Thamesmead Town vs Ramsgate & AFC Wimbledon by Jamie Barwick

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INSIDE... Welcome back to Sporting Club Thamesmead as we welcome Ramsgate & AFC Wimbledon to the SCT - here’s what’s inside the latest issue of The Mead.

THAMESMEAD TOWN FC Sporting Club Thamesmead Bayliss Avenue, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8NJ Tel : 0208 311 4211 Company Number : 03915330

KEY PERSONNEL Hon Patron - Rt Hon Teresa Pearce MP Chairman & Club Owner - Paul Bowden-Brown Directors - Paul Bowden-Brown & Kai Isaksen Club Secretary - Dave Joy Life President: Albert Panting Honorary Vice-Presidents: Alan Martin, Peter Tiernay, Eddie McCann, Gareth Connaleigh, Alan Woodward, Keith McMahon & Terry Hill Marketing & Communications - Mike Green Boardroom Hospitality - Sue Dingwall Safety Officer - Gareth Connaleigh Press Officer - Mike Green Turnstile Operations - Keith Jones Club Photographer - Richard Brookes

FOOTBALL MANAGEMENT Director of Football: Lloyd Hume First Team Manager: Terry Spillane Assistant Manager: Tony Faulkner Coaches: Tony Faulkner, Darran George, Craig Gibson Physio: Carly Payne Academy Manager: Ian Docker U21s Manager: Gary West

YOUTH SECTION Chairman: Paul Turner Vice Chairman: Tony Rossitor Secretary: Dawn Hooper Hays Treasurer: Rebekah Monksfield Under 18s: Spencer Jones Under 16s: Stuart Aldridge Under 15s: Tony Rossitor Under 14s: Danny Rhodes Under 13s: Freud Frontinelle Under 12s: Dan Hudson

04 ISSUE 09:

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The Manager

The Chairman

The Academy

The Mascot Experience

We’ve Met Before

Commercial News

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Editors: Jamie Barwick & Mike Green

Design: Jamie Barwick Email: jamie_barwick363@yahoo.co.uk

Print: Scarbutts www.scarbutts.com Tel: 01732 870066

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THE MANAGER

TERRY

SPILLANE

I’d like to welcome you all to Sporting Club Thamesmead as we welcome both Ramsgate and AFC Wimbledon to our home ground. Good evening and welcome to cup football under the lights at the SCT either on Friday or Monday night. After two defeats against the two in -form teams in Cray & Cheshunt, we knew that we had to get a result last Saturday to take us into Tuesday’s away game at Thurrock who boasted a 100% home record of 7 wins. However as it proved yet again, there are no easy games in this division this season. So we also new we had to be “up for it” so to speak against Wroxham, and we started the game brightly - dominating possession - and had them on the back foot for nearly the whole game but we just could not find that finishing touch to 04

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put us in front. I’d say that we must of had 80% possession during the game but ultimately goals win games, and on that particular day we didn’t get the breakthrough I thought we deserved. Wroxham defended resiliently and they had that little bit of luck you need as after one particular ball into the box, their defender clearly handled the ball with TWO hands from Gorbs header but the officials waved play on!

was for me one of the best performances of the season as we went head-to -head with one of the favourites for promotion and came out 4-1 winners.

Mind you the way things went for us in front of goal that day we would probably missed the penalty. We could not fault the teams effort or desire and just had to take it on the chin.

The game was end-to-end for 90 mins and in truth it could’ve been a 10-10 draw but for some brilliant defending and goalkeeping from both teams. We went ahead as Butts scored from the penalty spot after the Taz, who was lively and giving them problems all night, was fouled in the box on the 25 minute mark. It looked likely to stay that way going in at half time, and with the team talk going through my head, Thurrock got the equaliser.

Tuesday’s game away at Thurrock on the other hand

Obviously goals change games, and we knew that Thurrock

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would come at us in the secondhalf with everything they had and so we told the players that we needed to match them for effort and that if we got the next goal the game we would go on to win it.

“Tuesday’s game away at Thurrock on the other hand was for me one of the best performances of the season”

As in the first-half, the game was swinging from end-to-end but on the hour, we got the breakthrough when Jack finished off a great move with a perfectly placed header. Five minutes later and with our hosts still feeling shell-shocked, we scored again as a great ball into the box from Jay found Tyrus who steered the ball in for the third - his 8th for the season. Thurrock had chances but when they did get a sight of goal, they found Walks in very good form and he was obviously in no mood to let another goal in. It was still pretty much end to end stuff when

Ibrahim found himself in space 30 yards out and hit a shot which dipped in just under the crossbar to put us 4-1 up. It was a very good performance from the players and hopefully we carry that into tonight’s game against Ramsgate who will without doubt be another stern test for our lads. As always your support is vital on nights like this so get behind the team as you normally do as it really does spur the boys on. Enjoy the weekend and we’ll see you back here on Monday for a completely different Cup tie against AFC. Come on you Mead! Terry Spillane First-team Manager

