/margatefootballclub /margate_fc /margate_fc GATE TV www.margate-fc.com ONLINE EDITION #TimeForHeroes #TimeForHeroes Tuesday 3rd November 2020 MARGATE FC v EAST THURROCK UNITED FC Kick Off—7:45pm Welcome Good evening and welcome to Hartsdown Park for what is most likely going to be our last game for a few weeks due to the National Lockdown that starts on Thursday 5th November. Tonight, we welcome East Thurrock for a Pitching-In Isthmian Premier League game with both teams needing the 3 points to climb away from the bottom of the table. Our Visitors sit one point below us in 21st with 5 points from their first 9 games. We are coming off the back of a 4-2 away win against Aylesbury in the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Trophy, with new signing Norman Wabo and Noel Leighton each scoring a brace for the Gate. Our reward is a home tie against Burgess Hill Town, with the date TBC as the FA consider the impact of the new national lockdown. The Club were also delighted to announce the signing of attacking midfielder Dominic Vose who joins Saunders from Kingstonian having previously played for Bromley, Whitehawk and Dulwich Hamlet. His registration was confirmed yesterday, and he is available for selection tonight. As we move into a unprecedented period for everyone we are awaiting further guidance from the Isthmian League and the FA as to what the schedule will look like for the remainder of the season. We hope to share this with you soon, but in the meantime let’s all get behind Jay and the players and enjoy the game tonight to the fullest, as it may be our last for a little while! #TimeForHeroes The Gate have a home draw in the next round of the FA Trophy. Margate will welcome Burgess Hill Town in the FA Trophy First Round proper. The date for this tie is to be confirmed. 3 From the Manager Good evening and welcome to Paul Martin and all his staff and players. We have had a very tough few weeks as a group with obviously a few losses on the bounce which is always hard to take! I’ve felt in certain games we have got what we deserved against the likes of Cheshunt and Bognor, but in other games we have just not had enough in the final third to hurt teams especially when I look at the Lewes and Hornchurch games. I honestly believe we could be sitting more comfortable in the league, but the facts are we aren’t and so tonight is a big game for both sides if your looking at current standings. East Thurrock are going through a bit of a transition after years of having John Coventry at the helm, but they always attract good players so I’m expecting a tough game. It was great to get a good win against Aylesbury on Sunday in what was a really hard fought game, but give credit to the lads they kept going and our quality shone through in the end. It was also good to see new signing Norman Wabo get on the score sheet and also Noel back amongst the goals. Please get behind the boys tonight as you always do especially as it may be our last game for a while. Fingers crossed it won’t be. Cheers Jay From the Chairman Good evening and hello everyone, Allow me to welcome the board, players and supporters of East Thurrock to Hartsdown for what is likely to be our last game before we go into a short lockdown. It is a difficult and troublesome time for everyone so I must say a big thank you to everybody who has joined us tonight, your support means a lot to the team and is very much appreciated by everyone at the club. It’s been a great week for Jay and the lads winning in the FA Trophy on Sunday and adding Norman Wabo and Dominic Vose to the squad. I’m looking forward to seeing them in action tonight and in the future as Jay adds the quality he’s been looking for to improve the team. I do hope you all enjoy your time at Hartsdown Park this evening and I hope it isn’t too long before we see you again. Stay safe. Terry Painter Chairman MARGATE FOOTBALL CLUB welcomes you to today's game Please follow our guidelines to keep yourself, other spectators, and our staff safe Face masks are not needed for spectating BUT if anyone wants to buy a drink from the inside bar they will need to put on a mask. The outside bar does not require the wearing of a facemask. On arrival wash your hands or use the hand sanitiser. Avoid shaking hands and close contact with others. Follow social distancing guidelines at all times. Do not arrange to meet in large groups. Only visit the club if you are feeling well. If you feel unwell go home immediately. Follow Government guidelines. 12 5 SUPPORTERS CLUB Okay. Another Tuesday night football match. This time at home to East Thurrock who many thought before a ball was kicked would be one to watch this season. At our last home fixture we lost to League leaders Worthing and Social Media certainly had a wide expression of opinions flying around, mostly positive, but some very personal..........to such a degree that the administrator had to shut further comment down on the different threads. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but they are just that....opinions. The Supporters Club believe that win, lose or draw we will support the team and Jay. We have faith that he is laying the foundations to produce a successful team within the restrictions he is working under. Some of those restrictions can be altered like the training ground problem and the budget with the help of the 12th Man scheme. Other things that have a bearing on player recruitment we cannot change like our location. One of the easiest things we can all do is get together to support the team and vocally be the 12th Man. One of the Social Media postings hit the nail on the head stating that the atmosphere has gone at Hartsdown Park at home games. It used to be great in the past and can have a great effect on the team and their performance. Conversely all the negativity aimed at the team has a detrimental effect as Jay and the players do read Social Media. I wonder how the 17 year old who has just made it into the team feels when he reads some of the comments, never mind the rest of the players, who are as gutted as we are, but haven’t just played the 90 minutes the supporters has seen, but have trained for many hours and given their best. Jay has a young team in the middle of a global pandemic back on its second wave and up until now also had a training ground problem. We can all get behind the boys to show our support and of course express our opinions, but if they are negative we should express them in a constructive manner. It is great to see the Ladies team going from strength to strength and is proudly sitting on top of the division following wins against Ramsgate, Maidstone, Long Lane and Aylesford. For those who attend the Ladies' games at Hartsdown Park and away (Danny Boyle your support is very much appreciated) you would witness an attacking style of play that is enjoyable to watch. Please adhere to the ground regulations with regards to the COVID virus they are there for your safety. 6 Membership of the Supporters Club for the 2020/21 is open to everyone at the existing prices of £7 for adults, £5 for concessions and the £1 special child membership so ask at our hut for details of this and anything else supporter based. Please look out for more details on the club website, our Facebook page and the notice board down by our hut at the turnstiles. Remember to get behind the team with your support at games, taking part in the 50/50 Draw, joining the Supporters Club and generally spreading the word about Margate Football Club THIS IS YOUR CLUB: HELP US HELP THEM FOR YOU. Forty, Twenty, Ten—A look back in the MFC Archives 2nd November 1970 We opened this period with a local derby away to Ramsgate in the Kent Floodlight Cup watched by 657 at Southwood as we ran out 3 – 1 winners thanks to a Ron Harland brace and one from manager Gerry Baker. The following Saturday we entertained Dover in the Southern League Premier Division, but it was our visitors who returned home with the points following a 0 – 2 victory in front of 1700 spectators. Seven days later and we travelled to Underhill and lost 1 – 2 to Barnet despite John Wicken’s goal. Tonight and it was Poole Town who had to make the long Monday night journey to Hartsdown Park only to loss 4 – 2 as the Gate were cheered on by 1029 fans. Two goals from Jack Smith and one each from Hughie Cochrane and Dave Jarman saw us to the two points. Played 15 Won 6 Drew 2 Lost 7 Goals For 26 Goals Against 27 Points 14 31st October 1995 We have reached that point in the season when you have a good idea how things will pan out based on the first ten games or so played and for us mid table seems to be the destination unless we suddenly hit a purple patch of victories to propel us into the title contenders or suffer a long list of injuries and defeats to push us down the table and into a relegation dogfight.