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3 WELCOME TO EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB The OHOB Community Stadium | College Lane | East Grinstead RH19 3LS Telephone : Website : 01342325885 www.egtfc.co.uk STAFF DIRECTORY Chairman & Treasurer: RichardTramontin ViceChairman&Secretary: BrianMcCorquodale Safety Officer: BarryBryant Media Manager: BruceTalbot Bar Manager & Webmaster: StuartGibson First Team Manager: DrewCooney U23s Joint Managers: Andy GrantWillisHearn U18s Manager: JayDeVito Player Representative: DrewCooney Facilities Manager & Head of Development:Youth AndyWillis EastGrinsteadTownFC @egtfcwasps ROLL OF HONOUR SUSSEXCOUNTYLEAGUE: DivisionTwochampions2007–08 BaldwinCupwinners1951–52 MID-SUSSEXLEAGUE: Champions1901–02,1936–37 MontgomeryCupwinners1911–12,1912–13 SOUTHERNAMATEURLEAGUE: DivisionThreechampions1931–32 SUSSEXRURCUP: Winners 2006RECORD2003–04ATTENDANCEvLancing-FAAmateurCup,1947 Round–17thJanuary2015 www.egtfc.co.uk LEAGUE DIVISION TABLE | 22 - 23 POSTEAM PDWDLFAGDPTS 1Ashford 20Whitehawk10Haywards8East6Corinthian4Chatham3Burgess2BeckenhamUnitedTownHillTown5ChichesterCity7CrayValleyPMGrinsteadTown9FavershamTownHeathTown11HytheTown12Lancing13LittlehamptonTown14Ramsgate15SevenoaksTown16SheppeyUnited17Sittingbourne18ThreeBridges19VCDAthletic
On Tuesday we travel to Cray Valley PM, which won't be easy, kick off 7.45pm.
2022-23 line-up Good afternoon and welcome to our opening game of our ninth season as an Isthmian League club. Our opponents today are back at this level for the first time since 2017 and it looks as if they have built a pretty good squad for their return to Step 5, so we're expecting a difficult start to the League campaign. Last Saturday's hard-fought but deserved 1-0 win over Hollands & Blair means the first hurdle on the road to Wembley has been cleared. Next stop is Lancing in the preliminary round next Saturday.
The Bank Holiday weekend brings us a trip to Ashford United on the 27th followed by Haywards Heath Town's visit to the OHOB two days later. Good luck to Drew and the lads today. East Grinstead Town FC is an unincorporated association/CommunityAmateurSportsClub.
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As ever I'd like to thank all the fans that were at last week's FA Cup and ask them all to spread the word about the new team we have put in place this season and continue to grow the numbers watching at our home games. The local support is not only very welcome for the lads but is imperative for the progression of the club. Good luck to us!
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DREW COONEY We welcome everyone back to the OHOB Community Stadium for our first league game of the season. After last week's1-0 win at home to a strong Hollands and Blair side it will be nice to get the league campaign underway. Last week was the first time in 22 years I haven’t started the season playing so was a very surreal day for me Ipersonally!thoughtthe lads did great last week. It's always difficult playing in the extra preliminary round of the FA Cup as your first game of the season. There was obviously a fair amount of pressure on myself and the guys to get the win against a team from a lower league. To be fair to Hollands and Blair they are a strong side and will be pushing in their league for promotion this season. If you look at their side on paper most of that team have played at our level or above so to get the win and more importantly a clean sheet was a great Westart.welcome Chatham this week who are newly promoted to this league, but were runaway winners in their league last season and have added even more fire power to their already impressive squad. Our lads will have to be at their best again this week and have continued to build on what we have been drilling into them in training. We will have to put that into practise if we are to get what we want out of today's game.
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Good afternoon everyone and welcome to The OHOB Community Stadium for this season’s Isthmian League South East Division opener against Chatham Town. I would like to extend a warm welcome back to all our visitors from Chatham Town as well as to today’s referee Aleczander Ovens and his assistants Jack Phillips and Shawn Barclay. It’s also a special welcome back to all Wasps supporters for the new league campaign. The Chats won promotion back to the Isthmian League after an absence of five years, finishing second to Sheppey United in the Southern Counties East Premier League at the end of last season. They notched up 100 points and finished with a positive goal difference of 102. Like Wasps, the Chats were involved in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup last weekend and they too won their way through to the next round. They beat Little Common 2-1 and next travel to Colliers Wood United in the Preliminary Round. A couple of former Wasps players may possibly feature for the Chats this afternoon - Ainsley Harriet and Malachi Robinson. I’m sure they’ll get a warm reception from the East Court crowd. It was great to start the 2022/23 season with a win in front of the home fans last Saturday in the FA Cup, beating Hollands & Blair 1-0, despite missing a penalty and hitting the bar. We travel to Lancing next Saturday in the Preliminary Round. It was Drew’s first FA Cup match in charge, and he will be pleased to have notched up the win and to get a positive start to the season. Let’s hope the same will be true today as we start our league campaign although we know that Kevin Hake’s team will be a stern test this afternoon. I see we have been predicted to finish bottom come the end of the season by Isthmian South East Division supporters –I regard that as an added incentive as I’m sure Drew and the players will as well. Our next three matches are away – on Tuesday we travel to Cray Valley PM (ko 7.45pm) then as previously mentioned we are in FA Cup action at Lancing next Saturday and then play at Ashford United the following Saturday before welcoming Haywards Heath here on bank holiday Monday, 29th August (ko 3pm).
