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Kennington

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CCLC

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Sheerwater

2-4

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Bedfont & Feltham

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SPC

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Dorking Wanderers Res

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Home
Ground:

High Road, Chipstead F.C.

President

Stella Lamont

Chairman

Pete Beddoe

Vice Chairman

Steve Dyke

Club Secretary

Pete Beddoe

Treasurer

Steve Dyke

Media Officer

Richard Lambert

Membership
Secretary

Mel Tough

Other Committee
members

Paul Marshall, Gary Jarman, Tony Foster

Manager

Simon Funnell

Asst -

Matt Drew

Drew resigned at the start of the season and was replaced
by Sam Morgan, while Funnell resigned following the Bedfont & Feltham
match on 14th December.

Sam Morgan
then became Manager on 07/02/20 after a successful spell as Caretaker which
commenced from the first match of 2020.

Club
Captain:

Scott Murphy

Vice-Captain

Adam Heagney

Training
starts at Epsom College on Tuesday 2nd July at 7pm. It will continue on
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm when we do not have a match.

May 19 Tony
Foster is co-opted back onto the Committee after his previous role as
Treasurer ended in 2013/14.

May 19 it is
likely that due to our finishing position we will not be accepted for the FA
Cup this coming season.

May 19 Cove are relegated while Sheerwater are promoted.
In their place we receive AFC Hayes and Walton & Hersham from the Premier
Division, Westside from the

Surrey Elite League and a new club Jersey Bulls, who play
on the island. Additionally, due to the final stage of the FA reorganisation
four clubs will go up this season.

May 19 The Club
AGM is to be held at the Green Man at 8pm on Sunday 21st July.

May 19 we were due to play Banstead Athletic on 27/07/19
but they were double booked and we are currently spare that day. We arrange a
friendly at Raynes Park Vale

instead and add to this with another
friendly on 6th July at Alfold.

June 19 Both Frimley Green and Cove win their appeals and
Frimley Green are promoted to the Premier Division, while Cove are repreived
and will remain in this division.

June 19 Sean
White rejoins from Walton & Hersham.

22/6/19 pre-season trial at Purley Way, home ground of
Matt Drew's Shelton Athletic club takes place. Match refereed by former
player Alex McKay and took the shape of

three 30 minute
sessions with the result ending 8-4.

29/6/19 at the League AGM we have a bye in the League Cup
First Round with a trip to Sheerwater in the Second Round and in the Division
One Cup we are away to

Bedfont &
Feltham with the winners visiting Ash United or British Airways.

June 19 Our friendly at Sidlesham is cancelled. Looks like
it was our decision due to the journey time and may also have been struggling
for players that day.

4/7/19 The club receives a letter from the FA advising
that we are not being accepted for the FA Cup. This is the first time since
1972/73 that we have failed to be accepted.

6/7/19 Our first friendly finishes 1-1 with Alfold on the
Crawley Town astroturf. We shaded the match and took the lead after 75 when
Liam Roberts pass in to triallist Rory

Lewis was stepped over by Lewis and this deceived the
keeper, rolling into the vacant net from 25 yards! Lewis hurt his shoulder
towards the end after a decent cameo.

The lead lasted two minutes before Alfold equalised with a
good strike from 20 yards. In goal for us for the second half was Josh
Grintner, son of Epsom & Ewell Supporters

keeper from the
late 1990s, Phil.

9/7/19 We are beaten 8-1 by Guildford City in our next
friendly at the Surrey Sports Centre astroturf. We were 2-0 down in 8
minutes, and 3-0 after 22 before Taryn Smith

pulled a goal back just before the break. However, two
more just after the break and three in the final ten minutes ensured a
disastrous outing and the Management

rightly ripped
into the players after the match.

12/7/19 The FA Vase draw is a home tie against Kennington,
a South London based Step 6 club that plays down at Ashford United in Kent!
The winners will

visit Sidlesham
or Stansfeld in the second qualifying round.

13/7/19 We improved at AFC Croydon Athletic and led 2-0
after Jordan Gallagher scored a penalty awarded for handball in the 5th
minute and Liam Roberts scored a good

solo goal in the 29th but the hosts came back with four
goals in the last half hour to win 4-2, including two penalties. This was a
hastily arranged friendly, played outside the

main ground and many players were unavailable as they were
expecting to go to our original friendly opponents of Sidlesham and had
booked the weekend down at the

coast with
families!

16/7/19 Epsom get a 1-1 draw at Steyning Town and whilst
the home side finished stronger, we had been the better side for much of the
first 75 minutes and should

have led by more. Instead we conceded in the 35th minute
and required a Roberts equaliser after 67 minutes to level the scores. Both
sides hit the post in the second half.

