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THE RAMS Official Matchday Programme Saturday 8th August 2020 Volume 8, Number 1 v Balham FC Sea Pioneer Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division

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, 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 Secretary Peter Smith Individual Club Records Vice Chairman Alan Powell Career Appearances Tony Martin (146) 2012-2018 Welfare Officer Barry Plumridge Csreer Goals Joe Loyza (58) 2012-2014 Junior Chairman Alan Powell Goals in a season Warren Mfula (45) 2016/17 Junior Development Manager Tommy Kavanagh Goals in a game Joe Loyza (4) and Lee Jansen (4) First Team Records Football Management Record Win 10-0 v Epsom Athletic 3/1/15 Manager Record Away Win 9-0 v Bedfont & Feltham 8/11/14 Assistant Manager Record Cup Win 7-0 v Farleigh Rovers 17/11/12 Player/Coach Record defeat 0-7 v Sevenoaks Town 31/3/18 Goalkeeping Coach Record Cup defeat 1-7 v Haringey Borough 25/10/16 Club Physio Kit Man Kevin Rayner Club Awards Kit Man’s Assistant U18 Academy Manager Liam Harwood Club Administration, Combined Counties League 2013/14 U15 Eagles Manager Garry Henry Secretary of the Year, Southern Youth League 2015/16 U14 Falcons Manager Denis Lawton Croydon Advertiser Team of the Year 2013 U14 Hawks Manager Tony Pearson U13 New Manager Connor Lockhart Club Website U12 Eagles Manager Ryan Fraser www.afccroydonathletic.co.uk U12 Kestrels Manager Gary Tappenden U11 Eagles Manager Ben Tacon Twitter U11 Hawks Manager Antony Lockhart @AFCCroydonAth U10 Eagles Manager U9 Eagles Manager Ryan Sullivan Facebook U8 Eagles Manager facebook.com/AFCCA Daniel Valentine Jason Waterman Joe Clayton Luca Boome

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Peter Smith, Club Secretary Secretary Good afternoon to you all. We extend a very warm season. That could be very interesting especially if welcome to today’s visitors, Deal Town. We hope they need points for promotion but also have the all connected with them have a pleasant afternoon Vase final on the horizon, and a safe journey home. We extend the same welcome to the match officials and to anyone here Two questions come to mind, firstly, who do I for the first time as well as our regular supporters. think will go up? And, who would I like to go up? We are getting near to the end of the season and it’s My answer to question 1 is Beckenham and very interesting at the top of the SCEFL table. To Corinthian. I choose these because Beckenham me it looks a four-horse race. Beckenham, have the points while Corinthian have been the Corinthian, Chatham and Sheppey are the main most consistent of the teams. My answer to contenders. Tunbridge Wells and Hollands & Blair question 2 is Sheppey and of the other challengers have, I think, only an outside chance of gate maybe I go for Corinthian because they’ve been crashing the party although Tunbridge do have consistent. games in hand. But with 16 games to play fatigue could hamper their chances. We will see and don’t laugh at me when my predictions all go totally wrong. Corinthian are in a very good position with games in hand but their success in the FA Vase could Enjoy the game. make it difficult. Surely the thought of the chance of playing a cup final at the iconic Wembley Stadium must be on their minds and the question to be answered is will it affect their performances. Will players think twice about going for 50/50 challenges? We played Beckenham last week and although we lost 0-4 I didn’t think that was reflective of play, however, that is just one game and maybe I saw things through maroon eyes! In fact in the coming weeks we play Sheppey, Chatham and Corinthian. The first two at home, and, we visit Corinthian on the last day of the

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Kevin Rayner - First Team Manager Rayner Good afternoon to all and today we welcome Deal getting game time and some have put in great Town and everyone attending the Mayfield performances and will remain in the squad as we Stadium for our League game today. look to next year. Last week at Beckenham Town we played well only to concede two quick goals It’s great to be back home for a couple of weeks and then two late goals in what was quite a good after a couple of miserable results and appearing to game and the scoreline flattered Beckenham. be away forever! We have a good set of home games remaining as we will look to gather some Last Saturday due to injuries and unavailability we points and stabilise our league position. somehow managed to get 13 players to Lordswood with several players making their debut. Five We have not been at full strength for a few weeks players dropped out on the morning of the game and the match squads have had a lot of youngsters leaving us with an impossible task getting in replacements. Sam Faulkner, Martin Younger and Sam Gregoire all made league debuts as we had 11 squad players missing and only 3 senior players available. The boys put in a good performance and a really young side led 1 0 at the break but couldn’t hold out conceding two very late goals. I can’t moan at the results as we have played well but the lack of senior boys had cost us a point or two. We need to ensure we put out as strong a side as possible over the next few weeks and today we welcome goalkeeper Ash Davey and returning today from injury/missing last week Kazzeem Richards, Liam Harwood, Dammy Bada, Liam Coates, Jack Clarke, Nahum Green, Dan Hunwick which should place us with a much stronger squad and look to compete and pick up points. Deal Town will be a tough fixture and they will also be looking to add points to the league tally so we can expect a good game and a tough encounter



