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MANAGER’S CHAIRMAN’S NOTES
MANAGER’S

SPECIAL Well, if anyone ever neither side exactly dazzled and which turned
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needed a demonstration
on moments rather than momentum was, in
the end and to the joy of Vale fans and play-
of the challenges in-
ers alike, won by the team that dug deepest.
volved in the combined
counties league and the
quality of football on The phrase ‘winning ugly’ is often used to de-
scribe these type of victories but that always
display then they will minimises the efforts of a team who push on
only have to look at the even when they know they are not firing on
last few weeks at Raynes all cylinders. The frustration of players was
Park Road. A flying start to RPV‘s season
audible and visible but, in the end, they got
WESTERN came to a shattering end in a hotly contested stuck in and got the job done.
WESTERN
match against what would appear, at this ear-
As the nets were coming down across the
ly stage of the season, to be clear candidates
RED CEDAR for promotion. Badshot Lea were not neces- CCL the news broke that both Badshot Lea
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and Jersey had let the 3 points slip as they
sarily the better team however at this level
ground out draws and , in the end, it wasn’t
winning margins delete backspace however
CLADDING at this level matches or one or lost on the a bad day at the office for Vale. The point?
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Yes, shipping points is painful but we are not
slenderest of margins. Much like Raynes Park
the only team in the CCL and sometimes you
Vale Badshot Lea or 18 who know how to put
the opposition in their place. need a little help and pure grit to get back
on track.
WRCEDIT5 RPV put on a spirited display and went into The manager isn’t panicking,
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the second half perhaps looking stronger
of the two teams. However, it is undeniably nor are the players and neither
true that, when Badshot Lea, turned up the should the fans.
heat on the fixture our lack of resources
became apparent. There was no blame to be A week later Vale were at Horley Town and
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apportioned - both management and team
occasion, the results around the league didn’t
amongst the many fans who I have spoken to
go our way but it was another demonstration
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losses of crucial players to injury and personal
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of confidence without getting too cocky, treat
METRE was made evidence in the fixture against
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Badshot Lea. Of course, Badshot Lee are a teams with respect whilst not backing off.
fine team and as I say are clearly contenders We come to today’s game on the back of
for a promotion slot. That is not to say that, some good wins including against an excel-
VALID 1 ST ST AUGUST 31 OCTOBER 2022 here at RPV, we do not have our own, realistic lent Balham side on Tuesday and we are all
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hoping for a return to our usual form.
IN LONDON BRANCHES ONLY ambitions. It is widely accepted amongst team As ever, I welcome all fans, officials, staff,
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and supporters that promotion from the CCL
premiership is the goal for the 22/23 season players and volunteers to Grand Drive for
and the measure by which the season will be today’s game and I look forward to meeting
judged. However, as a club we need to ‘keep as many of you as possible.
calm and carry on’, as the old slogan says. The
manager isn’t panicking, nor are the players John Dalton
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Subject to stock availability. This month’s dramatically scrappy home fix-
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ture against Camberley made the point more
eloquently than I ever could. A game where
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