2019-20 Issue #24 22/02/20 vs Sevenoaks Town FC BetVictor Isthmian League South East Division
Insideyour Heath match programme
From the dugout with Who’s who at 6 gafferShaun Saunders Haywards Heath President: Tony Hillman Chairman: Michael Cottingham Visitors to Hanbury Park Club Secretary: John Rea 10 - Sevenoaks Town FC Treasurer: Anne Taylor Committee: Doug Austen-Jones, Mike Blake, Michael Cottingham, Isthimian League South Bob Gray, Paul Hartman, Tony Hillman, Stuart Morgan, 13 East - Table & Fixtures John Rea, Mark Russ, Tony Sim, Anne Taylor, Barry Thomas Trustees: Alan Jenkins, Mike Lewis Fixtures Secretary: Tony Sim Match Reports and Pics - Head of Communications & Media: 14 All recent games covered Stuart Morgan Commercial Manager: Position Available John Rea’s Ruminations - Groundsman: Roy Staughton Safety Officer: Tony Hillman 18 Long Distance Travels Turnstile Stewards: Dave Ellmer, Barry Thomas, Paul Hartman Bar Manager: Lesley Batchelor Boardroom Host: Looking Back - Part 18 - Doug Austen-Jones 25 The purchase of Hanbury Tea Bar Manager: Paula James Club Photographers: Grahame Lehkyj, Tony Sim Today’s Squads & Stadium Announcer: Neal Freeman 32 Today’s Match Officials Football Management First Team Manager: Shaun Saunders Assistant Manager: Roy Staughton Team Coach: Mark Russ, Next home game for the Blues ... Goalkeeping Coach: Paul Batchelor Physio: John Fairley Head of Player Recruitment: Tuesday February 25th, 7.45pm Ryan Taylor U18s Youth Team vs Faversham Town Manager: Gareth Stobart Isthmian League South East Coach: Position Available Club Address Hanbury Park Stadium, Allen Road, All welcome! Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 3PT
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ood afternoon and a very warm welcome back to and a two goal brace from Kieran Rowe saw us gain all GHanbury Park for this afternoon’s Bet Victor Isthmian three points with a hard fought 2-1 win to get us back to League South East Division fixture with our visitors winning ways. Kieran’s opening goal would put him into SEVENOAKS TOWN. We welcome the players, officials contention surely for any goal of the season campaign such and supporters of our opponents this afternoon and hope was the quality of his strike from some 30 yards out. that they enjoy their brief stay with us and that you all have a safe journey home. We extend our welcome also So for this afternoon it is almost a case of déjà vu as we to our Match Officials Referee LUKE DONALDSON and his play our opponents from Tuesday night for the second time assistants CALLUM PETER and CHRIS WILLIAMS and we in four days such as are the peculiarities of the rearranged hope that they too enjoy their brief stay with us and have a fixtures this season safe journey home. Next up for Shaun and the squad, is another long trip With no real let up in the current monsoon conditions I into Kent next Saturday as we take on SITTINGBOURNE make no apology for singling out ROY STAUGHTON for that kicks off at 3pm and then the following Tuesday we all his hard work and dedication in getting the pitch ready entertain them here at Hanbury Park with a 7 45 kick off. for action this afternoon. Roy has been battling against the elements in recent weeks and despite the odds has Spare a thought for Match Secretary TONY SIM who has succeeded in getting the pitch playable. Thank you Roy and had the unenviable task of rearranging countless postponed to your band of volunteers who help you! fixtures this season and has done a great job. As always details of all forthcoming fixtures can be found at the back We go into this game this afternoon back on “Terra Firma” of this programme. after two excellent performances on 3G pitches that not only produced four priceless points but more importantly Off the pitch we would like once again on behalf of the Club perhaps meant that given the recent monsoon conditions to say a big thank you to all our main sponsors, pitch side and our fixture build up has enabled us to complete 2 board advertisers and also our programme advertisers games that had they been scheduled on grass pitches who have provided us with an invaluable source of income would almost certainly resulted in postponements. Last this season and as always we would ask you yo support Saturday in testing conditions we took on not only Storm them in return if you can. Denis but also in form high flyers ASHFORD UNITED fresh from their 3-0 away win at table toppers HASTINGS Whatever the result this afternoon we hope that you enjoy UNITED the previous week and came away with a deserved the action here at Hanbury Park and get behind the lads share of the spoils with a 1-1 draw. and we look forward to seeing you again soon. COME ON YOU BLUES! This then took us to SEVENOAKS TOWN last Tuesday night where again the 3G surface enabled the game to go ahead John Rea
Haywards Heath Town FC Club Honours Sussex County League Division Three Cup winners Champions 1949–50, 1950–51, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2012–13 1969–70, 2017-18 Eastern Division champions Sussex Senior Cup 1945–46 Winners 1941–42, 1957–58 Division One champions 2015–16 Sussex RUR Cup League Cup winners 1972–73, Winners 1943–44, 1966–67, 2017-18 1974–75, 1975–76 Division Two Cup winners 1983–84, Sussex Intermediate Cup 2015-16 (then League One Cup) Winners 2012–13
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Today brings the sides together for the second time in a week after our superb win at their place on Tuesday night. It has to be said it was nice to get back to winning ways.
We were not at our best but won with two really well taken goals from Kieran Rowe, the first a goal worthy of winning any game.
We once again predominantly defended very well apart from the goal conceded, Blues Coaches & Team Staff
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6 | www.haywardsheathtownfc.co.uk Team Manager Shaun Saunders Veterans is sponsored by: Sports Club where I felt we could have done a lot better. But we gladly take the points and move on.
