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Essex Senior League April 2014 Kick Off 7.45pm

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Clapton Football Club HONOURS LIST Formed as ‘Downs FC’ in 1877. Re-named Clapton Football Club in 1878. Founder members of the Southern League. Founder members of the Isthmian League (now Ryman League). The First English Club to play on the Continent. (1890) FA AMATEUR CUP WINNERS 1906/07, 1908/09, 1915/15, 1923/24. 1924/25 Runners Up 1904/05 ISTHMIAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1910/11, 1922/23 Runners Up 1905/06, 1907/08. 1909/10, 1924/25 Division Two Champions 1982/83 ESSEX SENIOR CUP WINNERS 1890/91, 1924/25, 1925/26, 1954/55, 1983/8 LONDON SENIOR CUP WINNERS 1888/89. 1908/09, 1910/11 Runners Up 1988/89 ESSEX SENIOR TROPHY WINNERS 1988/89 ESSEX THAMESIDE TROPHY WINNERS 1982/83, 1983/84 A.F.A. INVITATION SENIOR CUP WINNERS 1965/66

Founded by W.R. Davies, at a meeting in his father’s house at 11 Queensdown Road, Clapton E5, August of 1877, Downs FC started playing on Hackney Downs. Three years later in 1880, and with a name change to Clapton Football Club, the Tons moved the short distance to North Mill Field, Leyton. Later that year the Tons were offered their first private enclosure at Elm Farm with a rental of £10 per year. They moved once more before settling at the Dog, to Pilgrims Farm, Walthamstow. It was the founding of the London FA that introduced Clapton FC to the Spotted Dog, The Tons played an LFA Cup match against City Albion who had a pitch in the field just north of the Dog. The tenants of the Dog were St Bartholemews Hospital who were about to vacate, so Clapton obtained a lease from the owner, Mrs Vause. It was a bold step, the rent was £35 a year, whilst the club’s annual income amounted to £40. The opening game at the Dog took place on the 29 th September 1888 and the Clapton team beat a team from Old Carthusians by a goal to nil. The scorer was J.S. Sellars. The ground was a roped enclosure and the players changed in a barn in Upton Lane. Many games drew crowds of 4,000 or more, and several notable Ton’s players were recruited from those watching when numbers were short. In 1982 a Southern League game was the first league match ever to be played at the Dog. Before this, only friendly and cup matches had taken place. The brewers, Watneys took over the freehold of the ground and during the second world war the Dog became an anti-aircraft station. During these five years, Clapton played at Newbury Park, the home of Ilford FC. A crowd of 12,000 watched Clapton play Spurs in a cup tie in 1898 which resulted in a 1-1 draw. In more ‘recent’ times, a crowd of 2,000 witnessed an FA Amateur Cup match against Barnet in 1964. In 1992, the Clapton Trust managed to negotiate and finally secure, in 1995, a 99 year lease on the ground. This achievement should have secured the club’s future at the Old Spotted Dog, however, with Vince McBean at the helm, recent events and mismanagement have placed this security in jeopardy and these issues will need to be addressed to secure the club’s future once more. The ‘club membership’ is said to be closed since at least January 2013 and it is apparent that Clapton Football Club itself is being used as a front for a proprietary club called Clapton Members Club which is run by Mr McBean. In truth, the Clapton Football Club that was founded in 1877, lies with the three existing life members of the original club, and the entity currently playing under the name of Clapton FC have no relation to the original club, other than using it’s name so as to give advantage to other businesses and individuals. Things change.

