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

CC1

season curtailed

7th

FAC

Not accepted

FAV

1

Saltdean United

1-3

CCLC

2

AFC Hayes

2-2 - 4-5 penalties

CC1LC

QF

AFC Hayes

2-3

SPC

competition cancelled

Home
Ground:

Fetcham Grove, Leatherhead FC

President

Stella Lamont

Chairman

Mel Tough

Vice Chairman

Barry Gartell

Club Secretary

Peter Beddoe

Treasurer

Peter Mutton

Media Officer

Richard Lambert

Membership
Secretary

Mel Tough - replaced in October by Phil Harris

Other Committee
members

Alex McKay

Manager

Sam Morgan

Asst -

Tim Moffatt

Coaches

Kevin Adnett, Ben Ashton, Colin Harvey

Physio

Kevin Adnett

Club
Captain:

Scott Murphy

Vice-Captain

Tony Martin

Others Lloyd Connelly, Bobby Bennett, Tommy
Smith

Training starts
at NESCOT on Monday 15th June at 6pm. It will continue on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays when we do not have a match.

From August
training would move to Epsom College.

June 20 All
clubs remain in the same division after the FA confirmed that Jersey would
not be moved up, even if there was a vacancy in a higher division.

June 20 Pete
Beddoe advises that the Club AGM is delayed for now due to the coronavirus.
It is expected to be in August.

June 20 A provisional list of friendlies is advised by Sam
Morgan which has a friendly at Farleigh Rovers on 4th July, Lingfield (A) on
11th July, Sheerwater (A) on 18th July,

Steyning Town on Friday 24th July with a final friendly at
Leatherhead on 1st August. These are then scrapped as it becomes apparent
that the season will not start until

at least
September and a new set are prepared.

June 20 Club legend Kyle Hough returns to the club after
retiring a season or two previously. Also Ryan Sullivan returns to the club
after working for much of last season at

Charlton
Athletic.

All players who
were a regular part of the squad have rejoined for this season with exception
of Jahmahl King, presumably due to budget concerns.

Additionally, new players Dwayne Agyemang (Glebe), Dan
Penfold (Banstead), Ijah Currie-Wilson (Lewisham Borough), George Ede
(Staines Town), Tom Penson (AFC

Croydon Athletic). Also, players who joined near the end
of last season are remaining. Jacob Sewell, Gavin Quintyne and Tony Martin.
Penfold played for us briefly

in a couple of
pre-season friendlies before being injured at Guildford City in July 2019.

1/7/20 former keeper Nic Taylor rejoins the club. Had been
at a number of clubs, latterly AFC Croydon Athletic since making nine
appearances for us in 2012.

1/8/20 Epsom start their season with a 5-3 loss at step 5
Horley Town in a match played on their back pitch. We played virtually a
different team in each half

and it is fair
to say that the second half team appeared the better of the two, although we
technically lost each half against a Horley team that made a similar

number of changes. We conceded twice after 15 and 20
although the second goal was offside, but retrieved the situation with a Rob
Hendry penalty after 38 minutes once he

had been fouled by a defender as he broke through. We then
made it 2-2 in the 56th minute when a Taryn Smith near post corner was headed
across the keeper

by Jacob Sewell but conceded to a free kick after 68. We
were back on level terms in the 69th minute after Jacob Sewell set up Ijah
Currie-Wilson for a calm finish but

then conceded almost immediately again to a decent Horley
move. We then conceded a fifth goal on the break in the 83rd minute as we
pushed for an equaliser. It was an

even match which bodes well for the season seeing as
Horley were at the top end of the Southern Combination last season before the
premature end to the season.

4/8/20 We narrowly defeated Farleigh Rovers 2-1 at
Parsonage Field thanks to a brace from Sewell in the opening stages of the
second half. After a goalless first half he

opened the scoring with a great individual goal after 55
minutes, beating two players and lifting the ball over the advancing keeper
and then after 58 minutes Dan Penfold

reached a ball at the far post squared it to Hendry who
set up Sewell for the tap in from close range. A 63rd minute penalty for
handball reduced the deficit, but we held on.

Aug 20 Harvey
Brinkley joins from Fisher FC

Aug 20 Gary
Jarman resigns from the Committee quoting business commitments.

