C O M M E N T S
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CCLP

16th out of 20

FAC

1q

Eastbourne United

1-2

FAV

2q

Bearsted

1-1 - 1-4 on pens

CCLC

1st

AFC Croydon Athletic

3-4

SSC

2nd

Sutton United

1-2

SCC

2nd

Virginia Water

2-4

Home
Ground:

Reg Madgwick Stadium, Downside Bridge Road,
Cobham FC

President

Stella Lamont

Stella passed away on 11/11/23

Replaced in December by Pete Lumm

Chairman

Mel Tough

Vice Chairman

Barry Gartell

Club Secretary

Spencer Mitchell

Treasurer

Peter Mutton

Back to the
Borough Co-Ordinator

Alex McKay

Media Officer

Matt Edwards - resigned after AGM after he had
been voted in, although he advised he hadn't stood in the first place!

Media Team

Gemma Jarman

Membership
Secretary

Tony Foster - resigned at AGM in October - not
replaced by May it appears.

Liaison Officer
with EEBC

Peter O'Donovan - appointed in September -
co-opted

Commercial
Manager

Peter English

Manager

James Scott

resigned
on 03/10/23 - replaced as Caretaker Manager by Steve Springett with Sam
Groombridge as Joint Manager.

then replaced by Warren Burton with Gwynne Berry
as Assistant in January after Springett's resignation

Assistant
Manager

Ashley Snadden - left in November

Coaches

Kevin Espinosa, Steve Springett, Sam Groombridge
came in under Springett

Then Gwynne Berry and Warren Burton joined as
Coaches from 09/12/23 as Groombridge left.

Physio

Alfie Wyld

Club
Captain:

Callum Wilson

Vice-Captain

Zach Powell - became Captain after Wilson
departed in October

Then Harvey Keogh took over the armband after
Powell was injured in November.

He was then replaced in January by Nick Wilson

31/5/23 Dave Ellins resigns as a Director of the Holding
Company and is replaced as a Director by Peter Mutton. Pete Lumm is the other
Director. Ellins' departure ends an association

spanning nearly
fifty years, although he still remains in a consultancy type of role.

June 23 Tom
Theobald announces that he is leaving the club. He joins Tootiing &
Mitcham United.

June 23 Dylan
Merchant leaves for Langley who appear to be spending a bit of money at Step
Six this season.

17/6/23 We are
drawn at home to AFC Croydon Athletic in the Combined Counties League Cup
First Round.

June 23 Jaevon Dyer leaves for Dorking Wanderers. Not
clear whether he will be involved with the first team or just their Academy
side. He is loaned out to Lancing and later moves to Phoenix Sports.

before going to
Merstham and then returning to us in February!

June 23 New players are announced with Callum Wilson and
Chester Clothier joining from Colliers Wood United and Harvey Keogh (gk)
joining from Redhill. He previously was at Aldershot

Town where he
was named in the U18 England Schoolboys squad. Additionally George Owusu and
Ollie Thompson have chosen to remain with the club.

June 23 Our friendly against Banstead Rovers, scheduled
for 1st July has fallen through and a new opponent is being sourced. The club
says it can host, but it's not clear whether that

actually means
a venue in the Borough or somewhere like River Lane.

June 23 We will
now meet Feltham on 1st July at South Park with a 12pm k.o. We also face
Farleigh Rovers on 29th July at Parsonage Field.

June 23 former
players Louis Blake and Sam Marks choose to remain at Fleet Town, while Louis
Chin remains at Horley Town. Adam Grant leaves Horley for Redhill.

June 23
rumoured that Athan Smith-Joseph and Gavin Quintyne are at Redhill while
Gideon Acheampong is training with Carshalton Athletic currently.

1/7/23 Our first friendly under James Scott results in a
4-1 win over Feltham. We led after a good run and pull back from Sirak was
tapped in by Tino Carpene in the 24th minute and Zach

Powell scored a second from a Ben Bauchop corner seconds
before HT. Feltham pulled on e back with a penalty in the 46th minute but
Jaan Stanley ran through and scored in the 80th minute

and he started the move that ended with a tap in from
Ethan Nelson-Roberts a minute later. Nine changes were made at HT and all
four new signings played a part. It was also good to see

Bauchop and
Ollie Thompson back from injury and Zach Powell returning to the club. A
comfortable win in the end and a fair scoreline. Zach Powell then rejoins for
the season.

5/7/23 Reece
Tierney joins from Dorking Wanderers B. He is a tall defender and his great
grandfather was Tom Edwards who played for us regularly in the 1920s.

7/7/23 We are drawn at home to Horsham YMCA in the FA Cup
with the winners hosting Met Police, while in the FA Vase we are at home to
AFC Varndeanians with the winners visiting

Mile Oak or
Bearsted.

8/7/23 We conceded a late goal as we lost 1-0 to Stansfeld
on a pitch outside the Glebe ground in St Mary's Sports ground. The goal came
in the 89th minute and the score was about fair.

8/7/23 Athan
Smith-Joseph joins Redhill, while Gavin Quintyne announces he is leaving the
club, although his destination is unknown currently.

10/7/23 We defeated Hassocks 2-1 in our latest friendly at
South Park. We led after 23 minutes through Nick Inwugwu Who finished off a
"one-two" with a player before scoring

and we led at
the half, although the visitors equalised in the 47th minute. Our winner came
in the 63rd minute from a free kick from Thompson Adeyemi.

12/7/23 Ethan Nelson-Roberts and Tommy Williams join the
club. Ethan was at Bedfont with spells previously at Merstham and AFC
Wimbledon, while Tommy was Captain at Dorking

Wanderers B.

12/7/23 Alex Penfold has moved to Tooting & Mitcham
United while Mario Quiassaca has moved from Horley Town to Broadbridge Heath
and will later also end up at Tooting & Mitcham.

July 23 Club announce Early Bird season tickets at £120
with concessions at £70 but no mention of under 16s. This appears fair value
based on an £8 entry, which is likely to remain since

we were
promoted.

15/7/23 Ade Batula and Tino Carpene join the club after
playing in the friendlies. Batula was at Chatham and Dulwich, while Carpene
was at Balham and Merstham and the AFC Wimbledon

Academy.

15/7/23 We lost to a 47th minute goal at Bridon Ropes in a
very windy friendly at Meridian Sports and Social Club in Charlton on an
artificial surface. It was an even match spoilt by the wind

and the surface
which was apparently quite poor.

16/7/23 Ayran
Kugathas joins the club after impressing in pre-season. He was formerly at
Cobham and Sutton United Development.

July 23 former
keeper Toby McKimm joins Banstead Athletic while former player Mike Hill is
at AFC Whyteleafe. Marlon Pinder is at Colliers Wood United.

20/7/23 The opening fixures finally arrive and we travel
to Fleet Town on Saturday 12/8/23 before hosting Reddhill on Tuesday 15/8/23.
The 19/8 is spare as some teams will have FA Cup

matches and we
visit Balham on Wednesday 23rd August and visit Cobham on Monday 28th after
our Vase match on 26th August.

22/7/23 We won our latest friendly 2-1 at Shoreham. Jaan
Stanley opened the scoring with a penalty after five minutes for handball and
although Shoreham equalised in the 75th minute, we

scored a late
winner when Sirak Negassi cut in and shot right footed in the 87th minute.

29/7/23 We won easily 3-0 at Farleigh Rovers. Stanley put
us ahead with a 22nd minute penalty after he had been fouled and we added two
more in the second half after 63 when Rory

Edwards
finished off a good move and in the 89th minute when Ben Amissah scored.

