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August 2017 KO 7.45pm
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Deal Town Football Club (2001) Ltd The Charles Ground, St Leonards Rd, Deal, Kent CT14 9AU Tel: 01304375623 Email: [email protected]
Chairman: Dave Chmura Secretary: Fiona Richards Treasurer: Danielle Johnson Fixtures Secretary: Colin Adams Business & Development Director: Marian Scally Press Director: Kevin Redsull Stadium Director: Wayne Short Catering Director: Muriel Skirrow Hospitality Director: Neil Creasey
Good Evening everyone We would like to extend a warm welcome to the Players, Officials and Supporters of Corinthian Football Club to the Charles Ground for tonight’s Emirates FA Cup Extra Prelim Round replay, we hope they enjoy their visit and have a safe journey home. On Saturday we fought out a 2-2 draw, on paper a decent result, but we were 2-0 up within the first quarter of an hour. Quick goals from Joe Reeves and Ryan Philpott made it look like we would break our 25 year hoodoo of not winning our opening game of the season away from home, but not to be. The downside to the result was the sending off of both Reeves and Charlie Walsh which means they will both miss our game this coming Saturday against Crowborough, and also at least the following game. If the scores are level tonight after 90 mins there will be extra time, and if still level a penalty shoot-out. The winners of tonight’s game will be at home to Glebe in the next round who saw off Lordswood 1-0 on Saturday. We haven’t a very good record against Corinthian here at the Charles Ground, losing 7 of our last 8 games, we must be due for a victory tonight. As mentioned we are at Crowborough on Saturday, they are playing at the Gallagher Stadium Maidstone this season. Then a week tonight we play hosts to Sheppey United. Enjoy the game.
Deal Town Football Club (2001) Ltd is a Private Ltd Company incorporated in England & Wales with Company No. 4214651 The oldest cup competition in the world. The pinnacle of the domestic season. The FA Cup. Despite what the detractors say, those with dreams of something bigger, there is still magic in the cup. The competition is 146 years old this year. 146 years! That is slightly younger than the Fire Brigade, slightly older than the telephone, or the light bulb. It's about the same age as Germany.
The FA Cup was founded in 1871 as a prize for the 50 member clubs of the Football Association to compete for. Only 15 took up the offer, the most famous of whom, Wanderers, would go on to win the very first final, at the Oval in front of a crowd of 2000 people. They had made it through the semi-final as fancied Queen’s Park had been forced to withdraw from a replay, and defeated Royal Engineers to lift the trophy. Clapham Rovers’ Jarvis Kenrick had the honour of scoring the very first FA Cup goal, while Morton Betts scored the last goal that season, the winner in the final, to go down in history. Wanderers would go on to win 6 of the first 9 competitions. Kenrick transferred to Wanderers and scored in the 1877 final and two in the 1888 final as they retained the title three times.
The FA Cup is the constant ever-present in a game constantly trying to reinvent itself. Maybe the magic has been lost somewhere, there are no Jarvis Kenricks to write themselves into folklore for winning the trophy. Jesse Lingard may have ended Man Utd’s trophy drought in May, but his manager still got sacked, and the immediate questions were about his Champions League potential. For Man Utd, the FA Cup isn't magic, it's a distraction. Even for Crystal Palace, it's painful to have lost but it wouldn't have defined their immediate future. Well, no more than finishing mid-table in the league, at any rate. But when the magic does shine through, it often flies in the face of the detractors. Who could forget the outcry that the 2013 final would be held before the end of the season? An abomination to those who love the grand old competition, further reduction of its importance in a world of mega TV deals and four supposed ‘champions’ in Europe’s elite competition. And the cup responded with its biggest shock for a quarter of a century, as little Wigan with their tiny attendances and who would be relegated the following week, won their first ever major trophy against the oil-rich superstars of Manchester City. Just as the competition seemed at its most vulnerable, it conjured up a match to embody its enchanted spirit, and we all remembered just why we love it.
But it's more tangible the lower down the league you go. The magic is still very real, very possible. If you paid attention, you could see it just last season. Exeter heading to the home of European giants Liverpool in the Third Round that is where the magic lies. Carlisle hosting Everton. Oxford beating Swansea. The terraces so packed you can barely breathe, the hope and expectation seared into the faces of an entire town or village, as the big boys come to play. In the immortal words of Paul Daniels, that's magic.
