rrane our first game until we have tried and tested all aspects of facility from playing on the pitches to pouring a pint in the bar and Life President: Frank King ensuring there is hot water in the showers. This in itself will take time but get ready to move home games from Lancing by around mid Directors: season. I can't wait !! Kevin Borrett (Chairman), John Lines (CEO), Mark Butler (Finance)

David Hillier, Paul Osborn (Commercial) James Clewlow (Legal Advisor and Company Secretary), Jeff Barrett Club Committee: The above plus: Sean Bravery (chairman), Annie Raby, Mark Wells, Sam Borrett, Jeanie Charman Roger Charman, Joe Clarke, Ray Farrell, Howard Frogley, Paul Ockenden Nigel Smithers, Matt Dale, Mark Barrett, Paul Osborn HORSHAM FOOTBALL Club Secretary CLUB Jeff Barrett 07712 888980 Email: [email protected] FOUNDED 1881 Youth Secretary & Child Welfare Officer: Annie Raby 07800 922442 Email: [email protected] Health & Safety Officer: Roger Charman Major honours Programme: Mark Wells West Sussex Football Website: Mark Wells League Commercial: 1899-90, 1900-1, 1925-6 Programme advertising: Sue Bravery Email: [email protected] Sussex County League Matchday advertising: Paul Osborn 07748802424 Email: [email protected] 1931-2, 1932-3, 1933-4,

Vice Presidents: 1935-6, 1936-7, 1937-8,

S.Bravery, Mrs J Brittain, G Brittain, J.Dale, T.Dickinson, D.Duffield 1946-7 Southern Combination Mrs J.Mallard, W.Michel, D.Rick, J.Smyth, E.Stephens, Howie the Hornet Football League Life Members: 2015-16 Jeff Barrett, Roger Charman, Clive Edwards, Howard Frogley, Adam Hammond Sussex RUR Cup Frank King, Maureen Smith, Nigel Smithers, Ted Streeter, Eric Wright, Miss Joan Young 1900,Annie 1931, 1932, 1934 Raby, Ivan Raby, Mark Wells, John Lines (Jt), 1935, 1936,1937, Trustees: A.Baker, D.Burstow, C.Edwards, F.King 1938 (Jt), 1946, 1949

(Jt), 1951,1952, 1957 FOOTBALL 1st Team Manager: Dominic di Paola Sussex Floodlight Cup 1st Assistant Manager: Adam Westwood 1977-8, 2001-2 1st Team Coach: Jon Meeney Sussex Senior Cup Goalkeeping coach: Andy McCarthy 1934-5, 1938-9, 1949-50, InjuryTherapist: Stephanie Apps 1953-4, 1971-2, 1973-4, Kit Man: Darren Etheridge 1975-6 Youth Development Officer: Ivan Raby FA Cup 1st Round U16 Manager: Adam Hartley Coach: U13 Green Manager: Ian Scott Coach: Ellis McKay, Andrew Stowell 1947-8, 1966-7 U13 Amber Manager: Tony Massimo Coach: Steve Bridle, Aaron Coniff-Broom FA Cup 2nd Round U12 Manager: Paul Brown Coach Alex Bethell, Ross Butterfill 2007-8 U11 Manager: Sam Jones, Matt Robinson Metropolitan League 1951-2 website: www.horsham-fc.co.uk Athenian League Division Two 1969-70 Athenian League Division One 1972-3 Division Three 1995-6

Life President: Frank King Directors: Kevin Borrett (Chairman), John Lines (CEO), Mark Butler (Finance) David Hillier, Paul Osborn (Commercial), Jeff Barrett James Clewlow (Legal Advisor and Company Secretary)

Club Committee: The above plus: Sean Bravery (chairman), Annie Raby, Mark Wells, Sam Borrett, Jeanie Charman, Roger Charman, Joe Clarke, Ray Farrell, Howard Frogley, Nigel Smithers, Matt Dale, Mark Barrett, HORSHAM FOOTBALL Club Secretary CLUB Jeff Barrett 07712 888980 Email: [email protected] FOUNDED 1881 Youth Secretary & Child Welfare Officer:

Annie Raby 07800 922442 Email: [email protected] Health & Safety Officer: Roger Charman MAJOR HONOURS Programme: Mark Wells West Sussex Football Website: Mark Wells & Matt Dale League Commercial: 1899-90, 1900-1, 1925-6 Matchday advertising: Paul Osborn 07748802424 Email: [email protected] Sussex County League Vice Presidents: 1931-2, 1932-3, 1933-4, S.Bravery, Mrs J Brittain, G Brittain, J.Dale, T.Dickinson, D.Duffield 1935-6, 1936-7, 1937-8, Mrs J.Mallard, W.Michel, D.Rick, J.Smyth, E.Stephens, 1946-7 Howie the Hornet Metropolitan League 1951-2 Life Members: Athenian League Jeff Barrett, Roger Charman, Clive Edwards, Howard Frogley, Adam Hammond, Frank King, Division Two Maureen Smith, Nigel Smithers, Ted Streeter, Eric Wright, Miss Joan Young, Annie Raby, Ivan 1969-70 Raby, Mark Wells, John Lines Trustees: A.Baker, D.Burstow, C.Edwards, F.King Athenian League Division One FOOTBALL 1972-3 1st team manager: Dominic Di Paola Isthmian League 1st team assistant manager: Adam Westwood Division Three st 1 team coach: Jon Meeney 1995-6 Goalkeeping coach: Andy McCarthy Injury therapist: Stephanie Apps Southern Combination Kit man: Darren Etheridge Football League U23 Development manager: Bryan O'Toole Coaches: Lee Hayes, Will Searle 2015-16 U14 Amber manager: Tony Massimo Coach: Steve Bridle Sussex RUR Cup U14 Green manager: Ian Scott Coach: Andy Stowell, Rob Carter 1900, 1931, 1932, 1934 U13 manager: Paul Brown Coach: Alex Bethell, Ross Butterfill U12 manager: Ben Pugh (Jt), 1935, 1936,1937, U11 manager: Sam Jones Coach Matt Robinson 1938 (Jt), 1946, 1949 (Jt), 1951,1952, 1957 website: www.horsham-fc.co.uk Sussex Floodlight Cup 1977-8, 2001-2

Sussex Senior Cup 1934-5, 1938-9, 1949-50, 1953-4, 1971-2, 1973-4, 1975-6 The Isthmian Football League and Horsham FC strongly support the FA FA Cup 1st Round statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against 1947-8, 1966-7 racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly any forms of nd discriminatory abuse, whether it be based on race or ethnicity, sexual FA Cup 2 Round orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or other form of abuse will be 2007-8 reported to for action by that association.

