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CLUB STATMENT:
Following today’s scenes at our Southern Combination Division One fixture against
@DorkingWDRSRes1
, the club would like to publish the following statement.
Another embarrassingly easy goal as our defence opens up and their player strolls through to walk it round Davies. 3-5 - 80th minute.
But in better news the weather is good, so three players should at least be enjoying their festival today which obviously took priority.
Happy Anniversary to Epsom and Ewell FC!
We were formed in March 1918 so are now officially 100 years old!!
If anyone would like to wish us a Happy Anniversary, please send us a tweet and we'll put it in the next programme!!
#saltscentenary
🏅🏅🏅🎈🎈🎈🏐🏐🏐
Epsom & Ewell FC are excited to announce Darren Anslow as our new manager.
We welcome him to the club and wish him every success.
We would like to thank all the candidates who enquired about the vacant managers position and wish them well.
#WelcomeDarren
#WeAreTheSalts
🧂💙
Can we stop banging on about trying to claim fines back from the FAs. It's petty, embarrassing, a waste of everyone's time and it won't happen. Clubs won't be returning gate money, nor will players return wages so let's actually start concentrating on things we can actually do.
MANAGEMENT UPDATE
We have recently confirmed Jamie Byatt as our manager, Jamie is joined by John O’Connor as his assistant.
Dale Byatt will continue as our coach and Paul Marshall as our kit man.
We look forward to successful times ahead 👊🏼
#WeAreEpsom
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Our club are pleased to announce that Sam Morgan
@UKSammo
has been appointed our new Club Manager with immediate effect. We wish him and his Management team well, starting tomorrow at home to
@AshUtdFC
A club statement is available at:
We welcome Jahmahl King
@KingyDog5
to the
#saltsfamily
Jahmahl has a wealth of experience at Step Four and will improve our squad instantly.
He goes straight into our squad for Saturday's match.
Further details are available at:
SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED (Part 1)
We are excited to announce the signing of Brandon Johnson.
Brandon brings a lot of experience to our central midfield previously playing for Corinthian Casuals.
Welcome Brandon 🤝
@BJ_94
#WeAreTheSalts
Double Signing Saturday? Go on then 😏
Welcome to Mike Hill, formerly of Haywards Heath & Welcome to Athan Joseph-Smith who joins us from Staines Town!
Welcome both 🤝
The boys go straight into today squad to face
@ShorehamFC
!
#WeAreEpsom
Our ground share at
@chipsteadfcsurr
will be terminating in April after 8 years and we will be playing at
@LeatherheadFC
from Aug 2020. We would like to thank Chipstead for their help and support and look forward to our new venture. Statement at: shortly
Happy 85th birthday to the greatest Manager in our history, Pat O'Connell!
A former pro at
@FulhamFC
and
@CPFC
he joined us in 1973 and in 466 matches we had 4 promotions, a
@favasefactfile
Final in 1975, a
@surreyfa
County Cup win in 1981 and 3 more cups. Have a great day sir!
We have some terrible news.
@PhilWalkerFans
has passed away today at the age of 67. He played in our memorable 1974/75 season and of course at Wembley in the first
@favasefactfile
Final. He went on to play for
@MillwallFC
and also in Hong Kong and Portugal. Rest in peace Phil 😪
Following a successful period of time in the Caretaker role, during which we have picked up eight points in five league matches, we are pleased to confirm that
@neil71grant
has been appointed as our permanent First team Manager! Congratulations Neil!
Congratulations to
@ShorehamFC
for securing the
@TheSCFL
Division One title tonight following our draw. They might not pop the champagne just yet, as technically they need one more point, but that 20 goal difference advantage looks fairly secure to me! Well deserved Champions!
Our club have announced the Management structure for next season. There is a strong Horley connection as
@antjupp999
will be joined by former Horley player and Croydon Manager
@Gilesy_08
with Matt Chapman as Assistant Manager and Jack Porter as Coach. Good luck to all.
FT
@A_C_London
0-6
@EEFCOfficial
A disciplined second half by our boys while the opposition imploded around them. Just before the end one of their players just walked off, leaving them with 9 men!!
Congratulations to our youngest regular supporter, 14 year old Nathan Lambert who is today attending his 50th consecutive Epsom and Ewell League match. The run goes all the way back to February 2020 and he has attended every single
@TheSCFL
match our club has played 👏👏👏
6th May 1993.
27 years ago today we played our final match at West Street, defeating
@chipsteadfcsurr
1-0 in the Semi-Final of the Southern Combination Cup. The ground was our home for 68 years and will never be forgotten.