But even further than that. Sporting Khalsa went six rounds in the 2015/16 edition, beginning in the Extra-Preliminary Round and just missing out on a tie against a league side. Didcot Town came in a stage later, and made it into the First Round, losing to the Exeter side that carried the magic to Anfield. Northwich Victoria went one better, starting in the Preliminary Round and reaching the Second Round Proper. They suffered the heartbreak of a late winner from Northampton. Try telling these teams that the cup has lost its magic. Try telling them that it doesn't mean anything anymore.
And what about the players? Jarvis Kenrick may have been the first FA Cup hero, but what of the lower league journeymen who are just like you and me during the week, but for whom one perfect moment could launch them to national acclaim. Over 10,000 players could take part this season's FA Cup. Which of them is going to be the next Roy Essandoh, who answered an ad in the paper to play for Wycombe Wanderers, a week before knocking out Leicester City? Or Mark Bryant, who when Yeovil were playing in the 8th tier, put out ‘Bank of England’ Sunderland, the Man City of their day? Or Matt Hanlan or Tony Rains, who helped Sutton Utd to put holders Coventry City out? Who will be this year’s Ronnie Radford?
All it takes a single goal to remind us of just how special the cup is. Whether it be to national attention like Ronnie Radford’s launching the career of John Motson in the process, or just a curiosity that a few will cherish in their memories like Holbeach United goalkeeper Ricky Drury’s overhead kick in the final minute against Worcester City, three divisions above them (seriously, find it on YouTube), the FA Cup gives every single player the chance to be a hero for a day. What isn't magical about that?
Think about all of that and then ask yourself again: is the magic of the cup really in danger of running out? Our view: not likely.
Welcome everybody to our first home fixture of season 2017-2018 a FA Cup replay after a "game that had everything" you could put into one match. I don't normally talk about games as I leave that to those who know what they are talking about (Derek and Kingy) but just this once let me tell you about Saturday's cup game at Gay Dawn Meadow.
Deal's first 45 minutes were a joy to watch and possibly stunned Corinthian who were rocked by some excellent football and two goals that will take a lot of beating in their execution with Ryan Philpott heavily involved in both. An immaculate through ball found Ryan free on the right wing and his inch perfect cross was met first time by Joe Reeves who gave the keeper no chance. The second goal came soon afterwards when Philpott volleyed home a Steve Butcher cross that looked to be out of his reach as he raced into the box. Well they were the best bits for a well prepared Deal side played on a surface fit for the Premier league.
Corinthian came back within sixty seconds of the restart and then equalized with a 30 yard strike you can only dream of hitting from their captain Ryan Sawyer. A missed penalty, three sending offs and a haul of yellow cards only added to a cracking game of high and drama and only another nine months of this new season to go!
Off the field I hope you like the refreshed look to the ground with lots of tweaks here and there. John Humphries is still only half way round his very own "Forth Bridge" where the painting never ends, Dave Dadd has a new broom and the changing rooms prove its use. Neil Creasey has found a new way of keeping the hospitality suite tidy (get your sister Ann to do it) while he does the coronation chicken sandwiches for the chairman. Kevin Redsull takes care of media matters while the Thompson family take care of nearly everything else.
That really only leaves our team of ladies who push and bully us mere males around but we love it really. New secretary Fiona Richards is getting the hang of the three thousand things a secretary has to do while treasurer Danielle Johnson has more than enough on her plate with new addition to the family George to clean up after. Marian Scally is back to her best foot forward mode and very suntanned legs (private joke)! In catering Muriel and Vera and sometimes Gordon have had fun filling the newly donated freezer for match day treats in the state of the art storage facility at the back of the clubhouse that Paul Smith has masterminded.
Other than that nothing much to report, if you have any questions about "your" club please do your best and join us for a Q & A evening in the clubhouse this coming Sunday 13th August at 7.10pm.
Thank you for your support and remember you can save yourself a load of money by buying a season ticket that allows you in to see all of Canterbury's 19 "home" league games here for free.
