AFC Croydon Athletic v Fisher 20 Oct 2020

THE RAMS Official Matchday Programme Tuesday 20th October 2020 Volume 8, Number 7 Pic: Kiera Godwin v Fisher Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division

AFC Croydon Athletic (2012) Limited The Mayfield Stadium Mayfield Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DN 020 8689 5322 club@afccroydonathletic.co.uk 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 (149) 2016-present 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 Garry Henry Record Cup Win 7-0 v Farleigh Rovers 17/11/12 Goalkeeping Coach Denis Lawton Record defeat 0-7 v Sevenoaks Town 31/3/18 Club Physio Tony Pearson Record Cup defeat 1-7 v Haringey Borough 25/10/16 Kit Man Connor Lockhart Kit Man’s Assistant Ryan Fraser Club Awards U18 Academy Manager Gary Tappenden U15 Eagles Manager Ben Tacon Club Administration, Combined Counties League 2013/14 U14 Falcons Manager Antony Lockhart Secretary of the Year, Southern Youth League 2015/16 U14 Hawks Manager Roger Sewall Croydon Advertiser Team of the Year 2013 U13 Eagles Manager Jason Manahan U13 Falcons Manager Emily Cefai Club Website U13 Kestrels Manager Ryan Sullivan www.afccroydonathletic.co.uk U12 Eagles Manager Cosmas Mandiveyi U12 Falcons Manager Daniel Valentine Twitter U11 Rams Manager Peter Kavanagh @AFCCroydonAth U11 Eagles Manager Joe Clayton U10 Eagles Manager Luca Boome Facebook U9 Eagles Manager Luwayne Greenwood facebook.com/AFCCA U9 Falcons Manager Shahid Hussein U8 Eagles Coach

IMPORTANT NOTICE COVID 19 KEEPING SAFE Welcome to Mayfield Stadium, we hope that you enjoy the game and enjoy your stay with us. From when you arrive there are a few changes that you will notice. We ask that you observe the new arrangements and work with us to keep people safe. Please ensure that you socially distance at all times. That means that we expect people to observe your personal space and for you to do the same for them. It is a condition of entry that everyone does so. On arrival you will have your temperature taken. If your temperature is 37.5º or higher then you have a fever and you will be asked to leave. We will ask that you check in with NHS Covid 19 App. If not then we will ask for contact details as a condition of entry. These will be securely held for 21 days before being destroyed. Those details will only be used by AFC Croydon Athletic for track and trace purposes or will be passed to the health authorities for the same reason. Once in the Stadium, please observe the one-way system around the main stand. The main stand has three rows that have been taken out of use. You are free to use the remaining seats but unless you are in a party from the household or social bubble then we ask that you sit at least a seat apart. The Clubhouse is open. Those entering must use a face covering. Toilets are available for your use in the Clubhouse. There is a limit of three persons in the toilet at any time as we ask that you wait for someone to leave before entering. The Club bar is open. On entering the clubhouse turn right and if people are being served then please join the queue as marked on the floor. Drink is only served in a plastic glasses and you are encouraged to pay via contactless although cash is accepted. The tea-bar serving hot drinks and food is open from the servery immediately behind the main stand. Please ensure you remain socially distanced whilst waiting to be served. We very much hope that you enjoy the game. All the measures are for your safety and the safety of others and we hope that you will help us to help you.

Peter Smith, Secretary and Vice President Secretary Good evening to you all. We extend a very warm welcome to the officials, management, players and supporters of Fisher. We also extend a warm welcome to this evening’s match officials and anyone making their first visit to Mayfield Stadium. To me the two clubs today will always have a close association. They like us are a phoenix club having gone through similar troubles. Also when we reformed it was Fisher who welcomed us to the first ever friendly game we played. Although, they didn’t show us too much charity on the pitch, as they won by 4-1. They, like us, are a members club put together by supporters who had a love of their “deceased” former club. Unlike clubs like FC United of Manchester and others, who was set up because they didn’t care for the owners of the club. They, like us, have no millionaires to help pay bills or players wages but again, like us, they have passion for their club and stay competitive even if they can’t attract the money grabbers who ply their trade in non-league football!

