Official Matchday Programme | £2 RAMS REVIEW Vs. ROCHESTER UNITED Saturday 26th March 2016 | Kick-Off 3pm Volume 4 No. 20
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16-18 match reporTs 4 view from the field - ASHFORD UNITED,GREENWICH 5 manager’s mutterings BOROUGH & DEAL TOWN 6 bench sponsorship 20 PLAYER SPONSORS
9 MATCH SPONSORS 22 MATCHES AT MAYFIELD 23 ON THE ROAD - CORINTHIAN & 10 visitor history - ROCHESTER UNITED GREENWICH BOROUGH 12 APPEARANCES 24 man iN THE middle - JACK OWEN 13 TABLE ACADEMY 14-15 FIXTURES & RESULTS 25 26-27 under 18’s
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PETER SMITH
Good afternoon and a very happy Easter to you all. We extend a very welcome to our match officials. We also extend a warm welcome to all connected with Rochester United FC. We hope your enjoy your short stay with us and have a safe journey home.
Well we’ve reached our penultimate home game in our debut season in the Southern Counties East League. Where has the season gone? My Dad always told me that as you got older time went quicker, I thought he was daft but his words were true and as I grow older time does indeed go faster.
Well if we look back on the season I’m sure there will be fluctuating feelings. This season was always going to be about consolidation. Everyone connected with “The Rams” had worked very hard for three seasons to gain promo- tion. I know that Ant and his team have worked tirelessly to achieve that goal. That having been achieved they worked even harder to remain where we found ourselves. I remember when the fixtures were published I felt we’d got a tough start, three teams who the previous season had finished in the top 7. Well we started by taking 4 points from those three games, I believe it gave us the impetus to believe we could compete at this level.
If you look at the league table apart from Hollands & Blair and Greenwich Borough at the top and Holmesdale at the bottom anyone can beat anyone. It is all very close. We sit 9th at the moment with 41 points, 10 points below 3rd place Lordswood but also only 13 points above second bottom Croydon. A victory here a defeat there and you can move up and down the table like a youngster playing Snakes and Ladders. It makes it interesting.
One of the problems with only one promotion place is that you can become safe too early and then the games almost become pointless. Some would say that play-offs may be the answer, but at our level it’s difficult to have play-offs. Promotion is not straightforward. There are ground gradings to start with and then you never know where you’ll be put. Take ourselves last season. We win promotion from the CCL Division One and should have been playing now in CCL Premier Division but because of relegation and such like the FA Leagues Committee moved us to SCEFL. Oh well, we’ll just have to grin and bear it.
I’ve enjoyed this season. Meeting new people, visiting new grounds plus we’ve got the Croydon Derby. I look for- ward to next year as it’s no longer a step into the dark and we know we can compete.
Enjoy the game, get behind your team and for “The Rams Army” see you on 16th April for our last home game this term.
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ANTONY WILLIAMS
Good Afternoon All,
Welcome to today’s game against Rochester United. May I take this opportunity to welcome all our guest’s this afternoon. Firstly the match official’s and all those connected with Rochester. I hope you enjoy your stay with us and have safe return trips home this evening.
I am writing these notes before our game at Erith on Tuesday evening, hopefully we will have stopped the rot after two successive defeats. In our last home game we were blown away by a very good Greenwich side; 6-0 was harsh on us as it seemed everything they hit went in. We had chances but failed to take any. They had done their homework on us and to be fair to them gave us a lot of respect by setting up to stop our threats. The game plan they had worked very well and that extra bit of quality they had across the park definitely showed on the day. I am sure they will go onto win this league, although we still have to go down there and hopefully give a better account of ourselves. Prior to that game we had been on a good run and we had hoped to get back to winning ways with the long trip to Deal. Failure to take our chances, especially first half meant we ended up losing the game. A very poor game of football on a difficult pitch and I have to say some questionable decision’s by the man in the middle meant a long trip was wasted and we left with nothing, losing 2-0.
