East Grinstead Town v Corinthian Feb 4

EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

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WHO'S WHO

Chairman & Treasurer: RichardTramontin

ViceChairman&Secretary: BrianMcCorquodale

Safety Officer: BarryBryant

Media Manager: BruceTalbot

Bar Manager & Webmaster: StuartGibson

First Team Manager: DrewCooney

U23s Joint Managers: AndyWillis GrantHearn

U18s Manager: JayDeVito

Player Representative: DrewCooney

Facilities Manager & Head of Youth

WELCOME TO EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN

Good afternoon and welcome to our friends from Corinthian for what is an important game for both teams.

The last two months have been very frustrating, not least because we have only played five matches and not been able to build any sort of momentum.

Weather permitting, we will now get that opportunity with ten games in a SaturdayTuesday sequence to come through February and the early part of March. With most of the teams around us to play, and a lot of them at home, the opportunity to climb into mid-table and establish ourselves there is available for us to take.

We are back here on Tuesday for the first of those midweek games when Faversham are our visitors. Make some noise for the boys today - come on you Wasps!

East Grinstead Town FC is a verified Community Amateur Sports Club.

LEAGUE DIVISION TABLE | 22 - 23

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5Sheppey United2311484034637

6Whitehawk21105635211435

ROLL OF HONOUR

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BaldwinCupwinners1951–52

MID-SUSSEXLEAGUE:

Champions1901–02,1936–37

MontgomeryCupwinners1911–12,1912–13

SOUTHERNAMATEURLEAGUE:

DivisionThreechampions1931–32

SUSSEXRURCUP:

Winners2003–04

RECORDATTENDANCE:

2006vLancing-FAAmateurCup,1947

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7Ashford United23105839291035

8Littlehampton Town2310583329435

9Sevenoaks Town2110383124733

12Chichester City217862726129

13Hythe Town218582223-129

10VCD Athletic2384113042-1228

11Haywards Heath Town2376103446-1227

14Lancing2475123244-1226

15Three Bridges1981103032-225

16Burgess Hill Town216692831-324

17East Grinstead Town2072112431-723

18Sittingbourne2256112231-921

19Corinthian2254131935-1619

20Faversham Town2333172256-3412

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Development: AndyWillis EastGrinsteadTownFC @egtfcwasps

Who We Are

MANAGER’S NOTES

We welcome everyone back for today's key match against Corinthian.

After a flurry of postponements and last week's defeat to Sevenoaks we find ourselves towards the bottom end of the table. That being said, we have just under half the season to go and have three or four games in hand on several teams above us. The table is very congested at the moment and a win or two can send us to mid-table so we are by no means panicking. At Sevenoaks last week we got our equaliser in the second half and I thought we might go on and win the game but. as we have found throughout the season, the margins for error in this division are wafer-thin.

We have eight games to play this month, so the squad is going to be really tested and pushed to its limits. Keeping everyone fit will be important. There have been lots of impressive signings going on in our league recently with some teams recruiting former full-time players.

We are more than happy with our squad and how they are training and playing. We have been unlucky in our last two fixtures with really harsh losses. We need to focus on the five home games we have this month and make sure we achieve the points target we have set the lads as we know that in March we have four very tough games against teams in the top five.

As ever, on behalf of the coaching staff and the lads, I would like to thank the fans for their support and we look forward to

their vocal backing during a busy month with lots of support needed not only here at East Court but also away.

Good luck to us! Drew.

DREW COONEY

Photo courtesy of Stuart Gibson

CHAIRMAN’S NOTES

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to The OHOB Community Stadium for today’s Isthmian League South East Division match against Corinthian.

We extend a warm welcome to Michael Golding, his players and staff, the Corinthian officials and supporters, as well as to today’s referee Thomas Baines and his assistants Daniel Head and John-Patrick Kane. We trust you all enjoy your short stay and our hospitality.

Michael Golding’s Corinthian started January with a 3-0 win against Sittingbourne then lost the following two, 5-1 to Littlehampton and 10 to Beckenham Town. They then had an impressive 4-1 away victory over VCD Athletic and drew last time out against Sheppey United last Saturday.

They currently have five more points with a match in hand and are one place ahead of Faversham Town who are propping up the table with 12 points from 23 matches including a 2-0 win at Littlehampton on Tuesday evening after having picked up just one point in their six previous matches since drawing against Corinthian at the beginning of December.

When todays’ two sides met in November, it finished 1-1 after Daniel Correia Lopes put the home side ahead in the 36th minutes and Samuel (Benga) Williams equalised four minutes later.

