Today we welcome the players, officials and supporter of Balham FC from the

Southern Counties East League Premier Division, in today’s second qualifying

round of the FA Vase. We can expect an exciting game with two equally matched

teams, with Balham coming here as slight favourites having won four of their last

eight matches compared Peacehaven wining only two. Last Saturday we lost 2-1

away to Hassocks while today’s visitors drew at home 0-0 with Deal Town on

Saturday and won away at Erith & Belvedere on Tuesday.

It may be remembered that last season we had a very close FA cup pre-preliminary

round game against Erith & Belvedere FC. We drew away but lost on penalties in

the home replay. So we are in for an exciting game today.

PLEASE observe the new normal when entering the ground. To keep everyone safe while

enjoying the game. New rules apply.

Social Distancing – track and trace – sanitising – Rule of six - Face masks in clubhouse.

These are all now a key feature of all our home games. PLEASE observe these. Your club

can’t afford any breach of these rules and nor can you! ANY GROUP OF MORE THAN

six will be told to separate.

Below is table showing Peacehaven & Telscombe’s current league position.

Southern Combination Football League Premier Division table as at 4 October 2020

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 AFC Uckfield Town First 8 6 2 0 15 4 11 20

2 Saltdean United FC First 8 5 2 1 18 7 11 17

3 Horley Town First 6 5 1 0 16 3 13 16

4 Lancing First 7 4 1 2 19 11 8 13

5 Crawley Down Gatwick First 6 4 1 1 14 7 7 13

6 Pagham First 7 3 3 1 15 8 7 12

7 Newhaven First 6 3 2 1 13 5 8 11

8 Lingfield First 7 3 2 2 11 12 -1 11

9 Eastbourne Town First 7 3 1 3 13 9 4 10

10 Hassocks First 6 3 0 3 11 16 -5 9

11 Eastbourne United Association First 7 3 0 4 6 13 -7 9

12 Alfold First 6 2 2 2 10 8 2 8

13 Loxwood First 7 2 1 4 9 12 -3 7

14 Little Common First 6 1 3 2 10 10 0 6

15 Peacehaven & Telscombe First 7 2 0 5 11 13 -2 6

16 Steyning Town Community First 6 2 0 4 5 10 -5 6

17 Langney Wanderers First 6 1 1 4 3 11 -8 4

18 Broadbridge Heath First 5 1 0 4 6 15 -9 3

19 Horsham YMCA First 7 1 0 6 5 17 -12 3

20 East Preston First 7 0 2 5 6 25 -19 2

Balham Football Club

Balham Football Club is a football club based in Balham, in the London Borough of Wandsworth,

England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division and

play at AFC Croydon Athletic's Mayfield Stadium in Croydon.

History

Balham Football Club was established in 2011 as an adult team for the Balham Blazers youth football

club. They joined Junior Division One of the Surrey South Eastern Combination, and after finishing

fourth in their first season, were promoted to Intermediate Division Two. In 2012–13 they finished

third in Intermediate Division Two, earning promotion to Intermediate Division One, which they won

the following season.

The club subsequently moved up to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League for the 2014–15 season,

finishing third in their first season. Although this was a high-enough position for promotion to the

Combined Counties League, the club's ground was not deemed up to standard for promotion. The

following season the club moved to Cobham's Leg O'Mutton field in order to meet the ground

grading criteria, and after finishing as runners-up, were promoted to Division One of the Combined

Counties League. Prior to the 2016–17 season they moved to Colliers Wood United's Wibbandune

Sports Ground.

In 2016–17 Balham finished third in Division One of the Combined Counties League, earning

promotion to the Premier Division. The following season saw them win the London Senior Cup,

defeating Cray Valley PM 4–1 in the final. At the end of the 2019–20 season the club were

transferred to the Premier Division of the Southern Counties East League

Honours

Surrey South Eastern Combination

Intermediate Division One champions 2013–14

London Senior Cup

Winners 2017–18

PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE First team results Season 2020-21

5 Sept 2020 h Crawley Down Gatwick League 1-3 Lost

8 Sept 2020 a Eastbourne Town League 2-1 Lost

12 Sept 2020 h Horsham YMCA League 4-0 Won

15 Sept 2020 a Eastbourne United League 2-1 Lost

19 Sept 2020 a Hassocks FA Vase 1st Prelim 0-3 Win

26 Sept 2020 h Lancing League 1-4 Lost

29 Sept 2020 h Langney League 2-0 Win

3 Oct 2020 a Hassocks League 2-1 Lost

PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE fixtures These ARE subject to change due to Coronavirus changes therefore only next month’s fixtures are being posted here at the moment.

10/10/20 15:00 Home to Balham at Piddinghoe Avenue

13/10/20 19:45 Home to Little Common at Piddinghoe Avenue

17/10/20 15:00 Away to Loxwood at Plaistow Road

20/10/20 19:45 Home to Lingfield at Piddinghoe Avenue

24/10/20 15:00 Away to Pagham at Nyetimber Lane

7/11/20 15:00 Away to Horsham YMCA at Goring Mead

14/11/20 15:00 Home to Saltdean United at Piddinghoe Avenue

Please support the club with the Golden Goal – remember you could be a winner.

We now accept credit cards at the gate as well as at the bar and kitchen.

Pictures from our home games are available from

http://www.stevemillsphotography.co.uk/Latest-Updates/

Pictures the

Editor took

at our away

game at

Hassocks on

3 Oct 2020

Managements teams and squads All subject to change

Peacehaven & Telscombe FC Balham FC

Mark Shutt, Manager Manager, Greg Cruttwell

Dan Norwood, Assistant manager

Tony Coade, Coach

Clive Blunt, Coach

Dave Croydon GK Coach

Brett Powell, Physio

Squad Squad

Liam Benson Haydn Read

James Broadbent Kojo Kyei

Jake Brocklebank Jake Henry

Tyler Capon Marco Erriu

Matthew Cheeseman Dan David

Callum Edwards Luke Hedges

Curtis Ford Jack Haire

Matt Gunn Tom Read

Max Harbrow Bakari Sinclair-Smith

Max Hollobone Cameron Gordon

Festos Kamara James Adebayo

Brandon Kilula Stan Hill

Scott Marshall Tomasz Wocial

Harry Mills Anthony Thompson

Connor Morley Ashley Snadden

Jake legrange Andre Cruz Rosa

Mike Lloyd Hamish Frew

Luyolo Mafu Alfie Clark

Harry Reed James Murphy

Marcus Richmond

Lawrence Sanded

Keep warm with our Beanies and Scarfs

Now available please order and pay at the gate and

collect after half-time at Club-house.

Caps £10

Beanies £10

Scarf’s £10

Drink Bottle £5