I have to apologise for my ill-discipline that day, I can on occasions get too involved with the game, that being said some of the decisions for both teams were very questionable, perhaps my questioning of him that day were a bit too loud and this led me to being removed from the technical area.
We will go again on Tuesday against Erith Town, a side we haven’t played yet hoping to return to winning ways, we really want to finish the season as strong as possible, a top 8 finish is achievable and if that happens we will have given a very good account in our maiden season in this division.
I hope you all enjoy the game, see you in bar. Cheers.
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APRIL 2016
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ROCHESTER UNITED
ly Spartans FC at the end manship award. They were pro- which was called Kent Invicta Foot- of season 2011/12 decid- moted to Division 3 where they ball League. Bly had a very good ed to change its name to finished 4th the following season. season winning the league and the Rochester United FC after To enable the club to progress ap- challenge cup in its inaugural sea- winning the new Kent In- plication was made for the Reserve son. Bly was promoted to the Kent Bvicta Football League and being side for the KCFAL, which was ac- Hurlimann League. Further chang- promoted to the Kent Hurlimann cepted and were put into Reserve es to dressing rooms and officials League. Division West. room have been made as well as a 200 seater stand erected (still to Bly Spartans was formed in 1982 by Season 2006/7 the first team came have roof on it) and concrete foot- the now President and Chairman. runner up to Orpington in Divi- path down one side of the pitch, They were entered in the Sunday sion 1 West and also won the ‘Bill other work to be finished by March Medway Football League and over Manklow’ Inter-Regional Challenge 2012/13. the years they progressed though Cup beating Bearsted in the final the league and finally reaching 2-1. In season 2007/8 the first team Rochester United started it’s first the Senior Division. In 1992/3 moved to Division 1 East, which season in the Kent League very and 1993/4 they played in the All they won. They also won the Flood- well, being in the top half of the England Sunday FA Cup reaching light Cup, Les Leckie Cup reached table up till Christmas 2012, after the last 32 on the first attempt. In the final of the ‘Bill Manklow’ Inter- that a bad run of lost games fol- 1997/8 season they left the Sun- Regional Challenge Cup, which lowed and ending the season fin- day League and applied for The they lost to Fleet Leisure 2-1 and ishing fifth from bottom. Rochester and District League and at the beginning of the season lost were accepted to play in the first to Holmesdale in GR Roofing Final. The new 2013/14 season the Division season 1998/9 winning Promoted to Premier Division, in league changed it’s name to South- Division 1 and being promoted season 2008/09 finishing just below ern Counties East Football League. to Premier Division. At the end of mid table. The club are pushing on with fin- season1999/2000 they applied for ishing work to the remainder of entry into the Kent County Foot- Since being in the Kent County the footpath around the pitch, and ball League and were accepted for Football League the club has made the completion of roof to seating Division 3 West. Over the next two improvements to the ground and stand, the club have now received seasons they finished 2nd in Divi- changing facilities. The clubhouse the OK from Football Stadia to sion 3 and 2 and were promoted to has been altered and changing erect the fence behind the bot- Division 1 West. rooms improved. In the grounds tom goal. Also a paybox has been eight floodlight columns have bought and will be incorporated In season 2002/03 the club entered been erected around the pitch into the new fence. During the a Reserve side in the Medway Mes- and completed and ready for use closed season the club completed senger Sunday Football League by mid season 2010/11. In season outstanding works and were given Combination Division. The team 2011/12 a new league was formed their ground grading so that in won the league undefeated, also in Kent and Bly were invited to be season 2014/2015 they are able to winning League Cup and Sports- one of the clubs to join the league, enter The FA Vase for the first time.