July 23 Johnny
Akoto joins Tooting & Mitcham United while Gideon Acheampong is training
with Sutton Common Rovers.

1/8/23 We are
defeated in the Stella Lamont Trophy 4-2 on penalties by Corinthian Casuals
after a 2-2 draw on their patch. We got off to a horrible start conceding
twice in

the 6th and
7th minutes, the second of which came from a goalkeeper's kick that bounced
over our keeper, but we fought back and Ade Batula pulled one back just
33

seconds into
the second half with an audacious backflick and George Owusu scored from
twenty yards in off the far post in the 64th minute to level it up, so
after

90 minutes we
went to penalties. Chester Clothier saw the first penalty saved and Steve
Springett had the third one saved, but Casuals scored all four, including
one

that looked
like it had been saved by Toby Colwell, only for the ball to squirm over the
line. Tommy Williams (2) and Ade Batula (4) scored our other penalties.

Aug 23 Other new signings appear just before the season
starts as Sirak Negassi, Nick Inwugwu and Ben Amissah join, alongside Toby
Colwell who was signed earlier. We have a squad

of twenty
currently. Inwugwu comes from AFC Whyteleafe.

Aug 23 Lewis
Pearch is rejoining Merstham, where he started as a youngster. He will return
to us briefly before joining Horley Town in February.

5/8/23 First
official competitive match at the Reg Madgwick Stadium is between Epsom and
Ewell and Horsham YMCA in the FA Cup.

5/8/23 After a half hour delay due to a torrential
rainstorm that threatened to completely waterlog the new artificial surface
at Cobham we kicked off at 3.30 and despite a slow start when we

could have conceded a number of times in the opening
twenty minutes and then going behind in the 21st minute, we recovered to win
2-1 over Horsham YMCA after a good run and finish

from an angle by Ade Batula in the second minute of injury
time before Tino Carpene was clipped in the box and Jaan Stanley scored from
the spot in the 64th minute to clinch the win.

5/8/23 We had
nine debuts to start the match equalling records set in 1945 and 1982 but
then beat this when Sirak Negassi came on as a substitute.

7/8/23 Our match at Cobham is moved back a day from Monday
28th August to Tuesday 29th August. Additionally, our Cup and Vase fixtures
have been brought forward a day to the Friday

as Cobham are
at home in both competitions on the Saturday.

Aug 23 Ben
Bauchop and Jabari Ofusu-Hernandez sign. Both played briefly in friendlies.

11/8/23 Recent but regular supporter Mark Durbridge passes
away suddenly after being taken ill the previous weekend. He was in his early
sixties. Funeral is 29th September at Leatherhead.

12/8/23 We are edged out with a 94th minute deflected
winner at Fleet Town after fighting back from conceding in the 6th minute to
equalise in the 39th minute when Ollie Thompson headed in

an Edwards
free kick at the far post. This was a very even match that swung both ways
and should have finished in a draw. Ben Amissah and Ayran Kugathas debuts.

Aug 23 Kiyo
Brown joins us. He is a winger.

15/8/23 We are defeated 3-1 by Redhill and can have no
complaints. Just before the match Harvey Keogh injured his finger and Toby
Colwell came in for his debut. During the first half,

Callum Wilson and Tommy Williams limped off injured. We
trailed after 39 and then 45+3 and although we improved in the econd half,
former Salt Adam Grant scored after 70 before we got

a consolation
in the 79th minute when the Redhill keeper dropped a corner and Inwugwu
forced the ball in at the second attempt from close range. Debut for Kiyo
Brown.

Aug 23 Jabari
Ofosu-Hernandez joins. He played briefly in pre-season.

18/8/23 Friday night FA Cup football was a bit of a damp
squib as we drew 0-0 at home to Met Police in an uninspiring tie spoilt by
cards and injuries. They hit the post in the 7th minute and

Ade Batula hit
the bar in the 92nd minute after he chipped a loose ball over the keeper and
defenders from 25 yards. Replay is on Tuesday.

Aug 23 James
King joins. He is a midfielder.

22/8/23 Epsom win 2-0 at Met Police to register a cup
upset and a trip to Eastbourne United in the next round. We led in the 13th
minute when Kiyo Brown found Ethan Nelson-Roberts with

a good pass
and he slotted the ball past the keeper. We missed a couple of really good
chances before wrapping it up in the 79th minute when Batula created an

opening on the
right and cut the ball back to Carpene to force the loose ball in from four
yards. It was a deserved win and we picked up another £1,444 in prize money
too.

Aug 23 The
club finally announce a date for its AGM at Cobham FC at 5pm on Sunday 17th
September. Yet a week later there is still doubt about the date with
another

being suggested of 28th September. It turns out that the
club now cannot do either and you really have to wonder what purpose the
Membership Secretary Tony Foster actually serves anymore.

Aug 23 Richard Lambert applies for the position of
Progrmme Editor and Matchday Tweeter in response to a club advert, but
doesn't even receive the courtesy of a response. Clearly the club

feels it is
special enough to pick and choose, but no one else applies for the positions.

25/8/23 We
defeat AFC Varndeanians in the FA Vase 3-1. We led through a Powell header
from an Edwards header in the 16th minute. Ade Batula then beat a
defender

to the ball,
ran in and clipped the ball over the keeper in the 59th minute to extend our
lead. They pulled a goal back in the 89th minute but we restored the lead in
the

96th minute
when Batula's low shot took a slight deflection on its way. We visit Bearsted
or Mile Oak in the next round.

26/8/23 Peter
O'Donovan is co-opted onto the Committee to help with the Back to the Borough
campaign. He is a former Mayor and supports fairly frequently.

29/8/23 Cobham host us in the first landlord v tenant
battle and win comfortably 3-0 although two late goals were a little harsh.
We conceded after 31 and then in the 82nd minute had sub

Tommy Williams sent off for two yellows, the second of
which was extremely harsh as he tried to clear the keeper but came down on
him. Cobham extended their lead after 88 and 95.

Sept 23 We
advertise for another First Team Coach, but there appear to be no responses
to the advert.

2/9/23 We were knocked out of the FA Cup with a 90th
minute goal at Eastbourne United after we had fought back to pinch a 79th
minute equaliser that we didn't really deserve. We trailed

in the 48th minute to a decent volley, but Williams fed
Callum Wilson to score from a couple of yards out to level it up before the
late goal. We didn't threaten much and looked very

lightweight up
front.

9/9/23 Another defeat, this time 2-0 at Jersey Bulls as we
conceded in the 50th and 84th minutes. We were outplayed for much of the
match and didn't register a shot on target that the

keeper had to
save. We remain at the foot of the table. Tommy Williams missed this match as
he completed his one match suspension.

Sept 23 Reece
Tierney is currently playing for Chessington & Hook United, presumably on
a dual registration.

10/9/23 Our
home League Cup tie v AFC Croydon Athletic is scheduled for Tuesday 26th
September.

11/9/23 We are drawn at home to Sutton United in the
Surrey Senior Cup last 32 as we return to the competition after 5 years out.
15 days on and the club hasn't mentioned this.

13/9/23
www.eefconline.co.uk is ten years old this day

15/9/23 This
day is the 100 year anniversary of the release of our first ever match
programme.

16/9/23 We lose 4-2 at home to Sheerwater in a
disappointing match despite taking the lead with a great strike by Tommy
Williams in the 36th minute. However, we conceded in the 43rd

and 57th minute, the second of which came when Ade Batula
had become the second player in the sin bin after Nelson-Roberts earlier in
the match. We equalised through Batula after good

work between
Carpene and Stanley in the 73rd minute but then conceded twice more after 75
and 76 to seal our loss. Thompson Adeyemi returned after injury.

