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1 DORKING FC OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 2015/16 DORKING V STAINES LAMMAS COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE CUP: DIVISION ONE SATURDAY, 10th OCTOBER

3 Welcome to Dorking FC and The New Defence, our home ground for the 2015/16 season. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mark Sale and his team at Horley Town FC for their hospitality and I hope that you enjoy your visit with us today. This is our second and final season here at The New Defence, ahead of our exciting move back to our old home in Meadowbank, which will be transformed into our iconic new home. As we continue our development at Dorking FC the new leadership team are very excited about this, their second season. Our vision remains focused on continuing to rebuild Dorking FC as a respected football club but also as a social enterprise by re-establishing Dorking FC as an iconic club at the heart of its rural community. The football management team have worked tirelessly over the summer and I would like to thank them for all their efforts. A big welcome back to our squad of players plus a number of exciting new players joining us. We have some bright young talent coming through our club and once again I expect we will see a good number of our U18 s appearing for our first team. A huge thanks go to my fellow Board members, all of our volunteer helpers, our football management team and of course our loyal supporters. We hope you will follow us on our journey, grassroots football is important to us all, and Dorking FC hopes to make its own contribution to the benefit of everyone. To keep up to date with developments and news at DFC join us on and on facebook.com/dorkingfc. Kind Regards, Grant Ashley, Chairman

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5 CLUB INFORMATION: Founded: 1880 Nickname: The Chicks Club Colours: Green, Red and White - the Cockerel Colours Away Colours: Yellow Home Ground: Meadowbank, Mill Lane, Dorking RH4 1DX Temporary Home Ground: The New Defense, Court Lodge Road, Horley RH6 8RS Company Address: Old Printers Yard, 156 South Street, Dorking RH4 2HF Management Committee: Chairman: Chief Executive: Director (Treasurer): Director (Football): Director (Press & PR): Club Secretary: Matchday Secretary: Grant Ashley Jason Rabbetts Alan Gout Simon Coffey Roger Mahony Hilary Baxter Jeff Hamnett Football Staff: First Team Manager: Glynn Stephens Assistant Manager: Steve Hurd Club Physio: Andrew Bushe Performance Analyst: Brett Rhoades First Team Coach/U18 Manager: Steve Lunn U18 Coach: Henry Herouvin Ladies Coaches: Will Lets & Matt Dilger First Team Captain: Martin Smith Contacts: dorkingfc@btinternet.com Website: Facebook: /dorkingfc

DORKING COLOURS: GREEN & RED STRIPES MANAGER: GLYNN STEPHENS ASST MANAGER: STEVE HURD COACH: STEVE LUNN PHYSIO: ANDREW

JAMES HODEL-MURPHY HARRY DALY MICHAEL FOWLER DAN GURNEY LUKE HARMSWORTH RUSSELL HARTT VARRON JOHN JOHN JUPP ZACH

WASON GLEN WRIGHT DIDA ALSAFFER KIERAN LUNN MARTIN SMITH GK GK DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF MID MID MID MID

6 DORKING COLOURS: GREEN & RED STRIPES MANAGER: GLYNN STEPHENS ASST MANAGER: STEVE HURD COACH: STEVE LUNN PHYSIO: ANDREW BUSHE PERFORMANCE ANALYST: BRETT RHOADES STAINES LAMMAS COLOURS: BLUE MANAGER: INFORMATION NOT PROVIDED ANDREW OSEI JAMES HODEL-MURPHY HARRY DALY MICHAEL FOWLER DAN GURNEY LUKE HARMSWORTH RUSSELL HARTT VARRON JOHN JOHN JUPP ZACH POWELL TOMMY SMITH DAN AKINWANDE JIMMY BRAZIL GEORGE COFFEY SANCHEZ HARRIS DAN HUXLEY DARYL JEEVES ANDY MILLER SCOTT WASON GLEN WRIGHT DIDA ALSAFFER KIERAN LUNN MARTIN SMITH GK GK DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF MID MID MID MID MID MID MID MID FOR FOR FOR INFORMATION NOT PROVIDED REFEREES: PETER CRICHLOW ASST REFEREES: STEPHEN TYLER & NICHOLAS ARBUCKLE

