AFC Croydon Athletic v Beckenham Town Town 27 12 21

THE RAMS v Beckenham Town Combined Counties Football League, Premier Division South

AFC Croydon Athletic (2012) Limited The Mayfield Stadium Mayfield Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DN 020 8689 5322 [email protected] Life President Honours Martin Bennett Life Vice Presidents Combined Counties Division One Runners Up 2014/15 Alan McSweeny, Charles Nordsted. Peter Smith and Combined Counties Division One Cup Winners 2012/13 Graham Treharne London FA Senior Trophy Winners 2014/15 Board of Directors Combined Counties U21 League Champions 2017/18 Mike McCue, Paul Pickering, Barry Plumridge, Alan Powell, Combined Counties U21 League Cup Winners 2017/18 Barbara Powell, Kevin Rayner, Paul Smith, Peter Smith Southern Youth League Champions 2015/16 Chairman Surrey FA U18 Midweek Floodlit Cup Finalists 2015/16 Paul Smith Grant-McLellan Youth Cup Finalists 2015/16 Vice Chairman Alan Powell Individual Club Records Secretary Peter Smith Career Appearances Nahum Green (170) 2016-date Club Welfare Officer Barry Plumridge Career Goals Joe Loyza (58) 2012-2014 Junior Development Manager Tommy Kavanagh Goals in a season Warren Mfula (45) 2016/17 Goals in a game Joe Loyza (4) and Lee Jansen (4) First Team Records Football Management Kevin Rayner Record Win 10-0 v Epsom Athletic 3/1/15 Manager Barry Boxall Record Away Win 9-0 v Bedfont & Feltham 8/11/14 Assistant Manager Ean Paterson Record Cup Win 7-0 v Farleigh Rovers 17/11/12 Coach Sam Morgan Record defeat 0-7 v Sevenoaks Town 31/3/18 Coach Garry Henry 0-7 v Walton & Hersham 11/9/21 Goalkeeping Coach Denis Lawton Record Cup defeat 1-7 v Haringey Borough 25/10/16 Club Physio Tony Peasron Kit Manager Ryan Fraser Club Awards U18 Academy Manager Ben Tacon U15 Falcons Manager Antony Lockhart Club Administration, Combined Counties League 2013/14 U15 Hawks Manager Roger Sewall Secretary of the Year, Southern Youth League 2015/16 U14 Stars Manager Jason Manahan Croydon Advertiser Team of the Year 2013 U14 Hawks Manager Michael Ojo U13 Kestrels Manager tbc Club Website U13 Eagles Manager Cosmas Mandiveyi www.afccroydonathletic.co.uk U13 Falcons Manager Peter Kavanagh U12 Eagles Manager Joe Clayton Twitter U11 Eagles Manager Luca Boome @AFCCroydonAth U10 Eagles Manager Sam Soyebo U10 Falcons Manager Scott Bellamy Facebook U9 Eagles Coach Adam Ward facebook.com/AFCCA U8 Eagles Coach Roxcy Clottey U7 Eagles Coach

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Peter Smith, Secretary and Vice President Secretary Good Morning we hope you have had a good Christmas and we welcome you to Mayfield Stadium for the “Boxing Day” fixture with our neighbours from Beckenham Town. We extend Christmas greetings and a warm welcome to all connected with Beckenham and to today’s match officials. We hope you enjoy your short stay, have a safe journey home and enjoy the rest of the festive season. Our last game at Redhill fell victim to the current rise in Covid. This was similar to Beckenham’s last game too. If you are reading these notes then we have managed to get this game played although the uncertainty of the pandemic and Christmas print deadlines means that this programme is exceptionally only available online. It would have been a shame if our Christmas fixture had fallen foul of this dreadful pandemic. Football and Christmas go together like mince pies and brandy sauce. If you are old enough to remember you will know that it used to be that games were played actually on Christmas Day, when did they have their dinner? Indeed it was often double headers with the return fixture being played on Boxing Day. The last time a match was played on Christmas Day was back in the late 1950’s. It would be harder now without public transport.

