East Grinstead Town v Whitehawk March 18, 2023

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN FC 2022/23

EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

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STAFF DIRECTORY

Chairman & Treasurer: Richard Tramontin

Vice Chairman & Secretary: Brian McCorquodale

Safety Officer: Barry Bryant

Media Manager: Bruce Talbot

Bar Manager & Webmaster: Stuart Gibson

First Team Manager: Drew Cooney

U23s Joint Managers: Andy Willis Grant Hearn

U18s Manager: Jay De Vito

Player Representative: Drew Cooney

Facilities Manager & Head of Youth

Development: Andy Willis

ROLL OF HONOUR

SUSSEXCOUNTYLEAGUE:

DivisionTwochampions2007–08

BaldwinCupwinners1951–52

MID-SUSSEXLEAGUE:

Champions1901–02,1936–37Montgomery Cupwinners1911–12,1912–13

SOUTHERNAMATEURLEAGUE:

DivisionThreechampions1931–32

SUSSEXRURCUP:

Winners2003–04

RECORDATTENDANCE

2006vLancing-FAAmateurCup,1947

Round–17thJanuary2015

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East Grinstead Town FC is an unincorporated association / members club and is a Community Amateur Sports Club, reg no CASC 02270

WELCOME TO EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN

Good afternoon and a warm welcome to all our visitors from Brighton, and a Whitehawk team with automatic promotion in their sights. March was always shaping up to be a tough month so it was vital we got back to winning ways at East Court ten days ago against Hythe. I thought it was one of the most entertaining matches of the season and a very important win to keep the sides in the bottom four at arm's length.

Corinthian and Faversham look doomed and it might not be until the end of the season before we know if the sides in 17th and 18th have to go into an end of season play-off. Two more wins from our last seven games will be enough I think to keep us above the trap door, and it would be great to get one of them today! We are capable, having beaten two of the current top six this season.

Enjoy the game and see you here next Saturday for the visit of the Nuts and Bolts.

LEAGUE DIVISION TABLE | 22 - 23

1Ramsgate31188560352562

2Whitehawk31177753292458

3Chatham Town311767749301958

4Beckenham Town31175951391256

5Cray Valley PM31158856302653

6Sevenoaks Town311561049351451

7Ashford United31148951391250

8Sheppey United31147105447749

9Hythe Town31147103531449

10Chichester City31121094436846

11Three Bridges31109124748-139

12Littlehampton Town31116144252-1039

13East Grinstead Town31114163353-2037

14Lancing31106154053-1336

15Sittingbourne31811123436-235

16Burgess Hill Town3189144447-335

17VCD Athletic3187163656-2031

18Haywards Heath Town31710143961-2231

19Faversham Town3156203367-3421

20Corinthian3148192349-2620

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MANAGER’S NOTES

We welcome everyone back for today's tough encounter with Sussex rivals Whitehawk.

It has been a really hard few weeks for myself and the players and last Saturday's heavy defeat away at league leaders Ramsgate was another tough one to take.

Again we found ourselves well in the game and created a couple of very good chances, the first one would have seen us take the lead, then they scored soon afterwards. We then had another great chance before the break.

On 72 minutes we had young Junior sent off for a challenge in the opposition's half, definatly a booking but never a red card in my opinion. That changed the whole shape of the game and I must admit the changes I made were massively disappointing.

As we have known for some time we have a really hard run of games now and we need to bounce back today against the team in top spot in the form guide.

We know its going to be extremely difficult as they are hunting down automatic promotion, but we will be setting up firstly to try and stop conceding goals and we need to have a change in fortune with the chances we are creating.

I'm sure once these chances start getting converting it will put us in a much stronger position to take more from the

DREW COONEY

games. Ben Aubery will be making his first appearance since returning from Dorking Wanderers today which is really positive and we have Harrison Parker back from suspension.

In the last home game we showed great character to chisel out three points and we will need similar today, as well as your support from behind the goal.

