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SITTINGBOURNE FC
OFF ICAL MATC HDAY PROGRAMME - 2018-19
BOSTIK LEAGUE SOUTH EAST DIVISION
SATURDAY 2nd MARCH 2019
SITTINGBOURNE V FAVERSHAM TOWN
Kick off 3.00PM

Sittingbourne Football Club is a UK company limited by
guarantee: Company registration number, 11360242.
Registered office: Woodstock Park, Broadoak Road,
Sittingbourne, ME9 8AG
Who’s who
President: Alan Barty
Vice Presidents: Tania Spice, Andy Spice, and John Cooper.
Directors: Maurice Dunk (Chairman), Ken Medwyn (Vice
Chairman), Peter Pitts (Company Secretary) , John Pitts
(Football Secretary / Treasurer). Colin Page, Alan Barty, Glen
Parkes, Mick Sayce.
Other Committee members : Danny Appleton (Turnstile
Manager). Roger Pudner (Groundsman)
Other Key Personnel: Faye Goatham (Turnstile), Jackie
Mount (Programme sales), Tony Rickson (Match reporter),
Sandra Pitts (Boardroom), Clive Phillips (Club shop), Dudley
Hird & Tony Rickson (Club Historians). Roger Wilkins (Head
Steward)
Manager: Chris Lynch, Assistant: Nathan Elder,
Coaches: Jon Barrett, Josh Hall. Physio: Marc Wheeler
Alex Davies Psychologist: Alex Brunette-Leach
Kit Man: Warren Chambers
Playing Management Assistant: Harry Chambers.
Development Manager: Davis Sheepwash
The Isthmian League and Singbourne FC strongly supports the FA
statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against
racism and all forms of discriminaon. Accordingly any form of discriminatory
abuse whether it be based on race or ethnicity , sexual
orientaon, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse
will be reported to the Football Associaon for acon by that Associaon.
(The FA 0800 085 0508 / kick it out 020 7253 0162)

SITTINGBOURNE V Faversham Town
Bostik South East, Saturday 2nd March 2019, KO 3.00PM
Manager: Chris Lynch
Ast Manager: Nathan Elder
Coaches: Jon Barrett, Josh Hall,
Physios: Mark Wheeler Alex Davies
Psychologist: Alex Brunette-Leach
Kit Manager: Warren Chambers
Team Assistant: Harry Chambers
Managers: Danny Chapman, Phil Miles
Physio: Wayne Jones
GK Coach: Scott Davenport
Kit Manager: Bill Friend
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Simon Finnegan
Assistants: Joshua Smith, Matthew Goldsmith
GOALS
SUBSTITUTE
PLAYER NO
PLAYER NO
SUBSTITUTE
GOALS
Patrick LEE (GK)
Chris WEBBER
Will GOODMAN
Harry DAY
Abdel NDEW
Jamie MAXTED
Jack MORRELL
Matt BOURNE
Ben FITCHETT
Dan CARRINGTON
Kwasi AMOAH
George MONGER
Lewis CHAMBERS
Danny WALDER
Tim BABBINGTON
Ryan HUCKLE
Izzy ADEBEYO
Ashley MILLER
Henry WOODS
Luke GRIFFITHS
Billy LEWINS
Dave COOK
Johan CANEY-BRYAN
Ben CHAPMAN
Roman CAMPBELL
Liam MIDDLETON
Jack McFARLANE
Joshua SPENCER
Tommie FAGG
Thomas LAWRENCE
Chris BARNARD
Donvieve JONES
Charlie OWEN
Liam KING
Rolando ONU
Will RISDEN
Danny DEVINE
Michael FREITER

The Secretary’s Jottings
Good afternoon everyone, welcome to Woodstock Park.
Our visitors are local rivals, Faversham Town. Welcome to their players, officials and supporters.
I’m sure, given how close we are in the league table, that both teams will consider this a “six
pointer”. When we played Faversham in the league earlier in the season we really didn’t turn up
and Faversham deserved their (3-1) win. Both teams have had some good results recently so
an exciting game is in prospect.