20/7/19 Epsom win 10-2 at Farleigh Rovers, displaying a
killer instinct against a team that were not very good. Billy Carney scored
three, while Jordan Gallagher got two,

including the tenth one. Joshua Caulcrick also scored two
beauties just nine minutes apart, each time cutting in on his right foot and
belting it in from 25 yards with his left.

Liam Roberts
and Scott Murphy each scored penalties while Lloyd Connelly got the other
one.

21/7/19 AGM at Green Man was, as usual, very poorly
attended. The previous officers were elected along with Tony Foster who joins
the Committee officially after being

co-opted during the summer. A large number of questions
were asked of the Committee on the night and in a letter prior to the AGM
from a supporter Philip Harris. He, along

with a couple of other supporters who are fathers of
former players were frustrated at the apparent lack of progress on the new
ground and so a large part of the meeting

revolved around many of these questions. Because the
recent letter was received only just before the AGM it was agreed by the
Committee to arrange to discuss this at the

next Committee Meeting, provisionally agreed for 7th
August and to relay the replies to a members meeting in September as there
just wasn't time at the AGM to answer

the questions fully. Many of the questions stemmed from a
lack of awareness of our plight, and it is likely that more transparency will
follow, although it is also hoped that

some or all of
the supporters may wish to join the Committee so that they can help guide the
club through these difficult times.

23/7/19 The league fixtures are released for the first
week of the season and we open up at home to Fleet Spurs on 3rd August. We
visit Jersey on 16th November with

the return on
Easter Monday.

23/7/19 A decent performance against Chipstead who win 3-1
but only due to a late penalty after we had pushed for an equaliser. Bennett
also struck a post with a penalty

in the 14th minute with the score at 0-0 and we trailed to
goals after 26 and 36 but White pulled one back in the 57th minute with a
good volley of a deflected Robinson shot

before a 93rd
minute spot kick. They were the better side but not by much.

25/7/19 Matt Drew resigns as Coach quoting family issues
and business commitments. He joined us back in October 2018 when Simon
Funnell took over as Manager.

July 19 Olly
Martinez is advised as getting a trial for a Spanish club according to Simon
Funnell. Not sure who yet though.

Aug 19 Ryan
Sullivan rejoins club after spending pre-season at Chipstead.

3/8/19 Epsom disappoint after starting well to lose 3-5 at
home to Fleet Spurs. We opened up with a header from a corner by debutant
Chaz-Lee Martin in the 12th minute

but Fleet equalised with a deflected shot after 30 and led
after 47. A Hendry penalty after Toby Funnell was brought down in the box
brought us level after 56 but we trailed

again after 63 to a route one goal and conceded again
after 70. Sub Carney scored with his first touch after 76 but Fleet Spurs
scored their fifth goal after 83. Three players

were away at a
festival, while many were away due to holidays and injury.

7/8/19
Committee Meeting is postponed. No further one is arranged at that time.

10/8/19 Epsom concede a 91st minute strike from a narrow
angle to lose 2-1 at Bagshot after we had led at half time through Jordan
Gallagher's 48th minute free kick into

the corner of
the net. Another disappointing performance.

17/8/19 Epsom win their first match of the season with a
3-1 win at Chessington against Westside. Chaz Martin met a Heagney free kick
with a close range thumping header

in the 6th minute and we dominated for much of the match
yet conceded in the 73rd minute. Fortunately we retook the lead three minutes
later as Robinson's shot was

saved and Taryn
Smith knocked in the loose ball and Roberts scored a brilliant individual
goal to seal the points in the 85th minute.

20/8/19 A mad ending at High Road as Epsom beat Godalming
5-2. It was goalless at half time but we were again dominant and we then led
after Gallagher ran on to a long

ball and rolled it past the keeper in the 57th minute.
However, they equalised after 73 with a low shot that appeared to take a
deflection. We restored the lead after 76 when a

a good pass to Bennett put him through at an angle but he
smashed the ball past the keeper from ten yards. However, we then conceded
again in the 86th minute.

Fortunately a deep free kick was headed back across goal
by Martin and Hendry smashed an unstoppable scissor volley into the roof of
the net after 88 and then Bennett was

put through by Carney in the 89th minute to drill the ball
low past the keeper from 20 yards. In the 93rd minute Roberts put Bennett
through and he drew the keeper before

rolling the
ball to Carney to drive in. A very strange game.

24/8/19 no
Saturday match for Epsom, nor even a game on Bank Holiday Monday as Chipstead
are at home.

Aug 19 Josh Woodcock joins Chessington & Hook United,
having lost his place to Felix Davies. He had stuck around for a few weeks,
which was admirable.

