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OFFICIAL KNAPHILL FOOTBALL CLUB MATCHDAY PROGRAMME SEASON 2012-2013

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V feltham fc SATURDAY 10th november 2012 REDDING WAY, kick off 3.00PM CHERRY RED RECORDS COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE DIVISION 1

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WHO’S WHO AT KNAPHILL FC?

Chairman David Freeman Vice Chairman Michael Garbutt Treasurer John Wood Senior Football Secretary Bryan Freeman Youth Team Secretary Nick Croshaw Ladies Secretary Pam Lawrence Club Welfare Officer Tina Taylor Club Liaison Officer Nick Croshaw Matchday Manager Peter Annette Clubhouse Manager Joan Annette First Team Joint Manager Kevin Bailey First Team Joint Manager Phil Ruggles First Team Coach Tom Davies Goalkeeper Coach Matt Edwards Reserves Manager Paul Dyer Reserves Assistant Manager Kevin Arnold Sports Injury Therapist Jennifer Thraves Youth Team Manager Gary Taylor Youth Team Coaches Mark Dawber Alex Lumley Max Fouracre Ladies First Team Manager Roy Lawrence Ladies Reserves Manager Adie Wilson

President - Dave Holloway Vice Presidents - Carl Barker, Michael Garbutt, Sean Carrigy, Gavin Wilcox Trevor Winham, John Wood, Bob Russell, Kenny Bye, Bob Pritchard, Phil Gasson

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Clubhouse - 01483 475150 Senior Football Secretary - Bryan Freeman 01932 560738/07876 162904 email: [email protected] Club Liaison Officer - Nick Croshaw 01252 878126/07804 698806 email: [email protected] Club Welfare Officer - Tina Taylor 01932 621214/07842 266585 email: [email protected] Matchday Manager - Peter Annette - 07510 664774 email: [email protected] Official Website - www.knaphillfootballclub.co.uk

executive management committee David Freeman, Nick Croshaw, John Wood, Dave Holloway, Pam Lawrence, Bryan Freeman, Mick Garbutt, Peter Annette, Tina Taylor

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tOUCHLINETALK

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Phil Ruggles, Joint First Team & Player Manager

Firstly I would like to welcome the players, management staff, committee and supporters of Feltham FC to Redding Way for this afternoons encounter. The last couple of weeks since our last home game has seen a few changes to our ranks. I’m pleased to welcome to the club Sam Dennsion, Dwaine Hamilton-Taylor and Anthony Grey who so far have made a positive impact.

Adding to that this week have been the signings of Paul Johnson and Alex Baker. I’m sure these guys can come in and add something different to the squad and some new energy. Both are experienced and we are looking forward to watching them perform in a Knappers shirt. Dwaine will not feature today as he was in hospital last week which ruled him out of last weeks defeat to Farleigh Rovers, we wish him a speedy recovery. We played Farleigh in the cup last week and started very lethargic, we passed the ball just with no real conviction. Dean Pitcher was a calming influence in the middle and showed his range of passing. We went one nil up just before half time thanks to a well taken first goal for the club courtesy of Kirk Smith who in recent weeks has performed well. However, as the game progressed Farleigh got back into the game and our confidence disappeared. They took advantage and deserved the win, good luck to them in the next round. Unfortunately Jurgs our number one was unavailable (and will be fined) for last week’s game and it left us short in the goalkeeping area, this was no excuse as we went on to lose the game 4-1. He is back between the sticks today looking for his first clean sheet for the club. A welcome return! Myself and Kevin can accept defeat when the team works hard but we just don’t get the result. Last week we both felt that the players let us and themselves down knowing that the performance in general from start to finish was not good enough. This week at training we have worked the lads hard and are letting them know this is not acceptable for this club. They have taken this on board and are keen to put last week behind them. Today will be a tough encounter as Feltham are above us currently in the league table however, we are here today looking to build on what we have done so far and with the new additions coming in things are starting to look positive so is today is the day to restart our season?.......