The improvement under Chris Lynch continues at a pace. Chris has signed some exciting players
who have given their all in the games since he took over. The victory over VCD Athletic was
particularly pleasing VCD hardly had a look in in the first half with Patrick Lee having one of his
quietest halves of the season. A change of personnel and formation improved VCD in the second
half but Sittingbourne continued to play well and were deserved winners at the end. The
Saturday before a victory over East Grinstead Town after going one goal down was again down
to the players showing tremendous commitment. Last Tuesday was another high. Five goals at
Three Bridges without reply and our first clean sheet of the season as we had our best result of
the season.
Given that we have used 44 players in the first team this season I thought you may be interested
in where some of those who have left us are plying their trade. I have also included some
players who featured for us last season.. As we saw at VCD Athletic last Saturday, Jack Denny
and Jack Steventon feature in their defence and Tyrone Guthrie was an unused substitute. Also
of interest at VCD Athletic was the goalkeeper, Jordan Beeney who is the son of our ex manager,
Mark Beeney. Ira Jackson is at Folkestone Invicta and another striker, Kane Rowland is at
Ramsgate. Conrad Lee has gone from Phoenix Sports to Greenwich Borough. Also going to
Greenwich Borough (from Herne Bay) is Ollie Bankole. One move last week featuring an ex
Brickie is that of Jake Embery who has gone to Maidstone United from Herne Bay. A “strange”
statement on the Herne Bay web site includes the following “'The Club have been advised that
Jake will be signing for Maidstone United tomorrow. The Club are not at all happy about this but
Jake’s agent has done a deal with Maidstone United and we have been left we no choice”.
Strange, as of course Jake’s father is John Embery the Herne Bay manager. Ashford United
have Tom Carlse, Afolabi Coker and Josh Wisson. Also making an appearance for Ashford last
Saturday was Lee Hook. Lee was with us way back in 2003. Another ex-Brickie goalkeeper
started the season with Ashford and that is Ben Bridle -Card. More on ex Brickies in later programmes.
Congratulations to both Canterbury City and Cray Valley PM who have made the FA Vase semi
-finals. A magnificent achievement for both clubs and a feather in the cap of the Southern
Counties East Football League. They have been drawn against each other in the semi-finals so
guaranteeing a Kent club being in the final.
Next Saturday we visit Sevenoaks Town. On Saturday 16 th March we also have an away match
when we go to Whitstable Town. Next home match for our first team is Saturday 23 rd March
when we host Hythe Town.
John

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From the Manager
Tuesdays great victory saw us, for the first
time this season, put together a winning sequence
which
takes us now to
four wins in five
games, that’s
twelve points
from a possible
fifteen. That
puts us within
the top five in
the recent form
table, again the
best we have been all year.
The great news is that this new look team are
now ahead of schedule, and making each fixture
count, there’s still work to do, but this gives
us a little breathing space now in order to reflect
upon just how far we have come in such a
short period of time. It’s also great to see us
move up to 15th place in the league for the first
time since my arrival. However, it’s important to
remember the job is not done, and all the time I
am manager we ‘can always do better’, and we
will always look to achieve the highest possible
standards both on and off the field.
This is the new mentality, and to the players
credit they have all bought into the new Team
Ethos and Philosophy. Now we are starting to
see the rewards continuous growth brings.
The VCD game what you saw was a committed,
hard working group of individuals, who now
have the audacity to believe in themselves, to
see a winning position out, against a very good
opposition and away from home. VCD are a
strong team, Keith has done a good job there,
so it’s always nice to hear positive feedback
about the performance from the opposing manager
and fans.
This week I would like to praise a generally unsung
hero within the squad, Lewis CHAM-
BERS, his work rate and ball winning skills in
the game v VCD was immense, he did not stop
running until the final whistle, he won 90% of all
challenges both in the air and on the ground,
and managed to put some decent forward balls
into dangerous areas. That was the best performance
I have seen from Lewis so far. He is one
of those players who have really bought into
everything we are doing here, he already looks
ten times the player he was. With Chris Barnard
linking up with him now, these two are
looking a dangerous midfield combination.
Congratulations also must go the Chris Bernard
who listened to his instructions, working hard to
get into the right places at the right times and
was rewarded with two fine goals.
