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SC1

6th out of 18

FAC

Not accepted

FAV

1st

British Airways

0-4

SCLC

1st

Forest Row

1-2

SC1LC

F

Midhurst & Easebourne

1-2

SPC

2nd

Abbey Rangers Development

2-3

Home
Ground:

Fetcham Grove, Leatherhead FC

President

Stella Lamont

Chairman

Mel Tough

Vice Chairman

Barry Gartell

Club Secretary

Peter Beddoe

Treasurer

Peter Mutton

Back to the
Borough Co-Ordinator

Alex McKay

Press Officer

Matt Edwards

Media Team
leader

Gemma Jarman

Membership
Secretary

Phil Harris

Other Committee
members

Alex McKay

later
joined by Gemma Jarman and Tony Foster with Phil Harris resigning. Andrew
Young joined then resigned.

Manager

Sam Morgan

then
replaced by Darren Anslow in September before he left in October and Alex
Penfold and Jamie Byatt

assumed
the joint role before Alex left in December and Jamie took on the role with
assistance from

Dale Hanson-Byatt (Coach) and John O'Connor
(Assistant)

Coaches

Ben Ashton

left with Sam Morgan

Physio

vacant

occasonal appearances and in the Cup Final we
had someone called Carly.

Club
Captain:

Tony Martin

Vice-Captain

Tommy Smith

Later became Brad Peters with vice-Captain being
Gideon Acheampong

The Captain
role was shared by many this season but fell to Brad Peters with Gideon
Acheampong as Vice-Captain around Christmas time

June 21 FA
reorganisation places us in the Southern Combination Division One for the new
season.

26/06/20 Trial
Match at the back pitch at Leatherhead FC.

AGM proposed
for 18/07/21 then moved back a week  to
25/07/21 at Leatherhead FC due to Covid restrictions that should be eased
after 19/07/21.

3/7/21 First
friendly of the season results in a 2-2 draw at Step Four South Park on their
main pitch at Whitehall Lane. They had more of the play but we led for

much of the match. Rushaar Samuel-Smikle put us ahead in
the fifth minute with a clinical low strike from an excellent Louis Blake
pass, although the hosts were level

four minutes later. We retook the lead after Blake was
pushed in the area and new player Alex Penfold smashed the penalty in. South
Park equalised in the 83rd minute.

New players appearing this day were Steve Springett (Erith
& Belvedere), Seb Morally (Tooting Bec), Alex Penfold (Whyteleafe), Jason
Stripp (Crowborough Athletic). All others

were either
regualr players or took paert in those April/May friendlies.

July 21 Ellis Lentell, Dwayne Agyemang, Todd Murphy, Alpha
Bah and Jacob Skelly have been released while Daytroy Thomas has been signed
by Dorking Wanderers.

July 21 Richard Lambert advises that he will be stepping
down as Media Officer for this season. He will continue to operate the
website and history and stats but will no longer

do the social media or match programme. The programme came
eighth last year in the National Swap Shop awards and won the Combined
Counties League award there

for the
eleventh year in eleven entries.

9/7/21 The Vase draw sends us to Larkfield & New Hythe
who play at Step Six in the Southern Counties League. The winners host Mile
Oak who are league opponents for

us this season.

9/7/21 The Southern Combination release the opening
fixtures of the season and the cup draws. In the main League Cup we visit
Forest Row on 3rd August at their

groundshare at Oakwood with the winners visiting Godalming
Town. In the Division One Cup we visit Storrington. In the League we open up
at home to Seaford Town on 31st

July and then
visit Midhurst & Easebourne on 7th August.

10/7/21 We crash 8-0 in a friendly against Glebe with four
goals in each half and a penalty that keeper Dan Smith saved. Hard to know
how good the opposition were, but they

were far too
good for us! It turned out it was almost a full first team.

17/7/21 We trailed at half time but recovered to win 2-1
with a stunning Aimon Salmi volley in the 72nd minute. We had trailed after
36 but Luke Miller had scored an equaliser

after 53 minutes when he ran on to a good pass and
finished clinically. Sam Marks hit the post with a penalty in the 63rd minute
but we played really well in the second half

and were well
worth the win, despite Tony Martin being forcibly replaced by the referee
after a challenge in the 13th minute.

17/7/21 Tim Moffatt has left the club as Coach to spend
more time with Chatham Town where he works full time. Conor Young has left
the club as he was not available until

September and Tariq Straker has left for Carshalton
Athletic. Finally Charlie Penny has gone to Glebe. In their place we have
some new signings starting with two keepers

Matt Bishop and Dan Smith, the latter came from Lordswood.
Aimon Salmi an exciting left winger and Lynx Lyon Barnes from Tooting &
Mitcham's Academy and then

Redhill u23 which is also where we signed Rushaar
Samuel-Smickle from. He is a powerful striker but is nursing a calf injury
right now. Theo Campbell has returned to the

club and regulars from last season Tony Martin, Joe
Richardson, Jordan Martin and Tommy Smith have all rejoined. Training is
being conducted currently by Andy "Taff" Martin

who has connections at Crystal Palace. We haven't yet seen
Ellis Cormack, Ijah Currie-Wilson or Lauris Chin. Chin has in fact also
signed for Glebe, Currie joins Rusthall.

22/7/21 Epsom
lose 4-2 at Spelthorne Sports in a Thursday night friendly. It was 2-2 at HT
with goals after 9 minutes from Josh Uzun and Miller after 35.

24/7/21 We recorded a good 2-1 win at Lordswood. We led
through a long distance Uzun strike after 35 minutes and although the home
side equalised with a penalty after 55

we took the
lead from our own penalty after 65 through Uzun.

24/7/21 Ijah
Currie-Wilson joins Rusthall. Lauris Chin joins Glebe.

25/7/21 AGM at Leatherhead FC. All officers are re-elected
and Matt Edwards comes in as Press Officer to replace Richard Lambert who has
stood down from the role.

The club announces the creation of a new website. It
remains to be seen whether it is kept up to date. Programmes are to be
produced by JMA Programmes and printed by

Kall Kwik once
again. The JMA work comes at a cost of a few hundred pounds.

Pete Beddoe is elected as a Life Member of the Club and
Pete Lumm advises that there may be a handing over of money from the Holding
Company to a new company with

three Directors, one of which will be Pete Lumm. The other
two are to be determined. Gemma Jarman is going to head up a Media team, but
details on this are patchy.

July 21 It transpires that Mel Tough and Matt Edwards had
already constructed a new website back in January. Extremely untrustworthy
but par for the course for recently.

It also appears
that the money had actually been transferred to this new company prior to the
AGM.

31/7/21 Epsom edge out Seaford in the opening match of the
season thanks to a low drive from Luke Miller in the 73rd minute. It was a
tight encounter and we needed a

couple of good
saves and blocks. Dan Smith, Aimen-Kamal Salmi, Alex Penfold, Jason Stripp
debuts with Sam Marks also making a debut from the bench.

Aug 21 Gavin
Quintyne is at Croydon. He later moves to Horley Town in October.

