C O M M E N T S
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CCP

4th out of 23

FAC

Faversham Town

Pr

1-2

FAV

Abbey Rangers

2

2-3

CCLC

Westfield

F

1-4

SSC

Guildford City

3

1-2

Home
Ground:

High Road, Chipstead F.C.

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

Other Committee
members

Paul Marshall, Glyn Mandeville

Manager

Glyn Mandeville

Assts -

Matt Smith & Alex McKay & Steve Eacott

Club
Captain:

Dan Dean

Vice-Captain

Matt Farrell

Training starts at Epsom College on Saturday 9th July at
11am. It will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm when we do not have a
match.

June 16 It is advised by the FA that the Cup will be
commencing on 6/8/16 which was much earlier than all were expecting. As a
result, the League, which had not

been consulted by the FA about this, are offering a start
to the season of 2nd August which our club has applied for. Without this, our
first match would have

been the FA Cup
tie.

June 16 Friendlies are limited this season with four
arranged. We start at AFC Uckfield Town on 16th July, Croydon Athletic on
23rd July and Orpington on 30th July.

All of these are away matches. Orpington are a Step Six
Kent based club. We were also due to play Chipstead in the tenth Dave Wilson
Trophy on 2nd August, but

due to the
early start to the season this match may be brought forward a week, or
possibly put back, leaving us with just three friendlies.

June 16 Epsom write to the League to request another home
fixture on Good Friday. Colliers Wood take up the offer that was advertised
by the League but in

return wish to play on a Friday evening towards the start
of the season. We suggest the Bank Holiday weekend which is accepted.
Provisionally therefore, we

will travel to
Colliers Wood on 26/08/16 with the home return on Good Friday 2017.

17/6/16 the club travel to Chantilly for a match with the
host town team, losing 5-2. 20 players, management and officials made the
journey and despite a late

arrival due to checks at the ferry port it was an
enjoyable weekend. The club met Roy Hodgson and Gary Neville during the trip
and the players met up with

TalkSport in the town when they went out for the evening
on the Saturday, following the match. Rob Hendry scored both our goals after
48 and 76, the first of which

was from the
penalty spot but the second was superb.

25/6/16 at the League AGM the League Cup is made and we
will host Abbey Rangers with the winners travelling to Hanworth Villa in the
second round. At the

last minute North Greenford United were transferred from
the Hellenic League to the CCL folowing their releagtion and the league will
start with 23 clubs in the

Premier
Division this season.

Jul 16 Kyle
Hough leaves for Horley Town as it is more local. Bentley Graham moves to
Whyteleafe as he wishes to play at Step Four.

Jul 16 Our FA Cup match at home to Gravesham Borough will
now take place on Sunday 7th August with any replay at Chatham Town on
Tuesday 9th.

9/7/16 Training starts at Epsom college and we now have 16
players registered with Reisse Griffin, Elliott Thompson and the returning
Sam Robinson joining the

13 who had travelled to France and were already
registered. Alistair Turpie and Matt Smith join that list during midweek at
further training sessions.

14/7/16 The friendly to Uckfield is cancelled at short
notice. The kick off had been altered to 4.15 at Uckfield Community College
and the distance was also causing

a problem. As a result we do not have enough players to
make the journey, although a friendly at Whyteleafe is hastily arranged
instead. This is obviously more

local and will
kick off at 3pm. Fortunately Uckfield manage to arrange another friendly to
take our place.

15/7/16 Early season fixtures are released and we visit
Bedfont & Feltham on Tuesday 2nd August, host Sutton Common Rovers on 9th
August and visit

Windsor on 13th
August. Plus our FA Cup match on 7th August of course.

16/7/16 We register a solid 0-0 draw at Whyteleafe, who
had already played twice this season. We were second best in the opening 45
minutes but the second

half was more even. 18 players played with first
appearances in the second half from Jordan Gallagher, Adam Heagney, Jack
Farage, Chris Lyttle.

23/7/16 Two goals in the last 15 minutes from Tom Neale
(75 & 83) enable us to take a come from behind 2-1 win at AFC Croydon
Athletic. A patchy performance

on a very hot day. New faces included Rob Hughes and Ross
Ward who both came to the club through the website. Hughes played for Oxford
United when younger

before being
attacked abroad and essentially losing ten years of his life. He is now 35.
Ward is a member of the GB deaf team.

24/7/16 AGM at Epsom Common Working Mens Club. Mike Lovett
stands down but all others are re-elected to Committee. Entry price is to
rise to £7 with £4

for
concessions and senior citizens  (65+).
A season ticket is to be put in place for £120 and £65 but there are no other
changes of relevance.

26/7/16 Fixtures are released for the season. Epsom have
no home match between 24/09/16 and 15/11/16 unless we are drawn at home in
the Vase on 22/10/16.

29/7/16 Dave Wilson Trophy match with Chipstead is to be
delayed into the season. This is largely as a result of the FA Cup being
brought forward. It is to be played

later on with
a spare date to be arranged although may have to be branded with a League
match if a date cannot be found to play Chipstead.

30/7/16 another uninspiring performance results in a
carbon copy result to the week before as we trailed at the break but rallied
to defeat Orpington 2-1. We went

behind in the 21st minute but once Hastings equalised
after 59 after the keeper had saved Neale's initial header from a free kick,
we looked the stronger team. Matt

Tanton hit the joint of post and bar after 64 before an
excellent Hendry free kick was headed in by Griffin from 15 yards in the 81st
minute, looping over the keeper.

A new face on
show was Marlon McFarlane who showed promise and who came from the Tottenham
Academy.

2/8/16 Amazing start to the season with records tumbling
as we trail 2-0 at half time at Bedfont & Feltham yet come back to win
9-2!! Daryl Cooper-Smith and

Matt Farrell both scored hat tricks and all 11 goals were
in the same net. It wasn't even windy! Equalled our club record for away
goals in a match (Whyteleafe 1975)

and obviously broke our record for goals in a second half
which had stood at eight. We trailed after 9 and then 31 to two breakaway
goals but we were not on top

as much as that statement would suggest. However, a header
from Cooper-Smith after Hastings had headed a Thompson corner back across
goal after 48 was

followed up by a neat left footed finish from 12 yards by
the same player after 50. Farrell put us ahead after 61 with a low drive from
a Cooper-Smith cross before

Elliott Thompson extended the lead to 4-2 after 68 with a
fine low free kick into the bottom corner. Tanton was fouled in full flight
for a penalty that Cooper-Smith

converted with his stronger right foot for a perfect hat
trick after 74 before Rob Hendry robbed a defender and chipped the keeper
from 20 yards three minutes later.

After 79 Tom Neale got through and cheekily chipped the
ball over the keeper for 7-2 and two similar low drives from Farrell after 86
and 92 wrapped it up, the first of

which took a horrible deflection and wrong footed the
keeper. The most incredible second half in club history, yet questions remain
about our first half display.

6/8/16 Surrey Senior Cup draw is made live on Radio Surrey
and we host Chipstead in the last 32. This match will probably also double as
the Dave Wilson Trophy

match too and looks like it will be played on 4th October
as both teams are spare that day. However, it was spare as the club are
represented at the annual Epsom

Sports Awards
so will not be played then.

7/8/16 Epsom defeat Gravesham Borough 5-2 at High Road for
our first home FA Cup win since 2012. However, it was a much closer match
than that. We trailed

in the third minute to a simple long throw routine that
was easily headed in with just 2:15 on the clock. Cooper-Smith hit the bar
with a header as we pressed

for an equaliser which came in the 40th minute when Taylor
put ina great cross from the right and Cooper-Smith scored with a header back
across the keeper

from ten yards. We pushed more in the second half and sub
Ferdinando pulled the ball back for Tom Neale to hit the ball into the top
corner from 12 yards in the

68th minute. The visitors had a man sent off but still
equalised from a corner in the 85th minute. However, Neale was fouled in the
box and Robinson stroked

the penalty in after 89 with Cooper-Smith embarrassing the
keeper from 30 yards after 92 and his strong run set up Jordan Gallagher to
knock the ball in from

close range after his intial attempt was blocked by a
defender in the fifth minute of injury time. Jordan Gallagher debut. We now
visit Faversham Town in the

next round and
win £1500 for this victory.

