We Are Seasiders Felixstowe & Walton United Vs Grays Athletic

PROGRAMME | 2019/20 | NUMBER: 10

#WE ARE SEASIDERS FELIXSTOWE & WALTON UNITED VS GRAYS ATHLETIC

SAT 16 NOVEMBER 2019 - 3PM - ISTHMIAN NORTH

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Our last home ﬁxture brought about some very unsavoury incidents and I truly hope we never see such like again. That said, we were really disappointed to come away with a point following the 3-3 draw after being 3-0 to the good with half an hour to play. Credit to Brentwood Town, who until the unsavoury incident, kept their calm and composure to come back and snatch a point. For sure it was two points lost as far as the Seasiders were concerned.

Last week away at Histon it looked like the spoils would be shared until the 83rd minute when the hosts netted to record a 1-0 victory. The goal was a sucker punch considering how well we played. And so to this afternoon. Grays Athletic will pose a great threat to our ambitions to move away from the bottom half of the table. I am conﬁdent that if we continue to play as we have done of late we could surprise a few by taking three points. Let’s hope so. Did you enjoy the ﬁreworks? What a great night of colourful entertainment enjoyed by more FROM THE CHAIRMAN THE FROM than 4000 spectators. Well done Chris & Kate for the brilliant organisation and arrangements, and to the plethora of helpers on the day who set up and cleared up before and after the event. Christmas draw tickets are available to purchase in the clubhouse – £2.00 per book of 4 tickets. Don’t miss out on a chance to win some great prizes while supporting the club. Next up at the Goldstar is Dereham Town on Saturday November 30th K/O 15:00 see you there

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Grays Athletic Our visitors today, as many will know, are currently homeless and hire the excellent facilities of Aveley FC for their home games. But they are working hard to make a return to their own borough - if you want to follow their progress via twitter, or want to help, search follow #BringGraysAthHome

Romford FC Big news coming out of Romford this week is that former Billericay Town owner Glenn Tamplin has joined the club. Like Grays Athletic, they are currently homeless and looking to return to Romford. They currently play their home games at the Arena, home of fellow Isthmian League North side Brentwood Town. Updated Wednesday 13th November It’s reported that Tamplin has relieved the management of their duties and installed himself as the new manager, with a new backroom team, and had by Tuesday evening signed 15 new players while saying he believes the club, despite being currently bottom of the table, can make the play off’s this season. A developing story… who knows where it will be by today? (matchday)

National League (South) - Southern League (Premier) Former Seasiders Boss …. Right. Here We Go… Last week, former Seasiders boss Glen Driver resigned from his position as the manager of National League (South) club Braintree Town. In the same week, Southern League (Premier) club Leiston FC announced that manager Ian Cornforth SEASIDER - PHILSEASIDER GRIFFITHS had stepped down from his position as 1st team manager, explaining he was not walking away from the club, but would become involved in developing their excellent youth set up. On Tuesday of this week, Leiston FC announced their new manager as Glen Driver, with Tony Kinsella as his assistant. Our current manager, Stuart Boardley, left the Seasiders where he was a registered player & took over the reins when Driver stepped down at Leiston a year or so ago, but left the club at the end of that season, with Cornforth replacing him as manager. Stuart, of course, took over the Seasiders following the departure of Ian Watson & Danny Bloomﬁeld… there was no pre-planning on this move as Stuart ﬂew out to Cyprus on a pre-planned holiday after being appointed, thinking he was without a club (he thought) either as a player or manager.

As Jimmy Greaves once said… It’s a funny old game!

