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STEYNING TOWN
   COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB

        v AFC UCKFIELD TOWN
    SATURDAY 19 DECEMBER 2020 | 15:00
   MACRON STORE SCFL PREMIER DIVISION

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WELCOME TO STEYNING TOWN
BARROWMEN BOSS GERRY MURPHY PENS HIS THOUGHTS FOR THE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME AS STEYNING TOWN
RETURN HOME TO FACE AFC UCKFIELD TOWN IN SOUTHERN COMBINATION PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION

A warm welcome to everyone this afternoon               weeks for making sure we stay safe in these difficult
as we welcome AFC Uckfield Town to the                  and challenging times.
Birchwood Ground as we return home to                   We are seeking home comforts this afternoon after a
league action.                                          run of three defeats in a row in all competitions since
                                                        we got back underway.
This is the start of my 5th season as manager at this
fantastic club and I am delighted to be returning       Following our defeat to Walton & Hersham in the
once again. With everything we have all gone            Second Round of the FA Vase, we have since
through since March I would personally like to thank    slipped to defeats on the road at Pagham and then
all those doctors and nurses in the NHS for all you     Peacehaven & Telscombe last weekend. Here’s
have done for us and to offer my condolences to         hoping we can pick up at least a point if not three
all those that lost loved ones during these difficult   this afternoon against a strong Uckfield side.
times, and we know times are still not perfect
but hopefully are heading in the right direction. It    With the new Covid guidelines, please make sure
certainly puts football in to perspective.              as fans and playing,management staff we adhere
                                                        to these as we really need to keep the grassroots
My thanks also to Chairman and directors for giving     football alive.
me the chance to continue for another season along
with Hawkeye, Etters and Emily, and all the brilliant   Get behind the boys today as we look to rediscover
people we have helping behind the scenes. A special     our winning ways.
mention to Laura who has been working hard in           Enjoy the match.
bringing revenue into club through the bar and our
burger shack.                                           Best wishes

My staff and would like to thank everyone for there     Gerry
efforts both on and off the pitch over the last few