Aug 16 Sutton Common Rovers draw in the FA Cup so our
League match with them on Tuesday 09/08/16 is postponed. Rearranged for
08/11/16.

Aug 16 Our trip
to Westfield on 20/08/16 is now off because of our Cup tie.

10/08/16 Committee Meeting at ECWMC - 7.30pm

Glyn was
absent as was Mel so there were only four present. One of the issues
discussed was whether the players would get a bonus for their FA Cup win and
it

was
decided that they wouldn't, as much of the prize money (£1500) was going to
cover Jimmy Hendry's costs and it was a narrow home win over a Step Six team.

It has
been agreed that there would be a prize of £1000 if we were to beat Faversham
Town as this would attract further prize money (£1925) and another match with

a decent
gate to follow. Following the meeting this decision was amended and the
players will now get £500 for the Gravesham win. Glyn was not happy with
the

original
decision and we buckled unfortunately. A worrying situation has been set here
as it raises questions about the Committee's ability to make tough decisions.

It also
transpires that the players have sent some sort of funding email out, but it
is not clear exactly what they were getting funding for, them or the club.
Richard

will ask
Dan Dean to provide a copy of any email sent as well as its distribution
list, to ensure that any correspondence is acceptable and that the left hand
knows

what the right hand is doing.

Paul
Marshall announced that he would probably be resigning at the end of the
season. Is having some personal issues with some of the players and it
was

suggested
that he stand down as Kit Man for a month to see how the players coped
without him, but he was reluctant to do this. This will be reviewed over the
next

month. Glyn and Paul subsequently spoke about
this and the matter appears to have been resolved.

13/8/16 A 91st minute winner for Windsor as they win 2-1
and end our club record run of away wins at eight. It was a carbon copy of
our last away defeat which was

back on 23rd January. At Windsor! As with that match we
led early but couldn't hold on after Cooper-Smith intercepted a back pass to
score in the 18th minute but

they were level after 28. A very even game although they
should have had a player sent off in the 72nd minute for a horror challenge
on Robinson but somehow their

player escaped
with a yellow. Elliott Thompson and Matt Ferdinando innjured in this match.

16/8/16 A good start against CB Hounslow counted for
nothing as we conceded after 25 minutes and fell away badly to lose 5-1 at
High Road. Three goals in a

six minute spell between 57 and 63 went in and although
Tom Neale pulled a goal back after 82 finishing off a Heagney cross, they
made it 5-1 in the 89th minute

with Terence Caribe scoring a hat trick. Adam Heagney
debut. Alex McKay and Jack Watret away with Elliott Thompson and Ferdinando
injured. Thompson could

be out for a month and is awaiting an MRI. Both were
injured at Windsor and required replacement but Ferdinando hopes to be back
for Saturday.

Aug 16 Manu
Sale joins club from Chessington & Hook United.

20/8/16 Epsom depart the FA Cup at Faversham despite
leading for almost an hour after Neale's effort just got over the line before
a defender headed it in off a

team mate while attempting to clear in the 13th minute.
Neale then limoed off injured after half an hour and both Ferdinando and
Tanton would also limp off before

the end. We conceded after 65 to a thirty yard free kick
and they scored the winner in the 76th minute after being well on top for the
entire second half. The winners

would have been
at home to Cray Wanderers.

Aug 16 Charlie
Clark-Gleave and Matt Price join from Tooting & Mitcham United. Price is
just a short term loan of three matches.

21/8/16 Our match at Westfield is rearranged for Tuesday
27th September and our home match with Guildford City will now be on Tuesday
17th January 2017.

23/8/16 Abbey Rangers will remember their first trip to
High Road for a while as we defeated them 7-1. Despite scoring seven or more
three times in the last twelve

months, all of those were away. This was our first seven
at home since 1998 against East Thurrock and our biggest home victory since
the famous 11-1 against

Tring Town in April 1996. Clark-Gleave and Price both
start the match but Clark-Gleave was injured early and had to go off at half
time. Price was a constant threat

and scored on his debut but the main headliner was
Cooper-Smith with his second hat trick for the club this season, getting to a
near post Robinson free kick to

turn and fire home after just 5 minutes. Abbey's job got
harder after a straight red card in the 21st minute when Bentley fouled
Ferdinando and cooper-Smith made it

two-nil with a super strike from 25 yards into the top
corner in the 33rd minute. Five minutes later Heagney got down the right and
laid the ball back for Griffin to

deliver. Cooper-Smith headed it back across goal for
Ferdinando to drill home from twelve yards and in the 44th minute
Cooper-Smith put Price through and he

rounded the keeper to score. Cooper-Smith completed his
hat trick after 57 after Price returned the favour and he drilled home from
outside the area and Farrell

scored our 6th after 64 as they fell away a bit. A
defensive error after 68 allowed them a goal back but Gallagher completed the
scoring after 81 when he rolled in

a loose ball
after Robinson had put Price through to shoot (blocked well by keeper) with
an audacious back flick.

Aug 16 Tom Neale and Elliott Thompson will be out for a
while following hamstring and ankle injuries respectively. Matt Tanton missed
this match but was resting

a slight injury
rather than anything more serious.

26/8/16 our Surrey Senior Cup tie at home to Chipstead is
to be played on Tuesday 6th December and will also double as our Dave Wilson
Trophy match.

26/8/16 Friday night disaster as Epsom are thrashed 5-0 at
Colliers Wood. Just about everything that could go wrong went wrong as we
suffered frustration

throughout with injuries, sending offs, poor officiating,
a number of near misses and the home side scoring almost every time they went
forward which wasn't often

to start with. Goals came in the 2nd minute from 30 yards
and another in first half injury time with further goals after 57, 70 and 90
with Sam Robinson being sent off

for a second yellow card just six minutes after his
previous yellow card and Matt Price being injured at the end of the game.
Blatant time wasting continued

virtually throughout the match which the referee ignored
and the match was never alowed to flow as a result. That said it was an
abysmal performance and was

inexplicable coming off the back of our 7-1 win. We have
done this twice before in 1949 and 1964 and this is now the fourth time in a
row that we have failed to win

our next match
following a game where we scored seven goals dating back to 1998 being the
last time that we won after such a score.

Aug 16 our
Surrey Senior Cup tie is confirmed at home to Chipstead on 6th December and
will also double up as a Dave Wilson Trophy match.

29/8/16 Jimmy
Hendry confirmes that Matt Price's injury is not as bad as first feared and
was just a soft tissue injury.

29/8/16 Against all odds we bounced back well to defeat
Horley 3-0 despite the inclusion of Kyle Hough in their line up. An early
Cooper-Smith header from a Farrell

cross after 9 minutes was a good start and we bossed the
second half with Cooper-Smith scoring his second from  Taylor pass after 57 and Farrell scoring
his

fifth of the
season from 20 yards in the 85th minute. Cooper-Smith now has 11 goals in 8
matches.

3/9/16 No match
this Saturday for the club.

Sept 16 Sam
Robinson is suspended for one match which is at home to Camberley Town on
10/09/16.

6/9/16 We defeat Abbey Rangers 1-0 at High Road in the
League Cup to earn a trip to Hanworth Villa in the next round but the game
was overshadowed by a huge

scuffle in the final minutes which resulted in two Abbey
players including their keeper and Daryl Cooper-Smith getting sent off. Matt
Farrell had put us ahead in

the 17th minute after controlling a bouncing Taylor pass
with his chest and then firing home. Robinson missed a penalty (SAVE) after
he was fouled for it in first

half injury time and although he required treatment, he
didn't leave the field as the defender had been booked. So he then took the
ball off Hendry and had his shot

saved. We were good in the first half but the second half
was more even and they could have taken it to extra time on another day. We
were not clinical enough.

Sept 16 We have been approached by an entertainment
company regarding a reality type show involving famous celebrities and
coaches who effectively run the

club for a week or two. It may prove to be a bit of a
gimmick but we have decided that the publicity gained could be important and
so we have applied for it. We will

know more soon.