Peter Smith, Secretary and Vice President There have always been some odd results over “If you are reading the two Christmas games. I remember West these notes then we Ham playing Blackburn Rovers at Upton Park have managed to get and losing 8-2 bit then winning the return game. this game played” This was 1963. Also in 1963 Fulham beat “There have always Ipswich Town 10-1 before losing the return 2 been some odd days later 4-2; whilst Burnley beat Manchester results over the two Unuited 6-1 before losing 1-5 at Old Trafford in Christmas games.” the return fixture. You don’t get results like that these days or perhaps they couldn’t defend! There is going to be a degree of uncertainty as the Omicron variant seems to have taken hold and there is concerns of another lockdown. Hopefully we will not see another interruption to our football. Notwithstanding Covid we are going to see a break her at Mayfield Stadium as after today the next home fixture is not until 5th February. Well I hope you all enjoy the game. Get behind the Rams. On behalf of the Club may I wish you all a very happy New Year.

Kevin Rayner - First Team Manager Rayner “Our recent form A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to has been good and all as we welcome high flying Beckenham we now have most Town, the match officials and everyone to Mayfield players available and Stadium for our Christmas derby and we hope this has been everyone enjoys their day. showing in our recent Our recent form has been good and we now have performances” most players available and this has been showing in “Enjoy the game and our recent performances which have been pleasing. from myself, the We haven’t lost at home since August and the home Management form stacks up well with most sides in the league. team and all the players we wish We’ve picked up five points in our last three games everyone a merry and are unbeaten at home in the League since Christmas ” August and will look to keep that going today. In our last game against Horley Town we should really have seen the game out and needed a fantastic Nahum Green equaliser late on the get a deserved share of the points. We have had the consistency needed after a bout of injuries and suspensions and are now only threatened by Covid as we had it running through the players last week. As I’m writing, before Christmas, most players that were affected will have finished isolating, however, Hermes Mengi had gone down with a positive test so may be missing today.

Kevin Rayner - First Team Manager It’s going to be a really testing time over the next couple of weeks as we saw last week with many games called off due to players being infected. Most clubs will be affected and hopefully ourselves and Beckenham can put on a good game today. Beckenham Town are pushing for promotion and will fancy they can collect a win today although we are now in a much better position than earlier in the season in terms of personnel and I will fancy that we can upset them today. It’s a real must win game for them as the top of the table is getting tight and I would expect Walton & Hersham, Jersey Bulls, Beckenham Town and Raynes Park Vale to be vying for those top 2 positions at the end of the season. Enjoy the game and from myself, the Management team and all the players we wish everyone a merry Christmas and hope to see as many of you as possible in the New Year. Keep the Faith

