HUFC vs Kingstonian FC - ILP

WELCOME BILLY WOOD

CHAIRMAN / CEO

Welcome everyone back home to The Continental Pilot Field as we invite Kingstonian. I would like to give a warm welcome to their board, staff, manager, players and hopefully as many of their supporters to tonight’s game.

Let’s get any negative out of the system quick… going on a run and playing Man City at the Etihad in the 3rd round of the FA Cup wasn’t meant to be this year and whilst it was a gutting performance I’ve seen enough in league performances to say it was an off day and we have to pick ourselves up from it quick. Whilst I know the supporters are fond of that 2012/13 cup run don’t forget that was the last time we was in this league and it ended in relegation … good riddance to the FA Cup!

Bank Holiday weekend showed to me what we are about, a cracking performance at home on the Saturday and the emergence of Joseph Gbode then we went in our numbers to Lewes and really could’ve taken another 3 points.

United in action against Lewes

Kingstonian will be another test, but another positive result tonight could make it unbeaten in three league games and it’s all about putting together runs, however hard that is. But winning and big games is what this Gary Elphick team is all about so tonight will be tasty for sure!

Also no game Saturday so I urge as many of you as possible to get here Sunday as the Women begin their ‘Road to Wembley’ in the Vitality Womens FA Cup with the visit of Margate. In the last three games the girls have scored 25 goals therefore for the admission price it’s certainly worth the goalmouth action alone!!!

Let’s have a loud, positive week!

COYU ... Billy

Photo: Scott White Photography

GARY ELPHICK THE GAFFER

Good evening and welcome to tonight’s visitors Kingstonian.

It will be a tough game, they’re very well coached and hard to break down. They get bodies behind the ball and work hard for one another and also carry a threat going forward.

I was obviously disappointed in the way we exited the cup as I felt our two league games before were really positive. Effort and attitude is non-negotiable and we didn’t have either in our cup exit, tonight we look to make amends.

Get behind the lads tonight. Onwards and upwards!

Gary

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Photo: Scott White Photography

Sam Hasler’s long range rocket shot hits the back of the net against Brightlingsea

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Co Name: Hastings United Football Club Limited

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DIRECTORS & SECRETARY

Chairman / CEO / Director Billy Wood

Vice Chairman / Director Pat McCrossan

Director Hayley Clout

Director Craig Barrow

Director Ross Shewry-Maryan

Director Peter Sherlock

Director Dave Ormerod

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HAYLEY CLOUT

DIRECTOR

MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Good evening everyone.

Welcome back to the Continental Pilot Field after an understandable pause in the football calendar, we go into this game after a great home win, a brilliant away point against Lewes and an early exit from the FA Cup which now lets us concentrate on the league. Onwards and upwards as we go into our 6th league game of the season and thank you to all our amazing fans for your continued support.

I would also like to welcome and continually thank Bob H who is our Match Sponsor for tonight's game, Bob also helps us out with various other things, sponsors players, is also involved with the ladies team and a great support for me. We are truly grateful for everything he does for us.

Thank you Bob.

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Selection of the 'Man of the Match' and pitchside presentation to player with official Club photographer

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Enjoy the game and hopefully 3 points! ...

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GUT FEELING SIMON STODDART’S

AS I WAS SAYING

Yea, that stuff I'd knocked up re the FA Cup exitlet's have another go. I couldn't make that one as it was sandwiched between two night shifts. Getting to Three Bridges for a 6pm start was always a challenge so it was the tried and tested Footballwebpages site which kept me up to date.

Losing 3-0 to a lower tier side is never going to be good. From all accounts United weren't at their best and Cray Valley were fully deserving of their place in the next round. They've misfired a bit this season so far but going back to last year they were the best opposition the U"s faced home and away.

Let's drag a plus out of it. Lloyd Dawes got 45 minutes pitch side as he battles his way back to full fitness. We've seen enough to know he'll be a top member of the squad - it'll be a new signing.

Saturday's football was postponed as a rather weird gesture following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. I'm sure tens of thousands of football spectators would've liked to show their respect with a nationwide minute of silence at 3 pm. But these are not usual times and that was how football dealt with it. I'm 68 and The Queen had been our monarch 2 years when I was born in 1954. And here she is, above, 56 years ago presenting the World Cup to Bobby Moore. She simply seemed to be a permanent presence and her absence will be a while getting used to. As will having a King Charles again for the first time since 1685.

FAT FINGERS ..........

