win their second game in a row and are
currently second following this 2-1 win over Westfield. It could have been
better as the

visitors only scored their goal in the 90th minute but the
result was fair, and indeed could have been a draw. An unchanged eleven
nearly took

the lead after 16 when McKay's shot was hooked off the
line but he scored twice anyway, once with a close range header from a
McGregor free

kick after 28 and again after 51 when he hooked a loose
ball in despite being sat on the ground at the time! Robbie Burns returned to
the side as

a substitute
and looked lively while Mark Jarman served his third game of a suspension.

6/8/13 Dale Marvell appears to have left the club. He is
currently 13th in club appearances and 14th in scoring with 290 and 80
respectively.

8/8/13 Dale Marvell announces on Twitter that he has
joined Molesey. Clearly couldn't come to an agreement with our club, but
hadn't done much

of a pre-season
and had featured little this season. League Bulletin confirms this.

10/8/13 Mark Jarman is away on holiday, while Matt Smith
starts a two match suspension for a sending off for Chipstead last season.
Karl Douglin

was missing, while Alex McKay had a groin strain and Reece
Jackson was also struggling with injury, but Carl Downs, Robbie Burns and
Russell

Hartt stepped in and Epsom won 3-0 at Mole Valley SCR in a
game played at their temporary ground at Cobham FC. It was an even game,

especially in the first half but a Burns pas to McGregor
split the defence after 41 and he smashed it past the exposed keeper. A foul
on Hough

earned a penalty after 57 which he tucked away in typical
fashion and good work from Ayling drew the keeper out and passed to Hough to
calmly

score a third in the 71st minute. Right at the end sub
George Murphy conceded a penalty but Page's strike was well saved by Campbell
who held

on to the ball
to preserve the clean sheet.

First time we have won our opening three League games
since 2002/03 when we won our first five. We also did it in 2000/01 and
1998/99.

13/8/13 Epsom extend the League run to four wins as
Camberley are beaten 2-0 at Krooner Park. It was a tough first half but two
yellow cards for

their captain just before half time turned the game and
Ali Dewar ran on to a good cross to loop his header over the keeper in the
64th minute,

while good work
from sub Richard Lediju found Hough who scored a second from close range.

Following this
win, Epsom are top of the table after Windsor drew with Farnham Town.

13/8/13 Karl Douglin was away again while Alex McGregor
was on holiday. Alex McKay returned to the starting line up as did Ali Dewar.

13/8/13 This
four game span (W4, F10 A1) is our best four game start to the League since
1974/75 (W4, F16 A0).

17/8/13 A tense and nervy cup tie at Whyteleafe ends 3-3
but Epsom looked as though they were heading out of the FA Cup at HT when
they

were 3-1 down and deservedly so. We looked ok in patches
but the home side did most of the attacking and we were behind to a close
range

header from a corner after just 18 minutes. A great
equaliser from Myers wide out on the left who hit a curling volley with the
outside of the foot

after 32 minutes gave us hope but Campbell's wild
challenge on a Whyteleafe striker gave the home side a 37th minute penalty
which was scored,

and a minute later the lead was extended to 3-1 and there
were other chances too. At half time Lyndon took off Hayward and replaced him
with

Reece Jackson and the switch worked well. Hough reduced
the arrears after 51 when he rode a couple of challenges and beat the keeper.
Myers

blazed over moments later when well placed but after 62 he
got through again and kept his shot down. It was blocked across goal where
Jackson

took a touch before firing home for the equaliser. Both
sides had good chances then and Whyteleafe hit the bar five minutes from time
but a

replay was
required.

Replay is on Wednesday 21/8 as Chipstead are already at
home on Tuesday. Kick off for some reason is 7.30 instead of the usual 7.45.
Some

excuse was given about extra time and penalties being
required but this didn't make any difference when we played Leatherhead or
Guernsey

last season.

Whyteleafe
provide a pennant for the game. Photo Y.

The winners of the Cup replay will travel to Croydon after
they recovered from a goal down to win 3-1 at Epsom Athletic and so remove
any threat

of the two Epsom clubs meeting each other in the next
round. The winners of that tie will be at home to Horley or Holmesdale so
there is a real

opportunity of
progress for whichever club gets through the replay.

21/8/13 Unfortunately the winners prove to be Whyteleafe
as they turn in a great performance to defeat us 6-1 at High Road. We were
2-0 down

after 15 minutes, the second of which was a fluke, and the
first was a rebound tapped in after a long shot hit the post. A Myers error
let them in for

a right wing break with the cross being tapped in at the
far post after 27 and we were in real trouble. A penalty awarded after 18
seconds of the

second half for a foul on Burns was slotted away by Hough
in the usual manner and for ten minutes we looked like we could get back into
the

game. However, a half challenge wasn't enough to prevent a
fourth goal after 59 and two more good goals followed after 74 and 82, the
sixth was

the best of the night with a quick one two followed by a
twenty five yard strike into the top corner by Roscoe D'Sane the former
Aldershot striker.

The score was
a little harsh on Epsom but we were well beaten on the night and the club's
policy of budgeting for a win in both national

competitions
needs revision next season.

21/8/13 Kyle's
goal moves him ahead of Robbie Burns with 121 goals for the club.

24/8/13 Epsom fight back and show great character after
the Whyteleafe loss with a fine 3-0 win at Cove, who had beaten us 61 at
Chipstead

back in April and had a similar side out. The first half
was strange. We did most of the football, but we could have conceded a few
times as well as

Cove looked dangerous on the occasions that they managed
to get forward. Al McGregor fired us ahead in the 30th minute as the rain
came down

heavily and after good work on the edge of the box from
Douglin and Ayling. The shot surprised the keeper who got a hand to it but
couldn't keep

it out. The game continued with this strange pattern and
we couldn't relax until Ayling hit a twenty yarder into the roof of the net
and the best goal

of the game
came after 79 and was finished off in style by Hough.

24/8/13 Windsor's draw at Colliers Wood ensures that Epsom
are back at the top of the table with a game in hand over the Stags.

26/8/13 Epsom dominate Croydon and win 2-0. We probably
should have had more as we were well on top and Campbell had few saves to
make.

Douglin put us ahead in the 20th minute when he chested
down a Currie cross and beat three men before walking the ball around the
keeper into

the net. Very skilful and reminiscent of Andy Boxall or
Ramzi Bedj Bedj. The keeper saved well from a Hough diving header after 49
but the

game drifted for a while until we were awarded a free kick
after 82 minutes and Reece Jackson stepped up and curled it into the net from
the edge

of the  box.

26/8/13 Tony
Jeffcoate returns to watch the first team after his illness.

26/8/13 Now six wins out of six and we currently hold the
second best record in English football behind Tividale who have a better

goal
difference by four goals. No other club in England (top ten steps) has won
more than six out of six. We remain top.

Also, six wins to open the season is our best since
1974/75 when we opened with nine. Our defensive record of only having

conceded once
in those six games equals the CLUB RECORD set in 1974/75.

31/8/13 Epsom win 3-2 at Ash and now hold the best record
in English football. Although it was a good performance on the whole,
Campbell had

to make a
couple of good saves near the end to preserve the win which we were good
value for.

We conceded to an unmarked tap in from a corner with just
1 minute and 23 seconds on the clock but got back on terms with Hough's low
shot in

the third. It took a slight deflection but not enough to
make a difference. We continued to dominate and Hough scored a great second
in the 16th

minute when cutting inside two players, he then beat
another and fired low in off the keeper. A poor pass across the penalty area
from McGregor

left their man an easy finish after 29 but Burns hit the
post with a header just before HT and he chested down and tucked away a great
Sam

Currie cross in
the 58th minute to clinch the points.

31/8/13 Mark Jarman returned from holiday while Reece
Jackson is away on holiday as is Matt Smith and Anthony Panayi, who also
missed the

Monday game v
Croydon.

We are no longer matching our club record defensive start
after conceding twice but no other club has played seven - won seven on their
record in

the whole of
the country. Due to many other sides playing in the FA Cup we extended our
lead at the top to four points.

31/8/13 Unfortunately Raynes Park Vale and Alton Town draw
4-4 in the Cup so the replay cancels our home League match with Vale planned
for this

Tuesday. It is provisionally placed for Saturday 14th
September if they go out to Alton, but if they progress it will be moved back
further.

3/9/13 Alton defeat Raynes Park in the Cup replay. However
Epsom now have a home game against Chessington & Hook brought forward
from

16th November.
The Raynes Park home match is moved to Tuesday 15th October instead.

4/9/13 Club Committee decides that Pete Beddoe will take
over as acting Chairman from Tony Jeffcoate for the time being. A provisional
date of

December is suggested for a change back, but it is more
likely to be for the whole season I believe. That said the news was a
surprise in the first

place. Also Mike Lovett, the Epsom & Ewell Colts
Chairman is co-opted onto the Committee. This is a good move towards further
integration

between the two
clubs and will be interesting to see whether the Colts reciprocate the offer.