16/9/23 Colin Murphy the former player but more relevantly
the extremely successful Manager for a number of professional sides including
Lincoln City and Derby County passes away at

the age of 79.

17/9/23 We have
a newly added home match against Balham on Tuesday 3rd October. Needless to
say the club makes no mention of this.

21/9/23 The
club finally announces its AGM will be on Sunday 8th October at 6pm in the
Cobham clubhouse.

21/9/23 The
Surrey Senior Cup tie v Sutton United will take place on Tuesday 7th November
at Cobham.

23/9/23 Marlon
Pinder returns to the club for a third spell after being at Colliers Wood
earlier in the season.

23/9/23 Despite Pinder's return we create little and only
have one shot on target in the Vase match at Bearsted. Fortunately Wilson's
low strike in the 71st minute went in after good work

by Batula, Stanley and Carpene and equalised the Bearsted
goal in the 55th minute. The match finished 1-1 but we lost 4-1 on penalties.
Bearsted went first and scored all four, the final

one going
through Keogh, but the damage was done by then after Carpene (1) and Williams
(3) had seen theirs saved. Wilson (2) scored his penalty.

Bearsted

Epsom and Ewell

a

Phil Headley

low to gk left

r

Tino Carpene

low to gk right - saved

a

Ollie Freeman

gk top left corner

a

Callum Wilson

low to gk right

a

Will Johnson-Cole

to gk right

r

Tommy Williams

low to gk left - saved

a

Ryan Blake

low to gk right

23/9/23 Steve Springett announces he is leaving the club
and thanks everyone. However, he also advises that he isn't retiring which
says that either the Coaching wasn't working out or he wanted

more playing
time. A concerning development as he was our longest continually serving
player.

25/9/23 Cobham's win in the Vase now means that our home
match v Spelthorne Sports, scheduled for Saturday 21st October has been
replaced by a trip to Alton as Cobham now require the pitch.

The Alton trip
was brought forward from 02/12/23.

26/9/23 A new
signing, Jude Aikins-Hawkson is registered with us. He has been at Farleigh
Rovers along with Jabari Ofosu-Hernandez and Reece Tierney, while

George Owusu
has been at Chessington & Hook United.

26/9/23 We let
a 3-1 lead slip to a 3-4 defeat in a League Cup tie against AFC Croydon
Athletic where we were the better side for 75 minutes. We led in the 22nd
minute

after an
Edwards free kick was blocked by a hand in the wall and Pinder stepped up to
tuck the penalty away. Negassi had a great game and he ran on to a
crossfield

ball to slot
past the keeper to make it 2-0 in the 32nd and although we conceded in the
40th minute after Inwugwu was robbed coming out of defence, we were

two goals
ahead within 56 seconds of the second half after Negassi's cross was headed
back across the keeper by Owusu. However, a harsh penalty in the 76th

minute turned
the game and we conceded twice more after 84 and 88 to lose the tie! Jude
Aikins-Hawkson debut.

30/9/23 A 41st minute error from Ollie Thompson led to the
only goal of the match at Tadley Calleva as his square pass went straight to
a striker who ran in and scored. It was harsh on us as we

deserved a
point again.

Oct 23 Tijani
Eshilokun is newly registered for us. He is another player who was involved
in pre-season and presume has been called up to the squad in the same
way

some others
were in the last couple of weeks. However, it begs the question, "where
are the new faces?" We are clearly one of the weaker teams right now,
yet we

bring in
players who weren't deemed good enough to get into the squad at the start of
the season. Tijani was formerly at Colliers Wood United.

3/10/23 We
narrowly lost again, this time 1-2 to Balham at home. We trailed in the 21st
minute on the break, but a Jabari Ofosu-Hernandez piledriver was parried
up

and Negassi was first to react to tuck the ball away from
a narrow angle for the 26th minute equaliser. However, we conceded again
within 30 seconds and that's how it finished.

3/10/23 Tijani
Eshilokun debut.

4/10/23 James Scott resigns as Manager and places his own
statement on social media, which catches the club out who don't respond for a
number of hours. Within 24 hours

though, Steve
Springett is announced as Interim Manager, less than two weeks after
announcing he was leaving!

7/10/23 A new Manager bounce helps us as we switch from
three at the back to four and overpower Colliers Wood 5-1 to record our first
League win of the season. We scored in the

5th minute after Nelson-Roberts was tripped and Stanley
put the spot kick away and extended the lead in the 20th minute after
Batula's low shot was well saved but Pinder reacted first to tuck

away the loose ball. Then a great left wing Stanley cross
was headed in from four yards by Batula in the 28th. A Tijani Eshilokun
rocket from just over 20 yards extended the lead in the 54th minute

and whilst we conceded to a close ange header in the 94th
minute, Owusu knocked in a penalty to make it 5-1 in the 97th minute after he
had been fouled by the keeper. A great result against a

very flat
Colliers Wood who sacked their Manager within 24 hours of this match.

The trip to
Sandhurst Town on 14/10/23 has been moved back as Bracknell Town require the
pitch for an FA Cup tie. This will now be played on Tuesday 14/11/23.

Oct 23 Brad
Peters and Gideon Acheampong join Redhill. Athan Smith-Joseph joins Croydon.

8/10/23 AGM at Cobham FC Committee room with very few
present. There was no Chairman's report as Mel Tough has been dealing with
some personal family issues. All Committee were

re-elected except for Tony Foster who stood down as
Membership Secretary. Peter English was elected in as Commercial Officer
although his role was not expanded upon. The finances of the

club have fallen to £120k from £178k and Peter Mutton
advised this was fluctuating all the time due to share prices. It still
represents a huge loss despite the Accounts being advised as "another

very good financial year". We haven't had a good
financial year since the late Seventies! There are no plans in place to get
more members or supporters except some Associate Membership with

the Colts. The low attendances were blamed on our
opponents bringing very few people, although Vice-Chairman Barry Gartell,
running the meeting in the absence of Mel, advised that they

knew they would take a fall on attendances at Cobham. He
also admitted that the club had been naïve over the "gentleman's
agreement" with Leatherhead and that there is now a 6 month notice

period on any
break clause within this two year agreement. Gartell also referred to Balham
having an average of 10 last year, but it was actually 33. Another
example

of throwing "facts" out to sound knowledgeable.
The club will also look into bringing in a child price that is more
reasonable than a concession price. Steve Springett prepared a small

report advising that it might take time but that we would
be in a better position by the end of November as he amends the whole
structure of the playing side. He has a new Coach in Sam

Groombridge who was described as one of the best Coaches
in Kent, even though previous Manager James Scott held a UEFA A Licence
himself. Food and hospitality costs have mushroomed

due to a number of social events for the players.
Additionally, the club accepts that they need to provide more notice of an
AGM, along with descriptions of the roles up for election with 14 days

window
provided so that supporters can source the relevant nominations in time.
There was no sell on clause for Jaevon Dyer although the club advise they
wanted to

add one in a
renewed contract, but Dyer wouldn't sign it and went to Dorking Wanderers;
something that was blamed on former Manager Anthony Jupp, although

of course Jupp
wasn't there to confirm or deny this. The club also advise that they are
connected with the women's team but couldn't come up with a reason why
they

hadn't
advertised them, instead saying they wanted to wait a few games. Why? The
club also advised that they would add to the minutes (matters arising) about
the

apology to
Richard Lambert and subsequent restitution of his membership. There were also
references to difficulties at Cobham with no signage allowed, no
parking,

except when
just about anyone else is there, and the moving of the club shop to a less
prominent position. Even the clubhouse was double booked for this event.

