crouch end vampires
football club
Members of the Southern Amateur Football League
Affiliated to the Amateur Football Alliance
President:
J.Whelan
Chairman; G.Dearle
Est. 1883
Life Vice
D.Whit J.W.Lingwo
T.Morga
D.Thorbur G.Dearle
Presidents:
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Coppetts Road, Muswell Hill, London N10 1JB
020 8883 6908
www.crouchendvampires.co.
uk
Letter No. 11…..Editor Geoff Riding
Contact at : [email protected]
Season 2008/09
Monday 27/10/08
Vamps info!!
Nice one, Churchy!!....Received this nice e-mail from

Merton last week, just after the letter had gone out….thought you would all
like to read about “the young lad”!!
“I would like to commend the attitude of your third team on Saturday, after travelling
across London to be told there was no referee, unfortunately the appointed ref for our
fourth team cup game failed to show so the third team ref was taken, one of your players
offered to ref the game and did an excellent job without any bias, both teams respected
his decisions. The team and especially the young lad who refereed the game are a credit
to
your
club,
please
pass
on
my
thanks.”
Terry Baker; President, Merton FC
 “Golden Boot” & “Clean-sheet Champ”!
Hopefully Young Josh will get his homework done on time and can then work out who’s done
what…currently The Hot Shot tells me he’s ahead of the pack by 3 goals!!~~ouch!!
….and
finally! Another reminder to contact PAUL AYERS ON 07908
046258. if you have any issues regarding selection or are unable to play. Paul
is Chairman of Selection and as such any and all changes MUST go through
him AND NO-ONE ELSE!! If you can’t play LET HIM KNOW!
CAPTAINS AND MANAGERS
After each game you must text your game result and refs name to Paul
Mourton on 07932 712701. Match reports are to be emailed to
[email protected] by Monday noon for inclusion in Newsletter. Duty
Captain, remember that it is your responsibility to ensure the raffle gets
done when it is your turn!!!
Next Committee Meeting; 6th November, 7.00p.m.
Teams for Saturday 1st November 2008.
Please note earlier Kick-offs!!
Captains will be informed by J.Winchester if there are any
ground changes.
1st XI v Kew Association; AWAY Riverside Drive, Ham KO 2.15 pm; Meet 12.00
pm; SAL Ref: tba
Manager - Ina Singh - 020-8361-6870
Twilley, Dawson S, Noble, Gregory, Hagan, Geeves, Dawson D, Lockley, O’Neill,
Lawrence J, Ayers, Pidgeon R, Pidgeon T, Sol, Elliott
2nd XI v Old Wilsonians; HOME
KO 2.15 pm Meet 1.00 pm SAL Ref: Brian
Broadbridge
Captain/Manager(s) – Ben Shields, Laurie Allen, Henry Buli
Wilshire, Shields, Buli, Johnson, Callaghan, Meek, Nwosu, Knight, Driscoll, Ephgrave S,
O’Hara
---Subject to Captain.’s change--3rd XI v Norseman; HOME
KO 2.15 pm; Meet 1.00 pm; SAL Ref tba
DUTY XI PLEASE
Captain –- Paul Churchill 07958 309125; Asst Manager- Dean Moriarty;
Churchill, Ephgrave J, Moriarty J, Hindi, Bradley, Fields, Christou, Spillane, Morrish,
Charles, Reilly, Mackey, McDonagh
4th XI v EBOG’s 4th XI; HOME , KO 1.30pm; Meet 12.15 CUP Ref:; John
Alexander
Captain – Jason Demel 07841 016083
Donaghey, Demel, Harvey M, Harvey B, Graham, Bailey, Osinaike, Walls, Green L,
Green T, Faherty,
5th XI v Old Owens 5th XI; AWAY Coopers Lane, Northaw
KO 2.15 pm; Meet
12.30 pm; SAL Ref;
Captain – Graham Surry – 07957 658246
Surry, Bahjan, Futare, Jennings P, Jennings K, O’Connell, Bolton, Wynne, Robinson,
Wicker , Clark
6th XI v Old Wokingians 5th XI ; AWAY Kingsmeadow, Loop Road, Woking KO
1.30 pm; Meet 11.15 pm; CUP Ref. tba
Captain – Paul Mourton—07932 712701, & Mickey Flavin, 07958 328913
Thorburn, Sargent, Thomas, Lucien, Henson, Colbeck, Huckle, Bonner, Saunders,
McGory, Farrer
7th XI v
No Match
Captain – John Roberts—07984 825405
---AllPlayers are reserves--th
8 XI v Alexandra Park 7th XI; AWAY Racecourse Ground; KO 2.15 pm; Meet
12.45 pm; SAL Ref.