7/9/13 An 85th minute Alex McKay header from a Kyle Hough
corner was the difference between them and Bedfont Sports at High Road this
day.

It was a tight match with few good chances that the
visitors shaded in the first half and we edged in the second. In fact we
finished strongly in the

last ten
minutes and only two good saves by the keeper (from his own defenders)
prevented the score being 3-0. That would have been

harsh though but Epsom extend the League run to eight wins
out of eight and are now top by 6 points from South Park who have a game in
hand.

9/9/13 Epsom
& Ewell FC Historical Website is released. Many thousands of page hits in
its first week.

It would
eventually become the main Club website when Richard ambert returns to the
Committee in August of 2014.

10/9/13 Bourne Hall Museum Curator Jeremy Harte advises
that they would be happy to produce a club exhibition with the League Cup as
its

centrepiece. Chairman Pete Beddoe has been advised of this
and now all can do is wait, as apparently a club discussion is required
before

we do this. Currently the Cup sits in a house somewhere
and no one can see it, which isn't helping the club with any publicity
attempts.

10/9/13 Epsom squeeze past Horley in our opening defence
of the League Cup by 3-2 thanks to a late Mark Jarman winner. It all looked
so

straightforward as we dominated the opening twenty minutes
and Karl Douglin was found in space by Sam Currie and he checked back
and

curled the ball beyond the keeper in the 22nd minute.
Horley were back level within two minutes with a low shot that Campbell got a
piece of, and

their keeper tipped a Jarman shot onto the post and away
just before HT. We then went behind after one of their players broke through
and scored

just after the teams came back out, and it was worrying
for a while before a Jarman cross was met by a perfect Hough glancing header
after 58.

From that point onwards though the game became quite
scrappy and Horley shaded possession for a while as our passes went astray.
We nearly

took the lead on 87 when Hough set up sub McGregor but he
smashed the ball against the bar from close range and it flew up into the
air, Jarman

unable to make a good contact and the danger was cleared.
However, a great ball from Ayling was met by Jarman who had made a good run.
He

held his man off and drilled the ball into the corner just
as the 90th minute expired. Six minutes injury time contained one scare when
a shot was

cleared off the
line but Epsom held on and travel to AFC Croydon Athletic in the next round
on 2/10/13.

14/9/13 Epsom's winning League run ends with a limp
performance against Chessington & Hook who win 1-0. Former Epsom players
Darren Smith

and Tommy Moorhouse play for them and both do well, with
Smith picking up his regular yellow card along the way. However, Epsom
created little

and went behind after 15 minutes when a lost ball in
midfield enabled them to break and pass to Harding who scored. Harding then
missed a 28th

minute penalty with a cheeky chip that went wrong but we
were unable to do much against them and failed to score for the first time
this season.

Jamie Hatfield and Robbie Burns were away although Carl
Downs and George Murphy were back on the bench after injury, and although
neither

came on, both must be close to fitness now or they
wouldn't have been named on the bench. Burns was working but managed to get
to Auriol

Park for the
Reserve game.

18/9/13 Reece Jackson tweets that he is unhappy and has
left the club. Had not been getting many appearances and was unfortunate to
be up

against some very good strikers already at the club. In
the past, would almost certainly nailed down a starting spot. Later that day
he advises that

he may be
facing us this Saturday which tells me that he may have joined Whyteleafe.
Not confirmed though.

19/9/13 Reece
Jackson's transfer is confirmed by Whyteleafe.

21/9/13 Jackson starts against Epsom in the Vase match at
High Road and Epsom hold a lead for over an hour before being forced into
extra time

and defeated. Kyle Hough put us ahead after just ten
minutes when he broke through and took it around the keeper before finishing
from a narrow

angle. The visitors pressed from that point and we had
some close scares but so did they as Hough was marginally ruled offside after
39 minutes

and then was denied after 41 by a great defensive block.
Jarman had a good chance midway through the second half to extend the lead
but his

control let him down when he was through and the visitors
equalised after 78 minutes after a long shot came away from Campbell and the
loose

ball was knocked in. Extra time was required and
Whyteleafe went ahead after 96 with a penalty. People at the far end said it
wasn't a penalty

while people at the side felt it was a close call and that
Campbell did at least get a bit of the ball. It was scored and the lead was
extended four

minutes into
the second period before Hough scored a second after 115 to make the final
minutes exciting but Whyteleafe held on.

21/9/13 There was some good news for Epsom as South Park
lost 6-1 while Hanworth Villa were indebted to a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw
with

Badshot Lea.
The other two teams near the top Windsor and Hartley Wintney meet on Tuesday.

22/9/13 Epsom & Ewell have a stall at the Borough Fun
Day and produce the League Cup for people to see. This is the first proactive
enterprise

undertaken by
the Committee in many years.

22/9/13 League Bulletin advises that the Croydon Athletic
League Cup tie has been moved back a week from 2/10 to 9/10 as Croydon have a

match there
instead.

24/9/13 Results move from bad to worse as Epsom's good
start has officially ended after an 0-2 home defeat to Wembley. This means
after 8

League wins to open the season we have now lost our next
two at home and against teams near the bottom. The first half was goalless
as

Wembley created the better chances but a sending off for
Kieran Campbell after 63 minutes gave the visitors an advantage that they
held for the

rest of the game. It was not entirely Campbell's fault as
a ball through exposed our defence and he had to come out really. Ben Hayward
went in

goal but had no chance with either goal after 77 and 86.
The first was a long shot that flew into the corner and the second was when
Wembley

broke through
again. A really flat performance with an absence of passing and tempo only
gets one thing in this League. Defeat.

24/9/13 Kyle Hough's 250th appearance. Not a game he'll
remember for long as he received little service from his team mates. Epsom
web site

advises it as a great achievement, yet he still hasn't
been presented with an award for his 100 goals yet, which happened months ago
and is a

rarer
occurrence.

28/9/13 Epsom defeat Windsor for the first time since they
were reformed, 3-1 at Stag Meadow. Both teams were a little low on confidence
and it

showed early. Kyle Hough scored after 26 taking advantage
of a poor header back to the keeper which he intercepted and took around the
keeper.

They equalised after 49 with an own goal from Alex
McGregor after Kieran Campbell had done well to save a penalty, the ball went
out wide and

was squared back in but McGregor got there first! Windsor
looked more likely to score although Myers hit the bar, but a shot from
McGregor that

was going just wide was inexplicably handled by a defender
inside the box and Hough scored after 84 before Myers hit the post from wide
out, but

recovered to reach the rebound first and found Hough who
set up Jarman to finish the game off after 89. There was a bad foul on Sam
Currie after

89 for which the Windsor player was sent off and there was
a big scuffle as a result. Karl Douglin was unable to get to the game because
of

traffic
incidents in Croydon and James Taylor was away so Antony Myers and Anthony
Panayi played and did well.

5/10/13 Another disappointing home defeat as Badshot Lea
visit and win 4-3. There was little for either side in the early exchanges
but they took

the lead after 26 when their winger got around Panayi and
shot at goal. Campbell saved but the loose ball was knocked in. We improved
as the

half ended but went further behind after 48 with one of
those free kicks that everyone missed and it crept in the far corner. It was
advised that a

Badshot Lea player did get a touch on the way through but
it was no clear how deliberate the touch was. Alex McGregor pulled one back
with a

great shot after 64 from the edge of the area but two
minutes later it was 1-3 after Campbell again saved but the loose ball was
tapped in.

Sam Currie reduced the arrears with a fantastic header
from a pinpoint Hatfield cross as he looped the ball over the keeper, Adlam
who had played

a friendly for us this season. However, despite pressing
for an equaliser that nearly came, we were caught on the break although
Campbell should

have cleared the ball but was robbed by the striker who
rolled the ball into an empty net. There was still time for a 94th minute
penalty by Hough

after he was
tripped in the area but there was only time for a restart before the final
whistle blew.

5/10/13 A
Badshot Lea official / supporter took on the Assistant's job for the match
due to non-appearance of the official.

5/10/13 This
was our fourth straight home defeat in all competitions.

8/10/13 South
Park's 6-1 win over Chessington puts them top with Epsom down to second. They
also have a game in hand.

9/10/13 Historical website has been in operation for a
month but is yet to be acknowledged by the club. They still haven't passed
the

League Cup to
Bourne Hall yet say that they are trying to publicise the club. Funny way of
going about it.

9/10/13 Epsom hit the record books with a 7-2 win at AFC
Croydon Athletic. It was the first time in 33 years that Epsom scored seven
away from

home and the
first time since 1998 (East Thurrock) anywhere.

