Rrane Our First Game Until We Have Tried and Tested All Aspects of Facility from Playing on the Pitches to Pouring a Pint in Th

rrane our first game until we have tried and tested all aspects of facility from playing on the pitches to pouring a pint in the bar and Life President: Frank King ensuring there is hot water in the showers. This in itself will take time but get ready to move home games from Lancing by around mid Directors: season. I can't wait !! Kevin Borrett (Chairman), John Lines (CEO), Mark Butler (Finance)

David Hillier, Paul Osborn (Commercial) James Clewlow (Legal Advisor and Company Secretary), Jeff Barrett Club Committee: The above plus: Sean Bravery (chairman), Annie Raby, Mark Wells, Sam Borrett, Jeanie Charman Roger Charman, Joe Clarke, Ray Farrell, Howard Frogley, Paul Ockenden Nigel Smithers, Matt Dale, Mark Barrett, Paul Osborn HORSHAM FOOTBALL Club Secretary CLUB Jeff Barrett 07712 888980 Email: [email protected] FOUNDED 1881 Youth Secretary & Child Welfare Officer: Annie Raby 07800 922442 Email: [email protected] Health & Safety Officer: Roger Charman Major honours Programme: Mark Wells West Sussex Football Website: Mark Wells League Commercial: 1899-90, 1900-1, 1925-6 Programme advertising: Sue Bravery Email: [email protected] Sussex County League Matchday advertising: Paul Osborn 07748802424 Email: [email protected] 1931-2, 1932-3, 1933-4,

1935-6, 1936-7, 1937-8, Vice Presidents: S.Bravery, Mrs J Brittain, G Brittain, J.Dale, T.Dickinson, D.Duffield 1946-7 Mrs J.Mallard, W.Michel, D.Rick, J.Smyth, E.Stephens, Southern Combination Howie the Hornet Football League Life Members: 2015-16 Jeff Barrett, Roger Charman, Clive Edwards, Howard Frogley, Adam Hammond Sussex RUR Cup Frank King, Maureen Smith, Nigel Smithers, Ted Streeter, Eric Wright, Miss Joan Young 1900,Annie 1931, 1932, 1934 Raby, Ivan Raby, Mark Wells, John Lines (Jt), 1935, 1936,1937, Trustees: A.Baker, D.Burstow, C.Edwards, F.King 1938 (Jt), 1946, 1949

(Jt), 1951,1952, 1957 FOOTBALL 1st Team Manager: Dominic di Paola Sussex Floodlight Cup 1st Assistant Manager: Adam Westwood 1977-8, 2001-2 1st Team Coach: Jon Meeney Sussex Senior Cup Goalkeeping coach: Andy McCarthy 1934-5, 1938-9, 1949-50, InjuryTherapist: Stephanie Apps 1953-4, 1971-2, 1973-4, Kit Man: Darren Etheridge 1975-6 Youth Development Officer: Ivan Raby FA Cup 1st Round U16 Manager: Adam Hartley Coach: U13 Green Manager: Ian Scott Coach: Ellis McKay, Andrew Stowell 1947-8, 1966-7 U13 Amber Manager: Tony Massimo Coach: Steve Bridle, Aaron Coniff-Broom FA Cup 2nd Round U12 Manager: Paul Brown Coach Alex Bethell, Ross Butterfill 2007-8 U11 Manager: Sam Jones, Matt Robinson Metropolitan League 1951-2 website: www.horsham-fc.co.uk Athenian League Division Two 1969-70 Athenian League Division One 1972-3 Isthmian League Division Three 1995-6

Life President: Frank King Directors: Kevin Borrett (Chairman), John Lines (CEO), Mark Butler (Finance) David Hillier, Paul Osborn (Commercial), Jeff Barrett James Clewlow (Legal Advisor and Company Secretary)

Club Committee: The above plus: Sean Bravery (chairman), Annie Raby, Mark Wells, Sam Borrett, Jeanie Charman, Roger Charman, Joe Clarke, Ray Farrell, Howard Frogley, Nigel Smithers, Matt Dale, Mark Barrett, HORSHAM FOOTBALL Club Secretary CLUB Jeff Barrett 07712 888980 Email: [email protected] FOUNDED 1881 Youth Secretary & Child Welfare Officer:

Annie Raby 07800 922442 Email: [email protected] Health & Safety Officer: Roger Charman MAJOR HONOURS Programme: Mark Wells West Sussex Football Website: Mark Wells & Matt Dale League Commercial: 1899-90, 1900-1, 1925-6 Matchday advertising: Paul Osborn 07748802424 Email: [email protected] Sussex County League Vice Presidents: 1931-2, 1932-3, 1933-4, S.Bravery, Mrs J Brittain, G Brittain, J.Dale, T.Dickinson, D.Duffield 1935-6, 1936-7, 1937-8, Mrs J.Mallard, W.Michel, D.Rick, J.Smyth, E.Stephens, 1946-7 Howie the Hornet Metropolitan League 1951-2 Life Members: Athenian League Jeff Barrett, Roger Charman, Clive Edwards, Howard Frogley, Adam Hammond, Frank King, Division Two Maureen Smith, Nigel Smithers, Ted Streeter, Eric Wright, Miss Joan Young, Annie Raby, Ivan 1969-70 Raby, Mark Wells, John Lines Trustees: A.Baker, D.Burstow, C.Edwards, F.King Athenian League Division One FOOTBALL 1972-3 1st team manager: Dominic Di Paola Isthmian League 1st team assistant manager: Adam Westwood Division Three st 1 team coach: Jon Meeney 1995-6 Goalkeeping coach: Andy McCarthy Injury therapist: Stephanie Apps Southern Combination Kit man: Darren Etheridge Football League U23 Development manager: Bryan O'Toole Coaches: Lee Hayes, Will Searle 2015-16 U14 Amber manager: Tony Massimo Coach: Steve Bridle Sussex RUR Cup U14 Green manager: Ian Scott Coach: Andy Stowell, Rob Carter 1900, 1931, 1932, 1934 U13 manager: Paul Brown Coach: Alex Bethell, Ross Butterfill U12 manager: Ben Pugh (Jt), 1935, 1936,1937, U11 manager: Sam Jones Coach Matt Robinson 1938 (Jt), 1946, 1949 (Jt), 1951,1952, 1957 website: www.horsham-fc.co.uk Sussex Floodlight Cup 1977-8, 2001-2

Sussex Senior Cup 1934-5, 1938-9, 1949-50, 1953-4, 1971-2, 1973-4, 1975-6 The Isthmian Football League and Horsham FC strongly support the FA FA Cup 1st Round statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against 1947-8, 1966-7 racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly any forms of nd discriminatory abuse, whether it be based on race or ethnicity, sexual FA Cup 2 Round orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or other form of abuse will be 2007-8 reported to the Football Association for action by that association.

RESULTS Bostik League South East Division Table Saturday 6 October Emirates FA Cup 3rd qualifying round P W D L F A Pts Hemel Hempstead 5 Ramsgate 0 Hitchin Town 2 Hastings United 0 1 Cray Wanderers 9 8 1 26 8 25 22 Horsham 1 Poole Town 1 2 Phoenix Sports 10 6 1 3 25 20 19 3 Hythe Town 9 5 1 3 21 16 16 Bostik South East Division Ashford United 2 Three Bridges 4 4 Hastings United 6 5 0 1 17 8 15 Cray Wanderers 7 Faversham Town 2 5 Whyteleafe 8 4 3 1 15 9 15 East Grinstead Town 1 Sevenoaks Town 1 Haywards Heath Town 2 Sittingbourne 0 6 Whitstable Town 9 4 3 2 10 9 15 Hythe Town 3 VCD Athletic 0 7 VCD Athletic 9 5 0 4 12 15 15 Phoenix Sports 2 Whyteleafe 2 Thamesmead Town 3 Guernsey 0 8 Sittingbourne 9 4 1 4 15 16 13 Whitstable Town 2 Greenwich Borough 0 9 Haywards Heath Town 8 3 3 2 12 9 12

