currently based at F.C. Fetcham Grove, Leatherhead Surrey KT22 9AS Telephone: 01737 553250 Official Website: www.epsomandewellfc.biz The Club’s legal name is Epsom & Ewell FC, which is a Members’ Club. Members of: Surrey County F.A and the Southern Combination Football League Club Officials: Patron Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling M.P. President Stella Lamont Chairman Mel Tough Vice-Chairman Barry Gartell Hon. Secretary Peter Beddoe Treasurer Peter Mutton Media Officer Matthew Edwards Membership Secretary Phil Harris Back to the Borough Sub-Committee Chairman Alex McKay

First Team Manager Sam Morgan Assistant Manager Jack Stevens Coaches Andrew Martin, Ben Ashton, Paul Marshall Physio Vacant

Colts Chairman David Cook Sports & Leisure Council Rep Peter Beddoe Club Historian Richard Lambert Club Photographer Gemma Jarman

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Programme Editor Joe - JMA Programmes - @JMAPorgrammes Printers Kall Kwik, 9 Bridge Street, Leatherhead WELCOME MESSAGE We are delighted to welcome the Directors, Our aim is to provide the Borough with a players and management team of our multi sport community hub complex and to visitors Storrington FC to Fetcham Grove for this end we have been building great this Southern Combination League 1 relationships with other sports who want to encounter; we hope they all had a good use the new community ‘hub’. You, our journey up the A24. supporters can help us as well by becoming a member of this football club; all membership We are also delighted to welcome the fees will be put towards this campaign; just current Mayor of Epsom and Ewell, Councillor let us know if you are interested by Peter O’Donavan. Councillor O’Donavan will contacting any official at the Football Club. be presented to the match officials and two captains just before kick off. We are also delighted to welcome Paul Taylor who looks after our local Social Media page We were all saddened to hear of the death of called ‘What’s on in Epsom’ - he has been our previous Mayor of Epsom and Ewell, instrumental in getting us onto his very Robert Foote, in a tragic accident at Brands popular pages advertising our games - you Hatch two weeks ago whilst carrying out can follow us through that page, just go to Marshalling duties. Everyone at Epsom and Facebook and follow his group. Thank you Ewell Football Club expresses sincere Paul. condolences to Robert’s family and his Councillor colleagues at the local council. Turning to the season so far, after two games we have one win and one loss. The ‘key’ to This is a hugely important visit for us as we the season will be consistency for all the build a strong relationship with our Home teams in the division. Also, your support is Borough’s council. As many if you are aware, very important to us, please come along we are trying to get our football team ‘back when you can, I know the Manager and ‘the to the boro’ having not had played a Home boys’ really value your presence here at our match in Epsom and Ewell for 28 years. We hone matches. have held many very positive discussions with the Council so far and we will not give up in ‘Up the Salts’ our mission to get ‘back to the boro’. SCFL DIVISION ONE LEAGUE TABLE Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD PTS 1 Roffey 2 2 0 0 9 3 6 6 2 Midhurst & Ease. 2 2 0 0 7 2 5 6 3 Wand. Res. 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 6 4 Selsey 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 6 5 Seaford Town 2 1 0 1 5 1 4 3 6 Forest Row 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 3 7 Worthing United 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 8 Montpelier Villa 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 3 9 Billingshurst 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 10 Wick 2 1 0 1 5 6 -1 3 11 Epsom & Ewell 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3 12 Godalming Town 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 3 13 Shoreham 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 3 14 Mile Oak 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 15 Storrington 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 0 16 Arundel 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0 17 Hailsham Town 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0 18 Oakwood 2 0 0 2 1 8 -7 0 fixtures & results Date Day Time Competition Home Away Score 31/07/21 Sat 15:00 League Epsom & Ewell Seaford Town 1-0 03/08/21 Tue 15:00 PB Cup (R1) Forest Row Epsom & Ewell 2-1 07/08/21 Sat 15:00 League Midhurst & Easebourne Epsom & Ewell 4-2 14/08/21 Sat 15:00 League Epsom & Ewell Storrington 21/08/21 Sat 15:00 League Hailsham Town Epsom & Ewell 24/08/21 Tue 19:45 League Epsom & Ewell Godalming Town 28/08/21 Sat 15:00 League Epsom & Ewell Montpelier Villa 30/08/21 Mon 11:30 League Forest Row Epsom & Ewell 04/09/21 Sat 15:00 League Wick Epsom & Ewell 11/09/21 Sat 15:00 FA Vase (Q1) Larkfield & New Hythe Epsom & Ewell 18/09/21 Sat 15:00 League Roffey Epsom & Ewell 25/09/21 Sat 15:00 FA Vase (Q2) Winners 11/08 Mile Oak 28/09/21 Tue 19:45 League Epsom & Ewell Oakwood