27/8/19 Epsom throw two points against Tooting Bec as we
led a 2-0 half time lead slip to draw 2-2 and actually ended with 8 men due
to a sending off and two sin bin

offences. We led as Connelly forced in Martin's header
across goal from Funnell's free kick in the 22nd minute and Smith was upended
just inside the box to enable Murphy

to score the penalty in the 42nd minute. However, we
conceded in the 68th and then had Chaz Martin sent off for a challenge that
nowadays wouold be considered dangerous

but would have been fine a few years ago. They then
equalised after 81 and we had Rob Hendry sent to the sin bin after 89 and
Scott Murphy joined him in the 92nd minute,

both for debateable dissent calls, especially as the
opposition had protested long and hard about the penalty award but with no
one being sent to the sin bin for that. A

farcical ending
followed as a result which has no place in football.

31/8/19 We departed the FA Vase exactly one year to the
day after we had done it at Lingfield with a 4-1 defeat against Kennington.
The visitors were over physical in the

first half, and then we had Chaz-Lee Martin sent off for a
second yellow card after 49 which was unjust. We went behind after 11 to an
unmarked header but Heagney

equalised
after 43 after a ball in was only half cleared. However the sending off
ruined our chances and we conceded after 58, 74 and 77. Although it was

a fair result,
you couldn't help wondering what might have happened if we had eleven on the
field still.

Martin now picks up a five match suspension in total, even
though the offences were committed in the FA Vase and not a League match. I
thought the rules had changed on

this but now it
appears not.

4/9/19 we are drawn away to Sutton United Under 23s in the
First Round of the Surrey Premier Cup. The match will take place at Gander
Green Lane on Monday 14/10/19.

7/9/19 Felix Davies and Chaz Martin are suspended for the
trip to Ash so Conor Young came in for Davies who had been sent off for
Woking Academy in recent weeks. We

won 2-1 thanks to an 85th minute Bennett winner after we
had yet again led but allowed an equaliser. Roberts put us ahead with a very
good solo effort in the 58th minute

when he headed the ball past the defender and sidestepped
the keeper before scoring, but they equalised after 77 as we sat back again.
Fortunately we were then able to

raise our game and deserved the winner by the end although
Young had to make a couple of really good saves at critical moments. Heagney
sent off for a second yellow card

near the end
but this was a poor decision.

10/9/19 Epsom
get a 0-0 draw in a hastily araranged friendly at Hanworth Villa. A number of
triallists were in attendance.

17/9/19
Committee Meeting at Horton Park Golf Club

It is advised that Leatherhead have offered us a
groundshre at £11k for the next two seasons, £2500 cheaper

than
what Chipstead currently charge us; a figure that would have surely increased
in the next round of negotiations. Mel Tough and Pete Beddoe were involved in
the meeting

and the Committee agreed that we will move.
News to be delayed until paperwork is signed with Leatherhead and Chipstead
are informed.

Jersey
information is available and we will fly out from Gatwick at 8am on Saturday
16/11/19, returning on the Sunday afternoon.

A further Committee Meeting is to be held on 16th October
with a supporters meeting after the home match v FC Deportivo Galicia on 19th
October to construct a response

to the letter from Philip Harris. It is hoped that Philip,
Alex McKay and Andrew Young, who jointly composed the letter will choose to
get involved with the Committee to

increase its efficiency, but a lot will probably depend on
the content of the letter and the Holding Company have chosen not to answer
the questions that were directed to

them, which is
a pity. However, what is already known and in the public domain will be
advised.

Sam Morgan is now confirmed as Assistant Manager and Simon
is to be approached about what fines to give sin-binned players, £10 to cover
their fine, or £20 as a double

fine, as was
the case last season for dissent bookings.

18/9/19 Another friendly at Horsham's new ground at Hop
Oast results in a 4-2 win against their under 23 team as we recovered from
2-0 down to score three in the second

half with Toby Funnell scoring twice from distance. Zak
Nightingale scored our first goal just before half time and triallist Steven
Ibizugbe scored the final goal

with a shot
from the edge of the box.

Sept 19 Ben Chick is now undergoing a knee operation while
Conor Young is travelling until November, and a new keeper, Ricardo has been
signed to compete with Felix

Davies for the
position.

21/9/19 Epsom lose badly to AFC Hayes, conceding early and
never recovering, only scoring a consolation in the 4-1 defeat when Lloyd
Connelly headed in a free kick from

the right in
the 95th minute. AFC Hayes goals came after 7,15,67 and 83. Badly outplayed
in all areas. Adam Heagney was suspended for this match.

24/9/19 Epsom depart the League Cup 4-2 at Sheerwater with
another early goal coming against us. We were again 2-0 down at the half and
Scott Murphy pulled one back

from the spot after 52, but two more followed before Zak
Nightingale scored a late goal in the 92nd minute to reduce the deficit.
Their goals came after 2,48,60 and 71.

Sept 19 former
player Antony 'Freddie' Myers rejoins Chessington & Hook United. Not
clear where he had been at the start of the season.