Oddly there were no goals in the first 42 minutes, and
Croydon Athletic should have taken the lead but were stopped by a great
double save from

debutant Matte Pierson, promoted from the Reserves to
cover Campbell's one game suspension. They also hit the post after 37 minutes
before

Myers was felled in the area and Hough scored from the
spot again after 43 while Douglin scored a minute later after Hough had hit
the underside

of the bar and he hit the loose ball in with the aid of a
heavy deflection. After 52 the home side got one back but there was a big
push on a

defender and it shouldn't have been allowed, but after 64
Jarman broke the offside trap and wrong-footed the keeper with a low finish
after 64. We

relaxed then and Douglin broke through to score again
after 67 before Jarman was put through by Hough to score after 74 with
Douglin completing

his first hat trick for the club after 76 as the home
defence fell apart. They had just hit the bar and would then hit the post
after 87 before finally

getting a second goal after 88 after Pierson did well to
save the first shot but could do nothing with the loose ball which was fired
in, but a McGregor

cross was
glanced in by sub Panayi after 89 for his first headed goal for the club.

9/10/13 I originally thought that Carl Downs had come on
for Sam Currie but it later transpired to be Ali Dewar. However, he was
wearing 17 which

was Downs'
number and means that we had our subs numbers wrong to the team sheet and a
fine is likely to follow.

Oct 13 Surrey Senior Cup tie with Chertsey is confirmed
for Tuesday 22nd October at High Road. This is dependent on any FA Trophy
replay for

Chertsey as
they play Chippenham three days earlier.

Oct 13 Reece Jackson rejoins Dorking where he was last
season. Bulletin says he went there from Epsom but he went via Whyteleafe.

12/10/13 Individual errors let Epsom down and even Hough
misses a penalty (SAVE) as Farnham record a flattering 3-0 win at the
Memorial Ground.

A bright start for Epsom was forgotten as they smashed in
the first goal from a pulled back corner after just 16 but the second goal
was a

horrible one to concede and despite pressure including a
free kick from McGregor which hit the post and Hough's saved penalty, only
his fourth ever

failure to score for the club, we should have had two
other penalties and then conceded an odd one of our own when Campbell caught
the ball but

kicked out afterwards and the penalty was awarded against
him! Just one of those days! However, there is some blame here as we kept the
back

four as it was on Wednesday which meant Ayling was taken
out of midfield to play at the back and Myers and Hatfield played in
opposite

positions,
leaving neither able to do their jobs as well.

13/10/13 Club
mistakenly announce Alex McGregor's 150th appearance, despite this happening
in February!

13/10/13 Epsom
confirm their Southern Combination Cup tie with Chipstead for Tuesday 29th
October at High Road.

13/10/13 Hartley Wintney win their FA Cup replay at
Clevedon and are now in the final qualifying round. Unfortunately, their next
match clashes

with our
League game so Epsom will have a spare Saturday on 26th October as the game
is rearranged for Tuesday 10th December.

14/10/13 Epsom are drawn away at South Park in the Third
Round of the League Cup in a rematch of last year's final. Not a great draw
for either

club! Game due
to be played on Tuesday 5th November.

15/10/13 A 92nd minute Simon Moore equaliser gave Raynes
Park Vale a 2-2 draw in a game that Epsom should have won. The first half
was

fairly even and Jarman's good run and shot to put us ahead
after 14 was equalised after 41. However, the second half was mostly Epsom
and

Jarman scored again after good work by Hough and a few
others who set up a nice move on the right. Jarman knocked in Hough's cross
after

taking a touch first, but despite Hough hitting a post
near the end, and regular scorer Moore being on the bench for 80 minutes, we
still managed

to let him
score against us again! James Cottee returned to the club and came on as sub.
Had been with Corinthian Casuals.

19/10/13 Epsom
go back to the top of the table following a 3-0 win over Frimley Green at
High Road.

19/10/13 A goalless first half swung our way with three
goals in the second half against in form Frimley Green. It wasn't as straight
forward as that

as they had a good penalty shout for handball in the first
half and although we improved in the second half, we scored after 62 when
Jarman

volleyed in a Douglin cross from the left which scraped a
defenders legs and crept over the line. Then for some reason we started
trying to kill time

and invite them on to us which after Tuesday's late
equaliser led to a nervy period of time. However, Currie broke up a move on
the edge of the box

after 89 and set Jarman off, he fed Cottee who had the
easy job of squaring to Douglin to tap into an empty net. A foul on Matt
Smith on the edge of

the area
enabled McGregor to hit a beauty of a free kick into the far corner after 94
and there was hardly time to restart.

Oct 13 former
player Craig Prendergast joins Sheerwater from Knaphill.

22/10/13 Epsom defeat Southern League Chertsey Town in the
Surrey Senior Cup by a goal to nil. There were a few changes to the squad
with

Panayi, McKay and Dewar all starting, while Hough has a
slight knee injury and was rested. James Cottee started and did well while
Jarman

came on for the injured Ali Dewar for his 150th
appearance. Game kicked off at 7.30 but was not well publicised and even the
front of the

programme said
7.45.

Epsom were the better side and led after a 38th minute
goal from Cottee who finished off a good Dewar run and cross. Their keeper
made a

fantastic save onto the post to deny McGregor in the
second half and then stuck out a leg towards the end to save a deflected
Ayling shot, but the

last few minutes were nervy and Chertsey had a 94th minute
equaliser ruled out for handball, although the ref didn't make it clear and
they were all

back to the half way line celebrating before they realised
we'd taken a free kick. It summed up a poor refereeing display with a number
of

individual
errors. Epsom will be away to Mole Valley SCR or Chipstead in the second
round (last 32).

29/10/13 Epsom defeat Chipstead for the first time since
that final match at West Street back in 1993, also in the Southern
Combination Cup. It

was a good performance despite Ayling being suspended for
five bookings. McGregor was rested on the bench with a slight knee injury and
Alex

McKay was away but Ben Hayward, George Murphy and Kyle
Hough returned to the starting eleven. In addition Currie was also away but
replaced

by Carl Downs brother Jake who had just been released by
QPR. It was the first time we had brothers on the pitch since 21st February
2007.

While at QPR,
Jake was captain of the under 18s and played for the under 21s and
Reserves.

Mark Jarman opened the scoring from a Hough right wing
cross when he leapt well to direct his header into the far corner and beyond
former

Epsom keeper Nick Taylor-Greaves, now known as Nick
Taylor. Karl Douglin scored the second after 23 when he did well to control a
waist high

ball, and just got to it as it bounced off him before a
defender, smashing it into the net from close range. Within two minutes
Chipstead had pulled

one back from a good cross that was headed in and many
were caught out and still in the clubhouse when they equalised, just 30
seconds into the

second half from another good cross and header. We went up
the other end and Cottee glanced a corner in after 48 to restore the lead and
Hough

hooked in a
fourth after 62. We probably should have had more and it was a more dominant
performance that the result showed.

29/10/13 We are at home in the SCC for as long as we
remain in the competition, and ironically will probably face Chertsey Town in
the last 8,

although it
could also be Old Hamptonians or Bedfont & Feltham.

29/10/13 After a substantial period of time since it
happened, Kyle Hough is presented with an award for scoring a hundred goals
for the club. It

was a very low key ceremony after the Chipstead match and
is disappointing that it couldn't be done on the pitch in front of the
spectators. Robbie

Burns will
shortly receive his on 9th November after a Reserve game.

2/11/13 A really good performance at Hanworth Villa ended
disastrously as a comfortable 3-1 lead became a 3-3 draw deep into injury
time. We took

the lead after just 6 minutes when Kyle Hough curled a
beauty into the top corner from outside the box. However, Hanworth went up
the other end and

the right wing cross found a man over at the back who
chipped the ball past Campbell after 7 minutes. We were well on top though
and retook the

lead with a penalty when Hough was brought down by the
keeper and he tucked away the penalty. It looked a soft decision. However, we
continued

to dominate and in first half injury time we scored a
third. when Cottee met Hough's near post corner with a fine downward header
that

glanced off
George Murphy on the way in.

We continued
to take the game to Hanworth and should have extended the lead on many
occasions but a goal after 92 induced panic

and as we lost the ball again, a cross was volleyed in
superbly from distance for the equaliser. A similar scenario happened on our
last visit in April

when we led 2-1 with moments remaining, only to lose 3-2.
Very frustrating as we were significantly the better side which should help
confidence.

2/11/13
Chipstead SSC tie arranged for Tuesday 26/11/13..

5/11/13 South Park (A) (LC) is p-p. Waterlogged. Game
called off very early, so must have been very wet down there! Game rearranged
for 19/11/13.

5/11/13 Prog
produced by South Park - Y.

6/11/13 Club advise that they will not be endorsing the
new website www.eefconline.co.uk. A real lack of business acumen at work and
an indication

that for this
club to ever progress, significant change is required.

9/11/13 Raynes
Park (A) is also called off for a waterlogged pitch. Rearranged for Tuesday
17th December.

Nov 13 Jamie
Hatfield breaks his wrist in a work accident. Will be out for a week or two
at least.

