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The Matchday Programme of Sittingbourne FC
Season 2019—2020—Programme 4
Saturday 21st September 2019
League
Sittingbourne v Guernsey, KO 2.00
Tuesday 24th September 2019
Velocity Trophy
Sittingbourne v VCD Athletic, KO 7.45PM
Sittingbourne Football Club is a UK company limited by guarantee:
Company registration number, 11360242.
Registered office: The Martin & Conley Stadium,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, Andrew Marjeram (Non Exec).
Other Committee members : Danny Appleton (Turnstile
Manager). Roger Pudner (Groundsman), Edward Lucas
Assistant First Team Secretary.
Other Key Personnel: Faye Goatham (Turnstile), Jackie
Mount (Programme sales), Tony Rickson (Match reporter),
Sandra Pitts & Lynne Lucas (Boardroom), Clive Phillips
(Club shop), Dudley Hird & Tony Rickson (Club Historians).
Roger Wilkins (Head Steward)
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.
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SITTINGBOURNE V GUERNSEY
SATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2019, KO 3.00 PM
Manager: Chris Lynch
Ast Manager: Darren Blackburn
Coach: Josh Hall,
Physio: Marc Wheeler
Kit Manager: Warren Chambers
Team Assistant: Harry Chambers
Coach: Tony Vance
Assistant Coach: Colin Fallaize
Assistant Coach: Steve Sharman
Physio Assistant: Robin Bishop
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ian Fissenden
Assistants: Howard Collins, Billy Woods
GOALS
SUBSTITUTE
PLAYER NO
PLAYER NO
SUBSTITUTE
GOALS
Tom Benham
Lewis West
Emmanuel N'daw
Lewis Chambers
Cory Walters-Wright
Lex Allan
Enoch Adjei
Chris Webber
Shan Brown
Tom Fagg
Chris Barnard
Jason Fregene
Tyron Guthrie
Kane Phillip
Festus Lori
Johan Caney Bryan
Stefan Lawrence
Caleb Roberts
Joshua Oliver
Callum Stanton
Frank Tobin
Keanu Marsh
Harry Tobin
Tom De La Mare
Jamie Dodd
Tom Dodds
Matt Loaring
Kieran Mahon
Liam Mahon
Carlos Canha
Tom Jackson
Alex Scott
Ross Allen
Seb Skillen
Robbie Legg
Paris Pereira
Will Fazakerley
SITTINGBOURNE V VCD ATHLETIC
TUESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2019, KO 7.45 PM
Manager: Chris Lynch
Ast Manager: Darren Blackburn
Coaches: Josh Hall,
Physio: Marc Wheeler
Kit Manager: Warren Chambers
Team Assistant: Harry Chambers
Manager: Keith McMahon
Assistant Manager: Danny Lee
Head Coach: Mel Ramsay
Goalkeeping Coach: Steve Watt
Phsio: Kieran Quarrington
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Dyson
Assistants: Joseph Dan-Pye, Dan Blades
GOALS
SUBSTITUTE
PLAYER NO
PLAYER NO
SUBSTITUTE
GOALS
Tom Benham
Lewis West
Emmanuel N'daw
Lewis Chambers
Cory Walters-Wright
Lex Allan
Enoch Adjei
Chris Webber
Shan Brown
Tom Fagg
Chris Barnard
Jason Fregene
Tyron Guthrie
Kane Phillip
Festus Lori
Johan Caney Bryan
Stefan Lawrence
Caleb Roberts
Joshua Oliver
Matt Funnell G/K
Tony Coxall G/K
Bradley Simms
Ryan Mahal
Aziz Lyoubi
Raphe Brown
Temitop Eweka
Alastair Gordon
Jack Steventon
Sean Roberts
George Monger
Dominic Odusanya
Aymun El-Mogharbel
Charlie Macdonalds
Alex Gaggin
Michael Olatunji
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This is a joint programme that covers the BetVictor Isthmian League fixture versus Guernsey
and the midweek game in the Velocity Trophy versus VCD Athletic.
A warm welcome to the Guernsey and VCD Athletic Players, Committee, and fans, and also the
match officials.
Both teams have started better than us with Guernsey especially doing well despite the fact that
they have played all of their 6 league games so far away owing to work being done at their
Footes Lane ground. This hasn’t stopped them from being the league’s highest scorers and
having a decent record of winning 2, drawing 3, and losing 1. These are exciting times for
Guernsey as they progress on their wish to have their own ground. Their current ground, Footes
Lane, is owned by the State of Guernsey and they share that with the Guernsey Rugby Club.
VCD Athletic have also started well winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1. VCD are likely to include
in their squad two ex-Sittingbourne players in Raphe Brown and Jack Steventon, so welcome
back to them.
Player news now and I start with the sad news that Roman Campbell’s loan period has now
ended and will not be renewed, Roman has again looked impressive whilst on loan to us from
Gillingham and he will be missed.
Patrick Lee, is recovering from an injury and has also decided to move on and we wish both him
and Roman well.