3/8/21 Despite dominating for long periods two goals in
the final minutes at Forest Row knock us out of the League Cup by two goals
to one. We led in the 20th minute

after Uzun beat his defender and drilled a low shot In off
a defender but goals after 90 and 93 knocked us out. Debuts for Matt Bishop,
Steve Springett and Fabian O'Brien (sub).

7/8/21 A disappointing 4-2 at Midhurst & Easebourne
and we were two goals down early as we conceded after 4 and 10. Sam Marks
pulled one back after 12 when he

smashed the ball past the keeper from an angle but we
trailed again in the fourth of twelve minutes of injury time, mostly played
because of an ankle injury to Steve

Springett. We
pulled a goal back from the spot through Uzun in the 63rd minute after Miller
was tripped and the home side went down to ten men with ten minutes

remaining for a
second yellow card but we couldn't take advantage and conceded a fourth to
the ten men in the 91st minute.

Ellis Cormack
was injured as was Tommy Smith. Tre Towers and Corey Rose debuts as
substitutes this day.

Rather embarrasingly the Manager creates a match image for
this match calling the opposition Midhurst & Eastbourne! Whilst I'm sure
they have heard this before, it was

an indication
of how little our Manager appears to know about the opposition who may even
have used this as a motivational element.

Aug 21 Daytroy
Thomas returns to the club from Dorking Wanderers.

14/8/21 Epsom have most of the chances but have to settle
for a 1-1 draw at home to Storrington. We led in the 30th minute when Tommy
Smith put a glancing header into the

far corner from an Alex Penfold free kick but we didn't
finish the opposition off and they equlalised in the 64th minute. We hit the
bar and had a goal disallowed for a marginal

offside against Joe Richardson and also suffered three
forced substitutions on the day. Sam Marks also sent to the sin bin in the
second half. Regan Wiley debut at

half time but
injured after just nine minutes. Lyndon McGugan also appears on the bench for
the first time but doesn't get on the pitch in this match.

14/8/21 The
Mayor of Epsom and Ewell is also welcomed to the match and is presented with
a framed first team shirt.

Aug 21 Jamie Byatt and Adam Grant join the club. Grant
comes from Horley Town where he was leading scorer last season and Byatt had
recently been at Walton & Hersham

having had a
long career at Corinthian Casuals. Both will increas our scoring options.
Byatt was recruited by Alex Penfold.

21/8/21 We win our third match from three visits to
Hailsham as we come away with a 2-1 victory. It was a tight match and the
home side had some chances but we

were mostly in control. Marks put us ahead with a textbook
free kick up and over the wall from just outside the area. Hailsham lost
their keeper, former Molesey player

Wester Young to injury and he was replaced by an outfield
player but they then equalised after 61 although a powerful Miller drive
after 65 minutes just inside the near

post would
prove to be the winner.

24/8/21 More points slip away as we let a half time lead
go again and lose 2-1 at home to Godalming Town. We led in the 34th minute
with Adam Grant's first goal for the club

as he tucked away a low Miller cross, but the visitors
equalised in the 61st minute and then scored a long range winner in the 84th
minute, by which time we had Theo Campbell

sent off for
two bookable offences in the 72nd minute. This was an even match and a draw
might have been fairer but we just aren't firing on all cylinders right now.

25/8/21 The Club hold a Committee Meeting and make the
decision to sack Manager Sam Morgan. Sam is advised on the morning of the
Thursday 26/8/21. The

club advise
that they are inviting applications.

28/8/21 Vice-Chairman Barry Gartell steps in as Caretaker
Manager and the response to the departure of Morgan is immediate as we score
within 70 seconds and finish off

as 4-0 winners against Montpelier Villa who had been in
fourth place. Jamie Byatt made his first start and fed Grant in stride
leaving him with an easy finish past the keeper to

open our account and many chances followed before we were
given a penalty two minutes into first half injury time for handball which
Uzun tucked away. He then scored our

third goal in the 53rd minute when he finished off some
good interplay with Byatt to stroke the ball into the faar corner from just
inside the box and Miller made it 4-0 with a

great left
footed drive into the top corner from eighteen yards. Barry Gartell is
assisted by his brother Clive, a former first teamer at Epsom in the late
eighties.

28/8/21 After the game Morgan tweets about how he was
proud of what he built, conveniently forgetting the vast amount of work Tim
Moffatt put in and the overspend he created

on last year's budget. Clearly the club made the right
decision to sack him and pointedly Mel Tough referred to the next Manager
being someone who had won something.

28/8/21 Tommy
Smith is presented with an award as the Committee's player of the Month. Not
sure why supporters weren't canvassed on this.

30/8/21 Epsom gain revenge for their League Cup defeat at
Forest Row with a 3-0 win, thanks to a second half hat trick from Jamie
Byatt. The first half was even but we looked

slightly stronger as the half finished and after 28
seconds on the second half we opened our account after Miller fed Uzun whose
shot on the turn caught the keeper out and

although he kept the shot out Byatt ran in and forced the
loose ball in from close range. He scored again after  when he headed in a pinpoint Miller cross
which went back

across the keeper and in off the post. Then in the 77th
minute Byatt ran onto a good pass and lifted the ball over the exposed keeper
to complete his hat trick By the

end we were
comfortable winners and the points took us up to third place

4/9/21 A narrow 3-2 win over Wick results in us dropping a
place in the League table. We were goalless at the half but for the second
match in succession we led quickly in the

second half as a deep ball in hit a defender and fell
kindly for Byatt to open the scoring after 26 seconds of the half. He scored
a second as he ran on to a good pass and

tucked the ball past the keeper in the 59th minute, but we
then conceded in the 68th minute, our first goal for 254 minutes, but
responded well and Uzun scored our third

in the 78th minute with a low shot on the turn into the
far corner and although Wick scored again in the 81st minute we held on
comfortably and probably should have

had a fourth
goal by the end.

11/9/21 We produce an incredible turnaround at Larkfield
& New Hythe to win 3-2 in the FA Vase after trailing 2-0 after 89
minutes! We conceded after 52 and 79 but Adam

Grant headed
in a Miller corner at the near post in the 90th minute and then a minute
later Jordan Martin headed in another Miller corner. Then in the 93rd
minute

Straker sent
over a perfect cross from the left and Cormack headed the ball in! An amazing
turnaround and we host Mile Oak on 25/9/21 in the next round!

Sept 21 Louis
Blake joins Banstead Athletic

Sept 21 Jordan
Gallagher is at Raynes Park Vale

Sept 21 Rushaar
Samuel-Smikle and Lynx Lyon Barnes return to Redhill

15/9/21 A hastily arranged friendly against Mertham U23 at
Banstead Athletic ended in a 4-2 loss after we had led 2-0 in the 18th
minute. An early penalty tucked away by

Salmi in the 4th minute was added to by a downward header
by Penfold at the far post but they fought back to equalise before HT and
scored a great third goal after 58 before a

late penalty
concluded the scoring. Former Salts keeper and striker Kieran Campbell
guested for Epsom in midfield!