Aug 20 Paul
Marshall resigns from the Committee.

Aug 20 Afo
Soyembi joins having played in America and also for Kidderminster Harriers. A
striker with potential. International Clearance awaited.

8/8/20 We held Sutton Common Rovers to a goalless draw at
Gander Green Lane. They hit the frame of our goal twice early on but we held
on well with two new keepers

playing well for a half each, Reuben Bull (Kingstonian)
and Barry Saluwu (youngster). Unfortunately we lost Jacob Sewell with an
injury that will keep him out for a while.

11/8/20 A disappointing performance on the back pitch at
AFC Croydon Athletic as we conceded two early poor goals and ended up losing
4-1. Tony Martin scored a goal

back on the hour
with a 35 yard strike but they got two more in the five minutes that
followed.

15/8/20 Despite being the better team and leading 2-0
after 71 minutes we somehow managed to lose 2-3. Dwayne Agymang had volleyed
us ahead with a great strike from a

Robinson corner in the 14th minute and Tariq Straker
scored a second after 71 minutes after he intercepted a poor keeper's throw,
but we conceded after 74 and then again

after 85 and 87.
The first of these was offside and the latter was a long range strike.

Aug 20 The
Leatherhead friendly is moved forward a week to 22/8/20 and will be against
more or less a first team at Fetcham Grove.

17/8/20
Notification is sent advising the club AGM which is to be in 13 days time on
30th August at 6pm at Leatherhead FC.

18/8/20 Epsom concede another late winner as we go down
2-1 at Step Five Fisher. We led in the second minute when Straker forced home
a Taryn Smith low cross but

conceded a penalty in the 38th minute and then again after
87. The game was very even with our first eleven on the pitch, but after
subs, we didn't look so good.

18/8/20 We are drawn at home to Bridon Ropes in the FA
Vase with the winners at home to Langney Wanderers or Eastbourne United. We
are not acceted into the FA Cup.

20/8/20 We let a 2-0 and a 3-1 lead slip to a 3-4 defeat
against Farnborough Old Boys Guild in our first visit to Farrow Fields. We
led after Bennett headed in from close

range in the 13th minute and extended the lead through
Currie-Wilson after 20 but conceded to a free kick before half time. Bennett
restored the two goal lead in the

52nd minute but
a number of errors enabled them to win with three goals scored in seven
minutes. The match was played on the second pitch there.

22/8/20 We lost a friendly 4-0 at Leatherhead with goals
coming at regular intervals throughout the game. A total of around 170
watched the match with supporters allowed back

into matches.

25/8/20 Our friendly with Sheerwater took place at the
Winston Churchill school in Woking and a late equaliser meant that we had to
settle for a 1-1 draw. Tony Martin

forced the ball in from a near post corner in the 11th
minute but they were stronger after the break and equalised with just seven
minutes remaining. A better performance though.

26/8/20 Our
opening league fixtures are released and we start on 05/09/20 at AFC Hayes.
We then host Westside at home on 08/09/20.

30/8/20 AGM at Fetcham Grove, Leatherhead FC where there
are a few changes. Peter Beddoe stepped down as Chairman to be replaced by
Mel Tough. Tony Foster stood

as Treasurer although would resign within a few days,
while Gary Jarman and Paul Marshall had already stood down. New members on
the Committee are Barry Gartell and

Peter Mutton who came through a connection with the Colts.
Gartell is former CEO at Carshalton Athletic and also sits on the Colts
Committee. Additionally long serving

supporters Philip Harris and Alex McKay joined the
Committee. Harris was a supporter back in the late sixties and has been back
at the club for a few years while McKay is

the father of our former Club Captain and has been
watching for quite a while. Mel Tough is
proposing a new structure at the club which will start to take shape
later in

the year once it is approved by Committee. Peter Beddoe
remains as Secretary, while Richard Lambert remains as Media Officer and
Tough remains as Membership Secretary.

1/9/20 A hastily arranged final friendly ends with defeat
by Chipstead by six goals to one and we were never really in it. We conceded
after 19 and 26 and whilst Straker's

header after 30
minutes reduced the deficit it was 4-1 by HT and two further goals followed
after 71 and 92 to complete the scoring.