The situation
is being tolerated currently. Expect a new home venue next season if one can
be sourced.

The club were
particularly silent about the Back to the Borough attempts and the subject
didn't even appear on the Agenda. Alex McKay advised that he and Barry

were involved
in many meetings but couldn't provide any details of any kind about any of
them, except to trot out the old statement from last year that we are

"closer
than ever". Gartell advised that if it hadn't been for Peter O'Donovan
this would have failed already, which was an admittance that the club were
failing on this

front. Alex advised that the club hope to advise something
very positive by December and that we are very much involved with the local
plan, even though only rugby is mentioned on it.

Overall, it
was a very disappointing meeting, particularly on the finance which indicates
that despite donations of £15k last year and extra sponsorship that we
only

have two and a
half years left at the current rate.

11/10/23 Our match at Alton on 21st Oct has now been
cancelled and we currently have two free Saturdays in the League. Hopefully
there will be a friendly or two in the meantime.

11/10/23 It transpires from the League Bulletin that we
have entered the Southern Combination Cup for the first time since 2013/14
which was the first time we'd entered it since the late 90s. After

receiving a bye
in the first round we are at home to Virginia Water in the Second Round and
this will be our first meeting since 1975!

11/10/23 The
club arrange a friendly against Merstham for 14/10/23 in a match to be played
at Carshalton Athletic at 2pm.

13/10/23 The
mystery of 21st October is finally sorted and we will visit Spelthorne Sports
in a reversal of the original  fixture.

14/10/23 We lose a friendly 3-1 at Carshalton Athletic
against Merstham and only score with an 89th minute penalty from Carpene
after Owusu was fouled, but it was better than that as we used

twenty players
and were arguably the better side in the second half, despite conceding after
62 and 73 to go with a 34th minute opener.

18/10/23 Luke
Miller rejoins the club, but Callum Wilson departs for Guildford City.

21/10/23 A hard working performance at Spelthorne Sports
earns us the points thanks to a Jaan Stanley penalty in the 15th minute. It
was quite a scrappy game with a fussy referee and this

suited us as we were able to defend our goal and break the
game up. Two Spelthorne players ended up in the sinbin as did Eshilokun
afterwards, which was unneccesary, but we played quite

well in this
match. Luke Miller 50th appearance as a substitute.

Oct 23 it transpires that Media Officer Matt Edwards has
left the club. It happened before the Merstham friendly according to Matt,
but he only stood three weeks ago as Media Officer at the AGM

and his departure hasn't yet been announced by the club,
or his replacement, which, as a club official it should have been, More
secrecy and paranoia from our club which seems to be in a negative

spiral right now. All the club does is talk a good game
about how the new ground is going on but the failure to engage with anyone
except other Committee members is seeing less and less

supporters
attending our matches now. There is never any action, just words. In this
case though, there aren't even any words!

28/10/23 We are beaten 5-1 by Champions elect Farnham
Town, becoming the first team to score a League goal at the Memorial Ground
this season. They were very good and led with two goals

after 12 and
14, the second of which was right in the top corner from 25 yards. They added
another in first half injury time and a fourth after 62, but George Owusu
got

through and
rounded the keeper to score in the 68th minute before a 92nd minute goal
ended the scoring. This was very harsh on our boys who battled hard in
this

match and
deserved a closer scoreline.

4/11/23 We lose 4-0 at home to Knaphill, but this is
another harsh score as we conceded three goals in the last ten minutes after
being competitive for much of the match. Goals came in the 11th

and then the
80th, 88th and 91st, the latter three all coming from Knaphill sub Spencer
Whitfield who then went off again! They just had a bit too much quality for
us again.

4/11/23 Zach
Powell was injured in this match and 19 year old Harvey Keogh takes on the
Captain's armband. Maybe the youngest ever Captain?

4/11/23 Club advise that they will no  longer charge £5 for under 16s, but instead
raise the price of the programme from £1.50 to £2 despite it having no
discernible content whatsoever. It doesn't

even contain fixtures or a League table, let alone any
article of any real interest apart from match reports that already appeared
on their website. Treating our supporters like cash cows is becoming

the norm these
days.

7/11/23 A Sutton United Academy team defeat us 2-1 in the
Surrey Senior Cup after Nelson-Roberts had headed us ahead in the 62nd minute
from a Springett corner after Luke Miller had seen

his penalty tipped around the post by the Sutton keeper a
minute earlier. However, the visitors responded with goals in the 76th and
86th minutes. Lewis Elsom debut - joined from Aldershot Town.

Nov 23 former
player Tommy Smith joins Redhill from Tunbridge Wells.

Nov 23 the remaining fixtures are released but they give
us two dates for the trip to Knaphill and two new dates for the trip to Alton
which was originally due to be on 02/12/23. Clarification awaited.

Nov 23 player update advised by Steve Springett - Tijani
Eshilokun has been working, Ayran Kugathas is fit now, Chester Clothier is
taking a break while Jude Aikins-Hawkson has not been at

training. Sirak Negassi and Jabari Ofosu-Hernandez didn't
make the last squad, Marlon Pinder has been ill while Kiyon Brown has had
personal issues. Zach Powell and Ben Bauchop have been

injured
although Ben is playing again at a lower level for now.

11/11/23 We win 3-0 at Tooting & Mitcham United in a
tight match that turned our way with a red card for the home team in the 47th
minute and a crazy own goal when former Salt Tom Theobald

air kicked a back pass and couldn't recover in time. This
came in the 81st minute but we took the lead in the 34th minute when an
Edwards cornerwas challenged for by a number of players but the

ball fell kindly for Eshilokun to toe it over the line as
the ball fell. Our final goal came in the 86th minute as Miller drilled a low
Edwards cross into the corner from 12 yards. A very good performance.

Nov 23 Ethan
Charles-Brazier joins and is in the line up for the match at Tooting &
Mitcham United but doesn't come on.

11/11/23 on the evening of Saturday our Club President
Stella Lamont passes away aged 95. She had been unwell recently. Had been in
the role since the 2003/04 season and had.

been involved
with the club since the mid-Seventies.

The club didn't announce this until the following Saturday
apparently because of a request by the family, although it was advised
elsewhere, leaving us looking a bit late on this.

13/11/23 Nick
Wilson returns to Epsom on a dual registration with Chipstead. Was with us
last year.

14/11/23 Although we let a three goal lead slip at
Sandhurst to draw 4-4 it was a superb game of football. We trailed after 17
to an unmarked finish but responded well as Springett's short corner

to Eshilokun was delivered to Adeyemi whose header went
across the keeper into the corner in the 34th minute and three minutes later
Stanley nudged the ball ahead of the keeper and ran on to

the loose ball to clip over the covering defenders from
close range. We extended our lead in the 48th minute when Adeyemi jumped
ahead of the keeper to nod the ball in from an Edwards corner to

the near post. And in the 54th minute Stanley's left wing
cross was collected by Miller who then drilled the ball back across the
keeper and in off the far post. However, a speculative lob led to their

second goal after 57 and then Williams was sent off for
retaliating in the 63rd minute and goals after 70 and 75 levelled it up.
Sandhurst then had a man sent off for attacking Miller in the 86th minute

and the teams each finished with ten men! Best Epsom game
in years though! Ethan Brazier debut. Williamss will be suspended for four
games as it was his second dismissal of the season.