PLAYER APPEARANCES Player Name Debut App (Season) GS (Season) App (Total) GS (Total) Aimen-Kamel Salmi 31/07/2021 2 0 2 0 Alex Penfold 31/07/2021 2 0 2 0 Corey Rose 07/08/2021 1 0 1 0 Daniel Smith (GK) 31/07/2021 2 0 2 0 Ellis Cormack 05/12/2020 2 0 7 0 Emmanuek Bourne 03/08/2021 1 0 1 0 Fabien I’Brien 03/08/2021 1 0 1 0 Gideon Acheampong 11/01/2020 2 0 27 1 Jason Stripp 31/07/2021 3 0 3 0 Joe Richardson 24/10/2020 1 0 5 1 Jordan Martin 12/09/2020 3 0 11 1 Josh Uzun 20/10/2020 3 1 6 2 Louis Blake 05/12/2020 0 0 5 0 Louis Chin 08/12/2018 3 0 28 0 Luke Miller 20/10/2020 3 1 10 4 Matthew Bishop (GK) 03/08/2021 1 0 1 0 Samuel Marks 06/01/2018 3 0 6 0 Steven Springett 03/08/2021 2 0 2 0 Theo Campbell 31/07/2021 2 0 2 0 Tommy Smith 20/09/2020 1 0 12 0 Tony Martin 18/02/2020 2 0 16 1 Tre Towers 07/08/2021 1 0 1 0 Epsom & Ewell club history 1918-2021

We were founded in March 1918 as Epsom Juniors Cricket April, securing a move to Division One. In 1979/80 we Club and played throughout the summer. In the autumn, won the Southern Combination Cup - 7 2 over Hampton. Epsom Juniors F.C. came into being. Competitive football We finally won the Surrey Senior Cup in 1981, defeating followed as we entered the Surrey Junior League in 1919. Woking 2-1.

