THE PITCHING IN ISTHMIAN LEAGUE SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION CHIPSTEAD v. WESTFIELD SATURDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2020 KICKOFF 3pm CHIPSTEAD FOOTBALL CLUB The NRT Stadium, High Road, Chipstead, Surrey CR5 3SF Tel: 01737-553250 - email: [email protected] Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association Members of the Pitching In Isthmian League, the Isthmian Youth League, Surrey Youth League and the Epsom & Ewell League Chipstead Football Club is a Members’ Club, owned and administered by its members PRESIDENT: Derek Parsons SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT: Terry Tiernan OFFICERS OF THE CLUB Chair: Heather Armstrong Vice Chairman: Richard Sargent Treasurer: Jeff Armstrong Hon Secretary: Heather Armstrong Youth Chairman: Adrian Edwards Commercial, Equality & Diversity Officer: Simon Pearson GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS Child Welfare Officers: Heather Armstrong & Susie Sargent Press Officer/Social Media: Trevor Stotten Webmasters: Trevor Stotten & Heather Armstrong Club Steward: Liz Padgett Operations (Stadium): Barry Jolly Operations (General): Keith Winslade Operations (General): Martin Fuller Operations (General/Ground): Dermott O’Neill Head Groundsman: Alan Brett Programme Editor: Trevor Stotten Match Day Secretary: Heather Armstrong & Tony Stone Registration Secretaries SYL/Epsom & Ewell: Susie Sargent Saturday Soccer School: Buster Dorrill Catering: The Muddy Boot VICE PRESIDENTS Mrs S Faircloth, P. Garner, P. Hamlin, R. Lowy, J. Penalver, K. Stratton, P. Sullivan, T. Tiernan, C. Vaughan LIFE MEMBERS K. Allsop, Mrs H Armstrong, A. Brett, A. Cooper, M.Cooper, G. Corner, A. Dorrill, D. Faircloth, K. Harvey, G. Highgate, C. Hughes, I. Pettifor, B. Richardson, Mrs J Rivers, K. Rivers, R. Sargent, Mrs A Smith, Mrs S Smith, F. Stepney, T.Stone, M. Studholme, T. Tiernan Good afternoon, everyone, & welcome to the High Road for today’s first home game of the new Pitching In Isthmian League South Central Division season with Westfield We extend an especially warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters from Westfield, who have made the trip to be here, probably around the tricky M25, as well as to the referee & assistants – we hope you all have a pleasant time here today & a safe journey home afterwards This is your complimentary e-programme for the game - tickets have been on sale via the shop tab on our website, www.chipsteadfc.com priced at £10 for adults, £7 for over-65s, £5 for students aged 16-18 & £3 for children aged 5-16 - they will also be on sale at the turnstile, payable by card only (no cash here these days or at the bar - sorry!), but please endeavour to buy online in advance & have the EvePass app, as several clubs now use, on your phone or tablet for ease of access + track & trace purposes Likewise, last season, as you entered the ground, you’d have been invited to take part in our 50/50 club draw, with the prize announced at halftime, but in the present climate, avoiding the handling of cash & keeping close contact to a minimum, we have not yet restarted the scheme, but we trust you’ll have a drink in our socially-distanced bar instead, before or after the game or at half-time, or there’s always our Muddy Boot for refreshments on the halfway line instead Last season, we lost 2-0 away early on in August 2019, but managed to win 1-0 away in the FA Cup, with Callum Hope scoring the only goal – we were due to play them at home on 11th April this year, but we all know what had happened by then! If you didn’t manage to attend Tuesday’s late win in the FA Cup over Deal Town, my last message to you was way back on 10th March, before we lost 2-0 to Ashford Town (Middlesex), but the lads battled well, creating early chances, seeing Oliver Pain save another penalty, us conceding the 1st goal, before sub Callum McAllister rose to head home the equaliser 3 minutes from time, so penalties followed – credit goes to Karn Miller-Neave, Jensen Grant, Sam Bell & David Graves who all converted their spot-kicks, while Deal hit the bar & Ollie saved another one, to ensure we progress to the 2nd Qualifying Round, where we will host East Grinstead on Saturday 3rd October 3pm – ticket details will be on the website very soon Unfortunately, before Tuesday’s cup win, after a promising campaign of friendlies, Saturday’s first game of the new league season didn’t quite go to plan, as we were disappointingly beaten 2-0 at Bracknell, so we will be looking for the win today, boosted by the one-month loan signings of Jack Dickson & George Membrillera from Dorking Wanderers – welcome to you both! After today, the FA Cup tie is our next 1st