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Clapton's FA Cup, FA Vase and FA Youth Cup draws

Clapton are set to face familiar opposition in the early rounds of the FA competitions. The FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round draw sees Clapton take on Old Spotted Dog tenants London Bari for the right to travel to either Sporting Bengal or Ipswich Wanderers, who knocked the Tons out of the FA Vase last season. Meanwhile Clapton will travel to Hertford Town in the FA Vase First Round Qualifying - weeks after the clubs face each other in a -pre-season friendly. A home tie to Brantham Athletic awaits the winner. The club have also entered the FA Youth Cup despite not having a under 18s side playing in a league. The Tons will take on Ilford away in the Preliminary Round. The winners are due to travel to Broxbourne Borough, who recently axed their first team but appear to be continuing with their youth side. The draws took place behind closed doors on Friday morning. FA Cup Draw EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 2016 London Bari v Clapton PRELIMINARY ROUND SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2016 Sporting Bengal United or Ipswich Wanderers v London Bari or Clapton FA Vase Draw: FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 Hertford Town v Clapton SECOND ROUND QUALIFYING SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 Hertford Town or Clapton v Brantham Athletic FA Youth Cup Draw: PRELIMINARY ROUND TIES TO BE PLAYED IN WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2016 Ilford v Clapton FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING TIES TO BE PLAYED IN WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2016 FC Broxbourne Borough v Ilford or Clapton

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Clapton FC pre-season friendlies fixture list - updated

Clapton have revised their pre-season schedule after the Essex Senior League announced the season would kick off in July.

The Tons will now be playing 11 friendlies - all but one at home

Sat 9/7 Home v Hackney Wick (12th tier) and v AC London (10th tier) - 60 min games

Tue 12/7 Home v Hertford Town (9th tier)

Thu 14/7 Home v Witham Town (8th tier)

Sat 16/7 Home v Cockfosters FC (9th tier) - two games kicking off at 2pm and 5pm

Tue 19/7 Home v Brentwood Town (8th tier)

Thu 21/7

Home v Bishops Stortford (6th tier)

Sat 23/7 Home v Welwyn Garden City (9th tier) Away v Basildon Town (12th tier)

Sat 30/7 LEAGUE SEASON BEGINS

Tue 2/8 Home v White Ensign FC (11th tier)

Sat 6/8 FA CUP BEGINS

The pick of the ties will be those against teams playing at a higher level - namely Ryman North sides Witham Town and Brentwood Town and National South side Bishops Stortford.

One friendly has been cancelled, however. The away trip to Codicote, and their impressive Gosling Park athletics stadium in Welwyn Garden City, has been ditched as it now clashes with the start of the season..

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Clapton FC’s Gordon Brasted and Essex Senior League Challenge Cup draws announced

Clapton FC will start their defence of the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy with a tricky away tie at rivals Barking.

The Tons route to a third successive GBMT final looks tricky, with a home tie against Sporting Bengal awaiting in the second round,

That would followed by another home game against FC Romania, Southend Manor or Redbridge.

The semi-final would also be at home, against one of Haringey & Waltham Development, Takeley, Ilford, Enfield 1893.

GORDON BRASTED MEMORIAL TROPHY 2016-2017 DRAW IN FULL

FIRST ROUND A Barking v ClaptonB Basildon United v Barkingside C London Bari v West Essex D Stansted v Ilford E Wadham Lodge v Sawbridgeworth Town F FC Romania v Southend Manor

SECOND ROUND 1 Hullbridge Sports v Winners Match C 2 Waltham Forest v Tower Hamlets 3 Burnham Ramblers v Winners Match E 4 Winners Match A v Sporting Bengal United 5 Winners Match D v Enfield 1893 6 Winners Match F v Redbridge 7 Eton Manor v Winners Match B 8 Haringey & Waltham Development v Takeley

THIRD ROUND 9 Winners of Match 7 vs. Winners of Match 1 10 Winners of Match 8 vs. Winners of Match 5 11 Winners of Match 4 vs. Winners of Match 6 12 Winners of Match 3 vs. Winners of Match 2

SEMI-FINAL 13 Winners of Match 12 vs. Winners of Match 9 14 Winners of Match 11 vs. Winners of Match 10 FINAL 15 Winners of Match 14 vs. Winners of Match 13

Meanwhile Clapton also start the Essex Senior League Challenge Cup in the first round after being paired with Hullbridge Sports at home.

That would be followed by a tasty trip to Zone 2 for an away tie at Tower Hamlets in the second round, and then Takeley or Haringey & Waltham Development away in the third.

The semi-final would be a home game against last year’s winners Basildon United, tenants London Bari, new rivals Wadham Lodge, Enfield 1893 or league newcomers West Essex.

ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP DRAW 2016-2017 DRAW IN FULL

FIRST ROUND A Waltham Forest v Sawbridgeworth Town B Clapton v Hullbridge Sports C Ilford v Southend Manor D Enfield 1893 v West Essex E Barking v Sporting Bengal United F Redbridge v Barkingside SECOND ROUND 1 Takeley v Haringey & Waltham Development 2 Winners Match D v Wadham Lodge 3 Basildon United v London Bari 4 Eton Manor v Winners Match C 5 Stansted v FC Romania 6 Tower Hamlets v Winners Match B 7 Winners Match E v Burnham Ramblers 8 Winners Match F v Winners Match A THIRD ROUND 9 Winners of Match 4 vs. Winners of Match 5 10 Winners of Match 8 vs. Winners of Match 7 11 Winners of Match 1 vs. Winners of Match 6 12 Winners of Match 3 vs. Winners of Match 2

SEMI-FINAL 13 Winners of Match 10 vs. Winners of Match 9 14 Winners of Match 11 vs. Winners of Match 12 FINAL 15 Winners of Match 13 vs. Winners of Match 14

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Pictures posted on Twitter in the last few weeks show sand being laid on the Old Spotted Dog to boost the drainage and flatten it. Additionally the entrance sign and gate to the ground has been taken down.