Wonderful, marvellous. Getting my GF waffle in order for the editor-in-chief usually sees bits done here bits done there with what I've done tucked away in the draft section. Get back to it when I have a free moment.

Usually. Not this time. Fair bit done on the FA Cup exit at Cray Valley - all disappeared into wherever stuff you've knocked up disappears into. All gone. Producer of Gut Feeling not a happy bunny. Phone close to following those notes into oblivion.

MAGIC OF THE FA CUP

Not for me. Greed, tv money and interference with what was the top domestic knockout competition has utterly devalued the FA Cup. Semi-finals at Wembley, gradual erosion of replays, the obsession with sponsorship - it's not what it was.

Last weekend's attendances were well down compared to league gates. Team selections reflected many clubs attitudes to the FA Cup. I'm old enough to recall the 1970 Final - last game of the season - that last 3pm kick-off was at Wembley for the FA Cup Final. Great footballing tradition - why change it?

United's two long runs in the last 20 years coincided with the utter depression of relegation and many seasons scrambling to climb out of step 4 football. Let's concentrate on that hard won Isthmian Premier place!

My views - not United's - on semi-pro football and occasionally, other topics.

FAMILIAR FACES

Yes, at Cray Valley. Tommy Osborne has been there several seasons as assistant boss and just a few months ago , Tony Kessell signed on as goal keeping coach. Kess and Tommy O were stalwarts of mostly Hastings Town and played much of their football in the Southern League around 20 years ago. Top fellas both of them.

Inspectorate was unable to do because they didn't have enough , er, 3G inspectors. Ashford's first home game was duly postponed.

Hmmmm. While not being sure about the structure of the admin side of the semi-pro game, wouldn't it be possible for each league to have it's own 3G inspector? More and more of these artificial surfaces will be coming which must result in more people needed to do the admin and various checks?

ASHFORD'S 3G WOES

Interesting to hear Dicko at the preseason fan's forum up at the clubhouse saying that Ashford's pretend pitch wasn't his favourite. And they came up against the 3G Inspectorate and the red tape required to, amongst other things, pass The Homelands surface fit for football. Which the 3G

No printed programme at Lewesthey produce a 'progcast'.

Ashford's 3G tale of woe.

Tony Kessell - "Kess" - looking in good nick.

Great United following at Lewes.

GUT FEELING SIMON STODDART’S ON THIS DAY SEPTEMBER 13

BREAD & BUTTER

League points at stake as we aim to build on the excellent performance at Lewes on Bank Holiday Monday. 0-0 it finished and we might even have won it with Joe Gbode going within a post width of a late goal following some great work by Tom Chalmers.

1,639 attendance at The Dripping Pan and a decent return of 4 points from the weekend with 1,176 here for the 4-1 win over Brightlingsea Regent. That first win of the season as we adjust to the higher standard of step 3 football - tasted lovely eh! And 4 great goalsNASA having all that rocket trouble should take on Has!

Kingstonian are here this eveningnearly 4 years to the day since their last visit back in 2018-19 when Ryman South United beat their Premier opponents 2-1 in an FA Cup Qualifying Round. Only Jack Dixon and Sam Adams are still with the U's. Two players I'd have back like a shot from that side - Sam Cruttwell and Daniel Ajakaiye. Crutts playing County League!

Sadly I shall have to follow proceedings on line as a night shift interferes.

MONTH OF THE AWAY GOAL COMPETITION

Er, well, that first away goal is a little elusive isn't it? 0-0 at Folkestone, 0-3 at Hornchurch, 0-0 at Lewes and 0-3 at Cray Valley. Can't come soon enough!

1997

Well, I think if someone is going to make a public announcement it's important to make sure they get the facts right! Back in 1946 when Cliff Bastin played his last match for Arsenal he had set the first-team goalscoring record for the Gunners with 178 goals to his name. Fast forward to 1997 and another Arsenal legend, Ian Wright, was getting close to breaking that record. On 13th September 1997 Wrighty was in the Arsenal line-up for the Premier League match against Bolton Wanderers having scored 177 goals for the Gunners. After 20 minutes Ian Wright scored and immediately removed his Arsenal shirt to reveal a T-shirt underneath with the message printed on it '179 Just Done It'. Except that he hadn't done it. 177 plus 1 = 178 and so he had equalled the record not beaten it! Mind you the T-shirt was on show again five minutes later when he scored a second to break that record and later increased the total to 180 when he completed a hat-trick. He increased the record total to 185 goals (128 League, 12 FA Cup, 29 League Cup, 15 European comps and 1 Charity Shield).

