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From the Programme Editor
Its non league day today and hopefully we will get a bumper crowd in to see our ourselves and
our old adversaries South Park battle it out to proceed to the next round of the Buildbase FA
Trophy. Ourselves and South Park come in at the preliminary round and already some clubs,
including Ramsgate, are already out having been defeated at the extra preliminary round stage.
Because of all the work that goes in to produce a programme I pondered on whether or not to
make this a joint programme covering today’s match and Tuesday’s Kent Senior Cup tie, but
decided against it as the Trophy games are, like the FA cup games, extra special.
This programme continues with two features that I know have gone down well, namely a continuation
of the history of programmes, which in this issue covers more substantial programmes
before the Great War, and also our very own Paul Martin continues with some fascinating stories
of his “special games”. I’ve also included details of a football exhibition at Maidstone Museum
that is made up of items from Kent. I can’t say if there is any Sittingbourne Memorabilia as
I haven’t visited yet.
I know it was a disappointment when I had to remove the club shop from the website however I
am going to partially reinstate it to sell pin badges. The badges are of good quality and they are
on sale today from me, price £3.75 and they will also be available by post (postage free) if you
order from the shop on the website.
Player sponsorship. If you have already sponsored a player for this season then please let me
know so that I can add you to the player sponsorship page. If you want to sponsor a player
then details are further on in the programme.
Finally, some local football news and I start with the surprising resignation of the Chatham Town
Manager James Collins. It’s a surprise because they sit at the top of the Southern Counties
East Premier Division. No reason for the resignation has been give. The replacement is ex
Brickie Scott Lindsay. The other big local news is that Ebbsfleet United have been fined a massive
(for a non league club) fine of £12,000 for failing to control their players over a long period
culminating in a fracas at a home game a short while ago against Aldershot. A fine like this
would be the death knell of a number of clubs that I know off.
Peter
Non League Day
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