This week I would like to praise the character of
the squad. Football is a team game, and players
can easily get lost in the fact that they did
not participate in a particular game, sometimes
this, if not managed effectively, can turn from a
positive challenging environment into negative
individual mind set. Part of my job is to manage
expectations, and get the best out of every
player, this, again, can be a difficult balancing
act at times, there will always be players who
miss out for a variety of reasons, However,
what I look for in a player is the attitude, the determination
to progress, if you’re not willing to
fight for your place then your with the wrong
manager, and ultimately the wrong club, therefore,
go show me on the training ground why
you should be in the starting line-up. If you’re
not up to that challenge then you’re on borrowed
time.
I would also like to congratulate the youth and
development teams for their work this week,
one of my main priorities when I arrived was to
get to grips with the youth set up and provide a
clear and progressive way forward, a new development
model. I will be looking to put this in
place for next season with help from the existing
youth set up. A great display from the development
side also saw them beat Herne Bay
4-1 on Saturday, so a good day all round for
the club.
Lastly, I would like to thank the fans who are
ever present, and encourage the wider Sittingbourne
population to come along to Woodstock,
there’s a great atmosphere around the
club at present, you will see a team who are
playing some really good football, a team full of
heart and desire, a team who understands what
it means to wear our famous colours with pride
and dedication. You are all welcome old and
young/new and a little older, I look forward to
seeing you there helping us turn this club
around.
Chris Lynch

From the Programme Editor
The programme this week features a copy of
the middle pages of a Sittingbourne v Faversham
programme from April 1954. I always
think that the adverts are as interesting in
these old programmes as the team line ups!
Wow what a turn round from the players. We
have always had good support but at Three
Bridges on Tuesday it looked to me as though
Brickies made up more than a third of the
crowd. It always amazes me that there are still
Brickies supporters who I don’t recognize despite
being involved with the club for more than
20 years. At
Three Bridges
I was
talking to a
Gillingham
based supporter
who I
had never
seen before
and I could
tell that he
was passionate
in
supporting
the team.
News of one
ex players
now. Bola
Dawodu,
who isn't
technically
an ex player
as we retain
his registration
at our
level, is
now part of
the Canterbury City team that is almost at
Wembley in the FA Vase. Canterbury play fellow
Kent club Cray Valley PM in the Vase semi
final over two legs...but its singing that Bola
has hit the headlines for when he had to sing
as a forfeit for being the last Canterbury player
to turn up for the quarter final tie against Biggleswade.
His performance was captured on
film and at the time of writing this has had
501,000 views on Twitter and Bola has featured
on BBC Radio Kent, the BBC sport website
and Sky news! The other ex Brickie to
have made the news this week is Jake Embery
and John has already mentioned this in his
notes! I know that Jake loved it here and was
sorry to leave us.
Many of you know Brian Edwards and if you do
you will know that he is stats mad!! He has
provided me with details of Sittingbourne’s
playing record to date in the Isthmian League
which is: Played 548, Won 201, Drawn 126,
Lost 221, For 759, Against 861, points 729. I
can still though remember our Southern
League days vividly and I know that some of
you can still remember the Kent league days!
If you like to reminisce then don’t forget that
you can always go to our website and read bygone
match reports going back to 1996. I wrote
many of them and those that especially spring
to mind are two friendlies (against Arsenal and
Tottenham) and Burton Albion. Mainly because
Arsene Wenger had just joined Arsenal and
Burton Albion are now of course an EFL side.
Talking of our ex players, Matthew Bourne has
now made 393 appearances for Faversham
Town, which is a fantastic record, so well done
to him, but of course I am hoping that this won’t
be a happy return!!
Peter
The Three Hats Pub
Sponsors of Sittingbourne FC
93 High Street, Milton Regis

Faversham Town — A Brief History
The club was formed in 1884, and experienced
many ups & downs during the early years, the
storey below takes you from the 1970’s to one
of its most successful periods which arguably
has been the last 5/6 years.
After a brief flirtation with the Athenian League
in the mid seventies, the club returned to the
Kent League, winning the Kent Senior Trophy in
1977. The following season they repeated this
success and were also crowned Kent League
champions, completing a famous "double".
The Lilywhites won the Kent League again in
1990, but league form dipped in the 92/93 season
and was to stay that way for several seasons.
The club managed to to reach the final of
the Kent League Challenge Cup in 2000, but
things were in rapid decline. Matters reached
crisis point in 2003, when the KCFA suspended
the club for nonpayment of fines, with the club's
operators blaming just about everyone for the
mess except themselves.
