News Archive
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AFC Hornchurch 1 - 1 Ebbsfleet United
Posted By Ian
Luke Moore scored the equalising goal just before half time to earn the Fleet a hard fought one all draw at Bridge Avenue this afternoon. The draw leaves the Ebbsfleet United undefeated under their new name. The team was an overall stronger one compared to those featured against Whitstable, including Gary McDonald, Stacey Long, Mark DeBolla, Luke Moore, Liam Coleman, Chukki Eribenne and Mark Ricketts.
Posted By Ian
Ebbsfleet United travel to Bridge Avenue tomorrow to play AFC Hornchurch in their 4th pre season friendly. Admission is a very resonable £5 Adults, £3 Concessions and free for Under 10s accompanied by a paying adult. For directions to the ground, see the AFC Hornchurch Website. The Fleet will hopefully be wearing their new away strip for the first time, as the Urchins play in red and white stripes.
Whitstable Town 0 - 4 Ebbsfleet United
Posted By Ian
The Fleet ran out comfortable 4-0 winners yesturday over Ryman League Division One outfit Whistable Town. Daish fielded an extremely youthful squad, which was missing many well known names. The goals were scored by trialist Chris McPhee (formerly of Brighton & Hove), PASE players Danny Stubbs and Luke Coleman, and a freekick from George Purcell. Mark DeBolla also featured in his first match of this campaign.
Posted By Barnaby
The Fleet are set to play League One club, Millwall F.C. tomorrow evening at Stonebridge Road. The Lions finished tenth last season and play in a blue strip. Admission prices are set to £10 for adults and £5 for concessions/under 16s. The match will kick off at a standard evening 7.45 PM.
Posted By Barnaby
Today’s match went into the history books as Ebbsfleet United played their first game under that name. After attacking play by the Fleet, the first goal for Ebbsfleet United turned out to be an own goal by Welling as a defender passed the ball back to former Gravesend & Northfleet keeper Jamie Turner who’s hands were too forceful pushing the ball back into the net. The game quietened down during the second half and the match finished with Fleet winning 1-0.
Posted By Barnaby
Ebbsfleet United will travel away this evening to play Blue Square South club, Welling United. As the first match played under the new name it can be considered one for the history books and will give the manager and fans alike a chance to see new signings in action on the field.
The Fleet currently have seventeen players available, comprising of two goalkeepers, six defenders, five midfielders and four forwards.
Last season admission to the Welling United ground, Park View Road, was £10 for adults, £6 for concessions and £3 for under 12s. Though this is obviously not a given for this match.
If you require directions, visit the official Welling United page.
Setanta Sports & Season Tickets
Posted By Barnaby
Ebbsfleet United was due to play Crawley Town at home on Tuesday September 25th, however this has been moved a day forward to the Monday so the match can be televised by Setanta Sports.
Setanta Sports begins their Blue Square Premier coverage next season on Sunday 12th August when Grays Athletic travel away to Torquay United.
In other news season ticket details have been released by the club with the following prices:
| Stand | Adult | Concession |
| Centre | £280 | £160 |
| Wing | £250 | £150 |
| Terrace | £220 | £120 |
You can download a form here.
Daish and Kimble Officially Sign On
Posted By BarnabyThe fair amount of speculation about where Fleet manager, Liam Daish and the assistant manager, Alan Kimble, would sign for next season has finally ended with both Daish and Kimble signing on for another season.
Liam Daish and Alan Kimble both recieved deals last week and after agreements were made, the duo signed contracts for the season of 2006/07.
This news comes less than a week before Ebbsfleet United will play there first match under their new name, travelling away to Blue Square South Club Welling United at Park View Road on Tuesday the 17th.
Posted By BarnabyThe Fleet are set to sign a new striker next week, Raphael Nade, age 26. Nade holds nationality with both the Ivory Coast and France, and started his football career with the French Le Havre AC, before progressing to English teams such as Welling, Woking, Carlisle and Weymouth. He is recorded as scoring 41 goals in the Conference and Football League. Additionally Daish has his eyes on another striker but won’t name names as to who he has in mind just yet.
Posted By BarnabyThe fixtures for next season have now been announced including the dates for all Blue Square Premier, FA Cup, FA Trophy and Setanta Shield matches.
Fleet will be entertaining Northwich Victoria at home on Saturday 11th August 2007, which will be the first league match of the Ebbsfleet United era. The first away match for EUFC will be away at Salisbury City 3 days later on Tuesday 14th August 2007 with a 7.45 PM kick-off. We’ll have the full list on the site soon, meanwhile you can find the list on the official site here.
