The lord god Andre McCollin hath returneth once more to salvage thy wreckage that is Kingstonian.
The first bit of news from the club in a while that hasn't been depressing at best. Tom Derry is out the door, presumably to make way - I'd say that's a fair trade off.
Fetcham Grove derby in the Surrey Cup 2nd Round as we've been drawn 'away' to Leatherhead.
Full draw:
Leatherhead vs. Kingstonian
Epsom and Ewell vs. Merstham
Farnham Town vs. Metropolitan Police
Westfield vs. Colliers Wood United
Spelthorne Sports vs. South Park
Sutton United vs. Molesey...
He's really feeling the stress of being owner/manager of a team with a budget five times higher than anyone else in the division? Oh bless his cotton socks, the poor thing! Its amazing the other 23 club owners/chairmen of the division havent been sectioned yet in that case.
Wahay we actually took a county cup game seriously for once & played a fairly strong team ending up with a 2-nil victory at Horley Town. Nice little ground there, they have one of those upstairs bars that overlook the pitch which is where I ended up watching the majority of the game from.
It's bullshit is what it is.
Met Police have no fans so technically this is a behind closed doors game now
http://www.claptonultras.org/2017/12/04/what-are-the-metropolitan-police-so-afraid-of/
K's away to Horley Town in the Surrey Senior Cup tonight. This time of year is too jolly for my liking so I've decided to make the trip over there to level things out with depression from being steamrolled by a county league team in the middle of nowhere while contracting pneumonia.
First season away from Kingston, had a decent manager walk out on us a couple of months in to the season for entirely off-field reasons & replaced with someone from the league below who has released a few decent players & replaced them with players from his former team in the league below. No...
I'm inclined to agree, in all fairness it was an underwhelming appointment to begin with although not unexpected given our current circumstances & with hindsight his bright start seems to have been more beginners luck than a sign of things to come. Heybridge seem to be the 'non league cup team'...
Well you could always see how Leigh Dynan is settling in over at the red half of Leatherhead (there's a terminology I never thought I'd say) :)
Dorking Wanderers maybe? I find that club quite interesting with their incredible rise through the pyramid & the acquisition of Meadowbank.
Got to feel for the fans, especially as they are a phoenix club already so for many of them it's the second time they've been through the uncertainties.
Hopefully it won't come to it but they might be the first phoenix phoenix-club? Unless I'm forgetting someone (super basket cases Farnborough...
He's probably a bit busy but the Dulwich manager would make a good interview... although I'm more interested to hear his thoughts on the off-field stuff & how this Meadow business is effecting things.
Something about teams that play at Fetcham Grove teams winning at the Tampondome this season :)
Congratulations to our new esteemed landlords who apparently have a squad made up of our old esteemed landlords.
2-0 up going in to the final 15ish minutes to lose 3-2 at Not Police with their last two coming from ex-K Tom Bird. The Dynan honeymoon period is over but hopefully he can pull us through our FA Trophy game with Ashford on Saturday!
I'm going to the Not Police gane tonight, hoping for more attacking football & another win. Figured I can't not go to an away game that is closer to Kingston than a home game!
Ashford Town (Middx) away if we survive our Tuesday night replay at Thurrock. Potentially easy tie but K's being K's I see it as more of a potential banana skin.
At least it'll be easier to get too than Fetcham Grove :2thumb: