Moses Emmanuel Man South for Croydon Athletic
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THE STONES INTERVIEW BY TIM PARKS WEALDSTONE v BLLERICAY TOWN 08.02.2020 when they were the self styled ‘worst team in Leatherhead, Surrey. He credits his mum, amateur football’? Sought After, with his football career and Moses had shot the Ravens to the National changed his surname to hers - he was League South title in 2014-15 and his glorious previously Moses Adimola - a few years hat trick at Torquay is the subject of a very ago. He played youth football in Eltham entertaining chapter in Roberts’ book. for Cray Wanderers but got noticed when “I’ll never forget that game, scoring three he was 17 years old, playing in the Ry- Moses Emmanuel man South for Croydon Athletic. in the first half but my first three games for Wealdstone have been memorable too!” he Brentford took a chance on the said. teenager - with the £2,500 transfer fee I told him that I’d been trawling through Wiki- paid for by the Bees fanzine ‘Thorne in pedia for his goalscoring stats and they had the Side’, possibly a first for a Football him down for three goals in three games - two League player. He played a part in www.wfcmegastore.co.uk www.wfcmegastore.co.uk at Havant and then the (Frankie Artus) own Brentford’s promotion from League Two goal against Bath. that season with eight appearances. “Ha! I’ll take that - although I’m not sure I got “My first taste of pro football was an much of a touch on it. EFL Cup game at Swansea at the Liberty Stadium - Swansea were in the Champi- “The Havant goals were definitely mine, onship and beat us 2-0 but I came on as although I missed that sitter with just the sub and hit the crossbar almost straight keeper to beat... I just got it all wrong. But the away”. team allowed me to get on the end of a couple Moses teases the A lot of posts on the Bees’ Fans Forum Bath defence out more chances and they went in - the last one I just hit hard to make sure!” around that time attested to young of position before Moses’ potential. And the fans had So was the 7-0 against Bath the biggest sending Dennon effectively paid for him so they were keen win you’ve been involved in? Lewis clear for for him to do well! “No actually - when I was at Billericay we our fourth goal a But he went out on loan to Woking, a beat Whitehawk 9-1 and I got a hat trick that fortnight ago move that was made permanent in 2012 day too - but the biggest thing about the Bath and his goals helped the Cards to promo- game was that we kept it up right through the tion from the Conference South. 90 minutes, the pressing, making chances, the movement and the energy. Makes us excited Then it was on to Eastleigh, and ‘It was an easy decision to sign... the pace, to be playing - the next game can’t come soon then Dover (another promotion from enough”. the Conference South), and then on to Bromley where 35 goals in 82 games here’s no doubt that Moses’ pace, strength tempo and quality in this team is ridiculous! and trickery have given a new dimension CONTINUED OVERPAGE to our forward oses Emmanuel believes that is older than me - and only by a bit. That Tplay. But how did everything happens for a reason. gives us great energy and you could see he learn to turn “Me signing for Wealdstone was just how quick we were all over the park“. defenders? Is it a Mmeant to be” said the 30 year old striker My first question was a doozie. sixth sense to know - and cult goalscoring hero at many of his “So, Moses, was that performance, the exactly where they previous clubs - when I caught up with him win over Bath City, better than when you are? for a chat last week. scored a hat trick for Bromley in their “I don’t think it’s “I was at Welling but there were budget shock 7-2 win at Torquay three years down to training cuts and a new manager (Bradley ago?” really - that comes Quinton) and when the Gaffer came in for “Ha, they were good times, those days” he from the experience me it wasn’t a hard decision!” he laughed. said. “You’ve looked into this, haven’t you?” of playing 12 years “I knew a lot of the players (Ross, Michee, I had to confess that when news came and getting a bit of Connor and Billy) from when I played under through that we’d signed Moses from knowledge in every Dean at Billericay last season, and there is Welling my non-League antennae went up. game. You pick it up real quality here. What I didn’t realise is the Moses Emmanuel? Wasn’t he the Bromley as you go along”. pace and tempo in this team - it’s ridiculous! striker who earned rave reviews in Dave He is a South “And they’re so young! I’ve been used to Roberts’ book ‘Home and Away’, the story London boy, brought playing in successful, experienced teams of Bromley’s first season in the National up in the Croydon/ Moses (2nd right) claims Frankie FIND A WHOLE OF WORLD THE MEMORABILIA WEALDSTONE MEGASTORE: AT but it wasn’t until I looked through the team League - told through the incredulous eyes Crystal Palace area Artus’s own goal against Bath! against Bath that I realised only the Skipper of a 60-year-old fan who’d been around but now living in THIS SPACE! NEXT UP BE TO INTERVIEWED: WATCH THE STONES INTERVIEW CONTD WEALDSTONE v BLLERICAY TOWN 08.02.2020 ...and here are a few snippets from again helped the Ravens to the National League South title, and that memorable first Torquay 2 Bromley 7, feat Moses! season in the top division. Do we sense a theme here? “Well, my ambition, my objective now is just to win another promotion. The team is certainly good enough, the club is good enough and the fans are amazing... yes we can win promotion if we keep doing what we’re doing. “One game as it comes, and as I said we just can’t wait for the next one!” www.wfcmegastore.co.uk www.wfcmegastore.co.uk CONTINUED OVERPAGE Moses (2nd right) claims Frankie FIND A WHOLE OF WORLD THE MEMORABILIA WEALDSTONE MEGASTORE: AT Artus’s own goal against Bath! NEXT UP TO BE INTERVIEWED: WATCH THIS SPACE! NEXT UP BE TO INTERVIEWED: WATCH.