Sept 21 Phil Harris resigns from the Committee quoting a
lack of information and a lack of attention to detail by some other members.
Andrew Young, father of former keeper

Conor Young is co-opted on to the Committee although the
members are not informed of this, or a Player of the Month Award that firstly
goes to Tommy Smith and then to

Jamie Byatt.

17/9/21 Four players announce they are leaving the club.
Tommy Smith, Jordan Martin, Jordan Martin and Ellis Cormack depart. Chairman
Mel Tough advises that they are

unhappy with
the Management restructure, despite no decision having been made on a new
Manager yet. Interviews are to start on Monday 20/9/21 with a view to

an appointment
later in the week ahead of the Mile Oak Vase match. Smith would go to Chatham
Town but would return on loan later.

18/9/21 We secured a good 0-0 draw at Roffey, who had a
100% record going into this match and remain second. We drop a place to fifth
after a match where the hosts pushed

us back towards
the end, but otherwise it was a fairly even match.

22/9/21 Darren
Anslow becomes the club's new Manager. Three people had been shortlisted for
the role with interviews taking place that week.

The
people selected for interview from 16 applicants were Glen Nichols, Matt
Howard and Darren Anslow. The interview panel was Alex McKay, Pete

Beddoe and Peter Mutton.

Anslow joins from the Bromley Academy having been
Lordswood Manager before the final covid lockdown. Jamie Byatt and Alex
Penfold are named as Assistant Managers.

25/9/21 We defeat Mile Oak 4-0 in the FA Vase with an
unchanged squad from the match with Roffey. Jamie Byatt scored in the 9th
minute with a header and Grant

extended the lead with another header on the half hour.
Byatt scored two more in the second half after he finished off Straker's
cross in the 58th minute, then finished

well after good work from Richardson so beat a defender
and knock the ball in to complete his hat trick after 76. In the next round
we visit British Airways on 23rd October.

This also means
that our League trip to Selsey will be moved back.

28/9/21 Oakwood (H)(L) is p-p due to the fuel shortage
crisis as per League decree. It is rearranged for 19/10/21. However, an
original programme is issued for this match which I have.

2/10/21 Two new signings Brandon Johnson (Corinthian
Casuals) and Bradley Peters (Horley Town) join and make their debuts at
Billingshurst but the match ends in a

4-3 defeat in horrible conditions. We trailed after 6
minutes to a free kick from Tilley who scored a hat trick. He scored again
after 24 minutes but Byatt reduced the

arrears with a tap in at the far post from a Miller cross
in the 26th minute. Grant then poked home from close range in the 36th minute
and Miller put us ahead in the

44th minute
with a great individual goal, but the second half was disappointing and we
conceded to two long range strikes after 68 and 79.

Sept 21 Jamie
Byatt is presented with an award as the Committee's player of the Month. Not
sure why supporters weren't canvassed on this.

Oct 21 Our League match at Selsey is rearranged for
20/11/21 unless we have an FA Vase Second Round tie that day. We are also
drawn at home to Dorkinians in the

First Round of
the Surrey Premier Cup on a date scheduled to be in mid-November.

7/10/21 Darren Anslow resigns as Manager. The club
announce that the decision was a mutual one. However, Anslow tweets later in
the week about not being able to

pick the team
and that it was his job, not the Committee's. In the meantime Clive Gartell
resumes the role

of Caretaker
Manager for the Worthing United match onwards while a decision is made about
a new Manager.

This whole situation appears to be clouded in mystery.
After hiring the Manager it appears that he was unhappy with a number of
things following the Billingshurst match and

wanted to change a number of players, but the Chairman
didn't want that to happen. Gartell also advises that Sam Morgan was
interfering and that it had nothing to do with him,

and that Barry had offered help but that it hadn't been
taken up. Either way the Committee didn't get a full opportunity to discuss
this with the decisions increasingly being made

by a group of
three, Tough, Gartell and Mutton. The Club advise that a further statement
will follow but it never does.

9/10/21 We win 3-0 at Worthing United in a match that was
fairly comfortable. We led in the 18th minute when Byatt seized on a loose
ball to steer it in from six yards out.

Then we extended our lead in the 70th minute when a Miller
cut back left Grant the chance to knock the ball in from 12 yards and Uzun
wrapped it up in the 92nd minute

with a finish
from 18 yards out into the far corner. The win moves us back up to fifth
place, just eight points behind the leaders.

12/10/21 a hastily arranged friendly against Surrey Police
at Fetcham Grove ends with a
comfortable 8-4 win. We had virtually a full starting eleven aided by
former player

Daryl Cooper-Smith, now at Abbey Rangers and we led 6-0 at
the half with Cooper-Smith, Robert Strang and Bradley Peters all scoring
twice. Strang completed his hat trick in

the second half as we changed our team around. Former
players Matt Ferdinando, Craig Hastings and Robbie Burns were all on show
along with Colts Lewis Lawn and Ben

Burrows, along with Alex Penfold's stepson Joe Bygreaves.
Towards the end kit man and long-serving supporter Paul Marshall got a run
out at the age of 54. We raised £820.

16/10/21 We hammer Mile Oak 7-1 in a League match at
Leatherhead. Miller opens the scoring with two goals after 2 and 6, the first
of which was a cross apparently on target

that the keeper fumbled into the net, but it was credited
to him by the club. This meant that his second half goal would complete his
hat trick. Byatt put us further ahead in the

24th minute and he made it 4-0 in the 48th. The visitors
pulled a goal back four minutes later but goals from Uzun and Miller after 54
and 56 respectively and a final one from

Salmi in the 65th minute completed the scoring. Uzun
showed great skill turning a defender before scoring while Miller's was a
volley after Byatt's strike had been blocked.

Salmi's goal came from fifteen yards after Strang had seen
his shot blocked. Both Salmi and Strang had just come on. Robert
"Mickey" Strang debut. Promoted from the Colts.

18/10/21
Ricardo Fernandes joins from Roffey. Is the brother of Manchester United star
Bruno.

19/10/21 Another large victory as Oakwood are brushed
aside 6-0 at Fetcham Grove. We took the lead in the 14th minute when Byatt
cut in from a narrow angle and

scored with the aid of a slight deflection. Steve
Springett scored his first goal for the club in the 22nd minute when he
acrobatically guided in Penfold's free kick and

a wonderful
Grant pass set up Uzun who took the ball in his stride and smashed the ball
into the net after 41. Penfold was sent to the sin bin in the 57th minute

but once he was back we took control again and Richardson
scored a bullet header from a near post Miller cross in the 70th minute.
Miller made it 5-0 after 75 as he

finished off a nice move started by Richardson and a
Straker cross onto Byatt's head just four yards out in the 80th minute
completed the scoring. Oakwood had a man

sent to the sin
bin in the 84th minute and they had a player sent off for a punch in injury
time.

This was the first time we had registered consecutive six
goal wins since 1952 and it was only the third time we'd done it ever. Also
the first time we scored at least six goals

in a match
since 2016 and only the 14th time in history. Ricardo Fernandes debut as a
substitute.

