Erith V Sheppy.Indd

DOCKERS REVIEW Official Matchday Magazine of Erith Town Football Club Season 2020-21

£2.00

ERITH TOWN v SHEPPEY UNITED Saturday 5th September 2020 - kick-off 3pm SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION AUTUMN SAVINGS SEPT | OCT | NOV 2020

BEDS | MATTRESSES | BEDROOM FURNITURE

BED & MATTRESS SPECIALISTS APPROVED STOCKIST

ADVERT

EXTRA 20% OFF WITH THIS AD

VISIT ONE OF OUR BRANCHES TO SEE OUR AUTUMN DEALS CRAYFORD SEVENOAKS PETTS WOOD SIDCUP 01322 525090 01732 742000 01689 830964 020 8309 6016

www.the-bedpost.co.uk ERITH TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

GROUND: Erith Stadium, Avenue Road, Erith, Kent DA 8 3AT Chairman: Mark Deveney Life President: Albert Putnam Life Vice-President: Jim Davie Life Vice-President: Ian Birrell Vice Chairman: Steve Holley Vice President: Colin Tarry Company Secretary: Kay Deveney Club Secretary: Peter Dale Fixtures Secretary: Peter Dale

Club Photographer: Rory Milner Programme Editor: Paul Carter

First Team Manager: Adam Woodward First Team Assistant Manager: Dean Lee First Team Head Coach: Ben Kotey First Team Player Coach: Russell Bedford Goalkeeping Coach: Peter Dale Fitness Coach: Joe Bingham

Analysis: Nelson Alves First Team Captain: Michael Power First Team Vice-Captain: Taylor McDonagh

HONOURS:

Kent League Challenge Cup: Winners: 2007-8 Runners-up: 2008-9

Kent Senior Trophy: Winners: 2009-10

London Senior Cup: Runners-up 2001-2

Website: www.erithtown.co.uk

Onega House, 112 Main Road, Sidcup, Kent, UK DA14 6NE T: 020 8308 0777 | E: [email protected] | www.dyer-co.com WELCOME

Good afternoon everyone and Wanderers and we wish them every welcome back to Erith Stadium success in their new home. SHEPPEY UNITED for our first home game of 2020- On Tuesday evening we suffered the 21. heartache of going out of the FA Cup to an injury-time penalty at Tunbridge Wells. Our last game here was almost six months ago when we drew 1-1 with neighbours The decision was harsh at best and having Welling Town on 14th March. had Danny Gannon fouled at the other end only the referee to wave play on just added Six days later the country went into to our frustration. lockdown in unprecedented circumstances leading to the ending of 2019-20. We cannot change it however and now need to focus on a tough opening League At that time we stood seventh in the table fixture against Sheppey United. and were looking to equal or surpass our sixth place of the previous season. A warm welcome to their players, officials and supporters who have made the trip and We will never know if we would have we wish them an enjoyable stay. achieved that, but we have once again kept the core of the squad and added some new As we mentioned we have a number of new faces that we believe will stand us in good faces in the squad so welcome to Lewis stead for the campaign. Collier, Tolulope Jonah, Ryan Mahal, Jake Lovell, Mahmoud Joma, Mehmet Piro, Tom Ten days ago we officially ended 2019-20 Ash and Alfie Eldridge. with a 6-3 defeat to Brentford B in the London Senior Cup semi-final. We should also welcome back a familiar

face in Adam Molloy who makes his Ites It was a great honour to be the last visitors League debut after making over 100 ap- to Griffin Park and a memorable night for pearances for the Dockers before his everyone involved with Erith Town. summer move. The standard of fitness, movement and Welcome back also to Tommy Taylor and football of the Bees was something we have Richie Hamill who have previously worn out not faced before and all credit to our lads colours. for sticking with it and making it a great spectacle. On Wednesday our Youth Team face Sevenoaks Town in the FA Youth Cup, kick We should also thank everyone at -off 7pm, Brentford Football Club who made us so welcome and looked after us. As a result of our FA Cup exit we now travel to K Sports next Saturday for a They begin their next chapter tomorrow at League game. the new Brentford Community Stadium with a EFL Cup tie against Wycombe ENJOY THE MATCH. IT’S HISTORY

