Welcome to The Dripping Pan for this afternoon’s Isthmian Premier League game against Potters Bar Town. Here is your complimentary e-programme.

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Welcome everyone to this afternoon’s game and an especially warm welcome to our visitors from Potters Bar.

On completion of this game, the Rooks would have played half of our league fixtures. Whilst Potters Bar will as always present us with a stiff challenge, if we were to win this afternoon we will have garnered 35 points from our first 21 games of the season which would be about 55% of the points available.

We know from the last two seasons, when we came close to the play off places only to miss out by goal difference last season and fell a couple of wins short the season before, that we will probably need 78 to 80 points to be in the hat for the playoffs come the end of the season. This means in the second half of the season we need to pick up about 45 points which is roughly 70% of the points available.

A reasonably tall order but not impossible considering the quality of our management team, our playing squad and our fantastic support.

Let’s make the Pan our fortress in the second half of the season and cheer on the team to win as many points as possible…we really can do it.

Sadly we will enter the second half of the season without Will Salmon who has made the decision to look elsewhere for regular game time. Will always played with his heart and soul and he will be greatly missed by us all at Lewes.

However, as one door closes another opens and this afternoon home fans will be introduced to our newest signing Sanchez Ming who joined us from Dulwich Hamlet at the beginning of the month. Welcome to the Pan Sanchez.

Let’s hope everyone has a great afternoon’s football, enjoy the game, and come on you Rooks!

Trevor

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to today’s fixture against Potters Bar Town. Here are my thoughts from our recent games.

Bognor

I made a mistake in this game. Asking the players to play three games in 6 days was too much. I should have made more changes to freshen it up. We were flat all game and looked tired. We gave the ball away a lot and didn’t have the energy levels to press hard enough to get it back. Full credit to Bognor, who were the better team on the day, but like I said in my previous notes, this is a very different group to the one who left to go to Belgium. That trip bonded the group so close, and for how bad we were on the day, one thing this group has now is fight! They dug in as a group and defended Nathan’s goal as if their lives depended on it. We kept pushing them back and putting bodies on the line, and when they got their chance, they took it and won the game. That didn’t seem possible not too long ago. I wasn’t happy with how the game went, but I was so proud to see how this new team has come together and how close they have become. They are quickly becoming one of my favourite groups I have worked with. It’s a great dressing room to be a part of.

Cray Wanderers

I wanted to reset the group in the training session leading into this one. Coming off the back of Whitehawk away and Hornchurch away, we had to change the style to suit their pitches, and we didn’t flow vs Bognor so the session was all about reinforcing our ethos and principles and going back over patterns and the mindset of what it takes to be fearless and brave with the ball. We left Saturday having had 76% possession and 17 shots at goal, so yes, it was two points dropped when you look at the game and what we did in it, but I left happy because that’s how Lewes play football, and that’s who we are win, lose or draw, and I know if we play like that most weeks, we are in for a good season. It was great to see Gondoh & Marcus back on the pitch, it’s like having two new players. We still need to give them both time to get up to speed with the main group, so I’m keen not to rush them.

Potters Bar are the form team in the league, and I watched them rip Hashtag apart in a 5-0 win so this is going to be a challenging game, but they will come at us that’s for sure so it has the makings of a good game of football.

Enjoy the game!

Tony

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Men’s matches
Lewes FC vs Bognor Regis Town (3pm) – 01.01.2024
Lewes FC vs Potters Bar Town (3pm) – 13.01.2024
Lewes FC vs Horsham (7:45pm) – 23.01.2024
Lewes FC vs Margate (3pm) – 27.01.2024
Lewes FC vs Carshalton Athletic (7:45pm) – 30.01.2024
Lewes FC vs Billericay Town (7:45pm) – 06.02.2024
Lewes FC vs Chatham Town (3pm) – 17.02.2024
Lewes FC vs. KSK Beveren (7:45pm) – 27.02.2024 – FENIX TROPHY
Lewes FC vs Canvey Island (3pm) – 02.03.2024
Lewes FC vs Concord Rangers (3pm) – 23.03.2024
Lewes FC vs Whitehawk (3pm) – 01.04.2024
Lewes FC vs Kingstonian (3pm) – 13.04.2024
Lewes FC vs Hashtag United (3pm) – 20.04.2024