16/11/13 No game for the First team as we are out of the
Vase and the original League game with Chessington & Hook was brought
forward. Just as

well really as
they had a Vase match so our League game would have been postponed!

16/11/13 South Park draw their Vase game this day so have
a replay on Wednesday 20th which means our League Cup tie is postponed again
to

Tuesday
21/01/14.

19/11/13 South
Park (A) (LC) is p-p. See above.

19/11/13 Epsom
drop to fourth place in the League table on goal difference, following a win
for Camberley and a Molesey draw.

Nov 13 former
reserve player Luke Harmsworth moves from Dorking to Mole Valley SCR.

23/11/13 Carl
Downs serves a one match suspension for accumulating five bookings.

23/11/13 Epsom bounce back to second place following a
late winner in a 2-1 result over Molesey. It required an 88th minute winner
from substitute

Alex McGregor to win the match as he knocked in a loose
ball from Mark Jarman's challenge with the keeper, and it was probably harsh
on Molesey

as it was an even game, but after conceding late goals
twice recently, maybe we were due one ourselves. Jarman had put us ahead on
the stroke of

half time after Douglin put him through and his shot
appeared to deceive the keeper, but within 36 seconds of the second half
starting Molesey had

equalised! It
was a typical Epsom v Molesey game which was very even. South Park won again
so remain 7 points clear of us.

23/11/13 McGregor equals a club record this day by making
his 49th substitute appearance, a figure set by Ricky Dymond in the nineties.

23/11/13 Epsom advise there will be a Christmas party on
7th December. Bizarrely, although they describe it as a fund raiser, it will
take place at

Chipstead
instead of a venue in Epsom, or even Colliers Wood where Epsom play their
away game that day.

25/11/13 Eightieth anniversary of Epsom's one and only FA
Cup First Round appearance. The Historical website carries a large feature,
while the

Official
website ignores it.

25/11/13 Surrey Senior Cup Third Round draw pairs the
winners of the Chipstead v Epsom game with Woking at home. A small carrot,
although both

Leatherhead
and Sutton have visited in recent years but support was not significantly
above our average in either case.

26/11/13 Chipstead beat Epsom 3-0 at High Road as two late
penalties put a gloss on the scoreline. We deserved to be a goal down,
courtesy of a

long range strike after 43 but had good chances to
equalise towards the end and penalties given away after 94 and 95 gave
Chipstead a flattering

scoreline.
Carl Downs out with flu and Antony Myers, Jamie Hatfield and George Murphy
were all unable to play but were all present..

26/11/13 Chipstead announce in their programme that Epsom
and Ewell have extended their ground share through the 2014/15 season with an
option

for 2015/16.

26/11/13 Ben
Hayward makes 250th appearance for the club, only the 19th player in club
history to reach this mark.

30/11/13 Comfortable home win as Epsom play a team in the
bottom half of the table for the first time since late September and defeat
Mole Valley

SCR by 4-0. It was all over by HT as we led by three at
that point thanks to two from Cottee and a Murphy header. Hayward scored
after 48 after

winning the ball cutting in and scoring from a narrow
angle. Cottee put us ahead in the 9th minute when Carl Downs set up Currie
for a deep cross.

Hayward headed at goal and it was saved but Cottee fired
the loose ball in. From a free kick after 18 that wasn't dealt with, Murphy
sent a looping

header over the keeper and just under the bar. After 33 a
Mole Valley shot was blocked on the line and we broke and Cottee got through,
rounded the

keeper and scored. The only bad point was an injury to
Jake Downs who has damaged his Medial Collateral Ligament and will be out for
a while.

Dec 13 Jason
Nwachukwu is at Carshalton Ath

1/12/13 Hartley Wintney (H) is moved back from 10th Dec to
7th January as Chipstead have a rearranged Ryman League match at High Road.

4/12/13 This game is now moved back further as Chipstead
have a Surrey Senior Cup tie that day. Looks like a lack of communication
between the

clubs.

7/12/13 Epsom come through a tough challenge at Colliers
Wood with two late goals to win 2-0. On a sandy bobbly pitch, we both hit the
post in the

first half, and McGregor hit the bar from a free kick too,
but it was even, and only a change around in the second half made the
difference. A Douglin

shot from outside the area in the 77th minute was low and
the keeper had no chance to reach it, and a Hough counter attack after 87 was
crossed

low to Cottee
who set up Jarman for a straightforward finish.

7/12/13 Club
Christmas Party at Chipstead FC.

8/12/13 Hartley
Wintney (H) is rearranged for Tuesday 4th February 2014.

Dec 13 former
player Charlie West joins Colliers Wood from Dorking.

14/12/13 Epsom survive a thorough examination at Vale Farm
and two late goals enabled us to pinch a 3-1 win in the end. We had led a
tight game

with a late first half goal when Jarman's shot was
deflected beyond the keeper in injury time. However, they pushed us back a
lot and equalised after

69 after we got caught upfield a bit appealing for a
penalty. Just as you wondered whether we could hold on for a point a route
one goal was latched

onto by Hough and he rounded the keeper and scored after
83 and Jarman headed in a Currie free kick after 87 to make the points safe.
It was a

feisty game with much barracking of the referee from the
home support who were on his back from the start and never really gave him a
chance.

14/12/13 Also in this match Jamie Hatfield came on for his
first action since breaking his wrist and Carl Downs returned after a bout of
flu.

17/12/13
Epsom's game at Raynes Park Vale is p-p. Heavy rain. Game rearranged for
Tuesday 14th January.

21/12/13
Epsom's game with Windsor is p-p. Heavy rain. Prog issued Y. Game rearranged
for Tuesday 11th February.

Dec 13 former
player Terry Fennessey joins Bedfont Sports from Westfield.

28/12/13 Epsom make it five wins on the spin after a 5-3
win over Horley. We took the lead after a Hough corner was touched forward by
Ayling with

the shot going
in off a defender. However, we didn't add to it, and Horley equalised after
49 following about 4 corners.

However we regained the lead after a good run from Cottee
who then shot under the keeper from an angle. He extended the lead to 3-1
after 62 with a

fierce finish into the roof of the net after a Currie
cross had been blocked back to him and his second attempt hit Jarman and was
blocked on the

line and half cleared to Cottee who did the rest. Cottee
made the next two with good left wing runs setting up Jarman and Hough for
similar close

range finishes after 76 and 81 respectively. Unfortunately
a good low shot beat Campbell after 87 and we got caught after 92 as they
scored a third

goal. A two
goal win was probably fairer as Horley were our equal for fifty minutes.

28/12/13 Alex
McGregor came on as sub for the 50th time this day, setting a new club
record.

28/12/13 The win against Horley Town was our 34th of the
calendar year, one short of the record of 35 set in 1975 and matched in 1981.

28/12/13 It was also the first time in history that we had
three five League game winning streaks in one year (the other two were eight,
while this one

is five and
counting.

4/1/14 Epsom's
game at South Park is postponed due to more heavy rain. It is rearranged for
Tuesday 18th February.

Jan 14 former
player Adam Cheadle joins Chessington & Hook United from Banstead
Athletic.

11/1/14 Epsom recover a two goal half time deficit to
defeat Farnham Town 3-2 in a League match at High Road. Both Kyle Hough and
Karl Douglin

are suspended for accumulating five yellow cards and
despite a bright start we were behind after 11 to a route one goal and the
lead was doubled

after 19 with defenders looking for an offside flag. We
still looked the better side but failed to gain any reward until the 52nd
minute when Cottee cut in

from the left wing, beat his man and smashed the ball into
the top  corner. Seven minutes later a
Hatfield cross was controlled on Jarman's chest and

he blasted the ball into the top of the net for the
equaliser. Just two minutes later a Currie cross was headed goalwards by
Jarman but it looped across

goal off a defender and Cottee reacted first to nod the
ball over the line. A deserved win but a nervy ending as we tried to settle
for 3-2 and needed a

very good Campbell save near the end to clinch the win.
Farnham had led at half time here last season only to concede three times in
the second half.

This was Epsom's sixth straight League win and we have
only lost one of our last twelve now, a Surrey Cup tie at Chipstead which was
low priority.

13/1/14 League Cup draw sends the winners of Epsom and
South Park to either Chessington or Wembley. Our 4th away draw in a row if we
get through.

14/1/14 Raynes
Park Vale (A) is p-p. Waterlogged again following further heavy rain.

18/1/14
Westfield (A) also falls victim to the rain. p-p. Rearranged for 18/3/14.

19/1/14 Raynes
Park game is rearranged for Tuesday 25th February and Westfield game now to
be played on Tuesday 18th March.

21/1/14 Epsom record their first win on this date since
1984 as we defeat South Park in the League Cup for our third straight win at
Whitehall Lane.

