C O M M E N T S
/  H I G H L I G H T S

CCP

21st Out of 22 (relegated)

FAC

Ex Pr

Banstead Athletic

1-2

FAV

2nd

Whitstable Town

2-3+

CCLC

1st

Worcester Park

2-4

SSC

2nd

Merstham

0-5

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 & Jimmy Hendry

Matt Smith
left early in the season - replaced by Neil Grant in November 2017.

Glyn
Mandeville resigned 13/01/18 - New Manager Neil Grant wef 16/01/18

Club
Captain:

Sam Robinson

Vice-Captain

Colin Harris / Ben Hayward

replaced In October by Jamie Hatfield and
occasionally Scott Murphy or Alex McKay

replaced regularly by Alex McKay from November
with Ashley Thompson as Captain when he doesn't play.

Training
starts at Epsom College on Tuesday 4th July at 7pm. It will continue on
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm when we do not have a match.

June 17 League reorganisation results in Windsor
transferring to the Hellenic League and we will drop to 22 clubs. There are
an extra 12 promotion spots this season

but it is not yet clear how these are to be allocated.
Also rumoured that we will drop to a division of 20 next season because of
the expansion higher up, so it looks

like two up and none relegated from Step Four (except the
bottom club from Ryman South) while three go down and three come up as usual,
but if we don't promote a

second club, or
get the relegated Ryman club, then less will be promoted from Step Six
accordingly.

June 17 Two friendlies arranged with Loxwood and Walton
Casuals so far. As usual this seems like a very poorly organised arrangement,
despite much

discussion over
securing a home venue for some friendlies throughout the season at Committee
level.

June 17 We are
likely to request another home fixture on Good Friday. Colliers Wood have
already expressed an interest again.

June 17 AGM is
to be on Sunday 30th July at Green Man pub.

June 17 Daryl Cooper-Smith and James Taylor leave club for
Sutton Common Rovers. There may be others as SCR are throwing a bit of money
at some of our players.

06/06/17 it is later confirmed that Matt Tanton and Matt
Farrell, Craig Hastings and Jordan Gallagher are all leaving for SCR too
while Michael Eacott is leaving for

Hanworth Villa
along with Steve Eacott. Disappointing.

June 17 we have arranged another friendly at Lingfield on
July 8th while it appears that our match with Loxwood will now be played at
Steyning Town on their new

artificial
surface.

June 17 Matt
Ferdinando also leaves for SCR.

June 17
Rumoured that former players Jamie Hatfield, Ben Hayward, Mark Jarman and
Kyle Hough may be returning for training this season.

June 17 also rumoured that some of the Leatherhead Under
21 academy may be coming to training, although Guildford City announce that
three of their players are

following their former Manager Neil Grant over to
Guildford where he is now Assistant Manager. Glyn is confident that they will
still be coming to training.

24/6/17 At the League AGM our club wins the Best
Administered Club award for the first time. We also win the Best Programme
award for the fourth time in seven

years, proving
my theory that no club can retain it, as in our best two seasons of
programmes (2011/12, 2015/16) we did not win it.

24/6/17 Also at the Leagus AGM the draw is completed for
the League Cup after an initial error which required a re-draw. We visit
Worcester Park on a Saturday,

quite possibly
on the Vase week when we have an exemption, and the winners will visit either
CB Hounslow or Eversley & California.

4/7/17
Training starts at Epsom College. Former players Ben Hayward and Mark Jarman
attend as well as a number of new faces. 25 in attendance.

6/7/17 Training
continues and Jamie Hatfield re-joins the club.

7/7/17 Friendly arranged with Petersfield Town at Poole
Road Rec. Steve Dyke managed to source the pitch and it will be the first
time the first team have played a

match in the Borough since July 27th 1993!! Many
friendlies just outside (Banstead, Chessington, Goals, Tolworth, Surbiton
Town, Northey Avenue) but none inside.

7/7/17 FA Cup draw gives us a home draw with Banstead
Athletic on Sunday 6th August as Chipstead are using the pitch on the
Saturday. The winners are at

home to Loxwood or Holmesdale. It would be our first
meeting with either team if you exclude the upcoming friendly with Loxwood.
We are exempt in the Vase.

8/7/17 Our first friendly at Lingfield doesn't go well as
we are beaten 4-1 at the South Godstone Sports Ground. The scoreline was
harsh as we conceded twice near

the end while pushing for an equaliser but we had an
enormous number of new faces present. Only Alex McKay, Ali Turpie and Daniel
Rose had put on an Epsom shirt

before and in a match of three x 30 minutes we conceded
after 25 minutes before being caught out by a quickly taken free kick after
51. Vitor Monteiro headed in to

reduce the arrears after 75 but goals after 83 and 90
sealed our fate, one of which was offside but Daniel Rose was running the
line at the time and was stretching his

calf when the
long ball was played!

July 17 Joe Loftus-Cheek signs for the club after joining
from the Leatherhead U21 Academy along with Ben ?. Guildford had announced
that they were signed for them,

but the
signings were deemed invalid as none could be accepted unrtil July 1st.

11/7/17
A very positive meeting was held between Pete Beddoe, Steve Dyke, Clive
Woodbridge and Barry Nash, both Epsom & Ewell Borough Councillors.
The

meeting
mainly concerned the opportunity to move to Hook Road Arena as the Council
had recently changed tack on this site. In the past it just wasn't an option,
but

in
recent years the tone had been more about ensuring that the council didn't
lose the money they received from the site, approx £40-£60 pa. As a result
the club felt

that the
option of building a ground there just wasn't financially realistic. However,
getting a base there would be massive even if we started on a small scale.
The

meeting
was very positive when it was pointed out that they could continue to do the
majority of their fund raising even if we were on a corner of the site and
they

would
also receive lease rent and rates from us. As a result they have asked us to
submit a proposal showing what we would like to do. It appears too early at
this stage

to
produce the whole plan for a sporting hub on the whole of the site and the
plan is to be kept smaller for now with room for our ground and two pitches
to the side,

one of
which could be floodlit to facilitate a groundshare, although the costs of
this might not be necessary as they could share our pitch to start with. Our
Reserves

and
Youth should either be reconstituted, would use one of the side pitches
unless they needed lights. Probable cost £220k for the Step 4/5 standard
pitch and £600k

for a
clubhouse which could be modest to start with if absolutely necessary. If the
clubhouse was near to Chessington Road then there may still be utilities in
place

from changing rooms that existed there in the
early eighties although they were gone by the late eighties. This may reduce
the cost a little.