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Last 6 Games DWWLLD DDWDWL League Position 7th 13th Record F51 A54 PTS42 F37 A60 PTS33 Clean Sheets 8 4 Highest Home Attendance 121 v Tunbridge Wells 107 v Herne Bay Leading Scorer Raheem Sterling-Parker (19) Regan Payne (7) 3-1 v Beckenham Town & Erith Best Victory 5-1 v Holmesdale & Belvedere
LAST MEETING Saturday 26th September 2015 ROCHESTER UNITED 1 AFC CROYDON ATHLETIC 1 Burnett, Benn, Coleman, Cumber, Fleming, J Martin, Nelson (Henry), Pearson, Blake [1], Penfold (Wilson), Sterling-Parker (Ward)
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2015/16 TOTAL GOALS Starts Subs Total Starts Subs Total 15/16 Total 1 Enzo Benn 9 1 10 34 2 36 1 2 Louis Blake 17 13 30 35 39 74 8 25 3 Alex Bolt 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 Daniel Burnett 37 1 38 76 1 77 5 Louis Chin 2 0 2 9 6 15 1 6 Daryl Coleman 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 Danny Cumber 36 0 36 128 1 129 3 16 8 Gavin Dilley 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 Sampson Djimah 16 0 16 16 0 16 1 1 10 Freddie Flemming 27 0 27 27 0 27 3 3 11 Jack Guilford 11 2 13 13 2 15 2 3 12 Liam Harwood 20 0 20 20 0 20 13 Chris Head 4 0 4 50 1 51 14 Jovaun Henry 8 17 25 8 17 25 3 3 15 Jack Higgins 30 1 31 30 2 31 4 4 16 Lee Jansen 27 3 30 104 9 113 6 43 17 Nathanial Jones 1 0 1 17 13 30 2 18 Mohammed Kamara 0 1 0 19 Calum Maclean 11 4 15 28 15 43 1 4 20 Jordan Martin 24 0 24 93 1 94 3 14 21 Tony Martin 27 3 30 119 3 122 2 7 22 Haydn Mclean-Hayles 0 6 6 0 6 6 1 1 23 Marco Mwanza 1 0 1 1 0 1 24 Craig Nelson 13 3 16 13 3 16 2 2 25 Danny Patterson 0 1 1 0 1 1 26 Jamie Pearson 9 5 14 9 5 14 27 Danny Penfold 14 4 18 108 9 117 2 45 28 Tom Penson 8 0 8 8 0 8 29 Dean Rose 1 0 1 1 0 1 30 Rommell Simmonds 0 1 1 0 1 1 31 Josh Smith 25 5 30 49 4 53 1 3 32 Raheem Sterling-Parker 27 9 36 27 9 36 19 19 33 Edmund Walker 1 3 4 20 19 39 3 34 Gus Ward 11 4 15 11 4 15 1 1 35 Bradley Wilson 16 16 32 16 16 32 2 2
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2015/16 P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Greenwich Borough 30 21 6 3 106 47 59 69 2 Hollands & Blair 30 21 5 4 103 34 69 68 3 Ashford United 29 19 5 5 81 36 45 52* 4 Lordswood 30 13 12 5 48 37 11 51 5 Corinthian 28 12 9 7 56 45 11 45 6 Sevenoaks Town 30 12 8 10 50 45 5 44 7 AFC Croydon Athletic 31 12 6 13 51 54 -3 42 8 Beckenham Town 29 11 9 9 59 64 -5 42 9 Cray Valley PM 27 12 5 10 45 46 -1 41 10 Canterbury City 29 11 4 14 44 48 -4 37 11 Crowborough Athletic 29 9 9 11 53 68 -15 36 12 Deal Town 29 10 5 14 58 63 -5 35 13 Rochester United 30 8 9 13 37 60 -23 33 14 Erith Town 27 9 5 13 42 60 -18 32 15 Erith & Belvedere 30 8 7 15 46 56 -10 31 16 Fisher 31 8 6 17 34 70 -36 30 17 Tunbridge Wells 30 8 5 17 48 58 -10 29 18 Croydon FC 29 7 7 15 30 48 -18 28 19 Holmesdale 28 2 8 18 35 87 -52 14
* Ashfor d United deducted 10 points. Correct at time of print on Wednesday 23rd March 2016.
