Celebrating 50 years.

1968-2018

WEDNESDAY 8TH AUGUST 2018

LORDSWOOD v SHEPPEY UNITED
SCEFL PREMIER DIVISION
7.45pm KO
 EDITORS NOTES
Good evening everyone and welcome to Martyn Grove for this Southern Counties East
Football League game against Sheppey United.

And of course we bid a warm welcome to the players, officials and the supporters of
Sheppey United. We wish you an enjoyable stay here with us and a safe onward journey
after the game.

So here we are once again, the start of another season. The start of our 50th year and a
year that holds much promise for the future of the club. Our partnership with Charlton
Athletic Community Trust in setting up an Academy here at Martyn Grove. A friendly at
the end of this month where a Charlton Athletic XI will visit us as part of our 50th
celebrations. A new chairman on board with a vision and drive to develop the club and
ground. A whole host of new sponsors who have brought much needed income to the club.

On the subject of our new chairman, Terry Hussey, I’d like top officially welcome him to
the club. Additionally we have a number of new faces on the committee and so I’d like to
also welcome Stuart Baker, Mark Young, John Goodwin and James Kennedy to the club.
All bring their own expertise and specialities to the board and we look forward to driving
the club forwards together. On the subject of welcomes, I’d also like to welcome the new
players that have joined to the club and we hope that you have a long and successful career
with us here at Martyn Grove.

Our season kicked off with a difficult game at Croydon which we won 2-1. Pitch was
awful, officials weren’t great, and the heat was energy sapping but the boys dug deep to
take home the 3 points and ultimately that is what is most important. Tonight’s game will
be a much stronger test and whilst we welcome a couple of players back that were missing
on Saturday, we are still quite a way short of having a full strength squad.

As always the club relies on your support and sponsorship to help us get by from one
season to the next. There are numerous sponsorship opportunities available. If you feel
you could assist through one of our sponsorship deals or by donating some of your free
time to assist with the running of the club then we’d love to hear from you. Please speak
to a member of the committee for further details.

Get behind the boys tonight. Enjoy the game and let’s hope for an Orange and Black win!

NO BATTLE, NO VICTORY!!

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LORDSWOOD FROM SHEPPEY
Tony Coxall (GK) Dan Ellis (GK)
George Blake Tom Brunt
Tom Carter Darren Cooper
Jake Creed Luke Girt
Michael Freiter Jono Richardson
Frank Griffin Jon Ralph
Ricky Gundry Lee Conrad
Carl Harrold Remell Davis
Jason Hollick Dan Bradshaw
Adam Hooper Ian Batten
James Huggins Hicham Akhazzan
Jack Mahon Kane Butler
Joe Matthews Oliver Brown
Freeman Rogers Callum Wraight
Caine Smith George Batten
Bradley Webb Kwasi Amoah
Jordan Wells Alfie Bates
Tom Wooldridge Joshua Glover (GK)

Richard Styles Manager Ernie Batten

Dan Morrin Assistant Manager Nick Davis
Luke Carpenter Coach Ben Franks
Kieran Gooding GK Coach Mark Irvine
George Loscombe Physio

Orange and Black Shirts Blue

Orange/Orange Shorts/Socks Blue/Blue

Referee Jamie Eacott

Assistant Referees Chris Spalding

Francis Empson
 MATCHBALL SPONSOR
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home games this season. If you would like your name or your company’s name included
here please contact PAUL CAULFIELD at the club or by email to
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Weds 8th August SHEPPEY UNITED

Sat 18th August CRAY VALLEY

Sat 25th August PUNJAB UNITED

Weds 29th August CHARLTON ATHLETIC XI

Sat 1st September FIRE UNITED CHRISTIAN (FAV)