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2021/22 Matches Stats Sat 31-Jul COBHAM CCLPS H 98 1-1 N Green Sat 7-Aug Crowborough Athletic FAC EP A 113 3-1 Nwoko, Bloomfield, N Green Tue 10-Aug Horley Town CCLPS A 75 2-3 N Green, Kallon Sat 14-Aug GUILDFORD CITY CCLPS H 94 2-4 Eshilokun, Bloomfield Tue 17-Aug REDHILL CCLPS H 112 0-5 Sun 22-Aug Erith & Belvedere FAC P A 230 0-0 Tue 24-Aug ERITH & BELVEDERE FAC PR H 112 2-3 Bloomfield, Lika Sat 28-Aug SHEERWATER CCLPS H 62 0-2 Mon 30-Aug Balham CCLPS A 75 1-1 Bloomfield Sat 4-Sep FRIMLEY GREEN CCLPS H 68 2-0 J Green, Travers Sat 11-Sep Walton & Hersham CCLPS A 139 0-7 Tue 14-Sep Beckenham Town CCLPS A 145 1-3 J Green Sat 18-Sep CAMBERLEY TOWN CCLPS H 64 0-0 Sat 25-Sep Holmesdale FAV 2Q A 55 0-4 Sat 2-Oct Sheerwater CCLPS A 45 3-3 Agoro, Marney, J Green Tue 5-Oct DULWICH HAMLET LSC R1 H 112 1-1 Marney (Dulwich Hamlet won 3-1 on penalties) Sat 9-Oct COLLIERS WOOD UTD CCLPS H 93 2-2 Marney, Obiltey Sat 16-Oct Farnham Town CCLPS A 257 1-0 Greenwood Sat 23-Oct Cobham CCLPS A 58 0-5 Sat 30-Oct Wokingham & Emmbrook CRRC1 A 50 1-1 Greenwood (AFC Croydon Athletic won 5-4 on penalties) Sat 6-Nov FLEET TOWN CCLPS H 58 1-1 J Green Sat 13-Nov Raynes Park Vale CCLPS A A-A Sat 20-Nov Molesey CCLPS A 42 2-3 Greenwood, Marney (pen) Tue 23-Nov ASCOT UNITED CRRC2 H 32 5-3 Obiltey (2), Young, Marney (2) Sat 27-Nov BANSTEAD ATHLETIC CCLPS H 41 2-1 Marney, Agoro Tue 30-Nov LINGFIELD SSC H 53 2-2 Obiltey, N Green (Lingfield won 4-1 on penalties) Sat 4-Dec Knaphill CCLPS A 67 1-1 Obiltey Sat 11-Dec HORLEY TOWN CCLPS H 87 3-3 Own goal, Greenwood, N Green Sat 18-Dec Redhill CCLPS A P-P Mon 27-Dec BECKENHAM TOWN CCLPS H Sat 8-Jan Guildford City CCLPS A Sat 15-Jan Jersey Bulls CCLPS A Sat 22-Jan Badshot Lea CCLPS A Sat 29-Jan Camberley Town CCLPS A Sat 5-Feb KNAPHILL CCLPS H Sat 12-Feb WALTON & HERSHAM CCLPS H Sat 26-Feb MOLESEY CCLPS H Sat 5-Mar Colliers Wood United CCLPS A Tue 8-Mar JERSEY BULLS CCLPS H Sat 12-Mar Banstead Athletic CCLPS A Tue 15-Mar RAYNES PARK VALE CCLPS H Sat 19-Mar BADSHOT LEA CCLPS H Sat 26-Mar Fleet Town CCLPS A Sat 2-Apr FARNHAM TOWN CCLPS H Mon 18-Apr BALHAM CCLPS H Sat 23-Apr Frimley Green CCLPS A tba London Lions CRRPC A CCLPS Combined Counties League Premier Division South CRRPC Cheery Red Record Premier Cup Emirates FA Cup FAC Buildbase FA Vase FAV London Senior Cup LSC Surrey Senior Cup SSC

Player Stats 26/08/17 Abbas Agoro 15 2 17 113 8 121 Jack Marney 23 7 25 7 11 0 11 Carl Obiltey 11 5 11 5 01/02/20 Marcus Belloli 202 17 11 28 Nahum Green 19 5 170 42 8 5 13 Alfie Bloomfield 13 4 13 4 2013 Kai Bichard 055 24 14 38 Jermaine Green 25 4 41 6 15 0 15 Luwayne Greenwood 26 4 41 4 31/07/21 Alfie Bloomfied 8 5 13 20 0 20 Abbas Agoro 17 2 121 10 14 13 27 Emiliano Lika 9 1 27 3 17/11/18 Jordan Boateng 15 2 17 20 3 23 Marcus Travers 11 1 20 1 134 Tijani Eshilokun 18 1 18 1 31/07/21 Jay Bradley 15 0 15 033 Ibrahim Kallon 21 1 90 1 18 0 18 Joe Nwoko 25 1 82 17 14/08/21 Oshane Brown 20 0 20 145 Alfie Young 26 1 26 1 14 0 14 26/08/19 Jack Clark 123 31 10 41 151 19 170 17/11/18 Liam Coates 202 29 12 41 325 20/11/21 Bryan Delgado Morales 1 3 4 202 88 2 90 20/11/21 Nash Doukoure 033 404 6 21 27 31/07/21 Tijani Eshilokun 18 0 18 033 14 11 25 24/08/21 Leighton Francis 145 033 34 0 34 26/01/19 Jordan Greaves 303 9 2 11 66 16 82 15/09/18 Jermaine Green 20 5 25 10 1 11 30 16 46 06/08/16 Nahum Green 16 3 19 59 2 61 16 4 20 26/02/20 Luwayne Greenwood 18 8 26 25 1 26 23/10/21 William Grieveson 3 2 5 31/07/21 Reece Hannigan 202 17/12/16 Ibrahim Kallon 21 0 21 25/09/21 Christian Klass 404 12/11/19 Emiliano Lika 279 11/09/21 Aiden Lopeman 033 01/09/20 Jack Marney 13 10 23 14/09/21 Erald Memaj 033 Leading Goalscorer Jack Marney 08/02/20 Hermes Mengi 20 0 20 26/09/20 Billy Murphy 123 18/08/19 Joe Nwoko 19 6 25 09/10/21 Carl Obiltey 10 1 11 08/12/18 Abbas Oduncu 7 6 13 27/08/16 Janichell Santos 202 01/09/20 Marcus Travers 8 3 11 31/07/21 Alfie Young 25 1 26 Minimum 2 appearances

