Founded 1888 v HALLS AFC Saturday 24th October 2020 KO 2.45pm NRG 24HR GYM KENT COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION ONE WEST 2020-21 Issue No. 3 £2.00 #bushbushgas METROGAS FOOTBALL CLUB Founded 1888 Affiliation London FA Metrogas Sports Ground Marathon Playing Fields Forty Foot Way Avery Hill Road New Eltham London SE9 2EX Tel: 0208 859 1579 CHAIRMAN: David Crouch SECRETARY: Tim Morgan FIX SECRETARY: Matt Drysdale TREASURER: Sam Chaney REGISTRATION SECRETARY: Stuart McIvor CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER/SOCIAL MEDIA: Michael Brown PROGRAMME EDITOR: Grant Wilbur WEBSITE www.metrogasfc.co.uk MAIN SPONSOR: MPE GROUP MANAGER: Mike Jones ASST MANAGER: Dominic Elmes FIRST TEAM COACH: Blaine Horne FIRST TEAM COACH: Michael Brown RESERVE TEAM MANAGER: Gary Hopper RESERVE TEAM ASST. MANAGER: Stuart McIvor SUNDAY VETS MANAGER: Joe Barry U-18 MANAGER: Andrea Ceccolini SUNDAY TEAM MANAGER: Mike Scully Metrogas TV METROGAS F.C. MAIN SPONSOR SEASON 2020-21 KENT COUNTY LEAGUE Division One West League Table SEASON 2020-21 P W D L F A GD PTS 1 HFSP & Ten-Em-Bee 6 6 0 0 22 2 20 18 2 Halls AFC 7 5 1 1 13 6 7 16 3 Red Velvet 6 4 1 1 19 9 10 13 4 Metrogas 5 4 0 1 11 2 9 12 5 Welling Park 6 3 0 3 9 10 -1 9 6 Belvedere 6 2 2 2 6 8 -2 8 7 Chipstead 5 2 1 2 12 8 4 7 8 AFC Mottingham 5 2 0 3 5 10 -5 6 9 Club Langley 5 1 1 3 5 12 -7 4 10 Sutton Athletic Reserves 6 0 2 4 5 15 -10 2 11 South East Athletic 6 0 2 4 4 14 -10 2 12 Bexley 6 1 1 4 5 11 -6 1 * 13 Sydenham Sports 3 0 1 2 0 9 -9 1 l * adjustment made TODAY’S FIXTURES : SAT 24TH OCTOBER Bexley v AFC Mottingham HFSP & Ten-Em-Bee v Chipstead Metrogas v Halls AFC Red Velvet v Belvedere South East Athletic v Club Langley Welling Park v Sutton Athletic Reserves LAST WEEKS RESULTS: SAT 17 OCT 2020 AFC Mottingham 0 - 2 Welling Park Chipstead 4 - 0 Belvedere HFSP & Ten-Em-Bee 4 - 0 South East Athletic Halls AFC 2 - 0 Bexley Sutton Athletic Reserves 1 - 4 Red Velvet LJC Club Langley 5 - 0 Partizan Wandsworth. The Kent County League support the Kent FA Youth Council’s ‘SWEARING – Let’s Tackle It’ campaign. The League supports this ini - tiative to combat foul and abusive language in the game, as we believe for football in the county to continue to grow in a positive way, such behaviour needs to be tackled, creating a safe and inclusive football environment for everyone. Please refrain from swearing. It’s Saturday, football is on, wel - On to this weeks game and we wel - come to Metrogas come my friend Pete Nolan as he brings his excellent Halls team here We return to the Gas this week for for our reverse fixture after they our second fixture against Halls. We edged a close encounter 1-0 earlier had no game last week due to a on in the season. They have been in scheduled week off, but the week great form so far this season and before saw us grab all 3 beat a strong Red Velvet points against Chipstead in side not long ago so this a 3-1 victory. Excellent per - should be another excellent formances all over the pitch game between two of the saw us dominate the game best footballing sides in the for large periods and we division (in my opinion). were justly rewarded through goals from Brima grabbing It will be a tough game but we’ll be his opening goal for the club, Josh itching to take the three points. Reid, and man of the match Chris Good luck to both teams. Mirrlees who rounded off the win. It was a particularly pleasing win As always thank you for your sup - given the injuries received during port and we hope you enjoy the the game and the fact we were game missing several key players – as I’ve tried to drive home to the play - Thanks ers, this is a squad game! KENT INTERMEDIATE CHALLENGE SHIELD FINAL 2019-20 Metrogas v Farnborough OBG Friday 30th October 2010 at Chatham Town F.C. Kick off 7.45pm Today’s Visitors The football club was founded in 1919 Kent County League and the following when the engineering and industrial season they competed in the old company J&E Hall purchased the land at Western Section. Today the club com - Princess Road (now Dartford F.C.) and pete in Division One West. formed a sports and social ground for the company workers and