We trailed after 26 despite being the better side to that
point, but the rest of the half was even. The turning point came in the 55th
minute when Jarman

was brought down unnecessarily in the box with the ball
going through to the keeper and Hough equalised after 55. We were slightly
the better team from

that point and after Hough's corner was returned to him,
he beat his man and crossed low for James Taylor to clip the ball just inside
the far post. Their

captain was then sent off with seven remaining for a
second yellow, and Cottee followed him with a straight red a few minutes
later after already having

been booked ten minutes previously. The refereeing was a
little strange it has to be said, but we deserved the win. It was Taylor's
first goal for

our club. We
will travel to either Chessington & Hook or Wembley in the QF on Tuesday
11th March.

21/1/14 In the SCC QF we will meet Old Hamptonians in the
QF after they defeated Bedfont & Feltham 4-2 after extra time. This will
be played on

Tuesday 4th
March at High Road.

Jan 14 Treasurer Tony Foster has resigned. It transpired
that little had been done since the start of the season. Steve Dyke is
co-opted into that position

until the end of the season. It also appears as though the
club is to undertake a thorough review of its financial position although the
playing budget has

been retained for the remainder of the season after
discussion with the Holding Company. There is still much wastage and this is
now to be addressed.

Jan 14 It also transpires that any attempt at a new ground
in the NESCOT area will not follow until their planned rebuild is passed.
This originally looked

as though it would take some time, but it may not be quite
so far away now, although the housing that is planned might prove to be a
sticking point

in the
application.

25/1/14 Epsom's latest winning run ends at six as Alton
win 3-0 at High Road. It was a very average performance that really should
have finished 0-0 but

as we pressed for a winner we got caught out and conceded
three in the final twenty minutes with goals after 70, 76 and 87. Alton
defended well though

and were well
worth a draw from this game.

1/2/14 Epsom's game at Frimley Green is postponed.
Waterlogged. Rearranged for Tuesday 15th April. It would have been our first
visit to Frimley for

exactly 40
years to the weekend.

4/2/14 Kyle Hough leaves club for Horley Town. The player
quoted travel issues, yet Horley to Chipstead is a minimal journey in CCL
terms. It is hard

to understand why anyone would leave a team that are
challenging on three fronts with only two months left in the season after
playing for the previous six.

4/2/14 James
Cottee serves the first of his three game suspension.

4/2/14 Despite losing two of our main strikers and
trailing at half time, we fight back to defeat Hartley Wintney 4-2 in a
League match at High Road. Alex

McGregor smashed the ball in on a very windy night from 12
yards after 14 minutes but despite having much of the first half we conceded
on 34 and

then on 45, the latter goal taking a slight deflection of
a defender's leg. The game turned on the hour when Jarman picked up the ball
not far from the half

way line and just ran with it, finishing off left footed
into the opposite corner. We hung on a bit for the next ten minutes, but
weathered the storm and

Douglin set up Dewar who produced a perfect cross and if
Jarman hadn't headed it in, two Epsom players behind him would surely have
made sure after

75, and then four minutes later Jarman set up Dewar whose
volley was saved but Douglin followed up to knock the loose ball in. This was
a really strong

fight back to equal that at Farnham in January but we are
still conceding too many goals, and even playing Ayling and Murphy at the
back instead of

Panayi and
Taylor didn't really change anything although Hayward's return after a couple
of games away helped bolster the midfield.

8/2/14 More heavy rain and even the Chipstead pitch can't
deal with it. Cove (H) is p-p. Waterlogged and rearranged for Tuesday 8/4/14.
Prog issued - Y.

11/2/14 Windsor (H) also fails inspection after further
rain - p-p. A new programme was not produced for this match as the old one
from December was to

be issued with
an insert but due to the weather no insert was created.

Feb 14
According to the Surrey Mirror Robbie Burns has now joined Kyle Hough at
Horley. Robbie doesn't stay long.

15/2/14 Hartley Wintney (A) is also off after further
storms and they also have a power cut! p-p. It would have been the first time
we'd played back to

back matches
against the same team since Chertsey in 2006.

16/2/14
Hartley game is rearranged for Thursday 6th March and Windsor game now to be
played on Tuesday 1st April.

16/2/14 It also
emerges that South Park (A) this Tuesday could be played a day later if
postponed.

18/2/14 Despite the above statement appearing in the
Bulletin it appears that Epsom are not prepared to play on the Wednesday, nor
were prepared to

agree to
switch the match to Chipstead, due to organisational issues. Not particularly
pro-active, although it was short notice.

18/2/14 South Park (A) is p-p. Waterlogged. It was on for
a while but an afternoon downpour ended the hopes of playing. It would have
been the first time

we'd played
back to back away games at the same ground since Aveley in 1997. Rearranged
for 03/04/14.

22/2/14 Badshot Lea defeat Epsom 1-0 at Ash with a 25 yard
strike after 78 minutes. It was harsh on Epsom who had dominated possession,
but had

created little, especially when the amount of possession
was considered. South Park win 8-1 this day and the title race is all but
over on this form.

James Cottee was serving the second of his three match
suspension and despite tinkering with formations we were really poor in the
final third with no

decent service
to the strikers.

23/2/14 Former
Epsom player Ross White rejoins Epsom from Colliers Wood United.

Feb 14 Dale
Marvell joins Chessington & Hook United from Molesey.

23/2/14 The South Park (A) game is rearranged for Thursday
3rd April, which leaves us playing Windsor, South Park and Camberley in the
space of five

days. However,
the game is brought forward to 11/03/14 as Epsom's outstanding LC QF cannot
yet be played that day..

25/2/14 Raynes Park Vale is p-p. Waterlogged. Originally
advised on the morning that there was no inspection, the game was then called
off mid-afternoon.

Raynes Park
tweeted that the game may be rearranged for Thursday, but it doesn't happen.
Arranged for 10/04/14.

25/2/14 Former player Kyle Hough scores the winner for
Horley as they defeat Molesey 1-0 at the New Defence. Charlie West and Robbie
Burns also play

for them this
day.

Feb 14 Dale
Marvell leaves Molesey for Chessington & Hook United.

1/3/14 Epsom are held 2-2 at High Road by Molesey in a
typical game between the sides, although there were a few more chances than
usual after a dull

first 30 minutes. Jarman put us ahead after 32 minutes
with a header back across the keeper from a deep Currie cross from a quickly
taken throw in.

However Molesey were level within seconds after a right
wing cross was headed in at close range by Chalke. We nearly conceded on a
few occasions

before Molesey took the lead on the half time whistle when
the left wing cross eluded Campbell and gave Baxter an easy header in. We
were better in the

second half and Douglin started and finished a nice
passing move for the equaliser, and while his shot took a slight deflection,
looping up and over the

keeper after 62
minutes and Jarman was denied on three more occasions before we had to settle
for a draw.

2/3/14 The Raynes Park Vale away game is rearranged for a
fifth time to be played on Thursday 10th April. In addition, if the League
Cup QF v

Chessington & Hook or Wembley is not played on 11th
March due to that fixture being held up, we will travel to South Park on that
date instead of

Thursday 3rd
April as is currently the case.

4/3/14 Amateur Football Combination said Old Hamptonians
visit for a Southern Combination Cup QF at High Road and play well for 70
minutes,

frustrating us to the point that passes started to go
astray more and more frequently. Fortunately the returning from suspension
James Cottee broke

the deadlock after 74 when he ran down the right, cut in
and rode a challenge before smashing the ball past the excellent keeper. Two
minutes later he

had a shot from nearly thirty yards which swerved a lot
and whilst the keeper was able to block it, Ali Dewar knocked in the loose
ball after 76. The game

opened up after this and we scored a great goal after 83
when Cottee went down the right. He sent a deep cross over but from beyond
the far post at a

wide angle, Myers was able to volley the ball back across
goal for Dewar to knock in. Four minutes later Douglin got away on the right
and his low drive

eluded the
keeper and went in off the far post. 4-0 was very harsh on the opposition who
eventually wilted under the onslaught.

4/3/14 Ben
Hayward injured quadriceps muscle early in second half and was replaced by
Hatfield.

4/3/14
Programme incorrectly dated as Tuessday 1st March.

4/3/14 Chessington & Hook have pulled out of the
competition and so Spelthorne await the winners of the Mole Valley v Walton
Casuals match in the QF

with Epsom now
hosting the winners in the SF.

6/3/14 Chessington v Wembley is off tonight so they will
play next Tuesday, meaning that our League Cup QF is delayed and we will
visit South Park

in the League
instead, with that game moved forward from Thursday 3rd April.

