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24/01 |
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McCollin can be Terrors' hero
- ollowing his goalscoring return to action.
Kenny Brown reflects on Saturdays defeat in this
Surrey Comet article
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20/01 |
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Big Week for Tooting
- says Kenny Brown as Terrors approach games
against relegation rivals Harrow Borough and Aveley in this
Surrey Comet article |
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12/01 |
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Brown backs Hall
- praise for the youngster from the manager following Saturdays victory over the league
leaders in this
Surrey Comet article |
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1/1/12 |
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People news
- Congratulations to our chief steward (and
long time supporter) Lyn Catchpole, who has been made an MBE
in the New Years Honours list.
The
match at Kingstonian was Nigel Sarsons last as match day
secretary. A big thank you for all your work at the club
over many, many years. I'm sure we'll see much more of
that happy smiling face on the terraces from now on. |
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31/12 |
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Brown gets a
grilling
from Tootings answer to David Frost, Nigel
Wood - and not a strand of hair between them! Watch it
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20/12 |
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Kenny Browns first
interview
Looks over his CV and considers the size
of the task ahead of him in this
Comet article |
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A message from
Mark on his departure
"I would thank all the fans for there support
throughout my time as manager. I want to thank all my
players and staff for there efforts, and a special thank you
to Nigel Sarson for all his help. I'm gutted my time is over
but truly believe the club can go on and be successful in
the future. Good luck for the rest of the season and I will
always look out for your results"
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30/10 |
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Tooting & Mitcham searching for a goalscoring
hero
Mark Beard is spending this week searching
high and low for a goalscorer that will end Tooting &
Mitcham's current woes.
Comet Article |
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23/10 |
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Beard slams his Tooting & Mitcham players
Mark Beard blasted his players' work ethic as
Tooting and Mitcham's slump in form continued with another
dismal league defeat on Saturday.
Comet Article |
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20/11 |
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Message from
Mark
"I would like to say a big thank you to all our fans
yesterday as they were unbelievable all game. They
didn't stop singing and did not deserve a performance
like that from the team.
A lot of players have left recently who I know would run
through brick walls for me. Yesterday only a handful
showed any passion or desire. You can't hide on a
football pitch, players will have bad games, make
mistakes, but there is no reason why they can't give
100%.
I love Tooting and am proud to be manager, but the
situation I'm in gives me a massive headache. I've
got to look at the players and question if they are
giving everything for me and, more importantly, for the
club.
the fans are the ones who turn up week in, week out and
always support with pride and I'm sorry that we've let
you down once again. Thanks again and KEEP
BELIEVING. |
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17/11 |
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Byatt bids Tooting & Mitcham a fond farewell
Now playing (and scoring) at Merstham, along
with a number of other ex-Terrors, Busy looks back - but
keeps the door open for the future
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10/11
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Its been a frustrating week, losing two key players
at a important time of the season. Especially
disappointing as one of them is the clubs longest
serving player. Busy has been fantastic on and off
the field for me and I can't speak highly enough of
him.
When I first took over, he was out with a serious injury
but I have never seen anyone work as hard as him to get
fit and also help out - doing kit, filling water
bottles, working behind the bar etc. He is truly a
Tooting legend and I'm gutted he's going. We constantly
chat and he hasn't been happy for a couple of months,
with changes behind the scenes and in personnel on the
field, he has said he wasn't enjoying his football. I
totally understand and have told him the door is always
open for him if he wants to come back. I would like to
thank Busy for all his hard work, great attitude, gutsy
performances and fantastic goals. I hope to see him back
at TMUFC soon.
Also leaving is Lee Newman due to work commitments, Lee
has come in and always worked extremely hard. I don't
believe we saw the best of Lee and with his work in
Dartford, he was finding it hard to give his best to
both jobs. I would like to thank Lee and his efforts.
Moving onto
Saturday's must win game, we have one injury doubt with
Andre McCollin out with a groin injury. Andre has been
in good form and is another blow, we do have options
though and Leon Constantine should feature as a sub.
Horsham are bottom of the league but reports are they
are improving with every game, only losing 1-0 to
Lowestoft on Tuesday night.
I've told the players its time to start performing and
stop the rot. We have a massive amount of games coming
up and a key time in the season.
Please continue your fantastic support.
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9/11 |
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Busy leaves Imperial
Fields.
Tootings longest serving
player, Jamie Byatt, has left the club. Busy made his debut
in August 2007 and clocked up 133 appearances. He also
scored 37 goals of which many, most notably those at home to
Margate and at Leatherhead, were very special.
