From London to Leipzig, Clapton CFC have six pre-season games to warm up for the new Middlesex County Football League season.
Tag: Pre-season
Clapton CFC vs Wanderers preview: Trialists get chance in low-key start to men’s team pre-season
The Clapton CFC men’s team are back in action for our first pre-season friendly, Don’t get too excited – it’s in a 3G cage as our trialists try to force their way into the manager’s plans.
Clapton CFC 1 London Samurai Rovers 0: Tons end pre-season with first clean sheet in training game
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 […]
Practice game only this Saturday – season starts in just two weeks
Just to clarify some important information about this Saturday’s game vs London Samurai Rovers. This was arranged as a practice friendly against a team from our league because we still don’t know what to expect ahead of our first season. It’s an early kick-off on a 3G pitch, not at the Stray Dog, and there’s […]
Clapton CFC 5 Wanderers FC 2: Glorious start to life at the newly-named Stray Dog
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 […]
Clapton CFC face Wanderers FC in historic first home friendly – what you need to know
Never let it be said that we don’t like trying new things here at Clapton. In a summer of firsts, we played in the first ever match at Holland FC’s new ground and Clapton CFC were the first MCFL club ever to compete in the final of the Supporters Direct Cup – against England’s first […]
‘Maturing’ Clapton CFC side face trip to revitalised Epping Town
Epping Town are on a mission to go back to the glory days of the Seventies and Eighties. In the early 1980s they disappeared due to financial problems, despite the team reaching the Isthmian League, basking in their best ever FA Cup and FA Vase runs and playing the likes of West Ham and Spurs […]
NW London FC 1 Clapton CFC 3: Tons record second win of pre-season against impressive opponents
Clapton notched up a second win in 7 days on Saturday, with an impressive victory over MCFL Div 1 counterparts, NW London, at the vast New River Stadium. Our second visit to North London in a week saw Geoff Ocran’s team put in arguably their most complete performance of pre-season to date against well drilled […]
England’s youngest and oldest fan owned clubs compete for Brian Lomax Supporters Direct Cup
This Tuesday, Clapton CFC’s pre-season schedule moves up a gear with the chance of lifting some silverware against Enfield Town. The venue is the beautiful, Grade II-listed Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, which is holding its second cup final of the summer, having already hosted the ConIFA World Cup for non-FIFA affiliated regions. Enfield Town and […]
Sporting Hackney 2 Clapton CFC 4 – First goals and first win for scorching hot Tons
Eliot Crosbie smashed home Clapton CFC’s first ever goal to put the Tons on their way to a hugely impressive victory in the East London sunshine. After games at much higher opposition Holland FC and West Essex, player-manager Geoff Ocran had earmarked this as the first chance to properly gauge how his newly-formed team would […]
Clapton CFC face old friends but stiff challenge at Sporting Hackney
After a gruelling first test by the seaside in week one, Clapton dusted themselves off, stepping up against even tougher opposition last Sunday against West Essex. In terms of league standing, the ESL side represent our most difficult game of pre-season, sitting three divisions above us in the non-league pyramid. While the 3-0 result wasn’t […]
West Essex 3 Clapton CFC 0 – Improving Tons hold their own against strong opposition
Clapton CFC succumbed to a 3-0 defeat against West Essex on a drizzly afternoon at the London Marathon Community Track, but there were plenty of positives for player-manager Geoff Ocran to take into next Saturday’s game against Sporting Hackney. A much-improved CCFC showed cohesion and looked dangerous on the counter attack against their ESL opponents. […]
Clapton CFC head to Olympic Park’s other stadium for first London game against West Essex
Occasionally in football, a draw can feel like a win, a win can feel like a defeat and there’s even a case to put a positive spin on the odd defeat. Rarely, though, can you come away from a 5 – 0 loss with any sense of accomplishment. Saturday’s trip to the Essex coast provided […]
Holland FC 5 Clapton CFC 0 in pictures
Match photos A brilliant set of pictures taken by Fleur McGerr. There were plenty of great photographs posted online too, including a massive gallery from RJS Photography and some from the highly-respected Groundtastic magazine. Here is a selection. Photographs of the game today between @MightyHolland and @ClaptonCFC are avaliable to view at https://t.co/Mt2WuvvZdU pic.twitter.com/6UbJmhVtzC — Robert (@RJSPhoto89) […]
Holland FC 5 Clapton CFC 0 – Pre-season positives on joyous historic day for both clubs
A joyous day by the seaside saw Holland FC open their new £550,000 ground with a bumper crowd and a thumping win – while Clapton CFC’s new-look side took plenty of positives on their very first outing. The historic match was delayed by 30 minutes due to traffic congestion heading towards the coast. In the […]
Travel details for Clapton CFC’s curtain-raising friendly by the seaside
On Saturday July 21, at 3pm, the Clapton CFC journey begins with an away game at Step 6 side Holland FC. And it’s a double slice of history as it’s the curtain-raiser for our hosts at their brand spanking new £550,000 Eastcliff ground. We have booked a coach to sunny Holland-on-Sea on a strictly first-come-first-served […]
Clapton CFC pre-season friendlies preview – seaside, silverware and new stadium
A trip to the seaside, our very first chance of a trophy, the grand opening of a spanking new stadium, a game on the Olympic park and the five-times FA Cup winners coming to town – Clapton CFC’s first summer of friendlies have a bit of everything with opposition ranging from Step 3 to Step […]
Clapton CFC manager Geoff Ocran impressed by trialists as training begins
Clapton CFC manager Geoff Ocran ran the rule over 16 trialists this week as the season’s preparations got underway. Geoff took the session at our training base at Wadham Lodge featuring established non-league players, particularly from Step 5 level, plus promising new talent. Geoff said afterwards: “Training was positive. I was able to get an 8 v […]