5/9/20 Epsom fall to a 90th minute fluke in a 2-1 defeat
at AFC Hayes. We led in the 33rd minute when Hendry finished off Straker's
low cross from the left but they equalised

within two minutes and in the 90th minute a cross from
right out on the touchline curled over everyone and into the net! Debuts for
Dwayne Agyemang, Tom Penson, Ijah

Currie-Wilson and Alpha Bah who is now being listed as
Mamadou Bah. Jake Robinson played on his 21st birthday and we wore a red and
whie banded kit for the first time in

many years. It
is our third kit apparently

8/9/20 A healthy attendance of 73 were treated to an awful
second half display as they conceded three times in the last ten minutes to
Westside at Fetcham Grove, despite

the visitors
being reduced to ten men after 70. Goals came after 80,91 and 95 and all were
scored by Tevon Webster.

Sept 20 Charlie Penny joins the club. A vastly experienced
player aged only 25 who has playerd for Chipstead, Merstham, Welling, Woking,
Dulwich and Lewes with a brief

spell at
Millwall. He is joined by Jordan Martin who was formerly Club Captain at
Chipstead amongst other clubs and is a brother of Tony Martin.

12/9/20 Epsom bounce back well with a 6-0 win over
Sandhurst Town at their temporary ground at Bracknell Town. We scored in the
3rd minute when new signing Charlie Penny

who has had many good teams on his list of clubs despite
being only 25, headed in a Currie-Wilson left wing cross from eight yards.
Connelly extended the lead in the 29th

minute when he headed in a Robinson corner and a brilliant
run and pass across goal from Currie-Wilson in the 40th minute left Penny
with a tap in for his second goal.

We continued after the break and made it 4-0 in the 69th
minute when another new signing Jordan Martin sent a header against the bar
from a Robinson corner and his brother

Tony latched onto the loose ball from close range.
Substitute Bennett made it 5-0 with a clinical finish from Robinson's pass
inside the defender in the 75th minute and in the

87th he scored again with a good finish under pressure
from a defender. He also had another disallowed for offside which Gary Jarman
was able to confirm from his position was

the wrong
decision. Bennett would have been only the third player to score a hat trick
from the bench in history (Robbie Burns, Taryn Smith).

15/9/20 We let another lead slip as Tooting Bec win 2-1.
Robinson put us ahead with a thirty yard free kick that sailed over the
keeper a bit like Ronaldinho did in the 2002

World Cup against England, but we conceded after 64 and
then after 80 and in the 87th minute Straker was sent off for kicking out and
will be suspended for three matches.

Sept 20 Season
tickets are advised at £100 and £50 concessions and £20 children under 16
with under 7s free.

Sept 20
Committee Meeting advised for 4/10/20.

20/9/20 Epsom defeat Bridon Ropes 4-0 in the opening round
of the  FA Vase with a Charlie Penny
hat trick. He opened the scoring after 15 minutes and the Bridon number 9

was sent off just before HT, although the game wasn't safe
until Penny had scored his second in the 64th minute. Alpha Bah was then sent
off for a foul but Penny scored again

in the 85th minute before Bennett rounded off the scoring
in the 92nd minute as he latched on to a fortunate ricochet to score from
close range and we had a fifth wrongly

chalked off for offside. We face Langney Wanderers in the
next round at home on 10/10/20. Tommy Smith (Chipstead) debut and Jay Jones
(Westside) also made his

debut from the
bench.

Sept 20 Nic Taylor leaves to join Erith Town. Joe
Bonass-Ward, Olly Martinez, Liam Roberts and Toby Funnell are now at TD
Shipley at Step Seven under Management team

of Simon Funnell
and Matt Drew.

23/9/20 Initial relocation sub committee meeting at
Cricketers in Epsom with some early thoughts discussed. Hopefully the whole
Committee will be involved in future

discussions.

