Waltham Abbey (away), Ryman League Premier Division
Saturday 13th March, KO 3.00
 

 
First Team




Player Profiles


  Kevin Scriven

Goalkeeper

Apps: 46

Goalkeeper signed this summer after two seasons with Havant & Waterlooville, for whom he played in the FA Cup run that saw them beat Swansea before playing Liverpool at Anfield. He previously made 100 appearances for Farnborough.
  Paul Smith

Goalkeeper

Apps: 2

A former member of Sutton's youth team who rejoined the club this season as understudy to Kevin Scriven. He has also played for AFC Wimbledon.
  Alan Bray

Defender

Apps: 143   Goals: 2

A left sided defender who made his senior debut midway through the 2006-2007 season having graduated through the reserve team, and made his 100th senior appearance in last season’s Ryman League play-off semi final at Staines. He won the Ralph Carr award for Young Player of the Year in 2007, and was the inaugural winner of the Players' Player of the Year award the following season.
  John Cartledge

Defender

Apps: 1   Goals: 0

Centre back signed at the start of this season who has featured regularly in the reserves and made his senior debut in January. Spent two years as a professional with Bury, and has subsequemtly played for Carshalton, Whyteleafe and Leatherhead
  Karim El Salahi

Defender

Apps: 97   Goals: 3

Tall centre back signed in June 2008 from Eastleigh, although he had a spell on loan at Sutton the previous season, he won the Football Club Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year awards last season. Formerly with Crystal Palace, he has also played at Blue Square Premier level for Woking.
  Jazz Gold

Defender

Apps: 1   Goals: 0

The captain of the Croydon youth side that beat Sutton in last season's Southern Youth League Cup final, he joined U's this season and made his senior debut in the League Cup tie at Horsham in November after impressing in the reserves.
  Jason Goodliffe

Defender

Apps: 33   Goals: 4

Experienced defender who joined the club in May after leaving AFC Wimbledon, who he had captained to successive promotions from the Ryman League to Blue Square Premier level. An England semi-professional level who has played for Hayes, Stevenage, Rushden and York.
  Billy Hawes

Defender

Apps: 40   Goals: 0

Right sided defender signed during the close season from Boreham Wood, where he had two spells having come through the youth team. He spent much of last season with Heybridge Swifts, and has also played for Leyton and Wealdstone.
  Sonny Cobbs

Midfielder

Apps: 40   Goals: 4

Midfield player signed this summer from Welling, who he joined from Brighton at the start of last season after a successful loan period during the previous campaign.
  Andre Costa

Midfielder

Apps: 3   Goals: 0

Portuguese winger signed in November having previously played this season with Dorchester. A member of Hayes & Yeading's reserves last season, he had a trial in the summer with Bournemouth and also had a brief spell with Poole, and spent January on loan at Walton & Hersham.
  Matt Hann

Midfielder

Apps: 88   Goals: 7

Exciting right winger who was signed last summer from Eastleigh but previously had four years with St Albans, helping them to promotion from Blue Square South in 2006. He earlier made four Football League appearances for Peterborough and has also played for Dorchester and Cambridge City, while in 2005 he represented Great Britain in the World Student Games.
  James Hawes

Midfielder

Apps: 30   Goals: 1

Billy’s elder brother, he also signed this summer after four seasons with Braintree. A former Ipswich junior, he has also played for Leyton.
  Tommy Kavanagh

Midfielder

Apps: 3   Goals: 0

Attacking midfield player who has progressed to the fringe of the first team squad after coming through the youth and reserve teams.
  Steve McKimm

Midfielder

Apps: 76   Goals: 0

Signed last summer after two seasons with Margate, where he held the player/coach position two seasons ago and finished the campaign as caretaker-manager after the departure of Robin Trott. A 32-year-old midfielder who previously had five years with Gravesend, winning a Ryman championship medal in 2002 and briefly joint caretaker-manager at Stonebridge Road in 2005. He also includes Kingstonian, Farnborough, Hayes and Dulwich among his previous clubs.
  Elliot Mitchell

Midfielder

Apps: 1   Goals: 0

A graduate of the youth team whose performances in the reserves this season earned him a first team debut in November.
  Steve Perkins