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THE BOARDROOM

PAUL

BOWDENBROWN

May I welcome the officials, players and supporters of Ramsgate FC and AFC Wimbledon to our home at SCT, and I hope after an enjoyable game they have a safe journey home. A very warm welcome to an old ex-Chairman friend of mine in non-league football Richard Lawson who I understand is still involved behind the scenes at Ramsgate. May I also take this opportunity to welcome all those local resident’s that have decided to join us as new supporters of the club through our season ticket initiative this season I know that the benefit of the season ticket is not applicable tonight but I hope a number of you decided to take the plunge and watch us playing our FA Trophy match this evening. My final welcome is a personal one to Jim Ward and his brother Danny, Jim was one of the most successful managers I have ever employed when I owned Maidstone United F. Jim was the manager that I always respected even though I may not always have agreed with his views we had some great times together in those early days. Despite what people may say he could not have been that bad as he won both the Kent League and Cup double during the 2001-2002 season for the club, Jim has always commanded total respect from of all

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the players that play for him and any team Jim puts out will be a formable squad of players that is why if he moves clubs they usually follow him. So I expect a very hard game tonight now he has put a great squad and putting points on the board together after arriving back at Ramsgate this season, and I am sure will be fighting for a promotion place. I’m writing these notes before we visit Thurrock on the Tuesday so I am not aware of any result or our performance, but on the previous Saturday we played Wroxham at home the result being 0-0 and to be honest I would have called the game very uneventful. Though Wroxham went down to 10 players early in the match we as a team could not take advantage, I suppose it will be said by many reporting the game that Wroxham came here for a draw and ensured that their box was always fully filled with their players when we attacked, we just could not break down their resistance. One good thing on Saturday was seeing our Captain Derek Duncan coming back from a long injury it was

good to see him once again in control on the field, we have missed his belief and determination over the last few months and will certainly need them tonight. I hope all the players realise also that today’s match is very important for the club not only for the financial reward but more importantly for the charisma of the cup journey one that I have made on many occasions previously. I met with our academy manager Ian Docker and some representatives from the u/18s in the Youth section last week to discuss the way we go forward as a club as I feel the same as Ian that we are not taking the most appropriate pathway through the youth-team set up to the first that includes the Academy. We wanted to discuss our ideas and changes with them and I am pleased to say they were in agreement with Ian’s proposals so another stone is being put into place. I am very lucky to have such a qualified and dedicated academy manager in Ian Docker. It’s not been easy for Ian since he joined us in August when I decided to take over the responsibility of running of the academy from our landlords

THE BOARDROOM

the SCT, maybe it looked better than in reality but it would seem we are moving in the correct direction now under his stewardship. I have been present at SCT when the academy class was in action and I was very impressed with SCL who are responsible for the education module so well done Ian and keep up the good work it would seem we are now in a position to offer places to future students and with the help of BAB our local business academy we will become a force within the local community, also at this time a big thank you to Mike Green who has taken over the role of the academy administration thanks Mike. I have mention briefly our latest community initiative of our offer of a £30.00 family season ticket for the whole of the season and it’s great to see the families made up with young and the older supporter at our home matches enjoying the facilities as well as the football. Yes I know that financially it is a loss maker for the club but when I agreed to it I wanted initially to bring new

faces into the club to join us, it must be working as I see more merchandise being sold than ever before in the history of the club, and it’s great to see the youngsters wearing scarves and shirts. But we need more, we need the word spread around the local community by these new supporters please tell your friends we need more supporters to join you supporting their local football team and remember it is your football club we are here for the community and what great facilities you have here and I know on Match Days how well the staff look after you. Secondly all those floating supporters that have decided to follow our club when their main club in their life are playing away. Your contribution this season has increased our gate on last season by over 95% I thank you for your continued support. On the business side we are being inundated for posters advertising our matches to be placed in businesses within the town, I thank Richard for all of his efforts making sure that our club are well advertised within the local

businesses. We can now offer on match days Sky being shown on our big screen within the Mead Bar we will be showing all the matches screened by Sky so why not come that bit earlier and watch a match whilst having a snack because as you know I think the SCT serve up the best food especially their chips and just lately a great selection of pies all prepared for healthy eating. Now let’s enjoy a Friday evening watching a good FA Trophy football match. Then hopefully on Monday, we’ll be facing a side representing a club that all non league sides have aspirations to follow and must dream of following. What AFC have achieved in going through the Leagues to re establish themselves in the Football League really is the stuff that dreams are made of and I look forward to welcoming their representatives into the board room on Monday night... Paul Bowden-Brown Chairman & Managing Director

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CARLY’S CORNER

CARLY’S

CORNER

In her regular column this year first-team physio Carly Payne brings us up to date with the current injury list... Afternoon all to Bayliss Avenue for another weekend of cup football...

After an impressive win on Tuesday night to an in-form Thurrock side we once again saw what our boys are capable of and why there’s a belief amongst us all that we can do big things this season! We saw Duncs make his first 90 minute appearance since the Witham game back in September due to injury. Injury news... Cheeno has begun to join in with warm ups now and were all hoping his return

isn’t too far away. Having rested for the last few games Theo looks to make his return today following a hamstring strain.

I hope you enjoy another busy weekend, Carly Payne First Team Physio

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THE ACADEMY

THE

ACADEMY

Good evening and hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping for a good result for Terry and the lads in tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FA Trophy match.

the academy and then progress into the senior side.

Last week I had a meeting with the chairman, the gaffer and youth section chairman Paul Turner regarding the way the academy and the youth section should be run - trying to bring both in line together!

I hope to be meeting the youth section managers and assistants in the very near future and I am really looking forward to establishing a Thamesmead Town culture to add on to the hard work and effort all ready being done week in week out by everyone connected with the youth set-up.