26/9/20 We defeat Cove 4-1 in a League match at Fetcham
Grove. It was a comfortable win in the end against a team with very limited
threat and it took us a while to break

them down. Taryn Smith should have scored after he robbed
a defender and ran in on goal. His shot was saved but fell to Penny, who
skipped past two players and clipped

the ball across the keeper into the far corner from 12
yards in the 28th minute. Afo Soyemi-Ololuda made his debut after some
outings in pre-season as we had needed

to get international clearance for him and he made the
second goal with a great run across the defenders to collect the ball on the
left before feeding Currie-Wilson who cut

inside his man and driled the ball low inside the near
post in the 27th minute. We missed two good chances early in the second half
and were made to regret them when Cove

pulled a goal back in the 59th minute but Taryn Smith put
Penny through for a powerful strike to put us 3-1 up in the 71st minute and
Smith was unlucky to see his shot tipped

onto the bar,
although the rebound hit a defender and dribbled over the line for an own
goal in the 82nd minute.

26/9/20 Rob
Hendry, Bobby Bennett, Alpha Bah and Tony Martin were all missing for this
match while Tariq Straker was suspended.

29/9/20 Many injured with four starters from Saturday
missing for this 0-0 draw with Chessington & Hook at Fetcham Grove. It
was an entertaining match with no quarter given

and immediately after the final whistle there was a big
scuffle which involved almost all of the players and both benches! A poor
example from both teams in front of a crowd of 93

which was our
largest home attendance since April 2016 when Ashford Town brought many over
as they were chasing promotion.

Sept 20 Sam Morgan confirms Sheikh Ceesay, Nic Taylor, Tom
Penson, Jordan-Boateng Anderson, Joe Bonass-Ward, Olly Martinez and Gavin
Quintyne have left the club and

that Scott Murphy is joining Steyning Town. Ijah
Currie-Wilson, Charlie Penny Afo Soyemi-Ololade, Jake Robinson, Jacob Sewell
and Ryan Sullivan are all injured.

Sept 20 Dre
Grobler joins Camberley from Molesey

Oct 20 Marlon
Pinder joins Westside from Cobham

Oct 20 Tim
Moffatt registers for Epsom & Ewell

Oct 20 Tayo
Ajayi registers for Molesey

Oct 20 Arafat
Kabuye transfers from Epsom to Bagshot

3/10/20 Epsom slip to a 1-0 defeat at Farnham Town. Penny,
Currie-Wilson, Soyemi-Ololade and Robinson all returned but Jordan Martin
fractured his ankle against

Chessington and Tony Martin was also out, while Taryn
Smith and Dan Penfold were absent. We didn't create a lot and went down to a
65th minute header. Harvey Brinkley

made his debut
after playing in pre-season and Madju Kinona from Redhill came on as a sub.

8/10/20 Committee Meeting at Lan2Lan House, Leatherhead at
7pm. All seven Committee were in attendance. Phil Harris proposed as
Membership Secretary and Barry

Gartell proposed as Vice-Chairman after the post was left
vacant at the AGM. Mel put forward his business plan which was detailed and
fairly informative. Discussion ensued

reagrding the structure going forward and not all roles
are filled yet, although some are taking shape and it is expected that we
will confirm many  of these on 5th
November

when the next meeting is to be held. Other sub-Committees
are being formed relating to commercial, operations and finance, comprising a
few of the Committee in each.

9/10/20 Our match with Langney Wanderers is p-p as Taryn
Smith was apparently ineligible for our opening match with Bridon Ropes due
to a Sunday sending off and

misconduct charge. The FA choose not to remove us as we
were completely unaware and indeed informed the SCFA ourselves! We are
requested to replay the Bridon match

on Tuesday 13/10/20 and the winners will play Langney the
following weekend. In the meantime the draw for the first round advises we
willl be at Saltdean United if we defeat

Langney.

13/10/20 We defeat Bridon Ropes 2-1 at Leatherhead thanks
to a 95th minute strike from distance from Reisse Griffin. Penny had already
equalised the visitors 18th minute lead

in the 42nd minute with another great individual goal. It
wasn't a great game with many players out suspended, injured or ineligible.
We will now host Langney Wanderers

on 18/10/20.

Oct 20 Daytroy Thomas joins from Fleet Town. A very quick
winger. We have also added Josh Uzun from Corinthian Casuals, an attacking
midfielder, Ellis Lentell from

Godalming Town who is a winger, as is Luke Miller who
joins from Chipstead. Louis Chin rejoins from Chessington & Hook United
and Yasser Arafat joins from Fleet, having

been at Chessington & Hook United previously. Also
joining is Henry Lester from Merstham, while Jacob Sewell and Ryan Sullivan
won't be out for much longer. Also

Jordan Martin is
confident he wil be back in a few games.