COYK! Ruggs

MATCH REPORT KNAPHILL 0

Staines lammas 1

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Saturday 27th October Kick Off 3.00pm Redding Way Combined Counties League Division One

Just three weeks separated the two meetings between these two clubs, Knaphill falling to a 4-2 away defeat earlier in the month, after they had squandered a two goal lead. But at Redding Way on Saturday it was not quite the same story, as there was only one goal in the whole game, that came after Paul Baker’s effort for the visitors was diverted into goal by the unlucky Dan Cox. However, although it meant another defeat, Knaphill should have reaped at least a point from this Division One encounter. The game could have had a different complex to it had Knaphill been able to thrust an early opening. From the start, they pressed forward and forced four corners within the first five minutes, and from the fourth one, a bit more luck could have put them one up. A goalmouth scramble with the ball pinging off legs in the six yard box, but with no way through for it to be tapped over the line. Knaphill’s determination in those early stages had their opponents floundering for a while, before the visitors eased their way into the game to create chances of their own. Despite creating some chances, the home side were unable to capatilise on them, and in the latter stages their defence had to do a bit of stout defending. But a minute before halftime, Staines Lammas took the lead when Baker fired in a shot which was diverted past the Knaphill keeper for an own goal. Untimely, but a cruel blow. Although Knaphill were able to create a few opportunities in the second half, they weren’t enough and needed a bit of extra spark up front. A rare danger to Staines Lammas was a header from Matt Edwards when his effort glanced off the far post in the 69th minute. There were times during the half that for both sides, play became a bit scrappy, but Knaphill keeperNick McGregor was to deny the visitors with some fine saves from Matt Baxter and Shane Rideout . In the end though, it was maximum points for the visitors. Knaphill revert back to Cup football next weekend with a visit to Farleigh Rovers in the Surrey Premier Cup, then they return to League business the following week in the search for some vital and valuable points. Team: McGregor, Smith, Green, Edwards, Doble, Pitcher(Hamilton-Taylor 75mins), Cox(Chimbima 81mins), Hennessey, Pym(Ruggles 68mins), Postance, Felgate. Booked: Smith

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GU21 News around the ground

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Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to Redding Way to our opponents Feltham, their players, officials and supporters, also today’s three match officials. Today’s formcast for the teams, sees Feltham in 12th position with 10 points from eleven games, whilst Knaphill have played 13, gained two wins and a draw, with a meagre total of seven points in 17th place. Once again we’ll be looking for Knaphill to pick up some points after three months of a season that so far as brought just two league wins, Warlingham away, and Worcester Park at home. We won’t go down the route of goals for and goals against statistics! Disappointing yes, but we must be seriously looking at getting clear of the bottom three in Division One after the 13 games played to date. Our one other home win this season came in the Challenge Cup win over local rivals Westfield at the beginning of October. So, in the league there are twenty one games remaining to try and resurrect our season and start climbing the table. Last Saturday came a break from the league programme, but not a break against one of our Division One opponents Farleigh Rovers, who hammered us out of the Surrey Premier Cup 4-1. The Cup tie brought a dull first half. Knaphill though, took the lead through Kirk Smith, his first goal for the club. Farleigh should have levelled on a few occasions, but poor finishing let them down. Despite chances that Knaphill had to extend their lead, they also had two clear cut penalties denied. The second half saw Knappers have no answer to Farleigh’s comeback with four goals, that saw the host’s progress to the next round.

The second half saw Knappers have no answer

to Farleigh’s comeback with four goals, that saw

the host’s progress to the next round. It was a

disastrous weekend double for Knaphill when

the Reserves suffered a 9-0 defeat by Farnham

Town Reserves. Today the Reserves are away at

Raynes Park Vale in the 2nd round of the

Reserves Challenge Cup.

