AFC Croydon Athletic v Bearsted 10 Oct 2020

THE RAMS Official Matchday Programme Saturday 10th October 2020 Volume 8, Number 6 Ladies’ Day - Celebrating Women in Football v Bearsted 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, 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 (147) 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 afternoon to you all and welcome to Mayfield Stadium. We extend a very warm welcome to this afternoon’s visitors, Bearsted FC. We hope they enjoy their short stay and have a safe journey home. We extend the same welcome to the referee and his assistants and to any making their first visit here. We continue to play our football under the cloud of Covid 19 and much has been written and spoken by many people about the impact having no spectators at football matches. Of course, at our level we are allowed spectators, with a sealing of 300 customers although a lot of teams at our level don’t have crowds at that level, ourselves included! What I find interesting and a little confusing is how the powers that be came to that decision and how there are anomalies in this. Take for instance the case of Welling United (who play in the National League and, their ground-sharers, Erith & Belvedere. When Welling are at home there are no paying spectators but when Erith play they are allowed up to 300 paying spectators. The stadium doesn’t change and does Covid19 know the difference between the National league and the Southern Counties East League? Strange isn’t it.

Peter Smith, Secretary and Vice President Also I read in a newspaper this week that Prime “much has been Minister, Boris Johnson, was advocating that written and spoken people should go to the cinema! We all know by many people that lockdown affected a lot of people, sadly about the impact causing some to lose their jobs but surely it is having no spectators safer to watch outdoor sport than to be cooped at football matches” up in a cinema. Don’t get me wrong I’m not taking Covid19 lightly and we should be taking “observe the all precautions that we can to stay safe but I just precautions that are want an explanation of why it’s safer to sit there to keep us indoors in a cinema rather than sitting or safe” standing at a sporting event. Still, while we can, let us enjoy the football we can watch, observe the precautions that are there to keep us safe and, hopefully, we may return to a form of normality in the very near future. I hope we all enjoy the game, stay safe and can continue to attend. To all Rams fans remember next we have a trip to one of the promotion contenders in Chatham Town. They, like Sheppey United, have an FA Cup tie in mid-week and we wish them all the luck in their difficult ties. Stay safe and see you at Chatham or at the next home game versus Fisher.

Kevin Rayner - First Team Manager Rayner “It was good to be Good Afternoon to all as today we welcome disappointed at only Bearsted FC and everyone attending the Mayfield drawing the game” Stadium for our league game today. “As we write these notes I think we are Our form has improved as we start to get players still the last team to back having suffered from an unbelievable injury beat Corinthian in crisis over the early part of the season. With only the league” one defeat in the last four games things have looked better and there will still be room for improvement as the last on the list return. On Tuesday night we welcomed Beckenham Town and we should really have won the game. We controlled the second half and had three great late chances with Billy Murphy and Nahum Green not converting and Emiliano skying a ball over the crossbar in the 93rd minute after a good cross from Timmy Babington. It was good to be disappointed at only drawing the game as it shows the improvement and expectation when we get players back in. We are still yet to have any player that has played in all games or play the same eleven twice this season. Things are improving well, However, today unfortunately, we have lost a couple of players for the game so our shuffling of players continues.

Kevin Rayner - First Team Manager Bearsted have had a couple of good results and as always Kevin will have their side well prepared and organised so we will expect another tough game and will need to be at our best to get anything today. Following Bearsted we have another tough game away to Chatham before we entertain Fisher and Corinthian FC at home. As we write these notes I think we are still the last team to beat Corinthian in the league and lets hope we can repeat the feat on Saturday 24th October. A special welcome to all the Ladies attending today as the club have promoted the day as Ladies Day. My thanks and all of the Management Team and players go to all those at the club; Carol, Barbara, Tara and Keira and a special mention to our superfan Beth Arzy for her fantastic support for the first team and gestures which are gratefully appreciated. Lets hope we can put on a good performance today and I’m sure it will be a tight contest as both teams will fancy they can grab the points.