Oct 21 The Chairman advises that the Committee will be
deciding what to do about a new Manager at the Committee meeting this
Thursday (21/10). Clive Gartell is expecting

the Vase match
to be his last in charge. For now! It then transpires that the club have
decided to leave the situation unchanged for a while as results are good.

21/10/21 Committee Meeting at Horton Park Golf Club. It is
decided to continue with the policy of having no Manager until the New Year
with Alex Penfold and Jamie Byatt

effectively
holding the reins while Clive Gartell will remain in the dugout. It is a very
risky strategy but appears to be working currently. Unitl 27th December!

There is also a mention of an important EEBC site meeting
on 11th November at Hook Road Arena to which Alex McKay and Barry Gartell are
to be in attendance. There are

still massive communication issues as McKay found out
about this meeting through the Council, yet Gartell already knew about it.
There are serious left and right hand issues

at the club on this which the Chairman appears to be
allowing to continue. Mel Tough was talking about resigning after the Anslow
affair was handled badly, but now

appears to be rowing back on that threat as he has done
before too. The EEBC Borough plan is now delayed further and may not be
released until Dec 2023! We still hope to be on it.

22/10/21 Former Press Officer George Holland passes away
at the age of 63. He had been battling cancer for some time. He was also a
long term supporter and a

minute's
silence was held on both 23/10/21 at British Airways and at home to Shoreham
the following Saturday.

23/10/21 We crash out of the Vase 4-0 at British Airways
and we were very flat. An early injury to Penfold didn't help, but we
conceded after 16 and 30 before Straker was

harshly sent
off for denying a goalscoring opportunity. We conceded again after 52 and 60.
Luckily this was only a Vase match.

30/10/21 The club announces two new players in Mike Hill
from Haywards Heath Town and Athan Smith-Joseph from Alfold. Both are not
being paid for theit first matches.

Smith-Joseph has also been at Molesey, Walton &
Hersham, Guildford City, Sutton Common Rovers, Burgess Hill Town, Tonbridge
Angels, Staines Town and Meridian VP.

30/10/21 Both new boys make stunning debuts as we crush
Shoreham 8-0 in an important League match that moves us up to second place in
the table. Both score on their debuts

making it the first time a pair of debutants have scored
since January 2018 and the first time at home since August 1987. It is the
third league match in a row where we have

scored six
times, which is only the second time in club history we've done this and the
first since 1926/27!

Adam Grant set us off with a far post volley in the fifth
minute after Byatt had flicked on a Miller cross and we extended the lead in
the 17th when Byatt finished off a great Tre

Towers pass. Uzun drilled one past the keeper in the 30th
minute and then Brad Peters forced a free kick in at the near post in the
43rd minute. Shoreham had hit the bar just

before that and then missed an easy follow up header, and
they paid for it as Smith-Joseph scored with a casual flick from 15 yards in
the 48th minute and Hill found the net on the

hour with a brilliant individual goal as he beat a number
of people before curling the ball into the far corner from the edge of the
box. He then fed Smith-Joseph three minutes later

and his low
ball is knocked in by Byatt who completed his hat trick in the 76th minute as
he headed in a pinpoint delivery from Acheampong. A brilliant display.

Oct 21 Aimen
Kamal Salmi leaves to join Larkfield & New Hythe.

Oct 21 Gideon
Acheampong is presented with the latest award as the Committee's player of
the Month.

Oct 21 The club
win theLeague Team of the Month award

6/11/21 We pinched a 2-1 win against Hailsham Town with an
86th minute Byatt goal, his second of the match. He put us ahead in the 33rd
minute as he controlled a

Grant cross to bury the ball in the bottom corner but the
visitors equalised with a long range strike in the 57th minute. Byatt's
winner came from a deep Miller corner that

he controlled
before curling back across everyone into the top corner. It was a tight win
but it was deserved. Mike Hill had his penalty saved after 55.

Nov 21 Tyreke Leslie joins the club from Kensington &
Ealing Borough. He had played a few friendlies for us at the tail end of last
season and had represented the club in the

Surrey FA FIFA tournament during the summer where he had
reached the final. Also returning for the Seaford match is Sheikh Ceesay as
Matt Bishop is away for a game.

Nov 21 former
Epsom Assistant Manager and father of former keeper Michael, Steve Eacott
suffers a heart attack, although is recovering now.

13/11/21 Epsom fight back twice in a 2-2 draw at Seaford
Town where we were definitely second best throughout. We trailed to a free
kick in the 18th minute but Mike Hill tapped in

from close range in the 59th minute from a Leslie low
cross. We then trailed again in the 80th minute but a Chin cross was flicked
on by Peters to Springett who finished off from

a few yards out
in the 84th minute to get a point. Jamie Byatt was replaced at HT with a
hamstring niggle. Hopefully won't be out for long.

15/11/21
The club has a site meeting with a number of officials from EEBC and Surrey
County Council. The whole crux of the matter is getting added to the local
plan

at which
point we will also be able to receive funding from SCC. Typically EEBC have
been slow on this and it has now been minuted that this is to happen. How
long it willl

take from that point is anyone's guess though
as the Borough Local Plan has been delayed many times since it was due in the
middle of the last decade!

Nov 21 former Manager Sam Morgan becomes "Joint First
Team Manager" at Chessington & Hook United alongside Andrew Ellis.
Seeing as the Ellis family have been in charge

there for many
years It seems a strange appointment and Sam at best will only become
Assistant Manager.

Nov 21 The Morgan era didn't last long at Chessington as
it was announced a few days ater that he had left the club due to
"differences in their football philosophies".

17/11/21 we defeat Dorkinians in the Surrey Premier Cup
2-1 and require a late Adam Grant winner. We trailed after 19 but Strang
headed in a Straker cross after 53 and Grant

ran on to a
Chin pass over the defence, controlled the ball and tucked it away in the
86th minute. It was an even game that we just about shaded.

20/11/21 We defeat Selsey 4-0 at Selsey in a very
impressive performance. Byatt put us ahead in the 13th minute when he
controlled a low ball in from Smith-Joseph and shot on

the turn and Smith-Joseph scored the second in the 24th
minute with a good individual goal as he twisted and turned his man before
wrongfooting the keeper from 12 yards. We

extended the lead in the 59th minute after Straker was
brought down in the area and Uzun tucked away the spot kick before substitute
Johnson had the final say with an

overhead kick
from a Grant header for his first goal for the club in the 87th minute. A
great performance.

Nov 21 Luke
Miller has a groin injury and will be out for a month or so.

27/11/21 Another four goal win follows, but it looked like
being a six goal win against Arundel, only for two late goals to reduce the
scoreline a litte. We led in the 13th minute after

Byatt chased down a loose ball and blocked a keeper's
clearance, only to find Grant with a pass despite being on the deck and he
clipped the ball into the empty net from

18 yards. We extended our lead in the 47th minute after
Smith-Joseph sent a curling shot towards goal and the ball dipped
significantly in the wind and beat the keeper.

