C O M M E N T S
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CCP

4th out of 22

FAC

Ex-Pr

Erith & Belvedere

0-4

FAV

1q

Horsham

0-3

CCLC

3rd

Ashford Town (Mx)

0-3

SSC

1

Dorking Wanderers

1-6

Home
Ground:

High Road, Chipstead F.C.

Manager

Glyn Mandeville

Assts -

Matt Smith & Alex McKay & Steve Eacott

President

Stella Lamont

Club Secretary

Pete Beddoe

Chairman

Pete Beddoe

Vice Chairman

Steve Dyke

Treasurer

Steve Dyke

Media Officer

Richard Lambert

Membership
Secretary

Mel Tough

Committee
members

Mel Tough, Paul Marshall, Mike Lovett, Glyn
Mandeville

Club
Captain:

Sam Currie

Vice-Captain

Dan Dean

May 15 Announced that the AGM will be on Sunday 26th July
at the Epsom Common Working Mens Club with an 8pm start following the
Committee meeting.

June 15 Pre-season friendlies are announced. The Dave
Wilson Trophy will be a single match format v Chipstead at High Road on
Tuesday 4th August.

Additionally, and further to a connection made at the FA
Vase Final we will be meeting Hoddesdon Town on Saturday 18th July with a
venue in our area to be

confirmed.

16/6/15 Anthony
Panayi advises on Twitter that he is leaving to seek pastures new. Signs for
Chipstead.

June 15 Malcolm Shelbourne through Intercem the club kit
sponsor provide £250 this season for a complete new set of blue and yellow
socks and will look

to see whether
it is possible to get the Intercem advert on the yellow shirts to match our
new blue kit.

June 15 Club
are to produce a programme for the Hoddesdon Town friendly currently planned
for Surbiton Town.

28/6/15 George
Murphy advises that he is leaving club for South Park.

28/6/15 CCL AGM at Imber Court. Epsom & Ewell win the
League Programme of the Year award for the third time in five years. With it
comes a £200 cash prize.

28/6/15 League
Cup draw made at AGM gives Epsom a bye in the First round and a trip to
Banstead Athletic in the second round (last 32).

3/7/15 FA Cup draw is Erith & Belvedere (H) with a
home match against Carshalton Athletic for the winners. The Vase draw sends
us to Horsham with the

winners travelling to Selsey. Both FA Cup matches and the
Vase match at Horsham may not be on Saturdays due to groundsharing claims by
the respective

landlords,
Chipstead and Horsham YMCA.

7/7/15 Pre
season training commences at Epsom College.

9/7/15 Kyle Hough scores twice at Surbiton Town as we open
our season with a 2-2 draw against Banstead Athletic. The surface wasn't
great but it was an even

first half that went Banstead's way with a 40th minute
penalty but Hough came on for the second half and scored with his first touch
after 14 seconds of the second

half, then putting us ahead after 64 when he knocked in a
loose ball after his shot had been saved. The visitors equalised after 67
with a good strike from the

edge of the
box. Former Salt Sean White had a chance to win it at the end for Banstead
but Eacott blocked his shot while one on one.

New faces at the first friendly: Luke Price (keeper -
London Bari), Jakub Kurdziel (former reserve team player in 2013/14), Craig
Hastings (defender), Reisse Griffin,

Beckett Oliver, Rhys North, Russell Hartt (former player
in 2013/14) Robbie Hendry, while Dale Marvell returned from Hanworth Villa
and played at centre half.

Hastings and
Griffin were recently with Cheam Village Warriors while Hastings had also
played for Ewell Town.

Kurdziel had
been at Chessington & Hook last season while Beckett Oliver came from
Bookham..

Regular faces returning were Michael Eacott, Kyle Hough,
Savvas ' Agi' Panayiotou, Sam Currie, Dan Dean, Matt Farrell, Matt
Ferdinando, James Kavanagh,

Daryl
Cooper-Smith while Matt Tanton is returning but on holiday and James Taylor
was working.

Sam Robinson is
currently with East Grinstead Town. Alex McGregor is back at Dorking
Wanderers.

11/7/15 Epsom defeat Broadbridge Heath 2-0 at Surbiton
Town in a 90 minute match but with two water breaks at the midway point of
each half.

The first half was better than the second and was
highlighted by a great goal from Savvas 'Agi' Panayiotou who run at the
defence, cut onto his left and drilled a

low shot into the far corner from just outside the box
after 24 minutes. Seven minutes later a Daryl Cooper-Smith shot deflected up
and the keeper did well to

keep the ball out under pressure from Reisse Griffin.
Griffin recovered the loose ball but his effort was blocked by a recovering
defender but the loose ball was tapped

in by James
Kavanagh. Very little to report after that really. Another hot day though.
Only 12 players were available.

17/7/15 Ryman fixtures are out at Chipstead are at home on
15th August. The Erith & Belvedere FA Cup match will now be played on
Sunday 16th August.

18/7/15 Epsom defeat Hoddesdon Town 5-3 at Surbiton Town.
Programme Y. Kyle Hough scores four and the game is advertised by Tony
Incenzo among others.

We led after 17 with a low drive from Hough and he scored
the second with a close finish after 26. Hoddesdon pulled one back after 34
with a great free kick from a

wide angle but Hough scored another two after 66 and 70
before Farrell scored a fifth with a shot from the edge of the area after 73.
Two late goals for the visitors

after 87 and 89
made no difference as they were defeated for the first time in pre-season.
Epsom remain unbeaten so far.

23/7/15 Dale
Marvell rejoins club. Had been involved in all friendlies but only just
registered.

24/7/15 League
fixtures are released and we start at home to Windsor before travelling to
Redhill on the Tuesday.

25/7/15
friendly at St Francis Rangers is cancelled as Epsom are unable to raise
eleven players for the game due to holidays.

26/7/15 AGM at
Epsom WMC. All Committee re-elected. Very straightforward, though not well
attended meeting.

28/7/15 Lingfield are defeated fairly comfortably 4-0 in
our latest friendly. Dan Dean opened the scoring with a volley after 26 with
goals from Hough (35) and

Farrell (44)
with a far post header from a Marvell corner before HT and Griffin (67)
afterwards.

1/8/15 Epsom
lose 2-0 at Croydon. Only 12 players were available and two second half goals
sealed our fate.

4/8/15 A much better day for our boys as we defeated
Chipstead 2-1 to retain the Dave Wilson Trophy at High Road. We had some
chances in the first half,

especially after the opposition were hampered by the loss
of their keeper who was injured making a good save from a Cooper-Smith
strike. However we trailed in

the first half injury time before fighting back and
Griffin equalised from a narrow angle after 59 before sub Kyle Hough tucked
in the winner after 64 from

15 yards out. A
thoroughly deserved win on the balance of play.

8/8/15 A late Hough equaliser from the spot enables us to
get a 2-2 draw from an even game with Windsor at High Road. We led with a
good strike from debutant

Rob Hendry who struck a deep right wing cross from Currie
in low off the keeper's right hand post in first half injury time but trailed
after conceding in 48 and 52. It

was an even
game and turned on the penalty decision which resulted in a sendng off for
the Windsor keeper too. It was a debateable one.

8/8/15 Conor
Davison joins from Worcester Park.

11/8/15 Epsom win 1-0 at Redhill courtesy of a great piece
of skill from Kyle Hough in the 62nd minute on our first visit to Kiln Brow.
We edged the match but it

could have finished goalless and we'd have had few
complaints but their keeper was the busier and regularly rushed out to make
challenges. However, he tried it in

the 62nd minute but Hough just got to Eacott's clearance
first to glance a header past him and he knocked the ball into the empty net
before the defenders could get

there.

11/8/15 Also at the Redhill game, the club are covered by
BBC London News. Richard Lambert, Pete Beddoe, Kyle Hough and Sam Currie are
all interviewed as

part of the
item which is to be aired on BBC London TV News at 6.30 on Friday 14th
August.

11/8/15 former player Matt Robinson played for Redhill
against us, while his brother Sam is now playing for Molesey. Additionally
former player Nathan Ayling scored

for South Park
in their win at Chatham Town this day.