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OUR CLUB
                                              Steyning Town Football Club was established in 1892 and
                                              was originally called Steyning. The club became founding
                                              members of the West Sussex Football League in 1896, joining
                                              the junior Division.
                                              The club joined Division 2 of the Brighton, Hove & District
                                              Football League for the 1919–20 season, remaining in Division
                                              2 until the end of the 1933–34 season, when they finished
The Birchwood Ground, The Shooting            as champions and gained promotion to Division 1. The club
Field, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RX        spent three seasons in the top division of the league before
                                              being relegated, but they finished as champions two seasons
Founded: 1892                                 later in the 1938–39 campaign but were not promoted
                                              After WWII, the club was still playing in Division 2 of the
Chairman: Ian Nichols                         Brighton & Hove league until the end of the 1951–52
Vice Chairman: Marco Spano                    campaign when they gained promotion to Division 1. The
Treasurer: Richard Woodbridge                 1963–64 campaign saw the club leave division one, when
Commercial Manager: Mark Munns                after finishing as runners-up, gaining promotion to Division 2
General Manager: Gerry Murphy                 of the Sussex County League.
Club Secretary: Aelred Wilkinson
Match Secretary: David Kennett                For the next 17 seasons, Steyning stayed in Division Two
Kit and Equipment Officer: Paul Hart          of the Sussex County League, until they gained promotion
U18 Secretary: Nigel Younger                  as champions, to Division One at the end of the 1977–78
                                              campaign. After their first season in Division one the club in
Senior Football co-ordinator: Paul Hawkins    1979, they changed their name to their present one.
U18s co-ordinator: Richard Woodbridge &       After winning the Sussex league the club left the league, to
Marco Spano                                   become one of the founder members of the Wessex Football
Ladies & Girls Football co-ordinator:         League in 1986. Later leaving to join the Combined Counties
Karen Bridgewater                             Football League. At the end of their fifth season in the
Youth Co-ordinator: Paul Hart                 Combined counties league, the club returned to the Sussex
Junior and Minis co-ordinator: Iain Staines   county league but was placed in Division two.
Health & Safefy Officer: Pete Ifould
Groundsman: John Brown                        The next four seasons saw the club remain in Division Two
                                              until they were relegated to Division Three at the end of the
First Team manager: Gerry Murphy              1996–97 campaign. At the fifth attempt, the club managed to
First team Head Coach: Paul Ettridge          escape from Division three and return to Division two when
First team Asst Manager: Paul Hawkins         they finished as runners up behind Pease Pottage Village at
Ladies First team manager: Danny Norris       the end of the 2001–02 season.
Under 18s manager - West: George Staples      In 2013, Steyning Town FC merged with the Steyning Strikers
Under 18s manager - North: Kinsley Iorpenda   (Juniors) to become Steyning Town Community FC with 18
Under 18s manager - Arun: Paul Hart           teams from men down to U6’s and two girl’s teams.
Club Physio: Emily Wardill
Registration Secretary: Gemma Manvell         The club was awarded Sussex FA’s Community Club of the
Clubhouse Manager: Laura Turner               Year in 2016 and 2017. On 16 October 2015, the club opened
Club welfare officer: Hannah Ifould           its new 3G pitch at the Shooting Field ground after 3 months
Club welfare officer: Gemma Manvell           of preparation and groundwork by Velocity. The 3G surface
Sponsorship and PR Manager: Geoff Balmont     cost the club over £450,000 and was funded by a donation
                                              from the Wilson Memorial Trust, other private investors and an
                                              HSBC loan.
                                              The 2018-19 season was a very successful season for the
                                              club. The 1st team got promoted to the Premier Division
                                              of the Sussex Combination Football League after finishing
                                              Runners Up and won the League Cup beating Wick FC 4-0 in
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NON-LEAGUE PAPER
FOOTBALL IS BACK! WHICH MEANS THAT THE NON-LEAGUE PAPER COLUMN IS ALSO MAKING A RETURN. THIS WEEK
DAVE RICHARDSON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE FA CUP SECOND ROUND

Even in 2020, the FA Cup still delivers.                of the Northern League Division One North/West,
                                                        snatched a famous victory against Havant &
We had a brilliant weekend of second round action
                                                        Waterlooville thanks to Niall Cummins’ effort in the
capped by quite possibly the best third round draw
                                                        last minute of extra time.
Non-League has ever seen.
                                                        It made for an exciting third round draw on Monday
It all started last Friday night with Brackley Town’s
                                                        night from Rossett Park, where Marine, in the eight
brave 1-0 defeat at Tranmere Rovers which will have
                                                        tier of English football, will host the biggest game
given hope to those watching that Football League
                                                        in their history with Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham
opposition can be matched.
                                                        Hotspur set to visit. The tie is the largest gap ever
Solihull Moors went the distance with Morecambe,        between opponents in the third round.
eventually going down 4-2 in extra time while King’s
                                                        Then Stockport County were drawn at home and will
Lynn Town certainly didn’t disgrace themselves
                                                        host the team their manager Jim Gannon supports -
in their 6-1 defeat at League One high-flyers
                                                        West Ham United, also of the Premier League.
Portsmouth.
                                                        Another big name will be visiting a Non-League
So then it was left up to Chorley on Saturday night
                                                        ground with Wayne Rooney set to take on Chorley at
to become the first Non-League club to make it
                                                        Victory Park as part of the struggling Championship
through.
                                                        side Derby County.
But standing in there way was a talented
                                                        Boreham Wood will play Millwall having beaten
Peterborough United side, of League One, who know
                                                        Canvey Island 3-0 on Monday night after the draw
all about the quality players in the lower leagues
                                                        was made.
possess having swept up the best prospects over
the years.                                              As things stand, clubs will be able to welcome fans
                                                        back for the ties providing tier restrictions do no
Two goals in three minutes from Connor Hall and
                                                        change.
Lewis Baines turned round a one-goal deficit and
sent Chorley into the third round with boss Jamie       In the toughest of seasons, the FA Cup has at least
Vermiglio dreaming of a tie against Liverpool.          brought joy to a select few but anyone watching the
                                                        third round draw on Monday will have enjoyed seeing
There were eight Non-League clubs hoping to follow
                                                        it go in the favour of Non-League clubs.
in their footsteps the following day.
Four of the clubs were playing each other with
Stockport County edging out Yeovil Town in a
thrilling 3-2 victory after extra time while Marine,
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THE CHAIRMAN
WE CATCH UP WITH STEYNING TOWN CHAIRMAN IAN NICHOLS WHO TALKS ABOUT THE LATEST NEWS FROM IN AND
AROUND THE BIRCHWOOD GROUND AHEAD OF TODAY’S SCFL PREMIER FIXTURE