Since the last programme I think it’s fair to say that we have underwhelmed by going out of the
FA Cup to Bognor Regis Town away 3-0 and losing to our local rivals Faversham Town by a
goal to nil. We were rarely in the game at Bognor but against Faversham Town we had what
was probably our best half of the season before succumbing to an unfortunate goal right at the
end of the first half. Faversham took sustenance from this and improved in the second half and
we couldn’t make the break through.
Finally the new website is now on line. It certainly looks better on mobile devices but there are
still teething problems which are probably down to me still trying to get to grips with the Word-
Press approach, principally embedding the photographs and match day programme into the
web page of the match report. However, I managed to save the extensive archive which goes
back to 1996 when the first Brickies website went live so I am pleased with that. As time goes
on I will try and get more links working on that archive. I have to say that there are some pretty
dismal football club websites out there as although they look OK they lack content and I have
always thought that with social media now often being the main communication platform the
website should be for confirmed news and information as well as an archive, as with paper being
more and more side-lined where, will the fans and historians of the future get their history
from? This is probably even more important now that many clubs have gone over to e programmes.
Don’t believe all you read on social media!
Staying with the website I had to take the Mitre shop items off as Mitre and the league have an
arrangement with Stadium Sports that they are supplier of Mitre kit to us, I am assured that Stadium
have these items and also our shirts. To be fair to Stadium they have subsided the teams
Mitre kit to the tune of around £1000.
Enjoy the games
Peter
From the Programme Editor
Bournecreet House, Bonham Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent,
ME10 3RY, T: 01795 426775, E: info@denmaur.com
Guernsey — A Brief History
Guernsey Football Club was formed in 2011 as
an independent, community amateur football
club to offer the island's elite footballers the opportunity
to progress and test themselves on
a regular basis outside of the Channel Islands.
The proposal to establish the club and
seek to join the English national league pyramid
system was developed by the Guernsey Football
Association in an attempt to further advance
development opportunities for the island's current
and future players by playing at higher levels
on a regular basis.
The club's vision is to create, develop and maintain
a sustainable, successful, financially viable,
democratic football club that creates and maintains
real and lasting benefit to its members and
the local Guernsey community. We are a registered
charity and will remain a non-profit organisation
with any financial surpluses being re- invested
for the future viability of the club and
hence the benefit of the local community.
The initial idea to establish Guernsey FC was
developed during the 2009-10 season when
Guernsey's Senior County Division One
representative side enjoyed a successful run
in the FA National League System Cup (for
league representative sides at Step Seven on
the non-league pyramid system and below,
since renamed the FA Inter-League Cup), culminating
in Guernsey beating the Liverpool
County Premier League 5-2 in the final in May
2010. The final was held in Guernsey in front of
a crowd of over 2,500 and was the first time ever
that the FA had allowed one of its competition
finals to be held outside of the UK mainland.
Following a 1-0 victory over Jersey to reclaim
the Muratti Vase in May 2010, the prize for winning
the FA National League System Cup for
this same squad of players was to represent
England in the UEFA Regions Cup preliminary
round in Croatia in September 2010.
Guernsey enjoyed mixed fortunes by beating
Wales 3-0, drawing with hosts Croatia 1-1 and
losing to group winners Turkey 3-0.
Over the course of the following few months,
the club's founding directors, Steve Dewsnip
and Mark Le Tissier, received encouragement
from the Football Association, the Guernsey FA,
the Combined Counties League (which we were
introduced to by the FA), our former official
main club sponsor Sportingbet, the island's government
(the States of Guernsey) and the island's
local football community to develop our
plans for the new club further and were delighted
when the member clubs of the Combined
Counties League voted by a significant majority
on 20 June 2011 to allow Guernsey FC to join
Division One of their league.
Although our club is very young, football in
Guernsey has a long history dating back to
1893 when the Guernsey FA was established
and since then has produced several players
who have graced the highest levels of the
English professional game, our former club
president Matt Le Tissier (Southampton and
England).
Saturday 6th August 2011 was a historic day for
Guernsey FC and the island in general when
the club played its inaugural game at Footes
Lane against Knaphill FC in the Combined
Counties League Division One. That historic
day turned into an historic season with the club
winning the league title, having lost only 2 of its
34 league matches.
The 2012-13 season was a tough campaign.
The Green Lions reached the semi-finals of the
FA Carlsberg Vase in the club’s first season in
the competition, breaking its record attendance
twice in the historic run. A crowd of 4,290 was
at Footes Lane for the semi-final first leg against
Spennymoor Town.
The May bank holiday weekend saw GFC play
four games in four days and remarkably secure
all 12 points to finish second in the Combined
Counties Premier League and gain promotion to
the Ryman Isthmian League
Continued
Guernsey— A Brief History Cont
The club's first season in the Ryman Isthmian League ended in a respectable fourth place but
we lost 3-2 away to Leatherhead in the play-off semi-final. During the 2013/14 season the Green
Lions also became the first team from the Channel Islands to play in the FA Cup, when they
took on Crawley Down Gatwick away on 31st August 2013. GFC won the game 3-1 but went out
in the 2nd qualifying round to Conference South’s Dover Athletic 3-2.
Guernsey's second season in Ryman South was much tougher The Green Lions eventually finished
10th in the league before many of the squad were part of the Guernsey FA gold-medal
winning side at the 2015 NatWest Island Games in Jersey.