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

147 and counting... Green Appearance 147 for Nahum Green on Tuesday night saw him make the most appearances for the Rams since the club formed in 2012. He overtakes Tony Martin (146) and looks set to become the first player to make it to 150. Nahum made his debut in the FA Cup tie at Colliers Wood United at the start of the 2016/17 season. In that time he has scored 38 goals which is the fifth highest. He is one of nine players to have made a century of appearances and now leads the way. Congratulations to Naham and we look forward to you make it to the next milestone.

Ladies Day at Mayfield Stadium Day Today is the Club’s first “Ladies Day” where we look to celebrate women in football and to offer our thanks for the work that goes on, not sure for AFC Croydon Athletic, but in clubs up and down the country. As part of that “thank-you” we are giving free entry to all women coming to the game. It is hoped that this will be repeated every year. It is part of our commitment to the diversity of football that enriches our beloved game. This season we have our first girls team under their Coach Emily Cefai and that is something we hope will develop and grow over the coming years. However, every week dozens of Mums support their children playing for our junior teams. Making sure they get to training and their games are just as important. It is appropriate that our celebration coincides with the Breast Cancer Awareness Month which takes place in October and the Pink Ribbon Day which is on Tuesday. Breast Cancer Now estimates that almost a million women may have missed their mammograms due to the programmes being paused due the Covid 19 pandemic. Breast Cancer awareness is more important than ever. Wear the ribbon… give generously… save lives

K Sports 1 AFC Croydon Athletic 1 Report Another trip for the Rams as they looked to looking to defend their lead and the Rams looking continue their improved form. to get back in the game. Chances were few and far between but on 64 minutes the Rams equalised. Despite constant rain on the previous day there was no chance of the game being postponed due to the Billy Murphy picked up the ball and took on the 3G pitch. The weather relented and it was dry and home defence, as he looked for a shooting chance bright. he spotted Scott Eghaghe free and neat pass and the Belgian took his chance with aplomb! The Rams were on the front foot from the beginning and Billy Murphy had a shot deflected The Rams were now looking for a winner but they wide, indeed it was a surprise when the home side were hampered by injuries which rob them of Liam took the lead on 15 minutes when they scored Harwood and Derrick Akpofure and this disrupted direct from a free kick taken by full back Lewis. their formation. For the only time in the game the home side had the upper hand but the Rams The Rams continued to cause problems for the defence stood firm and it was the Rams who came home side with moves down the left but the final closest to a winner when Eghaghe passed to ball let them down and K Sports held the advantage Murphy whose shot was saved by the keeper with at the break. some difficulty. So it finished 1-1 and the Rams move on and with injuries clearing up the Rams The second half began quietly with the home side will, hopefully, move up the league. Saturday, 3rd October 2020 K Sports 1 1 Lewis AFC Croydon Athletic Egheghe At K Sports Cobdown Attendance 48 K’s: Rams: Belloli, Oduncu, Oshin, Akpofure(Travers), Harwood(Greenwood), Santos, Babington, Clark(J Green), Murphy, Egheghe, Anderson



Tunbridge Wells 1 AFC Croydon Athletic 0 Report Both sides came into the match in reasonable form. were no more chances before half-time. The Rams had lost only once in their last 3 games and Beckenham had recorded 2 victories to move The Rams were the first to threaten after the break up behind the early league leaders. This meant both and Jermaine Green was unceremoniously brought were in confident mood and confident of down just short of the box as he burst forward. continuing their runs. From the resulting free kick Billy Murphy’s well struck and directed shot was just tipped around the Beckenham kicked off and in the opening minute post by McEntegart but with some difficulty! Rams keeper Marcus Belloli pulled of a superb Beckenham introduce former Rams striker Joe save to push Townsend’s long range drive over the Nwoko and he had a chance but Belloli shut him bar. Slowly the Rams started to get their game down very quickly and Nwoko could only put the together and Jermaine Green had a shot saved. ball over the bar. Then it was the turn of his brother Nahum, making a record 147th game for the club beating former Again the Rams went close when Nahum Green captain Tony Martin, to fire wide. was put in but he could only shoot wide. Again it was the defences held sway but the Rams had a First he tried a shot at the Beckenham keeper’s near chance to win it right at the end. The ball was post then from a free kick on right he fired in a played to Emiliano Lika, who had only just come curling ball but it went wide. Only Nahum knows if on and he shot wide. So the game ended goalless it was a shot or an over hit cross! The game settle but with both sides having positives to take from down with the defences generally on top and there the game. Tuesday, 6th October 2020 0 AFC Croydon Athletic Beckenham Town 0 At Mayfield Stadium Attendance 86 Rams: Belloli, Oduncu, Kallon, Mengi, Santos, Harwood, J Green, Greenwood, Murphy, Egheghe (Babington), N Green(Lika) Becks: McEntegart, Brand, Brown, Kaffo (Phillips), Carter, Henry, Pink(Nwoko), Valler, Aderonwa(Johnson), Hall, Townsend