Posted By BarnabyAnother pre-season friendly has been announced with Fleet again set to travel away, this time to Bromley on July 21st. Bromley F.C. or the Lillywhites were promoted last season to the Blue Square South league.
It has also been announced that Mark DeBolla has signed on for another season at the Fleet. The 24 year old midfielder had signed on with the Fleet after a spell at Grays Athletic last season and scored 7 goals last season for the Fleet.
Posted By BarnabyTwo particular favourites of the Fleet have now signed on contracts at other clubs for next season. Onome Sodje, who has played at the Fleet since 2005 and scored 11 league goals in that time, has moved to York after turning down the deal offered by the Fleet. In addition defender Ross Smith has made the jump to the League with newly promoted Dagenham, signing a two year contract with the club.
Posted By BarnabyA new player has joined the Ebbsfleet United squad, Neil Barrett, a midfielder. Barrett was born on the Christmas Eve of 1981 in Tooting, and started his football career in the 2000-1 season with Chelsea; making 23 appearances and scoring 3 goals. He then spent the next three years playing for Portsmouth before going on loan to Dundee for the remainder of the 2003/4 season, a club he would sign for in the next season. After Dundee, Barrett went on to play for Livingston until January of this year, when he moved to Woking.
Fleet Manager, Liam Daish, also had this to say, “Neil made a big impact during his time at Woking. Glenn Cockerill rated him very highly, and Frank Gray wanted him to go back for pre-season this summer, so we have done well to bring him to the club. He will bring a physical presence to our midfield and is capable of getting his name on the scoresheet.”
Posted By Barnaby
The Fleet will be open this Sunday (8th) for the Tour De France which is passing along Stonebridge Road. The bar will open at 8.30am and will be serving hot and soft drinks along with food, the bar will also start serving alcoholic beverages from 12 noon. Additionally, the Cafe Taj will be offering Indian food for sale. The road is shut to traffic from 7am, however you can cross the road up until 9.30 am, so it’s recommended that if you don’t fancy a 2 and a half hour wait till the ground opens to walk or cycle to the ground.
Posted By Barnaby
Well it’s sad to see Charlie MacDonald leave the club however League One club, Southend United have now signed him on a two year contract. In his two seasons at Gravesend & Northfleet, Charlie scored some very memorable goals and has scored 40 times in his 63 league appearances. Charlie MacDonald also finished the 2006/2007 season as the second highest scorer in the Conference, one goal behind Dagenham’s Benson.
Related Links:
Charlie on Wikipedia
Southend United News
Posted By Barnaby
Eurostar have now been officially announced as the new sponsor of Ebbsfleet United, the sponsorship deal will last three years and is one of the largest in the history of non-league football. It has also been announced that in the coming season(s) Eurostar will be offering free tickets from Ebbslfeet International to Lille, Brussles or Paris in a series of competitions.
Ebbsfleet United’s new away colours will be yellow next season (as you can see above,) with the new kit bearing the Eurostar logo across the front. The logo on the shirts has now been updated to bear the new Ebbsfleet United logo and the shirts remain being made by Jako. As for the back of the shirt, it appeared empty and did not bear last season’s large Fleet Leisure sign.
Additionally you can now view the press release that has been released by the club which briefly introduces Ebbsfleet United and Eurostar before finishing with some quotes from both Simon Montague (pictured top image on the left) the Director of Eurostar and also Jason Botley (top image on the right) the Fleet Chairman. You can view this release here
Posted By Mike
Ebbsfleet United have confirmed they will be sending a side to take on Neil Smith’s Welling United on Tuesday 17th July, 7:45 kick off at Park View Road.
Posted By Barnaby
More details of signings has come to light via the Gravesend Reporter, Daish has signed former Woking defender Gary MacDonald (27) who will replace Ross Smith. Gary MacDonald started out at Havant & Waterlooville, playing under then manager Liam Daish before moving to the Football league where he played 21 games for Peterborough from 2001 to 2002 and then was loaned to Stevenage for the following season. Since 2003 he has been playing for Woking.
According to the Reporter, Chukki Eribenne has also put pen to paper which is good news as the chance of Charlie MacDonald signing are slim at best. Talks are currently still going on with Mark DeBolla and Onome Sodje, while Jon Keeling has signed with Chelmsford City.