6/3/14 Mad game at the Memorial Playing Fields as Epsom
trail after half an hour, only to score three in three minutes before HT.
Then Hartley Wintney

fought back to 3-3 and despite going ahead again, they
equalised seven minutes from time and somehow we were unable to get the
winner. A foul on

Jarman after 43 enabled substitute Alex McGregor to
equalise from the spot and after Currie headed down a deep left wing cross
Myers was there to tuck

the ball away after 45 before Myers set up McGregor who
fed Douglin who drilled the ball in from just inside the area. We started
well although Campbell

had to make a brilliant save after 50 but he sliced a back
pass to a striker after 60 and it was 3-2. Nine minutes later we were opened
up again and an easy

finish made it 3-3. After 72 we were back in front after
Myers headed in a deep Currie cross, but this was disputed because the keeper
caught the ball and

fell down with it either on or over the line. I think it
was over but the Assistant was in a better if not ideal position and he said
it had gone over. However,

after 83 we fell apart again at the back and a low shot
gave Campbell no chance. Right at the end a Jarman header was blocked on the
line as was his

follow up and a Myers corner nearly went straight in but
we had to settle for the draw. James Cottee started but injured his hamstring
early.

Mar 14 Carlton
Murray-Price joins on loan from Chipstead. A striker.

8/3/14 Epsom record a comfortable 4-0 home win over
Colliers Wood at High Road. An early flicked goal from Ayling in the 10th
minute from Hatfield's low

ball in from a short McGregor corner, set us up and Jarman
was knocked over by the keeper after 20 and McGregor scored a second penalty
in

consecutive matches. However, the game drifted for a while
and against a better team we may have conceded but in the end we extended our
lead with

two more after 68 and 75. The first of these was set up by
Carlton Murray-Price, making his debut on loan from Chipstead who held the
ball up on the left

and released a perfect pass that Ayling took in stride and
rounded the keeper with ease. The fourth was scored by Murray-Price as he
pounced on a loose

ball that was
parried after a McGregor shot. The returning Ross White nearly made it five
nil but his shot was deflected just wide.

8/3/14 Epsom
& Ewell FC Quiz night run by Ian Twyford at The Amato in Epsom.

8/3/14 Westfield (A) is to be moved back to accommodate
our League Cup QF between Chessington & Hook and Wembley which is finally
expected to be

played on
11/3/14.

March 14 Tommy
Harper joins from Chessington & Hook United.

March 14 Sam Robinson rejoins the club from Redhill. Had
left us for Walton Casuals from where his brother Matt came last season. Sam
was with us the

previous
season.

11/3/14 Jamie
Hatfield's 250th appearance v South Park.

11/3/14 Epsom defeat South Park 2-0 to keep up the good
run against this team and keep the title race alive for a little while
longer. We were pushed back

a little to start with but dealt with the threats
comfortably and after 30 Jarman set up Murray-Price who ran through and
slotted the ball under the keeper

Wastell. In the second half we probably should have
extended the lead on a few occasions but had to wait until the 92nd minute
when a poor back pass

led to a keeper miskick which was recovered by Douglin who
squared to Murray-Price to get his second goal of the night. We are the first
team to stop

them scoring
on their own pitch all season and of course it is our second win there to
make four wins from four visits in total.

15/3/14 A comfortable 3-1 win at Horley in the end but
very even for 30 minutes. Kyle Hough played for Horley but was not given much
service and didn't

score. Jarman put us ahead after 35 when a cross from
McGregor was perfectly placed between defender and keeper and our striker
knocked it in from

close  range and
after 43 Robinson set up Murray-Price with a clever through ball and he
rolled it under the keeper for 2-0. The second half was similar to

the first and
Horley pulled a goal back after 66 when a corner was headed back across goal
and tapped in but sub Cottee made it 3-1.

March 14 League Bulletin advises that the League Cup Final
will be played on Saturday 10th May at Carshalton Athletic and that the
season has extended

by a week and
our trip to Westfield, put back from 18/03/14 for the LC QF will now be on
Saturday 3rd May.

March 14 Robbie
Burns has returned to Epsom from Horley Town.

18/3/14 Epsom depart the League Cup at Wembley by two
goals to nil and we could have played all night without scoring. It was a
really poor performance

and the game was pretty much over by half time. We
conceded after just 9 minutes when a clearance was blocked and this set the
pattern for the match.

Although we pressed for much of the first half, a second
goal that was finished off by a scuffed shot that deceived Campbell and crept
into the corner,

knocked the
heart out of any fight back and the second half was awful and we were lucky
not to concede more.

18/3/14 Thomas
Harper was on the bench for this match but never arrived!

22/3/14 Epsom defeat Ash by three goals to nil, but on
balance of play it could have been seven or eight. An own goal from a
dangerous Currie cross after

just 8 minutes set us on our way and when Douglin volleyed
a half clearance into the bottom corner after 11 minutes it was more or less
game over.

Robinson guided a McGregor free kick into the far corner
with his head in first half injury time but despite Douglin having a shot
turned expertly on to the

post and
Robinson hitting the other upright with a free kick, the score remained at
three.

Other results
also went our way this day with South Park and Camberley both suffering heavy
defeats.

23/3/14 Our match at Raynes Park has been moved back from
Thursday 10th April to Tuesday 29th April as a result of the extension to the
season. The

only game that now remains outstanding is our Combination
Cup Semi-Final with Spelthorne Sports which will almost certainly be a
Thursday or possibly

Wednesday 23rd
April as we have a game on the Easter Monday that week.

29/3/14 Epsom are pulled back twice by Bedfont Sports and
have to settle for a 2-2 draw. We were the better side and didn't look in
that much danger but

were undone by a couple of long balls. We led after 14
when a ball in from the right landed at McGregor's feet and he strolled
through and slotted the ball

past the keeper. However they equalised in injury time and
although Sam Robinson put us ahead after 54 when he finished off a great one
touch move that

cut the home
side apart we conceded again after 74 and despite several close calls as we
pushed, we couldn't get a third goal.

29/3/14 Alex
McGregor's 200th appearance for the club, the 35th person to do so.

29/3/14 Antony Myers 100th appearance for the club, the
112th person to do so. Jamie Hatfield was unable to get away from work to
play.

30/3/14 Arjuna Adlam has joined us from Badshot Lea. Had
been with us briefly in pre-season but will provide competition for Kieran
Campbell in goal.

However, he
never actually plays for us and is released soon after.

1/4/14 Epsom defeat Windsor with an incredible late finish
to a very poor match. Alex McKay had put us ahead after 75 minutes when
Cottee's header was

parried by the
keeper and he knocked in the loose ball, but in the 92nd minute Windsor
equalised from a far post header at a corner.

It was the
least they deserved but they didn't get it as we went straight down the other
end and scored with a thumping McKay

header from a
pinpoint McGregor free kick. There wasn't even time to restart.

1/4/14 This result almost guarantees us our first top
three finish since our second place in 1984. A top four finish is a certainty
as we have dropped 16

points less that nearest challengers Hartley Wintney who
can now pass Windsor for fifth. Westfield are now fourth but are well back on
us also.

However, Cove
and Westfield will finish strongly and push us all the way for this spot.

1/4/14
Programme used was the original dated 21st December but with an insert
included.

2/4/14 Epsom confirm the date of their Southern
Combination Cup Semi-Final v Spelthorne Sports for 24th April at Chipstead.
There had been a doubt as

to whether the
venue would be available, but this appears to have now been sorted out.

5/4/14 Horror start as we concede after just 47 seconds at
home to Camberley and they go on to win 2-0 with a late second goal after 87
minutes. Epsom

pushed for an equaliser but a late challenge by Jarman
resulted in a red card after 70 minutes and we were unable to threaten as
much from that point.

5/4/14 Former Physio, 'A' Team Manager and Committee
Member Derek Harper visits the club for the first time in many years as an
80th birthday

present from
his son. His wife Meryl was also present. Derek is 80 on 7/4/14.

8/4/14 Cove win 1-0 at Epsom with a long shot after 74
minutes. We had been the better side in the first half and Jarman hit the
bar, before we should have

had a penalty and a red card when Cottee had his shirt
pulled back by the keeper after 58 minutes. Poor officiating didn't help with
many decisions queried

by both sets of players and although the second half was
more even than the first, we deserved at least a draw and on another night
would have won by a

couple of
goals. We are now 21 points away from the leaders with seven League games
remaining and an inferior goal difference.

8/4/14 Carlton Murray-Price leaves the ground before kick
off after being advised that he would be a substitute for the Cove game.
Presume he has now

terminated his
own loan spell.

8/4/14
Programme from the postponed game on 8th February used with a four page
insert.

8/4/14 Steve Dyke advises me that the website is not given
permission to use anything from the Club Programme. The news was delivered as
a bit of a

hissy fit in response to my constructive criticism in the
weekly Editorial from 07/04/14. However, the information is in the public
domain so he is unable

to allow or restrict permission in such cases and this is
an indication of how wrong priorities are at the club. If they spent as much
time trying to get things

done instead of moaning about the extra publicity that
came their way, as a result of the information I advertise, things might
improve at the club, but I fear

that nothing will change until certain persons are removed
from positions of influence as it has gone to their heads. Responsibility
without accountability,

and not for the
first time.

8/4/14 Karl Douglin advises that the injury he suffered at
the end of the Camberley game will keep him out for a couple of weeks.
Fortunately, there is

nothing more
serious as it looked quite nasty when it happened.