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Programme (26/03/16 Rochester United).indd 13 23/03/2016 08:49 BENN BLAKE CUMBER DILLEY HEAD FLEEMING GUILFORD HENRY HARWOOD DJIMAH BOLT CHIN BURNETT DATE OPPOSITION COMP RES ATT Sat 8th Aug Erith & Belvedere SCEFL W 3-0 111 • • • • • • • Tues 11th Aug Beckenham Town SCEFL D 3-3 140 • • • • • • • • Sat 15th Aug Horsham YMCA CUP L 0-2 212 • • • • • • Sat 22nd Aug Ashford United SCEFL L 1-2 93 • • • • • • • •
Sat 5th Sept Bexhill United CUP W 0-2 - • • • • • • Wed 9th Sept Fisher SCEFL W 3-0 85 • • 1 • • 2 • Sat 12th Sept Crowborough Ath. SCEFL L 1-0 96 • • • • • Sat 19th Sept Tunbridge Wells SCEFL W 3-2 121 • • • • • • Tues 22nd Sept Beckenham Town SCEFL L 2-6 73 • • • • • 1 • Sat 26th Sept Rochester United SCEFL D 1-1 45 • • 1 • • • •
Sat 3rd Oct Hollands & Blair CUP W 0-3 - • • • • • • Wed 7th Oct Holmesdale SCEFL L 5-2 38 • • • • • • Sat 10th Oct Hollands & Blair SCEFL L 0-4 106 • • • • • • Wed 14th Oct Cray Valley PM SCEFL D 1-1 35 • • 1 • • • • • Sat 17th Oct Kent Football United CUP W 4-2 34 • • • • 2 Wed 21st Oct Croydon FC CUP L 0-3 71 • • • • • • • Sat 24th Oct Canterbury City SCEFL W 0-1 61 • • • • Sat 31st Oct Beckenham Town CUP D 2-2* 73 • • • • • •
Wed 4th Nov Beckenham Town CUP L 6-3* 145 • • • • • • • 1 Sat 7th Nov Deal Town SCEFL D 0-0 93 • • • • • Tues 10th Nov Corinthian Casuals CUP L 2-0 - • • • • • • Sat 28th Nov Erith & Belvedere CUP L 3-1 - • • • • • •
Sat 5th Dec Canterbury City SCEFL L 0-1 68 • • • • • • Wed 9th Dec Corinthian SCEFL L 1-2 57 • 1 • • • • • Sat 12th Dec Sevenoaks Town SCEFL W 1-0 49 • • • • 1 • • Sat 19th Dec Lordswood SCEFL L 1-2 61 • • • 1 • • • • Sat 26th Dec Croydon FC SCEFL W 1-2 86 • 1 • • • •
Sat 9th Jan Sevenoaks Town SCEFL L 0-1 83 • • • • • • • Sat 16th Jan Crowborough Ath. SCEFL W 4-1 81 • • • • • • Sat 23rd Jan Tunbridge Wells SCEFL W 1-4 182 • 1 • • • • • Sat 30th Jan Cray Valley PM SCEFL L 3-4 61 • • • • 1 • •
Sat 6th Feb Hollands & Blair SCEFL L 1-0 49 • • • • • • Sat 13th Feb Erith & Belvedere SCEFL W 0-2 20 • • • • • • Sat 20th Feb Holmesdale SCEFL W 5-1 70 • 1 • • 1 • • • Mon 29th Feb Fisher SCEFL D 1-1 86 • 1 • • • •
Sat 5th Mar Croydon SCEFL W 2-1 91 • • • • Tues 8th Mar Ashford Utd SCEFL W 3-4 153 • • • 1 • • Sat 12th Mar Greenwich Borough SCEFL L 0-6 90 • • • • • • Sat 19th Mar Deal Town SCEFL L 2-0 98 • • • • • Tues 22nd Mar Erith Town SCEFL D 1-1 42 • • • • • Sat 26th Mar Rochester United SCEFL Mon 28th Mar Corinthian SCEFL
Sat 9th Apr Greenwich Borough SCEFL Sat 16th Apr Erith Town SCEFL Sat 23rd Apr Lordswood SCEFL
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1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 RAHEEM S-P • • • • WALKER • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 WARD • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST FOOTBALL LEAGUE Tuesday 8th March 2016, Homelands Stadium. ASHFORD UNITED 3 AFC CROYDON ATHLETIC 4
AFC Croydon Athletic stretched their unbeaten run to 5 games with an impressive and exciting victory at promo- tion chasing Ashford United. The game kicked off on a cold wet evening and the home side looked determined to make up ground on the clubs above them. On 12 minutes veteran striker Shaun Welford had a chance but Dan Burnett thwarted him. The Rams went up the other end and Jack Higgins set up Raheem Sterling-Parker but his shot was saved. Two minutes later Welford struck the post but the ball rebounded to Burnett. The Rams then had a chance when Bradley Wilson found Lee Jansen but the “nuts & bolts” keeper, Kamurasi, was quickly off his line to thwart him. Higgins cleared off the line but on 26 minutes Ryan Palmer was released down the middle and fired past Burnett. Two minutes later he repeated the trick and it was 2-0. The home side had chances to increase their advantage but failed to take them.