Half Time Teaser Time While you wait for your half-time cuppa here is your teaser: The countdown is on for the US Presidential election in November. There have been 13 Presidents since World War II, can you name the 12 that preceded Trump? 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 0-4 Sat 5-Sep Punjab United SCEFL A 47 1-1 N Green 0-2 Tue 8-Sep ERITH & BELVEDERE SCEFL H 56 0-2 1-2 Own goal Sat 12-Sep LORDSWOOD SCEFL H 44 3-0 Oshin, J Green, Lika 0-1 Wed 16-Sep Erith Town SCEFL A 74 1-1 Egheghe 0-0 Sat 19-Sep Wick FAV 1QR A 40 Sat 26-Sep CANTERBURY CITY SCEFL H 57 Tue 29-Sep Tunbridge Wells SCEFL A 191 Sat 3-Oct K Sports SCEFL A 48 Sat 6-Oct BECKENHAM TOWN SCEFL H 86 Sat 10-Oct BEARSTED SCEFL H Sat 17-Oct Chatham Town SCEFL A Tue 20-Oct FISHER SCEFL H Sat 24-Oct CORINTHIAN SCEFL H Wed 4-Nov Welling Town SCEFL A 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 Nahum Green 61 147 36 628 Emiliano Lika 41 15 1 03/08/19 Derrick Akpofure 415 8 11 19 Jermaine Green 81 12 1 134 Michael Oshin 81 81 17/11/18 Jordan-Boateng Anderson 2 3 5 5 6 11 Scott Egheghe 41 51 134 15/02/20 Alex Arthur 022 224 707 22/04/19 Khalid Babikir 101 12 11 23 17 3 20 26/09/20 Tim Babington 134 505 8 4 12 01/09/20 Junior Bangura 224 131 16 147 9 1 10 01/02/20 Marcus Belloli 505 000 80 3 83 26/08/19 Jack Clark 415 505 63 2 65 17/11/18 Liam Coates 011 123 4 11 15 19/09/20 Scott Egheghe 505 101 10 0 10 15/09/18 Jermaine Geen 819 404 235 06/08/16 Nahum Green 707 19 10 29 808 26/02/20 Luwayne Greenwood 9 1 10 60 3 63 54 2 56 Charlie Hackshall 000 617 213 21/10/15 Liam Harwood 707 01/09/20 Piort Jacucha 505 17/12/16 Ibrahim Kallon 909 08/09/20 Nathan King 123 12/11/19 Emiliano Lika 145 First team appearances, goals, stats and facts will appear on these pages. 01/09/20 Jack Marney 101 08/02/20 Hermes Mengi 404 26/09/20 Billy Murphy 404 05/09/20 Kevin O’Connor 235 08/12/18 Abbas Oduncu 606 01/09/20 Michael Oshin 808 18/08/18 Kazzeem Richards 303 27/08/16 Janichell Santos 202 01/09/20 Marcus Travers 617 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 Khalid Babikir Ibrahim Kallon Emiliano Lika Jack Marney Jack Clark Scott Egheghe Naham Green Luwayne Greenwood Jermaine Green Kevin O’Connor Timi Babington Billy Murphy

Kevin Stevens bearsted Ladies’ Day Ethen Collen Jamie Gillen Damian Mirzadeh Jordan Adabio Joe Neanor Dawid Baranowski Henry Collins Alexis Stacchini Ben Cornelius Cameron Croucher Jason Dawson Jamie Gillen Stephen Hafner Andy Irvine Adesina Luqman Harrison Hatfull Lekan Majayegbe Callum McCarthy Thomas Penfold Jonathon Rogers Constantin Scarlet Lucian Scarlet Joel Wakefield