Captain – Greg Dearle – 07815 649068
---Captain to inform all players--Suspended; Petri (until further notice); Evangelou (until 08/11)
Match Results and Reports!
They pinch our dressing-room, they nick our drinking-tables and now they steal the mighty
8’s title as “Team-of-the-Week”! Who are they?..Gaffer’s sizzling 1’s of course, with a
great win as they push on in their quest for back-to-back promotion~well done boys, but
don’t get too cocky with the Old Gits!!!
Ist XI v HSBC….Won 2-1; Scorers; ??
No Report from The Gaffer, so enjoy the table below!!
Division
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
Crouch End Vampires 1’s
6
4
1
1
7
3
+4
13
Broomfield
6
4
0
2
16
13
+3
12
Civil Service
6
3
1
2
14
9
+5
10
BB Eagles
5
3
1
1
9
8
+1
10
Old Parkonians
6
2
3
1
7
6
+1
9
Carshalton
5
2
2
1
13
10
+3
8
East Barnet Old Grammarians
5
1
2
2
9
9
0
5
Norsemen
5
1
1
3
5
9
-4
4
HSBC
5
1
1
3
7
12
-5
4
Kew Association
5
1
0
4
6
11
-5
3
Merton
4
0
2
2
6
9
-3
2
2nd XI v Norseman… Lost 1-2; Scorer; Knight
With the, ahem, pressure of the job proving too much for the management team of the last couple
of seasons, the 2's have been put in a difficult position, shorn of administration and players.
Amazingly, in view of such Spurs-like antics, Vamps produced their best display of the season despite
losing 2-1 to a well organised and technically capable Norsemen. Left short by numerous late dropouts and refuseniks, we nevertheless put in a real team performance. Unsurprisingly, the first 20
minutes was our downfall, as yet another new back-five took some time to settle in and Norsemen
took advantage of our lack of co-ordination to nick two easy goals. After that, however, we
outpassed and outplayed them for an hour either side of half-time and only bad luck and good
goalkeeping prevented us getting on level terms. We did have them in trouble after a fine move was
finished crisply by KNIGHT midway through the second half, and only our lack of fitness let them off
the hook towards the end as our intensity levels inevitably dropped. Still, a good team performance
from new boys and regulars alike, much assisted by a genuine team spirit not seen in the 2's for some
time. Plenty of reasons to be optimistic for the rest of the season if we continue to learn from our
mistakes. Special thanks to Jimmy Connolly for his valuable input.
3rd XI v Winchmore Hill…Lost 2-5; Scorers; ??
No Report from Churchy’s boys this week…standards are slipping!!!
