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TOOTING BEC reserves and 'A' team have added Reece Turner and Gavin Bolger to

to the trophy haul as the club con- his management team.
Decent budgets
tinues to strengthen on and off the
pitch. Our reserves presently chal- With the FA Restructure we now
The Bec were only formed in lenging at the top of Step 8 football find ourselves in the SCEFL divi-
2004 on Tooting Common boast- and making their own way up the sion 1 with some very good teams
ing just one side and with a com- football pyramid. and decent budgets so we hope we
pletely social focus, this is just The 2018/19 season, our first in the are can step up to the challenge and
our 18th season in existence. CCL, started slowly as we were sat continue to compete at the top end
Within 6 years and 4 promotions in mid-table in early October but of the table but with only 2 sides
we achieved step 7 football and a great run from then till the end from our league last season it really
were also running a reserve side. of the season saw us rise to an un- is the unknown which is both excit-
Last season was our 3rd season in expected 3rd place finish in the di- ing and unpredictable.
the Combined Counties League, vision and qualification for the FA Exciting and winning football!
now running 8 sides including a Cup for the first time in our history. After 2 years of keeping the club
Vets, two Women’s sides and now 2019/20 we expected a much tough- and the culture alive through some
a new under 23 team. We have host visiting clubs on the stadium er season, however, before the sea- tough times we want to say thank
enjoyed a good couple of seasons pitch once again this season a part son was cancelled, we were well you to all the spectators, volunteers,
at all levels will all our side fin- of the ongoing groundshare. The place for promotion in 4th place players, coaches and sponsors who
ishing top 5 in their respective facilities have given us the chance and played in the FA Cup at Guild- have supported us through these
leagues last season. to move to the Combined Coun- ford City unfortunately going down times and we hope into the future,
Surrey Elite title ties and Step 6 football and we have 3-2. Covid-19 then brought a pre- we need your support more than
After missing out on the Surrey Elite enjoyed visiting new grounds and mature end to the season in ever and we hope to be able repay
title (Step 7) on the last day five sea- making new friends, and despite March along with any hopes of pro- you with some exciting and winning
sons ago we came back strong and last season be curtailed due to Cov- motion and a place in this seasons football!
comfortably won the Elite league id-19 we have established ourselves FA Cup, which for the first time ever Spare a thought
title by 5 points the following year at the right end of the table with a was decided by a random draw. Finally, I’d like to spare a thought
gaining promotion in the process. 3rd & 4th place finish under previ- Matt Hancock and raise a glass for Scotty who sad-
We also tasted FA Vase action for ous manager John O’Connor. Last A lot of change has happened since ly lost his fight with covid last sea-
the first time in 2017 beating Lit- season was only 9 games old when it with manager John O’Connor mov- son and to his family who have lost
tlehampton 3-1 before going out to was curtailed and the Bec were once ing upstairs to new Vice Chairman a dad and grandfather as well as a
Fisher in the next round. The club again well placed in the top 4. role and after the brief appointment great supporter of the Bec.
is based out of Tooting & Mitcham Our finest hour before the 2017/18 of young manager Bryan Nzinga the
F.C. where all our sides train and season’s league title victory came in club turned to ex first team Centre Steffan Wells (Chairman)
play on the 3G. 2010 when the club won the SSEC Back and title winning reserve team Tooting Bec FC
Ongoing groundshare League and Cup double and were a manager Matt Hancock during last
Our 1st team returned to the ground cup final defeat away from becom- season and to lead the club into this
2019 after a year playing at Raynes ing the only club ever to claim the new season. Matt has since appoint-
Park Vale FC. The first team will treble. In the last few seasons the ed ex Raynes Park management duo