Sept 16 Rhys North leaves the club as he needs more
playing time and appears to be behind Adam Heagney in the selection order. He
is to join Abbey Rangers

although it is
not yet clear whether that is a transfer or a loan.

10/9/16 Epsom draw 0-0 at home to Camberley in a League
match. The visitors probably should have been ahead in the first half and
Eacott was busy but the second

half was more
even and we could have pinched the points at the end. Matt Farrell 100th
appearance.

Sept 16 Daryl Cooper-Smith is suspended for three matches
after his sending off and they are against three of the top four clubs in the
table, starting with Knaphill (H)

on 24/09/16.

17/9/16 Epsom win 4-1 at Badshot Lea in a match played at
Ash United. We took the lead after 70 seconds with Cooper-Smith having space
and time to control a

Hendry corner and lash it in from ten yards. However,
despite good pressure they equalised in the ninth minute and we had to wait
until the 61st minute before

Cooper-Smith finished off a McKay cross from close range,
slotting the ball past the keeper. He set up Farrell for an 86th minute goal
before Assistant Manager

Matt Smith made his first appearance for twenty months and
with the last kick of the game in the 93rd minute Panayiotou put him in and
his shot squirmed under

the keeper and dribbled over the line! Unfortunately
Hendry injured his ankle after 25 minutes and it looked quite serious,
swelling up immediately.

24/9/16 Epsom defeat Knaphill 4-0 at High Road with our
best performance of the season. A 90 minute show of hard work and commitment.
A crossfield

pass from Gallagher was met by Griffin just ahead of
keeper and defender in first half injury time and he toed it into the net
from 12 yards with the last

kick of the half. Neale scored our second after 64 when
his powerful shot was saved by the keeper but the ball looped up about 20
feet in the air and

then dropped
down into the net! Griffin controlled a Farrell shot brilliantly and clipped
the ball in after 78 and Farrell himself finished off a good

move in the
93rd minute. Mennar Saleh debut and looked promising in a ten minute cameo.

24/9/16 Rob Hendry confirms that the ankle injury isn't
quite as serious as first thought and hopes to be back in about 7 days.
Ferdinando was still out injured,

while
Cooper-Smith was suspended and Sam Robinson absent on holiday.

27/9/16 Jason
Nwachukwu joins the club from Corinthian Casuals.

27/9/16 Westfield defeat us 2-1 at Woking Park, largely on
the back of a very competent first half display. They led after 8 and scored
another on 42. For large

periods of the half we were unable to get a meaningful
touch of the ball. Tom Neale finished off an Alex McKay cross from close
range in the 49th minute but we

were unable to
force an equaliser. We wouldn't have deserved it though. Agi Panayiotou 50th
appearance.

Committee
Meeting at ECWMC on 28/9/16. Discussions centred mainly around three
subjects, Indoor League games evening on Saturday 1/10/16, relocation (no

real
progress this month but awaited), and the tv programme due for the July of
2017. The club decide to go with it and will look to hire Whyteleafe as
Chipstead

advise
that they are not ready / prepared to move the pitch preparations forward.
The Games evening is all set up now and will start on Saturday at 7 with 5
events

being
run. Additionally Jimmy Hendry is to have an operation on 3/10/16 and has
arranged for a replacement, Shelby, to step in for the Saturday matches
during

October. Also reported that Dan Dean's father
Jim, a regular supporter was taken ill yesterday and is in hospital for
observation.

NESCOT
governers meeting is on 07/10/16 and it is thought that any decisions already
made will be endorsed there and we should hear shortly. We are also to

chase the Old Suttonians in the first week of
October as they advised that they would be letting us know in September
following a meeting.

UPDATE: NESCOT are to advise us on 20th
October, while Old Suttonians are to let us know on 9th October although they
don't!

Dave Ellins, Pete Beddoe and Roy Betts are to
meet with the new NESCOT principal on 20th October.

Sept 16 Charlie Clark-Gleave will be out for some time
with a damaged medial ligament. Elliott Thompson is due for an operation on
his cruciate ligament on 19/10/16

and will be
back in about 10 months!

Sept 16 Matt
Tanton is suspended for one match which is the Hanworth Villa League Cup tie
on 11/10/16.

1/10/16 Walton
& Hersham (A) (L) is Glyn Mandeville's 100th match in charge of the club.

1/10/16 We get a point from Walton & Hersham in a 1-1
draw between two very even teams. We led after 37 minutes when Hastings
headed a deep free kick into

the path of McKay who scored from twelve yards with a toe
poke. However, we conceded to a good move finished off by former Salt Howard
Newton in the

52nd minute.
Jason Nwachukwu debut as a sub near the end. A midfielder who can play on the
right wing too.

1/10/16 Club Social Multi Event evening takes place at the
ECWMC at 7pm with 14 entrants, all of which were players, Management or
Committee. No supporters

made the effort to attend and as a result the event ended
early but everyone got more pizza! Daryl Cooper-Smith won the event with 67
points out of 100 with Alex

McKay second on 56 and Tom Neale third on 54. The five
events were won by: 1) Pool - Rhys North 18 points, 2) Darts 501 - Daryl
Cooper-Smith 18 points, 3)

Shove Ha'penny
- Paul Marshall 19 points, 4) Darts Round the Clock - four players 10 points,
5) Quiz - Glyn Mandeville 14 points

Oct 16 Mennar
Saleh departs club for Cove after two brief sub appearances.

8/10/16 We defeat Farnham 2-1 on their own patch for our
third successive win there. Rob Hendry put us ahead after 63 seconds after
intercepting a pass, beating

his man and driving the ball into the corner and Farrell
put Tom Neale through to score in the 45th minute. In between we had been the
better side but had not

done a great amount although should have extended our lead
in the second half but conceded a sloppy goal from a corner in the 73rd
minute and had to

hold on at
times towards the end. Daryl Cooper-Smith returned from suspension as a sub,
making his 50th appearance in the process.

11/10/16 We defeat Hanworth Villa 4-2 after extra time to
progress to the last 16 of the League Cup. We led after a great strike from
Cooper-Smith from 25 yards

in the 11th
minute and held that lead until the 89th minute when the home team equalised.

In extra time Alex McKay put us ahead with a glancing
header from Gallagher's free kick after 98 minutes and Farrell extended the
lead from a penalty after

Cooper-Smith had been fouled after 110. Hanworth pulled a
goal back on 112 but Gallagher clinched the win with a great right footed
volley from Panayiotou's left

wing cross
after 114.

Tom Neale was
named as a sub for this match but chose not to go on the bench and may leave
the club. He joins Hanworth Villa.

Also not clear
if Sam Robinson has left the club. He went on holiday and hasn't been seen
since!

11/10/16 League Cup draw was carried out at Hanworth Villa
during half time and we are to visit Worcester Park or Cove in the last 16.
They don't meet until 19th

November so we
won't play this tie for a while, especially if it is at Worcester Park as
they have no lights and a Saturday would be required.

15/10/16 We lose 2-1 at North Greenford to a 91st minute
goal. We didn't play well but seemed to have secured a point after
Cooper-Smith headed in McKay's

header from a Ferdinando free kick, awarded for a foul on
Jason Nwachukwu on the edge of the box in the 64th minute. We trailed after
23. Michael Eacott 100th

appearance and Reisse Griffin 50th appearance. A very poor
goal cost us at the end through a complete absence of marking, allowing a
close range header.

Old
Suttonians are to have a meeting to discuss our application to take on their
lease on Sunday 16/10/16. Pete Beddoe, Roy Betts and Dave Ellins are to meet
the

NESCOT
people on Thursday 20/10/16 with their decision on the use of their site to
follow shortly. The current Holding Company view is that the NESCOT

site is
the number one priority but it involves a huge outlay and reliance on a
number of grants with further reliance on the club to raise money in 3g hire
sales. It

does
carry a greater opportunity to make money but I don't believe we have enough
people to take advantage of it. A smaller outlay would be required at
Old

Suttonians
because we could build a grass pitch there. We would make less revenue
without a 3g pitch but it's hard to see how we could take on the larger
project

at present.