Aug 15 former
Epsom player Kieran Campbell is the new keeper at Chipstead.

12/8/15 the Colliers Wood (H) game on 18/08/15 is moved
back as Chipstead have a League Cup match. It was provisional and dependent
on Cup replays anyway.

13/8/15
Steering Board Meeting at Epsom Working Mens Club. We are to push NESCOT a
bit more urgently regarding the access question and have made

progress
with Glyn School with reference to using their facilities. Additionally a
meeting Pete Beddoe had with Clive Woodbridge Chairman of EEBC was
fruitful

and
they appear to want to help us, identifying two sites in the Borough, one of
which is Hook Road Arena and the other is a new one, on the junction more or
less

with
Horton Lane and Christchurch Road in the old catchment area of the Manor
Hospital. Additionally the Old Salesians in Ewell Village has become a

possibility
as it is currently derelict and residents do not want housing there. We are
to get back to EEBC on the Christchurch Road and HRA venues but both

would cost more as they have no clubhouse.
Conversely we would be free to sell the daytime 3g use in those circumstances
as no agreement

would
exist like it would with NESCOT or Glyn School. Plenty of opportunities still
especially if the council are able to help us in one way or another.

Further
to this I put an idea to the Steering Group that the Horton Lane site was the
best one as it may cost more but we would have the daytime use of the 3g
to

sell to interested parties. We need to get back
in touch with the Council urgently and this would be done in early September.

13/8/15 Out of 35 teams we are one of six to receive a
First Round draw in the Surrey Senior Cup and will host Dorking Wanderers on
20/10/15.

14/8/15 The club is featured on BBC London News in their
evening show as their team of the round in the F.A. Cup. The BBC send us the
clip which is available on

the website and
some audio clips too.

We have a new
club physio in Jimmy Hendry. He is the father of our player Rob Hendry.
Formerly with Charlton Athletic and Sutton United.

16/8/15 A very poor display in the FA Cup at home to Erith
& Belvedere as we lose 4-0. We conceded in just 19 seconds and never
recovered. It was 1-0 at HT but

we then let in
a second within 50 seconds of the second half and futher goals after 53 and
65 followed. They were a good side though.

18/8/15 As a
result of Westfield's FA Cup replay loss we will travel to them on Saturday
29th August for a League match.

18/8/15
Chipstead put in a seven day approach for Savvas 'Agi' Panayiotou. He leaves
us for them.

22/8/15 An 86th minute penalty save by Michael Eacott
preserves the three points in a 2-1 win at SCR in our first ever competitive
match on a 3g astroturf surface

and our first on an artificial surface since Feltham. We
led after 10 minutes when a Hough run found Farrell who rounded the keeper to
score and should have had

a penalty for a number of fouls on Reisse Griffin after 55
but didn't. Daryl Cooper-Smith poked in a low Griffin effort after 65 to
extend the lead but a goal from former

Salt Jay Holden within a minute led to a nervy ending and
a late penalty that was a terrible decision by the referee. Fortunately
Holden's penalty was down the

middle and
Eacott blocked with Tanton following up to clear the danger. It was Eacott's
fiftieth appearance for the club.

Aug 15 Michael
Eacott is to miss the next two matches as he is away on holiday and also
injured his shoulder. Will reassess when he returns.

29/8/15 Matt Ferdinando receives two yellow cards, the
first of which was harsh in a competitive but forgettable goalless draw at
Westfield. Another fair result but

spoilt by some
poor officiating. Debut for Jakub Kurdziel and later on Beckett Oliver who
came on as a sub.

31/8/15 Epsom defeat Raynes Park Vale 3-1 on a day of
torrential downpours. We led after 26 when a Beckett Oliver cross was chested
into his own net under

pressure by Anthony Moulds and Hough made it 2-0 with a
shot into the top corner after 41 following good work by James Taylor who
retrieved a deflected corner.

Hough scored again after 75 finishing off a mazy run with
a clinical low finish and although we conceded from a corner after 85 we were
never in danger. The only

concern was due to the non-appearance of Connor O'Hara who
was signed as cover (previously at Ringmer) for the working Michael Eacott
and Daryl Cooper-Smith

went in between
the posts and played well. We have no need for a reserve keeper on the bench
this season.

6/9/15 three second half goals send us out of the Vase
against Horsham at Horsham YMCA's ground twenty years to the week that we
lost there on our only other

competitive visit, also for a Vase tie. We were second
best throughout and conceded to an unfortunate Currie own goal after 48 while
two late goals after 85 and 94

made the scoreline a fairer one. No complaints. Matt
Tanton unavailable through work but arrived by HT We missed the balance as
Sam Currie had to play on the

left and Tanton couldn't come on as we named five other
substitutes, although could still have named him as we are allowed seven in
FA competitions.

8/9/15 Epsom bounce back well with a 3-1 win over Colliers
Wood. Hough put us ahead in the 10th minute from a great pass by Ferdinando
which he slotted just

inside the keeper's near post, although the second half
started poorly and they equalised from a penalty awarded against Hastings.
However we pushed on from that

point and sub Daryl Cooper-Smith put us ahead in the 88th
minute after receiving a Hough pass and holding up his man from six yards out
before smashing the ball

into the net. Hough then headed in an excellent Farrell
cross in the 92nd minute. Many changes from the Horsham game which was only
48 hours earlier.

8/9/15 Ferdinando injured his shoulder in this match and
his arm was in a sling after the match. He is suspended for the Spelthorne
game anyway but may be out

longer.

12/9/15 A fine performance at Spelthorne as we climb to
second place in the table with a 6-2 win. Hendry and Cooper-Smith came in for
Ferdinando and the absent

Oliver and both scored twice. Cooper-Smith lashed in a
Hough pass after 8 minutes from twelve yards into the top corner. They
equalised after 16 but within a minute

Cooper-Smith had sent a great pass across the six yard box
and McGregor smashed it into the roof of the net from a narrow angle about
four yards out. We extended

our lead after 31 when Hough set Farrell off with a
reverse pass and he crossed to Cooper-Smith who laid the ball back for Hendry
to drill it low past the keeper. We

extended our lead after 55 when McGregor set up the
overlapping Currie and his deep cross was volleyed in from a narrow angle by
Hendry and Hendry turned

provider five
minutes later with a great cross that Cooper-Smith met with a textbook
downwards header.

Spelthorne pulled a goal back after 89 but Hough then
rounded the keeper and walked the ball into the net in injury time for our
sixth goal to put the seal on a great

performance.

Sept 15 David
Neill joins the club from Barnes Eagles.

19/9/15 Without Kyle Hough, at a family engagement, we
lacked a cutting edge against AFC Hayes and were held 1-1 despite leading
after 19 through Farrell who

took advantage of a keeper fumble of a Hendry low left
wing cross. Eacott was then dispossessed on the edge of the area and the
striker knocked the ball in for the

equaliser after 71 minutes although Eacott had to come for
the ball as there were no defenders nearby. Overall though we didn't really
do enough to win despite

being slightly
the better team.

23/9/15 Committee Meeting at Epsom WMC. 7.30.
Mainly concentrating on two areas 1) Relocation and 2) A trip to Chantilly.

On
relocation, NESCOT now say access is not an issue and we should progress
towards a lease there. The Glyn site is also being followed up and a meeting
is

to take
place there on Friday 25/09/15 with Pete B, Roy and Cara in attendance. They
have been asked to investigate a two pitch theory with a grass pitch
being

the
nearer of the two structures to the clubhouse or it is not worth progressing
further otherwise. The Christchurch Road, Horton Lane site was discussed in
depth

and the
Committee are in agreement that they would all want a grass pitch for our
main stadium. Because this would mean an increase in costs, especially at
a

site
with no clubhouse yet, Richard Lambert provided some drawings and put forward
a suggestion not previously considered; two grass pitches. Obviously revenue

would
be less but the Colts would still be happy to use it and the clubhouse as
their base, while we could make the second pitch floodlit and allow use by
Epsom

Athletic
or another interested party. This option would be much cheaper to achieve
especially if we were able to get an investment by the Council into the
clubhouse

by way
of using it as a Community Centre during the day. Much hinges on whether this
is a serious and free offer by EEBC and also assuming that they do
actually

own it,
as this has not yet been confirmed but should be shortly. RL advised we would
not get another offer from the Council if we rejected this one as
planning

permission and lease discussions would be more
straightforward as they were offering the site up.