Sunday 7 October 10 Ashford United 8 3 2 3 13 11 11 Emirates FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round 11 East Grinstead Town 9 3 2 4 12 14 11 replay Lancing 0 Hendon 4 12 Faversham Town 9 3 2 4 18 22 11 13 Ramsgate 8 3 1 4 16 15 10 Tuesday 9 October Emirates FA Cup 3rd qualifying round 14 Sevenoaks Town 9 2 3 4 13 15 9 replay 15 Horsham 7 3 0 4 12 15 9 Poole Town 2 Horsham 1 16 Three Bridges 9 2 1 6 12 23 7 Bostik South East Division 17 Thamesmead Town 7 2 0 5 12 16 6 Faversham Town 1 East Grinstead Town 1 Herne Bay 2 Phoenix Sports 4 18 Greenwich Borough 7 2 0 5 11 15 6 19 Guernsey 9 2 0 7 12 24 6 Velocity Trophy 1st round Egham Town 2 Whyteleafe 1 20 Herne Bay 7 1 2 4 11 15 5 Ramsgate 0 Whitstable Town 2 Updated 10/10/18 Tonbridge Angels 3 Sevenoaks Town 0

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Greetings Martin Luther King famously had one, Joseph had many, and Swedish songsters ABBA even sang of having one. No, not a man after midnight but a dream and sadly our collective will to reach the final qualifying round of the FA Cup wasn't enough to see us through to a meeting with Haringey Borough as we went down to a narrow defeat at Poole Town on Tuesday night. Having been the better of the two sides in the second half of last Saturday's tie, and created enough chances to have put the game to bed by half- time in the replay, it is disappointing to know that we will play no further part in this season's competition but that should in no way diminish the players' achievements in recording our best run since 2013. They have provided us with many fine memories from this season's journey and a realisation that this team should fear no-one. The task now is to replicate those sort of performances in the league as we strive to climb up the table. With two games in hand on sixth-placed Whitstable, and six points to make up, it is clear how quickly an extended run of positive results can elevate a team from the also-rans to play-off contenders and with our next six matches all against sides currently occupying mid-table positions at best, our destiny is very firmly in our own hands.

But before that we have the little matter of a Buildbase FA Trophy preliminary round tie with today's opponents Ware, to whom everyone connected we extend a warm Sussex welcome to our temporary home. The Hertfordshire club currently occupy eighth place in Bostik South Central, having finished twentieth in the northern section last season, and are unbeaten in four matches after defeating Egham Town 3-1 last weekend. Three seasons ago we met at Gorings Mead in this same competition where a Tony Nwachukwu goal was all that separated the two sides so everything points to another closely-fought battle this afternoon. Presiding over events today is referee Tristan Greaves and his assistants Luke Fabry and Stephen O'Neill, with a special mention for club chairman Kevin Borrett and Domino's Horsham & #HFCYU13 for kindly agreeing to sponsor the match and matchball respectively.

With plenty of good things to talk about on the pitch, there is a risk of overlooking the very important news off it in respect of our new ground. Rather excitingly, the foundations for the clubhouse have been laid this week and the stands are nearing completion ahead of moving in in time for the start of next season. If you haven't already done so, I would urge you to visit our dedicated stadium website at www.stadium.horsham- fc.co.uk for all the latest images.

Today marks the fifth year of Non-League Day in which those who have not yet discovered the magic of lower league football can take advantage of a free weekend for the Premiership and Championship sides by paying their local club a visit. So if you are one of those who would normally spend their Saturday afternoons watching the likes of Brighton, Arsenal, Spurs or Chelsea, we hope you like what you see here today and hope that we can persuade you to visit us again. Prostate Cancer UK are again giving their backing to NLD and there are details of how you can support this very important cause, further in this programme.

If today's match finishes all square after ninety minutes, we will replay at Wodson Park on Tuesday otherwise we have a rearranged league match at Thamesmead Town on Wednesday, who play at Dartford's Princes Park stadium (both matches will ko at 7.45pm). Then we're back here next Saturday for a local derby with East Grinstead Town. Your support at both these matches will be very much appreciated.

Before I end these notes, I would like to pay tribute to all those supporters who not only braved the awful elements here last Saturday to cheer the team on but also to the many who made the long midweek trip down to the Black Gold Stadium on Tuesday. One comment I read on social media was that you were the loudest and most passionate fans to visit Poole's ground in a long time and I know that your commitment and backing was very much appreciated by all the players.

Finally, congratulations to goalkeeper Josh Pelling who made his one hundredth appearance for the club in last weekend's match with Poole and joins team-mates Charlie Farmer and Joe Shelley in the centenary club.

Mark

From the boss

Good afternoon everyone and let's hope we're in for a rather drier afternoon than we experienced here seven days ago. The conditions made it an impossible game for both teams and it was just a case of battling to the end and seeing whether we might nick something. Control was difficult and there wasn't much good football on display from both sides, in fact not much of anything really. I can't complain at the result as I didn't think we did quite enough to win it but you always get the sense that you've got to do the business in the first match when you're playing a team from a higher league. On Tuesday we looked a bit nervy in the opening ten minutes or so but then it was a relatively even half, with them having the possession but us causing them problems on the counter-attack. We went one up and could have been two or three up before we gave away a rubbish goal, right at the end of the half. If we'd have held on until half-time, and got that second goal, then I'm convinced we would have gone on to win because Poole weren't as fit as us. But those are the fine margins that can make all the difference when you play a higher team. Their 'keeper gets the slightest contact to tip Rob's effort on to the bar and then it bounces down and just over Harvey's head. Their winning goal is a cross into the box that bounces around, clips someone's heels, and falls for their player who strikes it through a crowd of players and under Pells. If Chris Smith was available, we'd have gone through. Other players have their own skills but Smudge is a proven goalscorer and someone like that is priceless so we were definitely weaker without him.

It was disappointing but I've got to be pleased with the fact that, for a game and a half, we were the better side despite not being able to field our strongest side in either game. I can't fault anyone's effort because they all left absolutely everything on the pitch, which was shown when we didn't do our usual warm down at the end of a match because the lads had nothing left. We're not the finished article yet but we've shown now that we can compete with the better sides and I think that only Hastings have out-footballed us this season so we're going in the right direction. If we can keep this side together, and make a few additions, we won't be far away and that bodes well for the future. We've got a really good group of players now and you've only got to look at Tuesday to get a measure of how much they want to play for the club. One took the afternoon off sick so he could play, another risked losing his job by coming along after he was refused the time off, and Dylan even went straight to work after he go back at two in the morning to work on the railways. There is a real togetherness, not only between themselves but with the supporters and I know they tweeted the fans to thank them for getting behind them on Tuesday. Another example is Dean and Macca, neither of whom did anything wrong on Saturday yet made no fuss when I put them on the bench on Tuesday. When you consider that it takes some of the players two hours just to get to training, you get some idea of the attitude of this group and that’s a real testament to them all.

So the FA Cup run may be over but we have an opportunity to make strides in another big competition today when we face Ware. They're in decent form at the moment so we know we have to show the same levels of intensity that we have done over the last few weeks if we're going to be in the hat for the next round. On the player front, Lewis is now available for selection again after gashing his head at Bury but we'll probably be without Smudge for another couple of weeks with what we hope is just a tweaked ligament. Lee Harding is due to have the cast taken off his wrist on October 26th and although he's fit to play, he's not allowed to in case of infection. The only other one definitely unavailable this weekend is Joey Taylor, who has been called up again to represent Montserrat in the CONCACAF Nations League, which is a terrific opportunity for him but now opens the door for someone else to come in.