Drew Cooney’s Wasps have slipped to fourth from bottom after somehow losing the last two matches against Chatham and Sevenoaks when they could have and arguably should have actually won both. They are on 23 points after 20 matches, six points ahead of Corinthian and with two games in hand. Things are very tight in the bottom half of the table – Lancing for example have three more points than Wasps and are three places ahead but have played four more matches - VCD Athletic are five places ahead with five more points than Wasps but have played three

more matches. A win today could see us move up three places.

This coming Tuesday starts a series of 10 matches when we are playing Tuesdays and Saturdays. We are at home again when we host Faversham Town (ko 7.30pm). We then travel to Littlehampton next Saturday and are at home again the following Tuesday against Three Bridges.

I’d like to take this opportunity to say a special thanks to all our fellow volunteers who will have nine matches, including U23s and U18s, plus a function to cover this month of February. Also a big thanks to Complete Turf Care for their great work on the pitch.

Thanks as always to our fans for their great support of the team, home and away, come rain, snow or shine.

Whatever the outcome of this afternoon’s match, I trust everyone enjoys their visit to The OHOB Community Stadium and I wish you all a safe journey home.

Enjoy the match

Richard Tramontin (Chairman)

Photo courtesy of Stuart Gibson

FIXTURES & RESULTS

06-Aug-Hollands & BlairHFACupe1431-0PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinGreenWilsonDaniel 1BriggsCornwellUchechiM.WalshAndersonCascoe-Newman

13-Aug-2022Chatham TownHPISEdiv2161-0PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonDanielBriggsAnderson 1CornwellM.WalshUchechiPeranaPreece-Placid

16-Aug-2022Cray ValleyAPISEdiv900-1PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonDanielBriggsAndersonUchechiPrice-PlacidCornwellM.WalshAbie

20-Aug-2022LancingAFACupp1474-1PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonDaniel 2BriggsCornwellUchechi 1Anderson 1M.WalshClarkePreece-Placid

27-Aug-2022Ashford UnitedAPISEdiv2862-2PiersonClarkeStrakerPeranaParkerWilsonPrice-PlacidBriggsCornwellUchechiM.WalshDaniel 1Abie 1Folkes

29-Aug-2022Haywards Heath TownHPISEdiv2702-1PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonDaniel 1BriggsCornwellUchechiAnderson 1FoakesM.WalshPrice-Placid

SEPTEMBER

03-Sep-Beckenham TownHFACup12452-2PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonDaniel 1BriggsCornwellUchechiAnderson 1FoakesPrice-PlacidCascoe-

06-Sep-Beckenham TownAFACup11981-3PiersonClarkeStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonPrice-PlacidBriggsFolkesAbleM.WalshDaniel 1

13-Sep-2022WroxhamAFAT1q1311-4PiersonF.WalshClarkeUnwinCooneyWilsonDaniel 1BriggsAndersonM. WalshPrice-PlacidCascoe-Abie

17-Sep-2022Sheppey UnitedHPISEdiv2360-1PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonPrice-PlacidBriggsCornwellUchechiAndersonM.WalshFolkesPerana

OCTOBER

01/10/22Burgess Hill TownAPISEdiv4530-1PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonDanielBriggsCornwellUchechiAndersonPrice-PlacidPeranaM.Walsh

08-Oct-2022LancingHPISEdiv2372-0PiersonF.WalshStrakerPeranaParkerWilsonDaniel 1Briggs 1CornwellPrice-PlacidM.WalshA.ClarkeAndersonAbie

11-Oct-2022Three BridgesAPISEdiv1493-2PiersonF.WalshStrakerPeranaParkerWilsonDanielBriggs 1AndersonPrice-PlacidM.WalshCornwellClarkeUnwin

15-Oct-2022RamsgateHPISEdiv2 0 11-3PiersonF.WalshM.WalshPeranaParkerWilsonDanielBriggsAnderson 1CornwellPrice-PlacidUchechiUnwinSargent

18-Oct-2022LeatherheadHVT11191-1PiersonClarkeM.WalshUnwinParkerGarnerEverettAbieFolkesCascoe-NewmanPrice-PlacidWilliamsAkabuoguBuchananSargent

22/10/22WhitehawkAPISEdiv3510-2PiersonF.WalshStrakerPeranaParkerWilsonCornwellBriggsAndersonDanielM.WalshEverittPrice-PlacidCascoe29/10/22Littlehampton TownHPISEdiv1850-1PiersonGarnerStrakerPeranaParkerWilsonDanielBriggsAndersonUchechiM.WalshF.WalshFolkesEverett

NOVEMBER

O5/11/22Faversham TownAPISEdiv2 6 11-3PiersonF.WalshStrakerM.WalshParkerWilsonDanielBriggsAnderson 1UchechiPrice-PlacidEverettUnwinCornwell

12-NovSevenoaks TownHPISEdiv2323-0PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonDaniel 1NewmanAnderson 1UchechiBriggsEverettWilliams 1

