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STEYNING TOWN
     COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB

 v SUTTON COMMON ROVERS FC
    Saturday 21 August 2021 | 15:00
            Emirates FA Cup
           Preliminary Round

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WELCOME
BARROWMEN BOSS GERRY MURPHY PENS HIS THOUGHTS FOR THE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME AS STEYNING TOWN
WELCOME SUTTON COMMON ROVERS TO THE BIRCHWOOD GROUND IN THE EMIRATES FA CUP

A warm welcome to everyone                     club are in a good position on and off the
today at the Birchwood Ground                  pitch and the atmosphere in the dressing
including all those involved with              room has been great.
Sutton Common Rovers FC for                    Occasions like these don’t come around
this Preliminary Round tie in the              too often, and everyone will be keen to
Emirates FA Cup.                               prove a point against a team from a higher
                                               division.
After a great start to the season we come
down with a bump against a very good           A big thank you once again to Cameo Hair
team in Littlehampton - but maybe I got a      Salon who are sponsoring today’s match
few tactical points wrong and the players      - thank you for your continued support of
not all to blame.                              our football club.
We play Sutton Common Rovers today in          Enjoy today’s game, and let’s hope we can
the FA Cup and we will have to be really       cause an upset!
up for it and organised against a team         Gerry
from the league above, so get behind the
team and let’s see what happens.
Having got off to a good start to the
season before Tuesday night’s defeat, the

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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: Vacant                         campaign when they gained promotion to Division 1. The
Treasurer: Richard Woodbridge                 1963–64 campaign saw the club leave division one, when
Committee Member: 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: Paul Hart                      as champions, to Division One at the end of the 1977–78
Senior Football co-ordinator: Paul Hawkins    campaign. After their first season in Division one the club in
Ladies & Girls Football co-ordinator:         1979, they changed their name to their present one.
		Karen Bridgewater                           After winning the Sussex league the club left the league, to
Youth Co-ordinator: Adrian Ridley             become one of the founder members of the Wessex Football
Junior and Minis co-ordinator: Iain Staines   League in 1986. Later leaving to join the Combined Counties
Health & Safefy Officer: Vacant Groundsman:   Football League. At the end of their fifth season in the
John Brown                                    Combined counties league, the club returned to the Sussex
                                              county league but was placed in Division two.
First Team manager: Gerry Murphy
First team Head Coach: Paul Ettridge          The next four seasons saw the club remain in Division Two
First team Asst Manager: Paul Hawkins         until they were relegated to Division Three at the end of the
Ladies First team manager: Danny Norris       1996–97 campaign. At the fifth attempt, the club managed to
Under 18s manager - West: George Staples      escape from Division three and return to Division two when
Under 18s manager - North: Kinsley Iorpenda   they finished as runners up behind Pease Pottage Village at
Under 18s manager - Arun: Paul Ettridge       the end of the 2001–02 season.
Club Physio: Vacant                           In 2013, Steyning Town FC merged with the Steyning Strikers
                                              (Juniors) to become Steyning Town Community FC with 18
Registration Secretary: Laurence Bennett      teams from men down to U6’s and two girl’s teams.
Club Welfare Officer: Gemma Manvell &
		                    Nigel Younger           The club was awarded Sussex FA’s Community Club of the
Sponsorship and PR Manager: Geoff Balmont     Year in 2016 and 2017. On 16 October 2015, the club opened
                                              its new 3G pitch at the Shooting Field ground after 3 months
                                              of preparation and groundwork by Velocity. The 3G surface
                                              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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THE ‘PINGDEMIC’
WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW COVID AND GETTING ‘PINGED’ CAN EFFECT THE FOOTBALL SEASON AS IT
GETS UNDERWAY

