Welcome to Newham Leisure Centre The Home of Athletic Newham FC Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Saturday 5 th A ugust 202 3 , 3 pm KO Athletic Newham v s Tooting & Mitcham Utd Good Afternoon Welcome to the Terence McMillan Stadium T he h ome of Athletic Newham Football Club We would like to welcome all our match officials and our opponen ts along with all their supporters to this afternoon of football. Club History The club was founded in 2015 as a youth team, then known as Lopes Tavares London, before moving into adult football the following season, joining the Prem- ier Division of the Essex Alliance Football League They played at the Memorial Recreation Ground in West Ham . They finished eighth in their first season and fifth in 2017 – 18, before successfully applying to join the new Division One South of the Eastern Counties Football League for the 2018 – 19 season. On 27 August 2020, the club announced the renaming of the club to Athletic Newham. In 2021, the club were promoted to the Essex Senior League based on their results in the abandoned 2019 – 20 and 2020 – 21 seasons The c lub Finished 8 th in the Essex Senior League and as well as reaching 5 th round of the FA Vase competition in the 2021/22 season. Athletic Newham Football Club represents the Newham Community and now runs three teams: First Team , A Team, B Team and the Academy Our community is our strength. No club of any sporting interest can withstand the test of time without the support of its members and their families. Club Directory 20 2 2 /20 2 3 Chairman / Secretary: Quenedi Francisco Lopes Tavares Treasurer: Irina Voicechovskaja Management Team Director of Football: Ernesto Tchuda Administrator: Tony Lopes Tavares Team Management First Team Manager: Ch r istopher Davis First Team Ass Manager : Ray Bartlett First Team Ass Manager: Tim Tejuoso First Team Coach: Daniel Daniel Balogun Physiotherapist: Miguel Sanha Today’s teams Athletic Newham FC Tooting & Mitcham Utd FC Wilkinson Boateng (GK) Tom Theobald Michael Adu Sol Patterson - Bohner Abdul Shobowale Alex Penfold Richard Kone Sam Orisatoki Michael Ok a f o r Sid Dack Christopher Nguidjol Johnny Akoto Jamal Jimoh Mohamed Cherif Cisse Benjamin Bodipo Jayden Hutchings Idris Aminu Dej ‘Dj’ Adeosun Babs Sonupe Warren Colman Joel Appiah © Marcus Whittaker Sivaruban Sathiyananthan Shawn Lyle Daniel Izekor Hussein Siklawi Jeff Idemudia Shay Brennan Adam Kothia Daayan Salifou Andrew Greenslade Today’s Fixtures Essex Senior League Clubs FA Cup 202 3 /202 4 Athletic Newham V Tooting & Mitcham Utd Buckhurst Hill V Brantham Athletic Cockfosters V Barking Colney Heath V Ilford East Thurrock V Frenford FC Clacton V Real Bedford FC Romania V Tilbury Halstead Town V Romford Hullbridge Sports V Takeley Leverstock Green V White Ensign Little Oakley V Baldock Town Saffron Walden Town V Great Wokering Rovers Sporting Bengal Utd V Stans f eld Stanway Rovers Community V Harpenden Town West Essex V Crawley Green Essex Senior League Premier Division Table POS Club P W D L GD PTS 1 Romford First 2 2 0 0 5 6 2 West Essex FC 2 2 0 0 5 6 3 Sporting Bengal United First 2 2 0 0 3 6 4 Woodford Town FC 2 1 1 0 3 4 5 Halstead Town FC 2 1 1 0 2 4 6 Little Oakley First 2 1 1 0 2 4 7 White Ensign FC 2 1 1 0 1 4 8 Barking FC 2 1 1 0 1 4 9 Athletic Newham FC 2 1 0 1 0 3 10 Takeley FC 2 1 0 1 0 3 11 Hullbridge Sports FC 2 1 0 1 0 3 12 Saffron Walden Town First 2 1 0 1 - 3 3 13 Great Wakering Rovers FC 2 0 1 1 - 1 1 14 Frenford FC 2 0 1 1 - 2 1 15 Tilbury FC 2 0 1 1 - 3 1 16 Stanway Rovers Community First 1 0 0 1 - 1 0 17 Buckhurst Hill FC 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 18 FC Clacton First 1 0 0 1 - 2 0 19 Ilford FC 2 0 0 2 - 4 0 20 Coggeshall Town FC 2 0 0 2 - 4 0 Athletic Newham Football Club Latest Results Athletic Newham B in Action Pre - season friendly: Reinham Working Mens V Athletic Newham B Date: S un day 6 th August 202 3 Venue: 74 Upminster Rd, Rainham RM13 9AA KO: 11AM Date/ time Home team Result Away team 29 /0 7 /202 3 Tilbury 0 - 3 Athletic Newham 01/08/2023 West Essex 4 - 1 Athletic Newham A Brief History of Tooting & Mitcham Utd FC The club was founded in 1932 after a merger between two