It was 3-0 after Hill curled the ball into the far bottom
corner of the net and three minutes later Byatt scored a tap in from Hill's
square pass. We made it 5-0 in the 61st

minute when Byatt saw the keeper off the line and chipped
him from 20 yards and he completed his hat trick in the 72nd minute after
Chin sent a low ball in, Tyreke Leslie struck

at goal and although the defender blocked it, Byatt
smashed in the loose ball. Two goals after 87 and 89 blotted the clean sheet,
the second of which was an own goal.

Following this
win we went top of the table after Dorking Wanderers Reserves lost at Wick.

27/11/21 Mayor of Epsom and Ewell was at the match and
presented a cheque for £820 to the MIND charity following our friendly
against Surrey Police in October.

Nov 21 The club
win theLeague Team of the Month award

4/12/21
Oakwood (A)(L) p-p due to a floodlight failure. Other games were called off
for waterlogged pitches but the Oakwood pitch was apparently fine.

11/12/21 No
game for Epsom.

17/12/21
Oakwood (A)(L) is rearranged for Tuesday 11/1/22.

18/12/21 No league game but a hastily arranged friendly
was played at AFC Whyteleafe, playing at the old Whyteleafe ground. We
trailed 2-0 and lost 3-2 to a Gus Ward hat trick.

Mostly a full first team squad took part but a new keeper
Kane Charles was playing and only Dale Hanson-Byatt came on as a sub. Adam
Grant scored our two goals.

20/12/21 Another fairly sudden friendly was arranged at
Leatherhead for 21/12/21 but was then cancelled due to a Covid issue at our
club. This was the first time we had suffered

a Covid issue.

22/12/21 We
are drawn away at Abbey Rangers Development in the Second Round of the Surrey
Premier Cup (last 16). The tie is scheduled for mid-January.

27/12/21 We are losing 3-0 at Dorking Wanderers Reserves
after 69 minutes when the match was abandoned. The official reason is not
given but it followed a large scuffle between

the players and regrettably a loss of discipline on the
part of Alex Penfold who reacted badly to being sent off and had a physical
confrontation with a couple of the home players.

This was a niggly match throughout and we produced an
awful first half display minus Smith-Joseph, Byatt and Hill to trail after
conceding after 20, 36 and 45+2. Things improved

a little in the second half until Peters was sent off on
the hour for shoving a Dorking player into the hoardings which led to a
scuffle. Then a few minutes later a Dorking player

fell to the ground and believing it to be a foul, held on
to the ball. However, he was already on a yellow card and our players
remonstrated with the referee, during which Penfold

was sent to the sin bin, but appeared to say something as
he walked away as the referee then summoned him back and gave a straight red
card. A Dorking player then touched

his shoulder and he reacted, then carrying on the argument
with former player Ben Dyson, As the players continued to argue and the
referee was probably concerned about the

whole
situation the game was abandoned soon after this. In March the League decide
to award the points and scoreline to Dorking Wanderers.

27/12/21 Following the game the club released a statement
confirming that they had released Alex Penfold from the club, although
bizarrely chose not to name the player

directly.
Although the statement was released fairly quickly, someone had videoed the
events and they went viral on social media.

All appearances
in this match will be recorded which means that Kofi Quartey made his debut
up front in this match.

The FA Full Time site is all over the place with this. It
advises an attendance of 34 when the official one, advised personally to me
by the club was 90 and was actually suspected to be

higher. They
refer to Penfold's red card but Peters' red card is not listed at all!

1/1/22 The Surrey Premier Cup tie at Abbey Rangers
Development is listed in the Suburban League Bulletin for Thursday evening
20/1/22. However, Peter Mutton advises that

the match is not guaranteed for that date and Epsom want
to play it on the Wednesday 19/1/22. The match is later switched to the
Wednesday according to the club,

but they were
wrong and the match was played on the Thursday as originally scheduled..

3/1/22 The club announce a triple signing, although two
had been in the line up the week before. Kane Charles is a keeper playing on
a Sunday for Lambeth All Stars, while

Kofi Quartey joined from Alfold and Paul Springett,
borther of Steve, joins on a dual registration from Erith & Belvedere,
although he later tweets that the match this day

will be his
first competitive fixture for three years! He is 40 years old and doesn't
play again for us after this Forest Row match.

3/1/22 Paul Springett makes his debut in a 2-0 home win
over Forest Row that was fairly even. In fact the visitors had the better
chances before we took the lead in the 21st minute

as a deep Hill free kick was volleyed back across goal by
Steve Springett to Miller who squared the ball for Quartey to stroke in his
first goal for the club. He then tucked away

a second in the
57th minute under the keeper from an early low ball in from Miller on the
right.

3/1/22 Tariq
Straker is missing for this match and was apparently playing for East
Grinstead Town in the Isthmian League on 1/1/22. He has left the club.

3/1/22 Club
advised attendance against Forest Row was 116. League Bulletin advises 104. I
will stay with the club figures for now.

Jan 22 John
O'Connor becomes Assistant Manager. Had been at Tooting Bec most recently.

8/1/22 A
player shortage led to a makeshift defence losing 5-4 at Montpelier Villa on
the Lancing FC artificial surface. We led early through Byatt who turned in
a

Smith-Joseph left wing cross, but trailed to goals after
10,15 and 30. We then got back on terms with two goals after 41 and 42 as
Byatt ran 40 yards unchallenged to

knock the ball in and Smith-Joseph cut in from the right
to score left footed.  Despite getting
back on terms we then conceded a penalty in the 44th minute which went
in

off a post, before then conceding again just 16 seconds
into the second half! We improved after that and reduced the arrears to 5-4
through Miller who rode a challenge

ran in and
beat the keeper in the 76th minute but we were unable to draw level despite
having eight minutes of injury time against ten men after one of their

players were
sin-binned for applauding the referee's decision. It was Demario Harley who
had scored three and assisted twice in this match.

11/1/22 We had a scare at Oakwood where we dominated yet
lost two leads and missed many chances. Springett put us ahead with a peach
of a free kick in the 3rd minute

but a silly penalty in the 25th brought them level. We
restored the lead after Miller finished off from Chin's low cross in the 27th
but a great individual goal in the 77th

minute gave
the home side hope at 2-2. fortunately a ball in from Smith-Joseph was headed
in over the keeper by Byatt in the 86th minute to clinch the points.

Debuts for Kane
Charles in goal and for Colts players Kieran Strank and Alexander Bennett.

11/1/22 Gideon Acheampong made his 50th appearance, the
273rd to do so. Brad Peters completed his suspension in this match. The win
put us back to the top of the table.

15/1/22 Another late and narrow defeat as Godalming edge
the win 3-2 at Weycourt, the first ever time they have beaten us in
Godalming. Yet we were the better team and led

in the 55th minute after Smith-Joseph fed Byatt and he
finished comfortably past the keeper from 18 yards. However, they were level
four minutes later and then took the lead

with six minutes remaining. Byatt then made the equaliser
in the 89th minute with a pass from a narrow angle that was tapped in by
Quartey from close range, but

we conceded an
awful winning goal in the 93rd minute as the ball was tapped in unmarked at
the far post.