Despite some indifferent form in the first half of the 2015-16 season, the Green Lions found
themselves third in the table in the new year and equalled their Ryman South unbeaten record
of nine games. A six-game losing run though saw our play-off challenge fade away. We beat
our points total and wins total from the previous season, but finished 13th.
The 2016-17 season was GFC's most challenging yet as they battled against relegation for the
first time in their history. It took until the end of September to secure the first victory of the campaign
and bad luck hit Tony Vance's squad with several lengthy injuries and absences to key
players.
They didn't manage to win a home game after Christmas, but finally ended their winless away
run (that had gone on for over a year and nearly 30 matches) when they beat Chipstead in February
and, ironically, it was their away results that kept them up as two more wins and a draw
were enough to keep them ahead of their rivals. There was change off the field as Mark Le Tissier
took over as Chairman.
2017-18 was a slightly more comfortable 18th place out of 24 with safety secured with a few
weeks to go, but the 2018-19 season went right to the wire. Thamesmead Town folded and that
meant that only one team would be relegated, with Guernsey securing a draw in the final minute
of the last day of the season thanks to a Paris Pereira goal to ensure they stayed up on merit.
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VCD Athletic — A Brief History
VCD Athletic FC is one of only a few clubs to
have originated during the Great War when, in
1916 it was formed by workers employed at the
Vickers armaments factory in Crayford. The
Company originally played only interdepartmental
games until it was decided that
the best players from the various sections
would be elected to represent the firm. The
club have played at the firm's sports ground,
Oakwood, in Old Road, Crayford, from the outset
right up to the present time, except for eight
seasons spent ground sharing whilst trying to
get permission for the erection of floodlights.
In the early days, only friendly matches were
played as there were no official competitions
during the war years, and records show that a
club called Vickers (Erith) joined the re-formed
Kent League in 1919, changing their name to
Vickers (Crayford) a year later. In their first
season in the Kent League they visited Maidstone
United on Boxing Day and played in front
of a crowd of 13,500. The Vickers team that
day contained seven Arsenal players who were
finishing off their war service. Two years later,
Vickers joined the Dartford & District League,
followed by entry into the newly formed Kent
Amateur League, Division One in 1923. Their
first trophies came in 1927 when they won the
Kent FA Junior Cup and the Kent Benevolent
Cup.
It was a further 25 years before more silverware
came their way, when they won the Kent
Division One title in 1953. The Kent Amateur
Cup was won in 1962 and in 1964 but the following
season saw a spectacular slump and
relegation, with a record of P24 W0 D2 L22,
goals for 25, goals against 199.
Promotion was gained in 1969, but after a mediocre
period during the 1970s, they were relegated
in 1980 back to Division Two. A season
later they were promoted back to Division One
and in 1985 won the championship, gaining
promotion to the restructured Premier Division.
By now the Kent Amateur League had
changed its name to the Kent County League
and the club enjoyed further success when
they won the Kent FA Intermediate Shield in
1988. In the same year the club was involved
in the last ever match played at Maidstone
United's London Road ground when they won
the West Kent Challenge Cup.
In 1993, Martin Ford joined the club as manager
and, in season 1995/1996 a unique cup treble
was achieved with wins in the Kent Intermediate
Shield, Kent County League Cup, and
the Erith Hospitals Cup. Season 1996/1997
then saw the club win the Kent County Premier
Division title for the first time in their history,
and by a record 15 points. Senior status was
awarded that same year and a successful application
was made to join the Winstonlead
Kent League where, in their first season in
modern times, VCD Athletic finished in a creditable
ninth place. The following season saw
the club begin a ground-share with Thamesmead
Town, finishing up in seventh place but
also reaching the final of the Kent League Cup,
where they lost 1-0 to Deal Town in a closely
fought match. Deal at this time were assembling
the side that was later to win the FA Vase
at Wembley.
A season later the club went one better, beating
Faversham Town 4-0 in the final to bring
the club a first ever senior trophy, and the season
after that the club made its third consecutive
cup final appearance when they reached
the final of the Kent Senior Trophy. However,
they narrowly missed out on more silverware
when they went down 10-9 on penalties to
Whitstable Town. The club eventually spent
five seasons as tenants of Thamesmead Town
before Lordswood FC kindly took their place for
two seasons. Then the club embarked on a
one year term with near neighbours Greenwich
Borough, and despite the handicap of having to
ground-share, VCD were consistently one of
the league's strongest members during their
time in the league.
The club reached the final of the League Cup
in 2002/2003, but on the day there was no celebration
as VCD were comfortably beaten 2-0
by Cray Wanderers. The following season was
a disappointment as far as the cups were concerned,
but a creditable third place was
achieved in the league. Further cup success
followed however when, in season 2005/2006
the club reached the final of the Kent Senior
Trophy for the second time. Having suffered a
loss in the first final on penalties, there was a
reversal of fortune this time when, after having
drawn 1-1 with Tunbridge Wells at the end of
extra time, the VCD players held their nerve to
win the penalty shoot-out 3-1.