RESULTS Bostik League South East Division Table Emirates FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Saturday 22 September P W D L F A Pts AFC Hornchurch 2 East Grinstead Town 1 Gosport Borough 2 Ramsgate 3 1 Cray Wanderers 8 7 1 0 19 6 22 Horsham 4 Heybridge Swifts 3 2 Hastings United 6 5 0 1 17 8 15 Leiston 3 Hastings United 4 3 Phoenix Sports 7 5 0 2 17 13 15

Bostik South East Division 4 VCD Athletic 8 5 0 3 12 12 15 Cray Wanderers 4 Hythe Town 3 5 Whyteleafe 6 4 1 1 12 6 13 Haywards Heath Town 1 Ashford United 1 VCD Athletic 1 Sevenoaks Town 3 6 Hythe Town 8 4 1 3 18 16 13 Whitstable Town 1 Three Bridges 1 7 Sittingbourne 8 4 1 3 15 14 13

Sunday 23 September 8 Whitstable Town 8 3 3 2 8 9 12 Bostik South East Division 9 Ashford United 7 3 2 2 11 7 11 Guernsey 1 Sittingbourne 2 10 Faversham Town 7 3 1 3 15 14 10 Tuesday 25 September 11 Ramsgate 7 3 0 4 15 14 9 Ashford United 1 Sittingbourne 1 East Grinstead Town 3 Guernsey 0 12 Haywards Heath Town 7 2 3 2 10 9 9 Hastings United 2 Horsham 0 13 East Grinstead Town 7 3 0 4 10 12 9 Haywards Heath Town 2 Three Bridges 0 Hythe Town 5 Faversham Town 4 14 Sevenoaks Town 8 2 2 4 12 14 8 Phoenix Sports 3 Greenwich Borough 2 15 Greenwich Borough 6 2 0 4 11 13 6 Ramsgate 4 Herne Bay 5 Whitstable Town 1 Sevenoaks Town 1 16 Horsham 6 2 0 4 9 13 6 17 Guernsey 8 2 0 6 12 21 6 Wednesday 26 September Cray Wanderers 1 Whyteleafe 1 18 Herne Bay 6 1 2 3 9 11 5 Thamesmead Town 1 VCD Athletic 2 19 Three Bridges 8 1 1 6 8 21 4

Saturday 29 September 20 Thamesmead Town 6 1 0 5 9 16 3 Faversham Town 1 Whitstable Town 2 Updated 30/9/18 Guernsey 3 Phoenix Sports 5 Sevenoaks Town 2 Hythe Town 0 Sittingbourne 0 Ramsgate 1 Three Bridges 0 East Grinstead Town 2 VCD Athletic 1 Cray Wanderers 2 CULVER ROAD GROUND REGULATIONS FIXTURES Spectators may not bring the following into the ground: musical Tuesday 2 October instruments, drums, klaxons, air horns, whistles, fireworks, smoke Horsham v Phoenix Sports bombs, flares, glass bottles/containers, tin cans or any object that may Whyteleafe v Ramsgate be deemed to be dangerous. Spectators may not bring alcohol or food and drink into the ground. Spectators must, if required, submit themselves to be searched in order that the club can prevent any prohibited items from being brought into the ground. The club reserves IMPORTANT the right to eject from the ground and prosecute any person who has: Horsham FC does not accept any liability for a) Failed to comply with an instruction given by a County FA or club any injury to or claims of any kind from, official, steward or police officer spectators arising from incidents either within b) Thrown missiles of any description the ground or its precincts. All spectators must c) Encroached onto the playing area remain behind the pitch barrier at all times. All d) Made obscene, racist or insulting gestures or used obscene, racist or vehicles are parked in the car park at the insulting language owner’s risk and the Horsham Football Club e) Used violence of any nature accepts no liability for any losses or damage to f) Climbed on any building, wall, fence or floodlight equipment vehicles of any kind. Parking is not allowed on g) Defaced or committed any act of vandalism against Horsham Football Culver Road. Club or Sussex County Football Association property h) Taken glasses or glass bottles outside the clubhouse building

Greetings Having missed both the Heybridge Swifts and Bury Town victories, but been among the crowd at our 2-0 reverse at Hastings, I run the risk of being labelled a jinx. But to hell with it…there's nothing better on the telly so here I am and so, too, are the players and officials of Phoenix Sports to whom we offer the warm handshake of friendship ahead of tonight's Bostik League South East Division fixture. To our match referee Connall Bartlett and his assistants Dominic Barrow and Luke Chapman, have a good game, and our usual heartfelt thanks to our match sponsor Tanbury Garage and Blue Stragglers, who have kindly provided tonight's matchball.

At this point, I would also like to thank Club Secretary Jeff Barrett who – among all his many other duties – stood in manfully to produce last weekend's match programme while I was enjoying the trappings of a five star hotel in Dubai. I did have a good time – thanks for asking – but my five-nighter in the Persian Gulf came at a cost as I missed out on what must have been a thrilling Emirates FA Cup tie with Heybridge. As I landed back at a soggy Heathrow, social media told me that we trailed 3-2 with a quarter of an hour to go but my wife's reassuring comment that 'anything can happen in fifteen minutes' (no smutty jokes please!) proved prophetic as we hit two late goals to take us into the 3rd qualifying round for the first time in five years. Marvellous stuff! To then travel all the way up to Suffolk at the weekend and produce another fine result in the Buildbase FA Trophy might suggest that we have become a 'cup' side, especially having won just two of our six league matches to date, so tonight we hope to dispel that theory and take the three points that would help propel us up the table.

Phoenix, though, will be a tough nut to crack. Currently third in the table after winning 5-3 at Guernsey on Saturday, they possess in fourteen-goal Jeff Duah-Kessie one of the leading scorers in the division. It should be noted, however, that the Kent side have only kept one clean sheet in the league this campaign so we could be in for an interesting encounter this evening.

This Saturday we are at 'home' again when we take on Poole Town in the 3rd Qualifying Round of the Emirates FA Cup, essentially just two wins from a potential shot at a Football League side. It goes without saying that your support will be vital in this match and we are delighted that we will joined by a coach full of the Horsham Youth team players, which should help to generate a terrific atmosphere. It will be the first time we have ever played Poole Town competitively so there will be a touch of the unknowns for both teams although we do know that they currently occupy eighth spot in the Evo-Stick Southern League Premier South League table, having thumped Farnborough 6-0 on Saturday. Should the match end all square, a replay will take place at The Dolphins' Tatnam Ground on Tuesday 9th October, kick-off 7.45pm.

On the subject of the FA Cup, I'm sure all of us can sympathise at the recent announcement regarding Phoenix's removal from this season's competition for fielding an ineligible player in their 1st qualifying victory over our landlords Lancing. We, of course, suffered a similar plight in last season's Velocity Trophy and certainly understand their frustration at what was clearly an honest mistake. They are to be applauded for their honest and pragmatic response to the situation and we hope that they enjoy contrasting fortunes in next year's competition (unless they come up against us, of course!).

Finally, I would like to pay tribute to all those who undertook the 250 mile round-trip journey to Bury in support of the team on Saturday. It has been said many times before but YOU really are the heartbeat of this football club. Long may it continue. Mark

Cover image: Goalscorer Tyrell Richardson-Brown in action at Bury on Saturday (photo by John Lines)

From the boss

Good evening everyone and welcome to our visitors, Phoenix Sports, who have made a decent start to the season. For me, one of their biggest strengths is that they're a close-knit team, rather like South Park. They've got pretty much the same squad as last year and if you look at their line-up for the first half a dozen games, most of them played against us last season and in the North the year before. Where a lot of teams are taking time to adapt to bringing in new players, they've been together for about three seasons and consistency can play a huge part in a club's success. They had a good win on Saturday and are third in the table but we will be doing all we can to knock them back tonight as we could do with a league win. As nice as it is to be still in the cups, it does break up the continuity of the league.

Looking back at the Heybridge Swifts match, I think we deserved the win. Even at 2-0 down I felt we were the better team and there's no way we should have found ourselves in that position. Even their third goal came against the run of play and it came down to a matter of whether we would take our chances. Rob and Smudge missed a couple of really good chances, which is unlike them, but we stuck with it and got what we deserved in the end. I really enjoyed it. It was a proper humdinger of a cup tie and I think it gave everyone a lift.

I've been really pleased with the boys throughout this season, to be honest. It's a much better group than last year in terms of commitment and attitude and it's just a shame that we've gone into a couple of games understrength, which has cost us. That was the case at Whyteleafe and at Hastings last Tuesday, where we came up against a very good team but we were just a bit undercooked. It was the first game that I felt we were off the pace but with Daryl Coleman going to Tooting, we had two players in Jack Brivio and Harvey Sparks who have barely played in weeks and against a side like Hastings you are going to get found out. It was a similar story at Bury on Saturday where we had to change our shape about twenty minutes before kick-off when Smudge failed a test on his knee. But fair play to the lads as they battled and fought for everything in what was a bruising encounter. It was another match that we were deserved winners - we hit the crossbar twice and the post once – and it was nice to have a bit of an awayday on the coach as that's always good for morale and a bit of bonding.

