Non League to Legend (Journey Save England lv 22)

September 1st

I know this doesnt have to do with my league but just seen the money spent and i thought wow

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September 2nd

Today is our road game against West Hoathly II in Mid Sussex Junior Cup round 1

Keymer & Hassocks (MS9) @ West Hoathly (MS9) (Mid Sussex Junior Cup 1st Rnd)

Matthew Davies scores his 1st goal of the season (31) (assisted by Ian Cousins)
Ian Cousins scores his 1st goal of the season (58) (assisted by Paul Buckley)

Final: 2-0 W

Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jordan Badger (Keymer & Hassocks)
Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks)
Sam Castle (Keymer & Hassocks)
Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks)

Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks) 1g 1a 2 K Pas 8.4 rating

September 3rd

Today is the second round draw for the Mid Sussex Junior Cup

We have been drawn as the home team against Rotherfield II from Mid Sussex Division 5 which is scheduled for October 7th

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September 8th

We are on the road against Handcross Village III

Keymer & Hassocks (11th ranked) @ Handcross Village III (9th ranked)

Charlie Anderson scored his 1st goal of the season (80) (assisted by Marc Rose)

Final: 1-0 W

Cliff Worsfold (Handcross)
Joe Ray (Handcross)
Rob Parker (Keymer & Hassocks)

Cliff Worsfold (Handcross 42nd min)

Charlie Anderson (Keymer & Hassocks) 1g 1 K Pas 8.3 rating

September 9th

Today is the draw for the Brian Hall Challenge Cup 1st round. We have been drawn as the home team for the 1st round against Ashurst Wood III from Mid Sussex Division 9 which is scheduled for September 23rd

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September 10th

Our U23 squad has a friendly today of which they won by a score of 3-1, Stuart Bryant scored a goal, Hendry Adu scored a goal and AFC Mottingham U23 og

September 13th

We have a home game against Fletching II

Fletching II (3rd ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (7th ranked)

Ian Cousins scores his 2nd goal of the season (11) (unassisted)
Ian Cousins scored his 3rd goal of the season (20) (assisted by Matthew Davies)

Final: 2-0 W

Jordan Badger (Keymer & Hassocks)
Marc Rose (Keymer & Hassocks)
Kevin Benham (Fletching II)

Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks 67th min)

Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks) 2g 8.8 rating

Paul Buckley will be out of action for 2 months with torn groin muscle

September 16th

We have another home game a few days later against Maresfield Village III

Maresfield Village III (10th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (2nd ranked)

MV III og (22) (assisted by Tom Finlay)
Charlie Anderson scored his 2nd goal of the season (27) (assisted by Tom Finlay)
Ian Cousins scores his 4th goal of the season (50) (assisted by Mark Parsons)
Charlie Anderson scored his 3rd goal of the season (60) (assisted by Kevin Wallace)

Final: 4-1 W

Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Kevin Wallace (Keymer & Hassocks)
Gareth Faithful (MV III)

Charlie Anderson (Keymer & Hassocks) 2g 1 K Pas 8.8 rating

September 18th

Our U18 squad has a friendly against Plaistow U18 and won by a score of 3-1, Bryn Ball and Dion Salmon each scored a goal while Plistow U18 scored on their own goal

September 20th

Our squad is on the road against Stones II

Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked) @ Stones II (4th ranked)

Final: 1-0 L

Jason Collins (Stones II)
Jamie Caton (Stones II)
Jamie Johnson (Stones II)
Sam Castle (Keymer & Hassocks)
Sam Castle (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jack Kempton (Keymer & Hassocks)

Neal Mulvany (Stones II) 1g 7.6 rating

Sam Castle will miss our next game due to him getting a red card

September 23rd

Today is the first game for us in the Brian Hall Challenge Cup 1st round as we take on Ashurst Wood III at home.