On a brighter note pictured below is Jamie

Doble being presented with his man of the

match award from Vice Chairman Mick Garbutt

shortly after our 1-0 defeat to Staines Lammas

in our last home game here. Dobes has put in a

string of impressive performances since his a

rrival from Westfield and the Lammas encounter

was no different

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Although Knaphill’s last home game saw another defeat, it was the narrowest one of the season, losing 1-0 to Staines Lammas two weeks ago. The goal coming from an unfortunate deflection into his own goal by Dan Cox. The result gave our opponents a league double over Knaphill having won 4-2 three weeks ago, a game Knappers threw away, conceding four second half goals after taking a two goal lead. One game recently that produced some good football, came from Knaphill Youth U18s in their Grant McLellan Youth Cup match against Windsor Youth U18s played at Molesey FC. Having reached the final of this competition for the past two seasons, Knaphill were unlucky to make their exit at the first hurdle this season after giving a good account of themselves in two hours of football. At 90mins it was 3-3, the same score after extra time, but it was Windsor who went through 6-5 on penalties. Full match report on the Youth page in this programme. Knaphill Ladies drew 1-1 at home to Luton Town Res. two weeks ago, and their next game is at home to Carshalton on Sunday. Next home match will be next Saturday 17th November when Cobham are the visitors to Redding Way. They too are struggling near the foot of the table, having lost 2-1 at Feltham last weekend. Should be an interesting encounter next week. Please note there will be a minute's silence held prior to kick off to mark the forthcoming annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations. Enjoy today’s game……….

Bryan

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Introducing

feltham fc

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Feltham Football Club was founded in 1946 as Tudor Park FC and competed under that name until the end of season 1962/63 when the name Feltham was adopted upon being granted Senior Status by the Middlesex County Football Association. Tudor Park played at Rectory Meadow in Hanworth, and also at the Remo Depot in Feltham, whilst Feltham FC played on the Glebelands playing fields before moving into its former home of Feltham Sports Arena in 1963. The Arena’s grandstand was opened in 1966 by former club President and Mayor of Hounslow, Edward Pauling JP. In 1990, Feltham merged with local Southern League side Hounslow and the side competed under the name of Feltham and Hounslow Borough until the end of the 1994/95 season when it was decided to change the name back to Feltham FC. For their first three seasons, Tudor Park were members of the West Middlesex Sunday Football League but in 1949/50 became affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association and played Saturday football under the County’s jurisdiction as members of the Staines and District League and in turn were elected to the Parthenon League. Feltham had their first taste of senior soccer from 1963/64 in the Surrey Senior League in which they had a successful five-season spell. 1968/69 saw the club replace Petters Sports in the Spartan League. At the end of the 1972/73 Season they were promoted to the Second Division of the Athenian League after finishing third. In 1977, Feltham, along with fifteen other member clubs of the Athenian League resigned to join the newly-formed Second Division of the Isthmian League. It was from here that the club was promoted to the First Division in 1980/81 after securing maximum points in the very last game of the season at Barton Rovers, thereby winning the Second Division title. The 1982/83 season saw Feltham being the first team outside of the Football League to play their league fixtures on an Artificial Pitch. In 1983/84, Feltham dropped back into Division Two South of the Isthmian League and in turn, they transferred to Division 3 in 1992 after the league was again restructured. The club stayed in this division until 1995, when due to new league rulings about ground grading, they were forced to resign. Feltham joined the Combined Counties Football League for the commencement of season 1995/96. The following year saw Feltham defeat Godalming & Guildford 5-1 in the League Cup Final. Season 2002/03 saw Feltham lift the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup after beating Northwood 2-0 in the Final. The Blues completed a cup double that season by defeating Hendon in the Final of the Middlesex Super Cup (The George Ruffell Memorial Trophy). At the end of Season 2005/06 despite other clubs resigning, Feltham were relegated into Division One of the Combined Counties League. Their first season saw them finish in 9th place. Recent seasons have seen the club finish in mid to low positions and 2009/10 saw the side unsettled by management changes which resulted in the club finishing 20th – just avoiding relegation.