Unfortunately the Bury match took its toll on us a bit with Rob suffering concussion, Lewis with a split head, Smudge's knee and Lee Harding with a fractured wrist so tonight's match is going to be harder because of it. We have another huge match here on Saturday in the FA Cup so please continue to get behind the lads. Your support makes such a difference.

Dom

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MATCH REPORT

Horsham 4 Heybridge Swifts 3 Emirates FA Cup 2nd qualifying round Saturday 15th September 2018 Chris Smith's dramatic late winner secured Horsham's place in the FA Cup 3rd qualifying round for the first time since 2013 after an eventful seven goal thriller. The visitors adjusted quicker to the soggy conditions, taking just six minutes to open the scoring when a low centre found the unmarked George Craddock whose deflected shot found its way past Josh Pelling. The Hornets gave themselves a mountain to climb on fourteen minutes when they failed to deal with a near post corner from which the ball bounced off Alejandro Seoane-Barber and barely trickled into the net. It was the worst possible start for the home side but they found a route back into the contest, five minutes later, when Rob O’Toole’s header into the area was nodded over visiting goalkeeper Danny Sambridge by Steve Metcalf. A fierce rising strike from full- back Joey Taylor just cleared the crossbar before a characteristically determined header from Joe Shelley brought the scores level as he rose above Alieu Njie to convert a corner. Charlie Harris went close to completing the turnaround when his free-kick was brilliantly turned away by Sambridge while another Shelley header, again from a corner, was clawed away by the 'keeper as Horsham began to ask questions of the Heybridge defence during the closing moments of the first half.

Horsham remained on the front foot at the start of the second period but Lewis Hyde should have done better from an early corner and Shelley this time failed to find the target from a Will Hoare set-piece with the Swifts defence managing to keep out Lee Harding at the far post. Harding then thought he should have had a penalty when he appeared to be barged unfairly off the ball by Seoane-Barber yet, despite the linesman flagging, referee Ryan Head incurred the wrath of the home fans by waving play on. To add salt to the Horsham wounds, Swifts went back in front a minute later when a marauding run by Nicolas Brown culminated in a speculative twenty-five yard strike that took a hefty deflection off Daryl Coleman and crept inside the far post, beyond the wrong-footed Pelling. Horsham's response was to send on former Bognor midfielder Harvey Sparks for Hoare and the move paid dividends, six minutes later, when the substitute sent in a superb low cross for O’Toole to slide in from close range to make it 3-3.

Galvanised by the equaliser, the Hornets surged forward and should have gone in front minutes later when Tyrell Richardson-Brown, on for Metcalf, dinked in an inviting to Chris Smith but, despite being in a super position to score, the prolific marksman failed to find his composure and blasted woefully over the bar. But Horsham were tightening their grip and when Richardson-Brown cushioned the ball down nicely for Smith, the striker took a touch and shot just wide. But the pressure told, six minutes from time, when Smith bundled in from eight yards out, forcing in the rebound after Sambridge had parried Sparks’ initial effort. With the goal sparking chaotic scenes on and off the pitch, Swifts striker Luke Callender’s frustrations boiled over and he was sent off for dissent.

Richardson-Brown had the chance to kill off the tie in stoppage time when he skipped past Njie to get behind the defence but, despite being urged to finish the move himself, his pass across the face of goal failed to find anyone and the chance was lost. A nail-biting finish saw Swifts win a corner with twenty seconds remaining, for which everyone including Sambridge was sent into the box, but the roar of delight as Horsham cleared their lines, followed by the final whistle summed up a wonderful afternoon as Hornets fans dared to dream of another famous FA Cup run.

Horsham: Josh Pelling, Steve Metcalf (Tyrell Richardson-Brown,76), Joey Taylor, Daryl Coleman, Joe Shelley, Lewis Hyde, Will Hoare (Harvey Sparks,70), Rob O'Toole, Charlie Harris (Jack Brivio,77), Chris Smith, Lee Harding Heybridge: Danny Sambridge, Guillem Ramon, Alejandro Seoane-Barber, Ahmed Abdulla, Joe Claridge, Alieu Njie, Nicolas Brown (Luke Callandar,65), George Craddock, Matthew Price (Elias Siligato-Olmos,74) Samuel Bantick, Kreshnic Krasniqi (Joe Gardner,65) Referee: Ryan Head Att: 162

MATCH REPORT Hastings United 2 Horsham 0 Bostik League South East Division Tuesday 25th September 2018 Harvey Sparks made his first start for the Hornets as one of three changes for the visit to second-placed Hastings and it was the visitors who made the brightest start when Chris Smith's excellent cross was just too high for striker partner Rob O’Toole. That was, though, the only real threat to either goal until the eighteenth minute when Sam Adams fired home the rebound after Daniel Ajakaiye's effort had come back off the post. A lucky deflection almost saw Horsham draw level when the ball bounced towards goal off the heels of a defender but it needed all the positional awareness of Lewis Hyde to prevent Dajon Golding from adding to the lead after James McElligott had been caught in possession. Charlie Harris fired a thirty yard free-kick directly at home 'keeper Charlie Horlock but it was from a set-piece of their own that Hastings went close to scoring a second when Sam Beale’s goalbound shot was deflected behind for a third corner in quick succession as Pelling’s goal came under concerted pressure. The ‘keeper, back on his old stomping ground, was required to save just a couple of minutes later when Golding and Adams combined to put Ajakaiye through on goal but Pelling was out quickly to swoop with a sliding save at the forward’s feet. Minutes before half-time, Golding felt he should have had a penalty when his attempted cross went behind off Joey Taylor’s arm and, from the resulting corner, Jack Dixon shot over the bar. It took another block by Pelling from Ajakaiye to keep Horsham in the contest at the break.

Tyrell Richardson-Brown replaced Will Hoare at half-time but the pattern of the first half play continued immediately with Pelling denying Ajakaiye for a third time, albeit the striker hitting a powerful drive straight at the Horsham goalkeeper. Dixon then hit another effort wide after a good spell of possession before disaster struck for the Hornets when Hyde's clearance hit an opponent, sending the ball straight back to the feet of the predatory Ajakaiye who smashed it straight into the top corner of the net for 2-0. Game over, we thought, and we were right although Smith fashioned a chance out of nothing and was only a yard or two wide of the upright from the edge of the box. A goal then might have put an altogether different complexion on the match and Hastings tried their best to set up an exciting finale when a square pass by the full-back gifted the ball straight to Richardson-Brown but the substitute’s attempt to slip Smith in on goal was overhit, allowing Horlock to push the ball away to safety. Moments later, Richardson-Brown was through again but his cutback failed to find either Smith or O’Toole and the chance was lost.

Harris was then withdrawn in favour of George Hayward as the match became momentarily fractious with McElligott cautioned for a foul and Smith and Climpson booked for a scuffle following a late challenge by the Horsham man. The visitors continued to look for something in the closing stages but when a Metcalf throw saw McElligott and O’Toole work an opening for Brivio, the midfielder could barely dig the ball from beneath his feet and sent a scuffed shot into the air where it was comfortably claimed by Horlock. Antonio Walker-Barth went for the spectacular, curling an angled effort beyond Pelling’s left-hand post with Arrows sub Kelvin Ogboe going equally as close with virtually his first touch. Ajakaiye then showed that he has no little skill to go with his goalcoring prowess when he skilfully evaded Metcalf and Shelley in the space of a few yards, tight to the byeline, only to slightly overrun the ball enabling Pelling to save at his feet. A late flourish by Hastings saw Dixon shoot just wide from an acute angle but then, in the final minute, came arguably Horlock’s first meaningful save of the match when he got down smartly to stop Richardson-Brown from snatching a late consolation.