The new English football season gets under way           English Football League, at an estimated cost of
this weekend with EFL Cup games taking place -           £5m.
but does a flurry of cancelled pre-season fixtures
                                                         This term, there is no requirement to be tested.
suggest another campaign will be disrupted by the
coronavius pandemic?                                     It is acknowledged by all parties that players are at
                                                         greater risk of both catching coronavirus or being
Matches at Bournemouth and Sheffield Wednesday
                                                         ‘pinged’ as a close contact than they were last
mark the first competitive domestic fixtures played
                                                         season - because footballers were in strict ‘elite sort’
with no coronavirus restrictions in place since March
                                                         bubbles and had far less interaction with the general
2020.
                                                         public, both in their professional and personal lives.
Covid-19 infections remain high - although they are
                                                         Now with restrictions lifted for the general public,
falling - and a nationwide record of self-isolation
                                                         the leagues are trying to navigate their way through
alerts from NHS contact tracing has led to worries
                                                         this. At present, this means there is no mandatory
of a ‘pingdemic’ spreading to football. Already a
                                                         requirement for clubs to test players.
number of pre-season fixtures have been disrupted
or cancelled as a result of outbreaks or close contact   The EFL has issued guidance to all its clubs, for both
tracing issues in recent days.                           training and on matchdays. Under that guidance,
                                                         there are two sets of protocols, red and green. Most
Manchester United’s friendly at Preston on Saturday
                                                         clubs are under the green protocols, which rely on
is the latest to be called off because of positive
                                                         daily screening to check if any players or staff are
cases, while Norwich have been similarly impacted,
                                                         showing symptoms. The EFL believes this is better
Arsenal scrapped their US pre-season tour and
                                                         than simply doing nothing.
Newcastle lost three goalkeepers to self-isolation for
one fixture.                                             Red protocols would be triggered if there was a local
                                                         coronavirus outbreak; if local or national restrictions
So with the season about to start is there potential
                                                         were imposed by the government; or if EFL doctors
for chaos?
                                                         carrying out spot checks at clubs discovered the
We look at the changes that have been made and           regulations were not being adhered to.
why football could have a problem.
                                                         Moves to red protocols would be made by the league
Last season, the Professional Footballers’               after consultation with the clubs and would involve
Association paid for players to be tested across the     testing.
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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 EMIRATES FA CUP TIE

I am delighted to welcome everyone to            The less said about Tuesday nights home
the Birchwood Stadium at Shooting Field          game against Littlehampton the better. A
for this preliminary round of the Emirates       crazy few minutes saw us ship 3 goals but the
FA Challenge Cup. Today’s visitors are           positives are we drew the second half with a
Isthmian League side Sutton Common               really good performance.
Rovers.
                                                 This afternoon sees us getting back to full
After the extra preliminary round finished 2-2   strength and hoping to come away winners
at home we went down to Pagham for the           against a recently promoted Sutton side.
replay. A dramatic evening game under the
                                                 Today’s matchday sponsor is Cameo Hair and
lights including our keeper Jordan Hawkins
                                                 Beauty of Steyning Hight Street. A huge thanks
having to be replaced, through illness, by
                                                 to Kate for your generosity and continuing
centre half Fitzy and further substitutions
                                                 support of the club.
meant FA cup debuts for U18s Joe Simpkin
and Johnny Ruiz.                                 Kate will be picking man of the match after the
                                                 game where we will also be drawing tickets for
It was a fraught second half and looked all
                                                 our world famous, and international renowned,
set to go to extra time when young Johnny
                                                 meat raffle. Sponsored by the ever present
launched a speculative ball across the box
                                                 Steph Gretton, not here today as he is down
which was converted by the Pagham defender,
                                                 the Amex!, please get your tickets from the bar.
an assist for Johnny for the winner!
                                                 Ian
In the league we went away to Uckfield and,
again, had to rely on our 3 x U18 subs Joe,
Johnny and a 1st team debut for Barney
Nichols. We came away with a point.