Peter Smith, Secretary and Vice President In my experience it has always been the same at “it was Fisher who non-league level. When I was a young lad I welcomed us to the followed both Dulwich Hamlet and Corinthian- first ever friendly Casuals, as they shared Dulwich’s ground, game we played” which I could see from my bedroom. I even “we and, I dare say, watched their first floodlights being erected. Fisher will carry on They both played in the Isthmian league which trying to buck the in those days was one division and no automatic system” promotion or relegation. Every season the bottom 3 places were always a fight between Dulwich, Casuals or Clapton for who would finish bottom and why? Because they were the sides that didn’t pay. It has always been that way, people will find a way of getting around rules or laws. Read Jimmy Greaves book. He tells of when he signed for Spurs during the days of the maximum wage and how a Spurs director put him on his companies payroll without ever doing a day’s work. It will carry on but we and, I dare say, Fisher will carry on trying to buck the system. I say good luck to them apart from when we play. Enjoy the game and remember Rams fans it’s another home game on Saturday against Corinthian

Kevin Rayner - First Team Manager Rayner “won the last 44 Good evening all and tonight we welcome Fisher minutes 3 2 all be it FC and everyone attending the Mayfield Stadium 46 minutes too late.” for our League game today. “We know we will need to be at our Thankfully we are now home for the next two best to pick up games as we had improved greatly with players something tonight” returning, until we had a blip at title-favourites Chatham Town on Saturday. There’s no secret in Chatham’s budget and one of their players gets more than our whole weekly budget so you can imagine we were up against it. That said and done, I thought we could have done well but all our work and preparation was undone in an opening ten minutes where we made three bad errors and Chatham Town scored each time. The game was over. To the boys credit we regrouped at half time and needed to not lose the second half. After conceding in the 46th minute we then showed some qualities and won the last 44 minutes 3 2 all be it 46 minutes too late. Chatham are a good side and will win the league. They didn’t need our generous gifts to help them on their way and it was totally frustrating watching the opening 30 minutes. we did well in the second half achieved the aim at half time not to lose the second half and take that forward to tonight.

Kevin Rayner - First Team Manager The errors were something that we had cut out of the game recently but possibly a couple of changes didn’t help and I’m making no excuses for the opening shape as it wouldn’t have mattered if we were playing a 4-6-0 formation; gifts like that throw the game away. Still that’s gone we learn and move on. We did get the best goal of the game with a Jermaine Green SCREAMER and restored a bit of credit and pride with a battling second half. We were in improved form particularly at home and tonight we a have chance to get back on track against a good Fisher team. We welcome Danny Carpanini who is doing well in goal for Fisher and hopefully we can send him home unhappy as we will look to get a result tonight. Both teams will fancy they can win the game so it should be a good encounter. We will have Liam Harwood, Jack Clarke, Jack Marney and Del Akpofure all back in contention with most of the squad available for the next two home games. We know we will need to be at our best to pick up something tonight and we have the incentives to do that. Enjoy the game and hope to see again on Saturday at home to high-flying Corinthian FC.

Player Profiles MARCOS PIOTR KAZZEEM HERMES BELLOLI JACUCHA RICHARDS MENGI GOALKEEPER GOALKEEPER DEFENDER DEFENDER SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE LIAM IBRAHIM ABBAS MARCUS HARWOOD KALLON ODUNCU TRAVERS DEFENDER DEFENDER DEFENDER DEFENDER SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE DERRICK CHRISTIAN JACK JACK AKPOFURE KNUCKLES CLARK MARNEY DEFENDER DEFENDER MIDFIELD MIDFIELD SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE

NATHAN ASHBURN KEVIN O’CONNOR EMILIANO OSCAR GUANA MIDFIELD MIDFIELD LIKA MIDFIELD SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP MIDFIELD SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE CHARLIE KHALID TOBI LUWAYNE HACKSHALL BABIKIR ADEMIJU GREENWOOD MIDFIELD MIDFIELD MIDFIELD FORWARD SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE MICHAEL OSHIN DEFENDER SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE

AFC Croydon Athletic 2 Bearsted 1 Report AFC Croydon Athletic went into their fixture with directed corner Majayegbe headed into the net. Bearsted defending an unbeaten record against their opponents. However both sides had not made the It took the Rams just 10 minutes to respond, best starts to the current season and were looking to Ibrahim Kallon crossed from the right and Murphy kick start their season, beat his marker and flicked the ball past the keeper. The Rams had the first chance of the game but Two minutes later the visitors nearly re-took the Timmi Babington’s shot cleared the bar. Bearsted lead when a free kick crashed against the bar before then threatened but Marshall-Katung shot wide. being cleared, On 72 minutes the Rams took the Back came the Rams and Babington combined with lead. Nahum Green launched a long throw into the Nahum Green to find Billy Murphy but his shot area where Marcus Travers flicked the ball on was saved. The game then settled down to a where the on rushing Abbas Oduncu headed in to midfield battle but chances were few and far apart the goal. Bearsted did respond but Marcus Belloli and neither keeper was called into action. So the and his defence were in no mood to concede again. game became a stale mate and the half ended goal- Belloli made a couple of fine saves and the closest less. either side came to a goal was when from another Nahum Green throw Travers flicked the ball just The second half started brightly for the Rams and wide of the goal. The Rams saw out the game for both Nahum Green and Babington went close but an important victory in their attempt to move up the on 55 minutes the visitors went ahead. From a well- league, Saturday, 10th October 2020 AFC Croydon Athletic 2 1 Murphy, Oduncu Bearsted Majayegbe At Mayfield Stadium Attendance 85 Rams: Belloli, Oduncu, Ashburn, Mengi, Travers, Kallon, J Green, Greenwood(Egheghe), Murphy (Lika), Babington(Anderson), N Green



Chatham Town 8 AFC Croydon Athletic 3 Report If you like horror stories well this was “Nightmare To their credit the Rams still tried to play and at Bauvill Stadium” for the Rams. Coming off the Emiliano Lika, with a header, and Murphy with a back of one defeat in 5 games they were in good free kick, showed the Rams could pose a threat. heart despite knowing this would be a difficult task. Indeed, on 53 minutes another Murphy free kick Chatham have an impressive goal-scoring side but found Lika’s head and it was 6-1. Was this the few would have guessed what was about to happen. comeback? It was the Rams who started brightly and put the Well no, because 4 minutes later Butler made it 7-2 home side under pressure straight from the kick off. from a corner. Back came the Rams and on 63 Winning a throw near the Chatham area, it was minutes Murphy cross and Abbas Oduncu ghosted Nahum Green who hurled a long throw into the in for the Rams second goal and a goal for him in area where Ibrahim Kallon found space but his successive games. Two minutes later it was 8-2 header went over the bar. Relieved to not be behind when Bradshaw completed his hat-trick. Chatham started to attack and on 4 minutes went ahead where sloppy defending allowed Chatham to We then had to wait 24 minutes for the final goal retrieve the ball and it was 1-0 as Hayes scored. and it was a screamer. Jermaine Green found space with 25 yards from goal and hit a shot into the top The Rams responded and Billy Murphy had a shot right hand with so much power the keeper had no saved but Chatham went up the other end to make chance. A bad day for the Rams but to their credit it 2-0 and what a goal it was! A looping ball found they kept playing and maintained their discipline. Hayes on the far post and he spectacularly volleyed home giving Marcus Belloli no chance. It took only 6 more minutes for the game to effectively be over Saturday, 17th October 2020 when Evans scored after more daft defending. Chatham Town 8 On 25 minutes it became 4-0 when Bradshaw Hayes(3), Evans, Bradshaw(3), Butler 3 scored. On 31 minutes the referee decided a Rams player had handled in the area and awarded a AFC Croydon Athletic penalty, it did look harsh but Hayes showed no mercy completing his hat-trick. Amazingly there Liks, Oduncu, J Green At Bauvill Stadium Attendance 300 were no more goals in the 15 minutes to half time. Chats: Lee, Lawal, Butler, Ajayi, Bodkin(Orji), The Rams made two changes at half time but 40 Dalton(Pugh), Robins, Hayes(Brown), Rooney, seconds into the half it was 6-0 when Bradshaw Evans, Bradshaw side footed home. Rams: Belloli, Oduncu, Kallon, Mengi, Santos, Harwood, J Green, Greenwood, Murphy, Egheghe (Babington), N Green(Lika)

Half Time Teaser Time While you wait for your half-time cuppa here is your teaser: Former Welsh International Robert Earnshaw holds a record in football that is likely to remain intact for some time. Do you know what it is? Answer bottom of page 20 Catering For Your Every Need Hot and Cold drinks are available from our Snack Bar you will find immediately behind the main stand. Tara is waiting to serve you with tea or coffee, cold drinks or tasty food to sustain you through the game. Please remember to queue sensibly and respect social distancing. Cash or credit card payment available. Visit our Clubhouse You are welcome to visit our clubhouse where you’ll find toilets and our licensed bar which is open throughout the game for takeaway service. Beers, wines and spirits are available but once again don’t forget to queue sensibly and follow the instructions. You must wear a face mask when inside. Cash or card payment is accepted. We are only serving plastic glasses and they may be taken outside, however, make sure you do not take any glasses or bottles outside the Clubhouse, this is not allowed without exception.

2020/21 Matches Stats Tue 1-Sep SUTTON COMMON ROV FAC EPR H 174 0-3 Sat 5-Sep Punjab United SCEFL A 47 0-4 Tue 8-Sep ERITH & BELVEDERE SCEFL H 56 1-1 N Green Sat 12-Sep LORDSWOOD SCEFL H 44 0-2 Wed 16-Sep Erith Town SCEFL A 74 0-2 Sat 19-Sep Wick FAV 1QR A 40 1-2 Own goal Sat 26-Sep CANTERBURY CITY SCEFL H 57 3-0 Oshin, J Green, Lika Tue 29-Sep Tunbridge Wells SCEFL A 191 0-1 Sat 3-Oct K Sports SCEFL A 48 1-1 Egheghe Sat 6-Oct BECKENHAM TOWN SCEFL H 86 0-0 Sat 10-Oct BEARSTED SCEFL H 85 2-1 Murphy, Oduncu Sat 17-Oct Chatham Town SCEFL A 300 3-8 Lika, Oduncu, J Green Tue 20-Oct FISHER SCEFL H Sat 24-Oct CORINTHIAN Wed 4-Nov Welling Town SCEFL H Sat 7-Nov HOLLANDS & BLAIR Tue 10-Nov GLEBE SCEFL A Tue 17-Nov Fisher Sat 21-Nov Deal Town SCEFL H SCEFL H SCEFL A SCEFL A tbc CHARLTON ATHLETIC U23 LSC H Fixtures for the season have still to be announced. As soon as they are then they will appear on the website and on these pages in the matchday programme

Player Stats 01/09/20 Tobi Ademiji 123 123 Emiliano Lika 72 17 2 628 Abbas Oduncu 82 31 2 03/08/19 Derrick Akpofure 415 8 11 19 Jermaine Green 11 2 14 2 134 Nahum Green 91 149 36 17/11/18 Jordan-Boateng Anderson 2 3 5 112 Michael Oshin 91 91 5 6 11 Scott Egheghe 61 61 15/02/20 Alex Arthur 022 347 Billy Murphy 61 61 224 10/10/20 Nathan Ashburn 112 707 12 11 23 22/04/19 Khalid Babikir 101 18 3 21 516 26/09/20 Tim Babington 347 10 4 14 133 16 149 01/09/20 Junior Bangura 224 11 1 12 000 01/02/20 Marcus Belloli 707 80 3 83 505 26/08/19 Jack Clark 415 65 2 67 123 17/11/18 Liam Coates 112 4 13 17 101 19/09/20 Scott Egheghe 516 12 0 12 606 15/09/18 Jermaine Geen 10 1 11 235 21 10 31 06/08/16 Nahum Green 909 819 60 3 63 26/02/20 Luwayne Greenwood 11 1 12 55 2 57 718 Charlie Hackshall 000 213 21/10/15 Liam Harwood 707 01/09/20 Piort Jacucha 505 17/12/16 Ibrahim Kallon 11 0 11 08/09/20 Nathan King 123 First team appearances, goals, stats and facts will appear on these pages. 12/11/19 Emiliano Lika 167 01/09/20 Jack Marney 101 08/02/20 Hermes Mengi 606 26/09/20 Billy Murphy 606 05/09/20 Kevin O’Connor 235 08/12/18 Abbas Oduncu 808 01/09/20 Michael Oshin 819 18/08/18 Kazzeem Richards 303 27/08/16 Janichell Santos 303 01/09/20 Marcus Travers 718 01/09/20 Ray Wilson 213

afc croydon athletic Marcos Belloli Kevin Raynor Piotr Jacucha Michael Oshin matchball Abbas Oduncu sponsor Marcus Travers Derrick Akpofure match referee Liam Harwood assistant referee Hermes Mengi assistant referee Janichell Santos Ibrahim Kallon Emiliano Lika Jack Marney Jack Clark Scott Egheghe Naham Green Luwayne Greenwood Jermaine Green Kevin O’Connor Timi Babington Billy Murphy

Ajay Ashanike fisher To sponsor a Dan Carpanini game ask in Charlie Payne the clubhouse Luke Thomas Peter Ojemen Kennedy Kikulwe Dylan Pauw Brian Wheatley Melvin Adesida Abdulaziz Olol Sam Fitzgerald Kevin Songolo Julio Da Mata Anthony Folkes Tarik Ibrahim Michel Junior Sarpong Jack Gibbons Harry Main Christian Udo Rob Brown Jacob Katonia Jamie Yila Josh Biddlecombe Wade Odedoyin