CLAPTON v Hullbridge Sports FC Essex Senior League Tuesday 22nd April 2014 Our penultimate home game of the season sees our friends from Hullbridge Sports visit the Old Spotted Dog. As ever, a warm welcome is extended to the players officials and supporters and we wish them a safe journey home later this evening. Hullbridge have enjoyed another steady season with their FA Vase run possibly being the highlight. They eventually lost to finalists Sholing Town but their best moment would surely have been dumping their local rivals. league leaders and ‘big time Charlies’ Great Wakering Rovers out of the competition. A good, competitive match shoud ensue this evening which we hope will be enjoyed by a players and spectators alike. Since out last home game, the Tons have played three conseuctive away matches. Losses at Haringey and Greenhouse pale into insignificance in compaison to the very enjoyable and well supported victory at Barking. The gate of 123 was made up mostly of Clapton fans and the support was once again, magnificent. It was also great to see old Tons’ favourite Dave Armstrong back in the side, playing in goal and lapping up the atmosphere. The supporters have a very important part to play in the progress of our club. Whilst we must accept that some players will want to leave Clapton to pursue their aim of playing at the highest level possible, there are some who might be tempted away for money. All we can say ids that there is no team as well supported as the Tons at this level of football. Some players left Clapton last close season and have ended up either keeping the bench warn at their new club or playing in front of the equivient of one man and a dog. Knowing that they will be well supported at every game encourages players, not only to stay at the the Dog, but also for other players to consider Clapton as a club for whom they would like to play. It’s a long time since someone has been able to say that about ClaptonFC, and it’s all down to the fans. After today, we have two more league matches, both to be played here at the Old Spotted Dog. On Saturday we play FC Romania in a home fixture. It is the first visit for the visitors to the Dog and having given a very good account of themselves in their first season, our visitors will undoubtedly prove a stern test for Woodsy’s boys. Next Tuesday we play Eton Manor here in what is their home fixture. Our final match of the season is very special indeed. On Saturday 17th May we play a Friendly fixture against our friends at LEYTON ORIENT at Brisbane Road, 6pm kick off. All proceeds in aid of Cancer research. Please make every effrot to come along to a nique event, in aid of a good cause and support the Tons. Off the field, matters are progressing as to the club’s future. We will be making further annoncements shortly on the website at www.claptonfc.info and on social media. Follow us at @Real_ClaptonFC on Twitter. Finally, badges are for sale in the scaffold today. We are considerign a new batch of scarves, possibly with a new design. Again, keep up to date with what’s happening via the websites. Enjoy the match !

OUR VISITORS - HULLBRIDGE SPORTS F.C. Records show that Hullbridge United Football Club was formed by a group of local men, fronted by the then proprietor of the Anchor Inn, a Mr. A. W. Moss. He owned a room behind the pub known as Buff’s Hall. This was where the club held its first meeting. A Mr. Brown generously allowed the club to play on his land, on the corner of Pooles Lane and Long Lane. Hullbridge United’s first colours were green and gold quartered shirts, white shorts and green socks, which, by an amazing coincidence, were the same colours as those on the flag flying outside the Anchor Inn! Affiliating to the Essex County FA in 1947, Hullbridge United entered the Southend & District League for the upcoming 1947-48 season. 1950-51 saw Hullbridge United reach their first Cup Finals. In the Section ‘C’ Final of the Southend Charity Competition, United beat Maxwell Sports 4-1. Four weeks later, in the Southend & District League’s French Cup, Hullbridge faced Rochford Athletic but, somewhat unluckily, lost the Final by three goals to four. After six seasons of Second Division football, 1951-52 saw Hullbridge finally gain promotion – and they did it in style, winning both the Championship and the French Cup. In the Final, Hullbridge defeated the reserves of Great Wakering Rovers by three goals to nil. In all, the club played 28 matches that season, scoring an amazing 141 goals. The summer of 1953 saw the club change name to Hullbridge Sports. After a few poor seasons, times improved for the club when they won the 1956-57 Third Division Championship and the League’s Shaw Cup. They finished five points clear of Canvey Island Sports in the League and saw off Victory Athletic reserves 3-2 after extra time in the Cup Final. Suffering relegation at the end of the 1958-59 season, Sports’ stay in the Third Division lasted but four seasons as, in 1962-63, ‘Bridge won promotion as runner-up in the newly named Second Division with a dramatic final day victory to ensure promotion on goal average. Drawing 4-4 at home to Southwick Rovers, ‘Bridge scored three goals in the final fifteen minutes to gain a 7-4 victory and promotion. Another double was achieved during the 1965-66 season when Hullbridge won the First Division Championship and Section ‘C’ of the Southend Charity Competition – beating Southchurch Rovers 30 in a re-play after a 2-2 draw. A respectable fifth place finish was achieved in the Premier Division the following season, along with being French Cup finalists. 1968-69 saw Hullbridge finish bottom of the Premier Division but just three seasons later the club regained their Premier Division status, finishing runner-up to Canvey Island Amateur FC at the end of the 1971-72 season. Good cup runs that year saw the club reach the semi-final of the Ramuz Cup and the Fourth Round of the Essex Junior Cup. In the late 1970s the club decided it wanted it’s own ground. Negotiations with Rochford Council proved successful and the club took control of 161/2 acres of farmland in Lower Road (at the top of Coventry Hill!), with the club moving in during 1980. Transformation of the site was slow, with the clubhouse not officially opened until 1983. The end of 1979-80, Sports put six goals past the Southend Estuary ‘keeper to win Section ‘B’ of the Southend Charity Competition. A move up to the newly-formed Southend & District Alliance in 1982 found the club wanting. Finishes of sixth and eighth and First Round knock-outs in the League Cup wasn’t exactly what the club had hoped for. The only bright spot was reaching the 1982-83 Southend Charity Shield Final, although they lost 0-4 Rayleigh Town. Nevertheless, again looking for a higher standard of football, Sports then joined the Essex Olympian League for the 1984-85 season. They immediately won promotion after finishing third in the Second Division. At the end of the weather-hit 1987-88 season, Hullbridge (now in the Second Division again) brought home the Essex Intermediate League Cup, beating First Division Benfleet in the Final, held at the old New Writtle Street ground of Chelmsford City FC. After a 1-1 extra time draw, courtesy of a Mark Wood goal, Sports went into the re-play 12 days later having played five League matches inbetween!