In the following months, the once proud Salters
Lane ground was systematically wrecked by
vandals. Meanwhile, club trustees led by businessman
Ray Leader fought a desperate battle
to heal a widening rift with the previous regime
over the ownership of the club and ground.
In a separate development, the Faversham
Town Independent Supporters Club had been
formed, and quickly gained a membership of
over 300 paid up members in the market town.
This was despite the fact the club had no team,
no manager, and a ground that had been totally
wrecked by vandals and now resembled a
bomb site. Perhaps the real turning point came
when trustees and Independent Supporters
Club committee members got together and declared
an alliance to get the club back on its
feet. An interim club committee was formed,
and the long road to recovery was started.
The revival was slow, but things finally started
to happen. The ownership dispute was settled
and access to the ground obtained. Volunteer
workers were confronted with completely
smashed and vandalized buildings, and shoulder-height
grass on what had been the pitch. A
massive clear up operation began but it was
back breaking work. Meanwhile, paperwork was
put in order with a new club constitution written
and agreed.
Kent County FA allowed the club to retain their
coveted senior status subject to several conditions.
Local authority grants were applied for
and secured, sponsorship deals obtained, and
the club embarked on a range of fund raising
initiatives. Slowly but surely, Salters Lane was
returned to its former glory, before the future
became even brighter with the erection of brand
new floodlights. The revival of club and ground
from the jaws of death was nothing short of a
miracle - a story that would surely rival the efforts
to revive both "The Valley" at Charlton, and
Accrington Stanley F.C.
The revived club played their first season back
in 05/06, competing in the Kent County League
and finishing as runners-up. Having passed
ground inspections and fulfilled minimum criteria,
promotion to the Kent League was confirmed,
and Faversham Town had at last "come
home".
Season 2007/08 saw the arrival of Justin Luchford
and Jimmy Strouts taking over the management
with Town second bottom of the
league. The team sunk to bottom before the pair
gradually steered them up to mid table. Strouts
soon left for personal reasons and Luchford,
along with Clive Walker, took the Lilywhites to
the Kent Senior Trophy final in season 2009/10,
beating Greenwich 2-1 to lift the trophy. A week
later, they were crowned Kent League Premier
Division champions.
Towards the end of his first season in the Ryman
League, and with Town within touching distance
of the play-offs, Luchford resigned. His
place was taken by his assistant Ray Turner.
Turner took charge of the last seven league
games securing eighth spot - the highest position
of any Kent team competing at that level.
Another significant milestone was reached in
2010 when the revamped stadium was renamed
Shepherd Neame Stadium after a sponsorship
deal with the town's famous brewery.
Having consolidated their position as a midtable
Ryman South side during the first two
years of Turner's reign, Faversham embarked
on one of the best seasons in the club's history
during the 2012/13 season.
The Lilywhites lost just three away league
games all campaign on their way to finish third
and reach the Ryman South play-off final
against all odds. However, at Maidstone United's
newly-built Gallagher Stadium in front of a
2,226 strong-crowd, Town were unable to pull
off one final upset against a side with huge investment
and backing. Maidstone cruising to a
3-0 victory to deny Faversham their first taste of
Ryman Premier League football. Cont

Faversham Town—A brief History Cont
Town spent the majority of the 2013/14 campaign
just outside the play-offs, and ultimately
had to settle for tenth position in their fourth
season in the Ryman South. Off the pitch, Town
continued to grow with another significant advance.
They came together with nearby Faversham
Town Youth & Juniors to form a new
youth section, meaning boys were now playing
in the famous white and black kit from the age
of five. The move also created a route through
from youth development into the senior side
and enabled the newly-expanded club achieved
FA Charter Standard Community Club rank,
marking their rise in status.
The Lilywhites took another step forward in
February 2014 with the announcement of an
ambitious project to redevelop Shepherd Neame
Stadium. The plans - broken down into five
phases - include rebuilding the changing rooms,
adding hospitality an function rooms, extra seating
in the stands and a new stadium entrance.
A coffee shop and retail store will then be added,
with meeting rooms and offices also being
built to bring in additional revenue. A new 120-
seater stand, fitness centre and sports hall will
also be built. Fundraising for the project then
began.