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I would like to thank you all for coming along this afternoon and whatever the outcome of the 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)
9 FIXTURES & RESULTS 8 EastGrinsteadTownFC @egtfcwaspswww.egtfc.co.ukEastGrinsteadTownFC @egtfcwaspswww.egtfc.co.uk DateOpponentsVCompGateScore1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 1613/17 AUGUST 06-Aug-Hollands & Blair HFACupe1431-0PiersonF.WalshStrakerUnwinGreenWilsonDaniel 1BriggsCornwellUchechiM.WalshAndersonCascoe-Newman 13-Aug-2022Chatham Town HPISEdiv 16-Aug-2022Cray Valley A 20-Aug-2022Lancing AFACupp 27-Aug-2022Ashford United A 29-Aug-2022Haywards Heath TownHPISEdiv SEPTEMBER 03-Sep- FACup1 10-Sep-2022Wroxham AFAT1q 17-Sep-2022Sheppey United HPISEdiv 24-Sep-2022 FAT2q OCTOBER 01/10/22Burgess Hill TownAPISEdiv 08-Oct-2022Lancing HPISEdiv 15-Oct-2022Ramsgate HPISEdiv 22/10/22Whitehawk APISEdiv 29/10/22Littlehampton TownHPISEdiv NOVEMBER O5/11/22Faversham Town APISEdiv 12-NovSevenoaks Town HPISEdiv 19/11/22Corinthian APISEdiv 26-NovVCD Athletic APISEdiv DECEMBER 03/12/22Beckenham 26/12/22Haywards17/12/22Hythe10/12/22SittingbourneTownHPISEdivAPISEdivTownHPISEdivHeathTownAPISEdiv
FEBRUARY 04/02/23Corinthian HPISEdiv 11/02/23Littlehampton TownAPISEdiv 14/02/23Three Bridges HPISEdiv 18/02/23Lancing APISEdiv 25/02/23Burgess Hill TownHPISEdiv
APRIL 01/04/23Hythe Town APISEdiv 08/04/33Sittingbourne HPISEdiv 10/04/23Chichester City APISEdiv 15-AprBeckenham TownAPISEdiv 22/04/23VCD Athletic HPISEdiv
MARCH 04/03/23Sheppey United APISEdiv 11/03/23Ramsgate APISEdiv 18/03/23Whitehawk HPISEdiv 25/03/23Ashford United HPISEdiv
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JANUARY 02/01/23Chichester City HPISEdiv 07/01/23Chatham Town APISEdiv 14/01/23Cray Valley HPISEdiv 21/01/23Faversham Town HPISEdiv 28/01/23Sevenoaks Town APISEdiv
The front cover of the programme tells us that our 2006/07 programme was considered to be the best County League programme and it also tells us that it was 40 years ago that we first played at East Court. To mark these occasions the front cover of the 2007/08 programme used the drawing that was on our programmes 40 years ago (and for a few years after). I am an admirer of programmes that use drawings rather than photos on their front Thecover.programme goes on in several places to talk about the substantial amount of work that had been done over the summer to improve our facilities – new stands, barrier round the pitch as well as hard standing all the way round, new dugouts and one or two other bits and pieces. As well as this improvement in our facilities our manager Steve Norris tells us that he had spent much of the summer recruiting new players with the hope of gaining promotion to the County League’s top division - the previous season’s mid-table ending had been a disappointment. The programme included brief details of where the summer’s new players had come from and what they could be expected to bring to the team. And the Rustington match? I wasn’t at the game but there were lots of goals with our four from Dave Gellatly, Ben Burns, Mannie Neville and Chris Day just outweighing Rustington’s three
First up is East Grinstead v Rustington on Saturday 11 August 2007 – 15 years ago. This was a County League division two match and, as it happens, it was to be Rustington’s first match as a senior club. They had gained first place in the third division of the County League in the previous season – by the small matter of 11 points. (Division 3 of the County League is intermediate status).
Rustington had also come up with something special in that in the year 2006 – the second half of the 2005/06 season and the first half of the 2006/07 season – they were not beaten in any County League match.
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The league season gets underway and I bring you a couple of programmes from my collection for matches we’ve played in the past during the second week of August.