Fortunes were of a similar keel in 2010/11, which resulted in the club finishing in sixteenth place. Season 2011/12 saw manager Wayne Tisson back at the helm. The Division 1 structure now included Guernsey FC which saw Feltham play their first away ‘international’ in a number of years. Despite a very promising start which saw the Blues attain 15 out of a possible 21 points, their form slipped and the club found itself in a mid-table position, finally finishing in 13th place. Feltham’s Reserve team lift the club’s first piece of silverware in 7 years – the Jeff Nardin Reserve Division Cup in 2009/10. Feltham were eventually forced to move out of their Feltham Sports Arena ground due to constant vandalism and have ground shared with local clubs Egham Town, Hampton & Richmond Borough and Bedfont. It was announced in May 2012 that Feltham would be joining forces with landlords Bedfont Football & Social Club to form a new club, Bedfont and Feltham FC. As Feltham's 1st XI have already entered the FA Vase for season 2012/13 the club has to wait until 2013/14 to fully adopt the new name.

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the fixture list DATE FIXTURE K.O RES ATT

Aug 4 Eversley & California 3pm 2-3 60 Nash Redrup J.Ward Pearce Brainch L.Parrington 1

Aug 11 South Kilburn CCL1 3pm 2-4 29 Nash Redrup Worthington Pearce J.Green P.Craig

Aug 18 Warlingham CCL1 3pm 1-2 21 Nash Redrup J.Ward M.Ward Headland P.Craig

Aug 25 Mole Valley SCR CCL1(prov) 3pm 1-0 33 Nash Redrup J.Ward Pearce Headland P.Craig

Aug 27 Frimley Green CCL1 11.30am 0-5 101 Nash Redrup J.Ward Niven Headland Pearce

Sept 1 Ash Utd FAVQR1 3pm 2-1 29 Nash Redrup J.Ward M.Ward Headland P.Craig

Sept 8 Epsom Athletic CCL1 3pm 0-4 32 Nash Redrup Pearce Nevin Headland P.Craig

Sept 15 Spelthorne Sports CCL1 3pm 5-0 59 Nash Cox Doble McShane Headland Green

Sept 22 AFC Croydon Athletic CCL1 3pm 2-3 41 McGregor Cox Doble Niven McShane Pitcher

Sept 29 Banstead Athletic CCL1 3pm 1-1 16 McGregor Cox Doble Niven McShane Perks

Oct 2 Westfield D1C R2 7.30pm 2-1 86 McGregor Cox Doble Niven McShane Edwards

Oct 6 Staines Lammas CCL1 3pm 4-2 25 McGregor Cox Doble Niven McShane Edwards

Oct 13 Worcester Park CCL1 3pm 4-2 27 McGregor Cox Doble Niven Perks Felgate

Oct 16 Mole Valley SCR PCC2 7.30pm 3-1 33 Taylor Cox Doble Niven 1 Perks McShane

Oct 20 Sheerwater CCL1 3pm 2-1 80 Taylor Cox Doble Niven Perks McShane

Oct 23 Cove SCC R2 7.30pm 4-2 37 Taylor Smith Doble Edwards Green Cox

Oct 27 Staines Lammas CCL1 3pm 0-1 44 McGregor Smith Doble Edwards Green Cox

Nov 3 Farleigh Rovers SPC1 1.30pm 4-1 10 Ruggles Cox Doble Perks Green Smith 1

Nov 10 Feltham CCL1 3pm

Nov 17 Cobham CCL1 3pm

Nov 24 Epsom Athletic CCL1 3pm

Dec 1 South Kilburn CCL1 2pm

Dec 8 Westfield CCL1 3pm

Dec 15 Mole Valley SCR CCL1 3pm

Dec 22 CB Hounslow Utd CCL1 2pm

Dec 29 Warlingham CCL1 3pm

Jan 5 Eversley & California CCL1 2pm

Jan 12 Feltham CCL1 3pm

Jan 19 Farleigh Rovers CCL1 3pm

Jan 26 Westfield CCL1 3pm

Feb 2 Sheerwater CCL1 3pm

Feb 9 Frimley Green CCL1 3pm

Feb 16 Cobham CCL1 3pm

Feb 23 Banstead Athletic CCL1 3pm

STARTING ELEVEN

Home games in red - First Sub Second Sub Third Sub - Yellow Card Red Card - 1 = Goals scored CCL = League PCC = Premier Challenge Cup D1C = Division 1 Cup FAV = FA Vase SPC = Surrey Premier Cup SCC = Southern Combination Cup