existing teams, Tooting Town and Mitcham Wanderers. Both clubs had played in the London League and the new entity contin- ued to do so until 1937, when they were accepted into the Athenian League. Leagu e form was initially patchy, but consolation was forthcoming in 1938 with the capture of the Surrey Senior Cup as Dulwich Hamlet were overcome at Selhurst Park. Wartime brought a mixture of friendlies, and a smaller regional league (the South East Com- bina tion) was competed in. In 1942, the London Senior Cup was won for the first time with another triumph over south London rivals Dulwich Hamlet - this time by a 5 - 4 success at Mill- wall’s (old) Den. The club have subsequently lifted this trophy on seven furth er occasions, most recently in 2021. The Surrey Senior Cup has been won nine times in total, including a hat - trick in the years 1974 to 1976 - the first time this has been achieved. In the post - war period, the club continued to play in the Athenian Leagu e, lifting the Champi- onship Trophy on two occasions in 1950 and 1955. In 1956, they were accepted into the Isth- mian League (then consisting of only one division), winning that Championship in 1960 and 1962, alongside consistently high placings for much of the next decade. Perhaps the most famous fixture in their history was the 1959 FA Cup third round tie. Drawn at home to top flight Nottingham Forest, on a frozen pitch at a packed Sandy Lane the under- dogs raced into a two goal lead before Forest fought ba ck with the aid of an own - goal and a dubious late penalty. The first division side exerted their superiority with a comfortable 3 - 0 win in the replay, and went on to lift the cup at Wembley. It was around this time that the club changed from their origina l all - white shirts to black and white stripes, and that has remained their principal colours ever since; a new nickname - ‘the Terrors’ - was also coined, replacing ‘the Lilywhites’. Floodlights were installed at Sandy Lane in March 1962, and the club cel ebrated with a visit from the mighty Arsenal for the inauguration; on an unforgettable evening, the Gunners - fielding a fairly strong side, including Mitcham - born David Court (who was never affiliated with his local club) - were beaten 4 - 2. Tooting enjoy ed a more sustained period of FA Cup glory in the 1970s. In 1974/75, they reached the first round proper for the first time in eleven years and were drawn at home against local rivals Crystal Palace. Tooting took an early lead, but the professional team ra l- lied to win 2 - 1. The following season, Tooting went three steps further, reaching the Fourth Round proper for the only time in their history to date. Having beaten Romford and Leatherhead in the first two rounds, they journeyed to Third Division Swindon Town in the third. As expected, the full - time outfit eased into a 2 - 0 lead and the game looked over as the final whistle approached. How- ever, two late goals turned the tie on its head, and earned the Terrors an unlikely home re- play. Tooting won 2 – 1 at Sand y Lane, amidst predictably raucous celebrations! Eighteen days later, the team and supporters made the long journey north, to Bradford City of Division Four; hopes were high of further glory but it was not to be as the Terrors went down to a 3 - 1 defeat. T his proved to be a high point for the club, although the team went on to reach the second round proper in 1976/77 losing away at Kettering 1 – 0 and the first round proper in 1977/78 losing 2 – 1 at home to Northampton Town of Division Four. Having played in the top flight of the Isthmian League since the introduction of extra divisions in 1973, Tooting were relegated for the first time in their history in 1989 when they finished second - bottom of the Premier Division and dropped into Division One. During one o f the low points of the clubs’ existence, they suffered a further relegation in 1997 and spent four sea- sons around the turn of the millennium playing in Division Two of the Isthmian League and competing in the FA Vase for the only period in their history. Happily, better times were just around the corner, and in 2001 the Isthmian League Division Two title was won. In 2002, after