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The official matchday programme of Whitstable Town FC £2.00 season 2019/20 Whitstable Town v Cray Valley PM Isthmian League South East Division Tuesday 17th. September 2019 Kick Off 7:45 pm WHITSTABLE TOWN FC SPECTATORS/VISITORS CONDITIONS ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE BELMONT GROUND ON MATCH DAYS ARE ONLY ADMITTED SUBJECT TO THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS. Whitstable Town FC aims to create and maintain an environment where employees, volunteers, and spectators/visitors (both home or away) can enjoy the game of football, safe in the knowledge that they are free from all forms of harassment, abuse, unacceptable or disorderly conduct. Whitstable Town FC will not tolerate Unacceptable Conduct both physical or verbal from spectators/visitors (both home or away) at Whitstable Town FC. Unacceptable Conduct is where there is:- Actual, attempted or threatened physical violence against any person or persons. Intentional damage to property. Using threatening, abusive, offensive or insulting words or conduct both verbal and non-verbal. Displaying writing or any other item which is threatening, abusive or insulting. Disorderly conduct involves any activity which stirs up or sustains, or is likely, or is designed to incite or sustain hatred or ill will against or towards individuals or groups of people because of : Gender Age Colour, race, nationality, (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origin. Membership or presumed membership of a religious group or of a social or cultural group with perceived religious affiliation. Sexual orientation Transgender identity Disability Any spectator/visitor (home or away) behaving in this way will face eviction from the ground and their actions will/may be reported to the Police. Ticket holders who conduct themselves in this manner face having their ticket immediately revoked and all spectators/visitors face the prospect of a life ban from Whitstable Town FC, All persons seeking entrance to the Ground acknowledge WHITSTABLE TOWN FC’s right to search any person and their belongings whether outside or inside the Ground and to refuse entry to or eject from the Ground any person refusing to submit to such a search. Threatening, abusive or violent behaviour, and/or foul, offensive or abusive language is strictly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground, irrespective if entry payment has been made. WHITSTABLE TOWN FC may impose a ban from the ground as a result. Causing damage to, or interfering or tampering with any equipment, furniture or fixture within the Ground will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground. Racial, homophobic or discriminatory abuse, chanting or harassment is strictly forbidden and will result arrest and/or ejection from the Ground. WHITSTABLE TOWN FC may impose a ban from the Ground as a result. Responsibility for minors (any child under 16 years) remains at all times with a parent or guardian. Should any ‘minor’ be required to leave the Ground for any of the above reasons they shall be accompanied by their parent or guardian. Should a parent or guardian not be present then the minor will be placed into the care of the Police or social services. At all times whilst present in the Ground, persons must comply with any and all instructions of any steward or officer of WHITSTABLE TOWN FC and/or by any Police officer. Failure to comply with any instructions may lead to immediate ejection from the Ground. Words from the Chairman Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Tonight, we welcome FA Vase finalists Cray Valley to The Belmont. We hope you have a pleasant stay and a safe trip back up the M2. Cray Valley have started their first season at this level very well with 10 points from their opening 5 games. In the previous programme I touched on the away trip to Chalfont St. Peter on the 28th September. Seats are available on the coach priced at £10.00. We will be leaving the Belmont at 10:00. The team could really do with your support in cheering us into the next round of the trophy and a home tie against Ware. On Saturday it was frustrating to concede such a late equaliser when it looked like we had the 3 points in the bag. Let’s see if we can get behind the team again tonight and cheer the boys over the line to secure our second home victory of the season. Up the Oysters! Steve Blacky’s Blog Good evening and a very welcome to all directors, staff and players from Cray Valley for this league match here at the Belmont tonight. Kevin Watson and myself were team mates years ago and he comes here off of the back of a fantastic season. Not only winning the SCEFL league but coming so close to winning the FA Vase. They have started their season in the isthmian very strongly and I’ve no doubt it will be a tough fixture. Saturday