tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55846582012-02-07T10:42:43.190ZWelcome to The Lip. Leatherhead FC's alternative "unofficial" website. Up the Tanners!Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-27981332379966610862012-02-07T10:42:00.001Z2012-02-07T10:42:43.520Z

  While yesterday's mild weather gave me some hope that the game might be played a cold night with more harsh conditions to come (-4c by 6pm they say) has meant tonight's game is an early casualty.   The pitch still covered in snow in places and where it has melted, because the ground is frozen, it has turned into a lake.   FA Cup replays on the telly it is then...

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Carshalton are either to blame for this weekend or have spared us a ruddy freezing day out tomorrow.  Their FA Trophy game away at Newport County means we do not play. Fear not.  Here are just some of the other fixtures around... Horsham v Aveley Kingstonian v Margate Walton & Hersham v Hythe Town Croygas Phoenix v Ashtead It will be a two socker where ever you go

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Margate came to the Grove without their Football League talisman and were found wanting at The Grove on a cold night.It took a while for Leatherhead to test their keeper but the first half ended honours even.Tommy got our first goal early in the second half. A lovely ball out to Kev who cut it back into the path of Tommy. 1-0.Margate responded but were caught by Manners who finished off a

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  Its set to be freezing all day so today's game MAY be in doubt.  I am travelling to Basel (where it is even colder!) so wont be able to update this page until I get to my hotel at 5-ish so keep an eye out on the message board for updates.   If the game is on, Margates form is hot enough to melt any ice on the pitch.  Five wins over the last six games?  Lucky blighters.   Kick off at

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It is difficult for me to sum up exactly what went wrong here as I do not have a clue about these things but I THINK today was a bit of a ruddy disaster.  Our healthy goal difference gone and another slap in the face following last weeks wretched display. Some positives though.  Namely the opening 20 minutes where the hoof was replaced with some crisp passing and with two new recruits thrown in

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  Typical sensational weather headlines of "Britain set to freeze" may put tomorrow in doubt, although on closer inspection it may only apply to Scotland.  As usual.   Bury make the long trip tomorrow with the hope of making a double over us.  They beat us at their place although we were helped along the way with a penalty.  I can't really say that I've seen them not given as it was

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A sleepy looking Leatherhead took to the blustery field of play and were caught napping early on.  The defence left Chico completely exposed and the grateful striker headed powerfully home in the opening few minutes to score the winning goal. Leatherhead now have a habit of when things do not go their way they play a tiresome hoof and hold game that does little to create chances especially in

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  A big game this weekend.  Concord was frozen off and so the lads have had a few days eating raw steak while staring at the league table to be really up for this.   We've met before this season.  In some Charity Shield or other and we won 3-1.  We'd swap that for a win tomorrow I am sure...   Kick off at 3pm.  Directions can be found here.  Good luck fellas.

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  The pitch did not thaw out in time and like many other games tonight it has been called off following two pitch inspections.   Any good FA Cup replays on the telly?

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  Well... they could be.  The temperature is not quite as high as forecast and so there is a risk that it wont thaw out in time.  That said there has been no word of a pitch inspection so there is hope... keep popping back for updates.   If it goes ahead tonight's game is massive.  Concord smashed four goals against Bury which is impressive stuff so we'll have to be back to our best.

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Leatherhead get back to winning ways by reverting to how they were playing when they were enjoying winning ways.  Ryan Thomas was given a rare start to exploit his pace while the new player Goma Lambu watched from the bench. After travelling 170 miles over the last two games to see one shot on target I looked at this game being played out in front of me a hugely entertaining although I have

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-57316551905252197302012-01-13T13:41:00.001Z2012-01-13T13:41:16.549Z

  If Leatherhead need to look for any signs of hope for survival perhaps Hastings is a good place to start.  They've scored one goal less and let in three more yet they sit in a healthy 16th place and are 6 points better off.   All Leatherhead have to do is not concede from a set piece and score a goal or two.  A far cry from the last two performances but perhaps they were just homesick...