12/4/14 A late Jarman equaliser secures a 2-2 draw at
Chessington & Hook. A great start including a McGregor strike after 10
minutes once he had

played a one-two with Jarman set us up well but the rest
of the first half was average and former player Reece Jackson crossed from
the left for another

former player Dale Marvell to score with a header after 24
with a complete absence of marking. From that point until half time we were
very poor and

created little but the second half was better and after a
slow start we got wel on top before conceding to a rare Chessington counter
attack after 82 when

Jackson was on the end of a knock back from a far post
free kick. However a pinpoint McGregor free kick was buried with a downward
header by Jarman

after 84 and we drew at Chalky Lane yet again, but it
could have been worse. Houghton the Chessington 5 was sent off at the end of
the game for dissent

against a fussy
referee that had booked four Epsom players too.

12/4/14 Sam Robinson and Sam Currie were both missing for
this match with the injured Karl Douglin but not sure why they were away yet.
However, Ben

Hayward
returned from injury as a sub.

12/4/14 Club announce the End of Season party at the
Stoneleigh Inn on Saturday 17th May at 8pm with tickets available at £10 per
person. It transpires

that many players are unhappy as they were looking to go
back to Epsom Downs and some people were in the process of planning it, but
it fell through.

15/4/14 Epsom record their biggest League win of the
season with a 5-1 romp at Frimley Green. It was a very easy night's work and
we led after 17 when

Hatfield's cross was headed in by an unmarked Ayling.
After 35 Cottee made a good run on the left and his shot was parried into the
path of Jarman who

made it 2-0. Two minutes later Jarman received the ball in
space and drove the ball between the keeper's legs for our third goal. We has
unlucky not to

get a HT when flagged offside after 44 but scored after 51
after Dewar had set up Robinson who squared the ball to him, his shot going
in off the keeper.

Robinson was on for the injured Campbell who was still
having trouble with his hamstring and is now doubtful for Saturday v South
Park. He was replaced

at HT with Ayling going in goal and he couldn't stop
Frimley from scoring after 55 when our defence opened up, but Dewar won a
penalty after 62.

McGregor then saw his spot kick saved. The penalty was not
as good as his previous two. However a great run by Jarman down the right
resulted in a low

cross to Cottee who dispatched the ball in off the post
after 75 to c omplete the scoring. Tommy Harper debut as sub and looked
lively. Had been out

with an injured
ankle.

19/4/14 South Park finally defeat Epsom with a 2-0 win at
High Road. Epsom were missing Hayward, Robinson and Murphy (away), Douglin
and Campbell

(injured), and
Jarman starting a three game suspension. Alex McKay returned as did Sam
Currie and Dewar and Myers started. First half had no real

interest at all but 26 seconds into the second half South
Park scored with a shot low down to Pierson's left that he had no chance
with. The second came

after 65 when their striker beat our defender to the ball
from a corner and headed it past Pierson. A very low key game and it is hoped
that we have more

options
available for the trip to Croydon on Monday.

19/4/14 Carl
Downs 100th appearance v South Park.

21/4/14 Injury crisis continues to bite as Epsom are
defeated 3-0 at Croydon. Carl Downs and James Cottee join the injury list and
there are two new

debuts as Ryan Tough and Marcus Urbanski both come on as
late subs. We were behind after a back header from Panayi looped over Matte
Pierson in

the 12th minute before a low drive extended the lead after
25. The second half was better for Epsom and we did most of the pushing until
we conceded

again to a good
cross and header after 59 and the game finished with Croydon pushing for a
fourth.

24/4/14 Epsom depart the Southern Combination Cup 4-2 on
penalties, following a 0-0 draw after extra time against Spelthorne Sports
who are unbeaten

in all competitions this season. It was a great defensive
performance as we were missing a few players and some that played weren't
fully fit and we were

taking a gamble. Karl Douglin, Kieran Campbell and James
Cottee returned while Jarman completed his three game suspension. Spelthorne
were the

better side over the 120 minutes, although we had chances,
especially towards the end, and for all their possession Campbell didn't have
much to do.

Spelthorne
Sports

Epsom & Ewell

1

r

Alex McGregor

r

2

a

Ben Hayward

a

3

a

Sam Robinson

a

4

a

Jamie Hatfield

r

5

a

5

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Campbell did superbly to save the first penalty which was
low down to his left, but the only two poor penalties were the ones that were
saved. McGregor's

penalty was at a good height to the keeper's left, while
Hatfield's was like Stewart Pearce's v West Germany in Italia 90, being hit
low and saved by the

keeper's legs.
They will play Hanworth Villa in the Final which is also the pairing in the
League Cup Final this season.

24/4/14 This
was the third match in a row where Epsom have failed to score. We haven't
done this since Oct / Nov 2011.

26/4/14 Club announce the formation of a Steering
Committee which is essentially a group of Committee, Holding Company and
representation from the

Colts to sort out the new ground issue nearly two years
after I had been pressing for this sort of thing to happen. However, there is
other progress on the

ground, as we now have a written statement of intent from
NESCOT. They need to get their rebuild passed first, and this has been
agreed, but is also

dependent on another couple of things being passed to
raise the finance for the rebuild, one of which, a care home, was rejected on
Thursday 24th April

at a planning meeting attended by Steve Dyke. This will be
appealed but the process of getting the NESCOT (old London Fire Brigade site)
remains

distant for
now.

26/4/14 Epsom manage to score against Hanworth Villa but
still lose 4-1 in our worst performance of the season. Goals came after 19
and 24 and they were

bad ones to concede. A Hayward penalty for a foul on Myers
after 53 gave some hope but a great pass and finish after 66 restored the
advantage and a

fourth from a
quick throw taken from the wrong place after 81 finished us off. Juett got
all four for Hanworth Villa.

26/4/14 Alex
McKay was Captain for this match despite Ben Hayward being in the side. Jamie
Hatfield was absent.

26/4/14 Epsom stay third but need to win at Raynes Park or
Westfield to guarantee third. A draw or loss v RPV and a loss v resurgent
Westfield will

almost
certainly result in a fifth place finish.

26/4/14 or maybe 27/4/14 Epsom & Ewell Colts won the
under 13s cup final 4-2 over Caterham Pumas and the under 15s Cup 5-2 over
Redhill Town with

scorers in
that match being Jay Jenkins, Matthew Renaldo, George Elliott, Jason Jackson,
Luke Goyner. Venue unknown.

The Colts were also runners up in the under 10s 3-2 to the
strangely named Hearts of Teddlothian! All of these results were in the Epsom
& Ewell Football

League.

29/4/14 Epsom defeat Raynes Park Vale 3-1 at Grand Drive
to finally secure a third place finish. A slow start picked up and we went
ahead after 27 when

Jarman headed in an Ayling cross from close range. Four
minutes later the roles were reversed and Jarman beat two men and squared for
Ayling to stroke

the ball in. Myers was injured after 42 and replaced by
Carl Downs with Ayling dropping to left back, but downhill second half we
looked the more

threatening and extended the lead after 76 when Dewar
chased a long ball. A defender beat him to it but over hit the back pass and
in trying to keep the

ball in play, the keeper scuffed it to Dewar, who passed
the ball across to Jarman to net easily. A goal after 83 spoilt the clean
sheet, but I understand

there was a foul on Campbell as the corner came in and it
was headed in from close range, but overall it didn't cost us and we were
worth the win.

29/4/14 We
missed the injured Karl Douglin, James Cottee and Jamie Hatfield for this
match.

3/5/14 Epsom run out of gas at Westfield who win 3-0 after
an evenly contested first half. A 40 yard effort from out wide beat Campbell
after 58 and whether

it was fortunate or not was irrelevant as they scored
again three minutes later and added a third with a header from a far post
corner after 75. Cottee

returned but
Jarman was on holiday and Myers was also out following his injury at Raynes
Park. Hatfield was absent not injured.

3/5/14 Much discussion after the game as Lyndon wants to
get a lot of things clear before the new season. However, my suggestions for
a big meeting to

discuss it all are not met with enthusiasm by Pete Beddoe
or Lyndon for that matter and no date is penciled in. There is also unrest
over the Presentation

Night as it is
rumoured that many of the First Team will not be attending. We will have to
wait and see.

5/5/14 Now Richard Lambert is approached by Dougie Burns
to stand as Chairman. Richard says he will think about it but privately is
not intending to take

the offer up as
he does not believe he would have unanimous support.

6/5/14 Reported on club website that the Colts won the
under 17 cup final with a 1-0 win over AFC Ewell after extra time. Not clear
exactly when the game

was played but
presume either Saturday 3rd or Sunday 4th May. Venue unknown

17/5/14 Presentation Evening at Stoneleigh Inn - No
results yet. It transpires that very few players attended, so officials made
the decision not to present

anything yet.
The Reserves were well supported at the evening.

