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managers followed and the club ended runners up to Ashford (Middx) Town.
bottom of the league and relegated from The youth team had a disrupted fixture
step 4 football. list particularly badly affected by the late
There was greater success for our De- winter weather which meant a backlog of
velopment and Youth teams and in par- games at the end of an extended season.
ticular our Ladies Team who achieved Despite this the team finished runners
promotion under the stewardship of up in the Surrey Primary League.
Darren Wheeler and Steve Davies On a sad note the season saw the pass-
2017/18 started under a new manage- ing of Bill Kyte the Godalming Town
ment team and hope of success in the president. Bill had worked tirelessly for
Combined Counties Premier League. the club for many years and will be sadly
The season started well and an early missed by all that new him. As a tribute
highlight came in the FA Cup with an to his memory the ground has been re-
away trip to Hereford FC where the G’s named The Bill Kyte Stadium
played in front of a record crowd of over 2018/19 In June 2018 Les Cleevely was
1,700. appointed first team manager, following
Unfortunately after that re- As a a long and illustrious playing
sults did not go well and the goalkeeping career and managerial roles
team slipped slowly down the coach at at Chareshalton and Wal-
league. The club and Simon Chelsea and ton and Hersham amongst
parted company in October Spurs others and as a goalkeeping
and old G’s players Gavin coach at Spurs and Chelsea.
Smith and Jon Palmer took over. Despite Under his leadership some stability was
changes to the team and all their best ef- brought back to the club and the side fin-
forts results did not pick up and the team ished a creditable 12th in Division one of
finished third from bottom. Following a the Combined Counties.
period of uncertainty it was confirmed The ladies team also continued to do
that Godalming would be relegated for well challenging in both the league and
the second season in a row. cup right up until the end of the season.
The Ladies teams and Youth teams Les has brought a refreshing blend of
fared much better. The ladies building on tenacity and commitment to the club
their success of the season before created and is concentrating on building a young
a second team. Both teams performed side that can grow and win together. He
well in their respective leagues with has been tireless both on and off the pitch
the Ladies Development finishing third and along with his team and the band of
and the Ladies finishing runners up and fantastic volunteers is helping to rebuild
gained promotion for the second season the club.
in a row. They also reached the final of 2019/20 Godalming will again play in
the J. Greenacre memorial Cup finishing the Combined Counties Division One.