The roots of the modern day Grays Athletic can be traced back as far as 1888, although 1890 has become the de facto established formation date. The reasons for this disparity are almost certainly lost in the mists of time. Grays Athletic therefore celebrated its centenary in 1990, played at The Recreation Ground, Bridge Road from 1906 to 2010, and became members of the Athenian League in 1912. Grays became very strong after the Second World War, winning the Essex Senior Cup in 1945 and winning the Corinthian League and Cup in 1946. They rejoined the Athenian League in 1958 where they remained until 1983. In 1981 the Club Patron Mr Ron Billings purchased the ground and the Club was reformed as a Limited Company in 1982 under the guidance of Jeff and Fred Saxton. In 1983 a fire destroyed the 400-seater stand that included the dressing and kit rooms. Ron Billings came to the rescue by building the Ball Court Complex that included dressing rooms, club room and bar. Grays went on to become Isthmian Division 2 Champions in 1985. The 1987-88 season saw the Club promoted to the then Vauxhall Opel Premier League after amassing 100 points. They then won the Essex Senior Cup and the Essex Thameside Trophy. A great FA Cup run in 1988-89 ended in the First Round proper, losing 2-0 away at Bath City. Grays won the League Cup, defeating Enfield in 1991-92. In 1993-94 and 1994-95 the Club won the Essex Senior Cup by defeating Billericay Town on both occasions. Relegated to Division One in 1997, they returned to the Premier Division in 1999-00. The FA Cup campaign in 2000-01 ended with defeat in the First Round proper for the third time, losing 4-0 away at Reading. This signalled the start of major changes with Mike Woodward installed as Director of Football, Craig Edwards as Manager and the departure of Jeff and Fred Saxton after 25 years of loyal service. Season 2002-03 started poorly and saw Edwards depart, being replaced by Mark Stimson as player manager who appointed Scott Barrett as his assistant. Ahead of the 2003-04 season, the Club made the bold decision to turn most of the players into full time professionals, with the majority of players in their early twenties. Despite being knocked out of the FA Cup in the second qualifying round, 2004-05 became the most successful in the Club’s history. Stimson and his players won a number of manager and player of the month awards, with three players being called into the England National XI squad: Stuart Thurgood, Mitchell Cole and Dennis Oli. The ultimate success being crowned League Champions of the Nationwide Conference South and winning the FA Trophy; beating Hucknall Town on penalties at Villa Park. Additionally, the Recreation Ground had been upgraded sufficiently to allow for promotion into the Nationwide Conference for season 2005-06. Mark Stimson’s philosophy of entertaining the crowds proved to be very successful with a blend of youthful exuberance and the outstanding quality of the more experienced players. Having equalled the Conference record of Kettering Town and going unbeaten in the first 15 fixtures of the season, both manager and players alike won several monthly awards. A contentious 3-0 defeat at the hands of Mansfield Town in the FA Cup was put to one side as the team turned their attention to the FA Trophy and the league. The Club’s first season in the top flight of non-league ended in disappointment as they finished 3rd in the league, and went on to lose 5-4 on aggregate to Halifax Town in the play-off semi- finals. The team put the loss behind them as they won a second successive FA Trophy, this time winning 2-0 against Woking at Upton Park in front of more than 8,000 of their own fans in an attendance of nearly 15,000. Following Mark Stimson’s resignation, the Club appointed former European Cup winner Frank Gray to manage the side in the summer of 2006. Despite the pre-season expectations, Gray only lasted 18 matches before both Jamie Stuart and Mick Woodward had short spells in charge of the first team. Andy King was appointed manager, but his spell was short-lived and he left shortly afterwards, taking control of just seven matches. Justin Edinburgh was the club’s 4th manager of the season, and under his leadership the Club reached the FA Trophy semi-finals where they lost to eventual winners Stevenage Borough. Survival in the League went to the last day of the season and despite losing 1-0 to Morecambe, the club stayed up courtesy of other results going their way. An extremely indifferent 2007-08 campaign ultimately led to the Edinburgh’s departure, before once again Mick Woodward took the reins with Gary Phillips as his assistant. With only three defeats in the final 17 games, Grays only ended 11 points outside the playoffs. The management led the side into the following season, but Mick Woodward stepped down, and replaced himself with Wayne Burnett who stayed in the job for four months before leaving the Club. Gary Phillips was promoted from assistant manager for the remainder of the season and the club finished in 19th position. 2009-10 turned out to be the fifth and final in the Conference Premier as both John Moncur (Chairman) and Andy Swallow (Chief Executive) joined the Club. Julian Dicks was brought in to replace Gary Phillips in September 2009, and Kenny Brown was soon appointed his assistant after resigning from his position as manager of CD Javea in Spain. THE VISITORS

The team struggled throughout the season, winning just five league matches and losing in their opening rounds of both the FA Cup and FA Trophy. The Blues did however manage to end the season on a high, winning two of their final three fixtures – the first of those away at AFC Wimbledon. In doing so, they recorded their first away league win for 16 months. The final day of the season was a sad affair for the Club, as we said farewell to the Recreation Ground after 114 years. Both the team and the fans did their part, as the team came back to beat Forest Green Rovers 2-1 with Allseny Cissoko scoring the last goal at the ground. Following relegation, the Club resigned from the Conference, deciding they would be unable to field a competitive team in the Conference South due to budget constraints. Following talks with both the FA and the Ryman League, the Club were eventually placed in the Ryman League Division One North. The end of that season saw the expiry of the lease at the Recreation Ground, and without a home, the Club agreed a two-year deal to play at Rookery Hill, home of near neighbours East Thurrock United. The 2010-11 season was our first at this level for ten years, and despite having a solid start to the league campaign, a lack of consistency was evident throughout the remainder of the season which meant the team came up short in several matches, finally finishing in tenth position. Following the disappointing campaign, Julian Dicks and Kenny Brown left the club by mutual consent and the one-time Football League player and ex-Thurrock manager Hakan Hayrettin, was appointed as manager with his assistant Hassan Oktay for the 2011-12 season. With Hakan appointed, the remit was to challenge for a playoff place. Despite a few below par performances, the Club secured their playoff place on the penultimate weekend, meeting Enfield Town in the semi-final. Trailing 2-0 with ten minutes left, the team managed to force extra time with two late penalties. Unfortunately, with the match still level after extra time it was decided on penalties, with Grays losing 3-1. The 2012-13 season was a very successful one for the Club. It started with a move to another temporary home, in Rush Green, Romford in partnership with West Ham United. The ground and its facilities were improved, with the Premier League side responsible for the maintenance of the pitch. With just 4 league defeats and a run of form in the second half of the season which brought with it 18 successive league wins, the Club won the league with three matches to spare, finishing with a club record of 102 points. Two days after the title was secured, the side had the chance to complete the double, however they fell just short in the Essex Senior Cup final, losing 2-1 to Conference South side, AFC Hornchurch. The summer of 2013 saw two big changes for the Club in a few short weeks. The stay at Rush Green was brought to an abrupt end, with near-neighbours Aveley stepping in with an offer of a ground share at the last minute. Everyone at the club is grateful to the Aveley Board for this. A short time after it was announced that Hakan Hayrettin would be leaving to join Luton Town. Experienced central defender Ryan Kirby took on the role, assisted by his father Steve Kirby and club captain Lee Flynn. Season 2013-14 started with a great run of four straight victories in the Isthmian Premier Divsion including two against highly fancied teams and we led the League at the end of August. A solid start, but we all knew that to stay in that position would be a tough ask and so it proved, with only four wins in the next nine games. Joao Carlos and Jack West were scoring freely, but the team was leaking goals and by the end of September we were lying in mid-table. A return to the team of fans’ favourite Danny Bunce lifted the spirits of the supporters but the results still kept slipping away. A run of only five wins from October to the end of February saw Grays slip towards the relegation zone and a run of postponements due to heavy rain saw the mood within the camp at a low ebb. Even a run to the semi-finals of the League Cup couldn’t lift the gloom. Everything changed when prolific scorer Leroy Griffiths returned to the Club almost ten years since leaving. His enthusiasm and character changed the Club’s fortunes and with several other new signings the team found their confidence and fought their way back up the table with wins at regular intervals with Carlos, Dagenham & Redbridge loanee Joel Nouble and new signing Chris Benjamin scoring plenty of goals. It took until the middle of April to catch up with the fixture backlog and the team had to play two or even three games a week, within which time they settled into a mid-table position - very commendable when you consider players have jobs outside football. The last game of the season saw the team lying in a safe position with a trip to high-flying Maidstone. Two coach loads of supporters and many more going by car meant that 150 fans travelled to Kent to cheer on the Blues. Although we lost a competitive game 2-1, everybody enjoyed the trip and gave the players a standing ovation at the final whistle, a great tribute to the thirty-odd players who had pulled on the shirt for our first season back in the Ryman Premier League in 10 years. THE VISITORS