Southern Counties East Football League Table 1. Tunbridge Wells 9 7 2 0 22 6 16 23 0-1 3-8 2. Chatham Town 8 7 0 1 41 13 28 21 24/10 3. Corinthian 8 7 0 1 27 12 15 21 0-0 7/11 4. Sheppey United 7 6 1 0 24 12 12 19 0-2 5. Beckenham Town 10 5 3 2 25 15 10 18 21/11 10/11 6. Hollands & Blair 8 5 2 1 13 5 8 17 4/11 20/10 17/11 7. Balham 10 5 2 3 13 11 2 17 2-1 0-4 8. Erith Town 9 4 2 3 17 13 4 14 -- 9. Deal Town 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 14 1-1 10. Glebe 10 4 2 4 20 20 0 14 0-2 1-1 11. Welling Town 9 4 1 4 16 19 -3 13 3-0 12. Fisher 9 3 2 4 12 13 -1 11 13. Bearsted 10 3 1 6 21 33 -12 10 14. Punjab United 9 3 1 5 13 25 -12 10 15. Crowborough Athletic 8 2 3 3 12 16 -4 9 16. AFC Croydon Athletic 10 2 3 5 10 20 -10 9 17. K Sports 9 1 4 4 9 11 -2 7 18. Lordswood 10 2 1 7 13 25 -12 7 19. Erith & Belvedere 9 1 3 5 14 17 -3 6 20. Canterbury City 9 2 0 7 7 20 -13 6 21. Tower Hamlets 11 0 1 10 12 39 -27 1 Next Home Game Saturday 24th October, v Corinthian Next Away Game Wednesday 4th November, v Welling Town See page 20 for future trips

Fixtures and Results Results 10th October 2020 Tuesday 13th October SCEFL Premier Division SCEFL Premier Division AFC Croydon Athletic 2 1 Bearsted Beckenham Town 3 1 Erith Town Beckenham Town 1 5 Chatham Town Fisher 2 0 Erith & Belvedere Erith Town 5 0 Tower Hamlets Lordswood 2 4 Bearsted Glebe 1 1 Deal Town Wednesday 14th October Hollands & Blair 0 0 Tunbridge Wells Emirates FA Cup, 3rd Qualifying Round Welling Town 0 4 Corinthian Havant & Waterloov’le 4 1 Chatham Town Buildbase FA Vase SCEFL Premier Division East Preston 0 2 Fisher Balham 2 1 Glebe Erith & Belvedere 3 0 Colliers Wood United Tower Hamlets 1 1 Punjab United Littlehampton 3 1 Lordswood Tunbridge Wells 2 0 K Sports Peacehaven & Telsc’ 2p 2 Balham Saturday, 17th October Punjab United 2 3 Horley Town SCEFL Premier Division Sheppey United 6 0 Molesey Balham 0 0 Crowborough Athletic Walton & Hersham 1 0 K Sports Bearsted 2 5 Glebe Worthing United 4 3 Canterbury City Chatham Town 8 3 AFC Croydon Athletic Tuesday 13th October Corinthian 3 4 Sheppey United Emirates FA Cup, 3rd Qualifying Round Deal Town 2 1 Tower Hamlets Eastbourne Borough 3 1 Sheppey United Erith & Belvedere 3 0 Canterbury City Fisher 1 3 Tunbridge Wells Hollands & Blair 2 0 Welling Town K Sports 1 1 Lordswood Punjab United 0 7 Beckenham Town List 20th October 2020 24th October 2020 SCEFL Premier Division SCEFL Premier Division AFC Croydon Athletic v Fisher AFC Croydon Athletic v Corinthian Crowborough Athletic Punjab United Bearsted v Tunbridge Wells Canterbury City v Erith & Belvedere Hollands & Blair Chatham Town Beckenham Town v Corinthian Crowborough Athletic v Deal Town Tower Hamlets K Sports Deal Town v Lordswood Erith Town v Balham Beckenaham Town Erith & Belvedere v Chatham Town Fisher v Glebe K Sports Bearsted Glebe v Erith Town Hollands & Blair v Sheppey United v Lordswood v 21st October 2020 Sheppey United v SCEFL Premier Division Tunbridge Wells v Canterbury City v Welling Town v Punjab United v Welling Town v