28/9/19 Two second half goals give Farnham Town a 2-0 win
at Epsom as they score after 65 and 79 with Scott Murphy missing a penalty in
the 73rd minute that proved

costly.

30/9/19
Richard Lambert meets with potential investor Malcolm Shelbourne with a view
to a substantial playing investment on condition that the club matches the
figure.

Simon
Funnell has been tasked with providing a list of players by Saturday 12th
September to show what we believes he can get and he has been sworn to
secrecy at

this
stage as the investor wishes to remain anonymous for now. The intention is to
present the findings at the Committee Meeting on 16th October with a view to
a

playing influx from 1st November.

1/10/19 Epsom depart the Divison One Cup 3-1 at Bedfont
& Feltham on a wet and windy evening. We started well but conceded after
20 minutes before a bizarre incident

occurred when the referee blew for a handball by the
keeper, only to then change his mind and award a drop ball when the keeper
should have been sent off! We then

conceded after
48 and 75 with an 87th minute Gallagher goal scarcely a consolation.

5/10/19 Epsom require a fortunate late equaliser at Cove
to rescue a point, after conceding a late goal in the 90th minute at Cove. We
went behind to an unmarked header

after 25 but a nice move invoving Taryn Smith and Jake
Robinson gave Toby Funnell the chance to equalise with a low shot across the
keeper in the 29th minute. Cove

missed some good chances to lead at the half and we were
well on top in the second, but with no goals to show for it when we conceded,
but a Hendry shot into the corner

in the 93rd minute got the draw. It was lucky Jake
Robinson didn't get a touch as he would have been offside in doing so, but it
could have been argued that he was

obstructing the
view of the keeper and it should still have been offside. A lucky escape but
still two points dropped.

5/10/19 Jordan
Gallagher was suspended for this match after accumulating five bookings.

5/10/19
Chessington & Hook United put in a seven day approach for Louis Chin.

14/10/19
Sutton Untied Development (A) is p-p as they have an FA Youth Cup date at the
ground on that date. It is rearranged for 9/12/19.

Oct 19 former
player Daryl Cooper-Smith joins Abbey Rangers from SCR. Had briefly been at
Westfield last season before returning to SCR.

Oct 19 we sign a new keeper Luis Ricardo Abreu Teixeira -
who required international clearance. He joined from a club in Portugal and
required international clearance.

12/10/19
Chessington & Hook United (A)(L) is p-p - waterlogged and rearranged for
Tuesday 19/11/19.

Oct 19 Chipstead have a home FA Trophy match on 26/10/19
so our home match against Kensington & Ealing Borough is to be moved back
from that date. Then after

it looked like we would have a week off, the away match
was brought forward, only it is not at Leatherhead, but at Raynes Park Vale
as the agreement with Leatherhead

appears to have
broken down. We now have a spare date on Saturday 4/1/20.

16/10/19
Committee Meeting at Horton Park Golf Club - a response to Philip Harris'
letter has now been prepared and was passed by the Committee. This will be
sent

shortly.
Tony Foster is to become Hospitality Manager as Paul's kit duties are
preventing him from being available directly after the match. Finally, a
playing budget review

was held
where it was made clear by Steve Dyke that we needed to look at coming up
with an increase. Richard Lambert then proposed an investment of £4k from a

"mystery
investor" on condition that the club met the figure to effectively
double it. Mel Tough then advised that he would provide £1000 so the club
would only need to come

up with
a further £3000 which the Committee agreed they would. Simon was informed
that evening and is trying to get players in rapidly now, with a view to
making their

debuts on 2nd November at Walton & Hersham.

19/10/19 Epsom secure their first clean sheet of 2019 as
we defeat FC Deportivo Galicia 3-0. An early goal as Murphy times his run
perfectly to meet Gallagher's cross from

close range in the 13th minute gave us a flying start but
we had to wait for Taryn Smith's goal in the 86th minute to seal the points.
It was a bit lucky as his shot struck

a defender and looped up over the keeper but it was the
least we deserved and Bennett rounded off the scoring on the break in the
89th minute, rounding the

keeper and
finishing easily. A convincing win in the end.

21/10/19
Jahmahl King signs for the club. A defender with over 400 matches at Isthmian
League level, he joins from South Park.

26/10/19 Epsom lead but cannot hold on for long and lose
3-1 at Kensington & Ealing Borough. A Murphy header at the near post from
a Heagney corner put us ahead in

the 31st
minute but they equalised in the 35th and further goals followed after 59 and
77. An even match but we didn't take our chances.

Oct 19 Our
match at home to Kensington & Ealing Borough is rearranged for 21/01/20.

9/11/19 our league match at home to Sandhurst has been
moved back to 26/11/19 provisionally as Sandhurst Town have a County Cup tie
this week and their opponent

will not play
midweek.

Nov 19 Marlon
Pinder and George Smith join the club. Pinder joins from Knaphill and is a
former player, while Smith joined from Camberley Town.

2/11/19 Marlon Pinder returns to the club and plays well,
scoring once and assisting in two others but we are still outplayed 6-3 at
Walton & Hersham. We conceded three

times after 21, 25 and 28 although Pinder's run and shot
set up Hendry to net a loose ball for his 50th goal for the club in the 30th
minute and Hendry's shot was half saved

and retrieved by White for Pinder to score after 37.
However, further goals after 56,81 and 89 meant that when Pinder was tripped
in the area, leading to a second yellow

card for their
keeper, Bennett stuck away a 94th minute penalty to reduce the arrears.

3/11/19
The mystery investor has pulled out of his agreement in protest at a 3 month
Committee ban given to Media Officer Richard Lambert. The ban is
unenforceable as

this is
a Members club and it also transpires that Steve Dyke has also picked up a
one match ban for his part in the argument that came about due to Pete
Beddoe's

inaction in getting the Holding Company to
agree to fund the extra money. The investor will not now invest while Beddoe
remains as Chairman.

Nov 19 James
Fray joins from Redhill.

12/11/19 James Fray debut at Tooting Bec but we are beaten
2-1 due to an 85th minute goal. They went ahead in the 59th minute but Jake
Robinson scored his first goal

for the club
three minutes later. It was an even match and we had more chances towards the
end but still lost.

16/11/19 Epsom lose 2-0 in Jersey against Jersey Bulls. 25
travelled as a squad including officials while a few others made the journey
at their own expense. We conceded

a penalty in the 44th minute and an unfortunate own goal
off Lloyd Connelly in the 92nd minute. The scoreline was about fair as they
held a lot of possession, but we did hit

the bar from Hendry (even if it was actually a punch of
the ball instead of a header!) and Taryn Smith hit the post with a powerful
shot from an angle towards the end.

Two debuts as Tariq Straker (Haywards Heath) and George
Smith (Horley) made their debuts. Many were missing, Chaz-Lee Martin and Sean
White were injured, while Jake

Robinson was
ill and Marlon Pinder was away for his birthday. Also Steve Betancourt has
returned and came on as a sub in the second half.

19/11/19
Chessington & Hook United (A)(L) is p-p - waterlogged. It is rearranged
for 14/1/20.

23/11/19 Epsom come from 2-0 down at HT to draw 2-2 at
home to Dorking Wanderers Reserves. They were Managed by former player Carl
Downs and had Jake Downs

and Ben Dyson in their line up. They led after 25 and then
benefitted from an awful penalty decision in the 32nd minute when Young
clearly got the ball. Bennett finished off a

good Scott Murphy cross in the 55th minute and then an
equally harsh penalty for a foul on Tariq Straker was scored by Bennett in
the 64th minute. Both Scott Murphy in

the first half and Jake Downs in the second half were sent
to the sin bin, each for disputing penalties during a horrible officiating
display and in the 75th minute Simon Funnell

was also sent
off after discussion with the referee and Assistant.

26/11/19
Sandhurst Town (H)(L) is p-p due to heavy rain at Chipstead. It is rearranged
for Tuesday 28/1/20. Prog issued - (8) - Y.

30/11/19 Two second half goals enabled us to win 2-0 at
Godalming Town and record our first away clean sheet since September 2018.
Although the first half was more even

we finished the stronger and weren't affected by the sin
bin offence from James Fray in the 38th minute and ran over into the second
half and were well on top for much of the

second half. The main incident came in the 55th minute
when Hendry was fouled on the edge of the box, earning Tarrent his second
yellow card and being followed by Marlon

Pinder burying the the subsequent free kick into the
bottom corner. We were well on top although there were still a couple of
scares at our end from the ten men but

Tariq Straker got his head to a Pinder right wing cross to
score our second goal in the 87th minute and the home side finished with nine
men after injury, having only named

one outfield substitute. Debut for Corey Haywood-Roye from
the subs bench. Rob Hendry's 150th appearance and Lloyd Connelly's 100th.
Bobby Bennett missed a

penalty in the
17th minute which was saved although it should never have been awarded in the
first place.

7/12/19 A hugely disappointing result as we lose 2-1 at
Fleet Spurs. We conceded in the 14th minute and never really got going but
came out in the second half and

equalised in the 47th minute when Pinder finished off
Hendry's low cross. However, we then conceded in the 59th minute and despite
attempts to get back into the game

we weren't
able to equalise. James Fray was picked for this match but was absent and
replaced by the returning Adam Heagney in the starting eleven.

7/12/19 After the game Marlon Pinder revealed that he
would be leaving the club. Looks like it had nothing to do with the result
and he may just have had a better offer.

It transpires
that he is to join Guildford City.

7/12/19 It was
also advised that Chaz-Lee Martin will be out for another six weeks with his
knee injury.

9/12/19 We defeat Sutton United's Development side 7-0 in
the Surrey Premier Cup at Gander Green Lane. This was a very one-sided affair
with Young not having to make

a save until the 89th minute and we led in the third
minute after Betancourt headed in Hendry's corner. We extended the lead when
Murphy's pass over the full back was

taken in stride by Bennett who finished into the bottom
corner and in the 17th minute Betancourt's volley from another Hendry corner
was blocked to Roberts who scored

from twelve yards out. A Hendry corner was flicked on by
Taryn Smith and then handled by a defender so Hendry scored the penalty in
the 44th minute and in the 47th

Roberts played a lovely pass over the defence for Hendry
to square across the six yard box for Bennett to  tap in. In the 69th minute a pass was
diverted into Hendry's path

and he made no mistake and a minute later he completed his
hat trick from the spot after Bennett had been brought down. Very clinical
and we now host Nottsborough

in the next
round.

Dec 19 Tyrell
Hallier-Degale joins from Forestdale.

14/12/19 A depressing afternoon as Bedfont & Feltham
win 5-0 at High Road. We were never really in it and they scored after 23,
45, 71, 73 and 76. We created little in the

match as Capon scored a hat trick for them. Tyrell
Hallier-Degale made his debut, but Bennett was injured and Hendry had a groin
strain that isn't healing.

17/12/19 We release a statement advising that we will be
terminating our groundshare agreement with Chipstead at the end of the season
and moving in as

tenants of Leatherhead at Fetcham Grove. This has been
coming for a while but the agreement was finally signed the day before and
the news was

synchronised
with Leatherhead once we had informed Chipstead of the move.

22/12/19 The club release another statement advising that
Simon Funnell has resigned. He actually resigned following the Bedfont &
Feltham match

but did not want to make it public until he had told the
players, which he did on the morning of 22nd December with the statement
following shortly

afterwards. Simon quoted personal reasons and wanted to
spend more time with his family, although it is very likely that the league
position was a

contributing
factor and it would have been discussed shortly anyway.

Following this, the club choose to advertise the position
and are flooded with applications having to bring the closing date forward
from 18th January to 2nd January.

Dec 19 Simon Funnell picks up a two game suspension for
his sending off on 23rd November. As a result he will be suspended from the
Westside match where he was

intending to
come along and say goodbye properly as there was a stadium ban in effect;
another draconian Surrey FA related decision.

28/12/19 As Sam Morgan is on holiday, former Coach Matt
Drew steps in to take charge for the League match at home to Westside and
after a slow start we recovered to

score three times in the second half and win 3-2. We
trailed in the 8th minute but a long range strike from Heagney with his left
foot that went in off the post in the 61st

minute was followed by a goal from Straker after his run
and pass had set up Taryn Smith for a shot that was half save but looped up
for Straker to continue his run and

head into an empty net in the 70th minute and James Fray
curled in a great shot from 20 yards three minutes later. An 85th minute
consolation for the visitors was just that.

2/1/20 Applications close for the positions of Manager.
There were forty applications which were narrowed down to an interview short
list of seven and interviews will

commence in early January carried out by Pete Beddoe and
Mel Tough who had created the short list of seven which was then ratified by
the Committee on 6/1/20.

4/1/20 no game
for Epsom as this match at Kensington & Ealing Borough had been brought
forward to 26/10/19.

11/1/20 Epsom defeat British Airways 3-0 at High Road with
three second half goals. Sam Morgan had been named Caretaker Manager and
brought in an Assistant, Tim

Moffatt. Three new players made debuts, Jordan
Boateng-Anderson only lasted 29 minutes before being replaced while Gideon
Acheampong and Jacob Skelly both came

into the defence. Bobby Bennett scored first after 51
minutes and Taryn Smith doubled the lead from a deep Straker cross after 58.
Bennett scored our third in the 72nd minute.

Jan 20 In
addition to the three new players, keeper Ben Ashton was also signed.

14/1/20
Chessington & Hook United (A)(L) is p-p due to some really poor weather
that day thanks to Storm Bernard.

18/1/20 AFC
Hayes (A)(L) is p-p due to a waterlogged and frozen pitch. An online
programme is produced for the postponed match - Y.

21/1/20 Kensington & Ealing Borough (H)(L) is p-p as
our opponents had a County Cup tie but this was then cancelled so the League
match, rearranged for 11/2/20 was

then
resurrected for 21/01/20.

21/1/20 Epsom deserve their 2-0 win over Kensington &
Ealing Borough on a freezing night at Chipstead which was watched by a low
attendance of 20; our lowest since

March 2008 at Merland Rise. We survived an early scare
before taking the lead in the 21st minute when Bennett fed the returning Jake
Robinson. His shot was tipped onto

the bar but as it fell, it rebounded off a defender
straight to Bennettt who had continued his run and he knocked the ball in
from close range. We improved in the

second half and clinched the points in the 86th minute
when a ball over the top was controlled perfectly by Jacob Skelly and he ran
on to beat the keeper from 12 yards.

