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Canvey Island 3 - 2 Croydon Athletic - Ryman Premier League, 8th February 2011

It was five on the bounce for Canvey Island tonight as they ran out 3 – 2 winners against Croydon Athletic. Croydon gave the Gulls a tough game though and the speed and skills of Shabazz Baidoo and Tom Bolarinwa constantly kept Canvey’s rearguard on their toes. Canvey started the game comfortably in control however and went ahead when Matt Game chased down a fifty-fifty ball that rebounded off of him and fell behind the Croydon backline. Game reached the ball on the edge of the penalty area, mo
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Canvey Island 4 - 1 Hendon - Ryman Premier League, 5th February 2011

Canvey Island comfortably dispatched visitors Hendon to rack up their fourth league win on the bounce this afternoon. Canvey were assisted by the fact that Hendon made the game hard work for themselves by having three players sent off. The windy conditions made balls above head height difficult as Daniel Sintim found out on 4 minutes when his sliced clearance was gathered in the wind, travelled behind him and had to be plucked out of the air on the goal line by Berkely Laurencin. It was Hendon
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Canvey Island 3 - 0 Maidstone United - Ryman Premier League, 22nd January 2011

Robbie King notched either side of Danny Heale’s goal to continue his run as Canvey Island’s top scorer as the Gulls comprehensively strolled to victory over a Maidstone United team that unfortunately reflected their league position and are ultimate poised for the drop. It read 1 minute and 55 seconds on the stopwatch, when King netted his first; capitalising on a huge defensive mix-up. A simple pass was rolled to Joe Vines who let the ball run across him, unknown to Vines was that King was cha
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Canvey Island 2 - 0 Margate - Ryman Premier Division, 15th January 2011

This afternoon Canvey Island hosted the reverse of their season opener as Kent outfit Margate, currently occupying one place below Canvey in the league table visited the Brockwell Stadium. Canvey named an line-up unchanged from that which started against Sutton previously in the week, but did welcome back Jay Curran and Craig Davidson to the subs bench in place of Jamie Matthews and Ben Britnell. Canvey started as they meant to go on, dominating the opening half with Margate providing little t
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Canvey Island 1 - 3 Sutton United - Ryman Premier League, 11th January 2011

Canvey Island clearly put the disappointing defeat at Harrow Borough behind them in preparation for hosting league leaders Sutton United. On the night Canvey played some exciting football, particular in the first-half and fully deserved something from the game. The Officials in charge of the match though thought otherwise and some highly questionable decision making turned the game on its head resulting in Sutton converting two penalties either side of half-time. Canvey welcomed Matt Game and A
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Canvey Island 3 - 2 Billericay Town - Ryman Premier League, 3rd January 2011

Canvey Island seeking revenge for their loss at New Lodge earlier in the season gave a victory worthy first-half performance that brought with it three goals for the hosts before the break in reply to Billericay’s 4th minute opener in front of the 621 in attendance for today’s New Year derby. Canvey fielded the same starting eleven as their previous fixture against Lowestoft Town way back on December 14th whilst Billericay started new signing Peggy Lakondo in the holding midfield role and forme
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Canvey Island 0 - 0 Lowestoft Town - Ryman Premier League, 14th December 2010

Canvey Island resumed their League duties this evening hosting one of the early season title favourites, Lowestoft Town at the Brockwell Stadium. Canvey fielded a stronger line-up than that which started against Heybridge Swifts last weekend with the likes of Frank Everett, Matt Game, Alex Rhodes and Jay Curran returning to the starting eleven as Andrew West, Steve Ward and Danny Kerrigan took their places on the bench alongside strikers Jason Hallett and Ellis Skidmore.   Lowestoft, fielding
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Canvey Island 0 - 1 Heybridge Swifts - Championship Manager Cup, 11th December 2010

FACT - Since 1999 Canvey Island’s league performances against Heybridge Swifts stand as: Played 12, Won 10, Drawn 1, Lost 1, Goals for 40, Goals against 10.   So, if there is one team that must hate visiting the Brockwell Stadium most of all it has got to be Canvey Island’s Essex neighbours in the black and white stripes.   Ok, so this was the League Cup rather than a League fixture and was clearly of less importance than our difficult league encounter with Lowestoft Town in just three da
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Canvey Island 1 - 0 Folkestone Invicta - Ryman Premier League, 6th November 2010

