Sam Wright
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Proud to be the CEO of Cray Wanderers FC, the oldest footbal club in London. This magical thing called life is a 1 time ride, so enjoy every single minute of it
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Joined June 2014
@davidgoggins thanks for setting such a test of physical and mental endurance and I'm glad to say I got through it 🏃♂️🏃♂️.The 12am and 4am runs in the middle were definitely the low point!!! #stayhard 👊👊
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Quite simply the best footballing moment in my life so far!!!! Let’s hope Sunday surpasses it 🙌🏴🏴🏴⚽️ #itscominghome 👊🏻
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Things are really starting to take shape down at a wet & windy Flamingo Park 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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It had to be @CWFCChairman slotting the first penalty on the new @OfficialWands pitch!!! 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Last game at Bromley done ✔️ .Now it’s all system’s go to have the new ground ready to go for Pre-season 👊🏻.Working on fixtures currently and will announce soon 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Weekly @OfficialWands pitch update!! Final stages of pitch preparation well underway with rubber crumb going down. Concreting on the surrounding areas progressing well and won’t be long now till we have some football taking place on the pitch 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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It’s been a tough and long road at times, but we are now on the eve of finally Coming Home 🧡🖤🧡⚽️🍻 @OfficialWands
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What a long hard season it has been!!! Never been so pleased it is over!! We Are Staying Up 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ Already looking forward to next season working with @neil_smudge 🙌👊🏻
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The tarmac lorries are queuing up for the next phase of our new pitch for @OfficialWands 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ #we’recominghome
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I’ve been waiting a long time to do that and to do it on the eve of the season starting made it even more special 👌.So excited about the new era ahead for our great club 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
It's finally time to announce. The Wanderers Are Wandering No More! We start work on our stadium on Monday 14th August!. CLICK HERE TO WATCH -
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Sometime soon, there will be a player taking a corner from here!!!! 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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A huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers that got down to Hayes Lane this morning and worked their socks off to get this game on. Over to you lads now @OfficialWands to pay them all back 👊🏻🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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When you get a memory pop up on your phone from a year ago when we started work on @OfficialWands new stadium it makes you appreciate what you can do in such a short space of time 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ #COYW
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Serious momentum right now 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
The End Of An Era. Cray Wanderers announce end of ground sharing agreement with @bromleyfc at the end of the 2023-24 season. Read more -
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Base layer of pitch nearly there and will be stabilised later this week 👌🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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So good to get that first training session done for @OfficialWands on the new pitch yesterday and looking forward to a busy few months going in to 2024. Special mention to our amazing digital media manager Oz 👏👏🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Can he kick it? Yes he can ⚽️.Our amazing new signing at Cray Wanderers, the wonderful George Taylor at 100 years young fulfilling a desire to kick a ball again for the Wands. Absolutely love it 👊💖⚽️
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Big day ahead for @OfficialWands as Londons Oldest football club opens our new ground. We also wish @England all the best for their quarter final today 🏴.Gates open at 11am today and the wonderful Brockalites start playing from 11.30am. See you all at Flamingo Park 🧡🖤🧡⚽️🏴
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What a special signing for me personally. Remember it like yesterday when I had to contact the league to ask if @Sammy_Woodo3 could play for Cray Ressies in pre season as he wasn’t 16 until August! Followed his career ever since, & a pleasure to have him back as a Wand 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
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It’s not just all about the new stadium pitch at Flamingo Park. How good has @Charlie_Kerr got the grass pitches looking too 🔥🔥🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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4 weeks and counting till the eve of our first pre-season game and things are coming together nicely 👌🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
Home changing rooms finished ✅ at #londonsnewestfootballground for #londonsoldestfootballclub @OfficialWands
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Huge day for the club 🙌🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
Massive Day in the 161 year history of Cray Wanderers as @CWFCChairman & @mpaye2 sign the contract with Reid Steel’s @TimOutteridge for the new stadium for @OfficialWands 🎉💛🖤💛⚽️
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Been away for a week and amazing progress taken place!!! Pitch area stabilised and drainage now being cut in 👌🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Buzzing to get all the pitches back up at Flamingo Park and looking forward to the season ahead. The future is bright, the future is Amber & Black 💛🖤💛⚽️
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Absolutely delighted to get @neil_smudge deal done and really looking forward to where we are now going with London’s Oldest Football Club. The future is bright, the future is Amber & Black 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
.Cray Wanderers are delighted to announce that the club confirm @neil_smudge as first team manager for the 2022-23 season. This is a first for @OfficialWands to have a full time manager in charge. We're delighted to have someone with Neil's experience at Cray Wanderers.