Enjoy the game

Dom

MATCH REPORT

Horsham 1 Poole Town 1 Emirates FA Cup 3rd qualifying round Saturday 6th October 2018 Poole's Richard Gillespie took less than two minutes to make his mark in this Emirates FA Cup tie, nipping in ahead of Josh Pelling to head a right-wing cross past the ‘keeper and inside his near post. Yet Horsham almost hit back immediately when the battling Tyrell Richardson-Brown set up James McElligott, whose effort flew over the bar. Luke Roberts then went close to doubling Poole’s lead when he collected a pass and skipped past Steve Metcalf before drilling a left-foot shot wide of the near post. The heavy rain and accompanying wind made conditions difficult for both sides and Gillespie might have had cause to blame the wet surface when he lost his footing when looking set to put the visitors two up, having taken a couple of touches too many. Poole continued to carve out the better of what few goalscoring opportunities there were and Steve Metcalf had to clear a header off the line from a corner..

Horsham's best chance of finding an equaliser came from a tremendous Richardson-Brown cross that caused havoc at the far post where neither Jack Brivio nor Will Hoare could scramble the ball in. George Hayward then passed up a shot by electing to pull the ball back to towards the penalty spot, rather than shoot, before former Portsmouth midfielder Jez Bedford displayed some fancy footwork that took him away from Metcalf to set up Sam Griffin for a chance that he curled over the bar from the edge of the area.

Despite the visitors enjoying the better of the first half, you sensed that Horsham were far from out of this contest and so it proved when, a minute before the break, McElligott and Joey Taylor combined to force a corner from which Joe Shelley rose highest, in typical fashion, to head the ball down, over the covering defender, and into the opposite corner for the equaliser.

The weather abated briefly at the start of the second half but there was little of note in the opening quarter of an hour, save for the introduction of Charlie Harris and Rob O’Toole for Hayward and McElligott and the surprising replacement of Gillespie by Steve Devlin. Full-back Jordan Alawode-Williams wasted an early chance when he lashed Dylan Merchant’s underhit clearance wide of the target and Corby Moore was even more profligate when Harris was dispossessed and the ball ricocheted beyond the Horsham defence. As Pelling raced out of his box, he was left exposed by the spin of the ball but Moore overhit the ball as he attempted to go round the ‘keeper and Dean Lovegrove was on hand to clean up.

Richardson-Brown struck a decent low shot that Poole ‘keeper Luke Cairney needed to watch carefully to prevent it from slipping under his body as the sweeping rain returned and then Hoare blazed a great effort just beyond the far post, following good approach play by Lovegrove and O’Toole. Horsham nerves were jangling when Devlin met a free-kick only to head wide of goal with a quarter of an hour remaining.

Richardson-Brown was withdrawn in favour of Harvey Sparks for a final ten minutes in which the Hornets twice went close to claiming a famous victory. First a terrific pass by Brivio sent Sparks racing away but, he was forced to shoot early and was inches away from finding the bottom corner. Poole did have the ball in the Horsham net, three minutes from time, but Moore’s shot was disallowed for a foul on Shelley before Brivio and Sparks combined once more with the substitute hitting a tremendous rising shot that only just cleared the crossbar. It was a rousing end to an enthralling match.

Horsham: Josh Pelling, Steve Metcalf, Joey Taylor, Joe Shelley, Dean Lovegrove, Dylan Merchant, Will Hoare, George Hayward (Charlie Harris,56), Tyrell Richardson-Brown (Harvey Sparks,79), Jack Brivio, James McElligott (Rob O'Toole,56) Poole: Luke Cairney, Jordan Alawode-Williams, Josh Leslie-Smith, Sam Griffin, Jamie Whisken, Carl Pettefer, Jez Bedford, Corby Moore, Richard Gillespie (Steve Devlin,58), Marvin Brooks, Luke Roberts (Richard Gilot,80) Referee: Paul Johnson Att: 355

MATCH REPORT Poole Town 2 Horsham 1 Emirates FA Cup 3rd qualifying round replay Tuesday 9th October 2018 Tuesday night proved to be a game too far for the Hornets in this season's FA Cup as they succumbed to two goals in six minutes, either side of half-time, to bow out at Poole's Black Gold Stadium. The sizable contingent of travelling supporters, who helped generate a good cup tie atmosphere, were almost silenced on seven minutes when some lovely interplay between Poole's Richard Gillespie and Luke Roberts ended with the former firing well wide of goal. But they had plenty to sing about on thirteen minutes when some sloppy defending from the Southern Premier Division side let in Rob O’Toole who collected, turned and picked out the unmarked Harvey Sparks who guided the ball low into the bottom corner from the corner of the box. The Hornets had a fine chance to double their lead, three minutes later, when a wonderfully floated free-kick was sent into the box but Jack Brivio was unable to keep his free header down and the ball flew well over the bar. Poole were posing a threat going forward and Horsham were made to work hard to keep them side at bay, with a towering headed clearance by Joe Shelley and Josh Pelling beating away a fiercely driven shot, while Steve Metcalf’s superbly timed sliding challenge dispossessed the energetic Luke Roberts as he bore down on goal. Corby Moore’s rising effort then cannoned off the roof of the stand behind the goal but Horsham continued to enjoy the better chances with two glorious opportunities to extend their lead passing them by in as many minutes. The first came via the pace of Tyrell Richardson-Brown, who pulled the ball back for O’Toole only for the striker to fail to make contact and a defender's timely interception prevented Sparks from putting the ball into the empty net. A minute later, Richardson-Brown and O’Toole combined once more with O'Toole's fearsome strike glancing off the keeper's face and onto the crossbar with the rebound bouncing just over the head of Sparks, who was waiting to capitalise. From a close escape at one end to a goal at the other when a cheaply conceded free-kick was swung in for Dolphins captain Jamie Whisken to head into the net.

The hosts needed just five minutes of the second half to take the lead. Despite Horsham having survived an initial scare when Gillespie shot well wide from Jordan Alawode-Wiliams’ cross, the visitors failed to clear their lines from Poole’s next attack and Corby Moore lashed the ball low and straight at Pelling, with the pace of the shot was too much for the Hornet’s shot-stopper to deal with as it ricocheted off his body and into the net. Horsham attempted to muster up a response, with an ambitious attempt by Richardson- Brown who tried to curl in from distance, but the shot was comfortably claimed by Luke Cairney. Poole had a super chance to finish off the game when Gillespie managed to get clear and square for an unmarked Jez Bedford, who had the ball bravely nicked off his toes by Pelling as he tried to go round the 'keeper. Both teams began to visibly tire as the game entered its final moments, with chances becoming more limited. Sub Steve Devlin’s blast over the bar was the closest the hosts went, while Horsham had a chance late on to take the game to extra-time when they won a free-kick from a dangerous position some twenty- five yards out. Having scored from a similar position from a similar position against Carshalton Athletic to begin Horsham’s FA Cup run, Charlie Harris looked to repeat his magic and despite rifling a wonderfully taken effort around the wall and towards the back of the net, it was kept out by a remarkable save by Cairney, who did incredibly well to palm the ball away with an outstretched fingertip save.

There were groans from the home supporters at the indication of an additional seven minutes of stoppage but Poole were able to safeguard their narrow lead to send the Hornets' fans back home, proud of their team’s exploits but ultimately ruing the cruelty of football.

Horsham: Josh Pelling, Steve Metcalf, Joey Taylor, Charlie Harris, Joe Shelley, Dylan Merchant, Will Hoare, Jack Brivio (Dean Lovegrove,76), Rob O'Toole, Tyrell Richardson-Brown, Harvey Sparks (James McElligott,85) Poole: Luke Cairney, Jordan Alawode-Williams, Josh Leslie-Smith, Sam Griffin, Jamie Whisken, Carl Pettefer (Steve Devlin,45), Jez Bedford, Corby Moore, Richard Gillespie (Ollie Balmer,89), Marvin Brooks, Luke Roberts (Jack Dixon,67) Referee: Robert Ablitt Att: 381 A Cup 3rd Qualifying Round draw in full

Bostik South East Division round-up Phoenix Sports bounced back from their defeat here against the Hornets to move into second place in the table after collecting four points from their next two matches, against Whyteleafe and Herne Bay respectively. Against Whyteleafe on Saturday it needed an eighty-ninth minute leveller from Jack Barry to rescue a point after Eddie Dsane, with a penalty, and Dan Hector six minutes from time had cancelled out Zak Bryon's forty-fourth minute opener for the hosts. Hector might have won it for Leafe in a frantic finale when his stoppage time header came down off the underside of the crossbar. There was another late goal for the Sports on Tuesday night when they poured more misery on bottom side Herne Bay with a 4-2 victory at Winch's Field in a match that yielded seven bookings and a red card for Bay's Bradley Schafer. This time Barry gave Sports the early advantage only for it to be cancelled out by Tom Carlton before half- time and it took a spot kick by Ashley Probets to restore the lead, with Lee Bird adding an astonishing third goal from forty-five yards. Jake Embery gave the hosts hope from the penalty spot, four minutes from time, before Alfie Aldridge settled things with a late fourth for Sports.