afc croydon athletic Marcos Belloli Kevin Raynor Christian Klass Oshane Brown matchball sponsor Alfie Young Will Grieveson match referee Abbas Oduncu assistant referee Jordan-Boateng Anderson assistant referee Hermes Mengi Ibrahim Kallon Abbas Agoro Jay Bradley Jack Marney Tijani Eshilokun Jordan Greaves Nahum Green Luwayne Greenwood Jermaine Green Carl Obiltey Kai Bichard Joe Nwoko

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Combined Counties Football League Premier Division South Table 1. Walton & Hersham 17 12 4 1 46 14 +32 40 12/2 0-7 8/3 15/1 2. Jersey Bulls 16 12 3 1 38 10 +28 39 0-5 tbc 19/3 22/1 3. Redhill 18 11 5 2 42 18 +24 38 27/12 1-3 15/3 tbc 4. Badshot Lea 18 10 7 1 51 25 +26 37 3-3 2-3 2-4 8/1 5. Beckenham Town 14 11 2 1 34 8 +26 35 0-2 3-3 1-1 0-5 6. Raynes Park Vale 16 10 3 3 40 19 +21 33 18/4 1-1 5/2 1-1 7. Horley Town 19 10 3 6 38 35 +3 33 2/4 1-0 0-0 29/1 8. Guildford City 19 8 5 6 37 31 +6 29 2-0 23/4 2-2 5/3 9. Sheerwater 21 8 4 9 36 42 -6 28 -- 1-1 26/3 10. Cobham 19 7 6 6 32 26 +6 27 2-1 12/3 26/2 2-3 11. Balham 20 7 3 10 25 32 -7 24 12. Knaphill 20 4 9 7 36 37 -1 21 13. Farnham Town 20 6 3 11 28 37 -9 21 14. Camberley Town 20 6 3 11 19 35 -16 21 15. Frimley Green 16 6 2 8 20 31 -11 20 16. Colliers Wood United 20 6 2 12 22 37 -15 20 17. AFC Croydon Athletic 19 3 8 8 27 45 -21 17 18. Fleet Town 20 5 1 14 30 45 -15 16 19. Banstead Athletic 17 2 4 11 19 39 -20 10 20. Molesey 23 2 3 18 21 72 -51 9 Next Home Game Saturday 5th February, v Knaphill Next Away Game Saturday 8th January, v Guildford City See page 20 for details and directions

Fixtures and Results Results Saturday 11th December 2021 Wednesday 15th December 2021 Buildbase FA Vase, 3rd Round Combined Counties League, Premier Division South Crawley Down Gatwick 0 4 Raynes Park Vale Guildford City 2 2 Badshot Lea Glebe (won on pens) 0 0 Beckenham Town Specsavers Surrey Senior Cup Guildford City 0 0 Southall (won on pens) Sutton Common Rovers 3 3 Farnham Town Stansfeld 3 1 Frimley Green Saturday, 18th December 2021 Combined Counties League, Premier Division South Combined Counties League, Premier Division South AFC Croydon Athletic 3 3 Horley Town Balham 3 1 Horley Town Banstead Athletic 1 0 Farnham Town Banstead Athletic P P Walton & Hersham Camberley Town 0 2 Redhill Beckenham Town P P Badshot Lea Fleet Town 0 3 Jersey Bulls Cobham P P Raymes Park Vale Molesey 0 3 Sheerwater Colliers Wood United P P Guildford City Walton & Hersham 3 3 Badshot Lea Farnham Town 2 2 Molesey Tuesday, 14th December 2021 Frimley Green 2 1 Fleet Town Combined Counties League, Premier Division South Jersey Bulls 2 1 Knaphill Banstead Athletic P P Balham Redhill P P AFC Croydon Athletic Fleet Town 3 0 Molesey Sheerwater 2 3 Camberley Town Sheerwater 1 3 Redhill List Monday 27th December 2021 Saturday 8th January 2022 Combined Counties League, Premier Division South Combined Counties League, Premier Division South AFC Croydon Athletic v Beckenham Town Balham v Badshot Lea Badshot Lea v Fleet Town Camberley Town v Knaphill Camberley Town v Farnham Town Colliers Wood United v Banstead Athletic Cobham v Balham Farnham Town v Sheerwater Guildford City v Frimley Green Fleet Town v Cobham Horley Town v Redhill Guildford City v AFC Croydon Athletic Molesey v Raynes Park Vale Jersey Bulls v Beckenham Town Sheerwater v Banstead Athletic Raynes Park Vale v Horley Town Tuesday 28th December 2021 Redhill v Frimley Green Combined Counties League, Premier Division South Monday 10th January 2022 Knaphill v Walton & Hersham Combined Counties League, Premier Division South Monday 3rd January 2022 Walton & Hersham v Sheerwater Combined Counties League, Premier Division South Tuesday 11th January 2022 Fleet Town v Guildford City Combined Counties League, Premier Division South Jersey Bulls v Frimley Green Knaphill v Colliers Wood United Sheerwater v Beckenham Town Molesey v Jersey Bulls Walton & Hersham v Redhill