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On leaving the ground some of the views of this was Leatherhead were "******* rubbish" as they kept giving the "******* ball away".  Now these are mild mannered gentlemen reflecting, in frustration, on another ******* shambles. Leatherhead do not appear to have the services of Rob Hayworth and started with Drewett back from injury with some other changes.  Greg Andrews allowed to start with

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-89236865943086799722012-01-10T09:37:00.000Z2012-01-10T09:38:00.611Z

  Obvious cliche aside as are off to South Park tonight for the Surrey Senior Cup.  Beaten finalists last season and with this our last cup perhaps we can hope for a good performance and some goals to ease the pain of last Saturday.  After all, we have our very own ex-Premiership Thierry Henry to bring on and score a magical winner no?   Directions can be found here.  Kick off at 7.45pm. 

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A narrow defeat for Leatherhead... I say narrow as for 89 minutes they played with a complete lack of width as well as no purpose or drive.  Where any width was present it was down the right hand side to a Kev Terry who was deployed far to deep for his style of play on account of us playing a more conventional 4 4 2 with an arrival of a new striker (name unknown). For the first minute

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-56598719767486152452012-01-06T19:13:00.001Z2012-01-06T19:13:52.100Z

Tomorrow is a big one.  True it is a new ground for me but also another one of those crucial six pointers.  Given our run of form and looking at the league table, you might think they are the sort of side we ought to be beating these days.  However, like us, they had a bad start and are now moving up the table.  They've Seven wins and a draw from the last eight games in all competitions!

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A big point today that does little in terms of the league place right now as we stay in 19th but with other teams winning it keeps us in touch. Today's game was never going to be easy.  The Met have twice as many points as us for a reason and that is they are well equipped for this league.  Their centre backs were impressive today for starters. Although we have a few surprises up our sleeve

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-57994617682373574672012-01-02T09:51:00.001Z2012-01-02T09:51:40.853Z

Word just in. Pitch is fine and so the game is ON. The Met have pushed up the league and occupy one of play-off places. Even with our purple patch this is going to be a tough one. Kick off at 3pm. See you there...

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This may look like an after thought what with this being 12 hours late but Happy New Year to all you Tanners. 2011 will go down in history as the Year of the Terry... but who will be the hero of 2012..?

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Hutchings helped by some good Manners At the bottom of the table two clubs came together hoping to build on a recent change in fortunes.  Both had scored four goals in their previous game and with home advantage Tooting certainly fancied their chances but were unable to contain a striker in form and backed up by goals from midfield. Tooting took the lead though but were soon pegged back by a

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OK.  I'm late with this update but parking isn't an issue so I think I'll get away with it.  Today we're off to play in yet another 6 point down at the wrong end of the table.  Although come the end of the season I don't think it will be that close as if one team will regroup (and perhaps refund) it will be Tooting. That may have already started. While we put 4 past struggling Horsham they put

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At the bottom of the table the whippees became the whippers as Leatherhead strolled out 4-1 winners against a struggling Horsham. Leatherhead could boast some new players, notably Jack Pallen from Dartford up front with Greg on the bench.  He could put himself about a bit and trouble a Horsham defence that can fall apart at the merest pull of a thread... and Tommy was pulling nearly all the

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I've flirted with the fact we have a game today but lets just out it out there.  We're off to Horsham!  It could have been worse.  Horsham were once ground sharing with Worthing so could have been quite a trip for us now but now we are back with the A24 derby. I used to work in Horsham and so if I enjoy online banter with any club it is this one.  What is more it is rare that we face a side

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-63412266830213095042011-12-24T22:47:00.001Z2011-12-24T22:47:40.800Z

The carrot and mince pie is by the mantelpiece so all that remains to be said is Happy Christmas to all you Tanners where ever you may find yourself around the world. Have a good day then brace yourself for the big one... its Horsham away Boxing Day!