Upcoming Away Travel Road Wednesday, 4th November 2020 Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division v Welling Town At Sporting Club Thamesmead, Baylis Avenue, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8NJ Welling Town is our next trip. They got off to a great start to the season and topped the fledgling league table winning 4 and drawing 1 of their opening five game. Since then they have had a run of defeats but remain in mid-table. They also had to contend with playing their opening games away from home but they are back playing at their Baylis Avenue ground for this one. To get there, head onto the South Circular Road although don’t take the Woolwich Ferry! From there pick up the A206 and head into Thamesmead and follow the Western Way before you pick up the A2401. Turn left onto Crossway and follow this until you reach Baylis Avenue and the ground. The nearest station is Abbey Wood from which you will need to get a 229 bus or make the 30 minute walk. Robert Earnshaw has scored a hattrick in all of the top four divisions, the FA Cup, the League Cup and in an International!

Meet Today’s Opponents FC Year Formed: 1908 (original club) Club Nickname: The Fish Ground: St Paul’s Sports Club Salter Road Rotherhithe, SE16 5EF History Originally formed in 1908, the Fish have a chequered history, including highs of taking on Bristol City in the 1st round of the FA Cup in 1984, playing Conference Football and towards the end of Fisher Athletic, winning the London Senior Trophy. The final few years of the old Fisher Athletic turned sour as the ground was lost and finally, in 2009 (five years after moving in with Dulwich Hamlet), the club was wound up by the high court. A week later, following a successful meeting, a supporter’s trust was set up to take control of the club. Renamed Fisher FC and continuing to play at Dulwich’s Champion Hill, the club entered the Kent League and finished their debut season in 13th under the guidance of Gary Lisney. Various managers (including Billy Walton, Martin Ford and Steve Firkins) have come and gone in the last few seasons bringing varying levels of success to the club (the most notable success being reaching the Semi-Finals of the Kent League Cup under Billy Walton in 2013/14, eventually losing 6-4 on aggregate to Beckenham, who went on to win the competition). In December 2014, former Beckenham assistant manager Dean Harrison (the mastermind behind Becks’ 2014 League Cup and Kent Senior Trophy double crown) took the reins. He brought with him a host of new faces and achieved the main task of maintaining SCEFL status with four games to spare, with impressive performances against more established sides turning more than a few heads along the way. The club returned home to Rotherhithe just in time for the start of the 2016/17 season, with Gary Abbott taking over following Harrison’s surprise departure in the summer. Abbott struggled to get things going on the field and was relieved of managerial duties in November. The club moved quickly to bring Harrison back to the dugout for the survival fight. Despite a valiant effort, the club were relegated to SCEFL Division 1, and finished third in 2017/18 season, and were awarded promotion by the FA Leagues Committee, so will once again compete in the SCEFL Premier Division for the 2018/19 season. A superb first season back at Step 5 saw the Fish finish 3rd in the league, having sat at the top of the tree mid- season. The club also reached the Semi-Final of the SCEFL Challenge Cup, and the Quarter Final of the Kent Senior Trophy. Another shock departure from Harrison has seen the majority of that squad picked off to move on. After a brief spell under the leadership of Allan Fenn at the beginning of the 2019/20 campaign, AJ Ashanike has now taken charge, bringing a wealth of experience and an extensive contact book to guide us forward.

We have met before Last time at Mayfield Stadium Saturday , 29th December 2018 - Attendance 81 AFC Croydon Athletic 1 Fisher 2 Koroma Hamill, Wanogho AFC Croydon Athletic: Carpanini, Richards, Oduncu(Fangas), Thoroughgood, Carter, Coates(Anderson) Green J)), Koroma, Knight, Nwoko, Oloyede, Paoluccio Fisher: Wheeler, Brown, Skelly, Haidarovic, Wanagho, Tobin, Kasai, Mott, Campbell-Palmer(Ramsamy), Hamill, Small You go back two seasons to the last completed fixture between the two sides at Mayfield Stadium. Fisher were on a roll and would finish the season in 3rd place. The Rams took the lead but two second-half goals were enough to let them return to Bermondsey with all the points and their only league win in this fixture to date. The Head to Head League Games Played: 7 Cup Games Played: 1 AFC Croydon Athletic Wins 3 1 Bearsted Wins 1 0 Drawn 3 0 Rams Goals 19 6 The Reds Goals 7 0 Biggest Win AFC Croydon Athletic 3 Fisher 0 (2015/16) AFC Croydon Athletic 1 Fisher 2 (2018/19) Highest Scoring Game 6 goals Fisher 0 AFC Croydon Athletic 6 (2013-14) Goalless Once Highest Attendance On 9th September 2015 in the league, 85 attended Mayfield Stadium to see a 3-0 Rams win. On 13th April 2019, 141 attended St Paul’s Sports Ground in the league to watch a 0-0 draw.

