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provocation and seen players and club rightly punished. On all breathless. The quality of football on show this season in the
this occasion we demonstrated our maturity and discipline. CCL Premiership has been of a standard quite unlike that of any
The antics of the visiting coach were brushed aside as the other season and any team competing in it should feel proud
team got on with the task in hand - winning. In the meantime to have done so. So, as we wrap up this 2021/22 season we can
some of you will have heard or seen the news that Beckenham look back on all that has happened, the FA Vase campaign, a
Town have been in the news for other, much more serious fantastic league campaign, the ground improvements, the re-
reasons, following the disgraceful, racist outbursts from some cords broken and we thank all the people who have helped us
people associated with the club. I have two comments only to in ways that are essential to a club like ours - Mandy, without
make on this issue which, ultimately, is for the club and the foot- whom you probably wouldn’t have got through the turnstile
balling authorities to deal with. today, Jake and Jess who count you in. Sam and the team in the
Proud supporter of his club clubhouse who keep us fed and watered, The RPV Ultras who

irstly we know the chairman of Beckenham Town to be a keep us cheering, Steve keeping our pitch in tip-top shape...as
Fproud supporter of his club and a good football person. We ever the list is endless. It only remains for me to say that we look
have no doubt that he is determined to find out what has hap- forward to welcoming everyone back to Grand Drive next sea-
pened in these incidents and we wish him well in his efforts son and to see the best supporters in London getting behind the
to rid his club of this problem. Secondly, I would refer you to best team.
the small paragraph, a few pages back in this very programme,
titled: ‘Zero Tolerance To Discrimination.’ As we have seen this Enjoy the day
week this is not just a bit of waffle put out to keep the FA hap- COME ON YOU VALE!!!!
py - it is there, in this programme, every week because we are
justifiably proud of our welcome, at Raynes Park Vale, for an-
yone who wants to enjoy our sport at our club. We stand by it
and hope that other clubs will do the same. On a cheerier note John Dalton
we are very happy to welcome Horley Town to Grand Drive
today and I’m looking forward to seeing two teams who have Chairman, Raynes Park Vale F.C.
a great deal of respect for each other enjoy a
hard-fought and fair match and, as ever, I
look forward to meeting as many of you
as possible and to enjoy a chat or a beer
at this, the last game of our season.
As I mentioned last week it has
been a season that has left us
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