The record was bettered by Thierry Henry in 2005.

2006

The shirt worn by George Best when he scored six goals in Manchester United's 8-2 FA Cup victory at Northampton in February 1970 was sold at auction by Christie's for £24,000. At the same memorabilia auction two other shirts sold for more modest amounts. The top worn by Bobby Moore in his final Football League appearance (for Fulham v Blackburn in May 1977) and Eric Cantona's shirt which he wore in his last League match for Manchester United (v West Ham in May 1997) each sold for £3,600.

2017

One of those 'injuries' which the whole world soon found out about. Spanish international Marco Asensio missed Real Madrid's first Champions League match of 2017/18 because of a leg injury. He had shaved his legs - the razor was dirty - a hair follicle on his leg became infected causing a pimple - and so he couldn't pull one of his socks up. Must have been painful!

Source credit: www.footballsite.co.uk

The Kingstonian club came into being in 1919 as a result of the merger between Kingston Town FC and Old Kingstonians FC. However, the club can trace its origins even further back and celebrated its centenary in 1985; the reason for this is that one of its forerunners, Kingston & Surbiton YMCA FC played its first match on a ground in Bushy Park in November 1885. In 1887 the YMCA changed its name to Saxons FC. Then in 1890 it changed to Kingston Wanderers FC and once again to Kingston-on-Thames Association Football Club (KAFC) in 1893. Unfortunately, in the early 1900s there was trouble in the camp and in 1908 the club split in two with Kingston Town playing at Norbiton Sports Ground and Old Kingstonians on what became known as the "back pitch" at Richmond Road.

The new Kingstonian set-up started life in the Athenian League, a competition that it won in both seasons 1923/24 and 1925/26, playing its home matches at a brand new ground in Richmond Road that remained its home until 1988. In 1929 the Kingstonians, widely known as the K's, accepted an invitation to join the Isthmian League as a replacement for the Civil Service FC, and remained in that league until 1998.

The K's have a credible history and their blue ribbon period of the early 1930’s produced players such as Frank Macey, Doug Whitehead, George Lee and the Whittaker brothers achieving in April 1933 its then greatest accolade by winning the FA Amateur Cup which well and truly put Kingstonian on the football map. Wins over Portland United (after a replay), Leyton, South Bank, Dulwich Hamlet, and Whitehall Printeries took the K's through to the final, staged at Dulwich, against Stockton, which resulted in a 1-1 draw. For the replay Kingstonian had to travel to Darlington, but

Chairman: John Fenwick

Manager:

despite going one goal behind after only four minutes, the K's came back to win 4-1 thanks to goals from Gibson, Urpeth (penalty) and Whitehead (2).

In the following season, 1933/34, K's bowed out of the Amateur Cup in a second round replay to Wimbledon at Plough Lane, but went on to successfully win the Isthmian League, a feat they repeated in season 1936/37 and, of course in 1997/98.

In season 1959/60 it seemed as though the Amateur Cup was going to return to Kingston as the legendary Johnny Whing headed K's into the lead against Hendon in the final at Wembley Stadium. Two goals in the last three minutes, though, had the FA officials busily changing the red and white ribbons for green and white ones as Hendon won the cup for the first time. To qualify for the final, Kingstonian disposed of Histon, Letchworth Town, Ferryhill Athletic, Carshalton Athletic, and Crook Town in a semi-final tie played at St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United.

The Kingstonian teams of the early 1960’s were arguably as good as those of the 1930’s and many trophies were won. After winning the Surrey Senior cup for the 9th time (as Kingstonian) in 1967, the club's successes dried up and despite the endeavours of many managers and countless players, the team went into decline. In 1979 relegation to Division One was suffered, but in 1985 the club bounced back as runners up to Farnborough Town. K's were a mite fortunate as Leatherhead, who finished above them on goal difference, had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player. Kingstonian remained as members of the Premier Division until the end of the 1997/98 season when promoted to the Nationwide Conference.

The famous Richmond Road ground, which was loved by so many, became increasingly dilapidated and subject to vandalism, so a decision was made to relocate and develop the site for housing - a move that also assisted the club's finances. The last game played there was in January 1988 against Bromley. After one and a half season's ground sharing at Hampton's Beveree ground. K's opened their brand new Kingsmeadow Stadium (on the site of the old Norbiton Sports Ground) in August 1989, when Slough Town were the visitors. After achieving a draw with Peterborough United in 1992, the club recorded a fine FA Cup win at Kingsmeadow by beating Brighton in 1994; they also competed well the following year against Plymouth. In front of 3,495 supporters the K's held Leyton Orient to a 0-0 draw only to lose 2-1 in the FA Cup 2nd Round Replay in 1998. Drawn away to Luton Town in the First Round of the FA Cup in October 1999 saw the K's come in at half time 1-1 only to go down 4-2 at the end.