The second half began with the home side looking to kill of the game. However on 51 minutes Tony Martin was put in the clear his shot beat the keeper but was cleared off the line. The Rams had a great chance to get back in the game when Wilson was tripped in the area and a penalty was awarded. Unfortunately the usually reliable Sterling-Parker struck his kick too high and he hit the bar. On the hour Higgins again cleared a Welford shot of the line. Then Palmer had a chance but first Burnett saved and then he fired over the bar. Then on 64 minutes the Rams were back in the game. Tony Martin put in a free kick to the back post where Danny Cumber met it and headed home. The home side looked nervous and on 69 minutes another Martin free kick was met by Cumber, who head- ed across goal were Higgins headed home. Three minutes later and Haydn Mclean-Hayles released Sterling-Parker who rounded Kamurasi and scored. Was the comeback complete? Unfortunately no, after hesitation by Burnett the ball was squared for Welford to equalise. It was now anyone’s game. On 79 minutes Sterling-Parker raced into the area, poked the ball past Kamurasi who fell the striker. Sterling-Parker bravely took it and this scored. Ashford looked for an equaliser but the Rams held out and secured an excellent result, which moved them up to sixth.
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST FOOTBALL LEAGUE Saturday 12th March 2016, Mayfield Road. AFC CROYDON ATHLETIC 0 GREENWICH BOROUGH 6
AFC Croydon Athletic suffered their heaviest home defeat since their formation against leaders Greenwich Bor- ough. Having just recorded a fine victory at Ashford and being on a 5 game unbeaten run confidence was high. Unfortunately, it has to be said, they were second best in all areas of the pitch. Greenwich are a good side and have quality all over the pitch but the Rams defence, which recently, has been tight were off their game and mistakes lead to some of the goals.
The Rams started brightly and on 8 minutes Louis Blake had a shot blocked but that was as good as it got. On 15 minutes Ryan Dolby was left free and he duly scored. Within two minutes the visitors made it two when Tom Youngs was again left free in the area to convert. On 23 minutes it was three. When the referee awarded a gener- ous penalty after he decided Youngs had been fouled when it looked more like a fifty-fifty collision. Michael power fired it home. The visitors coasted through the rest of the half.
Having comeback from two goals down at Ashford the “Rams Army” wondered if they could do it again, the an- swer was no. On 59 minutes Power was left free at a corner and he smashed it home. Both sides made changes but the strength of the Greenwich bench was shown when they brought on Mohammed Eisa, their top scorer with 20+ goals. Indeed, immediately Dolby set him up and he duly scored. On 75 minutes another sub Cisco Mbela made it six. Bradley Wilson did have a shot on target but the Rams were well beaten.
