Raynes Park Vale F.C.


Raynes Park Vale Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Raynes Park in the London Borough of Merton, England. They play in the.

History

Raynes Park Vale FC was formed in 1995 following the merger of Raynes Park and Malden Vale.
1928 to 1995
Southern Railway Football Section - Raynes Park FC
Raynes Park FC used to be based at Taunton Avenue, SW20 at the Raynes Park Recreation Ground until the 1995/96 merger. Raynes Park FC originally was the Southern Railways Football Section and were known as Southern Railway until they changed name to Raynes Park FC in 1964. The Southern Railway Team was a victim of the notorious 1963 Beeching spending cuts, a national review into modernising the UK's railways. Southern Railways 1950's home kit was Gold and Green quarters, the company colours. Raynes Park FC home shirt colours were Red and Black stripes. Another home kit was light blue shirts and white shorts. Raynes Park FC ran five senior teams on Saturday's. The 1st and 2nd XI's played in the Surrey Premier League. The 3rd team played in the Surrey South Eastern Combination while the 4ths and 5ths played in the Kingston & District League. They also ran an over 35's team and youth teams aged 14 to 18.
Source: Former RPV FC President, Robert Hallett Senior, who was instrumental in the formation of both the Raynes Park and Raynes Park Vale football clubs.
1995 to present day
The new merged club immediately joined the Combined Counties Football League and currently play in the league's Division One. Step 10 in the national league pyramid. Their best finish was in 1997–98 when they finished in fourth place at step 9. They have participated in both national Cup competitions apart from a brief period at the start of the 2000s. The club's reserve team won the Combined Counties Reserve League in 2002–03 and 2005–06 before it joined the Suburban League for the 2006–07 season. The reserve team was disbanded for financial reasons before rejoing the combined counties reserve league for the 2011-12 season under the management of Terry Tuvey. In the 2012-13 season the reserves achieved the league & cup double. The cup being won with a 2-0 win against Worcester Park Reserves in the final. The Reserves also won the fair Play award in both 2011/12 & 2012/13, the 1st team winning the Premier award in 2011//12. The combined counties league took the decision to disband the reserve league at the end of the 2012/13 season so for the 2013/14 season they have re-joined the Suburban League.
Midway through 2013/14 Lee Dobinson stepped down as 1st Team Manager to take over as Club Chairman from Fred Stevens.
Former AFC Wimbledon Player Gavin Bolger stepped up to take over as 1st team Manager.
Gavin Bolger played 107 times for AFC Wimbledon from 2002 to May 2005 scoring 27 goals from midfield.
Key Dates
Southern Railways Football Section 1928
Raynes Park FC 1964
Malden Vale FC 1967
Raynes Park Vale FC 1995

Ground

Raynes Park Vale play home games at Grand Drive. The ground has a small covered stand on the south side of the pitch that seats about 140. As the ground sits almost at the top of Grand Drive, it affords a fine view over Raynes Park and up to Wimbledon Ridgway and Wimbledon Hill. The pitch slopes south to north. Address: Prince Georges Fields, Grand Drive, Raynes Park, SW20 9DZ.

2017/2018 Squad

Goalkeepers
Tony Davis,
Reece Turner
Defenders
James Curran CB,
Danny Alderton CB,
Shane McEntaggart CB,
Marcus Dowdeswell CB,
Charlie Marus CB
Nathan Lewis LB,
Massimo Agostini LB,
Johann Kirsten RB,
Louie Stanton-Cockle LWB,
Thomas Bentley RB,
Joe Bell CB
Midfielders
Jerome Smart,
Calum Forbes ',
Eoin Fraser ',
Seanan Mckillop,
Bertrand Marti-Pique
Pat Gibson,
Jordan Holmes,
Ben Jordan,
Sam Jordan,
Tom Harland-Goddard,
Okeme Nelson,
Geordie White,
Kane Macey,
Roy Gayle
Strikers
Jack Williamson,
Conor Turner,
Byron Douglas-Letts,
Max Springall,
Simon Moore,
Victor Okunowo,
Paul Osew,
Alexander Owuadey

2017/2018 Playing record

5th out of 19
All games Played 47, Won 29, Drawn 3, Lost 15, Goals Scored 61
League CCL1 P36, W24, D3, L9, Goals For 94, Against 48, Points 75 out of 108
Cup Games P11, W5, L6, Goals For 16, Against 26
Most Appearances 2017/18
J.Williamson 44, N.Lewis 42, J.Curran 41, E.Fraser 40, S.McKillop 38, J.Smart 33, J.Kirsten 27, R.Turner GK 27, C.Forbes & C.Turner 26.