As a
result of this a Relocation Company Meeting is to be held fairly urgently in
early August if at all possible to discuss this further as well as the
situation at

Leatherhead wiich currently remains in the air.

15/7/17 Epsom lead 2-0 at half time but have to settle for
a 2-2 draw against Petersfield Town in a friendly played at Poole Road; our
first in the Borough since July 1993.

New signing
Tayo Ajayi scored both goals with good finishes after 18 and 40 but we
weakened in the second half and conceded after 63 and 67.

22/7/17 Epsom lead Loxwood 2-1 at half time but lose 5-3
in a match played on the 3g surface at Steyning Town. Tayo Ajayi equalised in
the 34th minute by lobbing

the keeper after we had conceded on 24 and the returning
Kyle Hough scored a penalty after 42 after he had been fouled. They equalised
after 50 and then scored after

77 and 80 to go
4-2 up and although Sam Robinson pulled one back after 86, they scored a
fifth goal in the 90th minute.

22/7/17 Kyle Hough has signed for the club. Others who
signed in recent weeks include Sam and Matt Robinson, Tayo Ajayi, Jordan
Brooks (Farleigh) and Dale

Marvell,
although he isn't yet fit to play.

25/7/17 League
fixtures are released and we start at CB Hounslow United on 12/8/17 in what
will be the first competitive match at their new ground.

29/7/17 Epsom crash 5-0 in their latest friendly at Walton
Casuals who were much the better side, although Ajayi had a penalty saved in
the 17th minute at 0-0 and we

conceded after 32 and 44. Further goals came after 48, 70
and 73. The Robinsons were away on holiday while Hough was also missing. A
few new faces were

present but
none really impressed as we were beaten heavily in the pouring rain.

30/7/17 AGM at
Green Man in Ewell Village. No major surprises and everyone re-elected as at
top of this sheet.

Aug 17 Mick
Sorensen retires from teaching and lives in Norwich

1/8/17
Corinthian Casuals friendly is moved to the back pitch at their ground from
Surbiton Town.

1/8/17 Epsom score twice in a three minute spell to defeat
Corinthian Casuals 2-0. Glyn rotated a squad of 20 players and Dale Marvell
came on for the first time

since his injury playing for Colliers Wood around nine
months previously. Joe Loftus-Cheek put us ahead in the 14th minute with a
fine individual goal and Rob Hendry

made it 2-0 in the 17th as he rose highest to glance Ben
Dyson's left sided cross into the far corner. We had a stronger team out than
Saturday while the opposition

were not so
strong. Match finished a little early as we started a little late. Nine
minutes unplayed.

6/8/17 Epsom have a horror start and lose 2-1 at home to
Banstead Athletic in the FA Cup at High Road. We were behind after just 50
seconds and although a Hendry

penalty after 9 minutes drew us level for a foul on
Loftus-Cheek, we were second best for much of the game and conceded to a good
run and low shot after 83 minutes.

6/8/17 our defeat means that our league match at Sutton
Common Rovers will now take place on Monday 21/8/17 as they still have an FA
Cup tie on the Saturday.

12/8/17 Epsom lead but lose 4-2 in the opening league
match at CB Hounslow United. Joe Loftus-Cheek scored a great individual goal
to put us ahead in the 21st

minute but CB Hounslow equalised in the 36th minute while
we were briefly down to ten men and we conceded in first half injury time.
Further goals followed after 52

and 70 with
Hough finishing off a loose ball in the 86th minute but it was too late.
Charlie McKee HT for CB Hounslow United.

15/8/17 First half horror show as Chertsey lead inside two
minutes and are 4-1 up after 15, extending this to 6-1 after 31 minutes. Joe
Loftus-Cheek equalised after 5

minutes but Jamie Hatfield had been injured in the warm up
and had to be substituted by Hayward after 19 minutes. We went 7-1 down after
56 but a Hendry penalty

for a foul on Loftus-Cheek completed the scoring as we
were crushed 7-2, our worst home defeat since a 6-0 defeat at Merstham by
Molesey on 6th March 2012.

It was the first time we had conceded seven goals home or
away since Crowborough wion 7-1 in the FA Cup ten years ago this week and the
19th time in history we had

conceded 7 or 8 at home. It was the first time we had
conceded six in the first half and only the fourth time in history, three of
those at home. Right now we are

second from
bottom of the table, above Farnham on goals scored. Jamie Hatfield has
purchased a set of shirts for the players. A generous donation.

15/8/17 Ben
Hayward became the first substitute to be substituted since April 2011 and
the ninth in history.

18/8/17 Surrey
Senior Cup draw gives us a trip to SCR!! Match to be played on Monday
27/11/17.

19/8/17 No game
for Epsom as they were out of the FA Cup but SCR weren't. Moved to Monday
21/08/17.

Aug 17 We sign
six new players, four on a 28 day loan from Chipstead. The others Andy Smith
and Ashley Thompson are from Banstead.

The four
players are: Ishmael Erskine, Keanu Williams, Tony Martin and Dylan Cascoe.
Cascoe had played in USA recently and Williams in Spain.

21/8/17 Salts lose 5-0 at SCR and for the third match in a
row a player scores a hat trick against us. This time the very familiar Daryl
Cooper-Smith who only came

on in the second half!. We were competitive until
conceding a soft goal after 42 minutes and then regular goals followed after
50, 55, 78 and 89. Former player Craig

Hastings headed
the first goal and Reisse Griffin scored an unfortunate own goal for their
fourth.

21/8/17 This
loss moves us to the bottom of the table without a point.

21/8/17 FA Cup draw comes out and Chipstead are away so we
will host Redhill on 2nd September as planned. They had also been given a
home League game.