Women’s matches
Lewes FC vs Durham (12pm) – 21.01.2024
Lewes FC vs Reading (2pm) – 28.01.2024
Lewes FC vs Sheffield United (12pm) – 03.03.2024
Lewes FC vs Watford (2pm) – 17.03.2024
Lewes FC vs Crystal Palace (2pm) – 21.04.2024

For our game vs. Durham on Sunday 21 January we will be going 100% vegan!

We have delicious plant-based food options on offer such as Loaded Fries and Steakless Pies, and much more so we guarantee you won’t be short of options.

Lewes FC’s Commercial Manager Stef McLoughlin has said “Our vegan fans are passionate, full of purpose and on a mission. It’s great to be able to dedicate our match against Durham to them to show our appreciation. We hope that this initiative brings more vegan fans to the club while also encouraging people to make kinder and more sustainable food choices”.

Join Lewes FC for some amazing football and to celebrate Veganuary at the Dripping Pan and be a part of their mission for gender equality while eating delicious vegan food.

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THE FACTS

• The foundations for the Mount Grace Old Scholars (Potters Bar) Football Association were laid in spring 1960.
• The school’s first team were having a good season, but many of the boys were due to leave at Easter. It was then that Ken Barrett; the P.E. Master of Mount Grace School asked them and old ‘Scholars’ to support him in raising a team.
• We were accepted into the Barnet & District League on 29th June 1960. Ken enlisted Bert Wright, the school’s Caretaker and Sven Hammarling and then Bill Venneear. Reserve, 3rd and 4th Teams were added in the following seasons.
• The 2021/22 season saw a return to football and a complete season completed. We went out of the FA Cup in the first qualifying round away to Stowmarket Town but enjoyed our best run to date in the FA Trophy before losing 3-1 away to Braintree Town of the National League South in the second round proper. With an unprecedented wet winter, the club was hampered by having a number of home game postponed due to a continuing waterlogged pitch which put us behind in league fixtures -a lot of mid season work was put into the pitch to aid its recovery.
• Lee O’Leary resigned as manager, but the club appointed the experienced Sammy Moore which saw a change in the team’s performances and the Club achieved a final position of 13^th with 53 points, their best yet at step three.
• Moore oversaw a strong start to the 2022/23 season that left the Scholars shocking the league at the top of the table, a position the team stayed in as late as November. Moore left the Club after 10 months in charge, and Lee Protheroe was promoted from his role as coach, taking his place in the dugout. His tenure was short lived, as he resigned in March with the team safe and in our first ever Velocity Cup final.
• It was left to Max Mitchell to guide the team to the final, which ended 3-0 to Aveley on a difficult night for Bar, but wins against Carshalton and Margate to end the season left fans feeling optimistic, after equalling our best finish of 13th and 53 points.
• Their best performances in the FA Cup were in the 2006–07, 2016–17 and 2019–20 seasons when they reached the 4th Qualifying Round.

ONE TO WATCH?

Ore Bello

We sent our very own Football Tourist to scout Potters Bar’s last game against Hashtag United, for ‘One to Watch’ this week, and here’s what he had to say…

“Ore Bello – plays on right of a two man attack. Very quick, skilful”

With 6 goals scored this season, Bello is proving to be one of Potters Bar’s key players.

RECENT HEAD TO HEAD

19th Aug 2023	Isthmian Premier League	Potters Bar	1	Lewes	2
25th Mar 2023	Isthmian Premier League	Lewes	2	Potters Bar	1
22nd Nov 2022	Isthmian Premier League	Potters Bar	4	Lewes	3
4th Dec 2021	Isthmian Premier League	Lewes	1	Potters Bar	5

OUR LAST GAME

OUR RECENT AWAY TRIP TO WHITEHAWK

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ON THIS DAY IN FOOTBALL HISTORY – 13th JANUARY

One on One is back. In today’s face off, we see the two at the top go head to head. Tony vs Vinesy. Be warned, as the winner of this could cause tensions within the dressing room. Let’s see how they both got on…

Q1: Edgbaston is a cricket ground in which English city?

Tony: Birmingham

Vinesy: Leeds?

Q2: In slang terms, how much money is a Monkey?

Tony: £500

Vinesy: £500 – easy for us Cockneys

Q3: Which sea creature has three hearts?

Tony: Octopus

Vinesy: Octopus?

Q4: What was the name of the mystic man who lived with the Romanov family?

Tony: Rasputin

Vinesy: No idea

Q5: What do musicians such as Carly Rae Jepson, Celine Dion, and Alanis Morisette have in common?

Tony: All from Canada

Vinesy: Canadians?

Q6: How did Peter Pan first meet Tinker Bell?

Tony: I haven’t got a clue

Vinesy: No idea

Q7: Two English players have won the World Cup Golden Boot. Who are they?

Tony: Lineker – 1986, Kane – 2018

Vinesy: Lineker and Hurst

Q8: What is the longest unbeaten run we’ve been on since both of you arrived? 8, 9 or 10 games?

Tony: 9 games?

Vinesy: 10

And the winner is..

TONY RUSSELL

Tony nutmegs Vinesy, shoves him aside, and knee slides in front of the Philcox, as the crowd goes wild. Tony wins 6-3 and joins the rest of the winners (Kalvin, Ryan, Ayo, Tommy and Deon) in the next round, to see who will be crowned the One on One champion. Who do you think will win?

Answers:

1. Birmingham
2. £500
3. Octopus
4. Rasputin
5. Canadians
6. Tinkerbell meets Peter Pan by saving him from being attacked by a shark. 
7. Lineker and Kane
8. 8 games

The Ternana Prize

Whilst the rain continues to fall mainly on the plains of England, over in Italy the sun shines and the football pulses, as the Football Tourist found on his most recent trip to Umbria.

I’m all for clubs being different, but Ternana Calcio, currently in Serie B, perhaps take the individuality to extremes.  One of the club’s nicknames is I Rossoverdi – the Red and Greens.  I can’t think of one other side that can lay claim to those being the primary club colours.  They don’t necessarily always make compatible bedfellows, but Ternana take it to a different level with most of the Stadio Libero Liberati decked out in red and green seats.

Ah yes, the Stadio Libero Liberati, another unusual aspect to the club.  Apparently, it is a multi-use stadium but I’m not sure what other sports could be played there.  It has a strange three, very shallow tier aspect that wraps around most of the ground, with the upper tier basically being a sundeck.  At one end is a fenced in away stand, which sits so far back from the pitch that there is half a football pitch in between the fence and the goal.  Once upon a time there was obviously a running or cycle track around the pitch, now it is just weeds.  It is so bad that it is good. An X user, who saw a photo I had posted of the stadium suggested it wouldn’t look out of place as a Sri Lankan cricket ground.

The city of Terni, sitting on the borders of the Italian regions of Umbria and Lazio, was the first stop on a whirlwind weekend of winter sunshine, escaping the relentless wet weather in the UK.  Despite a lengthy delay at Gatwick as someone had to turn the air traffic control system off and on again (seriously, that is what they had to do to fix a software issue), our journey north-east of Rome had been smooth and we found the stadium, and a parking spot close by with thirty minutes until kick-off.

Home to the patron saint, Saint Valentine, who was a bishop here, the city of Terni was badly damaged by Allied bombing in the Second World War although most of the Roman architecture survived.  It isn’t really on the tourist’s map, but it is most definitely one on the real Italian Football Tourists map thanks to the unique look of the ground and the two sets of rival ultras, who stand at either end of the Tribune Distinti, one of whom is affectionately called The Freak Brothers.