Nov 23 Our home match on Easter Saturday 30th March at
home to Spelthorne Sports has been moved back to Tuesday 2nd April,
presumably for a Cobham requirement. This leaves us with the

Saturday and
the Easter Monday free currently.

14/11/23 Ethan Nelson-Roberts was suspended for the
Sandhurst Town match after accumulating five bookings. Barry Gartell advised
he had problems reaching the venue and did name him

on the bench,
but I believe this was an error as he never appeared on the FA Full Time site
and we only named four other subs there.

18/11/23 Following a minute's silence for Stella Lamont we
lost 2-4 at home to AFC Croydon Athletic in a League match. We conceded in
first half injury time and then again after 48 and 51 with

a fourth goal coming after 73 which was extremely harsh,
but we got a goal back in the 76th minute when Owusu finished off from a
Springett corner that was flicked on by Eshilokun and a second

goal followed in the 87th when a deep Edwards free kick
wasn't dealt with and Nelson-Roberts nodded in the loose ball from close
range. We were second best, but not by much.

Nov 23 former
player Kyen Nicholas is at Hanworth Villa.

25/11/23 A 91st minute penalty, harshly given against
Ollie Thompson who blocked a shot on the line with his head, proved to be the
difference in our 2-1 loss at Abbey Rangers. This was a match

of three penalties and we led in the 41st minute after
Nelson-Roberts was brought down in the area, Nick Wilson dispatched the
penalty. However, Thompson brought down former Salt Daryl

Cooper-Smith in the 51st minute and it was 1-1. Harvey
Keogh was harshly sent to the sin bin for holding on to the ball for too long
and then disputing it with the referee, a laughable decision, which

led to Wilson having another spell in goal after going
between the posts at Hailsham Town in February. He also became a member of an
elite group to score a goal and play in goal in the same match!

Thompson was
sent off for the alleged handball and will serve a one game suspension. Tommy
Williams served the first of his four game suspension.

Nov 23 Ashley
Snadden joins Balham.

Nov 23 former
player Mario Quiassaca joins Tooting & Mitcham United.

Nov 23 our
Southern Combination Cup tie at home to Virginia Water is scheduled for
Tuesday 16th January.

Nov 23 player update advised by Steve Springett - Jude
Aikins-Hawkson is no longer at the club while James King and Marlon Pinder
also left. Ben Bauchop (AFC Walcountians) and Jabari

Ofosu-Hernandez
are playing elsewhere for game time. Kiyo Brown still has personal issues
while Ayran Kugathas and Zach Powell are out injured.

2/12/23 We lost 2-0 at Alton in a disappointing match,
although Alton were no better. On a foggy and very cold day the match was
decided by two goals in three second half minutes, the 63rd and

66th, while we produced very little of attacking threat.
Only three subs were made and all came on in the 52nd minute as the front
three were replaced, which tells you a bit about how the game went!

2/12/23 Our
League match at home to Jersey Bulls will be moved from 13th January as they
have a Vase tie that day. It will now be played on 30th January.

9/12/23 We defeat Guildford City 4-3 at home in a strange
match which ended with both keepers being replaced due to injury. We led in
the 12th minute with a great diagonal cross from Nelson-

Roberts for Adeyemi to head in from 8 yards, and we made
it 2-0 in the 22nd minute when Springett's free kick went in off a defender's
leg. However, Keogh was robbed trying to see the ball out for a

goal kick and he fell and collided with the fencing
surround while the ball was fed back in for an easy finish after 38 and he
was still struggling as he dropped a straightforward corner and allowed an

equaliser in the seventh minute of injury time. He didn't
come out for the second half, leading to another go in goa for Wilson who
produced a world class save in the 57th minute, clawing the ball

away from the line just as the opposition supporters were
cheering for a goal. We then turned it around and led again in the 67th
minute with a low diagonal drive from Miller and two minutes later

Negassi got in
at the far post to knock a ball in from a few yards, and whillst they pulled
another back in the 83rd, we were good value for the win.

9/12/23 The club announce that Sam Groombridge is taking
some time off for personal issues and in the meantime Gwynne Berry and Warren
Burton are coming in as Coaches to allow Springett

to play. Burton is a former Salt (93/94) while Berry made
his name mostly with Sutton United. Future circumstances would show this to
be a mistake based on more Committee interference.

9/12/23 Tijani
Eshilokun was suspended for this match after accumulating five bookings.

14/12/23 Our
President Stella Lamont had a private cremation this day.

16/12/23 Harvey Keogh is absent for the match at Colliers
Wood, due to a pre-arranged trip abroad, although he has recovered from the
head injury that forced his substitution against Guildford.

16/12/23 Toby Colwell came in for Keogh as we recorded an
uninspiring 0-0 draw at Colliers Wood which was their first clean sheet of
the season. We had the slightly better of the chances but

couldn't convert them, although came close in the 99th
minute with a ball that nearly went over the line before being clawed away by
former Salt Toby McKimm in the Wood goal.

16/12/23 Embarrassing scenes as Club Secretary Spencer
Mitchell berates the Assistant for the goal line decision, claiming that he
had taken a video that proved the ball went over the line, but it

was taken from an odd angle and I was the closest
spectator to the ball and don't believe it went over. He then placed a random
grainy image on the club Twitter site which showed or proved nothing,

but just
allowed a number of people to ridcule the decision to place it there. These
are the actions of a "vibrant and dynamic" Media Team!

Dec 23 former
player Brad Peters returns from Redhill to Broadbridge Heath and another
former Captain Gideon Acheampong goes with him.

19/12/23 We
lose 2-0 at home to a solid Tadley Calleva team who scored after 35 and 39.
We improved in the second  half but the
damage was done by then.

19/12/23 The club announces in the programme that Pete
Lumm has been selected as Club President, replacing Stella Lamont. Pete is a
former Chairman who has been at the club since the

mid-Seventies.
It is also announced that Warren Burton is now Assistant Manager instead of
one of the Coaches.

23/12/23 We
subside badly at Horley, losing 4-0. The first half hour was fairly even but
Miller got sinbinned for applauding his yellow card and we conceded in the
37th

minute and again in the third minute of injury time. We
created little and conceded twice more after 57 and 64 with Nelson-Roberts
also ending up in the sin-bin in the 93rd minute.

Dec 23 Louis
Elsom joins Lordswood after one substitute appearance for us.

Dec 23 Louis
Pearch rejoins from Merstham and Jerry Antwi rejoins from Croydon. Both
former Salts.

30/12/23 We defeat Tooting & Mitcham United 4-2 to
record our first League double of the season. We led in the 22nd minute but
another sinbin for Eshilokun left us with ten men during which the

visitors scored twice after 30 and 38 and we were lucky to
be only 2-1 down at the half, but Pearch came on early in the second half and
we turned it around. We equalised in the

60th minute
when Stanley's low cross to the far post was met by a thumping drive back
across goal into the bottom corner by Miller and after 68 Nelson-Roberts
did

well on the
left and his low cross was pushed out by the keeper to Stanley who guided the
ball into the same corner from twelve yards. Then after 83 Stanley ran on to
a

pass and
rounded the keeper. His low ball in should have been cleared but wasn't and
the ball trickled towards the far post where Pearch got a toe to the ball
from a

few inches to
poke it over the line before the ball had gone past the post.

in the 48th minute to a decent volley, but Williams fed
Callum Wilson to score from a couple of yards out to level it up before the
late goal. We didn't threaten much and looked very

In the match programme v T&M Mel Tough advises that
the club has identified a site in the Borough for a new ground, despite
everyone knowing we have been looking at the Hook Road Arena

for nearly ten years. He also advises that the local plan
is due to be released in 2025 which he describes as positive, despite the
fact that the club will be painfully short of money by that time and

that there is no mention of us being in that plan. This
also doesn't allow for any public protests or appeals. It is unlikely to be
passed at that time withiut resistance, by which time the club will

have died
without donations. A very worrying scenario, despite the club painting it as
good news, They appear out of their depth on this.