Ashurst Wood III (MS9) @ Keymer & Hassocks (MS9) (Brian Hall Challenge Cup 1st round)

Matthew Davies scores his 2nd goal of the season (73) (assisted by Rob Parker)

Final: 3-1 L

Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)
Aaron Brown (AWIII)
Anthony Goldberg (AWIII)

R. Fairclough (AWIII) 1 Tck W 7 Itc 2 Hdrs 8.5 rating

September 27th

Our U18 squad has a friendly against Otford United U18. The game finished in a 2-2 draw, Gary Lowe and Dion Salmon both scored the goals

October 4th

We look to end this losing streak at home as we take on Buxted III as we switch goalkeepers and give Andrew O'brien a rest and put Dominic Hartidge in goal

Buxted III (11th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (3rd ranked)

Ian Cousins scores his 5th goal of the season (7) (assisted by Tom Finlay)
Ian Cousins scores his 6th goal of the season (41) (assisted by Rhodri Thomas)
Ian Cousins scores his hat trick goal of the game and 7th of the season (56) (assisted by Kevin Wallace)

Final: 3-2 W

Charlie Anderson (Keymer & Hassocks 44th min)

Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Rob Parker (Keymer & Hassocks)

Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks) 3g 1 K Pas 9.4 rating

Charlie Anderson will be out of action for 5-6 days with a concussion

October 7th

We have a home game against Rotherfield II in the 2nd round of the Mid Sussex Junior Cup

Rotherfield II (MS5) @ Keymer & Hassocks (MS9) (Mid Sussex Junior Cup 2nd round)

Jordan Badger scored his 1st goal of the season (18) (assistd by Kevin Wallace)
Tom Finlay scored his 1st goal of the season (117) (assisted by Ian Cousins)

Final: 2-1 W (extra time)

Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Rob Parker (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jack Kempton (Keymer & Hassocks)
Stuart Bryant (Keymer & Hassocks)
Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks)
Joe Fergany (Rotherfield II)
Todd Atkinson (Rotherfield II)
Ed Godfrey (Rotherfield II)
Tom Andrews (Rotherfield II)

Tom Finlay (Keymer & Hassocks) 1g 8.3 rating

Jack Kempton will miss our next game as he was given a one game ban

October 8th

Today is the draw for the Mid Sussex Junior Cup 3rd round, we have been given the home team side against last years Mid Sussex Junior Cup winners AFC Ringmer II from MS Division 5. The game is scheduled for the 2nd of December

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October 14th

We also got word from the league that Jack Kempton will be given an additional 2 more games during his suspension for his red card so he will actually miss our next 3 games

We have been drawn against Stones II as the away team in the Test Challenge Cup. The game will be scheduled for October 28th 2017

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Charlie Anderson returns to the starting 11 today following his conussion injury that kept him out of the line up.

Keymer & Hassocks (2nd ranked) @ East Grinstead Mavericks (4th ranked)

Tom Finlay scores his 2nd goal of the season (90+1) (assisted by Kevin Wallace)

Final: 1-1 Draw

Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks)
Charlie Anderson (Keymer & Hassocks)

Tom Finlay (Keymer & Hassocks) 1g 1 K Pas 8.3 rating

October 21st

We have a road game against Fairwarp II. Before the game we have decided to recalle Graeme kelly from our U18 squad.

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Keymer & Hassocks (2nd ranked) @ Fairwarp II (6th ranked)

Graeme Kelly scores his 1st career K&H goal and 1st of the season (45) (assisted by Ian Cousins)
Graeme Kelly scores his 2nd goal of the season (pen 60)

Final: 2-2 Draw

William Binnion (Fairwarp II)
John Owen (Fairwarp II)
Kevin Cross (Fairwarp II)
Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Tom Finlay (Keymer & Hassocks)
Kevin Wallace (Keymer & Hassocks)
Charlie Anderson (Keymer & Hassocks)

Graeme Kelly (Keymer & Hassocks) 2g 8.6 rating

Just when he does well we get news that Graeme Kelly will be out of action for 2-3 weeks with a groin strain

Rhodri Thomas will miss our next game after receiving his 5th yellow card

October 28th

Today we are on the road against Stones II in the 1st round of the Tester Challenge Cup. We got news from our medicial staff that Paul Buckley even though he isnt 100% he can play 75 mins today if we choose to play him.

