The Official Matchday Programme of Knaphill Football Club

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1 The Official Matchday Programme of Knaphill Football Club vs Kingstonian Specsavers Surrey Senior Cup 1st Round Tuesday 27th November :30pm Kick Off

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3 Club Info Knaphill Football Club Brookwood Country Park, Redding Way, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2AY Chairman Vice Chairman Treasurer Football Secretary Match Secretary Club Welfare Officer Sporting Director Bar Manager Social & Fundraising First Team Manager U23s Manager U18s Manager U14s Manager U7s Manager Mini Knappers Coach David Freeman Jim Ahmed Carl Barker Steve Hobbs Julie Elton Mike Clements Vacant Vacant Vacant Richard Keown Dan Parsons Matt Cronan Martin Buffoni Martyn Lee Tom Davis Clubhouse T: Football Secretary Steve Hobbs T: E: Match Secretary Julie Elton T: E: Commercial & Marketing David Freeman T: E: Jim Ahmed T: E: Programme Design & Edit JMA President Dave Holloway Life Vice Presidents Carl Barker, Mick Garbutt, Sean Carrigy, Gavin Wilcox, Trevor Winham, Bob Russell, Bob Pritchard, Phil Gasson, Kenny Bye, Bryan Freeman & John Wood Executive Management Committee Dave Holloway, David Freeman, Jim Ahmed, Mick Clements, Mick Garbutt, Steve Hobbs, Kevin Putley, Louis Lee & Amy Buffoni Football Appointment Committee Dave Holloway, David Freeman, Jim Ahmed, Barry Losty & Steve Hobbs Official Website Official Facebook Official Knaphill FC Official Official Instagram knaphill_fc Affiliated to: The Football Association The Surrey County Football Association The Combined Counties Football League The Suburban Football League The Allied Counties Youth League The Surrey Youth League FA Standard Chartered Club Kit Sponsors: Mink Farm Bolam Premier Sportswear

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5 Chairman s Chat Good evening and welcome to Redding Way. A warm welcome to our visitors tonight Kingstonian, their players, management and officials. Tonight s fixture in the Surrey Senior Cup sees us challenge higher rank opposition, something we are becoming accustomed too in recent years. Sutton Utd, Tooting & Mitcham and Woking have all crossed our path and with two narrow defeats and one win I would like to think our chances tonight are pretty good. Take nothing away from Kingstonian who I expect to prove a good test against our new squad, the previous round our visitors cruised passed our league rivals Camberley Town 5-0. Regardless it s always good to play clubs higher then us and adds another tale in our proud history. Last Saturday we recorded back to back league wins with a 1-0 win over CB Hounslow here at Redding Way. With three debutants starting the game I thought overall we played well against a young and strong Hounslow side. We could of had a healthier score line however a combination of post and crossbar prevented that. We also recorded back to back clean sheets, always nice to finish an afternoons work. At time of writing we would of made the trip to Balham on Saturday and the U23s hosted Bromley here at Redding Way, Reading this I am sure you would of know the results. The U18s lost 3-1 at Cove on Thursday last week, a performance manager Matt Cronan was not too pleased about however our young guns are doing well so far this season, long that may continue. Away from pitch matters on Saturday 22nd December we host a Comedy Night here at Redding Way, tickets are on sale now on a first come first serve basis priced at 15. Lastly let s get behind the players tonight and help us pick up a famous victory. Thank you for your continued support. David Congratulations to Nathan Thomas, winner of Player of the Month for October, pictured here with sponsor Nathan Thomas. Nathan has put in a host of Good performances since his arrival at the club in the summer.

6 Having been in charge for only three games things could not have gone any better, but I am no fool and understand things in football change massively in a blink of an eye.

