Page 23 - Raynes Park Vale v Horley Town

Sid And Doris Bonkers on without the luxuries that we have at the club now. Without them we might not

have a Raynes Park Vale to visit today and we shouldn't forget that! Since then,
though, we have a new chairman doing great things for the club, new volunteers
making sure that everything works and fans get a good day out, a new manager
bringing a winning mentality to the club and new players who are showing them-
selves to be just as determined as the old guard to show the world what RPV can do
and with new agreements in place we can safely say that We Shall Not Be Moved.
SHOUTING FROM THE STANDS
It's enough to bring a tear to Sid's eye...

Sid & Doris Bonkers

irst game of 2022 and we're all recovering from Christmas. Or, we would be if
Fthere had been one. Omicron, empty shelves, dodgy parties...err...I mean 'work
meetings' - what an end to the year! Here in the stands at
The Vale we don't worry about these things (apart from the
parties...that hurt!!) because we remember the gulls swim-
ming in the goalmouths, the cans of warm Fosters at the bar,
the Chairman's hot-dogs, the scary toilets, the 'just don't
get relegated' hope of the fans, the two-page photocopied
programmes. Yes...we remember when it was all fields
around here!!

he start of a new year is always a time to look back
Tat what has gone before and look forward to what
we hope for and, it's fair to say that, here at Raynes Park
Vale we had a pretty decent 2021 and we can hope for a
lively and promising 2022. New manager, new players, (al-
most) new clubhouse, a proper bar with actual drinks. New
fans mixing with the old faces, TVs with football in the bar,
a fence, new floodlights on the way, a turnstile...A TURN-
STILE!!!! It seems like every week brings some new treat to
keep us coming back to Grand Drive!

ut...none of that matters because, on the pitch, we are seeing a revolution.
BRaynes Park Vale are winning!! Not all the time but enough to keep hopes up!
And let's not forget the team that won us promotion to the CCL Prem and battled

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