Today once again sees us decimated by injuries with We were not at our Callum, Lloyd, Reece, Farrell, Jamie and Michael all out. Tom is struggling today, so it’s fair to say best but won with we’re down to the bare bones once again. That said it’s been the same for a while now but although ‘‘two really well taken threadbare the boys have been fantastic, a real credit to the club. goals from Kieran, Once again thank you for your continued support of the first a goal ‘‘ us. Many thanks to those who travelled to Kent on worthy of winning Tuesday. I’ll ask you again to get behind the lads and hopefully we can add to Tuesday’s points making it a any game. fantastic end to the week! Onwards and upwards Enjoy the game. Yours in sport. Shaun
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twitter.com/HHTFC | facebook.com/haywardsheathtown.fc | 9 VisitorsToday’s Other trophies won include Intermediate Club History Challenge Cup twice, Inter-Regional Cup twice, Sevenoaks Town Football Club was Kent Junior Cup three times and Sevenoaks established 1883. The club is a FA Charter Charity Cup twelve times. Standard Community Club and one of the In 2016/17 SCEFL League Cup winners. largest clubs in the south east. In 2017/18 SCEFL League Champions. On 26th April 1883 Sevenoaks Town In 2003/04 the club started to make played Royal Arsenal, at the time the only considerable ground improvements including professional team in the South of England. changing rooms and the installation of Over 1000 spectators watched the game with floodlights, the improvements continued to all the proceeds from the match donated to be made and In 2017 we installed a 3G pitch two local hospitals. which was supplied and installed by Bourne Sports. In 1900/01 Sevenoaks Town won the Sevenoaks Charity Cup for the first team. The club now runs junior teams from U7’s to They won the cup again in 1904/05 and U18’s competing across a variety of local and 1905/06. In 1906 Sevenoaks Town became regional leagues accommodating players of all one of the founder members of the current abilities; this includes the Kent Girls and Ladies Sevenoaks & District League. Football League, the Crowborough and District Junior Football League, the Tandridge Youth In 1951 Sevenoaks Town amalgamated with League, Maidstone Invicta Primary League local team, St John’s United and became and the Kent Youth League. members of the Kent Amateur League. The club also runs a popular Saturday- morning Foundation Centre for players up to In 1965/66 the club won the Division One the age of eleven. League Cup and in 1968/69 and 1975/76 where crowned champions of the Premier The senior section of the club runs seven Division. teams; the first team play in the BetVictor South East League, the reserve team play in In 1984 the Western and Eastern regions of the Suburban League and our two veterans the Kent Amateur League merged to become teams play in the Southern Veterans League, the Kent County Football League. Sevenoaks the Powerchair teams play in the National and Town won the Premier League in its first Regional Leagues, the Ladies team plays in the season and again in 1995/96 and 2002/03. South East Counties Womens League.
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Isthmian League South East Division League Fixture List SOUTH EAST DIVISION As at 18/02/20 League Table SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2020 3pm Chichester City v Hythe Town 3pm Cray Valley PM v Burgess Hill Town Team P W D L F A +/- Pts 3pm Faversham Town v Phoenix Sports 2pm Guernsey v Ashford United 1 Ashford United 26 17 2 7 63 33 +30 53 3pm Hastings United v Sittingbourne 3pm Haywards Heath Town v Sevenoaks Town 2 Hastings United 25 15 8 2 44 19 +25 53 3pm Herne Bay v Three Bridges 3pm VCD Athletic v Whitstable Town 3 Whitehawk 26 14 8 4 52 32 +20 50 3pm Whitehawk v East Grinstead Town 3pm Whyteleafe v Ramsgate 4 Cray Valley PM 25 14 6 5 44 24 +20 48 TUESDAY 25TH FEBRUARY 2020 7.30pm Burgess Hill Town v Whyteleafe 5 Herne Bay 26 13 6 7 49 38 +11 45 7.45pm Chichester City v Herne Bay 7.45pm Haywards Heath Town v Faversham Town 6 Whyteleafe 25 12 6 7 42 33 +9 42 7.45pm Phoenix Sports v Sittingbourne SATURDAY 29TH FEBRUARY 2020 7 Hythe Town 27 10 7 10 31 35 -4 37 3pm Ashford United v Chichester City 3pm Burgess Hill Town v Whitehawk 8 Chichester City 21 10 6 5 36 27 +9 36 3pm East Grinstead Town v Herne Bay 3pm Hythe Town v Hastings United 9 Guernsey 27 9 9 9 39 41 -2 36 3pm Phoenix Sports v Whyteleafe 3pm Ramsgate v Faversham Town 10 VCD Athletic 27 10 6 11 43 50 -7 36 3pm Sevenoaks Town v VCD Athletic 3pm Sittingbourne v Haywards Heath Town 11 Sevenoaks Town 25 9 8 8 37 32 +5 35 3pm Three Bridges v Cray Valley PM 12 Whitstable Town 26 9 8 9 37 38 -1 35 3pm Whitstable Town v Guernsey TUESDAY 3RD MARCH 2020 13 Phoenix Sports 24 11 1 12 40 38 +2 34 7.45pm Chichester City v Ashford United 7.30pm East Grinstead Town v Sevenoaks Town 14 Haywards Heath 23 7 9 7 29 30 -1 30 7.45pm Haywards Heath Town v Sittingbourne SATURDAY 7TH MARCH 2020 15 Burgess Hill Town 24 9 3 12 44 54 -10 30 3pm Chichester City v Sevenoaks Town 3pm Cray Valley PM v Ramsgate 16 Sittingbourne 24 8 4 12 29 28 +1 28 3pm Faversham Town v East Grinstead Town 2pm Guernsey v Burgess Hill Town 17 Faversham Town 26 6 6 14 25 41 -16 24 3pm Hastings United v Whitstable Town 3pm Haywards Heath Town v Phoenix Sports 18 Three Bridges 27 5 3 19 33 58 -25 18 3pm Herne Bay v Sittingbourne 3pm VCD Athletic v Ashford United 19 Ramsgate 26 3 7 16 25 58 -33 16 3pm Whitehawk v Three Bridges 3pm Whyteleafe v Hythe Town 20 East Grinstead Town 24 1 7 16 25 58 -33 10 TUESDAY 10TH MARCH 2020 7.30pm Burgess Hill Town v Hastings United 7.45pm Chichester City v Haywards Heath Town 7.45pm Cray Valley PM v Whyteleafe Recent Results 7.30pm East Grinstead Town v Phoenix Sports Saturday 15th February 2020 7.45pm Sittingbourne v Sevenoaks Town Ashford United 1 1 Haywards Heath Town SATURDAY 14TH MARCH 2020 Burgess Hill Town 4 2 Three Bridges 3pm Ashford United v Herne Bay Herne Bay 0 1 VCD Athletic 3pm Burgess Hill Town v VCD Athletic Hythe Town 2 1 Guernsey 3pm East Grinstead Town v Whyteleafe 3pm Hythe Town v Cray Valley PM Ramsgate 2 2 Whitehawk 3pm Phoenix Sports v Hastings United Whyteleafe 3 1 Faversham Town 3pm Ramsgate v Haywards Heath Town 3pm Sevenoaks Town v Guernsey 3pm Sittingbourne v Chichester City Tuesday 18th February 2020 3pm Three Bridges v Faversham Town Sevenoaks Town 1 2 Haywards Heath Town 3pm Whitstable Town v Whitehawk
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Ashford Town 1, Blues 1 McCreadie playing more central Heath open the scoring, Kieran Saturday February 15th 2020 and Raheem Sterling-Parker on Rowe slots in Trevor McCreadie Isthmian League the right with Kieran Rowe on and at tight angle beats keeper the left. Sam Mott at his near post. Match report by Stu Morgan The opening of the match saw Heath are forced into an early Heath travelled to Ashford both sides looking to adjust to the substitution after 24 minutes with Utd knowing that an improved conditions with a strong cross Danny Cumber replacing Michael performance from last week wind marginally in Heath’s favour. Wilson due to injury. would be required to take anything from a side that beat the league With 15 minutes played Ashford Ashford United kept looking for a leaders 3-0 down at Hastings had the first good chance as David way back into the game and with last week and would go top of the Smith struck the ball well which 30 minutes played had a good league with a win or a draw. moved in front of Glover who did chance,with the ball worked to well to get to hands to it and then the edge of the box the strike was Heath saw the Tom Summerfield recover the loose ball. heading for the bottom corner but return after suspension and a Luke Glover got down quickly and shuffle of players with Trevor After 22 minutes played and pushed the ball around his post.