Faversham had a productive 2014/15 season,
scoring 111 league goals - more than any other
Ryman League side that campaign - and
amassing a record 97 points to finish in third
place in the Ryman South for the second time
in three seasons. But the club suffered more
play-off heartache, as they lost 5-4 on penalties
at home to Merstham in their Ryman South
Play-off Semi-Final following a goalless draw
away.
Faversham came fifth at the end of the 2015-16
season, again reaching the play-offs, but after
beating Dorking Wanderers 2-1 in the semi-final
they lost 3-0 to Worthing in the final, leaving
them knocking once more on the door of the
Ryman Premier Division.
The 2016/17 season was one of transition for
the Lilywhites on the pitch, and success off it as
they forged ahead with Phase One their ambitious
rebuilding programme.
A tenth place finish was achieved with a young
squad as manager Ray Turner dealt with a
number of unexpected player departures,
which led to a mid-season wobble. However,
in May 2017 MP Helen Whately opened the
new changing rooms as the first stage of the
stadium redevelopment was finally completed.
Another significant advance came when,
for the first time, the club were able to field
Kent Youth League standard squads at every
age group from Under 13s upwards in the
2017/18 campaign, a mark of their growing
stature in the region and of their commitment
to a successful youth policy.
In a further development, the Under 21s also
switched to become an Under 23 Development
team with the aim of helping young players
bridge the gap from the Under 18s to the
first team.
The progress marked the fruition of a vision set
out five years earlier by Ray Turner and Head
of Youth Chris Greenfield, who was promoted
to Under 23s Manager.
Long serving manager Ray Turner resigned in
October of this season and his assistant Clive
Walker held the fort for us until 27 th . November
when Danny Chapman & Phil Miles became
joint managers, Clive Walker was then asked to
join the Board as Director of Football, a post
that he accepted.

Sittingbourne FC Appearances
Sonia Crayford, who passed away at the
grand old age of 94 on the 15th January
this year, was laid to rest at the Garden of
remembrance, Bobbing last Monday.
Sonia Crayford
Members of the committee were in the congregation
at her funeral and the wake was held at Woodstock.
Sonia will be remembered for selling raffle
tickets at our home games and in the approximately
3 years that she has been doing this has raised
several thousand pounds for the club.
The congregation heard how she and her husband
married in 1954 and subsequently ran 3 pubs, the
first being the Carpenters Arms in Eastling, Nr Faversham.
They subsequently took on the Blue Anchor
in Blindley Heath on the A22, and finally the
Deal Cutter at 44 King Street Ramsgate.
Sonia became interested in the club through their
association with John & Carol Cooper who used to
drive her to her hospital appointments.
Sonia will be greatly missed.

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Bostik South East—Form Guide

Match Reports by Tony Rickson
Saturday 23rd February 2019
Bostik South East
Sittingbourne 2 East Grinstead Town 1, att 175
This was the result and performance that Chris
Lynch had been talking about since he took over
last month as Sittingbourne manager.
The fightback from trailing at half-time was all
about passion and determination, persistence
and enthusiasm. He promised his team would
never be short of that sort of commitment, and
they didn't let him down, And praise for the manager’s
bravery in having made all his substitutions
with 25 minutes still to play, and gone three at the
back in a bid to turn it round.
How important it was, too, as all three teams at
the foot of the Bostik South East League won –
with close rivals Herne Bay and Greenwich Borough
also pulling off impressive victories against
high-placed opponents. Without their three points,
the league table would make grim reading for Sittingbourne
at this point.
Sittingbourne went into the match on a pleasant
mild afternoon with four changes from the team
that lost their previous match, at home to Ashford.
They were without the suspended Tommie Fagg,
and on-loan striker Roman Campbell had been
recalled by Gillingham, but Tom Loynes, Ben
Fitchett and Billy Lewins were all back after injury
and Chris Bernard came straight into midfield for
his debut.
You would never have guessed that Sittingbourne
had lost seven out of their last eight games the
way they started, looking confident and full of
positivity.
They forced a flurry of early corners and attacking
throw-ins, and Bernard had a shot from the edge
of the area deflected past a wrong-footed keeper
but sailing just wide.
East Grinstead hadn’t showed at this stage but
were still gifted the lead after 14 minutes as Sittingbourne’s
long wait for a clean sheet went on.
The otherwise immaculate Jack Morrell underhit a
back pass that was too straight as well, and keeper
Patrick Lee was rushed into a wild kick clear. It
fell nicely for East Grinstead’s Cundle who hit an
imaginative diagonal pass for Dos Santos to slip
the ball in at the near post.