Fri 7th September CORINTHIAN

Sat 29th September BEARSTED

Sat 6th October GLEBE

Sat 3rd November RUSTHALL

Sat 10th November CROYDON

Sat 1st December FISHER

Sat 8th December AFC CROYDON ATHLETIC

Sat 22nd December TUNBRIDGE WELLS

Sat 12th January BECKENHAM TOWN

Sat 19th January ERITH TOWN

Sat 9th February HOLLANDS & BLAIR

Sat 23rd February CROWBOROUGH ATHLETIC

Sat 16th March K SPORTS

Sat 23rd March CHATHAM TOWN

Sat 6th April DEAL TOWN

Mon 22nd April CANTERBURY CITY

 MIDWEEK FIXTURES
Tuesday 7th August
Premier Division
AFC Croydon Athletic –v– Cray Valley
Chatham Town –v– Canterbury City
Crowborough Athletic –v– Rusthall
Deal Town –v– Hollands & Blair
Fisher –v– Croydon
Punjab United –v– Bearsted
Tunbridge Wells –v– Corinthian
First Division
Erith & Belvedere –v– Phoenix Sports Reserves
Greenways –v– Lydd Town
Meridian VP –v– FC Elmstead
Stansfeld –v– Bridon Ropes
Sutton Athletic –v– Kent Football United

Wednesday 8th August

Premier Division
Lordswood –v– Sheppey United
First Division
Holmesdale –v– SC Thamesmead
Kennington –v– Rochester United
Welling Town –v– Lewisham Borough
 OUR OPPONENTS
Sheppey United
Sheppey United FC was formed in 1890 by a merger of Sheerness Victoria and Invicta, and initially played
at the Sheppey United Cricket Club ground at Botany Road. The first match was at Sittingbourne on 20
September 1890, with Sheppey running out 3-1 winners despite turning up with only ten players. The
match report referred to us as ‘the Sheppeyites’, hence the club nickname ‘The Ites’, which remains to this
day

Sheppey United sold the much-loved Botany Round ground to developers in 1992 to clear a massive
overdraft, and this started a long and slow death for the club.

Initially this did not appear to present too many problems as Sheppey romped away with the Kent League
title, whilst ground-sharing with Faversham Town, losing only two out of forty games. Ultimately
however, as the club spent most of the 1990s trying in vain to find a new home on the Island, years of
playing away from Sheppey began to take its toll, as the club moved from Faversham, to Canterbury, and
then to Sittingbourne. Attendances fell sharply as supporters increasingly became disenchanted with
traveling off the Island for ‘home’ games, and the club could no longer afford the rents involved.

In March 2001 the club resigned from the Kent League and their record was expunged. The senior team
was disbanded until being reformed in 2003, when they joined Division Two East of the Kent County
League. They finished second in their first season and were promoted to Division One East. The club was
renamed AFC Sheppey in 2007, but was disbanded and reformed under their original name prior to the
2010–11 season.
In June 2013 the club merged with Sheerness East FC to become Sheppey & Sheerness United FC
competing in the Kent County League Premier Division with the club playing their home games a Holm
Park formerly Canning Town Gasworks and then Sheerness Steel Sports Ground. The season saw the club
win the Kent FA Intermediate Challenge Shield and finish runners up in the league and were promoted to
the Kent Invicta League.

In the summer of 2014 the club was renamed back to Sheppey United FC. Major investment has been
injected into Holm Park including: perimeter fencing, new dressing rooms, club house refurbishments,
floodlights, stands, levelling the main pitch including installing drainage and sprinkler system.

A second place finish in the Kent Invicta League was achieved at the end of the 2015/16 season gaining
promotion to the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division. The Kent Invicta League
merged into the Southern Counties East Football League that summer forming Division One.
2016 was a remarkable season for the club winning the Kent Senior Trophy, beating Ashford United on
penalties at Maidstone United’s Gallagher Stadium in front of a crowd of 870, whilst Holm Park’s ground
regeneration saw 715 fans flock to the stadium for a home match against Glebe.