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What a difference a few days makes!! Pitch literally had a few patchy shoots coming through on Friday! Look at it now 👀 thanks to @ianajordan Football's Coming Home at Flamingo Park @OfficialWands @crayu18 @sedonsfc @DonStrapzy_
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My favourite day of the week at Flamingo Park is always a Sunday. The @OfficialWands youth season starts again today and we are wall to wall boys and girls Cray Wanderers teams from U7’s - U18’s 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ #COYW
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What a fantastic edition @Charlie_Kerr has been to our ever growing team at Flamingo Park. Pitches looking top draw for this time of year. Good luck to all the @OfficialWands youth teams playing on the pitches this weekend 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Huge day for the club as we play our final home game at Hayes Lane. Will soon be time to finally go home 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ #COYW.
⚠️ TOMORROW is our LAST game at @bromleyfc ⚠️ Come and support the Men’s 1st Team down the lane for the final time! 💛
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It feels like this game has been so long in the making but tonight @OfficialWands finally play their first league match at our new home at Flamingo Park. I’m absolutely buzzing to get those turnstiles open and get going 👊🏻👊🏻🧡🖤🧡⚽️ #COYW.
Match Preview - @OfficialWands vs. @CrayValleyPM - @IsthmianLeague Premier - A historic night for Cray Wanderers on Tuesday 13th August as the first ever league match at Flamingo Park sees the visit of South-East Champs Cray Valley PM. KO: 7.45 pm, £12/£6 .
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What an absolute pleasure it was going round to the incredible George Taylor’s house on Saturday to give him his updated shirt. Still lives at home on his own at 101 years old!!! The guys doing the documentary were totally blown away by him & he loved the limelight 🤩COYW🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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So inspiring to spend some time with the amazing George Taylor this afternoon and he was delighted with his very own @OfficialWands GK shirt 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ He is hoping to get down to a game real soon 🙌
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@OfficialWands @SteveR29128994 1st team and U18’s paid their respects to our great Queen before training tonight 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ RIP Queen Elizabeth II
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Ahead of a huge @EmiratesFACup weekend for @OfficialWands our fabulous Groundsman @Charlie_Kerr has got the grassroots pitches looking top draw 👌🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Huge day in the history of London’s Oldest Football Club and hoping for a decent crowd 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Lots of rain of late and a hell of a lot of games on the pitches at Flamingo Park over the first few weeks of the @OfficialWands youth season. Big shout out to our top Groundsman and guy @Charlie_Kerr for having them look so good for the weekend ahead 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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So proud of the lads tonight. This team has literally been thrown together and has got through 2 rounds of the FA Youth Cup with no training together!!! Big shout out to Smudger, Tosh, Vinnie, Phil & Taiwo for working together to make this happen 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Just had the pleasure of a catch up with the amazing George Taylor, who is still doing his own cooking, washing & ironing at the grand old age of 102!! He is a true inspiration & is really looking forward to coming to a @OfficialWands game soon 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ #oldestgkoutthere
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Next phase completed ☑️ .Clean stone layer finished and all kerb stones in 👌🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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New pitch surface reminds me of what Oxford Road was like in January during the early 90’s!!!! 😂😂
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It was an absolute pleasure to spend some quality time with @MrAndyAnsah yesterday at Flamingo Park and reflect on some of the great work both @OfficialWands & @sedonsfc have been doing and more importantly what we both have planned for the future 👊🏻👊🏻🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Absolutely delighted to have secured @DKedwell as our new 1st team manager and really looking forward to working with you on the journey ahead 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ #COYW.