Southern Counties East Football League Table 1. Corinthian 6 6 0 0 20 8 12 18 24/10 0-1 2. Tunbridge Wells 6 5 1 0 17 5 12 16 17/10 3. Sheppey United 6 5 1 0 20 9 11 16 4/11 4. Chatham Town 6 5 0 1 28 9 19 15 0-0 5. Hollands & Blair 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 13 0-2 6. Welling Town 7 4 1 2 16 13 3 13 0-4 20/10 7. Balham 8 4 1 3 11 10 1 13 10/10 8. Beckenham Town 7 3 3 1 14 9 5 12 1-1 9. Erith Town 7 3 2 2 11 10 1 11 -- 0-2 10. Deal Town 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 10 3-0 1-1 11. Glebe 7 3 1 3 13 15 -2 10 12. Punjab United 7 3 0 4 12 17 -5 9 13. Fisher 7 2 2 3 9 10 -1 8 14. Crowborough Athletic 7 2 2 3 12 16 -4 8 15. Bearsted 7 2 1 4 14 24 -10 7 16. K Sports 71338806 17. AFC Croydon Athletic 8 1 3 4 5 11 -6 6 18. Lordswood 8 2 0 6 10 20 -10 6 19. Canterbury City 8 2 0 6 7 17 -10 6 20. Erith & Belvedere 7 0 3 4 11 15 -4 3 21. Tower Hamlets 8 0 0 8 10 31 -21 0 Next Home Game Tuesday 20th October, v Fisher Next Away Game Saturday 17th October, v Chatham Town See page 20 for future trips

Fixtures and Results Results Fisher 3 2 Glebe Lordswood 1 2 Canterbury City AFC Croydon Athletic 3 0 Canterbury City Tunbridge Wells 1 0 AFC Croydon Athletic Beckenham Town 3 4 Bearsted Corinthian 4 2 Fisher Balham 2 1 Erith Town Deal Town 5 2 Punjab United Tower Hamlets 0 3 Beckenham Town Erith Town 3 2 Crowborough Athletic Hollands & Blair 0 0 Erith & Belvedere Corinthian 0 1 Hampton & Richmond Sheppey United 3 2 Balham Folkestone Invicta 0 3 Chatham Town Tunbridge Wells 2 2 Welling Town Sheppey United 2 0 Welling United Corinthian 4 2 Bearsted Crowborough Athletic 4 2 Welling Town Crowborough Athletic 0 6 Chatham Town K Sports 1 1 AFC Croydon Athletic Erith & Belvedere 1 2 Punjab United Lordswood 4 3 Erith & Belvedere Tower Hamlets 1 3 Hollands & Blair List AFC Croydon Athletic v Beckenham Town East Preston v Fisher Bearsted v Sheppey United Erith & Belvedere v Colliers Wood United Chatham Town v Tunbridge Wells Littlehampton Town v Lordswood Corinthian v Tower Hamlets Peacehaven & Tels v Balham Deal Town v Lordswood Punjab United v Horley Town Erith & Belvedere v Balham Sheppey United v Molesey Glebe v Welling Town Walton & Hersham v K Sports Worthing United v Canterbury City Canterbury City v K Sports AFC Croydon Athletic v Bearsted Erith Town v Fisher Beckenham Town v Chatham Town Punjab United v Hollands & Blair Erith Town v Tower Hamlets Glebe v Deal Town Hollands & Blair v Tunbridge Wells Welling Town v Corinthian

Upcoming Away Travel Road Saturday, 17th October 2020 Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division v Chatham Town At The Bauvill Stadium, Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6LR The next trip is a challenging one as the Rams head to play high-flyers Chatham Town. They sit at the top of the table with 5 wins out of 5 and have made it through into the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup where they will play Havant & Waterlooville just days before this game. Chatham Town’s ground is a relatively new 3G surface. From the M2 (Junction 3) head passed Rochester Airport on the A229 before picking up the A230 which takes you right to their ground. Turn into Bournville Avenue from which you can find the car park. The ground is only about a 20 minute walk from Chatham station.