One day we will return to the Borough.
#saltsfamily
The next player rejoining us is
@Tariqstraker1
Tariq joined us in November 2019, making his debut in Jersey and has sixteen appearances with three goals already, despite mostly playing at left back.
Rejoining us for 2019/20 is
@SeanWhite95
. Sean is in his third spell with the club and joins us from
@waltonhershamfc
He has 54 appearances and 9 goals from his previous time with us.
#salts2019squad
Full time | The end of 90 minutes here ends in a big Tadley 3 points.
We came from behind to be a resilient and determined Colliers Wood United who put on a great display.
Goals from
⚽️⚽️ Connor Thorne
⚽️ Jack French
We can now advise the players who have already signed Salts forms for the new season.
First up is our Club Captain
@Murphs008
Scott rejoined us in 2017 after a brief spell as a youngster and this will be his fourth season back. He is currently on 123 appearances and 14 goals!
**UPDATE**
Arundel FC are pleased to announce they we have survived to fight another day in SCFL Division 1. Great news for the club, bring on the 2022-23 season.
The Northern Football League has advised clubs ‘that paper copies of programmes should not be provided for games’.
The League say the advice is because of ‘the Covid-19 guidance to reduce the amount of material/paperwork handled’.
Online/digital programmes may still be used.
We would like to wish our Club President Stella Lamont a happy 90th birthday today! She still takes an active interest in club matters and has been with us now for almost exactly half her life, joining us in 1973! Have a great day! 👏👏👏🏐🏐🏐🎈🎈
Another really poor handball decision in the Premier League thanks to VAR, or more accurately the people who issue the guidance on it.
Fortunately we don't have these issues in non-league. Why not go and watch your local club? If that's us, then so much the better!
#saltsfamily
Also joining us, or should I say, re-joining us is Keiran Campbell. He played twice for us in 2012/13 and was our keeper in 2013/14 when we finished Third in the Premier Division of the
@ComCoFL
playing 50 matches that season. Of course nowadays, he plays up front!
With all the noise going on yesterday, this tweet got a little buried. Congratulations again to our Club Captain
@gidss_1
for sticking with things over a difficult last few years. Remained consistent throughout that time and a top human being too!
Congratulations to our Club Captain
@gidss_1
who makes his 100th appearance for our club today. He is our 127th player in club history to reach this mark!
Rotavele Uk and
@mjmsports1
have kindly sponsored our new home and away kits for the 2020/21 season. Here's to a successful season together!
#saltsfamily
Welcome Ricardo 🤝
@_ricardo_1989
Ricardo joins us from Roffey, previously playing for Three Bridges.
Ricardo goes straight into the squad for tomorrow nights games can
@OakwoodFC
!
#WeAreTheSalts
FT
@GodalmingTown
1-2
@EEFCOfficial
SALTS WIN!!!
Our first away win in the league since April and they all worked very hard to achieve it. Well done lads!
We'd like to say thank you to all of our former
@ComCoFL
opponents as we now make the journey south to the Southern Combination League after 15 years. Also thank you to the League Officials who have been incredibly helpful. The League is lucky to have them! 👏👏👏
Things now going from bad to worse here.
Really sad to hear this news from a player who was total shoo-in to be Player of the Year had he stayed. Good luck for the future
@Harvey_keogh__
and it's now time for a club statement that is written with care and addresses these issues.
The
@EEFCOfficial
programme has been placed fifth overall in the National Soccer Club Swap Shop awards this season and for the ninth time in ten years has been rated first in its division in the Combined Counties League section. Thanks to all who contributed.
Some quick stats for
@Penfold4Alex
Our first promotion since 2002.
Our highest home attendance (384) since April 1993.
Our highest League finish since 1984.
Our last game at
@LeatherheadFC
exactly 30 years to the day after our last game at West Street.
Enjoy the evening!
Congratulations to
@MidhurstFC
on earning promotion this afternoon, following their 1-0 win. It's only fair that the top two sides in the table went up this year.
Commiserations to
@ShorehamFC
and we'll see you again next season!
We have had a bit of an incident at HT after Aaron Bogle jumped over the fence to confront someone and he has been sent off! We start the second half with ten men!
Big shout out to Nathan Lambert, our youngest regular supporter who has not missed a game this season so far, despite only being 12 years old!
Particularly impressive yesterday was his insistence on attending the match despite suffering a fractured shoulder at school recently!