Busy has a built a special
bond with the fans, who were happy to help him through a
nasty injury a couple of years ago. It is, therefore, no
surprise that he would like to say a few words on his
departure:
"I'd just like to let you
all know that I've left Tooting and
Mitcham and would like to thank you all
for my great times at the club.
Thanks for your support and
encouragement during my years there,
especially through my injury. Good luck
for the rest of the season and keep your
good support going. All you fans and the
club will be in my heart - never
forgotten"
THANK YOU BUSY - FROM ALL IN THE
BOG END (and even from those in the
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1/11 |
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1/11 - Osa at ALEX
In form Osa Obamwonyi has been handed a trial will League
Two club Crewe Alexandra, managed by former Tooting player
Dario Gradi, according to the
BBC |
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31/10 |
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Beard backs McCollin
Following the forwards return to goal scoring
form after two years of struggling with serious injuries
Comet Article |
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21/10
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It was very pleasing to get our
first home win against Croydon Athletic in the Cup.
It was long over due and I don't care if it was
against team from a division below, the most
important thing is we won and played well.
It should give us more confidence
going into The FA Trophy game with Wealdstone
tomorrow. The
match away to Wealdstone is a tough draw but its a
competition i have won once at the New Wembley and
Geoff twice at the Old Wembley. We will stress the
importance of the Cup and make sure they play with
confidence and hopefully use these two cup games to
be the start of our season. It
gives us a chance to forget about our league form
and try and go on a nice cup run. Its always nice
for the fans to get to a final and gives the players
a chance to win something. With the luck of the
draw, it is possible to get through the early stages
and then you never know what will happen.
There have been some
encouraging performances, Mark Briggs has came
in and been excellent, his experience and
quality in midfield will help us. Jack Giddens
has been outstanding in goal and Osa continues
to play well every week. I feel the team are
gelling and I believe this the best squad I have
had since i have been here. They are responsive
in everything we tell them and are here to
improve and be successful. It has taken time but
this squad of players have been together for 4
weeks now, they are getting better with every
game and everything we have worked on in
training, they are starting to produce in
matches.
I'm pleased to announce 2 quality signings, i have
managed to re-sign Michael Noone, Nooney is a
fantastic player and we never replaced him in the
summer so i'm very happy about him returning. The
other signing is Charlie Stimson, Stimmo is a
forward/midfielder and is a quality young player, he
has played for Gillingham and Barnet, and will be a
very good player for us. Both played very well on
Wednesday night and just adds more quality to the
squad.
On the injury front, Jordan
Wilson has been struggling with a knee injury
and Joe O'Ceruill has had a groin strain.
Players leaving recently are
Ben Palmer, Mark Grads, Simon Lechljy and Jason
Henry. I wish them all the best of luck,
especially Jason who has been a great servant
and a real fans favourite. I'm sorry to see him
go and would like to thank him for all his
efforts.
I would like to thank the fans
for there continued support and please keep
believing as we try to turn our season around.
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13/10
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Answering
supporters questions from the forum and facing supporters
opinions on what’s working and what’s not, based on
supporters match reports and opinions. See the video
Here
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5/9 |
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Beard
and players clear the air Management and squad held
full and frank discussions after Saturdays game to try and
get to the bottom of what went wrong. Proving their
commitment to the cause the debate lasted over an hour and a
half: "It is not ideal as, when you get to that point, you
are quite low but it shows the players do care" said
Mark Beard afterwards. Read the full story in this
Comet Article |
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3/10
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We go to Harrow Borough tomorrow
after a weekend of no matches. We made the players
work hard in training and allowed us time for the
many injuries we have to recover. The match is
massively important we get a win and put behind us
last weeks result. The Cray game was a disaster and
you wouldn't believe it was the same line up that
played so well against Margate. We seem to not have
any confidence at home at the moment, no wins in 5
matches echoes that. Other than the AFC Hornchurch
defeat, our away form has been good and the players
seem to play with no fear. Again this is something
we need to sort out fast along with our in-ability
to defend set pieces.
We have Jamie Byatt, Matt Drage
and Lee Newman back in contention for a starting
place, but are without Jordan Wilson (knee), Wade
Small (groin) and Andre McCollin (ankle).
This is frustrating as I still
haven't fully fielded my strongest 11 yet which has
hampered us. I'm hoping all 3 will be back for
Aveley at home on Saturday.