It
transpires that the Old Suttonians met on Monday 17/10/16 and wish to know
more information from us. This is puzzling as if we were to take over the
lease it

would
have nothing to do with them. This leads me to believe that they are still
making revenue from the site, presumably the income from the rugby pitches is

exceeding the cost of the lease. We need to
give them an indication of what we intend to do before or maybe at their next
meeting next month.

NESCOT
have confirmed that they are looking at the possibility of building student
accommodation on part of the site although this wouldn't block our use. One
thing

that it
would take is time and it is expected by the club that any planning
permission required for housing of any sort on that site may take some time
and would

inevitably
be contested. A Holding Company meeting to brainstorm is required shortly on
Wednesday 9th November and the Old Suttonians meeting is at

Sutton Grammar School on Monday 5th December.
Next Committee meeting is moved back to Wednesday 7th December.

22/10/16 We defeat Bridon Ropes 1-0 with a Craig Hastings
header in the 22nd minute which was his first goal for the club. Also Alex
McKay 150th appearance.

We deserved to win this Vase tie based on our opening 20
minute spell and had chances later on that weren't taken but fortunately it
didn't come back to haunt us.

Michael Eacott dislocated a thumb towards the end of the
match and may be out for a couple of games. Hastings header came from a
Panayiotou free kick at the

clubhouse end
of the ground.

Oct 16 Sam
Robinson has left the club and appears to have moved to Nottingham according
to Glyn.

24/10/16 FA Vase draw gives us a home tie against Abbey
Rangers who visit for the third time this season. Match to be played on
Sunday 13th November as

Chipstead are
at home on the Saturday. This also means our League match at Abbey Rangers is
off as one of us will be in the Third Round.

25/10/16 Missing a substantial number of players we are
fortunate to get a point at Raynes Park Vale, requiring a 92nd minute free
kick from Ferdinando into the

bottom corner to secure it. We had conceded to an unmarked
header in the 6th minute and the first half was poor. We improved down the
hill after the break and

were deserving of a point in the end. Daryl Cooper-Smith,
Rob Hendry, James Taylor all away while Jason Nwachukwu has a groin strain
and Adam Heagney had

been called up for Leatherhead to play in their Alan
Turvey Trophy match at Merstham. Michael Eacott was unable to play in goal
but sat on the bench which had

just the two players on it, including Charlie
Clark-Gleave. Fortunately all players are expected to return for the
Guildford trip on 5th November
although there will still

be doubts about
Heagney and Eacott.

29/10/16 No
first team match. 23 teams in the league and it was our day off!

Nov 16 James
Cottee joins Westfield from South Park Reserves

Nov 16 Richard
Lediju is at Ash

5/11/16 Epsom win 2-0 at Guildford City with a goal at the
end of each half. Cooper-Smith, Hendry and Eacott all returned after missing
the draw at Raynes Park Vale

with Hendry putting us ahead in first half injury time and
Farrell scoring in the 89th minute after Gallagher's right wing cross was
palmed out to him by the keeper.

We were second
best to start with but got on top after about an hour and were well on top
from that point.

8/11/16 We edge out Sutton Common Rovers 2-1 at High Road
wfter Matt Tanton scores a 62nd minute winner. Jordan Gallagher had put us
ahead after 42 with

a shot from the edge of the box but SCR equalised after
48. We probably should have made it 3-1 before we had a late scare when they
hit the post in injury time.

Steering
Committee Meeting 09/11/16 at ECWMC 7pm attended by many including Pauline
Russell, David Cook and Mike Lovett for the Colts. We are of the opinion

that the
NESCOT site delays are not positive and that their decision in January on
whether or not to progress will be unfavourable. However, the Old Suttonians

option
is progressing well and we have been invited to discuss matters at Sutton
Grammar School at 7pm on Monday 5th December where we will put forward a

presentation
and explain our position. Attending will be Pete Beddoe, Richard Lambert and
a member from the Colts, as yet unconfirmed. There are no other

realistic
options in the short or medium term although financially our amount of money
has gone up from £264k to £279k despite our usual costs coming out of it.

This has
arguably bought us another year but we will need to be applying for planning
permission by the end of 2017 at the latest still. Much work to do yet.

13/11/16 Epsom lose 2-3 to Abbey Rangers in the big Vase
match after beating them twice previously at High Road this season. A nasty
match badly refereed and

Griffin was sent off after 11 minutes for reacting to a
bad challenge. This obviously gave us a problem although Farrell put uss
ahead in the 17th minute and we

looked good for twenty minutes. A foul by Ferdinando,
playing at right back conceded a penalty but Eacott saved the spok kick from
Ruzicka. However, the same

player scored minutes later from distance and scored two
more in the second half both times on the counter attack from our own free
kicks after 67 and 73. A

Gallagher free kick from 40 yards was just touched in by
Cooper-Smith on the way after 75 and there was a massive goal mouth scramble
in the final moments with

a couple of
Epsom shots blocked. Hugely disappointing. Abbey draw Eastbourne Town at home
in the Third Round.

15/11/16 Windsor are defeated 2-0 at High Road with goals
after 23 and 27. It was a comfortable win and Nwachukwu set up Gallagher for
an easy finish after a good

run for the first while Gallagher did well on the wing to
cross for Cooper-Smith to head in from close range for the second. We tired a
little in the second half but held

on fairly comfortably and had further chances, although
they did hit the post themselves. Griffin mised an open goal from eight yards
(HIGH) after their keeper had

parried a
Gallagher shot. Adam Heagney returned as sub after a few weeks out with an
injured knee.

19/11/16 Epsom beat Bedfont Sports 5-1 after an even first
half had ended 1-1. In fact we had trailed in the 29th minute but a great
individual goal from Cooper-Smith

levelled it up inside a minute. Good saves from Eacott
kept us in it before a great second half performance ended with four goals in
the last 21 minutes. Taylor put us

ahead after 69 as he controlled and finished off a
Hastings header from a Ferdinando corner before Griffin came on and rolled in
crosses form Cooper-Smith (82) and

Gallagher (88) to finish off from close range. Then
Hastings headed a Gallagher corner to McKay who poked the ball into the roof
of the net from 12 yards.

21/11/16 The League Bulletin advises that our League Cup
tie at Worcester Park will take place on December 3rd at 1.30. Four of our
players will be suspended for

this match. The
Abbey Rangers rearranged league match will be played on Monday 20th February.

26/11/16 Epsom led a 2-0 lead disappear in the final five
minutes plus injury time and have to settle for a 2-2 draw at home to AFC
Hayes. They hadn't managed a

shot on target in the first 85 minutes and Cooper-Smith
put us ahead in the 40th minute with a calm finish after getting behind a
defender on the left and cutting in.

Agi Panayiotou put us further ahead after 66 with a great
top corner finish from a Cooper-Smith pass but we struggled to see the game
out and conceded after 85 and

93. At the end
Matt Smith was sent off from the dug out and could be in trouble after two
sendings off last season. We await the reports.

3/12/16 Despite having four players out suspended we
defeat Worcester Park on their own patch by six goals to three in the League
Cup to progress to the QF. We

took the lead when Cooper-Smith finished off a half
cleared Gallagher cross in the 9th minute and it was 2-0 after 17 when Hendry
fed Gallagher with a great pass and

he took it past the defender with his first touch,
crossing for Cooper-Smith to score his second from close range at the far
post. They pulled a goal back against the

run of play on 31 but Agi Panayiotou restored the lead by
finishing a Hendry pass off via the keeper on 34. We extended the lead after
Cooper-Smith set up

Panayiotou for a close range finish on 51 and Cooper-Smith
completed his hat trick after great work on the left from Gallagher after 64.
We conceded a looping

header after 67 and a poor goal was conceded from close
range after 81 but Cooper-Smith was put through down the middle in the 89th
minute and he rounded

the keeper to score our sixth and his fourth goal. This
was the first time we had a player score four times since Joao Tome on
08/09/98 v Flackwell Heath.

Dec 16 Disasi Vicente signs for the club from Chantilly.
However, he lives in Tottenham currently so is unlikely to play for us. He
apparently played in the

match against
us in June yet wasn't listed in the players we were given for their line
up.