Tickets were a bargain 13 Euro for the Saturday afternoon visit of bottom of the table FeralpiSalo whose eleven fans, sitting isolated in the middle tier of the south stand, had made the long trip down from Lombardy.  The home side, as with many other sides in the lower levels of Italian football, had little in the way of honours.  Two seasons in the mid-1970s was their golden age, twice reaching Serie A, and for a period of time having Cesare Maldini as head coach.  However, by the early 1990’s they went bankrupt and had to reform in Serie D.  Today they are struggling in Serie B, coming into the game just two places above the visitors in the relegation zone. 

We had free reign to go where we wanted in the Curva Nord, naturally choosing to try to blend in with the ultras.  With my black jacket, shades and scarf on, I blended in.  I just bounced up and down on a plastic seat to complete the effect, randomly raising my arms in protest to something happening on the pitch which seemed so far away.  It wasn’t the best of games – neither side really troubled their opposing keeper.  We did have something to shout about just before half-time when Filippo Distefano put the home side ahead, celebrating in front of the ultras and then having to make the five-minute jog back to the pitch.

The ‘Le Fere’, or the Beasts to give them their other nickname, got a half-time earful and were sent out a few minutes early for the second period.  According to Wikipedia the club ‘enjoy’ a rivalry with Perugia.  Based on the graffiti around the ground I would suggest it is a bit more than just enjoyment, and the ultras started a little ditty about the Perugia fans mothers as the second half got underway.  Whatever was said at half-time it didn’t work as within a few minutes FeralPisalo scored just their eleventh goal of the season, thanks to Mattia Tonetto’s effort from close range to send the eleven away fans into raptures.

Their lead lasted fifteen minutes before Lorenzo Lucchesi slotted home after a swift break to put Ternana back ahead and this time it wasn’t a lead they were going to throw away.  Despite a couple of nervy moments as the sun sank behind the main stand, they held on and got their three points to lift them out of the relegation zone.

A picture paints a thousand words, or at least fifty in the case of the Stadio Libero Liberati.  It is certainly one to put on the calcio bucket list albeit one that isn’t the easiest to get to.  Our stay was brief, as we returned to the car, pointed it southwards and headed off into the night for day two of an Italian double (potentially, treble) bill.

KIT CLASH BY HARVEY LOCK

In this segment of the Progcast, we welcome young Harvey Lock, who throughout the rest of this season, plans to rate each Isthmian Premier team’s home and away kit, as we all know we’ve seen some unique kits during our time…

Home

Claret isn’t a common thing down at this level for some reason, but PBT’s claret and white is like an upper-middle class West Ham in the best way. A collared shirt always gets bonus points from me, as well as the pure white shorts. Just everything about it is classy, ruined only slightly by the quite ugly sponsor hogging up the middle space. Very nice indeed. 8/10

Away

More of the same, but this time in what I can only describe as Man City blue. Unfortunately falling victim to the ‘same design, different colour’ trend that I’m not a fan of, however the design it’s copying is good enough that it might just get a pass. Umbro have smashed it with these two. Keep the colours, and get yourselves a normal-looking sponsor next season and there could be conversations about being the best in the league. 8/10

YOUNG ROOKS – OUR UNDER 18’S

Pos.	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1.	Worthing	7	6	0	1	26	18
2.	Lewes	7	6	0	1	11	18
3.	Burgess Hill Town	7	4	1	2	13	13
4.	Horsham	7	4	0	3	9	12
5.	Three Bridges	5	3	0	2	2	9
6.	Whitehawk	4	2	1	1	3	7
7.	Bognor Regis	6	2	1	3	-5	7
8.	Hastings	6	2	1	3	-10	7
9.	Eastbourne Borough	8	2	0	6	-15	6
10.	Horsham YMCA	9	0	0	9	-34	0

As things stand, our under 18’s sit top of table, alongside Worthing. Our current top goal scorer is Harley Dawson, with 7 goals in 7 appearances.