A change of name in July 1922 to Epsom Town F.C. In 1993 a large chapter in our history ended as we left heralded the start of a very successful era, we won three West Street and moved in as tenants of Banstead Ath- trophies that season, the Leatherhead Hospital Shield, the letic. The decade was largely one of frustration. Sutton Hospital Cup, and the Epsom Hospital Cup. In addition, we also won the Sutton & District League, and In 2002 Adrian Hill took us back up to the newly created under the forward thinking of their visionary Chairman Division 1 South, but Hill’s retirement at the end of the Hugh Bradley, took the step into Intermediate Football, season led to relegation a year later and then in 2006 we where we won the Southern Suburban League without were transferred into the Combined Counties League losing a match. Senior football was granted as we were Premier Division. In October 2006 Lyndon Buckwell in unanimously accepted into the Surrey Senior League for 2009/10 the club reached the last 32 of the F.A.Vase In 1924/25. April of 2010 we terminated our ground sharing agree- ment with Banstead Athletic and spent two seasons at In September 1925, the club relocated to the old Ewell Merstham F.C. before relocating to High Road, home of F.C. ground at West Street, which was purchased through Chipstead F.C. for the 2012/13. the generosity of our future President Robert Bradshaw. In 1925/26 the Championship of the Surrey Senior League The season brought a club record 12 straight League wins. was attained, and the following season, we defeated We defeated South Park 3-0 to win the Combined Coun- Egham 1-0 in the League Charity Cup to complete a ties League Cup. League and Cup “double”. Election to the London League In September Lyndon Buckwell departed and Glyn Man- followed, and the title was claimed in the first attempt in deville and Matt Smith took over. 1927/28. In the summer of 2016 our club visited France and played The thirties were a very successful era, and we won the a friendly against our twin town Chantilly, which was Surrey Charity (Senior) Shield in 1933 with an impressive 5-0 win over Woking. However, the proudest moment of where the England team had been based before their Euro 2016 campaign. The players were able to meet Roy our pre-war history was an appearance in the First Round Hodgson and Gary Neville and performed admirably as Proper of the F.A.Cup in 1933/34. At the end of that ambassadors for our town. season we changed our name to Epsom F.C. In 2016/ we reached the League Cup Final but were The club competed continuously throughout the war defeated 4-1 by Westfield. years, winning the Surrey Combination in 1939/40. After the war, Epsom F.C. restarted, continuing in the London In the summer of 2017, we suffered a large player exodus League and reclaimed West Street. with a substantial number joining local rivals Sutton Common Rovers. Glyn was unable to replace them with In 1949 we entered the Corinthian League, where in 1954 enough players of real quality and three quarters of the we reached the Surrey Senior Cup Final for the second season was spent at the foot of the table. His resignation time in our history, losing unluckily- 2 0 to Corinthian in January 2018 led to the club promoting our Coach Neil Casuals in front of 6,159 at Park. In 1955 we won Grant into the Manager’s role although he managed to the Surrey Senior Shield with a 1-0 win over get us off the foot of the table we were relegated. Athletic. Neil departed in October. He was replaced by Simon We appointed our first ever Manager, Kingstonian legend Funnell, who stepped up from his Assistant role and Doug Whitehead in 1955 and in 1960 we finally raised the oversaw a good run of results which took us the Division Shield with a 2-0 win over Maidenhead. We changed our One League Cup Final. Unfortunately the new season of name once again to Epsom & Ewell F.C. 2019/20 started poorly and Funnell resigned at Christmas. We joined The Surrey Senior League and the new squad, His Assistant Sam Morgan was appointed to the role and including young striker Tommy Tuite, won the League with his new Assistant Tim Moffatt they oversaw an Cup, and in, 1974/75 achieved a second Surrey Senior undefeated league run that took us up to the abandon- League “double”. However, the season would always be ment of the season. remembered for reaching the Final of the inaugural F.A. The 2020/21 season commences with another ground Vase, where 9,500 saw the Blues edged out 2-1 by move, this time to Leatherhead’s Fetcham Grove ground. Hoddesdon Town at Wembley Stadium. The Athenian League welcomed us back, and promotion was achieved We now look forward to our new adventure joining the in that first season. In 1977 we were invited to play in the Southern Combination Football League. Isthmian League and the title was clinched the following SEAFORD TOWN CLUB HISTORY

Seaford Storrington FC was officially formed in 1883 when the first Sussex football league was formed. Not much is known about this time up until the First World War. Then the club started up again in the 1919/1920 season. This time playing in the Worthing league then joined West Sussex League in 1973. The Swans then spent three seasons in the West Sussex League before being elected to join Division 2 of the Sussex County League in 1976. The club then spent the next 14 years in division two, during which time they twice achieved their highest placing of 4th. In the 1989–90 season the club was relegated and over the next 12 seasons spent the time gaining promotion twice in 1993 and 1998 but were relegated back down in 1995 and 2002. The club at the beginning of the 2002–03 season started building a new clubhouse and the club had to play a number of home games at opponents' grounds due to the building work.

In the 2004–05 season the club gained promotion to Division 2, but this time as champions of Division 3 for the first time in their history.[ The club has remained in Division 2 since. The club has also used this stability to erect floodlights during the 2009/10 season. For the 2011– 12 season a new Management Team was put in place of James Baker and Nigel Dyer, and saw the team achieve a 9th place finish, sitting comfortably with the 8th and 7th finishes from the previous two seasons. At the end of the season James Baker quit Storrington FC to become manager of Worthing United.