18/10/20 We edge past Langney after being second best for
much of the match and trailing in the 19th minute. However, a Penny free kick
in the 83rd minute that

went low to the
keeper's right and in off part of him gave us the chance to win the penalty
shootout 3-2. We now visit Saltdean United in the next round.

Charlie Penny

a

down the middle

Bailo Camara

r

bar

Ijah
Currie-Wilson

r

keeper's right

Ali Mekawir

r

keeper's left

Bobby
Bennett

r

keeper's left

Gary Ingram

a

keeper's right

Lloyd Connelly

a

top corner

Joe Summerbell

a

keeper's right

Tommy Smith

a

down the middle

Ellis Cormack

r

over bar

19/10/20 League fixtures come out for the rest of the
season but Jersey (H) on 24/10/20 is off as they can't travel. Instead
Westside (A) is brought forward from 13/02/21 to that

date. Also our match in the Esoteric Division One cup
against Redhill U23s is moved back from 03/11/20 as Leatherhead have a home
match. It is to be played on 15/12/20.

Oct 20 Lloyd
Connelly leaves the club following a 7 day approach from Knaphill.

20/10/20 Two days after a penalty shootout, we had
another, losing 4-5 on penalties after a 2-2 draw with AFC Hayes. All four
goals came in the first half and we hit the frame

of the goal twice in the second. Ijah Currie-Wilson set up
Daytroy Thomas for a low shot under the keeper from 10 yards in the 8th
minute but they equalised in the 15th minute

with a good low shot and then led in the 33rd with a shot
that took a large deflection beyond Young. Jacob Skelly headed in a Luke
Miller corner in the second minute of injury

time but no
goals came in the second half, despite the match being very open. Luke Miller
debut and Josh Uzun made his debut from the bench.

Josh Uzun

a

keeper's left

George Harmes

a

keeper's left

Ryan Sullivan

r

wide of gk's right post

Maurad Jarraz

a

keeper's left

Jacob Sewell

a

keeper's left

Victor Montes

a

keeper's left

Tommy Smith

r

down the middle

Calum McFarland

r

clipped bar

Luke Miller

a

keeper's right

Trey Pender-Brown

r

keeper's left

Dwayne Agyemang

a

keeper's left

Shane Kettle

a

keeper's right

Gideon
Acheampong

r

down the middle

Bruno Manuel

a

down the middle

21/10/20 Derick
Hayles, a former Vice-Chairman of the club passes away.

24/10/20 We produce our best performance of the season in
a 2-0 win at Westside in a match played at Colliers Wood United. An early
goal from Penny when he smashed

a loose ball past the keeper in the 6th minute set us on
our way and despite a Tariq Straker sin bin offence after 67 minutes we
scored a second goal in the 82nd minute

when Acheampong set Luke Miller down the right wing and
his first time cross was met by a thumping downward headed from Penny. We
probably should have won by

more. Joe Richardson debut from Meridian VP. Ellis Lentell
debut from Godalming Town. Louis Chin returned to the club after a spell back
at Chessington & Hook United.

Oct 20 Rgee
Manyewe and Arafat Kabuye join the club. Kabuye then leaves for Bagshot
without playing.

Oct 20 Surrey
Premier Cup draw gives us a home tie against St Panteleimon. It will be our
first meeting.

31/10/20 We lose 3-1 at Saltdean United in the FA Vase who
were top of their Step Five Leagues with eight previous wins in a row. We
were second best for much of the match

and trailed 3-0 at the half after conceding after 21, 29
and 44 to a penalty. Thomas reduced the arrears as he finished off a great
Acheampong pass in the 59th minute but we

weren't able to
get any closer and they hit the bar near the end. Rgee Manyewe debut. Only 16
I am told.

Player update provided by Sam on 2/11/20 advises Ahmed
Alsanawi has been released while Lekan Orimolusi is with the Colts. Ijah
Currie-Wilson, Josh Uzun and Dan Penfold

are all injured while Rob Hendry has left and Bobby
Bennett "wants a break". Reisse Griffin, Harvey Brinkley and Jay
Jones are working while Afo Soyemi-Ololade has left.