Continued
VCD Athletic — A Brief History
During 2005 the long awaited news the club
wanted to hear finally arrived when planning permission
for floodlights and the development of
the Oakwood ground was granted by Bexley
Council. This, together with a substantial grant
from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund, part
of the Football Foundation, enabled work to commence
early in 2006. The pitch was levelled, rotated
90 degrees and re-laid. New perimeter
paths were laid, along with perimeter fencing to
enclose the pitch. Floodlights were erected in
June 2006, at the same time that work on enhancing
the changing rooms also began. The
spectator stand was re-sited and extended, and
further additions included a new raised hospitality
area situated to overlook the pitch, and a new tea
bar adjacent to the popular members bar.
At the end of the 2007 season Martin Ford resigned
as manager, and the club are grateful for
his vision and enthusiasm over the years that
took VCD from being a Kent County League side
to one that was always around the top of the table
in the Kent League, and on his departure the
club had just reached the last 16 of the prestigious
FA Vase for the second consecutive season.
Head coach Dean Frost took over as caretaker
manager, and under his guidance the club
obtained runners up spot in the league, narrowly
missing out to Whitstable Town, and then the following
season Paul Foley was appointed manager
of the first team, with Dean Frost reverting to
his former position of head coach. Under their
stewardship the club finished runners up once
more. A year later, the club finally won the Kent
League Premier Division title together with the
Kent Senior Trophy, culminating in the long
awaited promotion to the Ryman Football
League.
The first season was a success with an 8 th place
finish, but the club were left stunned when the
Ryman League deemed ground issues warranted
demotion, and despite an appeal to the Football
Association, the decision was upheld and the
club went back to the Kent League. Manager
Paul Foley resigned to join Chatham Town, taking
virtually the whole team with him, and the
club appointed former reserve team manager
Ricky Bennett his replacement. Under his leadership
VCD achieved third place in his first season,
and the season after the team was also challenging
for honours and, but for a disappointing end
to the campaign we certainly would have given
Herne Bay a closer run to their title. Once again
third place was attained but this time we had the
added bonus of winning the Kent League Cup,
beating Corinthian 2-0 in the final. We also lifted
a second trophy with a 3-2 victory over league
champions Herne Bay in the Kent League Challenge
Shield which gave the club a pre-season
boost.
Midway through season 2012/2013 Ricky Bennett
left the club due to outside pressures, and in
his place the club secured the services of Tony
Russell, previously manager of Erith Town FC,
who joined with his assistant Ray Powell. With
most of the players leaving with the previous
manager the club was in disarray, but a side was
quickly formed by the new management, and a
magnificent record breaking run of 17 victories
and 2 draws in the last 19 league fixtures enabled
the club to once more gain promotion to the
Ryman Football League Division 1 North. Starting
as favourites for relegation, the club had a
stunning run, winning the first15 games and
heading the table for all but a couple of weeks
throughout the campaign, and on the last day of
the season, sitting in 2 nd place the Vickers defeated
Romford FC 6-0 while leaders Witham
Town could only draw their last game which saw
us secure the title by a point, taking the club to
the Premier Division, its highest ever level in the
pyramid. The club struggled for a lot of the season,
spending most of the time in the relegation
places but winning the last 6 games saw us climb
to safety, finally finishing in 18 th position to maintain
our place in the division.
Manager Tony Russell immediately resigned,
joining Cray Wanderers FC in Division 1, taking
his entire side with him but the club acted quickly
to secure the services of Keith McMahon as new
First Team Manager. Keith came with a wealth of
experience having taken neighbours Thamesmead
Town from the Kent League to the Ryman
League Premier Division but, with no players at
the club and only a few weeks to the start of the
2015/2016 season Keith was up against it from
the beginning in trying to assemble a side to
compete at the higher level. He worked tirelessly
and brought in some excellent players, but despite
some good performances we were unable
to find the consistency needed in the Premier Division
and were relegated back to Division 1
(North). Inconsistency during the following two
seasons, albeit with some impressive wins
against higher opposition in cup competitions
saw us finish just below mid-table. Following the
Bostik sponsorship we were placed in the reconstructed
South East Division and enjoyed a successful
season finishing just one point shy of the
play-off positions, and with BetVictor now as
league sponsors we hope to continue making
further improvement.
Molesey striker Matt Hanlan turned his
marker Roy Clark inside out and from a
tight angle found the back of the net. This
was the only time that Clark had been
beaten by the striker.
Sittingbourne had a much welcomed
break from league fixtures in September
1994 and travelled to Surrey to take on
Molesey in the FATrophy.
On paper the Brickies looked good enough
to win this game with Lee McRobert and
Martin Buglione up front. The midfield
looked very experienced with Matt Stock,
Andy Blondrage and Paul Haylock all talented
enough to
outplay the Surrey
side. In defence
Sittingbourne used
a back five with
James Strouts,
Simon Beard, Matt
Hume, Roy Clark
and Dave Collinson,
very much an
unknown quantity.
Teenager Clark was
making his debut and looked cool on the
ball, heading well and marking tightly.
The first half ended goalless despite
Sittingbourne dominating play. The second
half saw the visitors pile on the pressure
with McRobert twice going close and
Buglione twice denied by the goalkeepers
legs. The home side did on one occasion
beat the Sittingbourne defence but Efrem
Ebbli saved.