Dec 23 Cobham advise that our home match against them is
not to be played on Friday 26th January, being brought forward by a day from
the Saturday. Not clear why and of course our club

don't bother to
tell anyone, but it looks like a good move with less fixtures on that day.

6/1/24 Our New Year starts with a horrible 0-5 home defeat
to Camberley Town. We looked good for ten minutes but then they scored after
10 and 12 before having a perfectly good goal denied in

the 14th minute when their shot beat Keogh, only for the
ball to come back out off the diagonal stanchion. However, they scored
another after 26 and then scored two easy ones after 70 and 79

to finish the
match off with a scoreline it was hard to disagree with.

Jan 24 latest
player update from Steve Springett advises that Ben Amissah is on loan and
Jabari Ofosu-Hernandez has also left the club. Yannick Monga-Ebwa

has been away
with work while Sirak Negassi has had some personal issues. Zach Powell
remains injured.

13/1/24 No game
for the first team as Jersey Bulls had a Vase match.

15/1/24 Steve Springett resigns as Manager. It was clear
from Twitter posts that he didn't feel he was getting the support from the
club, despite taking us off the foot of the table.

The club is caught out by the decision and just releases
one of their bland statements "thanking him for his time" without
any mention of his achievements. Typically poor.

Jan 24
Steve Springett advises that he was unhappy at the club because he had been
refused the opportunity to give his Coach Sam Groombridge some extra money
and instead, Barry Gartell

brought
in two coaches to "help" in Warren Burton and Gwynne Berry, both of
whom were not doing so. He felt undermined and "did not want to
leave". It now looks likely that the two new Coaches

will
become the next Management team and Springett says he found out that Gartell
wanted Burton to come in at the start of the season originally. Constant
interference by the Chairman and

Vice-Chairman
are threatening to damage this club. Springett wanted to play a certain way
against Camberley but that plan was abolished by the two Coaches when he
wasn't able to

be
there and we lost 5-0. Springett believes that these two new Coaches will
take the club back down to Step Six. He wanted two new Coaches in Peter
Springett (Erith & Belvedere) and Josh

Uzun
the former Salt. He wanted to bring in other players but missed out on Arlie
Desanges who is a friend of his but went to Redhill instead, Gideon
Acheampong, Brad Peters and Gain Quintyne.

Also
wanted Athan Smith-Joseph back but Barry didn't want him at the club. Players
were told that Steve had picked the side for the Virginia Water game but it
was a completely different eleven.

16/1/24 We led briefly against Virginia Water with a Luke
Miller strike in the 25th minute in the Southern Combination Cup, but they
equalised after 44 and led with goals after 52,72 and 82 before

Negassi
reduced the arrears as he capitalised on a defensive error to curl the ball
into the top corner in the 90th minute but we were well beaten 4-2 by the
end.

20/1/24 No game
is arranged for the first team.

Jan 24 Warren Burton is announced as our new Manager,
although no actual statement is released by the club and his picture shows
him as Interim Manager. Gwynne Berry is

his Assistant.
It later appears that he is another interim Manager.

Jan 24 Carl
Oblitey joins the club. He is a striker and was playing for Welling Town,
previously with AFC Croydon Athletic and Redhill.

26/1/24 On a
Friday evening we led but lose to a late Cobham goal as we were defeated 2-1.
Miller put us ahead with a low drive in the 14th minute and we led at the
half, but

conceded in the
75th minute and struggled from that point, conceding in the third of eleven
minutes of inury time.

30/1/24 A late
and harsh penalty enable Jersey Bulls to win 2-1 at the Madgwick on a Tuesday
night. We trailed in the 9th minute but Oblitey equalised after his
original

mis-hit strike
came back to him off the cross bar. An 89th minute penalty for handball was
the final goal of the night, but we had done most of the defending by that
time

and could have
no complaints on the balance of play.

Jan 24 Ade
Batula leaves for Welling Town. It transpires that George Owusu has also left
the club since Steve Springett's resignation.

3/2/24 Jaan Stanley announces that he is leaving the club
and this announcement is followed later that day by a similar one from Ollie
Thompson. Tommy Williams has also left the club.

Both Tommy and
Ollie had been criticised by the new Management team relating to fitness.

3/2/24 We contrive to blow a 2-0 lead in the massive game
at Sheerwater, losing 4-3 to a 91st minute goal; the third match in a row we
have lost in the closing minutes. We led after 91 seconds

when Oblitey reached a Nelson-Roberts cross to steer the
ball in from close range and Pearch put us further ahead in the 40th minute
as he scooped in a loose ball from close range. We then

conceded twice in the 51st and 53rd minutes with the first
of those coming for a harsh handball penalty. We restored the lead with a
similarly soft penalty of our own after Miller's cross hit an arm

and Wilson tucked away the penalty in the 61st minute, but
we conceded another penalty for another handball in the 80th minute before
their 91st minute winner. An awful day accompanied by the

news that so
many players have left.

4/2/24 Harvey Keogh advises he is leaving the club after
being threatened by a team mate after the game according to his statement
placed on social media. Things are imploding on the playing

front. The
club released it's usual taking the high moral ground "cannot comment or
speculate" statement and it is hoped that we might actually see a
comment at some

point instead
of it all being buried as usual..

7/2/24 Three new signings are announced. Reggie Savage has
been at a vast number of clubs, but was most recently at Corinthian Casuals.
He is 43 in April, but has played at a decent level. Also

joining is Conor Beattie, a keeper from FC Romania, which
is a club that plays at Cheshunt, although he has played for Petersfield Town
and Farnham Town previously. Finally, a youngster Mekhi

Savage who
joins from Whyteleafe Under 19s, who have connections to the Kinetic
Foundation, from where Jaevon Dyer and Nick Wilson came from. Reggie is
Mekhi's father.

7/2/24 Advised
by the club that Tino Carpene has also left the club.

9/2/24 Adam
Green joins from Met Police. Not clear if he was at the club when we played
them earlier in the season. Is a defensive midfielder.

10/2/24 Four debuts but we are still beaten 5-2 at AFC
Croydon Athletic which was a little harsh. We conceded after 5 and then 30
with an unfortunate own goal but pulled a goal back a minute later

with a low finish from Oblitey. We pushed for an
equaliser, despite debutant keeper Conor Beattie innuring himself early in
the seond half, but were caught out on the break in the 68th minute before

a superb strike in the 75th and another in the 90th minute
from Theophanous who completed his hat trick. Nelson-Roberts scored in the
94th minute as he guided in a Rory Edwards cross, but it was

far too late to
even count as a consolation.

Feb 24 We sign
a new keeper, indicating that Conor Beattie may be out for a while after
being injured at AFC Croydon Athletic. He is Ollie Holman and joins from
Forest Row.

Feb 24 Louis
Elsom announces he is leaving the club. Didn't get much game time and often
found himself as an unused sub.

13/2/24 We battle hard but are defeated 2-0 by Farnham
Town with goals after 7 and 26. Toby Colwell made some great saves,
particularly in the second half and this was a fairly comfortable win

for Farnham who
apparently set a new British record of 22 wins to start a League season.