Everyone’s support is really important over the coming games and the lads will be working hard to get as many points on the board between now and the end of the season.

Drew

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 Whitehawk.

We extend a warm welcome to Shaun Saunders, his players and staff, the Hawks’ officials and supporters as well as to this afternoon’s match referee Teddy Osborn and his assistants Jack Smith and Pablo Aguilar and of course our own Wasps supporters. We trust you all enjoy your short stay and our hospitality.

Sean Saunders’ Hawks leapfrogged their opponents Chatham Town on Tuesday evening into second place with a 1-0 win courtesy of an early own goal. That was their third consecutive win following a 4-1 defeat away to Chichester City. That followed another run of three consecutive wins so Drew Cooney and his Wasps will hope that the pattern continues, and we can get a result this afternoon!

This week was the first in six that we haven’t had a Tuesday night match, so a welcome respite for all. Nonetheless, Drew and Ian have been working the lads in training this week after our defeat at table toppers Ramsgate last Saturday. We were still in the game at 1-0 down when in the 65th minute, Junior Savane was red carded for a mistimed tackle in the opponents’ half which most people considered a harsh decision except for the man in the middle who of course is the one that counts. We conceded a second goal nine minutes later when the assistant referee adjudged the ball had crossed the line when Matt Pierson and his defenders were adamant it hadn’t and then we capitulated and conceded three more in nine minutes.

Prior to that match, we had beaten an in-form Hythe Town here at East Court who had been unbeaten in their previous seven and we were looking for some momentum which we hope to pick back up today.

Please give a warm East Court welcome to Thomas Cooney who made his Wasps debut last week at left back and a welcome back to his home

town team to striker Ben Aubrey who has been at Dorking Wanderers this season.

It’s still all very tight in the bottom half of the table – Corinthian and Faversham still occupy the bottom two places with 20 and 21 points respectively, then there’s a gap of 10 points to Haywards Heath and VCD Athletic on 31 points. Then come Burgess Hill in 16th place on 35 points and Three Bridges in 11th with 39. Wasps sit in 13th with 37 points.

A win today could put us up two places into 11th, whereas a defeat could see us drop to 16th.

We are at home again next Saturday against Ashford United and travel to Hythe the following Saturday.

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

AUGUST

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

26-NovVCD AthleticAPISEdiv954-3ParkerSavaneStrakerUnwinPeranaWilson 1EverettBriggs 1Williams 1AndersonM.Walsh 1Folkes 1UchechiAbie

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

04/02/23CorinthianHPISEdiv1521-0PiersonBriggsUnwinParkerGreenWilsonAndersonGreenwood 1WilliamsUchechiM.WalshStrakerLawrenceDaniel

07/02/23Faversham TownHPISEdiv1051-0PiersonSavaneStrakerParkerGreenWilsonUnwinAbieDanielGreenwood 1FolkesBriggsM.Walsh

11/02/23Littlehampton TownAPISEdiv2221-1PiersonSavaneStrakerUnwinGreenParkerDanielGreenwoodWilliams 1M.WalshBriggsFolkesAnderson

14/02/23Three BridgesHPISEdiv2211-1PiersonBriggsStrakerParkerGreenWilsonDanielGreenAnderson 1FolkesAbieUnwinWalshPerana

18/02/23LancingAPISEdiv1691-0PiersonUnwinStrakerAbieGreenParkerDanielBriggsWilliamsUchechiM.Walsh 1AndersonFolkes

21/02/23SittingbourneAPISEdiv1210-2PiersonUnwinStrakerAbieGreenParkerDanielBriggsAndersonM.WalshFolkesPeranaLawrenceUchechi

25/02/23Burgess Hill TownHPISEdiv2600-4PiersonBriggsParkerUnwinPeranaGreenDanielM.WalshWilliamsUchechiStrakerAstleAnderson