However, after a goal-less 120 minutes, Sports won 5-4 on penalties. Looking for a further climb up the non-League ladder, Hullbridge made improvements to the ground during 1989 so that it passed the grade for senior football. 1990 saw the Essex County FA grant the club senior status and so the club joined the Essex Senior League for the 1990-91 season. Matt Petre had the honour of scoring the club’s first goal in senior football when, on 25th August 1990, in the club’s first match of the Essex Senior League season, he scored Sports’ only goal in a 13 defeat by visitors Stansted, in front of a 163 crowd. At the end of their first season, the club finished in a respectable 12th place. Since gaining senior status in 1990, success has been hard to come by for the first eleven; in fact only seasons 1996-97 (7th place) and 1997-98 (6th) have seen the club finish in the top half of the table. The new floodlights were put to good use during the 1999-2000 season when, after seven cup-ties, the youth team reached the Third Round (last 64) of the FA Youth Cup. Visitors Blackburn Rovers won the tie 6-0 in front of a crowd of ‘800+’. After taking over the manager’s hot seat during February 2006, Enrico Tiritera oversaw a gradual improvement in the club’s fortunes on the pitch. 2008-09 was one of the best seasons for the club since gaining senior status. They attained their highest number of points (41) over a 30-match programme and reached the Quarter-finals of the East Anglian Cup for the first time. In 2009-10 Hullbridge reached the Quarter-finals of the Essex Senior Cup, again for the first time, before losing narrowly to Football League side Dagenham & Redbridge (0-1). In the 2010-11 season Hullbridge Sports F.C. reached their first cup final as a senior club, the County FA’s Tolleshunt D’Arcy Memorial Cup. Unfortunately Sports were beaten 1 – 2 by Braintree Town. Dan Braney and Mark Bliss are currently joint managers, taking over the reins from Enrico Tiritera who departed in March 2013.