7 Manager s Notes: I would firstly like to welcome Kingstonian to Redding Way, hopefully both sides put a good show on for the supporters. I would also like to welcome my new assistant Simon Martin. Having worked with him at the club previously with under 23s Simon is a massive part of what I am trying to achieve this season. Simon no stranger to the club and is well respected in football. Having been in charge for only three games things could not have gone any better, but I am no fool and understand things in football change massively in a blink of an eye. Last Saturday we faced a stern test against an in form CB Hounslow side. I made a few changes for that game bringing in three of the six new signings straight into the side. We started game slowly as Hounslow put their footballing stamp on the game, they dominated possession but they were not putting a lot of pressure on us in front of goal. With them in control of the football it was important we counter attacked well and we did just that having hit the woodwork three times in the first half. Having said that it took defendee Matt Kellet Smith to break the deadlock with a back post header. Matts becoming a real threat on attacking set pieces. Second half was always going to be a tough one because Hounslow came flying out the blocks and gambling on every opportunity they had. But the lads are getting to grips with killing games taking their time in certain situations and frustrating the opposition. But again on the counter we look dangerous. Hounslow pushes and pushed but left the back door open for us on a number of occasions. We had numerous chances to put the game to bed as we created plenty of good chances and on another day we could had scored five or six. We saw the game out and got lucky at the end when Hounslow missed a penalty. But that s football, we deserved the win and we deserved the luck to. Another three points and we are starting to look up rather then down. My senior players have been fantastic of late and are transmitting my messages across the squad Hope you enjoy tonight s game and we get a bit lucky and pull off the impossible. Thank you for your support. Keown.

8 1924 The club was founded in and originally played its home games at Waterer s Park, Knaphill Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Champions Woking & District League Charity Cup Winners Woking & District League Premier Division Champions, League Cup Winners, Challenge Cup Winners and Charity Cup Winners Woking & District League, League Cup Winners and Charity Cup Winners Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Division Three Champions We moved into our present home of Redding Way, Knaphill Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Division One Champions Won promotion to the Combined Counties Football League. Champions of the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) for the second time in the club s history New floodlights and a stand were installed, which enabled us to continue in our leagues and compete in the FA Cup, FA Vase, Surrey Senior Cup and the FA Youth Cup. We also had our highest gate of 323 on 9 th December 2011 vs Guernsey We had our best run in the FA Vase, reaching the 4 th Round The Knappers reached the FA Cup 2 nd Qualifying Round Winners of the Combined Counties Premier Challenge Cup

9 1885 Founded under the name Kingston & Surbiton YMCA Affiliated to the Surrey Football Association Won the Surrey Senior Cup for the first time. Kingstonian have won this competition 13 times overall Won the FA Amateur Cup. Also had their highest attendance of 8,760 for a fixture with Dulwich Hamlet Became champions of the Isthmian League. They went onto win the same league in 1937 & Lost 11-0 to Ilford which still stands as the clubs record defeat The clubs record victory came against DHC Delft (15-1) 1997 The club paid a record fee of 15,000 for ex Tottenham Hotspur and Reading forward, Dave Leworthy from Rushden & Diamonds Received a record transfer fee of 150,00 for Froward Gavin Holligan from West Ham United Won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium and then again in The 2000 FA Trophy final was the last at the Old Wembley Reached the 4th Round of the FA Cup, beating Brentford and Southend United along the way, eventually losing 1-0 in a replay to Bristol City Leigh Dynan was appointed manager.

