Bedfont & Feltham Football Club Founded 2012 @BedfontFeltham /BedfontFeltham www.bedfontandfelthamfc.co.uk AC LONDON WHYTELEAFE FC, CHURCH ROAD, CR3 0AR ASH UNITED SHAWFIELD STADIUM, YOUNGS DRIVE, GU12 6RE BAGSHOT FLEET TOWN FC, CALTHORPE PARK, GU51 5FA BEDFONT & FELTHAM / BRITISH AIRWAYS (GROUND SHARE) THE ORCHARD, HATTON ROAD, TW14 9QT CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED CHALKY LANE, KT9 2NF COVE OAK FARM FIELDS, SQUIRREL LANE, GU14 8PF DORKING WANDERERS RESERVES MEADOWBANK STADIUM, MILL LANE, RH4 1DX EPSOM & EWELL CHIPSTEAD FC, HIGH ROAD, CR5 3SF EVERSLEY & CALIFORNIA HALLS WAY, OFF FOX LANE, RG27 0NS FARNHAM TOWN THE MEMORIAL GROUND, MEAD LANE, GU9 7DY FC DEPORTIVO GALICIA Division One BEDFONT SPORTS FC, HATTON ROAD, TW14 9JR FLEET SPURS FLEET SPURS FC, KENNELS LANE, GU14 0ST Club Directory FRIMLEY GREEN FRIMLEY GREEN RECREATION GROUND, GU16 6JY GODALMING TOWN WEY COURT, MEADROW, GU7 3JE KENSINGTON BOROUGH LEATHERHEAD FC, FETCHAM GROVE, KT22 9AS SANDHURST TOWN BOTTOM MEADOW, YORKTOWN ROAD, GU47 9BJ SHEERWATER WOKING FC, KINGFIELD, GU22 9AA TOOTING BEC RAYNES PARK VALE FC, GRAND DRIVE, SW20 9DZ Bedfont & Feltham Football Bedfont & Feltham v Erith Town and Social Club The Buildbase FA Vase, First Round Proper Founded 2012 Saturday 13th October 2018 – Kick-Off: 3.00pm An unincorporated members’ Club Volume 6, Issue 9 The Orchard, Hatton Road, Bedfont, Middlesex TW14 9QT Good afternoon everyone and welcome to The Orchard. Tel: 020 8890 7264 [email protected] This afternoon, we welcome the players, officials and supporters www.bedfontandfelthamfc.co.uk of Erith Town Football Club; and our three match officials for this Twitter: @BedfontFeltham Buildbase FA Vase fixture. We trust that you all enjoy the match Facebook: /BedfontFeltham and have a safe journey home afterwards. Affiliated: Middlesex FA Our last home match was v Chessington & Hook United on 29th Members: Combined Counties Football September. We won 2-0 with Kelvin Karanja and Farhad League, Division One Mahboudi scoring our goals. Since then, we have beaten Club Colours: Yellow & Blue Change Colours: Red & White Godalming Town 2-0 (both goals from Kelvin Karanja) and have suffered two cup defeats. 2018-19 Programme Cover Design: We held Horley Town to a 3-3 draw in the Southern Combination Rob Healy. Cup but lost 3-4 on penalties – there was no extra time due to Photo: Anders Johansen competition rules. Our goals were scored by Kelvin Karanja, Management Committee: Farhad Mahboudi and Michael Capon. Then on Tuesday night, President: Alan Hale due to a poor start and a late goal, we lost 3-4 away to Hillingdon Vice President: John Cronk Borough in the Middlesex FA Senior Charity Cup. Jordan Sarfo, Chairman: Brian Barry – Michael Capon and Reece Gairy were the Yellows’ scorers on [email protected] the night. Vice Chairman: Alan Hale Today’s visitors – Erith Town hail from Kent and play in the Treasurer: Rob Healy Premier Division of the Southern Counties East Football League. General Secretary: Derrick Smith They are currently in 15th place in the table but have played fewer Director of Football: Scott Savoy – league matches than a number of their opponents. Last Saturday [email protected] they held Crowborough Athletic to a 1-1 draw in very wet Membership Secretary: Jane Rescorla conditions. They beat Cray Valley Paper Mills 2-1 in the London Senior Cup on Monday evening. They reached this round of the Media Manager / Photographer: Joanna Buildbase FA Vase by beating Arundel 5-0 and AC London 3-2. Ginger – [email protected] Media Manager / Programmes: Rob If today’s match ends with level scores after 90 minutes, a replay Healy – [email protected] will take place at Erith Stadium (postcode DA8 3AT) on Monday Match Day Coordinator: Andy Smith evening. Team Management: We host neighbours FC Deportivo Galicia next Saturday and then First Team: visit Eversley & California on Tuesday 23rd October in the Manager: Adam Bessent Assistant Manager: Jake Bessent Esoteric Recordings Division One Cup. Assistant Manager: John Nunn Physiotherapist: Andy Nolan Our scheduled fixture at AC London has been postponed due to their landlords Whyteleafe having a match rearranged so we are Youth Teams: without a match on Saturday 27th. Under 7s: TBA Under 8s: Kris Creany Under 9s: Craig Wright Our fixture list can be found further inside today’s programme and Under 10s: Andy Mainka on our website. Welfare Officer: Jodie Nelson Sunday Team: Enjoy the match and see you again soon. Manager: Ricky O’Leary Rob – editor. Bedfont & Feltham FC History: Epsom & Ewell on the opening day of the season. This seemed to pave the way for the Bedfont & Feltham Football Club was club’s worst season since its formation: founded in