Tag: Match previews

Tons celebrate goal against Wilberforce Wanderers

Wilberforce Wanderers vs Clapton CFC preview: Back to league business after cup joy

Can we play you every week? Yes, apparently we can. It’s déjà vu all over again this Saturday, as CCFC travel back to White Hart Lane to take on Wilberforce Wanderers – this time in the league. The Tons ran out comfortable 4-1 winners in last weekend’s Jim Rogers President’s Cup semi. Sizzling Sherwin Stanley bagged […]

Clapton CFC vs Chipperfield Corinthians preview: CCFC take on CCFC in cup quarter-final

Have your vocal chords recovered yet? After running rampant against league leaders Stonewall FC last week, cup fever is coming to the Stray Dog. Clapton CFC will be in action in the Anagram Records Trophy – aka the Capital Counties Feeder League Trophy – this Saturday against Chipperfield Corinthians. The competition sponsored by the punk […]

Clapton CFC vs Wilberforce Wanderers preview: New club meets the old boys

After a thrilling penalty shootout win against London Samurai Rovers in the Jim Rogers President’s Cup, Clapton CFC return to league action this weekend against Wilberforce Wanderers. Saturday’s opponents are stalwarts of the Middlesex County Football League and the longest presence in Division One by some margin. Founded in a Trafalgar Square pub in August […]

Midfield Tussle

Clapton CFC vs London Samurai Rovers FC preview: Tons face familiar foes in cup quarters

This Saturday, Clapton Community tussle with the formidable London Samurai Rovers in the last eight of the Jim Rogers President’s Cup. The East Londoners will be looking to bounce back from a run of three league losses. And what better motivation to get back to winning ways than the prospect of debut season silverware? Tough opponents […]

FC Deportivo Galicia Reserves vs Clapton CFC preview: Tons head west for lunchtime cup kick-off

Still fighting on three fronts, The Tons are back in cup action this weekend as we head west to Feltham for the second round of the Jim Rogers Cup. Whereas the first round was effectively staged in a park, away at South Kilburn Reserves, this fixture will be at the Bedfont Sports Club, an Isthmian League […]

Letchworth GC Eagles vs Clapton CFC preview: Tons head to Herts for big cup challenge

This Saturday Clapton CFC will be travelling into the wide world outside the M25 to take on the Letchworth Garden City Eagles in the second round of the Anagram Records Trophy. For the history buffs, Letchworth was one of the first “New Towns” based on the principles of visionary planner Ebenezer Howard. It inspired the […]

Clapton CFC back to league duty to face improving basement side Hereford Palace

There can be no glossing over it, it’s been a massively tough start to life in the football pyramid for Hereford Palace. The brand new Wormwood Scrubs-based side started the Middlesex County Football League season with a whopping 18-0 (yes, EIGHTEEN) defeat at home to NW London. A frustrated club spokesman told us that everything […]

Clapton CFC face Epping Town for second time in tough Anagram Records Trophy draw

In a season of firsts, Clapton Community FC face the unusual prospect of playing a side for the second time when Epping Town come to town in the Anagram Records Trophy first round. The competition – sponsored by the punk record label – is for clubs from various leagues across London and the South East who […]

Walthamstow FC vs Clapton CFC preview: Friday night football is back with floodlit friendly fundraiser

Clapton Community FC’s Non-League Day cup tie against Epping Town this Saturday was unfortunately postponed for a week due to our opposition’s involvement in another competition. However,  the show must go on, so there’s a feelgood Friday friendly fundraiser instead. And it’s local. Very local. So local that one of Deano’s clearances from the Stray […]