By the time the players got together for their first training session for the 2014-15 season on 28 June, we already had another new manager in place. A few days earlier Ryan Kirby had announced his resignation with family and business reasons leading to his decision. It showed once again the time required to manage a Club at our level. The Club acted quickly to interview candidates for his replacement and selected 35 year-old Jody Brown, who had stepped into the breach at Heybridge Swifts in December 2013 when their management duo left to take over at Chelmsford City. Jody moved quickly to assess the strength of the squad at his disposal and introduce a number of new players to assist the club in its plans to improve on and off the field. At the end of December 2014 Jody Brown departed to take over the manager’s role at Conference National side Welling FC. Player Mark Bentley was installed as assistant manager to Andy Swallow, before taking over the role of caretaker manager in January 2015. In February 2015 the Club announced that Mark had been appointed permanent manager for the remainder of the 2014-15 season. The season culminated in a superb run of results for the Club, including an unbeaten run of thirteen matches, which saw the team miss out on the playoffs as a result of a 94th minute goal elsewhere on the final day of the season. The 2015-16 season was a real see-saw affair. A great start saw us top of the League after 10 games and a good FA Cup run took the Blues to the final qualifying round, but we lost in a replay to National League side, Welling United. As we approached Christmas, there was unrest within the squad as a number of players were being encouraged by agents to look further afield in their careers. By the end of the season, 20 registered players had left the club, as owner, Andy Swallow, decided it was time to reduce his financial support for the Club. A run of ten straight defeats saw us finish in 15th place in the League, with many youngsters filling the gaps in the squad left by the departed players. After Andy Swallow announced that he was stepping back from the day to day running of the Club to concentrate his efforts on the long term plan to relocate the Club back to Grays, a group of supporters set about creating a new Supporter Owned Club. A successful community share offer was launched at the end of June to demonstrate the club’s financial viability for the 2016-17 season. This gave the Club the confidence to apply to the Football Association and the Ryman League for permission to transfer its membership from the company that ran the Club to a new organisation - “Grays Athletic Community Football Club”. In November 2016 Grays Athletic Community Football Club received official confirmation from the FA and League that the transfer of ownership had been approved. The 2016-17 season was always going to be one of transition with the club moving from private to supporter ownership. On the field, former playing legend, Jamie Stuart returned as player/manager, but he had to start from scratch with a new squad of players. 60 players attended pre-season trials and a squad was eventually chosen to represent the Club in the Ryman Premier Division. It proved to be a difficult season, with the team spending most of the season at the bottom of the table. Relegation was confirmed with a 1-0 away defeat at Wingate and Finchley on 1 April 2017. Off the field, the Club was pleased with the galvanising effect supporter ownership was having, despite the prospect of a return to Isthmian Division One North football after four seasons in the Premier Division. 2017-18 was very disappointing even though Jamie Stuart brought three experienced former Grays’ players – midfielder, Barry Cogan and forwards, Dennis Oli and Jamie Slabber, into the fold in pre-season and later recruited former defenders, Richard Halle and Joe Bruce. We spent most of the season hovering around the top ten without really threatening the leading pack. By the end of March, we were on course to finish in the top half of the table, but a run of five consecutive defeats in April, saw us finish 16th out of 24. 2018-19 proved to be another “in and out” season, although we did flirt with a play-off position on a few occasions. Towards the end of March 2019, with the club in ninth position in the league and ten games remaining, the board agreed to part company with Jamie Stuart and appointed the experienced former Metropolitan Police FC manager, Jim Cooper, supported by Paul Joynes as his assistant and Chris Bourne as coach. The last ten games saw some changes in playing personnel and we took sixteen points to finish seventh. Jim has begun to rebuild the squad with a good mix of experience and youth. He is very committed to working with our burgeoning youth section, which now boasts 27 teams. With three girls’ teams, veterans and even walking footballers, we can now provide all-inclusive, all-ability football for ages from 4 to 75! At the League AGM in June 2019, the Club was delighted to receive two awards – the Community Club of the Year and the best Programme in the North Division for the 2018-19 season. The Club’s principal objective remains to develop a new community football facility in the North Grays area of Thurrock and we are working closely with Thurrock Council, local schools, the County Football Association and developers to “Bring Grays Athletic back to Grays”. In the meantime, we continue to groundshare with Aveley FC at their superbly appointed Parkside Stadium. THE VISITORS