Greenwood Weatherall Knowles Craig 1 Fouracre Timba Green Doyle Bernard C.Parrington

Greenwood Weatherall Knowles 1 Craig Timba 1 Postance Brainch Batica Abdellah

Greenwood 1 L.Craig 1 Knowles Postance Dart Batica Coates Light

Greenwood L.Craig Knowles Postance Dart Batica Coates Light

Fouracre L.Craig Knowles Coombes Abdellah Postance Cox Dart Harvey M.Ward

Greenwood Williams Knowles 1 Pym Jones Coombes L.Craig Dart Fouracre Niven

Greenwood Williams L.Craig Pym Jones Dart Coombes Fouracre

Greenwood Felgate Ruggles Pym Dart Hennessey Roissetter

Pym Felgate Ruggles Hennessey Headland 2 Dart Green Roissetter Postance Smith

Postance 1 Felgate Ruggles Hennessey Headland Roissetter Smith

Postance 1 Felgate Ruggles Hennessey Knowles 1 Roissetter Smith Pym Headland

Postance Felgate Ruggles 1 Hennessey 1 Knowles Roissetter Pitcher Perks Wilson Coats

Postance 1 Edwards Pym 3 Hennessey Wilson Roissetter Davis

Postance Edwards Pym Felgate Wilson Roissetter Davis

Postance Edwards 1 Pym Hennessey Felgate Roissetter Cope Ruggles Green

Postance 1 Pitcher Pym 1 Hennessey Felgate Roissetter Ruggles Niven Perks

Postance Pitcher Pym Hennessey Felgate Roissetter Ruggles Dawber Chimbina Hamilton

Postance Pitcher Edwards Hennessey Felgate Gray Davis McShane

T.b.c :AFC Croydon Athletic, CB Housnslow Utd, Spelthorne Sports, Worcester Park, Feltham (cup)

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Fixtures&tables

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Sat 10 Nov 12 Premier Division Bedfont Sports v Ash United Chessington & Hook United v Camberley Town Croydon v Raynes Park Vale Dorking v Windsor Farnham Town v Wembley Guernsey v Badshot Lea (1.00 p.m.) Hanworth Villa v Cove Hartley Wintney v Horley Town Molesey v Egham Town Sandhurst Town v Colliers Wood United Middlesex Intermediate Cup – 2nd Round CB Hounslow United v Spelthorne Sports Division One Cobham v Eversley & California Frimley Green v Mole Valley SCR Knaphill v Feltham Sheerwater v Farleigh Rovers (2.00 p.m.) South Kilburn v Banstead Athletic (2.00 p.m.) Staines Lammas v Warlingham Westfield v Epsom Athletic Worcester Park v AFC Croydon Athletic (2.00 p.m.) Surrey Intermediate Cup – 1st Round Farleigh Rovers Res v Frimley Green Res Milford & Witley v Worcester Park Res Old Rutlishians v Westfield Res Sheerwater Res v Pyrford Warlingham Res v Shalford Social Reserve Challenge Cup – 2nd Round Raynes Park Vale Res v Knaphill Res Reserve Division Ash United Res v CB Hounslow United Res

Mon 12 Nov 12 Grant-McLellan Youth Cup – 2nd Round Croydon U18 v Warlingham U18 Tue 13 Nov 12 Middlesex Senior Cup – 1st Round Wembley v Hanworth Villa Surrey Senior Cup – 2nd Round Chessington & Hook United v Godalming Town Farnham Town v Redhill Middlesex Charity Cup – 1st Round Staines Lammas v Brentford Aldershot Senior Cup – 2nd Round Badshot Lea v Camberley Town (7.30 p.m.) S. Comb. Cup – 2nd Round Westfield v Sandhurst Town (7.30 p.m.) Worcester Park v Horsley (7.30 p.m.) (at Colliers Wood United FC) Premier Division Ash United v Raynes Park Vale (7.30 p.m.) Cove v South Park Egham Town v Windsor Epsom & Ewell v Croydon Wed 14 Nov 12 Aldershot Senior Cup – 2nd Round Old Farnboronians v Hartley Wintney Thu 15 Nov 12 Middlesex Senior Cup – 1st Round Bedfont Sports v Hanwell Town