Last Thursday we lost Kiernan
Hughes-Mason to Kettering. Kiernan was only on
non-contract forms with us as this was part of the
agreement for us to be able to sign him. It was
always going to be a stop gap for him and only full
time football would tempt him to leave. He has
signed a short term contract with Kettering and had
a impressive debut, he is a great lad, has a
fantastic attitude and hopefully he can go on and be
successful.
Once again i would like to thank
the fans for there support, it has been a
frustrating start to the season but believe we will
improve once we are at full strength.
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5/9 |
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Beard
and players clear the air Management and squad held
full and frank discussions after Saturdays game to try and
get to the bottom of what went wrong. Proving their
commitment to the cause the debate lasted over an hour and a
half: "It is not ideal as, when you get to that point, you
are quite low but it shows the players do care" said
Mark Beard afterwards. Read the full story in this
Comet Article |
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27/9
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Beard now aiming for
stability
Mark expresses his
determination to stick with the current group of players
following Saturdays victory at Margate. Read more in this
Comet Article
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2/9 |
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"We're not
Newcastle" says Mark Beard, referring to the
similarities of shipping and scoring so many goals, rather
than the black and white stripes and stunningly attractive
supporters. Read more in
the Surrey Comet |
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26/8 |
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Busy Speaks to the nation |
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and
Nigel Wood discovers editing software - Click on the picture to watch. |
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26/8 |
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Pitchers
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Nigel Wood talks to second in command Geoff Pitcher about
the season so far and formations Click on the picture to watch. |
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25/8 |
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Managers Interview |
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A
less than focussed Nigel Wood
talks to to Mark about Billy Dunn, Busy, formations and
Concord. Click on the picture to watch. |
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25/8 |
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Unhappy Dunn could
be Done
after being left out of Tuesdays match, reviewed in
the Surrey Comet |
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20/8 |
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| Managers Interview |
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Nigel Wood
spoke to Mark Beard after the East Thurrock match.
Click on the picture to watch it. |
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19/8 |
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Marks eve of season
message
We go into the start of
the season in a confident mood, East
Thurrock are a very good team and won there
league easily last year. We will have to be
at our best to beat a team who have that
momentum and confidence going into the start
of the season. As a squad we have worked
extremely hard, I am very pleased with how
the squad is shaping up.
Lee Newman will be fit
again to start on the bench, and with Jason
Henry close to fitness and the return of Jay
Lovett for Kingstonian, things are looking
bright.
All I will say to our
loyal fans is we will work as hard as we can
to be at the right end of the table this
year. I have learnt as a manager what is
needed to do well in this league and believe
we will do better this time round. We also
have to be realistic in the fact that there
are 5 or 6 teams throwing silly money at
trying to win promotion. A local team up the
road have 3 players on more money than my
whole player and staff budget put together!!
So although I am pleased with what I have,
we still are miles away in terms of
finances.
We also have some big news
with the signing of Kiernan Mason Hughes
from Millwall, Kiernan has been at Yeovil
pre-season and never got offered anything,
so we have agreed to sign him non-contract.
He is another quality signing and will be
available for selection from Tuesday.
I'd like to ask all fans
to come and cheer the boys on and hope we
give you something to cheer about.
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16/8 |
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| Managers Interview |
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Nigel Wood spoke to Mark Beard before the Guyana match
about the new season
Click on the image to watch |
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10/8 |
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Beard Ready
and raring to go |
Mark assesses the pre-season and looks
forward to the new campaign
We've had a good pre-season so far. Other
than the Whitehawk game where we
experimented with a couple of things, I have
been extremely pleased with performances of
the team, which is taking shape nicely and
with Jay Lovett and Jason Henry to return at
the end of August, I am happy with my squad.
Our problem will be if we suffer
injuries/suspensions, due to the fact we are
on a tight budget, we will have to rely on
Academy players to fill in if needed.
With regards to the budget, I have found it
very frustrating that we still haven't found
a 1st team shirt sponsor yet. With the
sponsor money going towards the budget, it
would help me massively as I could add to
the squad. But with 10 days to go, we will
be running out for the first game with no
sponsor, which for a club of our size is
criminal. If anyone knows of any companies
that may be interested, please inform the
members club asap.
The players have worked so hard this
pre-season and have come back super fit. We
only have 2 more pre-season games left, we
will be finalising the starting XI in those
games. I have been impressed with 2 players
who we have switched positions in
pre-season, Luke Wanadio and Jordan Wilson.