JIM COOPER – MANAGER. Jim joined Grays Athletic in February 2019, following a very successful fifteen years as the manager of Metropolitan Police FC, where he took charge in over 850 games league and cup games. He led them to the Isthmian Division One South championship in the 2010-11 season after five previous attempts in the play-offs and made the play-offs in the Isthmian Premier Division. Under his leadership, they also won the 2010 London Senior Cup, beating AFC Wimbledon in the final and took his side to the First Round of the FA Cup, losing 2-1 to Crawley Town. He won numerous county cups and was beaten in the League Cup Final in extra time by Billericay Town at the end of the 2017-18 season. In his playing career, he represented Barking, Leytonstone & Ilford, Dagenham, Aveley and Metropolitan Police. He lives locally in Upminster.

PAUL JOYNES – ASSISTANT MANAGER. Paul joined us in February 2019 along with manager, Jim Cooper. He has enjoyed a long non-league career spanning over 30 years. He played for Tilbury, Aveley, Romford and Concord Rangers and then undertook the ﬁrst team manager role at Tilbury, Aveley, Romford and most recently Waltham Abbey. He was also Assistant Manager at Bishop’s Stortford and Dover Athletic. He lives in Grays.

CHRIS BOURNE – COACH. Date of Birth 6 September 1985. Chris joined us in March 2019 from our landlords, Aveley, to support our new management team of Jim Cooper and Paul Joynes. He started his career with Southend United as a youngster and gained experience at Billericay Town, AFC Hornchurch, Met Police, Croydon Athletic, Staines Town, Heybridge Swifts, Welling United, Brentwood Town and Canvey Island. He also made twenty-two international appearances for Guyana, with a debut against Cuba in 2008.

DAVID RAVEN - COACH/SCOUT. Date of Birth 3 November 1968. David who retired from playing in 1999 after a career that included spells at Wigan Athletic, Slough Town and Didcot Town. He joined the staff at Grays in 2011 and is a former Kilmarnock coach and reserve team manager at Grays. David is also well known for his regular column, “Raven’s Ramblings”, in the Club’s Match Day Magazine. DANNIE TIPPETT – GOALKEEPING COACH. Dannie joined in the 2019 close season. He is a very experienced coach who was at Maldon & Tiptree last season. Prior to this he worked with our Assistant Manager, Paul Joynes at Waltham Abbey and has also seen service at Colchester United and St Albans City.

SIM MADGEWICK – MATCH DAY AND COACHING ASSISTANT. Date of Birth 27 April 1983. A Grays supporter since he was a child, he is an essential part of match day preparation. An early-riser, he was previously a milkman, but now works for ProKit. He is also a highly successful Lawn Bowls player, winning many county and national titles and having the honour of captaining Essex to only their 3rd ever National Title in 2008. His young daughter, Millie has been hailed as the future of Grays Athletic FC, after she won the Essex FA #CelebrateEssex ‘Supporter’ Award in June 2018, following a poll with nearly 1,200 votes on their Twitter account.

LAUREN PEARSON – PHYSIOTHERAPIST. Date of Birth 9 June 1987. Lauren originally joined us for the 2016-17 season and re-joined for 2018-19. She graduated as a Sports Therapist in 2009 with an MSc in Biomechanics and an MSc in Sports Medicine and Exercise with an extended diploma in Physiotherapy and is currently working on her PhD in Sports Medicine and Exercise. Previous clubs include work placements at Manchester United, Southampton and Fulham. She has also been at QPR, Crystal Palace and was head of medicine at MK Dons for their academy. She is currently working at Crawley Town FC teaching their Scholars U19s on the BTEC programme. She also has other non-league experience at Tooting & Mitcham. JOAO CARLOS - WINGER. Date of Birth 2 April 1989. Joao, is a Portuguese winger who had spells at Clapton, Brentwood, Aveley and Dagenham & Redbridge, where he made one Football League appearance as a substitute in February 2010. He returned to Brentwood in August 2010, moving on to Thurrock in October 2010, before his ﬁrst spell at Grays in 2011. He joined National League South side, Concord Rangers in March 2016, initially on a dual-registration with Grays. He re-joined Grays in December 2016 and has made 373 appearances and scored 92 goals up to the end of the 2018-19 season. He is a real fans’ favourite and we look forward to him achieving at least 400 appearances and 100 goals! THE VISITORS

