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only and he came out of retirement to help me resurrect
the club by winning the Combined Counties Premier
Division and the Vase), we have appointed skipper
Kevin McClaren as his replacement and will target a
play-off spot in the Bostik Isthmian London Central
Division and a few rounds in the FA Cup qualifiers.
The side will in the main stay with the club and other
players have already shown interest in joining us to
replace those that have retired.
Youth is very important at our level of football
but with no ground training facilities it is difficult to
encompass at Alwyns Lane.
A long standing association with Chertsey Juniors is
being enhanced to get involvement locally and our Vase
journey has enabled them to come on board including all
teams supporting CTFC at Wembley.
Our U18 side continues to play at Alwyns Lane but
do train elsewhere to save the pitch.
Last season with such a high number of fixtures saw
a greater match day involvement by the U18’s who
regularly supported the squad by being included on the
bench. Involvement in training was also increased so
they could learn off the older more experienced players
and coaching techniques.
The future holds enormous challenges in being able
to continue ground improvements as we head for level 3,
all of which need funding and whilst grants are available
it is difficult for clubs the size of Chertsey to have surplus
monies to comply with grant conditions.
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Success hopefully will bring some local business
support and an increase in gates will offset general
expenditure that a club the size of Chertsey with a
ground approaching 100 years which has high running
costs.
Finding a working executive will be the basis of
continued success where the workload and financial
burden of running a non-league club can be shared.
As with all clubs, survival is the first objective and
retaining their position as a result of promotion. At the
same time there must be ambition which is then reflected
in the Manager and his team.
At Chertsey for the 2018/19 season we put together
a dream that everybody at the club brought into at an
earlier stage of the season.
Once the dream became a belief we were half way
there and the other half was the manager put together
a very special team that had desire, experience, youth,
ability and a bonding that showed it’s worth right up
until the final whistle. They never knew when they were
beaten and as a result of which lost very few games
throughout the season.
That belief must continue in the future and will
dictate the ambitions of the club on the field, whilst it
will be for the club to provide the facilities needed as
those ambitions are fulfilled.
Article provided by Dave Rayner, Director of Football