Saturday 24th TOOTING & October 2020 STAINES TOWN MITCHAM UNITED Kick-Off 3:00pm Assistant Manager: Daniel Gill Joint Managers : Ashley Bosah Pitching In Coaches : James Lewis, Tony Millar (gks) and Cornelius Nwadialor Isthmian Football Sports Therapist : Elissa Boateng Coaches : Myles Warren, Marcus Bernard, League Division Analyst s: Olly Pratt, Metin Ramadan ( asst ) Terry Angell, Dan Yankah, Warren Andrews Scouts : Jamie Bunker, Jaemie Gale Physio' : Bruno Silva One South Central Manager: Paul Barnes Kit Man : Charlie Smith A warm welcome to Old Gold shirts (blue trim) Black/White striped shirts our Match Officials Blue shorts Black shorts Referee : Old Gold socks (blue trim) Black socks Alastair Higgs (Camberley, Surrey) Joe WILLIAMS Gary ROSS Tom JEWERS Tom JELLEY Assistant Referees : Wasiri Ola WILLIAMS Dean HAMLIN Members of The Isthmian Football League Jonathan R Was Division One South Central Ben COTTON Billy BROWNE (West Drayton, Middlesex) Ansu JANNEH Mark WATERS Steven Conway Arif HATTABI Nathan DALY (Harefield, Middlesex) Che KRABBENDAM Akheem BELFORD (vc) Ibi Tayo OYEBOLA Daryl COLEMAN © We urge all supporters to remain cautious Sébastian OSEI-OBENGO Daniel WILLIAMS about CoViD-19. Fred erick HILL Jake ROSE Remain in groups of 6 Kain ADOM Jamarie BRISSETT or fewer, sanitise your Luke ROBINSON Abdelah Abz SAHNOUN hands frequently, Exaucé BIZIMA Ermis MEZINI don’t leave drinks De’Juane TAYLOR-CROSSDALE Kelvin ADJEI containers or other Prince M’BENGUI Dontai STEWART litter, and wear a face Josiah BENJAMIN George ADEMILUYI covering wherever Tyler PINK James SHAW possible. People living Dquame COPELAND Sinn’kaye CHRISTIE in Tier 2 areas, which Josh ua LÜTHER Duncan CULLEY include Merton, Kyrique GARVEY-WILLIAMS Feltham, Hounslow, Oliver GNANDI Mo SAHNOUN and indeed all London Monty EVERETT Saturday 24th October 2020 boroughs, and Lee WYATT Klajdi CANI kick off 3:00pm Swans versus Elmbridge, must follow Zeid HANNACHI Troy WALTERS additional rules Tyreke LESLIE Conor BEATTIE THANK YOU Joe RINGER Morgan CAMPBELL TOOTING AND Temi tope EWEKA Elijah SIMPSON MITCHAM UNITED CHARTER STANDARD Noah KELO ADULT CLUB Levi PHILLIPS Pitching In Isthmian Football LeagueLeague———— Division One South Central Staines Town FC - Season 2020/21 - Programme no 9 - Saturday 24 October 2020 - page 28 SEASONStaines 2020/21Town v Tooting : Official & ProgrammeMitcham United 9 : price— www.stainestownfootballc £2 : www.stainestownfootballclub.co.uklub.co.uk ― number :9 page page 1 1 SWANS IN SHOT: STFC Management & Squad (5) SWANS IN SHOT: pics by Graeme Wilcockson (left to right). Technical Staff : Top row Tony Millar; Jaemie Gale; Finn Roberts-Bond [ no longer with club ]; Player : 2nd row : Oliver Gnandi ( defender ) ; Top Monty Everett [left] celebrates what proves to be the winner against Hertford, alongside Stewards : lower left David Quin ( emergency steward ) shows off his rare Arif Hattabi; right: more action from the Hertford encounter . STFC silk scarf from the 80s (somewhat discoloured methinks*); larger pic, Below : Sébastian Osei-Obengo gets the better of a South Park defender. clockwise from top left David Brown, Stephen Ryan, Bill Baker, John Cook. Adil — official