we entertained Hayward’s Heath and were 2 minutes away from claiming all 3 points. A very positive performance especially first half meant we were disappointed to only walk away with a point however Hayward’s Heath will no doubt be challenging for honours this season so I was pleased with our performance. Like the opening match against Sittingbourne, we limited our opponents to just a single shot on target at the weekend and that came almost immediately after having an effort cleared off the line to finish the tie off. Frustratingly for us their player punished our missed opportunity and curled a sublime finish into the top corner. These are the very fine margains that aren’t quite falling our way but I cannot praise the players enough for their work ethic and attitude. It was also pleasing to see the debut boys impress too. Marshall Wratten comes here from Dover and is an extremely talented player who did really well for us and will continue to improve with more games under his belt. The same for John Ufuah who gives us another dimension within the squad and again I was pleased with how he performed. Another excellent crowd Saturday sees our average attendance sitting above 350 and currently 2nd highest in the division. I cannot thank you enough for your marvellous support and I do hope we are able to keep that up. Producing an entertaining winning brand and style is obviously our target and one I hope you’ll enjoy. Enjoy the game. Up the Oysters Blacky Biggsie’s Banter Good Evening to you all. I welcome all from Cray Valley PM to the Belmont and hope they enjoy their visit. Have a safe journey home after the match. I felt we were unlucky not to get the three points against Haywards Heath on Saturday. We certainly missed a few chances. The team played very well, and you can see the improvement. The two new players had a good debut. We will be travelling to Chalfont St. Peter on Saturday 28th September the coach will be probably leaving the Belmont in Grimshill Road at about 10:00 am, keep an eye on the website for any updates. The cost will be £10.00 per head. I have put something in this programme regarding it but as I said watch the website. The new printer is running well and doing a good job with the programmes. Any thoughts would be most appreciated. After tonight’s game we have three away fixtures unless we draw at Chalfont then we obviously would have the re-play on the 1st. October. That would then mean another change in fixtures so keep updated with the web. Another tough game tonight so get behind the team and roar them on. Lloyd is putting together a good bunch of lads who are working well together and creating a great changing room atmosphere. That’s all for tonight except #Come on you Reds# Les The next first team home game at the Belmont is a BetVictor Isthmian League South East Division match Whitstable Town versus Three Bridges Saturday 5th October 2019 Kick-Off 3:00 pm WHO’S WHO AT THE CLUB 2019/2020 The Belmont Ground, Belmont Road Whitstable, Kent CT5 1QP Telephone Number 01227 266012 Ownership - FA Rule 2.13 WTFC Ltd is registered with Companies House as Company Number 11754078. WTFC Ltd was incorporated on 7th January 2019 as a company limited by guarantee. On the 1st June 2019 WTFC Ltd took over all the assets and liabilities of Whitstable Town Football Club which was previously a members club. As a company limited by guarantee WTFC Ltd does not have any share capital and no one person, or persons, has a controlling interest. Under the Articles of Association the management of WTFC Ltd is in the hands of a Board of Directors. President Joe Brownett Honorary Life President George Gifford Life Vice Presidents Trevor Myhill, Connie Smith, Josie Brownett, Dave Bean Chairman Steve Clayton Vice Chairman Rob Cleary Director of Operations Ron Martin Club Secretary Francesca Milne Treasurer Mike Couzens Fixture Secretaries Dawn Luton (Isthmian, Kent County and Kent Youth Leagues) Alex Goddard (East Kent Youth League) Ben Jennings (Faversham District Youth League) Registration Secretary Sarah Griffiths Club Welfare Officers Sarah Griffiths, Steve Clayton Health & Safety Officers Doug Bubb, Ben Jennings Sponsorship Andy Luton, Steve Hardy Fundraising & Events Coordinators Dave Robinson, Gary Carter, Dee Brennan, Alex Godden FA Charter Standard Coordinator Mike Couzens Director of Football Scott Porter Football Development Officer Josh Algar Club Ambassador David Weatherhead Press, Marketing & Communications Mark Cooke, Ron Martin (Website & Social Media) Officers Les Biggs (Photography & Programme Editor) Club Historian Bernie Thompson Groundsman Steve Long Kit Coordinator Brian Stokes (First Team) The FA Zero Tolerance Statement The Isthmian Football League strongly supports the recent FA Statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against racism and all form of discrimination.