Joe Richardson
is currently self-isolating due to covid protocol and Jake Robinson has just
returned after a similar situation.

31/10/20
Government announces another lockdown from 5th November for four weeks.
Matches over that period are to be moved back.

The following matches are moved back: 7/11/20 Bedfont
& Feltham (A), 14/11/20 Fleet Spurs (H), 17/11/20 Tooting Bec (H),
21/11/20 Walton & Hersham (A),

28/11/20 Ash
United (H), 1/12/20 Farnham Town (H). Also Godalming Town (H) is moved back
from 8/12/20 for a Leatherhead FA Trophy match.

25/11/20 If we
defeat Redhill U23 we will be at home to Fleet Spurs in the Esoteric Cup
Second Round.

28/11/20 Our
home match in the Surrey Premier Cup against St Panteleimon will take place
on Tuesday 5th January. Then within days it was cancelled

and Epsom were
given a walkover after their opponents withdrew, quoting covid restrictions.

Nov 20 Three new players join. Jerome Richards (Meridian
VP), Ellis Cormack (Langney Wanderers) and Louis Blake (AFC Sudbury, AFC
Croydon Athletic).

Nov 20 Taryn Smith has chosen to play on Sundays only,
while Bobby Bennett has left for Steyning Town. Dan Penfold is nearing a
return after an ankle injury but Jacob

Sewell is out
for the season. Reisse Griffin is now fit as is Jordan Martin.

3/12/20 Committee Meeting held by Zoom - very little of
real note discussed. The Back to the Borough Sub-Committee reported back and
are now going to speak to the Surrey

FA before
speaking to other groups and then the EEBC. The League will be taking no
action over the Taryn Smith incident.

5/12/20 Epsom produce another fine display with a 2-0 win
at Kensington & Ealing Borough at Hanwell Town. Luke Miller opened the
scoring in the 47th minute after he beat the

offside trap and rounded the keeper before scoring. Joe
Richardson then scored our second in the 79th minute after good work from
Tariq Straker who got on the end of a

Currie-Wilson cross before the ball fell to Richardson to
knock in from close range. Eliis Cormack and Louis Blake debuts. Cormack
joined from Langney Wanderers

and had missed
the deciding penalty for them in our Vase shootout in October.

12/12/20 Despite not reaching the levels of our recent
matches, we still have too much for Eversley & California, winning 2-1 at
Fox Lane. We took the lead when a Straker

cross was met by a low drive from Miller in the 25th
minute but then conceded in the 39th minute. A second half header from Jordan
Martin in the 63rd minute as he headed

the ball back across the keeper into the far corner from a
deep Miller corner made the difference between the sides in the end despite a
late sending off for the hosts.

15/12/20 We defeat Redhill under 23s 2-0 at Fetcham Grove
in the First round of the Esoteric Cup. It was a fairly low key encounter
highlighted by a goal after 25 minutes

direct from a corner by Josh Uzun, who had earlier hit the
bar with a similar corner. A second followed when Louis Blake set up Daytroy
Thomas who beat his man and drilled

the ball through
the keeper from close range. It was a fair result and we now host Fleet Spurs
in the Second Round.

19/12/20 We defeat British Airways 2-1 in a strange game
at Fetcham Grove. We were the better team in between the torrential rain and
hail and finally took the lead in the

77th minute with a low finish from Daytroy Thomas, only
for them to reply within a minute with a similar finish across Young from
close range. However, a long free kick

was flicked on by Louis Blake and sub Ellis Lentell got on
the end of it, rounded the keeper and placed the ball into the empty net in
the 84th minute. With seconds

ticking down British Airways were awarded a 94th minute
penalty but the spot kick was fired over the bar when it was finally taken
two minutes later and we held

on, climbing
four paces to seventh.

19/12/20 During the game it was announced by the
Government that we are all to stop playing football again so the match at
home to Dorking Wanderers Reserves on 28/12/20

will not take
place, almost certainly along with some matches in the New Year.

4/2/21 Committee
meeting by Zoom - all attended. No progress on relocation and no news on a
restart.