Blondrage left the field injured and was
replaced by Simon Ulathorne who failed to
make any real impact. In the 80th minute
Sittingbourne huffed and puffed but failed
to find an equaliser and exited the FA
Trophy despite being the dominant side.
Manager John Ryan was disappointed
particularly as his side had virtually 99 per
cent of the play but failed to score. He stated
that Sittingbourne, in their last two
games had restricted the opposition to just
four shots but somehow had lost both
games.
Also this week played on a Thursday night
at Central Park, the youngsters of
Sittingbourne took
on Gillingham in the
FA Youth Cup. The
tie ended 2-2 with
goals coming from
Ben Bray and Steve
Searle. The replay
on Monday night
was another tight
affair this time it was
Gillingham who
advanced to the
next round with a 2-1 win at Priestfield.
Lee Marshall opened the scoring for
Sittingbourne but Gills hit back with two
goals.Sittingbourne: Williams, Bower,
Ponsford, McLoughlin, Waring, Holliday,
Bray, Searle, Planck, Walker, Marshall.
Off field troubles continued however, by
the time Sittingbourne were to return to
Central Park to host Atherstone, the club
would have a new chairman and chief
executive and a rescue operation would
be in place to enable the club to run more
smoothly and efficiently.
Appearances to 17th September 2019
Player
Apps 19-20 Sub 19-20 Goals 19-20 Tot Starts Total Sub Apps Tot Goals
Adebayo Izzy 0 0 0 19 12 4
Adjei Enoch 5 2 1 5 4 1
Allan Lex 9 0 0 53 8 2
Barnard Chris 7 2 0 7 2 2
Benham Tom 9 0 0 9 0 0
Brown Shaun 3 1 1 18 1 1
Campbell Roman 7 0 5 22 0 12
Caney-Bryan Johan 1 4 2 7 23 5
Chambers Lewis 8 0 0 56 0 4
Comins Bradley 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fagg Tom 9 0 0 44 0 4
Fitchett Ben 3 0 0 29 0 2
Fregene Jason 8 1 0 8 1 0
Guthrie Tyrone 2 3 0 27 26 1
Lawrence Stefan 1 0 0 1 0 0
Lori Festus 4 2 0 4 3 0
Loynes Tom 0 0 0 111 40 19
McFarlane Khalil 0 0 0 4 10 0
Middleton Liam 1 2 0 5 12 1
N'daw Abdel 6 1 0 7 5 0
Oliver Joshua 2 0 0 2 0 0
Phillip Kane 4 1 1 30 16 4
Roberts Caleb 2 0 0 2 0 0
Walters-Wright Cory 9 0 0 9 0 0
Webber Chris 3 2 0 88 2 4
West Lewis 6 1 0 6 1 0
Own Goals 1
Matches 21st September 2019
3pm Burgess Hill Town v Whitstable Town
3pm East Grinstead Town v Ashford United
3pm Herne Bay v Hythe Town
3pm Sevenoaks Town v Faversham Town
2pm Sittingbourne v Guernsey
Three Bridges P Ramsgate
3pm VCD Athletic v Hastings United
3pm Whitehawk v Phoenix Sports
DATE OPPOSITION COMP Sc ATT 1 2 3 4
5
17 Aug 2019
20 Aug 2019
24 Aug 2019
26 Aug 2019
31 Aug 2019
03 Sept 2019
07 Sept 2019
14 Sept 2019
17 Sept 2019
21 Sept 2019
24 Sept 2019
05 Oct 2019
12 Oct 2019
15 Oct 2019
19 Oct 2019
22 Oct 2019
26 Oct 2019
02 Nov 2019
05 Nov 2019
09 Nov 2019
16 Nov 2019
23 Nov 2019
30 Nov 2019
07 Dec 2019
14 Dec 2019
26 Dec 2019
28 Dec 2019
04 Jan 2020
11 Jan 2020
18 Jan 2020
25 Jan 2020
01 Feb 2020
04 Feb 2020
08 Feb 2020
15 Feb 2020
22 Feb 2020
29 Feb 2020
07 Mar 2020
14 Mar 2020
21 Mar 2020
28 Mar 2020
04 Apr 2020
11 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020
18 Apr 2020
25 Apr 2020
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Next home match
This programme covers VCD Athletic, Tue 24th September.
Next home after this is the FA Trophy Preminary Round v
South Park, KO 3.00PM
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Chambers
Guthrie
Chambers*
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Walters-Wright
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Roberts
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Allan
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Allan
Walters-Wright
KEY to above grid:
@ = After Extra Time
& = Lost on Pens
+ = Own Goal
# = Sent Off
1,2,3, etc after players name = goals scored
* = Subs used and players substituted
** = Sub was Substituted
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Oliver*
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Fitchett*
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Lori*
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Phillip*
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Paul Martin remembers his special games
I am sure most supporters have some special games which stick in the memory for whatever
reason. Here are a few of mine.
Leeds United 7 Chelsea 0 - October 1967
I left the security of my family in 1967 for Yorkshire and three years at Leeds University. A bit
of a culture shock to begin with, my first year being in a back to back street house (my mother
was appalled) sharing two attic rooms with three medical students. Our landlady, a fiery Irish
woman, supplied breakfast every day – spaghetti on toast with a poached egg! Every single
day!