3/12/16 Also
Ali Dewar returned as a substitute for his first outing since January 2015 at
Molesey.

5/12/16
A very disappointing evening as the meeting planned with Old Suttonians falls
through and they don't even have the courtesy to mention it to us until we

had all
arrived and then phoned up to try and work out what was happening. They are a
nightmare to deal with for communication. A new meeting will be arranged,

probably for the new year with Pete Beddoe,
Richard Lambert and David Cook expected to attend again..

6/12/16 Epsom demolish Chipstead 3-0 in te Surrey Senior
Cup; a match that also doubled as the Dave Wilson Trophy. We led after 15
when Cooper-Smith broke

through but
was fouled by the keeper and Farrell slotted the penalty in. Further pressure
ensued and Agi Panayiotou started and finished a

move via Cooper-Smith after 67 with Cooper-Smith scoring
the third with a low swerving drive that deceived the keeper after 77.
Captain Dan Dean received the

trophy from
Chris Page, our keeper in the Vase Final at Wembley in 1975.

Dec 16 former
keeper Kieran Campbell joins Redhill from South Park Reserves. As a striker!
Would go on to get nearly 30 goals!!

6/12/16 It has been confirmed that Matt Smith will face a
substantial suspension for his sending off. According to the referee report
he was sent off, then came back

on the pitch, then got involved in an argument with the
referee after the match, although the referee had invited him in to his
dressing room rather naively in the first

place. The  maximum that could be given is a 13 match
suspension.

9/12/16 Surrey
Senior Cup draw live on BBC Radio Surrey gives us a home tie against
Guildford City or Horley Town in the last 16.

10/12/16 Epsom lead at Hartley Wintney but lost Matt
Tanton to a second yellow card in the 26th minute and concede three times to
lose 3-1. Matt Farrell finished

off a
Gallagher cross aided by a slight deflection after 15 minutes but two great
free kicks after 26 and 48 and a third after 58 cost us the points.

13/12/16 A late Gallagher goal rescues a point from a 2-2
draw at home to Hanworth Villa at High Road. We had trailed to a 19th minute
goal from former Salt Tom

Neale and were awful in the first half. However
Cooper-Smith was replaced by Nwachukwu at half time and we equalised in the
47th minute when he headed a

Gallagher free kick across to Taylor who managed to force
the ball in off the bar with the ball being cleared away just too late. We
pressed for a winner only to

concede in the 85th minute to Neale again but a late free
kick headed back by Hastings to Gallagher on the edge of the area and his
shot went through a crowd

of players and
into the bottom corner.

14/12/16 Our
largest Super Six jackpot of £560 is claimed by Matt Parker and Rita
Christian who share it. Rita sponsors a match soon after.

17/12/16 Epsom build a two goal lead and look solid while
doing so. However, like with AFC Hayes a few weeks earlier we conceded once
and fell apart, this time

managing to hold on for a 2-1 win over Chertsey Town.
Hendry headed in from close range after a Gallagher shot looped up kindly for
him after 38 minutes and

Gallagher met a near post free kick from Hendry with a
neat flick to put us 2-0 up in the 53rd minute. The less said about the rest,
the better. We conceded in the

64th minute and
were restricted to very little from that point. Not a great day at the office
but we move up to fifth as a result.

Dec 16 Craig
Hastings picks up his fifth booking and will miss the SCR match on 2nd
January.

Dec 16 Epsom confirm a link with a new Betting site,
MyClubBetting.com If bets are placed through it, then if you lose, 20% of the
money goes back to the club!

27/12/16 another disappointing performance as we create
little against Raynes Park Vale but then break through in the 84th minute
through Hendry who finished well

from fairly close range. However, as with the Chertsey
match we then had to hang on, despite the opposition doing little to that
point and they equalised in the 92nd

minute from a
narrow angle. Highly frustrating! Matt Tanton suspended for this match.

2/1/17 A late Jordan Gallagher equaliser rescues a point
as ten man Epsom draw 1-1. We conceded to a long range effort that was
dropped over the line by Eacott

in the 21st minute and then lost Dan Dean for a second
yellow card in the 77th minute. However, a deep ball in rebounded off Hendry
to Gallagher who tucked it

away from 8
yards in the 81st minute. Another poor game though and we seem to be missing
a spark at present.

3/1/17 League
Cup QF at Walton & Hersham is arranged for Tuesday 31/01/16.

Jan 17 Dan Dean
will miss the Guildford City League match on 17th January with his one match
suspension.

7/1/17 Epsom get back to winning ways as we defeat
Spelthorne Sports 3-2 at High road with Ferdinando getting the winning goal
for the third straight year at High

Road, each of which has been an Epsom victory by the odd
goal. We trailed in the 27th minute to a free kick to an unmarked player and
had to wait until the 51st

minute before getting back on equal terms after Ferdinando
was bundled over in the box, Farrell slotting the penalty away in the 51st
minute. A Gallagher cross and

a Hendry volley in the 63rd minute was brilliantly saved
but the loose ball was collected by Hendry who tucked it away from close
range and Ferdinando belted one

in from over 25 yards in the 73rd minute to make it 3-1. A
good header reduced the deficit after 75 minutes but we held on fairly
comfortably this time, unlike in

recent matches.

10/1/17 Epsom crash out of the Surrey Senior Cup with a
2-1 home defeat to Guildford. It was another flat performance against a hard
working side but we missed

two great chances to score from Hendry and Ferdinando
before they took the lead after 36 with a long range strike from the edge of
the box. A superb left wing cross

was perfect for an easy header to double the lead in the
66th minute and although Hendry reduced the arrears after 81 with a low shot
from the edge of the area,

we were unable
to force an equaliser.

10/1/17
Malcolm Shelbourne had volunteered to help bridge the communication gap
between ourselves and Martin Armstrong at Old Suttonians as Martin works for

the
accountants that Intercem use. Former player Alan Payne works for the
accountants too and has had a word with Martin. It transpires that they are
very keen on

our
project to build a ground there and they need us as much as we need them. It
looks as though they have plans to build a few houses on a part of the site
but to

get
these plans passed they would have to do an enabled housing scheme, whereby
to get houses built there, they must also do something for the community,
i.e.

have a
ground there too. We have been advised not to push too much at present, so a
further need for patience is again required, but at least a part of the
site,

presumably near the base of the original
clubhouse is where it appears we will be moving to at some point in the
future.

There
are inevitably further questions; how long would it take to get housing plans
through on a green belt site being the most difficult to answer. It does
appear

positive
though and we will have to await developments. UPDATE 17/01/17 Martin
Armstrong's PA Samantha has now opened up communications with us.

Hopefully we will not have so many issues with
contact going forward and it does also confirm that they are now interested
in us.

11/1/17
Committee Meeting with just four in attendance due to illness. At ECWMC
7.30pm. It transpires that a seven day request has been put in by Godalming

for Dan
Dean but this is to be rejected by Dan. Discussions held over a Presentation
Evening / Gentleman's evening on 22nd April. Chipstead have offered the venue

but some
of them at the club have also been a bit awkward recently, moaning about a
few crumbs in the kitchen and other minor issues. We will monitor this

for now and make a decision at the next meeting
in a month or so's time.

The TV programme company are still hoping to tie
this up with a channel and we hope to hear more on this shortly.

Jan 17 Matt Smith's suspension comes through. He receives
a combined total of a 6 match touchline ban and £95 fine. He got 3 matches
(+£60) for the original

sending off, 1
match (+£10) for re-entering the pitch and 2 matches (+£25) for arguing with
the referee. These take effect from Saturday 28/01/17.

Jan 17 Dan Rose has had an accident at work and will be
out for a week or two. Also Charlie Clark-Gleave has decided to retire,
following his latest back injury.

Jan 17 Bedfont Sports (A) is likely to be moved back from
07/02/16 while work continues on converting their pitch to a 3g surface. We
await further from the League.

Jan 17 G4 Group provide money for a new kit and become the
new sponsors. Mel Tough will continue to sponsor the away kit and will
provide a new home kit for

next January,
possibly a Centenary kit.