S ishing bottom of the league in both 1930–31 and S 1931–32 they resigned, and returned to the Kent I League in Division One. S R At the end of the 1938–39 season Sheppey finished bottom of the league and should have been relegated, but the league was suspended due to The first match was at Sittingbourne on 20 Sep- the Second World War. After the war Sheppey tember 1890, with Sheppey running out 3-1 win- were placed back in the top division of the Kent ners despite turning up with only ten players. The league for the 1945–46 season. The club then match report referred to us as ‘the Sheppeyites’, remained in Division one until the 1958–59 season hence the club nickname ‘The Ites’, which remains when the Kent league stopped. to this day. In 1959 they were founder members of the Aetoli- They were founder members of both the Southern an League, which they played in until it merged League and the Kent League in 1894. In the South- with the London League to form the Greater ern League they were placed in Division Two, in London League in 1964. After winning Section B of which they finished as runners-up in the first sea- the Greater London League in 1964–65, the club son, before losing the promotion/relegation test joined the Metropolitan League. They had a single match against Clapton 5–1. season in the Metropolitan–London League in 1971–72 after it was formed by a merger of the The following season they finished second again, Metropolitan League and the Greater London, and this time won the test match, defeating Royal before re-joining the new Kent League in 1972. Ordnance Factories 4–2 to earn promotion to They won the title in their first season back in the Division One. At the end of the season they left league and were league champions again in 1974– the Kent League. The season also saw the club 75 and 1978–79, as well as winning the League make their debut in the FA Cup when they played Cup in 1975–76 and 1978–79. After finishing sec- Millwall Athletic, but lost 4–0. ond in 1983–84, the club re-joined the Southern League for a third spell. However, after finishing bottom of Division One South in 1989–90 they In their first season in Division One they finished returned to the Kent League. They finished bot- second bottom of the table, but avoided relegation tom of the table in their first season back, but a by defeating RETB Chatham 2–1 in the test match- gradual improvement saw them win the league in es. In 1898–99 they again finished second bottom 1994–95. of the table but retained their Division One status after drawing the test match against Thames Iron- Sheppey United sold the much-loved Botany works 1–1. However, the following season they Round ground to developers in 1992 to clear a finished bottom of the table and lost the test massive overdraft, and this started a long and slow match against Watford 2–1, resulting in relegation death for the club. back to Division Two.

The club re-joined the Kent League prior to the start of the 1900–01 season, as well as remaining in the Southern League. However, after a single season back in Division Two, the club withdrew from the Southern League. In 1905–06 they won the Kent League and repeated the feat the following season. A third title was won in 1927–28, by the reserve team as the first team had re-joined the Southern League for that season and were placed in the English Section. However, after fin- Initially this did not appear to present too many iision ne problems as Sheppey romped away with the ent eaue title, whilst roundsharin with aersham was a remarkable season for the club winnin Town, losin only two out of forty ames lti the ent Senior Trophy, beatin shford nited mately howeer, as the club spent most of the on penalties at Maidstone United’s Gallagher Stadi- s tryin in ain to find a new home on the um in front of a crowd of 870, whilst Holm Park’s Island, years of playin away from Sheppey bean round reeneration saw fans flock to the to take its toll, as the club moed from aersham, to anterbury, and then to Sittinbourne ttend stadium for a home match aainst lebe ances fell sharply as supporters increasinly be came disenchanted with traelin off the Island for sithplace finish in the S remier iision ‘home’ games, and the club could no longer afford was a reat achieement in the clubs return to the rents inoled Step of the oneaue pyramid and a S eaue up inal appearance at Tonbride nels In arch the club resined from the ent losin to Seenoaks Town eaue and their record was epuned The senior team was disbanded until bein reformed in , In the Season the team finished in a disap when they oined iision Two ast of the ent pointin th place in the S remier iision ounty eaue They finished second in their first but did reach the ent Senior Trophy inal aain season and were promoted to iision ne ast at The allaher in front of spectators eentu The club was renamed Sheppey in , but ally losin in tra time to newly promoted was disbanded and reformed under their oriinal hitstable Town name prior to the – season The Season saw an improement on the In une the club mered with Sheerness ast preious season with an eentual th place finish in to become Sheppey Sheerness nited competin in the ent ounty eaue remier the remier iision but the points were mainly iision with the club playin their home ames a ained before hristmas and the form was olm ark formerly annin Town asworks and ery inconsistent The posities were the an then Sheerness Steel Sports round The season nouncement that we run an s team in the saw the club win the ent Intermediate hal coming season to fill the gap between the U18’s lene Shield and finish runners up in the leaue and and Senior side and the openin of the new co were promoted to the ent Inicta eaue ered ueenborouh oad end stand behind the oal so we now hae coered iewin from three In the summer of the club was renamed back sides of the round to Sheppey nited