Player Profiles NIC TAYLOR DAN CARPANINI KAZZEEM RICHARDS ROB CARTER GOALKEEPER GOALKEEPER DEFENDER DEFENDER SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE LIAM HARWOOD IBRAHIM KALLON ABBAS ODUNCU JAMIE DEFENDER DEFENDER DEFENDER THOROUGHGOOD SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP DEFENDER AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE NOE PARCELISA TOM PENSON JORDAN KNIGHT ABBAS AGORO DEFENDER DEFENDER MIDFIELD MIDFIELD SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE

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Canterbury City 1 AFC Croydon Athletic 1 Report Despite the battering that the south east took from “Storm Dennis” AFC Croydon Athletic’s game The Rams were on top and a Joe Nwoko shot was went ahead. deflected up and almost over the keeper but he made an excellent save. The wind blew but the Rams managed to arrive at Faversham Town FC, where Canterbury ground Canterbury equalised within forty seconds of the re share, without incident. Obviously the wind had an -start despite the Rams kicking off! The ball was effect on the performance of both sides but having played back by the home side and Turner got said that the two sides produced a good game. The through to score past the returning Dan Burnett. rain poured for the whole 90 minutes but the ground absorbed it and although the pitch was To the credit of both sides they both went looking lumpy and bumpy both sides tried to play football. for a winner but the closest either side came was when Croydon put together a nice move which There was little clear chances in the early part of ended with Emiliano Lika putting the ball in the net the game but towards the end of the 1st half the but was denied by a offside flag. So the game Rams started to get the upper hand and on 38 finished as a draw which was probably a fair result. minutes a neat move finished with Bankole Koroma laying the ball off to Umara Alpha who swept it home.

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2020/21 Matches Stats Sat 4-Aug Bearsted SCEFL A 63 2-2 Paoluccio, Babikir Sat 10-Aug VIRGINA WATER FAC EPR H 65 1-0 Alpha Sat 17-Aug CANTERBURY CITY SCEFL H 68 2-1 Knight, Alpha Tue 20-Aug Erith & Belvedere SCEFL A 69 0-1 Sat 24-Aug Herne Bay FAC PR A 262 2-2 Green, Alpha Mon 26-Aug Fisher SCEFL A 118 3-1 Paoluccio, Smith, Alpha Sat 31-Aug Sheppey United FAV1Q A 147 0-2 Tue 3-Sep HERNE BAY FAC PRR H 131 0-1 Sat 7-Sep HOLLANDS & BLAIR SCEFL H 73 3-3 Paoluccio(2), Nwoko Sat 21-Sep Sheppey United SCEFL A 169 0-6 Sat 28-Sep PUNJAB UNITED KST PR H 31 1-2 Rose Tue 1-Oct Dulwich Hamlet LSC A 176 1-5 Green Sat 5-Oct WELLING TOWN SCEFL H 62 0-1 Tue 8-Oct BECKENHAM TOWN SCEFL H 81 1-6 Rose Sat 12-Oct K Sports SCEFL A 30 1-3 Rose Tue 15-Oct CROYDON SCEFLC H 85 1-0 Nwoko Sat 19-Oct Crowborough Athletic SCEFL A 85 5-2 Rose, Nwoko, Oloyede, Green(2) Tue 22-Oct Tunbridge Wells SCEFL A 155 1-3 Ogun Sat 26-Oct CORINTHIAN SCEFL H 59 2-1 Nwoko, Ogun Sat 9-Nov LORDSWOOD SCEFL H 43 1-6 Green Tue 12-Nov FC ELMSTEAD SCEFLC H 43 3e3p Paoluccio(2), Green Sat 16-Nov PUNJAB UNITED SCEFL H 61 0-3 Tue 26-Nov Virginia Water SSC A 30 2-1 Ogun, Koroma Sat 7-Dec Deal Town SCEFL A 124 1-2 Oloyede Sat 14-Dec ERITH TOWN SCEFL H 89 2-0 Santos, Rose Sat 28-Dec FISHER SCEFL H 92 A-A Sat 4-Jan ERITH & BELVEDERE SCEFL H 76 4-2 Nwoko(2), Green, Oloyede Sat 11-Jan Welling Town SCEFL A 37 2-0 Rose, Nwoko Sat 25-Jan Chatham Town SCEFL A 310 1-2 Rose Sat 1-Feb TUNBRIDGE WELLS SCEFL H 71 2-5 Ogun, Green Tue 4-Feb Chatham Town SCEFLC A 206 0-2 Sat 8-Feb Hollands & Blair SCEFL A 111 1-4 Agoro Wed 12-Feb Guildford City SSC A 40 2-2p Jones, Leslie Sat 15-Feb Canterbury City SCEFL A 34 1-1 Alpha Sat 22-Feb CROWBOROUGH ATH SCEFL H 73 0-3 Wed 26-Feb Erith Town SCEFL A 41 0-3 Tue 3-Mar Beckenham Town SCEFL A 110 0-4 Sat 7-Mar Lordswood SCEFL A 30 1-3 Alpha Sat 14-Mar DEAL TOWN SCEFL H 98 1-2 Alpha Sat 21-Mar GLEBE SCEFL H Sat 28-Mar Punjab United SCEFL A Tue 31-Mar Glebe SCEFL A Sat 4-Apr CHATHAM TOWN SCEFL H Tue 7-Apr SHEPPEY UNITED SCEFL H Sat 11-Apr BEARSTED SCEFL H Mon 13-Apr Greenwich Borough SCEFL A Sat 18-Apr K SPORTS SCEFL H Sat 25-Apr Corinthian SCEFL A