Meet Today’s Opponents FC Year Formed: 1895 Club Nickname: The Bears Ground: Othan Sports Club White Horse Lane Otham, ME15 8RJ History Bearsted Football Club played it’s first competitive match in 1895.The Club played on Bearsted Green for in excess of 100 years. In the mid 1970s Bearsted emerged as one of the leading clubs in the mid Kent area.The first team won the Maidstone League Premier Division title for 3 consecutive seasons and were also runners up on 3 occasions.In 1982 Bearsted F.C. was elected as a member of the Kent County League.During it’s time in the League the Club won almost every league and cup competition including the prestigious Inter Regional Cup.The Club was runner up in the Premier Division in 1999/2000 and won the Premier Division title in 2000/2001 and 2001/2002. Since 1998 the first team and subsequently other teams within the Club have played at Otham Sports Club,Honey Lane,Otham. Bearsted F.C. was awarded Senior status shortly after relocating to Otham.In season 1999/2000 the Club reached the semi final of the Kent Senior Cup,losing 0-1 to the eventual winners Deal Town.In 2006/2007 the Club reached the final of the competion but were again beaten 1 – 0,by Whitstable Town. In season 2002/2003 Ian Hamer and John Brook,2 former players and subsequently joint managers of Bearsted first team were appointed to manage the Kent County League representative team in the EUFE Regions Cup completion which was held in Estonia.The team,which was the sole representative of the English F.A.,included 5 players from Bearsted Football Club. The Club has continued to expand by adding a Development school for children for aspiring players from the age of 5 to 8.Currently teams from the Club play in the Invicta Primary League,Express Cabs Maidstone & District League,the Maidstone Minor League and the Kent Youth League. The Club was one of the inaugural members of the Kent Invicta League in the 2011/2012 season.Following the appointment of Kevin Stevens as first team manager progress was made both on and off the pitch.The Club was runner up in the league and the losing League cup finalist in the 2014/2015 season.As a result of winning the league in season 2015/2016 the Club was promoted to the Premier Division of the Southern Counties East Football League with effect from the start of the 2016/17 season.1 In the inaugural season in the Southern Counties East Premier Division Bearsted finished in a very creditable 12th place. In August 2017 the Club played in the F.A. Cup for the first occasion in it’s 122 year history. The Club finished in 14th position in the SCEFL Premier Division in the 2017/18 season and recorded it’s historic first win in the F.A. Cup v Chichester City in August 2018.

We have met before Last time at Mayfield Stadium Saturday , 17th November 2018 - Attendance 63 AFC Croydon Athletic 4 Bearsted 2 Agoro(2), Koroma, Anderson Baranowski, G Andrews AFC Croydon Athletic: Taylor, Carter, Bada, Thoroughgood, Harwood, Kaffo, Knight, Agoro, Oloyede (Paoluccio), Butler(Anderson), Koroma(Coates) Bearsted: S Andrews, G Andrews, Baranowski, Collins, Croucher(Hathway), Foster, Hurst, Peeke (Garner), Rogers(Bessey-Saldanha), Smith, Williams No game last season between the teams means we go back to the season before. A brace of goals by Abbas Agoro put the Rams in command but it was Bearsted who came back to give a respectable scoreline in the end. The Head to Head League Games Played: 7 Cup Games Played: 1 AFC Croydon Athletic Wins 5 1 Bearsted Wins 0 0 Drawn 2 0 Rams Goals 19 2 The Reds Goals 7 1 Biggest Win Bearsted 1 AFC Croydon Athletic 5 (2016/17) Highest Scoring Game 6 goals Bearsted 1 AFC Croydon Athletic 5 (2016-17) AFC Croydon Athletic 4 Bearsted 2 (2018-19) Goalless Once Highest Attendance On 17th September 2016 in the league, 76 attended Mayfield Stadium to see a 3-0 Rams win. On 26th August 2017, 90 attended the league meeting at their Othan Sports Ground to watch a 0-0 draw.