25/1/20 Epsom produce another hard working performance and
defeat Cove 4-0 at High Road for our third clean sheet in a row. We were
rarely in trouble and opened the

scoring in the 25th minute when Bennett broke down the
right wing and squared for Daniel Duncanson to knock in at the far post from
close range on his debut. A nice pass

from Taryn Smith put Bennett through to round the keeper
for our second in first half injury time. We remained mostly on top and
Jordan-Boateng Anderson came on as a sub

for Duncanson and scored twice; firstly in the 83th minute
when he collected the ball on the left, beat his man and slotted the ball in
at the near post, before Smith set him

up to smash the
ball into the far corner from 18 yards in the 93rd minute for our fourth
goal.

28/1/20 A late equaliser from Bobby Bennett is required as
we secure a 1-1 home draw with Sandhurst Town in a very competitive match. We
went behind in the 38th minute

when a corner came across and Young appeared to be
impeded, missing his clearance and it was headed in from very close range. We
received a let off when Young brought

their striker down outside the area in te 54th minute but
only received a yellow card and Bennett headed in Taryn Smith's left wing
cross also from close range for the

equaliser.
Tariq Straker was sent to the sin bin right on half time and missed the
opening ten minutes of the second half.

Jan 20 our
match at AFC Hayes has been arranged for Saturday 28th March as both teams
had the Saturday spare.

Jan 20 George
Smith leaves for Godalming Town.

Jan 20 Jacob Sewell joins on loan from Chipstead. He is a
striker and will add a greater threat, especially while Rob Hendry is out
injured. Micah Banton also joins the club,

while James
Fray is due to return from holiday shortly.

1/2/20 We need a 99th minute Taryn Smith header to win a
strange game at FC Deportivo Galicia 3-2 at Bedfont Sports Club. It was an
incident filled match and we started

really well but conceded in the 25th minute, only to
equalise in the 27th when a defender's clearance was smashed against his own
keeper into the net! We then led in the 42nd

minute when Jahmahl King made contact with the ball in a
scramble which then went straight through the keeper's legs despite the ball
having hardly any pace on it. However

we conceded again in the 48th minute and the second half
was more even before the late winner which came when Straker's run was ended
on the edge of the box and

they had a player dismissed, before Murphy's free kick
came down off the bar and bounced up for Smith to head in whilst other
players were appealing that the free kick

had crossed
the line, which it might have done, although it hadn't been awarded by the
Assistant so it was just as well Smith made sure!

4/2/20 We defeat Nottsborough 3-0 in the Surrey Premier
Cup with an exceptional performance and all three goals came in the second
half. Robinson scored a beauty from

just over 30 yards in the 55th minute that flew into the
top corner after a free kick was pulled back to him and we extended the lead
in the 72nd minute when Straker's

delivery from a short corner was headed back across goal
by Skelly for Murphy to turn in. Straker made it 3-0 in the 77th minute when
he received the ball from Robinson

and hit a shot on the turn into the far bottom corner from
just inside the area. The second half display was fantastic. We visit Dorking
Wanderers Reserves in the QF.

7/2/20 Sam Morgan is appointed Club Manager following his
successful spell as Caretaker. His Coach will be Tim Moffatt with Assistant
Coach Geoff Clayton,

Physio Kevin
Adnett and Goalkeeper Coach Ben Ashton.

8/2/20 An untidy match results in a narrow 2-1 home win
against Ash United. We led in the 5th minute when Gideon Acheampong ran onto
a Bennett pass before

shooting low under the keeper for his first goal for the
club. However, we conceded in the fourth minute of injury time to a near post
header from a free kick but were

ahead again in the 52nd minute when Straker set up
Robinson to curl the ball into the far corner from just inside the box. It
was a deserved win but probably

made it more
difficult than it should have been.

8/2/20 The
Surrey Premier Cup QF at Dorking Wanderers Reserves will take place on
Tuesday 18th February.

10/2/20 Our two outstanding league matches are now
advised. We visit Chessington & Hook on Tuesday 24/03/20 and Eversley
&California on Tuesday 7/4/20.

Feb 20 Tony Martin joins from Redhill. Had signed for us a
couple of years back while at Chipstead but never played. Rumoured that Gavin
Quintyne will also be joining the club.

15/2/20 Farnham Town (A)(L) is p-p. Waterlogged, plus the
impending Storm Dennis was expected that afternoon. It is rearranged for
Saturday 25th April as the season is

extended by one
week.