Keymer & Hassocks (MS9) @ Stones II (MS9) (Tester Challenge Cup 1st round)

Kevin Wallace scored his 2nd goal of the season (pen 2)

Final: 1-0 W

Jamie Johnson (Stones II)
Jeff Chamberlain (Stones II)
Chris Hodgson (Stones II)
Tim John (Stones II)
Kevin Wallace (Keymer & Hassocks)

Dominic Hartridge (Keymer & Hassocks) 0 Conc 7.1 rating

October 29th

Today is the Tester Challenge Cup 2nd round draw. We have drawn West Hoathly II at home. The game is scheduled for November 25th 2017

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Our U23 squad has a friendly game against Broadwater Athletic U23. The friendly ended in a 0-0 draw

Paul Buckley has fully recovered from his torn groin muscle that kept him out for 6 weeks

October 31st

One of our first club goalkeepers Dominic Hartridge who was complaining about first team time which i have started him the last 4-5 games has left our club for Ditchling. With that being said Andrew O'brien will go back to the starting goalkeeping position as we have also recalled up Andrew Clifton from our U23

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November 1st

We got good news that Graeme Kelly will be returning to the line up for our game against Ashurst Wood III in 3 days

November 3rd

12 teams came to us about a possible transfer for Graeme Kelly nad we rejected all 12 offers as we dont plan on selling him right now

November 4th

We have a home league game against Ashurst Wood III

Ashurst Wood III (9th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (3rd ranked)

Ian Cousins scores his 8th goal of the season (57) (unassisted)
Ian Cousins scores his 9th goal of the season (67) (assisted by Rob Parker)

Final: 2-0 W

Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks 67th min twisted ankle)

Jordan Badger (Keymer & Hassocks)
Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks)
Charlie Meacher (AWIII)
Anthony Law (AWIII)
Charlie Meacher (AWIII)

Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks) 2g 8.8 rating

Matthew Davies will be out of action for 2-3 weeks with a twisted ankle

November 8th

We have had one of our U18 players David May have his potenial ability drop which means he wont develop as well as we thought he would so we have decided to release him

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Another player who had his potenial ability drop as well was Max Currer-Dunk and he too isnt developing like we thought he would so he too got released from our u18

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November 11th

Our U23 squad has a friendly against Witcha U23 while our U18 squad has a friendly against Alpha U18

Our U18 squad drew a 1-1 draw, Dylan Archibald scored the lone goal

Our U23 squad won by a score of 2-1, Myles Hankin and Russell Lee scored the goals

November 15th

Our U18 squad has a friendly against Hangleton U18. Our U18 squad won by a score of 2-0, Dylan Archibald and Bryn Ball both scored the goals

Our squad has West Hoathly II twice in our next 3 games as we have a league game against them on the 18th at home and then a cup game against them 6 days later at home

Jack Kempton has suffered a sports hernia through wear and tear and will be out of action for 5-6 weeks

November 18th

It's our first of 2 games against West Hoathly II as it's our league game against them

West Hoathly II (4th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (2nd ranked)

Charlie Anderson scored his 4th goal of the season (28) (unassisted)
Ian Cousins scored his 10th goal of the season (34) (assisted by Paul Buckley)

Final: 2-1 W

Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks)

Charlie Anderson (Keymer & Hassocks) 1g 8.3 rating

Ian Cousins will be out of action for 2-3 days with a bruised thigh

Matthew Davies has fully recovered from his twisted ankle injury

November 23rd

Jordan Badger suffered a broken nose and will be out of action for 3-6 days

November 25th

We have our second game against West Hoathly II this time it is in the Tester Challenge Cup second round

West Hoathly II (MS9) @ Keymer & Hassocks (MS9)