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Division One

P W D L F A Pts

1 Westfield 13 11 0 2 33 17 33

2 South Kilburn 14 9 4 1 31 13 31

3 Frimley Green 10 9 1 0 37 6 28

4 Mole Valley SCR 12 8 1 3 28 10 25

5 Eversley & California 13 8 1 4 41 24 25

6 Spelthorne Sports 13 8 1 4 31 19 25

7 Epsom Athletic 13 7 3 3 32 30 24

8 Worcester Park 13 7 1 5 31 21 22

9 AFC Croydon Athletic 11 6 1 4 24 23 19

10 Staines Lammas 11 5 1 5 25 30 16

11 Banstead Athletic 12 3 3 6 15 17 12

12 Feltham 11 3 1 7 17 25 10

13 Farleigh Rovers 11 3 1 7 14 27 10

14 Warlingham 11 2 2 7 21 34 8

15 Cobham 13 2 2 9 17 31 8

16 Sheerwater 11 2 2 7 16 33 8

17 Knaphill 13 2 1 10 16 36 7

18 CB Hounslow United 13 1 0 12 20 53 3

Reserve Section

P W D L F A Pts

1 Farnham Town Reserves 11 10 0 1 54 12 30

2 Raynes Park Vale Reserves 10 10 0 0 43 9 30

3 Farleigh Rovers Reserves 8 7 0 1 24 1 21

4 Warlingham Reserves 8 4 1 3 24 21 13

5 CB Hounslow United Reserves 9 4 1 4 21 20 13

6 Ash United Reserves 9 4 0 5 17 27 12

7 Sandhurst Town Reserves 10 4 0 6 15 29 12

8 Westfield Reserves 9 4 0 5 19 19 9

9 Worcester Park Reserves 8 3 0 5 17 21 9

10 Knaphill Reserves 8 2 1 5 15 27 7

11 Frimley Green Reserves 10 0 1 9 8 38 1

12 Sheerwater Reserves 8 0 0 8 4 37 0

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My Earliest Football Memories Are?... When I started playing from the age of seven years old and those early years when I played for Ashford B, a team when I lived in Leicester. When I was younger I used to go and watch?... Leicester City

My Footballing hero was?... David White, a striker playing for Man.City in the 1980s My Favourite Football Ground?... Manchester City’s Eithad Stadium My Greatest Achievement?... Being part of a County Cup winning side with Virginia Water Youth, plus a football club tour in Brazil If I didn’t have football growing up I would?... Probably would have got into trouble! if I could change anything I would?... Change the offside rule! I love football because?... I like being part of a team, the buzz, banter and atmosphere

