With the squad I’ve got and with a few additions I think the club could go as far as the Bostik League, that’s my aim, that’s my five-year plan, that was my five-year plan. If I can achieve that and go beyond it will be fantastic for me, it will be fantastic for the football club and it will be fantastic for the players to achieve that but it’s getting there!

Vic Marks crosses the boundary to consider how superstars such as Diego Maradona and former Yeovil defender Ian Botham will always struggle to live up to their youthful exploits. Van de Beek meanwhile had to be taught to stop being so conservative with his passing. Jonk introduced him to two key Cruyffian principles: one was to always look to pass forward not sideways, and the second was the importance of the third man run as a way of finding space. In Cruyff’s teachings, the third man should begin making his run as soon as the first two players have begun exchanging passes. Experts from the Dutch Olympic training centre were summoned to fill the kitchens with high-quality elite sports provisions. And in keeping with the principle that all players should be individually coached, Ajax’s youngsters were placed on individualised nutrition plans to help with their development. Meanwhile, trials of additional permanent substitutes for concussion injuries in the Premier League could begin early in the new year and Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson is supportive of the idea. Re: the ‘greatest GOAT of all time’ (Friday’s Fiver letters). I was reminded of my old footy captain from college who, without a hint of irony, would begin every half-time blast ‘Right! For your FYI …’” – Marten Allen.CRAY WANDERERS manager Neil Smith has retained versatile captain Anthony Cook, 32, and former Welling United striker Tom Derry, 27. Left-winger Jamie Yila, 21, has signed for National League South side Chelmsford City, managed by Robbie Simpson. The keeper fouled Golding as he attempted to pounce on the ball after Golding wriggled past the keeper and was on course to slot the ball into an empty net. Join Rob Smyth for the FA Cup third-round tombola at 7pm GMT and then hop on over to his minute-by-minute report of West Ham 2-2 Aston Villa at 8pm. QUOTE OF THE DAY

The work behind the scenes of the football club is just fantastic and to get in the SCEFL would just round it off because our five-year plan will then be going in the right direction. Red Velvet keeper Liam Barnes made a vital save when he spread himself at his near post to prevent Daramy scoring as he cut into the box from the right-hand side. Our aims next year is to keep moving forward and reaching the sort of level that Welling Town have reached and just keep moving forward. We’re not a big club, we’re a club who can compete against the bigger teams. DARTFORD recently appointed manager Alan Dowson has retained the services of Sam Odaudu, who was captain of the Academy for the past three seasons and spent a loan period at Isthmian League Premier Division side Margate last season. Reflecting on their first successful season in the Kent County League, Hedges said: “Tonight’s performance proves with our first season in the Kent League which we’ve thoroughly enjoyed. Coming down here we knew we was competing against one of the top teams in the Kent League and from our point of view we’ve proved that we can compete against the best teams.

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RED VELVET - Kent County League Premier Division champions last season - have today apponted Ian Jenkins as their new manager. We’ve had a lot of football in the last two or three months and to do the treble is just absolutely fantastic!” It’s been almost six years with four as a director being involved with The Hamlet and I feel like it’s in a place I can leave it better than I found it. Daramy missed a sitter for Welling Town when he slid his shot past the foot of the post after Peter Smith pinged another sublime pass this time to Golding who put the ball on a plate for his team-mate, who was under pressure though.

Hedges added: “You can’t defend those sort of goals! I know Grant Brown and he's a class player, class players score class goals!” We designed training sessions where you would get points from receiving the ball as a third man or you were only allowed to score from a third-man situation,” remembers Jongkind. When Ajax step on to field to face Tottenham on Tuesday night, more than half their team could be graduates from the club’s fabled academy. It would be hard to top the first final of the day, but the game between Red Velvet FC andLittlebourne FC managed to do it and it ended in dramatic fashion as penalties was the only thing that could decide who the winner was! Referee Natalie Hudson failed to produce a yellow card for Red Velvet keeper Barnes – one of four major incidents in the game where the offender got away with it!

Charlie Vizzard is a quality player and he’s probably got the best left-foot throughout the Kent League and we’ve always said that,” said Hedges.

But to be fair to us the boys dug deep, have a never say die attitude and I felt we got stronger after we did concede that goal. Considering we had players coming off with injuries it was a bitter pill to swallow but we got over it and I think we proved when we conceded that goal, what a good team we are, just to complete throughout the rest of the second half.” Send your letters to [email protected]. And you can always tweet The Fiver via @guardian_sport. Today’s winner of our letter o’the day prize is … Fin Crawford (aged 18), who wins a copy of The Got, Not Got Football Gift Book – Every Fan’s Catalogue of Desires, by Derek Hammond and Gary Silke (postage available to UK only, sorry – Fiver Postal Ed]. NEWS, BITS AND BOBS

Liam has had a great season and I thought tonight he proved he’s a quality goalkeeper and to be fair to him I thought that was a very good save but then we expected that from Liam Barnes anyway,” said his manager. Barnes did well, again, spreading himself at his near post to deny Daramy in the 54 th minute before a tactical switch saw Vizzard partner Kasey Pamphlett at the heart of defence and winger Tom Malyon started to get into the game and cause Welling Town some problems.