Ian Cousins scored his 11th goal of the season (28) (assisted by Rob Parker)
Graeme Kelly scores his 3rd goal of the season (41) (unassisted)

Final: 2-1 W

Tom Finlay (Keymer & Hassocks)
Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks)
Carl Batchelor (West Hoathly II)

Graeme Kelly (Keymour & Hassocks) 1g 8.3 rating

November 26th

Today is the Tester Challenge Cup Quarter Final Draw

We have been drawn as the away team against Ringmer III of Mid Sussex Division 8. The Quarter Final game will be taking place on January 14th 2018

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November 29th

We are at home against Heath Rangers in League action

Heath Rangers (6th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (2nd ranked)

Ian Cousins scored his 12th goal of the season (20) (assisted by Tom Finlay)
Graeme Kelly scores his 4th goal of the season (pen 45)
Ian Cousins scores his 13th goal of the season (76) (assisted by Matthew Davies)

Final: 3-2 W

Rob Parker (Keymer & Hassocks)
Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)
Marc Rose (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jack Kedwell (Heath Rangers)
Dan Winstanley (Heath Rangers)

E. Head (Heath Rangers) 2g 9.0 rating

December 2nd

We are at home against AFC Ringmer II in Mid Sussex Junior Cup 3rd round. The game has been delayed until December 12th due to a waterlogged pitch

December 3rd

Today is the Mid Sussex Junior Cup Quarter Finals

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The Winner of us vs AFC Ringmer II will play host to Heath Rangers in the Quarter Finals

Our U23 squad has a friendly against AFC Sparta U23. Our squad won by a score of 3-1, Paul Buckley, Russell Lee and Emmanuel Salifu scored the goals

Dylan Archibald will be out of action for 3-4 weeks with a pulled hamstring

December 11th

Jack Kempton has fully recovered from his sports hernia injury

December 12th

Today is our reschedule Mid Sussex Junior Cup 3rd round gam eagainst Ringmer II

AFC Ringmer II @ Keymer & Hassocks (Mid Sussex Junior Cup 3rd round)

Graeme Kelly scored his 5th goal of the season (pen 62)

Final: 1-0 W

Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)
Marc Rose (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jordan Power (Keymer & Hassocks)

Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks 36th min)

Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks) 2 Tck W 5 Itc 4 Hdrs 7.2 rating

Mark Parsons will be out of action for 5-6 weeks with a sprained ankle

Now that we beat AFC Ringmer II we move onto the Quarter Finals and take on Heath Rangers and that game will be at home on the 27th of January

December 13th

We have won 6 games in a row between October 28th 2017 and December 12th 2017 and hav eset a new club record. We have played 10 games since our last loss on September 23rd and have either drawn or won in those 10 games so far

We have gotten an update on some player development and its not good news

Gareth Warrell has dropped from Potential of Southern Combination Football League Division standard player down to MS football league Division 3 and even looking at his attributes he is not really a good player so we have decided to release him from our U23 squad.

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December 16th

We have a road game against Fletching II

Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked) @ Fletching II (8th ranked)

Final: 0-0 Draw

Grant Fraser (Fletching II)
Adam Marshall (Fletching II)
Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks)

S. Saunders (Fletching II) 3 Tck W 13 Itc 6 Hdrs 7.2 rating

Paul Buckley will miss our next game due to picking up his 5th yellow card and will get a one match ban

December 19th

We have decided to thank Graham Kerr for his time at our club and have decided to move on with a new Assistant Manager with Neil Mackenzie

Graham Kerr

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Neil Mackenzie

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We have also decided to let go of scout Ian Robinson and have gone out and hired Dan Chambers

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December 20th

Our U23 drew a 1-1 draw against Kinetic Croydon U23. Stuart Bryant scored the lone goal

December 23rd

Our U18 squad has a friendly against Orington U18. The game finished in a 0-0 draw

We also got word that Alvin Warner will be fully recovered from his broken leg in 2-4 weeks