10 Fixtures & Results Combined Counties Premier Division *All Kick Off s are at 3pm unless otherwise stated. 4th Aug Sutton Common Rovers A L th Aug Raynes Park Vale A W 3-0 Ahorlu, Kellet-Smith & Taylor 14th Aug Guildford City H L th Aug Redhill A L 1-2 Ahorlu 28th Aug Chertsey Town H L th Sept Hanworth Villa A W 1-0 White 15th Sept Raynes Park Vale H W 2-1 Collins & Thomas 22nd Sept Colliers Wood United H L 1-4 White 29th Sept Badshot Lea A D 3-3 Albert, Barry & White 6th Oct Spelthorne Sports H L 2-3 Barry & Thomas 13th Oct AFC Hayes H W 2-1 Thomas (2) 16th Oct Abbey Rangers A L 1-2 White 20th Oct Banstead Athletic H L 1-2 Thomas 27th Oct Cobham A L rd Nov Camberley Town A W 2-0 Rapley & Thomas 17th Nov CB Hounslow United H W 1-0 Kellet-Smith 24th Nov Balham A D 2-2 Barry & Campbell 8th Dec Southall A 15th Dec Hanworth Villa H 22nd Dec Cobham H 29th Dec Chertsey Town A 5th Jan Horley Town H 12th Jan Guildford City A 19th Jan Walton & Hersham A 26th Jan Sutton Common Rovers H 2nd Feb Abbey Rangers H 9th Feb Colliers Wood United A 16th Feb Southall H 23rd Feb Banstead Athletic A 2nd Mar CB Hounslow United A 9th Mar Redhill H 16th Mar AFC Hayes A 19th Mar Balham H 7:30pm 23rd Mar Spelthorne Sports A 6th Apr Camberley Town H 13th Apr Walton & Hersham H 20th Apr Horley Town A 27th Apr Badshot Lea H FA Cup 11th Aug Sholing H L FA Vase 1st Sept AFC Varndeanians H L 1-4 Kellet-Smith Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup 25th Sept Eversley & California A W 5-1 Ahorlu, Kellet-Smith, Thomas (2) & White TBC Fleet Spurs H 7:30pm Aldershot Senior Cup 30th Oct Ash United H W 2-1 Schranz & White Surrey Senior Cup 27th Nov Kingstonian H 7:30pm

11 League Table Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Premier Division League Team P W D L GD PTS Chertsey Town Sutton Common Rovers Redhill Abbey Rangers Banstead Athletic Balham Guildford City Cobham Colliers Wood United Southall Horley Town Knaphill Camberley Town Spelthorne Sports CB Hounslow United Badshot Lea Raynes Park Vale AFC Hayes Hanworth Villa Walton & Hersham

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13 17/11/18 Knaphill 1 Kellet-Smith CB Hounslow 0 Richard Keown continues a fine start as Knaphill FC manager with a deserved victory at home to CB Hounslow. This follows on from the victory against Ash United and a 2-0 victory away at Camberley Town. There were new faces on show with three debutants in the starting eleven and two more on the bench. All three starters can be satisfied with their contribution as a solid display saw the woodwork struck three times in the opening 45 minutes and there was an excellent performance by the young goalkeeper of CB Hounslow who kept the score down. consistent and reliable so far after been picked on a regular basis. Keown, now assisted by the returning Simon Martin, has tweaked certain things in terms of formation and tactics. He is all for players expressing themselves going forward and creating chances but also expects discipline and organisation when out of possession making them hard to beat. So far so good with 5 goals scored and 1 conceded in three games. Their will be tougher tests to come as the season progresses but for the time being this young Knaphill side are enjoying the ride. The visitors contributed to a decent game playing neat passing football and Knaphill keeper Aaron Holt was also in fine form with one exceptional tip over from a 20 yard effort. The all important goal was expertly headed home at the far post by Matt Kellet-Smith. He was brought back to the club this season and has been very Knaphill Holt, Bower, Collins, Kellet -Smith, Harris, Costello, Aloui, Barry, Thomas, Sheridan, Rapley. Subs Used Hagen-Morgan, Frise, Whiddett.

14 The development team serves as a gateway into the first team for new and young players and we have had many represent the team already this season. On Saturday, at home against Corinthian Casuals, three new players took to the field along with other recent recruits. Looking to impress in front of our new first team manager the entire squad put in a good shift to take a hard earned point with a 2-2 draw, although conceding with practically the last kick of the game felt in many ways like a defeat. It was pleasing to see one of those new players, Eugene Hagan-Morgan, finish two very well taken goals. I am certain that many of those players on Saturday will be involved with the first team in the coming weeks. They wont be the first that have worked their way from the development team into the first team this season, most notably Nathan Thomas who has gone on to be the current first team top scorer. It is always pleasing to see players progress into our senior team, especially when they take their opportunity and perform well. Results unfortunately have not been so good in recent weeks and we are long overdue a win. The nature of our team, like all other development teams, means that we rarely put out consecutive squads. This plays some part in our results, not knowing how new groups will perform together or who we will be up against. We have however started many games poorly, having to rely on strong second halves to try and make comebacks but ultimately coming up short. This is an area we are looking to improve, no longer giving away cheap goals and starting games with a better intensity. An improvement in this area, together with some new players should see us pick up more points and enjoy a better few weeks ahead.. Recent Results 20th Oct Flackwell Heath A L 1-3 McCalla 27th Oct Metropolitan Police H L 1-7 Cafaro 1st Nov Ascot United A L 1-2 Sapsed 3rd Nov Woking H L 2-3 Sapsed (2) 10th Nov Corinthian-Casuals H D 2-2 Hagan-Morgan (2) 24th Nov Bromley H L 0-7 By Dan Parsons - U23s Manager Upcoming Fixtures 1st Dec Sutton United H 8th Dec Cray Valley H *All Kick Off s are at 3pm unless otherwise stated Suburban Football League Premier Division League Table Team P W D L GD PTS Sutton United Metropolitan Police Woking Corinthian-Casuals Corinthian Aldershot Town Bromley Binfield Knaphill Royston Town Flackwell Heath

