NATIONAL OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME LEAGUE ISSUE 7 | £1.99 #EBFC NATIONAL LEAGUE BRAINTREE TOWNFC EASTBOURNE BOROUGHFC 14.11.20 | NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH LEAGUE NATIONAL | 15:00 VS BOROUGH EASTBOURNE BOROUGH FC MATCHDAY PROGRAMME BOROUGH SUPPORTERS WELCOME Hello and thank you Eastbourne Borough FC for picking up a copy Priory Lane, Eastbourne, BN23 7QH of today’s Matchday www.ebfc.co.uk | [email protected] Programme as the Sports take on Braintree Town in CLUB DIRECTORY the National League South. DIRECTORS A warm welcome to our Lee Peskett, Paul Maynard, Steve Carter, visitors from Essex, who we John Bonar, Damian Karchinski, Steve hope enjoy our hospitality Domsalla, Kevin Fry, Gordon Sinclair, and have a safe journey last weekend, whilst crowds Garry Wilson, David Blackmore home afterwards. against Ebbsfleet United are CHAIRMAN usually very healthy. David Blackmore This afternoon is the Sports’ third game in six days, However, supporters are CEO able to watch from afar and John Bonar after putting in two great performances in both cup follow the team across social SECRETARY and league - they will be media. Jan Field hoping to stay consistent this Talking of following the team, COMMERCIAL MANAGER afternoon. Sian Ansell this afternoon will see Your Instant Replay coming in MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Just two days after a brave Anthony Scott performance against to cover the live streaming Blackpool in front of the BT of the game on YouTube. VIDEOGRAPHER Sport cameras, Borough Having seen their portfolio, GBatBMedia & Oscar Peskett welcomed a much-fancied the club are excited to work 3 PROGRAMME EDITOR Ebbsfleet United to the Lane with them and hopefully you Anthony Scott ([email protected]) on Tuesday night. will experience an improved FIRST TEAM MANAGER reliability and quality in our Danny Bloor And the Sports again dug streaming services moving deep, and despite going FIRST TEAM ASSISTANT forward. Sergio Torres a goal down fought back tremendously with Dean Cox The latest Covid-19 UNDER 18 MANAGER firing in his first goal of the guidelines have seen our Sas Parsad season to earn Borough a Under 18’s put their season KIT MANAGERS well-deserved point. on hold for a month, with Damian Karchinski and Lewis Robinson their much anticipated FA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Penning these notes after the Youth Cup first round tie with Terry Avann first full week of Lockdown K Sports postponed. There’s 2.0, we have to be grateful SAFETY OFFICER plenty to play for in the tie that the Sports are giving us Tony Carmody with K Sports, with the winner something to cheer about. CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER facing a trip to MK Dons in Lydia & Nick Redman, Andy Pelling Whilst, unlike lower down in the Second Round. COVID-19 OFFICER the non-league pyramid, After today’s game, the David Blackmore we haven’t been allowed Sports travel to Tonbridge fans through the turnstiles, Angels on Tuesday night. Eastbourne Borough Football Club is a Community we have been permitted Interest Company (No. 6658232) Major Sharehold- Keep your eyes peeled for er - Acorns Charity Trust (Charity No: 1090804). Reg. to continue playing despite news of the live stream of this Office: Langney Sports Club, Priory Lane. what’s going on around the afternoon’s game, or follow it country and beyond. on social media. Fans are obviously sorely Up the Borough! missed. We can only dream of a sold-out Priory Lane that Anthony would’ve been the case Borough Editor EASTBOURNE BOROUGH FC MATCHDAY PROGRAMME FROM THE DUGOUT DANNY BLOOR Good afternoon and a warm I felt we were right in the game you fans, in my opinion the best welcome to George Borg, his until the second goal, and even in non-league football in Sussex, management team and staff then continued to show great couldn’t be here to share the 4 for this National League South energy and enthusiasm across occasion with us. I continue to ask fixture. the pitch. you every week to support us from a distance, and every week the Having had a difficult start to the I think our football club and players number of messages of support I season, Braintree Town will be can be very proud of the display get is great. looking to get their season up and we put on against a very good running this afternoon, and we side. I must say a massive thank you to know we will have to be at our best everyone for the messages I get if we are to continue our good You’re never happy when you from the fans