Cray Wanderers remain the team to beat as they took their goal tally to twenty-six in just nine matches with a 7-2 thrashing of mid-table Faversham Town at the weekend. The hosts were four goals to the good before Michael Jenner pulled one back for the visitors on the stroke of half-time, Barney Williams, Junior Dadson (two) and Freddie Parker doing the first-half damage for the Wands. Parker added a fifth after the break, to which Ashley Miller replied, but then Ben Mundele restored the four goal advantage with Parker completing his treble with still more than twenty minutes remaining. With Hastings United in FA Cup action, Hythe Town warmed up for today's Buildbase FA Trophy tie with FC Romania by seeing off VCD Athletic 3-0 at Reachfields to move into third place, with the league's leading scorer Zak Ansah helping himself to a brace, the first from the penalty spot ten minutes before half-time. Although VCD were the more dangerous in the second half, two goals in three minutes secured the points for the Cannons with Jack Sammoutis claiming the final goal from an Ansah 'assist'. In-form Whitstable Town made it seven games unbeaten when they overcame Greenwich Borough 2-0, thanks to second half goals from Stuart West and Stephen Smith but Sittingbourne's hopes of moving into the play-off places were dashed by a Haywards Heath side that seems to have found its feet after their promotion from the Southern Combination League last season. Former Hornet Karl Akehurst scored for the fourth successive match, adding to Melford Simpson's first half opener in a 2-0 win at Hanbury Stadium.

Fellow Sussex side East Grinstead Town are also in good form and moved into eleventh on Tuesday night when extending their unbeaten league run to five matches with a 1-1 draw at Faversham, where both goals came in the final nine minutes. Daniel Carrington thought he'd given his side all three points when he netted for the hosts only for Mitchell Chapman to pop up with an eighty-sixth minute leveller in what was a repeat of the Wasps' scoreline at home to Sevenoaks Town three days earlier. Again, Grinstead had to come from behind after William Johnson-Cole scored his third goal in as many games, only to concede the penalty from which George Landais netted the equaliser on the stroke of half-time. Ashford United continue to struggle and, on Saturday, became only promoted Three Bridges' second victims of the campaign, going down 4-2 at home. It took just eleven minutes for Ibby Akanbi to give Bridges the lead, that was doubled when Tom Carlse slid the ball into his own net, but Sam Corne gave the home fans someth ing to cheer when he reduced the deficit before the break. But a serious of missed opportunities cost the Nuts & Bolts dearly when Mason Doughty and Akanbi again, in the final minutes, made the game safe for the visitors to render Corne's second of the match at the death an irrelevance.

Guernsey slipped to second bottom after a 3-0 loss at fellow strugglers Thamesmead Town with a performance labelled by the islanders' boss Tony Vance as 'unacceptable'. On what was the Green Lions' 350th competitive match, they rarely got going as goals by Tariq Ossai, Trey Williams and Richard st Pacquette enabled Town to leapfrog their opponents with a first win since September 1 .

Bostik South East interest in the Emirates FA Cup is over after Horsham, Hastings United and Ramsgate all bowed out at the third qualifying round stage. Backed by around one hundred travelling supporters, Hastings went down 2-0 at Evo-Stik League South Premier Central side Hitchin Town while Ramsgate were well beaten at National League South Hemel Hempstead, who ran in five unanswered goals.

Today's opponents

WARE

The Club was founded in 1892 and although first called Ware Town, soon changed its name to plain Ware FC. This unassuming title makes it probably the shortest named affiliate of the Football Association and has caused problems for programme editors and journalists ever since. In fact, the Club has been anything but unassuming. It has held senior status from its very beginning, entering the Herts Senior Cup for the first time in 1893, and winning the cup on the first of five occasions in 1899 with a 2-1 win over Hitchin at St Albans. By this time Ware had been instrumental in founding the East Herts League and had won its championship on two of the three times it had been competed for. The club was to win it five more times before moving on to the North Middlesex League in 1907 and then also to the Herts County League in 1908. The Championship of the latter came that season in a three-way Year formed: 1892 play-off against St Albans City and Welwyn. After the First World War the Club gained a league and cup Current ground: double with a second Herts County League Championship and a fourth Wodson Park, Ware Herts Senior Cup win in 1922. The scenes in Ware when the team Previous leagues: returned with the Senior Cup tell us something about the hold that football had on local loyalties at the time. The local paper reported that East Herts League, North "Large crowds awaited the return of the special train to Ware, Middlesex League, Herts everybody being in high spirits. The Cup was marched through the town County League, Spartan in front of a cheering throng." Indeed, it was later recalled that the cup League, Delphian League, was taken through the town on subsequent nights and that stops were Athenian League made outside public houses where it was charged with beer before Isthmian League champions: being drained by the crowd. Shortly after this, Ware joined the Spartan League in which they Division Two: 2005/6 were to enjoy several successes, winning the Division 2(B) Spartan League champions: Championship in 1926, Division 1 in 1951 with the highest "goals for" 1952/53 total ever achieved by a club in the Spartan League, and the Premier Division in 1952. In these later years the Club also made significant Herts County League: progress in the old Amateur Cup meeting many famous sides on the 1908/9, 1921/22 way. One of these was Hendon, against whom Ware drew their largest Best FA Cup run: attendance of 3,800 in the 1st Round in January 1957. First round 1968/9, 2007/8 Moving on to the Delphian and then Athenian League, Ware enjoyed another successful period. Two promotions, two league cup Best FA Trophy run wins and two reserve championships paved the way for progress in the 3rd qualifying round: 1979/80 FA Cup. In this Ware reached the First Round proper for the first time in Best FA Vase run: 1968 when they travelled to the then Third Division side Luton Town. The opposition had a 100% home record but the game was scoreless Fourth round 2002/3 with 30 minutes to go before a judicious substitution broke the Last season: stalemate and left Ware beaten 6-1 at the final whistle. In these 20th Isthmian League North successful circumstances it was not surprising that Ware pressed for entry to the expanding Isthmian League. This was achieved for season Manager: Paul Halsey 1975/76 and they have maintained their place at that level ever since. Last match: This is thanks most recently to their Division 2 Championship season of Egham Town (h) 2005/6 under manager Glen Alzapiedi which carried them into Division 06.10.18 Won 3-1 1 just before Division 2 was disbanded. Alzapiedi's side brought further (won on pens) distinction with another FA Cup First Round appearance in 2007 which saw a narrow home defeat against Kidderminster Harriers in front of 2,123 spectators, a record for the current ground at Wodson Park. Before that a tenth Herts Senior Cup Final in 2001 and another in 2008 have emphasised the club's long history and continuity. Ware is the first of only three possible candidates to appear in this final in three separate centuries, evidence that it is still one of the county's leading clubs. League form has varied in recent years and after a disappointing period in the 2017/8 season John Dreyer took over as manager. With fortunes improving John stepped aside and his assistant Paul Halsey has taken over the managerial reins.

Buildbase FA Trophy Preliminary Round draw in full

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The Horsham fanzine, 25 years on

Horsham supporters are a patient and loyal lot, known for their appreciation of good football and unique sense of humour. Some might say, of course, that patience and humour are pre-requisites for following the Hornets but season 1993/94 stretched the patience of two loyal fans to the limit. They set about producing their own monthly magazine that, while taking an irreverent look at events on the pitch, also aimed to shake the club out of its perceived complacency. This month marks twenty-five years since Horsham's very own fanzine, Supporters' Scene, was unleashed upon the Horsham public – at this very venue – so what better time (other than for the Phoenix match on October 2nd, the actual anniversary, but I forgot to include it!) than to take a look back at the circumstances surrounding this rebellious act?