Player Stats 06/08/16 Nahum Green 31 2 33 124 16 140 Nahum Green 33 8 140 35 98 6 104 Joe Nwoko 25 7 57 16 26/08/17 Abbas Agoro 31 1 32 57 3 60 Omaro Alpha 29 7 29 7 54 0 54 Jake Rose 17 7 17 7 18/08/18 Kazzeem Richards 31 0 31 19 10 29 Jonathan Paoluccio 10 6 48 10 73 3 76 Dominic Ogun 18 4 36 10 04/08/18 Nic Taylor 30 0 30 47 10 57 Emmanuel Oloyede 20 3 117 31 58 0 58 Abbas Agoro 32 1 104 8 10/08/19 Omaro Alpha 19 10 29 92 25 127 Janichell Santos 19 1 54 1 34 3 37 Michael Jones 17 1 17 1 Liam Harwood 24 1 25 52 2 54 Jordan Knight 15 1 44 1 35 1 36 Bankole Koroma 15 1 51 8 18/08/18* Joe Nwoko 22 3 25 8 10 18 Khalid Babikir 81 10 1 16 1 17 James Smith 31 31 04/08/19 Jamie Thoroughgood 21 0 21 14 3 17 Alex Leslie 11 11 40 4 44 06/08/16 Emmanuel Oloyede 19 1 20 26 25 51 99 2 101 17/11/18 Dammy Bada 17 3 20 28 20 48 3 7 10 27/08/16 Janichell Santos 19 0 19 3 7 10 16 9 25 12/01/19 Dominic Ogun 18 0 18 4 6 10 17 2 19 26/08/19 Jack Clark 8 10 18 246 606 28/09/19 Michael Jones 16 1 17 6 8 14 54 2 56 21/09/19 Jake Rose 14 3 17 13 10 23 134 16/12/17 Jordan Knight 14 1 15 11 0 11 123 04/08/18 Bankole Koroma 5 10 15 033 26 0 26 10/10/15 Tom Penson 13 0 13 202 202 27/08/18 Jonathan Paoluccio 8 2 10 112 112 17/08/19 Christian Knuckles 3 7 10 112 022 12/11/19 Emiliano Lika 3 7 10 101 131 2 133 06/09/17 Noe Parcelisa 628 101 101 22/04/19 Khalid Babikir 358 101 011 17/11/18 Liam Coates 617 011 17/08/19 David Duru 246 08/02/20 Hermes Mengi 606 17/11/18 Jordan-Boateng Anderson 4 1 5 17/12/16 Ibrahim Kallon 404 08/12/18 Abbas Oduncu 224 26/08/19 Oscar Guana 134 12/01/19 Jordan Greaves 303 26/08/19 James Smith 123 26/02/20 Luwayne Greenwood 033 24/11/18 Danny Carpanini 202 01/02/20 Marcus Belloli 202 26/02/20 Dan Hunwick 202 04/08/19 Derrick Akpofure 112 26/02/20 Alex Arthur 112 04/02/20 Giorgio Minoletti 112 20/08/19 Ezekiel Raphael 022 07/03/20 Sam Faulkner 101 22/02/14 Daniel Burnett 101 14/03/20 Ashley Davy 101 26/02/20 Joshua Harwood 101 07/03/20 Martin Youngah 101 07/03/20 Sam Gregoire 011 26/02/20 Alex Leslie 011

