Saturday’s 2-0 victory was our first ever win against Herne Bay at the fifth time of asking, having lost the last 4 against them, conceding 14 goals in the process. The result was particularly bad news for Herne Bay manager Steve Lovell who lost his role as first team manager the following Monday. It is never nice to see a manager lose his job and we wish Steve all the best in the future. You will have noticed the return of Alex Plummer from Haywards Heath and the debut for Conor Clark who joins us on a short term loan from QPR. Conor comes from Brighton (and went to school with the Chairman’s daughter by huge coincidence) and we would like to thank Conor and QPR for helping us out.
This Saturday we travel to Sittingbourne, who are unbeaten since September 28th, a run which includes 20 wins and 4 draws. They haven’t played since their FA Trophy 4th round victory over Salisbury on January 4th, a win which will see them play Southend United away on February 1st. They were due to play Margate away on Tuesday but that was called off due to floodlight failure. Last season saw us draw 0-0 with the Brickies at Culver Road and 2-2 at the Staxson Stadium. The away draw in particular was disappointing as we led 2-0 until Destiny Ojo (who can be seen here BBC SPORT NI on X: “Scenes!!! 😲🤩 What a moment for Destiny Ojo and the Cliftonville fans as the Reds book their spot in the League Cup final ⚽️🏆 #BBCFootball https://t.co/m8XLKcXqCc” / X scoring the 117th minute winner for Cliftonville in the BetMclean League Cup Semi Final on Saturday) was controversially sent off allowing our hosts to pull it back to 2-2. The Lancers will be hoping for a little bit more luck this time around at Woodstock Park. Entry is £10, £6 and £3 and kick off is at 3pm. If you cannot make it then updates will be available via X throughout the afternoon.
Just a reminder of some upcoming events. We are away to Three Bridges on January 21st (the rearranged fixture following the game being called off due to international call ups (Lancing FC: Isthmian League village team’s game postponed because of Bermuda call-ups – BBC Sport) Our next home match is on January 25th against East Grinstead Town. This match does not yet have a match sponsor so please let us know if you are interested in sponsoring this game.
Talking of sponsorship, George Taggart became the latest player to be sponsored since returning to the club. We still have a few players left to sponsor, please see here Mens – Lancing FC for more details of players yet to be sponsored and contact barrystgermain1@gmail.com if you would like to take a sponsorship package.
March 15th sees our annual race night. This will start shortly after the home match against Ramsgate played on that day and there will also be a raffle. If anyone wants to sponsor a race or donate a raffle prize then please contact barrystgermain1@gmail.com for more details. All funds will go towards running the club. Last season was a really great night so please put the date in your diary and try to attend if possible.
The 100 Club draw was made at half time on Saturday and the winners were;
32 – Anita Canneaux (£75)
18 – Greg Weekes (£50)
82 – Sue Berry (£25)
If you are interested in joining the 100 Club then please contact Dave Wilmott either at a match or via email at djwil3146@outlook.com
Finally a reminder that you can still join our Patrons Club Patrons Club & Business Partnership – Lancing FC and contribute directly towards the success of the club. This is a vital source of income for Lancing FC and helps bring in the best quality of player possible so your support would be greatly appreciated.