A sixth-place finish in the SCEFL Premier Division was a great achievement in the clubs return to Step 5
of the Non-League pyramid and a SCEFL League Cup Final appearance at Tonbridge Angels losing 2-0 to
Sevenoaks Town.

In the 2017-18 Season the team finished in a disappointing 11th place in the SCEFL Premier Division but
did reach the Kent Senior Trophy Final again at The Gallagher in front of 917 spectators eventually losing
2-1 in Extra time to newly promoted Whitstable Town.
 KIT SPONSORSHIP
Player Sponsorships available for the 2018/19 season £60 each
or £100 for two. Contact Paul Caulfield on 07966 603339 or
[email protected]
PLAYER HOME KIT SPONSOR AWAY KIT SPONSOR
Richard Styles DecorRachel
Dan Morrin
Lewis Jennings Hoochie Poochie Pet Services
Gary Cook
Tony Coxall Kieran Gooding Coaching
George Blake
Michael Freiter
Frank Griffin
Ricky Gundry
Carl Harrold 2Tone Scaffolding 2Tone Scaffolding
Jason Hollick Rondos Football Academy Rondos Football Academy
Adam Hooper John O’Halloran Mark Hooper
Peter Huggens Kent Sports News
James Huggins
Joe Kane
Jack Mahon Dave Sims
Joe Matthews
Freeman Rogers
Caine Smith Caine Smith
Bradley Webb

Jordan Wells
Tom Wooldridge

NEXT AT MARTYN GROVE NEXT AT MARTYN GROVE

LORDSWOOD v CRAY VALLEY LORDSWOOD v PUNJAB UNITED
Saturday 18th August Saturday 25th August
3.00pm KO 3.00pm KO
SCEFL PREMIER DIVISION SCEFL PREMIER DIVISION
 STATISTIC
Date Opposition Comp Result Att 1 2 3 4 5 6
04.08.18 Croydon SCEFL 2-1 W 51 Coxall Wooldridge Harrold Blake Huggens Matthews 1
08.08.18 SHEPPEY UNITED SCEFL
11.08.18 Sevenoaks Town FAC EP
18.08.18 CRAY VALLEY SCEFL
22.08.18 Hollands & Blair SCEFL
25.08.18 PUNJAB UNITED SCEFL
27.08.18 Deal Town SCEFL
29.08.18 CHARLTON ATHLETIC XI Friendly
01.09.18 FIRE UNITED CHRISTIAN FAV 1RQ
07.09.18 CORINTHIAN SCEFL
22.09.18 Fisher SCEFL
26.09.18 Canterbury City SCEFL
29.09.18 BEARSTED SCEFL
02.10.18 Punjab United SCEFL
06.10.18 GLEBE SCEFL
13.10.18 K Sports SCEFL
20.10.18 Corinthian KST 1R
27.10.18 Crowborough Athletic SCEFL
03.11.18 RUSTHALL SCEFL
10.11.18 CROYDON SCEFL
17.11.18 Beckenham Town SCEFL
01.12.18 FISHER SCEFL
08.12.18 AFC CROYDON ATHLETIC SCEFL
15.12.18 Rusthall SCEFL
22.12.18 TUNBRIDGE WELLS SCEFL
29.12.18 Chatham Town SCEFL
05.01.19 Sheppey United SCEFL
12.01.19 BECKENHAM TOWN SCEFL
19.01.19 ERITH TOWN SCEFL
02.02.19 Cray Valley SCEFL
09.02.19 HOLLANDS & BLAIR SCEFL
16.02.19 Bearsted SCEFL
23.02.19 CROWBOROUGH ATHLETIC SCEFL
02.03.19 Corinthian SCEFL
16.03.19 K SPORTS SCEFL
23.03.19 CHATHAM TOWN SCEFL
30.03.19 Glebe SCEFL
06.04.19 DEAL TOWN SCEFL
13.04.19 Erith Town SCEFL
20.04.19 Tunbridge Wells SCEFL
22.04.19 CANTERBURY CITY SCEFL
27.04.19 AFC Croydon Athletic SCEFL
TBA League Cup 1st Round

SCEFL Southern Counties East Football League

FAC Emirates FA Cup

FAV Buildbase FA Vase

KLC Kent League Cup

KST Kent Reliance Kent Senior Trophy
 ZONE
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J. Creed Freiter Mahon Wells Gundry K. Creed Smith Webb

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 JOHN G’s QUIZ TIME
Try our half-time quiz—just for fun!