many years of financial frustrations and setbacks, the club sold their Sandy Lane home to developers and moved into a purpose built stadium at Imperial Fields for the start of the 2002/03 season. However despite the new surroundings, further financial difficul- ties beset the club and by 2005 they were only able to continue as a result of being taken on by the current owners, Tooting & Mitcham Sports and Leisure Ltd. Under the new administration, things began to improve on and off the pitch wi th the team playing a very consistent first half of the 2005/06 season, but injuries and the loss of star player Gavin Grant to Gillingham saw the team lose some of their cutting edge and start to falter, eventually finishing in a disappointing 6th place a nd losing to Tonbridge Angels in the semi - final of the play - offs. At the end of this season, former player Billy Smith was appointed as manager. In his first season the club lifted both the London Senior and Surrey Senior Cups, and finished second in the league, but lost the play - off final to Hastings Utd. The following season, after another runners - up position, the club secured promotion by de- feating Worthing 2 - 0 in the play - off semi - final, and Cray Wanderers 1 – 0 in the final - both matches taking place at Imperial Fields. Returning, at last, to the Isthmian Premier after a nineteen year absence, they finished the 2008/09 season in a comfortable 9th place and the following year reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup for the first time since the ‘70 s. Drawn away to Stockport County, then in the third tier of the Football league, many Tooting supporters made the journey north to take their place in a 3,000+ crowd but, unfortunately, they saw only monsoon - like conditions and a 5 - 0 defeat. The manageme nt duo of Billy Smith and George Wakeling decided to call it a day at the end of that season, and despite a succession of managers taking the reins over the next few sea- sons, improvement was not forthcoming and the club finally succumbed to relegation from the Isthmian Premier in 2012. The next few seasons again saw several managers come and go, with none of them able to bring a lasting upturn in fortunes, before Frank Wilson took his first senior role in football in 2015. An uncertain start did little to suggest major improvement was imminent but Wilson made several changes to his staff and introduced Paul Dale as First Team Coach in Novem- ber, a move that saw results improve significantly; the club climbed away from the relegation positions and rounded off the campaign with a 2 - 0 victory over Hendon to lift the London Senior Cup for the seventh time. The following season saw Tooting & Mitcham and Dorking Wanderers battling it out for the Isthmian League Division One South title, with the Terrors pipping th eir rivals on Goal Differ- ence after both teams finished with over 100 points. Premier Division status was again short - lived, unfortunately; with little investment available the team predictably struggled in the higher echelon, yet relegation was only conf irmed on the final day with defeat at Metropolitan Police the final nail in the coffin - just one point on the day would have been enough to ensure survival with only one team going down, but it was not to be and the team departed the division the same way they had entered it - on Goal Dif- ference. The club parted company with Frank Wilson that summer, and installed Ashley Bosah and Cornelius Nwadialor as joint managers. The duo had previously overseen the club’s success- ful U23 side and introduced a number of these youngsters as a slow start became a play - off push after a steady climb up the table. Ultimately, disappointing form at home - where too many games were drawn - meant the team fell just short of their target, and potential conso- lation in the Surrey Senior Cup was not forthcoming as Metropolitan Police proved to be Tooting’s nemesis again with a 2 - 0 victory in the final at Dorking. Hopes were high as the 2019/20 season began, but with the team challenging intensely for promotion, the season was aban doned as the Coronavirus pandemic took hold and the coun- try went into