team match, before a tricky midweek trip to Harlow Town in the league on Tuesday 6th October KO 7.45pm & our next home league game v. Bedfont Sports on Saturday 10th Our under-18s started their new season with a home friendly win 5-1 v. East Grinstead, then a 1-1 draw here with Sutton Common Rovers, before going to Billingshurst in the FA Youth Cup & recording a great 7-0 win (with Cameron Dobell 2, Kilae Crockwell, Braiden Hall 3 & Jaiden Drakes-Thomas on target) – they only went & repeated that scoreline at home to Burgess Hill in the next round on Wednesday (with Tyler-Jayden Falzon 2, Cameron Dobell, Ollie Hamstead, Braiden Hall 2 & Alex Neal netting this time), which must be a fairly-unprecedented stat. – they will now host Met Police in the next round, date TBC, but will probably be wef 5th October, which will be tougher, but they first start their Isthmian Youth League Central Division campaign at home to Dorking Wanderers on Monday 28th September KO also 7.30pm But please don’t forget to keep an eye out for all the very latest news at Chipstead FC, including any last minute fixture changes, via our website www.chipsteadfc.com , our Facebook group Chipstead FC (Surrey) 1906 & our Twitter feed @chipsteadfcsurr Please also try to make it to some or all of the fixtures mentioned above & cheer on the lads – I know they really would appreciate your support Don’t forget our rolling 100 club scheme, which you can join at any time, so please see me or message me as below for more details about this important club fundraiser at any time The new website & this e-programme concept are still very much works in progress, but I’d welcome any constructive feedback via my e-mail address below All that remains is for me to say is ‘Enjoy today’s game, folks – come on you Chips!’ Trevor S – [email protected] A VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT – MANAGER ROB KEMBER Good afternoon, I’d like to welcome everyone back to High Road for our first home league game of the season and also our visitors for the day Westfield who started their campaign off with a convincing 3-0 win, so I’m sure we will be in for a tough test today. These are my first notes after what has been a long and strange pre-season under the current circumstances with Covid-19. Thankfully we have been fortunate enough to have retained the majority of last year’s squad, as I feel stability is vitally important when trying to build and move forward, and I myself was keen to keep the bulk of last season’s squad together. On top of that, we have added some new faces into the squad - Jack Beadle joins us from Uxbridge, who I’ve been really pleased with over pre-season, in his performances and the way he has settled into our squad. We also welcome back David Graves, former captain and player of the year, and it’s like he’s never been away! Further additions include Luke Miller (brother of Aaron) from Glebe, Ryan David from Molesey, Marco Correia from Leatherhead and TJ Nkoma from Westfield, all of whom have proven over pre-season to be good acquisitions, and I’m looking forward to seeing how they can progress with us over the course of the season. Finally, on the recruitment front, we have taken on an initial month’s loan James Dickson (midfield) and George Membrillera (striker) from Dorking Wanderers, both of whom have featured for Dorking Wanderers’ first team this pre-season. Our first competitive fixture was a tough test away at Ramsgate in the FA Cup, and it was clear from various media platforms, that they as a club have strengthened over the summer and are looking to kick on, both on and off the field. You can never quite tell how the first fixture after pre-season is likely to go, so to produce the level of performance which we did, and walk away 3-0 winners was extremely pleasing. Following on from that was another tough away fixture to Bracknell Town, who for most people are this year’s league favourites. We eventually went down 2-0 with goals at the end of either half. I personally felt though that we didn’t do ourselves justice, and performed below our par and the standard we had set in the previous game at Ramsgate. On reflection it’s definitely a game, which we could have got something from. We were again back in action in the FA Cup last Tuesday, and were given a scare, and taken to penalties by Deal Town. A frustrating evening for the Management to say the least! After being so dominant in the first half and not taking chances, we were almost punished following a poor second half display. That said, the lads stuck at it, and managed to get us out of jail and into the hat for the next round, showing spirit and character that I hope will serve us well for the rest of the season.