afc croydon athletic Dan Burnett Kevin Raynor Joshua Harwood Janichell Santos match sponsor Dammy Bada Noe Parcelisa match referee Kazzeem Richards assistant referee Liam Harwood assistant referee Michael Jones Khalid Babikir Abbas Agoro Joe Nwoko Umaro Alpha Jack Clark Emiliano Lika Naham Green Oscar Guana Hermes Mengi Luwayne Greenwood

deal town Derek Hares James Tonkin Jack Paxman Steve Steve O’Brian Tringham Luke Bigginton Kane Smith Joshua Howard Fernando Lopez Liam Hark Lee Scott Peter Agboola Joe Anderson Connor Coyne Charlie Walsh Dan Adams Joe Reeves Kristin Gregory Harry Alexander Ryan Philpott Marshall Taderera

Southern Counties East Football League Table 1. Beckenham Town 27 19 3 5 61 30 31 60 1-6 0-4 2-1 25/4 2. Corinthian 26 18 4 4 71 32 39 58 4/4 1-2 7/4 0-6 3. Chatham Town 28 17 5 6 68 35 33 56 2-5 1-3 3-3 1-4 4. Sheppey United 27 16 7 4 80 34 46 55 11/4 2-2 2-1 1-1 5. Tunbridge Wells 23 15 1 7 57 38 19 46 0-1 2-0 2-0 0-3 6. Hollands & Blair 28 11 9 8 56 37 19 42 1-2 1-2 3-1 3-1 7. Bearsted 25 11 4 10 68 52 16 37 1-6 1-3 21/3 tbc 8. Canterbury City 25 9 8 8 41 38 3 35 18/4 1-3 0-3 28/3 9. Welling Town 27 9 7 11 42 50 -8 34 0-3 5-2 10. Erith Town 26 9 6 11 38 41 -3 33 4-2 0-1 11. Deal Town 24 9 5 10 37 40 -3 32 12. Fisher 26 8 8 10 32 37 -5 32 13. Lordswood 26 9 5 12 36 43 -7 32 14. Glebe 22 8 5 9 41 39 2 29 15. K Sports 31 8 5 18 45 71 -26 29 16. Punjab United 28 6 6 16 36 51 -15 24 17. AFC Croydon Athletic 27 7 3 17 37 70 -33 24 18. Crowborough Athletic 28 6 5 17 32 82 -50 23 19. Erith & Belvedere 28 4 8 16 35 93 -58 20 Corinthian 4 3 Leighton Town Glebe 2 3 Tunbridge Wells Crowborough Athletic 1 0 Hollands & Blair Erith & Belvedere 2 2 Canterburty City AFC Croydon Athletic 1 2 Deal Town Erith Town 0 2 Sheppey United Chatham Town 3 2 K Sports Glebe 5 0 K Sports Corinthian 2 1 Bearsted Lordswood 3 1 AFC Croydon Athletic Erith Town 1 1 Welling Town Punjab United 2 3 Chatham Town Fisher 2 0 Punjab United Welling Town 0 3 Beckenham Town Hollands & Blair 0 2 Beckenham Town Sheppey United 1 1 Glebe Corinthian 3 1 Chatham Town Crowborough Athletic 2 2 Erith Town Lordswood 0 1 Sheppey United Welling Town 2 2 Punjab United

Guildford City 2 AFC Croydon Athletic 2 (Guildford won 5-4 on pens) Report After the original tie at Mayfield was abandoned through to the quarter-final. due to a frozen pitch the game was switched to Guildford’s Spectrum Stadium. After the rain in the days before the pitch was boggy in places but the referee deemed it playable. The first half was very disappointing with neither side putting together any sustained pressure and there was a distinct lack of goal mouth action and the half finished 0-0 with supporters of both sides hoping for better in the second half. The second half started brighter and the Rams found themselves 2-0 down within 13 minutes of the restart. Both goals were scored with a combined total of two yards from the goal line. The Rams tried to respond but were finding it difficult to create clear chances. Manager Kevin Rayner, a former Guildford manager, made changes in an attempt to get back in the game. However with 10 minutes to go it looked like the Rams were going out with little more than a whimper. However on 82 minutes substitute Alex Leslie picked up the ball on the left and moved forward before firing in from just inside the area to give the Rams hope. They pushed forward looking a an equaliser which had looked very unlikely but as the game went into added time Michael Jones shot from the edge of the area and the ball nestled in the bottom corner. This was the last of the action and the game went to penalties. Unfortunately the Rams missed 2 of the six they took while Guildford only missed 1 and went

Canterbury City 1 AFC Croydon Athletic 1 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.