Horsham: Josh Pelling, James McElligott, Joey Taylor, Charlie Harris (George Hayward,67), Joe Shelley, Lewis Hyde, Will Hoare (Tyrell Richardson-Brown,45), Jack Brivio, Rob O'Toole, Chris Smith, Harvey Sparks (Steve Metcalf)

Hastings: Charlie Horlock, Tom Climpson, Sam Beale, Sam Cruttwell (Adam Lovatt, 62), Jahmal Howlett- Mundle, Dajon Golding (Kelvin Ogboe, 75), Daniel Ajakaiye, Sam Adams, Antonio Walker-Barth, Emmanuel Mensah (Jamie Fielding,90), Jack Dixon

Referee: Daniel Proctor Att: 479

Bostik League South East Division round-up Cray Wanderers took advantage of Hastings’ involvement in the FA Trophy to open up a seven point lead at the top of the Bostik South East Division, albeit having played two games more than their closest challengers. Having scored an 87th minute winner to edge out Hythe Town 4-3 seven days earlier, and been held to a 1-1 draw by visiting Whyteleafe during the week, the Wands faced a testing trip to third-placed VCD Athletic to negotiate on Saturday where their task was made all the more difficult when Charlie MacDonald put the hosts ahead from the penalty spot after just three minutes. But two goals in the first five minutes of the second half, from Freddie Parker and Bradley Pritchard, turned the match on its head with Joe Mant’s late penalty save from Parker failing to affect the outcome.

Hastings’ league schedule has taken a bit of a hit in recent weeks, due to their cup exploits, although their solitary outing in the last ten days - a 2-0 defeat of Horsham - was enough for them to consolidate second spot but Phoenix Sports have moved level on points with the Arrows thanks to back-to-back victories in which Jeff Duah-Kessie scored five times, taking his season’s goal tally to fourteen. The striker hit two in the Kent club’s 3-2 midweek success over Greenwich Borough before helping himself to a hat-trick on their visit to Guernsey on Saturday where Phoenix showed fine character to overcome 0-2 and 2-3 deficits to emerge 5-3 victors.

Just goal difference separates Whyteleafe, Hythe Town and Sittingbourne although the Brickies missed the opportunity of climbing to second when they were beaten 1-0 at home by Ramsgate on Saturday, thanks to a late goal from Rory Smith after Sittingbourne’s Tommie Fagg had earlier been sent-off. Hythe supporters can have few complaints at the entertainment on show recently where, after winning 6-0 at Herne Bay in the Velocity Trophy and going down to the odd goal in seven at Cray, they edged out Faversham 5-4 last Tuesday with the division’s leading scorer Zak Ansah among the goals for Hythe. However, their inconsistency returned at the weekend when they became only Sevenoaks’ second victims of the campaign,

William Johnson-Cole and Frankie Sawyer scoring the second half goals for the improving Oaks.

Whitstable Town ended a run of three successive draws when winning 2-1 at Faversham on Saturday while Ashford’s fine start has given way to a dip in form in which they are now winless in six matches in all competitions, having registered back-to-back 1-1 draws with Haywards Heath and Sittingbourne. By contrast, Haywards Heath made it four league matches without defeat when they followed up taking that point from the Nuts & Bolts by overcoming fellow promotees Three Bridges 2-0 at Hanbury Park, courtesy of two goals from ex-Hornet Karl Akehurst. Bridges suffered a further setback at the weekend when beaten by another Sussex side, East Grinstead Town, 2-0 in a fractious match that produced seven bookings and a sending -off for Bridges’ Jamie Crellin. It was the third win in a row for the Wasps, for whom George Landais scored twice in their 3-0 win against Guernsey last Tuesday. Bridges are somewhat surprisingly sandwiched in the bottom three by Herne Bay and Thamesmead Town, who have registered just a win apiece so far this campaign. A four goal blast by Jake Embery in last Tuesday’s 5-4 triumph at Ramsgate was enough to keep Bay off bottom spot which is now occupied by

Tommy Warrilow’s Thamesmead side that has now lost five in a row and already out of the FA Cup, Velocity

Trophy and FA Trophy.

MATCH REPORT

Bury Town 1 Horsham 2 Buildbase FA Trophy Extra Preliminary Round Saturday 29th September 2018 Horsham bounced back from their midweek loss at Hastings to secure their progress in the Buildbase FA Trophy. With the game just four minutes young, Bury found themselves with the first real chance of note when Josh Pelling spilled a straightforward strike by Ollie Hughes and debutant Dylan Merchant needed to clear off the line. Charlie Harris then fashioned Horsham’s first attempt on goal with a snatched shot on the half volley that went harmlessly wide before a clever piece of skill from midfielder Jake Chambers Shaw saw the Bury man evade his marker and send a dangerous ball through for Tanner Call, whose miscontrol allowed Horsham to clear the danger.

The Hornets were forced into a change on sixteen minutes when Lewis Hyde suffered a gashed head in a collision with home goalkeeper Luis Tibbles and was replaced by Dean Lovegrove, with blood pouring from the wound. Bury looked to take advantage of the change in personnel when Pelling headed an attempt by Call straight to the feet of Hughes, who was denied a goal by the hastily back-pedalling 'keeper, and a minute later, Ryan Horne’s drilled effort flew inches over the crossbar from outside the box. Horsham finished the half strongly though, hitting the woodwork twice in as many minutes. Tyrell Richardson- Brown’s pace and trickery on the wing was causing the Bury rearguard problems and, from his pass, Rob O’Toole thought he had the game's first goal only for Tibble’s quick reactions to deflect the ball behind from close range, via the top of the crossbar. Then a Joey Taylor free-kick was flicked against the upright by Joe Shelley.

The Hornets needed just two minutes to edge themselves in front after the break when Richardson-Brown, who appeared to be standing in an offside position, collected a long ball forward by Steve Metcalf and slid the ball across the face of goal for O’Toole to apply a smart finish. O’Toole was unlucky not to double his, and Horsham’s, tally moments later when his rasping effort smacked the stanchion as The Hornets looked to tighten their grip. Bury were struggling to create chances of their own, with a looping Horne header and a wayward strike by Chambers Shaw the best they could offer as the game began to get a bit niggly. Pelling, though, was forced into making a fine save to keep his side’s lead intact from Horne’s fine long range shot and he also had to get down smartly to smother a daisycutter from full-back Jake Kerins.

Having lost Hyde earlier to injury, an awkward fall by O’Toole saw his participation cut short as he limped off having sustained an injury to his quad muscle, with Harvey Sparks sent on to replace him. Bury began to sense it was now or never as they searched to drag themselves back into the game, with Ryan Jolland tricking his way past his marker to deliver a dangerous low ball that Merchant directed out to safety. But wayward finishing from the home side let Horsham off the hook with time ticking down when, somehow, Emmanuel Machaya failed to convert a delicious whipped in cross from Horne as he failed to make any proper contact with the ball. But with six minutes of injury time shown, Horsham killed the game off to rule out any chance of a late salvage job when Richardson-Brown used his pace and height to nod the ball clear of the last defender and home in on goal where he fired in off Tibbles to sow things up. With the game now over its allotted six added minutes, Bury gained a consolation goal when Hughes bundled in following some great work down the wing by Horne. But it merely but delayed the inevitable as The Hornets set up a home tie with Ware in the next round.