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  A Christmas Cracker of an article in the Your Local Guardian this week featuring a preview of the big match on Boxing Day, which is away to Horsham.   A six pointer, irons in fire and a ding dong match.  They're all there!

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For much of this game I am sure I was not alone in wondering why those at the club made so much effort to get the game played.  The second half in particular was hard work with Wealdstone keeping us at bay comfortably. It did not start out that way though.  Tommy Hutchings' left foot shot crashed against the bar and his powerful follow up went straight to the keeper in the opening minute.  Four

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The Wealdstone site indicates an 11am pitch inspection. The frost was light but here comes the drizzle. Pop back in a couple of hours for an update.

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I'll keep this short as tomorrow's game sits very much in the balance.  I could forking all night to save this one ready for the 6am inspection. The snow and rain have not come in the biblical amounts forecast Tuesday but it has been steady. Keep an eye on the messageboard for updates...

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  Last nights downpour has left the pitch waterlogged and with worse weather forecast for tonight the game against Wingate & Finchley has been postponed.   Keep an eye out on the message board for yet another update on rearranged fixtures.

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A home fan confidently declared he had the smell of goals in his nostrils to his friend as I walked past.  How right he was.  18.75% of our tally this season to be precise. Leatherhead had to do more of their fair share of defending with K's having most of the ball (until the third goal anyway) but Leatherhead could break.  The warning signs were there when Greg volleyed wide when put in from a

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-44789749578788641662011-12-09T15:01:00.001Z2011-12-09T15:01:28.188Z

  Quite a game in store this weekend at The Cherry Records Stadium this weekend with the visitors hoping to blow away the opposition.  If however you cannot make AFC Wimbledon v Accrington Stanely then you can watch us take on Kingstonian on the Sunday too.   Despite some changes being made, Wednesday's 3-0 defeat could not have done much for the confidence and now we have to face our

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Leatherhead were given a lesson in football tonight by Maidstone. They scored twice in the first half and made it safe in the second. Just 6 minutes it took for the writing to be on the wall. I have no news on what team we put out but with no goals the worries continue. K's away anyone?

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-65146813704399130852011-12-07T13:54:00.001Z2011-12-07T13:54:32.868Z

  Sorry for the delay.  You know what is happening anyway.  We are off to play in the next round of the League Cup against Maidstone and to do that we find ourselves travelling back to Sittingbourne and those ruddy bollards.   Maidstone are sitting nicely in the play-off places in our old league and have scored 34 goals on the way.  Meanwhile Leatherhead struggle in front of goal and will

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Leatherhead suffer the late sucker punch again in a 1-0 defeat where we had shown some late signs of adventure. After spending most of the first half in our half we came out with some purpose in the second. Chances came and went but at the death the visitors remembered their scoring touch and knocked in the winner. Is it me or is this season actually getting longer?

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-45632457501836484492011-12-02T11:20:00.001Z2011-12-02T11:20:57.234Z

  If the game against Lewes was a bit of a test, what with them being 6th place, it steps up even more with the visit of AFC Hornchurch.  I don't recall hosting this club in recent years so a chance to see some new high flying opposition.   We've been a bit goal shy lately so hopefully tomorrow we can get back to goal scoring ways.   Kick off at 3pm.  Good luck fellas.

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-14811489110424475402011-11-29T23:16:00.001Z2011-11-29T23:16:14.667Z

As predicted on the message board Dorking applied themselves well tonight giving us a scare or two along the way.  I am not sure how Brady will feel about tonight's performance.  Careless at the back to allow them to score and at times wasteful up front.  To prove the point their opener came on 9 minutes when there was a bit of a mix up between keeper and defender allowed Smith to strike a

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  Surrey Senior Cup action tonight and a trip to our most local of local rivals Dorking.  It has been a shame that the annual summer trophy has been placed on the back burner, especially considering the "mouthwatering" opposition we had lined up this July.  So tonight is a great chance to renew acquaintences in a more prestidious competition.   Should anyone not know how to get there you

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There was a certain amount of confidence in the Lewes display even before the game had started.  No sooner had they shaken hands they then went on to perform a dapper River Dance routine on the side line... then to further test the boundaries set by the ref they then joined a prolonged huddle.  Boundaries set then.  Lewes ruled the roost. The game was a turgid affair though.  Little

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River Dance. Christmas lights. Syrup climbing a rope. Not a great game and a loss due to a well taken free kick. Report to follow...