20/1/22 we lose 3-2 on a Thursday evening to Abbey Rangers
Development team in the SPC at Addlestone Moor on a chiily evening where we
threw another two leads. Debuts for

George Butler (Colts), Jerry Antwi and Mohammed Cisse who
came from Redhill and Alfold respectively and both played well, while we
rested a few regulars. Also back on

a one month loan from Chatham Town was Tommy Smith. We led
in the 7th minute with a scorching low drive across the keeper from Luke
Miller but conceded in the 42nd. We retook

the lead in
the 55th minute when a Springett free kick was headed back in by Tommy Smith
for Quartey to strike a low shot in but we conceded two soft goals

after 80 and
91 before having a late Springett effort ruled out for offside against Leslie
who had set up the strike, although this was a disputed decision.

22/1/22 We had another close call after throwing away a
2-0 lead at home to Wick, only to score a late winner to win 3-2. Byatt put
us ahead in the 9th minute with a great

20 yard chip over the keeper and in the 16th minute Byatt
scored with a close range header after Hill's strike from wide out had come
down off the underside of the

bar. However,
they pulled a goal back in the 28th minute and equalised in the 60th.
Fortunately a deep Springett free kick was headed in by Adam Grant from

6 yards in the
83rd minute.

24/1/22 Our
Division One Cup tie at Storrington has been arranged for Tuesday 15/2/22.

29/1/22 We produced a really flat display, losing 3-1 at
Shoreham only a few months after beating them 8-0. We conceded to a great
free kick after 80 seconds, but equalised in the

6th minute with a great strike from distance by Uzun after
being teed up by Byatt from 25 yards, the ball flying into the top corner. We
conceded a poor goal after 37 and as we pushed

for an
equaliser in the dying minutes, they hit us with a counter attack goal in the
98th minute to make it 3-1. We didn't deserve any better.

Mike Hill
appears to be injured again, with a broken foot the cause, while Brad Peters
and Tyreke Leslie were also out, presumed injured.

The FA Full Time site advises Jamie Byatt has having
received a red card in this match, but I'm sure it was just a yellow and he
played in the next two matches so clearly wasn't

suspended
either!

Feb 22 it
transpires that Joe Richardson has been working in America for a few months
but hasn't left the club.

3/2/22 The
club announce that Jamie Byatt is to be given the position of permanent
Manager. However, following a Committee Meeting on 3/2/22 it transpires
that

the decision had been made without the full Committee
discussing it and Mel Tough had gone ahead and decided it, so it isn't yet
official. Another Manager shambles on Mel's watch.

5/2/22 We defeat Billingshurst 5-1 and register our 11th
straight home win in all competitions; our best run since 1938 (13). However,
it looked a bit wobbly at first and we trailed after

21 when Kane Charles brought down a striker in the area.
However, a lucky deflection gave Miller the chance to drill in the equaliser
in the 32nd and Byatt nodded in his 30th goal

of the season from a Smith-Joseph cross in the 38th minute
to leave us ahead at the half. Miller scored with a great angled strike in
the 53rd minute and then was denied by

a pull back in the act of shooting in the 70th minute but
he smashed the penalty in instead. Three minutes later Smith-Joseph strolled
through to score easily to make

it 5-1 and this
was despite having ten men since the 59th minute after Mo Cisse was sent off
for a second yellow card.

8/2/22 Alex Penfold faces an FA Hearing this day and is
cleared of assaulting or attempting to assault an official. However, he is
found guilty of improper conduct towards an official and

received a 112 day ban and £75 fine. Not clear whether the
ban is from the 27th December or the 8th February, as if it were the former,
he would be able to play again after 18th April.

The Club makes no statement about this matter, but it is
likely our club would have faced a charge of some sort too. It's also not
clear whether this was an FA Hearing or a County FA

hearing. Alex had requeested a personal hearing and for
some reason he was represented by our Vice-Chairman Barry Gartell, which
surely indicated some sort of implicit support for

a player that had been jettisoned rapidly by the club just
a few weeks previously. As usual no further information is released by the
club. We also received 10 disciplinary points.

13/2/22 Dave Brenen, former Raynes Park Vale player and
Secretary passes away at the age of 79. He had given the club lots of help
and support during the years when our

Reserves and
Youth teams played at Grand Drive from 2010-12.

15/2/22
Storrington (A) in Division One League Cup is p-p - waterlogged. It is
rearranged for Tuesday 1/3/22.

18/2/22 Manchester United footballer Bruno Fernandes
tweets a picture of his brother Ricardo in Epsom kit. The club ignore it
completely on social media!! A massive opportunity missed.

18/2/22 former
player Tommy Millard celebrates his 90th birthday. Used to play for us in the
fifties and early sixties.

19/2/22 Selsey (H) is p-p. The pitch just about survived
any damage from Storm Eunice the day before but lunchtime heavy rain killed
it off and the game was called off at about 1.30.

Prog issued -
Y. Rearranged for 26/03/22 which means that the Roffey home game is brought
forward to Tuesday 22/2/22.

26/2/22 Louis Chin makes his 50th appearance as we win 3-0
at Storrington in the League. We were the better side in the first half but
without breaking through, although Uzun showed

some great skill to control a high ball and then set up
Miller for a low strike in the 47th minute and Miller then curled the second
goal from just inside the penalty area four minutes later. .

Then Tyreke Leslie struck in from a Chin cross in the 85th
minute. The ball took a large deflection but was definitely on target. This
was Tyreke's first goal for the club after netting

a few in the
April / May 2021 mid-season friendlies. Chin is the 274th player to reach the
50 appearance milestone.

1/3/22 Epsom start with ten men at Storrington due to a
late arrival from Kane Charles who takes the field in the 13th minute in
relief of Brad Peters. Despite starting with ten men we led

in the 6th minute when an Antwi cross was headed in by
Tyreke Leslie from close range and Leslie scored a second in the 18th minute
when Kofi Quartey chased a loose ball and just

got there ahead of the keeper; the ball rebounding to
Leslie who drilled the ball in off a defender from six yards. Fernandes was
very unfortunate not to score in the second half, seeing

one shot brilliantly tipped over and then hitting the
underside of the bar with another strike. Debuts for Archie De Bono, Tyler
Taylor and Luke Thatcher. Thatcher came from Corinthian

Casuals, but has also played recently for Thames United,
along with the other new players. Thames are in the South Eastern Surrey
Combination. Lionel Mutima, a former

player also
plays for them. Epsom win 2-0 and visit Billingshurst or Shoreham in the QF.

3/3/22 The League table is officially updated to show that
the abandoned match at Dorking Wanderers Reserves has been awarded to them
with a score of 3-0. This is disappointing

because
Dorking Wanderers Reserves accumulated six bookings in the match, were
clearly a little at fault and were fined for failing to control their
players.