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JOIN THE FRIENDS OF CLAPTON FC Whilst the primary objectives of the Friends of Clapton FC was to help those who run, administer and play for the Tons, the entity that claims to be Clapton FC has neither acknowledged or accepted that the Friends group have a role to play in the future of the club and would prefer to continue in it’s present shambolic state. In the meantime, the Friends of Clapton remain vigilant as to any perceived problems, and of issues, such as tenure on the ground, that are not addressed by the ‘club’. For example, earlier this year, the lease on the ground was only weeks away from forfeiture, due to mal administration by the self proclaimed 'club owner’. (Not filing accounts) The continuance and well-being of the club, the security of tenure at the Old Spotted Dog Ground and promotion of Clapton FC's activities in an open and forthright manner would re-establish the club in the world of football as well as the local community. However, this is not currently on the ‘club’s agenda’. We believe that Clapton Football Club is deserving of support and whose survival is important, not only to the local area, but also to the sport of association football, the development of which, owes much to the Clapton players, officials and supporters of yesteryear. Please join us and bring about change at Clapton FC by clicking here Any questions or enquiries to secretary@friendsofclaptonfc.org

Football and Beer – a marriage made in heaven? By Stuart Fuller One of the joys of watching football at The Dripping Pan in Lewes is to grab a pint of the local Harveys beer and stand on the terrace and watch the game unfold in front of you. The match may sometimes not be the best in the world, but the top beer helps ease the pain as does the sparkling company. But on a couple of occasions each season this avenue of pleasure is closed. The reason? Well the fun police at the Football Association invoked rule xiv) in their competition Rules and Regulations, which state:"No alcohol is to be consumed in the ground or premises during the period of any match, except as may be governed by the terms of the club licence with regard to its own members, but, not withstanding such, no alcohol is to be taken or consumed outside the licensed club house or any other authorised area during such match period or brought into the ground." So basically you cannot have a drink whilst watching the game. Sod the fact that the crowd was nearly 50% less than it has been on other occasions this season where alcohol was freely available. Sod the fact that there have been approximately zero arrests in or around the Dripping Pan for any public order offences for years. Sod the fact that clubs like Lewes rely on the revenues from the bar for their very survival. Sod the fact that the world has moved on from those dark days of the 1980's. And sod the fact that the competition is sponsored by a brand of beer! What the FA are saying here (and interestingly enough at FA Vase games where the average attendances excluding the semi final and final is just over 100) is that fans cannot be trusted to behave themselves in the excitement of cup games if alcohol is freely available. Excuse me for adding in any element of doubt here, but that is simply rubbish. Boxing Day, New Years Day and Easter Monday are the three biggest days in the Non League calendar, the dates reserved for the biggest games of the season. This season on Boxing Day in the Ryman Premier League you can head off to Maidstone United v Margate, Hampton & Richmond Borough v Kingstonian and Bognor Regis Town v Lewes. Crowds for these games will be double or even treble what they normally are. Is this a problem? No, of course not. So what difference is a cup competition? AFC Hornchurch v Billericay Town in the league in front of 600 or AFC Hornchurch v Barkingside in the FA Trophy in front of 100. Which one is likely to cause the most problems? Here is a clue - it's not the cup game where there are 5 or 6 away fans. Yet alcohol is banned from the terraces in one of them... We now live with a sanitized football product. You cannot enjoy yourself at Premier League or Football League games anymore. Want to stand up and cheer a goal? Sure, but at your own risk as you will be breaching a number of ground rules and regulations and could be ejected from the ground. Last season I was "warned" by a steward at Chesterfield that I was using my camera on my iPhone"excessively" and that I risked having it confiscated. Apparently, it is against Football League rules or some crap. Indeed I remember a conversation with those lovely chaps at Dataco, who act as judge and jury on who can and cannot have a press pass every year. Part of their agreement is that you are not able to use ANY images taken from within the stadium unless you have signed permission from them. Let me rephrase that. Unless you ask them nicely you cannot take a picture and use it for your website despite the fact numerous “famous” reporters frequently tweet pictures every match day. Stadiums are safer environments than they were ten, fifteen or even twenty years ago but hasn't it now gone a bit too far? Banning fans from having a beer during the game is not going to solve anything. You can drink right up until kick off outside the ground so what are they trying to stop? You can hardly throw a thin plastic cup more than a few yards so that is not an issue either. Let's take the Premier League (or Football League for that matter). Alcohol cannot be sold, served and more importantly drunk within sight of the pitch, unless you are in a corporate hospitality box where you can drink in sight of said pitch but not after 15 minutes prior to the game, half time or 15 minutes post game. In such facilities a curtain is normally pulled across the window to stop this happening. It gets worse. At the Reebok stadium for instance, there are a number of hotel rooms (The Millennium Hotel is part of the ground) which have a view of the pitch. The windows in the room cannot be opened, and unless the crowd are especially noisy you cannot hear a thing from the outside. Want to have a relaxing glass of wine in your room on a Saturday afternoon? Sure, no problems but not between 2.45pm and 5.15pm (approx) if Wanderers are playing. Irrespective if you are watching the game or not, it is still illegal to drink within sight of the pitch as you may be deemed to be "inciting" the crowd outside by tempting them with your glass of Pinot Grigio. I speak with experience here and I now admitting I have broken the law. Back in the late 1990's prior to the joys of children, CMF and myself used to essentially be away every weekend. When West Ham played away at The Reebok one chilly February Saturday we booked one of these rooms. When we checked in we were told very clearly we could not drink any alcohol when the games was on and that CCTV cameras would be monitoring our room AND that stewards had the right to enter our room to double check our abstinence without permission. It was too much of a temptation, and with West Ham putting up their annual pathetic performance at Bolton on the hour mark we succumb. So I crawled across the floor to the mini bar, opened a couple of Stella's and poured them into coffee cups. Haha we beat the system! Still at least we didn't go as far as the numerous couples who have been caught having sex in the rooms of the SkyDome Hotel overlooking the baseball pitch.

