CHAIRMAN NOTES | AVELEY | 28/10/25

When we were discussing the types of player we felt we needed to give our summer reset the best chance of success Nyren Clunis was the first name on everyone’s lips. I was thrilled to see him return to Champion Hill and approaching his 500th brings excitement for everyone at the club.  I’d like to thank Nyren for an incredible contribution an...

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Chairman notes | Hendon | 4/10/25

Welcome back to Champion Hill, where today we take a break from our Isthmian League campaign as the focus turns to one of the knockout competitions. This time it's the start of our FA Trophy campaign. Whilst of course the magic of the FA Cup is all about seeing how far minnows, including all of the non-league clubs can progress, in the FA Tr...

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MANAGER NOTES | Whitstable Town | 30/08/25

Hello and welcome back to Champion Hill on what is a special day for the club, our 100th campaign in the world's oldest knockout competition – the FA Cup. Today's match will bring a close to what has been a decent first month in charge. Last Monday's fixture down at Whitehawk was disappointing. The way we chose to set up was, in retrospect, someth...

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CHAIRMAN NOTES | Whitstable Town | 30/08/25

Welcome to Champion Hill and thank you for joining us for the start of our 100th FA Cup campaign. Last season’s FA Vase winners Whitstable Town are the side that stand in the way of us progressing beyond the First Qualifying Round for the first time since we returned to the Isthmian League back in 2023. Since we've been back at Step 3, the last tw...

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CHAIRMAN NOTES | Chatham Town | 26/4/25

Our win at home to Canvey Island last week may have secured our status in the Isthmian Premier League, but it did nothing to paper over the cracks that would be brutally exposed again just 48 hours later at Carshalton. When we changed the manager in January, my forecast suggested 46 points was a realistic outcome if we could arrest the slide and ...

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Chairman notes | Chichester City | 25/01/25

Thank you for coming back to Champion Hill after an incredibly difficult few weeks, your support is going to be critical in helping rebuild the confidence in the team as we seek to reverse the fall down the table that resulted in the recent change of manager. Today you will get the chance to see Brad Quinton and his team in the dugout at home for...

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Chairman notes | Carshalton Athletic | 26/12/24

Thank you for choosing to come and share Boxing Day with the club and welcome to visiting friends and families who may not have been here before, I hope it proves to be an enjoyable afternoon for you all. We host Carshalton Athletic again as we did this time last year and that means welcoming back their manager Peter Adeniyi who spent five years wi...

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CHAIRMAN NOTES | Cray Valley (PM)

  Welcome to the first of two home games either side of Christmas which conclude a tough five-match run against top 8 teams all vying for promotion and bring the first half of the season to a close.   Going into that run I thought we would need two wins and a draw or a win and three draws...

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Chairman notes | Billericay Town 19/10/24

Welcome back to Champion Hill for what is the middle fixture of a run of five consecutive home games and thank you for supporting the team week in, week out.  It was hard to kick off that run with the international break as it is a weekend that always results in a huge spike in our already large crowds and I hope that the next three games give eve...

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Manager notes | Hastings United | 12/10/24

Hello everybody and welcome back to Champion Hill. I’d like to start by welcoming the players, management, supporters and directors of Hastings United to Champion Hill and wish them a safe journey back to the Sussex coast later this afternoon. I’d be lying if I didn’t say the last couple of weeks haven't been difficult. 3 away games on the b...

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Chairman notes | Hastings United 12/10/24

I spoke about needing a response after our defeat to Leatherhead and we got it and if we ever needed another one it was after finding ourselves 4-0 down 30 minutes into our game against the team second from bottom in the league. Again, we got it. We shut the back door for the next hour and then in the three hours since at Chichester and Dartford th...

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Ben Clasper | Chairman's notes | Horsham | 21/09/24

The boom and bust of the annual fixture list is upon us as we flip from four home fixtures in August to today’s hosting of Horsham being our only men’s game at the Hill during September. Of course, some of that is down to the cup exit and the randomness of cup draws which could also mean we only have one home game next month as well so keep an eye...

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Chairman's Notes | Cheshunt FC

For the second weekend in a row we face one of the clubs who were relegated with us from the National League South last season and while we are eyeing the play-offs Cheshunt, like Concord last week find themselves fighting to avoid back-to-back relegations and looking at both clubs it speaks volumes about the strength of this division. I haven’t ...

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Chairman's Notes | Dulwich vs Haringey

After a promising start with our opening fixtures both home and away things have stalled on the pitch and my predictions that we would have bad days at the office and days the footballing gods abandoned us came true sooner that I had hoped. Coming into the season we knew we’d be looking at an overhaul of the squad and we were happy with the recruit...

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Chairman's Notes | Dulwich vs Chatham

As the summer draws to a close and we settle into a regular routine we are able to take a step back and look at how we are doing on and off the pitch and look to the future. In addition to the recent wholesale change on the pitch and in the dugout we have also been managing less visible but similar levels of change behind the scenes. We’ve already ...

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Chairman's Notes | Dulwich vs Hastings United

Every now and then a matchday comes along that reminds us of why we fell in love with the club in the first place and Tuesday was one of those nights. From hearing the fans show their support for Kimm’s friends and family on an emotional night to watching the Hamlet score a goal of such quality that it was suggested we close the ‘goal of the seaso...

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Chairman's Notes - Dulwich vs Canvey Island

Welcome back to Champion Hill, I hope you enjoyed the summer break. It couldn’t have been a busier, tougher, more unpredictable pre-season if it tried and I have so much to talk to you about. Sadly, as you will see from the new programme format the editors have cut my word count in half which is probably for the best as I could have taken up the w...

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