At the beginning of the 1997-98 season, the club appointed Geoff Chapple as manager. He brought about an exciting change of fortune for the club. In his first season, he took the club to the Isthmian League Premier Division Championship. In the following season, their first in the Football Conference, the club finished a creditable 8th, but they capped it all off by winning the FA Trophy at Wembley in May 1999 with a 1-0 victory over Forest Green Rovers. The following season 1999/2000, in the last FA Trophy Final between the famous Twin Towers, the K's retained their title with an exciting 3-2 win over Kettering Town, giving Chapple his 5th FA Trophy Final win in seven seasons (the other three with Woking). The club also reached their highest position of 5th in the Conference.

However, season 2000/2001 proved to be extremely mixed. The K's made the headlines again with a tremendous run in the FA Cup. A home win against Devizes Town was the start of an incredible run that saw the K's defeat Brentford, Southport and Southend United all away from home. In the Fourth Round, K's were thwarted in the last kick of the game at Ashton Gate as Bristol City scored a very last gasp equaliser before winning the replay at Kingsmeadow in a live televised match. Unfortunately, the club's league form proved to be exactly the opposite, as the K's finished next to bottom and were relegated back to the Ryman Football League.

Season 2001/2002 and it was time again for a change, as the club and Geoff Chapple parted by mutual

consent. Kingstonian quickly appointed former Dover Athletic man Bill Williams as their new manager, who had working alongside him former Tottenham Hotspur player Steve Sedgley as his assistant. In late 2001 Williams departed the club and Sedgley moved up to the position of manager and his assistant was Kim Harris who was promoted up from the position of reserve team manager.

December 2002 saw the sudden resignation of the highly promising Sedgley as manager. The club immediately promoted Harris, a former K’s striker, to manager and appointed former Woking man Scott Steele as player/coach. The club had ups and downs over this period but only failed to make the new Conference South following a single goal defeat to Lewes in a Ryman League playoff.

Following a poor start to season 2004/05 Harris decided to call it a day after just four games. Scott Steele was promoted to manager but, despite encouraging good football from his side, was unable to prevent what became an inevitable relegation to Division One. However, good news arrived off the field when local businessman Jimmy Cochrane bought the football club, giving the club a positive outlook for the first time in several years. Steele's resignation followed towards the end of the season when former assistant manger Ian McDonald was brought in along with Stuart McIntyre as his coach with a view to resurrecting the club's fortunes.

The 2005/06 season saw K's move up the table only to miss out on playoffs on the final day of the season, though silverware was achieved following a 1-0 win over AFC Wimbledon in the Surrey Senior Cup Final. McDonald was almost immediately succeeded by McIntyre as manager, whilst the club was jointly bought by Mark Anderson and Malcolm Winwright – the board would be completed by the presence of John Fenwick as chairman from May 2011 to June 2014 and then co-chairman with Anderson and Winwright until January 2018, when he became sole chairman again.

Stuart McIntyre’s time as manager was unfortunately short-lived and unsuccessful, and midway through the 2006/07 season he was replaced as manager by former Walton and Hersham manager Alan Dowson. Dowson and his team immediately transformed the club, and achieved a semblance of stability. There was plenty of expectation for the 2007/08 season, though inconsistency led to the K’s missing the play-offs once again on the final day of the season.

KINGSTONIAN FC

The 2008/09 season was successful from start to finish. A run to the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was highlighted by a 4-0 home win over Conference South team Braintree Town, all four goals scored by midfielder Dean Lodge. This performance led to the K’s player winning the Performance of the Round award from the FA. But it was in the Ryman League Division One South that the biggest success came, as a very strong start and a storming finish led to Kingstonian winning the division by seven points ahead of Cray Wanderers.

After an absence of four years, the club almost passed straight up through the Ryman Premier Division, recovering from a difficult start to reach the end of the season playoffs. It was Boreham Wood, however, who won the controversial final match. Heartache followed in the following 2010/11 season when a final day collapse at Margate cost another attempt at the playoffs. The following two seasons saw mid-table finishes in the league accompanied by successive London Senior Cup final appearances, before a return to the playoffs in the 2013/14 season, after the club finished runners-up in the league. A semi final defeat against AFC Hornchurch however denied the chance of promotion, in what turned out to be Alan Dowson’s last game in charge.