Sittingbourne sagged a bit in response and couldn’t
recapture their earlier verve, and neither keeper
was called on for most of the rest of the half,
though Lee made one nice full-length save.
At the other end, Sittingbourne got forward a bit
more towards the end of the half but shots from
determined captain Chris Webber, by now limping
Loynes, and the hard-working Johan Caney-
Bryan were nowhere near the target.
In only his second start under Lynch, again
Loynes sadly failed to last more than 45 minutes,
and both wide players were replaced at half-time,
with Izzy Adebayo and Liam Middleton coming
on.
East Grinstead had been winding the clock down
from about 30 minutes onwards, and Sittingbourne
undoubtedly took the initiative after
half-time and began to get more momentum into
their play.
Chances came and went for Webber and Lewis
Chambers, and when Morrell burst forward and
took a tumble on the edge of the area he was penalised
for simulation rather than getting the freekick.
Sittingbourne went three at the back when Fitchett
was withdrawn for their final substitution and
five minutes later they got the reward for their enterprise.
After the assistant referee had signalled for a free
-kick which the tolerant referee didn’t seem about
to give, Morrell left-footed a beautiful kick into the
six-yard box and Lewins anticipated it excellently
to beat a whole host of taller players and head
home from close in.
Next followed a lovely moment when Adebayo
fired a shot wide of the far post and Caney-Bryan
committed to a magnificent full-length dive to try
and head it in. Spot on for courage and enthusiasm.
A draw was possibly a fairer result on balance of
play but as the game reached a climax, East
Grinstead missed a good chance with a header
on
80 minutes, and Joshua Spencer stopped a fine
run by Cundle with what was a tremendouslytimed
best-tackle-of-the-day.
Sittingbourne were determined to give Lynch his
first home win and Adebayo pulled it off with a
great run on 83 minutes. He committed two defenders
with his impressive speed and dazzling
footwork, finishing it off with a shot that was
helped over the line by the two East Grinstead
players who between them were trying to stop it.
Now it was East Grinstead who were regretting all
the times they’d walk to take a throw-in or delayed
a free-kick and they mounted some fierce
injury time pressure. But Sittingbourne withstood
a couple of corners and a free-kick from a dangerous
position to hold out.
Sittingbourne: Patrick Lee, Chris Webber, Jack
Morrell, Ben Fitchett (Tom Lawrence, 65 min),
Joshua Spencer, Lewis Chambers, Tom Loynes
(Izzy Adebayo, 45 min), Chris Bernard, Johan
Caney-Bryan, Billy Lewins, Timmie Babbington
(Liam Middleton, 45 min). Subs not used: Rob
Lofting, Khalil McFarlane.

Meet The Sittingbourne Squad
Patrick Lee: Goalkeeper. Patrick "Patch" Lee is a young goalkeeper and a product of the Soccer
Elite Football Academy. He signed for Tunbridge Wells before moving on to Chatham Town
for the start of the 2016-17 season. In December 2016 he signed for Ryman Premier side, Harlow
Town. After leaving Harlow he played for Margate until the end of last season.
Robert Lofting: Defender. Made an impressive debut against Horsham in the first league
match of this season. Previously played for Arundel.
Chris Webber: Defender. Joined Sittingbourne from Canterbury City at the beginning of last
season. Has also played for Billericay and Faversham Town. Made captain for this season.
Lex Allan: Defender. 6’ 7” Lex was spotted playing in local football and offered a trial with Sittingbourne.
It soon became clear that he had great potential. This potential has been spotted by
a number of scouts and Lex was invited to play in trial matches and he has not looked out of
place in the company of more experienced players.
Ben Fitchett: Defender. Ben signed for Sittingbourne from Margate at the beginning of September.
He came to prominence at Margate after playing a key role in their development side
winning their championship. He joined Margate after impressing at SCEL Erith Town. Made his
Sittingbourne debut in a 2-0 Velocity Trophy win in September 2018. He scored on his debut.
Joshua Spencer: Defender: Another to join Sittingbourne in January 2019. Previous club was
Margate
Henry Woods: Defender. Henry joined Sittingbourne in January 2019 on loan from Gillingham.
