Page 31 - CHESSINGTON & HOOK UTD vs FARNHAM TOWN - 2019-20 Season

er four seasons in Combined Counties the club lift the Cherry Red Records Pre-
Division One. Farnham gained promo- mier Challenge Cup whilst also reaching
tion from Combined Counties Division the final of the Aldershot FA Senior Cup.
One in the 2010-2011 season after fin- The 2017/2018 was ultimately one of dis-
ishing second behind Worcester Park. appointment to the club. A good start
In Paul Tanner’s first season at the helm, saw the club go on its best FA Vase run in
he gained automatic promotion back to decades, the defeat of higher league op-
the Premier Division at the first attempt, position in the County Cup and reaching
which after only retaining four members 12th place on the back of a long unde-
of the side from the previous year’s squad feated run by early November. However,
- who finished mid-table, was quite an defeat in the last minute of the FA Vase
achievement. Paul Tanner’s side also won 2nd Round to Bridgwater Town marked
the Combined Counties Fair Play Award a significant turning point and the club
for 2010-2011 after going the whole sea- didn’t win a single league match between
son without having a man sent off, a re- 8th November and the season’s end. This
cord to be proud of. In a very successful run led to the resignation of long-serv-
year for the club, on the whole, Dean ing manager, Paul Tanner, in February,
Nelson’s reserve side finished second with first Paul Bonner and then Emma-
behind Mole Valley in the Combined nuelle Boudine brought in to try and at-
Counties Reserve Division, improving tempt to reverse the club’s fortunes but
on fourth position the previous season. alas it wasn’t to be and The Town ended
Farnham Ladies also finished second the season in last place and were rele-
in their respective league to cap quite a gated to the Combined Counties Divi-
remarkable season in Geoff Chapple’s sion One. The one highlight of the latter
final season as Chairman. In 2011, Ray half of the season however, was the pro-
Bridger took over as chairman from gression to the semi-finals of the Alder-
Geoff Chapple. The 2015/16 season saw shot Invitation Cup where Continued...