25/8/17 Another heavy defeat follows at Colliers Wood
United and we are 4-0 down at half time after conceding after 16, 27, 35 and
44. Tayo Ajayi finished well fith a

flick over the advancing keeper after 49 but we were cut
apart again after 57 minutes as they restored the four goal lead. Kyle Hough
scored our second with a smart

finish from an
angle in the 90th minute.

Aug 17 Gary
Jarman joins the Epsom Committee with no specific role at this stage.

Aug 17 two
former Salts rejoin the club in Scott Murphy (Woking) and Sean White (Walton
& Hersham).

Aug 17 David
Thomson joins the club. Recently playing Sunday football.

28/8/17 We nearly get our first three points of the season
but have to settle for a draw from our trip to Banstead as an 86th minute
equaliser cancels out Kyle Hough's

50th minute opener. Banstead were the better side though
and we were a little fortunate to be ahead but this was a much more even
match than our recent outings.

Scott Murphy and Sean White both played, the latter from
the bench and Hough put us ahead after Griffin's flat cross was headed
goalwards by Rose. The keeper made

a great save
but Hough volleyed in the loose ball into the top corner. Ben Hayward was
Captain in Sam Robinson's absence.

2/9/17 A shocking first half of football ends with Epsom
5-0 down at home to Redhill after just 33 minutes. Incredibly no further
goals were scored although both teams

missed a penalty in the second half with Robinson having
his saved in the 83rd minute on his birthday. We conceded after 63 seconds
and have not managed to

reach the two
minute mark at home without conceding in any of our three home matches so
far. We remain bottom of the table.

6/9/17
Selected Committee members gather for a meeting in Cricketers pub in Dorking
to decide what steps to take regarding the playing situation. It was
decided

that we needed to see improvement over the next
five matches up to and including the Worcester Park League Cup tie. It was
agreed not to tell

the Manager about the meeting to avoid putting
further pressure on him as the situation was already difficult enough.

9/9/17 Glyn Mandeville's 150th match in charge does not
end well as Spelthorne Sports win 5-1 at High Road. However, this was an
improved performance apart from

a 15 minute spell just before half time when we conceded
three times after 33, 34 and 43. We conceded after 11 but the second half was
more even. Hough reduced

the deficit after 87 minutes after he latched on to a
through ball and rounded the keeper before slotting in from a narrow angle
but conceded almost straight afterwards!

12/9/17 Epsom lose again at home to Horley 3-2 despite
getting some early help when Hendry's cross / shot was flapped into the goal
by the Horley keeper in the

fourth minute. They were level from a penalty for a
handball by Hayward after 30 and then scored after 48 and 67 before sub Liam
Roberts crossed for Sean White to

score in the
90th minute but again Horley were the better side, especially in the second
half.

Sept 17 Adam
Heagney rejoins the club after a bit of time away and comes straight into the
squad for the trip to Farnham.

Sept 17 Tom Harland-Goddard is released by the club. Also
not sure about where Sam Robinson has gone again and it appears likely he has
departed again.

16/9/17 Epsom get a second point of the season in an
entertaining 0-0 draw at Farnham. The quality in front of goal was poor from
both teams but both defences did

well. Marvell saw his thirty yarder come down off the
underside of the bar and away midway through the second half but Farnham had
hit the post after 15 seconds

themselves!  A fair result.

22/9/17 former
player Jordan Gallagher leaves SCR for Guildford City. We had put in a seven
day approach for him ourselves.

23/9/17 Epsom supporter George Holland represents Epsom
& Ewell on the Danny Baker Radio Five Saturday morning show Sausage
Sandwich competition! However,

he was unlucky
to lose 2-0 to a Bury Town supporter!.

23/9/17 Epsom gain another deserved draw and on another
day might have pinched the win against Hanworth Villa, who contained former
Salts Michael Eacott and

Tom Neale. We led after 13 minutes when a Jason Nwachukwu
cross was only half cleared to Liam Roberts and he fed Sean White to finish
past Eacott from eight

yards. Hovever, four minutes later Villa equalised when a
low left wing cross was knocked in from close range. A number of bounces went
the way of the opposition

in their own box but we had scares of our own still. Conor
Young played in goal for us as Colin Harris was away as were Kyle Hough and
Joe Loftus-Cheek.

Conor has now
joined for the season and would displace Colin Harris in the near
future.

27/9/17
Committee Meeting at Green Man covered a largee number of items and was
attended by everyone including new member Gary Jarman. Glyn confirmed that

Alex
McKay was the new Assistant Manager and that Franky Law had left the club due
to business commitments. The Super Six was discussed and whether we

should
cap it at a certain amount, but it was argued that it was self funding so we
should have the money and capping it might look as if we don't have it.
Obviously

we don't
have that money right now as Steve needs to keep paying the bills, but we
will stick with it for now. Relocation section confirmed that NESCOT has
stalled

and we
are now fully committed to the HRA proposal. Steve will be speaking at the
Sports Awards on Tuesday and will make reference to the plan, while Pete will

again
speak with Barry Nash and Clive Woodbridge and lobby other councillors. Also,
the club have decided to suspend the Dave Wilson Trophy. Some wanted it to

continue
but it has begun to look like an afterthought at times which doesn't do it
justice. In its place the Committee will sponsor the Godalming match on 11th

November
in his memory as this is the closest home match to Dave's birthday on 7th
November and we will do this each year also naming the main Player of the
Year

Trophy
after him. We are also going to increase match sponsorship to £60 which will
allow the sponsor on the day to choose their Man of the Match. The club are
also

going to
look into costs for a large end of season celebration. Glyn will ask Jimmy if
he can get Matt Elliott to attend and we will look at Epsom Downs Queens
Stand

amongst
other options for the centenary celebration. Also a centenary badge has been
designed by Martin Lambert and this will be attached to all merchandise

and the new kit which is due through Mel Tough
in January.

30/9/17 Another disappointing defeat at lower division
Worcester Park who win 4-2, despite Liam Roberts putting us ahead with a fine
solo goal in the 12th minute

with his first goal for the club. We conceded after 35 and
then again in first half injury time. Then another two were conceded after 50
and 53, the latter being an own

goal from
McKay. Hendry finished off White's pass after 66 and Marvell hit the post
soon after but we were well beaten in the end.