photographer of * The scarf is discoloured, not the holder! Staines Town Staines Town FC - Season 2020/21 - Programme no 9 - Saturday 24 October 2020 - page 2 Staines Town v Tooting & Mitcham United — www.stainestownfootballclub.co.uk ― number 9 page Good afternoon everyone. CUP UPDATES Today we welcome the players, UP THE SWA NS! officials, and supporters of TOOTING 2020/2021 Competitions Bassett T 1 Oxford C 2; Chippen- field; 11 AFC Fylde v Altrincham; 12 . & MITCHAM UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB to our home, and we ham T 2 Poole T 2 ( p5-4). Chester v Marine; 32 Chorley re- hope that—in spite of the CoViD-19 restrictions and our Sun 4 Oct : Havant & Waterlooville 2 ceive a bye due to the liquidation of consequent inability to provide much in the way of hos- EMIRATES FA CUP EDITORIAL Southern ties; p = on penalties. Horsham 1 ( at Bognor RT ); Con- Macclesfield United on 16.9.20 . pitality – they have a pleasant stay and a safe journey Second Qualifying Round results cord Rangers 2 Potters Bar Tn 1 ‡. 13 Maidenhead U v Cray Val ley Ppr Mills back home later today. Before going any further, I Sat 3 Oct : AFC Dunstable 1 Hemel Mon 5 Oct : Burnham 1 Whyteleafe 3 ‡ 14 Canvey Island v Cray Wanderers would like to place on record my thanks to their Programme Editor Warren Andrews for kindly providing details ‡ Match rained off from 3 Oct, and 15 Wealdstone v Hayes & Yeading U Hempstead T 2; Brackley T 2 for today’s edition. Billericay T 2 ( p4-3); Maldon & then played at ground of second- 16 Sutton United v Bromley Well last week’s game was a cracker wasn’t it! There’s Tiptree 2 Grays A 2 ( p5-4); Canvey named club. wo = walkover; scr = 17 Tonbridge Angels v Taunton Tn a short report on page 18, but it can hardly do justice to an Island 2 Biggleswade 2 ( p4-3); scratched due to CoViD-19. 18 Hemel Hempstead Town v Hamp- eight-goal thriller. Let’s hope that today’s match is even half as Cheshunt 1 Cambridge C 2; Third Qualifying Round results ton & Richmond Borough exciting. It was a great achievement by our boys, who never led at Royston T 2 Stamford 2 ( p4-3); Tue 13 Oct, except ties 14 & 24 on 19 Aldershot Town v Woking any stage: and they had to do it without the Manager’s presence, as he Barking 2 Kings Langley 2 ( p3-2); Wed 14 Oct. 20 Maldon & Tiptree v Haringey Boro was, and remains, unavoidably absent for domestic reasons, but we wish Hashtag U 1 Braintree T 1 ( p6-7); 14 Bishop's Stortford 3 Royston Tn 0 21 Dagenham & Redbridge v Hartley him well and he assures us he will be back for Tuesday’s game—as will our skipper Temi Eweka who will have completed his suspension. We await news of out variously St Albans C 5 Hitchin T 0; Bishop's 16 Peterborough S 1 Banbury U 1 (p6–7) Wintney injured players, but two others who’ve been out of circulation have been Tyreke Leslie (dual regis- 17 Leiston 0 AFC Telford U 0 (p9–8) 22 Leiston v Barnet Stortford 1 Brentwood T 0; Wal- tered at Tooting Bec all season) and Monty Everett (who’s just dual registered at his old club, Cob- thamstow 0 Hornchurch 2; Leigh- 18 Brackley Tn wo Kettering Tn scr 23 Weymouth v Oxford City ham). In, however, comes Oliver Gnandi (it’s pronounced ‘nondi’, being of French