Good afternoon and a warm welcome to the            I hope you have a great afternoon of
Birchwood ground at Shooting Field for this         entertainment and enjoy the football. Hopefully
afternoon’s first action here in the league         we can get back to some normality before too
since lockdown.                                     much longer.
Today we welcome AFC Uckfield Town who are          I would like to take this opportunity to wish
flying high in the league. It seems that I always   everyone the very best for the forthcoming
have to say that on these introductions!            festive season.
The away fixture back in September didn’t           Have a great afternoon. Come on the
quite go according to plan and a disappointing      Barrowmen
game of missed chances was capped off with
                                                    Ian Nichols
our centre forward getting sent off when the        Chairman
referee judged his 50/50 challenge on the           Steyning Town Community F.C
goalkeeper as dangerous play.
Hopefully the Barrowmen will get the
opportunity to balance the books today.
We will be serving take away food and
alcohol today from the Hutch hatch and the
bar window. Please try to respect all Covid
regulations and help us to contribute towards
getting football back to normal.
We will be supporting Shoreham Food Bank
with donations today so please give what you
can.
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FIXTURES & RESULTS
THE LATEST FIXTURES, RESULTS AND SCORERS FROM THE 2020/21 SEASON AS STEYNING TOWN LOOK TO IMPROVE
ON LAST SEASON’S DEBUT SEASON IN THE SCFL PREMIER
 DATE      OPPOSITION                H/A   COMP     RESULT   ATT.    SCORERS