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  Fifth place Lewes are coming to The Grove tomorrow to play, dare I say it, an improving Leatherhead.  Lewes are a friendly bunch who once lent us their away kit for a game we played at their place... and who can forget THAT game... three all and you mucked it up... or something like that.   Kick off is at 3pm.  See you there.

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-21062064049773221902011-11-23T13:15:00.001Z2011-11-23T13:15:50.808Z

  A couple of fixture updates from you (via the message board).   In the Fourth Round of the League Cup we have the joy of a midweek trip to Sittingbourne to play Maidstone.  Week commencing Mon 5th Dec.  Bollards.  That is all I have to say on that.   More pressingly however is the next round of the Surrey Senior Cup.  The Tanners will travel to Dorking next Tuesday, 29th November.  

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Why oh why can't we do this in the league?  Perhaps you could argue the visitors were not up for it or were caught off guard as we raced to a two goal lead. Kev Terry opening the scoring from 20 yards on three minutes with a 20 yard screamer.  While he enjoys his starting place in the team, Ryan Thomas is making it clear he wants than an unofficial pen picture on the message board.  He scored

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  Charity Shield action tonight.  Wingate & Finchley won the league cup last year were kicking their heels after Sutton didn't fancy it so Leatherhead stepped in as current holders.   A chance for some silverware?  You'd be a fool to miss it...   Kick off at 7.45.  Good luck Tanners

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-24741773712765124142011-11-19T19:01:00.001Z2011-11-19T19:01:13.882Z

Leatherhead won the opening exchanges where Macleod forced a good save in the opening minutes.  The visitors won a penalty shortly after which Tommy calmly dispatched for his first league goal of the season. From then on the game appeared to be a little stale.  The Robins snatching a goal before half time. Little action until the last dying minutes when Leatherhead felt all three points were

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-75572261583077306422011-11-18T14:31:00.001Z2011-11-18T14:31:57.788Z

  Leatherhead are on the road again in the league, we're off to play the Robins.  What a difference a few goals make.  Carshalton have scored a couple more and let in three less and they sit 12 points better off up the table.  That said we are now back to the bottom of the table having lost at the weekend and been in cup action on the Tuesday.   Directions can be found here.  Good luck

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First piece of news that upset the visiting supporters was that Chico was rested to allow our No 2 (name escapes me so apologies) a go.  He and our left post performed admirably together as three times that combination kept the visitors out. So much the same as Saturday but in reverse.  The visitors creating some clear cut chances only to put in a poor back pass for Macleod to run onto and slot

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  League Cup action tonight and the visit of Bognor Regis Town in the third round.  Bognor will no doubt fancy their chances tonight as they sit proudly in third place in Division 1 South.  My review of twitter shows they are looking forward to catching up with Chico again too.   The League Cup is in a punchy format this year.  No overtime if its a draw.  Straight to penalties.   Kick

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-8995285178058503222011-11-12T21:03:00.000Z2011-11-12T21:04:13.109Z

A frustrating day for Leatherhead. We could have played until midnight and still not scored and on another day the score would have been 2-4 but is was not meant to be. Harrow dominated the first quarter of the game and had several scoring chances, finally taking the lead in the middle of the first half. The goal came from a corner where our near post defender failed to clear, it fell to

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-73648418022901711712011-11-11T15:25:00.001Z2011-11-11T15:25:42.369Z

After our first away win of the season we travel to Harrow looking to build on this while ignore a certain FA competition at the same time.  Harrow are nine points better off than us although they have conceded exactly the same number of goals.  21.  Fact. Directions can be found here.  England play at Wembley at 5.15 so I am not anticipating too much disruption for our game. Kick off at 3pm.