Our most recent result was on the 18th of December, with a 3-0 away defeat to Bognor. Unfortunately, the young Rooks were meant to play at home to Whitehawk on Thursday, but the game was postponed, due to the recent freezing temperatures. The U18’s next game is away to Three Bridges on the 15th of January, and the next home game is against Worthing on the 25th of January, which promises to be an entertaining game, as both sides jointly lead the table. More U18 news to come!

For more information on our U18’s, please visit: https://fulltime.thefa.com/table.html?league=854276820&selectedSeason=247163682&selectedDivision=960625557&selectedCompetition=0&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_153605376

THE LEAGUE TABLE AND FORM

ON THE ROAD TO…HASHTAG UNITED- MONDAY 15th JANUARY

How was last season?
There’s been few better campaigns in Isthmian history than that of Hashtag’s one in the North division last season, where they won the league by 7 points (and just 21 points clear of third), dropping just 16 points all season. Surprisingly, they actually lost their first game of the season at Bury Town.  However, they broke all sorts of records from mid-November, winning 21 consecutive games, and dropping just five points from the end of October to the end of the season.

Whilst the club is based around a successful global social media strategy, their manager Jay Devereux has built a strong squad of players with experience at Step 2 and 3, and they will be the dark horses this season.

Isthmian League North – 1^st – P 38 W 32 D 2 L 4 GS 101 GA 35 GD +66 PTS 98

• FA Cup – First Qualifying Round – Romford (A) 2-3
• FA Trophy – First Qualifying Round – Bedford Sports (A) 2-2 Lost 5-4 on penalties
• Essex Senior Cup – Third Round – Canvey Island (H) 1-1 Lost 5-3 on penalties
• Isthmian League Cup – Third Round– Haringey Borough (H) 1-1 Lost 3-1 on penalties

When did we last meet Hashtag United?
In a word, never.  Hashtag United were only formed in 2016 and have been on an upward trajectory since, winning the Isthmian League North last season to reach Step 3 for the first time.

About The Len Salmon Stadium
Just when we thought we’d made our last trip for a while to Bowers & Pitsea after their relegation, up pop tenants Hashtag United.  For those who haven’t experienced a trip to the heart of the Essex Man, the ground has gone through a major transformation in recent years after Bowers & Pitsea’s club’s promotion to the Isthmian Premier League two seasons ago. The club installed a 3G pitch for the start of the aborted 2019/20 season as well as redeveloping a couple of the small stands around the pitch.

The covered terrace behind the north end of the ground is certainly unique, with a feeling that you are walking through a long corridor, with windows onto the pitch.  It’s great for fans to make a noise in though.  It is a compact ground but has plenty of cover and more than adequate for the club, with a decent size, modern bar in the main stand and a very good food hatch who do large portions of chips for just £2.

How to get to The Len Salmon Stadium
The ground isn’t easy to reach by public transport with the nearest train station, Pitsea, being a forty minute walk away.  Basildon has more trains but it is 3 miles from the ground.  Buses 5 and 28 both run from the station to Crown Avenue.

So driving is the best option but allow plenty of time to navigate the Dartford Tunnel.  When you are through the tunnel take the junction 30 and head East onto the A13.  After 14 miles take the turn off for Pitsea.

At the roundabout take the first exit so that you pass Tesco’s on your left.  At the next roundabout take the third exit (Ashlyns) – go straight at the next roundabout (approx. 20 metres). Follow the road until the next roundabout and take the second exit and then take the first left into Kenneth Road.  Follow the road to the end and turn right and then immediate left into the ground.

Visitors car park is at far end of clubhouse building.  Access to clubhouse via pathway between clubhouse and football pitch then side door beside patio area.

Admission at The Len Salmon Stadium
Admission last season was £10 for adults, £5 for concessions (senior citizens and students), and accompanied under 12s £1 and NHS are admitted free of charge.  

Fancy a beer?
There’s not a lot around the ground although The Gun on London Road, about 20 minute’s walk from the ground is recommended.

