Although we finished up the game losing 2-1 we definitely picked up a moral victory with a spirited display full of heart that left me feeling extremely positive about the season ahead. The red card was highly debateable as the strike was volleyed straight at Matt with the ball hitting him on the shoulder/upper arm and it was ball to arm rather than the other way around. He did not raise his arm to stop the shot or separate his arm from his body. In fact he did really well to get his body in line with the ball. Quite how that is a sending off offence let alone a penalty is a mystery and the referee definitely didn’t know why. He panicked, blew for the penalty and then thought ‘I’m going to have to send him off now’. He was absolutely awful, there is no way of dressing up his performance and he looked completely out of his depth which is a real worry if this is the standard of refs coming through. We had a young ref for the first game against Corinthian and he was very good I thought, he made the odd mistake but he dealt with everything in a good way and got the key decisions right. This chap got worse and worse as the game went on and you could actually see that he didn’t know which way was up!
Next match is Saturday 4th September at away to Walton Casuals. K.O. 3pm. Click here for directions.
Please note: Mondays game against Ramsgate has been cancelled due to Ramsgate being involved in an FA Cup replay.
Result of todays Reserves match at Maidstone Road Chatham Town Res 1 V Erith Town Res 1
Merstham 0 Chatham Town 2
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:50
Goals from Fuller (30) and O'Shea (53). See our Match Report. Read what Paul Foley has to say on the last two matches. So far, so good....
Next match is this Saturday away to Chertsey Town FC in the FA Cup Preliminary Round K.O. 3pm. Click here for directions.
Another Sponsor for the Chats
Monday, 23 August 2010 16:00
Chatham Town FC are delighted to welcome yet another new sponsor for the 2010/11 season with Hubbard Pegler who are a leading independent consultant to the property and construction industry. Hubbard Pegler is able to offer advice at every stage of the property lifecycle and the scope of services covers the complete spectrum of building and cost consultancy, commercial building surveying, building pathology and compliance. Hubbard Pegler have been introduced to the club by new manager Paul Foley and our thanks go to our new sponsors for their generous contribution which is likely to be used towards new training kit for the first team squad. We hope that this is the start of a successful partnership.
Job Vacancy
Urgently needed - U16's secretary for 2010/2011 season.
Job involves confirming matches with opponents and referees, player registrations and transfers, attending youth committee meetings and 2 Kent Youth League meetings a year.
Anyone interested please contact
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in the first instance.