Manager John Yems was looking forward to his first full season in charge and claimed that “if it all clicks into place, we’ll have a good season” as he anticipated the months ahead. However, just six wins in forty games saw his side finish rock bottom of the league, some twelve points adrift of second-bottom Flackwell Heath, prompting Yems to walk out on the club before the season’s end. The humiliating spectacle of heavy Sussex cup defeats against Portfield and Langney Sports did nothing for supporters’ spirits and crowds were diminishing. But it wasn’t just on-field failures that upset the supporters, frustrated that their Club had been unable to build on the good work of two years earlier when Horsham had been challenging for promotion and taken Crawley Town to an FA Cup final qualifying round replay.

Lack of funds, and the faint promise of a ground relocation, meant a reluctance to make improvements to the Queen Street ground, leaving supporters with pretty sorrowful surroundings in which to watch their football. The club had no merchandise to sell, no shop to sell it in, and the matchday programme was, arguably, one of the worst in the division. The colourful, professional-looking cover contrasted the drab interior that provided very little interest for the outlay of sixty-five pence – one of the costliest programmes in the division. However, the final straw came after lady chairman, Maureen Smith, publicly labelled sections of the disenchanted Horsham supporters as ‘loudmouths’, following a dismal home defeat against Tring Town that saw supporters verbally abusing their own players.

Pete Tanner and Ben Maher had been following the Hornets since the 1980’s and had become as disillusioned as their peers at the plight of the club that they both loved and realised that drastic measures had to be taken to shake Horsham Football Club from its slumbers. The late 1980’s and early 1990’s had seen the introduction of the so-called supporters’ fanzine – a publication issued by the supporters for the supporters and was particularly prevalent around the professional league circuit although rarely seen at non-league level. These magazines were generally produced at low expense with humour and statistical content in equal measure as an alternative to the glossy club programme that was fast becoming an advertising tool rather than an entertaining read for the football fan. Viewing this medium as the perfect way of getting their message across, Pete and Ben got to work and so it was, on October 2nd, 1993, that Supporters Scene was born.

Introduced at Horsham’s FA Vase tie at Lancing, the first issue was distributed free of charge, such was Tanner’s desire to reach as large an audience as possible. Crudely, yet effectively, constructed the fanzine announced itself as being ‘dedicated to all football supporters who enter the gates at Queen Street and endure 90 mins of consistency that can only be compared to a weather forecast, and pay 65p for a glossy advert booklet with a teamsheet’. Perhaps predictably, the afternoon ended in another miserable defeat at the hands of the County Leaguers, arguably the perfect backdrop against which to launch the fanzine.

Supporters’ Scene began by appealing for investment in a satellite (or satalite in the days before spellcheck became part of our everyday lives!) TV system for the Queen Street clubhouse in a bid to help boost income for the club. An amusing summary of the previous weekend’s trip to Cheshunt made for light-hearted reading and Maher’s knowledge of the non-league scene was evident in his excellent summaries of the Diadora League. Add to that a statistical page, a profile of popular first team player Andy Wright and travel details for Horsham’s forthcoming fixtures and we had a publication fit to rival the official club programmes generally offered at Horsham’s level. Of course, it was never Pete and Ben’s intention to produce a rival to that put out by Hornets programme editor Maurice Shevlin, more their way of making club officials pay attention to what they felt the supporters really wanted.

And, boy, did they pay attention! Shevlin took exception to what he interpreted as a personal attack on him and quit the club and Tanner was subjected to a series of public humiliations by club officials with both he and Maher threatened with bans.

Many a man would have thrown up his arms in despair at the insular reaction adopted by the Horsham officials but not Tanner and Maher. Taking the comments on their collective chins, they set to work on Issue Two, encouraged by the favourable response from their fellow supporters. However, things were already beginning to change behind the scenes at Queen Street with a new programme editor, Adam Hammond, appointed and Alan Russell tasked with re-establishing the club shop. Maureen Smith had read the fanzine, that had even been given column inches in the West Sussex County Times, and sensibly taken notice of what it was trying to achieve.

November’s edition was rolled out for the visit of the division’s surprise package, Feltham & Hounslow, and, having waited impatiently for this second issue, supporters were only too keen to part with their cash this time. At fifty pence, it represented an appealing alternative to the regular, yet vastly improved, matchday publication. Once again, Maher had provided an in-depth look around the Diadora League as well as delving into the news stories from around the non-league pyramid. There was the rarity of a report on a Horsham victory, against Leighton Town, a profile of Paul Harris and an account of Tanner’s exhaustive efforts to get to Lancing in time for October’s FA Vase tie. There was even a ‘Critics Corner’ in which the duo reviewed the standard of programmes for Horsham’s October fixtures in which Portfield came out bottom with a paltry one out of ten and Lancing top with an excellent nine. Adam Hammond’s own efforts were given a middle of the road five. Oh well, from little acorns…..

Tanner and Maher were encouraged by the progress being made off the pitch yet even they would have been amazed at the surprising turn of events that saw Tanner invited to serve on the club’s committee. At long last, the Horsham officials realised the benefit of having a representation of the club’s supporters involved in the future of Horsham Football Club.

Although now ‘on the inside looking out’, Tanner continued to assist Maher in producing the fanzine and December’s issue was adorned with a seasonal image in which Father Christmas was seen to be reading a wish list from John Yems. Items covered in this festive edition saw the lads examine the pros and cons of joining the County League (a frequent subject of conversation with a number of supporters at the time), a look around the Sussex football scene and an appraisal of promising defender Micky Ndah. The campaign for a satellite system at Queen Street continued unabated although the only progress seemed to be that the spelling had now improved! Supporters Scene also echoed Hammond’s passionate appeal for fans and local businesses to aid Horsham through sponsorship. At the beginning of December, the match programme listed a mere six entries against players’ kit sponsorship, four of those coming from club officials, and matchball sponsorship was virtually unheard of. Maher also suggested, under the pseudonym of ‘Fifth Columnist’, that the Football Club’s directors make themselves known in an attempt to ‘demystify’ the Club.

By the time the fourth and final issue was produced, in February 1994, Tanner’s position at the Club had meant that his involvement with Supporters Scene would be limited to just a brief opening statement in which he gave thanks to those that had supported the magazine before handing over sole responsibility to his partner in crime. Maher, who had had to increase the cover price to cope with the costs of printing more issues such was the growing popularity of the fanzine, went on to produce a bumper forty page edition packed full of facts and figures, a mid-season review of Diadora Division Three, and, amongst other items, features on the new club shop and the Hornets’ long-serving defender Mark Chaplin. It was an impressive way to bow out with the fanzine carrying more reading content than many non-league programmes of even this modern era.

Sadly, Horsham ended the season with a sixteen match winless run that left them rooted firmly to the bottom of the entire Diadora League yet player sponsorship had increased, the now excellent match programme contained the names of many local firms who wished to become associated with the town’s premier club and the club shop had raised enough money to help finance the purchase of a satellite TV system for the clubhouse. Maher and Tanner would have been proud! And so should we all at the way in which two supporters took it upon themselves to undertake a personal campaign to bring Horsham Football Club into the twentieth century.