ON THE ROAD TO…BILLERICAY TOWN – SATURDAY 20th JANUARY

How was last season?
The Blues were one of the pre-season favourites having invested heavily in their squad but got off to a terrible start, winning just once in their opening six games of the season and sat bottom of the league at the end of September.  Results improved quickly and they soon found themselves in the top half of the table, yet never really challenged at the top of the table.  The reached their highest league position, 7^th in January after a 5-1 win against Kingstonian, but four consecutive defeats saw them drop back to mid-table where they never recovered from.

New manager Gary McCann has heaps of experience at Step 2 and 3 and has built a strong squad for this season, with the Blues once again one of the pre-season favourites.

Isthmian Premier League – 10^th – P 42 W 19 D 8 L 15 GS 66 GA 59 GD +7 PTS 65

• FA Cup – Third Qualifying Round – Biggleswade Town (A) 0-3 in a replay
• FA Trophy – Second Round – Bath City (H) 1-3
• Essex Senior Cup – Fifth Round – Hornchurch (A) 1-4
• Isthmian League Cup – Third Round – Potters Bar Town (H) 1-3

When did we last meet Billericay Town?
The two games against The Blues last season yielded just one point for the Rooks but it could have easily been six.  In the first meeting in September, with the returning Michael Klass making his debut, again.  Alas, Klass saw red in the 73^rd minute by which time the Rooks were chasing the game.  John Ufuah gave the hosts the lead in the 11^th minute, and when Chris Dickson raced clear to score a second in the 52^nd minute it looked game over.  But the Rooks stormed back.  Joe Taylor pulled one back in the 58^th minute then had a perfectly good effort chalked off for offside.  Then Ayo Olukoga on a rare foray into the opposing penalty area saw his goal disallowed for a handball that the referee managed to see from 50 yards away. 

In the return match in February, Joe Taylor gave the Rooks a 36^th minute lead but a fantastic effort from Kareem Isiaka on the hour saw the visitors leave with a point.

Our last six meetings

W 0 D 3 L 3 GS 7 GA 11

About New Lodge
A lot has changed in recent years at New Lodge and it is one of the best grounds at Step 3 anywhere in the country today.  The problematic pitch has been replaced by a decent 3G surface, with the slope from corner to corner removed.  Both ends had very similar looking covered terraces installed, whilst a new all seated stand called the Harry Parker Stand was erected on the clubhouse side of the stadium. This smart looking covered stand is around half the length of the pitch in size and runs from the halfway line down towards the Blunts Wall Road End.

Opposite is the Family Stand. Although only four rows high, this all-seated stand is covered and runs the full length of the pitch.

Another unusual feature is that within the perimeter of the ground, in one corner, near the stadium entrance is a large tree which overlooks the stadium. Outside the ground, the rear of the Harry Parker Stand is covered with an impressive row of large murals, one of the reminders of the Glenn Tamplin ownership era.

How to get to New Lodge
From Lewes – A27/A23/M23 and then head anti-clockwise on M25 through the Dartford Tunnel.  Leave the M25 at the junction with the A12 (J28) and take the A1023 through Brentwood. When you get to Shenfield take the A129 towards Billericay. Alternatively, on leaving the M25 continue down the A12 towards Chelmsford until you reach the next exit (Mountnessing). At the roundabout take the first exit (turn left) then take the first right (just after the scrap yard). Continue along this route until you reach a mini roundabout. Turn left, then you are on the road into Billericay. Note there is a height restriction of 13’3″ on this route. Both of these routes will bring you into Billericay on the same route. On entering Billericay turn right at the first set of traffic lights (near the Texaco Garage). Blunts Wall Lane is a little way along on the right.  Parking is down this road and into the cricket club which is the next entrance passed the ground.

By Rail – Billericay is located on the Liverpool Street – Southend Victoria line; trains run approximately every 20 minutes on most days. Billericay Town Football Club is approximately 25 minutes’ walk from the station. On leaving the station turn right into Radford Way. At the top of the road turn right, crossing the railway line by the footbridge. Then turn right again at the bottom of the High Street into Western Road. Walk the full length of Western Road, then cross over at the traffic lights into Tye Common Road. Blunts Wall Lane is a little way along on the right. Note Mayflower taxis are located just outside the station and will transport you to the ground for a modest fee.