LEWIS CLARK – DEFENDER. Date of Birth 22 September 1995. Lewis joined us from Bowers & Pitsea, where he was instrumental in their march to the Isthmian League North title last season. He made a total of 117 appearances for the club. He also captained the side when they beat us 3-1 in the Second Round of the Essex Thameside Trophy, on 11 September 2019 – the day before he signed for the Blues! Prior to this, Lewis represented Thurrock FC. LEWIS DARK – MIDFIELDER. Date of Birth 10 April 1989. Lewis played for Brentford before dropping into non-league football. He joined up with Terry Spillane at Stansted and was part of the side that won the Essex Senior League in 2010 and were runners-up in the league but won the League Cup in 2011. He moved to Redbridge with Spillane and after a successful season, Spillane moved to Maldon & Tiptree with his backroom staff and several players including Lewis. Our supporters will remember Lewis's time at the club in 2009 and later during the 2014-15 season under the management of Jody Brown. He has also represented Heybridge Swifts. He joined us during the 2019 close season and was named as the club captain for the 2019-20 season. NATHAN FOX – DEFENDER. Date of Birth 19 September 1996. Nathan was Jim Cooper’s first signing for the 2019-20 season. He joined us from Brentwood Town. He was previously a professional at Brentford after starting as a youth at Norwich City and has also played at non-league level for Margate, Concord Rangers, Cray Wanderers, Canvey Island, Coggeshall Town and Harlow Town. He briefly left us for Cambridge City in October, but rejoined the Blues on 11 November 2019. MITCHEL HAHN - MIDFIELDER. Date of Birth 19 July 1987. The attacking midfielder started his career in the youth ranks at Bolton Wanderers before moves to Southend United and Wealdstone. After a long spell at Redbridge, Mitch represented Aveley, Enfield Town, Bishop's Stortford and VCD. In the 2017-18 season he played for Waltham Abbey, scoring against The Blues at Parkside on 23 December 2017 and joined us for the 2018-19 season. He captained the Maccabi Great Britain football team in the European Games in Budapest in July/August 2019. They won their three group matches, against Sweden (4-0), Spain (9-0) and Switzerland (4-1). They beat Belgium 4-0 in the semi-finals and lifted the Cup when they triumphed 2-1 over France in the final on Tuesday 6 August 2019.

STEVE KING – DEFENDER/COACH. Date of Birth 29 May 1984. The vastly experienced defender joined in the 2019 close season. The former Romford, Bishop’s Stortford, Welling United and Concord Rangers defender will strengthen our defence and provide a goal threat at the other end of the pitch. He will also assist the management team in a coaching role.

MACAULEY JOYNES – DEFENDER. Date of Birth 6 October 1996. Macauley signed for the Blues in March 2019. He came through the youth section at Colchester United before completing a scholarship at Cambridge United. He then moved to Waltham Abbey in 2015 and made 135 appearances. He initially signed for us before the start of the 2018-19 season, but left to join Hertford Town before he made a competitive appearance. He left Hertford and signed for Great Wakering Rovers, but he has joined us shortly after his father, Paul, became our Assistant Manager in February 2019.

JACK MCQUEEN – DEFENDER. Date of Birth 23 December 2000. After an impressive 2019 pre- season, Jack joined us from Barking, where he made his ﬁrst-team debut as a seventeen-year-old in March 2018. He also represented Essex in the 2018 South East Counties Championships where they lost in the ﬁnal to Sussex.

ASHLEY MILLER – DEFENDER. Date of Birth 5 September 1989. Ashley is a very quick defender who has previously represented Concord Rangers, Canvey Island, Bishop’s Stortford, Chelmsford City and most recently East Thurrock United. He signed for us in the 2019 close season.

CONNOR PEARCE – GOALKEEPER. Date of Birth 30 March 1998. Connor has previously represented Southend Manor, Barking, Chelmsford City and Great Wakering Rovers. He signed for us in March 2019 after impressing in training. THE VISITORS STANLEY MUGUO - MIDFIELDER. Date of Birth 19 June 1984. The Cameroon-born midfielder started out with Dulwich Hamlet, having been promoted through Hamlet's reserve team in October 2006. He went on to play for Tooting & Mitcham United, Ashford Town (Kent), Cray Wanderers and Maldon Town. He helped guide East Thurrock United to automatic promotion to the Ryman Premier Division in 2011 before joining Grays the following season, where he made 17 appearances. Stanley joined Harlow Town in the 2012-13 season, before moving to Thamesmead Town ahead of the 2013-14 campaign. He re-joined Harlow in September 2013, making 46 appearances and establishing himself as a fans' favourite that season. Enfield Town came calling in the summer of 2014 and he went on to make 97 appearances for the club, including captaining the side. After Enfield Town began to rebuild their squad at the start of the 2016-17 campaign, he was released to re-join Harlow for the third time. He joined Grays again in September 2017 and was club captain for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

EMMANUEL OGUNRINDE – FORWARD. Date of Birth 9 May 2001. Manny is a product of the Grays Athletic youth system. Salford City signed him on a two-year Youth Academy as a sixteen- year-old in 2017. He has also represented the England Schoolboys Under 18 team and the Manchester Schools Under 18s who won the FA County Youth Cup in April 2019, beating his home county of Essex on the way! He impressed during pre-season and signed ﬁrst team forms for us in July 2019. MICHAEL PINDY – WINGER. Date of Birth 5 August 1993. Michael signed in September 2019, making his debut as a second-half substitute against a former club, Aveley, in our 2-1 defeat in a Velocity Trophy Group 2 Stage match. A speedy ﬂank player, he joined us after a period out of the game. He has also represented Waltham Abbey, Barking, Thurrock and Takeley.