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST FOOTBALL LEAGUE Saturday 19th March 2016, The Charles Ground. DEAL TOWN 2 AFC CROYDON ATHLETIC 0
Still smarting from their thrashing by Greenwich Borough the Rams made their longest journey to play Deal Town. The reverse fixture had been a drab affair and this one wasn’t much better. It started brightly for Croydon. Seven minutes in, a Tony Martin corner found an unmarked Danny Cumber but his header flew over the bar. On 16 minutes Tony Martin had a shot saved and on 27 minutes Fred Fleming had a chance but shot weakly. The Rams defence looked solid but on 30 minutes Dan Burnett made a fine flying save to deny Deal a goal. Inconsistent refereeing was annoying Croydon and Jack Higgins got booked. Tony Martin sent in a free kick but Cumber was denied by the keeper. Just before the break Rene Rivera hit the post for Deal.
The second half started with the Rams looking for the lead Cumber was again denied by the keeper while Jordan Martin had a header from his brother’s corner cleared off the line. He was then denied by the keeper. The game turned on 73 minutes, the referee ignored a blatant hand ball but when Rivera was tripped gave a penalty. Rivera duly converted. Just five minutes later a long ball down the channel found bustling forward Connor Coyne, who beat Fleming and scored just inside the far post. Try as they might the Rams couldn’t respond and in the end it finished 2-0.
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Daniel BURNETT George ENNOR Jovaun HENRY SPONSORSHIP beth arzy AVAILABLE
Chris HEAD Louis CHIN Louis BLAKE SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP C AVAILABLE AVAILABLE Carol m CUE
Enzo BENN Nathaniel JONES Jack GUILFORD SPONSORSHIP beth arzy AVAILABLE
Jordan MARTIN Eddie WALKER Lee JANSEN alan powell
Freddie FLEMMING Raheem STERLING-PARKING Tony MARTIN martin mathius PETER SMITH
Daniel CUMBER Josh SMITH Jack HIGGINS
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Danny PENFOLD Bradley WILSON Tayler MADDOCK mary jinks
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In addition to watching the Rams there is also plenty of football taking place at Mayfield Stadium and you would be welcome to attend.
Crystal Palace Ladies v Tottenham Hotspur Ladies Sunday 27th March Womens Premier League - Reserve Division Kick-off 2pm
Wanderers FC v Crescent Rovers ‘A’ Saturday 2nd April Surrey South Eastern Combination Kick-off 2pm
Crystal Palace Ladies v Portsmouth Ladies Sunday 3rd April Womens Premier League - Reserve Division Kick-off 2pm
Wanderers FC v Old Rutlishians Reserves Saturday 9th April Surrey South Eastern Combination Kick-off 2pm Fixtures are subject to change.
Corinthian Sports Club
Princes Park Staduim
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST FOOTBALL LEAGUE Monday 28th March 2016 - 3pm
CORINTHIAN v AFC CROYDON ATHLETIC
TRAIN - The nearest station is Longfield. It is about a 30 minute walk away. From the Station take Kent Road to Fawkham Road. Follow this road to the ground.
ROAD - From Croydon head east on the A232 toward Bromley. Follow this road until you join up with A21 and take this road until you join the M25. Leave at Junction 3 onto the A20 heading Brands Hatch. Turn left into Scratchers Lane and follow this road until you reach Brands Hatch Road where you turn left again and cross the M20. Follow this road until it becomes Valley Road and then turn right where it is marked Corinthian Sports Club. Follow this road until you reach the ground.
GROUND - Corinthian Sports Club, Gay Dawn Farm, Fawkham, Longfieldt, DA3 8LY.
SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST FOOTBALL LEAGUE Saturday 9th April 2016 - 3pm
GREENWICH v AFC CROYDON BOROUGH ATHLETIC
TRAIN - The nearest station is Dartford. It is about a 20 minute walk. From the station follow Home Gardens and then Darenth Road until you reach Princes Road. The ground is on the right.
ROAD - Take the M25 toward the Dartford Tunnel. Leave at Junction 2 and follow the signs to Dartford A225. The Ground is on Princes Road, A225, on the left.
GROUND - Princes Park Staduim, Darenth Road, Dartford, DA1 1RT.
