19 Dec 2004 - Seasons
Greeting - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to
all our members and friends of the Club from The Committee.
19 Dec 2004 - Fixtures
for 8 January 2005 - as you can see from the
fixtures on the right, we have 6 home games scheduled for
the 8th January. This is due to the 1s and 2s being
drawn at home in their cups. As a consequence of this,
Jez is requesting the SAL review our league fixtures on the
day and he is also in negotiations with the Vets' skipper
Jim Finn. We'll update the web site as soon as the
fixtures are finalised.
19 Dec 2004 - Weekend
Review - goals, goals, goals at Beddington Park
this Saturday - 30 in 4 games. The 1s did enough to
win comfortably against HSBC, but in the end struggled to a
5-4 win with a 25 yard winner from Keith Cave. The 2s remain second after a thrilling 3-3
draw at Old Salesians, where they managed to overcome a 2
goal deficit in the last 8 minutes. The 3s crashed 2-3 for the
second week, this time at home to Kew Association. The
4s go top of their division after a fine 3-1 win at Alleyn
Old Boys. The 5s crashed 1-5 at home to Kew, while the
6s had a hard earned 1-1 draw at Old Wilsonians. The
7s lost 4-6 at home to Lloyds TSB Bank
On Sunday, the U10s had a day to forget with a very
disappointing performance in a friendly with Nutfield Youth.
15 Dec 2004 - Surrey
Junior Cup - the 1s have a home tie against
Chessington Kings Centre of the Kingston & District
League on 8 Jan. in the fourth round of the Surrey Junior
Cup. The winner of that tie will face either Refectory
Sports or Heathfield Sports on 5 Feb.
14 Dec 2004 - Jim Finn's
Veterans Address -
well done to all who played on Saturday. Despite losing 4-1 to a strong Malden Vets team,
we did play with a good attitude and the game was enjoyable. Our numbers for selection seem to be improving,
so have a good Christmas and keep fit. Next game is 8th Jan at home to Economicals
Jim Finn12 Dec 2004 - Weekend
Review - the 1s won through to the last 16 of the
Surrey Junior Cup despite finding themselves 1-3 down to
Continental Stars in the first half. This match saw
the welcome return of keeper Joe Simons who was standing in
for the injured Neil Backers.
Despite conceding an early goal, the 2s turned on the style
to hit back with three fine first half goals against
previously unbeaten Weirside Rangers. The only
surprise was that the fourth didn't come until the last
minute. The 3s suffered their first league defeat with
a very suprising reverse at
the hands of bottom of the table Merton. In their third tight
game of the season it was the visitors who just edged
it. The 4s' great away victory at South Bank CUACO was
described by skipper Dave Jenvey as "brave and battling
and fully deserved".
The 5s bounced back from last week's defeat to the 6s by
progressing through to the last 16 of the AFA Senior Novets
by seeing off Old Salesians 3-1. The 6s had an
excellent result putting 5 past HSBC, with Rob Morley
bagging 4 himself. The Club's top scorer Adam Lemon's
13th of the season was not enough for the 7s, who lost 1-3
at Merton. The Vets lost 1-4 to a very strong Malden
Vets side in a hastily rearranged fixture.
On Sunday, the U10s were involved in another tight game with
title chasing Epsom Eagles and a goal in the last 5 minutes
settled the tie for the visitors. The U13s crashed 1-5
at Hampton Youth, while the U16s let a 2-1
lead slip and lost 2-3 at home to Manorcroft United.
09 Dec 2004 - Cup Draw - the
3s have been drawn away to Polytechnic in the quarter finals
of the SAL Cup on Sat. 22 Jan. This will be a chance
to avenge the AFA Junior Cup 3-4 reverse earlier in the
season.
08 Dec 2004 - Discipline - unfortunately
we have to report that we have accumulated 16 discipline
points so far this season, which is very worrying. The
consequences of reaching Stage 1, 2 or 3 of the AFA
Discipline code are very serious, involving heavy Club
fines, appearances of Committee members before the AFA and
ultimately exclusion from AFA Cup competitions next
season. This would be wholly unacceptable to us given
the hard work in getting the FA Charter Standard.