19/11/22CorinthianAPISEdiv1121-1PiersonF.WalshM.WalshUnwinParkerWilsonDanielEverettWilliams 1UchechiAndersonBriggsFolkes

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DECEMBER

03/12/22Beckenham TownHPISEdiv1820-2PiersonSavaneStrakerM.WalshPeranaWilsonEverettBriggsAndersonUchechiWilliamsParkerFolkesDaniel

26/12/22Haywards Heath TownAPISEdiv3480-2PiersonSavaneStrakerUnwinParkerWilsonDanielBriggsWilliamsGreenwoodM.WalshUchechiAndersonFolkes

JANUARY

02/01/23Chichester CityHPISEdiv2123-2PiersonParkerStrakerM.WalshGreen 1WilsonGreenwoodBriggsAndersonUchechiDaniel 1UnwinFolkesWilliams 1

07/01/23Chatham TownAPISEdiv6820-1PiersonSavaneParkerUnwinGreenWilsonDanielGreenwoodWilliamsUchechiM.WalshBriggsAndersonStraker

28/01/23Sevenoaks TownAPISEdiv1711-3PiersonParkerStrakerUnwinGreenWilsonDaniel 1GreenwoodWilliamsM.WalshBriggsAndersonUchechi

FEBRUARY

04/02/23CorinthianHPISEdiv

07/02/23Faversham TownHPISEdiv

11/02/23Littlehampton TownAPISEdiv

14/02/23Three BridgesHPISEdiv

18/02/23LancingAPISEdiv

21/02/23SittingbourneAPISEdiv

25/02/23Burgess Hill TownHPISEdiv

28/02/23Cray ValleyHPISEdiv

MARCH

04/03/23Sheppey UnitedAPISEdiv

07/03/23Hythe TownHPISEdiv

11/03/23RamsgateAPISEdiv

18/03/23WhitehawkHPISEdiv

25/03/23Ashford UnitedHPISEdiv

APRIL

01/04/23Hythe TownAPISEdiv

08/04/33SittingbourneHPISEdiv

10/04/23Chichester CityAPISEdiv

15-AprBeckenham TownAPISEdiv

22/04/23VCD AthleticHPISEdiv

APRIL

PROGRAMMES FROM THE PAST

We’ll talk about a couple of past games that we played early in the first week of February –helped by the programme that was produced for the match.

First up is East Grinstead v Molesey on Saturday 4 February 2017 – in the Isthmian League of course. Bruce Talbot’s programme notes welcome Molesey to East Court with a recall that in the away match on the first day of the season Molesey made home advantage pay by beating us 2-0.

He goes on to reflect on the number of goals that were being scored in our matches with the recent Tuesday evening match at home to Godalming being a game in point. In horrendous conditions we had lost 4-3. He wonders if at some time in the future we might find clubs at our level all playing on 4G pitches in a season lasting from April to October.

Manager Matt Longhurst was not at all pleased with our performance in that Godalming side –“we defended in what can only be described as schoolboy fashion” but he is confident that the players will respond to that poor performance for the Molesey game.

Richard Tramontin’s Chairman’s notes welcome Tom Cadman to the club – “he is the third generation Cadman that has played for the club” following father Antony and grandfather Peter Cadman who had been manager and chairman as well as playing for us (and groundsman for a couple of years as well).

There were then 24 teams in the league and the programme’s league table show us in 19th place with Molesey one place below us –though Molesey had two games in hand over us. So a win for us would have been very handy.

An early goal from Charlie Harris was followed by a second goal by Tashi Kwayie just before

half-time. Would we throw it all away in the second half? No, we didn’t and Tashi added a further goal in the middle of the second half for a 3-0 win.

CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

Front cover from our game against Molesey back in 2017.

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Moving on a year we’ll have a look at Cray Wanderers v East Grinstead on Saturday 3 February 2018, again in the Isthmian League. There were 64 pages in the Cray Wanderers programme and while there were a good number of adverts there was still plenty to read – not necessarily about football!

The introductory notes tell us that a number of Cray’s players will miss the match – a couple of red cards in recent games plus a couple of injuries picked up in their most recent game. The league table shows Cray in second place with Lewes ahead of them and the two teams had met in Cray’s previous home match. So not surprisingly we get a very detailed match report of that game - spread over two pages.

Cray had gone into the Lewes match with a run of 23 unbeaten matches. (One of those 23 games had been a 7-0 win at East Court. They’d also had a second 7-0 win - and a 9-1 win.)

However, Lewes had won that top of the table match 2-1 (with Cray getting those two red cards in the last minute) and Cray had then lost their next match as well – again 2-1.

I mentioned lots to read in the programme. A couple of examples . On 3 February 1958 Buddy Holly - an American rock ‘n’ roll singerhad been killed in a plane crash. The programme had a page talking about him “On this day in History” – I assume this was a regular feature of the Cray programme.