4th XI v Broomfield 4th XI…Lost 1-2; Scorer; Harvey M
Not much to report this week – a poor result against a 10-man side which has cost us another 3
points. So, what happened? Well, we were in control for most of the first half (when it was 11 v 11)
and despite being presented with an untold amount of chances we failed to convert big time. Then
as if too make things even easier for us, one of Broomfield’s defenders decided to get himself sentoff after, for no obvious reason, fouling, verbal abusing and then strangling P. Graham. From that
point on we should have wrapped –up the game, but instead we panicked, making mistake after
mistake, and letting Broomfield take control. We went off at half-time with our heads down and the
score 0-0. The Health Iinspector, C. Osinaike, found a rat in our kitchen and gave us a bollocking for
playing like a bunch of muppets. So, we stepped out for the second half ready for action and then
suffered from group amnesia, forgetting everything that was said during the team talk as soon as
the whistle was blown. It didn’t take long before we got punished: a well taken free-kick from the
edge of the box and we were 1-0 down. We managed to equalise soon after, when M. Harvey flicked
in a header from a well worked throw-in, involving C. Osinaike and L. Green. As soon as we were
level, Broomfield raised their game, while we all fell off a cliff. With 10 or so minutes to go,
Broomfield took the lead after a soft-shot was spilled into the path of the opposition who duly
converted. They could have embarrassed us even further, after a shot from a corner was cleared off
the line with my face! Overall, a shocking performance and an even worse result.
5th XI v Winchmore Hill 6th XI…Lost 2-5; Scorers; ??
~~NO REPORT RECEIVED!!~~
6th XI v Alexandra Park 5th XI… Lost 3-5; Scorers;??
~~NO REPORT RECEIVED!!~~
7th XI v EBOG’s 6th XI….Lost 1-4; Scorer; Stavrinou
CEV 7’s started better than ever taking a 1-0 lead over Ebog 6’s with good passing to set up Nick
Stavrinou who slotted it pass the keeper. It stayed like that for a while until Ebog’s equalised ten
minutes before half time. After the half, Ebog’s stepped up another gear, which we found hard to
match. They went on to score three more goals, making the final score 4-1. What I am finding hard
this year is the lack of commitment from players who are picked but don’t even call you to let you
know they’re not playing, and also not having a regular squad each week anyway..enough moaning!!
Thanks to the guys that did turn up and gave their all, sorry the result didn’t reflect their effort and if
anyone knows of a goalkeeper!?!... ‘cos I am sh*t*!! (I’ve seen worse!! Ed)
8th XI v Old Parks 8th XI…Won 2-1; Scorers; Longworth, Harrington
A bit like watching the Arsenal! Vamps raced into a deserved 2-0 lead in less than ten minutes with
neat goals from the increasingly impressive Longworth and goal-a-match Harrington against a shellshocked Old Parks. A string of near-misses and fine saves from their inspired keeper frustrated the
Vamps and a moments lapse allowed Old Parks to pull one back before half-time. Lovely football
after the break from both young and less-young in the Vamps and more fine saves kept the score at
2-1, but it could easily have been a lot more! Great to watch though and special mention to MOM
Olusegun (Yinka), solid tackling against some hefty opponents twice his weight!!
STOP PRESS!!~~~Golden Boot~~as of 24/10
1’s
Goals
2’s
Goals
Gregory
Ayers
Dawson D
Geeves
Pidgeon T
2
1
1
1
1
Newton J
Miller
Knight
O’Hara
Meek
Newton A
2
2
2
1
1
1
3’s
Charles
7
Bradley
Fields
Hindi
Reilly
Ephgrave J
Spillane
3
3
2
2
1
1
Harvey M
Stavrinou
Aussie Paul (!?!)
Walls
Harvey B
Chambers
4’s
5’s
Jennings K
Futore
Wicker
Wynne
Evangelou
6’s
2
2
1
1
1
McGroy
Gilbert
Saunders
Kelly
Holt
2
2
2
1
1
Appiah
McGowan
Harrington
Manoli
Whitaker
Whelan
7’s
Rainford
Ladbrook
Roberts B
Huckle
Colbeck
1’s
Twilley
2
1
1
1
1
8’s
Clean-sheets!!..where applicable!!
No.
2’s
3
Marlon
1
Donaghey
3’s
Moriarty
4
4
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
1
No.
1
4’s
5’s
1
6’s
0
7’s
0
8’s
0
Any disputes/queries, pester Josh!
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