The club achieved their highest finish in 2015/16 when Peter Matthews oversaw a fourth placed finish in Division One in his first season at the club. Matthews resigned at the end of the season paving the way for long serving player John Rhodie to take over in 2016/17 in a player/manager role. Rhodie's side finished twelve in 2016/17. BACK TO THE BOROUGH We are your local non- league football club and have been for 103 Years, we want to come back to the borough. Our Vision is to create an inclusive community based multi-sports complex for all. Epsom & Ewell Football Club was founded in 1918 making the club 103 years old.

Our last home ground of 68 years was in West Street, Ewell which sadly, we vacated in 1993.

We have not played in the Borough of Epsom & Ewell for 28 years and counting. Since then, we have been a nomadic club, playing at various different grounds outside the borough. Our intention now is to bring the club home to be at the heart of the community.

The aim is to establish a community focused Football Club & Sports Hub in the Borough for the provision of sports for the whole community to enjoy. We want to achieve and promote, not just a home for the football club, but an inclusive centre of excellence for all sports in the borough. We hope that this will encourage those who live or work in and around the borough to participate in a healthy lifestyle and improve mental wellbeing through participation in all sports.

We have identified the Hook Road Arena as the only viable site in the borough suitable to accommodate our needs.

The key to achieving our objective is to obtain permission from Epsom & Ewell Borough Council over tenure of the site, be granted a lease and then to gain planning permission to develop the site.

Despite the difficulties and restrictions of the pandemic, the committee has been busy over the last 9 months and we are currently having informal discussions with Epsom & Ewell’s Head of Planning regarding the Hook Road Arena.

We are well advanced with our plans for the site and our partnership with the other sports bodies in the borough that will form part of this Community Development.

Our progress depends on the outcome of our discussions with Epsom & Ewell Borough Council and their willingness to help and support us to achieve our goal. Epsom & Ewell FC v Midhurst & Easebourne FC MATCH REPORT Saturday 7th August 2021

Another Saturday and another rainy afternoon The second half started in yet another deluge as we took our first ever trip down the A3 to but Epsom started strongly. It was clear that Midhurst and Easebourne. The home team Epsom’s best attacking route was down the finished last season as the ‘best of the rest’ and right with Luke Miller and this earned an Epsom had started the current season strongly with penalty in the 62nd minute when Miller was two wins and eight goals so this was never going brought down after cutting inside. Jush Uzun to be easy. The pitch was a long walk from the scored an excellent penalty to make it 3-2 and clubhouse and was possible one of the more give real hope. This hope was increased further sloped pitches we will play on but had certainly in the 80th minute when the Midhurst striker held up well to the rain. The starting eleven for was sent off for two yellow cards giving Epsom Epsom was missing a couple of injuries (which ten minutes to push for an equaliser. was sadly to be added to as the afternoon progressed) so there were a couple of new faces Epsom certainly pushed hard but couldn’t find were on the bench. the elusive goal. This left Epsom open at the back and a Midhurst break away in the 91st Well I am not sure the match could have started minute was converted to make the final score 4 much worse as Epsom were 2 – 0 down within – 2. Overall, there was not an awful lot nine minutes. Both Midhurst goals came from between the two team over the last 80 minutes through balls, the first rounded Dan Smith and but the first ten minutes gave us too much to slotted into an empty net and the second from a recover from. route one long ball. Far from ideal! This appeared to kick Epsom into action and they got More importantly, even at this early stage the one back in the 12th minute with a lovely long injury list continues to grow. Steve Springett ball across the pitch by Luke Miller that was was taken to hospital (by the Chairman!) and controlled nicely by Sam Marks who absolutely every one wishes him a speedy recovery and we smashed it into the goal. 2 – 1 Midhurst. look forward to seeing him back soon. Onwards and upwards to a home game against This Epsom resurgence was unfortunately Storrington next Saturday – probably in the rain brought to a lengthy halt by a bad looking injury again! to Steve Springett in the Epsom defence. It came from a clash between two Epsom players Epsom – Dan Smith, Giedon Acheampong, Jason and resulted in a 10 minute break whilst Stripp, Tony Martin, Jordan Martin, Steve Springett was cared for and ultimately stretched Springett, Luke Miller, Joe Richardson, Josh off the pitch. After the matched resumed, both Uzun, Louis Chin, Sam Marks teams were fairly equal and if anything Epsom Subs – Tre Towers for Steve Springett, Theo were playing the better football and getting the Campbell for Louis Chin, Corey Rose for Sam upper hand. This came to nothing in the 48th Marks minute when a mix up in the Epsom defence but the Midhurst no.9 through again for his hattrick. Epsom pushed for the rest of the half with some half chances but it was 3-1 to the home team at half time. MATCH & BALL SPONSORSHIP Date Competition Opponents Sponsor 31/07/21 League Seaford Town Club President - Stella Lamont