Onwards and Upwards Dave Chmura
1st Team Fixtures, Results & Goalscorers 2017/2018 FAC = FA Cup FAV = FA Vase KST = Kent Senior Trophy LC = League Cup L = League DATE OPPONENTS Result GOALSCORERS 5-Aug Corinthian FAC A D 2-2 Reeves, Philpott 8-Aug CORINTHIAN Rep FAC H 12-Aug Crowborough L A 15-Aug SHEPPEY UTD L H 26-Aug BECKENHAM L H 28-Aug Canterbury L A 2-Sep CRAY VALLEY L H 5-Sep WHITSTABLE L H 9-Sep Glebe FAV A 13-Sep Rochester Utd L A 16-Sep SEVENOAKS KST H 19-Sep CHATHAM L H 30-Sep AFC Croydon L A 7-Oct CORINTHIAN L H 21-Oct Erith Town L A 25-Oct Hollands & Blair L A 28-Oct CROYDON L H 4-Nov SEVENOAKS L H 11-Nov Sheppey Utd L A 18-Nov Lordswood L A 2-Dec GLEBE L H 9-Dec Beckenham L A 16-Dec RUSTHALL L H 23-Dec CANTERBURY L H 30-Dec Bearsted L A 6-Jan Chatham L A 13-Jan ERITH TOWN L H 20-Jan LORDSWOOD L H 27-Jan Tunbridge Wells L A 3-Feb CROWBOROUGH L H 10-Feb Rusthall L A 17-Feb Sevenoaks L A 24-Feb BEARSTED L H 3-Mar Cray Valley L A 17-Mar Glebe L A 24-Mar HOLLANDS & BLAIR L H 31-Mar Whitstable L A 2-Apr ROCHESTER L H 7-Apr Corinthian L A 14-Apr TUNBRIDGE WELLS L H 21-Apr Croydon L A 28-Apr AFC CROYDON L H TBA GLEBE LC H Deal Town FC 1st Team Appearances 2017/18
SCEFL FAC FAV LC KST TOTAL CAREER Max Max1 Max Max Max Max1 TOTAL C WALSH - 1 - - - 1 152 (+12) L SCOTT - 1 - - - 1 98 (+6) L BIGGINTON - 1 - - - 1 144 (+20) L HARK - 1 - - - 1 76 (+6) J TONKIN - 1 - - - 1 30 J REEVES - 1 - - - 1 30 (+12) A MILLER - 1 - - - 1 165 (+6) S BUTCHER - 1 - - - 1 1 R PHILPOTT - 1 - - - 1 85 (+18) H ALEXANDER - 1 - - - 1 13 (+12) K SMITH - 1 - - - 1 13 M TADERERA - 0 (+1) - - - 0 (+1) 0 (+5) K GREGORY - 0 (+1) - - - 0 (+1) 61 (+46) S WILSON - 0 (+1) - - - 0 (+1) 0 (+1)
Deal Town FC 1st Team Goal Scorers 2017/18
Career SCEFL FA Cup FAV L Cup KST TOTAL Total
J REEVES - 1 - - - 1 12 R PHILPOTT - 1 - - - 1 44
As pre-season has now finished we felt it would be a good time to update you all as we move into our FA Cup game against Corinthian on Saturday. Pre- season has gone well and we have been able to work on a number of things and look at a number of new players throughout our 7 games. As is always the case in pre-season results are not important but we are pleased to have recorded 4 wins and although performances could have been better at times, the application and effort of all of the boys has been excellent. We have had some tough tests during pre-season against higher league teams which have ensured our fitness levels are where they need to be going into the start of the competitive season. We have managed to retain all of last year’s squad and have made the following signings: • Kane Smith • Steve Butcher • Sam Wilson • Amir Zureiqi • Kyran Connelly • Marshall Taderera We are pleased with the players we have added to the squad as it now gives us competition in all positions which we have not always had over the last couple of season. Most supporters will know plenty about Kane, who joined us on loan last year and we are delighted that he has signed up for the season. Steve is a massive signing for the club and joins us from Hastings United. Having played professionally for Gillingham and had spells at Maidstone and Ramsgate he brings with him a lot of quality and experience at a higher level whilst still being in his early 20s. Sam Wilson is a striker who had joined us from local football but has made an excellent impression in pre-season and was on the scoresheet against K Sports. Amir is a young player from Dover Athletic u18s, he is an attacking midfielder who has done well during pre-season. Marshall is a striker who was with us last season but did not feature a huge amount, he has done well in pre-season and scored at Lydd after coming on as a substitute. Finally,Kyran joins us from Dover Athletic Academy, primarily a defender Kyran has represented Kent and will add further competition for places along the back line. We would like to welcome all of the new signings to the club and hope they have a successful season with us. We are still talking to players and hopefuls of making at least one more addition over the coming week. We have been handed a tough start to the season but all of the boys are looking forward to it. We play Crowborough, Sheppey, Cray Valley, Canterbury and Whitstable within our first 6 league fixtures. These are all sides that will be pushing for promotion and will be a good test for the boys. First up is our FA Cup game at Corinthian which is always a very difficult place to go. Corinthian are a well organised side with technically good players but the boys are looking forward to travelling there and are hopeful we can pick up a positive result. We would like to thank you in advance for your support for the boys in the early weeks of the season and we hope to see as many people at the Charles Ground as possible this season. We have a young and committed side who will give 100% every week and we hope it is an enjoyable season for all.