Trevor McCreadie jumps over the Ashford keeper
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A big chance for Heath with just over five minutes of the half to play, Trevor McCreadie was set free but with the keeper of advancing he took his shot early and it is just wide of the target.
The second-half and Ashford immediately use the wind to their advantage getting deep into the heath half, a low ball into the box is turned into his own net by Nathan Cooper which ties the match up.
As the half continued Ashford started to really push for the lead. In really difficult conditions a shot from distance just whistles just past the far post.
Ashford again go close when Keiran Rowe has a shot an in-swinging corner is struck a Heath corner, the ball in from towards goal but Heath clear off Nico Cotton is a great on but no the line the follow-up attempts Heath player is there attacking it 8 were blocked before eventually yards out from goal. the ball gets cleared. Heath then thought they scored a Another chance for Ashford from distance this time Luke Glover got dramatic injury time winner with down well just to push it round the Trevor McCreadie putting a ball post, the follow-up corner comes across the six yard box after good to nothing. work from Ryan Warwick and Nico Cotton fires the ball in at the Ashford go close to finding a back post but the linesman’s flag winner with about three minutes is straight up and the goal is ruled remaining, the ball is heading out for a marginal offside. towards the top corner but a combination of Luke Glover and The Referee bring the game to a then the post keep the ball out. close and its a very good point on the road for Heath with the Back at the other end and Heath players giving their all for the manage their first shot of a half shirt, the point for Ashford sees with Hamish Morrison doing really them go level on points with well and cutting inside but the well Hastings but take top spot on goal Tom Summerfield on the ball struck shot is blocked and out for difference.
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Reaching out to Mid Sussex. Also available online at burgesshillradio.co.uk or find us on the RadioPlayer App RuminationsJohn Rea’s LONG DISTANCE TRAVELS THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY WINDS ON have no wish to become embroiled in the Icurrent debate of the Premier League We now move swiftly onto our ROADS TO leaders’ fixture congestion but would like WEMBLEY. to point some of the detractors in the direction of Barrow In Furness. In the FA Trophy we have been following ROYSTON TOWN and on Saturday they The current leaders of the National faced what was probably the biggest league and hoping to make return to the challenge in their history with a visit to football league after countless years in the National league EBBSFLEET UNITED for wilderness of non-league football are a a place in the last 16. It was goalless after case in point. 90 minutes before the Crows marched on On Saturday October 12 they were on into the history books and the last 8 with route to Dover when the tragic death of two goals in extra time. In front of a gate a person on the West Coast Main Line of 900 Royston broke the deadlock two meant that they were unable to complete minutes into the extra time period with a their journey to Kent and the game was headed goal from substitute Josh Oyinsan postpones. and the tie was made safe five minutes before the end when Matt Bateman slotted It was re arranged for a Tuesday night home to send they away supporters into and meant a 768 mile round trip by coach raptures. down to the very tip of Kent. Not only the players made that trip but 23 supporters Their fantastic journey continues as we also made the long trek leaving Holker continue to follow them on our “ROAD Street at 6am where they were served TO WEMBLEY” and in the last eight they with hot bacon rolls by the Barrow will be joined by Barnet, Aveley, Harrogate manager Ian Evatt (Just a nudge here to Town, Notts County, Halesowen Town, Shaun that the next time we congregate Concord Rangers, AFC Fylde (who for the trip to Ramsgate we will expect eliminated Dorking Wanderers 4-2). In similar treatment!). the draw for the Quarter Finals they have been drawn away to CONCORD RANGERS The game ended in a 2-1 defeat for the next Saturday and after their previous cup Bluebirds and arrival time back at Barrow heroics must be harbouring real hopes of a was around 5am which meant they had semi-final place. spent getting on for 24 hours on the road – some trip. Not only that but the Barrow On our other Route to Wembley via the FA team coach broke down in Dover and they Cup we were following OXFORD UNITED kindly shared their coach with the Barrow and in Round 4 they were drawn away at players and management team for the long NEWCASTLE UNITED and held them to a trek back! 0-0 draw at St James Park that took the
18 | www.haywardsheathtownfc.co.uk Toon Army back to the Kassam stadium onto 7 points for the season as they came for a replay. Oxford went 2-0 down before back from being 2-0 down at Devernvale staging a remarkable comeback to draw to draw 2-2. level at 2-2 and take the game into extra time but they suffered a late heartbreak They followed this with a 2-1 away win with Newcastle snatching a later winner. at Tariff United thanks to a 94th minute Our mantle is now taken up by Steve goals from debutant Lewis Hyde that took Bruce’s team and they travel to the them into double figures point wise. Not Hawthorns to take on WEST BROMWICH only did they get three points but they also ALBION on 3 March. moved themselves off the bottom of the table at the same time albeit only on goal difference.
FORT WILLIAM CLIMB OFF THE Their 10 points tally is the same as FOOT OF THE TABLE Lossiemouth’s but their GD of -39 as against their rival’s-63 lifts them to these This Column would not be complete with lofty heights. They also have 8 games in a mention of FORT WILLIAM and 10 days hand on them and the team above them back they added a precious point to their who they beat Saturday and they have 15 already growing 6 point tally that took them points.
Finally I finish this afternoon’s column on a sad note. For those of you who read this column on a regular basis might recall that I did an article in the Herne Bay programme on Harry Gregg and the Munich Air crash. Last Monday came the sad news that Harry, my all-time hero, had passed away at the age of 87.