A highly thought of youngster who plays in the Gillingham FC Youth team.
Arben Muskaj: Defender/Midfield. Albanian born, Arben joined Sittingbourne in January 2019
from Greek side Souli Paramythias. Before joining Souli Paramythias Arben played for Albanian
1 st Division side Bylis Ballash He played as a youth for Olympiacos. Arban was part of the Albania
U20 side that competed in the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey where he
played in all five games
Lewis Chambers: Midfield, Lewis is another to sign for then new manager, Aslan, in March
2018. He impressed right from his first game for the club. He has played for Maidstone United
youth. Another to have a long throw.
Izzy Adebayo: Midfield. Previous club was Faversham Town. Has also played for South Park
and Tilbury..
Dylan Riches: Midfield. Very talented youngster who scored on his debut for the Brickies in
April 2018 against Thamesmead Town. He progressed from Sittingbourne’s successful Under
18 side.
Jack Morrell: Midfield. Loanee from Gillingham. Joined Sittingbourne to get experience in January
2019. Highly thought off at The Gills.
Tom Loynes: Midfield/ Forward. Tom first played for Sittingbourne in the 2012-13 season. In
between playing for us he has played at Ramsgate, Whitstable Town and Sheppey United.
Since returning to The Brickies at the beginning of last season he has shown that he has lost
none of his skill and enthusiasm.
Tommie Fagg: Forward. Another graduate from the Soccer Elite Football Academy, and Ashford
United. The tall striker then signed Harlow Town in February 2016 to bolster the attack,
making six appearances for the Hawks in the Isthmian Premier Division. He signed for the
Brickies at the beginning of this season
Roman Campbell: Forward. Roman joined on loan from Gillingham FC. He is captain of their
successful Youth team where he is a prolific goalscorer. Roman scored on his Sittingbourne debut
against VCD Athletic in January 2019.
Liam Middleton: Forward. Joined Sittingbourne in January 2019. Previously played for Canterbury
City.
Johan Caney- Bryan: Forward. Joined Sittingbourne at the beginning of the 2018-2019 season.
Immediately made an impact when he scored two goals in a preseason friendly. Johan
was awarded a scholarship at the University of East London whilst being a third-year sport and
exercise student following an impressive display playing for The UEL football Club.
More to follow!

Match Reports by Tony Rickson
Saturday 23rd February 2019
Bostik South East
VCD Athletic 1 Sittingbourne 2, Att 121
Three wins out of four for rejuvenated Sittingbourne,
but this was by far the best of them.
A brilliant first half performance, with two outstanding
goals by recent signing Chris Barnard,
set up the victory, followed by a dogged, brave
and committed second half to see it out.
On a lovely sunny afternoon, and just down the
road from where the revival began with a 4-3 win
over Phoenix, Sittingbourne made two changes
from the team that started in last Saturday’s victory
against East Grinstead.
With top scorer Tom Loynes out injured, Izzy
Adebayo was the obvious replacement in the
starting line-up following his outstanding solo
winner in the East Grinstead game, while Roman
Campbell replaced Johan Caney-Bryan upfront.
But the plans were disrupted after just three
minutes when Josh Spencer suffered a recurrence
of a knee injury, and Kwasi Amoah came
on for his debut, Jack Morrell switching seamlessly
into central defence. Just like he did in the
Phoenix game.
Sittingbourne set their stall out straightaway with
a hugely positive start, winning tackles and chasing
all over the pitch to completely hassle VCD
out of the game.
In this Lewis Chambers was outstanding in the
heart of the midfield battle, winning everything
and all of it fairly, but every Sittingbourne player
was willing to run themselves to a standstill and
prevent the home side playing.
The reward wasn’t long in coming. After just five
minutes, goalkeeper Patrick Lee hit a long freekick
forward and Campbell contested it with ex-
Sittingbourne defender Joe Denny in an aerial
challenge. They both reached it at once and the
ball squirted sideways. Racing up from midfield,
Barnard judged it perfectly, as he hit the dropping
ball on the volley from the edge of the area
to send it screaming into the net.
When VCD got forward, Ben Fitchett picked up a
booking for a rash tackle, but mainly Lee in goal
was untroubled and Sittingbourne continued to
dominate completely with some excellent play.
