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Chatham Town 0-0 Grays Athletic: POST MATCH INTERVIEW WITH DARREN MANNING
By GAFC OFFICIAL NEWS

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GAFC OFFICIAL NEWS5 Jul - 20:03
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It seems only five minutes ago that we bid farewell to the 2023/24 football season and yet this weekend we say hello to 2024/25 with the first pre-season friendly of the new campaign.

Manager, Darren Manning, has been busy over the past few weeks, retaining a number of players from last year’s squad, moving others out and bringing in several new faces to strengthen his options.

Pre-season is a good chance to build momentum for the months of league fixtures ahead, building on the preliminary work already done on the training ground. It also gives fans the chance to run the rule over the new members of the squad, all of whom will be keen, I am sure, to become a favourite on the terraces, and maybe even blessed with the ultimate accolade of their own song from the Blues Choir.

Grays start their 24/25 adventure across the Thames at Chatham Town.

Our original encounters with Chatham were in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 league seasons in Isthmian 1N, which produced two wins for Blues and two draws - and a league cup quarter final the season after, which Grays won on penalties after a 3-3 draw.

Since those time however, Chatham Town have undergone a major transformation and are now one of the strongest sides in the Isthmian League. Having been relegated from this level in 2016/17, the club has made fast and furious progress - only missing out on a third consecutive promotion, when losing the Isthmian Premier Division play-off final to Enfield at the end of last season. Crowds have swelled and The Chats will be hoping to be a major player in that division again.

So Grays have chosen perhaps their hardest pre-season challenge for their first outing. Whatever the result, Darren will surely learn plenty about his new squad, seeing some of them for the first time against this kind of opposition.

Don’t forget folks that the game kicks off at 1pm, to give us all time to get frantically worried about England’s Euros quarter-final later in the afternoon.

The game takes place at

The Sports Ground
Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 6LR.

DIRECTIONS TO THE GROUND:

Exit the M2 at junction 3 and follow directions for Chatham & Town Centre. You will pass a Homebase on your left. Continue straight over the roundabout and you will approach a split in the road – bear right for Chatham. You are now on Maidstone Road – continue straight over the cross roads where you will see a petrol station on the left. Bournville Road is opposite the petrol station. Entrance to the ground Car Park is first left on Bournville Road.

Come on You Blues

Match details

Match date

Sat 06 Jul 2024

Kickoff

13:00
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Team Sponsors

Club Charity - Friends of Essex and London Homeless
HOME SHIRT SPONSOR - GRIFFIN
AWAY KIT SPONSOR - BARRETS LAW
Matchday & Teamwear Sponsors - P J FLOORING
Home Kit Sponsor - SGR Plumbing & Heating Ltd
Club Food Hospitality Sponsor - Wonderland Catering & Grazing Events
SHIRT SPONSOR - LMC MOTOR GROUP
Club Sponsor - A Road School Of Motoring
club Sponsor - AM Fire Safety and Testing
CLUB SPONSOR - Amblek Ltd
CLUB SPONSOR - The Bull
CLUB SPONSOR - Charlotte's Hair Salon
CLUB SPONSOR - Curran Packaging
CLUB SPONSOR - CM FABRICATIONS
CLUB SPONSOR - Coryton Commercials
Club Sponsor - Unity Fitness Club
Club SPONSOR - Don P's
Fund Raising - easyfundraising
CLUB SPONSOR - FORGET ME NOT
CLUB SPONSOR - Grays Service Station
CLUB SPONSOR - Hammers for Work and Support
CLUB SPONSOR - K &T Tilts
CLUB SPONSOR - KEMPSTERS
ClUB SPONSOR - Little Thurrock Post Office
Club Charity - Max'x Foundation
AWAY KIT SPONSOR - Paragon
CLUB SPONSOR - Senator Welding & Engineering Supplies
Club SPONSOR - Supreme Carpets and Blinds
CLUB SPONSOR - SHUTTERS BY SUZANNE
CLUB SPONSOR - Smiths orchard Garden centre
CLUB SPONSOR - Spire Contracts
Club SPONSOR - Tyrrells Hall Club
CLUB SPONSOR - TILBURY TILES
CLUB SPONSOR - Thurrock Hardwoods Ltd
CLUB SPONSOR - West & Coe
CLUB SPONSOR - Z Cars Express Ltd
PitchingIn Isthmian league 2020/21 - PitchingIn Isthmian League 2023/24
League Sponsors - Velocity
League Sponsors  - BlueFin Sports
league Sponsors - Vita Risk Solutions
Matchball Provider - Mitre
League Sponsors - Mitchells Travel
League Sponsors - Anderson Travel
league Sponsors - Kappa
League Sponsors - Reposs
League Sponsors - Samba
Club Affiliation - FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATION
league Sponsors - Crowdfunder