Crawley Town’s sporting director Tobias Phoenix has left the club by mutual consent.
The former director of football operations at Bolton Wanderers joined Crawley during last season, when the Reds were relegated from League One.
It is the latest change in a turbulent year for the club, after former co-owner Preston Johnson resigned in July over the club’s transfer strategy.
Crawley play Walsall in League Two on Saturday.
Photos credit: Merstham Football Club
Arsenal and England midfielder, Declan Rice, has been training over the Summer …. at Merstham Football Club.
Instead of joining the Arsenal squad for training in Spain he has been following an individual training plan at Merstham’s Moatside ground.
In a video message on social media, Declan Rice thanked the club for letting him use the pitch over the past few weeks and said he hopes Merstham gets promoted this season.
A Surrey based hospice turned up the heat on Bonfire Night! St Raphael’s hosted a firewalking event to raise funds to help run the care facility and asked people to brave their fears and take the challenge. Susy Radio’s newsreader David Walker was one of 28 fundraisers who took part in the event facing burning temperatures of over 360 degrees Celsius:
Cliff Mann who runs firewalking activities from the organisation Time 4 Change spoke to the firewalkers as the the last participants completed the challenge:
The hospice was hoping to raise eight thousand pounds on the night but by the start of the evening they had already reached eleven thousand pounds. Samantha Bourne is Events Fundraising Manager at St Raphael’s:
And you can find out more about what the hospice does for the community at straphaels.org.uk.
You can listen to David Walker’s full report here:
Photo: Susy Radio news reader, David Walker
In League 2, Crawley Town gained a much needed point at the Broadfield Stadium on Saturday with a 1-1 draw against top of the table, Walsall.
Dorking Wanderers are out of the FA Cup with a 3-2 loss against Aldershot Town at Meadowbank.
In the Women’s Surrey Divisional Cup, South Park Reigate Women won 3-2 over Old Tiffinians. Horley Town Women won 4-2 on penalties over Fleet Town Reserve following a goalless draw at full time.
Photos courtesy of Neil Munday
A pop in event took place last week at the site office of the Godstone road collapse to update residents on the repairs.
In February, two sinkholes appeared in Godstone High Street; local disruption continues while the investigations and repairs are in operation.
Our reporter, Neil Munday, spoke with Lloyd Allen, Assistant Director for Network Management at Surrey County Council, about the next phase of works to reinstate the water supply and re-lay the pipework.
You can hear the full interview here for updates about the ongoing works, repairs and the timeline:
