July 2007 News

31 July 2007
Pre-seson friendlies ended in style
Thamesmead Town 5 Bearsted 1
Once again, youth proved their worth as Bradly Killick shined with two goals in a good team performance against Bearsted. Read more...

29 July 2007
Narrow defeat to Needham / Fans raise £200 for charity
Thamesmead Town 3 Needham Market 4
11 players were unavailable today as the Mead lost narrowly to Needham Market. Read more...
After the match, Thamesmead supporters lost the world cup to Greenwich Borough supporters. A disorganised supporters team saw them go 6-0 down at the break, but goals from Kevin White (who was continually reminded that he also missed a pen!) and the McMahon brothers saw them get the better of the 2nd half, but lose 8-3. The game was played in a friendly spirit, and with the replica world cup auctioned off, the day saw £200 raised for Greenwich Boroughs chosen charity, the Childrens Heart Foundation. A good day was had by all and the supporters would like to thank the club, especially Keith, for supporting this day. Cheers for the goal Keith! Picture..

28 July 2007
Williams and Cable shine in Chatham victory
Thamesmead Town 4 Chatham 3
Two goals from Rikki Cable, one from Williams (pictured) and a last gasp winner from Lee Loveridge secured victory against Chatham today. Read more...

26 July 2007
Coburn hooked as Mead draw with Fisher
Thamesmead Town 1 Fisher Athletic 1
Thamesmead put in a solid performance tonight to contain Blue Square South side Fisher Athletic to a one all draw on a night which saw Ex-VCD defender Lee Coburn put pen to paper after the match to sign for the Mead. In an interview to be screened by Thamesmead TV at the weekend, Manager Keith McMahon said, "He's now the final piece in the jigsaw. We now have strength in depth in every position and I'm pleased that we've signed him." Read more...

25 July 2007
Watts is Macca's second big summer signing
Experienced central defender, Lew Watts is Keith McMahon's second big signing of the summer. Lew, 32, spent ten years at Welling United before spells with Tonbridge Angels, Maidstone and Dartford. "Lew is a massive signing for us," said McMahon this morning. "This signing shows the ambition of the club and just how far Thamesmead have come. We need players of his quality and I'm glad he chose us over Erith & Belevedere." Watts will provide strength and experience in defence for the Mead and is a welcome addition to an already strong squad.

24 July 2007
Bourne supremacy
Thamesmead Town 0 Sittingbourne 4
Despite dominating most of the first half, Mead fell to a four goal defeat at Bayliss Avenue tonight.
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21 July 2007
McMahon still happy with pre-season as Mead lose by the odd goal
Thamesmead Town 0 Ashford Town 1
A 22nd minute goal gave Ashford victory today, but Keith McMahon will have concerns after a nasty injury sustained by Sam Thomas. Read more...

19 July 2007
5 Star Mead sees Dimmock open his account
Thamesmead Town 5 Rusthall 0
Mead's pre-season took a boost tonight with a dominating 5-0 win over Rusthall and new signing Richard Dimmock opening his account. Read more on our pre-season friendlies page here.

17 July 2007
Good performance spoilt by late Cray Winner
Thamesmead Town 2 Cray Wanderers 3
The Mead's pre-season preparations stepped up a gear, as they more than matched Ryman League Cray Wanderers. Read more on our pre-season friendlies page here.

17 July 2007
The journey begins...
The announcement of the Kent League 2007/08 fixtures sees Thamesmead begin the campaign with a tough test against Croydon at home on Saturday August 11. This is followed by visits to Herne Bay on August 25 and then new commers Holmesdale on Bank Holiday Monday 27th. The full sesons fixtures can be seen here.

17 July 2007
Website updates
As part of the continual improvement of the Thamesmead website we have now introduced some new and improved areas.
- Archives:   All previous news, match reports and full team statistics from 2001 to 2007 is just a click away here.
- Photos:   As well as the photos on our site, we now have a photo storage site containing over 50 shots from around the club last season. This will be continually updated so keep coming back for more.
- Redevelopment: All the latest news, photos & videos of the Bayliss Avenue redevelopemnt will be available here.
- Thamesmead TV: Back, bigger and better this season with interviews and behind the scenes news at the club as well as the usual highlights and commentary of selected matches from your webmaster, Kevin White.
This week also saw a landmark for the website, as we had over 3,000 visitors and 10,000 page views in a month for the first time. In the meantime, if you have any ideas or suggestions, get in touch with us here.

14 July 2007
New players trialed in first friendly
Thamesmead Town 0 Tonbridge Angels 1

Only one goal separated Tonbridge and the Mead in a pre-season friendly that gave both sides the opportunity to try out several players. Read more on our pre-season friendlies page here.

13 July 2007
Mead join in town's 40th anniversary celebrations / Friendlies begin    
Thamesmead Town will be at the Thamesmead Festival at Birchmere Park tomorrow (Sat 14th) to celebrate the towns 40th anniversary. Tommy the Toad will be there at our "beat the goalie" area from 10am, when the festival kicks off. There will be plenty of activities and bands for all the family. More information can be found on Trust Thamesmead's website at www.trust-thamesmead.co.uk.