We must create a seemless pathway into the first-team for our players and the players at U16 level should be looking to get into

It is important that everyone is moving in the right direction for the good of the boys and the club . Over the next few months

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I will be watching the lads play/ train and offering support where needed and also meeting the parents to make sure all aspects are being covered. Our current academy lads are back in action next Wednesday (November 4th) with one side home to Phoenix and the other away to Gillingham - both will be tough games but games the lads are really looking forward to. Yours in sport, Ian Docker Academy Manager

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FROM THE SECRETARY’S DESK Welcome to our first Friday night match at Bayliss Avenue for many many seasons.

when Derek Duncan hit the bar from a free-kick. Points dropped rather than a point gained.

Our visitors tonight are Ramsgate in The FA Trophy 1st Qualifying round match, I hope that Jim and his side enjoy their short visit to SCT.

Tuesday saw us travel to Thurrock a side on a good run at present and sitting second at the start of the match, on paper a tricky difficult fixture.

A headed goal from Jack Barry after some good football and a superb cross from Jay Porter put our noses back in front. Ibrahim Kargbo made it 3-1 with a screamer and Tyrus secured the victory with a typical goal, a very good solid all round performance on the night and 3 nice points in the bag.

Having against the run of play taken the lead through a Richard Butler penalty, Thurrock drew level on the stroke of half-time - always a bad time to concede.

Monday will see us play AFC Wimbledon in the London Senior Cup, a good draw for us and hopefully we will get a few people interested in seeing a League Club.

No one could see the outcome of the second-half, Thurrock continued to play their slick fast attacking football without causing too much damage.

Enjoy the games.

Saturday’s match against Wroxham was just one of those games, Wroxham having had a man sent off after 17 mins defended bravely got 10 men behind the ball on every occasion and we lacked on the day the ability to break down their resolute defending. We in all honesty never really troubled them and the closest we came was

Dave Joy Club Secretary

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MEAD MATTERS

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ACADEMY PHYSIO’S WANTED

Our friends at BARKINGSIDE have told us that our game there on Monday 7th December will be “free entry” to all with no admittance price being charged. However, you will be asked for a “donation” in order to enter the game which can be as little or as much as you like!

We are still in desperate need of at least one physio to join our team to work with the TTFC Academy. This will be a paid position for the right person - applications please to commercialttfc@live.co.uk for the attention of Academy boss Ian Docker.

TROPHY REPLAY? Should Friday’s Trophy game end in a draw, the replay will be at Ramsgate’s Southwood Stadium on Wednesday 4th November with a 7:45pm kick off. If replay is needed our London Senior Cup game with AFC Wimbledon will be postponed.

AND FINALLY HE’S BACK The nation’s favourite yellow teddy bear will be with us again in just two weeks time! For the fund raising that we’re planning this year, keep posted to the club’s website and social media...

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CHRISTMAS 2015 It’s now only eight weeks away and we’re hoping to hold a couple of events to celebrate the Festive Season that we hope to have finalised the details of by the time that we play AFC Hornchurch here on November 14th.

THE MASCOT EXPERIENCE

THE MASCOT

EXPERIENCE At our home game against Wroxham, young Jack Severn proudly donned the Mead replica kit, enjoyed playing with the first team squad before kick off before along with skipper Jack Barry, proudly led the team out. Now if you’ve a son, daughter, nephew or niece who would like to follow in Jack’s foot-steps please see Mike Green today or mail him at commercialttfc@live.co.uk for full details!

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THE OPPOSITION

RAMSGATE

On paper this should be an evenly contested cup clash with both sides doing well in their respective leagues.

CLUB INFO Nickname: The Rams Founded: 1945 Ground: Southwood Stadium Chairman: Phil Fennell Last Season: 21st (Division 1 South)

After maintaining their league status by seven points, the club looking have gone from strength to strength and now look on course for a very respectable season. The Rams sit third in the Ryman Division One South with 32 points from their 19 games this season. Their points tally has come from nine victories, five draws and five defeats. The club have scored 33 goals, a leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second best, but conceded 26. That said the club arrive into this cup clash without a win in three games having recorded three backto-back draws against Folkestone Invicta, Dorking Wanderers and Faversham Town.

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IN PROFILE

Who are the men from Ramsgate to keep your eye on this evening? We introduce them to you here.

LUKE WATKINS GOALKEEPER 26 year old ‘keeper who joins the Rams from Whitstable, whose first- team he broke into last season having joined from Rochester United.

Re-joined the Rams on a permanent basis 2 months before the end of that season and has grown in stature as part of the Rams’ defence since.

25-year-old midfielder who worked his way through the Rams’ youth and Reserves to a first-team debut in 2007 at Staines in the Ryman Premier.

JAKE MACKENZIE DEFENCE 21-year-old wing-back who joins the Rams from Whitstable, where he spent two seasons after being released by Gillingham.

NICKY HUMPHREY DEFENCE 35-year-old central defender who has had many seasons at Cray Wanderers, as well as spells at Maidstone and Faversham. Joins the Rams for 2015/16 as club captain.

JACK PAXMAN DEFENCE 17-year -old twin brother of Alfie, who followed a similar path through the Rams’ youth teams, Kent, and joining Dover’s academy last season.

KANE SMITH DEFENCE 19-year-old defender who graduated from the Dover Academy having also played for Kent, and joined the Rams last season when Margate’s U21s folded.

PETER SMITH MIDFIELD 30-year-old midfielder who has signed for the Rams for 2015/16 from Sittingbourne, who he joined Sittingbourne in 2014 from Thamesmead, having also helped VCD in promotion to the Ryman Premier.

LUKE WHEATLEY DEFENCE

NICKY TREADWELL MIDFIELD

WARREN SCHULZ MIDFIELD 37-year-old midfielder who joined Ramsgate from local football twelve years ago, establishing himself as captain following the Rams’ promotion to the Ryman League, a role he carried out for seven THAMESMEAD TOWN vs Ramsgate & AFC Wimbledon

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consecutive seasons. AARON QUAIN MIDFIELD Has since played for Merstham but returned to the Rams last season, with a short spell at Croydon at the start of this campaign. TOM LOYNES MIDFIELD 22-year-old winger who joins from Whitstable, having played for Sittingbourne in 2012/13 and 2013/14. Represented Kent at Youth Level and also had spells at Gillingham & Dover. JOE KANE MIDFIELD 26-year-old defensive-midfielder who joins the Rams after two seasons with Whitstable, having joined them from Herne Bay and also previously with Lordswood. JOSH JACKSON MIDFIELD 18-year-old midfielder who impressed in the Rams’ Under 18s as well as their Under 21s last season. MATT ADAMS FORWARD 18

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29-year-old attacking midfielder who progressed through the Rams’ you section to the fringe of the 1st team as a teenager in 2003/04, then after a break from football made a brief return in 2008. Has remained in local football since, with occasional returns to Southwood, and is as competitive as ever. ALFIE PAXMAN FORWARD 17-year-old striker who has emerged from the Rams’ youth set-

Joe Taylor “Scored the goal that confirmed Ryman status this season”

up, as well as representing Kent. IAN PULMAN FORWARD Joined Whitstable again at the start of 2012/13, but re-signed for the Rams for a 3rd spell a month later. Stayed with Ramsgate for 2013/14 but had another spell at Whitstable last season, returning to Southwood for 2015/16. KANE ROWLAND FORWARD 19-year-old striker who worked his way through the Rams’ youth system and breaking into the firstteam in 2013/14. JOE TAYLOR FORWARD The 24-year-old striker spent a loan spell with the Rams earlier in his career and scored the goal that confirmed Ryman status this season. DAN WINSON FORWARD 17-year-old striker who has progressed through the Rams’ youth section.

TRAVELLER’S TALES

An alternative view of the Mead away day’s begins at Ship Lane, Thurrock on an evening to remember for the Green and White Army...

A Tuesday night trip along the Spine Road, through the Dartford Tunnel, and onto Junction 31 of the M25 seems straight forward enough – even in rush hour traffic. Sat Nav predicts 26 minutes, so we’ll see. Reports of delays in the Tunnel throughout the day prompted an early finish from work and a 5.30 leave, allowing time to pop into KFC in Erith for a bit of dinner. And so it was that Jamie, Alex and I made our way to what promised to be a tough encounter on the “other side of the river”. Given Thurrock’s recent form and our lack of penetration, what we experienced was beyond belief.

Arriving at 7o’clock, we were afforded the usual warm welcome by our hosts. I was told the story of Tommy South, who sold the iconic Thurrock Hotel for £15m and now stayed in a flat in the ground along with his lady friend. On what was a relatively mild evening, supporters of both teams enjoyed refreshments from the well stocked “Snack Bar” as the match we were witnessing fuelled conversation Unusually, we decided to watch much of the game from behind the goal, and how we were richly rewarded. Reports of the match can be found

elsewhere in this programme, but it will be suffice to say that the handful of away followers that were present witnessed a fun-filled evening that will live long in the memory. The final whistle brought handshakes from the Management team who as ever, showed their appreciation for our support. The journey home was made in quick time as traffic on the Dartford Crossing and M25 settled down for the night in anticipation of the coming morning rush hour. It’ll certainly be good to see more “Mead” supporters follow the team on their travels as we look to secure our Play-Off place and beyond.

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RAMSGATE

Manager: Terry Spillane

Managers: Jim Ward & Danny Ward

Andy WALKER

Michael AZIAYA

2 Jake MACKENZIE

Jay PORTER

Lewis DARK

4 Luke WHEATLEY

Jack BARRY

Nicky HUMPHREY

Faria HALLAM

Peter SMITH

Richard BUTLER

Tom LOYNES

Ibrahim KARGBO

8 Warren SCHULZ

Theo FAIRWEATHER JOHNSON

Baff ADDAE

10 Joe TAYLOR

Marc GORBELL

11 Kane ROWLAND

Aaron JEFFREY

12 Alfie PAXMAN

Ainsley EVERITT

14 Jack PAXMAN

Michael UWEZU

15 Daniel VINSON

Tyrus GORDON-YOUNG

16 Kane SMITH

Arron OMAND

17 Matt ADAMS

Luke WATKINS

Aaron QUAIN

Ian PULMAN

OFFICIALS Referee:

Neil West Assistants:

Steven Marr Dean Markwick The Ryman Football League strongly support recent 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 be based on race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association for action by that Association. (Useful numbers:-The FA 0800 085 0508 / Kick it Out 020 7253 0162)