Feb 24 former
player Richard Pingling joins Hendon from Dulwich Hamlet.

Feb 24 we sign another keeper in Faebian Witter from
Carshalton Athletic. It is not clear whether he is to be a regular keeper as
we have just singned Conor Beattie and Ollie Holman, not to mention

Toby Colwell,
but Colwell was unwell for the next match and Beattie was injured.

17/2/24 We deserve the 2-1 win at Camberley, despite
conceding in the 35th minute. We equalised after a Green free kick in the
final minute of first half normal time was flicked on by a Camberley

player or two and was bundled in by Nelson-Roberts, just
ahead of Reece Tierney. Nelson-Roberts then scored again in the 55th minute
after he reacted well to Eshilokun's scuffed strike from a great

Negassi run and pull back and we saw the rest of the match
out without too many alarms. It was our first win since December and our
first in ten against Camberley, while the use of a fourth

different
keeper in four games is only the sixth time in history that has happened.

18/2/24 Tommy
Millard celebrates his 92nd birthday. He played for us in the fifties and may
well prove to be our oldest surviving player.

Feb 24 It transpires that Lewis Pearch has now left the
club and recently appeared in the Horley line up with former keeper Tom
Theobald who left Tooting & Mitcham United a couple of months back.

Feb 24 We sign
another keeper as Shay Honey joins us from Spelthorne Sports.

24/2/24 Shay Honey becomes the fifth keeper to start an
Epsom match in five straight matches, a club record, but we lose 4-3 at home
to Alton. We trailed after 22 minutes and Wilson was sent

to the sin-bin after Antwi was elbowed but the ref missed
it and Alton scored a second in the 45th minute. We pulled a goal back from a
Wilson penalty in the 54th minute after Negassi had been

tripped in the area but conceded again after 66 and 82,
the latter of which came after Eshilokun had been sent to the sin-bin too!
However, we fought back to score after 87 when a Green free kick

went through the wall and was diverted into the goal by
Wilson while Negassi's shot after 90 was parried to Miller who rounded the
keeper to score a third. Both of our goals came while we had ten

men on the field but we ran out of time to force an
equaliser. A poorly officiated match was summed up after he booked our physio
Alfie Wyld for coming onto the pitch to treat an opposition player

who appeared to
be suffering from a head injury!

Feb 24 Jaevon Dyer returns to the club. Not clear if this
is a full return or a dual registration and the position was described as
"complicated" by a Club Official. Also returning from Guildford
City was

Callum Wilson.
Dyer had been at Lancing, Phoenix Sports and Merstham since being loaned out
by Dorking Wanderers.

Feb 24 Matt McGillivray joins from Corinthian Casuals
after spending a little time at Carshalton Athletic. Born in Brisbane he came
over earlier to the UK this season. A left centre back.

27/2/24 We receive our heaviest defeat of the season as
Knaphill win 6-1 and although the score was a little harsh, we were well
beaten. We conceded to a long range free kick in the 10th minute but

bounced back well to equalise from a Nick Wilson penalty
after Adeyemi had been brought down in the 29th minute. However, we conceded
after 32 and 34 and then further goals came after 52,58

and then 92.
Jose Sani scored four goals for Knaphill. Matt McGillivray debut. No
programme issued.

Feb 24 Zack
Wright joins from Tooting Bec having been at Royal Holloway at Step Seven
previously. He is a striker.

2/3/24 We bounce back well with a 6-2 thrashing of
Sandhurst Town. We led  in the fourth
minute when a back pass went straight under the Sandhurst keeper's foot and
into the net and we made it

2-0 after Dyer tapped in Miller's right wing cross from
three yards, or at least, he should have done! He actually spooned the ball
up onto the bar which then bounced down and up onto the bar again

before he was finally able to head the ball over the line
from about an inch! They pulled a goal back after 34 minutes and we then had
a goal disallowed for offside in injury time, which led to another

sin-bin appearance for Eshilokun. However, despite being
down to ten men we extended the lead after 19 seconds of the second half when
Miller's right wing ball in was tapped in by Oblitey and we

made it 4-1 after Oblitey set up Eshilokun for a tap in on
the hour. Oblitey then set up Dyer from the left for a twenty yard strike
into the top corner after 67 to make it 5-1 and although they got a

goal back in the 83rd minute, a final goal came in the
92nd minute after some great passing interplay and skill between Inwugwu and
Eshilokun who scored, via a defender from six yards to make the

score 6-2. It
was our first home win of the calendar year and our first home win on this
date since 1957!

Mar 24 Warren
Colman joins Tom Theobald at Horley Town.

6/3/24 Epsom confirm Warren Burton and Gwynne Berry are
now given the permanent role as Manager and Assistant Manager. It's
surprising timing after just two wins and eight losses from ten

matches, and
Springett wasn't appointed permanently, despite having a better record.
Obviously the 6-2 win would have influenced the decision.

9/3/24 We secure a point at Redhill with a late 85th
minute equaliser. We trailed after 57 to former Salt Tommy Smith but
equalised with a good free kick that was flicked on by Tierney to Adeyemi

who headed the ball back across goal for sub Ingham-Wright
to nod in from close range. We deserved the point. Not clear what has
happened to Shay Honey and there were rumours suggesting he

had left.
Faebian Witter looks set to stay in goal for the remainder of the season.

14/3/24
Further to the incident on 3rd February, the club announce that they have
carried out "a full investigation" and found no issues. It says
that "all of the players

are now satisfied with the outcome". Interestingly
after putting this statement on Twitter, the club then disable comments for
the post after remarks are made about the sincerity of that statement.

Whilst there
is no evidence that it is incorrect, it is noted that Harvey Keogh's dad
"likes" the critical remarks made, indicating that he doesn't
believe everyone was happy!

16/3/24 We throw in a disappointing performance, losing
2-0 against a similarly average Balham team at the Mayfield Stadium. Neither
team fashioned a chance until they went ahead in the 65th

minute and a
second goal after 84 clinched our fate. 0-0 would have been a fairer score.

23/3/24 Faebian Witter is injured, so with former keeper
Shay Honey now at Staines & Lammas, the club announced that we have
signed Dan O'Donovan as cover, although they then announced him

at the ground
and on the team sheet as David, along with the other obligatory spelling
mistakes in our line up.

23/3/24 Dan O'Donovan debut at home to Horley Town who win
4-1, largely due to our inability to take chances and Horley's clinical
finishing. Their first goal came from former Salt Lewis Pearch, who

was with us under Steve Springett and showed us what we
had been missing with a low finish in the 13th minute. We continued to do
most of the attacking, particularly when they had a man sent to

the sin-bin in
the 28th minute, but we didn't take advantage and they scored again in the
43rd minute. Another followed on the hour, but we pulled a goal back in
the

83rd when a
Green free kick was headed in by Adeyemi at the far post, although we
conceded again in the 96th minute in a disappointing manner. We were very
flat

again and appear to be really lacking in belief right now.
We should have had a penalty when Tierney was fouled, yet no one even
appealed for it until there was a stoppage two minutes later! It was

very passive
and there was no celebration even when we scored, let alone a desire to get
the ball back. Concerning times still!

Mar 24 former
player Richard Pingling is now at AFC Croydon Athletic after spending time at
Dulwich Hamlet earlier this season at Step Three.

Mar 24 we sign three new players but do not bother to
announce them anywhere except in the match programme which came with its
usual errors. Will Kendall joins after spending time

at Redhill and Abbey Rangers this season, Kevin-Eduardo
Turbi has played for Bagshot and Luke Taylor joins from Sheerwater, although
he hasn't played this season due to injury.