The Form Guide Form 15. Bearsted 7 2 1 4 14 24 -10 7 17. AFC Croydon Athletic 8 1 3 4 5 11 -6 6 Most Wins AFC Croydon Athletic 1 2 ✓ Bearsted Most Draws AFC Croydon Athletic ✓ 3 1 Bearsted Fewest Losses AFC Croydon Athletic ✓ 4 4 ✓ Bearsted Most Goals Scored AFC Croydon Athletic 5 14 ✓ Bearsted Fewest Goals Conceded AFC Croydon Athletic ✓ 11 24 Bearsted Leading Goalscorer 5 players, 1 goal each 1 6 ✓ Andy Irvine Highest Attendance v Sutton Common Rovers 174 256 ✓ v Chatham Town Biggest Victory v Canterbury City ✓ 3-0 4-3 ✓ v Beckenham Town League Yellow Cards AFC Croydon Athletic 18 9 ✓ Bearsted League Red Cards AFC Croydon Athletic 1 0 ✓ Bearsted League Sin Bins AFC Croydon Athletic 1 0 ✓ Bearsted

Tony Ford Under 18 West Division Team 1. Sutton United 2 2 0 0 11 3 8 6 15/2 30/10 8/2 22/10 2. Balham U18 31119454 1-5 13/1 7/12 1/4 3. Croydon U18 21107344 18/1 7/10 12/10 3/2 4. Raynes Park Vale U18 11003213 14/12 tbc 15/4 30/11 5. Chessington & Hook United U18 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 3 -- 9. Beckenham Town U18 3 1 0 2 4 10 -6 3 6. Metropolitan Police U18 10101101 7. Redhill U18 3 0 1 2 4 10 -6 1 8. AFC Croydon Athletic U18 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0 Greenwich Borough U18 FAYC A W/O (Greenwich Borough withdrew) A P-P Wed 16-Sep Metropolitan Police U18 League H 0-1 H 1-5 Malcolm Mon 21-Sep Faversham Town U18 FAYC H A Mon 28-Sep CROYDON U18 League A A Mon 12-Oct BECKENHAM TOWN U18 League A H Thur 22-Oct Balham U18 League H A Fri 30-Oct Sutton United U18 League H A Wed 18-Nob Chessington & Hook U18 League H H Mon 30-Nov Redhill U18 League H A Mon 7-Dec RAYNES PARK VALE U18 League Mon 14-Dec METROPOLITAN POLICE U18 League Wed 13-Jan Croydon U18 League Mon 18-Jan CHESSINGTON & HOOK U18 League Thur 4-Feb Beckenham Town U18 League Mon 8-Feb BALHAM U18 League Mon 15-Feb SUTTON UNITED U18 League Mon 15-Mar REDHILL U18 League Thu 1-Apr Raynes Park Vale U18 League Emmanuel Alli 202 0 Jake Brennan 202 0 Bryan De Carvalho 202 0 Mohammad Denkah 202 0 Mouctar Diallo 202 0 Charlie Lewis 202 0 Kai Malcolm 202 1 Boris Mijalcev 202 0 Francis Moore 202 0 Marcin Baran 112 0 Alex Bramble 112 0 Mark Ddembe 112 0 Tommy Evans 101 0 Salim Dauda 011 0 Taynile Gray 011 0 Nile Ludiexe 011 0

Tony Ford U18 League, East Division AFC Croydon Athletic U18 v Beckenham Town U18 At Mayfield Stadium Monday 12th October 2020, ko 7.30pm Admission £3 Covid 19 Track and Trace applies to all attendees A disappointing opening league game saw the Young Rams go down to neighbours Croydon FC by 1-5 last Monday. Croydon, who will be one of the favourites for the title and it was a tough start. Kai Malcolm scored the goal for the Rams. FA Youth Cup action means that this weeks game has been postponed and their next action is next Monday when they will take on Beckenham Town U18 here at Mayfield Stadium.