And we also had an article “Gone but not forgotten” which talked about a football club called Pitsea United – “another club that used to appear on the Wands’ fixture list in the 1960s”. So again, I assume this was a regular feature. Pitsea is a small town in Essex and I went to see them play once in the 1950s – I still have the programme.

Let’s get back to our game. I’ve already told you that Cray were second – we were third from bottom. Would we take advantage of Cray’s recent form and those missing players? Five minutes before half-time Michael Power put Cray in front and five minutes after halftime Ollie Boulding equalised. And 1-1 was

We got a very good point at second-placed Cray in 2018.

how it ended. I think we were happier than Cray at the result.

CORINTHIAN

A BRIEF HISTORY

Corinthian FC was founded in 1972 by Mr RJ Billings (Snr) to provide football in a safe environment, whilst teaching the players the principles that he believed to be important in sport.

The motto was simply pro omnium beneficiofor the benefit of all, but on the pitch the principles were simple ‘hard, but fair.’ Losing wasn’t considered before the game, but if the result went against us then the players were taught to take it graciously.

For the first ten years of the club’s existence, we were pleased to welcome such teams as Tottenham, Charlton and Norwich amongst other league teams as well as county and district representative sides as our opposition. On top of these games there were many regular visitors to Gay Dawn Farm from local clubs making up a fixture list of over 60 games per season.

During the 1980s with the arrival of an experienced manager, Tony Sitford, we progressed from youth football into men’s football playing in the old Southern League. This level of football by a totally amateur club made us unique, but caused problems in the long run in attracting new players. Into the 1990s we dropped back down to the Kent League and enjoyed many a season in this set up.

Early into the new century we reviewed the whole structure of our football club and decided that we had lost our roots in youth football, and this was having a detrimental effect on our senior side. So, we decided to withdraw temporarily from senior football, whilst we rebuilt the lower levels of the club. In 2008 we had managed to create a club running five sides, from 13 through to 18years-old and it became obvious that we needed to consider the next step in our restructuring.

For two seasons we had a liaison with Welling United, integrating a senior side within them and developed a reserve side initially playing in Kent Division 2 (season 2008/09) and then moving on (2009/10) into the Suburban

League South Division. This partnership has now come to an end.

When the opportunity came for us to re-enter senior football as Corinthian Football Club, we did not hesitate to take it. Probably two years too soon, but the challenge was one we were keen to take. We introduced a second senior side playing in the Suburban League to help us progress our under-18s into men’s football.

From 2010 to 2020 saw Corinthian FC running two senior sides one in the Kent Football League Premier Division (which became the SCEFL) and one in the Suburban League South Division plus youth sides – under14, 15, 16 and 18s in the Kent Youth League. For the 2011/12 season as well as all the above, Corinthian FC had an under-18 team in the Isthmian Youth League.

Corinthian Football Club were delighted to have been promoted into the Isthmian League Division 1 South East for the 2021/22 season and finished eighth in our first season at this level.

For the 2022/23 season we have two teams –an under-18s competing in the Isthmian Youth League and the first team in the Isthmian League South-East Division.

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TODAYS Teams

EAST GRINSTEAD FC CORINTHIAN

Matte Pierson

Junior Savane

Tariq Straker

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Harrison Parker

Glenn Wilson

Matthew Daniel cc

Andrew Briggs

Sam Williams

Charlie Greenwood

Max Walsh

Daniel Uchechi

Tahjae Anderson

Omar Folkes

Ryan Green

Thibault Abie

Manager: Drew Cooney

Colours: Amber & Black

Referee: Thomas Baines

EAST GRINSTEAD

Daniel Colmer (GK) cc

Harry Lashley cc

Harry Sargent cc

Josh Leach cc

Jack Beerling cc

James Billings cc

Oscar Housego © cc

Brandon Davey cc

Oliver Box cc

Andre Thompson- Fearon cc

Salim Futa cc

Daniel Pepple

Festos Kamara cc

Oladapo Michael Olatunji cc

Sam Bewick

Harvey Smith cc

Jack Godfrey cc

Josh James cc

Manager: Michael Goulding

Colours: Green & White

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NExT HOME GAME

FAVERSHAM TOWN

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Kick off 7.30pm

TODAY’S OTHER GAMES

Chatham Town vs Three Bridges

Cray Valley PM vs Chichester City

Haywards Heath Town vs Ashford United

Lancing vs Hythe Town

Ramsgate vs Littlehampton Town

Sheppey United vs Faversham

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant Referee: Daniel Head

VS Fin A l sCORe

Assistant Referee: John-Patrick Kane

CORINTHIAN

Sittingbourne vs Sevenoaks

VCD Athletic vs Burgess Hill Town

Whitehawk vs Beckenham Town

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