aor inestment has been inected into olm ark includin perimeter fencin, new dressin ST I TIS rooms, club house refurbishments, floodlihts, T S stands, leellin the main pitch includin installin ook, oleman, effrey drainae and sprinkler system S T allender, alencia oleman second place finish in the ent Inicta eaue S T was achieed at the end of the season ainin promotion to the Southern ounties awrence, ower ast ootball eaue remier iision The ent S T ST Inicta eaue mered into the Southern oun T S ties ast ootball eaue that summer formin

SHY IT

S RO

DEAL TOWN led the way as seven SCEFL Crowborough worked as after a goalless sides progressed to the FA Cup first half their were seven goals after the preliminary round on Tuesday evening. break.

The Hoops won 40 at Knaphill with Ben The Crows twice led Crawley Down but Cardwell bagging a second half hattrick ultimately lost 43. following Luke Eldridge’s 58th minute Newcomers Tower Hamlets were 10 up opener. at halftime but slipped to a 31 defeat Warren Mfula netted the only goal as at Langney Wanderers. today’s visitors Sheppey United moved A late goal from exDocker Alex Nelson past Frist Division side Sutton Athletic. was mere consolation as Welling Town Corinthian scored twice in the last ten lost 31 at Abbey Rangers, while AFC minutes to beat Sheerwater 21. Croydon Athletic were beaten 30 at home by Sutton Common Rovers. Louie Clarke and George Snelling scored after the visitors took the lead on the There were also home defeats for K hour. Sports, 20 against Steyning Town, and Lordswood who were beaten 32 by Veteran Matt Bodkin was on target for Hanworth Villa. Chatham Town in their 20 win at East Preston with Reece Butler adding the Wednesday evening saw Beckenham second. Town ease past Mile Oak with a 40 win in Sussex, while Matt Gething’s goal saw Fisher put out Horsham YMCA at St Hollands & Blair win 10 at Colliers Paul’s Stadium where Robb Brown and Wood. Jack Gibbons netting in a 20 win. Canterbury City bowed out losing 32 at Malik Nosike grabbed the only goal in Guildford City despite coming back form Erith & Belvedere’s win at muchfancied two goals down. first division side Kennington. A last minute goal saw Balham draw 22 Bearsted looked to be heading through at home to Hassocks, but it was a short as they led Peacehaven & Telscombe 31 lived reprieve as they lost 53 on penal- with 20 minutes remaining but a late ties, while Punjab United lost 43 from blitz saw the Sussex side win 53. the spot after a 33 draw with Stansfeld. Whatever was in the halftime tea at RTOR RITH TO

ewis ollier saes from aron Pressle as an Mohal and olu onah look on

BRENTFORD B (3) 6 ERITH TOWN (1) 3 1 Trialist (Simon Anderssen 59) 1 Lewis Collier 2 Trialist 2 Dan Nash 4 Arthur Read Y 3 Tolulope Jonah 5 Kane O’Connor 4 Jack White 6 Ben Hockenhull og 22 (Mahmoud Joma 81) (Aubrel Koutsimouka 45) 5 Ryan Mohal 7 Joe Adams 6 Taylor McDonagh (Tom Ash 90) 8 Trialist 2 4,36 9 Danny Gannon 59 9 Aaron Pressley 16 10 Michael Power(Alfie Eldridge 45 (Wraynel Hercules 57) (Harry Gamble 54)) 10 Julien Carre Y 14 Steadman Callender 78) 11 Gaustav Mogensen 3 56,68,75 17 Joe Bingham 16 Fin Stevens 20 Sam FairweatherOates (Jake Lovell 45) Brentford B’s Ben Hockenhull clears from Taylor McDonagh-

with Danny Gannon and Joe OO SIOR SI Bingham in close attendance.