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AFC WIMBLEDON

Manager: Terry Spillane

Manager: Tony Russell

Andy WALKER

Michael AZIAYA

2 Callum WILSON

Jay PORTER

Lewis DARK

4 Ryan SWEENEY

Jack BARRY

Paul KALAMBAYI

Faria HALLAM

Ben HARRISON

Richard BUTLER

Dan GALLAGHER

Ibrahim KARGBO

8 Addison GARNETT

Theo FAIRWEATHER JOHNSON

Baff ADDAE

10 Jason STRIPP

Marc GORBELL

11 Tom BEERE

Aaron JEFFREY

12 Christian TOONGA

Ainsley EVERITT

14 George OAKLEY

Michael UWEZU

15 Egli KAJA

Tyrus GORDON-YOUNG

16 David FITZPATRICK

Arron OMAND

17 Will MANNION

Joe MCDONNELL

OFFICIALS Referee: Assistants:

Reece BATCHELOR

Neset BELIKLI

The Ryman Football League strongly support recent 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 be based on race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association for action by that Association.(Useful numbers:-The FA 0800 085 0508 / Kick it Out 020 7253 0162)

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AFC

WIMBLEDON

CLUB INFO Nickname: The Dons Founded: 2002 Ground: Kingsmeadow Manager: Neal Ardley Last Season: 15th (League Two)

Thamesmead Town were handed a plum fixture against the biggest side in the London Senior Cup AFC Wimbledon. Plying their trade in League Two, the Dons are the highest ranked team in the competition by some margin. Despite Wimbledon likely to field a youthful side, a mixture of Alan Reevesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; development side the fixture will still present the Mead with a good test as they look to progress into the second round. Awaiting the winner of the clash will be the victor between London Bari and Metropolitan Police. Neil Ardleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side are currently in 12th in League Two on 22 points from their opening 15 games.

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IN PROFILE

Who are the men from AFC Wimbledon to keep your eye on this afternoon? We introduce some of them to you here.

JOE MCDONNELL GOALKEEPER Young goalkeeper who joined the Development Squad in July 2014 from Basingstoke Town and was a regular on the bench last season. He came through the Hampshire clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s academy to make a dozen appearances for the first team in three seasons, and in spring 2014 he spent time on loan at Hendon Town. Joe made three starts for the Dons in March 2015 when firstchoice stopper James Shea was sidelined with an ankle injury. BEN HARRISON DEFENCE Strong young left-back who has been with the Dons since

the age of 10. He signed a pre-scholarship agreement in 2012 and became a regular for both the Under-18s and the Development Squad. In September 2014 Ben proved that he has what it takes when he made four consecutive starts for the first-team and was rewarded with a full professional contract. Last March he was just one of three League Two players to be nominated for the LFE Apprentice of the Year award. RYAN SWEENEY DEFENCE Another youth product to have graduated to the first team squad, tall centre-back Ryan has been with the Dons from

the age of 8. Ryan made his first-team debut as a substitute away at Dagenham & Redbridge in April, and was given his first start in the following game, at home to Oxford United. Ryan was called up for Republic of Ireland U-19s earlier this year and he has played three times for his country. TOM BEERE MIDFIELD Midfielder comfortable playing centrally or out wide, with an eye for goal. He joined the AFC Wimbledon Academy after a short spell at Millwall, having left Fisher Athletic when he was 15. THAMESMEAD TOWN vs Ramsgate & AFC Wimbledon

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He made his first-team debut in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy with over Southend United in September 2014, scoring in the penalty shoot-out; in all he made seven starts last season and came on 12 times as a substitute. This season he was handed a start against Exeter City in late August, but his bright start to the season was interrupted by injury.

DAN GALLAGHER MIDFIELD With AFC Wimbledon from the age of 10, central midfielder Dan made his first-team debut towards the end of last season, coming on as a late substitute against Plymouth Argyle in April. He had signed his first professional contract with the

DAVID FITZPATRICK MIDFIELD Winger/attacking midfielder who signed for the Development Squad in September 2014 following a successful trial. David is from Surbiton and was on Fulham’s books until 2009. After spells with Staines Town and Hampton & Richmond Borough he joined the youth set-up at Queens Park Rangers, but was released at the end of 2013/14. He made his Wimbledon first-team debut in the 4–1 win over Exeter City in December 2014.

Egli Kaja “Young attacking midfielder who has been with the Dons for seven years”

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club two months earlier. EGLI KAJA MIDFIELD Young attacking midfielder who has been with the Dons for seven years. Highly versatile, he can play in many different positions and was part of the Dons team that won the London Senior Cup in 2014. Egli, who is eligible to represent Albania, made his first-team debut as a late substitute against Luton Town in September. GEORGE OAKLEY FORWARD Tall, strong centre-forward who joined the Dons at the age of 12 and was rewarded with his first professional contract in May 2014. George’s goalscoring prowess – he scored 20 times a season at Under-18 and Under-21 levels – earned him a squad number for 2014/15. His first-team debut came in November 2014 as a late substitute away at Northampton Town, and he made six further appearances from the bench last season.

WE’VE MET BEFORE

WE’VE MET BEFORE...

The Mead club president Albert Panting remembers the last time “AFC” Wimbledon came a calling - just a matter of weeks after arguably the greatest day in their history...

It would have been late July 1988. The managing director of the company that built the old clubhouse and pitches etc knew someone connected with Wimbledon FC. And he managed to convince the then FA Cup holders to come and open the ground for us.