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My good friends over at Guildford City are trying something NEW and EXCITING.  Football on a Friday night.  What is more you get in half price with a Leatherhead Season ticket.  Crazy stuff but we just have to let them try it I guess... Full details can be found here.

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I have to say I was worried about this game.  So often a team that exhibit such heroics in a cup competition can crumble after they taste defeat but we were not disappointed today. That said it was not plain sailing.  Early in the first half a Rob Hill hand ball gifted them a penalty to open their account.  A disappointing way to start you league campaign in earnest. Leatherhead's response was

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  What a strange weekend.  I can accept that the odd fixture needs to change and it makes perfect sense we play a game on a Sunday given Hendon ground share.  This turns out to be the day of my son's birthday and so I can't go.  Never mind, I'll go watch Guildford City... hold the phone... they are playing on Friday night at Colliers Wood.  The whole natural order of the footballing world is

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The eleven goal thriller draws to a close with Sutton going on to host The Poppies in a little over a weeks time.  Leatherhead can bow out of the competition knowing they have done the fans proud. On the train over to The Grove I had a sudden bout of confidence.  I could see us nicking this providing we could settle quickly.  Alas this was not to be as in the time it took me to walk from the

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A valiant effort but Leatherhead lose in extra time. Greg Andrews from the spot and Tommy in the last minute force extra time but early goals were the undoing of Leatherhead. More to follow. Great effort though...

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Sutton Are ComingTomorrow is a big day, and if you needed a reminder as to why it is so big here is a little snap shot of what we are playing for. A chance to play in the first round proper and host Kettering of the Blue Square Premier.It isn't going to be easy. Sutton proved how deadly they can be from set pieces and have powerful strikers. It is almost fair to say if they even play at half

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SHOULD we overcome Sutton we will host Kettering.  The Poppies are in the Blue Square Premier. All we need to do now is get past Sutton...

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Sutton 3 - 3 Tanners It is almost impossible to overstate how little respect Sutton have shown this little side and the FA Competition both today and in the build up to the game. A chance to play against some big time Charlies from Sheffield seemed to be taken for granted in a poorly attended game with Leatherhead creating much of the atmosphere. A glaring gap in their homework showed

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  So.  The big one.  There is not much Brady has to do to prepapre for this one.  All he needs to do is walk in to the dressing room, slap a few posts from their forum on the tactics board and shout "DO IT!".  It is going to be one hell of a tough task.  They have been scoring more goals than Man City recently.   I shall post a link to their site for how to get there.  Memories of the

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As we all know the best preparation for an FA Cup game is to lose by two or three goals. Therefore eyebrows will be raised with the news that Sutton have gone and won 5-0 against Salisbury tonight.Will this poor preparation cone back to haunt them..?

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If you're into Social Media you can get now get your fix over at Facebook.  If you go over to here and "like" Leatherhead FC then a whole new world will open up to you. If you're not into social media then you can like stick around here...

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Leatherhead will come away from this game feeling a little hard done by.  Leatherhead never got to grips with the blustery conditions but when a comeback looked on the officials stepped in to make sure it was out of our grasp. This was my first visit to the ground.  A welcoming club inside a plush bar but the game was played out in a rather soulless windswept "arena" with no terracing

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  Another long journey for us.  Not the longest but a cool 100 odd miles for an FA competition that often ends in tears with little in the way of excitement so let’s enjoy while we can.  We’re off to Cirencester.   If we can be encouraged by anything it is their opening line of their (excellent I have to say) pre-match preview of “The Tanners have had a similar start to the season as Cirencester

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Tanners win 4-3 on penalties It was everthing the game was billed to be.  A lively affair with the prospect of penalties and it was Leatherhead who came out on top. Kev Terry opened the scoring.  He is in a rich vein of form at the moment and his run from inside his own half turned the defence and he had the goal in his sites.  A shot from outside the box saw the keeper dive but the ball