BREAKING NEWS! Cray Wanderers are delighted to announce that Danny Kedwell has been appointed as new first team manager for the 2021-22 season. MORE INFO HERE -
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This is without a shadow of a doubt the most brutal challenge I've ever done!!! Me and my left knee have had a right falling out!!! 5 to go 👊🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️.#4x4x48challenge
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Happy birthday @CWFCChairman I hope you have a fantastic day. Had so many great moments wit you at @OfficialWands and we have many more to come 🧡🖤🧡⚽️🎉🍻🎂
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WOW!! What a fantastic end of season youth presentation day that was for @OfficialWands 🎉🏆 It is a privilege to be the Chairman of the youths & we have an amazing set of boys, girls & parents that really buy in & believe in what we are trying to achieve. COYW 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Well we certainly turned those predictions from the start of the season upside down!.@OfficialWands will hang on by the skin of their teeth again!! 😂 .Not with @neil_smudge & @ToshBosh4 at the wheel 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
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Flamingo Park is ready for another busy day of @OfficialWands youth football. Looking forward to watching the games and catching up with the parents and managers 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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A historic moment for the club @OfficialWands @CWFCChairman as we depart our new ground for our last away game against Hythe Town FC
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A remarkable man that I had the pleasure to get to know at the ripe old age of 100!! I took so much from my time spent with George over the past 3 years. He was definitely the happiest & most positive man I have ever met & he will be sorely missed but fondly remembered RIP 🧡🖤⚽️.
.@OfficialWands @OfficialwandsH are sad to learn of the passing of George Taylor aged 103. George played for Cray in 1938 & in 2020 at 100 re-signed for the Wands which was covered by @SkySportsNews @markmcadamtv. Thank you George for an incredible life.
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Great meeting with the @OfficialWands youth team managers last night and great to help a few of them to get the final prep works done at Flamingo Park this morning. Buzzing to have them all back next weekend COYW 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Thrilled to get this historic match organised and really looking forward to the visit of @sheffieldfc 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
The Heritage Cup - Sat 13th July @ 3pm.Cray Wanderers VS @sheffieldfc .The Oldest Football Club in London.VS The First Ever Football Club.Tickets Available Here - .Sponsored by @abkbeer
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The football season may be over for @OfficialWands but we remain focused on the development of the youngsters and there is no one better for this than @AWfootballcoach 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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A fantastic night on and off the pitch last night for @OfficialWands and we are all so grateful for the generous donations from our supporters for the @lewishamfood 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Great start to the day with @OfficialWands U18’s beating Cray Valley 2 - 0 to advance to the Final of the Kent Cup Final 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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3 @OfficialWands youth teams training on the new pitch and the parents keeping warm up in the bar!!!! 🤣🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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It's amazing what a bit of focus and drive can do for you!!!!.I've just finished a really strong 21 day challenge through August and I am really pleased with the results and more importantly just how fantastic I feel .I have come so far over the past 20 months!!! 👊💪💖
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After a tough day at the office yesterday for @OfficialWands it was great to spend the morning down at Flamingo Park watching our youth teams in action 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Absolutely delighted to finally be able to get this off the ground and looking forward to watching the trials next week. 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
PLAY FOR CRAY ACADEMY! Our Brand New Academy is starting at Flamingo Park Sports Ground in Sept 2022! - Email for more information
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Not the start we were looking for this season but there is definitely a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow at Flamingo Park 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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What a fantastic way to end a crazy season for the Cray Wanderers youth teams with a day filled with Finn and trophies 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Huge day for the club today as @OfficialWands girls take on Arsenal in the JPL final. See you in Birmingham girls 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Really looking forward to getting the @OfficialWands pre season schedule up and running tomorrow at the site of our new home at Flamingo Park 💛🖤💛🖤 Thanks to @ianajordan for getting the pitch looking so good 👌💖⚽️
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So proud of the @OfficialWands women’s first team for making history for London’s Oldest Football Club winning our first ever match in the @AdobeWFACup 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.So excited for the next round at our brand new ground on Sunday 22nd September 👊🏻.