Jan 17 we receive a 7 day approach for one of our players
while we approach another club on the same basis. Neither player can be named
at this stage.

14/1/17 Epsom lose 1-0 at Hanworth Villa to a 9th minute
goal despite dominating possession throughout the match. However, our
inability to create anything of

quality during
that period hurt us badly.

Jan 17 Matt
Farrell picks up his tenth booking and will miss two matches from 28/01/17,
provisionally AFC Hayes (A) and Walton & H (A) (LC).

17/1/17 Epsom turn the tables on Guildford with a 1-0 win
thanks to a Craig Hastings header from a Matt Ferdinando free kick. It was
very cold at Chipstead with

many other matches frozen off but we were able to play and
scored in the 40th minute. We were the better side in the first half although
they pressed a little more in

the second but
without causing too much trouble. A comfortable win despite 5 minutes of
injury time.

21/1/17 Bedfont & Feltham FC (H)(L) is p-p for a
frozen pitch as are many others across the league. Rearranged for Tuesday
7/3/17. Prog Issued (20) Y.

21/1/17 Epsom
& Ewell Supporters FC 30 year reunion takes place at Acorn 30 (used to be
the Magpie) in Epsom. 25 attend.

24/1/17 CB Hounslow (A)(L) is p-p at 6.15pm for a frozen
pitch. It had been playable earlier in the day and they were confident of
playing but a late drop in

temperatures
ansured the p-p. A couple of matches were played in the area but others were
off and some were abandoned.

25/1/17 Our
League match at Bedfont Sports cannot now take place on Tuesday 7th February
as their new 3g surface will not be ready in time.

28/1/17 An 88th minute penalty awarded for a foul by
Heagney leads to a 1-0 defeat at AFC Hayes but this defeat was the fault of
our attackers who missed a

number of chances. Defensively it was our first goal
conceded in 259 minutes and Eacott only had one other save to make as we
dominated 80% of the match

but without
really testing them anywhere near enough. Frustrating! Matt Farrell and Matt
Smith are suspended.

28/1/17 Dan
Dean 100th appearance at AFC Hayes - the 119th player in history to reach
that mark.

28/1/17 CB
Hounslow United (A)(L) is rearranged for 14/02/17. The Bedfont Sports match
will not be arranged for a while.

Jan 17
Football Manager tv programme is confirmed as taking place on uktv. Awaiting
confirmation whether this will occur in July 2017 or 2018.

Jan 17 The FA determine that the FA Cup will start nest
year on 5th August. A bit of a joke. League will look into its options but at
least the FA gave us a bit of

notice this
time.

31/1/17 Epsom progress to the Semi Finals of the League
Cup for the first time since winning it in 2013 with a 3-1 win at Walton
& Hersham. We conceded an early

goal when McKay sliced a low free kick into our own net
but we fought back well and equalised in the 30th minute when Hendry's right
wing cross was controlled by

Ferdinando whose touch wrongfooted the keeper and he then
had an easy finish from a couple of yards. In first half injury time
Ferdinando won the ball in his own half

and then set Gallagher off down the left, cutting in and
drilling the ball into the bottom far corner from outside the box for a great
strike. Three minutes after the restart

Hendry and Ferdinando robbed a defender who was trying to
see the ball out and Hendry ran in on goal before setting up Ferdinando to
finish low from close range.

Nwachukwu missed a great chance to make it 4-1 before
Ferdinando sliced one wide from just ten yards out and then skied a penalty
in the 90th minute after

substitute
Cooper-Smith had set up Gallagher who was then brought down in the area. A
great fight back.

In the SF we
could play Windsor who beat Horley 2-0 the same night, Guildford / Raynes
Park, or Westfield / Camberley. Draw not yet made.

4/2/17 Epsom recover from a 2-1 deficit to defeat
relegation threatened Badshot Lea 4-2 at High Road. We led in the 19th minute
after Jason Nwachukwu fed Matt

Ferdinando to score from 8 yards out in an identical
manner to our third goal at Walton & Hersham four days previously.
However, a break on the right caught us out as

we saw the flag start to raise for offside before the
assistant took it down agaiin. We hesitated and their man was through,
rounding Eacott. His shot was blocked

on the line by Taylor but the loose ball was forced in at
the far post in the 28th minute. Worse happened in the 40th when a Gallagher
clearance was blocked back

into our area where their player was considered onside and
he fed a teammate who scored from close range. There were furious complaints
from our players

as their player was apparently well offside. fortunately
we were level within three minutes as Nwachukwu came through a challenge to
slot the ball past

the advancing keeper in the 43rd minute. We controlled
much of the second half but a number of saves held us at bay until Gallagher
and Nwachukwu

swapped flanks and Cooper-Smith came on for Hendry. Almost
immediately Gallagher provided Cooper-Smith with an easy finish after 78
minutes from a low right

wing pass and
Ferdinando finished off in the 91st minute after Gallagher caused trouble
down the right and his shot was deflected across goal.

Feb 17 Rhys North rejoins the club from Abbey Rangers.
Also joining the club is Callum Rolfe who joins from Sutton United. Not sure
at which level he was playing

for them
though. He isn't yet 20.

11/2/17 Epsom produce a clinical performance to earn a 3-0
win at Chertsey for our fourth straight win at Alwyns Lane. Although they had
a stand in keeper due to

injury, he was brilliant and denied three certain goals.
We led after 15 when Gallagher got through and although the keeper blocked
his shot he retrieved the ball

before it went out of play for a corner and cut it back to
Cooper-Smith whose first shot was superbly blocked but he smashed in the
rebound. We made it 2-0

in the 35th minute when a Ferdinando corner reached
Cooper-Smith at the back post and he dragged the ball back and poked it over
the line all in one movement.

Galllagher made it 3-0 in first half injury time as he cut
inside his man and drilled the ball low into the bottom corner. There was no
score in the second half but

we remained
well on top with Panayiotou working particularly hard in midfield.

11/2/17 Hendry,
McKay and Nwachukwu were all away for this match.

Feb 17 Bedfont
Sports (A) is now to be played at Bedfont & Feltham on Wednesday 15th
March. The new 3g pitch is taking longer to finish.

13/2/17 We are drawn at home to Windsor in the League Cup
Semi-Final. In the other SF Guildford or Raynes Park will meet Westfield or
Camberley (venue unknown).

14/2/17 Desopite many players missing and just one
recognised centre half available, we produced a fantastic 2-0 win at CB
Hounslow United at their temporary

home at Bedfont & Feltham. We started with a back line
of Rhys North Reisse Griffin, Dan Dean and Adam Heagney but took the lead in
the 12th minute when

Ferdinando robbed a defender and ran in on goal, squaring
the ball for an easy finish from Daryl Cooper-Smith. We scored a second in
the 45th minute when

Ferdinando took a short corner to Panayiotou who returned
it too him. The ball was then drilled in at the near post from just inside
the box. Cooper-Smith was then

sent off for retaliating after 65 minutes before North
then hurt his hamstring and Gallagher moved back to left back with Ali Dewar
coming on as sub. Dewar was our

only fit substitute! Then Farrell had to go off briefly
for treatment to a cut head but CB rarely found a way through and we looked
very solid on a day that is our best

in history
defensively with just 9 goals conceded in 13 matches on that date. It wasn't
pretty at times but it was effective!

Cooper-Smith will be suspended for four matches but
barring any postponements he will be available for the Leageu Cup Semi-Final
which is now confirmed for

the 21st March
against Windsor.

18/2/17 Epsom defeat Westfield 2-1 at High Road to keep
any hopes of a second place finish alive. We led after 12 minutes when
Cooper-Smith scored his 30th of

the season and 50th for the club with a dipping volley
from 30 yards but we were largely second best for the opening forty five
minutes and they equalised through

former Salt James Cottee who smashed one in from 20 yards
in the 43rd minute. Ferdinando scored the winner in the 71st minute after a
low Griffin cross

wasn't cleared
and was forced in from ten yards. A great result and our fifth win in a row
in our first ever home match on 18th February.

18/2/17 Salts Super Six was won this day after we had a
record 94 tickets sold. Rita Christian won £406 and she had been a joint
winner back in December!