2018/19 Player Sponsorship Scheme launched We are delighted to announce that Horsham FC is now running a player sponsorship scheme for the 2018/19 season. For just £50, supporters will be able to sponsor a player of their choice (subject to availability) and in addition to the warm glow of satisfaction you’ll get from keeping a Horsham player fully kitted out in the yellow and green for the season, you’ll also have:

 - Your name in the list of player sponsors in match programmes  - Your name on the player’s profile on the Club’s website  - An opportunity to have your picture taken with the player you sponsor  - An invitation to a special sponsors’ event at the new Hop Oast stadium (once open)

Should your chosen player subsequently leave the Club, you will have the choice of sponsoring any other available player, or your sponsorship could transfer to whoever replaces him. To sponsor a player (or a member of the management team) this season, please email Paul Osborn at [email protected], call Paul on 07748802424, or speak to any Committee member at a game. Name Position Sponsor Dominic Di Paola Manager Clive Williams Adam Westwood Assistant Manager Neil Richmond Jon Meeney Head Coach Andy McCarthy Goalkeeping Coach Jimmy Punter Coach Steph Apps Physiotherapist Darren Etheridge Kit Man Clive Williams Jack Brivio Midfielder Howard Frogley Charlie Farmer Defender Lee Harding Midfielder Neil Clarke Charlie Harris Midfielder George Hayward Midfielder Will Hoare Midfielder Lewis Hyde Defender #TB3 and Horsham FC U13 Squad Dean Lovegrove Defender Harrison Jones James McElligott Defender Dylan Merchant Defender Steve Metcalf Defender Rob O'Toole Forward Cathy Snow Josh Pelling Goalkeeper Steve Snow Tyrell Richardson-Brown Forward Paul Osborn Joe Shelley Defender Sean Bravery Chris Smith Forward Harvey Sparks Midfielder Joey Taylor Defender Mark Wells Horsham Football Club fixtures 2018/19 Date Opposition Comp F-A Att Scorers Pos 11 Aug SITTINGBOURNE LGE 1-2 195 Smith 14 18 Aug Sevenoaks LGE 2-1 166 Shelley, Harding 9 21 Aug Haywards Heath VT 5-2 112 O'Toole, Richardson-Brown, Landais, Smith 2 - 25 Aug Carshalton Athletic FAC 1-0 274 Harris - - 27 Aug HAYWARDS HEATH LGE 4-5 240 O'Toole, Boswell, Richardson-Brown, Smith 13 01 Sep Whyteleafe LGE 1-3 196 Hyde 13 04 Sep Bracknell Town VT 1-3 175 O'Toole - 08 Sep Corinthian FAC 1-1 118 OG - 12 Sep CORINTHIAN FAC 5-0 124 Harding, Shelley, O'Toole, Smith, Brivio - 15 Sep HERNE BAY LGE 1-0 148 Smith 12 22 Sep HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS FAC 4-3 162 Metcalf, Shelley, O'Toole, Smith - 25 Sep Hastings United LGE 0-2 479 14 29 Sep Bury Town FAT 2-1 270 O'Toole, Richardson-Brown - 02 Oct PHOENIX SPORTS LGE 3-2 122 Hayward, Hoare, Brivio 14 06 Oct POOLE TOWN FAC 1-1 355 Shelley - 09 Oct Poole Town FAC 1-2 381 Sparks - 13 Oct WARE FAT 17 Oct Thamesmead Town LGE 20 Oct EAST GRINSTEAD LGE 30 Oct Ramsgate LGE 03 Nov Ashford United LGE 10 Nov GREENWICH BORO' LGE 17 Nov VCD ATHLETIC LGE 24 Nov Three Bridges LGE 01 Dec WHITSTABLE TOWN LGE 08 Dec Hythe Town LGE 15 Dec CRAY WANDERERS LGE 22 Dec Haywards Heath LGE 01 Jan GUERNSEY LGE 05 Jan Faversham Town LGE 12 Jan WHYTELEAFE LGE 19 Jan Phoenix Sports LGE 26 Jan RAMSGATE LGE 02 Feb East Grinstead Town LGE 05 Feb HASTINGS UNITED LGE 09 Feb VCD Athletic LGE 16 Feb THREE BRIDGES LGE 23 Feb Whitstable Town LGE 02 Mar HYTHE TOWN LGE 09 Mar Cray Wanderers LGE 16 Mar Greenwich Borough LGE 23 Mar ASHFORD UNITED LGE 30 Mar SEVENOAKS LGE 06 Apr Sittingbourne LGE 13 Apr Herne Bay LGE 20 Apr FAVERSHAM TOWN LGE 22 Apr Guernsey LGE 27 Apr THAMESMEAD TOWN LGE

Home matches in CAPITALS KEY: LGE – Bostik South East Division, VT – Velocity Trophy, FAC – FA Cup, FAT – FA Trophy

2018/19 Career totals First team stats Apps Subs Goals Apps Goals Jack Brivio 5 4 2 9 2 Charlie Farmer 2 1 187 21 Lee Harding 9 1 2 10 2 Charlie Harris 12 2 1 18 2 Jack Hartley 1 3 42 3

George Hayward 8 4 1 12 1

Will Hoare 15 1 1 16 1

Adam Hunt 58 1

Lewis Hyde 8 1 80 9

Scott Kirkwood 85 9

Dean Lovegrove 9 2 15 0 James McElligott 10 1 11 0 Dylan Merchant 3 1 4 0 Steve Metcalf 13 2 91 8 Rob O'Toole 14 1 6 27 12 Josh Pelling 16 101 0

Tyrell Richardson-Brown 8 7 3 15 3

Joe Shelley 12 4 104 29

Chris Smith 7 4 7 11 7

Harvey Sparks 2 4 1 6 1

Joey Taylor 10 1 11 0

Horsham FC – on this day, 1998: A teenage Gary Charman made his debut as a late substitute to help Horsham beat Wokingham 7-0 at Queen Street. Germain Amanuel opened the floodgates on twelve minutes and Ochea Ikpa made it two when his header hit the crossbar and was adjudged to have crossed the line. Scott Thornton scored the third from twenty yards and Andrew Mitchell made it four by half-time, having seen an earlier effort ruled out for a foul on the ‘keeper. The goal rush continued into the second half when Martin Lempriere converted a penalty and Amanuel added a sixth from a cross from Mitchell, who bagged the final goal eight minutes from time to record only Horsham's second win in seven league matches. Match sponsors 2018/19

Horsham Football Club would like to thank all this season's match & matchball sponsors 11.08.18 Sittingbourne Kevin Borrett Dennis Strudwick 27.08.18 Haywards Heath John Lines Howard Frogley 12.09.18 Corinthian Jeff Barrett Ray & Caroline Farrell 15.09.18 Herne Bay Mark & Angela Butler Nigel Smithers 22.09.18 Heybridge Swifts Sean Bravery & Mark Barrett Sam Borrett 02.10.18 Phoenix Sports Tanbury Garage Blue Stragglers 06.10.18 Poole Town Martin Frogley & Paul William Arnold Matt Dale 13.10.18 Ware Kevin Borrett Domino's Horsham and #HFCYU13 20.10.18 East Grinstead Matt & Jack Dale In memory of Roy Wells 10.11.18 Greenwich Borough David Hillier Matt Dale 17.11.18 VCD Athletic Alan Keary Dennis Strudwick 01.12.18 Whitstable Town HISC HISC 15.12.18 Cray Wanderers Horsham FC Committee Lyla Maj Clarke 01.01.19 Guernsey Horsham FC Stewards Dennis Strudwick 12.01.19 Whyteleafe Neil Richmond & Co Sean Bravery 26.01.19 Ramsgate Holly Osborn Pete Tanner 05.02.19 Hastings United Watson Associates Mark Barrett 16.02.19 Three Bridges Simon Edwards Consultancy Jack Everley 02.03.19 Hythe Town Paul Arnold HISC 23.03.19 Ashford United 'Patricia' Rae Mark Barrett 30.03.19 Sevenoaks Town Tanbury Garage Saint Agnes 20.04.19 Faversham Town Jim Rae Oscar Kent 27.04.19 Thamesmead Town Monksgate Business Services Dennis Strudwick