7/10/17 Epsom lose heavily again, this time 6-2 at
Knaphill. Despite having arguably our best team out this season, with only
Hendry and Harris missing who would

probably get in the team. Still we conceded in the 6th
minute and although Thompson streched to reach Dyson's ball in to lift it
over the Knaphill keeper in the 10th

minute we conceded a penalty after 26 and then early in
the second half the floodgates opened with goals after 48, 55 and 61 minutes,
and although Hough scored a

penalty after 67 for a handball that was almost certainly
outside the area, they scored a sixth goal after 78. Glyn Mandeville was not
there due to work commitments

so Alex McKay
took charge of the team for the first time.

Oct 17 Joe
Loftus-Cheek, Louis O'Brien and Sam Robinson have now been released. Others
may follow.

14/10/17 Epsom draw 1-1 at Camberley despite only arriving
with 12 players. New signing from Westfield Lloyd Connelly made his debut and
scored our equaliser with

a header from a deep Hatfield cross after 57 which was
timely as we had conceded after 55! Murphy had already limped off injured
after 35 and had no other substitutes.

An improved
performance but results elsewhere ensured that the safety zone is now 8
points away from us instead of 6.

Bentley Graham,
Colin Harris, Reisse Griffin Adam Heagney and Sean White were all unavailable
for various reasons.

19/10/17
Following on from the informal meeting on 06/09/17 the Committee finally had
a meeting to determine the way forward at Mid-Surrey MENCAP in Fortyfoot
Road,

Leatherhead.
The meeting should have been held in early October and because we delayed
this it placed us in a more difficult position as any new Manager would need

time to
bed in and our fixtures over the next few weeks are almost all against teams
in the bottom seven, so it was felt that a change at this time would not help
us. In

fact it
was accepted that it was almost too late to make a change now. The Committee
still felt that Glyn was the right man for the job and it was determined that
he

would be
given our full support on the understanding that he would give his full
support to us. The reason for this is because another meeting will be held in
early

December
with Glyn present at which point it will be determined whether things have
progressed enough to carry on with the playing budget, or whether we would
have

to cut
it partially or entirely. The logic behind this is that if we do not have
sufficient points by then, the fixture list gets much tougher from that
point, so we will never

get out
of trouble, at which point spending money on a playing budget when there is
no hope of survival would be a waste. The money could be better spent on
either

relocation
costs if that is given positive consideration at the RA Meeting on 6th
November, or on increasing the budget next year to get back up to Step Five.

It was
also decided that we needed to observe more this year to determine whether
Glyn is the man to take charge next season, especially if we are relegated.
To this

effect
it was agreed that we needed to have full details of the playing budget to
assess whether the amounts being spent were sensible or excessive.
Additionally, Steve

will
handle all of the payment duties to the players, not because we have an issue
with anything, but just to remove some of the workload from Glyn. Glyn is
also

to be
advised that we need a Coach (or two) in place by 28th October v North
Greenford and the Committee also agreed that a £300 bonus for Saturday's
playing

squad would be awarded if we were to win the
Vase match, with the players to be told this not long before the match.

Oct 17 Joe Jasper joins the club. Had been living in the
Plymouth area but has moved up and watched our match at Knaphill before
applying to join the club by Facebook.

He was at the
Camberley match as part of the squad but wasn't at that point eligible to
play. He now is. Doesn't stay long though!

21/10/17 A quite incredible result takes place at Rusthall
as we record our first win of the season by a margin of 7-2 at Kent League
Rusthall, who are a newly promoted

Step Five team. Two goals from Ashley Thompson after 14
and 16 settled any nerves. The first as he headed in a Hendry corner and the
second as the ball fell kindly

for him only eight yards out, but we conceded after 36
before they had a player sent off for a foul on Hough after 41 minutes. We
extended our lead after 48 when

Reisse Griffin ran seventy yards with the ball and scored
past the keeper for an amazing goal and then Dan Rose scored his first for
the club three minutes later when

forcing a low right wing cross in off the near post. We
conceded a penalty after 74 which was saved by Young but then retaken and
scored as he was allegedly off his

line but McKay who had conceded the penalty scored in the
79th minute when he headed a Hendry corner in from close range and Nwachukwu
scored twice in the

closing minutes after 87 when he collected a left wing
cross from Cristian Castell and thumped the ball left footed past the keeper
before reacting to a Hendry free

kick that came
off the bar and drilling into the net after 93 minutes. White and Murphy were
both injured and unavailable while Roberts was working.

23/10/17 We are drawn away at Whitstable Town in the
Second Round of the F.A. Vase. The Godalming League match scheduled for
11/11/17 will now be played on

Tuesday 21st
November.

Oct 17 Taryn Smith joins from Raynes Park Vale and Kane
Grandison joins from Old Rutlishians. Both go into the squad for the North
Greenford match.

28/10/17 North Greenford defeat Epsom 2-1 at High Road
with a 78th minute winner. However, they were the better side and deserved
the win. They led with a long

range deflected shot after 31 minutes but three minutes
later Roberts was fouled in the box and Hough scored from the spot. Taryn
Smith debut from the bench.

31/10/17 Epsom are very unlucky to lose 1-0 at Chertsey to
an early penalty for a foul by Young that was unnecessary. However, we
dominated from that point and

Connelly missed a sitter after a great run by Hendry and
we were denied a penalty after Taryn Smith was fouled but somehow stayed on
his feet. A poor officiating

performance allowed their keeper to waste approaching ten
minutes, yet the one card that was given out for time wasting was to Connelly
after he kicked the ball into

the net after being flagged offside. However, we didn't
muster a powerful shot on target throughout the match and badly missed Hough
who was away and will be missing

on Saturday at Bedfont Sports. Despite this it was
probably our best performance of the season; more dominant even than
Rusthall, but without the goals!

After the match
it transpired that Scott Murphy has sustained ligament damage. He will be out
for a little while.