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FIXTURES & RESULTS
THE LATEST FIXTURES, RESULTS AND SCORERS FROM THE 2021/22 SEASON
 DATE      OPPOSITION               H/A   COMP      RESULT   ATT.   SCORERS

 31 JULY   EASTBOURNE UNITED        A     SCFL P     3-1     105    GATHERN, HOWELL, CLARKE
 03 AUG    LOXWOOD                  H     SCFL P     3-0     130    BRADLEY, HOWELL, BOLD
 07 AUG    PAGHAM                   H     FAC EP     2-2     120    CHALMERS, CLARKE
 10 AUG    PAGHAM                   A     FAC EPR    3-2     111    BRADLEY, BOLD, OG
 14 AUG    AFC UCKFIELD TOWN        A     SCFL P     1-1     61     BENNETT
 17 AUG    LITTLEHAMPTON TOWN       H     SCFL P     0-6     106    -
 21 AUG    SUTTON COMMON ROVERS     H      FAC P
 24 AUG    BROADBRIDGE HEATH        A     SCFL P
 28 AUG    HASSOCKS                 A     SCFL P
 31 AUG    PAGHAM                   H     SCFL P
 03 SEPT   PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE   H     SCFL P
 11 SEPT   RAYNES PARK VALE         A     FAV Q1
 18 SEPT   BEXHILL UNITED           H     SCFL P
 21 SEPT   HORSHAM YMCA             A     SCFL P
 25 SEPT                                  FAV Q2
 28 SEPT   ALFOLD                   H     SCFL P
 02 OCT    CRAWLEY DOWN GATWICK     A     SCFL P
 09 OCT    SALTDEAN UNITED          H     SCFL P
 16 OCT    NEWHAVEN                 H     SCFL P
 23 OCT    LITTLE COMMON            A     SCFL P
 30 OCT    LINGFIELD                H     SCFL P
 06 NOV    EASTBOURNE TOWN          A     SCFL P
 13 NOV    AFC VARNDEANIANS         A     SCFL P
 20 NOV    EASTBOURNE UNITED        H     SCFL P
 27 NOV    BROADBRIDGE HEATH        H     SCFL P
 04 DEC    LITTLEHAMPTON TOWN       A     SCFL P
 11 DEC    AFC UCKFIELD TOWN        H     SCFL P
 18 DEC    LOXWOOD                  A     SCFL P
 28 DEC    EAST PRESTON             H     SCFL P
 03 JAN    PAGHAM                   A     SCFL P
 15 JAN    HORSHAM YMCA             H     SCFL P
 22 JAN    ALFOLD                   A     SCFL P
 29 JAN    CRAWLEY DOWN GATWICK     H     SCFL P
 12 FEB    SALTDEAN UNITED          A     SCFL P
 19 FEB    NEWHAVEN                 A     SCFL P
 26 FEB    LITTLE COMMON            H     SCFL P
 12 MAR    EASTBOURNE TOWN          H     SCFL P
 19 MAR    LINGFIELD                A     SCFL P
 25 MAR    PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE   A     SCFL P
 09 APR    BEXHILL UNITED           A     SCFL P
 16 APR    HASSOCKS                 H     SCFL P
 19 APR    EAST PRESTON             A     SCFL P
 23 APR    AFC VARNDEANIANS         H     SCFL P

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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                                4    2      0      0     9      1        2      0     0        6       2     12     12
EASTBOURNE TOWN                                4     1     1      0     4      3        2      0     0        4       1      4         10
LITTLEHAMPTON TOWN                             4     1     0      0     4      0        2      0     1        13      6      11        9
ALFOLD                                         4     2     0      1     6      3        1      0     0        2       1      4         9
PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE                         4     2     0      0     3      1        1      0     1        4       4      2         9
PAGHAM                                         4     2     0      1     3      5        1      0     0        3       1      0         9
NEWHAVEN                                       4     1     0      0     2      0        1       1    1        6       5      3         7
STEYNING TOWN COMMUNITY                        4     1     0      1     3      6        1       1    0        4       2      -1        7
CRAWLEY DOWN GATWICK                           4     2     0      0     6      3        0      0     2        0       2      1         6
LINGFIELD                                      3     1     0      0     2      1        1      0     1        2       2      1         6
LITTLE COMMON                                  4     0     1      0     0      0        1       1    1        9       6      3         5
BROADBRIDGE HEATH                              3     0     0      0     0      0        1      0     2        3       3      0         3
BEXHILL UNITED                                 3     0     0      0     0      0        1      0     2        4       6      -2        3
AFC UCKFIELD TOWN                              4     0     1      1     1      4        0       2    0        2       2      -3        3
EASTBOURNE UNITED ASSOCIATION                  4     1     0      2     3      6        0      0     1        2       4      -5        3
HORSHAM YMCA                                   4     0     0      2     1      6        1      0     1        3       4      -6        3
LOXWOOD                                        4     1     0      2     4      7        0      0     1        0       3      -6        3
EAST PRESTON                                   4     0     1      2     4      7        0      0     1        0       3      -6        1
HASSOCKS                                       3     0     1      1     3      4        0      0     1        0       6      -7        1
AFC VARNDEANIANS                               4     0     0      3     7     11        0      0     1        1       2      -5        0