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JACK OWEN
Jack Owen leads his team of officials in today’s game against Rochester United. His first game was just over 11 years ago on 5th March 2005 and he has been progressing through the ranks since then. Jack originally hails from Liverpool and his biggest game to date was one he took charge of at Melwood, Liverpool’s training ground. That said, his father is a keen Evertonian so Jack had no choice but to follow in his footsteps.
His ambition as a referee would be to go as high as possible through the ranks and make it onto the football league; he also recognises that the pinnacle for every referee must be to take charge of the FA Cup Final.
When Jack isn’t in black he works as a Transport Planner/Engineer.
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LEE COLE
The AFC Croydon Athletic Education and Football Academy was launched for the 2015/16 season and operates in association with our partner DL Sports Management. The competitive season is underway with home matches being played at Mayfield Stadium and our training pitches. Results are detailed below.
ECFA 2E 7/10 AFC Croydon Athletic Elite v Barking Abbey School 0-2 14/10 AFC Croydon Athletic Elite v Dynamic Academy (Cup) 3-0 21/10 AFC Croydon Athletic Elite v (10) Football Academy 1-4 11/11 AFC Croydon Athletic Elite v (10) Football Academy (Cup) 0-3 6/1 AFC Croydon Ath. Elite v Harris Acad. Chafford Hundred 2-2 27/1 (10) Football Academy v AFC Croydon Athletic Elite 5-2 9/3 AFC Croydon Athletic Elite v Club Langley 0-8 ECFA 3F 23/09 Boreham Wood (13) v AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. 1-4 7/10 Harris Academy Chafford v AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. 4-1 21/10 AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. v Boreham Wood (11) 1-0 4/11 West Ham Foundation v AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. 0-4 11/11 AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. v Charlton Ath. Community 3-2 2/12 AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. v Charlton Ath. Brentwood 5-3 27/1 AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. v Harris Academy Chafford 3-2 3/2 AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. v Boreham Wood (13) 3-1 2/3 Charlton Athletic Com. v AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. 7-3 9/3 AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. v Sedgehill School 3-2 16/3 Charlton Ath. Brentwood v AFC Croydon Athletic Dev. 1-4 For more information on trials visit www.dlsm.co.uk
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SOUTHERN YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2015/16 W D L F A GD Pts 1 Loxwood U18 11 9 1 1 51 24 27 28 2 South Park Juniors U18 13 8 1 4 40 27 13 25 3 AFC Croydon Ath. U18 9 8 0 1 49 7 42 24 4 Lingfield U18 11 6 2 3 33 19 14 20 5 Guildford City Lion U18 9 4 3 2 26 22 4 15 6 Leatherhead U18 9 4 2 3 27 24 3 14 7 Oakwood U18 12 4 2 6 30 44 -14 14 8 Dorking U18 10 4 3 4 19 22 -3 13 9 Horley Town U18 15 3 4 8 15 30 -15 13 10 Merstham U18 14 3 0 11 13 56 -43 9 11 Redhill 11 0 1 10 8 36 -28 1