28/02/23Cray ValleyHPISEdiv890-3PiersonSavaneStrakerAbieGreenPeranaAstleUnwinWilliamsFolkesBriggsUchechiLawrenceDaniel

MARCH

28/02/23Sheppey UnitedAPISEdiv3221-4PiersonAstleM.WalshUnwinGreenWilsonDanielAbieWilliams 1BriggsUchechiFolkesAnderson

07/03/23Hythe TownHPISEdiv913-2PiersonSavaneParkerAbieGreenWilson 1Daniel 1UnwinM.Walsh 1AstleBriggsSummerfieldFolkes

11/03/23RamsgateAPISEdiv11410-5PiersonSavaneCooneySummerfieldGreenWilsonDanielAbieM.WalshAstleStrakerBriggsFolkesUchechi

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 games from the past which were played on more or less the same date as today’s match against Whitehawk – with the match programme issued for the match helping me.

To start with we have East Grinstead v Sidlesham on Saturday 18 March 2000 in division two of the Sussex County League. Bruce Talbot’s club notes welcome the visitors on perhaps their longest journey of the season - a team which Bruce says that “according to my maths are just two wins away from gaining promotion.”

He goes on to say that they have been top of the table for most of the season. So perhaps our away match in November when we only lost 3-2 was a good performance. However the score might have flattered us with our two goals - Steve Banks and James Hylton - both coming in the last three or four minutes.

The programme gives us three match reports with one of them about “the worst display of the season”. Our opponents Worthing United had spent an hour with 10 players after a sending off and still won 2-1. Perhaps just as well that in our next game away to Mile Oak – a fixture which “has never been a happy hunting ground for us” - we won 3-1.

Manager Bobby Smith in his notes says much the same thing about those matches, though he had missed the Mile Oak match because of a family celebration.

I’ve already told you that Sidlesham were top of the league. We were in 13th position out of the 18 teams in the league and just about keeping ourselves out of the relegation battle.

We did ourselves no favours though and Sidlesham went back home with a 5-1 win. Our goal came from Steve Banks and brought us back in the game at 2-1 – but giving away two penalties and scoring an own goal didn’t make

it too hard for our visitors.

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Moving on a few years we have East Grinstead v Eastbourne United on Saturday 19 March 2011 in division one of the County League. Bruce Talbot’s notes start by telling us what a tough season our visitors were having, especially for a club that had been League champions two seasons ago - most of that winning squad having departed. However they did have ambitious development plans for their ground which might attract players in the future.

Manager Tony Beckingham says that it‘s great to be back at home as this would be our first home game for five weeks after five consecutive away matches – and later in April we would again have a run of 5 consecutive away matches!

Both he and Richard Tramontin in his notes talk about the injuries we incurred away to Hailsham. Four players had to leave the pitch and with the maximum number of subs being three we had to play the last 30 minutes with just 10 players.

A 0-0 draw in a “scrappy tussle on an awful pitch” was OK. And the match also saw Dave Tidy back in goal – five years after his previous appearance!

Eastbourne United were bottom of the league – two wins, four draws and 24 defeats – while we were doing pretty well in fifth place – and games in hand over most of the teams around us though top of the league Crawley Down, who had only been beaten once, had three games in hand over us.

In a horribly poor first half we had a nasty surprise when Eastbourne took the lead after 15 minutes and they might have had a couple more. We did pull a goal back after some 40 minutes through Peter Cooper.

After the riot act was read to the team at halftime we did re-assert ourselves with second half goals from Ashley Alexander, Marc Pelling and Rikki Cable seeing us win 4-1.

If you’ve had your memory jogged by this article then Lester Medcalf would be happy to hear from you at

A second-half surge saw us win 4-1 12 years ago.

WHITEHAWK

WHITEHAWK FC IN THE LAST THREE DECADES

The club gained its first club house in September 1980, using what was originally a prefabricated building that had been a temporary bank in Haywards Heath. This structure was replaced on the same footprint by a brick clubhouse that still stands today. Again, all the work was done by volunteers. A perimeter fence was added to the ground in 1981 and under new manager Sammy Donnelly, the Hawks won promotion from County League Division 2 as champions.