 01 SEPT   K SPORTS                  A     FAC EP    2-0       -     HEATH, FITZPATRICK
 05 SEPT   AFC UCKFIELD TOWN         A     SCFL P    0-3      97     -
 08 SEPT   SALTDEAN UNITED           H     SCFL P    0-1      89     -
 12 SEPT   HANWORTH VILLA            H     FAC P     2-1     210     COUSINS 2
 15 SEPT   HASSOCKS                  A     SCFL P    3-1     225     BOLD 2, GRIFFIN-TILLEY
 19 SEPT   BAGSHOT                   H     FAV Q1    3-1     105     BOLD, BOILING, MARSDEN
 22 SEPT   SHEPPEY UNITED            H     FAC Q1    0-5     235
 26 SEPT   NEWHAVEN                  H     SCFL P    0-3      81
 29 SEPT   CRAWLEY DOWN GATWICK      A     SCFL P    1-2      69     OWN GOAL
 03 OCT    LANGNEY WANDERERS         H     SCFL P    1-0      81     COUSINS
 10 OCT    LINGFIELD                 H     FAV Q2    3-1     105     COUSINS, GRIFFIN-TILLEY, BOILING
 13 OCT    HORLEY TOWN               A     SCFL P    1-2      75     FABER
 17 OCT    EASTBOURNE UNITED ASSOC   H     SCFL P    5-0     103     BOLD 2, COUSINS 2, GRIFFIN-TILLEY
 20 OCT    EAST PRESTON              A     SCFL P    2-0      71     COUSINS, MAGRATH
 24 OCT    HORSHAM YMCA              H     SCFL P    2-1     102     COUSINS, HEATH
 31 OCT    SEAFORD TOWN              H     FAV R1    9-1     168     COUSINS 2, HEATH 3, GATHERN, HOWELL, BLOOMFIELD, BOLD
 5 DEC     WALTON & HERSHAM          H     FAV R2    1-6     105     BOLD
 8 DEC     PAGHAM                    A     SCFL P    1-4      94     TIMMS
 12 DEC    PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE    A     SCFL P    1-2     153     COUSINS
 19 DEC    AFC UCKFIELD TOWN         H     SCFL P            15:00
 26 DEC    LANCING                   A     SCFL P            11:00
 28 DEC    HORLEY TOWN               H     SCFL P            11:00
 02 JAN    SALTDEAN UNITED           A     SCFL P            15:00
 09 JAN    ALFOLD                    H     SCFL P            15:00
 16 JAN    EASTBOURNE TOWN           H     SCFL P            15:00
 23 JAN    LOXWOOD                   A     SCFL P            15:00
 30 JAN    LITTLE COMMON             H     SCFL P            15:00
 13 FEB    BROADBRIDGE HEATH         H     SCFL P            15:00
 20 FEB    LINGFIELD                 A     SCFL P            15:00
 24 FEB    EAST PRESTON              H     SCFL P            19:45
 27 FEB    LITTLE COMMON             A     SCFL P            15:00
 06 MAR    LANGNEY WANDERERS         A     SCFL P            15:00
 09 MAR    CRAWLEY DOWN GATWICK      H     SCFL P            19:45
 13 MAR    EASTBOURNE UNITED ASSOC   A     SCFL P            15:00
 20 MAR    BROADBRIDGE HEATH         A     SCFL P            15:00
 27 MAR    NEWHAVEN                  A     SCFL P            15:00
 03 APR    HASSOCKS                  H     SCFL P            15:00
 05 APR    LANCING                   H     SCFL P            11:00
 10 APR    ALFOLD                    A     SCFL P            15:00
 17 APR    PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE    H     SCFL P            15:00
 24 APR    HORSHAM YMCA              A     SCFL P            15:00
 01 MAY    PAGHAM                    H     SCFL P            15:00
 08 MAY    EASTBOURNE TOWN           A     SCFL P            15:00
 15 MAY    LOXWOOD                   H     SCFL P            15:00

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SCFL PREMIER REVIEW
THE LATEST FIXTURES, RESULTS, GOALSCORERERS AND TABLE FROM THE 2020/21 MACRON STORE SOUTHERN
COMBINATION PREMIER DIVISION
                                              P     W      D     L      F     A        W      D       L    F       A     +/-    Pts
SALTDEAN UNITED                               13    3      3     0     10     7        5      1       1    23      8     18     28
AFC UCKFIELD TOWN                             13     5     0      1     9      5       2      3       2    8       8      4         24
HORLEY TOWN                                   11     2     1      2    10      7       5      1       0    21      4      20        23
PAGHAM                                        12    4      3     0      13     5       2      2       1    14      9      13        23
EASTBOURNE TOWN                               13    4      0      2     15     9       3      2       2    12      9      9         23
CRAWLEY DOWN GATWICK                          11     5     1      2     16    12       2      0       1    7       3      8         22
NEWHAVEN                                      9     4      1      1     17     6       2      1       0    6       0      17        20
LANCING                                       11    3      1      1     15     7       3      1       2    15     13      10        20
LINGFIELD                                     12    3      3      1     11     6       2      2       1    10     10      5         20
LOXWOOD                                       13    3      0      2    12      9       3      1       4    14     12      5         19
HASSOCKS                                      13    4      0      3     15    18       2      0       4    10     15      -8        18
ALFOLD                                        11    3      0      1    10      6       2      2       3    12     10      6         17
STEYNING TOWN                                 12    3      0      2     8      5       2      0       5    9      14      -2        15
LITTLE COMMON                                 12     2     1      2     9     10       2      2       3    11     13      -3        15
PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE                        13    4      1      3    14     11       0      1       4    5       9      -1        14
EASTBOURNE UNITED                             13    4      1      3     11    12       0      0       5    0      21     -22        13
BROADBRIDGE HEATH                             12    3      0      3     11    14       1      0       5    7      13      -9        12
LANGNEY WANDERERS                             11    0      0      3     3     12       2      1       5    8      15     -16        7
HORSHAM YMCA                                  12     1     2      3     7     13       0      0       6    4      15     -17        5
EAST PRESTON                                  13    0      2      5     8     25       0      0       6    3      23     -37        2