14/08/21 League Storrington Mayor of E&E and Councillor Peter Donavan 24/08/21 League Godalming Town 28/08/21 League Montpelier Villa 28/09/21 League Oakwood Match sponsorship costs £60.00 Admission, programme, hospitality for three people and an advert in the programme If you are interested please speak to a committee member or email [email protected]

TUESDAY 3rd AUGUST Midhurst & Ease. 5 - 2 Oakwood K Carter (8); H Giles (23); R Tambling (31); W PREMIER DIVISION Essai (65); J Liddiard (84) [ATT: 42] S Case (65) Alfold 3 - 0 East Preston (77) S Lemon (15) (25); A Mutongerwa (70) [ATT: 61] Selsey 0 - 2 Wick [ATT: 113] D Crouch (65); B Gray (78) Eastbourne Town 2 - 1 AFC Varndeanians A Hopkinson (31); J Samways (33) [ATT: 186] Worthing United 1 - 7 Montpelier Villa T Boyle (60) C Nagle (10) [ATT: 55] R Richmond (10) (33); M Lloyd (14); H Demario (48) (60); M Ford Lingfield 2 - 1 Peacehaven & Tels. (57); R Walton (84) A Jenkins (6); T Cox (86) [ATT: 81] C Wiltshire (75pen) SATURDAY 7th AUGUST EMIRATES FA CUP - Extra Preliminary Round Little Common 0 - 0 AFC Uckfield Town AFC Varndeanians 1 - 2 Farnham Town [ATT: 74] O Blackman (90+1) [ATT: 85] Newhaven 2 - 0 Bexhill United Ashford Town (Middx) 2 - 1 AFC Uckfield L Robinson (38); T Cooklin (82) [ATT: 137] Town Pagham 2 - 1 Broadbridge Heath T Pearson (44) J Langford (23) (42) [ATT: 76] C Parminter (54) Badshot Lea 3 - 3 East Preston Saltdean United 6 - 0 Hassocks OG (22); M Storm (55) (90+7) R Hallard (1) (32); T Caplin (51); T McCreadie Bexhill United 0 - 1 Peacehaven & Tels. (63) (84); K Pamment (66) [ATT: 127] [ATT: 177] L Benson (34) Steyning Town 3 - 0 Loxwood Broadbridge Heath 2 - 6 Littlehampton Town J Bradley (11); M Howell (22); T howard-Bold C Parminter (12); J Taylor (89) [ATT: 165] J (26) [ATT: 130] Benn (11) (28); J Layton (15); T Biggs (28) (38); PETER BENTLEY CUP - 1st Round D Hegarty (73) Billingshurst P - P Dorking Wanderers Res Chatham Town 6 - 2 Eastbourne United [POSTPONED due to floodlight failure] C Nwajagu (18); C Ball (60) Forest Row 2 - 1 Epsom & Ewell Crawley Down Gatwick 3 - 2 Welling Town A Dawes (89); G Holah (90+2) [ATT: 57] J Uzan C Pitcher (25) (39); O Moore (35) (19) Hailsham Town 0 - 4 Shoreham [ATT: 72] R Santos (10) (89); P Nwamadi (61); J Lansdale (65) East Grinstead Town 1 - 2 Alfold S Lemon (30); K Quartey (70) Eastbourne Town 2 - 4 City A Capon (1); S Scott (72) [ATT: 266] Hanworth Villa 1 - 3 Loxwood J Frankland (22); S Packham (26); L Turner (70) Hassocks P - P Spelthorne