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Knaphill’s impressive U18’s side continued their excellent form in the Southern Youth League with a six game unbeaten league and cup run from mid-September to the end of October, only stopped by a last gasp 3-2 defeat by Shalford. The year started with only three players returning from last year’s campaign with goalkeeper Craig Taylor, left-back Josh Dawber and this season’s captain, Jonny Coats. This meant a very different squad starting their first game in the Southern Youth League in late August at Godalming Town and how pleasing was it to see a fine 2-1 victory for the Knappers with young striker Mekhail McLaughlin getting both goals. This proved to be a false dawn however as trips to Farnham Town and Guildford City both ended in heavy defeats 2-4 & 1-4 respectively; the Knaphill goals from Stevie Kemp, Hamid Senousaoui & Jamal Rodney. The only consistency was that Jonny Coats came away with two ‘Man 0f the Match’ awards (given by the opposition) and three bookings. The youngsters needed to take a long look at themselves and look to repair the damage done to both their position in the table and the teams over-all morale before their next game. That next match saw a long trip down to Cranleigh and a morale boosting 1-1 draw in a very tight game, played at 100mph and in a great spirit. Matt Willard made his debut in goal and helped keep the Knappers in the game whilst Jonny picked up his third MoM in 4 games. The fifth consecutive away game, due to issues with the use of the floodlights at Redding Way, saw a visit to Sandhurst Town and the fastest goals of the season so far as Jamal Rodney nipped in to score after just 21 seconds. A second goal from Jamal and a powerful Jakub Kurdziel header from the big defender saw a comfortable 3-0 lead at half-time. However Sandhurst came storming back in the second half and with ten minutes left had the score at 3-2, again a big defensive effort held the home side at bay and the Knappers recorded their second league win of the season. The latest game was a strong away performance against all the odds at Fleet Spurs where one player failed to arrive, a second Jack Lewis was injured in the warm-up, and with Robert Litchfield stepping into the breach for his first start of the campaign and with only two fit players on the bench it was all hands to the pump. Fleet scored first and it looked as if it could have been a long night. However goals from Conor Davison (2) on his seasonal debut, Charlie Felicien with his first touch after coming on as a sub and a tap-in from Jamal resulting in a 4-2 victory and a return to the top of the table. Special mention should go to the rest of the squad: Ahmed Abdali who has made the centre back position (in a strong back three) his own; Louis Herbert with great expertise in the midfield holding role, Scott James who has only made two starts so far, but shows promise; Ben Landi who along with Craig and Jonny has made appearances for the senior Knaphill teams. youngsters Nathan Leonard and Harry Rosier who will get further chances to shine; the non-stop motor-mouth that is Kabir Odekunle; Mr ‘Shoot-on-sight’ Turkay Suleyman, Kallum Parker-Andrew who has had little time to shine so far this season and Hamid Senousaoui whose goal against Farnham was one of the few bright spots in a disappointing game.

The Grant-McLellan Cup 1st round tie against Windsor which was played at Molesey FC’s Walton Road ground last Monday night, ended in a heart rendering 6-5 defeat on penalties after a hard fought 3-3 draw. With Knaphill 3-1 down after 23 minutes it didn’t look good, but a superb team effort turned the tie around with a last gasp (90+2 mins) free-kick from Turkay Suleyman. Then on the 14th it is back to Molesey for a County Cup tie, last year’s cup victory against Molesey was only achieved by a dramatic 5-4 penalty win after 120 minutes of goalless action. The Knappers next home game will be against Hartley Wintney on the 22nd November, KO 7.30pm.

2012-2013 Season

Southern Youth Football League

West Division

P W D L F A Pts

1 Farnham Town 6 6 0 0 22 5 18

2 Knaphill 9 5 1 3 18 18 16

3 Godalming Town 6 4 0 2 12 7 12

4 Shalford 6 4 0 2 15 13 12

5 Guildford City 6 3 1 2 14 10 10

6 Fleet Spurs 5 3 0 2 15 12 9

7 Hartley Wintney 6 2 1 3 8 9 7

8 Ash United 5 1 1 3 9 12 4

9 Cranleigh 6 1 1 4 9 18 4

10 Sandhurst Town 5 1 0 4 7 16 3

11 Cove 6 0 1 5 6 15 1

Knaphill FC Youth Team Shirt Sponsors

Triston Thomas Sam Nicol Shane O’Connell Chris Macey Andrew Walker Ayoub Amellal Ben Payne Andrew Stirling Ricky Chase Luke Francis Julis Mngadi Jon-Barrie Bates Javonne Molloy Leithan Brimah Omar El-Bakkali Scott Donnelly

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Nick McGregor Jamie doble JOE MCSHANE James Felgate MATT NIVEN Danny perks Danny Cox Daryn Hennessey Phil Ruggles CHARLIE POSTANCE Alex headland Dean pitcher Craig taylor Anthony gray MICHAEL PYM Neil roissetter Matty Edwards Joe green Brian Chimbina Dwaine TAYLOR-Hamilton Alex Baker Paul Johnson Sam Dennison

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match officials

REFEREE Richard Hailstone ASSISTANT Harrison Blair REFEREES Rachel Marlow

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