Luke has been outstanding at right back
while Jordan has been in good form in
midfield.
With Fola Onijube and Lee Newman looking
good together against Boreham Wood up front,
the defence looked strong and we now have
plenty of height in the team. Jamie Byatt
and Karl Beckford will add that much needed
experience to the team and Reece Hall will
be looking to kick on from where he left off
last season. I've been very happy with Simon
Leckyl, he commands his area and dont mind
going through his own players to get the
ball, thats what we lacked last season and I
feel we have now addressed this issue.
Other youth academy players have been
involved recently, one to watch is Mikey
Daley, he is still only 17 years old and is
a fantastic talent.
With the game at home to Guyana next Tuesday
(16th August) to look forward to, we hope to
have a big crowd watch. Then looking forward
to East Thurrock United for the first league
game, I have had a report on them, they are
very well organised and have a excellent
talent in Sam Higgins. They will buzzing
after winning the league last season and
will come to Imperial Fields full of
confidence. We have to play with the same
endeavour and energy as all the other
pre-season games.
Thanks to all the fans for their support
this pre-season and look forward to seeing
you all next week.
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Beard to give
released Newman second chance |
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Mark Beard expands on his
belief in striker Lee Newman and adds former Crystal Palace
apprentice, defender Dan Pringle, to his squad.
Article |
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I predict a riot -
SaysByatt |
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Well, not exactly - but
Busy has high hopes for the the Terrors in the forthcoming
campaign, explained in this interview with the
Surrey Comet |
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14/7 |
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FRIENDLIES UPDATE |
Mark Beard has disclosed his strategy
for the seasons opening games:
"I will be using 22 players this
weekend against Raynes Park Vale and Tuesdays game
versus Dorking, each player will play 45 minutes.
The team have come back super fit and are looking very
sharp. The fans will get a chance to see new signings
and It also gives me a chance to look at a few
trialists, Stefan Cox, Callum Donaghey, Jordan Giffin,
Kim Tae Hon and Kieran Thorpe.
The fixtures came out today and we have an interesting
start at home to East Thurrock United. Its always nice
to start with a home game and personally I can't wait to
get started."
The Crawley Down match on July 27th will
now be played at Colliers
Wood FC, as neither sides pitch will be ready in time
(Crawley have just been promoted to Ryman South).
There will also be a reserves match between the two sides
starting at midday. Admission for the afternoon is
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1/7 |
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INTERESTING TIMES AHEAD |
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Mark Beard has given his first interview of the season:
We go
into Pre-season training looking forward to what should
be an interesting year.
There has
been lots of activity behind the scenes and I believe it
will all work out for the good. I've been involved with
all that's been going on and I can say we are in a good
place. Meetings with the members club have been
productive and everyone is rowing in the same direction.
On the
playing front, the majority of last years squad have
agreed to stay, we have lost Billy Crook to Carshalton
Athletic, Michael Noone to Concord, Jamie Butler is
trying his luck with a few professional clubs and I'm
waiting on a decision from Karl Beckford.
New
signings coming in are Lee Newman, Billy Dunn, Jordan
Anderson, Simon Leckly and Ben Palmer.
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the player will add strength and depth to the squad,
everyone could see the problems we had last year, that
was scoring goals and conceding the other end. I hope to
have Jay Lovett back in August, so along with Osa, Matt
Drage, Ben Palmer and Jordan Anderson, we have plenty of
height. Going forward we have Lee Newman who has scored
150 goals in 275 appearances, Billy Dunn who has scored
goals at every club he's been at, I also have a centre
forward coming in who has come highly recommended.
With
youngsters like Reece Hall, Luke Wanadio and Matt Drage
signing, we have a good mixture of youth and experience.
Teams
like Carshalton Athletic have been spending silly money
and will be favourites, but I don't mind going into
every game as an underdog.
With
regards to Lee Newman, I have known him a long time and
what happened to him was an injustice. Everyone deserves
a second chance and his goal scoring record speaks for
itself. I believe he will be a great asset for Tooting &
Mitcham United FC and I urge the fans to support my
decision and Lee.
All of my
players I have brought in have good pedigree and
excellent attitudes. I know where we went wrong last
season and hope with the new signings we can improve and
move in the right direction.
I hope
all fans show their support in the pre-season friendlies
and take advantage of the reduced prices.
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26/5 |
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Gimpel Signs |
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Monty Gimpel has signed a one year contract
with Leeds United, according to the Leeds
Club website. |
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