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Unfortunately only two or three of the winning squad actually played in the game and the rest were made up of reserve and fringe players. Never the less they still very kindly bought with them the FA Cup and allowed any of our fans and players to have pictures taken with the trophy.

out of his sight, but being very amiable and easy going about the whole thing. It was a great evening, played in front of what still stands as our record crowd at Bayliss Avenue of 400. All the best

I remember clearly their Chairman at the time never letting the Cup

Albert Panting

MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD

MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD Once again, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re delighted that Erica Cooper and her daughter Charlotte are generously sponsoring our Man of the Match award this year.

Throughout the 2015/16 season, Thamesmead Town will once again be presenting the Mead Man of the Match award after each home game. Again, we are indebted to Erica Cooper and her daughter, Charlotte, for donating the prize to the club. This year, the awarding of the prize will take place on the pitch as the Mead leave the field. So hang around for a few minutes at the end of the game to see who is the recipient of the Cooper Man of the Match award. AUGUST Mon 10 Thurrock Sat 15 Haringey Borough Mon 31 Aveley SEPTEMBER Mon 7 Witham Town Sat 19 Redbridge Mon 21 Harlow Town OCTOBER Sat 3 Brightlingsea Regent Sat 10 Romford Mon 12 Cray Wanderers Sat 24 Wroxham Fri 30 Ramsgate NOVEMBER Mon 2 AFC Wimbledon Mon 9 Maidstone United Sat 14 AFC Hornchurch Sat 28 Maldon & Tiptree Fri 30 Heybridge Swifts DECEMBER Sat 12 Tilbury Sat 19 Bury Town JANUARY 2015 Sat 2 Phoenix Sports Sat 23 Great Wakering Rovers FEBRUARY Sat 6 AFC Sudbury Sat 20 Cheshunt MARCH Sat 5 Soham Town Rangers Sat 12 Waltham Abbey Sat 26 Barkingside APRIL Sat 2 Dereham Town Sat 23 Brightlingsea Regent

MOTM Tommy Spillane Tyrus Gordon-Young Jack Barry Tyrus Gordon-Young Jay Porter Theo Fairweather-Johnson Not Awarded Ibrahim Kargbo Jay Porter Not Awarded

THEO FAIRWEATHER-JOHNSON, PICTURED RECEIVING THE MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE VICTORY OVER HARLOW TOWN

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PLAYER SPONSORSHIPS

FIRST-TEAM

SPONSORS Terry

Tony

Craig

Available

Darran

Carly

Baff

Available

Bode

Michael

Jack

Available

Richard

Lewis

SPILLANE

MARTIN & OWEN THE CUTTY SARK, THAMESMEAD

GEORGE

ANIDUGBE

BUTLER

FAULKNER

PAYNE

AZIAYA

DARK

GIBSON

ADDAE

BARRY

MARTIN &OWEN THE CUTTY SARK, THAMESMEAD The Roberts Family Derek

DUNCAN

Available

The Roberts Family Ainsley

Theo

Miarc

Available

Tyrus

Faria

EVERITT

GORDON-YOUNG

Erica Cooper

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FAIRWEATHER-JOHNSON

HALLAM

Charlotte Cooper

GORBELL

The Roberts Family Jack

HOPKINS

Available

PLAYER SPONSORSHIPS

Aaron

Ibrahim

Available

JEFFREY

Arron

OMAND

KARGBO

Jay

PORTER

Richard & Jamie Green Michael

UWEZU

Available

Andy

WALKER

Tommy

SPILLANE

Available

The Roberts Family Chris

WEBER

Available

WANT TO SPONSOR YOUR FAVOURITE? Please see Mike Green on matchdays, e-mail commercialttfc@live.co.uk or call 07845 751319 THAMESMEAD TOWN vs Ramsgate & AFC Wimbledon

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COMMERCIAL CORNER

COMMERCIAL NEWS

with Mike Green

Welcome everyone to what hopefully will be a terrific weekend of knock-out football here at the SCT... And a very special welcome this weekend to our THREE match sponsors! At our FA Trophy tie on Friday, we’re delighted to welcome David Omigie and his party from DAN JAN SPORTS and the kit manufacturer KELME to the SCT. In our bid to extend our reationships with local businesses, there is a potentially exciting partnership to be had by TTFC and Dan Jan if the ongoing talks come to fruition! We’re also delighted to welcome back to the SCT our old friends from the clubs printers SCARBUTTS. It’ll be great to see Dave Boughton and his guests again, as our relationship with Scarbutts gets stronger all the time. And then on Monday and our London Senior Cup tie, it’ll be great to see another new relationship continuing as we welcome ANDERTON CONCRETE PRODUCTS as our main sponsor. A huge vote of thanks to our very

own Keith Jones for helping me to organise this one, as Anderton get more involved in the club following their sponsorship of Richard Butler. Talking of Player Sponsorship, we still have opportunities for you to sponsor your favourite Mead player. Simply see me for full details. And don’t forget if you’d like your company to follow in the footsteps of Dan Jan, Scarbutts and Anderton’s we’d be delighted to hear from you - please either see me today, or contact me during the week at commercialttfc@live.co.uk or by phone to 07845 751319

to the SCT! Cheers

Greenie MATCH SPONSORS Ramsgate AFC Wimbledon AFC Hornchurch

Scarbutts & Dan Jan Sports Anderton Concrete Products RT Hon Teresa Pearce MP

If your company would like to sponsor a forthcoming home game, please see Greenie TODAY

Finally from me, our Christmas planning is almost complete. We hope to have full details available in two weeks time, when HE returns