It did, however, give me the opportunity over these 3 years to visit all of the Football League
grounds in the area and some a bit further afield. Enjoyed visits to York City, Bradford City,
Bradford Park Avenue (a league team at the time), Halifax Town, Huddersfield Town, Barnsley,
Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City as well as Manchester United, Liverpool,
Burnley and Newcastle United.
On my first Saturday of residence, I walked to Elland Road and stood on the vast open terrace.
After a 7-0 victory, how could I not become a closet Leeds fan! A crowd of 40,460 saw
goals from Albert Johannson, Jimmy Greenhoff, Jack Charlton, Peter Lorimer, Eddie Gray,
Billy Bremner and a Marvin Hinton own goal. Also in the team that day: Gary Sprake, Paul
Reaney, Paul Madeley, Norman Hunter and Mick Jones. The real start of the Don Revie Era.
Toronto Blizzard 2 Edmonton Drillers 1 – May 1981
In May 1981, my wife and I booked plane tickets to New York with Freddie Laker to visit some
relatives of my Mother in Canada and some friends of my Mother-In-Law in Philadelphia.
Spent a week in Philadelphia and managed to see my one and only live baseball match. After
a week or so we drove up to Canada to visit my relatives. On the way home, we spent a few
days in Toronto before flying back to New York and home.
Purely by chance (?), I found out that Toronto Blizzard were at home in the North American
Soccer League at the Exhibition Stadium not far from the CN Tower. The stadium was massive
but only a tiny crowd in attendance. All I can remember is that the snacks were excellent.
The stadium was multi-purpose being used by the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football
League and the Toronto Blue Jays for Major League baseball. The stadium was demolished
in 1999.
I have (or had) a programme for this game but unable to locate it. Toronto Blizzard were managed
by Keith Eddy, ex Watford, Sheffield United and New York Cosmos and included in their
squad Clyde Best, Colin Franks, Jimmy Greenhoff and Alex Cropley. They had a fairly unsuccessful
season winning 7 and losing 25. At least I saw one of the seven!
Edmonton Drillers were only slightly better that season winning 12 and losing 20. Neither
side qualified for the North American Soccer League Play-Offs and neither side stayed in existence
in that form for much longer.
Part 2 to follow in a future programme.
A series of articles by the author of the book ‘A History and Guide to Football Programmes’
describing how programmes have changed over a century-and-a-half of Association
Football. These articles will appear throughout the season in the Sittingbourne FC
programme.
Early FA Cup Finals
While the most important day in the football calendar has always been the FA Cup Final, for
many decades the quality and frequency of its programmes were far behind those issued by
clubs. Indeed, it was not until the late 1900’s that the football authorities took some interest in FA
Cup Final programmes, having previously stood back while outside publishers “sponsored”
matchday issues.
A number of 19th century Cup Final programmes were published by “The People” newspaper.
Printed locally, these Crystal Palace issues comprised a folded sheet with advertisements on
one side, the People being prominent amongst sports outfitters; and team lines and more advertisements
on the reverse. They were sold as “The only authorised programme” and so few have
survived that they now fetch five figure sums at auction.
Some doubts as to the “only authorised” issue status of these programmes have been raised by
the existence of another version of a 1901 Cup Final teamsheet. An “Official Programme” for the
Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United match, in the shape of a 7” x 5” blue card, has survived.
This version is devoid of advertisements, and one wonders if it was purely distributed to VIPs, as
opposed to being on public sale.
The teamsheet for the 1904 “English Cup Tie” between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers
listed the players in two columns, and numbered them (1 to 22), reintroducing the original concept
of a match programme - the identification of players by spectators. Curiously, the reverse
side displayed the same names, and numbers, in 2-3-5 formation, along with the note: “Any alteration
taking place in the Players’ Names, a board will be sent round the Ground corresponding
with numbers on card.” It must have been a particularly large board to be seen by everyone in
the 61,300 crowd at the old Crystal Palace ground.
When Newcastle United played Bradford City at the Crystal Palace in the 1911 Final, W.H. Smith
& Sons issued a “Souvenir Card” priced 1d. Colin Veitch of Newcastle United was photographed
on the front cover of this large folded sheet, with the team lines (un-numbered, in 2-3-5 formation)
on the inside pages along with advertisements for “The Yorkshire Evening Post Football
Edition ; containing full report of the Cup Final, will be on sale to-night at King’s Cross, St Pancras,
Marylebone and Euston stations on the departure of special trains for the North.”
The refusal of the Football Association to become involved in programme production has not
helped in resolving this unofficial/official debate nearly a century later. Similarly, programmes for
representative and International fixtures were left to the host club. It was not until the Cup Final
moved to Stamford Bridge in 1920 that a single, definitive football programme began to be published
for the FA Cup Final.
For more information and advice on programmes and programme collecting, please visit
www.pmfc.co.uk.
Match Report—By Tony Rickson
Saturday, 31st August 2019
BetVictor Isthmian League South East Division
Sittingbourne (1) 2 (Campbell 40, Ako-Adjei
77) East Grinstead Town (Miller-Neave
(pen) 83, Smith 88), Attendance: 177
It should have been a win, it felt like a defeat,
but it was actually a draw.