Horsham: Josh Pelling, Steve Metcalf, Joey Taylor, Joe Shelley, Dylan Merchant, Lewis Hyde (Dean Lovegrove,16), Will Hoare (George Hayward,62), Rob O'Toole (Harvey Sparks,68), Charlie Harris, Jack Brivio, Tyrell Richardson-Brown

Bury: Luis Tibbles, Jake Kerins, Ryan Stafford, Ollie Fenn, Ian Miller, Kyran Clements, Jake Chambers Shaw, Ryan Jolland (Tommy Robinson,82), Ollie Hughes, Ryan Horne, Tanner Call (Emmanuel Machaya,68)

Referee: Alistair Wilson Att: 270

Buildbase FA Trophy Extra Preliminary Round round-up

Results Saturday 29th September Ashford United 4 Haywards Heath 4 Bury Town 1 Horsham 2 Didcot Town 3 Thamesmead Town 1 Waltham Abbey 1 Hastings United 3 Whyteleafe 4 Bowers & Pitsea 1

Horsham were one of six Bostik South East sides involved in the Extra Preliminary Round of the Buildbase FA Trophy on Saturday with four securing their passage through to the next round, and a cheque for £2,000, while two more have to replay after a high-scoring draw. There was plenty of action at the Homelands Stadium where battling Haywards Heath Town overcame 0-2, 2-3 and 3-4 deficits to draw with hosts Ashford United. The two sides had met a week earlier in the league, sharing a 1-1 draw at Hanbury Park, where on that occasion it was the Nuts & Bolts that had to come from behind to take a share of spoils. On Saturday though it was the Kent side who were quickest out of the traps, striking the woodwork in the opening minute before Josh Wisson headed them in front on a quarter of an hour. Ollie Rowe doubled the lead, six minutes later, but Heath were undeterred on what was their debut in the competition and after Callum Saunders had had a goal ruled out for a foul, Kane Louis halved the deficit and former Hornets Byron Napper and Karl Akehurst combined for the latter to draw the teams level before half-time. After the break it was the home side who restored their lead through Sam Corne but Heath were behind for just four minutes when Max Miller equalised, only for Corne to score his second of the match to make it 4-3 to Ashford. But it was Heath who had the final say when Saunders slotted home to send the teams back to Hanbury Stadium for tonight’s replay.

While the Hornets were celebrating after their near 250 mile round-trip to Bury Town, there was no such joy for Thamesmead Town whose long trip round the M25 and beyond ended in defeat at Oxfordshire side Didcot Town. The Evo-Stick Southern Division One Central outfit had been taken to extra-time by Hitchin Town on Tuesday night in a replayed FA Cup 2nd qualifying round tie before losing to the Canaries in a penalty shoot-out, and looked to be heading out of the Trophy, too, when Thamesmead’s Trey Williams put the visitors ahead on thirty-eight minutes. But an equaliser by defender Stuart Cattell on the stroke of half- time kept the Railwaymen on track and they duly completed the turnaround in the second half through goals from Dave Murphy and Callum McNish, leaving Tommy Warrilow’s side to concentrate their efforts on climbing off the bottom of the Bostik League table.

There was a battle of the form sides at Capershotts, home of Waltham Abbey, where second in the Bostik South Central played host to a Hastings United side occupying the same position in Bostik South East. United went ahead on twelve minutes through captain Sam Adams but, despite going on to dominate the half, they were pegged back just before the interval by an equaliser from Daniel Aristidou. It wasn’t until the final ten minutes that Hastings took control when Dajon Golding, who began the match on the bench, scored twice to secure the win. Their reward for their triumph is a home tie with Whyteleafe, who comfortably despatched Essex side Bowers & Pitsea at Church Road. In David Knight, Bowers possessed the Bostik North Division’s leading scorer but it was a defender, ‘Leafe’s Matthew O’Donoghue, who opened the scoring on twenty-five minutes and that’s the way it stayed until three minutes before half-time when Quentin Monville replied for the visitors. But there was no doubt as to who would be going through to a date at Hastings once Marvin Armstrong scored, midway through second half, with Eddie DSane adding the gloss with a late brace, including a stoppage time penalty. Buildbase FA Trophy Preliminary Round draw (involving Bostik South East sides) Ties to be played on Saturday 13th October Ashford United or Haywards Heath Town v Bracknell Town Aylesbury v Herne Bay Horsham v Ware Bedfont Sports v Whitstable Town Hythe Town v FC Romania Canvey Island v Cray Wanderers Phoenix Sports v Ramsgate Faversham Town v Sittingbourne Romford or Great Wakering Rovers v East Grinstead Town Grays Athletic v Sevenoaks Town Three Bridges v Molesey Greenwich Borough v Egham Town VCD Athletic v Hanwell Hastings United v Whyteleafe Prize money: £3,000

2018/19 Player Sponsorship Scheme launched We are delighted to announce that Horsham FC is now running a player sponsorship scheme for the 2018/19 season. For just £50, supporters will be able to sponsor a player of their choice (subject to availability) and in addition to the warm glow of satisfaction you’ll get from keeping a Horsham player fully kitted out in the yellow and green for the season, you’ll also have:

 - Your name in the list of player sponsors in match programmes  - Your name on the player’s profile on the Club’s website  - An opportunity to have your picture taken with the player you sponsor  - An invitation to a special sponsors’ event at the new Hop Oast stadium (once open)

Should your chosen player subsequently leave the Club, you will have the choice of sponsoring any other available player, or your sponsorship could transfer to whoever replaces him. To sponsor a player (or a member of the management team) this season, please email Paul Osborn at [email protected], call Paul on 07748802424, or speak to any Committee member at a game.

Name Position Sponsor

Dominic Di Paola Manager Clive Williams

Adam Westwood Assistant Manager

Jon Meeney Head Coach

Andy McCarthy Goalkeeping Coach

Jimmy Punter Coach Steph Apps Physiotherapist Darren Etheridge Kit Man Clive Williams Jack Brivio Midfielder Howard Frogley Charlie Farmer Defender Lee Harding Midfielder Neil Clarke Charlie Harris Midfielder George Hayward Midfielder Will Hoare Midfielder Lewis Hyde Defender #TB3 and Horsham FC U13 Squad Dean Lovegrove Defender Harrison Jones James McElligott Defender Dylan Merchant Defender Steve Metcalf Defender Rob O'Toole Forward Josh Pelling Goalkeeper

Tyrell Richardson-Brown Forward Paul Osborn Joe Shelley Defender Sean Bravery Chris Smith Forward Harvey Sparks Midfielder Joey Taylor Defender Mark Wells

The club thanks all those who have agreed to sponsor a player this season

Today's opponents

PHOENIX SPORTS Formed in 1935, Phoenix Sports Club originally started out as St. Johns Welling, later changing its name to Lakeside before renaming to Phoenix following the Second World War as it was seen to rise from the ashes of the previous two clubs amidst the destruction caused by the blitz. Over the years the club played at various locations until 1950 when the local council offered them a piece of waste land in Mayplace Road East, Bexleyheath. Over time it evolved into the ground that we all know now as The Club. After entering various leagues the club settled in the Kent County League Division One West, finishing as runners-up twice in the 1950s and once in the 70s, only for financial difficulties to force Phoenix to form a Limited Company and adopt the name Phoenix Sports Club (1982) Ltd. Year formed: 1935 Current ground: In season 1986/7 the club entered the Spartan League and competed Phoenix Sports Ground there for six seasons before returning to the Kent County League, winning the Division One West title in 1999/2000 and gaining promotion Previous leagues: to the Premier Division only to suffer two relegations that saw them drop North Kent League, South into Division Two by 2003. However, the introduction of a Saturday East Amateur League, morning soccer school academy for juniors and a new management Kent Amateur League, London team at senior level has seen a steady improvement in the standard of Spartan League, Kent County senior football beginning in 2004/5 when Phoenix swept all before them, League, Kent Invicta League, winning the Division Two championship, The West Kent Challenge Southern Counties East Shield, The Hospitals Charity Cup and The Kent Junior Cup. In 2007/8 League they won the Division One title to take them back to the Premier Division where they remained for three seasons before becoming founder Southern Counties East members of the Kent Invicta League - at step 6 of the National League champions: System the highest level of football the club had ever played at. 2014/15