    SCFL PREMIER DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS                                               TOP SCORERS 20/21
    Tuesday 8 December                         Saturday 19 December                        Lewis Croal
    Crawley Down Gat. 1-0 Loxwood              Broadbridge Heath v Eastbourne United       BBH/Crawley Down                15
    Eastbourne Town 2-3 Little Common          Crawley Down Gat. v Peacehaven & Tels
    Eastbourne United 1-4 Langney W’derers     Eastbourne Town v Horsham YMCA
                                                                                           Lee Robinson
    Hassocks 0-1 Broadbridge Heath
    Horley Town P-P Alfold
                                               Hassocks v Alfold
                                               Little Common v East Preston
                                                                                           Newhaven                        14
    Horsham YMCA 3-3 Saltdean United           Loxwood v Saltdean United
                                                                                           Adam Grant
    Lancing 4-1 East Preston
    Lingfield P-P Newhaven
                                               Newhaven v Horley Town
                                               Pagham v Langney Wanderers                  Horley Town                     13
    Pagham 4-1 Steyning Town                   Steyning Town v AFC Uckfield Town
                                                                                           Jared Rance
    Peacehaven & Tel. 1-1 AFC Uckfield Town
                                               Saturday 26 December                        Pagham                          12
    Saturday 12 December                       AFC Uckfield Town v Lingfield
    AFC Uckfield Town 1-0 Broadbridge Heath    Alfold v Loxwood                            Ben Connolly
    Alfold 2-0 Little Common                   Eastbourne United v Eastbourne Town         Lancing                         11
    East Preston 0-3 Crawley Down Gat.         Horley Town v Crawley Down Gat.
    Eastbourne United 1-0 Hassocks             Horsham YMCA v Broadbridge Heath
                                                                                           George Cousins
    Horley Town 2-3 Pagham
    Horsham YMCA 1-1 Lingfield
                                               Lancing v Steyning Town
                                               Langney Wanderers v Little Common           Steyning Town                   11
    Langney Wanderers 1-4 Loxwood              Pagham v East Preston
                                                                                           Charlie Pitcher
    Peacehaven & Telsc. 2-1 Steyning Town
    Saltdean United 2-2 Eastbourne Town
                                               Peacehaven & Tels. v Newhaven
                                               Saltdean United v Hassocks                  Hassocks                        11
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PLAYER PROFILE
TOM BOLD
                 Name: Boldy (Tom        of seen something
                 Bold)                   very similar…
                                         .#Topbin
                 Age: 26 (tough
                 paper round)            Worst moment in
                                         football? Missing
                 Position: Box to
                                         the last penalty in
                 Box, goal scoring
                                         a school cup final
                 midfielder and one
                                         which lost us the
                 of the quickest
                                         match, devastating
                 players in the
                                         on two counts….
                 squad
                                         firstly we missed
                 Best ground to          out on a winners
                 play at and why?        medal but more
                 Highbury (the old       importantly……all
                 Arsenal ground)         the girls at school
                 when I was playing      stopped fancying
                 for Charlton. We lost   me!! Rightly so,
                 5-1 and I touched to    really it was a
                 ball twice but apart    terrible miss and
                 from that by far the    experience.
                 best ground I’ve
                                         Who’s going to
                 played at.
                                         win the Premier
                 Worst ground to         League? Don’t care
                 play at and why?        as long as it’s not
                 Little Common, I        Liverpool.
                 don’t like how flat
                                         Any message to
                 the pitch is as I
                                         our fans? Hope
                 normally blame my
                                         you and your
                 bad touch on the
                                         families and safe
                 bobbles, plus the
                                         and well. Thanks
                 shows are terrible.
                                         for supporting us
                 Favourite football      through these
                 memory? David           tough times and
                 Beckhams goal           hopefully we can
                 against Greece          carry on our good
                 in 2001 to send         form and have a
                 England to the          successful season.
                 World Cup and if        #Upthebarrowmen
                 any of you were
                 they at Hassocks
                 earlier on in this
                 season you would
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ASK GERRY
A BRAND NEW FEATURE WHERE YOU THE SUPPORTERS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT YOUR QUESTIONS TO FIRST
TEAM BOSS GERRY MURPHY

