I’m sure we were all wondering, after two defeats in the major FA competitions followed by a narrow loss to Welling in the league, if our season was starting to unravel and our earlier hopes of chasing a play-off place had been overambitious.
Well, the management team and the players regrouped and responded in style with a massive 7-2 victory over Stanway Rovers. To see Deondre, Matty and Connor star is great credit to our management team, who believed in these young players and kept them with us despite long-term injuries. It felt like we had three new signings in our starting line-up and freshened up the team after the difficult few weeks we had.
Then we showed the other side of our game with a battling performance away to Brentwood, where the fighting spirit of the boys came to the fore in terrible conditions. Two games, two very different performances, both games that indicated we are back on track.
Hopefully, the boys are all refreshed after a free weekend and ready to go again.
While the lads had a football-free weekend, our Ladies team were flying the flag with a massive six-nil win against our local rivals Dorking Wanderers. Neil and his team are having a great season, and I’m sure this result made Tanners fans everywhere proud when they saw the scoreline.
The club are launching a new initiative of walking football for men over 60, with a second group for over-65s. You will find details on our website, with links also on all our socials. We are hosting free taster sessions on Monday the 16th Nov, 7th and 14th of Dec, so if you would like to give it a try, please come down and meet like-minded Tanners fans.
Today, we welcome the officials, management, players and supporters of St Albans to Fetcham Grove. Welcome, all of you, and enjoy the game.
UP THE TANNERS
JD