With former K’s midfielder Tommy Williams installed as manager, the club again reached the FA Cup Third Qualifying Round, losing 3-2 to a last minute goal against Eastbourne Borough. The league campaign was a roller-coaster, a late challenge for the play-offs falling short in the last couple of weeks of the season. In his second season, the 2015-16 campaign saw the K’s lift their first cup in ten years, winning the Isthmian League Cup with a 5-0 victory over Faversham Town.

The 2016-17 season proved to be a difficult campaign, as the club flirted dangerously with relegation thanks to a dreadful run following Christmas; with six games left and hopes almost lost, Tommy Williams was

replaced as manager by former Billericay Town man Craig Edwards. He turned the club around immediately and K’s moved up to 16th after a five match unbeaten run to end the season. K’s left the Kingsmeadow Stadium at the end of the season and moved to Fetcham Grove with Leatherhead FC; Edwards resigned in October 2017 and was replaced by former Whyteleafe manager Leigh Dynan.

At the beginning of the 2018-19 season, Kingstonian moved back to the Royal Borough of Kingston-uponThames and started a ground share with CorinthianCasuals at King George's Field. A difficult season saw K's have three managers, as Leigh Dynan was replaced by Dean Brennan and then very quickly by stand-in manager Kim Harris - K's moved from second place in the table on New Year's Day to escaping relegation by a single place after a horror run of results.

The 2019-20 season may have been curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but new manager Hayden Bird's arrival gave the club an enormous boost, and the K's supporters were rewarded amply with fine runs in both the FA Cup and the FA Trophy - the club reached the First Round of the FA Cup for the first time since 200001, and defeated Macclesfield Town 4-0 at Moss Rose in Round One before bowing out in Round Two at home to AFC Fylde on a day that saw the club host that afternoon's edition of BBC Football Focus. Their FA Trophy run also ended in Round Two but was most notable for a fine 3-1 victory over Alan Dowson's Woking team at King George's Field. The 2020-21 season was curtailed even more than the previous season, ending in November with K’s sitting in fourth position in the Premier Division.

The 2021-22 season started out extremely well, with K’s topping the Premier Division for a lengthy period before Christmas, but form then disappeared, and the club had to settle for an ultimately disappointing tenth place and a place in the Surrey Senior Cup Final, which was lost on penalties to Dorking Wanderers after a 1-1 draw. During the summer, the club moved temporary home once again, this time to Imperial Fields at Tooting and Mitcham United, and Lee O’Leary was appointed manager after the resignation of Hayden Bird.

LEE O’LEARY (MANAGER) - PICTURED ABOvE:

A former Kingstonian midfielder between 2015 and 2017, Lee was appointed to the post of assistant manager to Hayden Bird in February 2022 and stepped up to the big job in June when Hayden resigned. Lee played 65 times for the K’s in two spells, and is also known for his time with Hendon, for whom he played nearly 300 times. In 2017, Lee left Kingstonian for Potters Bar Town, helping the Scholars to promotion to the Isthmian Premier and became joint manager in 2018, taking the reins on his own in the following year before leaving in January 2022.

SPENCER KNIGHT (ASSISTANT MANAGER):

Joined Kingstonian in the summer of 2022 as assistant manager to Lee O’Leary. Spencer is a former player with St Albans City, Chelmsford City, Canvey Island and Billericay Town who then spent five seasons as assistant manager for Harlow Town. He was appointed as manager of Wingate and Finchley in 2019 but left the Blues in April 2021 after the second of two pandemic-shortened seasons.

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KINGSTONIAN FC

GABRIEL AJUCHI (Midfield / Forward): Spanish-born Gabriel joined Kingstonian in August 2022, having had a short spell in the youth system at Nottingham Forest. After leaving the City Ground, he went back to Spain and had spells with Aviles Stadium CF, CD Mosconia and UP Langreo before returning to England to join the K’s.

KENNY BEANEY (Midfield): Very experienced central midfielder who joined the K’s from Merstham in the summer of 2019 and is also club captain. Previous clubs include Dulwich Hamlet, where he was captain of their promotion winning team in 2018, Wealdstone, Beckenham Town, Grays Athletic and Thurrock. In his first season with Kingstonian, he helped the club reach the FA Cup Second Round.

SEAN BONNETT-JOHNSON (Midfield): Originally joined Kingstonian in December 2015 and was part of the K’s League Cup Final victory over Faversham Town in 2016. A widely travelled player who has also played for the likes of Billericay Town, Merstham, Braintree Town and Dundee, Sean played the 2021-22 season with FC Romania and re-joined the K’s in the summer of 2022.

KIERON CADOGAN (Midfield / Forward): A former Crystal Palace player who signed for Kingstonian in the summer of 2022. Kieron played 21 times for the Eagles and had loan spells with Burton Albion and Rotherham United before playing for Aldershot Town, Barnet, and GAIS Goteborg before three seasons in the National League with Sutton United. After spells with Billericay and Wealdstone, Kieron spent two seasons with CorinthianCasuals before his move to the K’s.

MAC CHISHOLM (Goalkeeper): Joined the K’s in the summer of 2022, Mac started out in the youth system at Fulham before moving to Watford and in the 2021-22 season was in the U23s squad for West Bromwich Albion.

LOUIS COLLINS (Defence / Midfield): Son of popular former K’s man Liam Collins, Louis came through the academy system at Walton and Hersham, eventually

playing for the first team and winning promotion back to the Isthmian League in 2021-22 and winning the Combined Counties League Cup in the same season. During the summer of 2022, Louis made the short move to Kingstonian.

OLLIE COOK (Defence): Former Fulham and Southampton junior, Ollie joined Kingstonian from Merstham in the summer of 2019 and was a member of the K’s team that reached the Second Round of the FA Cup. Ollie was a regular in the Saints’ Under 23s team and played for them in the Football League Trophy on four occasions – after a loan spell in the National League with Barrow, he moved to the Moatside in 2018 after being released by Southampton.

THOMAS GOGO (Midfield / Forward): A former West Ham United youth player, Thomas joined the K’s in the summer of 2022 having spent several years at Potters Bar Town. Having left West Ham, Thomas had spells with Staines Town and Beaconsfield Town before moving to the Scholars in 2018.

KORREY HENRY (Forward): Joined Kingstonian in the summer of 2022, Korrey is a former West Ham United junior who has seen action in the Football League with Yeovil Town. He has also had spells with Braintree Town, Bromley, Welling United and Dulwich Hamlet before joining Leatherhead and then Merstham in October 2021.

ISAIAH JONES (Defence): A former Southampton junior who joined Forest Green Rovers in 2018. He made two appearances for the club in the EFL Trophy before a loan spell with Cirencester Town before spending most of last season with Chesham United. Isaiah joined Kingstonian in the summer of 2022.

DAvID LOPES (Forward): A graduate of Kingstonian’s under 18s team, David signed first team forms in the winter of the 2021-22 season. Scored 21 goals for the Under 18s in 2021-22, including two each in player-ofthe-match performances in the Combined Counties Youth League Cup and Grant McLellan Cup Finals.

GENEIRO MARAGH (Defence): A former West Ham United youngster that signed for Kingstonian in the summer of 2022, Geneiro is a full back who has spent time in the academy system with Cambridge United.

IKER NOGUERA LEON (Midfield): Joined Kingstonian’s Under 18s set-up in the summer of 2021, Iker signed first team forms in the winter of that season and made his first team debut at Sheerwater in a Surrey Senior Cup tie in January 2022. He was part of the Under 18s’ double cup winning squad at the end of the 2021-22 season.

KWESI NTIM (Midfield): Another graduate of Kingstonian’s Under 18s team, Kwesi signed first team forms in January 2022 and made his first team debut in the same month and was part in the centre of midfield of the youth team’s double cup winning squad at the end of the 2021-22 campaign.

TOBI OGUNDEGA (Defence): Joined K’s on loan from Sutton United in August 2022, having joined the U’s the previous month. Before joining Sutton, he was an Under 18s player for Milton Keynes Dons.

TYRESE OWEN (Defence / Midfield): Signed for Kingstonian in the summer of 2022 after having spent the previous season with Haringey Borough. He joined the Borough from Hemel Hempstead Town, and also counts Potters Bar Town and Carshalton Athletic as former clubs, also spending time with Ytterhogdals IK in the Swedish fourth tier.

DWIGHT PASCAL (Defence): Made his first team debut for Barnet at the age of fifteen and is the Bees’ youngest ever player. He played on two more occasions for Barnet before joining Potters Bar Town in November 2019. He returned to the Hive in 2020 but re-joined the Scholars in time for the 2021-22 season, subsequently moving to Kingstonian in the summer of 2022.

FUMNAYA SHOMOTUN (Midfield): Nigerian-born Fumnaya is a product of Brentford’s youth system, and initially played for Barnet before moving to Wealdstone in 2019. After a short time, he had a spell with Hayes and Yeading United and then Wingate and Finchley before joining Kingstonian in the summer of 2022.

DECLAN SKURA (Defence): A player with experience at academy level with Chelsea and Reading, Declan was part of Hanworth Villa’s exceptional FA Youth Cup run in 2019-20 that saw them reach the Second Round Proper. Declan joined Kingstonian in the summer of 2021 and, despite an injury-hit campaign, impressed each time he wore the hoops.

JACK STRANGE (Defence): Joined Kingstonian from Corinthian-Casuals in the summer of 2022, having played over a century of games for the Tolworth team. A stylish central defender, Jack joined CorinthianCasuals from Sutton United in the 2016-17 season.

ROB TOLFREY (Goalkeeper): Kingstonian’s recordappearance maker, Rob broke Micky Preston’s record of 557 appearances in September 2021 and is fast approaching the 600 mark. He started his career with Crawley Town before spending one season with Whyteleafe before securing a move to Horsham. In 2009, Rob moved to Kingstonian and has been the undisputed number one ever since. Supporters’ Player of the Year on numerous occasions, he received a testimonial match in 2015 and was a vital part of Kingstonian’s wonderful FA Cup run to the Second Round in 2019-20.

JORDAN WILSON (Defence / Midfield): Joined Kingstonian in March 2022 from Tooting and Mitcham United, Jordan is a product of the Fulham youth system. Upon leaving Fulham in 2009, he went on to play for Histon, Grays Athletic, Tooting and Mitcham, Carshalton Athletic and Lewes before his move to the K’s, making his hoops’ debut in April 2022.

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Biggest Victory: Kingstonian 4–1 Merstham Isthmian League Prem 25 September

Heaviest Defeat: Folkestone Invicta 1–5 Kingstonian Isthmian League Prem 23 October

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6 Sept FA Cup Round Up by: Ian Townsend

Rooks go goal crazy!

We’ve FA Cup wins for Lewes, Potters Bar Town and Beckenham Town, whilst it’s so close for Corinthian.

It was FA Cup replay night, and at the Dripping Pan Lewes welcomed Sheppey United. The Ites were playing a replay for the third round in succession, and as you can imagine they’d been rather successful in the last two, but last night saw their FA Cup world come crashing down around their ears as the Rooks crashed home EIGHT goals without response.

Lewes boss Tony Russell was celebrating his birthday, and his side gave him the best possible gift. Up until now the Rooks have remained undefeated and created chances by the bucketload, but they haven’t been putting them away with the regularity he might have hoped for. It now seems that they were just warming up for poor United.

Joe Taylor got things started from the spot on fifteen minutes - the first of three penalties he would convert on the night, goals three and seven - two and five for the striker - also coming from twelve yards.

Ronan Silva, Will Salmon, two Taylor goals from open play and a late eighth from Deshane Dalling made it a terrible night to be an Ite. Four hundred and twenty five watched on, and Three Bridges will arrive at the Pan for the next round.

Potters Bar Town and Aveley met once more, and we had another late, late goal. Lewis Manor was the match winner in the

very last minute, sending the Scholars through to face Romford in the next round. Kasim Aidoo gave the hosts the lead on twenty minutes, only for Ryan Scott to draw the Millers level on the stroke of half time. It seemed we were off to extra time, but Manor did what he does best, popping up with his fourth of the campaign. Last season for former Bowers man got four FA Cup goals as his Len Salmon side went all the way to the First Round, and Scholars fans will be hoping he can be a lucky talisman for them, too.

Beckenham Town, fresh from picking up our Vita Risk Solutions Manager of the Month Award, welcomed East Grinstead Town, who picked up the Pitching In Performance of the Month award. Becks went into the match unbeaten for the season, and they came out of it the same way. Louie Theophanous opened the scoring after sixteen minutes, and he ended it nine minutes from time, too, scoring his sides third goal and his eighth of the season to finally end the Wasps resistance, like a footballing pesticide. In between his two strikes Tyler Anderson had scored a second for the hosts, and Matt Daniel had given Grinstead hope by reducing the deficitscoring for the fifth match in a row and the seventh time overall.