GEORGE PURCELL – STRIKER. Date of Birth 2 April 1988. George joined us from Canvey Island on 8 October 2019. He played youth football for Gillingham and went on to represent Ebbsﬂeet United, Braintree Town, York City, Dartford, Tonbridge Angels and Margate. In July 2013, he joined AFC Hornchurch and became their all-time record goalscorer, notching 149 times in 279 appearances, ﬁnishing as top scorer in each of his six seasons with the Bridge Avenue club. He had netted 6 goals in his 13 appearances this season with the Gulls before his move to the Blues.

DANNY SAMBRIDGE – GOALKEEPER. Date of Birth 29 October 1992. Danny joined us from Coggeshall Town in the 2019 close season. He is a local lad who went to William Edwards School in Grays and fondly remembers that the ﬁrst time he ever played football was in the indoor ball court at our old Recreation ground in Bridge Road, Grays. His previous clubs include Dagenham & Redbridge, Witham Town, Heybridge Swifts and Maldon and Tiptree. Danny has played over 400 senior games, 200 of those whilst at Heybridge Swifts which included the ﬁrst round of the FA Cup and 2nd round of the FA Trophy.

TONY STOKES – STRIKER. Date of Birth 7 January 1987. Tony came through the West Ham United Academy and made one ﬁrst-team appearance at age of eighteen in 2005. He had loan spells at Conference sides Rushden & Diamonds and Stevenage Borough and made seven appearances at League One Brighton in 2007, before becoming West Ham’s reserve team captain for the 2008-09 season. In February 2009 he was loaned to Hungarian professional team, Ujpest FC and he joined them permanently after he was released by West Ham in June 2009, signing a two-year contract. He requested a termination to his contract and returned to the UK in May 2010. He joined Concord Rangers and was a member of the side that gained promotion to Conference South. He has also played for Canvey Island, Bowers & Pitsea and last season was at Brentwood Town. He joined us in the 2019 close season.

The Club is also introducing a number of younger players into the first team squad from our flourishing Youth Section. For the 2019-20 season, the following players have signed first team forms and already appeared in first team matches:

DENZEL ADEBIYI – DEFENDER. Date of Birth 30 March 2001.

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Date Time H/A Opponents Type Att Score Tue 09 Jul 19:00 A Colchester United U23 Friendly - 1 - 6 Thu 11 Jul 19:45 A Framlingham Town Friendly - 3 - 1 Sat 13 Jul 13:30 A Harwich - Charity Cup Friendly - 1 - 2 Tue 16 Jul 19:45 A Newmarket Town Friendly - 1 - 3 Thu 18 Jul 19:45 A Brantham Athletic Friendly - 1 - 3 Sat 20 Jul 15:00 A Woodbridge Town Friendly - 3 - 4 Tue 23 Jul 19:45 H Ipswich Under 18s Friendly - 1 - 1 Sat 27 Jul 15:00 H West Ham XI Friendly 472 3 - 2 Tue 30 Jul 19:45 A Walsham Le Willows Friendly - 0 - 3 Fri 02 Aug 19:45 A Leiston Friendly - 1 - 3 Tue 06 Aug 19:45 H Cranes Sports Friendly - 2 - 4 Sat 10 Aug 15:00 A Herne Bay FC Friendly 162 2 - 3 Sat 17 Aug 15:00 H Great Wakering Rovers League 424 1 - 4 Tue 20 Aug 19:45 A AFC Sudbury League 262 1 - 0 Sat 24 Aug 15:00 A AFC Sudbury FAC Prelim 201 1 - 2 Mon 26 Aug 15:00 H Heybridge Swifts League 370 1 - 2 Sat 31 Aug 15:00 A Soham Town Rangers League 136 0 - 3 Tue 03 Sep 19:45 A Bury Town Velocity 210 1 - 5 Sat 14 Sep 15:00 H Cambridge City League 325 3 - 1 Tue 17 Sep 19:45 A Coggeshall Town League 102 0 - 0 2 - 2 Sat 21 Sep 15:00 H Heybridge Swifts Velocity 262 7 - 6 pens Tue 24 Sep 19:45 H Maldon & Tiptree Velocity 120 1 - 3 Sat 28 Sep 15:00 A Maldon & Tiptree FATrop EP 120 0 - 5 Tue 01 Oct 19:45 A AFC Sudbury Velocity 95 0 - 4 Sat 05 Oct 15:00 A Hullbridge Sports League 105 1 - 3 Tue 08 Oct 19:45 A Bury Town Suff Prem 2 209 1 - 4 2 - 2 Sat 12 Oct 15:00 H Coggeshall Town Velocity 263 5 - 4 pens Sat 19 Oct 15:00 H Bury Town League 424 1 - 2 Sat 26 Oct 15:00 A Witham Town League 78 1 - 3 Tue 29 Oct 19:45 H Maldon & Tiptree League 267 0 - 2 Sat 02 Nov 15:00 H Brentwood Town League 227 3 - 3 Sat 09 Nov 15:00 A Histon League 171 0 - 1 Sat 16 Nov 15:00 H Grays Athletic League Sat 23 Nov 15:00 A Tilbury League Sat 30 Nov 15:00 H Dereham Town League Sat 07 Dec 15:00 H Romford League Sat 14 Dec 15:00 A Canvey Island League Thu 26 Dec 15:00 H Basildon United League FIRST TEAM FIXTURES 2019/20

