Chichester at home next Saturday brings a very early opportunity to address the recent encounter when we lost to this side and I’m really looking forward to the opportunity in doing this game again and playing and winning this time. Don’t doubt we’ll be hitting the ground running on this one and with three wins out of four we’re all excited about getting the next game on.
But this is not our first game of the week. The first one is against the table-toppers Eastbourne United who we beat 1-2 earlier in the season. They’ll feel they should have won that as no doubt Wick would feel they should have won the first encounter we had with them too. We have to work hard and apply pressure in the right areas to overcome this side who see Ryman football as their next stop. Our approach to the game needs to be the same approach we have to every game since they murmured the words “ten point deduction” and that is WIN THE GAME. Our formations and our player selection may confuse you at times but trust me, Steve and I start working it out from the moment the previous game ends and we are focussed on survival in the Sussex County League - and survive we will. The players have a winning mentality as do the management and we’ll try our hardest to show you all that in our application on the pitch. Attacking football without any fear wins games and that’s our methodology. 7.30 ko on Tuesday night.
In terms of life - and not the fantasy world that football can be - the most important occasion of the year is at the Caburn next Sunday. It’s the Herve King Memorial game against Three Bridges, 2pm ko. The game that was being played on that tragic day was against this side and I’m pleased that our football club have organised this event in conjunction with them. On the day Herve died last year, neither me or Steve were at the game - we were with the reserves playing a Cup game. I remember winning the game and trying to ring Jono to tell him only to have Dave Souter answer his phone and tell me the tragic news. I went into our dressing room - which as you can imagine was pretty jubilant having just won against some superior side - and told everyone. All the players just picked up their things and went home. By the time I got to the ground about an hour later I saw Herve’s BMW - the only car left there - and went in to find the still very shocked people still there. We shut the club and left; the players returning later. I didn’t know Herve but through this last year I’ve heard some great stories about him. He was obviously a great guy and his death must have left a terrible void in a lot of peoples lives. I hope the day goes well for his family and friends.
Football postponed and football on were the messages being sent on Saturday morning. We managed to get our reserve game on at home against Selsey reserves but lost the encounter 0-2 in a frustrating game but earlier heard that Arundel’s pitch was waterlogged. Not our greatest day but we have plans to get things right with our reserve side. Next week our ressies play Hassocks away - check Malc’s web site for detail.
This Friday night there’s a meeting at the club to discuss football and football only. I don’t mind who comes to this meeting to be honest but its gonna be about football only. If you’re interested in how me and Steve see our future and want a snapshot of our view on where we are now regarding football - be there. There will be a Q+A session either as we go through or at the end but please understand that there’ll be no platforms for people to bang on about their own agenda. It about football. I don’t expect my players to be there - they already know what we think.
Training for the reserves on Tuesday night at Falmer and for all at the club on Thursday - weather permitting. As I write this I’m hearing the news and they are forecasting a severe weather front coming in so things may well alter through this week.
Last note - going back to Herve’s Memorial game next Sunday - you can imagine how important it is for Ringmer to get this game on so if it rains they’ll need to get loads of people there forking the pitch and if it snows they’ll need to sweep it off. If they need help its likely that an emergency notice will be posted on the web-site (I imagine that’s what they‘ll do anyway).
See you all at the Eastbourne United game at home Tuesday night - 7.30 pm ko.
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