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Newham Recorder's excellent match report on Clapton's first silverware for 27 years, featuring quotes from man of the match Warren Mfula, captain Geoff Ocran, manager Mike Walther and chief executive Vince McBean.

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Newham Recorder previews Saturday's big cup final - Clapton v Stansted in the Gordon Brasted Trophy final. It's also a page in the newspaper this week if you want to grab a copy.

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Assistant manager Andre Thomas gives his thoughts after the 2-2 draw with Stansted to the Newham Recorder.

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Superb match report on the final league game of the season from the Newham Recorder.

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Clapton's goals in 2-2 draw with Stansted were captured on film - just as well as Warren Mfula's strike was a beauty.

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Clapton break attendance records

Clapton ended their league season yesterday with a 2-2 draw at home to Stansted in front of a declared attendance of 407.

That means the Tons averaged 335 fans per game across the 20 Essex Senior League home matches this season, breaking all sorts of records.

Historic attendance stats are hard to come by, but long-serving fans reckon this is the club’s highest in living memory - at least for 40 years.

in terms of the Essex Senior League, no team in the last decade has come close to the 335 mark.

in 2005/6, however, AFC Hornchurch averaged 400 as they stormed to the title. Romford also posted a respectable 180 that season too. (Strangely both sides have averaged less half that figure in the Ryman North this season).

The season before that, Enfield Town went close to Clapton’s figure. winning the title in their fourth year of existence with an average of 270.

Back to this season, and the Tons’ highest attendance was 761 on Non-League Day, a thrilling 3-3 draw against historic rivals Ilford.

Could we one day manage to beat the Essex Senior League record of 897 at Billericay Town, when Jimmy Greaves played for visitors Brentwood, in 1976?

The 2014/5 season average was 183 with a high of 519, the last home game against Stansted.

The 2013/4 season average was 83 with a high of 246, the last game of the season against FC Romania.

The 2012/3 season average was 43 with a high of 86. This was the season that the very first few trail-blazing Clapton Ultras started to go.

The 2011/2 season average was 20 with a high of 25. The total attendance that season was 271, lower than our average for just one game now.

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The end of Clapton U18s

Clapton’s Under 18s side is being axed at the end of this season, it can be revealed.

Yesterday we reported that the reserves side is no more and the speculation the youth team would suffer the same fate.

Now it can be confirmed that the Under 18s team is also being pulled at the end of the season.

The youngsters have four fixtures still to play in the Eastern Junior Alliance this season, but it is unclear how many the Tons will fulfil.

It is also unknown if the club will still enter the FA Youth Cup, in which the players shone this season before being edged out by Hornchurch.

That will leave Clapton with a first team and an Under 15s team next season.

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Clapton reserves draw 3-3 in last ever home game

Clapton’s reserves drew 3-3 with Heybridge Swifts last night in what was their last ever home game.

As we revealed yesterday, the second string team are being disbanded after a season of struggle in the Essex Senior League Reserve Division.

Last night’s game saw first team manager Mike Walther play along with fan favourites Kristian Haighton and James Briggs.

Clapton’s goals were scored by Kofi Billy (2) and James Berry.

There’s one final reserve fixture away at Hullbridge Sports on the list but that is yet to be rearranged after being postponed last week.

And that’s it.

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Clapton reserves play at OSD tonight - for last time EVER

Clapton's reserves side are taking on Heybridge Swifts tonight - their last ever game at the Old Spotted Dog. The club are set to axe the reserves side next season after finding it a struggle to field sides on occasion. Friendly games - such as those the Tons played against Billericay Town, Romford and Aveley - will instead be used during next season to try out new players. The Tons reserves are currently in 11th position, one off the bottom, with just 3 wins from 20 games. They did, however, reach the semi-final of the Reserves Shield. The decision to axe the reserve team has yet to be formally announced. After tonight's game against fourth placed Heybridge Swifts, there is just one rearranged fixture to play at Hullbridge Sports before the reserves side is no more. There is also uncertainty about the future of the club's Under 18s team, who play in the Eastern Junior Alliance. They have a game against Buckhurst Hill at the Old Spotted Dog tomorrow (Thursday) at 7.30pm and should have three more before the end of the season. The Under 21s side was axed last season.

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Time to cast your vote in the Clapton FC end of season awards. To help you decide on goal of the season, watch the brilliant highlights package (unfortunately not all goals are filmed but there are some great touches on display)

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Newham Recorder match report of the thrilling 3-3 draw against champions-elect Bowers & Pitsea - with quotes from club caption Geoff Ocran.

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Clapton Bowers & Pitsea match highlights are now on YouTube - and they're well worth watching. A six-goal thriller with the title favourites including a scrambled injury time equaliser.

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A short match report from Saturday's 2-0 defeat at FC Romania.

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