They entered the FA Cup for the first time in the 1982–83 season but lost 5–2 at Dartford in their first match. In 1983–84 Whitehawk won Sussex County League Division One for the third time, winning their last 18 games of the season, as well as enjoying a good run in the FA Vase before losing 1-0 at Corinthian Casuals in the fourth round.

1986–87 saw the Hawks finish as runners-up to Arundel. Youth team player Ian Chapman was signed by Brighton & Hove Albion and became their youngest ever player when he made his first team debut in 1987. Chapman went on to play over 300 league games for the Albion and Gillingham, the record for league games by any former Hawk.

In 1988–89, again under manager Sammy Donnelly, Whitehawk had what was at the time their best run in the FA Cup, going out 2-0 in a fourth qualifying round replay to Bognor Regis Town, having previously drawn 2–2 at Nyewood Lane. Former Brighton & Hove Albion winger Gerry Fell scored the second equaliser in the away game with virtually the last kick of the match after coming off the bench. Mark Dunk scored the Hawks’ opener.

The home attendance record of 2,100 at the Enclosed Ground for the replay stood for 27 years and was only bettered in 2015 for the FA Cup 2ndround replay with Dagenham and Redbridge.

Floodlights were erected in 1988 and were first used in a match organised to mark the occasion against then First Division Luton Town on 21 March 1988. The game finished 22. Luton sent their first team down for the game, less than a week before they met Arsenal in the League Cup Final at Wembley, thanks to the link the Hawks had with the old Albion player Steve Foster.

The Hawks won the Sussex RUR Cup for the third time in 1990–91, beating Peacehaven & Telscombe in the final 2–1, with youth player Darren Freeman, later to become our most successful ever manager, heading the winner.

1993–94 was another good season for the club, finishing once again as runners-up, this time to Wick, as well as having at the time our best ever run in the FA Vase, reaching the fifth round before losing 3-2 at home to Boston Town.

In 2006–07 the Hawks reached the quarterfinal of the FA Vase, losing 1-0 at home to the eventual winners Truro City in front of a crowd of 1,009. Under Russell Bromage in 2007-08, the Hawks once more finished runners up in the league.

The club finally achieved the league title success that had previously eluded them, winning the County League in 2009–10 under Darren Freeman, to gain promotion to the Isthmian League Division One South.

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TODAYS Teams

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Matte Pierson

Dean Perana

Tariq Straker

Lewis Unwin

Harrison Parker

Glenn Wilson

Matthew Daniel

Andrew Briggs

Sam Williams

Matty Astle

Max Walsh

Daniel Uchechi

Tahjae Anderson

Omar Folkes

Ryan Green

Thibault Abie

Manager: Drew Cooney

Colours: Amber & Black

Referee: Teddy Osborn

Luke Glover cc

Hamish Morrison cc

Leon Moore cc

Joel Daly cc

Nathan Cooper cc

Luca Cocoracchio

Alfie Rogers

Charlie Harris

Kris Oti

Rob O’Toole

Luke Robinson

Will Miles

Stefan Wright

Charlie Lambert

Marvin Herschel

Lauric Diakiesse

Manager: Steve Saunders

Colours: Red

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TODAY’S OTHER GAMES

Ashford United vs Hythe Town

Chichester City vs Chatham Town

Corinthian vs Ramsgate

Faversham Town vs Burgess Hill Town

Haywards Heath Town vs Cray Valley PM

Littlehampton Town vs Sittingbourne

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant Referee: Jack Smith

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EAST GRINSTEAD FC

Assistant Referee: Pablo Aguilar

WHITEHAWK

Sevenoaks Town vs Sheppey United

Three Bridges vs Beckenham Town

VCD Athletic vs Lancing

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