Manager
On Saturday we travelled away to play Corinthian in the first qualifying round of The Emirates FA Cup. It was always going to be a tough game against an always strong Corinthian side. We started the game strongly and within 20 minutes we had scored 2 excellent goals, the first from Joe Reeves and the second from Ryan Philpott. Corinthian then started to get back into the game but we went in at half time with a well-deserved lead. We had the worst possible start with Corinthian scoring from a scramble in the box within 5 minutes of the restart it was now game on. Shortly after this Corinthian were awarded a penalty for a foul by Lee Scott but the foul was committed well outside the penalty box and fortunately the penalty was missed and the ball hit the post.
There was then an incident when Joe Reeves committed a foul on a Corinthian defender, a number of players got involved which resulted in Charlie Walsh and a Corinthian player being shown red cards. At this point Corinthian were pushing for a second goal and it came from an unstoppable shot from 20 yards. With the score now 2-2 we had to defend well and this was made even more difficult when Joe Reeves was shown a red card for a foul (I thought a little unlucky). We now had to play the last 10 minutes with 9 men. We managed to see the game out 2-2, a good result but a little disappointing after having a 0-2 lead but we have a chance to progress to the next round in the replay tonight.
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FROM THE DUGOUT WITH KINGY
Good evening and welcome to the Charles Ground for this evenings FA Cup replay against Corinthian. We would like to wish their Directors, Players, Management and Supporters an enjoyable stay this evening and a safe journey home. Tonight is a big game for both clubs with a home tie against Glebe awaiting the winners. Saturday's game was very eventful and certainly a game of two halves. We played really well for the first half an hour and played the way we are hoping to throughout the season. Two excellent finishes from Joe and Vinnie put us in front and we were unlucky not to extend the lead. However, it is always hard to shut a game out against Corinthian as they will continue to play good football and on their excellent pitch there will always be chances for both sides. The equaliser was an outstanding strike and there was very little we could do about it, which was frustrating for us all. It was disappointing to have two players sent off as it made our job much harder. It wasn't a particularly dirty game but the 'Cup tie factor' and tiring legs as we had worked very hard led to some poor decision making on our part. We will be taking a look at the video for Charlie's dismissal as we certainly feel he was slightly hard done by on the day. Our discipline record last year was very good with only one red card so it was disappointing to lose two players in the first game but we will always expect the boys to give everything to the cause. The suspensions will hurt us but we have worked hard during pre-season to strengthen the squad and with over 20 players available to us we will certainly not be struggling for numbers over the coming weeks. It was great to hear the vocal support for the lads from our supporters on Saturday, it is much appreciated. Hopefully we can get a result tonight and progress into the next round.
Come on you Hoops!
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On Friday night Crowborough Athletic opened their FA Cup campaign with a 2-0 win at home to close neighbours Lingfield. The visitors matched the Crows for the first half which ended with no score from either team. Reece Connolly broke the stalemate after 67 minutes and Sam Carrington added a 2nd for the Crows in time added at the end. 8 Teams go through to the Preliminary round, 4 are involved in replays. Congratulations the FA Cup round winners who were Cray Valley PM (3-1 at Abbey Rangers; goals from Ben Francis (2) and Aaron Rule), Erith & Belvedere (4-0 at home to Wick; goals from Kofi Quartey (2), Max Williams and Matthew Parsons), Glebe (1-0 at home to Lordswood; goal scorer not reported), Hollands & Blair (3-2 at Hassocks; goal scorers not reported), Sevenoaks Town (3-1 at home to Broadbridge Heath; goals from Tom Young, Joe Bingham and Darren Marsden), Sheppey United (3-2 at home to AFC Croydon Athletic; Sheppey goals from Timmy Babbington, Dan Bradshaw and Trey Williams, The Rams scorer was Nahum Green (2)), Tunbridge Wells (1-0 at home to Beckenham Town; goal from Brad Potter) and Croydon(3-2 at Whitstable Town; Trams scorers were Jamie McGeoghegan, Stephane Bombelenga and Jeff Duah-Kessie. Natives scorers Harry Goodger and Danny Williams). Rusthall played their Cup debut game on Sunday at home (at the Culverden Stadium) to CB Hounslow United. The tie ended in a 0-0 draw so goes back to Hounslow on Wednesday. Sadly, Bearsted's first experience of the FA Cup was short lived as they lost by the odd goal in 3 at Eastbourne Town. Also out at the first time of asking were Lordswood (0-1 at Glebe), Holmesdale (1-3 at Loxwood), Canterbury City (0-2 at Sutton Common Rovers), Beckenham Town (0-1 at Tunbridge Wells), AFC Croydon Athletic (2-3 at Sheppey United) and Whitstable Town (2-3 at home to Croydon).