One
question remains. Why have they not built houses on it yet? Is there a
covenant or is the ground not suitable? These would have a bearing on
matters.

Chantilly.
The town is twinned with Epsom and their mayor is keen to do some sort of
four team tournament with us and two other twinned teams in Germany and

Belgium.
The England team are based there for Euro 2016 and it looks as if we could be
playing there in June. We have said we are interested although are aware

that we
cannot afford for the club to pay anything so finance will either come from
individuals, or a twinning budget or even as Steve Dyke suggested, the FA.

We await further on this.

Finally
we are going to try and get venues early this season for next season's
pre-season matches which will enable us to arrange friendlies easier. Glyn
says we

need no more than 6, probably just 5
friendlies. We played 6 this year but failed to fulfil at St Francis which
would have been a seventh one.

We also
provisionally agreed a mid season ticket at £75 for the remaining 17 games
from Chertsey (17/10/15) but the next morning it was agreed to hold this
while

it was discussed further as Steve Dyke had
reservations.

Sept 15 Michael Eacott has to work and will miss the
Farnham game so Glyn has spoken to former keeper Adrian Jones who played for
us at Merstham, as cover

and he should
sign at training on 24/09/15.

Sept 15 Reisse Grifin suffered damage to his Medial
Collateral Ligament and despite running quite a bit in recent weeks, is still
a few weeks away from a return.

Sept 15 Ali Dewar's ankle problem appears to be a bone
spur, which is being worked on by Jimmy Hendry and Mett Ferdinando injured
his collarbone but should

be back very
shortly.

26/9/15 former keeper Adrian Jones is recruited to cover
the working Michael Eacott and Kyle Hough is absent for a second week but we
had just enough to see off

the threat from Farnham by a goal to nil. The goal was
stunning, coming from a good build up and Farrell cross that Ferdinando met
with a wonderful overhead kick

sending the ball into the far top corner from ten yards
out. We were caught out by a long ball after 28 and Hastings tripped their
player, who managed to keep his feet

and score but by then the referee's whistle had already
blown, chalking off the goal and resulting in a red card for our defender. We
held on though.

Sept 15 our match at Hartley Wintney on 10/10/15 is off as
they remain in the F.A.Cup after a great win at Step Three Merthyr Town.
Probably just as well we aren't

meeting them
yet! We remain unbeaten after nine games, our best since 2008/09. We will now
go there on 17/11/15.

3/10/15 Eacott and Hough return to the line up as Hough
scores three as we destroy a poor Cove side 7-0. This was the first time we
scored more than six in an

away League game since Whyteleafe in 1975 (9-0). Hendry
put us ahead with a low drive in just the fourth minute and Hough dummied his
defender before running in

to score in the sixth minute. Our third came from a
dropped free kick that McKay knocked forward and Farrell prodded over the
line in the 31st minute and Hendry

knocked one in from 25 yards after Ferdinando set him up
and he curled it into the top corner. We extended the lead with a great Hough
volley after 66 as he hit

McGregor's dropping cross turning at the same time. Sub
Dale Marvell arrived at the far post to knock a low pass across the face of
goal in after 83 minutes and

Hough made it
7-0 five minutes later as he collected a short corner, cut in and curled the
ball into the far corner.

The 7-0 win sends us to the top of the League on goal
difference, although we have played a game less than Ashford Town, also on 24
points.

Also on
03/10/15 Bedfont Sports win their Vase match so our game there on 31/10/15 is
off and will be played on Tuesday 24/11/15.

Oct 15 striker
Thomas Neale joins the club from Worcester Park.

7/10/15
Ashford's 2-1 win at Colliers Wood means that we are no longer top of the
table.

02/10/15
SCFA advise the club that Daryl Cooper-Smith is a suspended player as a
result of fines incurred for bookings at Ashtead back in the early part of
2014/15,

and they
say that we are at fault for playing him while suspended. Their case is a
pathetic one as we were never made aware and the club pleads guilty with

mitigation.
He was booked and sent off last year for us yet the FA never told us then and
this appears to be because they were months behind on their paperwork.

The result of their deliberations are awaited
but if any penalty is levied it is very likely we will appeal and publicise
their faults.

10/10/15 former player and professional footballer Matt
Elliott guests on Radio 5 on the Danny Baker show and speaks of his time at
the club. It transpires that the

link between
him and Charlton Athletic, where he moved to, was their physio, Jimmy Hendry,
now of course with us!

13/10/15 Craig
Hastings serves a one match suspension at Banstead for his sending off at
Farnham.

13/10/15 A scary night at Banstead Athletic as we progress
through the League Cup 7-6 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. It was our second
ever penalty shootout win

and our second
longest penalty shootout, following our 15-14 defeat at Egham in December
2003.

Alex McGregor put us ahead after 13 minutes with a low
shot and we started well, but a nasty injury to Sam Currie from a bad
challenge from former Salt Sean

White led to his replacement and little protection was
provided for our players all night. Dan Dean made his 50th appearance but
went off after an hour, presumably

also injured and when Thomas Neale came on after 85 for
Hendry to make his debut, Ferdinando was injured, so when they equalised
after 88 and extra time was

required we
feared the worst. However we hung on and they had a player sent off with nine
minutes remaining and we held on for penalties.

Both Alex McKay
and Thomas Neale hit the frame of the goal during the match. McKay after 53
and Neale after 109.

Banstead
Athletic

Epsom & Ewell

1

r

Kyle Hough

a

2

a

Alex McKay

a

3

a

Thomas Neale

r

4

a

Dale Marvell

a

5

a

Matt Farrell

a

6

a

Rhys North

a

7

a

Alex McGregor

a

8

r

James Taylor

a

The first
penalty was brilliantly saved by Eacott and the last was a more routine save
from Sean White.

In the next
round (last 16) we will host Ashford Town (Mx) on 12/01/16.

17/10/15 Epsom lose 1-0 to Chertsey in a match decided by
a good free kick strike in the 74th minute. We were poor and hardly got the
ball to Hough at all.

20/10/15 Epsom are outclassed 6-1 by Dorking Wanderers in
the Surrey Senior Cup. We rested a couple of players but they were still very
good and lead 3-0 at HT.

Hough scored a consolation at 0-5 after 80 minutes but
they went and scored another one straight after this. If we had won we would
have been away at the

holders Met
Police on 01/12/15 but that was never remotely likely.

24/10/15 Despite missing Dan Dean with injury still we
produced a fantastic performance in defeating table topping Ashford Town on
their own patch. We raced into

a three goal lead after just 17 minutes as Farrell headed
in Oliver's deflected cross after 10 before Hough latched onto a poor back
pass and in colliding with the

keeper the ball went into the net, although Hough was
injured in the process and it was said that he had damaged his kneecap.
Despite the injury Currie latched onto

a loose ball that Ferdinando had contested and casually
stroked the ball into the top corner after 17 minutes. Unfortunately a Currie
error at the other end gave them

a lifeline after 20 and they had another back after 23 but
we showed great character to hold on for the rest of the match and give the
players belief that something

could be achieved this season. Ashford ran out of ideas by
the end although they were missing one of their strikers through injury and
the other limped off in

the second
half.

Oct 15 Conor Davison leaves the club. Doesn't believe he
was given enough opportunities. David Neill also leaves, having failed to
unseat Matt Tanton at left

back. Steve
Rowe rejoins the club to replace him.

Nov 15 Dale
Marvell leaves the club for Hanworth Villa. Wasn't getting a regular place in
the side and wanted to play more.

Nov 15 Carl Downs returns to the club, having had a couple
of matches at Chipstead while Martin Merrett joins from Dorking. Is a friend
of Rob Hendry's.