2/4/24 Despite a wobbly first half we went in with a goal
lead at the break against Spelthorne Sports after a Miller cross is cushioned
back by Adeyemi for Will Kendall to score on his debut from

close range. However, the second half was awful and we
kept getting pushed back before they equalised after 74 minutes and scored a
winner eight minutes later. No subs were made until the

86th minute when we then threw four on in a desperate
attempt to salvage something. Luke Taylor debut as one of the subs. A really
concerning display against one of the weaker teams in the

League.

April 24 Our club ask for votes to gather our Player of
the Season, but then place the same request on their Twitter and Facebook
accounts with an incorrect email address!! The club website doesn't

even mention
the vote! Shambles! Then it transpires that you are meant to advise a second
choice but it never mentions that anywhere!

April 24
Spelthorne Sports are deducted eight points by the League for an ineligible
player, but they still sit ahead of us in the table after our loss to them.

Apr 24 Callum
Wilson has dislocated his thumb and is out for the season.

13/4/24 Our league match at home to Fleet Town was
abandoned in the 55th minute, following a serious injury to a Fleet defender,
who hurt himself making a tackle on Ethan Nelson-Roberts. We

trailed in the 8th minute but a Brazier cross was headed
in by Oblitey in the 11th minute and we had a goal disallowed in the 24th
minute when a keeper's kick rebounded off Oblitey into the net

from 18 yards, but the referee cancelled it as he felt
that Oblitey had jumped, which he had, a little bit. Definitely looked harsh
though. We trailed after 39 and then conceded again two

minutes after
the restart before the injury with the score 3-1 to Fleet. The match is
rearranged for three days later..

16/4/24 in a hastily rearranged match we turn the tables
with a 4-1 victory over Fleet Town at the Madgwick, despite conceding a silly
early goal again, this time in the 6th minute, but a good passing

move led to our equaliser in the 12th minute with the ball
finding Brazier who set up Miller on the right for a low cross for Kendall to
knock in from close range. We missed a number of chances but

finally broke through when a deep left wing delivery from
Nelson-Roberts put the Fleet 4 under pressure from Kendall and he knocked the
ball into his own net from 8 yards in the 51st minute and then

Adeyemi outjumped the keeper to Brazier's looping
delivery, heading the ball onto the bar, with Kendall waiting to smash the
loose ball in from six yards on the hour. Fleet then had someone sent to

the sin bin and another went in the 93rd minute leaving
them with ten men for the remainder and in that time Oblitey hit the post
before Miller twisted past two defenders to leave an easy finish in

the 96th minute to make it 4-1. A very impressive display
and completely unexpected after recent performances as the players celebrated
Warren Burton's 48th birthday with this win.

16/4/24 The
club announce a Presentation night on 11th May at 7.30pm at Epsom Golf Club.

20/4/24 We make it two wins from two to close out our
tenure at the Madgwick with a 2-1 win over Abbey Rangers, who probably shaded
possession, but we had the better chances. We took the lead

in the 36th minute when a loose ball was drilled across
goal and into the net off the far post from Kendall and Miller made it 2-0
with a superb drive into the top corner from 18 yards with his left
foot.

The visitors responded with a goal in the 64th miunute,
but we held on fairly cmfortably and now have 30 points. We require one more
point for survival, but are almost certainly safe now anyway as

we need
Guildford to beat us, Sheerwater to beat Colliers Wood and Colliers Wood to
beat Tadley Calleva twice for us to go down.

22/4/24 Tadley
defeat Colliers Wood on a Monday night which guarantees our safety for
another season at that 30 point mark.

27/4/24 We laboured to a 1-1 draw at Guildford City
although we led with a fine Negassi strike in the 16th minute, but a
defensive error let Guildford in for the equaliser in the 72nd minute and
they

had the better chances, also hitting the frame of our goal
three times in the first half. As it turned out, results elsewhere ensured
both of our clubs were safe anyway and Colliers Wood United went

down, with our
boys finishing in a rather surprising 16th position, due to Spelthorne Sports
defeat in Jersey. Toby Colwell came on as an outfield substitute in the 89th
minute.

Apr 24 Sirak
Negassi has made 21 sub appearances which is one away from the club record
set in 2000/01 by Dale Marvell, although that season was eight games longer.

11/5/24
pre-season schedule comes out, earlier than usual, although it contains one
friendly against Farleigh Rovers on 3rd August when we should be playing in
the FA Cup!

11/5/24 Presentation Evening attended by around 75,
although two thirds of these were there in relation to the newly formed
women's team that the club have done little to advertise all season. The

main
Supporters Player of the Year award went to Ethan Nelson-Roberts with Luke
Miller as runner-up. Players Player of the Year went to Luke Miller with
joint

runners-up
Thompson Adeyemi and Ethan Nelson-Roberts. Managers Player of the Year went
to Luke Miller with Ethan Nelson-Roberts as runner-up and Committee

Player of the
Year went to Ethan and Luke jointly with Reece Tierney as runner-up. The club
announced a Club Player of the Year award again which went to Sirak

Negassi with
Toby Colwell as runner-up, but then awarded the Stella Lamont Club Person of
the Year award to Alfie Wyld, so it's still not clear what the other
Club

award relates
to. Also advised were a number of Committee Player of the Month awards that
were never advised during the season this year. Jaevon Dyer won the goal

of the season for his strike against Sandhurst Town, even
though it was similar to Tommy Williams' strike against Sheerwater which was
from further out and more spectacular!

For the Ladies,
Player of the Year went to Dior Knorr with Sophia Hayman winning the Players
Player of the Year award.

Gina Saltykova
won Managers Player of the Year and Amy Granger won the Most Improved player
award while Dior won a Supporters Player of the Year award.

Committee
Player of the Month Awards went toEthan Nelson-Roberts and Rory Edwards -
Aug, Rory Edwards - Sept, Harvey Keogh - Oct, Thompson Adeyemi - Nov,
Nick

Wilson - Dec,
Luke Miller - Jan, Adam Green - Feb, Ethan Nelson-Roberts and Callum Wilson -
Mar, Will Kendall and Ethan Brazier - Apr

Friendlies

H/A

Score

H/T

Prog?

Att (approx)

Scorers & Notes

01/07/2023

Feltham

H

4-1

2-0

N

70

at South Park

Tino Carpene, Zach Powell, Jaan Stanley, Ethan Nelson-Roberts

08/07/2023

Stansfeld

A

0-1

0-0

N

55

at Queen
Mary's Sports Ground, Chislehurst, near Glebe FC

10/07/2023

Hassocks

H

2-1

1-0

N

50

at South Park

Nick Inwugwu, Thompson Adeyemi

15/07/2023

Bridon Ropes

A

0-1

0-0

N

25

at 3g pitch next door to Meridian VP FC

22/07/2023

Shoreham

A

2-1

1-0

N

?

at Shoreham FC

Jaan Stanley (pen), Sirak Negassi

29/07/2023

Farleigh Rovers

A

3-0

1-0

N

58

at Farleigh Rovers

Jaan Stanley (pen), Rory Edwards, Ben Amissah

01/08/2023

Corinthian Casuals

H

2-2

0-2

Y (Epsom edition)

163

at Corinthian Casuals - lost
2-4 on penalties

Ade Batula, George Owusu

14/10/2023

Merstham

A

1-3

0-1

N

47

at Carshalton Athletic

Tino Carpene (pen)