Corinthian played hosts to Pitching In Southern Premier side Metropolitan Police. The Hoops delivered a fabulous performance to draw in the first match at Imber Court - and when they scorted the opening goal of the game after eighty nine minutes last night it looked as if they were on the way to a famous victory - only for the visitors to hit back right just before the end. The boys in blue’s winner was a real sickener, too, coming as it did in the last minute of extra time. James Allen saw red late on for the hosts.

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REGENT - MAN OF THE MATCH - JOE GBODE

Joe Gbode was awarded ‘Man Of The Match’ by Match Sponsor Bexhill Stroke Support Group

Joe was presented with his award by (L-R) Sam Boydell-Avery, Marie White and Carol Boydell.

Photo: Scott White Photography

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Jack MazzoneHorsham

Benjamin CheklitCorinthian-Casuals

Nathan OdokonyeroBognor Regis Town4

Daniel AjakaiyeHorsham

Jake Cass Enfield Town

Lyle Della-VerdeEnfield Town

Evans KouassiCanvey Island3

Danny ParishCanvey Island3

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Health & Safety

Hastings United Football Club takes seriously your health and safety during your visit to the Continental Pilot Field.

Please note that the officers and stewards of Hastings United Football Club will enforce Ground Regulations.A copy of the regulations is posted at the turnstile entrances and within the ground on the wall next to the food bar.

Please note that the following are offences under the Football (Offences) Act 1991, as amended: the throwing of any object within the ground without lawful authority or excuse, the chanting of anything of an indecent or racist nature: the entry onto the playing area or any adjacent area to which spectators are not generally admitted without lawful authority or excuse.

Under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985, the following are offences for which a person can be arrested by a police officer: attempting to enter the ground or being inside the ground whilst drunk: being in possession of any intoxicating liquor, or bottle, can or other portable container which could cause damage or personal injury when entering the ground.

ISTHMIAN LEAGUE RESPECT STATEMENT

“The Isthmian Football League strongly supports the FA statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly any form of discriminatory abuse whether it by reason of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, sex and sexual orientation or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association for action by that Association.”

( The FA: 0800 085 0508 / Kick It Out: 020 7253 0162 )

“The Isthmian League and all Member Clubs in the League are committed to promoting equality by treating people fairly and with respect, by recognising that inequalities may exist, by taking steps to address them and providing access and  opportunities for all members of the community.”

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These include our policy on ticket and pricing, abandoned matches and our Hastings Community involvement.

THE CLUB BELIEvES

Customer care starts on the inside, with a good team of staff and work ethic. Most of our staff are volunteers but the Club expect our staff to always do their best.

Our staff should remain courteous even in difficult situations. The Club and its staff know they are offering a service and that they would like every customer to return.

We believe that people come first when offering a service.

We expect our staff to be friendly and helpful and to know their job or be able to call upon someone who is able to respond to the needs of our customers.

We expect our staff to give their full attention to a customer in any situation that arises.

IN ADDITION

We expect our staff and volunteers to care about their job as this will ensure they care about our customers.

We expect our staff and volunteers to treat every customer as they would like to be treated themselves.

We in return expect our customers to treat our volunteers and staff with respect and the Club will not tolerate any physical or verbal abused aimed at them.

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Captain Rebecca Relf

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HASTINGS UNITED

KIT: CLARET & WHITE

gary ELPHICK Manager

(gK) Louis ROGERS 1

Ollie BLACK 2

Ryan WORRALL 3

Finn O’MARA 4

Craig STONE 5

Tom CHALMERS 6 gil CARvALHO 7

(Capt) Jack DIXON 8

Ben POPE 9

Sam ADAMS 10

Sam HASLER 11

Alex BREFO 12

Kai BROWN 14

James HULL 15

Kane PENN 16

Joe GBODE 17

Knory SCOTT 18

Jake ELLIOTT 19

Kian MOYNES 19

Lloyd DAWES 19

SQUADS

7.45PM TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2022

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ISTHMIAN LEAGUE PREMIER

REFEREE TO BE ANNOUNCED

ASSISTANTS

BILLY WOOTTEN DOM BARROW

KIT: YELLOW & BLUE

Lee O’LEARY Manager

Rob TOLFREY (gK)

Mac CHISHOLM (gK)

Dwight PASCAL Declan SKURA

Jack STRANGE

Tobi OGUNDEGA Tyrese OWEN Kwesi NTIM

Thomas GOGO

MATCH & MATCHBALL SPONSOR BOB H

Kenny BEANEY

Kieron CADOGAN Fumnaya SHOMOTUN

Louis COLLINS

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FORM - LAST 6 MATCHES

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