every week, it really start. lose, but when you play a is appreciated and keep them Football League side you have coming! We have lots to be proud of as to be realistic. Albeit 3-0 perhaps a group after both Sunday and flattered them a little, we have to We have a tough task today as Tuesday night. To hold a full-time, take the positives from the game. we look to get back to winning established Football League outfit ways. Whilst Braintree may sit at the like Blackpool to 0-0 at half time We have a lot to take forward bottom of the table, they are due showed everyone the character into our National League South a change of fortune and we hope we have in the side. campaign. we can keep going from where we left off Tuesday. I couldn’t be any prouder of the And just 48 hours later, we again club, the players and everyone showed our fight and character Enjoy today’s game, connected with Eastbourne to earn a point against Ebbsfleet Borough FC with how we dealt with United on Tuesday. UP THE BOROUGH the occasion. Against a full-time team, we Danny Ultimately, the difference was a showed a lot of heart and worked former Premier League striker in our socks off to keep our good run Gary Madine, which is a testament going. to our team. It is such a shame, obviously, that EASTBOURNE BOROUGH FC MATCHDAY PROGRAMME “I THINK OUR 5 FOOTBALL CLUB AND PLAYERS CAN BE VERY PROUD OF THE DISPLAY WE PUT ON...” EASTBOURNE BOROUGH FC MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 6 Change the conversation on mental health #headsup thefa.com/headsup EASTBOURNE BOROUGH FC MATCHDAY PROGRAMME FROM THE BOARDROOM DAVID BLACKMORE WOW, What a week that was! which team were the part timers alongside this they felt it was as who had played football league well run and operationally smooth We had the excitement of our opposition just 48hours before. A as any football league club. day in the spotlight and I believe tremendous effort by the whole 7 that everyone can agree that squad and management and This is only possible because of despite the result we as a club did a real show of the spirit amongst the hard work and dedication of ourselves, and the town, proud them. our army of volunteers and the both on and off the field. You will support of our wonderful fans who by now have read, or heard, that On behalf of the board I would have got behind us as a club Blackpool made the fantastic like to say a huge THANK YOU to despite having to do so from a gesture of not charging their the army of volunteers that help to distance. expenses for this game, which make this wonderful club what it is. would have been considerable. We had issues again with the We thank them for this gesture They have worked tirelessly over internet connection on Tuesday, and for the class they showed the last weeks to have the ground which was a huge disappointment throughout, with the way they looking as great as it did on for all, especially having interacted with us both on and National TV. The true measure of experienced the BT coverage. We off the pitch. A class club who we this army of unsung heroes is that have taken the decision this week will retain close links with for a very on Monday morning they turned to invest in some outside help so long time. up again, the morning after, to get that we can ensure the coverage it looking great again in time for you, and we, crave. Danny and the team had to brush Tuesdays visit of Ebsfleet. themselves off and put it all on the Thank you all and I can promise pitch again for Tuesday’s visit of We have received many plaudits you that we will work tirelessly Ebsfleet United. A team who are in the last week from TV crews, alongside you all to make sure full time and hadn’t played for ten Match officials, Opposition, Police that the club is in a great place days! Liason, FA officials, Press, to name when we welcome everyone back just a few. They all gave the same to the ground. This genuinely is It wasn’t pretty at times but they message.... more than just a football club battled, fought and matched them in every area of the pitch They felt the warm welcome and One Club, One Community. for a well deserved point. You hospitality of EBFC, they felt the community feel of the club, but David Blackmore certainly wouldn’t have known EBFC Chairman EASTBOURNE BOROUGH FC MATCHDAY PROGRAMME KEVIN ANDERSON’S LEFT FIELD 8 BLACKPOOL ROCK and go. What remains is the solid, supporters which flashes and unshakeable core of supporters, fades with each new change Yes, they really do. The (fairly) big and they are the beating heart of of away strip.