Despite finishing runners-up in their first season, the management team Kent Invicta champions resigned and Steve O’Boyle and Tony Beckingham were installed as 2012/13 joint first team managers, immediately leading the side to the title while Best FA Cup run: losing just two league games all season. That led to promotion to the 3rd Qualifying Round 2017/18 Kent League (now the Southern Counties East Football League) where, after finishing in sixth place in their inaugural season, they finished top of Best FA Vase run: th the tree in 2014/15 and were accepted into the Isthmian League. A 5 Round 2014/15 creditable fourteenth place finish was achieved in that debut campaign in Last season: Division One North, with a best-ever placing of eighth following a year 11th Bostik South Division later. After a decent start to last season, and sitting in the play-off spots for a while, Phoenix were rocked by the departure of O’Boyle which Managers: Paul Bryon coincided with a blip in form but new manager Paul Bryon steadied the Last match: ship and they finished a creditable eleventh. Guernsey (a) Alongside the first and reserve teams, Phoenix Sports – an FA Charter 29.9.18 Won 5-3 Community Club - presently have a total of thirty-eight teams under the club bannerbanner,, making them one Sportsof the biggest one of theclubs biggest in the area.

Did you know? Of the 536 teams that entered the 2014/15 FA Vase, Phoenix Sports made it through to the last sixteen – their best ever run in any of the national football competitions. It was only the second season that Phoenix had entered the Vase and, after defeating Croydon in a replay, they accounted for Lancing, Arundel, Erith Town, Alresford Town and Bodmin Town before travelling to eventual winners North Shields in the fifth round where they were beaten 4-1 in front of a 1,092 crowd.

Horsham Football Club fixtures 2018/19 Date Opposition Comp F-A Att Scorers Pos 11 Aug SITTINGBOURNE LGE 1-2 195 Smith 14 18 Aug Sevenoaks LGE 2-1 166 Shelley, Harding 9 21 Aug Haywards Heath VT 5-2 112 O'Toole, Richardson-Brown, Landais, Smith 2 - 25 Aug Carshalton Athletic FAC 1-0 274 Harris - - 27 Aug HAYWARDS HEATH LGE 4-5 240 O'Toole, Boswell, Richardson-Brown, Smith 13 01 Sep Whyteleafe LGE 1-3 196 Hyde 13 04 Sep Bracknell Town VT 1-3 175 O'Toole - 08 Sep Corinthian FAC 1-1 118 OG - 12 Sep CORINTHIAN FAC 5-0 124 Harding, Shelley, O'Toole, Smith, Brivio - 15 Sep HERNE BAY LGE 1-0 148 Smith 12 22 Sep HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS FAC 4-3 162 Metcalf, Shelley, O'Toole, Smith - 25 Sep Hastings United LGE 0-2 479 14 29 Sep Bury Town FAT 2-1 270 O'Toole, Richardson-Brown - 02 Oct PHOENIX SPORTS LGE 06 Oct POOLE TOWN FAC 13 Oct WARE FAT 17 Oct Thamesmead Town LGE 20 Oct EAST GRINSTEAD LGE 30 Oct Ramsgate LGE 03 Nov Ashford United LGE 10 Nov GREENWICH BORO' LGE 17 Nov VCD ATHLETIC LGE 24 Nov Three Bridges LGE 01 Dec WHITSTABLE TOWN LGE 08 Dec Hythe Town LGE 15 Dec CRAY WANDERERS LGE 22 Dec Haywards Heath LGE 01 Jan GUERNSEY LGE 05 Jan Faversham Town LGE 12 Jan WHYTELEAFE LGE 19 Jan Phoenix Sports LGE 26 Jan RAMSGATE LGE 02 Feb East Grinstead Town LGE 05 Feb HASTINGS UNITED LGE 09 Feb VCD Athletic LGE 16 Feb THREE BRIDGES LGE 23 Feb Whitstable Town LGE 02 Mar HYTHE TOWN LGE 09 Mar Cray Wanderers LGE 16 Mar Greenwich Borough LGE 23 Mar ASHFORD UNITED LGE 30 Mar SEVENOAKS LGE 06 Apr Sittingbourne LGE 13 Apr Herne Bay LGE 20 Apr FAVERSHAM TOWN LGE 22 Apr Guernsey LGE 27 Apr THAMESMEAD TOWN LGE

Home matches in CAPITALS KEY: LGE – Bostik South East Division, VT – Velocity Trophy, FAC – FA Cup, FAT – FA Trophy

2018/19 Career totals First team stats Apps Subs Goals Apps Goals Jack Brivio 2 4 1 6 1 Charlie Farmer 2 1 187 21 Lee Harding 9 1 2 10 2 Charlie Harris 11 1 1 16 2 Jack Hartley 1 2 41 3

George Hayward 6 4 10 0

Will Hoare 12 1 13 0

Adam Hunt 58 1

Lewis Hyde 8 1 80 9

Scott Kirkwood 85 9

Dean Lovegrove 7 1 12 0 James McElligott 8 8 0 Dylan Merchant 1 1 0 Steve Metcalf 10 2 88 8 Rob O'Toole 13 6 25 12 Josh Pelling 13 98 0

Tyrell Richardson-Brown 5 7 3 12 3

Joe Shelley 9 3 101 28

Chris Smith 7 4 7 11 7

Harvey Sparks 1 2 3 0

Joey Taylor 7 1 8 0

Horsham FC – on this day, 2001: A last minute goal by full-back Stuart Hardy spared Horsham's blushes as they narrowly avoided a Sussex Floodlight Cup disaster at County League strugglers Sidlesham. Gary Charman gave Horsham an early lead but a mistake by John Kirby gifted Danny Owen the equaliser with James Mandry firing in the hosts' second on the stroke of half-time. Sidlesh am looked set for a famous victory until Jamie Taylor stabbed home from close range, eleven minutes from time, and Hardy won it with thirty seconds remaining moments after Owen had hit a post.

Match sponsors 2018/19

Horsham Football Club would like to thank all this season's match & matchball sponsors 11.08.18 Sittingbourne Kevin Borrett Dennis Strudwick 27.08.18 Haywards Heath John Lines Howard Frogley 12.09.18 Corinthian Jeff Barrett Ray & Caroline Farrell 15.09.18 Herne Bay Mark & Angela Butler Nigel Smithers 22.09.18 Heybridge Swifts Sean Bravery & Mark Barrett Sam Borrett 02.10.18 Phoenix Sports Tanbury Garage Blue Stragglers

06.10.18 Poole Town Martin Frogley & Paul William Arnold Matt Dale 13.10.18 Ware 20.10.18 East Grinstead Matt & Jack Dale Mark Wells 10.11.18 Greenwich Borough David Hillier Matt Dale 17.11.18 VCD Athletic Alan Keary Dennis Strudwick 01.12.18 Whitstable Town HISC HISC 15.12.18 Cray Wanderers Horsham FC Committee Lyla Maj Clarke 01.01.19 Guernsey Horsham FC Stewards Dennis Strudwick 12.01.19 Whyteleafe Neil Richmond & Co Sean Bravery 26.01.19 Ramsgate Holly Osborn Pete Tanner 05.02.19 Hastings United Watson Associates Mark Barrett 16.02.19 Three Bridges Simon Edwards Consultancy Jack Everley 02.03.19 Hythe Town Paul Arnold HISC 23.03.19 Ashford United 'Patricia' Rae Mark Barrett 30.03.19 Sevenoaks Town Tanbury Garage Saint Agnes 20.04.19 Faversham Town Jim Rae Oscar Kent 27.04.19 Thamesmead Town Monksgate Business Services Dennis Strudwick

It was a real shame to see the FA’s decision to remove Whyteleafe from this season’s FA Cup over what seems to have been an incredibly minor administrative mistake, writes the NLP's Hugo Varley.