Admission at New Lodge
Admission this season is £12 for adults, £7 for concessions (senior citizens and students), Under17s £5 and accompanied under 11s £1. 

Fancy a beer?
There’s a decent sized bar at New Lodge but if you fancy a beer on the way to the ground then check out the Billericay Brewing Company in Chapel Street which offers a range of their beers brewed on site plus guest beers.  The Red Lion on the High Street is on the walk from the station to the ground and has a range of cask ales.

Legals and Credits

“The Isthmian Football League strongly supports the FA statement that there should be a zero tolerance approach against racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly any form of discriminatory abuse whether it by reason of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, sex and sexual orientation or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association for action by that Association.” (The FA 0800 085 0508 / Kick it Out 020 7253 0162).The Isthmian League and all Member Clubs in the League are committed to promoting equality by treating people fairly and with respect, by recognising that inequalities may exist, by taking steps to address them and providing access and opportunities for all members of the community.”

Lewes 2000 FC Limited. Registered in England and Wales with Company Registration Number 03790979. Lewes 2000 FC Limited is 100% owned by Lewes Community Football Club.

Honorary President Terry Parris
Interim Chair Trevor Wells
Directors Priscila Aldridge, Willa Bailey, Tim Bradshaw, Ed Briggs, Andy Gowland, John Peel, Trevor Wells
Chief Executive Officer Maggie Murphy
Club Secretary John Peel
Fan Engagement Manager Shrey Nilvarna
Operations Manager Damian Watts

Life Members
Peter Brook, Dorothy Brook RIP, Vic Blunt, Pat Dartnell, Gary Elphick, Gordon Fowlie, Peter Hiscox RIP, Billy Nixon, Derrick Parris RIP, Terry Parris, Jimmy Quinn, P. Swaysland, Steve Ibbitson, Jason Hopkinson, Steve White, Martin Elliot, Kevin Fingerneissl, Kevin Powell, David and Barbara Arnold, Roger and Cathy Feltham, Ethel Treagus, Roy Dartnell RIP, Ron Moore, Derek Southouse, Ray Smith, Ken Carter RIP

Manager Tony Russell
Assistant manager Joe Vines
First team coach Nathan White
First team physio Toni Miller
Goalkeeping coach Charlie Himbury
Match logistics Vikram Dogra
First Team Performance Analyst Henderson Russell
Under-18s Manager Jon Miller

Golden Rook Rob Read
Web Editor Stuart Fuller
Progcast Editor Stan Lahood
Club Photographer James Boyes

TODAY’S QUIZ ANSWERS

1. A 34-year-old David Moyes took charge of his first match as a manager, stepping up from Preston’s assistant manager when previous boss Gary Peters resigned. His first match as the boss was in front of 1618 fans at Macclesfield Town’s Moss Road ground where Preston won 1-0 in an Auto Windscreens Shield second round tie.
2. At  40 years of age former England goalkeeper David Seaman announced his retirement from football because of a recurring shoulder injury. Kevin Keegan had signed him for Manchester City in 2003 and Seaman had enjoyed a League career of over 20 years with Peterborough, Birmingham, QPR, Arsenal as well as Manchester City and had played 75 times for England.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo has the reputation of being a decent player and goalscorer. During his first spell at Manchester United he scored 118 goals in his 292 first team appearances for the Reds. But surprisingly he only managed one hat-trick in that total – that came on 12th January 2008 when his three second-half goals helped United to a 6-0 win over Newcastle at Old Trafford.
4. Worksop Town, the then Midland League champions put on a great display against Spurs at White Hart Lane with many home fans in the 23,928 crowd cheering on the non-leaguers as Worksop recording a memorable 0-0 draw.
5. On this day in 2017/18, Ronnie Conlon scored the only goal in a 1-0 at Chipstead.