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8 PLAYERS SPONSORS Sponsoring a player is a great, low cost way for small businesses and individuals to show their support for Dorking s historic, local football club as we look to redevelop and build on our 135 year history. Dorking FC is run entirely by volunteers and all the players adopt traditional, amateur sportsman values. Sponsoring an item of a player s kit will help ensure we can continue to run the club solely in the interests of the town and the local community. If you would like to become a Player Sponsor for this season, please dorkingfc@btinternet. com for more information. STAFF: GLYNN STEPHENS STAFF: STEVE HURD STAFF: STEVE LUNN STAFF: ANDREW BUSHE STAFF: BRETT RHOADES ANDREW OSEI JAMES HODEL-MURPHY HARRY DALY MICHAEL FOWLER DAN GURNEY LUKE HARMSWORTH RUSSELL HARTT VARRON JOHN JOHN JUPP ZACH POWELL TOMMY SMITH DAN AKINWANDE JIMMY BRAZIL GEORGE COFFEY TRACKSUIT & POLO 50 PLAYING KIT 30 TRAINING KIT 20 SANCHEZ HARRIS DAN HUXLEY JR Timber Supplies, Timber & Building Supplies DARYL JEEVES ANDY MILLER SCOTT WASON GLEN WRIGHT DIDA ALSAFFER KIERAN LUNN MARTIN SMITH

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10 MATCH REPORT: DORKING FC 3-1 COVE FC SOUTHERN COMBINATION CUP, ROUND 1 29/09/15 Another first-class performance from Glynn Stephens in-form Dorking side made it three wins in eight days, as the Chicks beat Premier Division Cove to progress into the second round of the Southern Combination Cup. Playing good one-touch football throughout the pitch, Dorking were unfortunate to go behind against the run of play when, after a quarter of an hour, the unlucky Varron John s right foot clearance was sliced into his own goal. But the Chicks have been building great team spirit and self-belief and, undeterred by the set back, they continued to dominate their higher league opponents. While Cove struggled to handle the skill and determination of Kieran Lunn on the left wing, it was good work down the right from skipper Martin Smith that set up Scott Wason to score with a cool finish into the far corner, levelling the match. Eight minutes later and the referee awarded the Chicks a penalty for what appeared to be a push at the far post. Smith duly stepped up to calmly put the ball in the right hand corner to put Dorking into the lead. Cove had responded tempestuously to the penalty award but, worse was to come just a minute later when Fisher pushed Smith in the face, earning a straight red card from the referee and reducing the visitors to ten men. With a man advantage Dorking continued to press forward and will have counted themselves unlucky not to have extended their lead before the break when Glen Wright s header from another Smith cross went agonisingly wide of the back post. The second half was only five minutes old when Wason was able to put a ball into Smith whose superb turn and shot from the edge of the area curled into the bottom right hand corner of the net making it seven goals in three games for the striker. Cove now retreated to the edge of their penalty area hoping to catch Dorking on the break, but instead they found themselves under even greater pressure as Wright failed to take advantage of a one-on-one with keeper Cunningham, and left back Jupp tried his luck from outside the box. The Chicks looked impressive with Luke Harmsworth and Varron John rock solid in the centre of defence and every player working hard to ensure they retained possession. Only excellent defending from Cove, battling right to the final whistle, prevented Dorking from extending their lead further. Dorking FC: Osei, Fowler, Jupp, Harmsworth, John, Huxley, Wright, Wason, Smith, Lunn, Akinwande Subs Hodel-Murphy, Daly, Miller, Asafarr Report by Paul Killick

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MATCH REPORT: FARLEIGH ROVERS FC 0-2 DORKING FC COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE DIVISION ONE 03/10/15 Dorking boss Glynn Stephens says team spirit is at an absolute high after watching his side record a