Feb 21 following the Government's lockdown roadmap the FA
confirm that the League season will be declared null and void from Steps 3-6.
Step 2 also follow, while many

step seven leagues will do the same. The CCL decide to
continue their cups and create a supplementary competition for clubs to kick
off once playing is allowed again in

early April as team sports can provisionally recommence
from 29th March. However, with no promotion, how many clubs will spend money
to continue playing, particularly

if a budget is
still required to be paid. Likewise for training costs which currently cost
£180 for an hour and a half in Purley.

Mar 21 SCFA
confirm they are closing their county cups once again. Not the knee-jerk
decision we encountered last season.

4/3/21 Committee Meeting by Zoom - all except Peter Mutton
were in attendance. Playing Budget for 2021/22 has been deferred and the club
also decide to present Sam

with an option to restart competition with a zero playing
budget, or to close for the remainder of the season. A response is awaited.
Also no progress on relocation as

Alex McKay has just hit the same Barry Nash shaped wall
that the Committee did a couple of years ago. Barry Gartell is to have a word
with Nash as the club considers

what further
action they may take should they continue to delay us.

5/3/21 It transpires the very next day that Mel Tough
after speaking with Sam and Barry has now changed his mind and we will remain
in the Esoteric Cup, but will not enter

the new League competition. This is a strange move and we
become the only club in the League to go with a half in, half out approach.
Also Mel did not advise the Committee

of the change until he had made his mind up. This is
concerning as the Committee were fairly clear that if things were to cost us,
we would not restart. Mel and Barry have

advised they will pay any extra costs involved, but we
will use up training facilities that we have paid £500 on account for. It
seems a bizarre waste of money, but the issue

of going against
the Committee is the more worrying.

1/4/21 Committee meeting by Zoom. Two friendlies advised
at Horley Town on 3rd April and at Merstham Under 23s on 8th April. Our
Esoteric Cup match against Fleet Spurs

has been awarded
to us as they have withdrawn for the season and we are moved into the Quarter
Finals.

The club has been awarded a Winter Survival Grant of
£5,466 achieved by Peter Mutton and Mel Tough. Also reference to former
player Afo Soyemi-Ololade having a trial with

Brechin City. The Back to the Borough report advised that
Clive Woodbridge and Barry Nash are both standing down from the EEBC shortly.
We need to meet with their

successors shortly. We are apparently on the Playing Pitch
Strategy, but I'm not convinced that this is anything more than lip service.
Currently though we have four

different
people doing different approaches with Alex McKay warning that we are a
significant period of time away from getting any further on this.

Friendlies are already arranged for pre-season,
provisionally of course. They are South Park on 3/7/21, Reigate Priory on
10/7/21, Farleigh Rovers on 17/7/21, Lordswood on

24/7/21 and Leatherhead on 31/7/21. Our meeting with
Lordswood would be our first meeting and it appears we are going to restrict
matches to Saturdays at present.

The CCL League
season will start on Saturday 07/08/21.

3/4/21 Epsom get a 1-1 draw at Horley, leading through
Lauris Chin after 40 minutes but HT was 1-1. A promising scoreline against a
decent Step Five team, although it is not

clear what
strength team they had out.

4/4/21 CCL advise we have been drawn away at AFC Hayes or
British Airways in the QF of the Esoteric Cup. This match willl be played on
08/05/21 with the winners

facing Merstham
U23s at home in the Semi Final.

8/4/21 We win 3-0 at Merstham U23 in our latest friendly
at Moatside. This was a fairly comprehensive result and we led 1-0 at half
time after a Louis Blake penalty in the

seventh minute
had put us ahead, after his first effort had been saved by a goalkeeper who
was adjudged to have moved off his line too early.

Further
goals came in the 76th minute after a good run, cut in and low right footed
shot from Tyreke Leslie who is at Kensington & Ealing right now and he
then set up a tap in

for Jason Kaate in the 91st minute.

10/4/21 Friendly
at Oakwood v Croydon is hastily arranged but then cancelled.

17/4/21 our next friendly at Horsham against a Horsham XI
at Hop Oast ends in a 7-2 defeat. They were very strong and we were 4-0 down
at half time although goals from

Lauris Chin and
a Jason Kaate penalty in the second half made things look a little better.

20/4/21 We drew 1-1 at Redhill U23s at Kiln Brow in a
friendly and were the better side but trailed after 33 seconds and had to
wait until the 80 minute mark before

Blake forced
home a loose ball from a corner.