May 2012 following the Finishing second from bottom in the amalgamation of Feltham FC and Bedfont Combined Counties Football League’s Football and Social Club, taking Feltham's Premier Division. This resulted in relegation place in Division One of the Combined back to Division One. Counties Football League. The club was knocked out of the FA Cup at Feltham had already entered the 2012–13 FA the first hurdle and of the FA Vase at the Vase under their own name so the club second. On a brighter note, they reached the played as Feltham FC until the start of the semi-finals of the Southern Combination 2013–14 season. Two Sunday sides played Challenge Cup and the quarter-finals of the in the West Middlesex Sunday Football Middlesex FA Senior Charity Cup having League under the Bedfont & Feltham name; unceremoniously exited all other cup one finishing second in Division One and the competitions in earlier rounds. This prompted other winning Division Two. the club to appoint Garry Haylock as Manager in late April 2017. The Yellows' first two seasons saw them finish in a respectable fifth place in the Life back in Division One in season 2017-18 Division One table having been early front- started very poorly and in consequence, runners. They reached the First Round Garry Haylock departed in October 2017 to Proper of the FA Vase in 2013-14 and also be replaced by Dan Huxley. The poor run won the Middlesex Premier Cup. experienced in 2016-17 continued, with the club exiting the FA Cup and FA Vase The club became eligible to compete in the competitions in the opening rounds. The club FA Cup for the first time in 2014-15, and reached the Quarter-Finals of the Middlesex reached the First Round Qualifying. The Premier Cup; Third Round of the Division same season also saw the club win the One Challenge Cup; Second Round of the Division One Challenge Cup and become Middlesex Charity Cup and Second Round of runners-up in the Southern Combination the Southern Combination Challenge Cup. Challenge Cup competition. The squad saw a number of changes For season 2015-16, the club restructured its throughout the season and found it difficult to squad and Youth set-up. The club started bond. This resulted in a bottom four finish. strongly and for the second time in its short Dan Huxley announced his resignation at the history made the First Round Qualifying in the end of the season. FA Cup and the FA Vase competitions. This season saw the Yellows finish as runners-up The club quickly appointed former Staines in Division One, earning promotion to the Lammas manager Adam Bessent. He will Premier Division of the Combined Counties attempt to arrest the mediocrity that has Football League. The club also reached the dogged the club since relegation two seasons final of the RPM Records Division One ago. Challenge Cup for the second consecutive season. The Club has retained the FA Charter Standard and is now in its sixth season. The The Premier Division experience in 2016-17 current set-up sees a revived Sunday side started tough with a 2-9 home defeat to and Youth teams from Under 7s to Under 10s 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. By David Richardson For many of us today is no different to any Premier League and Championship clubs other Saturday. have supported the initiative by advertising local fixtures that their supporters can take in. The same pre-match rituals were had, the same pub visited and the same turnstyle It is believed the day has helped raised entered. millions of pounds for the Non-League game and plenty for charity too. But today is also the eighth instalment of Non-League Day, an initiative setup by Prostate Cancer are once again NLD’s official James Doe where Non-League clubs can charity partner and we urge you to please showcase the lower-league game to support their campaign if possible. supporters of Premier League and Kick It Out, who have been lobbying for Championship clubs, in particular. equality in football for 25 years, have The day is always scheduled within an partnered with NLD for a seventh time. international break to give these fans a Seven teams will be dedicating their fixtures chance to experience some Non-League to football’s equality and inclusion action at a club local to them. organisation – Worksop Town, Southport, Doe initially setup NLD as a social Tamworth, Sporting Khalsa, Edgware Town, experiment in 2010 but now it is an eagerly Kensington Borough and Burgess Hill Town anticipated date that football fans look out for have chosen to recognise Kick It Out’s work when the fixtures are released. by organising extra activities throughout the day to encourage engagement with a diverse Its success has stemmed from the superb range of communities.