Round Up of Recent Matches - AFC Croydon Athletic 3 Horley Town 3 Reports AFC Croydon Athletic and Horley Town produced an entertaining pre-Christmas six goal thriller. Six goals, a fight back and a dramatic ending were all part of the action. Once again, the Rams were missing a number of players through injuries, illness and suspensions. At the beginning it was the visitors who were on top and creating chances. Chris Klass was twice called into action to deny both Wyte and Matt Rapson. Then it was the turn of the Rams to have chances. Carl Obiltey fired over the bar and Nahum Green had a shot saved and then he fired a cross across goal, but no one was there. Then on 34 minutes a ball into the Horley box as mishandled by Hyde and the ball bounced around but was put over the line by a defender. Horley hit back and Klass again denied Matt Rapson. On 45 minutes a neat move saw Jermaine Green passed to Nahum Green who set up Luwayne Greenwood who shot clinically past Hyde for 2- 0. The half-time whistle then blew before the re-start. The second half began with Horley looking to get back into the game. It took them just 10 minutes to get back into the game. After the ball bounced around Josh Rapson fired home. Within just 4 more minutes they were level when the Rams defence failed to clear the ball and Roberts score. Both sides were now looking for looking for the winner. On 81 minutes Horley thought they’d found it when Ford raced through beat Klass and scored. The Rams were now chasing the game but in the first minute of added time a cross into the Horley box was partially cleared by Hyde but Nahum Green volleyed the ball back over his shoulder to make it 3-3. As the time ticked by the Rans had once last chance but Joe Nwoko could not convert.

Upcoming Away Travel Road Saturday, 8th January 2022, 3pm kick-off Combined Counties League, Premier Division South v Guildford City At Guildford Spectrum, Parkway, Guildford, GU1 1UP (27 miles) Although the Rams have only made this journey once before it will be a more familiar journey for Manager Kevin Rayner who was the boss at Guildford for several successful seasons including promotion out of the Combined Counties League. The only visit previously was in the Surrey Senior Cup on a cold February evening where the game finished 2-2 before Guildford went through on penalty kicks. Whether you take the journey through Mitcham or head for the M25 you are making your way to the A3 as the direct route to the Spectrum. Once on the A3 head south until you reach the junction marked Guildford/Bagshot (A322), it is also later signposted Leisure Centre, and leave the main road. At the end of the slip road you turn left toward Guildford and then turn left again signposted for the leisure centre. The entrance to Spectrum is on the left at the next set of traffic lights. There is plenty of parking. If coming by train the nearest station is London Road which is about a half hour walk away or from Guildford there are buses or taxis.

RamRaisers - JOIN TODAY Raisers Join our Monthly Draw and help raise funds for the The draw for December will take place after Club whilst at the same time having an opportunity today’s game with two more lucky winners. to win £100 a month. The good news is that half of the money raised The monthly draw has two prizes of £100 and £20 goes into the club to support our teams and help for two lucky winners. It costs just £5 per entry maintain our grounds. It makes all the difference. per month to have a chance to win. You can have as many entries as you wish. Prizes will increase Sign up today. Ask at the Bar for details and you the more people who join. too can be part of it for the January draw. You can pay by standing order or can pay for six Latest Winnersmonthly draws in advance whichever you wish. Having done so your numbers will be added to the drim and you may soon be collecting your November 2021 Winners £100 129 Paul Smith winnings! £20 1 Martin Bennett

Welcome to tonight’s Opponents Town Year Formed: 1971 (current) Club Nickname: The Reds Ground: Eden Park Avenue History (6.1 miles from here) Beckenham Kent BR3 3JL Beckenham Town Football Club is one of the older non-league clubs still in existence, being first affiliated to The Kent Football Association in 1887. Records show the club played in the London League from 1923 to 1933 and 1951 to 1961 and the Aetolian League from 1961 to 1964 before moving to the Greater London League from 1964 to 1969. In addition to its present day participation in the FA Cup and FA Vase, it also competed in the FA Amateur Cup from 1926 to 1967. Amongst the club’s past Presidents is ex-Prime Minster the Rt. Hon Harold Macmillan MP and amongst the club’s Vice Presidents is Sydney Wooderson one of Britain's greatest middle-distance runners. Honours include the London League Championship in 1927-28 and runners-up in 1930-31. Unfortunately, the club folded in 1969 merging with Bromley FC. The club was subsequently re-formed and joined London Spartan League in 1975 and enjoyed some early success being Runners-up to Fisher Athletic in the Spartan League Senior Division in 1977-78. Town also reached two Spartan League Cup Finals, losing to Welling United and Farnham Town. More recent successes have been two previous appearances in the Kent League Cup Final in 1984-85 and 1992-93 and Runners-Up to Maidstone Utd in the Kent League Premier Division in 2005-06.This season, after three previous unsuccessful attempts in 1981-82,2004/05 and 2007/08, finally victory in the Kent Senior Trophy after a 4-0 win over Ashford Utd at Longmead Stadium in April. In July 1980 Beckenham moved from Stanhope Grove to their present ground in Eden Park Avenue joining the Kent League in 1982-83. In 2003 Beckenham were awarded £100,000 by the Football Foundation for ground improvements which enabled the ground to become enclosed and their award winning pitch along with a drainage system to be laid Amongst Becks ex-players are goalkeeper Ray Potter who played over 220 games for West Bromwich Albion , Frank “Dot” Morris who played over 70 games for Crystal Palace and Pat Saward who played for Aston Villa in the 50’s and captained The Republic of Ireland. More recently ex-Charlton Athletic star Jason Euell wore Beckenham’s colours.

We haven’t met before The Head to Head League Games Played: 12 Cup Games Played: 2 AFC Croydon Athletic Wins 4 0 Horley TownWins 6 1 Drawn 2 1 Rams Goals 19 5 The Clarets Goals 29 8 Biggest Win AFC Croydon Athletic 3 Beckenham Town 0 - (2018/19) AFC Croydon Athletic 1 Beckenham Town 6 - (2019/20) Highest Scoring Game 9 goals - Beckenham Town 6 AFC Croydon Athletic 3 - (2015/16) Current League Form 5. Beckenham Town 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13 17. AFC Croydon Athletic 6 1 3 2 9 14 -5 6 Only once have the two teams met in a competitive fixture and that was earlier this season in the opening weeks of the campaign. That game would finish with Horley winning a 5-goal thriller in a game that could have gone either way. After a difficult start to the season Horley have gone from strength to strength and find themselves lying in 6th place in the League table. Their recent form reflects that position having lost just once in their last six outings. But recent form has been better than the Rams current league position so it could be another interesting encounter.