15 A very sour defeat to Cove took a massive toll on the U18s with them feeling battered and bruised The atmosphere was not the same in the changing room as it has been all season. With Cove intentionally getting into our young heads it really showed that was the game plan with things even heating up on the side line between the two managers. Benn Watson has been a player that has been talked about a lot at the club as he has shown interest from the 1st team manager. Benn is a naturally gifted footballer and he can adapt into different positions all over the pitch Tom Johnsons absence due to injury has had an impact on our side as we miss his physical appearance and we wish him a speedy recovery. By Matt Cronan - U18s Manager Allied Counties Youth League South Division *All Kick Off s are at 7:30pm unless otherwise stated. 21st Aug Camberley Town H L 2-4 Danks & Gray 24th Sept Fleet Town A D 4-4 Danks (2), Davis & O Connor 9th Oct Westfield H W 3-0 Davis, Johnson & Knapman 16th Oct Alton H W 1-0 Danks 23rd Oct Cove H W 3-2 Donachie (2) & Gray 30th Oct Ash United A W 5-0 Danks (2), Donachie, O Connor & Trice 6th Nov Ash United H L 2-5 Danks & Knapman 22nd Nov Cove A L 1-3 Danks 4th Dec Fleet Spurs H 11th Dec Fleet Town H 17th Dec Fleet Spurs A 9th Jan Guildford City A 16th Jan Westfield A 22nd Jan Alton A 29th Jan Guildford City H 11th Feb Camberley Town A 7:45pm FA Youth Cup 4th Sept Shoreham H W th Sept Hampton & Richmond A L 1-5 O Connor Allied Counties Youth League South Division League Table Team P W D L GD PTS Camberley Town Fleet Spurs Fleet Town Knaphill Ash United Cove Alton Guildford City Westfield

16 Aaron Holt Josh Barry Matt Kellet-Smith George Frise Jack Leighton Harry Rapley Barry Losty Jack Collins Tom White Alexandru Albert Nathan Thomas George Rowley Scott Costello

17 Felix Ahorlu Ben Watson Hans Schranz Mike Milne Luke Whiddett Luke Skinner James Harris Richard Keown David Freeman Ramone Leitch In Association with

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20 TONIGHT S TEAMS Knaphill vs Kingstonian Specsavers Surrey Senior Cup 1st Round Tuesday 27th November :30pm Kick Off Aaron Holt Matt Kellet-Smith Jack Leighton Jack Collins Alexandru Albert George Rowley Josh Barry George Frise Harry Rapley Tom White Nathan Thomas Scott Costello Felix Ahorlu Hans Schranz Luke Whiddett James Harris Ramone Leitch Ben Watson Mike Milne Luke Skinner Tommy Brewer Tyler Brown Elliott Buchanan Leo Chambers Greg Cundle James Daly Alfie Doughty Connor Dymond Muhammadu Faal David Fitzpatrick Sean Francis Jay Gasson Manolis Gogonas Josh Kyte Aaron Lamont Shaun McAuley Andrew Musungu Delano Sam-Yorke Louie Theophanous Rob Tolfrey Match Officials Referee: Jonathan Bolland Assistants: Paul Maskell & Luis Nunes Next Home Match vs Hanworth Villa Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Premier Division Saturday 15th December pm Kick Off