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THE CLEAN SHEET CHALLENGE

CLEAN SHEET CHALLENGE

CLEAN SHEET TOTAL Following the success of last season’s Clean Sheet Challenge, the club is delighted that once again this season we are seeking your support to raise money for charity, but this year we’re doing it for two charities rather than just one! Last season, Rob Budd and Vicente Mansanet between them kept 14 clean sheets as we raised money for Cancer Research UK – the final total will be revealed soon, and it is worth waiting for! Throughout this season, we’re delighted once again to be working with our friends from Cancer Research, but we will also be raising funds for London’s Air Ambulance, the registered charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London in a bright red helicopter! We’ll learn more about what the LAA do in an upcoming programme. If you want to contribute - and we hope that you will - we’re in the process of setting up a Just Giving web page for this season, or alternatively there’s always the old fashioned way of filling out the sponsorship form that you’ll find in the boardroom! 34

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ANDY WALKER HAS ALREADY KEPT FOUR CLEAN SHEETS THIS SEASON AND HOPES TO ADD MORE

STATS & FACTS

STATS

& FACTS THAMESMEAD TOWN ROLL CALL PLAYER

Addae, Baff Akinwande, Olakinde Anidugbe, Bode Aziaya, Michael Barry, Jack Butler, Richard Dark, Lewis Dauti, Gaz Duncan, Derek Everitt, Ainsley Efe, Jeremiah Fairweather -Johnson, Theo Gorbell, Marc Gordon-Young, Tyrus Hallam, Faria Hopkins, Jack Ikechi, Eze Jeffrey, Aaron Kargbo, Ibrahim Koranteng, Nathan McGarrigle, Billy Omand, Arron Porter, Jay Spillane, Tommy Uwezu, Michael Walker, Andy Weber, Chris

LGE APPS

LGE GLS

CUP APPS

5 (4) (1) 1 (5) 15 14 15 (1) 16

3 (2)

4 (2) 1 (8) (2) 12 (1) 8 (4) 13 (1) 12 (3)

3 (4) 9 (1) 1 (1)

1 2

1 1 (1) 3

1 2 5

2 15 (1) 3 9 (3) 14

2 5

1 8

1 (2) 3 (1) 3 3 4 1 1 1 (3) 3 (2) 3 (1) 2 4

5 3 1

CUP GLS

RYMAN DIVISION ONE NORTH LEAGUE TABLE

APPS

GLS

8 (6) (1) 2 (7) 18 (1) 17 18 (1) 20 1 5 (2) 2 (11) (2) 15 (3) 11 (5) 15 (1) 16 (3)

1 4 (5) 12 (1) 1 (1) 1 4 20 (1) 3 14 (3) 17 1

2 7

4 8

1 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Cray Wanderers AFC Sudbury Thurrock AFC Hornchurch Cheshunt Bury Town Thamesmead Town Tilbury Phoenix Sports Harlow Town Aveley Dereham Town Brightlingsea Regent Great Wakering Rovers Romford Maldon & Tiptree Wroxham Barkingside Soham Town Rangers Witham Town Redbridge Waltham Abbey Heybridge Swifts Haringey Borough

P 19 16 15 15 16 17 16 15 17 12 15 19 14 18 18 15 15 18 18 15 18 17 15 17

W 12 11 11 10 9 8 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 2 3 1

D 5 2 1 2 4 7 3 2 2 3 3 6 3 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 1 5 2 4

L 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 7 2 5 7 5 8 8 6 7 10 12 8 13 10 10 12

F 45 33 34 38 39 35 25 32 25 23 30 28 15 28 19 26 16 26 20 23 20 18 20 12

A 20 25 17 12 17 20 17 20 26 11 24 25 15 35 31 26 24 38 37 34 64 29 33 30

GD +25 +8 +17 +26 +22 +15 +8 +12 -1 +12 +6 +3 0 -7 -12 0 -8 -12 -17 -11 -44 -11 -13 -18

TOP GOALSCORER TYRUS GORDON-YOUNG - 8

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Pts 41 35 34 32 31 31 30 29 26 24 24 24 21 20 20 19 18 16 14 13 13 11 11 7

FIXTURES & RESULTS 2015/16

2015/16

FIXTURES & RESULTS DATE OPPOSITION AUGUST Sat 8 Heybridge Swifts Mon 10 Thurrock Sat 15 Haringey Borough Tues 18 Dulwich Hamlet Sat 22 AFC Hornchurch Tue 25 Witham Town Fri 29 Littlehampton Town Mon 31 Aveley

A H H A A A A H

R1N R1N R1N RLC R1N R1N FACP R1N

2-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-1 3-1 1-0 0-2

88 160 70 245 66 75 70 100

SEPTEMBER Sat 5 Waltham Abbey Mon 7 Witham Town Sat 12 Worthing Sat 19 Redbridge Mon 21 Harlow Town Tue 29 Cray Wanderers

A H A H H A

R1N R1N FACQ1 R1N R1N R1N

0-0 3-2 1-2 5-2 2-1 0-1

OCTOBER Sat 3 Brightlingsea Regent Tue 6 Brightlingsea Regent Sat 10 Romford Mon 12 Cray Wanderers Sat 17 Cheshunt Sat 24 Wroxham Tue 27 Thurrock Fri 30 Ramsgate