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Sorry this is late.  Still getting over the FA Cup draw. Tonight we face Wealdstone in the League Cup.  A side we have not played for a number of years.  The last time we played these fellas Stretch was a steward who, on seeing a minor pitch invasion after they scored the winning goal, ripped off the yellow bib and gave it to a 10 year old and went home. Exciting news about tonight.  No

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The reward for beating Billericay, current leaders of the Ryman Premier, is a trip to last years winners of the Ryman Premier... Sutton United.  A chance to relive the joy of the Surrey Senior cup final of late entry into the ground and no parking.  Thanks. Game to be played a day after my birthday... 29 October.

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One word for the morning that greeted this FA tie.  Crisp.  A word that could equally be applied to our approach to this game.  Even the warm up looked lively and confident and that showed on the pitch. For the second time Leatherhead start well against the Essex side and took the lead from a header.  This time it was Vernon who pounced on the corner for us to take the lead.  We continued to

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FA Cup time again and while we could be up against someone from the Conference North or South... Billericay away is a tough one but it certainly a challenge we are up for.  The fans have spoken, they want a bus (please refer to the messageboard if you're interested) and a win in the league should give the players a boost too. Kick off is at 3pm.  We've been there before but you can refresh your

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Blimey Charlie.  What hard work that was but we come away with our first league win of the season.  Just. On 8 minutes it all seemed so simple.  Kev Terry sprays the ball out to Greg, into Simmo who plays a through ball back for Greg to chase, a chip over the diving 'keeper. 1-0.  We used to do this every week last season. 10 minutes later Kev again goes wide to Greg who this time cuts out the

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I have a confession to make.  This game caught me out a bit as I glanced at an old programme instead of looking at the site but a game there is tonight and it is East Thurrock. I am not even sure if there is a curry night on as no one has emailed me about it... what a shambles... hopefully the players can put in a better performance than me. Kick off at 7.45!  See you there!

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Leatherhead squander their chances to lose again. After dominating the opening minutes of both halves a lack of organisation at the back failed to deal with flicked on crosses and we were punished.A penalty seemed to give us a lifeline when the ref saw some holding going on. Greg put it away.A late charge could have seen us draw or even win but the chances were not taken.Better though!

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Off on ANOTHER long distance trip and almost one of the longest of the season.  Fear not though.  When you get to Bury St Edmunds you will be directed by Britain's first internally illuminated street sign to guide you there... oh and some directions here. This will be the new managements team first step out into the league and who knows what this may bring against a side that sit in a healthy

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Leatherhead make it through to the 3rd qualifying round as they beat Biggleswade tonight.  While geographically it would have been more handy for the visitors, on the balance of play it was a fair result that we proceed. The new boss is breaking all the rules.  One, Kev Terry can start and like Seven Seas of Rye it sees out the album Queen I well and launches in to Queen II even better.  A

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I doubt Biggleswade will be relishing this trip after taking a late lead at their place only to see Kev Terry pop up and snatch a late equaliser.  It was great to see Leatherhead respond so well after they stopped getting dragged in, allowing Simmo to play in the hole that created the telling pass.  Great stuff. If you are making the long journey south you need look no further than the club

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... Billericay Town away!  Game to be played on 15 October... should we get through tomorrow night that is...

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From the club... "As I hope you are aware we are having our second curry buffet for our FA Cup Replay on Tuesday. A great opportunity to join a big crowd to welcome our new management team and this follows our first very successful curry buffet last month. The curry is provided from 6.30pm by our sponsors, Five Rivers Indian Restaurant, who will provide an excellent meal consisting of six

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Tanners keep their FA Cup dream alive thanks to a late strike from Kev Terry after Biggleswade seemed to have nicked the win. Biggleswade, complete with marching band, wanted to stamp their authority on this game early and for the opening 5 minutes a nervous Leatherhead seemed overwhelmed by the confident home team.  The quality that they must face certainly began to show as, unlike the sides

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Leatherhead travel the 79.1 miles to face The Waders in the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup.  A new ground for me?  You betcha. When it comes to FA Cup drama they love it.  Not happy with easing past Haringey & Waltham Development in the Preliminary round they opted to draw that game 5-5 before winning the replay 2-1.  The league on the other hand is proving to be a little more mundane.  