ANSWERS ARE AT THE FOOT OF THE PAGE, NO CHEATING!

QUESTION 1)
Name the 11 American states that begin with either A, E, I, O or U

QUESTION 2)
Name the former player who played for Dover, Liverpool and Charlton Ath-
letic?

QUESTION 3)
Which town has railway station’s called Baghill, Tanshelf and Monkhill?

QUESTION 4)
Name the 5 Cinque Ports, Britain’s first Naval bases

QUESTION 5)
Where is Richard Montgomery buried?

QUESTION 6)
Excluding Northern Ireland, which lake in Britain is the biggest by volume?

QUESTION 7)
Name the four teletubbies

QUESTION 8)
How many people have walked on the moon?

QUESTION 9)
Vaduz is the capital of which European country?

QUESTION 10)
What was Roy of the Rovers last name?

7. Tinky Winky, Dipsy, LaaLaa and Po. 8. Twelve. 9. Liechtenstein. 10. Race
5. SS Richard Montgomery is a ship laying off the coast of Sheerness. 6. Loch Lomond
2. Bob Bolder. 3. Pontefract. 4. Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney and Hastings.
1. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah
 PLAYER STATS
League FA Cup FA Vase KST Lge Cup Total Y R
P G P G P G P G P G P G
George Blake 1 1
Tony Coxall 1 1
Jake Creed 1 1
Kari Creed (1) (1)
Michael Freiter 1 1
Ricky Gundry 1 1 1
Carl Harrold 1 1
Peter Huggens 1 1
Jack Mahon 1 1
Joe Matthews 1 1 1 1
Caine Smith (1) (1) 1
Bradley Webb (1) (1) 1
Jordan Wells 1 1
Tom Wooldridge 1 1

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 FROM THE BENCH
RICHARD STYLES
Hello everyone and welcome to Martyn Grove for this evening’s game against Sheppey
United.

This is our first home match of the season after what has been a busy summer for the club,
which has seen plenty of new arrivals ranging from the committee members, down to the
playing staff. It’s been well documented that we have a new chairman in Terry Hussey
and tonight will be his first experience of a home match day, and it looks set to be a good
one!

Playing wise I would like to welcome Michael Freiter, Caine Smith, Ricky Gundry, Tony
Coxall, Freeman Rogers and Joe Matthews all to the club for their first home game of the
season also.

The season is already underway and we managed to pick up maximum points away at
Croydon with nine 1st team players missing on Saturday on what was possibly the worst
pitch I have ever seen on the first day of the season. The conditions at Croydon were not
good, but credit to the boys who put everything in and got the deserved 3 points to bring
home. A goal from Joe Matthews and an own goal supplied us with a 1-2 victory at a
tough place to go and I can see other teams dropping points there this season.

On to tonight’s game against Sheppey United, these matches always seem to provide
good, entertaining games and plenty of goals and I hope tonight is the same but in our
favour of course. Sheppey is always a tough game, some of our players previously played
for Sheppey and I know that some fans would like some of these boys to still be there, but
their loss is our gain and we are prepared and ready to do all we can to get another 3 points
on the board tonight.

Added to this we have our summer soccer school running on 28/29/30th August, As well as
our 50th Anniversary game where we host Charlton Athletic on Wednesday 29th August,
7:45pm KO (Please find a member of staff for information)

I hope you enjoy the game, your support is very much appreciated and this is only the
beginning!!!