Tony Ford Under 18 West Division Team 1. Balham U18 8 6 1 1 32 13 +19 19 0-5 0-3 28/2 2-5 2. Chessington & Hook United U18 7 6 1 0 23 10 +13 19 6-4 17/12 17/1 1-1 3. Sutton United 7 4 0 3 19 17 +2 12 6/12 0-5 0-1 0-3 4. Croydon U18 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 10 -- 5. Colliers Wood United U18 7 3 1 3 16 21 -5 10 3-3 1-0 14/2 1-4 6. Redhill U18 9 3 1 5 14 21 -7 10 7. AFC Croydon Athletic U18 11 2 2 7 14 34 -20 8 8. Metropolitan Police U18 9 2 1 6 10 18 -8 7 9. Merstham U18 6 2 0 4 20 18 +2 6 Wed 1-Sep Corinthian U18 FAYC A 1-3 Neizer-Ashun Thur 9-Sep Balham U18 League A Mon 13-Sep Metropolitan Police U18 League H 0-3 Wed 22-Sep Chessington & Hook U18 League A Mon 27-Sep Redhill U18 League H 3-3 Hanson-Wilson (2), Neizer-Ashun Thur 7-Oct Colliers Wood United U18 League A Mon 11-Oct Sutton United U18 League H 2-5 Phipps, Mutyaba Fri 22-Oct Merstham U18 League A Wed 3-Nov Croydon U18 League A 0-1 Thur 11-Nov Balham U18 League H Mon 15-Nov Metropolitan Police U18 League A 0-5 Mon 29-Nov Redhill U18 League A Mon 17-Jan Croydon U18 League H 6-4 O Bah (4), Neizer-Ashun, Hanson-Wilson Fri 11-Feb Sutton United U18 League A Mon 14-Feb Merstham U18 League H 1-4 O Bah Mon 21-Feb Goldalming Town LC 2R H Mon 28-Feb Chessington & Hook U18 League H 1-1 Diallo Mon 7-Mar Colliers Wood United U18 League H 0-5 1-0 Moore Next Home Match 0-3 Monday 17th January P-P AFC Croydon Athletic U18 v Croydon U18 At Mayfield Stadium tbc Metropolitan Police U18 SYMFC A League Tony Ford U18 West Division FAYC FA Youth Cup SYMFC Surrey U18 Midweek Floodlit Cup League Cup LC Grant-McLellan Youth Cup GMYC

Youth Appearances and Goals Joshua Aba 1 12 0 20 Devonte Adjetey 1 78 0 80 Assan Bah 12 0 12 0 12 0 Modou Bah 11 0 11 0 11 0 Ousainou Bah 11 0 11 5 11 5 Jake Brennan 11 0 11 0 19 0 William Brewis 4 04 0 40 Mouctar Diallo 10 1 11 1 14 1 Ramarri Gordon-Sinclair 1 01 0 10 Jay-Quan Hanson-Wilson 8 2 10 3 10 3 Robert Jefferson 1 12 0 20 Sam Luard 10 0 10 0 10 0 Ryan McIntyre 7 07 0 80 Owen Milbank 3 03 0 30 Nana Minkah 0 11 0 10 Francis Moore 3 69 1 14 1 Francis Mutyaba 10 0 10 1 11 1 Nigel Neizer-Ashun 10 0 10 3 11 3 Amarjay Nkemayang 4 59 0 90 Shadrack Owusu 1 45 0 50 Nazsi Phipps 11 1 12 1 12 1 Mohammad Sikandar Ullah 0 55 0 50 2 02 0 2 0 Match Dashaan Vassell Report… 29th November 2021 Redhill U18 3 AFC Croydon Athletic U18 0 Tony Ford Youth League, East Division A disappointing result after some good recent performances, That said, there were a number of a players missing and it showed as the home side eventually ran 3-0 winners. The weather ruled out the recent game at home to Colliers Wood United and this will be rearranged for the New Year. The final game before the Christmas break is an away fixture against Sutton United.

Junior Section Review The season is now well underway with all our teams putting in lots of hard work and enjoying their football. Let us have a little summary from some of our older teams. Last Sunday saw two of our teams competing in the Surrey FA U15 Cup and whilst fell at this hurdle they will have benefited from playing two sides from higher divisions and testing themselves against those players. The U15 Hawks had the added bonus of playing on the Stadium pitch which, despite a defeat, was still an enjoyable experience. The U14 Hawks secured a win over Junior Elite by 5-2 which they will have enjoyed as it is a team who have been hard to beat in previous years. The win lifts them up to 4th in the table. Our unbeaten U12 Eagles had another good win last Sunday with a 5-1 victory over the Seymour Villa and are very much looking to chase down the team in first place. A win over Glebe Tigers tomorrow Quiz Answers For Australia it is Ricky Ponting (41), Steve Waugh (32), Matthew Hayden (30), Don Bradman (29) Michael Clarke (28), Steve Smith (27), Allan Border (27). For England it is Alastair Cook (33)

Canterbury City 1 AFC Croydon Athletic 1 To all the key workers who have worked, and continue to work, to keep us all safe. We say, thank you! From all at AFC Croydon Athletic The Southern Counties East Football League supports the ‘Swearing – Let’s Tackle It’ campaign and strongly condemns the use of foul and abusive language at football matches.