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ISSUE 6 COVER September 16 2017 | Tranmere Rovers Probably two of the best goalkeepers in the league, Fleet hero Nathan Ashmore is OFFICIAL 2017/18 MATCHDAY PROGRAMME our cover star, together with his opposite EBBSFLEET UNITED v TRANMERE ROVERS SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2017 – KICK OFF 3.00PM / PRICE £3 MATCH SPONSOR / PROGRAMME SPONSOR number today, Tranmere’s Scott Davies. Cover.indd 1 13/09/2017 17:26 Issue 06 Ebbsfleet United FC CONTENTS Stonebridge Road, Northfleet, Kent 02 Fixtures & Results 2017/18 DA11 9GN 12 Opposition Focus: Tranmere Rovers Switchboard 21 On This Day: 1961 and 1975 01474 533796 Email [email protected] 24 Steve Fleming and Phil Moss on their Website www.eufc.co.uk personal Fleet-Tranmere paradoxes Twitter @EUFCofficial 30 Come back to what you know: Chairman Ian Johncock on return to the National Dr Abdulla Al Humaidi 32 Another level: opposition from Div. 1&2 Vice chairman Peter Varney 36 Year Zero: Part III, with the Fleet of Directors 1979/80 on the FA Cup trail Dherar Al Humaidi, Dave Archer, 40 The Unlikely Lads Stuart Butler-Gallie 46 Something old, something new Honorary associate director Jessica McQueen Club secretary “Sponsoring the Fleet but support- Peter Danzey “ ing Tranmere. Will Steve Fleming Finance manager survive the directors’ box today?” Cheryl Wanless Club administrator STEVE FLEMING ON P24 Matthew Faithorn Communications manager THE WEEK’S EVENTS IN FOOTBALL MATCHDAY MUSINGS Ed Miller Head groundsman Relocation, relocation OTHER THAN OUR LOCAL Craig Freeman Assistant groundsman Whitehawk have been ordered by a tribunal to RIVALS, I think Tranmere Rovers Martin Young pay £7,429.69 to former striker Duncan Culley alongside Leyton Orient was Catering (now at Hampton) for unpaid wages. He was probably one of the fi rst fi xtures operations manager Tanya Parr supposed to have received £464 of his £500 a Fleet fans looked for back in July. In some Head chef Jack Cox week wages via invoice as a “relocation allowance” of my early years of supporting this club, Catering DRS Caterers but it was never paid, according to legal papers. Tranmere were in the old Second Division Kit manager Maggie Danzey while we were about to be relegated back Club photographer Wood turning heads to the Southern League, Southern Division Dave Plumb — some seven divisions apart (apologies to Safety officer Boreham Wood broke their league any Tranmere fans who might wince about Philip Grinter attendance record last week when 1,920 Stewarding that statistic!). A league fi xture between (with 1,264 away fans) fi lled Meadow Centre Circle Events us would have been unthinkable then and Head steward Park for the win over Leyton Orient. The I still have to pinch myself now. I’m sure Duncan Cole club’s previous best was 1,293 v Grimsby. Matchday announcer it would have been unthinkable, too, to a Dave Lockwood couple of long-time Tranmere fans who by Club shop Mike Moyes Counting the Owers quirks of fate have also found themselves Resurgent Bath City have lost manager Gary First-team manager supporting the Fleet in recent years — we Daryl McMahon Owers to troubled Torquay United who speak to Steve Fleming and Phil Moss Assistant manager appointed the National South boss after about that further on in these pages. And Steve Gritt a four-week recruitment drive. Martin First-team coach while we’re all jumping on the Tranmere David Jupp Kuhl will be his assistant at