Up The Wood!!!

Richard Styles
 ONE YEAR ON...
DENNIS CAULFIELD
Excuse me if I may be a little morose for a minute.

Today marks the one year anniversary that Dad was taken
from us aged 64. I can still remember the phone call I had
from him 5 days previously telling me that he didn’t have
long left and I still remember the feeling of my world
tumbling down when I had the received the phone call from
mum at around 1.30pm a year ago telling me he had gone.

The past year has gone in some form of a blur, but still my memories of Dad burn bright. From helping to
run the team of Lordswood U8’s when I decided to start playing football in 1987 he continued to run the
team, even when I got bored and decided I’d rather stay in bed til midday on a Sunday, right through until
U18’s. Dad then got involved in the Senior set-up, holding pretty much every position on the committee
and helping out around the ground whether that be cooking the burgers and making tea in the teahut,
looking after guests in the boardroom, or as Club Chairman.

Dad’s voice around the pitch was recognisable wherever you sat or stood, and that is what I notice most at
games now he has gone. Whether he was “chastising” the officials or encouraging the players you knew it
was him.

Memories of games abandoned, FA Vase trips to Thame United and Spennymoor Town, and the images
and reports of these live on thanks to the internet and highlights videos.

More recent memories following Dad’s passing show just how well loved and thought of he was in the
football community. Last year’s squad and our dear management team honouring him with special t-shirts
during their warm-ups, the minutes applause offered by Tunbridge Wells at the Culverden Stadium. The
sheer number of text messages, facebook messages, twitter messages, phone calls from friends, past and
current players, opposition teams and supporters brought home how much he meant to people and how
much he meant to the club. Similarly it was clear how much Lordswood meant to him.

Dad would have loved last season and how the team performed, I know he’d be even happier this year
knowing how we have stabilised the committee and brought new sponsors onboard to secure our finances.
I’m sure he is looking down on Martyn Grove and watching, berating the officials every now and then,
and his spirit lives on as our 12th man with the rest of our supporters

I’ll be raising a glass to him after tonight’s game, I hope some of you can join me.

I’ll leave you with one of my favourite stories about Dad told to me by Alan Broad. Dad always used to
go to the Social Club on a Friday night for a couple of beers with a good group of friends (Dave Sims,
John O’Halloran, Alan, Ron Constantine, amongst many others – he pretty much knew everyone in the
social club!). At times there used to be a guy who came round with seafood that he used to sell, bringing a
basket in from his van with a selection of cockles, prawns, whelks etc. On this particular occasion Dad
asked the seafood guy if he had any mussels. Seafood man replied, yes I do, to which Dad replied quick
as a flash “Why aren’t you carrying two baskets then” before collapsing in a fit of laughter.
That was Dad’s humour to a tee.
 Lordswood Football Club
50th Anniversary
Wednesday 29th August
7.45pm KO
Lordswood FC
Lordswood Sports and Social Club
North Dane Way, Chatham, Kent. ME5 8YE
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 Founded 1968
Life Presidents - Dave Sims and Ron Constantine
Lordswood Football Club
The Clubhouse, Lordswood Sports & Social Club, North Dane Way, Chatham, Kent. ME5 8YE
Telephone 01634 669138
Chairman Terry Hussey
Vice Chairman Paul Caulfield
Club Secretary Steve Lewis
Director of Football Stuart Baker
First Team Manager Richard Styles
Reserve Team Manager Imran Englefield
Match Day Officer John Goodwin
Press Officer Paul Caulfield
Main Club Representative John O’Halloran
Commercial Manager Mark Parsons
Programme Editor Paul Caulfield
Website Manager Paul Caulfield
Health and Safety Manager James Kennedy
Committee Member Mark Young

Club Affiliated to: - The Southern Counties East Football League

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orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse will be reported to the relevant
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