REST IN PEACE HARRY – YOU ARE FONDLY REMEMBERED BY MANY FOOTBALLING GENERATIONS.
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Luke Glover Hamish Morrison Goalkeeper Defender Young keeper with bags of potential was Came through the youth system at with the youth team two seasons ago Brighton and Hove Albion before moving before going to Uni, now back at Heath to Hamilton Academical, now back in the and cementing the number 1 position. south and looking to make waves. Sponsor: Sponsor: Alan Jenkins Josh Heyburn Luke Robinson Goalkeeper Defender Re-signed for the club this season, hav- Young player that can play wide left ing played over 60 games for the Blues or right was unfortunate last season in the past. Previously with Worthing after having an ACL injury, looking for a and Shoreham. comeback in the new year.
Available to Sponsor! Available to Sponsor! Josh Spinks Lloyd Cotton Defender Midfielder Talented defender who started every game Experienced player that joins us from last season until injury a few weeks before Lewes, can play at the back or in the end of the season, currently has 94 midfield, previous clubs include Burgess appearances and 3 goals for the club. Hill Town and Peacehaven. Sponsor: Sponsor: Simon McMenemy Nathan Cooper Nico Cotton Defender Midfielder This will be the big central defenders 6th Young yet experienced attacking player signed season, the rock in Heath’s defence has from Eastbourne Borough in the summer. scored 27 times and as the season starts Previously with Lowestoft, Southend, Lewes and is just 13 appearances away from 200. Eastbourne Borough. Sponsor: Sponsor: Doug Austen-Jones Mike Lewis Tom Summerfield Christian Weatherstone Defender Midfielder Exciting young full back always looking Christian is a stylish technical midfielder to get forward and create something in who displays calmness and composure the oppositions half. on the ball at all times. He is an intelli- gent footballer who reads the game well.
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Reece Hallard Danny Cumber Midfielder Midfielder Midfielder who joined on the eve of the Experienced midfielder signed in season. Formerly with Worthing, Three February from Sevenoaks Town. Bridges, Loxwood and Whitehawk. Previously played for Croydon Athletic and Chipstead.
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Callum Saunders Raheem Sterling-Parker Midfielder Attacker Goal scoring midfielder now in his 5th Former Carshalton, Chipstead, Harrow season, top scorer last season and now Borough and Enfield striker who signed amassed 70 goals in 128 appearances. for the Heath in early February to give the side more attacking options. Sponsor: Dave Denyer Available to Sponsor! Kieran Rowe Trevor McCreadie Midfielder Attacker Exciting young talent who joined us from Well travelled striker now in his 3rd spell Bognor last season, he has the ability to fill in at Heath, 76 appearances and 64 goals anywhere. Scored some important goals last at the start of the season. Previously season and will look to push on this season. with Worthing among others. Sponsor: Sponsor: John Rea Ryan Warwick Tahjae Anderson Midfielder Attacker Ryan returns to the club for his second Signed for the Blues in late 2019 after spell after a season at Saltdean in the spells with Ebsfleet, Glebe, Bromley, SCFL. Energetic midfielder likes to go Hastings United, Herne Bay, South Park box to box. and Hendon.
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Looking Part 18 Snippets from the Past Breaking Point Back THE PURCHASE OF HANBURY PARK y the mid 1930s, it was becoming abundantly poor rate could be devised. His proposal was to Bclear that better playing facilities were provide each deserving man with a cottage and required, including improved changing provision an acre and a quarter of land at an affordable for the players, covered accommodation for rent, the working of which would supplement his spectators, and a degree of enclosure to enable meagre farm labourer’s wages. Allen had already gate monies to be collected on a regular basis. identified Lindfield as ‘the poorest and most An approach was made to the council by the neglected village he had ever seen’ and in 1824 club’s treasurer, Mr.Cyril Snell, for improvements to Victoria Park, but unfortunately (although he purchased the 100 acre Gravelye farm estate completely understandably) the request was and built eighteen such allotment cottages . declined. When William Allen died in 1843 the whole estate As a result, it was decided to find some land passed to the Rev.Thomas Scutt, sometime within the town on which the club could build vicar of Lindfield who also owned land in Hove its own stadium, and a supporters’ club was which he developed with Thomas Read Kemp as established in 1938 whose sole objective was to Brunswick Town (Kemp also built Kemptown on raise the necessary funds to realise Cyril Snell’s the other side of Brighton to the east). dream. The stated aims of the new supporters’ club were “to help and assist our football club The estate passed through Scutt’s daughter and generally”, and “to render all possible aid in granddaughter who, when her husband died in providing and equipping a football ground of our 1928, was obliged to sell off some of the land but own, worthy of a County League team and a decided instead to sell the whole landholding. town such as ours” Along with other members of her family, she Rather remarkably, as early as September of sold the land to the south of America Lane which the following year (1939), the supporters’ club’s included twelve of the colony cottages, to the first annual report advised that “land has been local builder William Charles Hilton in January purchased for a ground in America Lane which 1938. William Hilton’s intention was to develop has already been prepared, levelled and fenced, the area with the housing we see today, and he funds for which have been raised by means of started with the construction of Allen Road. a bank loan guaranteed by certain members of the Supporters and Football Clubs’ committees, The land allotted by William Allen to each of the together with a number of local gentlemen who colony cottages amounted to around an acre and have the welfare of the football club and our a quarter to each holding and, perhaps in need town at heart” of capital to finance the building costs of his new speculative venture, in February of the following The land which the club had purchased and upon which Hanbury Park Stadium now sits, is part year, William Hilton sold on the lower, southern of the area which once formed William Allen’s halves of the garden allotments of the first five allotment cottage ‘colony’. Allen (1770-1843) cottages, amounting to about three and a half was a Quaker chemist, philanthropist, and social acres, to Cyril Snell, Lionel Stride, and Herbert reformer who realised poverty amongst local Clarke who purchased the parcel of land on rural labourers could be ameliorated if a less behalf of the football club members for the sum demoralising method of support than the parish of nine hundred and twenty-five pounds.