Two-up with less than 10 minutes to go, Sittingbourne
will have thought it was a victory
thrown away as East Grinstead fought back
dramatically for an unlikely share of the points.
After two encouraging wins in the previous
week, it seemed as if Sittingbourne were well
and truly up and running for the season. And
the first 80 minutes did nothing to dispel that.
Praise East Grinstead for the spirited way they
kept going, but Sittingbourne will have to look
at their game management and ensure they
see out games when they get in front like this.
before crashing the ball past the keeper at his
near post for his first Sittingbourne goal.
Perhaps substitutions before and after the
goal disrupted Sittingbourne, but they still
looked like holding out for the win even when
Cory Walters-Wright had a foul on the edge of
the area given against him and the resulting
penalty was squeezed under Benham as he
dived the right way.
Tails up, East Grinstead didn’t have to wait
long for their equaliser, Jason Fregene spoiling
an otherwise impressive performance by
giving away the ball, and Smith’s shot going in
via a deflection off an attempted block.
A decent enough Sittingbourne show to be a
deserved two goals up after 80 minutes, but
they need to do better over the whole game.
I always thought that old cliché about 2-0 up
being a dangerous scoreline was just that, an
old cliché. Seems like I had it wrong.
Both Lex Allan and Chris Barnard were back
after missing Monday’s exciting win at Ramsgate,
and Sittingbourne began well enough
with Tommie Fagg firing in a 30-yard effort
that would have been brilliant had it gone in.
East Grinstead didn’t show much but tested
Tom Benham after 30 minutes as he made an
excellent save diving to his right.
Sittingbourne: Tom Benham, Lewis West
(Abdul Ndew, 80 min), Jason Fregene, Lewis
Chambers, Cory Walters-Wright, Lex Allan,
Enoch Adjei, Chris Barnard, Roman Campbell,
Tommie Fagg (Yellow card) (Johan
Caney-Bryan, 74 min), Festus Lori (Chris
Webber, 34 min). Sub not used: Tyrone Guthrie,
Caleb Roberts.
After losing Festus Lori to a first half injury,
Sittingbourne still took the lead when Barnard
crossed low from the right, Enoch Ako-Adjei
cleverly dummied it, and Roman Campbell behind
him turned beautifully to smash into the
net and maintain his record of scoring in every
one of his games.
Benham impressed again when he took a free
-kick solidly and bravely under enormous
pressure, so bad that the visiting player was
booked for his challenge, while Fagg hit the
bar at the other end, Allan following up to convert
the loose ball only to be given offside.
Sittingbourne looked the better side in the
second half but needed the second goal to
make their lead look secure. And they got it
on 77 minutes when the speedy Adjei raced
from the halfway line and couldn’t be caught
East Grinstead Town: Brannon Daly, Ollie
Boulding (Yellow card), Karn Miller-Neave,
Dan Pearse (Yellow card), Andrew Cooney,
Jack Bray (Yellow card), Curtis Gayler, Freddy
Yao (Dan Mosby, 69 min), Robin Deen
(Orlando Smith, 58 min), O’Shaye Giraud-
Hutchinson, Reece Batchelor (Kyle Woolven,
15 min). Subs not used: Jack Meeres, Daniel
Hogan.
Referee: Valentine Anekwe; Assistants:
Kennedy Kikulwe, Andrew Simmonds
Buglione continuing to struggle up
front. Despite their dominance
Sittingbourne conceded a goal in the
59th minute.
This week 1994 Sittingbourne travelled
to the Midlands for a Beazer
Homes Premier Division fixture
against Corby.
Having gained a point in their last
game away at Sudbury, expectations
were high especially as Corby had
their own problems. The Steelmen,
bottom of the
league, were on
their third chairman
and third
manager of the
season! The club
programme said
Saturday’s team
would be “any
Tom, Dick or
Harry” and was
also described as
“a team full of loaners, youngsters and
misfits all trying to resemble a football
team.”
You would be forgiven for thinking that
Sittingbourne’s pre-match talk was
about how many they would win by.
Simon Beard put Sittingbourne ahead
during injury time in the first half.
Come the second half Sittingbourne
struggled to convert dominance into
goals with Lee McRobert and Martin
Sittingbourne nearly took the lead
when substitute Lee Thompson headed
the ball against the bar from a
Simon Ullathorne cross. In the 91st
minute Corby won a free-kick 25 yards
out. The kick was laid sideways to ex
West Brom player Noel Luke who fired
it home for a stunning winner.
The following week Atherstone were
the visitors to Central Park for another
league fixture. Barry Bright had taken
over as Chairman and visited the
dressing roon
before the match
and praised the
team for their commitment
and effort.
S i t t i n g b o u r n e
made one change
to the team that
had lost at Corby.
C h r i s t i a n
Matthews coming
in to replace Matt Stock in midfield.
Sittingbourne outplayed Atherstone in
every department but had to wait for
injury time in the second half when
substitute Lee Thompson managed to
force the ball over the line to give the
Brickies their second win of the season.
The 539 supporters celebrated
along with the players who went into
jubilation when the final whistle sounded!