4/11/17 Epsom
are outclassed 7-0 at Bedfont Sports. Goals were conceded regularly
throughout the match.

4/11/17 after
the match it transpires that David Thomson has left the club. He quoted
family reasons.

4/11/17 The
club confirm the appointment of Neil Grant as the new Coach following an
advertisement for the position.

7/11/17
Interesting meeting at Fortyfoot Road as Pete Beddoe, Steve Dyke and Rich
Lambert meet Councillor Vince Romagnuolo to discuss the route forward on the

redevelpoment
front. Vince provided plenty of advice and a number of actions were carried
away from the meeting. Foremost is a request to provide a presentation

for the
Leisure Committee. Also we need to cost a ground and Cara is to be approached
on this as is Gary Jarman, with particular relevance to a modular clubhouse.

8/11/17
It transpires that Adam Heagney played 25 minutes as a substitute in
Guildford's FA Vase match in September. He shouldn't have played against
Rusthall, but

our club
were completely unaware of this situation and only found out when we checked
with Guildford about new signing Ben Frnaklin. Taryn Smith also cup tied.

Neither can play at Whitstable.

11/11/17 An enormous number of players are missing as we
head to Whitstable Town for a Vase match and we are narrowly defeated 3-2
after extra time. We led after

Roberts was fouled in the area in the 13th minute and
although his penalty was poor and was saved, the ball came back to him and he
scored at the second attempt. We

conceded after 22 and then fell behind in the 57th minute
but Ben Dyson smashed a Roberts corner into the roof of the net in the 83rd
minute to force extra time.

Unfortunately we conceded in the 108th minute and were
second best throughout the match but with only one fit sub who had never
played for us, it was always going

to be difficult. Kane Grandison debut and Joe Jasper debut
from the bench while George Murphy returned to the club and played well,
despite hardly playing in recent

months. So many away though they are not worth listing and
Joe Loftus-Cheek and new signing Ben Franklin didn't make the coach.
Loftus-Cheek had returned to the

club after being released recently, but this will not help
his case, even though he was probably celebrating his brother's England debut
the night before!

Nov 17 Ben Franklin joins from Guildford. He had played
for us once in 2015 but had been injured early and never played again
although presumably will now!

Nov 17 Also
joining the club is Endrit Dobraj.

14/11/17 Epsom win their first league match 3-0 against
Farnham, meaning that our two clean sheets this season have come against the
same club! Roberts curled a

twenty yarder into the top corner from a wide angle after
10 minutes and then produced a great bit of skill to beat two men in one move
and slotted the ball past the

keeper from close range in the 16th. We absorbed a bit of
pressure but finished the half stronger and extended the lead in the 51st
minute when a flying backheel from

Taryn Smith put Lloyd Connelly through and he beat the
keeper to the ball and rolled it in to an empty net. We finished comfortable
winners and Ben Dyson hit a post

at both ends
during the match too!

18/11/17 Dan
Rose is suspended for this match against AFC Hayes.

18/11/17 Epsom concede two late goals to lose 2-0 at AFC
Hayes. We dominated large parts of the match but couldn't find the target and
fell to a goal after 81 minutes

and a penalty
after 85. Endrit Dobraj and Calum Kennedy debuts.

21/11/17 Epsom concede in 6 minutes and never recover,
going down 3-0 at home to Godalming in a match between the two bottom sides.
This was a poor performance

and there
appeared to be no real belief after conceding so early in the match. We also
conceded after 64 and 67.

23/11/17
Glyn Mandeville reveals to Pete Beddoe that he intends to resign at the end
of the season to spend more time with his family. Additionally this week it
is

advised
that the club have received a £4k windfall from a refund of bank charges. A
meeting is to be held on Thursday 30/11/17 in Dorking where we are to discuss
what

we do
with the budget and what we do about the Manager's position. One suggestion,
floated by Richard Lambert is that Glyn becomes a Director of Football at
the

club so
that he still remains involved with the club, but will not need to spend so
much time and he can also be heavily involved with choosing and
interviewing

a successor. This option will be discussed at
the meeting which will take place prior to a Committee meeting which is
scheduled for 6th December.

Godalming Town put in a seven day approach for
Rob Hendry. Unclear what he will do right now but he didn't show for the
Balham match.

25/11/17 Epsom lose 4-0 at Balham despite being as good as
their opponents in the first half, yet trailing to a thirty yard wonder
strike after 35 minutes. Unfortunately

we also conceded after 47 and then were caught on the
break after 82 and 87. They were very fast and although much of the match was
even we had nowhere near the

same threat up
front.

27/11/17 Epsom edge past a weakened Sutton Common Rovers
team with many changes in the Surrey Senior Cup at their temporary home of
Sutton United with a 5-4

win on penalties after 90 minutes of goalless action.
Extra time is no longer played in this competiton. Only Craig Hastings of our
former players took the field, although

Matt Tanton was a substitute. It was a poor game with few
chances and we have now gone 399 minutes without a goal, although the
penalties were all superb.

Sutton Common
Rovers went first and the traditional penalty shootout order was followed.

Sutton Common
Rovers

Epsom and Ewell

a

Rob Hendry

a

a

Scott Murphy

a

a

Adam Heagney

a

r

Taryn Smith

a

a

Lloyd Connelly

a

It was our first shootout since defeating Banstead
Athletic in a League Cup tie in 2015 and our first Surrey Senior Cup shoot
out since our 15-14 defeat to Egham in 2003!

Nov 17 It appears that Kyle Hough and Dale Marvell have
left the club. It has been made clear that training is extremely important
for the players and those who are

unable to
train are unlikely to play. Others may also have left. Dale appears to have
left because he was an unplayed substitute recently.

Nov 17 Germaine
Jeannoel joins from Gravesham Borough.

Nov 17 George
Gill joins from Leatherhead.

Nov 17 Noah
Stew-Lewis and Shaun Masterson join from Guildford City. Stew-Lewis is also
former Leatherhead.

Nov 17 Joshua
Burrowes joins from East Grinstead town. Previously with Sutton Common
Rovers.