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A bore draw?  Perhaps but could we have taken all three? Hastings would probably feel they were on top in terms of possession but the chance were few and far between in the first half.   Second half and despite the poor level of entertainment it was Leatherhead with the chances.  First it was Macleod who missed after being but in by Tommy on the break.  Then Simmo's volley from the edge of the

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So, Richard Brady of Sittingbourne takes charge as he puts pen to paper on a two year deal although the forum posts on their website suggest he will be in charge for their away trip and not travel to Hastings tonight.  That seems a little strange so perhaps he will be in the stands while Simmo acts as caretaker again. Hastings meanwhile sit in the bottom half of the table with 9 points, the

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Never have the words of Billy Bragg rang truer.  I saw two shooting stars last night, I wished on them but they were only satellites Is it wrong to wish on space hardware, I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care... It was not the blood and guts performance of a team unleashed but slightly more reserved.  A team happy to go through the motions but at least there were motions being put through. That

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Well.  What a few days its been.  First of all we were playing Epsom & Ewell then we are not.  I wish some people at the club could make their minds up.  What else have I missed? Canvey Island have not played here for a mighty long time.  From memory we were soundly beaten.  Some chap ,while on a boggy pitch, decided this ball along the floor business was too tricky so played a long ball

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...  long live the UEFA Coach.  The Official Site has announced that Mick Sullivan has been dismissed with immediate effect... and then go on to thank him for the unprecidented success he has brough the club.  He is to be replaced by Mark Simmons.  As in Simmo? I am sure more details we come soon...

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Leatherhead have been drawn away to Biggleswade Town in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup.  The game to be played on 1 October.  This lot look like they mean business though.  They play in the Southern League Midland Division and top the table having only lost once. On a positive note it will be a new ground for me meaning I chalk my 200th new venue... so... something for you all to

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A win: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the goodship Levred. Leatherhead made short work of our Oxfordshire visitors thanks to a blistering first twenty minutes and a ref who was strong enough to apply the law after a tackle from behind. Macleod was on fire down the right hand side today.  Turning the defenders inside out and firing in crosses that were finding their target.  On

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I wasn't jealous before we met, now every game we play is a potential threat... blimey... its FA Cup time at The Grove and North Leigh leave their Roman Villa to visit us for the first time that I can certainly think of. North Leigh, played eight, won four and drawn one in the Southern League Division 1 and sit just in the top half of the table.  They are obviously taking the game seriously by

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If the ref needed a trip to SpecSavers on Saturday us Leatherhead supporters are going to have to get some cheap knock-offs from Primark soon to make this season look pretty.  Things are not going well. Last season we could go to a Premier League ground and hope for a win.  A goal and a clean sheet would often be the end result of a hard fought battle but a battle well fought.  These days it is

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Hopefully, like Katia, the storm clouds that hung over Leatherhead over the past few weeks have largely blown over.  Certainly the pre-match huddle which fed into the performance of the team indicated we could well be back.  Just a shame the performance of the official did not come up to scratch. So with new found harmony we face a Monday night trip to Wealdstone.  A team who have scored quite

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It appears the more effort Leatherhead put into a game the less they get out from it.  Leatherhead were comfortable and looking to maybe even send our visitors away without a point until a decision from the official cruelly denied us.  Again. Lowestoft were certainly a composed side.  Although it was clear from the players huddle to their commitment in their challenges Leatherhead were focused,

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-40836518873704168682011-09-09T14:26:00.001Z2011-09-09T14:26:08.626Z