FA Vase SCEFL still have a team in this competition. After Cray Valley PM reached the final last season it is now Corinthian’s turn as they made it through into the Semi-Finals. A two-leg tie against Hebburn Town for a place at Wembley Stadium. FA Introduce New Guidance for Heading The FA has introduced new guidance for youth and junior players with regard to heading in training, this follows a study commissioned between the FA and the PFAthat was conducted last year. Although there was no evidence in the FIELD study to suggest that heading the ball was the cause to the link with incidence of degenerative neurocognitive disease, to mitigate against any potential risks, the updated Heading Guidance has been produced in parallel with UEFA’s Medical Committee, which is seeking to publish Europe-wide guidelines later this year. The Irish FA and the Scottish FA will also adopt the same Heading Guidance. The updated Heading Guidance includes: • Heading Guidance in training for all age groups between Under 6 and Under 18 • No heading in training in the foundation phase [primary school children] • Graduated approach to heading training for children in the development phase between Under 12 to Under 16 • Required ball sizes for training and matches for each age group • No changes to heading in matches, taking into consideration the limited number of headers in youth games

After the original tie at Mayfield was abandoned Wednesday, 19th February 2020 due to a frozen pitch the game was switched to At Spectrum, attendance 40 Guildford’s Spectrum Stadium. After the rain in the days before the pitch was boggy in places but the Specsavers Surrey Senior Cup, Premier Division referee deemed it playable. Guildford City 2 5 2 4 on pens The first half was very disappointing with neither AFC Croydon Athletic side putting together any sustained pressure and Leslie, Jones there was a distinct lack of goal mouth action and the half finished 0-0 with supporters of both sides minutes substitute Alex Leslie picked up the ball on hoping for better in the second half. the left and moved forward before firing in from just inside the area to give the Rams hope. They The second half started brighter and the Rams pushed forward looking a an equaliser which had found themselves 2-0 down within 13 minutes of looked very unlikely but as the game went into the restart. Both goals were scored with a combined added time Michael Jones shot from the edge of the total of two yards from the goal line. The Rams area and the ball nestled in the bottom corner. This tried to respond but were finding it difficult to was the last of the action and the game went to create clear chances. Manager Kevin Rayner, a penalties. former Guildford manager, made changes in an attempt to get back in the game. However with 10 Unfortunately the Rams missed 2 of the six they minutes to go it looked like the Rams were going took while Guildford only missed 1 and went out with little more than a whimper. However on 82 through to the quarter-final.

Meet Today’s Opponents Town Year Formed: 1908 Club Nickname: The Hoops Ground: Charles Sports Ground St Leonards Road Deal CT14 9AU History Originally known as Deal Cinque Ports FC the club was formed in the early 1900s, changing its’ name in 1920 to Deal Town FC. Deals’ first matches were played in the Thanet League and the East Kent League. Deal were elected into the Southern League in 1969, but after a torrid three seasons they moved onto the Greater London League. The 1971/72 season saw the club return to the Kent League. Deals’ first, Kent League Championship came in 1953/54, then after a long wait, the second was achieved in 1999/2000. They have been Runners-up on two occasions, 1988/89 and 1998/99. The club has reached the Kent League Cup Final on five occasions. The club has made four appearances in the Kent Senior Trophy Final. Deal were beaten finalists in 1982/83 going down to Southern League Fisher Athletic. There was further heartbreak in the 1990/91 Final this time having to settle for second best against Hythe Town. However it was a case of third time lucky in 1994/95 as Deal finally captured the Trophy defeating Folkestone Invicta in a penalty shoot-out following a 2-2 draw. 1999/2000 saw Deal lift the trophy for the second time when they beat Chatham 5-1. Another trophy to come the way of the club was the Greater London League Cup which they won in 1967/68, meanwhile in 1959/60 Deal finished as Aetolian League Runners-up. 1997 saw the appointment of a new Chairman in Roy Smith whose ambitions both on and off the field lifted the Club, and his deci- sion to appoint a full time manager in Tommy Sampson for the beginning of the 1998 season soon bore fruit. 1998/99 saw the Club achieve their best season. This was however surpassed the following season. As well as their domestic achievements, Deal Town become the 1st team from Kent to lift the FA Vase with their 1-0 victory at Wembley Stadium against Chippenham Town in front of a crowd of 20,083, the second biggest in the history of the competition. Albie Barker took over the reins until he resigned in January 2014 to be replaced by Paul Murray. Paul stood down to be replaced by Darren Anslow for the start of the 2014/15 campaign, only for him to resign in early September and be replaced by Dave Johncock. Dave was replaced in January 2015 by Derek Hares with Paul Murray as his assistant and Steve King as coach. Paul resigned for the start of the 2016/17 sea- son. Season 2015/16 saw us finish in 9th position in the table, a top half finish, an improvement on previ- ous seasons where we have struggled as a bottom half team for over ten years. We had a very good run in the FA Cup, finally losing out to St Albans in the 2nd Qualifying round 1-2 away, having beaten Horsham and Whitstable on the way. We also had a good run in the FA Vase before losing to a strong Kidlington side in Oxfordshire. All in all a good season both on and off the pitch with our new Clubhouse up and running. 2016/17 saw us finally finish in 13th position after struggling near the bottom of the table until the last few months of the season.