Date Time H/A Opponents Type Att Score Wed 01 Jan 15:00 A Heybridge Swifts League Sat 04 Jan 15:00 H Soham Town Rangers League Sat 11 Jan 15:00 A Aveley League Sat 18 Jan 15:00 A Bury Town League Sat 25 Jan 15:00 H Hullbridge Sports League Sat 01 Feb 15:00 A Maldon & Tiptree League Tue 04 Feb 19:45 H Coggeshall Town League Sat 08 Feb 15:00 A Romford League Sat 15 Feb 15:00 H Canvey Island League Sat 22 Feb 15:00 A Brentwood Town League Sat 29 Feb 15:00 H Witham Town League Sat 07 Mar 15:00 A Grays Athletic League Sat 14 Mar 15:00 H Histon League Sat 21 Mar 15:00 A Cambridge City League Sat 28 Mar 15:00 H Aveley League Sat 04 Apr 15:00 A Great Wakering Rovers League Sat 11 Apr 15:00 H AFC Sudbury League Mon 13 Apr 15:00 A Basildon United League Sat 18 Apr 15:00 H Tilbury League Sat 25 Apr 15:00 A Dereham Town League

TODAY’S FIXTURES ISTHMIAN NORTH DIVISION TABLE 1 Bury Town 355 2 Felixstowe & Walton United 339 3 Canvey Island 274 4 AFC Sudbury 257 5 Grays Athletic 250 6 Aveley 247 7 Heybridge Swifts 241 8 Dereham Town 189 9 Histon 182 10 Cambridge City 178 11 Soham Town Rangers 175 12 Tilbury 158

AVERAGE ATTENDANCES 13 Maldon & Tiptree 146 14 Hullbridge Sports 139 15 Basildon United 134 16 Brentwood Town 128 17 Coggeshall Town 128 18 Great Wakering Rovers 123 19 Romford 109 20 Witham Town 97

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Date Time H/A Opponents Type Att Score Sat 13 Jul 16:30 A Harwich Friendly - 6 - 1 Sat 20 Jul 15:00 H Trimley Red Devils Friendly 65 2 - 1 Sat 27 Jul 14:30 A Haughley Friendly - 4 - 2 Sat 10 Aug 15:00 H Achilles Friendly - 2 - 5 Fri 16 Aug 19:45 A AFC Sudbury Res League - 0 - 3 Wed 21 Aug 19:45 H Debenham League 91 0 - 3 Sat 24 Aug 15:00 H Kings Lynn Res League 62 3 - 2 Tue 27 Aug 19:45 A Leiston Res League - 1 - 4 Sat 31 Aug 15:00 H Mulbarton League 65 0 - 4 Sat 07 Sep 15:00 A Needham Market Res League - 1 - 2 Sat 14 Sep 15:00 A Kings Lynn Town Res League - 2 - 1 Sat 21 Sep 12:00 A AFC Sudbury Res CNET 1 - 2 - 4 Tue 24 Sep 19:45 A Little Oakley LC Cup - 1 - 5 Sat 28 Sep 15:00 H Cornard United League - 0 - 3 Tue 01 Oct 19:45 A Wivenhoe KO Cup - 2 - 4 Sat 05 Oct 15:00 H Norwich CBS League 91 1 - 2 Fri 11 Oct 19:45 A Ipswich Wanderers League - 2 - 2 Sat 19 Oct 15:00 A Sheringham League - 1 - 5 Sat 26 Oct 15:00 H Haverhill Borough League 41 2 - 1 Tue 29 Oct 19:45 A Cornard United League - 0 - 0 Sat 09 Nov 15:00 H March Town United League 63 1 - 2 Sat 16 Nov 15:00 A Wisbech St Mary League Wed 20 Nov 19:45 H Needham Market Res League Sat 23 Nov 15:00 H Lakenheath League Sat 30 Nov 15:00 A March Town United League Sat 14 Dec 15:00 H Diss Town League Sat 21 Dec 15:00 H Leiston Res League Fri 27 Dec 19:45 A Framlingham Town League THE RESERVES

Date Time H/A Opponents Type Att Score Fri 03 Jan 19:45 A Debenham LC League Sat 11 Jan 15:00 H Great Yarmouth Town League Sat 18 Jan 15:00 H Downham Town League Sat 01 Feb 15:00 A Fakenham Town League Sat 08 Feb 15:00 H Sheringham League Sat 15 Feb 15:00 A Diss Town League Sat 22 Feb 15:00 H Framlingham Town League Sat 29 Feb 15:00 A Great Yarmouth Town League Sat 07 Mar 15:00 H Fakenham Town League Sat 14 Mar 15:00 A Norwich CBS League Fri 20 Mar 19:45 H AFC Sudbury Res League Sat 28 Mar 15:00 A Haverhill Borough League Sat 11 Apr 15:00 A Mulbarton Wanderers League Mon 13 Apr 15:00 H Ipswich Wanderers League Sat 18 Apr 15:00 A Downham Town League Sat 25 Apr 15:00 H Wisbech St Mary League UNDER 18s