2020 has been a tough old year and with lots of             A: Saturday fry up always sets me up for the day as I
uncertainty around, so…….we thought who better to           don’t really get a chance for lunch and its straight on
give us some sound advice then the man that makes           the beer after the game.
tough decisions every week………The Steyning Town
Community Football Club 1st Team Manager – Gerry
Murphy, in our new feature called……………..ASK GERRY:          Tom Aged 35:
                                                            Q: Do you think it’s ok to buy my wife a STCFC beanie
Dave Aged: 83                                               hat for a Christmas present?

Q: As a football coach, your use to standing out in         A: Every Steyning fan should want a beanie hat for
the cold in winter, what’s your best tip for staying        Xmas but maybe buy her something else a bit spe-
warm when watching football?                                cial if you want to stay married a while longer.

A: I wear under armour, hat, and gloves but I’m
normally screaming and shouting and jumping about           Ben Aged 7:
like tigger, so I don’t really notice it too much and I’m
still young at 60, Dave.                                    Q: What have you asked Father Christmas for?
                                                            A: Some decent results over the next few weeks and
                                                            the normal stuff when you get old pants, socks, vest,
Richard Aged 47:                                            and lynx Africa.
Q: Do you think Frank Lampard will ever win a trophy
as Chelsea manager?
A: Being a big Chelsea fan I really hope so, but it may
take a few seasons if he’s given enough time.

Nigel Aged 53:
Q: What’s is your match day breakfast of choice?

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We would like to wish all the Steyning Football Teams all the best for the season. Thank you for all the
support you have given Steyning Butchers. We welcome all our customers old and new alike, so why
not pop in and meet Mick and his team for some local quality meat, joints, steaks, our very own best in
town smoked and sweetcure back bacon and our delicious range of hand made sausages.

Christmas is just around the corner. We are now taking orders for your Christmas meats and local
Bronze Turkeys, free range white Turkeys, Geese, Capons, ribs of Beef and more. If you are looking for
something different or would like some assistance then we are always happy and here to help.

We shall look forward to seeing or hearing from you.
(Telephone Orders taken)

With Thanks
Mick
                                                 77-79 High Street, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RE
Come on the Barrowmen!
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R.J.SKINNER

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TODAY’S OPPOSITION
AFC UCKFIELD TOWN HAVE MADE A GREAT START TO THE NEW SEASON, AND TRAVEL TO THE SHOOTING FIELD
TODAY SITTING IN SECOND SPOT IN THE SCFL PREMIER TABLE