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BetVictor Isthmian League South East Table
To Tuesday 17th September 2019
P W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Hastings United 6 4 2 0 7 1 6 14
2 Sevenoaks Town 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 13
3 VCD ATHLETIC 6 4 1 1 14 11 3 13
4 Ashford United 4 4 0 0 11 2 9 12
5 Chichester City 6 4 0 2 10 7 3 12
6 Whitehawk 6 3 2 1 11 7 4 11
7 Cray Valley PM 6 3 2 1 8 4 4 11
8 Haywards Heath Town 6 2 3 1 10 7 3 9
9 GUERNSEY 6 2 3 1 14 13 1 9
10 Whyteleafe 4 2 1 1 9 6 3 7
11 Faversham Town 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 7
12 Herne Bay 6 2 1 3 9 14 -5 7
13 Phoenix Sports 6 2 0 4 12 12 0 6
14 Whitstable Town 6 1 3 2 6 9 -3 6
15 Three Bridges 6 2 0 4 7 12 -5 6
16 SITTINGBOURNE 6 1 2 3 7 10 -3 5
17 Burgess Hill Town 5 1 0 4 11 14 -3 3
18 East Grinstead Town 6 0 3 3 10 15 -5 3
19 Hythe Town 6 1 0 5 4 12 -8 3
20 Ramsgate 5 0 1 4 5 13 -8 1
Match Reports by Tony Rickson
Tuesday, 3rd September 2019
By Tony Rickson
BetVictor Isthmian League Velocity Trophy
Sevenoaks Town (0) 2 (Stone 64, Everett
67) Sittingbourne (2) 2 (Miles own goal 4,
Phillip 23)
Sevenoaks got a bonus point for winning a
penalty shoot-out 4-2 Attendance: 59
Sittingbourne can’t hold on to 2-0 leads for love
nor money at the moment, as they were pulled
back to 2-2 for the second successive game.
Under the peculiar new rules of the Velocity
Trophy, the League Cup by another name,
group matches that end in a draw then go to a
penalty shoot-out. The team that wins that finishes
the night with two group points and on
this occasion it was Sevenoaks.
So Sittingbourne got a point for the draw and
that means they’ve gone four games unbeaten.
And this was a decent performance, even
though they’ll be disappointed at the way they
lost their grip on the game for a short spell midway
through the second half.
They were able to bring in squad members and
keep key players Lewis Chambers, Tommie
Fagg, Cory Walters-Wright and Chris Barnard
fresh for Saturday’s FA Cup-tie, and they also
had Kane Phillip fit enough to start for the first
time this season.
And they took an early lead when Festus Lori
crossed from the left, Roman Campbell’s shot
was blocked, and Joshua Oliver thrashed a follow-up
shot against the inside of the post. It
bounced off a covering defender and back into
his own net.
Sittingbourne continued to look dangerous going
forward and midway through the half, Phillip
completed a fine run across the pitch and cut
the ball back left-footed inside the far post.
What a shame that Phillip went off injured soon
after, following a foul tackle, as he’d looked
dangerous and very quick.
an opening, Abdul Ndew provided the cover by
clearing off his own line.
Sevenoaks had huffed and puffed without doing
much, and Sittingbourne looked capable of
holding out, but the home side took advantage
of the rules of the competition by using all five
of their substitutes to give themselves fresh impetus.
And it worked a treat as they were soon level,
grabbing two goals in just three minutes. The
first was a long ball into the area that fooled
both Lex Allan and keeper Tom Benham, resulting
in an easy tap-in, and the second was a well
-taken curling shot by one of the subs, Everett.
Sevenoaks also hit the post and wasted a glorious
late chance to win the game, but Sittingbourne
were good value for the draw, even
though their passing on an artificial pitch was
sometimes not as a sharp as it might have
been.
The home side converted four of their five penalties,
Benham making a good save at one of
them, but despite Johan Caney-Bryan and Lori
scoring theirs for Sittingbourne, Campbell and
Adjei both saw their efforts saved by the keeper
and the shoot-out ended 4-2 to Sevenoaks.
Sevenoaks Town: Ben Bridle-Card, Harry Kindon,
Kieran Hughes, Daniel Cumber (Bradley
Schafer, 61 min, Yellow card), Jack Miles, Ben
Gorham, Tyrell Richardson-Brown (Ainsley Everett,
61 min), Alec Fiddes, Adrian Stone
(Connor French 65 min), Frankie Sawyer
(Fraser Walker, 77 min), Ryan Fowler (Yellow
card) (Kyle De Silva, 61 min).
Sittingbourne: Tom Benham, Abdul Ndaw
(Lewis West, 60 min), Jason Fregene, Tyrone
Guthrie, Lex Allan, Caleb Roberts, Kane Phillip
(Chris Webber, 39 min), Joshua Oliver (Enoch
Adjei, 67 min), Roman Campbell, Liam Middleton
(Johan Caney-Bryan, 67 min), Festus Lori.
Referee: James Simpson
Assistants: Louis Saunders, David Joseph
Oliver, who had an impressive first half in midfield,
had a free-kick tipped round the post and
at the other end, when Sevenoaks did create
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