Midfielder

Apps: 17   Goals: 1

Experienced midfielder signed in October having begun this season with Welling. A member of the Hayes & Yeading side that won promotion from Blue Square South last season, he has played at Conference level for Stevenage, Dagenham and Woking after a brief spell in the Football League with Plymouth.
  Danny Phillips

Midfielder

Apps: 45   Goals: 4

Attacking player signed in March after a spell out of the game, whose impressive performances in the run-in to the end of the season, including a crucial and brilliant goal in the last game against Hornchurch, earned him the offer of a contract in the summer. Has previously played at Conference level for Weymouth.
  Alan Pouton

Midfielder

Apps: 22   Goals: 4

Experienced midfielder who featured in Dover's championship successes in each of the past two seasons and joined Sutton after beginning this season with Maidstone. Previously played over 250 games in a professional career with York, Grimsby and Gillingham.
  Francis Quarm

Midfielder

Apps: 11   Goals: 1

Signed in January from Hampton & Richmond, where he had two spells either side of a stay at Basingstoke. He previously made over 100 appearances for Dulwich.
  Stuart Young

Midfielder

Apps: 5   Goals: 0

Left sided midfielder who has been a regular member of the youth and reserve sides over the past two seasons and who made his senior debut at the beginning of December.
  Jerson Dos Santos

Striker

Apps: 10   Goals: 3

Striker who was a prolific scorer at reserve and youth level and broke in to the first team late in the 2007-08 season, becoming the youngest player to play for the first team for 31 years three months short of his 17th birthday. Currently on loan at Walton & Hersham.
  Billy Dunn

Striker

Apps: 53   Goals: 12

Signed two seasons ago from AFC Wimbledon, a striker whose impressive scoring record at youth and reserve level earned him his senior debut against Eastbourne in March 2008 still a month short of his 17th birthday, making him the youngest player for 31 years to play in the first team until Jerson Dos Santos took that record a week later. A regular member of the squad last season, when he scored twelve league and cup goals, he is currently on loan at Walton after earlier loan spells this season at Margate and Hendon
  Sam Gargan

Striker

Apps: 39   Goals: 17

Striker signed at the start of this having been released during the summer by Brighton, where he began his career in the youth team and for whom he made one Football League appearance. While with Brighton he had successful loan spells in the past two seasons with Worthing, Bognor,Welling, Havant and Lewes
  Daniel Harding

Striker

Apps: 1   Goals: 0

The leading scorer in the reserve team since joining the club at the start of last season, he made his senior debut in November.
  Anthony Joseph

Striker

Apps: 20   Goals: 2

Winger signed in the summer from Ashford Town (Middlesex), for whom he impressed in their 2-1 win over U’s in March. He has also played for Chertsey, Kingstonian and Bromley. Currently on loan at Margate.
  Charlie Taylor

Striker

Apps: 19   Goals: 7

Signed in November after playing at Blue Square Premier level for Grays this season. He was with Dulwich last season.
  Steve Watts

Striker

Apps: 24   Goals: 7

Experienced striker signed last summer after spending a season and a half with Eastleigh, he was sidelined for much of the season due to a knee injury and only made his debut at the start of April, scoring the winner against Dartford nine minutes after coming on as substitute. He previously made over 100 Football League appearances for Leyton Orient, and includes Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Welling, Dagenham, St Albans and Fisher among his other former clubs.
  Bradley Woods-Garness

Striker

Apps: 21   Goals: 4

Striker who was briefly with Sutton during the pre-season fixtures two seasons ago before joining Billericay, where he was among the Ryman League’s leading scorers. He had a spell at Dartford last season before joining U’s in the summer. A former Chelsea junior and England youth international, he has also played for Farnborough. Currently on loan at Hendon.

Management Profiles

 

Paul Doswell

Manager

Appointed at the end of the 2007/08 season. Winner of the BBC South Sports Award 2006 for his management achievements at Eastleigh, where he guided the club from the Wessex League to Blue Square South in three years.

  Alan Payne

Assistant Manager

Joined the club last season in the role of chief scout, and was appointed assistant manager in the summer after the departure of Steve West. He has previously managed Worthing, Leyton and Enfield Town.
  Steve McKimm

Player / Coach

Signed from Margate as player/coach. See above for further info.
League Position:

3rd


 
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