Page 14 - Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 21-22 Season
P. 14

LARKFIELD & NEW HYTHE WANDERERS

      Larkfield & New  Hythe Wanderers
      was formed back in 1961. Originally
      the club only had men’s teams but
      after the merger with Larkfield FC
      in 2012 there are nowover 30 teams
      consisting of men, ladies and youth                                                         TUESDAY 29 MARCH - FIRST DIVISION
      teams of both boys and girls.The club
      was awarded the FA Charter Com-                                                      Chessington & Hook Utd             vs          Larkfield & New Hythe
      munity standard status in 2015 with                                                  Kent Footbal Utd                   vs          Croydon
      an ethos to grow and support the club
      in the local Community and promote                                                   Meridian VP                        vs          Bridon Ropes
      the success of all the teams.         MUNITY  STADIUM’ and   the ground
                A very strong team          was significantly improved with new                     TOP GOALSCORERS - FIRST DIVISION
      In the beginning the club played in the   seated stands, covered standing, new-
      Maidstone & District Saturday league   dugouts, pitch barrier surrounding as        #                   Player                    Club     Played     Goals
      and in 1997 gained acceptance into the   well as renovated clubhouse and chang-
      Kent County League. The club was in   ing rooms. Very  importantly, we also         1    Arlie Desanges - Sutton Athletic                    32         33
      Division 2 East for many seasons with-  received Football Foundation funding
      out realising the success it strived for. A   for pitch maintenance and secured the
      very strong team in 2016 just missed out  services of  Scott Byers who has trans-   2    Bradley Baker - Lydd Town                           30         27
      on promotion but was successful in win- formed   the playing service.
      ning the Les Leckie Cup in a very tight    Outstanding achievement
      game 3-2 against Rolvenden FC. In     Additionally, the club has had new            3    Ladic Melconian - Bridon Ropes                      31         24
      2020 the club was promoted to Division  Floodlights installed repla ingt he old
      1 of the Kent County League, and a new  ones from 1996! In 2021, the club’s              Lee Friend - Snodland Town &
      sponsor, committee and management     hard  work paid off  with the announ          4    Stansfeld                                           23         17
      team was put in place to push the club   ment we had been accepted to join the
      for further promotion and ultimately   Southern Counties East Football League
      into SCEFL. The plan was going very   at Step 6 of the non-league pyramid.          5    Simon Walton - Greenways                            30         17
      well with theteam 7 points clear at the   This is an outstanding achievement for
      top of the league when unfortunately,   the club and great rewardfor the hard
      Covid19 brought the season to an end.   work that has gone on at Larkfield &        6    Conor Evans - Sutton Athletic                       32         17
      However, the club was undeterred and   New Hythe over the past few years.
      continued to enhance the whole stadium  We can’t wait for the new season and
      and make our aspirations known to en-  welcoming new clubs to our stadium           7    Tom Barton - Faversham Strike                       22         16
      ter the SCEFL Division 1. The stadium    andvisiting new ones ourselves.                 Force
      was re-branded as the ‘TARAY   COM-   Up the Larks!
   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19