Clapton CFC are gradually finding their form again after notching up a second win in a row in this low-key friendly versus Eastfield. The two teams were due to play each other in the league at Eastfield’s home, Ive Farm Sports Ground in Leyton, but had to be postponed as a hockey tournament was taking […]
There’s something about the cups. On Saturday, Clapton Community knocked London Samurai Rovers out of the Jim Rogers to progress to the last four. They held their nerve in a tense penalty shootout – after a tense game. The heroes were keeper Dan Anfossy, who stopped Samurai’s fourth and scorer of Clapton’s decisive fifth Yacine Rabia. […]
How did they build the pyramids? Who really killed JFK? Why is Piers Morgan? How did Clapton Community lose this game 4-0? These are the great mysteries, which will probably never be solved. In contrast to the deserved defeats in the previous two league games against Ealing Town and FC Star, the Tons created the […]
FC Star London emerged victorious from an exciting league clash at The Stray Dog on Saturday afternoon. Clapton CFC had strong spells and a flurry of late chances, but the clinical finishing of the visitors made the difference. Without Jordan Odofin, who had recently moved to Cambridge City, Tons player-manager Geoff Ocran gave Alex Akanbi a debut in […]
Clapton slumped to a heavy defeat at home to Ealing Town, in brutal December weather. The result means they go into the new year placed seventh in the league, albeit with games in hand on those above them. Ealing comedy In farcical circumstances, the game almost didn’t happen at all. The away side’s kit somehow […]
A dramatic last-gasp winner earned a vital three points away to The Curve, in a game defined by refereeing inconsistency, flaring tempers and swirling winds. Having taken only one point from the previous two league fixtures against Samurai and Eastfield, it was a happy return to winning ways for Clapton CFC. Among six changes from […]
On a week when Clapton CFC celebrated reaching 1,000 members, the team couldn’t quite manage a win but did come back strongly to get a 1-1 draw against Eastfield FC. Many non-league fixtures around the south east were postponed due to a rainy week, but the Stray Dog was still in a suitable condition for […]
Clapton Community endured a torrid afternoon in Southall on Saturday, where a talented London Samurai Rovers side dispelled any illusions about how challenging it will be to escape the division. TEAM NEWS for today's big game at @Samurairovers (2pm kick off) Lewis Owiredu makes his debut up front. A few changes as the Tons are […]
A tricky tie against a team with their roots in the western corner of Spain took Clapton CFC to the western corner of London, where they tasted away cup joy for the second week running. The 4-1 win over Deportivo Galicia Reserves, in the shadow of Heathrow Airport, booked the Tons a ticket to the […]
A challenging tie in the second round of the Anagram Records Trophy saw Clapton emerge with a highly impressive 2-0 win at previously unbeaten Letchworth Garden City Eagles. Today’s line-ups away at @LGCEaglesFC in the Anagram Records Trophy. Set to be the home side’s record ever attendance. pic.twitter.com/SYhSHhuYHm — Clapton CFC (@ClaptonCFC) November 10, 2018 […]
If you had just caught the scoreline, you might have been forgiven for thinking that Clapton had switched disciplines and taken up Rugby Union. Saturday’s game with Hereford Palace provided, on average, a goal every 7 and a half minutes to entertain a brilliant crowd of 400-plus in the autumn sun. Player-manager Geoff Ocran named […]
In the absence of a competitive fixture, the Clapton CFC squad played a bounce game between ourselves on our 3G training pitch next door to the Stray Dog. With player-manager Geoff Ocran and several players away, there was also a chance for a few trialists to shine. All the players were able to notch up […]
The sun gods finally decided to make their way over to E17 for a Tons home game, which helped bring out a huge family-friendly crowd for the first round of the Anagram Records Trophy against Epping Town. There was noise from two sides of the ground with a large bloc of the Brigata Italiana behind the […]
Given fans have spent two soggy Saturdays under gazebos at a rainy Stray Dog, it was inevitable that a game under the sheltered stands of Walthamstow FC would feature scorching temperatures more than ten degrees above average. The friendly fixture held the oddity of being possibly the most local derby in football; the Tons taking […]
There was a deluge of rain and a deluge of goals before Clapton Community FC just missed out on a win in their very first league home game with a heartbreaking late leveller. The weather gods are clearly against us, with East London only seeing two days of rain in the entire month, both falling […]
Clapton Community FC made the trip across town to Wembley on a perfect late September day to take on South Kilburn Reserves in the first round of the Jim Rogers Presidents Division One Cup. The venue, Northwick Park, could not have been more basic, with no roped off pitch, bench or even changing rooms. However, […]
On a drizzly autumn day, just over 400 people saw Clapton CFC’s first competitive game at the Stray Dog – and they were treated to a barnstormer that will live long in the memory. The Tons looked dead and buried at half-time but mounted a dramatic comeback, only to lose out to the odd goal […]
Clapton Community FC staged a fine second half comeback to get the league season up and running with three points – but it was mighty close. Player-manager Geoff Ocran selected a familiar looking side that had bonded over the long pre-season. Two names missing, however, were goalkeeper Vlad Bendovskyy and forward Bogdan Panescu, whose international clearance have […]
The friendlies are now over – finally – and Clapton CFC signed off pre-season with a narrow win and a first clean sheet. With Clapton CFC’s temporary new home The Stray Dog having been booked by another team, the game had to be played at noon on a 3G pitch nearby with no space for […]
An amazing afternoon for Clapton CFC’s first ‘home’ game as a determined Wanderers made it a very competitive friendly in front of a big crowd. Player-manager Geoff Ocran named a relatively settled starting XI but with two debutants on the bench – attacker Charlie Fagan and midfielder Paul Oshin. The latter is very familiar to […]