Wembley Stadium. The jewel in the crown of the FA. Probably the finest stadium built anywhere in the world in the past twenty years. It even has a number of bars dotted around the wide concourses to try and entice fans in early from the nearby pubs. Except for a number of games it is irrelevant as they are "dry" games. Games where no alcohol can be sold does not necessary mean that everyone has to go without. Get invited into one of the 160 Corporate boxes or one of the executive lounges and the free alcohol will be flowing courtesy of your host. Can you imagine how few clients would be interested in the experience if there was no booze on offer? Now here is a strange situation. Football is a 90 minute game plus the 15 minute interlude where you have to queue for the loo/bland food or overpriced soft drinks. Cricket is often an 8 hour festival of sport (well sometimes). Do you think that at England v Australia drinking is banned? It is in certain parts of certain grounds such as the Western Terrace at Headingley, but on the whole it is accepted, if not encouraged. Head off to a game at the Oval and as long as you buy your alcohol inside the ground, and do not try and buy more than 4 pints at a time (including pints of Pimms by the way) you can simply drink all day. Does chaos and mayhem ensue? Do the police have to constantly wade into the crowd and eject people for anti-social behaviour or fighting? Of course not. And the reason? "Because cricket is a different crowd than football". What absolute rubbish. I would suggest that 75% of people who go to cricket also go to football when in season too. So does their behaviour change depending on the game? No of course not. Rugby Union? Been to a game at Twickenham? Exactly - same story. In fact every sport known to man allows you to buy and consume alcohol in sight of the action, apart from games regulated by the FA. But wait....Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at this "alcohol leads to crowd trouble and is thus not allowed" argument again. Germany has the highest average top level crowds in Europe. The Bundesliga has better stadiums, cheaper tickets and a more relaxed policy on stewarding. As a result crowds flock into games each and every week. And guess what, you can buy beer to your hearts content. You do not even have to move from the terrace or your seat. They come round to you and even let you pour your own. Holland? Some of the most volatile fans in Europe? Surely beer is banned carte blanche there? Nope. At Utrecht v PSV Eindhoven a few seasons ago we sat merrily drinking Amstel if you please watching the game. Slovakia? Now Spartak Trnava are the best supported team, but also like a little mini riot once in a while, causing significant damage to seats in recent years. Have the authorities banned alcohol at their games? Absolutely not. Ditto the situation in Hungary, Austria, Poland and Belgium. In Copenhagen the most recent derbies between FCK and Brondby was marred by violence in the lead up to kick off around the city centre. Once in the stadium, guess what? Alcohol was available and events actually calmed down. So in Europe it is acceptable right? For certain competitions, for example the UEFA Champions League, there is a complete blanket ban on any alcohol consumption inside any ground hosting a UEFA Champions League match or an Europa League game. Same situation at the European Championships. It still doesn't stop Heineken (and their Amstel brand) from being plastered across all advertising and marketing material. And this is the reason why certain games at Wembley are "dry" for the paying public. I still find it strange that Budweiser (FA Cup), Carlsberg (FA Vase and Trophy) and Carling (League Cup) have all been title sponsors for our domestic competitions in recent years, despite the fact when you watch one of those games you cannot enjoy the product. But here is the strange fact. If the game was a FIFA game - such as a World Cup qualifier, then alcohol is allowed. How different is the crowd between a World Cup qualifier against say Croatia, and one against Bulgaria in a UEFA European Championship qualifier? There is absolutely no difference, but in one you can buy a beer (although still not enjoy it watching the game of course) and one you can buy an overpriced flat lemonade. The situation gets stranger when you look at the World Cup Finals. There, you have been able to not only buy beer but also drink it in your seats in the past three tournaments at least. Granted it has been mainly Budweiser, as main FIFA partner who have paid upwards of ÂŁ30 million for the privilege, but it makes a whole mockery of the situation. So if we by some miracle get the World Cup in 2018 what will happen? Will beer be banned or not? Well based on recent announcements from Brazil who are hosting the 2014 event I would suggest it will be outlawed. Next year in Brazil it is set to be the first alcohol-free World Cup after organisers confirmed sales will be banned at games under anti-hooligan laws. None of the 12 stadia which will host matches will be allowed to sell drinks because of a long history of violence in the ground in the past decade. So back to the original topic. I contacted the FA to ask them about their reasoning behind banning beer on the terrace for Trophy and Vase games two years ago. Their response? Well, not surprisingly I am still waiting. And I guess I will still be waiting for some logic this time, next week, next month and next year.