Tommy will then be at our opening pre-season friendly against Tunbridge Angels. Angels manager Tony Dolby will be sending his full 1st team squad to Bayliss Avenue, but Mead manager Keith McMahon is unfazed "Training has continued very well and I have an 18 man squad for Tonbridge." Curtis Williams, Peter Deadman and Barry Stewart are all on holiday, but other 1st teamers and new boys will get their chance, "Rikki Cable and Sam Thomas are in the squad and I'm looking forward to playing new signing Richard Dimmock as well as giving a couple of trailists a chance." Kick off at Bayliss Avenue is at 3PM.

5 July 2007
McMahon confident of a good season      
With just over a week to go until our first pre-season friendly, 1st team manager Keith McMahon today spoke of the confidnece he has in his squad going in to the 2007/08 season. "I'm very pleased that every player has commited to Thamesmead for the comming season and we have managed to sign Richard Dimmock who is a very strong forward."
As well as maintaining the services of Rikki Cable for the moment, McMahon also has two more big signings up his sleeve. "I can't say too much at the moment, but one of them is a strong centre forward."

Talking about pre-season preparations, McMahon continued, "Pre season training began a couple of weeks ago and that's been going well. There's also been some work at the ground and the pitch is in great condition. We've also got potentially big games at the start of the season. If we beat Egham in the F.A. Cup, Whitstable will be good opponents. I've spoken to my mate Mark Seagars (Whitstable manager) and that's a match that we both believe we can win." The winners of that match would face Carshalton, but bigger opponents don't seem to faze McMahon, "If we can get through to face Carshalton, I won't be worried about the challenge because I believe we have a strong squad of players. In October, we face Epsom & Ewell in the Vase and that doesn't worry me. I also think we'll be in with a shout of promotion, but it won't be easy. I think the battle for the top of the league will be between us, VCD, Erith & Belvedere and Croydon."
The pre-seson programme kicks off on Saturday 14 June at home to Tonbridge Angels, kick off 3PM.

2 July 2007
FA Cup campaign starts at home   
Thamesmead have been drawn at home to Egham Town of the Combined Counties League in the Extra Preliminary Round of the F.A. Cup. The Mead will take on the Surrey outfit at Bayliss Avenue on Saturday 18 August with the winners facing the mouth watering prospect of facing Whitstable Town at home in the Preliminary Round on 1st September.

1 July 2007
Toad de France!    
Tommy the Toad is on his travels and before meeting his frog cousins in Paris, he'll be following the Tour de France in the Dartford area. Keep your eyes peeled for him at the race as well as on his travels over the next few weeks.
Thamesmead today also confirmed their full programme of pre season Friendlies with 3 more matches, all at home. Added to the existing fixtures, the opponants are Rusthall on Thursday 19th, Fisher Athletic on Thursday 26th and Bearstead on Tuesday 31st. All kick offs are at 7.45PM. We'll be catching up with Keith McMahon shortly.

13 June 2007
Mead sign striker Dimmock    
Keith McMahon today unveiled Richard Dimmock as his first signing of the summer for the Mead. Dimmock signs from Herne Bay, where he bagged 10 goals last season. "He's a great signing for the club," explains Keith, "he adds depth to our quad and gives us more power up front." The news comes on the back of all of Mead's league cup winning squad commiting to the club for next season, with the exception of Rikki Cable who looks to be heading to Dartford.

We can also announce that on Sunday 29th July, Thamesmead will take on East Anglian Cup holders Needham Market at Bayliss Avenue. The kick off is at 12pm and will be followed by a charity match between Thamesmead and Greenwich Borough supporters to raise money for the Childrens Heart Foundation at 3PM.

11 June 2007
£3.85M redevelopment for Bayliss Avenue
Thamesmead Town are pleased to announce that they are submitting planning permission to Bexley Council to build a “Mini-Dartford” at our current ground at Bayliss Avenue. "It's very exciting," said Mead manager Ketih McMahon. "What we’re looking at is a Conference South stadium with new facilities which will provide new and improved community and sporting activities for local residents,”

The new facilities, incluiding a 500 seat stand and covered terraces, are developed in association with assistance from Trust Thamesmead, a registered charity working to build a brighter future for the town.

See drawings of the plan and read an exclusive interview by Steve McCartney with Keith McMahon on our Redevelopment page, which will be continually updated with news and photos of the grounds progress. Also read Keith McMahons thoughts on retaining our squad for next year and on new coach Alan Seamons on www.kentishfootball.co.uk.

Meanwhile, a programme of pre-season friendlies have also been drawn up, with free admission for children accompanied by an adult. Pre-season kicks off at home to Tonbridge Angels on Saturday 14 July.

11 June 2007
Awards time
After looking back at one of most successful seasons for the Mead, it was time to round the season off with the traditional end of season awards a couple of weeks ago.

The strength of the squad this season meant that there were several plays in contention for each award. So, without further ado, the winners are: Players Player of the Year: Rikki cable; Supporters Player of the Year, Pedro Knight; Managers Player of the Year, Rob Tarrent; Most Improved Player, Tyrone Stirling.

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