Next up – Canvey Island away on Saturday, 10th July.
Park Lane, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 7PX.
Friendly; kick off 3pm.
Admission: £5.00 adults, £3.00 under-16s and £1.00 under-12s

I have to bear in mind my comments after the win over Hoddesdon that pre-season results, especially the early ones, don’t necessarily tell us a great deal about the coming competitive season. However, what we have seen so far is two dominant performances against Step 5 sides and one disappointing one against a fellow Step 4 team suggesting perhaps that there is still some work to be done.

This game sees us up against another Step 4 side so here is the chance for us to see indications of an improvement on the performance against Basildon. We might also hope for an improvement on what was a lacklustre showing in last season’s 2-0 FA Cup defeat at Canvey. They went on to the second round proper after that. A case of what might have been?

We're no longer in the same division and now not even the same league but if Canvey can get past Coggeshall Town we will meet them in this season's FA Trophy, having been drawn at home against one of them in October 9th's second qualifying round.

Our record against Canvey Island:-

23 January 1996	Isthmian League Div 2	A	1	4	Risby
23 March 1996	Isthmian League Div 2	H	1	0	Franklin
23 September 2006	Isthmian League Div 1 (N)	H	2	1	Crawford, Hanson
3 March 2007	Isthmian League Div 1 (N)	A	1	1	Stevens
27 November 2007	Isthmian League Div 1 (N)	A	4	4	Ellerbeck, Stevens (pen.), Frendo, Neilson
26 January 2008	Isthmian League Div 1 (N)	H	0	3
15 November 2011	Isthmian League Cup Rd 3	A	1	5	Blessing
4 October 2016	Isthmian League Cup Rd 2	A	0	0	Won 3-1 on pens.
13 January 2018	Isthmian League Div 1 (N)	H	1	5	Karagul
28 April 2018	Isthmian League Div 1 (N)	A	2	2	Watson, Cowley
12 September 2020	FA Cup Preliminary Round	A	0	2