athletics Former Gillingham favourite Tony teams. Cascarino is often remembered for his transfer to Gillingham from Crockenhill J&E Hall were manufacturers of refriger - but if you go back even further to 1977- ation units, vehicle chassis and then 78 he played for Halls, as did David motor vehicles in 1919. At its peak the Sowle who went on to play for Crystal company employed over 10,000 work - Palace. ers across Dartford and North Kent. Home games are played at Princes Park The sports and social club evolved over Community (4G Pitch), Grassbanks, time and bowls, cricket, tennis and darts Dartford, Kent DA1 1RT. Tel: 01322 teams all played at the club. Various 299998. other social activities were also hosted for its members. In 2017 Head Coach Billy Judd a UEFA B Licence Coach and Specialist PE When Halls F.C. were formed in 1919 Teacher was appointed manager. Billy they played in the Dartford & District had progressed through his FA League and won honours in three of Coaching badges including new FA their first four seasons. This being their Youth Module Awards whilst coaching Centenary Season. within our junior teams. Working abroad in the United States of America inspired In the following years the club experi - Billy to move into teaching, and he has enced mixed fortunes and in 1968-69 recently attained his QTS status and is they joined the Greater London League now a specialist PE teacher in a and finished runners up in the league Secondary School. Within his first sea - and the Erith Hospitals Cup. son he led the team to their highest ever placed finish within the Kent County The club returned to the Dartford & Football League. The future was bright. District League and in Season 1987-88 were crowned Premier Division This season Pete Nolan and Dean Rose Champions and League Cup winners. have been appointed as the new This prompted the Club to apply to the Management Team. HALLS AFC Through the Years MONTH BY MONTH TOTALS METROGAS P W D L F A FORM Sep 4 3 0 1 8 1 W L W W Oct 1 1 0 0 3 1 W HOME AND AWAY TOTALS METROGAS P W D L F A RECENT FORM Home 2 2 0 0 4 1 W W Away 3 2 0 1 7 1 W L W Overall 5 4 0 1 11 2 W L W W W MONTH BY MONTH TOTALS HALLS AFC P W D L F A FORM Sep 4 2 1 1 5 4 L W D W Oct 3 3 0 0 8 2 W W W HOME AND AWAY TOTALS HALLS AFC P W D L F A RECENT FORM Home 5 3 1 1 9 5 L W D W W Away 2 2 0 0 4 1 W W Overall 7 5 1 1 13 6 L W D W W W W RESULTS SO FAR HALLS AFC LGE 17/10/20 Halls AFC 2 - 0 Bexley LGE 10/10/20 Red Velvet 1 - 2 Halls AFC LGE 03/10/20 Halls AFC 4 - 1 Welling Park LGE 26/09/20 South East Ath 0 - 2 Halls AFC LGE 19/09/20 Halls AFC 1 - 1 Belvedere LGE 12/09/20 Halls AFC 1 - 0 Metrogas LGE 05/09/20 Halls AFC 1 - 3 HFSP & Ten-Em-Bee CLUB NEWS Sports Reserves. Monarchs’ twitter Manager of the Month awards for praised a “dominant second half perfor - September have been confirmed. Jimmy mance” as key to the victory. Martin of Fleetdown United wins the Premier Division award and Lloyd Davis Leon Woolnough and Ryan Saad both of HFSP & Ten Em Bee is the first scored twice as Bromleians won 4-0 at Western Section recipient. Kris Browning Tudor Sports. of Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers receives the Eastern Section award. Toyeeb Babatunde scored twice as Otford United claimed the early season SINCE WE WERE LAST HERE... bragging rights winning 3-2 against Ide Saturday October 10th Hill at Sevenoaks Town. They led 3-0 with Premier Division 10 minutes left only for Hill to score twice New Romney are liking life on the road, leaving O’s manager Ricky Tompkins securing a third away victory which halt - relieved to see his new-look side get off ed leaders Fleetdown United’s unbeaten the mark. He tweeted: My God – it was start and see then move third in the table. headache stuff. “It’s been a while coming, Liam Gear, Roy Godden and Tom and I am going to have a nice pint and Morgan’s impressive free-kick completed enjoy the moment. Great win for the things, with Kieran McGiffen’s seventh of boys.” the season consolation for the hosts on the day Jimmy Martin received the MOM Sean Borg’s second half equaliser award for September from chairman earned Farnborough Old Boys Guild their Gavin Hoare.