Canvey Island went into this afternoon’s fixture at the Brockwell Stadium determined to prove that their disappointing showing against Wealdstone midweek was just a blip in their bid to secure a playoff spot. Alex Rhodes gave Canvey an almost perfect start after just 80 seconds, but he couldn’t keep his 30 yard free-kick down and it sailed narrowly over the crossbar. Danny Heale had the ball in the net for Canvey on 18 minutes, but he was judged to have been offside when he pounced on the loos
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Canvey Island 4 - 2 Cray Wanderers - Ryman Premier League, 20th November 2010

Canvey Island put last weekend’s disappointing defeat at Kingstonian behind them by convincingly running riot over visitors Cray Wanderers this afternoon at the Brockwell Stadium. Cray were forced into a change even before a ball was kicked as Dave King who had seriously injured himself during the warm-up was replaced in goal by defender Aaron Day. Day gave a good account of himself between the sticks but the same couldn’t be said for the players in front of him who at times were guilty of som
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Canvey Island 1 - 1 Wealdstone - Ryman Premier League, 2nd November 2010

Canvey Island was lucky to snatch a point at the death from tonight’s fixture against Wealdstone in a game that presented little for the fans and showed all the hallmarks of two teams reflecting their current league standings. With a heavy crosswind coming off the Thames Estuary both teams found it difficult to play their styles of football and many balls above ten feet off the floor were hard to control. Robbie King had Canvey’s first effort of the game on 7 minutes as he hit a half-volley fr
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Canvey Island 1 - 2 AFC Sudbury - FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round, 16th October 2010

Just four days after exiting the FA Cup after a 20 penalty kick thriller at Dartford last Tuesday, Canvey Island exited the FA Trophy in poor fashion against lower league opposition in the form of AFC Sudbury. Canvey started brightly and Chris Moore put Canvey Island ahead in the sixth minute; easily heading the ball past Nicky Eyre at his near post from Kevin Dobinson’s free-kick after Eyre failed to collect the ball. Canvey’s lead was short lived though and Sudbury put their selves back on l
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Canvey Island 2 – 2 Dartford – FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round, 9th October 2010

The spirit of the FA Cup returned to the Brockwell Stadium this afternoon with Canvey Island playing host to Conference South outfit and former Ryman League derby opponents, Dartford. A bumper crowd of over 700 with at least half travelling through the toll booths witnessed the action start from the off. Charlie Sheringham, son of former Premiership striker Teddy put narrowly over after just three minutes from just inside the penalty area. Down the other end, Danny Heale put his effort from j
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Canvey Island 0 - 2 Kingstonian – Ryman Premier League, 2nd October 2010

Kingstonian ended Canvey Island’s unbeaten run and took all three points back to Kingsmeadow after some excellent goalkeeping and resilient defending kept a dominant Canvey at bay. With James Rowe having left the Club, Jason Hallett lead Canvey’s attack with Danny Heale playing deeper behind him but neither could escape the always impressive Tobi Jinadu, who has a knack for putting in great performances against the Gulls. It was fellow defender Max Hustwick who put the K’s ahead on 11 minutes
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Canvey Island 1 – 0 Whitstable Town - FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round, 25th September 2010

Despite much possession Canvey Island made hard work of their FA Cup fixture this afternoon. Canvey undid themselves by lowering to Whitstable’s level of play, reverting to the long ball style and seemingly losing the wonderful creative football that saw them unlock Bury Town during the week. Whitstable started as they meant to go on with Dan Wiske receiving an early caution. Dave Cory will kick himself that he didn’t put Whitstable ahead after only 8 minutes as James Russell’s parry landed at
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Canvey Island 3 - 0 Bury Town – Ryman Premier League, 21st September 2010

Previously undefeated Bury Town succumbed to a 3-nil defeat at the Brockwell Stadium this evening, wasting their opportunities in many instances and failing to withstand attacks from Canvey’s ferocious forwards. Both Bury and Canvey played the passing game well and in doing so created ample opportunities throughout the high tempo fixture. It was Bury who very nearly got off the mark first after only 3 minutes, but Sam Reed fired his warning shot across the face of goal. Frankie Everett had Can
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Canvey Island 4 – 1 Newport Pagnell Town - FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round, 11th September 2010

Canvey Island progressed into the next round of the FA Cup with a second half performance that saw them breeze past Newport Pagnell Town and finish the game with a well deserved result that must be leaving Swans’ Manager Terry Shrieves reeling in the fact he’d just previously won the cursed Manger of the Month award. The Gulls dominated from the start, but James Russell did well the stop an early threat in the opening moments. From then on Canvey played creative football that couldn’t quite dev
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Canvey Island 0 - 2 Tooting & Mitcham United – Ryman Premier League, 4th September 2010