Our regular “Looking Back” features have been extracted from ‘A Tendency to Frighten Horses – a History of HHFC from 1888 to 1958’ researched and written by Club Trustee Mike Lewis.
twitter.com/HHTFC | facebook.com/haywardsheathtown.fc | 25 Ref’s Corner While I was happy to stop play if the physical nature of the foul required a Red or Yellow card. “Play on - I found it frustrating to have to stop play simply to caution a player. Fortunately, a recent law change allows the referee to delay this until play Advantage” has broken down. he player rode the attempted trip. The referee signalled that an advantage was While talking about fouls, it was always difficult Tbeing played. The attack ended with a shot that to apply the advantage if players were looking grazed the top of the crossbar. The referee for a bit of afters. clearly had a firm word with the offender. I fail to see the benefit in playing on, if you have If only playing the advantage was always this to go back and take action against a player, who easy - reality is, of course, a bit different! has sought retribution! The position on the pitch must be considered. I Let us first look at the Laws of the Game. rarely applied advantage in the defensive third Specifically, Law 5 - The Referee. as it is difficult to stop play because a misplaced pass has put the defenders in peril! “The Referee allows play to continue when an offence occurs and the non-offending team will Playing advantage in midfield requires vision benefit from the advantage, and penalises the and an understanding of the pattern of play. offence if the anticipated advantage does not ensue Although it is easier to stop play here if an at that time or within a few seconds.” advantage does not materialise and go back to the free kick. The laws also carry this advice on advantage. Advantages applied in the attacking third can be “The referee may play advantage whenever an game changing and lead to a goal. offence occurs but should consider the following in deciding whether to apply the advantage or stop Allowing play to continue out wide with the play. prospect of a telling cross can be effective. • The severity of the offence - if the offence But you must be prepared to stop play if the warrants a sending-off, the referee must stop play attacking player can’t get their cross in. and send off the player unless there is a clear opportunity to score a goal. The viability of advantages near to goal quickly • The position where the offence was committed - become clear. The player either gets a chance the closer to the opponent’s goal, the more effective or they don’t! The problem arises when a shot the advantage can be. misses and the attacker now wants the free kick • The chances of an immediate, promising attack. or penalty. • The atmosphere of the match” A way of avoiding this is not to signal advantage, And that dear reader is all that’s in the Laws. allow play to develop for a couple of extra The rest is down to the referee. seconds and then decide. My rationale was to try and keep the game By way of a closing thought. Referee’s don’t going and not stop it for incidental fouls which celebrate goals - one got into trouble for that! simply served to break up the game, destroy its natural flow and spoil the enjoyment of all. Dave Ellmer
26 | www.haywardsheathtownfc.co.uk Under-18sBlues nce again on Sunday 8th and 15th the against Westfield FC was called off. The league OUnder 18s faced more postponement cup fixture first fell to postponements at as their matches with St Francis Rangers Hanbury and then two further postponements and Westfield (again - the 6th time!) were at the Parish Field with the tie then switched postponed. back again to Hanbury.
The pitch at the Cowell ground was unplayable A frozen pitch, then a waterlogging halted the latest two attempts. The game is now after the first team Saturday fixture but with scheduled for tomorrow at Parish Field. storm Ciara also in full force on Sunday morning the sensible decision was taken. As ever if you can spare your Sunday morning the under 18s would welcome your The following Sunday the under 18s cup game support. Current Under-18s Squad Under-18s Fixtures & Results Jack King Goalkeeper 01/09 - St Francis Rangers H 1-4 Dom Seed Goalkeeper 04/09 - Leatherhead (FAYC) A 0-7 Ben Epps Defence 08/09 - Shoreham A 9-1 Francesco Robinson Defence 15/09 - Burgess Hill Town H 3-3 Patrick Thorne Defence 22/09 - Broadbridge Heath A 6-1 27/10 - Hassocks A 1-4 Matt Stedman Defence 17/11 - Worthing Utd (DPC) A 1-3 Max Svienta Defence 05/01 - Broadbridge Heath H 1-3 Hadley Pellett Midfield 26/01 - Burgess Hill Town A 6-4 Joey Bines Midfield 02/02 - Hassocks H 1-6 Christian Wilkinson Midfield 23/02 - Westfield (LC) A Thomas Kiely Midfield 01/03 - Shoreham H Max Whelan Midfield 15/03 - Mile Oak A Kobe Dersley Midfield 22/03 - Mile Oak H Joseph Jerry Attack 29/03 - St Francis Rangers A Harry Naylor Attack Visit www.scfl.org.uk for more info Under-18s management team