2/12/17 Despite this being our best day in history, two
late goals enable Guildford City to win 3-1 and hand us our first defeat on
this date since 1933! We again conceded

early in the 7th minute but Scott Murphy equalised in the
17th, which was our first goal in 416 minutes. However, many missed
opportunites cost us and goals in the 84th

and 87th minute
sealed our fate in a game we should have won.

Dec 17 Anh-War
Tran-West joins from Merstham.

9/12/17 Westfield cruise past Epsom 5-0 at Woking Park. We
conceded after 13 minutes and another went in after 33 with further goals
after 65, 69 and 82. They weren't

great but still
had too much for us.

16/12/17 Abbey Rangers (H)(L) is p-p for a frozen pitch.
Many other games on but at least the inspection didn't take place until 11.30
at which point it was still solid.

Match
rearranged for 23/01/18 now.

Dec 17
suggestion put forward by Richard Lambert based on the knowledge that Glyn is
leaving us at the end of the season. 1) If he wants it, to offer Neil Grant
the job

of
Manager on a two year plan basis. That we accept we are going down and cut
the budget by 50% but at the same time guarantee the full budget for the
following

season.
This gives him time to learn the role, experiment and be prepared for the
next season so that we can hit the ground running. 2) To offer Glyn a role of
his

choosing
so that he may remain involved with the club next year. Both of these plans
were suggested by supporters Paul Varcoe and Malcolm Shelbourne in separate

conversations
yet were dismissed by Pete Beddoe within about five minutes with no thought
on the basis that a) we committed to Glyn for the season (we did but only
to

see
whether he was the man to get us back up next year and he is now leaving so
we have to revise our position)  and b)
that if Neil gets the role too early he may leave.

Pete was
unable to explain the logic of this thought process and when asked exactly
what it would have taken for him to decide to sack a Manager he said that
he

wouldn't ever sack one. This is irresponsible
and concrete proof that he is unsuitable for the Chairman role any longer.

There is
to be a budget meeting in January where this proposal is also to be discussed
and hopefully the other Committee members will see sense and realise that we

have to
change course as we are heading for the rocks. However, it requires a request
to Glyn from Richard Lambert to the Manager asking Glyn to resign by the
13th

January before anything actually happens. It may
have been co-incidence but he would actually resign that very day.

23/12/17 Epsom lose 3-2 at Horley Town and again concede
early after 6 minutes. They scored a penalty after 49 and although we pulled
a goal back when Jeannoel

just reached the ball before it crossed the line after a
defender headed it past his own keeper after 73 they scored a third goal
after 85 minutes and a late 93rd minute,

penalty from
Hendry for a foul on Jeannoel was but a consolation. It was a fairly even
game for much of the proceedings.

30/12/17 Two goals early in the second half were the
difference as we lost 2-0 at home to Walton & Hersham in a fairly even
match, although we weren't as good in the

second half as
we had been in the first. Goals came after 54 and 60.

6/1/18 Samuel Marks debut (Farleigh Rovers) as Epsom lose
3-0 at Redhill. This was a more even match than the score suggested and we
missed some good chances

before conceding after 37 minutes. A second followed in
the 73rd and a final goal came in the 90th minute. Troy Williams has also
joined from Farleigh Rovers but did

not get off the
bench. Sean White was Captain in the absence of Alex McKay in his last game
for a while.

10/1/18 Walton & Hersham (A)(L) is moved back from
Saturday 21st April to Tuesday 24th April as their new ground at the Walton
Hub is double booked.

11/1/18 Dan
Rose tweets that he is leaving the club. Sean White also leaves the club to
go travelling with his first stop being Bangkok.

13/1/18 Epsom break their run of eight league losses in a
row (which was the worst run since 1971) with a superb 2-1 win at Godalming
Town in a must win match at

Weycourt. Two new players made debuts and both scored with
Kyen Nicholas equalising a 19th minute Godalming goal with a sligthly scuffed
equaliser from a great

cross from the
other new boy Marlon Pinder who scored the winner with a close range header
of a Lloyd Connelly cross in the 59th minute.

13/1/18 Glyn
Mandeville resigns from the club after the Godalming Town match. Neil Grant
is to be the new Caretaker Manager.

The
decision by Glyn Mandeville was made slightly earlier as Pete Beddoe
announced it to the Committee on the morning of the match day but the players
apparently

were not
told until after the match. However, Dan Rose tweeted two days previously
that he was unhappy with the changes to Management so it remains to be seen

exactly how much the players knew. The team
performance was certainly improved though.

Jan 18 Marlon Pinder joins from Redhill, having been at
Shoreham, Redhill and Colliers Wood while Kyen Nicholas came from Abbey
Rangers having been at

Grays Athletic
previously.

Jan 18 Jordan
Clark joins from Holmesdale. He joins as Player / Coach and also heads up the
Dorking Wanderers Academy.

16/1/18 Neil Grant's first match ends in a 5-0 defeat to
Merstham in the Surrey Senior Cup but when considering the two division gap
we acquitted ourselves well and

actually hit the bar at 0-0 through Connelly with a 20
yard effort. The first 25 minutes were even but goals after 29 and 36 for the
visitors gave them a half time lead and

three late goals (77,81,87) gave them a comfortable win as
our boys tired. Marlon Pinder was cup tied so couldn't play in this match
while Rob Hendry was ill.

20/1/18 Balham (H)(L) is p-p for a rare waterlogged pitch
at Chipstead. The match is rearranged for 13/03/18 and the CB Hounslow home
match is also moved as

Chipstead
require the pitch for a Surrey Senior Cup tie on 13/02/18. That match will
now be played on 06/03/18.

20/1/18
Programme produced for the Balham match was (13). Y.

23/1/18
Programme insert used for the Abbey Rangers match (11i) to go with the
original programme (11).

23/1/18 Epsom lead but cannot hold on and are held 1-1 at
home to Abbey Rangers. Kyen Nicholas produced a superb finish in the 30th
minute to put us ahead with a

shot that went in off the far post but missed other
simpler chances and Abbey equalised after 69. A typically feisty match
between the sides and there was a scuffle

towards the end
that could easily have ended with a player off from each team.