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DEAL TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB…
THE HISTORY SO FAR… Originally known as Deal Cinque Ports FC the club was formed in the early 1900s, changing its’ name in 1920 to Deal Town FC. Deals’ first matches were played in the Thanet League and the East Kent League. In 1909 they joined the Eastern section of the Kent League. Following the disbanding of the Kent League in 1959, Deal became founder members of the Aetolian League. 1963 saw Deal elected into the Southern League, but after a torrid three seasons they moved onto the Greater London League. The 1971/72 season saw the club return to the Kent League. Deals’ first, Kent League Championship came in 1953/54, then after a long wait, the second was achieved in 1999/2000. They have been Runners-up on two occasions, 1988/89 and 1998/99. The club has reached the Kent League Cup Final on five occasions. Their first Final appearance came in 1957/58 when they overcame Margate. Deal won their second League Cup in 1981/82, this time defeating Erith & Belvedere. Their third appearance in the Final was 1993/94, when they lost to Ramsgate. The Club lifted the cup for the 3rd time in 1998/99, defeating VCD Athletic. In 1999/2000, they reached the final, but did not contend it. The club has made four appearances in the Kent Senior Trophy Final. Deal were beaten finalists in 1982/83 going down to Southern League Fisher Athletic. There was further heartbreak in the 1990/91 Final this time having to settle for second best against Hythe Town. However, it was a case of third time lucky in 1994/95 as Deal finally captured the Trophy defeating Folkestone Invicta in a penalty shoot-out following a 2-2 draw. 1999/2000 saw Deal lift the trophy for the second time when they beat Chatham 5-1. Another trophy to come the way of the club was the Greater London League Cup which they won in 1967/68, meanwhile in 1959/60 Deal finished as Aetolian League Runners-up. 1997 saw the appointment of a new Chairman in Roy Smith whose ambitions both on and off the field lifted the Club, and his decision to appoint a full time manager in Tommy Sampson for the beginning of the 1998 season soon bore fruit. 1998/99 saw the Club achieve their best season. Apart from the successes of the 1st team, the Reserves won the League championship for the first time, and were beaten finalists in both the League Cup and the Intermediate Cup. This was however surpassed the following season. As well as their domestic achievements, Deal Town become the 1st team from Kent to lift the FA Vase with their 1-0 victory at Wembley Stadium against Chippenham Town in front of a crowd of 20,083, the second biggest in the history of the competition. Before the start of the 2000/01 season Tommy and the Vase winning players left the Club, so it was a case of rebuilding a side and consolidating the Club under manager Dave Dadd. Dave stepped down to become assistant manager after one year to be replaced by Simon Bryant who led the team to creditable 3rd & 4th place finishes in his 2 seasons in charge before moving to Herne Bay. With the majority of players leaving the Club, it was again a case of rebuilding and consolidating. This time it fell to Derek Hares who was promoted to 1st team manager at the start of the 2003/04 campaign and remained until he resigned in October 2013. Albie Barker took over the reins until he resigned in January 2014 to be replaced by Paul Murray. Paul stood down to be replaced by Darren Anslow for the start of the 2014/15 campaign, only for him to resign in early September and be replaced by Dave Johncock. Dave was replaced in January 2015 by Derek Hares with Paul Murray as his assistant and Steve King as coach. Paul resigned for the start of the 2016/17 season. Season 2015/16 saw us finish in 9th position in the table, a top half finish, an improvement on previous seasons where we have struggled as a bottom half team for over ten years. We had a very good run in the FA Cup, finally losing out to St Albans in the 2nd Qualifying round 1-2 away, having beaten Horsham and Whitstable on the way. We also had a good run in the FA Vase before losing to a strong Kidlington side in Oxfordshire. All in all, a good season both on and off the pitch with our new Clubhouse up and running. Last season was slightly disappointing in that we finished in 13th place in the table, four places lower than the previous season, although it looked as though it was going to be significantly worse at one point. The 4-2 home defeat to Erith Town at the end of January left the Hoops in 18th position in the table and facing a relegation battle, but the players responded superbly by losing only two of their remaining 15 league games to ensure another mid-table finish