We have met before Last time at Mayfield Stadium Saturday , 4th August 2018 Deal Town 2 AFC Croydon Athletic 2 O’Brien, Wilson Mackangou (pen), Green (Pen) Rams: Taylor, Carter, Kallon, Thoroughgood, Maddock, Martin, Oloyede(Wallen), Agoro, Mackangou(Butler), Kaffo(Koroma), Green Deal: Tonkin, Hark, O’Brien, Bigginton, Smith, Miller, Foster(Howard), Adams(Scott), Coyne(Alexander), Wilson, Walsh The Rams drew their opening game of the season against Deal with benefit of two penalties as hon- ours were even and both teams put a point on the board. The Head to Head Games Played: 10 AFC Croydon Athletic Wins 1 Deal Town Wins 5 Drawn 4 Rams Goals 11 Hoops Goals 18

DEAL TOWN Last time at Mayfield Stadium Saturday , 4th August 2018 Deal Town 2 AFC Croydon Athletic 2 O’Brien, Wilson Mackangou (pen), Green (Pen) Rams: Taylor, Carter, Kallon, Thoroughgood, Maddock, Martin, Oloyede(Wallen), Agoro, Mackangou (Butler), Kaffo(Koroma), Green Deal: Tonkin, Hark, O’Brien, Bigginton, Smith, Miller, Foster(Howard), Adams(Scott), Coyne(Alexander), Wilson, Walsh The Rams drew their opening game of the season against Deal with benefit of two penalties as honours were even and both teams put a point on the board. H. ead to Head Record Pld W D L F A Deal Town 9 4 4 1 16 10 AFC Croydon Athletic 9 1 4 4 10 16 2015/16 AFC Croydon Athletic 0 Deal Town 0 2015/16 Deal Town 2 AFC Croydon Athletic 0 2016/17 Deal Town 2 AFC Croydon Athletic 2 2016/17 AFC Croydon Athletic 2 Deal Town 2 2017/18 AFC Croydon Athletic 2 Deal Town 0 2017/18 Deal Town 3 AFC Croydon Athletic 0 2018/19 AFC Croydon Athletic 2 Deal Town 0 2018/19 Deal Town 3 AFC Croydon Athletic 1 2019/20 Deal Town 2 AFC Croydon Athletic 1

DEAL TOWN League Position Pld W D L F A Pts 23 8 5 10 35 39 29 12. Deal Town 26 7 3 16 36 68 24 17. AFC Croydon Athletic Current Form (last 6 games) Pld W D L F A Pts 6 1 1 4 6 12 4 Deal Town 6 0 2 4 5 17 2 AFC Croydon Athletic 12th February - Guildford City 2 The Rams 2 1st February - Deal 2 Welling Town 2 15th February - Canterbury City 1 The Rams 1 8th February - Consett 2 Deal 0 22nd February - The Rams 0 Crowborough Athletic 3 12th February - Kennington 3 Deal 1 26th February - Erith Town 3 The Rams 0 15th February - Deal 1 Erith Town 2 3rd March - Beckenham Town 4 The Rams 0 22nd February - Punjab United 1 Deal 2 7th March - Lordswood 3 The Rams 1 25th February - Deal 0 Beckenham Town 2 8 goals - Nahum Green Top Goalscorer 13 goals - Ben Chapman Biggest Attendance 131 v Herne Bay 507 v Binfield Biggest Victory 5-2 v Crowborough Athletic 4-1, v Oxhey Jets and K Sports