    SCFL PREMIER DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS                                                TOP SCORERS 21/22
    Saturday 14 August                         Saltdean United 3-1 Newhaven                 Joseph Benn
    AFC Uckfield Town 1-1 Steyning Town
    AFC Varndeanians 1-2 Alfold
                                               Steyning Town 0-6 Littlehampton Town         Littlehampton Town                9
    East Preston 2-3 Saltdean United           Saturday 21 August
                                                                                            Trevor McCreadie
    Eastbourne United 0-2 Broadbridge Heath
    Hassocks 1-2 Eastbourne Town
                                               AFC Uckfield Town v AFC Varndeanians
                                               Hassocks v Broadbridge Heath                 Saltdean United                   5
    Horsham YMCA 1-4 Newhaven                  Horsham YMCA v Pagham
                                                                                            Kieran Pamment
    Loxwood 4-3 Little Common
    Pagham 1-0 Crawley Down Gatwick            FA CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND                     Saltdean United                   5
    Peacehaven & Tels. 2-1 Littlehampton Tn.   Abbey Rangers v Loxwood
                                               Kennington v Little Common                   Charlie Pitcher
    Monday 16 August                           Lingfield v Chertsey Town
                                               Newhaven v Jersey Bulls (14:00)
                                                                                            Crawley Down Gatwick              5
    AFC Varndeanians 2-3 Peacehaven & Tels.
                                               Peacehaven & Tels. v Crawley Down Gat.
                                                                                            Reece Hallard
    Tuesday 17 August
    Alfold 1-0 Broadbridge Heath
                                               Sheppey United v Saltdean United
                                               Sittingbourne v Littlehampton Town
                                                                                            Saltdean United                   4
    Crawley Down Gat. 2-1 Lingfield            Steyning Town v Sutton Common Rovers
                                                                                            Sam Lemon
    East Preston 1-3 Pagham
    Eastbourne Town 2-2 Little Common
                                               Whitstable Town v Alfold
                                                                                            Alfold                            4
    Eastbourne United 2-1 Bexhill United
                                                                                            Tom Boyle
    Hassocks 2-2 AFC Uckfield Town
    Loxwood 0-3 Horsham YMCA                                                                AFC Varndeanians                  4
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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
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                                                 77-79 High Street, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RE
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MATCH ACTION
AFC UCKFIELD TOWN 		 1
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We returned to League action on               Pearson skied a penalty over our cross bar,
Saturday with a trip over to AFC              conceded for a foul.
Uckfield Town and made it an overall
                                              Both sides had chances and could have
five games unbeaten, coming away with
                                              nicked it at the end but a draw was
a point from a hard fought 1-1 draw.
                                              probably a fair result in the end.
We headed to East Sussex with several key
                                              There was also a first team debut for
players injured or unavailable, including
                                              young Barney Nicholls, coming on late as
Alex Gathern, Scott Murphy, Myke Sabino
                                              a sub but making his mark and mixing it
and keeper Jordan Hawkins. Loanee
                                              well even over the short time he was on
keeper Aleu Secka coming in between the
                                              the park.
sticks.
                                              Next up - This Tuesday night we face
On a warm and sunny afternoon at the
                                              Littlehampton at the Birchwood@Shooting
Oaks, after a sluggish start that saw us go
                                              Field (KO 7.45pm) and next Saturday it
behind to a soft goal, we found our shape
                                              is FA Cup day again at home to Sutton
and rhythm and mid way through the first
                                              Common Rovers of the Isthmian League
half we drew level.
                                              South Central (KO 3pm)
A looping ball into their box from George
                                              Town line up - Secka, Younger, Clark,
Cousins eluded a statuesque home
                                              Bold (c), Fitzpatrick, Faber, Bennett
defence, finding Bobby Bennett at the far
                                              (Ruiz), Okolo, Cousins (Nichollls), Sparkes
post who challenged the Uckers keeper to
                                              (Simpkins) Bradley
knod the ball high into their net for 1-1.
The goal spurred us on with Tom Bold
driving hard in midfield and Josh Bradley
finding his range and going close on
several occasions.
Scott Faber and Andy Younger having
great games at the back.
The match swung end to end with both
sides competing keenly and at times was
bad tempered with bookings on both sides
for fouls and dissent.
Mid way through the second half we
had a left off when Uckers frontman