The -based club were kicked out of the competition just 24 hours before their second qualifying match against St Albans after the FA ruled that an ineligible player had been played during an earlier round.

If their appeal is unsuccessful then it is believed that Whyteleafe will have to return the £6000 they received for beating Corinthian Casuals in the previous round; while a potential points deduction could also be on the cards as the ineligible player has also represented Whyteleafe in a Bostik Division One South game this season.

In some respects I see the argument that rules are rules and if one is broken then a club should be punished, however on occasions like this it is plainly clear that the FA have a completely blinkered view of the realities of Non-League football.

Clubs like Whyteleafe usually rely on the work of volunteers or part-time staff whose responsibilities stretch across numerous different duties.

It would be perfectly reasonable to expect a Football League club, who have a fully staffed administrative department, to abide by all regulations; however in Non-League the situation is completely different.

My worry is that if the FA is insistent on stringently enforcing every single rule without looking into the context of individual situations, then the volunteers throughout Non-League football may decide against continuing their involvement with their local sides for fear of making a potentially damaging mistake.

It is absolutely essential that the FA develop a level of common sense with regards to their regulations and realise that a certain amount of leeway should be given in certain situations.

Half-time quiz (with a slight nod to tonight's opponents) 1. What is the name of Peter Kay's character in the comedy series, Phoenix Nights? 2. Phoenix is the capital city of which US state? 3. River Phoenix starred alongside Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell in which 1986 film? 4. Which act won the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix"? 5. The badge of which current English National League football club contains an image of a phoenix? 6. In which capital city would you find Phoenix Park sports stadium? 7. Phoenix and Marvel Girl are the nicknames of which Marvel Comics superheroine? 8. Joaquin Phoenix was Oscar-nominated for his portrayal of which legendary singer-song writer? 9. Which author wrote the 1964 novel Flight of the Phoenix? 10. Which European capital city is nicknamed Phoenix City? answers on next page

Quiz answers: 1.Brian Potter 2.Arizona 3.Stand By Me 4.Conchita Wurst 5.Aldershot Town 6.Dublin 7. Rachel Anne Summers/Rachel Grey 8.Johny Cash 9.Elleston Trevor 10.Warsaw U23 Development League

Bryan O'Toole has called on his players to cut out the individual errors that continue to blight Horsham's U23s' inaugural season after their latest outing saw them beaten 6-2 by Cray Wanderers. "People might think I'm deluded", the Development Squad manager admitted after watching his side suffer a fifth successive loss "but we are improving. If we can only stop making the individual mistakes that are costing us badly then we'd be fine."

Against Cray, at Oakwood last Thursday night, the Hornets held their opponents until the half hour mark when a mistake enabled Robbie Daye to give the visitors the lead that Frankie Morgan doubled with a good finish, five minutes later. The second half was only four minutes old when Kwaku Gyabi Junior scored a third, following another error, before Jake Chadwick reduced the arrears and for a few minutes it looked as thoughminutes Horsham it might get themselves back in the game. But more defensive uncertainty saw Cray increase their lead to 5-1 through Akan Kasab and Neil Spencer before stoppage time efforts from Dean Lovegrove, a stunning left-foot shot into the corner, and Spencer with his second made the final score 6-2.

"Some of the errors were down to individual mistakes and others have been down to players not doing what they've been asked" added O'Toole. "We've been trying to drum into the lads for three weeks about understanding the game but when you can't train, it makes it very, very hard. We are coming up against very established teams every week and the difference is obvious. Cray have been together for four years, having started at U18s, but to be honest with you I don't think they were that much better than us. The week before I thought we were unlucky not to get anything out of Tooting & Mitcham, who are one of the top sides, and when I look and see that Lewes are at the top then I really don't think we're far off.

I can't fault any of them for effort but we are gifting other teams silly goals and lack that little bit of quality that makes the difference. We just don't have that cutting edge at the moment that can capitalise on mistakes our opponents make whereas it seems every slip we make gets punished. The first goal against Cray was a killer as we'd played well up to that point but it's something that we will strive to put right. It's going to take as long as it takes but nobody likes to get beaten every week so hopefully we can get that all-important first win and kick on from there, starting at Molesey (tonight), which is now a massive game for us."

Horsham: Tom Baxter, Aran Ammah, Jack Manton, George Hayward, Aaron Kodua, Charlie Farmer, Dean Lovegrove, Jake Chadwick, Tim Cook, Ben Whiteley, Obed Salazaku

Subs: Harry Maynard, Harry Law, Jack Reeves, Derrick Kaboggoza, Isaac Gardiner

Aran Ammah Harry Law Isaac Gardiner Bluefin U23 Development League fixtures 2018/19

Date Opposition Co F-A Scorers Att 20 Aug Lewes mpLGE 1-4 Craddock 70 04 Sep Ramsgate LGE 1-5 Mulopo 31 13 Sep HASTINGS UNITED LGE 1-7 Daramda-Martin 31 19 Sep TOOTING & MITCHAM LGE 0-2 27 27 Sep CRAY WANDERERS LGE 2-6 Chadwick, Lovegrove 35 02 Oct Molesey LGE 11 Oct BURGESS HILL TOWN LGE 18Sep Oct THAMESMEAD TOWN LGE 25 Oct Sittingbourne LGE 01 Nov MARGATE LGE 07 Nov Herne Bay LGE 15 Nov CARSHALTON ATHLETIC LGE 21NovOct Nov Three Bridges LGE 29 Nov LEWES LGE 06 Dec RAMSGATE LGE 10Decv Dec Hastings United LGE 14Nov Jan Tooting & Mitcham LGE 23 Jan Cray Wanderers LGE 31 Jan MOLESEY LGE 07 Feb Burgess Hill Town LGE 11 Feb Thamesmead Town LGE 21 Feb SITTINGBOURNE LGE 26 Feb Margate LGE 07 Mar HERNE BAY LGE 11 Mar Carshalton Athletic LGE 21 Mar THREE BRIDGES LGE

Home matches in CAPITALS All home matches will be played at: Oakwood FC, Tinsley Lane, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 8AT (ko 7.45pm) Admission: £3 adults, £2 U16s

Down with the kids – a round up from Horsham Youth

After the first team’s excellent FA Trophy win at Bury on Saturday, it was the turn of the youth sides to show what they could do in the cups on Sunday. Getting us off to a winning start were the U11s, who defeated Worthing Dynamos to make it three wins from three in the Emerald Cup. The Hornets had their opponents pinned back in the early stages of the match but were unable to find the breakthrough until two minutes from the break when Dan Baxter slotted home after Charlie Little's shot had been parried. Despite dealing comfortably with everything Worthing could throw at them in the second half, it was a piece of sloppy play that gifted the visitors an equaliser and it needed a brave save by 'keeper Zac Robinson from going behind. Then, right at the death, one final attack saw Jack McMillan pounce on a loose ball to calmly score the winner.