Sports [POSTPONED due to waterlogged pitch] Jersey Bulls 10 - 1 Horsham YMCA L Donaldson (42) Lingfield 2 - 1 Egham A Junkins (11); S Clements (12) [ATT: 72] Mile Oak 0 - 2 Punjab United Newhaven 6 - 1 Camberley Town L Robinson (4) (62); I Robinson (18); R Malila (36); L Jones (85); A Rogers (90) [ATT: 94] Saltdean United 4 - 0 Frimley Green R Hallard (5) (49); T McCreadie (56); C Saunders (60) [ATT: 88] Staines Town 1 - 2 Little Common J McLean (28); S Cruttwell (72) Steyning Town 2 - 2 Pagham T Bold (58); B Bennett (68) [ATT: 120] C Chalmers (22); J Clarke (59) DIVISION ONE Billingshurst 3 - 1 Arundel A Goddard (9); E French (71) [ATT: 42] H Cuthbert (8) Midhurst & Ease. 4 - 2 Epsom & Ewell M Bedford (3) (9) (37); H Tolworthy (90) [ATT: 82] S Marks (12); J Uzan (52pen) Montpelier Villa 3 - 0 Hailsham Town M Ford (16) (41); J Rondel (31) [ATT: 18] Oakwood 1 - 5 Dorking Wanderers Res P Johnson (28) [ATT: 56] M Leitch (3); C Torpey (25); N Ghannam (51); T Reeves (75); O Perez (83) Roffey 6 - 2 Wick H Neathey (10) (28) (69) (73); J Wanstall (21); K Lucas (55) [ATT: 46] C Bull (80) (90pen) Selsey 3 - 2 Storrington D North (14); C Theobald (24); M Davies (74) [ATT: 120] J Suter (7); J Collins (22) Shoreham 0 - 5 Seaford Town [ATT: 89] R Edwards (27) (61); M Ford (29); S Piper (66); S Taylor (38) Epsom & Ewell STORRINGTON (Royal Blue & White) (YELLOW) Squad Numbers Squad Numbers Daniel Smith (GK) [ ] Archie Thorpe [ ] Matthew Bishop (GK) [ ] Ben Harvey [ ] Alex Penfold [ ] Gary Elliott [ ] Luke Miller [ ] Harrison Whitehouse [ ] Steven Springett [ ] Harry Cooper [ ] Dominic Timms [ ] Jack Collins [ ] Josh Uzun [ ] Jacob Worne [ ] Louis Chin [ ] James Henton [ ] Gideon Acheampong [ ] Joe Gilbey [ ] Tony Martin [ ] Jordan Suter [ ] Aimen-Kamel Salmi [ ] Josh Paine [ ] Rushaar Samuel-Snukle [ ] Louis Bransbury [ ] Joe Richardson [ ] Magic Sibanda [ ] Jordan Martin [ ] Olly Howley [ ] Hope Emanuel Bouhe [ ] Stuart Nicholson [ ] Mitchell Willoughby [ ] Taylor Stevens [ ] Barnes Lynx [ ] Toby Matthews [ ] Jason Stripp [ ] Harvey Gallis [ ] Ellis Cormack [ ] Tommy Smith [ ] Samuel Marks [ ] Louis Blake [ ] Theo Campbell [ ] Sebastian Morally [ ] MANAGER SAM MORGAN MANAGER Bob Paine ASSISTANT JACK STEVENS ASSISSTANT Tom Henton HEAD COACH ANDREW MARTIN Coach Craig Stuart GK COACH BEN ASHTON KIT MAN PAUL MARSHALL

REFEREE: Mr Ian Homewood Assistants: Mr Christopher Bridges, Mr Adrian Hudson

Today’s MaTch & ball sponsor Mayor of EpsoM and EwEll, councillor pETEr o’donavan