December 30th

We are on home pitch as we take on Handcross Village III. The game has been rescheduled due to waterlogged pitch and has been rescheduled for January 17th

December 31st

It's that time of year again for the mid season review for our second season at Keymer & Hassocks

League Table:

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League Stats:

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Main Squad:

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Main Squad Schedule Part 1

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Main Squad Schedule part 2

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U23 Roster

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U23 Schedule:

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U18 Roster:

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U18 Schedule:

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Season Transfers:

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Here is a look at our former players:

Kevin Aldred

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Russell Simmonds

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Max Ball

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Dominic Hartridge

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January 10th

We got word that Mark Parsons has fully recovered from his sprained ankle injury that kept him out of action for 4 weeks. We also got word that Alvin Warner will be full training in 2 days

We have a road game against Maresfield Village III

Keymer & Hassocks (2nd ranked) @ Maresfield Village III (10th ranked)

Graeme Kelly scores his 6th goal of the season (pen 19)
Ian Cousins scores his 14th goal of the season (33) (unassisted)
Matthew Davies scores his 3rd goal of the season (37) (assisted by Tom Finlay)

Final: 3-0 W

Shaquille Hassell (Maresfield Village III)
Bryan Hamlin (Maresfield Village III)
Paul Wilson (Maresfield Village III)
Josh Price (Maresfield Village III)
Graeme Kelly (Keymer & Hassocks)
Charlie Anderson (Keymer & Hassocks)
Rob Parker (Keymer & Hassocks)
Tom Finlay (Keymer & Hassocks)
Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks)

Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks) 1g 8.2 rating

January 11th

Oliver Proctor who is with our U18 squad will be out of action for 4-5 weeks with a sprained ankle

January 12th

We have Alvin Warner who is fully recovered from his broken leg that kept him out since August

January 14th

We are on the road against Ringmer III in the Tester Challenge Cup Quarter Finals

With the Semi final draw today for the Tester Challenge Cup the winner of our game today between us and Ringmer III will play the winner between Barcombe II and East Grinstead Mavericks

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Keymer & Hassocks (MS9) @ Ringmer III (Tester Challenge Cup Quarter Finals)

Matthew Davies scores his 4th goal of the season (8) (assisted by Mark Parsons)
Matthew Davies scores his 5th goal of the season (12) (assisted by Ian Cousins)

Final: 2-1 W

Morgan Hutchins (Ringmer III)
Marc Rose (Keymer & Hassocks)

Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks 33rd min Dead Leg)

Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks) 2g 8.6 rating

January 17th

We have a home league game against Handcross Village III

Handcross Village III (7th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked)

Ian Cousins scores his 15th goal of the season (19) (assisted by Graeme Kelly)
Matthew Davies scores his 6th goal of the season (45+1) (assisted by Ian Cousins)
Ian Cousins scores his 16th goal of the season (69) (assisted by Jordan Badger)
Ian Cousins scores his hat trick goal 3rd of the game and 17th of the season (76) (assisted by Matthew Davies)
Ian Cousins scores his 4th goal of the game and 18th of hte season (80) (assisted by Alvin Warner)

Final: 5-0 W

Rob Parker (Keymer & Hassocks)
Charlie Anderson (Keymer & Hassocks)
Kevin Wallace (Keymer & Hassocks)
James Campbell (Handcross)
Gary Shorrock (Handcross)
Tristian Hackett (Handcross)
Chris West (Handcross)

Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks) 4g 1a 3 k Pas 9.9 rating

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With Alvin Warner back and such we have decided it was time to cut ties with Stuart Bryant

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January 20th

Our U18 squad has a friendly against Metrogas U18. The game finished in a 1-1 draw, Ben Beasley scored the lone goal

January 25th

With two more cup games atleast maybe more and still 8 games including both cup games and 6 league games can Ian Cousins who has 18 goals now reach 30 goals?