Date Time H/A Opponents Type Att Score Thu 25 Jul 19:45 A Brantham Athletic Friendly 7 - 0 Thu 01 Aug 19:45 H Westerﬁeld Friendly 1 - 0 Tue 06 Aug TBC A Bury Town Friendly 1 - 2 Thu 15 Aug 19:45 H Hadleigh United League 62 6 - 2 Thu 22 Aug 19:45 A Leiston FC League 3 - 6 Thu 29 Aug 19:45 A Woodbridge Town League 1 - 1 Wed 11 Sep 19:45 A Needham Market Midweek Cup 0 - 5 Thu 19 Sep 19:45 H Cambridge City FAY Cup 1Q 1 - 0 Thu 26 Sep 19:45 H Leiston FC League 0 - 5 Thu 03 Oct 19:45 A AFC Sudbury FAY Cup 2Q 0 - 11 Thu 17 Oct 19:45 H Framlingham Town League 1 - 2 Thu 31 Oct 19:45 A Whitton United League 3 - 1 Wed 06 Nov 19:45 A Hadleigh United League 2 - 3 Thu 14 Nov 19:45 H Stowmarket Town League Thu 21 Nov 19:45 H Woodbridge Town League Thu 28 Nov 19:45 A Ipswich Wanderers League Thu 05 Dec 19:45 H Needham Market League Thu 12 Dec 19:45 H Coplestonians FC League

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Executive Committee President Dave Ashford Director Andy Wilding Club Secretary Mike Titchener Treasurer Gary Hammond Chief Operating Officer Chris Daynes Senior Football Liaison Officer Tony Barnes Junior Football Liaison Officer Tam Ward Committee President Dave Ashford Chairman Andy Wilding Vice Chairman/Senior Football Liaison Officer Tony Barnes Chief Operating Officer Chris Daynes Treasurer Gary Hammond Secretary Mike Titchener Media Barry Grossmith Supporters Club Membership Secretary Stuart Daynes Fixture Secretary Les Soall Youth Section Chairman Tam Ward Youth Section Vice Chair Scott Dunne Ground Improvement/Maintenance Andy Clarke Events/Commercial Graham Fisher Safeguarding Lynne Hakes Match Day Co-ordinator Mike Sharman Other Officials Matchday MC Sponsored by Felixstowe Radio Steve Foley Seasiders TV Carole Robinson Website [email protected] Online Magazine The Media Team Clubhouse Manager Christine Daynes Hospitality Winnifred McClean Senior Football Ist Team Manager Stuart Boardley Assistant Manager Andy Crump First Team Coach Stuart Stevenson Kit Man Craig Studd Match Day Physio Charlotte Long Youth Development Alex Egelton Goalkeeping Coach Gary Hammond Reserves Manager Kevin Baker Reserves Assistant Manager Dean Porter U18s Manager Aaron Russell U18s Assistant Manager Craig Norman felixstowefootball.co.uk

Youth Football Club Youth Chairman Tam Ward Youth Vice Chairman Scott Dunne Youth Development Jason Thompson Youth Secretary Boys Rachael Long Youth Secretary Girls Ruth Ward Child Welfare Ofﬁcer Lynne Hakes Pitch Hire Coordinator (Langley Avenue) Andy Gordon Pitch Hire Coordinator (Dellwood) Scott Gordon Junior Committee/Quintus Nigel Long Junior Committee David Brewster Junior Committee Nikki Gordon Junior Events Sub Committee Ruth Ward Junior Events Sub Committee Stuart Gordon

First Name Surname PLAYER SPONSORSHIP GAMES GOALS Emirates Logistic Services – Steve & Kate Stuart Ainsley 17 Garnham Henry Barley Steve Foley Transport Ltd 16 Callum Bennett Andy & Kim Wilding 15 1 Daniel Bloomﬁeld 1 Joseph Bloomﬁeld 12 Chaves de Pablo 2 Nova George Clarke 5 Joshua Collins Chris & Jayne Ryan 1 Daniel Crump 11 Daniel Davis Vote Denzil Club 15 1 Thomas Debenham Richard & Jenny Bugg 12 3 Oliver Dunlop 1 Jayden Gipson 1 Adam Hanson 12 1 Herrera Fernando John Kimble Snr – Chris Walne 5 Munoz Liam Hillyard Paul & Elliott Arbon 1 James Hubbard 3 Nicholas Ingram 12 1 Kyle Jopling 11 Josh Kerridge Steve Friston 14 Jacob Lay 9 Joshua Lee 4 Martin Brooks - Dave Banks & Jethro – Jordan Matthews 15 1 Plymouth Argyle FC Supporters Jack Newman 7 1 Samuel Nunn 4 Rory Porter 3 Portside Solutions - Suffolk Carpet Miles Powell 17 6 Weavers/SCW Racing Christopher Ribchester 1 Armani Schaar Chris Worrell 20 3 Isaac Skubich 6 Jack Spurling Stan Baston 9 Jamal Wiggins Ray Wade - Andy & Kim Wilding 11

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