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Non-League Day

For many of us today is no different to any other Saturday. The same pre-match rituals were had, the same pub visited and the same turnstile entered. But today is also the eighth instalment of Non-League Day, an initiative setup by James Doe where Non-League clubs can showcase the lower-league game to supporters of Premier League and Championship clubs, in particular. The day is always scheduled within an international break to give these fans a chance to experience some Non-League action at a club local to them. Doe initially setup NLD as a social experiment in 2010 but now it is an eagerly anticipated date that football fans look out for when the fixtures are released. Its success has stemmed from the superb backing Non-League sides have given it as well as from the ones in the top-flight, and of course the new and old supporters! In a bid to increase attendances on the day, many clubs reduce ticket prices or put on offers for Football League or Premier League season ticket holders but also organise a host of extra activities for all ages. In 2014, a crowd of 2,856 watched Dulwich Hamlet take on Hampton & Richmond while the following year 761 fans saw the Step 5 London derby between Clapton and Ilford. Premier League and Championship clubs have supported the initiative by advertising local fixtures that their supporters can take in. It is believed the day has helped raised millions of pounds for the Non-League game and plenty for charity too. Prostate Cancer are once again NLD’s official charity partner and we urge you to please support their campaign if possible. Kick It Out, who have been lobbying for equality in football for 25 years, have partnered with NLD for a seventh time. Seven teams will be dedicating their fixtures to football’s equality and inclusion organisation – Worksop Town, Southport, Tamworth, Sporting Khalsa, Edgware Town, Kensington Borough and Burgess Hill Town have chosen to recognise Kick It Out’s work by organising extra activities throughout the day to encourage engagement with a diverse range of communities. So, please embrace NLD and show off everything that we love about Non-League football. For the newcomers: welcome and thank you for supporting the day, your contributions will make all the difference to these clubs. We hope to see you again next year… or sooner!

Leading men's health charity Prostate Cancer UK are proud to be the official charity partner of today's Non-League Day for a fifth year.

Prostate Cancer UK reach out to supporters and players at all levels of our national game to help turn the game around for men. By teaming up with Non-League Day, this provides a great platform to raise vital funds for more ground-breaking research to help provide dedicated support and information to men and their families and make prostate cancer a disease the next generation of men need not fear.

On board with Non-League Day for the fifth time, Prostate Cancer UK raised £15,000 last year as more than 50 clubs joined the fight against the deadliest opponent of all. Today is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever! Clubs from across the non-league pyramid have all signed up for Men United as we join forces to give prostate cancer a real beating in a jam-packed day of activity.

This year has already been boosted by Vanarama - the van hire firm and title sponsor of the National League has changed its name to Manarama and have been donating £50 to Prostate Cancer UK for every lease since September until today. To reflect its commitment to this fundraising drive, they have pledged to raise £150,000.

The impact of Non-League Day throughout the country today is hailed by James Beeby, Director of Fundraising at Prostate Cancer UK. James said: “We stand together in our quest to change the game for men and their families and the grassroots game is the perfect platform to do this. The money raised will fund ground-breaking research to help fight this disease and the awareness generated across the length and breadth of the country will be vital in helping stop prostate cancer being a killer’’. Text BADGE to 70004 to donate £5 to help stop prostate cancer being a killer (and get your own Prostate Cancer UK Man of Men pin badge to wear with pride). Find out more about Prostate Cancer UK’s work in football by visiting their website: https://www.prostatecanceruk.org/football

Town Hill 12.Burgess 11.Whitehawk 10.Molesey Town 9.Hertford United Mitcham & 8.Tooting

Guernsey Guernsey 7. United Ashford 6. Town 5.Whitstable Invicta 4.Folkestone 3.Margate Town Bar 2.Potters Angels Tonbridge 1. U23 Development League Our print deadline has prevented us from commenting about Thursday night's home Bluefin Development League match versus Burgess Hill Town. Full details about this and, hopefully, next Thursday's match versus Thamesmead Town will be featured in next Saturday's programme.

NEXT MATCH

Horsham v Thamesmead Town Thursday 18th October 2018 Bluefin Development League South kick-off 7.45pm @ Oakwood FC, Tinsley Lane, Crawley RH10 9AT Admission £3 adults, £2 U16s

200 Club winners

Congratulations to the following winners of October's 200 Club draw: 1.David Rogers No 52 £100

2.Richard Harris No 14 £40

3.Bryan Wicks No 12 £20 There are a handful of numbers still available so if you would like to be included in our monthly prize draw, and stand the chance of winning up to £300, for as little as £2.50 per month, please speak to a committee member today or email [email protected]

Half-time quiz – Bostik League grounds

Name the Bostik League sides that play their home matches at the following grounds:

1. Longmead Stadium 2. Pakex Stadium 3. Hartsdown Park 4. The Fullicks Stadium 5. The Belmont Ground 6. Homelands Stadium 7. Footes Lane 8. KNK Stadium 9. Hertingfordbury Park 10. Walton Road 11. The Enclosed Ground 12. Green Elephant Stadium Answers at foot of previous page Bluefin U23 Development League fixtures 2018/19

Date Opposition Co F-A Scorers Att 20 Aug Lewes mpLGE 1-4 Craddock 70 04 Sep Ramsgate LGE 1-5 Mulopo 31 13 Sep HASTINGS UNITED LGE 1-7 Daramda-Martin 31 19 Sep TOOTING & MITCHAM LGE 0-2 27 27 Sep CRAY WANDERERS LGE 2-6 Chadwick, Lovegrove 35 02 Oct Molesey LGE 1-4 Kaboggoza 26 11 Oct BURGESS HILL TOWN LGE 18Sep Oct THAMESMEAD TOWN LGE 25 Oct Sittingbourne LGE 01 Nov MARGATE LGE 07 Nov Herne Bay LGE 15 Nov CARSHALTON ATHLETIC LGE 21NovOct Nov Three Bridges LGE 29 Nov LEWES LGE 06 Dec RAMSGATE LGE 10Decv Dec Hastings United LGE 14Nov Jan Tooting & Mitcham LGE 23 Jan Cray Wanderers LGE 31 Jan MOLESEY LGE 07 Feb Burgess Hill Town LGE 11 Feb Thamesmead Town LGE 21 Feb SITTINGBOURNE LGE 26 Feb Margate LGE 07 Mar HERNE BAY LGE 11 Mar Carshalton Athletic LGE 21 Mar THREE BRIDGES LGE

Home matches in CAPITALS All home matches will be played at: Oakwood FC, Tinsley Lane, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 8AT (ko 7.45pm) Admission: £3 adults, £2 U16s

Down with the kids – a round up from Horsham Youth

After their visit to a soggy Lancing to cheer on the senior side last Saturday, the lads from Horsham’s youth squads were delighted to see glorious sunshine for their latest round of matches on Sunday.

The U13s welcomed Chichester City Greens to Southwater for this fourth match of the league campaign. Chichester caused the yellows some issues during the early exchanges but the Hornets ‘keeper and defence stood firm. With Finley Duneclift out wide he found himself cutting in from the right, slipping the ball across the six yard box to Joe Sherwood who fired in for the home side. This move calmed the yellows down and the passing started to cut Chichester open. Finley worked wide to cross in for Horsham skipper Luke Harrison to bundle the ball home, 2-0. On the stroke of half-time Nathan Jones slipped the ball wide for Finley to play the ball back to Frankie Mills, who fired a fine left foot shot into the bottom corner to make it 3-0 to Horsham at the break.

The second half saw changes but this did not stop the Horsham flow. Luke played Nathan through to steer the ball past the Chichester keeper and, from the restart, the Hornets applied good pressure with Jasper Butterfill finding George Southall-Nash who slotted home for the yellows’ fifth goal. Further changes allowed Chichester to take advantage of the initial confusion and grab a consolation goal but, with only a few minutes left, Jack New played a clever ball through the Chichester defence for Stan Berry to grab another Horsham goal, securing the game with a 6-1 victory.

Manager Paul Brown added “we unfortunately did not get our warm-up routine working well and this seemed to show as the boys were slightly off the pace early on. But with a switch of sides from our wing- backs, we started to control the match. Finley was superb on the right side, setting up the three first half goals. From there we controlled the game and were comfortable, even with the changes we made, so overall the coaches and I are very happy.”