Therefore the Committee has introduced the following changes
with immediate effect...
Any booking or sending off for dissent carries an additional
£5 admin surcharge, meaning bookings for dissent are
£15. There is also an immediate Club suspension of 2
weeks.
Anyone found to have given a false name to a referee will be
suspended by the Club for 4 match weekends and asked to
attend the next Committee meeting together with his
skipper. The Committee's ultimate measure is to expel
players who have a discipline problem, for the sake of the
rest of the Club. We will take this action if
necessary.
08 Dec 2004 - Match Fees - here
is how the Match Fees are made up. When away, each
team collects £65 and this goes straight to the Club
coffers (via Peter Stevenson or Graham Radford). At
home games, each team collects £85, of which £22 is
payable to the referee, £20 payable to Pam Woolvin, Peter
Stevenson or Graham Radford for teas and the rest (£43) is
paid straight to Club coffers (via Peter Stevenson or
Graham Radford).
How this Match fee is collected within the team is the
responsibility of the skipper - not the Committee. The
Committee defines how much is levied for Match Fees and
skippers determine who pays how much in each team.
07 Dec 2004 - Alan Waight
Writes... - not wishing to claim credit for my
previous letter concerning attendance after Saturday
matches, but last week après match saw one hell of
an improvement. In fact I felt a bit guilty when leaving
after 6pm to leave such a throng of people,
both players and supporters in the bar - and that was
without the presence of His Highness President Philpott.
Dennis is recovering from knee surgery and wishes to
thank all those people who visited him in Epsom Hospital.
Some less kindly souls have suggested that it was because
of his absence that so many other people stayed on later
than usual! I couldn't possibly comment on that,
except to say that Dennis is expected at Beddington Park
next week, but I unfortunately will not. Read what you
will into that... Anyway well done everyone for the
attendance on Sat. The place was really buzzing despite
the 1s defeat.
...The same Old Git04 Dec 2004 - Drill Tops - all
drill tops that were ordered have been sold, so we suspect
that a few others might be wanted. If there is
sufficient demand, we will order some more. They retail at £20 each - cash on
collection. Contact Buzz at carshaltonfc@hotmail.com
to reserve one.
4 Dec 2004 - Weekend
Review - the 1s lost out on penalties in the AFA
Senior Cup after a 2-2 draw. Simon Clare opened the
scoring on half time, but Finchleians equalised to bring
extra time. A Mark Raven header put Cars back in front
in the first period of extra time, but Finchleians came back
again.
The 2s had an astonishing result at leaders HSBC
putting 6 past them. 11 goals in 2 games has put them
back on top of the division. The 3s got back to
winning ways by putting out division 1 West Wickham in
the SAL Cup, helped in no small measure by a Jack Mesure
hattrick.
The 4s lost at Old Wilsonians. At Beddington Park, the
6s gained revenge for their early season 1-5 defeat to the
Carshalton 5s when they won thanks to a Steve Greenslade
goal. the match was noteable for an act of
sportsmanship by Dave Paterson. When a handball was
awarded against the 6s in controversial circumstances, the
5s tried to get the decision reversed, but the referee had
made his decision. Dave deliberately rolled the
penalty well wide (or that was his story in the bar
anyway). Nice one Dave.
The 7s drew 2-2 with Old Westminster Citz, and it was nice
to see Paul Peagham back at Beddington Park. Rick
Morris's brace puts him one goal behind leading Club scorer
Adam Lemon on 11 goals. The Vets won comfortably 5-2
at Economicals.
On Sunday, the U10s recorded their third league victory with
a 5-1 triumph at home to bottom of the league Staines
Albion. The U13s pulled back a late equaliser at home
to Feltham Wanderers, while the U16s were overpowered in the
WSYL Invitational Cup.
1 Dec 2004 - Youth
Section Parents - all youth section parents are
asked to assist their managers in putting up and collecting
the goals and corner flags, running the line (a WSYL
requirement), and helping in the kitchen as required.
The U10s and U13s have a fantastically supportive set of
parents, but the U16s need your help. Your managers
give up their time to give your boys a game of football, so
please help when asked - or better still, volunteer.