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- 31/8 THREE BRIDGES BVIL L 0-2 156 Glover Morrison Summerfield Napper Cooper Spinks Warwick Brotherton + McCreadie Hartley McKenzie Straker Osideko (50) Hallard Saunders Dalhouse 3/9 Burgess Hill Town VEL1 L 0-2 222 Glover Morrison Summerfield * Napper Cooper L Cotton + Hallard Warwick McCreadie Hartley ++ Osideko ** Saunders McKenzie (75) Straker (80) Nkinsi (78) Brotherton (76) 7/9 HAYES & YEADING FAC1Q L 0-1 167 Glover Morrison Straker # L Cotton + Cooper Spinks Warwick Napper McCreadie Hallard Rowe Hartley (83) Blackwood (45) McKenzie / Osideko / Brotherton / Graves 14/9 Whitstable Town BVIL D 1-1 242 Glover Morrison Summerfield Napper Cooper Watson Hallard Brotherton ll McCreadie Warwick * Rowe + Straker (90) Hartley (72) SAUNDERS (72) # - - 17/9 GUERNSEY BVIL D 1-1 148 Glover Morrison Summerfield Napper Cooper Watson Warwick Hallard MCCREADIE (p) Simpson Hartley Spinks N Cotton Rowe Straker Brotherton 28/9 Ramsgate FATExPre D 2-2 153 Glover Morrison Summerfield Hallard Watson Spinks Warwick * Napper MCCREADIE (p) Simpson N Cotton # SAUNDERS (64) Straker Rowe (65) Osideko Graves 1/10 RAMSGATE FATExPreRe W 1-0 102 Glover Morrison Straker Hallard Spinks Watson Rowe Napper Simpson MCCREADIE (p) N Cotton # Saunders (75) Osideko Warwick (58) Summerfield (65) Graves 5/10 Hythe Town BVIL L 0-2 182 Glover Morrison Summerfield Warwick Spinks Watson Saunders + Napper # Simpson McCreadie N Cotton * Rowe (65) Osideko (81) Hallard (65) Straker Graves 8/10 EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN VEL1 W 2-0 76 Glover Summerfield Straker Warwick * Spinks Watson SAUNDERS (p) # Napper Simpson + N Cotton MCCREADIE Rowe (46) Brotherton (61) ++ Hallard (74) Graves (86) - 12/10 BRACKNELL TOWN FATPre W 2-1 96 GLOVER Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Spinks Watson Saunders NAPPER McCreadie + Warwick ++ N Cotton * Graves Hallard (89) Rowe (85) Simpson (71) - 19/10 HASTINGS UNITED BVIL D 1-1 236 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Spinks Watson Saunders # Napper MCCREADIE Warwick N Cotton * Rowe (88) Hallard Cooper (75) Graves Simpson (75) 22/10 Hastings United VEL1 L 0-1 224 Glover Morrison + Summerfield ++ Napper Cooper Watson Saunders Hallard ** Simpson Rowe N Cotton McCreadie Spinks (88) Warwick Brotherton (63) Asante (80) 26/10 AYLESBURY UNITED FAT1Q W 3-1 109 Glover Morrison Straker ** COOPER ++ Watson SPINKS Rowe Napper McCreadie WARWICK N Cotton Hallard Graves Summerfield Weatherstone (85) Simpson (70) 6/11 WORTHING SSC2 L 2-5 184 Glover Morrison Rowe COOPER Watson Spinks ** Saunders ++ Napper McCreadie Warwick N Cotton* Straker Graves Summerfield (45) Weatherstone (85) Simpson (73) 9/11 Royston Town FAT2Q L 0-7 225 Glover Morrison Rowe Napper Cooper Spinks # Saunders Warwick McCreadie Simpson * N Cotton + Watson (55) Summerfield (57) Weatherstone (79) Graves - 12/11 THREE BRIDGES VEL1 D 1-1* 64 Glover Morrison Summerfield Cooper Watson Spinks SAUNDERS (p) * Napper McCreadie ** Warwick # Rowe N Cotton (84) Graves Ryder (89) Weatherstone Simpson (84) 16/11 RAMSGATE BVIL W 2-1 144 Glover Morrison Summerfield Cooper WATSON Spinks SAUNDERS # Napper McCreadie ++ Warwick Rowe N Cotton (89) Graves Weatherstone Simpson (89) - 19/11 CHICHESTER CITY VEL1 W 2-0 84 Glover Morrison Summerfield Cooper Watson Spinks Saunders * Napper # MCCREADIE 2 Rowe ++ N Cotton Warwick (87) Graves Davis-Day (85) Weatherstone (89) - 30/11 VCD Athletic BVIL D 2-2 61 Glover Morrison Summerfield Watson # Cooper Spinks Saunders L Cotton MCCREADIE Napper N Cotton Warwick (60) Graves ROWE (73) Weatherstone - 7/12 ASHFORD UNITED BVIL W 1-0 102 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks Saunders # Napper McCreadie ++ Warwick + ROWE N Cotton (75) Watson (87) Weatherstone Akinwande (90) - 14/12 Herne Bay BVIL D 0-0 306 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks Rowe Napper McCreadie + Warwick N Cotton # Akinwande (77) Anderson (83) Ryder Graves - 21/12 Whyteleafe BVIL L 0-2 112 Glover Morrison Summerfield Warwick * Cooper L Cotton Saunders ++ Napper McCreadie N Cotton Rowe + Graves Ryder (88) Anderson (82) Akinwande (88) - 28/12 WHITEHAWK BVIL D 2-2 337 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks SAUNDERS Napper McCreadie ** WARWICK Rowe + N Cotton Graves (89) Ryder Akinwande Anderson (83) 4/1 Three Bridges BVIL W 3-1 101 Glover Morrison Summerfield L COTTON Cooper Spinks Saunders # Napper MCCREADIE 2 ++ Warwick Rowe + N Cotton (76) Akinwande (85) Weatherstone Anderson (81) Graves 11/1 CRAY VALLEY PM BVIL W 3-1 124 Glover Morrison Summefield Warwick L Cotton SPINKS Saunders ++ Napper MCCREADIE ** N Cotton + Rowe Weatherstone Cooper (63) Robinson Ryder (80) Anderson (88) 18/1 Hastings United BVIL L 0-1 759 Glover Morrision Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks Rowe + Napper McCreadie Warwick N Cotton # Anderson (75) Robinson (85) Akinwande Powell - 21/1 Phoenix Sports BVIL L 0-1 50 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks Rowe Napper McCreadie Warwick N Cotton Robinson Akinwande (89) Anderson (64) - - 25/1 HYTHE TOWN BVIL L 0-3 119 Glover Morrison Robinson L Cotton Cooper Wilson Elliott Napper McCreadie Warwick Rowe N Cotton (26) Rodrigues-Texeria Akinwande (73) Anderson (46) - 5/2 Guernsey BVIL D 2-2 713 Glover Morrison Robinson Napper + Cooper Spinks MCCREADIE Wilson Sterling-Parker * WARWICK Rowe N Cotton Cumber (69) Anderson (62) Hallard - 8/2 HERNE BAY BVIL L 0-2 157 Glover Morrison Rowe Napper Cooper Spinks McCreadie Wilson * Sterling-Parker + Warwick N Cotton ++ Hallard Robinson (46) Cumber (65) Anderson (85) Rodrigues-Texeria 15/2 Ashford United BVIL D 1-1 243 Glover Morrison Summerfield Napper Cooper Spinks Sterling-Parker Wilson MCCREADIE Warwick Rowe N Cotton (68) Robinson Cumber (24) Weston Hallard 18/2 Sevenoaks Town BVIL W 2-1 126 Glover Morrison Summerfield + Napper Cooper Spinks ROWE 2 Cumber McCreadie Warwick # N Cotton * Sterling-Parker (74) Robinson (46) Pearse (87) Rodrigues-Texeria - 22/2 SEVENOAKS TOWN BVIL W 1-0 132 Glover Morrison Rowe NAPPER Cooper Spinks Sterling-Parker * Cumber McCreadie + Warwick N Cotton # Robinson (75) Dalhouse (86) Blackwood (78) Davis-Day Rodrigues-Texeria 25/2 FAVERSHAM TOWN BVIL 29/2 Sittingbourne BVIL 3/3 SITTINGBOURNE BVIL 7/3 PHOENIX SPORTS BVIL 10/3 Chichester City BVIL 14/3 Ramsgate BVIL 17/3 CHICHESTER CITY BVIL 21/3 WHITSTABLE TOWN BVIL 28/3 Cray Valley PM BVIL 4/4 EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN BVIL 11/4 Burgess Hill Town BVIL 13/4 WHYTELEAFE BVIL 18/4 Faversham Town BVIL 25/4 VCD ATHLETIC BVIL