From looking
at League Rule 8.33 however, maybe I should have seen this coming as it is
quite clear and certainly fitted the description of our match that day.

From a
statistical perspective, this match will now be considered as a completed
League match, rather than an abandoned one.

3/3/22 The Club releases another inaccurate statement
which refers to the club accepting a charge under FA Rule 8.33. It can't even
get that part right. It is a League rule,

which is why the points have been taken as the FA have no
power to deduct points from a club. The League rule carries no financial
penalty, although it is clear that we would have faced

an FA charge which would have been heard at the same time
as the Alex Penfold charge on 8th February and I'm led to believe that we
would have been fined between £150 and £250..

4/3/22 Andrew Young resigns from the Committee after
joining earlier in the season. His reason is that he wasn't given information
by other members of the Committee, who seem to

want to hide everything from everyone. This is the same
reason given when Phil Harris and Richard Lambert resigned in 2021 and is a
sign that nothing is improving as the Committee

drops to six
in size. No one on the Committee even acknowledges his resignation. Things
need to change here soon or the club will die sooner than expected.

5/3/22 We suffer our first defeat at Leatherhead since
August as Worthing United won 1-0 with a 33rd minute goal. It was a poor
performance and whilst we missed the injured Jamie

Byatt, the rest of the team were poor except for Charles,
who made some good saves and one fantastic one. A golden chance to go second
went begging and the club advertised

the programme cover against Worthing FC instead of
Worthing United, which may have even motivated the visitors. It's the third
time this season we have got the name of our opponents

wrong and is
embarassing, particularly when we try to convince the Council that we are a
serious proposition for a new ground.

The club posted rubbish on Twitter about "bouncing
back" and "we go again" as if it was just another game, but
time has now run out on our chances of the title and we need massive

help from
others now. Before the match the club held a minute's silence for Dave
Brenen, but typically misspelt his name in the match report!

8/3/22 Epsom will face another visit to Shoreham,
following their 2-1 win at Billingshurst in the Division One Cup. The League
have rearranged this for Saturday 19/3/22.

12/3/22 We narrowly defeat Midhurst & Easebourne 2-1
in a tight encounter at Leatherhead. A dull first half, marked by an injury
to Tommy Smith was replaced by an

exciting second half and a Fernandes cross was nodded in
by Miller in the 50th minute with Smith-Joseph scoring a wonderful individual
goal in the 76th minute. In

between Sheikh Ceesay, deputising for the injured Kane
Charles, made a great penalty save in the 66th minute. The visitors pulled
one back in injury time when Peters

sliced the ball past Ceesay to spoil his clean sheet and
the visitors then had a player sent to the sin bin and another player sent
off for something he said to the referee,

all in second
half injury time. It was a poor performance from the referee throughout and
the Midhurst penalty was an awful decision.

18/3/22 Adam Grant returns to Step Five Horley Town, where
he had been leading scorer the previous season. He will go back into the
starting line up and score in his first macth.

I'm not sure
why he didn't play more at Epsom as we were getting some great results when
he was playing and scoring regularly.

19/3/22 Despite missing Grant, along with Charles, Byatt,
Smith-Joseph and Hill we still managed to win 1-0 at Shoreham on a windy day
in the Division One Cup, although we required

an 87th minute penalty from Josh Uzun to win it after
Miller had been fouled just inside the penalty area. A Shoreham player went
into the sin bin just before the penalty was taken, and

straight afterwards the home keeper was sent off after a
scuffle near the goalline and another player also ended up in the sin bin so
Shoreham finished the match with eight men!

In the SF we
will visit Hailsham or Godalming, it is rumoured, at a neutral venue, but
we'll see.

22/3/22 Roffey visit and come away with a point after our
second nil-nil draw of the season against them. We started brightly, but they
finished the stronger, much

like the
original game back in September.

25/3/22 Our
play off dates are advised. The semi-finals will take place on Saturday 30th
April with the final taking place seven days later.

26/3/22 Epsom take Selsey apart after a slow start,
winning 4-0 but could have had ten if we had been a bit more clinical. Athan
Smith-Joseph scored the first goal with

a sidefoot volley from Miller's right wing cross in the
25th minute and then Hill's pass was knocked on by Miller to Quartey who
scored with a low shot into the ground

and up and
across the keeper for our 100th goal of the season in the 32 minute. Miller's
pass was deflected into the path of Quartey who eased the ball over the

advancing keeper in the 45th minute and Miller scored with
a powerful low drive across the keeper in the 56th minute, but there were so
many other chances too. We are

back up to second place for now, although Midhurst and
Easebourne are only a point behind us with two games in hand and even Dorking
Wanderers Reserves are a point behind with

one game in
hand. All very tight.

26/3/22
Hailsham Town defeated Godalming Town 2-1 and we will now play them at
Hassocks FC on Wednesday 13th April. In the other Semi Arundel meet

Midhurst &
Easebourne at Broadbridge Heath the day before.

March 22 it transpires that former player Peter Freeman
passed away at the age of 92 in March. He had celebrated his birthday in
January. Only found out on 20/4/22.

2/4/22 No
competitive match.

3/4/22 The club win the League Team of the Month award.
This is a surprise as we lost one and drew one of our matches while Worthing
United won a number of matches and beat us!

9/4/22 No
competitive match.

10/4/22 former player Gerry O'Rourke passes away at the
approximate age of 80. He was a Scottish Amateur International who also had a
great career at Wimbledon

with other spells at Staines, Chertsey Town, Hendon and
for one season, with us in 1976/77 scoring 12 goals in 43 appearances under
Pat O'Connell.

13/4/22 after an 18 day break we completely dominated
Hailsham Town, winning 3-0. Leslie scored in the tenth minute as he converted
a Miller pass with a shot across the keeper and

we made it 2-0
in the 55th minute when a low ball in from the left from Hill was finished
off by the returning Jamie Byatt from close range. We scored a third in
the

81st minute
when Leslie chased a ball into the danger area and nipped in between defender
and keeper to pinch the ball away and roll it into the net. We play

Midhurst &
Easebourne in the Final.

Apr 22 we have
now recorded four clean sheets in a row, and haven't done this since 1988!

15/4/22 It is
confirmed that our Division One Cup Final against Midhurst & Easebourne
will be played at Alfold FC on Tuesday 26th April at 7.30.

16/4/22 We secure another comfortable win in our latest
league match at Arundel with a 4-1 scoreline. Ricardo Fernandes scored his
first goal for the club after just 85 seconds when he

had some nice interplay with Mike Hill from a short corner
before beating his man and stabbing the ball in at the near post. We finally
scored a second in the 48th minute when

Smith-Joseph shot into the far corner. This was very close
to being an own goall as the shot brushed a defender and then went in off the
far post, so arguably might have been just missing

the post, but it was such a faint deflection I can't be
certain of this and will award the goal to him. He then scored a third in the
89th minute with a thumping finish before Hill robbed a

defender from
30 yards and ran in to score. We conceded after a defensive mix up in the
56th minute ensuring that our clean sheet run ended after 416 minutes.