origin), a pow- ton T 1 Leiston 2; Brantham Ath 0 19 Cambridge C 2 Halesowen Tn 0 24 Eastbourne Bor v Dulwich Hamlet erful defender whom we’ve just signed from Great Wakering Rovers. Unfortunately he picked up a Aveley 3; Kettering T 2 Chelmsford 20 Oxford City 6 Tamworth 1 25 Eastleigh v Weston-super-Mare knock in the Dorking game, but we hope he may be available for selection today or very soon. C 0; Peterborough Spts 4 Stansted 21 Bury Tn 2 Nuneaton Borough 0 26 Sholing v Torquay United We’ve got a good record against Tooting in recent years, and were in fact unbeaten in two 2; Bury T 4 Waltham Abbey 1; 22 Boston U scr Hml Hempst’d T wo 27 Bath C v Havant & Waterlooville games against them last year, although of course those games are now struck from the official Hayes & YU 5 Bognor RT 0; Dart- 23 Haringey Bor 5 Bracknell Town 1 28 Boreham Wood v Wimborne Tn record. They’ve made a good start this term, and along with Waltham and Ashford, have the best ford 0 Slough T 1; Farnborough 0 24 Havant & Wlville 4 Chatham Tn 1 29 Yeovil Town v Dover Athletic defensive record in the early League table. We cannot get far away from CoViD-19, can we. As I am sure you are aware, England is 25 Bedfont Sports 0 Canvey Island 2 30 Bishop's Stortford v St Albans C Tonbridge Ang 1; Harrow Bor 1 now operating with a three tier system. From being the Surrey borough with the highest infection 26 Cray Valley Paper Mills 2 Aveley 0 Cray Vall. PM 5; Chipstead 1 E 31 Concord Rgrs v Chippenham Tn rate little more than a month ago, Spelthorne [Staines, Ashford, Sunbury] is now mercifully at the 27 Hartley Wintney 3 Barking 1 Grinstead T 0; Chichester C 2 MIDDLESEX SENIOR CUP lowest, and so is in Tier 1 ‘medium risk’. Our neighbours in Elmbridge, though (Esher, Cobham, Risborough Rgrs 1; Corinthian-Cas 28 Bristol MF 3 Cray Wdrs 3 (p2–4) Round 1 : week comm Mon 9 Nov Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge and Molesey) is in tier 2 ‘high risk’, as are all London boroughs 2 Dulwich Ham 2 ( p1-3); Haringey 29 Eastbourne Bor 3 Sheppey Utd 1 such as neighbouring Hounslow, and Merton in which T&MU FC is located. With households not 1 CB Hounslow U v Spelthorne Spts Bor 2 Chertsey T 0; Folkestone In 30 Hayes & YU 0 Chipstead 0 (p4–2) allowed to mix, with certain exceptions, we are not yet sure what the state of play will be with the 2 Southall v Hanworth Villa 0 Chatham T 3; Hendon 0 Maid- 31 Slough Town 0 Bath City 1 Sports Bar today, and we do of course urge all spectators and volunteers to take all feasible pre- 3 North Greenford United v Wembley stone U 1; Hanwell T 3 Hartley 32 Taunton Town 4 Truro City 2 cautions to minimise risks to themselves and others. Byes : Ashford Town (Middlesex), Wint 5; Moneyfields 2 Cray Wdrs 33 Christchurch 1 Dulwich H 1 (p1–3) Brentford ‘B’, Broadfields United Enjoy the Game, Stay Safe, and Up The Swans! 6; Ebbsfleet U 2 Hastings U 2 ( p4- 34 Wimborne T 2 Maidstone U 2 (p3–1) Saturday , Enfield Town, Hampton & 2); Sheppey U 2 Welling U 0; 35 Sholing 5 Walton Casuals 2 Richmond Borough, Hanwell Town, TEASER …With respect to Staines Town, what distinction is unique to these seven clubs and Corinthian 0 Hampton &RB 1; 36 Chichester C 1 Tonbridge Ang.