January 27th

Today we are at home against Heath Rangers in the Mid Sussex Junior Cup Quarter Finals

Heath Rangers (MS9) @ Keymer & Hassocks (MS9) (Mid Sussex Junior Cup Quarter Finals)

Matthew Davies scores his 7th goal of the season (7) (unassisted)
Graeme Kelly scored his 7th goal of the season (27) (unassisted)
Kevin Wallace scores his 3rd goal of the season (pen 85)

Final: 3-0 W

Tom Finlay (Keymer & Hassocks)
Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)
Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks)
Kevin Wallace (Keymer & Hassocks)
Simon Cockrill (Heath)
Stephen McLaughlin (Heath)

Graeme Kelly (Keymer & Hassocks) 1g 2 K Pas 8.3 rating

January 28th

Today we have the Mid Sussex Junior Cup Semi Final draw, we have drawn Newick on the road. The game is scheduled for March 10th 2018

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One of our U18 players Rikki Doling-Franklin damaged his knee cap during training and will be out of action for 3-4 weeks

February 1st

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February 2nd

We got word today that we have a road game against East Grinstead Mavericks in the Tester Challenge Cup Semi Final scheduled for March 7th 2018

February 3rd

Our U23 has a friendly today against AFC Ewell U23 of which our squad won by a score of 1-0 as Russell Lee scored the lone goal

February 4th

Our U18 squad had a friendly against East Row U18 of which our boys won by a score of 4-1. Toby Collins, Robert O'Neil and Aaron Lynch have scored the goals as ER scored an og as well

February 9th

We have a league game on the road as we take on Buxted III. We have decided ot give Andrew Clifton a shot in goal for todays game

Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked) @ Buxted III (11th ranked)

Ian Cousins scores his 19th goal of the season (68) (assisted by Kevin Wallace)

Final: 2-1 L

Andrew Clifton (Keymer & Hassocks)
Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)

Patrick Potter (Buxted III) 1g 7.9 rating

February 16th

We have decided it was time to cut ties with Jack Kempton as he hasnt developed as we thought he would and hasnt been getting much playing time

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February 17th

With our chairman retiring this year the fans of Keymer & Hassocks are planning a possible takeover and the team could be owned by the fans

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February 19th

More info on the takeover

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February 24th

We have a home game against Stones II as Andrew O'brien returns in goal

Stones II (2nd ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked)

Graeme Kelly scores his 8th goal of the season (2) (assisted by Matthew Davies)
Kevin Wallace scores his 4th goal of the season (pen 4)
Matthew Davies scores his 8th goal of the season (7) (assisted by Ian Cousins)
Ian Cousins scores his 20th goal of the season (11) (assisted by Graeme Kelly)
Matthew Davies scores his 9th goal of the season (54) (assisted by Rob Parker)

Final: 5-2 W

Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jordan Badger (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jamie Johnson (Stones II)
Jason Collins (Stones II)
Tim John (Stones II)

Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks) 2g 1a 8.8 rating

February 28th

With the new youth intake players coming in today the following players have been reassigned to our U23 once the U18 vs Youth intake game is over

DR - Gary Puffett
DL - Pete Musselwhite
DM/M - Toby Collins
M/AM/ST - Dylan Archibald
M/AM/ST - Aaron Lynch
D/WB - Louis Howe
AM - Gary Lowe
M - Jordan Fuller

Here is our new group of youth intakes:

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GK - Mark Taylor

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DRC/DM - Chris Mills

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DRC - Chris Johnson

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DRCL - Dwayne Peltier

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D/WB/M - Philip Gunn

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DC/DM/MC - Keith Cleverley

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MRC/ST - Elliot Gallagher
MRL/AM - Wade Tarpey

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MRC/AM - Jack Byles

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ML - Jack Fullwood

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M/AM - Robert Wells

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AML - Tony Harrison

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AMRCL - Mike Nelson

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AMRC - James Rea

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AM/ST - Andy Stevens

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AM/ST - Grant Bristow

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March 1st

Today is our annual U18 vs Youth Intake game

Keymer & Hassocks Youth Intake @ Keymer & Hassocks U18 Squad

Keymer & Hassocks Youth Intake Goals

Dwayne Peltier from Chris Johnson

Keymer & Hassocks U18 Goals

Rikki Doling-Franklin from Aaron Lynch
Joe Kavanagh - Unassisted
Dion Salmon from Toby Collins
Rikki Doling-Franklin from Pete Musselwhite