Taylor McDonagh challenges Pressley for the ball with Dan Nash in the background.

Referee Lawrence TorzBrown keeps a close eye on the

action as Jack I White and Harry Gamble challenge Brentford B’s hat trick hero Gustav Mogensen.

FIXTURES, RESULTS, LINE-UPS 2020-21

Date Opponents Comp Res 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sub 1 Sub 2 Sub 3 Sub 4 sf 26 Aug Brentford B LSC 3-6* Collier Nash Johan White Mohal McDonagh Bingham Power Gannon 1 Callender 1 F-Oates Joma Eldridge/Gamble Lovell Ash 1 Sep Tunbridge Wells FAC ep 0-1 Collier Nash Johan Y White Y Mohal McDonagh Juma Power Gannon Callender Y F-Oates Gamble Obasa n/u 5 Sep SHEPPEY UNITED SCEFL 12 Sep K Sports SCEFL PRE-SEASON 16 Sep AFC CROYDON ATH SCEFL 19 Sep Kennington FAV 1q MATCHES 10 Oct FAV 2q 1st August Erith Town 1 Croydon 4 Eldridge 8th August Erith Town 4 FC Elmstead 2 Mayo Trialist Eldridge 2 14th August SC Thamesmead 3 Erith Town 1 Gannon 15th August Erith Town 0 Stansfeld 0 (9-9 on penalties) 22nd August Phoenix Sp 2 Erith Town 6 Callender, Gannon, Mahal, Stone, Eldridge 2 29th August Faversham T 1 Erith Town 2 Lovell, White

FIXTURES ARE SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. VISIT www.erithtown.com FOR UP-TO-DATE NEWS FIXTURES, RESULTS, LINE-UPS 2020-21

FIXTURES ARE SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. VISIT www.erithtown.com FOR UP-TO-DATE NEWS Up to date

Pld W D L F A GD Pts TRSTS 1 rodon th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 alham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 earsted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 eckenham own 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 anterbur it 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hatham own 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 orinthian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 rowborough th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 eal own 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 rith eledere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 isher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Glebe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hollands lair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ordswood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Punab United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Sheppe United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ower Hamlets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 unbridge ells 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 elling own 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SCEFL RESULTS oda SH G H S PU SHP H U 202021 rodon alham earsted eckenham own anterbur it hatham own orinthian rowborough th eal own rith eledere rith own isher Glebe Hollands lair Sports ordswood Punab United Sheppe United ower Hamlets unbridge ells elling own 00-1 areer

ppearances Goals ppearances Goal s o- Plaer ge S up S otal S ge up otal Start Sub otal tal

Steadman Callender 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 96 32 128 48

Danny Gannon 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 37 13 50 15

Dan Nash 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 63 6 69 1

Taylor McDonagh 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 64 3 67 4

Michael Power 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 63 1 64 18

Jack White 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 40 6 46 1

Lewis Collier 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

Ryan Mohal 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

Tolu Jonah 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

Sam FairweatherOates 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 42 10 52 0

Joe Bingham 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 3

Mahmoud Joma 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0

Russell Bedford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 9 105 0

Harry Gamble 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 7 20 5

Fred Obasa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 13 4

Josh Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0

Alfie Eldridge 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Jake Lovell 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Tom Ash 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

PPS GSS Exceptional quality assured Service with a smile Attention to detail guaranteed 150+ years of combined experience Remarkable turnaround times Competitive pricing Planning Applications

Window/Wall Vinyl

Pitch Presentation Boxes

What We Do Bound documents • Saddle stitched booklets • Perfect bound books • 6/8 A4 roll folded brochures • Leaflets • Flyers • Business cards • Menus • Newsletters • Postcards • Posters • Invitations • Annual Reports • Labels • Variable data (VDP) • Training Manuals • Custom full colour tabs • Presentation prints • Signage • POS • Window floor graphics • Mood boards • Posters • Roll up banners • Pop up stands • Stickers • Banners • Wall graphics • Light boxes • Show cards • A frames • Press boards