After a few shots had failed to test home keeper
Jordan Beeney – who as a nipper was a regular
at Sittingbourne matches when his dad Mark
was manager – Sittingbourne went two-up seven
minutes before half-time.
Again it was Barnard, who showed great skill to
get the space to feed Timmy Babbington down
the left. When Babbington cut in to try to beat his
full-back, the ball rolled ahead of him and Barnard
again saw his opportunity, crashing it first
time inside the near post, again from the
edge of the area.
Two splendid strikes from a midfielder joining the
attack at just the right time, and Sittingbourne
were gloriously running the show.
They could easily have got a third before halftime.
Morrell lashed the ball forward from halfway
and Beeney only just doubled back to tip it
over his own bar, Barnard went for his hat-trick
and forced a full-length save from the keeper,
and then Billy Lewins’ header was cleared off the
line.
The second half was a different story, as it was
always going to be.
VCD got some momentum going, Sittingbourne
didn’t hassle them so much, but defended stoutly
and mainly set up two hard-to-break-down lines
to keep out home attacks.
Of course, there were the odd chances, but Lee
did well, corners were well dealt with and generally
Sittingbourne looked like holding on resolutely
to the lead.
They had the odd chance, too, relying on Campbell
to plough a lone furrow up front, but he
thumped one shot just wide and had another
piledriver blocked after Chris Webber had played
him in to a good position.
Just when it looked as if Sittingbourne were going
to get a long overdue first clean sheet of the
season in the league, VCD finally got the experienced
Macdonald into space and into the penalty
area.
Lee came out rapidly, down went Macdonald –
he’s played too many games not to waste an opportunity
like that – and then got up to score the
penalty.
With just three minutes and any injury time to
hold out for, Sittingbourne sensibly managed it,
though for the first time in what had been a clean
game it all got a bit fractious.
Fitchett got involved in a bit of a shoving match
and probably only narrowly avoided his second
yellow card of the game, while the home side’s
Gordon collected a yellow for his part in that melee
and then another one straightaway for a
dreadful tackle on Lewins.
Manager Chris Lynch had said during the week
he would always opt for attitude over ability, but
his players managed to dish up plenty of both on
this occasion.
Sittingbourne: Patrick Lee, Chris Webber, Jack
Morrell, Joshua Spencer (Kwasi Amoah, 3 min),
Ben Fitchett (Yellow card), Lewis Chambers,
Izzy Adebayo (Khalil McFarlane, 68 min),
Chris Barnard, Roman Campbell, Billy Lewins
(Yellow card), Timmie Babbington (Henry
Woods, 59 min). Subs not used: Liam Middleton,
Johan Caney-Bryan.

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Bostik South League Table to 26/02/2019
P W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Cray Wanderers 26 20 5 1 60 22 38 65
2 Horsham 27 16 4 7 51 30 21 52
3 Hastings United 27 15 5 7 56 34 22 50
4 Haywards Heath Town 27 14 7 6 51 36 15 49
5 Ashford United 26 15 3 8 52 26 26 48
6 Whyteleafe 26 12 5 9 49 36 13 41
7 Hythe Town 27 11 7 9 52 45 7 40
8 VCD Athletic 25 12 2 11 47 45 2 38
9 Ramsgate 27 9 8 10 45 40 5 35
10 Phoenix Sports 26 9 8 9 50 53 -3 35
11 East Grinstead Town 27 9 7 11 48 51 -3 34
12 Sevenoaks Town 27 9 7 11 38 41 -3 34
13 SITTINGBOURNE 26 9 2 15 39 49 -10 29
14 FAVERSHAM TOWN 27 8 5 14 42 65 -23 29
15 Three Bridges 27 8 3 16 41 59 -18 27
16 Guernsey 26 7 5 14 35 52 -17 26
17 Herne Bay 26 8 2 16 48 67 -19 26
18 Whitstable Town 25 6 8 11 20 39 -19 26
19 Greenwich Borough 27 6 3 18 32 66 -34 21
20 Thamesmead Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bostik South East Matches Today
3pm Greenwich Borough v East Grinstead Town
2pm Guernsey v VCD Athletic
3pm Hastings United v Haywards Heath Town
3pm Herne Bay v Whitstable Town
3pm Horsham v Hythe Town
3pm Phoenix Sports v Cray Wanderers
3pm Ramsgate v Three Bridges
3pm Whyteleafe v Ashford United

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