18/2/20 We depart the Surrey Premier Cup with a whimper,
4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw, but were very fortunate to get the draw
with a 91st minute Bennett penalty awarded

for a foul on debutant Tony Martin. We had conceded after
63 and were second best for much of the night. Towards the end of the 90
minutes their Manager, our former player

Carl Downs was
booked for an argument with an official. As with County rules there was no
extra time and we went straight to penalties.

James Dickson

a

to keeper's right

Tony Martin

r

save to keeper's right

George
Membrillera

r

hit right hand post

Scott Murphy

a

top corner

Rory Cunningham
Flood

a

bottom corner

James Fray

a

top corner

Kyle Carton

a

top corner

Taryn Smith

a

roof of net

Ben Dyson

a

bottom corner

Bobby Bennett

r

straight at keeper

18/2/20 Taryn
Smith made his 50th appearance at Dorking Wanderers Reserves.

22/2/20 Chessington & Hook United (H)(L) is p-p due to
a waterlogged pitch at Chipstead. It transpires that the regular groundsman
was away that week. Match is rearranged

for Tuesday
21/4/20.

Feb 20 A
fixture switch means that our match at Dorking Wanderers has now been brought
forward from 11/4/20 to Saturday 7/3/20.

29/2/20
Another weekend downpour means that our match at Briitish Airways has been
p-p too. It is rearranged for Tuesday 28th April.

Mar 20 Beckett
Oliver is at Horsley

7/3/20 A bizarre match at Dorking Wanderers ends 1-1 again
but this was a real sickener as a 94th minute goal from Hendry was surely
gooing to be enough with just thirty

seconds remaining, yet they managed to equalise in that
time. A great Straker cross was volleyed in at close range by Hendry on his
return from injury in a match of many

chances and
strange officiating.

7/3/20
after the match with Dorking Wanderers Richard Lambert passed Pete Beddoe
notice of his intention to call an EGM if he did not stand down within seven
days. Richard

will be
standing for Chairman and has the support of enough members to achieve this
once the latest batch of new Colts members are accepted. Currently they are
being

delayed
on a technicality. Richard's new Vice-Chairman will be Phil Harris and two
people from the Colts will be joining the Committee with hopefully a few more
members from

the
club. If Beddoe does not stand down by 14th March an EGM will be called.
Steve Dyke has already resigned as was reported at a Committee Meeting on
Thursday 5th

March having been away from the club for around
four months.

However,
matters then got held up by the coronavirus and in the meantime Mel Tough put
forward a counter offer suggesting that he take on the Chairmanship on a
short term

basis
with the thoughts that Beddoe may be more likely to remain at the club as
Secretary in the meantime, which would make the transition from shambles to
organised a

little
easier. Mel advised that he would provide a plan for the club to follow and
set it on its way over the next few months. However, nine weeks on from a
meeting between Mel

and
Richard, the plan is still not complete (21st May). Meanwhile the Colts sit
on the sideline awaiting the next move from the club, having now had their
memberships

accepted by a Committee who couldn't realise the
damage they were doing to our relationship with our sister club by delaying
them.

14/3/20
Sandhurst Town (A) (L) is p-p - waterlogged.

The Combined Counties League announced that the league
would be suspended from Sunday 15/3/20 and the FA extended this across the
country shortly

after this. A week or two later the FA made the decision
to declare the 2019/20 season null and void, delaying the reorganisation by a
season but also denying

Jersey Bulls amongst others, a promotion they had already
mathematically earned. There may in time be some gaps higher up which the FA
may choose to fill

with clubs from lower down and if Jersey were to get one
of those it would be no surprise. In the meantime all football is suspended
for the first time since

September 1939 when World War Two was declared. Who knows
when the new football season will commence? We remain unbeaten over 90
minutes in 2020.

May 20 Theo
Campbell joins Lambeth Lions from Westside

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att (approx)

Scorers & Notes

06/07/2019

Alfold

A

1-1

0-0

N

20

L.Roberts

09/07/2019

Guildford City

A

1-8

1-3

N

40

T.Smith

13/07/2019

AFC Croydon Athletic

A

2-4

2-0

N

15

J.Gallagher (pen), L.Roberts

16/07/2019

Steyning Town

A

1-1

0-1

N

29

L.Roberts

20/07/2019

Farleigh Rovers

A

10-2

4-1

N

25

B.Carney
(3), J.Gallagher (2), J.Caulcrick (2), L.Connelly,

L.Roberts (pen), S.Murphy (pen)

23/07/2019

Chipstead

A

1-3

0-2

N

35

S.White

27/07/2019

Raynes Park Vale

A

2-6

1-4

N

-

J.Gallagher, L.Roberts

10/09/2019

Hanworth Villa

A

0-0

0-0

N

12

18/09/2019

Horsham U23

A

4-2

1-2

N

30

Z.Nightingale, T.Funnell (2). S.Ibizugbe