John Bennett Under 23 Development Division 2019/20 PLD W D L F A Pts 1. Sutton Common Rovers U23 9 8 1 0 32 7 22 18 2. Camberley Town U23 8 6 0 2 24 18 16 10 3. Merstham U23 9 5 1 3 30 17 9 7 4. Cobham U23 6 3 1 2 17 9 7 7 5. AFC Croydon Athletic U23 7 3 0 4 18 19 6 6 6. Molesey U23 7 2 1 4 9 18 7. Holmesdale U23 9 2 1 6 18 32 8. Frimley Green U23 8 2 1 5 13 29 9. Loxwood U23 6 2 0 4 8 13 10. Chessington & Hook United U23 7 2 0 5 13 20 The weather is playing havoc with the U23 competition added with the ongoing repair of our floodlight pylon has put paid to a number of recent games. The next up is likely to be the visit to play Sutton Common Rovers at Banstead Athletic on 17th March. Come along and support the team and keep an eye on the upcoming fixtures.

Tue 10-Sep Camberley Town U23 JBDevL A 1-4 Arthur 3-0 Anderson, Lika, Jikiemi Mon 16-Sep HOLMESDALE U23 JBDevL H - (awarded to Cobham) 2-3 Lika (2) Wed 9-Oct Cobham U23 DevLC 1R A 2-0 Richards, Clark 0-12 Tue 15-Oct Molesey U23 JBDevL A 0-7 2-6 Arthur, Alpha Wed 30-Oct Loxwood U23 JBDevL A 4-5 Clark, Peart (2), Lika P-P Tue 5-Nov Ash United SPC A 4-1 Malcolm, Alpha, Lika (2) P-P Sat 9-Nov Peckham Town LST 1R A P-P P-P Mon 18-Nov SUTTON COMMON ROVERS U23 JBDevL H P-P Wed 11-Dec MERSTHAM U23 JBDevL H Mon 16-Dec CAMBERLEY TOWN U23 JBDevL H Mon 6-Jan CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED JBDevL H Wed 5-Feb MOLESEY U23 JBDevL H Thu 20-Feb Chessington & Hook United U23 JBDecL A Wed 26-Feb LOXWOOD U23 JBDevL H Mon 2-Mar FRIMLEY GREEN U23 JBDevL H Tue 17-Mar Sutton Common Rovers U23 JBDevL A Wed 25-Mar COBHAM U23 JBDevL H Wed 1-Apr Merstham U23 JBDevL A Wed 15-Apr Holmesdale U23 JBDevL A Tue 28-Apr Cobham U23 JBDevL A JBDevL John Bennett Development League DevLC Development League Cup SPC Surrey Premier Cup LST London Senior Trophy Selected appearances and goals Starts Subs Total Goals Emiliano LIKA 8 2 10 6 6 4 10 1 Maliq JIKIEMI 819 0 808 0 Oscar GUANA 718 2 707 2 Sam FAULKNER 606 0 606 3 Alexander ARTHUR 415 0 Jermal PEART Ryan DAVIS-HOPE Umaro ALPHA Oluwasheen RAPHAEL

Tony Ford Under 18 West Division Team 1. Balham U18 5 4 0 1 27 6 21 12 1-8 0-3 2. Croydon U18 5 4 0 1 27 7 20 12 4-6 3. Chessington & Hook United U18 5 4 0 1 14 8 6 12 1-2 4. Horley Town U18 5 3 0 2 16 17 -1 9 5-2 5. Lingfield U18 3 1 0 2 5 10 -5 3 6. Sutton Common Rovers U18 5 1 0 4 10 18 -8 3 7. AFC Croydon Athletic U18 5 1 0 4 11 21 -10 3 8. Redhill U18 5 1 0 4 7 30 -23 3 Tue 3-Sep Sittingbourne U18 FAYC A 0-5 Tue 12-Sep BALHAM U18 League H 1-8 Cisse Mon 23-Sep REDHILL U18 League H 5-2 Brito, Cisse(3), Ddembe Wed 9-Oct Croydon U18 League A 0-3 Wed 23-Oct Lingfield U18 League A 1-2 Cusse Mo 3-Nov CRANLEIGH U18 YLC H 1-4 Jikiemi Mon 2-Dec South Park U18 SFAYC A 5-2 Cisse(3), Jikiemi, Mijalcev Mon 9-Dec HORLEY TOWN U18 League H 4-6 Rafik, Cisse, Ddembe, Jikiemi Wed 22-Jan Chipstead U18 SFSYC A 0-10 League A League H League A League H League H League A League H League A League A Emmanuel Alli 909 0 Charlie Lewis 909 0 Kai Malcolm 909 0 Mark Ddembe 639 2 Rafik Mohammad 718 2 Aboubacar Cisse 707 9 Boris Mijaljev 707 1 Nebill Futa 606 0 Jevaughby Waugh 606 0 Nicholas Fludder 336 0 Bernd Hoxha 066 6 Maliq Jikiemi 505 3 Aresi Lesku 415 0 Jake Brennan 404 0 Mousa Ali Altahan 314 0

Player Stats Emmanuel Alli 909 0 Charlie Lewis 909 0 Kai Malcolm 909 0 Mark Ddembe 639 2 Rafik Mohammad 718 2 Aboubacar Cisse 707 9 Boris Mijaljev 707 1 Nebill Futa 606 0 Jevaughby Waugh 606 0 Nicholas Fludder 336 0 Bernd Hoxha 066 6 Maliq Jikiemi 505 3 Aresi Lesku 415 0 Jake Brennan 404 0 Mousa Ali Altahan 314 0

Tony Ford Under 18 West Division 2019/20 PLD W D L F A Pts 1. Balham U18 5 4 0 1 27 6 12 2. Croydon U18 5 4 0 1 27 7 12 3. Chessington & Hook United U18 5 4 0 1 14 8 12 4. Horley Town U18 5 3 0 2 16 17 9 5. Lingfield U18 3 1 0 2 5 10 3 6. Sutton Common Rovers U18 5 1 0 4 10 18 3 7. AFC Croydon Athletic U18 5 1 0 4 11 21 3 8. Redhill U18 5 1 0 4 7 30 3 Storms Ciara and Dennis along with plenty of other rain has meant that there has only been one league game played since Christmas. Hopefully that will take a turn for the better soon and we’ll see some football action. Next up for the Young Rams is a trip to play Sutton Common Rovers, at Sutton United’s Gander Green Lane next Tuesday. Keep an eye on the website for the rearranged fixtures.

Tue 3-Sep Sittingbourne FAYC PR A 0-5 1-8 Cisse Thu 12-Sep BALHAM TFYLE H 5-2 Brito , Cisse (3), Ddembe 0-3 Mon 23-Sep REDHILL TFYLE H 1-2 Cisse 1-4 Jikiemi Wed 9-Oct Croydon TFYLE A 5-2 Cisse(3), Jikiemi, Mijalcev 4-6 Rafik, Cisse, Ddembe, Jikiemi Wed 23-Oct Lingfield TFYLE A 0-10 P-P Mon 3-Nov CRANLEIGH YCC 1R H P-P P-P Mon 2-Dec South Park SCFC 2R A P-P Mon 9-Dec HORLEY TOWN TFYLE H Wed 22-Jan Chipstead SCFC 3R A Thu 30-Jan Redhill TFYLE A Mon 10-Feb CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED TFYLE H Mon 17-Feb CROYDON TFYLE H Mon 24-Feb LINGFIELD TFYLE H Tue 3-Mar Sutton Common Rovers TFYLE A Wed 11-Mar Chessington & Hook United TFYLE A Mon 16-Mar SUTTON COMMON ROVERS TFYLE H Thur 26-Mar Balham TFYLE A Wed 1-Apr Horley Town TFYLE A TFYLE Tony Ford Youth League, East Division YCC Youth Challenge Cup FAYC FA Youth Cup SCFC Surrey County U18 Midweek Floodlit Cup GMC Greant-McLellan Youth Cup Selected appearances and goals Starts Subs Total Goals Emmanuel ALLI 909 0 909 0 Charlie LEWIS 909 0 639 2 Kai MALCOLM 718 2 707 9 Mark DDEMBE 707 1 606 0 Rafik MOHAMMAD 606 0 336 0 Aboubacar CISSE 066 0 505 3 Boris MIJALJEV 415 0 404 0 Nebill FUTA 314 0 Jevanghny WAUGH Nicholas FLUDDER Bernard HOXHA Maliq JIKIEMI Aresi LASKU Jake BRENNAN Mousa ALI ALTAHAN

It is a busy day at Mayfield tomorrow with three of our teams in action. The U16s get under way at 10am with a tough game against Bromley U16 who in 9th place in the league. The U16s are sitting in 3rd place in the league and there is still all to play for despite losing their first league game last Sunday. Second up is the U14 Eagles. They host Bromleians United U14s. The U14s are sitting in 2nd place in the League and will be looking to solidify that position with a win tomorrow. Finally, the U13 Hawks have a bottom v top clash as they host Oxted & District. The visitors sit on top of the table whilst the Hawks are still looking for their first win of the season in the League. Our Hawks are pictured opposite. All our Junior teams would welcome support and if you want to come and check out the stars of the future you can do so tomorrow. The Clubhouse is also open with drinks and hot food.



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