Simon Funnell also talks about the improvement in facilities, but not surprisingly he concentrates on the task ahead on the pitch – it’s going to be tough. In the County League “we knew there would be games when we could coast to three points. That won’t be the case this season.” And travelling to “places like Herne Bay and Guernsey will not be easy”. We have a match report of that first Isthmian League game away to Redhill - possibly our easiest journey of the season. We had a bright first 20 minutes but Redhill then dominated the rest of the first half, missing a number of chances. But inevitably they were to take the lead with a goal a few minutes before half-time. The second half was a bit closer with both sides missing chances and we really should have equalised five minutes from the end when a header into an open goal somehow went wide. But the footballing gods must have been with us when in the last minute Dan Turner curled in a shot from the edge of the Redhill penalty area. The programme continues with features about our visitors from Horsham – a good history of the club followed by pen pictures of their players. And then programme editor Bruce Talbot has the last page of the programme (his 29th year with the club) to again talk about the work that had been done in the last few years, while reminding us that help would be needed even more in the future to maintain and, where appropriate, improve what we now had. And the match? Well we celebrated our first Isthmian League match with our first Isthmian League win. Horsham had much of the first half but it fell to our Steve Sargent to open the scoring just before half-time. And a few minutes into the second-half we scored a second with John Sinclair scoring. And in the very last few seconds Horsham took advantage of a defensive mistake to score. But no time to think of equalising so it finished 2-1 to us. If you’ve had your memory jogged by this article then I’d be happy to hear from you at lestermedcalf@btinternet.com.
notes again concentrated on the work done to bring the facilities up to the standard required for the Isthmian League, with much of the work needing to have been completed before the end of the previous Managerseason.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Moving on a few years we have the programme for East Grinstead v Horsham on Tuesday 12 August 2014. A very important game for us as it was our first home game in the Isthmian League – having been away on the previous Saturday. It’s Sam Schaaf on the cover with, I think, John Sinclair in the Richardbackground.Tramontin’s
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Jack Evans – Club captain and prolific goal scorer who started out at Lewes before joining Gillingham’s Academy and his development took in Welling United, Corby Town, Maidstone United, Dartford before he found his spiritual home at Chats. Ainsley Everett – joined us in pre-season and has played for Glebe FC and Sevenoaks Town and plays on the left side of midfield.
Jordi Robins – A talented player who has started to break through to the first team squad and looking to push on in what looks like a promising career in football.
Malachi Robinson – joined Chats in the close season and his previous clubs include Herne Bay, Ashford & Tooting.
The club’s assistant manager.
Ike Orji – A cultured right-back who has demonstrated a high level of consistent performances and he has gradually become a vital squad member.
Christian Lawal – A classy defender signed from Tunbridge Wells and has settled in well at the Chats and now an established first-team Joshplayer.Ogunseye – Joined Chats in pre-season from Farnham Town where he was top goal scorer last season with 38 goals in all Emmanuelcompetitions.Oloyede – has joined us from Corinthian and has showed in pre-season that he will have a major impact in the team with his skills and explosive speed.
Reece Butler – A former winner of Chats Player of the Year and Players Player of the Year awards, an all-action defender/midfielder and is now one of the club’s longest serving Danplayers.Bradshaw – A top professional in the nonleague circuit having dominated the goalscoring charts with Sheppey United and Chatham Town and last season he scored six hat-tricks and won the SCEFL Premier Division Golden Boot with 46 goals.
Prince William Domafriyie – Signed from Waltham Abbey where he was a dominant player with a good eye for goal and has joined Chats with a view to establish himself in the Isthmian League. Dan Ellis – The Chats keeper is a firm fans’ favourite and is affectionately named The Tank as he likes to save penalties and a legendary figure at the club.
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DannyPremier.Kedwell – Started out as Chats player as a teenager and returned as a veteran following a career that has taken in Tonbridge Angels, Fisher, Lordswood, Maidstone United, Herne Bay, Welling, Grays Athletic, AFC Wimbledon, Gillingham, Ebbsfleet United, Hollands & Blair, Havant and Cray Wanderers.
Harry Brooks – previously with Sittingbourne so has played at Isthmian League level and joined us during pre-season and will support Dan Ellis as the last line of defence.
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Andy Pugh –Andy is a huge talent with vast experience at a higher level.
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Ryan Gill – was part of the Chats squad last season that won promotion from the SCEFL
Dean Beckwith – a classy defender who has been dominant when he pulls on the Chats shirt, a key player in the Chats promotion winning team.
Matt Bodkin – Had a couple of spells at Chats; plays with his heart and another creator of goals and very popular amongst his teamSimonmates.Cooper – Simon signed in pre-season and opened his account with a 70-yard shot from his own half in Chats 6-0 win at Rochester United. Former Kingstonian captain. Mikey Dalton- a quality player who can operate in several positions and will be looking to press on this coming season as he now an integral part of the team.
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