20/2/17 Epsom defeat Abbey Rangers on a Monday evening on
their first visit to Addlestone Moor thanks to a 55th minute Dan Dean goal
after Cooper-Smith had

dummied a Gallagher free kick from wide out between his
legs. An very even match that we just pinched but a draw wouldn't have been
unfair on either side.

25/2/17 Epsom trail twice but secure a point with a late
Dan Dean equaliser in a match where we had opportunities and were the better
team, but couldn't shake

the opposition off. We weren't helped by a very poor
officiating display from a regular offender Andy Mawby who booked Jordan
Gallagher for complaining after he had

been studded on the knee, just 3 minutes after he had been
fouled by the same player. We had a penalty saved in just the 4th minute and
trailed in the 16th minute,

before Jason Nwachukwu set up Daryl Cooper-Smith to make
it 31 for the season in the 35th minute. We pushed with the wind in the
second half but trailed in the 74th

minute before a late equaliser when Dean headed in a
Panayiotou corner and Cooper-Smith saw his injury time strike from close
range deflected over the bar by the

keeper with
Gallagher also firing wide from a good position seconds later.

27/2/17 Former player from the fifties Ron Ruffell passes
away aged 84 in Scotland where he lived. He had previously been married to
Liz Sperring, the daughter of

Club Founder
Reg in 1954. His father Bill used to play for the club, while Ron played in
the 1954 Surrey Senior Cup Final.

4/3/17 Epsom draw 1-1 with Walton and Hersham in an even
match. We conceded after 27 to a penalty but Jordan Gallagher equalised in
the 67th after a bit of

pressure. A fair result on the day although we ended up
with five booked. A minute's silence was held before the game for Ron Ruffell
and his family attended the match.

7/3/17 After conceding early against Bedfont &
Feltham, two quick goals put us ahead and two late goals put a gloss on the
scoreline as Bedfont & Feltham deserved

better. They led in the 10th minute but Hendry glanced in
a Gallagher diagonal free kick after 14 and Agi Panayiotou struck a swerving
drive from the edge of the area

in the 20th minute. We had a fair bit of defending to do
but weathered the storm and a Hendry header from another Gallagher free kick
after 86 sealed the win with

Farrell
getting on the end of a McKay long throw as it bounced up to head in from
close range in the 92nd minute to secure a 4-1 win.

14/3/17
Committee Meeting at Green Man, Ewell as ECWMC was unavailable for a Tuesday
meeting. Really bad news received on the ground fromt as Old Suttonians

suddenly
send us an abrupt email saying that they no longer wish to deal with us. Not
exactly sure what the club could have done to have earned this response, but

either
they feel that such a project would take too long and they no longer want to
waste our time (although talking to us first would have been nice) or they
have had

a better
offer or are now able to proceed with houses without some sort of community
project. Either way this is a disaster for the club. NESCOT say they will
make a

decision
on their site on 23rd March but this is not hopeful as they have constantly
been referring to considering other options. I believe they probably view us
as a

safe fall back option if they can't get anything
better, but at least they have let us know this.

The club
is to arange for a new club badge to be produced and will also give some
thought to a new 100 badge commemmorating our centenary season 2017/18. The

Presentation
Evening is to be at the Green Man on Saturday 22nd April and tickets will be
£5 covering some food. It is expected to be low key with a larger event

being planned for next year's Centenary,
although with the news about the ground, this must also be in doubt due to
the outlay.

The TV
Project has been delayed until summer 2018 but will go ahead then. The club
remains interested in participating. We are also creating a range of
merchandise

to go live at the start of next season. Next
meeting 26th April.

15/3/17 Epsom trail at half time but recover to win 3-1 at
The Orchard v Bedfont Sports whose own pitch wasn't ready yet. We trailed in
the 23rd minute but a lucky

own goal equaliser in the 59th minute got us back into the
game as Taylor flicked on a Tanton cross which then went in off a defender
Jeffrys who had already

scored for Bedfont! Hicks was then sent off for an alleged
stamp on Griffin and we took full advantage as Hendry drilled the ball across
the goal and into the

corner from just inside the box after 80 before a short
corner between Ferdinando and Panayiotou which the latter delivered for
Farrell to head in after 82. We also

saw the referee
appear to send off a spectator for something he said to the Assistant  just after the sending off!

18/3/17 Epsom's 10 match unbeaten run and 17 match
unbeaten home league run came to an end as runaway leaders won 1-0 in a very
tight game with not more than

a few half chances either way. We conceded the goal after
39 minutes when we didn't deal with a long throw and leading scorer Argent
turned quickly to fire in from

close range. There was very little between the sides but
we couldn't break through. Cooper-Smith served the final match of his four
game suspension.

21/3/17 Epsom reach the Cup final with a 2-0 home win over
Windsor. It was a fairly close contest but was decided by two bits of great
skill. We led after 39 after

Cooper-Smith chased down a defender, half blocked the
clearance and reched the loose ball first, running at the near post but then
laying the ball back for Ferdinando

to slot in from 8 yards. We made it 2-0 three minutes
later when a right wing Hendry cross was perfect for Gallagher to head in
from just beyond the far post. It wasn't

our greatest display and we didn't have much possession
but they didn’t hurt us much and we now play Westfield in the Final after
they beat Raynes Park 4-0 at

Grand Drive.
The Final will be at Windsor FC on Friday evening 5th May.

25/3/17 A fairly flat performance on a windy day and two
gift goals enabled Farnham to lead twice but we fought back on both occasions
to force a 2-2 draw. We went

behind in the 8th minute after an underhit McKay back pass
was intercepted and taken round Eacott. McKay redeemed himself for his error
as he was on hand to

finish from close range after a great left wing run and
cut back from Tanton. However, we trailed again in the 48th minute after
McKay called for and missed a header in

midfield which bounced through to their striker who
finished under Eacott but a Gallagher cross was knocked in from close range
by full back Reisse Griffin in the 68th

minute.
Gallagher had come on for Ferdinando who hurt himself just before half time.
Hopefully nothing serious but we await further.

1/4/17 A very poor performance at Camberley got what it
deserved as we lost 2-0 to first half goals, picked up five bookings and had
to put up with a pitiful

officiating performance, while Camberley were at their
most direct. A frustrating afternoon with goals conceded after 25 and 42
minutes, the second an own goal from

Dan Dean with
Ali Turpie caught off his line. An easily forgotten match.

8/4/17 Dan Dean starts a two match suspension but despite
his absence along with Tanton and Taylor, we win 2-1 at Knaphill. It was a
largely forgettable end of

season match but after 62 minutes they led. We replied
within a minute through Farrell who met a deep right wing delivery by
steering the ball into the bottom corner,

although the highlight of the game came in the 72nd minute
when Heagney dispossessed a defender and lashed the ball in from nearly 35
yards off the far post to

register his first goal for the club. We couldn't have
argued if it had finished level though and a late flag denied the home side
an equaliser towards the end.

8/4/17
programme problems at Knaphill. Just a team sheet issued. Y.

14/4/17 A poor match at home to Colliers Wood ends with
the visitors winning 1-0 with a 92nd minute goal. They had an outfielder in
goal who played well but we

didn't test him at all until the final 20 minutes. We
really didn't get going in this match. Michael Eacott conceded and then
brilliantly saved a penalty in the 29th

minute but it
was a harsh award in the first place. Referee was former Reserve team player
Zach Jacquart.

This was the ninth league match in a row where we had
conceded first! Alex McKay was in charge as both Matt Smith and Glyn
Mandeville were unavailable.

17/4/17 Epsom bounce back well to defeat Horley Town 2-1
away from home on the Easter Monday morning. Hendry scored the first with a
close range header after

37 minutes after Gallagher's close range strike from a
Ferdinando left wing cross had been brilliantly saved and Ferdinando scored
the second with a stylish low drive

from outside the box after 64 minutes. We conceded after
75 and it was a little nervy near the end but former Salts Ayden Richards and
Kyle Hough had no success.

Other results are favourable over Easter with Walton &
Hersham losing twice, and Hanworth and Camberley both also losing once. We
are back up to fourth, just a

point from
third place Walton & Hersham who visit Hartley Wintney on the final day.