18/4/22 We lose a second match to Dorking Wanderers
Reserves by two goals to one at Fetcham Grove after a flat display in the
first half left us two goals down; in the 34th and 45th

minutes. We pressed in the second half but only had an
89th minute volley from Quartey to show for it and Uzun missed a penalty in
the 67th minute and other chances

went begging
as we tried to retrieve the position but without success. Daryl Spiers debut.
Is apparently a friend of Brad Peters and comes from Horley Town.

18/4/22 Other
results this day leave us down in fifth place.

18/4/22 A very black day for our club as the Committee
refuse a request from the Club Historian for a minute's silence for Gerry
O'Rourke. This is a disgusting decision by

the club who
have been shamed by its actions. An embarassing day to be a Club Official.

18/4/22 The club also advise an attendance of 202 were at
this match, when an attendance count showed it was around the 130 mark. This
is not the first time that the club appear to

be inflating attendances, maybe to say that attendances
have increased this season when they have probably gone up by an average of
only about 5-10 per game. They also refer in the

programme to the loss of recent club memorabilia due to a
fire when no such fire has occurred. Not sure why the club feel the need to
lie to supporters this season. Embarassing.

23/4/22 Another disappointing result as we crash 3-1 to
Mile Oak to complete our season and finish in sixth place. We trailed to a
decent volley in the 34th minute and conceded again

in the 60th. Miller pulled one back after 81 with a low
drive from twenty yards, but we then let in another three minutes later. We
struggled all day with the windy conditions and were

deservedly beaten. We now face Midhurst & Easebourne
in the playoffs as they finished second. We obviously face them in the
Division One Cup Final four days before that.

26/4/22 We are edged out 2-1 by Midhurst & Easebourne
due to a 96th minute winner from a corner, scored with a suspicion of a foul
on our keeper. We led in the 4th minute of this

Cup Final after Athan Smith-Joseph broke through and took
his time before slotting the ball past the keeper, but the opponents
deservedly drew level in the 39th minute with an overhead

kick. There was nothing between the teams and we were
arguably the better team in the second half but were caught with a late
sucker punch. Mario Quiassaca debut.

30/4/22 We suffered another 2-1 loss against Midhurst
& Easebourne to end our season in the Semi Final of the first ever Step 6
League playoffs and we were hurt by a

bad start, conceding after 6 and 22 before Quiassaca
headed over the exposed keeper from 18 yards to reduce the deficit in the
39th minute but we were unable to really

hurt the
opposition in the second half, despite having a little more of the ball.

7/5/22 Midhurst
defeat Shoreham 1-0 in the Playoff Final.

May 22 So far there have been no membership renewal
letters sent out and there is no mention yet of a Presentation Evening or a
Player of the Year, although a rough count was taken

by Barry
Gartell at the Mile Oak match, so many regular home supporters were never
asked their views apart from in a brief note on their little advertised
website.

13/5/22 Jamie Byatt resigns his position as
Player/Manager. As a club we have to face the fact that our club in its
current position will always be treated as a stepping stone. Hopefully,

we will appoint someone next who was a former player, who
might then give the club a little more security and loyalty. Jamie will no
doubt understand this as it is rumoured that he is off

to Corinthian Casuals where there has been a recent change
of Manager. My guess is that we won't see him as a player anymore if he is
involved at that level, which would be a pity.

15/5/22 Just two days after Byatt's departure as Manager,
the club announces his replacement will be Anthony Jupp, the former Horley
Town Manager and former player. This raises a

few questions as the time between announcements obviously
means that this was planned at least a few days ago. Why would Jupp drop to
Step Six to a club with no home ground?

Was Byatt pushed, based on a disappointing end to the
season, or did he advise at the end of the playing season that he would be
moving on? Either way Jupp's statement on Twitter

about leaving Horley came before Byatt's and the fact it
has since been deleted adds to the intrigue. Either way, Jupp's credentials
are strong. The Club statement rambles on about

playing at "a level that is commensurate with our
playing status" but what does that actually mean? Where does the club
believe our playing status is? After four seasons at Step Six

now, it is hard to argue that it is any higher that where
we are currently, but staying at Step Six wouldn't attract a Manager with
much Step Five experience. There have been

changes at Horley Town recently which might have led to
his departure, but on balance this appears a good appointment for the club.
He will bring his own Management team.

20/5/22 The club has announced eight pre-season friendlies
starting at Farnham Town on 2nd July, although two are against Leatherhead
and one against Dorking Wanderers, which

appears odd,
seeing as we play their reserves in the League and it surely couldn't be
against their Step One team.

21/5/22 Club Presentation Evening at Leatherhead FC.
Despite this being an opportunity to raise funds for Leatherhead behind the
bar, the club chose not to advertise the event at all,

except to club
Members, so many loyal supporters missed out. More stupidity on the club's
part.

Additionally, the Dave Wilson Trophy was not referenced,
despite a new Trophy being included for Stella Lamont, which appears to have
replaced the Clubman of the Year Trophy,

previously named as the Vic McGregor Trophy, which was
also ignored. Finally, there was also a Club Player of the Year, which went
to Steve Springett with Louis Chin as runner-up, but

the club has not explained exactly how that one was
determined, seeing as there was already a Supporter, a Player, a Manager and
a Committee Player of the Year award!

Gideon Acheampong won the Player's Player and Manager's
Player of the Year awards, while Luke Miller won the Supporter's Player of
the Year (formerly the Dave Wilson Trophy)

and the Committee's Player of the Year with Gideon as
runner-up in both categories. Further awards were given to Mel Tough and Paul
Marshall under the new Stella Lamont Trophy

and Mike Hill won the Goal of the Year award for his
strike against Shoreham and Jamie Byatt won a recognition award for scoring
31 goals in 28 appearances. It's not known whether

this is a one time only award or a regular award for the
top scorer, but it was a very large number of awards and it is hoped that the
club didn't pay for all of them, as it is a colossal

waste of their
money in adding these extra awards at a time when finances are tight and we
are looking for a ground.

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att (approx)

Scorers & Notes

03/07/2021

South Park

A

2-2

2-1

N

40

Rushaar
Samuel-Smikle, Alex Penfold (pen)

10/07/2021

Glebe

A

0-8

0-4

N

10

17/07/2021

Lingfield

A

2-1

0-1

N

10

Luke Miller, Aimon Salmi

22/07/2021

Spelthorne Sports

A

2-4

2-2

N

?

Josh Uzun, Luke Miller

24/07/2021

Lordswood

A

2-1

1-0

N

?

Josh Uzun (2, 1 pen)

15/09/2021

Merstham U23

A

2-4

2-2

N

25

A.Salmi (pen), A.Penfold

12/10/2021

Surrey Police

H

8-4

6-0

Y

60

D.Cooper-Smith
(2), B.Peters (2), M.Strang (3), L.Lawn

18/12/2021

AFC Whyteleafe

A

2-3

0-2

Y

76

A.Grant (2)