It's a home double header this weekend at Champion Hill
Football is back at Champion Hill on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend doubling everyone's chances of coming to support the pink and blue so we hope you will come and join us.
It's a mixture of league and cup action, first up are the men at 3pm on Saturday when we welcome high-flying Brentwood Town as we look to repay the wonderful hospitality shown to us on our last visit there in the FA Trophy back in 2021. Attention then turns to the women's team as they look to seize the opportunity to round out the group stages of the FAWNL League Cup at 2pm on Sunday with a third win out of three games when they face Hashtag United.
Season tickets are valid for both games and individual match tickets are available below...
Men v Brentwood Town Sat 27 Sep 3pm
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14121
Women v Hashtag United Sun 28 Sep 2pm
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14126
Cup draw news is released for our men's, women's first and youth teams
In the FA Trophy our men's side have been drawn at home to Hendon. A side we came up against twice in the Isthmian League last season. Supporters will have good memories of our matchups in the past including our Isthmian Premier Division play-off final victory.
They'll visit Champion Hill on Saturday 4th October and due to gate sharing rules season tickets are not valid. Match tickets can be purchased from the link below:
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=15021&isFromDashboard=True
The women will kick off their FA Cup campaign with an away tie against Leatherhead. Having reached the 1st and 2nd round proper in the last 2 seasons the Hamlet will be looking for another successful campaign in countries biggest domestic cup competition.
Last season our women's side took former Women's Championship side Lewes all the way to penalties in the 1st round proper before falling to defeat.
The tie with Leatherhead is due to take place on Sunday 5th October with more information to follow in the run up to the fixture.
Finally, after navigating two ties against Rusthall and Erith & Belvedere the youth team face another local away tie this time at Erith Town. After a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory they've been rewarded with another trip across South London.
This match has not been given a date yet but will take place week commencing the 29th September with more information to follow in the coming days.
We are back at Champion Hill with another weekend home double header
Mark Dacey and Maria Tavares bring their teams back home this weekend after both picking up points on their travels with a late equaliser from Nyren Clunis securing a point for the men in a play-off places battle at Cheshunt while the women secured their first away league victory also leaving it late with a penalty from Neve Mayes.
The men continue a punishing schedule against the top sides with the visit of league leaders Brentwood Town who dispatched title favourites and local rivals Billericay 3-0 on the weekend. It's tight at the top and the team will need every decibel of support from the rabble so we hope you will join us at 3pm on Saturday. Tickets are available via the link below...
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14121
For the women it is a chance to round out their group phase in the FAWNL League Cup with a perfect record as they seek to make it three wins out of three. The visitors for the Sunday 2pm kick off are Hashtag United and once again season tickets will be valid for this fixture so we hope you will join the Pepper Army and if you are not a season ticket holder tickets are available here...
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14126
It's a double header this weekend at Champion Hill
It's a festival of south east London football this weekend with the men's team taking on Welling United on Saturday afternoon in an Isthmian Premier League clash before the women entertain the Crystal Palace Academy on Sunday Afternoon in the second of their FAWNL League Cup fixtures.
With our FA Cup exit, Saturday may be the only men's home weekend fixture in September so we hope you will come and support the team as they try to maintain momentum and reclaim top spot in the league.
Having beaten London Bees at the Hive two weeks ago the women have an opportunity to make it two wins out of two in the group stage to put them in the driving seat in the competition.
Kick off on Saturday is 3.00pm, doors open at 1.30pm and tickets are available below:
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14122
On Sunday it's a 2.00pm kick off with doors open at 1.00pm, and the link the tickets is here:
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14124
Two momentous matches coming up at Champion Hill
We are thrilled to have not one but two historic games in the next week and hope you will be able to join us in celebrating the start of our 100th campaign in the men's FA Cup and the first competitive match of our new youth team.
On Saturday August 30th at 3.00pm we host last season's FA Vase winners, Whitstable Town in the 1st qualifying round of the FA Cup in what is sure to be an exciting match up after our opponent's successful trip to Wembley last season.
Then on Monday evening, September 1st at 7.45pm we finally see the return of youth team football to Champion Hill as our u18s taken on Rusthall in the FA Youth Cup. This will be your first chance to see what we will hope will be the future of youth and men's football at the club and who knows, this may turn out to the debut in pink and blue of future first team players.
Tickets for our FA Cup clash with Whitstable are here...
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=1410
And here for our Youth Team's debut at Champion Hill
https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/SelectType?fixtureId=14101