Result - Soccer Elite FA Women 0 @OfficialWands 3 (Jackson 18, 34, 45). Cray advance to the 2nd QR after victory at a sunny Soccer Elite courtesy of a Katie Jackson first half hat trick in the club's first FA Cup tie. Cray now at home to Comets FC on Sunday 22nd September, 2 pm.
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Huge game for the Wands tonight. All support will be greatly appreciated 🙌🧡🖤🧡⚽️💥.
It’s our last home game of the season and we need all the support we can get! Calling all @bromleyfc season ticket holders! 💥 £5 entry!
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@Sammy_Woodo3 @OfficialWands Absolutely gutted still mate. You and the lads have been outstanding this season and it’s been an absolute pleasure. That performance last night was exceptional and fine margins ended our journey. Rest up and we go again 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.
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11 runs done and 1 to go!!! Buzzing to get this finished and enjoy my 1st beer of 2021!! 👊🏃♂️🏃♂️🍻🍻.
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@NonLeaguePaper @DulwichHamletFC The last diving head block is absolutely unbelievable!!! 👏👏👏👏.
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So I thought football at Flamingo Park was over after yesterday’s final league games!!! Absolutely buzzing down here today with @CoachAWF holiday camp and @OfficialWands Academy Trials 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Getting all set up for one of my favourite days of the year where we get to celebrate all the fantastic @OfficialWands youth teams 🎉🧡🖤🧡⚽️🙌
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Another busy day down at Flamingo Park as we finally bring the curtain down on the 2022/23 season!!!!! With the @OfficialWands youth in conjunction with @AWfootballcoach football tournament 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.#preseasonstartstuesday
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A new era begins @OfficialWands tonight with the U23’s kicking off their first campaign for a number of years 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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We look forward to welcoming everybody down to Flamingo Park today and I’m glad to say that we are now fully restocked with ‘The Wands’ after last weeks sell out!!!! 🧡🖤🧡⚽️
Cray Wanderers vs Bromley U21s PDS - Pre-season friendly - 20/7/24, 3 pm - Match Preview. The Wands third successive home Saturday friendly sees @bromleyfc U21s visit Flamingo Park as pre-season reaches the midway stage. Doors 1.30 pm - £10/£5/£2.
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Yesterday was such a fantastic way to end the season. Time to kick back over the BH weekend and then the hard work begins again to be be ready for a historic season for @OfficialWands 🧡🖤🧡⚽️.Big news coming next week 📣.
Thank you to everyone involved at the club! 🫵 24/25… The Wands are wandering no more!
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Happy birthday @neil_smudge I hope you have a great day and keep laughing mate. Love your positive energy 🎉🍻🍻🎂🧡🖤🧡⚽️
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Was such an honour to have been a part of the last three years of George’s amazing life of 103 years. A beautiful send off for him today and rather fitting that we are playing our first home game tonight too 🧡🖤🧡⚽️ RIP George xx.
It’s a sad day for Cray, saying our final farewells to club legend George Taylor who let a remarkable life of 103 years! 💛 Massive thanks to Bartletts Florist for the incredible arrangement 💛
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As we get ever closer to our amazing football club hitting its 160th year anniversary, today sees another big moment in it's proud history as the 1st team train at the new home for the very 1st time. #footballscominghome.
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Feels great to be back at Hayes Lane watching Cray Wanderers 💛🖤💛⚽️
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