Jan 18 More
new players sign for the club. Rory Sellick joins from Godalming Town and
Miguel Anderson joins from Guildford City.

Jan 18 Ryan Gunter joins from Burnham and was at Dorking
Academy. Alvin MacAuley joins from Merstham. Owen Skanes joins from Fulham
United, an Australian team.

Unfortunately
Skanes returns to Australia in early February without playing!

27/1/18 Epsom get a good point at Spelthorne Sports from a
goalless draw. We were the better team but there were very few chances in the
match. Rory Sellick debut.

Committee
Meeting 31/01/18 at Green Man. Neil Grant attended and produced his vision
for the future, which includes setting up an Academy once we get a new

ground
and putting an under 18 team in the Isthmian Youth League. We have to look at
costs for this but there is much energy at present. It was also agreed to let
all

Committee
members see the individual player budgets as they couldn't make a fair
decision on the budget in future otherwise. It was also decided to maintain
the

playing
budget this month with a review on 14th March. Also Chipstead want £15k for
next season which we have managed to knock down to £13.5k. However, we

will try
to get some training up there on non-match Tuesdays as part of the deal. It
was decided to proceed with a Centenary dinner at Epsom Golf Club on Friday
4th

May.
They require no deposit for now but would charge £26 per head for the food.
We have to look at costs for a public speaker and disco while Mel has been
able to

line up a magician. Also agreed we would remove
the Caretaker Manager tag once Epsom won their next match.

3/2/18 We are just edged out by SCR at High Road with a
goal in each half of a 2-0 defeat. It was a close match against a team
containing no fewer than six players

former Epsom
and one of these, Matt Ferdinando scored the opening goal on half time with a
second following after 56. Miguel Anderson debut.

10/2/18 Epsom win 3-2 at Hanworth Villa after a goalless
first half. Conor Young saved a very harsh 34th minute penalty awarded
against McKay for handball and we

took the lead when Pinder set up Rory Sellick to score his
first goal for the club in the 49th minute. We extended the lead after Pinder
found sub Dyson who scored with

his first touch in the 69th minute but Hanworth puled one
back after 72 before another sub Kyen Nicholas scored with his first touch in
the 88th minute. A 95th

minute Hanworth
goal made no difference.

15/2/18 Epsom
remove the Caretaker tag from Neil Grant's title following the win at
Hanworth as agreed at the last Committee Meeting.

17/2/18 Epsom hang on for a point at Abbey Rangers. We
started well but were pushed back and also lost substitute Joshua Caulcrick
to a second yellow card within

7 minutes of his debut. A probable club record. We secured
our fourth League clean sheet of the season and Abbey became the second team
to fail to beat us this season.

24/2/18 Epsom have a second goalless draw in a row against
Knaphill. Again we were second best but defended superbly in a very similar
match to the previous week.

28/2/18 Our match at home to CB Hounslow is moved back
from 6th March to 20th March as Chipstead need the pitch for a delayed Surrey
Senior Cup tie.

It is then
moved back again for another Chipstead match and will now be played on
Tuesday 17th April.

3/3/18 No
competitive game for Epsom. Very bad weather ensures that most games are off
this weekend anyway.

10/3/18 Epsom draw their third consecutive match without
scoring. Camberley had a man sent off just before half time but we were
unable to break through.

13/3/18 Two goals in the second half enable Balham to win
2-0 in an even match at High Road. They headed a corner in after 49 and
scored a freak goal after 90 when

Young's clearance rebounded off the closing striker who
rolled it in. We were worth a draw. Conor Young managed 319 minutes without
conceding before this result.

17/3/18 North Greenford United (A)(L) is p-p. Waterlogged.
Rearranged for Thursday 19th April as North Greenford have so many matches
left to play.

Committee Meeting 21/03/18 at Epsom Golf Club.

The
playing budget was maintained for the remainder of the season as it was felt
that cutting it at this late stage would not save much money and would only
destabilise

the
current players. However, it was made clear to Neil Grant that the budget was
likely to be cut if we dropped to Step Six. The amount is to be determined at
the next

meeting
provisionally set for 2nd May. The Chipstead deal was signed at £13.5k but
with no extra training added, so we effectively have exactly the same
situation but

for an
extra £4k this season and next. The Centenary evening has also been put back
after it became apparent that we couldn't get enough done in time in terms
of

players attending, or a guest speaker.
Provisionally agreed for Saturday 8th September at the Golf Club who were
happy with the postponement.

Relocation
was discussed and the Residents Association will discuss it in April we are
told, although this will shortly be deferred to June we find out in early
April.

24/3/18 Epsom are unfortunate to lose 2-4 at home to
Bedfont Sports in another match where a draw would have been fairer. We
conceded a penalty in the 13th minute

after a Griffin challenge on former Epsom player Jason
Nwachukwu but were level after 24 when a corner was not fully cleared and the
ball cam in to Ashley Thompson

who took a touch and then smashed the ball into the net
off the crossbar. However, an unlucky own goal off Dobraj and an easy finish
from Nwachukwu left us staring

at a 3-1 deficit. Scott Murphy scored a superb free kick
to reduce the gap in the 41st minute and the second half was also very even
with the only goal coming in injury

time when Young
was robbed of the ball which was then rolled into the empty net from 20
yards.

March 18 Stuart Yasha Tobias-Browne joins the club from
Ashtead although requires international clearance as he had been playing for
Stokely Vale in Trinidad & Tobago!

March 18 Calum
Kelly joins from the Dorking Wanderers Academy.

30/3/18 On a very wet Good Friday morning Epsom lose to
Colliers Wood for the fourth time in a row on a Friday, this time by the only
goal, scored in the 55th minute.

We were very
even in the first half but once we had conceded we rarely threatened in the
second.

2/4/18 Banstead Athletic (H)(L) is p-p. Overnight rain
added to the already wet conditions. Match is rearranged for Thursday 5th
April at 7.45pm. Same programme used.