We can announce that Sam Morgan
@UKSammo
will be filling the post of Caretaker Manager over the next few weeks while we complete the appointment of a new Club Manager
Our match programme has been placed eighth nationally in the Annual Soccer Club Swap Shop awards and has won its
@ComCoFL
. division award for the eleventh time in eleven entries.
Congratulations to all involved with it this season.
Happy 16th birthday to one of our club's most loyal supporters, Nathan Lambert!
Nathan has seen almost 300 Epsom matches now and has only missed five in the last four years, which is impressive by anyone's standards!!
Have a great day!
Next up on our list of rejoining players is
@gidss_1
Gideon joined us in January and has the potential to be the best right back we've had at the club in many years. He made just nine appearances so far with one goal before the season was prematurely ended.
Our club have announced James Scott as the new Manager of Epsom and Ewell Football Club.
James is a UEFA A-Licenced coach and joined Margate FC last season as their assistant coach before joining Kingstonians in late November.
Welcome James and good luck!
@JamesScottCoach
Just 3 hours work required to get the match report and stats up to date, followed by a further 3 hours finishing off the match programme for Tuesday's encounter with
@CHUFC
with six hours already spent on the 32 page issue! Enjoy your Sundays but remember the volunteers too!
Our next player to rejoin is Corey Haywood-Roye. Corey joined us in November and is a player with much potential. He has five appearances for us so far.
We wish the family of our former captain, Scott Murphy, brother Todd Murphy and in particular to Gerry our deepest sympathy for your loss, please accept our heartfelt condolences.
Everyone at Epsom and Ewell F.C 💙
This is typical of the snowflake mentality we see these days. There always has to be a scapegoat and a compensation claim around the corner, with no thought for the club volunteers trying to get the game played in the first place. It's non league footy, get over it!
27 years ago today we played our last
@IsthmianLeague
match at West Street against
@OfficialShots
losing narrowly 2-1. Ray Purvis scored the last League goal at the much missed venue when he headed in from a flicked on corner in the closing minutes.
One last photo from Jersey!
Thanks to all at Hotel de Normandie and at
@jersey_bulls
for your help and assistance. Next up is a league match at
@CHUFC
on Tuesday, weather permitting.
We have another new signing as Aaron Bogle joins us from
@HorleyTownFC
. Many will also remember him playing against us when he was Captain at
@official_scrfc
He should prove to be an excellent addition to our defence.
FT
@NGUfootballclub
0-4
@EEFCOfficial
The second half was competitive and shaded by the visitors but still a comprehensive win and guess what......?
We're off the bottom for the first time since 12th August!!
#salts
So let me get this right. All Step 6 clubs have known the rules all year, only for the
@fa
to promote a 3rd placed team ahead of
@official_FGFC
and relegate 18th place
@CoveFC_Official
What's the point of telling us what the rules are only to then move the goalposts?
@ComCoFL
We have one further player rejoining the club. He last appeared for us in 2017/18 and it is great to see club legend Kyle Hough back in Epsom colours!
Kyle is sixth on our all time appearance list with 364 and his tally of 207 goals places him third in club history!
GOAL!!
Athan picks up the ball about 30 yards out, drives towards the box and smashes it past the keeper!
His debut goal!
🧂 5 - 0 🔴
@ShorehamFC
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For those that
#loveastat
, two of our greatest keepers in recent years were Paul Borg (23.86%) and Michael Eacott (24.06%). Despite a tough season for our club last year our current keeper
@ConorYoung31
has a clean sheet percentage that is better than both of them at 27.45%!
We can announce another new signing tonight as former keeper
@nic_taylor91
rejoins us for the new season.
He played nine times for the Salts at the latter end of 2011/12. We have two pictures of Nic, one from 2012 and one from today. Welcome back!
It's gameday! We're all up nice and early for a 6.30 meet at Gatwick Airport as we make the trip to
@jersey_bulls
this morning. We know there are a few supporters also making the journey. Safe trip to all. Match preview at:
OTD in 1993 our First team played their final match at West Street against
@chipsteadfcsurr
in a Southern Combination Cup Semi-Final, winning 1-0 with a goal from Paul Meredith. 1,403 competitive matches later, and we are still hoping for a return to the Borough!
@NonLgeProgs
Also rejoining us next season is
@DollyConnelly31
Lloyd also joined us in 2017 and has made 112 appearances and scored eight goals, mostly as a defender
It is with deepest regret that we report our previous Press Officer, George Holland has passed away.
George was ever present at our home games and we would like to pass our condolences onto his sister Margaret.
#WeAreTheSalts
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#EECC