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Welcome to the Lancer Scott Stadum

Good afternoon, I would like to offer a
warm welcome to you all, particularly to
the officials, players and supporters of
Knaphill FC who made the trip from
Surrey, I hope you enjoy your day with
us and have a safe trip home.
Today is the 1st of 2 qualifying rounds of
the FA Isuzu Vase before the 1st round
proper starts on 22nd October. Should
the scores be level after 90 minutes, we
go to straight to penalties. Today’s winning side will win £550, losers £160.
This is the first ever meeting of the 2 sides, it’s actually the first time we have
played a Combined Counties league side, Knaphill are in the Premier Division
south, @ step 5 which is the same level as the Toolstation Premier. They sit in
7th place having won 2 out of 3 games, plus 2 games in the FA Cup. Today is
our 9th game this season and we are still in August! Cup days are always
special made all the more intriguing when the 2 sides know little or nothing
about each other.
Our unbeaten run of 4 games came to a frustrating end on Wednesday night
at Street, we lacked quality at important moments yet we did more than
enough to win the game, far more possession, 2 very very poor decisions that
didnt go our way from a very young referee.
Thank you to Grosvenor Consultancy (finance) ltd, Lancer Scott ltd, Phil Rex,
JCW Flooring, SMG Screeding, Kingscourt Cladding and Nupower Electrical for
being the first to kick off the Player sponsorship. If any is interested in
sponsoring a player @£75, please speak to me or the 1st team management.
We are looking for a few more volunteers around the club, if you know anyone
who can help please send them my way.
We are here again on bank holiday monday when newly promoted Falmouth
town make the 333 mile round trip to visit us, KO 3pm.
Thank you for your support today, enjoy the game and please respect the
officials.
UP THE STAGS,
Mike, Chairman