Elsewhere the U11s were in Emerald Cup action at Worthing United and put in a performance to match their smashing new kit, sponsored by Horsham Golf, putting seven goals in the onion bag. Will Keeling scored after only two minutes and doubled his tally later on before a Harry Long penalty made it 3-0 at the break. Dan Baxter made it four then Will completed his hat-trick with Worthing pulling a goal back only for the Hornets to score twice more before the end.

The U12s had an early start at home to Worthing Dynamos in the Arun & Chichester League, before next week’s County Cup tie, and enjoyed a terrific second half in which they turned a 2-2 half-time scoreline into a sparkling 8-2 success with Sonny Barton helping himself to four goals and Harry Lawson three, with Luke York getting the other, to put the Hornets top of the table. Neither of our U14s were in competitive action on Sunday but the Amber hit double figures in a friendly away to Lancing, returning home 15-0 victors.

Introducing Alex Bethell (U13s coach) Works: Courtney Green Favourite food: Spaghetti Bolognaise Favourite music: Motown Favourite Premier League club: Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool Favourite film: Bad Boys Favourite TV programme: Only Fools & Horses

Alex is looking for the lads to maintain their division A status in their first season of eleven v eleven football

Forthcoming matches: Sunday 14th October U11 v Worthing Minors (h) Emerald Cup U12 v Worthing United (a) Sussex County Cup U13 v Bognor Regis Town (h) Arun & Chichester League Division A U14 Green v Felpham Colts (h) Arun & Chichester League Division A U14 Amber v Chichester City (a) Arun & Chichester League Division A

On this day….

1972 A chartered Uruguayan Air Force plane crashes on a glacier in the remote Andes. Among the forty-five people on board were nineteen members of a rugby team heading from Montevideo to the Chilean capital Santiago. Three crew members and more than a quarter of the passengers perished in the crash, with several others quickly succumbing to the cold and injuries. The Chilean Air Search and Rescue Service was notified within an hour that the flight was missing and four planes searched for the wreckage until dark. Having concluded the aircraft had come down in one of the most remote and inaccessible areas of the Andes, they called on the Andes Rescue Group of Chile but on October 21st the group concluded there was no hope and terminated the search, hoping to find the bodies in the spring when the snow melted. Having discovered a small transistor radio jammed in between the seats of the crashed flight, the survivors learnt that the rescue mission had been aborted on their eleventh day on the mountain. They had extremely little food and, despite rationing, stocks ran out after a week so the group tried to eat parts of the airplane like the cotton inside the seats and leather, which made them sicker. Ultimately, facing starvation and death, the group survived by eating flesh from the bodies of their dead comrades. A small number of the fittest survivors went in search of help and, on December 22nd, two helicopters carrying search and rescue personnel finally reached the survivors, bringing the last sixteen survivors off the mountain. The tales of cannibalism divided public opinion, with some horrified and others sympathising with the group for finding themselves in such a morally-testing situation. The incident was recounted in the 1993 film Alive, in which one of the survivors served as technical adviser.

2010 Thirty-three miners are rescued from a Chilean mine after spending sixty-nine days trapped 2,300 feet underground. The Copiapó mining accident

began on August 5th with a cave-in at the San José copper mine in northern

Chile, owned by the San Esteban Mining Company, a company notorious for operating unsafe mines. A group nearer the entrance escaped but the second group were trapped deep inside as a thick dust cloud caused by the rock fall

blinded the miners for as much as six hours. Initially, the trapped miners tried to escape through ventilation shafts but the ladders required by safety codes were missing and a second collapse proved to hamper rescue attempts. Exploratory boreholes were drilled in an attempt to find the miners but out-of- date mine shaft maps complicated rescue efforts and several boreholes drifted off-target. Eventually, after more than two weeks of trying, a boring drill was withdrawn and a hand-written note was discovered attached to it declaring "We are well in the refuge the 33". As the drama unfolded to a global audience, video cameras were sent down the borehole and found most of the men in good spirits and reasonably healthy, thanks to careful rationing that enabled their two or three days' worth of supplies to last for two weeks. Delivery of food and medication was sent down in the ensuing days, with help even provided by a team from NASA as the miners' situation was likened to that of astronauts who spend months in the International Space Station. A number of different solutions were mooted to rescue the stricken men before it was decided to construct steel capsules that could be sent down drill holes to bring the miners up to the surface one-by-one. The rescue effort to retrieve the miners began on October 12th and was dubbed Operation St Lawrence after the patron saint of miners. Eventually, more than twenty-two hours after

the process had begun, the last of the survivors was brought out to tearful reunions with gathered friends and family. The frantic and intrusive media

scrum that followed prompted one of the rescued miners to comment "I've had nightmares these days but the worst nightmare is all of you."

My first time

Today's trip down Memory Lane comes courtesy of Martin Farhall, who was among the bedraggled spectators at last weekend's FA Cup tie with Poole Town.

"I’d started trying to remember my first game because I’m almost at my fiftieth season of watching non- league football - exclusively Horsham for the first twenty or so. To pinpoint the actual game required a bit of detective work because, at the age of six years and seven months, not much registers. And those involved in my first excursion to Queen Street are sadly no longer with us.

The day began with a family gathering at my grandparents’ house. My aunt was over from Canada. Sometime after lunch my grandad was off to football. He happens to be Peter Farhall, at the time a committee member and was to become a life member. If you have a copy of the programme from the Horsham versus Swindon FA Cup tie in 1966, check him out on the back page. You will also spot a youthful Frank King. Grandad got permission from my parents to take me but what do I remember about this momentous day? The short answer is 'not a lot'! I definitely remember the start. I had to ask why the opposition were applauding Horsham onto the pitch (“guard of honour” was a technical term for a later date). 'Because we’ve won the league' my grandad informed me. And apart from being vaguely aware that we lost, and that it didn’t actually matter, that is the extent of the memory.

That scrap of information was easily enough to track the game down, thanks to the HFC archives. I knew we were Athenian League Two champions because I went to Athenian League One games for my first few seasons. So my first game was watching the 1969/70 Division Two champions. Click on that season in the archives and up come the matches. The penultimate league game was Saturday 18th April versus Leyton, a 2-1 defeat. The archive confirms that Horsham were champions before kick-off, due to Edmonton only drawing in midweek. My memory was right! But remember that I said earlier that not a lot registers at six years and seven months? Horsham were actually presented with the Championship trophy at the game – and I can’t remember it at all!

The fiftieth anniversary of my first game will be in 2020 and is a Saturday, obviously at the end of the season. You never know, it might just involve another trophy presentation".

MATCH REPORT: Athenian League vice-chairman Freddie Bell came down to present Horsham with the Division Two championship trophy and had to watch only their second defeat of the season! Leyton took the lead on fourteen minutes when Jimmy Murray's shot deflected past Dai Mason off Wilf Hugill. George Wakeling then set off on a mazy run before crossing for Barry Steer to equalise before later heading one off the line with Mason beaten. Murray made the winner for his side when he wriggled past two defenders before passing for left-half Hott to crash the ball past Mason and, try as they might, the Horsham players couldn't find a way past the unbeatable Partridge in the closing Horsham Leyton stages. Dai Mason B Partridge Rodney Ralfe C Davenport John West J Quilter Wilf Hugill H Murray George Wakeling A Williams Barry Steer K Hott Don Hollands T Jenkins John Ford J Murray Roy Osborne D Mulqueen

Jimmy Bean L Harvey Tex Wiltshire M Cooper

HORSHAM WARE

Amber & Lincoln Green Blue & White

Josh Pelling Anthony Page Steve Metcalf Harry Norman James McElligott Billy Baird Joey Taylor Joshua Oyibo Lewis Hyde Louis Rose Joe Shelley Gareth Madden

Dylan Merchant Ben Hart Dean Lovegrove Junior Brown

Charlie Harris Leigh Rose George Hayward Albert Adu Will Hoare Dave Cowley Chris Smith Jack Daveney Rob O'Toole Harley Haag Tyrell Richardson-Brown Bradley Frasier Jack Brivio Callum Taylor Jack Hartley John Frendo Harvey Sparks Charlie Farmer

Referee: Tristan Greaves Assistant Referees: Luke Fabry & Stephen O'Neill

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