5/4/18 Epsom let a two goal lead slip at home to Banstead
and have to settle for a 2-2 draw in a League match. We took the lead in the
23rd minute when a dropping ball

was volleyed low into the net from fifteen yards by Reisse
Griffin. On the 44th minute a perfect Scott Murphy cross from the right was
headed in from close range by Kyen

Nicholas. Unfortunately Banstead pulled one back after 48
minutes from a corner and grew in confidence, equalising in the 63rd minute.
A late "winner" from Marlon Pinder

was ruled out
for offside. It looked very close, but we just aren't getting the breaks
right now, even though Banstead did deserve a point.

7/4/18 Epsom fight back at Guildford only to fall away and
lose 4-3 in a match played on a horrible surface at the Spectrum. We conceded
from a corner in the 3rd minute

and conceded a penalty to go 2-0 down after 41 minutes but
fought back well and Kyen Nicholas intercepted an under hit backpass to
reduce the arrears on 50 and he

then headed an equaliser after 66 minutes from a Shaun
Masterson free kick but was then taken off shortly afterwards and we lost our
momentum, conceding after 75 and

87 so that a
low drive from Liam Roberts became just a 90th minute consolation.

Apr 18 it transpires that Neil Grant has lost two Coaches.
Jordan Clark and Stuart Tobias-Browne appeared to be expecting more money
than was available.

14/4/18 Epsom rally from being two goals in arrears at
half time to retrieve a draw against newly crowned Champions Westfield,
breaking their run of 17 straight league

wins. We were unlucky to be two behind anyway as one of
the Westfield goals was a cross that dropped in at the back but Louis O'Brien
set up Loftus-Cheek making his

first start since November and he finished from close
range after 52 minutes and he scored again as a ball in from Pinder was badly
defended and the loose ball was drilled

in by
Loftus-Cheek for his second goal of the match. He was denied a hat trick by a
great low save in the 83rd minute.

Following this
draw we are mathematically relegated. It was virtually certain after
Banstead's result two days previously but this removes all doubt.

17/4/18 Epsom turn a home match around after again
trailing 2-0 to win 5-2. Two quick goals after 30 and 32 had us in troouble
but a foul on Loftus-Cheek earned us a

penalty which Murphy scored after 41 minutes and Thompson
finished off a good move to equalise a minute later. Loftus-Cheek put us
ahead from a half cleared corner

in the 50th minute and Pinder scored with a low shot after
a good run. By that time CB Hounslow had already used their one substitute
and were down to ten men through

injury and this became nine men with two minutes of normal
time remaining. Roberts was then bundled over in injury time and Heagney
struck the penalty in.

19/4/18 Epsom produce a superb perfrormance to defeat
North Greenford United 4-0 with all the goals coming in a six minute period
at the end of the first half. We could

have led earlier but the home goal seemed to lead a
charmed life. Loftus-Cheek hit the bar and Murphy had one claimed by the
keeper on the line. Louis O'Brien scored

our opener and his first for the club when he ran onto a
long punt forwards that the keeper had told the defender to leave and he
finished smartly on 39. Two minutes later

he had a second goal as he hit a powerful shot that the
keeper got a hand to but couldn't keep out. In the 44th minute Loftus-Cheek
ran on to a good pass and fired

over the keeper from twelve yards and Nicholas did the
same some 40 seconds later. The second half was more even but the game was
over by then.

19/4/18 The win
over North Greenford lifted us off the bottom of the table for the first time
since August 12th.

24/4/18 Epsom are outclassed at Walton & Hersham by
four clear goals on their first visit to the Elmbridge Sports Hub. Goals came
at regular intervals with two in each half

and we were
fortunate by the end that it was only four. Alex McKay's 200th appearance.

28/4/18 An entertaining match finishes goalless at home to
AFC Hayes, although Farnham's loss ensures that we finish second from bottom
two points above them. We

had plenty of chances but didn't take them, although their
keeper played well too. Our keeper was Josh Burt, a 16 year old who performed
really well on his debut and also

became the
first Epsom player born after 2000 to take the field for any Epsom team.

28/4/18
Following the match a rushed Presentation took place where the following were
announced.

Player of the
Year (Dave Wilson Trophy)

Conor Young

Players Player
of the Year

Scott Murphy

Managers Player
of the Year

Conor Young

Vic McGregor
Clubman of the Year award

Gemma Jarman

23/5/18
Committee Meeting at Green Man, Ewell which sorted out a few of the issues
that had occurred during the season. Neil Grant provided an update on the
players

leaving
and rejoining that he knew but couldn't advise too much as we hadn't agreed
the playing budget at that time! This extra 45 minutes taken rushed
everything else

as a
result. We then held a review where it was accepted by all on the Committee
that the faults of last year were in not making a decision to take action on
Glyn sooner,

as it
was clear his motivation had been hit badly by the player exodus. It was then
made clear by Richard Lambert that we needed to become more detached from
a

Manager, so we can assess both positively and
critically where required without becoming too close, in case things don't
work out.

Paul
Marshall will now become Neil's matchday helper, meaning that we are short on
people to carry out match day duties and although a couple of people were
suggested

it looks
like this may become an issue going forward. With Paul unable to sell Super
Six tickets and Richard unable to create and sell them due to a change in
work

circumstances
we need to reduce any fund raising that we may have budgeted for. As a
result, the playing budget has been reduced from £18k p.a. to £13.5k,
which  will

also
include the Physio Budget, although the club will retain a medical kit budget
separately. That effectively saves us about £5.5k, although the groundshare
costs are

rising
to £13.5k from £9.5k and we made about £1,400 profit on the Super Six which
needs to be found, so it all nets off. Nine friendlies have been agreed
including first time

trips to Midhurst & Easebourne and Fisher.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att

Scorers & Notes

08/07/2017

Lingfield

A

1-4

0-1

N

Vitor Monteiro

15/07/2017

Petersfield Town

H

2-2

2-0

N

46

Tayo Ajayi (2)

22/07/2017

Loxwood

A

3-5

2-1

N

Tayo
Ajayi, Kyle Hough (pen), Sam Robinson

29/07/2017

Walton Casuals

A

0-5

0-2

N

01/08/2017

Corinthian Casuals XI

H

2-0

2-0

N

29

Joe Loftus-Cheek, Rob Hendry