An altered list of pre-season friendlies is provided by
Sam Morgan. 3rd July - South Park, 10th July - Glebe, 13th July - Chipstead,
17th July - Farleigh Rovers,

24th July -
Lordswood, 31st July - Leatherhead

27/4/21 our
latest friendly at Molesey resulted in a 1-0 defeat as a result of a
defensive error in the 25th minute. It was about fair.

1/5/21 A hastily arranged friendly against K Sports
Reserves ended in a 3-3 draw. As with most matches it contained a number of
current players and triallists, one of whom

Rushaar
Samuel-Smikle scored twice and missed a penalty for his hat trick. We trailed
after 23 but Rushaar scored from close range after a low shot in wasn't held.
He

scored
again, finishing off a clever Trey Masinki pass in the 61st minute but we
then conceded again after 72. We then won a penalty after Rushaar's shot was
well saved

but he
was bundled over by a defender as he chased a loose ball. However, it was
saved, but Lynx Lyon Barnes was then knocked over in the scramble and
another

penalty
was awarded! Masinki scored this one in the 78th minute to put us 3-2 up but
a goal for K Sports in the dying seconds meant the game ended as a draw.

Other
new players this day - Trey Masinki (Langney Wanderers), Dan Smith
(gk-Lordswood), Lynx Lyon Barnes (Redhill u23 and Tooting & Mitcham U23).
Rushaar was at

both of those clubs too.

8/5/21 Epsom's season finally ends with a 3-2 loss at AFC
Hayes after holding a 2-1 lead at HT. Miller put us ahead after 15 minutes
after he ran on to a pass that was

dummied by Blake. He poked the ball past the Hayes keeper
who got a touch onto the post but Miller had continued his run and tapped the
ball in as it rebounded back out.

AFC Hayes equalised after 36 minutes but a quick free kick
by Straker fed new signing Lauris Chin and he simply accelerated past
everyone as he ran in from the touchline

and flicked the ball past the keeper in the 44th minute.
However, the home side fought back with goals after 55 and 74 and although
Chin hit the post late on, we were unable

to force a
penalty shoot out.

18/5/21 The FA reorganisation takes place and we are
transferred into the Southern Combination for 2021/22 which is mostly Sussex
based. Dorking Wanderers and Godalming

Town have followed us while Chessington & Hook United,
Westside and Tooting Bec have moved into the Southern Counties East, so we
must have been very close to that

border
ourselves.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att (approx)

Scorers & Notes

01/08/2020

Horley Town

A

3-5

1-2

N

5

Rob
Hendry (pen), Jacob Sewell, Ijah Currie-Wilson

04/08/2020

Farleigh Rovers

A

2-1

0-0

N

20

Jacob Sewell (2)

08/08/2020

Sutton Common Rovers

A

0-0

0-0

N

15

11/08/2020

AFC Croydon Athletic

A

1-4

1-2

N

10

Tony Martin

15/08/2020

Lingfield

A

2-3

1-0

N

8

Dwayne Agyemang, Tariq Straker

18/08/2020

Fisher

A

1-2

1-1

N

18

Tariq Straker

20/08/2020

Farnborough Old Boys Guild

A

3-4

2-1

N

50

Bobby Bennett (2), Ijah Currie-Wilson

22/08/2020

Leatherhead

A

0-4

0-2

N

170

25/08/2020

Sheerwater

A

1-1

1-0

N

10

Tony Martin

01/09/2020

Chipstead

A

1-6

1-4

N

8

Tariq Straker

03/04/2021

Horley Town

A

1-1

1-1

N

?

Lauris Chin

08/04/2021

Merstham U23

A

3-0

1-0

N

10

Louis
Blake (pen), Tyreke Leslie, Jason Kaate

17/04/2021

Horsham XI

A

2-7

0-4

N

?

Lauris Chin, Jason Kaate (pen)

20/04/2021

Redhill U23

A

1-1

0-1

N

10

Louis Blake

27/04/2021

Molesey

A

0-1

0-1

N

30

01/05/2021

K Sports Reserves

A

3-3

1-1

N

5

Rushaar
Samuel-Smikle (2), Trey Masinki