Wednesday 1 October 2008
Thamesmead crash out of Cup
Thamedmead Town 1 Merstham 5

Thamesmead crashed out of the F.A.Cup, going down by 5 goals to run in the replay at home to Merstham. Read more...

Wednesday 1 October
Borchescu strikes twice as Reserves win again.
The Reserves won again, as they recorded a 3 - 1 win in the league, at home to Folkestone on Saturday.

A header from Chris Edwards after 23 minutes, his first of the season, following a good work from captain Laurence Collins, helped settle the nerves.

This lead was doubled just before half time with Chris Borchescu getting his first of the afternoon, to make the score 2 - 0 at half time.

Any chance of Folkestone claiming any points from the match, passed when Borchescu scored direct from a corner 18 minutes into the second half.

Folkestone did however manage a consolation near the end, when a corner was badly defended, which resulted in a Lea Dawson own goal.

Still a sound 3 - 1 victory sends the Reserves up to Third Place in the league.

Saturday 4 October 2008
Mead fall at first hurdle
East Thurrock United 2 Thamesmead Town 1

Thamesmead are out of the F.A. Trophy after defeat at East Thurrock United in their first ever match in the competition.
Read report

Wednesday 7 October 2008
Mead fightback through the Woods
Thamesmead Town 2 Northwood 1

Second half goals from Rikki Cable and Richard Dimmock ensured Thamesmead gained all three points with a spirited fight back against Northwood. Read report...

Friday 10 October 2008
Mead youth progress in thriller

Thamesmead Town's under 18s progressed to the 3rd qualifying round of the FA Youth Cup with a thrilling 5-3 extratime win over Cockfosters. Watch highlights of the 8 goal thriller here...

Mead youth now face Croydon Athletic away in the next round on Thursday 23rd October at 7.45.

Saturday 11 October 2008
Abbey maintain unbeaten habit
Waltham Abbey 3 Thamesmead Town 0

Thamesmead suffered as Waltham Abbey made it eight games unbeaten in the Ryman league, inflicting a 3-0 defeat on the Mead.

Wednesday 15 October 2008
Russell re-signs
Ahead of tonights game against Concord Rangers, Defender Tony Russell has re-signed for The Mead. Center & left back, Russell, comes back with experience at Cray, Dartford and Croydon.

Manager Keith McMahon explains that this won't be the only signing this week, "I needed to sort out the defenc as we are conceding some silly goals and Tony is a no nonsense defender that will add some solidness in to us. I am also going to be signing another two players within the next couple of days." We'll have the latest news on new signings as soon as they are made.

Tuesday 14 October 2008
3 points, as Reserves move up to Second.

The Reserves moved up to second in the table, after a comprehensive 3 - 0 win at home to local rivals Erith and Belvedere.

The Mead took the lead as early as the third minute, when Dan Willis met a free kick at the far post, finishing at the second attempt after the first effort was blocked on the line.

Mead took the game to The Deres for the remainder of the half and only some outstanding goalkeeping and some wayward finishing prevented a different score at half time.

Erith came out the brighter at the beginning of the second half, although rarely troubling the Mead defence.

15 minutes into the half Mead doubled the lead, when captain Laurence Collins met a Danny Chapman cross at the far post, with a fine finish.

With Mead having the better of the remaining 30 minutes, the score line was completed 5 minutes from the end, when Ross Lover finished well from close range.

Another well deserved three points, for Wayne Barrett's young side.

Wednesday 15 October 2008
Mead blown away by high flying Concord
Thamesmead Town 0 Concord Rangers 5

Thamesmead Town slump to a 5-0 home defeat to a very good Concord Rangers side. A mixture of poor defending and missed chances cost Mead dearly.

The Mead now need to bounce back on Saturday where they have a must win game at home to Waltham Forest.

Saturday 18 October 2008
Mead lost in the Forest
Thamesmead Town 1 Waltham Forest 2
A dismal first half and yet more defencive mistakes saw mead lose 2-1 at hom to Waltham Forest.

Tony Fraser scored twice before half time to put the visitors 2-0 up. Debutant Lew Wood pulled a goal back for the Mead but it wasn't enough to lose yet another three points. Read report...

Wednesday 22 October 2008
Williams wins it in cup
Thamesmead Town 1 Hanwell Town 0

Thamesmead go through to the 2nd round of the London Senior Cup with a 1-0 win at home to Northwood. Curtis Williams struck the only goal of the game in the 81st minute. Read report...

Saturday 25 October 2008
Chairman O'Keeffe steps down

Nick O'Keefe has decided to step down from his post as Chairman at Thamesmead Town.

Albert Panting writes about the man and his decision. Click here...

Saturday 25 October 2008
Three points in the bag
Thamesmead Town 2 Maldon Town 0

A second goal in as many games for Lew Wood and a close range effort from Rikki Cable secured all three points at home to Maldon. Read report...

Wednesday 29 October 2008
Sammy returns
Legendary midfielder Sam Thomas is back at Thamesmead and will be in the squad against Leyton this Saturday.

The welcome addition to the squad will add some potent pace to the attack.

Tuesday 28 October 2008
GLAD ALL DOVER !!
A much depleted reserve side took the long journey down the South coast to Dover on Saturday & claimed a well deserved victory.

With the 1st team calling on the talents of Adam "ginger" Woodward, Laurence "happy" Collins & Marc "Troy Bolton" Merridan, with Danny "card happy" Tarrant suspended, Chris "Ronaldo" Borchescu out with Romanian Flu & Bobby "sick note" Corbyn of course injured, we were down to the bare bones.

An open first half hour saw many good opportunities spurned by Mead, the best of which fell to Jack "baby face" Hopkins who contrived to hit the goalkeeper from 2 yards out. Then on 32 mins a raking 35 yard pinpoint pass from George "The Bear" Smith was controlled immaculately by Dave "weird beard" Batt into the path of Jack Hopkins who made no mistake from 20 yards to put the Mead into a deserved lead. A few other chances fell to the usually prolific Batt but he was unable to double the lead. On the stroke of half time the home side hit the bar with a good effort but it was the closest they came to beating Gary Hicks on his Thamesmead debut.

Into the 2nd half another debutant Gabriel Momodu who made the step up from youth to reserve level with ease could have put the game "Out of Reach" of a strong Dover side, but their best player on the day the goal keeper was having a good day.

On 69 mins a mazy run from Jack Hopkins came to an abrupt end when he was upended inside the box. Dave Batt took the responsibility of taking the penalty but his scuffed effort was saved by the Dover Keeper. Luckily the Ref had spotted an infringement & the retaken spot kit was tucked away by the leagues top scorer.

A delighted Mead manager Wayne Barrett, said "it was the best team performance of the season so far, the lads were excellent". He went on "every single one of the lads played well, they've now set the standard I expect every week, when all the lads are fit & and well, I will have a selection headache" !!

Report by Brian "Unused Sub yet again" Lee