CLAPTON FC FIXTURES Season 2013/2014 Date

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Meridian AYM Higher Harwich & Parkeston Fisher FC Crockenhill Halstead Town White Ensign FC Bowers and Pitsea Tower Hamlets Stanway Rovers Stanway Rovers London Bari Mildenhall Town Haringey Borough Hullbridge Sports Great Wakering Rovers Takeley Wotton Blue Cross Basildon United Ilford Stansted Tower Hamlets Sawbridgeworth Town Eton Manor Barking Southend Manor Southend Manor Enfield 1893 Sporting Bengal United FC Romania London APSA Barking Great Wakering Rovers Takeley Greenhouse London Enfield 1893 Stansted Ilford Great Wakering Rovers Tower Hamlets Basildon United Bowers & Pitsea Sawbridgeworth Town Eton Manor London APSA London Bari Sporting Bengal Utd Barking Greenhouse London

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Sat 12/04/14 ESL

Haringey Borough

Tue 22/04/14 ESL Sat 26/04/13 ESL

Hullbridge Sports FC Romania

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Eton Manor

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Alleyne (p), Tacey Jarriette, Alleyne Matthews Martelli, Hughes Coulson (pen) Duyille (AET) GWR won on pens Duyille, Parker Tacey. (AET) Martelli 2, Jeffes, Jarriette Duyille, Martelli Jeffes, Martelli, Duyille Duyille, Lowes Jarriette Halloway, Duyille Lowes, Martelli Jones, Martelli Martelli 2, Briggs, Jones, Jeffes Jarriette Jarriette Martelli Jeffes, Briggs Omojola Jeffes, Duyille Tacey Jeffes Lyndon Jeffes Jeffes Jeffes, Nzurba Fallah, Nzurba Jeffes 2, Nzurba Fallah, Briggs

ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE TABLE Up to and including 20th April 2014 P

Pts

Great Wakering Rovers

108

+69

Haringey Borough

+61

Enfield 1893

+49

Tower Hamlets

+25

Sawbridgeworth Town

+31

FC Romania

+21

Takeley

-5

Basildon United

+19

Clapton

Hullbridge Sports

-1

Sporting Bengal United

-19

Barking

Bowers & Pitsea

-13

Eton Manor

-23

London APSA

-17

Ilford

-35

Stansted

-29

Southend Manor

-43

Greenhouse London

-40

London Bari

-38

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Local community website covering news of events and what’s on in Forest Gate www.woodgrange.org.uk

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