A new chapter for football in Uckfield began in            the Mid-Sussex Veterans league (both on a Sunday)
August 2014 after the town’s two main senior               so there is an end to end opportunity for ‘all to play’,
Clubs agreed a merger.                                     providing one central football Club within the town
                                                           of Uckfield.
AFC Uckfield Town took their place in Division Two of
the Sussex County Football League for the 2014/15          Quickly after the merger, the club achieved the FA
season after the merger of AFC Uckfield and                Charter status by maximising on its merged resourc-
Uckfield Town. Uckfield Town had a long history, with      es – and in particular, we strive to provide improving
matches dating back to 1880. The young pretenders          facilities to support the development of youth team
were AFC Uckfield, formerly Wealden FC. The merger         football in Uckfield. The Club have high aims and to
provided a promising future for football in Uckfield,      support our plan, the Club is keen to establish close
with the newly-formed Club attracting support in the       ties with the local community to provide a fami-
local community from the East Sussex town.                 ly-friendly environment, which we hope residents
                                                           and local businesses in Uckfield would want to get
Tom Parker became Chairman of the new Club                 involved in.
having been in charge of AFC Uckfield, with former
Town Chairman Justin Farrow elected vice-                  The club surpassed all expectation in their first
chairman. The new club adopted Uckfield Town’s red         season, with Manager Steve Ives guiding the first
and black kit as its home colours, with AFC Uckfield’s     team to promotion into the newly formed South-
Sky and Navy Blue strip the away kit. The identity         ern Combination Football League Premier Division.
was completed by a new Club badge. The new Club            Season 2015/16 saw the club play at the top level of
runs 5 senior teams. The First and Under 23s teams         Sussex Football and relegation was never in doubt.
play at The Oaks, Old Eastbourne Road, with the            A lower mid-table position showed the progress the
reserve, third and fourth team playing at The Uckfield     team made. Promotion clinching manager Steve Ives
Victoria Pleasure Ground.                                  departed in November, replaced by Luke Carpenter,
                                                           whose short reign was passed to Anthony Storey.
As a result, there is now a one stop Club framework        ‘Stoz’ Cliff steadied the ship and in the club have
that will provide the opportunity for footballers of all   consolidated their place in the Premier Division of
levels – from Southern Combination League stand-           the Southern Combination League. After Storey’s
ard through to all levels catered for in the Mid Sussex    departure in the summer, Ives has returned as joint
League. Additionally, there is a strong emphasis on        manager alongside Graeme Mintrim ahead of the
providing Youth team football as well as a team in         2020/21 campaign.

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                STEYNING TOWN
                     RED & WHITE
                                   AFC UCKFIELD TOWN
                                   BLUE
                                                                        OFFICIALS
                        MANAGER    MANAGER                                      Referee
                  GERRY MURPHY     STEVE IVES & GRAEME MINTRIM            JAMIE WELLS
                                                                               Assistant
        TOBY BLOOMFIELD                MATT BLACK                      MATTHEW DYSON
             MATT BOILING              SAM CARRINGTON                          Assistant
                                                                        DAVID BARNARD
              ROB CLARKE               SAM CASH
          LOUIS COULSON                WAYNE CLARKE
         GEORGE COUSINS                OLIVER DUNCAN
          JOE FITZPATRICK
           ALEX GATHERN
                                       LLOYD FRANCIS
                                       SHANE HARPER
                                                                            NEXT UP
      CIAN GRIFFIN-TILLEY              NATHAN HOVER
         MATTHEW HARDS                 BEN KIRK-PATRICK
             HARRY HEATH               OLIVER LEE
   THOMAS HOWARD-BOLD                  LUCA PAGE                                  LANCING
              LEWIS LEVOI              CHARLIE PAYNE                             AWAY
           JOSH MAGRATH                TYLER PEARSON             SATURDAY 26 DECEMBER
                                                                         SCFL PREMIER
              JOSH MAHER               DAN PERRY
                                                                                 11:00
            SAM MARSDEN                MICHAEL PLATT
       MARLON MAXWELL                  ALEX PLUMMER
         CHARLIE ROMAIN                CALLUM RIDLEY
               BEN SPANO               JACK SAMWAYS
           ALEX TOWNLEY                DAN TEAR
            OLIVER YOUNG               JASON TIBBLE
                                       MAX WALSH
                                       MORGAN VALE
                                       MO ZABADNE

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