Apr 17
rumours reach the club that Leatherhead are almost certainly to leave Fetcham
Grove in the summer of 2018. They are to move to River Lane where a new

ground
is already in existence with a 3g surface. It is likely that Kingstonian who
are to ground share in 2017/18 will also follow Leatherhead to the new
ground

leaving
Fetcham Grove vacant. We are to discuss this at the next Committee Meeting on
26/04/17 as it may be a viable option for us to take over the ground in 2018.

22/4/17 Epsom win 3-2 against North Greenford United which
confirms fourth place after Walton & Hersham could only draw with Hartley
Wintney. It was a strange

match as we trailed after 17 before goals from Reisse
Griffin (33) and Jordan Gallagher (35) turned it around. Griffin got his toe
to a Gallagher delivery just ahead of the

keeper and Gallagher then turned in a low shot at the far
post. However, they equalised in the 39th minute after a header had come back
off the bar for an easy tap in.

The second half was much better and a Farrell penalty
awarded for a foul on Gallagher after 62 proved to be the winner, although we
probably should have won by

more in the
end. Matt Ferdinando 100th appearance.

22/4/17 Club
Presentation Evening at The Green Man pub in Ewell Village - 8pm. MC -
Richard Lambert

Player of the
Year - Matt Farrell, 2nd Michael Eacott, 3rd Agi Panayiotou

Managers Player
of the Year - Reisse Griffin

Players Player
of the Year - Agi Panayiotou

Club Person of
the Year - Maggie Beddoe

Committee
Meeting at ECWMC on 26/04/17. Confirmation that we have a friendly on Tuesday
2nd May at 7.30 at Fetcham Grove v Leatherhead Youth FC but this

will not
be publicised to anyone but regular supporters so that Westfield do not find
out about it and come along. We are to be the away team in the Cup Final.

Surep
Six has been successful and will start next year at £250 if there is no
winner of the final ticket (5th May). We are persisting to purchase a new set
of club badges

but
replicating a design that we scrapped back in 2006. What everyone will make
of this when they realise that the badge doesn't match our kit or
merchandise

remains to be seen. Report from Holding Company
advised that we hold £276k, up from last year, due to good investments.

Summer
time Mel and Richard to get together to work out a new payment facility for
the website and Richard should also try to contact those on the Dan Dean
emails

list.

Relocation Update - 1) Old Suttonians - No
further action - probably dead and nothing further is expected to happen in
the short to medium term.

2)
NESCOT - We received an update on 26/04/17 from NESCOT inviting us to a
meeting on 03/05/17. It is imagined that they would let us know their
decision at that

time, and it is encouraging that they have
asked us to the meeting as opposed to sending an email saying that they were
looking elsewhere.

Update:
NESCOT meeting took place on 03/05/17 with Steve Syke and Pete Beddoe
present. The idea for us to lease the site has been rejected and they are
to

rebuild
the clubhouse to include a gym. Not sure why they need to do this, but they
may still be open to a 3g pitch. Alternatively we may be able to get help
from the

Council
on this to insist on a pitch as a condition of the rebuild. NESCOT are
looking for a commercial partner and it may be that we are able to get some
funding for

a pitch
through that route. Either way it doesn't look as though we will be able to
have a clubhouse there so questions remain regarding our revenue stream and a
base.

3) Glyn School - rumourde to be putting
together some sort of joint project with NESCOT and indeed this may well be
the reason why we are to attend

the
NESCOT meeting. 4) DW Leisure (Banstead Road) - no progress on this
currently. Early stage enquiries so far anyway as the land we were originally
due to

move to in 1993 is vacant. However, there is
already a clubhouse on site so viability is an issue here.

5)
Fetcham Grove - It is very likely (tbc 9th May) that Leatherhead will leave
Fetcham Grove to set up home at River Lane where there is a brand new 3g
facility there

currently
used by Leatherhead Youth. They are rumoured to be leaving in May 2018 and
people that our Committee have spoken to indicate this is a done deal.

If this
is the case, the site may well be left vacant. Whilst not in the Borough, the
opportunity to take over a ready made ground would be one we couldn't pass up
and it

would
not affect our pursuance of a new ground in the Borough. However, it would
provide us with the opportunity to make money instead of losing £30k a year
and

ground
share / training costs would be removed. We do not know if Leatherhead are
losing money there but their playing budget is quoted as £126,000 compared
to

our
£20k. Despite reduced attendances and possibly an increased lease charge to
the £673 Leatherhead face, this would surely enable us to raise funds
which

would
also help us in our attempts to return to the Borough with more funds. It
would also provide us with hands-on experience of running a club with very
little

outlay
up front. There were no objections on a business front and it was decided to
advise the Holding Company of this immediately with a view to seeing if
Dave

Ellins
knows anyone at Mole Valley D.C. through his cricket connections in the
Borough. We need to know whether 1) Leatherhead are retaining the lease to
all of

part of
the ground for some reason, and if not, whether we could take it on from
their departure date or whether the Council are looking to stop playing
there. There

may be a sporting covenant there which would be
helpful.

6) Hook
Road Arena - it was advised by Richard Lambert that we may be missing a
chance here. Many years ago the site was not up for discussion, but in
more

recent
years the tone has changed from the Council along the lines of "we make
£60k p.a. so as long as we don't lose that, it could happen". We had
discounted this

in the
past as too expensive, but much of the problem we face on fund raising is the
lack of a site. With a site, even if it came with a fund raising target
required, as

seems
likely, we could be back in the Borough even with a basic ground, although
the Clubhouse would need to be attractive and welcoming. Even if we had to
drop to

Step Six
for a while, we could fly again once we had got a grip on our finances there.
Pete Beddoe is to speak with Clive Woodbridge regarding the possibilities of

turning the Arena into a sporting hub for the
Borough with our club at the heart of it, even if we only needed a bit of it
at first.

26/4/17 AGM planned provisionally for Sunday 23rd July but
ECWMC is having building work so we may be at the Green Man instead. We will
speak to them. There will

be no Committee
Meeting between now and then, although there is likely to be a Relocation
Steering Meeting.

Either late April or early May 17 former player Chris
Dunne dies of throat cancer aged 64. Funeral is on Monday 15th May at
Randalls Park, Leatherhead.

2/5/17 A Jordan Gallagher equaliser in the second half
ensured a 1-1 draw against Leatherhead under 21s at Fetcham Grove in a
friendly. We trailed to a penalty in the

26th minute after Dan Dean brought down his opponent, but
Matt Farrell had a first half injury time penalty saved. Gallagher equalised
from a Heagney pass after 64.

We finished the stronger of the two teams but had started
slowly once again before getting into our stride. Tom Harland-Goddard and
Bentley Graham guested for

us in the
second half while Daryl Cooper-Smith turned his ankle in the first half and
came off early. Should be ok for the Final but not certain yet.

5/5/17 Westfield defeat us in the League Cup Final by 4-1.
They scored in the 3rd minute and never really looked back, with former
player James Cottee scoring a

second goal after 38. Two further goa;s followed after 62
and 80 with a Cooper-Smith injury time goal being little less than a
consolation. It was not a great performance

but the last
few weeks have seen some flat performances and this was another.

May 17 AGM
details announced. It is to be on Sunday 30th July at 8pm at the Green Man in
Ewell Village.

May 2017 Bobby
Bennett is at Met Police Reserves with occasional first team appearances

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

Scorers & Notes

18/06/2016

Chantilly

A

2-5

0-2

N

38

R.Hendry (2)

16/07/2016

Whyteleafe

A

0-0

0-0

N

57

23/07/2016

Croydon Athletic

A

2-1

0-1

N

-

T.Neale (2)

30/07/2016

Orpington

A

2-1

0-1

N

-

C.Hastings, R.Griffin

06/12/2016

Chipstead - DWT

H

3-0

1-0

Y (13)

67

M.Farrell
(pen), S.Panayiotou, D.Cooper-Smith

this was doubled up as a Surrey Senior Cup tie on 6th
December

02/05/2017

Leatherhead YouthU21 FC

A

1-1

0-1

N

50

J.Gallagher