lockdown. The following campaign suffered the same fate after the team had once again started well, but the club managed to lift silverware again as the London FA decided to play the Se nior Cup to a conclusion, and on a sweltering afternoon in late May, a young AFC Wimbledon side was vanquished by 2 - 1 at Hendon’s Jubilee Park and another trophy was added to the club’s list of honours. Despite the optimism which followed this, the 2021/ 22 season started badly, with the club never able to put together a consistent run of results; with relegation looming ever closer they managed to win three of their final five fixtures to haul themselves clear of danger , but it was to be a short - lived re prieve; the following season saw the team struggle to translate perfor- mances into points early on, with the inevitable result that the club spent most of the season in the thick of the relegation struggle. Despite the appointment of Andy Hunt in January, t o work alongside Ashley Bosah, results saw little improvement and the inevitable relegation was confirmed with three matches to play when failure to beat Chipstead at home (the game finished 1 - 1) led to the Terrors relinquishing Isthmian League status afte r 67 years. Andy Hunt left the club shortly after the end of the season, and Ashley Bosah stepped back to resume his former duties overseeing the thriving T&MU Academy system. This led the way clear for the club to announce the appointment of popular form er player Jamie Byatt into the Manager’s chair, quickly followed by his recruitment of former Tooting Bec manager, John O’Connor as his assistant. Completing the trio hoping to restore the club to former glories, Mark Hams - a player with the Terrors’ Isth mian Division Two Championship side of 2000/01 - came on board as First Team Coach, leading to an upsurge in optimism amongst the fans, many of whom had felt their loyalties tested to the limit in recent times. Management Team Manager: Amie Byatt Assistant Manager: John O’connor Coach: Mark Hams GK Coach: James Hodel_Murphy Physio: Bruno Silva Massage Therapist: Sean David Today’s Match Officials: Referee: Abdul Olol Assistant Referees: Kevin Coxe & Mary Talabi C ode of Conduct I understand that I am a member of Athletic Newham FC, and agree to behave in such a way that I do not bring the club into disrepute. Play your part and observe the FA’s Respect Code of Conduct for players at all times. On the field, I will: • Adhere to the Laws of the Game. • Display and promote high standards of behaviour • Promote Fair Play. • Always respect the match official’s decisions. • Never engage in public criticism of the match officials. • Never engage in offensive, insulting or abusive lang uage or behaviour • Never engage in bullying, intimidation or harassment. • Speak to my team - mates, the opposition and my coach/Manager with respect. • Remember we all make mistakes. • Win or Lose with dignity. Shake hands with the opposition team and the referee at the beginning and end of every game. Code of Conduct Coaches and Club Officials • Show respect to others involved in the game including match officials, opposition play- ers, coaches, managers, officials and spectators. Adhere to the laws and spirit of the game. • Promote Fair Play and high standards of behaviour • Always respect the match official’s decision • Never enter the field of play without the referee’s permission. • Never engage in public criticism of the match officials. • Never engage in, or tolerate, offensive, insulting or abusive language or behaviour Code of Conduct for Spectators: • Applaud effort and good play as well as success. • Always respect the match officials’ decisions. • Remain outside the field of play and within the Designated Spectators’ Area (where provided). • Let the coach do their job and not confuse the players by telling them what to do. • Encourage the players to respect the opposition, referee and the match officials. • Avoid criticising a player for making mi stake - mistakes are part of learning. • Never engage in, or tolerate, offensive, insulting, or abusive language or behaviour The Club S ponsors and Associates 'There's no room for racism in football, Kick It Out'