Final: 4-1 U18 win

All of the youth intake players were offered a amateur contract today

March 7th

We have our Tester Challenge Cup Semi Finals as we are on the road against East Grinstead Maverricks

Keymer & Hassocks (MS9) @ East Grinstead Maverricks (MS9) (Tester Challenge Cup Semi Finals)

Kevin Wallace scored his 5th goal of the season (pen 16) (unassisted)

Final: 2-1 L

Marc Rose (Keymer & Hassocks)
Rob Parker (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jonathan Davies (East Grinstead Mavericks)

S. Watkins (EMW) 2g 2 K Pas 8.9 rating

March 10th

We have another road game as we take on Newick in the Mid Sussex Junior Cup Semi Finals

Keymer & Hassocks (MS9) @ Newick (MS5) (Mid Sussex Junior Cup Semi Finals)

ian Cousins scores his 21st goal of the season (115) (assisted by Alvin Warner)

Final: 1-0 W (extra Time)

Michael Jones (Newick)
Mark McKenna (Newick)
Ellis Lancashire (Newick)
Richard Palmer (Newick)
Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks)
Sam Castle (Keymer & Hassocks)

Jordan Badger (Keymer & Hassocks) 2 Tck W 24 Itc 12 Hdrs 7.8 rating

March 11th

Our U18 squad has a friendly up against Pan Sports U18 of which our U18 squad won by a score of 3-0. Philip Gunn scored a goal and Mike Nelson scored the other 2 goals

Our main squad has reached the Mid Sussex Junior Cup final which is what the board expectations was before the season start which we will be played at Hanbury Park which is a netrual pitch and we will be playing Burgess Hill Athletic the game is scheduled for May 7th 2018

We have sent Joe Kavanagh and Robert O'Neil from our U18 squad to our U23 squad

March 14th

We have another game against East Grainstead Mavericks which is a league game this time

East Grainstead Mavericks (5th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked)

Kevin Wallace scores his 6th goal of the season (pen 17)
Ian Cousins scores his 22nd goal of the season (21) (assisted by Matthew Davies)
Graeme Kelly scores his 9th goal of the season (65) (assisted by Kevin Wallace)

Final: 3-1 W

Matthew Davies (Keymer & Hassocks 4th min)

Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks)
Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jonathan Davies (EGM)
Steve Shipley (EGM)
James Bunting (EGM)

Kevin Wallace (Keymer & Hassocks) 1g 1a 3 K Pas 72 % Pas R and 8.4 rating

Matthew Davies will be out of action for 11 to 14 days with a twisted knee

March 22nd

Our goalkeeper Mark Taylor who came through our youth intake this year will be out of action for 5-6 weeks with a sports hernia.

March 24th

Both our U23 and U18 squads both have friendlies today

Our U23 squad has a friendly against Tangmere U23, while our U18 squad has a friendly against Chagossian & Mauritian Association FC U18

Our U23 squad lost by a score of 1-0, while our U18 squad won by a score of 3-0, Ben Beasley, James Rea and Tony Harrison scored the goals

March 25th

Our squad has a league game against Ashurst Wood III

Ashurst Wood III (9th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked)

Ian Cousins scores his 23rd goal of the season (35) (assisted by Mark Parsons)
Kevin Wallace scores his 7th goal of the season (39)
Matthew Davies scores his 10th goal of the season (54) (assisted by Mark Parsons)
Jordan Badger scores his 2nd goal of the season (87) (unassisted)

Final: 4-0 W

Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)
Rob Parker (Keymer & Hassocks)
Paul Buckley (Keymer & Hassocks)