CORINTHIAN FC THE HISTORY SO FAR…
Corinthian FC was founded in 1972 by Mr RJ Billings (snr) to provide football in a safe environment, whilst teaching the players the principles that he believed to be important in sport. The motto was simply “pro omnium beneficio”- for the benefit of all, but on the pitch the principles were simple; “Hard, but fair”. Losing wasn’t considered before the game, but if the result went against us then the players were taught to take it graciously. For the first ten years of the club’s existence we were pleased to welcome such teams as Tottenham, Charlton and Norwich amongst other league teams as well as county and district representative sides as our opposition. On top of these games there were many regular visitors to Gay Dawn Farm from local clubs making up a fixture list of over 60 games per season. During the 1980s with the arrival of an experienced football manager, Mr Tony Sitford, we progressed from youth football into men’s football playing in the old Southern League. This level of football by a totally amateur club made us unique, but caused problems in the long run in attracting new players. Into the 1990’s we dropped back down to the Kent League and enjoyed many a season in this set up. Early into the new century we reviewed the whole structure of our football club and decided that we had lost our roots in youth football and this was having a detrimental effect on our senior side. So we decided to withdraw temporarily from senior football, whilst we rebuilt the lower levels of the club. In 2008 we had managed to create a club running 5 sides, from 13 years old through to 18 years old and it became obvious that we needed to consider the next step in our restructuring. For two seasons we had a liaison with Welling United, integrating a senior side within Welling United and developed a reserve side initially playing in Kent Division 2 (season 2008/09) and then moving on (2009/10) into the Suburban League South Division. This partnership has now come to an end. When the opportunity came for us to re-enter senior football as Corinthian Football Club we did not hesitate to take it. Probably 2 years too soon, but the challenge was one we were keen to take. We introduced a second senior side playing in the Suburban League to help us progress our u18’s into men’s football. The 2010 / 11 season saw Corinthian FC running two senior sides one in the Kent Football League Premier Division and one in the Suburban League South Division plus three youth sides – u14, u15 and u18 in the Kent Youth League. For the 2011/12 season as well as all the above, Corinthian FC had an u18 side in the Ryman Youth League. We feel that that this fills the gap from Kent Youth League to senior football, enabling us to offer a true progression for all our players. The 2012/13, 14/15, 15/16 & 17/18 seasons saw the addition of u13 and u15 team playing in the Kent Youth League, to add to the existing u14’s, u16’s and u18’s giving us a total of 8 Corinthian teams. For the 2017/18 season, our senior sides compete in the Southern Counties East Football League, the reserves in the Suburban League Premier Division, an u18 side in the Bostik Youth League (East Div) and youth sides in the Kent Youth League at u13 & u15.
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To book please ask behind the bar or email admin@ dealtownfc.co.uk Deal Town Football Club (2001 Limited) Welcomes you to the Charles Sports Ground TODAYS SQUADS THE HOOPS v CORINTHIAN FC Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay Tuesday 8th August 2017 Kick Off 7.45pm Black & White Colours Yellow & Green James Tonkin (GK) 1 Aiden Prall (G/K) Ryan Philpott 2 Harry Earl (G/K) Steve Butcher 3 Jordan Campbell Dean Hill 4 Brad Large Kane Smith 5 John Woodcock Luke Bigginton 6 A.Jack Billings Joe Anderson 7 Sam Groombridge Andy Miller 8 Louis Anderson Conner Coyne 9 Jamie Billings Charlie Walsh 10 Jack Bath (Cap) Joe Reeves 11 Cameron Heffernan Lee Scott 12 Aaron Guard Marshall Taderera 14 Oscar Housego Liam Hark 15 Conor Johnson Dan Adams 16 Marcus Heddon Harry Alexander 17 Michael Hurcomb Sam Wilson 18 Donvieve Jones Stephen O'Brien 19 Kyran Connelly 20 Derek Hares Manager Michael Golding Steve King Ass Manager Jon Urquart B Duke & D Briggs Coach/Physio Meghan Blaikie OUR NEXT HIOME GAME SHEPPEY UTD Tuesday 15th August 2017 KO7.45pm