Our U13s were in action just down the road from here, at Brighton & Hove Albion's Elite Performance Centre, where they took on Hove Park Colts in the first round of the Les Kempster Challenge Trophy (County Cup). The home side impressed as they took the game to Horsham and took full advantage of their opponents going down to ten men, following an injury, to go in front from the penalty spot. The yellows got back on level terms after some good wing play saw Stan Berry get in behind the defence to steer the ball past the keeper to bring the match back to 1-1. Horsham seemed to control the game from here on and, with seconds left in the first half, Stan turned provider to slide the ball across for Frankie Mills to slam home, giving Horsham a 2-1 lead going into the break. The second half was a different game; the yellows were dominant, breaking down the wings, crossing early but unable to get the ball past the Hove Park ‘keeper. Time after time chances went begging, but no goals were coming. We fired over, past the post but not between the sticks! The team had a few shake-ups to try to get a firm grip on this game but nothing the management did could find the key to unlock this stalemate of a second half. This began to allow Hove Park back into the match but the Horsham defence held strong and firm, meaning the match ended with Horsham grinding out this win to progress into the next round of the County Cup.

Also in County Cup action were the U14s Green who met old rivals Worthing Town Red in the CP Mason Cup. But, despite restricting their opponents to just a single first half goal, the Reds came away with a 5-0 success. Sporting their new strip, U14 Amber travelled down to Felpham for what was their third league match of the season and started well, scoring twice in the first ten minutes through Zain Beg and an own goal. The squad looked comfortable all game and increased their lead through a Max Warren penalty which spurred the lads on, enabling them to score three more times through Leighton Read, Joe Simpkin and Deon Mubaiwa. Although wasteful finishing denied the Hornets an even greater margin of victory, the important thing was that we have learned from some mistakes from last week and defensively switched on, which led to Isaac Small winning the Man of the Match award. It was a good all-round performance from the squad. Introducing Rob Carter (U14 Greens coach/goalkeeping coach) A former Horsham U18 goalkeeper, Rob has returned to the club this season to help Ian Scott run the U14 Greens

Works: Runs his own business in the building trade Favourite food: Curry Favourite music: The Beatles Favourite Premier League club: Manchester United Favourite film: Forest Gump Favourite TV programme: Peaky Blinders

Rob's aspirations for this season are for the Greens to finish in the top four

Forthcoming matches: Sunday 7th October U11 v Worthing United Youth (a) Arun & Chichester League Division A U12 v Worthing Dynamos (h) Arun & Chichester League Division A KO 10am U13 v Chichester City Green (h) Arun & Chichester League Division A KO 10am

On this day….

1925 John Logie Baird performed the first test of a working television system, transmitting a greyscale image of a ventriloquist's dummy nicknamed "Stooky Bill". Looking for publicity, Baird visited the Daily Express newspaper to promote his invention. The news editor was terrified and he was quoted by one of his staff as saying: "For God's sake, go down to reception and get rid of a lunatic who's down there. He says he's got a machine for seeing by wireless! Watch him — he may have a razor on him." 1950 The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M.Schulz, is first published. Focusing entirely on a social circle of young children, whose main character is Charlie Brown, Peanuts premiered in nine US newspapers but, at its peak, ran in over 2,600 newspapers with a global readership of around 355 million and was translated into twenty-one languages. It achieved considerable success with its television specials, several of which were Emmy nominated, and even spawned a computer-animated feature film in 2015.. 1968 The first recorded case of live sextuplets occurred in Birmingham when Sheila Thorns gave birth, via Caesarean section, to four boys and two girls although only three of them survived. The first case in Britain of a set of sextuplets surviving came in 1983 and, in 1997, the world's first recorded case of surviving septuplets occurred when three boys and four girls were born to a couple in the US. In 1996 Mandy Allwood, a British woman, gave birth to eight children - all of whom died soon after delivery. 1968 Hundreds of people were killed during a vicious gun battle in Mexico City, just days before the start of the Olympic Games. Thousands of students had gathered for a meeting organised by the National Strike Council to protest against the military occupation of the National Polytechnic Institute and, after eye- witness reports of shots being fired by the army towards the students, a ninety minute gunfight broke out. The death toll was quoted as anything upwards of 200, with more than 500 arrested. 1995 The second album by English rock band Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory was released on this day, twenty-three years ago. Produced by Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher, the album sold 347,000 copies in its first week to earn the band worldwide acclaim. With tracks such as Don't Look Back in Anger, Champagne Supernova and the seminal Wonderwall, 'Morning Glory' spent ten weeks at number one in the UK album chart, reached number four in the US Billboard 200 and was named the greatest British album since 1980 at the 2010 Brit Awards. At over twenty-two million copies, it is the UK's fifth-highest selling

album of all-time.

Ebenezer – a leading light of the scene, know what I mean?

It's doubtful that few, if any, of today's football supporters will be familiar with the name Ebenezer Cobb Morley but, without him, the game might have descended into chaos. Before Ebenezer Cobb Morley, soccer looked quite different to, and much more brutal than, “The Beautiful Game” played around the world today. Back then, bore a closer resemblance to rugby, permitting a greater amount of tackling and ball-handling. It also suffered from chaotic disorganisation, with multiple competing leagues, schools, and competitions lacking a formal managing structure, and many playing by different sets of rules. Morley set the foundation for the Football Association and laid down a set of rules to regulate the game, creating the first consistent definition of the sport.

Born in Hull on August 16th 1831, Morley was a trained lawyer and an avid fan of rowing who founded the Barnes & Mortlake Regatta after moving to London at the age of twenty-seven. But it was his mark on football for which Morley would become known. While in London Morley also joined the Barnes Club and in 1863, as the captain of the club, he wrote to a newspaper called Bell’s Life with a proposal to form an officiating body for the sport. The scheme led to a meeting between other club representatives in London’s Freemasons’ Tavern and resulted in the formation of the Football Association. A blue heritage plaque now adorns the site, proclaiming “the modern game of football was born on this day. 26 October 1863.”

Morley served as the FA’s first secretary until 1866 and its second president until 1874. But he wasn’t just an administrator: he also took the field as a player in the first FA-supervised match in 1863, and scored in the first representative match in 1866. With the other clubs’ input, Morley drafted a list of 13 rules to reduce violence and regulate gameplay, creating the more orderly, free flowing pace of soccer that we know today.

The Laws of the Game covered a range of the sport’s elements, from dimensions of the field and length of the game, to the number of players permitted per team, the type of fouls subject to penalties, and even the offside rule. Key rules prevented players from picking up and throwing the ball to one another, distinguishing the sport from its rugby-like relatives. Other rules, since changed, included teams switching sides after every goal, while goalposts lacked a crossbar across the top, allowing goals to be scored “at whatever height.” Morley was also a supporter of limited amounts of contact, notably arguing that players should be permitted to “hack the front leg,” or kick opponents in the shin. That rule was lost, but others have stood the test of time, and Morley’s Laws were upheld in 1904 when the sport’s international governing body, FIFA, was founded.

Ebenezer Cobb Morley 16 August 1831 – 20 November 1924

- The Sheffield Independent, Friday 30th October 1863 "The Father of Association Football"

HORSHAM PHOENIX SPORTS

Amber & Lincoln Green All Red

Josh Pelling Steve Phillips Steve Metcalf Kenny Aileru James McElligott Alfie Aldridge Joey Taylor Ryan Andrews Lewis Hyde Kweku Ansah Joe Shelley Jack Barry

Charlie Farmer Lee Bird Dean Lovegrove Zak Bryon

Charlie Harris Lewis Clark George Hayward Jeff Duah-Kessie Will Hoare Tariq Ibrahim Chris Smith Conrad Lee Rob O'Toole Jonny Miller-Annor Tyrell Richardson-Brown Kyren Mundle-Smith Jack Brivio Matt Neary Will Hoare Ashley Proberts Harvey Sparks Tony Robinson Dylan Merchant Danny Young

Referee: Conall Bartlett Assistant Referees: Dominic Barrow & Luke Chapman

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