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Red = Evening Kick-Offs * vs Three Bridges 12/11/19 - Lost 5-4 on penalties Substitutes (Italics = unused) Date Opposition Comp Res Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 # + * ++ ** 17/8 East Grinstead Town BVIL W 2-1 117 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton COOPER Spinks SAUNDERS Napper McCreadie Warwick # N Cotton + Hartley (65) Rowe (85) Watson McKenzie Hallard 20/8 BURGESS HILL TOWN BVIL W 5-1 407 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton * Cooper Spinks SAUNDERS + Warwick MCCREADIE 4 Hartley # N Cotton Rowe (69) McKenzie (82) Hallard (84) Graves Osideko 24/8 TUNBRIDGE WELLS FACPre W 2-1 146 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks SAUNDERS (p) # Warwick McCreadie + Hartley N COTTON * Rowe (65) McKenzie (70) Osideko (82) Hallard Straker 26/8 Whitehawk BVIL D 1-1 280 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks ll McKenzie * Warwick MCCREADIE # Hartley Osideko + Dalhouse (77) Straker (82) Hallard (89) - - 31/8 THREE BRIDGES BVIL L 0-2 156 Glover Morrison Summerfield Napper Cooper Spinks Warwick Brotherton + McCreadie Hartley McKenzie Straker Osideko (50) Hallard Saunders Dalhouse 3/9 Burgess Hill Town VEL1 L 0-2 222 Glover Morrison Summerfield * Napper Cooper L Cotton + Hallard Warwick McCreadie Hartley ++ Osideko ** Saunders McKenzie (75) Straker (80) Nkinsi (78) Brotherton (76) 7/9 HAYES & YEADING FAC1Q L 0-1 167 Glover Morrison Straker # L Cotton + Cooper Spinks Warwick Napper McCreadie Hallard Rowe Hartley (83) Blackwood (45) McKenzie / Osideko / Brotherton / Graves 14/9 Whitstable Town BVIL D 1-1 242 Glover Morrison Summerfield Napper Cooper Watson Hallard Brotherton ll McCreadie Warwick * Rowe + Straker (90) Hartley (72) SAUNDERS (72) # - - 17/9 GUERNSEY BVIL D 1-1 148 Glover Morrison Summerfield Napper Cooper Watson Warwick Hallard MCCREADIE (p) Simpson Hartley Spinks N Cotton Rowe Straker Brotherton 28/9 Ramsgate FATExPre D 2-2 153 Glover Morrison Summerfield Hallard Watson Spinks Warwick * Napper MCCREADIE (p) Simpson N Cotton # SAUNDERS (64) Straker Rowe (65) Osideko Graves 1/10 RAMSGATE FATExPreRe W 1-0 102 Glover Morrison Straker Hallard Spinks Watson Rowe Napper Simpson MCCREADIE (p) N Cotton # Saunders (75) Osideko Warwick (58) Summerfield (65) Graves 5/10 Hythe Town BVIL L 0-2 182 Glover Morrison Summerfield Warwick Spinks Watson Saunders + Napper # Simpson McCreadie N Cotton * Rowe (65) Osideko (81) Hallard (65) Straker Graves 8/10 EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN VEL1 W 2-0 76 Glover Summerfield Straker Warwick * Spinks Watson SAUNDERS (p) # Napper Simpson + N Cotton MCCREADIE Rowe (46) Brotherton (61) ++ Hallard (74) Graves (86) - 12/10 BRACKNELL TOWN FATPre W 2-1 96 GLOVER Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Spinks Watson Saunders NAPPER McCreadie + Warwick ++ N Cotton * Graves Hallard (89) Rowe (85) Simpson (71) - 19/10 HASTINGS UNITED BVIL D 1-1 236 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Spinks Watson Saunders # Napper MCCREADIE Warwick N Cotton * Rowe (88) Hallard Cooper (75) Graves Simpson (75) 22/10 Hastings United VEL1 L 0-1 224 Glover Morrison + Summerfield ++ Napper Cooper Watson Saunders Hallard ** Simpson Rowe N Cotton McCreadie Spinks (88) Warwick Brotherton (63) Asante (80) 26/10 AYLESBURY UNITED FAT1Q W 3-1 109 Glover Morrison Straker ** COOPER ++ Watson SPINKS Rowe Napper McCreadie WARWICK N Cotton Hallard Graves Summerfield Weatherstone (85) Simpson (70) 6/11 WORTHING SSC2 L 2-5 184 Glover Morrison Rowe COOPER Watson Spinks ** Saunders ++ Napper McCreadie Warwick N Cotton* Straker Graves Summerfield (45) Weatherstone (85) Simpson (73) 9/11 Royston Town FAT2Q L 0-7 225 Glover Morrison Rowe Napper Cooper Spinks # Saunders Warwick McCreadie Simpson * N Cotton + Watson (55) Summerfield (57) Weatherstone (79) Graves - 12/11 THREE BRIDGES VEL1 D 1-1* 64 Glover Morrison Summerfield Cooper Watson Spinks SAUNDERS (p) * Napper McCreadie ** Warwick # Rowe N Cotton (84) Graves Ryder (89) Weatherstone Simpson (84) 16/11 RAMSGATE BVIL W 2-1 144 Glover Morrison Summerfield Cooper WATSON Spinks SAUNDERS # Napper McCreadie ++ Warwick Rowe N Cotton (89) Graves Weatherstone Simpson (89) - 19/11 CHICHESTER CITY VEL1 W 2-0 84 Glover Morrison Summerfield Cooper Watson Spinks Saunders * Napper # MCCREADIE 2 Rowe ++ N Cotton Warwick (87) Graves Davis-Day (85) Weatherstone (89) - 30/11 VCD Athletic BVIL D 2-2 61 Glover Morrison Summerfield Watson # Cooper Spinks Saunders L Cotton MCCREADIE Napper N Cotton Warwick (60) Graves ROWE (73) Weatherstone - 7/12 ASHFORD UNITED BVIL W 1-0 102 