H A H H A H A H

FATP FATP R R1N R1N R1N R1N R1N FAT 1Q

1-1 4-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 0-0 4-1

NOVEMBER Mon 2 AFC Wimbledon Sat 7 Haringey Borough Mon 9 Maidstone United Sat 14 AFC Hornchurch Tue 17 AFC Sudbury Sat 21 Dereham Town Sat 28 Maldon & Tiptree Mon 30 Heybridge Swifts

H A H H A A H H

LSC R1N KSC R1N R1N R1N R1N R1N

DECEMBER Sat 5 Brightlingsea Regent Mon 7 Barkingside Sat 12 Tilbury Sat 19 Bury Town Sat 26 Aveley

A A H H A

R1N R1N R1N R1N R1N

JANUARY 2015 Sat 2 Phoenix Sports Sat 9 Redbridge Sat 16 Soham Town Rangers Sat 23 Great Wakering Rovers Sat 30 Romford

H A A H A

R1N R1N R1N R1N R1N

FEBRUARY Sat 6 AFC Sudbury Sat 13 Wroxham Sat 20 Cheshunt Sat 27 Great Wakering Rovers

H A H A

R1N R1N R1N R1N

MARCH Sat 5 Soham Town Rangers Sat 12 Waltham Abbey Sat 19 Bury Town Sat 26 Barkingside Mon 28 Phoenix Sports

H H A H A

R1N R1N R1N R1N R1N

APRIL Sat 2 Dereham Town Sat 9 Maldon & Tiptree Sat 16 Tilbury Sat 23 Brightlingsea Regent

H A A H

R1N R1N R1N R1N

COMP

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ATT POS

10 1 2 1 1 2

Walker Walker Walker Omand Walker Walker Walker Walker

Aziaya Aziaya Aziaya Spencer Aziaya Aziaya Aziaya Spencer

Spillane Spillane Spillane Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter

Fairweather-Johnson Fairweather-Johnson Fairweather-Johnson Weber Fairweather-Johnson Duncan Dark Dark

Barry Barry Barry Gorbell Barry Barry Barry Barry

Hallam Hallam Hallam Dauti Hallam Hallam Hallam Gorbell

93 90 275 60 126 170

5 1 5 1 5

Omand Omand Walker Walker Walker Walker

Aziaya Aziaya Azaiya Azaiya Azaiya Azaiya

Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter

Dark Dark Dark Dark Dark Dark

Gorbell Gorbell Gorbell Barry Barry Barry

Hallam Hallam Halllam Gorbell Hallam Hallam

38 53 160 183 167 86 81

4 5 6 8 7

Omand Walker Walker Walker Walker Walker Walker

Azaiya Gorbell Azaiya Aziaya Aziaya Aziaya Aziaya

Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter

Dark Dark Dark Dark Dark Dark Dark

Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry

Hallam Hallam Hallam Hallam Gorbell Gorbell Gorbell

FIXTURES & RESULTS 2015/16

Butler Butler Butler Everitt Butler Butler Butler Butler

Dark Dark Dark Anidugbe Dark Dark Duncan Hallam

Gordon-Young Gordon-Young Gordon-Young Addae Gordon-Young Gordon-Young Gordon-Young Gordon-Young

Uwezu Uwezu Addae Uwezu Addae Uwezu Uwezu Uwezu

Koranteng Porter Porter McGarrigle Spencer Spencer Fairweather-Johnson Fairweather-Johnson

Everitt (2) Anidugbe (4) Gorbell (3) Azaiya (6) Uwezu (11) Addae (10) Gorbell (8) Duncan (2)

Addae (4) Addae (10) Koranteng (10) Fairweather-Johnson (10) Gorbell (2) Everitt (4) Addae (9) Addae (7)

Porter (11) Everitt (9) Uwezu (11) Eze (11) Anidugbe (4) Gorbell (9) Spencer (11) Everitt (11)

Butler Kargbo Uwezu Butler Butler Butler

Duncan Duncan Kargbo Kargbo Kargbo Kargbo

Gordon-Young Gordon-Young Gordon-Young Gordon-Young (2) Fairweather-Johnson Fairweather-Johnson

Addae Addae Addae Fairweather-Johnson Jeffery Jeffery

Fairweather-Johnson Spencer Spencer Uwezu Uwezu Uwezu

Kargbo (7) Butler (8) Anidugbe (4) Everitt (10) Anidugbe (10) Gordon-Young (10)

Everitt (11) Fairweather-Johnson (10) Everitt (5) Jeffrey (11) Gorbell (7)

Butler Butler (2) Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler

Kargbo Kargbo Kargbo Kargbo Kargbo Kargbo Duncan

Fairweather-Johnson

Jeffery Uwezu Addae Fairweather-Johnson Fairweather-Johnson Uwezu Jeffery

Uwezu Addae Gorbell Uwezu Anidugbe Everitt Kargbo

Addae (7) Jeffery (11) Jeffrey (7) Jeffrey (11) Hallam (2) Duncan (7) Efe (7)

Anidugbe (10) Everitt (9) Uwezu (10) Anidugbe (7) Efe (4) Hallam (10) Hallam (9)

Fairweather-Johnson (2)

Fairweather-Johnson Gordon-Young Gordon-Young Gordon-Young Gordon-Young

Anidugbe (11) Fairweather-Johnson (10)

Everitt (11)

Everitt (9) Akinwande (10) Jeffery (11) Everitt (10)

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Monday 2nd November 2015 | Kick-Off: 7:45pm London Senior Cup First Round