www.passionprint.co.uk 020 7908 7100 85 Great Titchfield, London, W1W 6RJ SR

tion to the club and will help the pro- gression of our new Post-1 academ side t means that we now hae a clear path- wa from our outh sections into first team football he team will also be a stepping stone for plaers returning from inur he under side means that we hae re-oined the Suburban ootball The Gaffer. Under 23 manager Jim Day eague and will pla in the South and during his playing days at the club. entral iision Home games will be plaed at the Stadi-

um on Saturday’s with midweek games T also here on Monda eenings e wish im eer success with the T team in the coming season im oined the club at the start of the UNDER 23’s PRESSO 017-18 campaign and plaed in central ug Sports wa -1 midfield 8 ug Metrogas wa -1 t is his first step into management after 1 ug MS Home 1- spending last season plaing ust down ug ra alle Home - the road at elling own where his ug Phoeni Sports wa - eperience helped them in their first ug aersham own wa -1 season as a S Premier iision club he Under side is another new addi-

Contact TAZ - 07809 246 439

NN NE EN U EUE

UNDER UNDER NR

D Rs D Rs

ug ooting itham way riendy Se ome eague m Se SS ome m Se romey way Se S ome eague m Se S ome m Se uwih amet way eague m ome eague Se S ome eague m eey way eague t hatham own way eague m ome eague t aidstone mer way eague m ray aey way eague o ome ge u m ome eague SS ome eague ray anderers way eague urgess i own way eague ome eague S ome eague artord way eague harton th rust way eague ee way eague rysta aae way eague S ome eague ome eague etrogas way eague S ome eague SS ome eague astourne oro way eague Stansed way eague seet nited way eague ome eague S ome eague eing nited way eague SS ome eague hoeni Sorts way eague ome eague onridge nges way eague ome eague theti way eague S ome eague hitstae own way eague

The expansion of our club’s structure ing to develop their understanding of continued in preseason with the the game and their technical ability. introduction of the Under 19 side. The team will play in the National These lads will be starting a two year Alliance under 19’s section which in- development scholarship with Erith cludes teams from Crystal Palace and Town under the tutelage of Dave Charlton Athletic. Chatwin. Home games will be played here at Erith Dave has worked within the professional Stadium, usually on a Wednesday game at Youth level and he will be look- afternoon at 2pm. S

Wednesday 16th August Kickoff 7.45pm

ERITH TOWN v AFC CROYDON ATHLETIC

Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division UERN UNE E EUE PREER DN DRER 222

Club Ground Colours & Midweek Night roydon th ayands Stadium aroon uesday m aham ayands Stadium hiteakhite ednesday m earsted oney ane tham hiteueue uesday m ekenham own den ark enue ed uesday m anterury ity Saters ane aersham own urgundy ednesday m hatham own aui Stadium aidstone oad ed akakak uesday m orinthian ay awn arm awkham reen hitehitehite uesday m roworough theti roworough Stadium ay ueSky ueay ue uesday m ea own hares Sorts round ak hiteakhite uesday m rith eedere ark iew oad ue hite trsueue S uesday m E E R R D 3 s isher St aus Sorts roundSater ak hiteakhite oad S uesday m ee oury enue ed akaked hite S uesday m oands air Star eadow arand e ed ednesday m Sorts odown Station oad ak hiteakhite onday m ordswood artyn roe range akrangerange uesday m una nited ite enue unkirk ose ed hitehitehite S uesday m Sheey nited ai Stadium om ark ed hiteakhite uesday m ower amets ayae oad ast range akakak ednesday m unridge es uerden Stadium ed S uesday m eing own ayiss enue reen ak reen S ednesday m

Proud Shirt Sponsors of Erith Town Football Club

H TOW IT R N E

ES 9 T 1 9 5 TODAY’S SQUADS

ER EPPE N UNED

ed ak ak ak oya ay hite hite

E ER D 2 DN N 3 U EPE 3 UPE EUNDE E ERE REN RN RE R DN RRN RNEE RR E DNN ENRD UD U RREN U DNN NNN DN E PER ENNE EE PR 2 DNE R 2 E E RE DER EDN ENDER URNE RUE EDRD RENRD ENUE DRN NE NNR N E N RN REEN N 2 R 22 UNR NRE 2 REERE 22 E EDRDE

REEREE N REEREE

P s