12 MATCH REPORT: FARLEIGH ROVERS FC 0-2 DORKING FC COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE DIVISION ONE 03/10/15 Dorking boss Glynn Stephens says team spirit is at an absolute high after watching his side record a fourth straight win, the resurgent club s best winning streak fir six years. After a disappointing start to the season, he says, we now have terrific optimism from a great group of lads who really want to play for Dorking, as we build this club into something special for the town. They re developing great team spirit, taking their own decision to meet for breakfast before this match and they re going off on a fishing trip after the game. The Chicks had to work hard to reel in this latest win. On a bobbly pitch against a Farleigh team that is undergoing its own rebuilding from last year s Championship winning side, the first half wasn t always easy on the eye. Despite dominating possession, long balls and some snatched shots meant that the Chicks lacked genuine goal-scoring threat. It took 22 minutes for the first clear chance, with the ever-industrious Glen Wright picking up the ball and beating a defender, but his shot from the edge of the area went just over the bar. Scott Wason offered opportunities from distance, a 25 yard volley fizzing just wide and a thunderous 30 yard free kick just clearing the crossbar, as the half ended goalless. The Chicks stepped up the style for the second half and it took just seven minutes to open the scoring from a great passing move. A delightful cross field ball from deep by Wason found Martin Smith wide left. He fed the ball to Wright s feet in the box, who fooled the defence by squaring it for Jimmy Brazil to blast into an open net from 6 yards. Farleigh responded and began to make incursions into the Dorking half, but right back Michael Fowler won ball after ball while central defenders Luke Harmsworth and Varron John were once again immovable, as the Chicks earned a second successive clean sheet. Meanwhile, at the other end, Jimmy Brazil saw a second effort blocked on the goal line, but a Dorking win was put beyond doubt by Martin Smith who ran onto a pass from deep and finished with a deft chip over the Farleigh keeper. These are heady days for Dorking, with stability established off the field, a return to Meadowbank slated for next season and now a young, thrilling team to watch, proud to be part of a new history in the town s ancient club. Tougher tests now await, if the Chicks are to extend this winning run. After hosting high-flying Staines Lammas this afternoon, there s a visit from Premier Division Knaphill in the League Cup on Tuesday 14th October. Hopes will be high. Dorking FC: Osei, Fowler (Daly), Jupp (Taylor), Harmsworth, John, Huxley, Wright, Wason (Harris), Smith, Brazil, Akinwande Unused Subs Hodel-Murphy, Alsafar

13 DFC UPCOMING FIXTURES FIRST TEAM HOME Tue 13 Oct, 19:45 Knaphill Cup AWAY Sat 17 Oct, 15:00 Abbey Rangers League HOME Sat 24 Oct, 15:00 Bedfont & Feltham League HOME Sat 31 Oct, 15:00 Ash United League AWAY Wed 04 Nov, 19:45 Epsom Athletic League AWAY Sat 07 Nov, 14:00 Worcester Park League AWAY Sat 21 Nov, 15:00 Cobham League UNDER 18s TEAM HOME Wed 21 Oct, 19:45 Guildford City League LADIES TEAM HOME Sun 11 Oct, 14:00 Abbey Rangers Ladies League AWAY Sun 18 Oct, 14:00 Crystal Palace Ladies League HOME Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 Kingstonian Ladies League AWAY Sun 01 Nov, 14:00 Elstead Ladies League HOME Sun 08 Nov, 14:00 Egham Town Ladies League

