Monday 31st August - Two injury time goals robbed us of the points as Tooting & Mitcham United came from behind to win 3-2 at Chalky Lane in front of a poor crowd of 206. That figure might appear ok compared to usual Saturday figures, but the club's stubborn refusal to consider an 11.30am kick off cost it around a thousand pounds in lost revenue, as we clashed with home matches for Leatherhead (Att-824) and Sutton United (Att-2179) which ensured that our local derby against one of the best supported clubs in the League were out-attended on the day by traditionally poorer supported clubs like Met Police (240), Chipstead (215), Knaphill (270) and even Spelthorne Sports at Step Six (282), all of whom chose to offer the morning kick off. We could have easily had 400 for this match; many buying programmes, food or merchandise as our club continues to prove that they still do not "get" how supporters think. Maybe they should actually listen, as clearly the kick off time was not as "user-friendly" as they claimed!
It was also interesting to note that in our previous eight competitive matches, our Managers have used all five substitutes, yet none at all took the field for this late match, and there will inevitably be the accusation of tired legs as we conceded those late goals. A strange decision by our Management team who currently have a colossal 44 players registered and you have to question what the point is of a post match interview, when that particular question wasn't even asked of them, despite supporters almost certainly wondering why none came on.
Saturday 29th August - 60 years ago this day Reg Scott became our first ever substitute in our Athenian League match at Rainham Town when he replaced David "Fred" Grinrod in a 2-2 draw. However, the plan of introducing substitutions to influence matches didn't really work for us that season as we only made six and none of them scored!
Saturday 29th August - A strong second half showing enabled us to record a 5-1 victory at winless Godalming Town in our latest League match, with five different players finding the net.
Thursday 27th August - In fixture news, we will visit Knaphill on Tuesday 10th November, while our trip to Tadley Calleva will now take place on Easter Monday 29th March 2027. The fully updated fixture list is available in the usual place.
Wednesday 26th August - We have been drawn at home to Molesey in the last 16 of the Southern Combination Cup and the tie is to be played on Tuesday 13th October. The winners will visit either Kingstonian or Balham in the Quarter-Final and the full draw is advised below in the cup section, along with the other updated cup positions.
Sunday 23rd August - For those who are interested, there is a full summary showing every Combined Counties League team's results in the FA Cup and FA Vase, updated to include Saturday's results. Just click on the summary button lower down this page in the Cup section.
Sunday 23rd August - Our football club have recently announced a handful of player and staff sponsorships as if to give the impression that new supporters or companies are getting involved. However, two of them are from TEC Surrey who are the Vice-Chairman's company, while the others are "in memory of" and clearly came from the Committee or regular sponsors. We await to see whether there are any "new" sponsorships announced.
Saturday 22nd August - Congratulations to Jason Bloor who made his 50th appearance for our club in the FA Cup match against Crowborough Athletic. He becomes the 291st player in club history to reach this mark, and the first since Toby Young on 5th May 2026. Our club didn't announce this as they got their figures wrong and thought he was on 49, wrongly announcing his 50th appearance in his next match! As always, there is no quality control or actual care taken on the club's media or stats. It's one thing getting your stats wrong, but it's pretty stupid when there is a fully accurate and triple checked set of data available right here at the touch of a button to check it against!
For all the older club news going all the way back to 2013 just click on the previous articles button and select the latest news option.
This website contains an enormous amount of information and gets thousands of page views each month, which is humbling, bearing in mind the level at which the club I support plays at! It also contains a vast and detailed Historical Archive which is not just restricted to our club. If you wish to place a reciprocal advert here, or even sponsor the site itself, just drop me a line and your help can enable me to expand the site still further! The site is clearly in need of modernisation, but given the choice, I'd always prefer to have information and accuracy as the main priorities, ahead of a few random pictures of player huddles!
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