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MIDDLESEX COUNTIES LEAGUE DIVISION CENTRAL1 EAST& 2 PM SATURDAY 5TH JANUARY 2019 AT THE STRAY DOG A5 Clapton CFC.qxp_Layout 1 18/09/2018 11:20 Page 1 CLAPTON COMMUNITY FC WE ARE THE CLAPTON N O P A S A R A N GMB Union are in full support of the fan-owned Clapton Community Football Club and wish them a successful first season 2018/19 Warren Kenny Penny Robinson Regional Secretary Regional President #WeAreTheClapton www.claptoncfc.co.uk www.gmblondon.org.uk JOIN ONLINE GMBLondonRegion www.gmb.org.uk/join @GMBLondonRegion A5 Clapton CFC.qxp_Layout 1 18/09/2018 11:20 Page 1 CLAPTON COMMUNITY FC WE ARE THE CLAPTON N O P A S A R A N WELCOME WE ARE CLAPTON CFC Matchday Magazine No. 7 GMB Union are in full support of the fan-owned 2018/19 Clapton Community Football Club and Happy New Year to you all and welcome wish them a successful first season 2018/19 to the new look Stray Dog with our brand new scaffold stand (more on Warren Kenny Penny Robinson page 6) for the first game of 2019 as Regional Secretary Regional President we take on FC Star. #WeAreTheClapton www.claptoncfc.co.uk If you’ve ever had dreams of owning a football club, you’ve come to the right place. With your first year of membership, you get a £1 share in the club and you can join our committees, www.gmblondon.org.uk keep our club going, and vote on JOIN ONLINE GMBLondonRegion important issues. www.gmb.org.uk/join @GMBLondonRegion Enjoy the game. C’mon you Tons! A WORD FROM THE GAFFER First and foremost, we would like to wish all our members and supporters a Happy New Year. We would like to thank you for all your support since the summer of 2018 and hope that 2019 will be a prosperous one for you. It was a disappointing end to the year for us with the home defeat against Ealing Town considering the start we had in the game and the chances to really to kill off the game at 1-0. We can talk about missed chances but conceding four is never acceptable, especially at home. There are no real excuses from us as they were more clinical on the day and played the conditions slightly better. We start the new year with three very tough fixtures which could set up our season, starting today with FC Star London. They have made a steady start from the games they have actually competed in, having had a delayed start due to international clearance issues. It’s vital we build some form of momentum going into the Stonewall and London Samurai games. The work began on Wednesday at training, to make sure we’re more solid. 4 MEMBERS MEETING 30th January 2019 - 7-9pm Durning Hall Community Centre Earlham Grove, London E7 9AB In preparations for next month's general meeting, we've produced some guidance on how to submit a proposal for the general meeting, based on lessons that we've learned from last time. We're anticipating that we'll have a lot to get through at this meeting, We've suggested a timeline below if you have any submissions, but please feel free to get in touch if you've got any queries etc beforehand. 14th January Deadline for proposals for the 30th January General Meeting. The board will work with those making proposals to make sure that they're as clear as possible, request any further information, etc. 23rd January Proposals to be sent out to members, alongside a final agenda for the meeting To learn more about becoming a member and be involved in the club, visit https://membermojo.co.uk/ccfc 5 NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS New temporary stand for 2019 The stray cats of the Stray Dog A colony of stray cats who had been living at the Stray Dog have been rescued and rehomed before Christmas. Supporters had noticed the feline friends hanging out behind the goal at the far end at home games and during clean-up sessions. It turned out kind-hearted neighbours and staff at Matchday Centre had been feeding them – just 1 or 2 at first, but the colony quickly grew and grew. There were increasing concerns for the cats as the nights started to get colder, darker and wetter. So in October, we called Cats Protection. Their volunteer Claire first checked they weren’t owned by any nearby residents. They were then all taken away, neutered, vaccinated, defleaed and dewormed. Happily all eight of them have settled into new homes in time for Christmas – including two who have returned to live permanently with neighbours. So you may still see them popping back to the Stray Dog now and then. Clapton CFC members and supporters now have a roof to keep the rain off after the new temporary stand at the Stray Dog was installed. The 20m x 3m structure was fitted to the right of the dugouts at our temporary home just before the Christmas period. Up to now, spectators have been reliant on gazebos, umbrellas and hoods to keep dry after a run of unseasonably rainy weather. The next stage will be to add boxes to provide steps so people at the back can see over the heads of those at the front. The decision to install the temporary stand came after a full members vote with 89% of respondents voting yes. As a temporary structure, all materials can be-used and moved to another ground, should we decide as members to relocate the club. NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS 6 NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS Loads of Fun — being a Young Ton Hello, I hope you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. My name is George and I'm 10. I've been supporting Clapton for half my life and it's great to be a member of Clapton Community FC. It is fantastic to see more and more kids turning up at games and becoming part of the Clapton CFC family. When I started supporting Clapton (five years ago) there was a We also try and find family friendly pubs when we go to away small group of children known as "The Footy Ultras". We made games. It's great at the start and end of the season when the banners to support the team and did bucket collections for weather is better and we can play in pub gardens - I even got charities, including a food bank which had been broken into to play football against our goalkeeper, Vlad. and had all its food stolen (we raised £450!). We did a cake sale which raised over £150 and we helped collect toys for We help operate the scoreboard, and always celebrate with the Newham Christmas Toy Appeal. We would love to do all the team when we win - it's really fun! of this and more and maybe even have a new name which we could vote on. We're hoping to have a Kids Corner at the Stray We've got lots of plans, but it would be great if we could get Dog soon where we can all hang out together! some more mums and dads to help out and start up a junior supporters group - if you're interested in getting involved, or At Clapton CFC we have already started children activities by just want to know what we're up to, send an email to entering the Supporters Direct Christmas Card Competition, [email protected] and we'll be in touch. which had children from fan-owned clubs across the UK enter - I won it! Come on you Tons! Today's Cover Art Today's amazing cover is by The Sporting Press. Check out their work over at instagram.com/the_sporting_press If you want to design a cover for one our programmes this season, email us at [email protected] or via Twitter or Instagram. NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS 7 REPORT: CLAPTON CFC 1 EALING TOWN 4 In farcical circumstances, the game almost didn’t happen at all... PHOTO Annu Mayor 8 15/12/2018 LEAGUE Clapton slumped to a heavy defeat at home to Clapton hotshot tried to casually slot it under the Ealing Town, in brutal December weather. keeper but an Ealing defender managed to get back onto the line to clear. The result means they go into the new year placed seventh in the league, albeit with games in hand on After that great chance, Clapton’s grip on the game those above them. completely slipped away. In farcical circumstances, the game almost didn’t The West London side were playing with a speed happen at all. and skill with which the Tons were struggling to cope. Above all, their deadly finishing made the difference. The away side’s kit somehow went astray on its way to the Stray Dog, failing to arrive by kick off. When it On 20 minutes, Jordan Rocca beautifully curled did finally show up, there was no time to complete a the ball over Bendovskyy from the angle of the box full game before darkness fell. to equalise. Ten minutes later, Emile Libock broke through with a nice one-two and slotted in (to make Clapton CFC were entitled to take the win by default, the score one-two).