Posted by Barnaby
Ebbsfleet United are set to visit Conference South side Eastbourne Borough on Saturday 4 August. The match will be held at Langney Sports Club, a five and a half thousand capacity stadium in Eastbourne, and will have Ebbsfleet fielding their away kit as Eastbourne will be playing in their red home strip.
Posted by Barnaby
The Fleet Trust has now issued a statement on the name change from GNFC to Ebbsfleet United F.C. In brief the statement highlights that the Trust supports the name change based on their agreement with the basic reasons outlined by the consultation meeting (namely that Ebbsfleet is an area with huge development plans and large potential.) You can read the statement in full here.
Posted by BarnabyThe 1966 World Cup will be at Stonebridge Road tomorrow from 10AM to 5PM but available only to the Youth section and Ladies teams between 10AM and 1PM. It is also possible to get your photo taken with the cup for 8 pounds each, additionally you can get your picture taken with the FA Cup and Community SHield.
Posted by BarnabyThe newly appointed manager of AFC Wimbledon, Terry Brown, has announced that he has “signed Robert Quinn from Ebbsfleet (formerly Gravesend and Northfleet). Robert is a holding midfielder, well-known for his tough tackling and he will bring that bite to midfield that all teams need.” Quinn who made 3 appearances for Republic of Ireland Under 21s has made 42 appearances for Gravesend and Northfleet in the Conference and despite heavy critism from some supporters, it cannot be ignored that Quinn has served the club well over the course of the season.
Posted by BarnabyReportedly two more players from last season have signed on for another. These players are Sam Mott, who played in two matches last season, and George Purcell who played in eight. If this news becomes confirmed we’ll update the 07/08 Confirmed Squad page and edit this news post.
Posted by BarnabyTwo more updates for you, firstly defenders Paul McCarthy and Peter Hawkins have signed new contracts bringing up the number of confirmed players for next season to at least ten. Secondly it seems we have another friendly fixture ahead:
The Fleet will travel away to play Whitstable at their “Bellmont Ground” on Thursday 26th July kicking off at 7.45 PM.
Posted by BarnabyTwo more pre-season friendlies have come to light:
Millwall F.C. will travel down to Stonebridge Road to play Ebbsfleet United on Tuesay 24th July with a kick-off at 7:45 PM.
The Fleet will travel away to play A.F.C. Hornchurch at their Stadium on Saturday 28th July kicking off at 3 PM.
In other news, newly re-signed Lance Cronin has now been selected for the England team to play Finland in the Under 21s on the 1st of June.
Posted by BarnabyMore news today on player details at the Fleet courtesy of Kent Online. Four players have been released from the club so far: Rob Quinn, Joe Howe, Jack Roberts and Alex Varney. According to KM, Liam Daish is also in talks with ten other players and has offered them details, these players are: Peter Hawkins, Paul McCarthy, Mark Debolla, Charlie MacDonald, Jon Keeling, Onome Sodje, George Purcell, Ross Smith, Sam Mott and Chukki Eribenne. On the matter of the previously loaned striker Eribenne Daish had this to say - “I think there is more to come from him. He is a strong lad and has good fitness. He had a stop start season last year.”
Posted by Barnaby
The first pre-season friendly has now been announced (well actually a few days ago) and will set Fleet against Charlton Athletic. Ebbsfleet United will face Charlton at Stonebridge Road on the first of August, a Wednesday so presumably a 7:45 PM kick off.
7 More Players On Board With The Fleet For 07/08
Posted by BarnabyAccording to the newly launched official EUFC site seven players have signed new contracts for the coming season. These players consist of Lance Cronin, Sacha Opinel, Stacy Long, James Smith, Danny Slatter, Mark Ricketts and Liam Coleman.
In other news, I’ve uploaded larger versions of the Ebbsfleet United logo being used on this site as the official site. You can download a super large jpg or the original vector swf. The poll for what we should name EU .net’s mascot (the robot) has now ended with nearly 60% of the vote going for the acronym “FLO” (Fleet Lives On, a reference to GNFC.)
Posted by BarnabyDuring a consultation meeting last night with fans it was announced that the name Gravesend and Northflet F.C. had been changed to Ebbsfleet United F.C. The directors of the club cited the changing scene of the local area as one of the key reasons for the name change; in order to adapt to significant new housing developments and the prescence of an international railway station half a kilometer away, they felt that a change of name was neccesary to reflect these developments. The club will continue to use the colours red and white as their home strip and the badge will remain the same with just the words “Gravesend & Northfleet” changed to “Ebbsfleet United.” The name change came into effect yesterday as authorised by the FA.