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15 MEADOWBANK UPDATE: NO. 2 LOVE FOOTBALL, LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY, JOIN DORKING FC! Dorking FC is looking for new volunteers to join the running of the community-based club in a new Management Committee, as it gets in shape for a return home to the new Meadowbank football ground in Work will start at the end of this month on the rebuilding of the Chicks traditional home at Meadowbank. In just under a year, Dorking FC will return to the town at the heart of a new, state-of-the-art stadium, providing an exciting sports facility for the whole community. Over a thousand local youth players will join the club at the new Meadowbank, taking advantage of the all-weather artificial pitch for weekly training sessions. Surrey FA have also announced that they are moving their headquarters to the site, making Dorking s home ground the centre of football in the county. Plans for the exciting move home start now. Dorking FC is a not-for-profit organisation, run on an entirely voluntary basis and in accordance with true amateur sport values, in the interests of the community. In preparation for next season, the club is now recruiting to some key, voluntary posts on a new Management Committee. Chairman Grant Ashley says, Since taking over and rescuing Dorking FC last year, the club has been run by a Board of just five volunteer Directors. The foundations for survival have been laid and, with the return to a completely rebuilt Meadowbank ground, this is now one of the most exciting times and opportunities in the club s 135 year history. So the time is right for us to open up the running of the club to local people in a new Management Committee. Grant goes on to explain, We want as many local people as possible who love football and love their community to get involved in establishing this great new sporting project for the town. If we all work together to get this right, we ll have a fantastic new Dorking football facility in Meadowbank park, used by thousands of local people, bringing a huge boost to the town centre, and with a thriving community-orientated football club at its heart. Dorking FC is looking for local people to join the new Voluntary Management Committee in three key roles: Fundraising Manager Club Supporters and Membership Manager Youth and Community Engagement Manager

16 In addition, there are opportunities for people who would like to help out in any other way to join the club in non-specific assistant roles. Fundraising Manager Working both alone and with others, the Fundraising Manager will help develop new sources of revenue, from traditional sponsorship and advertising by local business to creative fundraising ideas and projects. Club Supporters and Membership Manager As the work continues at Meadowbank and interest builds throughout 2016 in the community facility and Dorking FC s return, the Club Supporters and Membership Manager will tap into that local enthusiasm to engage with local people who might wish to follow the football club and make use of its facilities at Meadowbank - building a new, thriving membership and supporter base for the town s historic football club. Youth and Community Engagement Manager With hundred of players from at least seven youth football clubs, local schools and other community groups all expected to make use of Meadowbank alongside Dorking FC, the Youth and Community Engagement Manager will work to liaise with other users and community groups, ensuring constructive and productive relationships. We aim to work together to maximise the potential not just for all the voluntary groups involved in the new stadium, but for the whole of Dorking, in what is truly a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make a real difference for local football, Meadowbank park, community activity in the town centre, local business and the entire town. If you would like to know more about these voluntary posts or are interested in helping run Dorking FC in any other capacity in one of the biggest years in the club s long history, dating back to 1880, then please your contact details to dorkingfc@btinternet.com and the Chairman, Grant Ashley, will get back to you to discuss the plans. Love football? Love Dorking? Then why not get involved! An artist s drawing showing the new Meadowbank stadium viewed from the DFC clubhouse bar:

18 THE COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE DIVISION ONE 2015/16 (up to and incl. Thur 08 Oct 15 # Team Pd W D L W D L W D L F A Diff Pts 1. CB Hounslow United Eversley & California Worcester Park Staines Lammas Sandhurst Town Abbey Rangers Bedfont & Feltham Cobham Epsom Athletic Dorking Frimley Green Sheerwater Dorking Wanderers Res Farleigh Rovers Ash United Banstead Athletic South Park Res

19 MICHAEL EVERETT & CO

FACTS & FIGURES 1830 Shrove Tuesday annual unregulated matches in Dorking streets 1880 Dorking FC formed 1882 Founding member of Surrey FA 1905 Shrove Tuesday matches end 1922 Founding member of

Athenian League 1974 Merged with Guildford City to become Guildford & Dorking United 1977 Renamed Dorking Town FC.