Jordan Badger (Keymer & Hassocks) 1 Tck W 20 Itc 15 Hdrs 9.1 rating

With the victory we have claimed the Mid Sussex Division 9 Title

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That being said we have 2 league games left on the 7th of April at home our last home game of the season against Fairwarp II and then our last road game of the season against West Hoathly II on the 21st and then our very last game of the season is at neutral siteing and will be against Burgess Hill Athletic on May 7th in the Mid Sussex Junior Cup Final

March 30th

One of our U18 players will be out of action for 11 to 14 days with a damaged foot

March 31st

Both our U23 and our U18 squads have friendlies today. Our U23 has a road friendly against Bexhill Town U23 while our U18 squad has a friendly on the road against Alpha & Omega U18

Our U18 squad won by a score of 1-0, Grant Bristow scored the lone goal

Our U23 squad lost by a score of 2-1, Dylan Archibald scored the lone goal

April 2nd

I know I usually go with end of April to end of June for all transfer but I have decided that one the take over is finished since i cant sing players due to it whenever it is compeled that I will be able to sing transfer for a month and half after the take over is completed.

April 4th

Our U18 squad has a friendly against Southwark Borough U18. Our U18 squad lost by a score of 2-1 as Grant Bristow scored the lone goal

James Rea will be out of action for 4-5 weeks with a damaged neck

April 7th

We are at home against Fairwarp II

Fairwarp II (5th ranked) @ Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked)

Final: 0-0 Draw

Graeme Kelly (Keymer & Hassocks)
Rhodri Thomas (Keymer & Hassocks)
Jordan Badger (Keymer & Hassocks)
Mark Parsons (Keymer & Hassocks)

Marc Rose (Keymer & Hassocks) 12 Itc 6 Hdrs 7.2 rating

Marc Parsons and Rhodri Thomas miss our last season game and our Mid Sussex Junior Cup final game as they both picked up their 10th yellow card and were both given a 2 match ban

April 14th

Keymer & Hassocks Supports Trust led by Local invester Ray Frith has finally completed its take over of the club from former Mark Watts

Frith revealed that he was delighted that the club now belonged to thousands of fans who care passionatley for the future of Keymer & Hassocks

New Chairman Ray Faith has thanked you for your patience during what has undoubtedly been a stressful time for those involved with the club

Frith informs you that there are no plans to provide the club with any investment at this stage

The current board will remain in their roles and will be joined by Director Josh Barnett

The new board would like to point out that they will only judge you on transfers and matches starting from the date that they took over as well

The board has lifted the transfer ban so we will be staying with our orginal plan and having signings from after our last league game on the 21st until end of June

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April 21st

We have our last game of the regular season as we are on the road against West Hoathly II. Due to a waterlogged pitch our game has been delayed until the 24th of April

April 22nd

Our U23 squad has a friendly against Belved U23. Our U23 lost by a score of 3-2, Andy Stevens and Aaron Lynch scored the goals

April 24th

It's our last game of the game reschedule from 3 days ago

Keymer & Hassocks (1st ranked) @ West Hoathly II (8th ranked)

Rob Parker scores his 1st goal of the season (28) (assisted by Graeme Kelly)
Ian Cousins scores his 24th goal of the season (33) (assisted by Rob Parker
Graeme Kelly scored his 10th goal of the season (35) (assisted by Paul Buckley)
Ian Cousins scores his 25th goal of the season (70) (assisted by Matthew Davies)

Final: 4-1 W

Simon Coates (West Hoathly II)
Kevin Rose (West Hoathly II)
Alex Gallagher (West Hoathly II)

Ian Cousins (Keymer & Hassocks) 2g 9.1 rating

Mark Taylor who is with our U18 squad suffered a strained wrist lifting weights and will be out of action for 8 to 11 days

April 27th

We have signed our first off-season deal before our last tournament game however this player will not be in any club games until next season.

We have signed Oliver Dymond to a contract which he will join on a youth contract today and will remain on that deal until his full contract begins on February 7th 2019