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TODAY’S VISITORS
WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SUTTON COMMON ROVERS, WHO PLAY IN THE ISTHMIAN LEAGUE AND WILL BE
LOOKING TO AVOID AN UPSET THIS AFTERNOON
Chairman and Life President Alan Salmon founded            clear on the final match of the season, assuming as
SCR F.C in 1978, when the club began life as INRAD         we believed, we were awarded the points from the
FC, based in Carshalton. The club entered a new era        postponed Coulsdon match who unfortunately were
when Alan moved to Sutton and arranged                     unable to field a side for our scheduled league game
sponsorship with his new neighbour, CENTRE 21 FC           some weeks earlier.
was born. This era saw the club running one Satur-
day side, three Sunday sides and three Youth sides.        The following season saw the club play at our
Centre 21’s sponsorship continued until the club’s         highest level to date, and make our FA Cup debut,
youth players were no longer under 21 years old.           although this lasted just one game, and ended in a
The club again sought new a identity, SUTTON               5-0 defeat against Chertsey Town. The club man-
COMMON ROAD FC was formed and subsequently                 aged two seasons in the Premier Division, before
abbreviated to SCR FC. Since then the club has             being relegated back to Division 1, following a start
had five major sponsors whose names have been              to the season that saw 12 straight league defeats.
incorporated into the clubs affiliated name: SCR           The 2012/13 season started with a rebuilt side and
PLOUGH (twice), SCR GRAPES, next the club’s long-          expectations of consolidation, however a 20 game
est sponsor SCR LITTEN TREE (7 years) & finally SCR        unbeaten run propelled us into runners up spot,
Kingfisher, Ewell with whom we started our venture         and a much coveted promotion back to the Premier
in Saturday football in 2004/05.                           Division. 2013/14 started brightly, but went to the
                                                           last game, and a point saw survival. It was the same
The club entered yet another new era this season,          last season, and although we lost, we still managed
with the introduction of a third Saturday side (Mess-      to survive. For the 2015/16 season, there has been
ers Alex Avis & Tony Williams) and the 1’s moving to       a change of name to Sutton Common Rovers, and
the Middlesex County FL (and a name change SUT-            after much hard work by the Salmons, a return to
TON COMMON ROVERS) in the pursuit of combined              Sutton, and a ground share with Sutton Utd. 2016/17
Counties football, having made an unsuccessful             saw a 12th place league finish and the capture of the
application from the Surrey South Eastern Combi-           Southern Combination Cup.
nation at the end of season 2006/07 having finished
joint top (3rd on goal difference… -1 goal)                2018/19 was our best ever season, finishing runners
A third place finish in the Middlesex County League        up in the Premier division behind the powerful
Premier division in 07/08 meant that our promotion         Chertsey Town side, winning the Premier Challenge
to the CCL was not assured but months of hard work         Cup and finishing runners up in the Southern Combi-
& determination from the management team SCR               nation Challenge Cup.
eventually secured a place for the clubs 1st time          2019/20 saw the side a little off the pace in the
in their 30 year history at the league AGM in June         league, when it was called to a halt, but with games
2008 and the reserves moved into the CCL reserve           in hand a place in the top 5 was possible. It was in
division under the guidance of Alex Avis & Justin          the national cup competitions that new records
Salmon.                                                    were set, with the side reaching the 1st Qualifying
                                                           Round of the FA Cup for the first time (after wins
Season 08/09 saw the latest name change of the             over Molesey 1-0, after a 1-1 draw; and Eastbourne
club, to form MOLE VALLEY SCR FC reflecting the            Town 3-0), the FA Vase saw further success, with
area in which we played. Season 09/10 saw the club         wins over Snodland Town 5-1, Raynes Park Vale 4-0,
reach a Surrey Cup final, narrowly being defeated          Lancing 1-0 (after a 3-3 draw); and Christchurch 2-1
by Sutton United after a 1-1 extra time score line on      taking us to the fifth round, where we bowed out to
penalties and in the same season compete in the FA         Western League AFC Bitton 2-1, after a disappointing
Vase for the first time in our relatively short history.   performance down in Bristol.
We finished Champions of Division One at the second        At the end of another curtailed season and following
time of asking, narrowly piping Worcester Park to          an FA restructure the club was moved up to Step 4
the post in a fine run which saw us finish 3 points        and the Isthmian South Central division