20 FACTS & FIGURES 1830 Shrove Tuesday annual unregulated matches in Dorking streets 1880 Dorking FC formed 1882 Founding member of Surrey FA 1905 Shrove Tuesday matches end 1922 Founding member of Surrey County Senior League 1953 Moved to Meadowbank 1955 First senior Surrey club to defeat a professional team (Folkestone 3-1, FA Cup Q1) 1956 Joined Corinthian League 1963 Founding member of Athenian League 1974 Merged with Guildford City to become Guildford & Dorking United 1977 Renamed Dorking Town FC. Joined Surrey Senior League 1978 Re-joined Athenian League 1981 Joined Isthmian League 1981 Reverted to Dorking FC 2006 Joined Combined Counties League CLUB HONOURS Diadora League Full Members Cup Finalists 1992/93 FA Cup First Round (v Plymouth Argyle) 1992/93 FA Cup Q1 Winners (v Folkestone 3-1) 1955/56 FA Cup Q4 1990/91 FA Trophy 1st Round 1990/91 FA Trophy 2nd Round 1991/92 FA Vase 4th Round 2001/02, 2005/06 Gilbert Rice Cup Finalists 1989/90 Gilbert Rice Cup Winners 1987/88, 1991/92 Isthmian League Division 2 (South) Champions 1988/89 Promotion to Isthmian Premier 1992/93 Southern Counties Combination Cup Winners 1992/93 Surrey County Senior Charity Cup Finalists 1928/29, 1929/30, 1946/47, 1950/51, 1977/78 Surrey County Senior Charity Cup Winners 1948/49, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56 Surrey County Senior Cup Finalists 1885/86, 1989/90 Surrey County Senior League Champions 1928/29, 1929/30, 1954/55, 1955/56 Surrey County Senior League Runners Up 1951/52, 1953/54 Surrey County Senior Shield Finalists 1907/08, 1910/11, 1960/61 Surrey County Senior Shield Winners 1958/59, 1959/60 Surrey Intermediate Charity Cup Finalists 1954/55 Surrey Intermediate Charity Cup Winners 1956/57 Surrey Senior League Cup Winners 1948/49, 1950/51, 1953/54

21 THE HISTORY OF DORKING FC Football has been played in Dorking since the 1830 s. It was first played in the street, and an annual match took place every Shrove Tuesday in This tradition continued until 1905 when it was outlawed after ten years of suppression, and by which time Association Football had defined formal The cockerel was also very apparent as the main feature of the club s badge, and hence the club soon became affectionately known as the Chicks. The team first played at a site on West Bank before moving to a pitch off Fairfield Drive and then later to Pixham Lane in the 1920s. The Chicks didn t move to its current location at Meadowbank until 1953 when their success demanded better facilities and a new ground was built on an old dumpsite. Dorking s High Street. Those on the east of St Martin s were one team known as the Eastenders and those to the West, on the opposing team, were the Westenders. The pitch extended all the way from London Bridge Road to the Washway Bridge in Station Road. The match was preceded by a procession led by a band and men dressed as women collecting donations and carrying a cross inscribed with words kick away both Whig and Tory, wind and water, Dorking s glory. On the left of the cross was a red, white, and blue ball representing the Union, on the top a gold ball representing the winners, and on the right a red and green ball representing the cockerel colours of Dorking. Celebrations went on well into the evening when pre match collections were first distributed to shopkeepers for window damage and the balance consumed in beer at The Sun. rules for the game in 1863 (dictating kicking only) when rugby went one way with hands, and soccer (abbreviation for Association Football) went the other with feet. By now Dorking Football Club had formed in 1880, establishing itself as the second oldest football club in Surrey and one of the oldest in the country. The club originally played in green and red striped shirts with white shorts the three colours representing the famous Dorking cockerel. The new Meadowbank had a capacity of 5000 and a stand that accommodated 700. The ground was opened by the then FA Secretary Sir Stanley Rous and was inaugurated by an exhibition match against Corinthian Casuals. Dorking s most successful FA Cup run followed in 1955 when they beat Folkestone 3 1 in front of a home crowd of more than 4000 before going out in the next round to local rivals Epsom. In the 1950s annual spectator club membership stood at more than 1000.

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DORKING FC DORKING V BEDFONT & FELTHAM

DORKING FC DORKING V BEDFONT & FELTHAM DORKING FC OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 2015/16 DORKING V BEDFONT & FELTHAM COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE: DIVISION ONE SATURDAY, 24th OCTOBER 2015 1.00 Welcome to Dorking FC and The New Defence, our home ground for