Thurs 1st October - League U18s v Dorking U18s W 2-0 Appanah (2) Mon 19th October - League South Park U18s v U18s (A) W 2-6 Appanah (2), Camara, O’Rourke, Sesay, West. Thurs 29th October - GM Cup U18s v Horley Town W 0-6 Fox (2), Appanah (2), Armstrong, Camara. Mon 23rd November - Surrey Cup South Park v U18s (A) W 3-6 Appanah (3), Scott (2), Lubango. Mon 30th November - League U18s v Leatherhead L 2-3 Tan, Simpson. Thurs 10th December - League U18s v Redhill W 5-0 Michael, Armstrong, Scott, Appanah, Nzenwa. Weds 16th December - League U18s v Horley Town W 9-0 Camara, Scott (3),Tan, Appanah, Michael, Lubango, Hill. Mon 25th January - Surrey FA Cup U18s v Carshalton Athletic D 2-2* Ward, Michael. *Rams won 5-3 on penalties. Thurs 18th February - Surrey FA Cup U18s v Metropolitan Police U18 W 3-2* Efambe, Appanah, Scott. *Rams won 5-3 aet Thurs 25th February - League U18s v Merstham W 8-0 Scott (2), Appanah, Hill (2), Pavlov (2), Ward. Thurs 3rd March - GM Cup U18s v Raynes Park Vale W 5-3 Owusu (2), Scott, Appanah (2). Mon 14th March - League U18s v South Park W 5-1 Efambe, Hill, Owusu, Hart (2). Weds 23rd March - Surrey Cup U18s v Sutton United (Final) at Moseley FC
Weds 30th March - League Dorking v U18s (A)
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App 15/16 Starts Subs Total Goals Darren Appanah 11 1 12 15 Marvin Armstrong 7 1 8 3 Simeon Burton 0 1 1 0 Raoul Camara 4 4 8 3 Dan Cook 2 1 3 0 Rio Davidson-Phipps 1 1 2 1 Ryan Doherty 7 0 7 2 William Efambe 6 1 7 3 George Ennor (GK) 11 0 11 3* Louie Fox 4 3 7 3 Jalen Gravesande 3 2 5 1 Callum Hart 1 0 1 2 Alex Hewitt (GK) 5 0 5 3* Michael Hill 4 1 5 0 Ryan Hill 4 3 7 4 Luke Holness 0 1 1 0 Alfie Hough 4 3 7 0 Sam Johnson 0 2 2 0 Aaron Kodua 0 2 2 0 Ali Koiki 8 1 9 0 Alberto Lubango 8 2 10 4 Tarik Maizi 1 0 1 0 Stef Michael 6 0 6 3 Thomas Mitchell-Willoughby 15 1 16 1 Iyke Nzenwa 0 4 4 1 Matthew O’Donoghue 3 1 4 2 Danny O’Rourke 11 1 12 0 Malik Onwugbonu 8 1 9 0 David Owusu 3 1 4 1 Nicholas Pavlov 2 4 6 2 Justin Scott 8 8 10 11 Khalidu Sesay 3 0 3 0 Malachi Simpson 4 0 4 2 Kimathi Skoto 0 1 1 0 Aaron Stewart 1 0 1 0 Luke Tan 7 0 7 2 Gus Ward 13 1 14 3 Anh-war West 4 3 7 2 Matt Weller 1 0 1 1 Cameron Willoughby 1 2 3 0 Nicholas Wilson 0 3 3 0 * Clean Sheets
Grant-McLellan Cup, Quarter-Final - AFC Croydon Athletic 5 South Park 1
In a game played at Colliers Wood FC, the Young Rams eased their way passed title rivals South Park with a com- fortable win on the night. With several players left out due to injuries ahead of the Surrey FA Youth Cup Final the game started slowly but once they got into their stride they dominated the game. The win puts them just a point behind the sides at the top of the table with games in hand.
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REFEREE Mr J Owen
ASSISTANTS Mr D Doyle Mr P Agboola
AFC CROYDON ROCHESTER ATHLETIC UNITED manager antony williams manager matt hume SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST FOOTBALL LEAGUE daniel burnett roddy hayward FIXTURES enzo benn dilan yucetan 3pm tom penson steve rothery Beckenham v Holmesdale jordan martin tom carr (c) Canterbury City v Croydon fred fleming freeman rogers Erith & Belv. v Cray Valley Erith Town. v Asford Utd tony martin (c) andrew pierce Fisher v Deal Town josh smith ricki holmes Holland & Blairs v Greenwich danny cumber dajon golding Lordswood v Sevenoaks louis blake tony whitaker Tunbridge v Crowborough *PP - Indicates match has jack guilford rob alderman been postponed. danny penfold sam parish gus ward dan gonzalez-bello raheem sterling-parker vince collis lee jansen bradley webb jack higgins harrison arith jovaun henry max morgan alex kendall lewis bennett jordan wylie steve earle
Next HOME fixture Next AWAY fixture ERITH TOWN CORINTHIAN Saturday 16th April 2016 Monday 28th March 2016 Kick-Off 3pm Kick-Off 3pm
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