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ASK GERRY
WHO BETTER TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS TO THAN THE MAIN MAN HIMSELF? BARROWMEN BOSS GERRY MURPHY
ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

2021 has been a tough old year so               A: I would like to have been a golfer and travel
far and with lots of uncertainty still          the world
around, we thought who better to give
                                                Travis Aged 55:
us some sound advice then the man
                                                Q: I love craft ales but never really see them at
that makes tough decisions every
                                                football grounds, what’s your favourite beer to
week... The Steyning Town Community             drink after a game?
Football Club 1st Team Manager – Gerry
Murphy, in our new feature called ASK           A: I’m a bit of a light weight on the drinking
GERRY!                                          side but a nice Sam Miguel with a lemonade
                                                top.
Vince Aged: 82
Q: Who’s the best player you’ve ever watched?   Bobby Aged 27:
                                                Q: Who do you think will win the Premier league
A:Paul Gascoigne unbelievable talent            this season?

Tim Aged 41:                                    A: Manchester City but being a Chelsea fan
Q: If you had to save one thing from your       would love to see the blues win it.
burning house, what would it be?

A:My wife….. she also reads the programme

Haydon Aged 8:
Q: If you weren’t a football manager, what
would you do for a job?

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EVERY CELEBRATION
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the teams

  STEYNING TOWN                                      SUTTON COMMON R                  OFFICIALS
                                       RED & WHITE   YELLOW
                                          MANAGER    MANAGER                                 Referee
                                 GERRY MURPHY        DARREN SALMON
                                                                                            Assistant
                  BOBBY BENNETT                         MICHAEL EACOTT
                         TOM BOLD                       TOM THEOBALD                        Assistant
                     JOSH BRADLEY                       AHMED BAHLOUL
                        ROB CLARK                       AARON BOGLE
                 GEORGE COUSINS                         KLYO BROWN
                 MARSHALL DARBY
                       RYAN DOYLE
                                                        NIRAN BUTLER
                                                        TYRELL BUTLER
                                                                                        NEXT UP
                      SCOTT FABER                       JACK CASEY
                   JOE FITZPATRICK                      JAY DUNSTAN-DIGWEED
                     ALEX GATHERN                       DANNY FERNANDEZ
                 JORDAN HAWKINS                         IDRIS GBADAMOSI        BROADBRIDGE HEATH
                      MAX HOWELL                        DEJAHRN GRANT                          AWAY
                    JOSH MCGRATH                        RYAN HEALY                TUESDAY 24 AUGUST
                                                                                       SCFL PREMIER
                    SCOTT MURPHY                        KYLE HENRY
                                                                                               19:45
                     AUSTIN OKOLO                       JAKE HILL
                  MAYCKOL SABINO                        NASEEM JAMES
                    JADEN SPARKES                       SHAWN LYLE
                ANDREW YOUNGER                          BRENDAN MURPHY-MCVEY
                                                        MALACHI ROBINSON
                                                        MATT TANTON
                                                        SAM TUTT
                                                        OLLIE TWUM

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