So.  A point on the board after an away trip to Aveley.  No doubt Mick would want to build on this by coming back to the Grove for a home game against a small side struggling for form.  Well, one out of three aint bad.  Lowestoft sit third in the table after only tasting defeat once and their "catchily" named striker, Lubmoir Bontchev Guentchev , has already netted five times. On a positive

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Last night North Leigh saw off Aylesbury 4-2 in their FA Cup replay last night so we can look forward to welcoming them on Saturday 17 September.  I don't know a lot about them and I am not saying this game is going to be easy but with wikipedia saying they only have four players we are in with a shout. Anyway, welcome fans of North Leigh.  See you soon!

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A point!  A hard fought point and we only had ten men... imagine what we could do with 11 motivated players... For the first 20 minutes Leatherhead started this game brightly.  Jack Macleod making his return making some exciting runs down the right hand side for one.  Although the new ethos to the game did not last long.  Perhaps it was down to a sparsely populated ground but the sense of

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After a nice win for England it is about time we focus on tomorrow's trip to Aveley.  Aveley, the lucky blighters, have already tasted success this season... well three draws and only one loss while we still search for a point and a bit of luck. Tuesday's trip to The Met showed the fighting spirit is back.  A more concentration at one end and a taken chance at the other and we are in with a

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Good Luck Cape Verde Sadly, 12 goals in 4 games has not done Chico Ramos any favours when trying to make his national team for their penultimate game in the Afican Cup of Nations. But lets get behind our second national team to take our minds off of things... All four teams in their group are within three points of each other with both Cape Verde Islands on seven to Liberia with four. Cape

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First of all, credit to the players of Met Police who despite working all those extra shifts to police the Notting Hill Carnival managed to turn out tonight looking fresh and up for the challenge... Leatherhead had a couple of new faces to keep the line up fresh themselves.  Notably Dunn's services were not required and a new fella (Swanny?) who used to play for Whytleafe was up front

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Choices, choices.  Travel to watch the Tanners or stay at home and watch the "drama" of transfer deadline day on Sky Sports News played out in front of your eyes in HD... but tonight's game has always been an exciting affair which somehow seems to defy current form.  Thank **** for that! It would appear the cull that we read about in the local press was not as permanent as it seemed as we will

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Over the two games previous to today Leatherhead have played some bright and entertaining football but not had the rub of the green.  A decisive boot through a ball here and a ref decision there (and there) we could have had four or six points but instead of focusing on the positives a knee jerk reaction to bring in some new players seemed to have upset the whole balance of the side. It has

Matt Le Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01290111209916016351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584658.post-2513507731746227122011-08-26T19:38:00.001Z2011-08-26T19:38:17.198Z

This is why we fought so hard to play in this division.  The chance to host either big new clubs or old friends at the Grove and so it will be nice to see our ole muckers from Cray again. Much murmurings in the press about changes and new faces but Cray too are looking for their first win so it is an open game. I'm looking to park in my designated parking space... if I miss out I may looking

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Leatherhead's romance with the Premier League is not going well.  The first date was an understandably nervous affair showing some early promise but we were shown the door without so much as a peck on the cheek.  The second date too showed signs of something blossoming but three's a crowd and the ref stepped in to change that. Leatherhead could have built up a comfortable lead.  Gainsford being

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Shhhhh.  I am not sure I should be telling you this what with these secretly arranged friendlies and rearranged league games.  It seems these midweek games are for people strictly in the know... but rumour has it Tooting & Mitcham are coming to The Grove.  Tonight! Tooting lost their opener at home to East Thurrock so both sides go into the game looking for their first point.  If you get to the

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Leatherhead failed to keep the momentum of a newly promoted side in the fine manor Southampton and Brighton have achieved but instead had a touch of the Swanseas about them after they give up a one goal lead. First shock of being in the Premier League is my son, aged six, was charged at the gate.  First time he has had to pay... they grow up so fast don't they... next shock was

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