London Senior Cup and Surrey Senior Cup Cups London Senior Cup The London FA have announced the draw for the London Senior Cup and the Rams have been handed a home tie. They have been drawn at Mayfield Stadium to play Charlton Athletic U23. This tie is likely to take place in November although the date has yet to be fixed. Other SCEFL teams have entered the competition and now know their fate. Glebe have been drawn away to Harrow Borough, Beckenham Town are at home to Fisher, Erith Town are at Wingate and Finchley, Balham will also play at Mayfield Stadium and they are at home to AFC Wimbledon and Cockfosters entertain Tower Hamlets. An away tie at either Wingate and Finchley or Erith Town awaits the winners of our tie. Surrey Senior Cup The Surrey FA have also announced the draw for their senior competition. With 40 teams entering there are 8 Preliminary Round ties which the Rams avoided to get through to the First Round. Then their luck run out and they were drawn away to face either Kingstonian or South Park. This tie is likely to be played late November or early December although we will need to wait to know who we will face before we can sort out a date. Kent Senior Trophy The Kent FA have decided to cancel their County Cups this season and with the League Cup also postponed the two competitions drawn yesterday are our only remaining cup ties this season.



AFC Croydon Athletic and K&R Sports Academy Development It was a rain disrupted weekend last weekend and there were no games at Mayfield although our U13 Stars made it 3 wins out three with an 8-4 away win at Oxted and District whilst our U13 Hawks got back to winning ways with a 4-2 win against FC Battersea. Tomorrow there are four games at Mayfield. The Under 11 Rams, Under 9 Eagles and Under 12 Eagles all have home games whilst the U13 Hawks will be looked to win again against Moonshot. League Cup football starts tomorrow too. The Under 15 Eagles are at R & R U15s whilst the U14 Falcons are also at R&R in their league cup. The Under 13 Stars are at Shelton Athletic as they look to move into the next round.

Selected Junior League Tables Stats Manager: Gary Tappenden Manager: Antony Lockhart Under 15, 3rd Division 1. AFC Croydon Athletic Eagles M W D L F A Pts Home Away Under 14, 4th Division M W D L F A Pts Home Away 2. FD United 2200916 -- 2-7 3. Petts Wood Phoenix 2 2 0 0 12 2 6 1. Coulsdon Athletic Lions 3 2 0 1 8 10 6 4. St Gertrude’s Knights 2 1 1 0 13 6 4 5-0 -- 5. The Warren Reds 2 1 1 0 10 2 4 4-1 2. Old Wilsonian Forbes 2 2 0 0 10 4 6 6. Bromley Solis 3 1 1 1 9 10 4 7. Petts Wood Redwings 3 1 0 2 13 10 3 3. Hamsey Rangers Academy 3 2 0 1 18 12 6 8. Sanderstead Juniors 2101763 9. Orpington Rovers Tigers 2101453 4. Orpington Rovers Panthers 2101453 10. Hamsey Rangers Lions 1010221 11. Old Wilsonians McDowell 1001080 5. Westerham Panthers 3 1 0 2 10 12 3 12. Selsdon Juniors 3 0 0 3 2 27 0 1001130 6. Petts Wood Merlins 2011561 7. Tooting & Mitcham Youth Stripes 2 0 1 1 5 6 1 8. AFC Croydon Athletic Hawks 1 0 0 1 2 7 0 9. South London Kings Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10. Westerham Wolves 0000000 Manager: Roger Sewall Manager: Cosmas Mandiveyi Under 13 Division 2 1. AFC Croydon Athletic Stars M W D L F A Pts Home Away Under 12, E Division M W D L F A Pts Home Away 2. FC Elmstead Bantams 3 3 0 0 21 8 9 -- 3. Orpington Rovers 2 1 0 1 11 9 3 7-3 1. Ace Youth 2200716 1-3 4. Oxted & District United 2 1 0 1 10 10 3 -- 5. Warlingham Colts 2 1 0 1 9 10 3 8-4 2. Beckenham Town Blue 2200926 3-2 6. Beckenham Town Red 1100513 7. Beckenham Town White 1001160 6-1 3. FC Elmstead Bantams 2200626 8. Lewisham Tigers 2 0 0 2 7 17 0 9. FD United 1001250 4. Westerham Pumas 2101463 0000000 5. AFC Croydon Athletic Falcons 2 1 0 1 4 5 3 6. Coney Hall Youth Lions 2002370 7. Petts Wood Hawks 1001020 8. Seymour Villa 1001030 9. West Wickham Saphires 2002380 10. Tulse Hill Yellows 0000000

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.