7/11/15 Epsom leave it late to break through against
Chessington & Hook United requiring an 89th minute Thomas Neale header
from a great Matt Tanton left wing

cross. Not a great performance although we were the better
side and had a Farrell goal chalked off early on for a dubious foul on the
keeper by Cooper-Smith and

Ferdinando hit
the post with a great low strike after 49. Kyle Hough and Dan Dean were still
out injured.

11/11/15
Committee Meeting at Epsom WMC 7.30. Issues with Daryl Cooper-Smith as this
will now be heard at appeal at the FA, hopefully before xmas and any

suspension will be held until that process in
completed. The club are strongly considering whether to complain to Surrey FA
at their treatment.

The
ground saga is continuing with limited progress on all three site options. 1)
NESCOT have finally confirmed title on the land but Roy Betts is still
requiring further

info
and the club want Roy to write directly asking for whatever he requires. 2)
Glyn Old Boys - Cara has seen Louise Buckley at Glyn but it still isn't clear
if a

two
pitch scenario is an option or whether the lights can stay on later than 9pm.
3) Horton Lane / Christchurch Road - we are still waiting for a response
from

the
EEBC solicitor Simon Young and Steve and Pete are going to doorstep him. This
option has the greatest potential and is also the cheapest of the three

options and we may be able to get EEBC to
invest so they can use the clubhouse for a daily Community Centre.

The Chantilly trip in June has gone very quiet
and attempts are being made to determine whether it is still going
ahead.

14/11/15 Epsom regret a sloppy fifteen minute period which
costs a couple of points in a 1-1 draw after dominating the remainder of the
match. Daryl Cooper-Smith

put us in front with a brave challenge with the keeper
which was very similar to the one Hough scored at Ashford, except this was
from further away and our man was

able to get up and chase the ball into the net although it
just crossed the line under its own steam anyway. Unfortunately, like Hough,
he picked up an injury in the

challenge and had to come off within a couple of minutes.
We continued to dominate but couldn't get the second goal and we conceded
after 74 to a good finish.

We pushed for a winner and had a goal chalked off for
offside against the "scorer" Neale in the dying minutes. Kyle Hough
returned from injury as a substitute.

14/11/15 former Manager Lyndon Buckwell leaves the
Manager's position at Chipstead after only joining in late September. Had
managed to get a few wins but they

are still
adrift at the bottom of the Ryman League and will be going down at this rate.

17/11/15 Epsom fight back to secure a 3-3 draw at leaders
Hartley Wintney after trailing 3-1 after 60 minutes. On a very windy night we
played well but trailed

after 16 minutes to a near post corner. We responded well
before Ferdinando returned a keeper clearance back over his head from nearly
45 yards after 22 minutes!

We saw many other chances well saved as we frequently hit
the target but were level at HT. We then trailed to a penalty after 57 from a
foul by McKay which

came from a harshly awarded free kick and worse was to
follow three minutes later when a left wing low cross was knocked into his
own net by Hastings. However,

sub Neale was fouled on the edge of the area and
Ferdinando hit the fre kick through the wall after 64 and Neale completed the
comeback after 87 as his close

range shot went
in off the far post. A thoroughly deserved point and on another day we'd have
had more.

21/11/15 Despite the absence of Kyle Hough with a reaction
to his knee injury after the Hartley match and Sam Currie and Alex McKay with
new injuries we played

well to defeat Hanworth Villa 5-0 at High Road. We started
brightly and James Taylor headed in a Ferdinando corner after 18 minutes. He
was denied a second in

identical circumstances by an assistant's flag saying that
the ball had gone out of play in the delivery. We nearly conceded on the half
but Tom Neale spread the ball

out to Rob Hendry who shot low and early into the corner
from twenty yards after 52 and 13 minutes later hit a scorcher from 20 yards
into the far corner. Taylor

scored his second after a set piece was not cleared and he
hooked the ball over his head. A defender was on the line but the keeper just
got a hand to the ball to

divert it past him and the ball was deemed to have crossed
the line before it was cleared away off the post. It was a tough call but
maybe Taylor had been unfortunate

earlier to have his second header chalked off. In injury
time Ferdinando chipped the keeper from just over twenty yards expertly for
our fifth goal. Probably a little

harsh on the visitors by the end as they got more
frustrated with a poor refereeing display than we did. It was very erratic.
Near the end Dan Dean returned to play

for the last
ten minutes afetr a spell out injured to give Captain on the day Matt Farrell
a rest!

24/11/15 A second poor refereeing display in consecutive
matches turns this match into a farce as Epsom finish with nine men and the
Manager sent off!

Epsom draw 2-2 at Bedfont Sports but a lack of protection
throughout the game left Griffin booked for complaining about it and our
Manager spoken to. We went

ahead after 53 after Cooper-Smith looped a header over the
keeper from Hendry's great left wing cross and although he got booked after
65 we appeared to have

ridden out the storm although Glyn was sent off just
before this (62). However we missed chances and when a shout went up for
handball, on the line from Tanton,

the assistant decided that it was and sent him off.
Players have confirmed to me since the incident that it wasn't even close.
They equalised from the spot after 84

and then Griffin was hacked down while running at goal but
no foul or card was given and they broke immediately, ending with a good low
strike across Eacott from

the left back after 87. We equalised two minutes later
when Hendry's left wing cross caught the keeper out and dropped over him into
the net and in the celebration

Cooper-Smith was given a straight red for something he
said. A shocking performance by the officials which, unlike Saturday cost us
points this time. If we had

taken our chances though, this wouldn't have been an
issue. This was the eighth time we have had two players dismissed in a match
and Glyn was the first

Manager to be sent off in the dugout since 19/03/83 at
Harlow Town. Technically therefore, this represents our worst ever day in
history disciplinary-wise.

It also
transpires that Matt Smith was also sent off after the game and like Glyn
will face a misconduct charge.

28/11/15 Epsom bounce back after a difficult first half at
Colliers Wood and return from Wibbandune with a 3-0 win. An early injury to
Taylor led to a reshuffle with

Carl Downs coming on for his first game since his return.
We held on until HT and took the lead after 65 when Ferdinando challenged a
defender and the ball

looped off of him and was hit on the half volley into the
corner from 12 yards by Cooper-Smith. Within a minute a free kick for
handball was drilled goalwards

from an angle by Ferdinando and although the shot was
saved Hough was there first to poke the loose ball over the keeper and in. In
injury time Cooper-Smith

scored his
third from 25 yards with a delicate chip wiith his left foot that just
dropped under the bar with the keeper beaten. A fine performance.

28/11/15 Former
player Jon Boswell played for Colliers Wood against us.

30/11/15
SCFA suspend Daryl Cooper-Smith presumably for violent conduct as there was
an alleged shove on the Assistant following his dismissal at Bedfont

Sports.
An instant suspension could be vindictive on the SCFA's part but we'll only
find out in the near future. Also a complaint letter from a random spectator
at

Bedfont Sports has also reached the League. It
is full of inaccuracies and exaggeration and we will respond to the League on
that basis.

Cooper-Smith
is suspended instantly and misses the Guildford match onwards. He will get
two games for the sending off and we await the hearing.

5/12/15 An electric first half finishes with Epsom 4-0 up
on Guildford and the match finishes that way. On a windy day we produced one
of the best halves in recent

years against much of the wind and went ahead in the 8th
minute when a half cleared corner fell to McKay and his deep cross was headed
across goal by Hough

for Neale to knock in. After 19 Neale turned provider as
he pulled the ball back from the right for Farrell to blast home from 12
yards into the roof of the net. We made

it 3-0 with a goal of real quality when Griffin's
dangerous ball in was volleyed into the net at full stretch by Hough and
after 43 Hough knocked in a header across goal

from Hastings. The second half contained little and Hough
was rested while Steve Rowe was given a run on the left ahead of Tanton's
upcoming suspension.

Dec 15 Jamie Hatfield and Savvas 'Agi' Panayiotou both
return to the club. Hatfield had just left South Park while Agi left
Chipstead after Lyndon Buckwell departed.

8/12/15 With less than two hours to go before kick off,
Cove informed Epsom that they were unable to put a team together for this
league match which was then

postponed. This was the second time Cove had done this in
2015/16 having already defaulted at Bedfont Sports in November. Prog issued -
Y (14) which will

probably be distributed free with the next match issue. We
await the CCL decision on this, although historically the non-defaulting club
have received three points with

a 0-0
scoreline. It must be a worry as to whether Cove can complete their fixtures
at all at this rate.

08/12/15 Matt
Tanton's suspension will now carry over to the Badshot Lea trip on 12/12/15.

12/12/15 A stunning 9th minute free kick from Matt
Ferdinando enables Epsom to win 1-0 at Badshot Lea in a match where we didn't
hit the heights. Steve Rowe

was injured in training and recently signed Jamie Hatfield
was unavailable so Alex McKay played left back while Dan Dean returned from
injury. Defensively we were

very solid
again.

14/12/15
Steve Dyke and Pete Beddoe have to go to Wembley Stadium to appeal the SCFA
decision of Daryl Cooper-Smith. Although the appeal was lost in a

couple
of technical areas we were not made to pay the costs of the appeal while SCFA
were told to pay costs of £250. Daryl's suspension for this alleged offence

has
been reduced from a ludicrous five games to two, still excessive for an
incident where he was unaware he had done anything wrong. The FA will release
their

written judgement shortly which we will be able
to show to the League in mitigation.

14/12/15 CCL advise that the Cove match is to be
rescheduled. A surprising decision, although they advise that they want
matters to be decided on the field

rather than off
it which is understandable.

18/12/15 a car
accident in Wimbledon involving Tom Neale and Matt Ferdinando requires the
latter to receive x-rays. He will be out for a while.

19/12/15 after a slow start a three goal blitz in eight
minutes sees off Sutton Common Rovers with a late consolation meaning little
in a 3-1 home win. Reisse Griffin

put us ahead with a superb volley after 51 minutes from a
Farrell deep cross. Then five minutes later Hendry took advantage of a
defensive error to finish clinically

from 18 yards and then after 59 Tom Neale lashed the ball
into the top corner from 30 yards as our season of wonderful strikes
continues. A late goal in the 90th

minute broke our run of minutes without conceding at 363
but the result had already been decided and we were down to ten men by then
as Tanton received two

yellow cards in two minutes (73,75) the second for kicking
the ball away! Matt Ferdinando missed this game after his accident the night
before while Neale started

on the bench
but came on for the second half.

At the half way
stage in the season, we have suffered just one league defeat, which is our
best since 1974/75.

24/12/15 The SCFA release their decision on the misconduct
charges faced by the club after the Bedfont Sports draw. Daryl Cooper-Smith
is suspended for 82 days

and fined £150. This started back on 30/11/15 and will
expire in late February although his original two game suspension for the
sending off may still be added.

Matt Smith and Glyn Mandeville both pick up two match bans
and are fined £40, starting from 05/01/15 so will miss the AFC Hayes League
match and the Ashford

Town Cup match.
We also picked up further fines for failing to control our players.

Dec 15 Matt Tanton picks up a two match ban for his
sending off on 19/12/15. He will miss the Redhill and the AFC Hayes games. He
remains on four yellow cards

and is one
yellow card away from a further one game suspension. He got two games as it
was his second sending off of the season.

28/12/15 the Bank Holiday Monday morning match at Horley
contains the usual amount of controversy. We started slowly and conceded a
rare first half goal after

36 minutes to former Epsom Youth and Reserve player
Nadesan but their captain was sent off after 62 for kicking Tom Neale. We
then won a penalty for handball

and Hough scored after 74 before a reckless challenge on
sub Panayiotou earned us another one seven minutes later which Hough
dispatched clinically. However

we then
conceded a penalty of our own after 86 for an alleged handball against
Griffin and had to settle for 2-2 after Nadesan scored it.

2/1/16 Redhill
(H)(L) is p-p at Chipstead. Waterlogged. A very rare p-p up there. Prog
issued - Y(16). Rearranged for Tuesday 2/2/16.

2/1/16 The Cove
(H)(L) match is rearranged for Tuesday 15/03/16.

2/1/16 Matt
Tanton's two game suspension was due to start this day but will now commence
when we play again.

9/1/16 AFC
Hayes (A)(L) is p-p. Waterlogged. Rearranged for Tuesday 26/1/16.

11/1/16
CCL League meeting hears the charge against the club relating to Daryl
Cooper-Smith and his outstanding bookings. Steve Dyke and Pete Beddoe

present
our case and the League decides that we will face no penalty with exception
of a suspended £100 fine until the end of the season. A quite correct

decision brought about totally as a result of
the Surrey FA's ineptitude.

12/1/16 Epsom depart the League Cup 3-0 at home to Ashford
Town (Mx) who scored early and were better in every department over the 90
minutes. We had

chances to get back into the game after conceding in just
100 seconds and the first half was fairly even but a 48th minute goal killed
us off and we never really

looked like
rerieving the deficit before conceding again after 77. Dan Fleming hat trick
for Ashford.

12/1/16 Matt Tanton started his two game suspension while
Sam Currie, James Taylor and Matt Ferdinando were still out. Taylor was on
the bench. Also playing his

first game for
two years for the club was former Captain Jamie Hatfield.

16/1/16
Spelthorne Sports (H)(L) is p-p. Frozen. Prog (18) Y.

16/1/16 for the third Saturday in a row our game is p-p.
An overnight freeze left the Chipstead pitch unplayable at the time of the
inspection which came far too early

as was proven
by the fact that even Banstead Athletic played this day. Rearranged for
Tuesday 01/03/16.

16/1/16
Hartley Wintney won their Vase tie so our match at home to them on 30/01/16
has been moved back to Tuesday 23/02/16

Jan 16 Sam
Robinson rejoins club from Molesey, although is currently suspended.

Jan 16 Myles Powponne joins from Cobham. Also with Walton
Casuals this season. However, he actually doesn't join, after some issues at
Cobham.

23/1/16 Epsom lose a half time lead as we lose our second
league match of the season 2-1 at Windsor. Agi Panayiotou put us ahead from a
great Farrell pass but

in scenes reminiscent of the opening day encounter we
conceded twice in the second half and were this time unable to pull it back
with Hough hitting a great

chance at their keeper near the end from a great position.
Ferdinando and Currie returned to action from the bench while Tanton, Matt
Smith and Glyn Mandeville

all completed
their suspensions.

26/1/16 Heavy
rain forces the league trip to AFC Hayes to be p-p.

Jan 16 Alex
McGregor leaves club. Sam Robinson's suspension is completed and he is now
available.

30/1/16
meeting between Richard Lambert, Pete Beddoe and Clive Woodbridge, leader of
the majority Residents Association group on the council.

Discussions
were had relating to the Christchurch Road site. He believes that there are a
few hurdles including the legal costs of overturning a covenant and was not

able to
confirm that the council were looking for a Community Centre. However, he
conceded that once due process had occurred on Horton Chapel, that view may

change
and some finance may be able to be de-coupled from the council budget. All in
all it looks a tough challenge right now. He suggested looking at Hook Road

Arena
once again and advised that the council receive approx £60k in revenue each
year. As long as they didn't lose out, they may be able to consider this
option,

which
appeared fairly positive. He also then suggested the Priest Hill site next
door to the one at NESCOT we were pursuing. It is part of the lease owned
by

Sutton
& Epsom Rugby Club and the Old Suttonians and the area suggested is not
used by them. The old clubhouse shell has been pulled down but a
substantial

base
remains and could be built upon much cheaper than from scratch. Some
levelling of the pitch would be required but with the total cost being
cheaper, based on

a grass
pitch strategy, grants would be able to be obtained for this. The only issue
relates to whether we can make much revenue from the site, and a lot

depends
on whether we would be able to use a piece of land large enough for two
pitches. If not, then the only revenue stream would be the clubhouse.
Not

a
showstopper, but more difficult to achieve, although transport links are
better. There would still be some access issues but HRA may prove to be a
better option,

although that one would have no Community
Centre attached as it is outside the area the Council were looking at.

2/2/16
after looking at both "new" options it is unlikely that we would be
able to support a second pitch at HRA and any second pitch at Priest Hill
would not be

floodlit as it would be quite distant. It is
not possible to place another pitch to its side.

30/1/16 Hartley Wintney (H) was already moved back this
day, but Camberley win in the Vase which means their QF tie falls on 20/2/16
when we were due to visit.

31/1/16
Camberley (A) is brought forward to 9/2/16, while the AFC Hayes (A) match is
rearranged for 16/2/16.

2/2/16 Epsom have a flying start as Kyle Hough tucks away
a Craig Hastings header in just under 2 minutes and Tom Neale finishes off a
Matt Farrell move with

style in the 29th minute. A Matt Ferdinando run and casual
finish from 12 yards with the outside of his foot put us 3-0 up in the 50th
minute and despite Alex

McKay being sent off for a professional foul after 66
minutes when he had been fouled first, we held on comfortably although we
only played in patches and the score

was a little
harsh on the visitors.

2/2/16 Matt
Ferdinando's 50th appearance v Redhill.

Feb 16 Elliott Thompson and Bentley Graham join. Thompson
comes from Dorking Wanderers, and Graham joins from Chipstead, having also
played for Carshalton.

Feb 16 Alex
McGregor has joined Hanworth Villa while Jakub Kurdziel and Tayo Ajayi also
leave.

6/2/16 Farnham (A)(L) is p-p for a waterlogged pitch. It
is the only game called off in the division, although a downpour later on
would not have helped! Originally

rearranged for 29th March but we face Raynes Park Vale on
28th, so this will be moved into April. The League then rearrange it for
Tuesday 22nd March.

9/2/16 Epsom take a point from Camberley with a 1-1 draw
and it could have been more as Neale missed some good opportunities. It was
an unpleasant match and

despite a number of yellow cards being shown at Camberley
players, it didn't seem to stop them from fouling us. After looking
comfortable McKay conceded a

penalty after 30 for a clumsy challenge but we equalised
with a spot kick of our own after Neale was fouled just six minutes later.
Hendry scored from the spot as

we were missing Hough who is struggling with his knee
which was injured at Ashford. Camberley had Lazarczuk sent off near the end
after a scuffle following a

nasty challenge on Eacott in injury time who required to
be replaced. Bentley Graham debut and Elliott Thompson also came on for his
first match from the bench.

9/2/16 Alex
McGregor scores for Hanworth Villa in their win at Cove.

10/2/16 Latest Steering Committee Meeting where
six options were discussed.

1)
NESCOT. We are now fairly satisfied with the access issue, although realise
that we may have to add passing places to the road to satisfy planners for
which

a quote
has been provided by Gary Jarman, father of former player Mark at £12,500.
The Committee was tasked with trying to put together a Heads of Terms

document,
effectively detailing what we propose to do, what we would want and what we
would do for NESCOT. There is still concern about a future working

arrangement
with them due to lack of contact and the regular downsizing of potential
revenue every time the figures are looked into. Cara was unable to be

at the
meeting but we will need to revisit figures and costs before seeing whether
we are still able to get enough grants up to cover the cost. We currently
have £264k

remaining as of 09/02/16.

2) Glyn
School. A lease does not appear to be possible, instead Glyn are offering
some type of Community Use Agreement. We are not sure about the security

that
this would provide and this is looking a very remote possibility right now,
despite Glyn School's interest and better communication. It also looks as
though

it would be a one 3g pitch strategy which would
not be ideal as far as the club are concerned.

3)
Christchurch Road. Further to previous discussions, richard Lambert submitted
an idea for a two grass pitch strategy here. We have become so used to
looking

at the
3g option because it was a condition at the two main venues we have been
considering. This idea would be cheaper and we could do this at this venue,
but

only if
we were able to overturn a covenant and to get the council intersted in
building their Community Centre there as our Club house. This would work as
we

could
get some grants towards the new site and the council would therefore be able
to get it built for less. It would also mean they could release much of their

budget
for other purposes. There would be no rent as the council would use the
facility during weekday office hours. This all looks good but is dependent on
two

things:
a) the overturning of a Covenant owned by the Secretary of State for Health
and b) the Council abandoning their Community Centre project at the Horton

Chapel,
which is currently their plan A. However, it is proving very expensive and we
could offer the opportunity to build a modern structure at a much cheaper
cost.

A
consultation process is currently in play which should expire in around four
months and it may then be that the Council will turn to us. Until that time
has expired

we
cannot move on this. We are to speak with Chris Grayling regarding the
covenant and whether he felt it might be something that would be likely to be
overturned.

4) Hook
Road Arena. Our meeting with Clive was reported back whereby it was advised
that this could happen as long as they didn't lose revenue, currently £60k
p.a.

However, we would be unable to go down the
Community Centre route here as it is out of the relevant ward. This looks a
long shot right now.

5) Old Salesians. This has now had planning
permission granted and is to be removed from the list.

6) Old
Suttonians. Although not as big an area as currently thought, it would
represent the cheapest construction available as the clubhouse base is
already in place

and the
grass area is unused. Roy knows the Old Suttonians accountant and is to speak
to him with reference to what it might cost us to purchase the lease there.

It has
potential, although inevitably the question was raised about building a
clubhouse when there is one just forty yards away on the 1) NESCOT site, from
which

this
area is separated by a row of trees. A suggestion was put forward that if we
were to get the lease at Old Suttonians, we could offer NESCOT a deal where
we

would
provide the 3g pitch on our land at Old Suttonians and place a grass stadium
in front of their clubhouse. The 3g would not need to be at Step Five
standard and

this
would reduce its cost. A very positive meeting with the number 6 option
proving very attractive if we were able to get the lease for Old Suttonians
fairly cheaply.

It may
be that the clubhouse is too big for us and a smaller one on the site of the
current demolished base would be a better option and we need to cost this
out.

Total
costs could be: a 3g £750k, a step five ground £220k, a lease buyout £50k.
However, just using the Old Sutts site, a buyout would be the same, as would
a

step
five ground cost, but a clubhouse would be maybe as little as £250k. We need
to understand what we could get by way of grants for a clubhouse, if any as

we know
that Bedfont Sports got something. Also, without the 3g facility we would not
need to employ someone all day, just at weekends and evenings.

Heads of Terms for option 1 are to be created
by 09/03/16 with a provisional date for the next steering meeting being 16th
March.

13/2/16 Epsom defeat Bedfont Sports by a goal to nil
thanks to a Tom Neale goal after 14 minutes as he reached a back pass before
the keeper, rounded him

and scored into
an empty net. Bedfont had a man sent off for kicking Matt Ferdinando after 58
minutes.

Feb 16 Tayo
Ajayi has joined Horley Town.

16/2/16 AFC
Hayes (A)(L) is p-p. A combination of frozen areas and waterlogged areas!
Rearranged for Tuesday 12th April.

20/2/16 No game
due to Camberley's Vase trip to Hereford.

23/2/16 We are edged out by the only goal as leaders
Hartley Wintney win at High Road. The goal came after 24 minutes when Eacott
was unable to stop a low

cross from the left and the ball was knocked in easily. A
frustrating evening with some very erratic refereeing decisions that led to
another sending off for Matt Smith

and after 72 minutes Ferdinando was given a straight red
card after he retailiated on former Salt Joe Paris after being fouled moments
before although the referee

missed it, as he did with much of the play. Ferdinando
will pick up a four game suspension as he has been sent off once this season
already Westfield (A).

It was a fairly
even game although the visitors had the better of the opening half. Kyle
Hough returned from injury as a sub.

27/2/16 A dreadful first half results in Epsom trailing
Horley 4-1 and two late goals enabled the scoreline to be a more respectable
4-3. We conceded to a deflected

shot as early as the second minute but Rhys North scored
from 20 yards against the wind after 12 minutes and we looked comfortable for
a while. However, fouls

from Matt Tanton and Bentley Graham resulted in penalties
after 23 and 29 both scored by former Epsom Youth teamer Ashley Nadesan who
completed his hat

trick after 42 minutes when a Hastings miskick went
straight to him and he headed over Eacott. Horley had a player sent off after
58 and we pushed a little but did

not score until the 91st minute when sub Hendry headed in
a perfect Ferdinando cross and moments later another sub Griffin was brought
down in the area and our

other sub Hough
scored the penalty but the damage had been done well before then. Worst
display of the season.

29/2/16
Pete Beddoe, Steve Dyke and Richard Lambert had a very disappointing meeting
with four EEBC representatives at the Town Hall this day. Clive Woodbridge

was
present as was legal executive Simon Young and councillors Neil Dallan and
Frances Rutter. It is clear that whilst Clive was keen to help, Simon
stressed

the
difficulties of legal challenges to covenants, highlighting the time they
take. Neil was fairly positive and asked some questions while Frances was
stuck in the

nineties,
moaning about lght pollution and the fact that we had over £2 million in the
bank! We never had this amount even after the sale of West Street once

debts
had been cleared. The Christchurch road site now looks gone, despite it being
easier to get a ground on green belt than housing according to Simon,
the

covenant
itself would just take too long to progress and with no likely chance of
success. The Council would look into these matters for us but ultimately we
will

get no help from them and if we are to survive
we will have to do it ourselves at either NESCOT or Old Suttonians.

1/3/16 Matt
Tanton 50th appearance against Spelthorne Sports.

1/3/16 A 47th minute free kick from Ferdinando clinched
the points in a tight match against Spelthorne at High Road. Kyle Hough had
put us ahead as he finished

off Hendry's low pass in the 40th minute only for the
visitors to equalise with a low shot 90 second later. Farrell was blocked
from point blank range just after our

second goal and
we held on, despite an unconvincing display.

1/3/16 Daryl
Cooper-Smith was eligible for this match after completing his long suspension
but did not make the bench on this occasion.

1/3/16 George
Murphy returns to the club from South Park where he had been playing for
their reserves.

1/3/16 the club
opens up its own Instagram site. Thanks to Gemma Jarman. Many followers in
the first week.

Mar 16 Daryl
Cooper-Smith has signed a dual registration with Leatherhead and is with them
on 05/03/16, his birthday.

Also Sam Robinson has joined Corinthian Casuals now after
playing one match for us. Sam clearly wants to play at Step Four, which is
understandable.

5/3/16 Epsom score five away from home with five different
scorers on the sheet as they defeat Chertsey 5-3. We were 2-0 up inside 5
minutes and it was only

two late goals (88,89) that made the scoreline respectable
for the home team although they certainly did not deserve to lose by four
goals. Bentley Graham scored

his first for the club inside two minutes after a weak
Ferdinando free kick had been blocked to him on the edge of the area and he
drove it into the corner. He set

up Hendry to score the second in the 5th minute and
Griffin found Hough who beat his man and scored after 29. We conceded a poor
one in first half injury time

but Matt Farrell forced in a Ferdinando cross at the far
post after 63 and Ferdy finished off Tanton's cross after 67 before the two
late goals against us.

12/3/16 Another sending off costs us as a James Taylor
header after 12 minutes is cancelled out by two goals after 71 and 78
minutes. The game turned on a

violent conduct decision against Adrian Jones who lifted
his knee and leg when catching the ball and colliding with the visiting
striker. The penalty and red card was

awarded and because we had no sub keeper on the bench, Dan
Dean came on between the posts for Reisse Griffin which ended our attempts at
a 3-5-2 formation

that we had been experimenting with. However, Knaphill
mispen (WIDE) and then after 58 Dean saved a second penalty (SAVE). Both
appeared to be correct

decisions by
the referee who was a former Epsom Reserve player Zach Jacquart.

15/3/16 a 91st minute header from Matt Farrell finally
ended the Cove resistance at High Road after they had defended well
throughout the game. They did not have

a shot on target, nor did they win a corner during the
match but we were really scrappy and unable to break through. Matters
improved slightly with the addition of

Hendry and Graham from the bench on the hour and Hendry's
injury time cross was glanced into the far corner by Farrell to pinch what
was beginning to look like

an unlikely
win. It was still a worrying performance though.

Mar 16 former player Alex McGregor scores at Hednesford
Town as his Sunday side Barnes reach the F.A. Sunday Cup Final. It will be
played at Selhurst Park.

19/3/16 Chessington & Hook United (A) (L) is p-p.
Pitch is still too soft. League had told Chessington to get this match
played, either at Chalky Lane or to sort

outanother
venue, and they are now summoned to a League meeting. Intriguingly the league
have not yet given a new date for the match.

22/3/16 Farnham
Town issue the same programme for this match that was produced for the p-p
match on 6/2/16.

22/3/16 Epsom squeak past Farnham with a superb Bentley
Graham winner in the 90th minute. After much possession but little
penetration we broke through in

the 78th minute when Hough's shot from the left deflected
up and over the keeper where Neale was waiting at the far post to force the
ball in. Farnham scored a

superb equaliser after 87 with a twenty five yard volley
that flew into the net, and was reminiscent of Simon Alldridge's strike there
in the early 90's SSC tie. Luckily

we had a final chance and Graham broke through the
defensive line and beat two met before slotting the ball in from close range
for a second straight narrow win.

24/03/16 former player from the early fifties, Brian
Brumwell passes away at around 10.20 pm. He was 88 and had been frail for a
little while. He joined us in

November 1952 at the age of 25 and was a centre-half but
his first love was table tennis and he was very good, entering big
tournaments and defeating former

World Champion Johnny Leach in one of them. He travelled
to the matches from Essex with wife Sheila, meeting Pat Lynch at Waterloo
Station and getting the

train down to Ewell. I visited them on 31/01/15 and Sheila
especially was able to recall much of the time they spent at Epsom. Funeral
on 26/04/15 at St Mary's,

Overton Drive,
Wanstead, Essex E11 2LW at 11.45. Full obituary in programme v Ashford Town
on 30/04/16.

Mar 16 Beckett
Oliver has left the club.

23/3/16 Steering Group Meeting at Epsom Common
WMC

The
Glyn School and Christchurch Road options were more or less dismissed as Glyn
won't provide a proper lease, relying on a Community Use Agreement, while

the latter is hampered by the covenant which
will take too long and cost too much with no guarantee of success. Maybe one
day!

We are
down to two real options now but they are both promising. We are shortly to
send a proposed Heads of Terms document to NESCOT while we are also

shortly
to have a meeting with the Old Suttonians Martin Armstrong who is aware that
we wish to discuss the purchase of the lease on the site. If we could get
this

cheaply
then things could move rapidly. Cara prefers the OS option if there are
enough pitches to satisfy the Colts too. It would involve the construction

of a
clubhouse despite the one nearby and we may or may not be able to place a 3g
pitch there which could lead to greater revenue, depending on whether we
can

get
grants for it there. Another option is to put a grass pitch in front of the
NESCOT clubhouse and the 3g on the OS area so we wouldn't require to build
a

second
clubhouse. A lot depends on whether purchase of that lease is an option. If
not it will be NESCOT or bust which isn't a bad second option.

25/3/16 Epsom produce a shocker of a performance in losing
2-0 to Managerless Westfield. They wanted it more from the first whistle and
scored after 25 minutes

when Eacott misjudged a bouncing ball, leaving their
striker to get there first and walk it into the net. A second followed after
51 and Elliott Thompson was then sent

off towards the
end for a horrible challenge.

25/3/16 Chantilly trip is now clearer. We will be staying
for two nights, leaving on Friday 17th June and returning on Sunday 19th
June. A 25 seat coach has been

chartered.

Mar 16 Alistair Turpie joins from EIS Pearl FC in Qatar.
Former player at Woking and requires International Clearance which takes a
while to obtain.

Mar 16 Adrian Jones is suspended for three matches from
the Raynes Park Vale trip onwards as is Matt Smith, who also has a ground ban
as part of his second

misconduct
charge of the season. Elliott Thompson's suspension starts with the Badshot
Lea match on 09/04/16.

27/3/16
Chessington & Hook (A) (L) is now rearranged for Monday 2nd May. K.O.
time to be determined.

28/3/16 Raynes Park Vale (A)(L) is p-p. Optimistically
rearranged for Tuesday 29/3/16 but that is also p-p. Both waterlogged.
Rearranged once more for Thursday

31/3/16 but
surface remains waterlogged after further rain on the Tuesday.

31/3/16 Epsom win 3-0 at Raynes Park Vale and climb back
up to third place after Camberley drew on the same evening. Hough put us
ahead with a low left foot

drive after 19 minutes and he scored a great second after
beating two men and chipping over the keeper from an angle after 47. Then Agi
Panayiotou smashed one

into the top corner from 25 yards in the 53rd minute.
Alistair Turpie debut in goal while Ferdinando returned from suspension
although limped off in the first half.

Programme
issued for this match but understandably with the original date of 28th March
on it.

2/4/16 another good performance to win 5-1 at Guildford,
despite playing Rob Hendry in goal and conceding in just the third minute of
the match, but Hough

equalised in the 18th from a defender's sliced clearance
on a horrible pitch and Cooper-Smith put us ahead in the 20th minute. Dan
Dean scored his first for the club

after 28 with a downward header from an Agi corner that
bounced up into the net and sub Tom Neale scored after 77 and 83 to wrap up
the win. The second of his

goals was a good low drive after he cut outside the last
man onto his left foot. Our fourth was a neat finish from a narrow angle, ust
lifting the ball over former Epsom

keeper Nic Taylor (Taylor-Greaves). Both keepers were
booked in this match, Taylor for dissent after the referee missed a blatant
foul and Hendry somewhat harshly

for wasting
time.

9/4/16 Epsom cruise to a 4-1 win over Badshot Lea who
played their fifth match in three days and only had one shot on target. Agi
Panayiotou put us ahead after 5

minutes with a low drive from the edge of the area and
Hough made it 2-0 as he latched on to a right wing pass and rounded the
keeper to score. They pulled one

back after 51 but Matt Farrell scored twice from
Panayiotou assists after 65 and 90. A fine performance and our third win by
three straight goals.

Apr 16 Club Presentation is likely to be on Monday 2nd
May, maybe at the Green Man in Ewell or the ECWMC, following our match at
Chessington and Hook.

12/4/16 For the second time this season but only the
fourth time since the war, Epsom score 7 times away from home, winning 7-0 at
AFC Hayes with six

different scorers. It was a dominant performance and
Griffin put us ahead after 3 minutes, tapping in from Cooper-Smith's good
right wing run and cut back. They

returned the favour in the ninth minute when Griffin's low
cross from the right found Cooper-Smith who controlled the ball with his
chest and poked it wide of the

advancing keeper as it fell. Hough latched onto a
Cooper-Smith flick on from a throw to round a defender and drill home right
footed after 17 minutes. The home side

hit the bar after 23 but we were soon attacking again and
Agi Panayiotou made it 4-0 after 41. Cooper-Smith had set Griffin off down
the right and he found Hough

who held it up for Agi to guide the ball into the bottom
corner from the edge of the box. It was 5-0 after 48 when Hough scored with a
snapshot that the keeper

touched onto the post but the ball spun across and rested
in the opposite side netting and Farrell made it 6-0 with his left foot on 50
after some nice interplay. Sub

Tom Neale completed the scoring with an easy knock in
after Griffin had beaten his man and shot across goal where the keeper saved
it at full stretch, but saw

the loose ball
fall to Neale. Programme issued was the original one from 09/01/16 and was
given away free.

We have now
scored 55 away goals in the League which is a club record, beating that set
in 1974/75 when we scored 53 (1926/27 - 51).

16/4/16 Epsom hold a two goal lead with just eight minutes
remaining in our must win match v Camberley but then concede three times to
lose 3-2!! We led after

26 when Kyle Hough drilled in a low shot across the goal
and Daryl Cooper-Smith made it 2-0 as he rounded the keeper to score after
61. However, we conceded

after 82 from a free kick and then a minute later a shot
that was going wide deflected in off another Camberley player. After 86 we
should have had a penalty but

it wasn't given and on the counter attack they scored the
winner. A couple of incidents didn't help and two Camberley players could
have been sent off but weren't

and they were responsible for our downfall as their keeper
made many saves while their striker Coles scored two of their goals. A
sickening ending to the game

and another
home defeat. We were unchanged from our win at AFC Hayes.

19/4/16 Our league match at Chessington & Hook United
will kick off at 11.30 and our Club Presentation Evening will commence at 3pm
that afternoon at the

Green Man Pub
in Ewell Village.

23/4/16 Kyle
Hough 350th appearance at Hanworth Villa and he scores his 200th goal there
in the 53rd minute.

23/4/16 Epsom win 3-2 at Hanworth Villa in a match we
dominated but two goals after 71 and 76 left us wobbling again. Bentley
Graham opened the scoring

in the 17th minute with a 25 yard chip / lob over the
keeper before Cooper-Smith tapped in a shot from Hough that may have been
going in anyway before

Hough reached his milestone in the second half. We also
hit the bar three times, twice before we scored and once near the end from
Cooper-Smith (35 yards),

Farrell and
Hough. The away goals tally increases to 58.

27/4/16
Committee Meeting at Epsom Common Working Mens Club. Our frist since
mid-January and it took three and a half hours but was very good.

Another
has been arranged for the 8th June. The trip to Chantilly has been confirmed
and we travel out on 17/06/16 returning on 19/06/16 with a game on the

Saturday
18/06/16. Relocation is progressing with success on two fronts, NESCOT and
the Old Suttonians ground, which is surplus to requirements for them and

is
likely to be available for purchase of the remaining 64 years on the lease,
hopefully cheaply. I remain concerned that even with grants we will not get
all the

funding for a 3g pitch and so this Old
Suttonians option is our best bet if the lease is available shortly and
cheaply.

30/4/16 An ugly performance as Ashford Town win 1-0 in a
game of few chances. However, we didn't register a shot on target, despite
them having a player sent off

after 42
minutes. Their goal came in the 62nd minute. A good attendance of 130 and a
record size 96 page programme were produced.

2/5/16 Epsom finished off the season in style with another
away day goal haul, winning 6-1 at Chessington & Hook United. This was
the sixth time this season that

we have scored on five or more occasions away from home in
the League, breaking the 1926/27 seasonal record. It was our 14th win and
48th point way from home

and our overall tally of 86 points is the highest in club
history. Dan Dean put us ahead in the 4th minute with a header from an Agi
corner that squirmed under

the body of the keeper and Farrell made it 2-0 in the 37th
minute with a shot that eventually went in off two posts! Tanton scored a
fifteen yard volley with his

right foot after 41 and although Chessington pulled one
back in the 60th minute Cooper-Smith smashed one in after 64 before finishing
off a Hough cross with a

Vardy style flick after 74. Then Hough finished off a good
move created by Cooper-Smith and Hendry to register his thirtieth goal of the
season. No programme

issued by
Chessington & Hook.

2/5/16 Club Presentation at the Famous Green Man pub in
Ewell Village. Player of the Year vote was 1) Kyle Hough, 2) Matt Tanton and
joint 3rd was Farrell

and Ferdinando. Manager's Player of the Year was Matt
Farrell and the Players Player of the Year was Matt Tanton. Kyle Hough also
received an award for his

200th goal for
the club while Steve Dyke won the Clubman of the Year award. Craig Hastings
then did some fun presentations.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

Scorers & Notes

09/07/2015

Banstead Athletic

H

2-2

0-1

N

25

K.Hough (2)

11/07/2015

Broadbridge Heath

H

2-0

2-0

N

20

S.Panayiotou, J.Kavanagh

18/07/2015

Hoddesdon Town

H

5-3

2-1

Y (1)

41

K.Hough (4), M.Farrell

28/07/2015

Lingfield

H

4-0

3-0

N

D.Dean,
K.Hough, M.Farrell, R.Griffin

01/08/2015

Croydon

A

0-2

0-0

Y

04/08/2015

Chipstead - DWT

A

2-1

0-1

Y (2)

R.Griffin, K.Hough