It was a scorcher of a day at Burgess Hill, and the crowd of 300 plus particularly enjoyed the pre-game spectacle of the Town Crier announcing the game on the pitch. The Head to Head suggested this would be a close game despite Burgess Hill's decent pre-season record. Both teams started pretty brightly. Gary Sayer showed a willingness to drive forward from the left back position whilst at the same time having to mark the biggest No.7 I have ever seen in the shape of Cotton. He created a goo... Continue reading ...
Marc Seager.
Thanks for the success you have brought the club
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this was a very scrappy game, especially the first half. Neither team had anything real to play for. Whitstable wanted to surpass their points-tally from last season. I can't quite work out where Godalming were last season, but if they were promoted, they had already done very well. Of course, as it turns out, the game itself was eventually overshadowed by the news that Marc Seager had resigned his posi... Continue reading ...
What a cracking game of football! Whitstable had not really expected to get this far in the competition and they should be credited for this acheievement: the first outing in this Final in their history. Although the score-line suggests a rout, as has been said elsewhere, that score-line may be a little deceiving because The Oystermen kept playing until the end - and had they put their chances away, this game could have looked more like a rugby score. The players were clearly disappointed ... Continue reading ...
Somewhere between jimmygreaves, steveparsons and myself, there lies a jinx: I’m pretty sure none of us have witnessed many if any wins this season (come to think of it, I saw the win against Croydon towards the beginning of term). On the other hand, such talk is pure superstition and detracts from the real causes of yet another average performance (if only I had seen the apparent brilliance against Chipstead). Some of those causes have already been identified: some very odd selections, hurr... Continue reading ...
Tommy Martin is delighted with the second goal
This was a six pointer that Whitstable was in danger of throwing away. The first half display by the Oystermen was dire - the only saving grace being that it did not look like Chatham was going to score: Whitstable's back line was relatively solid despite the lack of control in midfield, and Chatham seemed to have left their finishing boots in the dressing room. But for the vast majority of the first half, Whitstable was pegged down in their...
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Posted by Per Laleng on Sunday, November 15, 2009,
This took place at the Marine last night and was good fun. Woke up with a cracking hangover although I can't remember drinking that much. I assume it was too much sun ...
Bruce got a standing ovation from the room to recognise all the hard work he has put into the club over the years and it was well deserved. The best news of all is that there will now be an annual fixture known as the Bruce Smith shield between Whitstable and, yes, you guessed it, Herne Bay. This year's fixture is on 5th Au...
A Divided House?
(Not by the looks of things)
Not only did a large majority of the more vocal Oysterboys fail to turn up for this Boxing Day historical derby, but so too did some of Town's players. In fact, I'm not convinced I was wholly there either!
This was a game from which Town could, and probably should have taken some points after their league cup clash earlier this season. Whitstable won that one 1-0 away, Steve Marshall bagging the only goal.
Marshy scores in the Cup Tie
However, with a...
Posted by Per Laleng on Friday, November 6, 2009,
Fair play to Seags, he said he would turn it round, and he did against Horsham YMCA on Saturday. Still reeling from the FA cup exit against Thamesmead last weekend, he made a number of changes to the team that limped out so ineffectually from the greatest cup competition in the world with the two most significant changes being the relegation of Steven Lloyd and club captain Marcos Perona to the bench, with Tommy Martin donning the captain's armband: a bold and surprising move given that Tom... Continue reading ...
Posted by Per Laleng on Friday, November 6, 2009,
(Marcos Perona contemplates the score-line: at this stage, like his armband, 3 to nil)
Expectation was running high with the visit of title contenders Tooting & Mitcham who had battled hard against Ashford midweek and got a good result with 10 men. It was thought in some quarters that Whitstable raise their game against the better sides. Alas, the bubble was pricked in the first 5 minutes as Tooting scored two in the blink of an eye. It is fair to say that Rob Thomas has put his hand up f... Continue reading ...
The Kingstonian forum was a abuzz prior to kick-off predicting a mauling of The Oystermen, and the omens did not look good after Whitstable gave away the ball with the first kick of the game. That allowed high-flying Kingstonian to launch a swift attack forcing Kevin Fewell to make a fingertip save within 30 seconds of the start. Fortunately, the shock seemed to remind the Red Men (playing in yellow) that the game had started and they quickly composed themselves.  Ten minutes into the game saw ...
I should have statyed on honeymoon cos this game certainy wasn't one! Cray scored a very good goal within a couple of minutes from way out as an attempted clearance landed on the boot of Kinch who shot from outside the area into the bottom corner. There was nothing Fewell could have done about it, but the ball should have been cleared in the first place.
Whitstable did manage a shot at goal in the first ten after Danny Tipple hurdled a couple of Cray player, crossed for Clint Gooding who shot ... Continue reading ...
A miserable day on a number of counts, but predominantly due to the weather and the score. Whitstable have had a reputation for playing good football in the rain, but perhaps it did not rain hard enough to motivate the players? Whatever the explanation, most of them weren't at the races (or maybe they were at the races but should have been at the game!)
 Ian Pulman has one of Whitstable's few shots late on
Posted by Per Laleng on Saturday, October 17, 2009,
 Kingstonian’s visit to the Belmont was always going to be a stern test for Whitstable irrespective of their stuttering recent form. Two 3-1 losseson the bounce, and facing an established Ryman side lying third in the table, a team that doesn’t seem to lose away, who score twice as many as they give away the signs for Whitstable were inauspicious. Their cause was hardly helped by the recall of Big John Akinde by Ebbsfleet United just before the game. But as one chapter ends another begins:...
Andy Sinton’s Fleet inflicted further misery on The Oystermen’s poor start to the season cruising to a deserved victory at The Belmont. A marginally better organised Fleet camped in the hosts’ half in a scrappy opening which also saw Campbell (filling in at left back) putting in some crunching tackles which more often than not led to the concession of free-kicks. A mere 7 minutes into the game and Fleet's James Field crossed dangerously from the right for Hemmings to header onto the po... Continue reading ...
Posted by Per Laleng on Monday, October 12, 2009,
Tommy Martin is delighted with the second goal
This was a six pointer that Whitstable was in danger of throwing away. The first half display by the Oystermen was dire - the only saving grace being that it did not look like Chatham was going to score: Whitstable's back line was relatively solid despite the lack of control in midfield, and Chatham seemed to have left their finishing boots in the dressing room. But for the vast majority of the first half, Whitstable was pegged down in their own h... Continue reading ...
(Seags appreciates Si's footballing brain)
In-form Leatherhead, placed 5th in the table before the game, visited a Whitstable team still finding its feet in the Ryman leage on Saturday. And with two strikers leaving the Oystermen during the week - AC after 7 years with the club moving to Tunbridge Wells and Stuart King accepting a more lucrative and career-enhancing offer from Ramsgate - the Oysterboys and girls were left wondering where the goals would come from. But the headline in The T... Continue reading ...
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