The Form Guide Form 12. Fisher 9 3 2 4 12 13 -1 11 16. AFC Croydon Athletic 10 2 3 5 10 20 -10 9 Most Wins AFC Croydon Athletic 2 3 ✓ Fisher Most Draws AFC Croydon Athletic ✓ 3 2 Fisher Fewest Losses AFC Croydon Athletic 5 4 ✓ Fisher Most Goals Scored AFC Croydon Athletic 10 12 ✓ Fisher Fewest Goals Conceded AFC Croydon Athletic 20 13 ✓ Bearsted Leading Goalscorer J Green, Lika, Oduncu 2 4 ✓ Christian Udo Highest Attendance v Sutton Common Rovers 174 217 ✓ v Tunbridge Wells Biggest Victory v Canterbury City 3-0 4-0 ✓ v Little Common League Yellow Cards AFC Croydon Athletic 23 13 ✓ Fisher League Red Cards AFC Croydon Athletic 1 0 ✓ Fisher League Sin Bins AFC Croydon Athletic 1 0 ✓ Fisher

Tony Ford Under 18 West Division Team 3. Croydon U18 3 2 1 0 10 4 6 7 1-5 13/1 15/2 30/10 1. Sutton United 2 2 0 0 11 3 8 6 0-2 3/2 8/2 25/2 9. Beckenham Town U18 4 2 0 2 6 10 -4 6 14/12 2/11 7/12 1/4 2. Balham U18 31119454 18/1 7/10 15/4 30/11 6. Metropolitan Police U18 21103214 -- 4. Raynes Park Vale U18 21014403 5. Chessington & Hook United U18 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 3 7. Redhill U18 4 0 1 3 5 13 -8 1 8. AFC Croydon Athletic U18 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0 Greenwich Borough U18 FAYC A W/O (Greenwich Borough withdrew) H 0-1 Mon 21-Sep Faversham Town U18 FAYC H 1-5 Malcolm H 0-2 Mon 28-Sep CROYDON U18 League AP A Mon 12-Oct BECKENHAM TOWN U18 League A A Thur 22-Oct Balham U18 League H A Fri 30-Oct Sutton United U18 League H H Mon 2-Nov Metropolitan Police U18 League A H Wed 18-Nob Chessington & Hook U18 League A H Emmanuel Alli Mon 23-Nov FLEET SPURS U18 L-Cup H Jake Brennan A Bryan De Carvalho Mon 30-Nov Redhill U18 League H Mohammad Denkah A Charlie Lewis Mon 7-Dec RAYNES PARK VALE U18 League Kai Malcolm Mon 14-Dec METROPOLITAN POLICE U18 League Boris Mijalcev Francis Moore Wed 13-Jan Croydon U18 League Mark Ddembe Alex Bramble Mon 18-Jan CHESSINGTON & HOOK U18 League Mouctar Diallo Tommy Evans Thur 4-Feb Beckenham Town U18 League Marcin Baran Nile Ludiexe Mon 8-Feb BALHAM U18 League Hardy Barrie 303 0 Jeremiah Osoba 303 0 Mon 15-Feb SUTTON UNITED U18 League Salim Dauda 213 0 Taynile Gray 303 0 Thur 25-Feb Balham U18 League Suhuyimi Osman 303 0 303 1 Mon 15-Mar REDHILL U18 League 303 0 303 0 Thu 1-Apr Raynes Park Vale U18 League 213 0 123 0 202 0 202 0 112 0 022 0 101 0 101 0 011 0 011 0 011 0

Tony Ford U18 League Cup AFC Croydon Athletic U18 v Fleet Spurs U18 At Mayfield Stadium Monday 23rd October 2020, ko 7.30pm Admission £3 Covid 19 Track and Trace applies to all attendees It is back to back defeats as Beckenham Town came to Mayfield Stadium and left with a win by 2-0. It leaves the Rams rooted to the foot of the table although with so few games played it is still very early days. This Thursday away game at Balham FC here at Mayfield Stadium has been postponed due to a positive Covid 19 Test in their team. We wish them a speedy recovery. This has been rearranged for February. The draw has been made for the League Cup and we have a home tie against Fleet Spurs on Monday 23rd November, our next home game. Between now and then we have three away trips starting with a visit to Sutton United on 30th October.