Most Goals 2017/18
J.Williamson 32, S.McKillop 15, T.Smith 10, C.Turner 7, B.Bouglas-Letts 6, C.Forbes 4, N.Lewis 4, M.Springall 4.
Raynes Park Vale were promoted back into the Combined Counties League Premier Division
on 25 May 2018. RPV finished in 5th place but were promoted in the 3rd promotion spot
as Champions Worcester Park & 4th placed Sheerwater
could not be promoted due to lack of floodlighting
at their existing grounds as stipulated by new FA ground rules.
Also promoted were Cobham FC in 2nd place & Badshot Lea FC in 3rd place. Both with 79 points.
Players player of the season was left wing back Nathan Lewis.

2018/19 Season

5th out of 20
League CCL Premier Division
P38 - W17, D9, L12
Points: 60 out of 114
Goals For 47, Goals Against 48

Most Goals : Jack Williamson 15
Raynes Park Vale recorded their highest league position in 21 years by finishing 5th in the CCL Premier.
They were in 18th place out of 20 on 12 February 2019 and without a league win in 2019 but 5 wins in a row took them up to 9th by 26 February and up 9 places in 2 weeks. By 26 March the Vale had gone 2 months & 10 matches unbeaten when they lost to Southall away 1-0.
The good form continued till the end of the season, 27 April 2019, with a 1-0 away win at Camberley Town.
In the FA Cup in August RPV beat Lingfield 3-0 at home in the extra preliminary round.
In the preliminary round Raynes Park drew 1-1 at home with Spelthorne Sports but lost the away replay 4-3.
In the FA Vase RPV lost 0-1 at home to Cobham in the 1st round qualifying on 1 September.
Player Awards 2018/19
Players player of the Season: Ato Okai.
Fans player of the season: Marcus Dowdeswell.
Managers player of the season: James Curran.

Jack Williamson won the Golden boot for the 2nd year running.
Young player of the season: GK Daniel McKerracher
Appearances 2018/19
Goalkeepers:Reece Turner 14, Billy O'Carroll 8, Daniel McKerracher 16.
Centre Backs:James Curran 36, Marcus Dowdeswell 30, Danny Alderton 24, Charlie Marus 9
Full backs: Nathan Lewis 27, Archie Harland-Goddard 24, Louis Stanton-Cockle 17 & Bertrand Marti-Pique 14.
Midfielders: Eoin Fraser 36, Jordan Holmes 33, Seanan McKillop 32, Tom Harland-Goddard 30, Sam Jordan 13, Pat Gibson 8

Forwards''': Jack Williamson 37, Ato Okai 29, Conor Turner 29, Nathan Chambers 19 & Josh Gwam 15.
Despite finishing 5th, RPV scored the fewest goals in the division with 47 and tied 4th least for goals conceded, 48.
Tooting Bec of CCL Division 1 ground shared for the season. They finished third in their first season in the CCL after Surrey Elite promotion in 2017/18
A video of an extraordinary Seanan McKillop penalty versus Horley Town on 12 February 2019 went viral on social media.
The penalty hit the crossbar, went 80 feet straight up into the night sky, came down and spun back in to the net. Vale won the league game 3-2. The spot kick became known as the "Jammy Git" penalty.
Chertsey Town were promoted as league Champions and also won the prestigious FA Vase at Wembley.
AFC Hayes 19th & Walton & Hersham 20th were relegated to CCL Division 1

Records

  • FA Cup best performance: second qualifying round – 2014-15
  • FA Vase best performance: first round proper – 2007–08

    RPV FC Combined Counties League Archive

SeasonLeaguePlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsPosition
1995/96CCL421072558973421 of 22
1996/97CCL381062253903617 of 20
1997/98CCL3824598661774 of 20
1998/99CCL401681673705612 of 21
99/2000CCL401342359904316 of 21
2000/01CCL401552063785016 of 21
2001/02CCL421813117956697 of 22
2002/03CCL462451710179778 of 24
2003/04CCL Prem461292572944516 of 24
2004/05Premier46208188580689 of 24
2005/06Premier40183197182579 of 22
2006/07Premier421581969855515 of 22
SeasonLeaguePlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsPosition
2007/08Premier429141956854119 of 22
2008/09Premier42204188080648 of 22
2009/10Premier421092357853918 of 22
2010/11Premier4011131652764615 of 21
2011/12Premier42187177296619 of 22
2012/13Premier421842075835811 of 22
2013/14Premier421881679816210 of 22
2014/15Premier421381950654715 of 22
2015/16Premier421732272965415 of 22
2016/17Premier44792843913023 of 23R
2017/18CCL Div 13624399448755 of 19
2018/19CCL Prem38179124748605 of 20

Raynes Park Vale Youth and Under 18s

Raynes Park Vale Youth section currently run 15 youth and mini teams
ranging from Under 9 to Under 18. The Under 18s play in the Combined Counties League U18 North Division.
The youth teams are Under 16, U14, U13 Blues & Reds,
U12 Blues, Yellows & Reds and U11 Blues & Yellows.
The U16 to U12 teams play in the Surrey Youth League.
The mini teams are Under 10s Blues & Yellows and Under 9 Blues & Yellows.

Notable former players

  1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level.
  2. Players with full international caps.
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