Reserves:

Reformed under
the guidance of Mel Tough and entered the Surrey Elite League Reserve
Division. 14 teams in League.

24 Eastcroft
Road, West Ewell 07708-789248.

Home games are
to be played at Auriol Park. Interestingly Epsom Athletic Reserves are
playing at Nescot.

31/8/13 Opening game of season at Coulsdon Town is
postponed. Not clear why on football mitoo except to say that it is a League
decision.

Pete Beddoe
advises that there was a difficulty with Coulsdon getting a pitch.

7/9/13 Tooting Bec Reserves (A) at Wimbledon Common
Extensions. Epsom win 6-0 with Stuart Russell getting a hat trick as a
substitute and

Richard Lediju
scoring twice. Matthew Tanton scored the other goal.

14/9/13 Epsom v Virginia Water Reserves at Auriol Park
finishes in a 1-1 draw. Robbie Burns plays for the Reserves as does Ali
Dewar, but our.

scorer is Luca
Coleman-Carr.

21/9/13 Epsom
lose 4-3 at Battersea Ironsides Reserves at Battersea Ironsides Sports Club.

28/9/13 Epsom defeat Worcester Park Reserves 4-3 at Auriol
Park. Epsom website advises Luke Gaffney as a sub, with Mike Gaffney playing

instead but
football mitoo says Luke played and there is no mention of Mike at all.

I have gone
with mitoo website for now as it has more detail but this could change.

5/10/13 Epsom lose 6-2 at home to Ripley Village Reserves
in the League Cup at Auriol Park. No subs this day say club website and
mitoo.

12/10/13 Epsom
& Ewell lose 2-1 to Mole Valley at Hannibal Way, Wallington in a League
match. Stuart Russell gets our goal.

19/10/13 Epsom defeat Coulsdon Town Reserves 12-1 with
Richard Lediju, Robbie Burns and Stuart Russell all scoring hat tricks.
Football mitoo

is missing
appearances for two new players, Lionel Mutima and Joe Salustro, and
Salustro's goal is not recognised either.

19/10/13 This was only the tenth time in history that the
Reserves had scored double figures and was our best result since 25/9/1920
when

Ewell Reserves
were beaten 12-0 in a Sutton & District League match.

19/10/13 Dougie Burns advises from being at the game that
the score was actually 13-1 but the referee's report said 12, so that was the
official score!

26/10/13 Epsom blow a 3-0 lead to draw 4-4 with Epsom
Athletic at Auriol Park. Newcomer Z.Nightingale scored twice on his debut for
the Reserves.

2/11/13 Epsom
defeat Farleigh Rovers 4-1 at Auriol Park.

9/11/13 Reserves defeat Reigate Priory 3-0 at Auriol Park.
After the game, Robbie Burns is finally presented with the club award for
scoring 100 goals.

Not much of a presentation really and a bit embarrassing
to present a prestigious award after a Reserve game as a bit of an
afterthought.

Also club advises that Stuart Russell played in this game,
yet they make no mention of Stuart Lawrence who scored. Mitoo advises that
Lawrence

played so I will stick with their findings. This is also
the case where club advises the keeper this day as John Cameron, yet mitoo
says it was

Cameron Anthony
John Geard.

13/11/13 In a rare midweek game Epsom win 2-0 at Cobham
Reserves in the Surrey Intermediate Cup at the Leg O'Mutton ground. We are at

home to
Westminster Casuals in the next round on Saturday 14th December.

16/11/13
Reserves away game at Horsley is not played and Horsley have a League match
with Ripley instead. No game for Reserves.

23/11/13 Reserves are defeated 4-3 by Abbey Rangers
Reserves in a League match at Addlestone. Abbey were top of the table and a
win for Epsom

would have left
them with the same number of points as Abbey. We remain fifth for now.

30/11/13
Reserves defeat Sheerwater 5-0 in a League match. We are now up to third in
the table.

Dec 13 Club advises two youngsters played v Sheerwater
this week. Conor Merrigan (18) joined from Leatherhead Academy and Levelle
Brown (18)

joined from
Tooting & Mitcham.

7/12/13 Epsom
win 2-1 at Virginia Water in a League match with two goals from Richard
Lediju.

7/12/13 Epsom are up to second in the table. Coulsdon Town
have with drawn after playing ten games, their last was v Mole Valley on
23/11/13.

14/12/13 Reserves depart Surrey Cup with a 2-1 home loss
to Westminster Casuals first team. HT 1-0 and at 2-0 Nightingale pulled a
goal back with

a penalty with
around ten minutes remaining but we were unable to force an equaliser.

21/12/13 Epsom
defeat Mole Valley SCR 4-2 at Auriol Park in a League match. Robbie Burns
scores twice.

28/12/13
Epsom's game at Reigate Priory is called off for a waterlogged pitch at Park
Lane.

4/1/14 Epsom's
game with Ripley Village is postponed due to more heavy rain.

11/1/14 Epsom's
match at Horsley is p-p. Waterlogged.

18/1/14 Epsom's
home match with Abbey Rangers is p-p. Waterlogged.

25/1/14 Home
game with Battersea Ironsides is p-p. Waterlogged.

1/2/14 Horsley
(A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

8/2/14
Worcester Park (A) is p-p. Waterlogged.

15/2/14 Tooting
Bec (H) is p-p. Waterlogged.

22/2/14
Battersea Ironsides (H) is p-p. Waterlogged.

1/3/14 After a massive delay the Reserves play again and
win 3-0 at Epsom Athletic Reserves in a match played at NESCOT. Zach
Nightingale scores

twice while
Sean White gets the other goal.

8/3/14 The
League match against top of the table Abbey Rangers is p-p. Waterlogged.

15/3/14 Reserves defeat Battersea Ironsides 5-1 to avenge
an earlier loss back in September. Looking like they may be in with a chance
of the title.

Goals were scored by five different players. Ross White,
Robbie Burns and James Taylor all played for the Reserves so the win is not
surprising.

22/3/14 Epsom pick up four points in one weekend with two
2-0 wins in our double header at Horsley. The away fixture was played first.

Despite having ten fixtures left, we appear to have no
game scheduled for Saturday 29th March. We have now won seven in a row and
are top of the table.

28/3/14
Remaining Reserve fixtures now advised. We finish at Reigate Priory on
Saturday 10th May.

29/3/14 No game for Reserves but we remain top, now level
on points with three games in hand on Worcester Park. The only other
realistic challengers

are Virginia Water who are a point behind us and have
played a game more. Next week's away match at Worcester Park is scheduled to
be played at

Auriol Park,
presumably as Worcester Park now have cricket at Green Lane.

5/4/14 Reserves win 1-0 at Worcester Park in an away game
played at Auriol Park. With Virginia Water being held to a draw, we are well
set for our first

League title
since 1974/75. Sean White was our scorer.

12/4/14
Reserves defeat Abbey Rangers 3-0 and are now five points clear with a game
in hand. The title beckons.

19/4/14
Reserves defeat Sheerwater 6-1 away from home and remain well clear at the
top.

21/4/14 Reserves slip up 2-1 at home to Tooting Bec. Ross
White has a penalty saved. Farleigh win but we remain five points clear
although no longer

have a game in
hand. Zak Nightingale damages cruciate ligament and will be ourt for some
time.

26/4/14 No game for Reserves this day. Farleigh Rovers
close the gap to two points but we have a game in hand and a double header at
home to Ripley

on 3/5/14. If we win and Farleigh win on Saturday, then we
can clinch the title with a draw at Farleigh on Monday 5th May or a win over
Reigate Priory

on 10th May.

3/5/14 Despite League emails to the contrary Epsom win
both matches in their double header with Ripley Village, 3-0 and 4-3, but
Farleigh slip up 3-2 to

hand the
Reserves the title with two games remaining. It is our Reserves first title
since 1974/75.

5/5/14 Epsom take a 23rd minute lead but concede three
times in the second half to lose 3-1 at Farleigh Rovers. All four goals went
down the hill and

possession was mostly with the team going downhill. We
should have led by more at HT but paid the price. Burns scored our goal after
a scramble where

everyone
stopped for a handball shout. Farleigh's goals came on 64, 77 and 83.

10/5/14 Reigate Priory are unable to raise a side for the
final match of the season, a home game v Epsom that had been switched from
Reigate Priory to

Auriol Park due
to cricket. Epsom are awarded the points with a 0-0 scoreline.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

Scorers & Notes

06/07/2013

Horsham YMCA

H

3-3

1-3

N

Hough (3)

13/07/2013

Lingfield

H

1-5

0-3

N

Hough

16/07/2013

Three Bridges

A

1-3

0-1

N

Douglin

20/07/2013

Arundel

A

1-0

0-0

N

Lediju

23/07/2013

Eversley & California

DWT

1-3

0-1

Y

Ayling

27/07/2013

Dorking Wanderers

DWT

0-0

0-0

Y

Won 3-1
on pens - see dated notes above