AFC Croydon Athletic and K&R Sports Academy Development It was a busy weekend last weekend with most of our teams due to be in action. Sadly a couple of games were postponed due to unavailability of the opposition but there were some good results for our teams in league action. The U14 Falcons won their first league game of the season with a 3-0 win over Old Wilsonian’s Nairne inflicting their first defeat of the season. Also at home was the U12 Eagles who had their second draw in a row. Last week it was a 6-6 thriller whereas this week the game finished 0-0. Away from home the U13 Hawks beat Afewee Urban 4-2 although having lead 4-9 they were disappointed to have conceded a couple of goals. It means they sit joint top with Old Wilsonians Brecon who they play next week. Finally, the U12 Falcons got back to winning ways with a 6-1 win over West Wickham Sapphires to sit mid-table. Other teams were in action. Amongst those were the U10s who played at home to Peckham Town and had an exciting 2-2 draw that could have gone either way. They were pictured before the game. With half-term starting next week there are just a handful of games although the U15s will be keen to get back to playing and will look to make it 3 wins out of 3 when they take on Petts Wood Redwings before their second round League Cup tie the following week. The Under 13 Hawks play their second game against Old Wilsonians Brecon with both sides top of the table. Hawks lost the first clash so will hope to overturn that result and make it to the top of the table.

Selected Junior League Tables Stats Manager: Gary Tappenden M W D L F A Pts Home Away Manager: Ben Tacon M W D L F A Pts Home Away Under 15, 3rd Division 3 2 1 0 18 2 7 5-0 Under 14, Division 2 4 3 1 0 15 4 10 1. St Gertrude’s Knights 4 2 1 1 17 13 7 1. Hamsey Rangers 4211947 3-0 2. The Warren Reds 2200916 -- 2. Oxted & District 3201456 3. AFC Croydon Athletic Eagles 2 2 0 0 12 2 6 3. Old Wilsonians Nairne 4202986 4-5 4. FD United 3 2 0 1 15 6 6 4-1 4. Club Langley Hawks 2200936 -- 5. Petts Wood Redwings 3201866 5. Sevenoaks Town 4 2 0 2 14 18 6 6. Sanderstead Juniors 2 1 1 0 13 6 4 6. Ten-Em-Bee 2101753 7. Petts Wood Phoenix 4 1 0 3 14 14 3 7. AFC Croydon Athletic Falcons 2101343 8. Bromley Solis 2 0 1 1 2 10 1 8. Beckenham Town White 2101763 9. Orpington Rovers Tigers 2 0 0 2 3 16 0 9. Peckham Town 4 1 0 3 9 13 3 10. Hamsey Rangers Lions 4 0 0 4 2 35 0 10. Orpington Rovers Lions 2 0 0 2 4 13 0 11. Old Wilsonians McDowell 1001130 11. Carpe Diem 3 0 0 3 5 12 0 12. Selsdon Juniors 12. Seymour Villa Manager: Jason Manahan M W D L F A Pts Home Away Manager: Ryan Sullivan M W D L F A Pts Home Away Under 13 Premier Division 5 4 0 1 11 11 12 1-2 Under 12, D Division 4 4 0 0 7 1 12 1. Old Wilsonians Brecon 5 4 0 1 23 9 12 -- 1. Bromleians United 4 3 0 1 18 12 9 5-0 2. AFC Croydon Athletic Hawks 4202776 2. Petts Wood Jays 4 3 0 1 10 8 9 0-0 3. Afewee Urban 4 2 0 2 15 7 6 4-2 3. Petts Wood Seagulls 4211667 0-4 4. FC Battersea 3111644 4-2 4. The Warren Tigers 4 2 0 2 13 5 6 5. Junior Elite 2101963 5. Selsdon Juniors Tigers 3 2 0 1 14 5 6 -- 6. Moonshot 2101233 6-2 6. Unity Red 4 1 2 1 11 10 5 6-6 7. St Gertrude’s Cardinals 4 1 0 3 6 11 3 7. AFC Croydon Athletic Eagles 4 1 1 2 19 17 4 8. PW Dons Panthers 5 0 1 4 3 24 1 8-1 8. Elite Development U11/U12 5 0 0 5 11 23 0 9. Bromley Rooks 9. R & R Vipers 4 0 0 4 5 27 0 10. Tecnica Football Academy Real 0000000 11. Ten-Em-Bee Tigers

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 South- ern 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.