From a Canvey Island point of view hosting Tooting & Mitcham is never an easy or entertaining fixture and today’s result proved that again as lady luck favoured the Terrors and Canvey’s inability to finish in front of goal ultimately decided the result. Canvey totally dominated the first twenty minutes of the match, in fact had it not been for an acrobatic save from Jamie Butler, Tooting could well have been behind after only 5 minutes as he turned Danny Heale’s free-kick around his near po
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Canvey Island 1 - 1 Carshalton Athletic – Ryman Premier League, 28th August 2010

Canvey started today’s game brightly carrying on from where they left off against Harrow Borough during the week but fell behind on 12 minutes to Paul Johnson’s free-kick. Chris Moore had committed a foul for which he was cautioned and Johnson’s set piece fooled the Canvey defensive wall as they jumped over the ball and allowed it to sneak in at James Russell’s near post. On 16 minutes Canvey were awarded a free-kick twenty-five yards from goal, but Danny Heale’s initial effort was handled righ
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Canvey Island 2 - 0 Harrow Borough – Ryman Premier League, 24th August 2010

Competitive football returned to the Brockwell Stadium this evening as Canvey Island entertained Harrow Borough a fixture that more often than not has proved difficult for Canvey to get a result. James Rowe had a great chance to put Canvey ahead after just 16 seconds, when he beat Harrow’s backline early but his effort flashed wide of the far post. Harrow reacted strongly to the early scare but their woeful finishing and some last gasp defending from Canvey prevented them from taking the lead o
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Canvey Island 5 - 0 Cheshunt – Pre-Season Friendly, 14th August 2010

Canvey Island completed their pre-season preparations with a convincing 5 – 0 win over Cheshunt at the Brockwell Stadium this afternoon. Canvey fielded two new trailists from Grays Athletic in centre-half Jon Glowacki and left-winger Alex Rhodes. Former Dartford winger Hussein Isa was left on the bench for the first-half but had the chance to prove his worth again after the break. Cheshunt was forced into an early substitution when Tom Tresadern went off after only 10 minutes and throughout th
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Canvey Island 0 - 3 Chelmsford City – Pre-Season Friendly, 7th August 2010

In a lively encounter at the Brockwell Stadium this afternoon, Canvey Island welcomed Conference South title challengers Chelmsford City. Looking to improve upon the score-line against Welling United last weekend, Canvey fell behind early when Anthony Cook’s corner from the right found Dave Rainford’s head at the far post and he converted past James Russell after only 3 minutes. Jay Curran had a rare chance for Canvey on 9 minutes, but he struck over from the edge of the area. James Russell h
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Canvey Island 1 - 4 Welling United – Pre-Season Friendly, 31st July 2010

Canvey Island welcomed Conference South outfit Welling United to the Brockwell Stadium this afternoon in what was to be a real challenge for the Gulls after the novelty of playing Bradford City and FC Twente. Welling had an early opportunity squandered on 12 minutes after Jack Obersteller’s cross from the left was headed narrowly wide by Loui Fazackerly. Three minutes later and Canvey’s Danny Heale flicked a throw-in forward that fell to James Rowe, but Rowe smashed his effort over the cross-b
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Canvey Island 8 - 1 Bethnal Green United – Pre-Season Friendly, 27th July 2010

With the withdrawal of London Colney, Bethnal Green United stepped up in their place tonight at the Brockwell Stadium and was to be on the wrong end of an 8-1 rout with four of Canvey’s strikers all getting on the score-sheet. There were home debuts for Steve Ward and new signing Matt Game; returning from minor foot surgery as well as Andrew West, Greg Cohen, Kevin Dobinson and James Rowe all rested from Saturday. It took only 3 minutes for Danny Heale; questionably offside to receive the ball
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Canvey Island 0 - 5 FC Twente – Pre-Season Friendly, 24th July 2010

Dutch Champions FC Twente put on an exhibition in passing football this afternoon at the Brockwell Stadium, but at times Canvey didn’t always let them have it their own way and certainly never said die despite the full-time score-line. Canvey, playing three up front and brandishing their new white away kit settled down and played some neat football. James Rowe was linking up well with Danny Heale and on 6 minute, Rowe intercepted a weak pass between the FC Twente defenders but the attack broke
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