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks Saunders # Napper McCreadie ++ Warwick + ROWE N Cotton (75) Watson (87) Weatherstone Akinwande (90) - 14/12 Herne Bay BVIL D 0-0 306 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks Rowe Napper McCreadie + Warwick N Cotton # Akinwande (77) Anderson (83) Ryder Graves - 21/12 Whyteleafe BVIL L 0-2 112 Glover Morrison Summerfield Warwick * Cooper L Cotton Saunders ++ Napper McCreadie N Cotton Rowe + Graves Ryder (88) Anderson (82) Akinwande (88) - 28/12 WHITEHAWK BVIL D 2-2 337 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks SAUNDERS Napper McCreadie ** WARWICK Rowe + N Cotton Graves (89) Ryder Akinwande Anderson (83) 4/1 Three Bridges BVIL W 3-1 101 Glover Morrison Summerfield L COTTON Cooper Spinks Saunders # Napper MCCREADIE 2 ++ Warwick Rowe + N Cotton (76) Akinwande (85) Weatherstone Anderson (81) Graves 11/1 CRAY VALLEY PM BVIL W 3-1 124 Glover Morrison Summefield Warwick L Cotton SPINKS Saunders ++ Napper MCCREADIE ** N Cotton + Rowe Weatherstone Cooper (63) Robinson Ryder (80) Anderson (88) 18/1 Hastings United BVIL L 0-1 759 Glover Morrision Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks Rowe + Napper McCreadie Warwick N Cotton # Anderson (75) Robinson (85) Akinwande Powell - 21/1 Phoenix Sports BVIL L 0-1 50 Glover Morrison Summerfield L Cotton Cooper Spinks Rowe Napper McCreadie Warwick N Cotton Robinson Akinwande (89) Anderson (64) - - 25/1 HYTHE TOWN BVIL L 0-3 119 Glover Morrison Robinson L Cotton Cooper Wilson Elliott Napper McCreadie Warwick Rowe N Cotton (26) Rodrigues-Texeria Akinwande (73) Anderson (46) - 5/2 Guernsey BVIL D 2-2 713 Glover Morrison Robinson Napper + Cooper Spinks MCCREADIE Wilson Sterling-Parker * WARWICK Rowe N Cotton Cumber (69) Anderson (62) Hallard - 8/2 HERNE BAY BVIL L 0-2 157 Glover Morrison Rowe Napper Cooper Spinks McCreadie Wilson * Sterling-Parker + Warwick N Cotton ++ Hallard Robinson (46) Cumber (65) Anderson (85) Rodrigues-Texeria 15/2 Ashford United BVIL D 1-1 243 Glover Morrison Summerfield Napper Cooper Spinks Sterling-Parker Wilson MCCREADIE Warwick Rowe N Cotton (68) Robinson Cumber (24) Weston Hallard 18/2 Sevenoaks Town BVIL W 2-1 126 Glover Morrison Summerfield + Napper Cooper Spinks ROWE 2 Cumber McCreadie Warwick # N Cotton * Sterling-Parker (74) Robinson (46) Pearse (87) Rodrigues-Texeria - 22/2 SEVENOAKS TOWN BVIL W 1-0 132 Glover Morrison Rowe NAPPER Cooper Spinks Sterling-Parker * Cumber McCreadie + Warwick N Cotton # Robinson (75) Dalhouse (86) Blackwood (78) Davis-Day Rodrigues-Texeria 25/2 FAVERSHAM TOWN BVIL 29/2 Sittingbourne BVIL 3/3 SITTINGBOURNE BVIL 7/3 PHOENIX SPORTS BVIL 10/3 Chichester City BVIL 14/3 Ramsgate BVIL 17/3 CHICHESTER CITY BVIL 21/3 WHITSTABLE TOWN BVIL 28/3 Cray Valley PM BVIL 4/4 EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN BVIL 11/4 Burgess Hill Town BVIL 13/4 WHYTELEAFE BVIL 18/4 Faversham Town BVIL 25/4 VCD ATHLETIC BVIL
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HTTFC 19-20 Season Stats HTTFC Career Stats Player Name Position St Su Gls Y R Apps Gls Luke Glover Goalkeeper 37 1 4 38 1 Hamish Morrison Defender 36 2 36 Trevor McCreadie Attacker 36 18 (4p) 5 113 82 Byron Napper Midfielder 34 2 5 81 5 Ryan Warwick Midfielder 33 3 2 4 96 8 Josh Spinks Defender 31 1 2 4 1 126 5 Nathan Cooper Defender 30 2 3 6 219 30 Tom Summerfield Defender 28 3 4 1 31 Kieran Rowe Midfielder 23 9 4 1 64 10 Nico Cotton Midfielder 23 6 1 2 29 1 Callum Saunders Midfielder 19 3 9 (3p) 9 150 80 Lloyd Cotton Midfielder 18 1 6 18 1 Henry Watson* Defender 15 2 1 17 1 Melford Simpson* Attacker 7 6 66 22 Reece Hallard Midfielder 7 5 2 12 Jack Hartley* Midfielder 6 3 2 9 Tariq Straker* Defender 4 3 7 Raheem Sterling-Parker Attacker 4 1 5 Michael Wilson Midfielder 4 4 Lekan Osideko* Attacker 2 4 6 Luke Robinson Defender 2 4 21 Jamie Brotherton* Attacker 2 3 1 5 Antwon McKenzie * Midfielder 2 3 5 Danny Cumber Midfielder 2 3 1 5 Marcus Elliott Attacker 1 1 Tahjae Anderson Attacker 10 10 Olakunle Akinwande Attacker 6 6 Christian Weatherstone Midfielder 4 4 Farrall Ryder Attacker 3 3 Andrew Dalhouse Attacker 2 25 9 Saio Blackwood Midfielder 2 2 Tom Graves * Defender 2 117 11 Dan Pearse Midfielder 1 1 Henri Nkinsi Defender 1 1 Samuel Asante Midfielder 1 1 Thaikay Davis-Day Midfielder 1 1 Josh Heyburn Goalkeeper 69 Ricardo Rodrigues-Texeria Goalkeeper Dominic Short Midfielder * No longer with the club Up to and including February 22nd 2020
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107966 PAdv Range Ad_210x297mm_Mid-Sussex.indd 1 06/12/2018 13:25 SquadsMatch Day Luke Glover Reece Hallard Ricardo Rodrigues-Teixeria Michael Wilson Nathan Cooper Dan Pearse Josh Spinks Jamie Weston Tom Summerfield Callum Saunders Colours: Luke Robinson Ryan Warwick Blue & Hamish Morrison Danny Cumber White Lloyd Cotton Trevor McCreadie Byron Napper Tahjae Anderson Nico Cotton Ola Akinwande Kieran Rowe Raheem Sterling-Parker
Manager Shaun Saunders Asst. Manager Roy Staughton Coaches Mark Russ & Ben Burns Physio John Fairley
Patrick Lee Dan Parkinson Ben Gorham Liam Gilles Jack Miles Ryan Hayes Colours: Tom Ripley Liam King All Green Joe Tennent Tyrell Richardson Brown Joey Taylor Frankie Sawyer Mitchell Chapman Tommy Whitnell Kyle De Silva James Bessey-Saldanha Michael Chapman Ryan Fowler Manager Micky Collins Coaches Jason Bourne & Julian Leigh Physio Terry Groom
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