Belmont Banter

JUNE 6 2021

Belmont Banter Episode 65 Jimmy Strouts: (Part 3 of 3) The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Jimmy Stouts had a very successful football career playing as a professional with Dover and Stevenage also the England University side and in the Army the Combined Services Football Team and where he played all over the World. Late in his career family life took charge and he decided he needed to be more local playing for Maidstone United where he captain the side, before finishing his time in local football with Whitstable Town in Marc Seager’s very successful promotion winning side. He speaks with passion about the team, saying that all of the players involved even the ones on the bench or who took part in training, they all had an impact of the success of the team. Jimmy has now turned to coaching youth football at Canterbury City saying: “For me it’s all about youth development; two hundred per cent” which he believes is the cornerstone of any club wanting to build for the future in these difficult times. This is another great listen from Belmont Banter where we strive to bring you the players football stories that you want to hear.

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May 30 2021: Belmont Banter Episode 64 Gary Doe: The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Gary Doe’s journey starts in the early 60’s when he was very young as he says playing with the old heavy leather football and wooden studs in your boots. He’d always lived in the Faversham area, signing for a team called Faversham Spartak, a short time later the family move to Medway. He played mostly school and local lads football and remembers playing in a cup final at on Chatham’s ground scoring four of the six goals.  There were scouts at the game and Gary was selected for a trial at 13 years of age at Gillingham but his father said no, then a couple of years later he received a letter to go to Charlton after the trials was told he was not wanted. That disappointment hurt him so much that he never kicked a ball again for a couple of years…. But Gary’s story does not end there he then he went on to play Southern League with Canterbury City, then at Chatham, Sheppey, Lordswood, Faversham and Margate.

 This is a great story for any budding young footballer just starting out…. The moral of Gary’s story is you can recover from all the knock backs and still go on the have a very good career in football…

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May 23 2021

Belmont Banter Episode 63: KEVIN BROWN The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Kevin Brown’s football started with local junior side Dolphins, at the age of eighth that Kev, as he prefers to be called, joined another Maidstone team ‘Blue Eagles’ where he stayed until he was fourteen. He then had a spell at Gillingham youth Academy before moving to Margate U18’s. His time at Margate finished after a year as the travelling, he was ferried back and forth by his Dad and he looked for somewhere closer to home and moved to Sittingbourne. Then moved to Tunbridge where he played in a pre-season game against Wolves, then moved to Tunbridge Wells, spent two seasons there before moving to Sheppey United, Whitstable (there is a story there) and Herne Bay …. Much travelled Kev who played at Sittingbourne and Sheppey, just wanted to play football tells some great stories about all the different clubs and the players and managers he played with. Another great listen from Belmont Banter.

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Belmont Banter Podcast where each week we chat to local Kent Footballers from the not so distant past about their time in local football. With over 50 episodes so far if you have played, or supported almost any team in the South East then chances are we will have chatted to a player that you know, check it out. It's a great listen...

May 20 2021

Belmont Banter Episode 62 Jimmy Strouts: (Part 2 of 3) The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Jimmy Strouts ended up have a fantastic football career in part two when Jimmy follows his fantastic football journey. He talks about playing for Middlesbrough U18’s training for them once a week, Then Mansfield Town, he ended scoring a ‘worldly’ and that was the catalyst from him serving a professional contract, he then had trials for Cambridge Utd and others eventually signing for Dover. Jimmy saying that during his career he has played with some fantastic players… there is lots more to come, including his time at Whitstable Town.

We had a few technical problems which is why this episode is late: Part three is out next Wednesday

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May 16 2021

Belmont Banter Episode 61: GARY SAYER The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

GS as everybody knows Gary Sayer has been a fixture in the Whitstable area for many years. At eight he joined Herne Bay and stayed until he was thirteen, the year group folded and he then moved to Tyler Hill FC. Gary says they were a really good side at the time and were far too good for the league they played in. At Fourteen he joined Whitstable Town and progressed through to the first team where he stayed for many years where played nearly 300 games first team games for Town. Gary was an integral part of the very successful Whitstable side during the clubs most successful period. Gary then moved to local rivals Herne Bay to play for manager Simon Halsey who knew Gary well as he was assistant to Marc Seager who won promotion to the Ryman League for the first time in the club’s history. Gary finished his football career at Canterbury City under Ben Smith, he amassed nearly 600 games playing for local clubs and he has some great stories to tell, it’s one you will all enjoy.

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Belmont Banter Podcast where each week we chat to local Kent Footballers from the not so distant past about their time in local football. With over 50 episodes so far if you have played, or supported almost any team in the South East then chances are we will have chatted to a player that you know, check it out. It's a great listen...

May 9 2021 Belmont Banter Episode 60: DANNY WARD The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.Danny’s football journey started at a very young age playing for the local boys’ club in Dundee which is where he and older brother Jimmy were born. At nine years old Dan was picked out by Celtic youth who at the time were Celtic Boys Club. The problem was it was a very strong side and beating other teams very easily, the same teams all his mates played for and it took all the fun out of the game. When he was about twelve he stopped playing football just played with his mates in the park until he was eighteen, then a couple of years later moved down to Kent. At the time he had a job in London but played football for Margate Reserves who he won the league with moving to Herne Bay the following season. How he and his brother had some great times at Margate, Ramsgate, Maidstone, Sittingbourne and Whitstable over the many years they were involved with local football. If you played for Danny and Jim in one of their teams pass this Podcast onto all your team-mates, it’s a good listen

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May 5 2021

Belmont Banter Episode 59 Jimmy Strouts: (Part 1 of 3) The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Jimmy Strouts ended up have a fantastic football career playing against some great international players as well as players in the top leagues in the South East. In his early years’ football never really took off for Jimmy until the family moved from Selling to Sittingbourne when he was about ten years old. Sittingbourne made a big impact on him in those early days as they used to play some of the village side’s around where they lived so that became the team to follow. He played for Swale Magpies which in turn became Sittingbourne Youth. At sixteen Jimmy joined the Army and his story from then on is all about playing football all around the world. His story much more than just football as he takes us on a journey that see Jimmy return to the UK and continue his football learning. His story runs over three parts and you will get to understand the passion he has for football and the development of youth football in Kent.

Part two is out next Wednesday

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April 29 2021

Belmont Banter Episode 57 GERRY ALLAN The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Growing up in the hotbed of Football in the North East around Newcastle it was no surprise that Gerry grew up playing football with his mates. At sixteen he was picked  for a week’s trial at Stoke, then was asked back for two weeks training, at the time England goalkeeper Gordon Bank was at the club and used to give young Gerry a lift to training. There’s a fascinating story Gerry tells about Gordon Banks and his time at Stoke. Still in his teen he had a season at a really good side in the local area, after that he moved on and the following season his position on the left wing was taken by Chris Waddle who was on the books at Newcastle United and was out on loan. Gerry had spells at Sittingbourne, Herne Bay and eight years at Whitstable Town. Gerry went on to have a couple of spells at management finishing up his career as the successful manager of the England Walking Football Team. Note: Gerry is in the record books as the scorer of the faster ever goal at WTFC, timed at 4 seconds…

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Belmont Banter Ep57: JAMES SHERMAN. Whitstable Town Football Club

April 25 2021

Belmont Banter Episode 57 James Sherman: The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Australian born James lives in Tasmania which is an island off the coast and about 12 hours by boat from the mainland. As a young footballer there were limited chances to progress his football and after moving to Melbourne on the mainland he joined Melbourne Knights the club where Mark Vaduka started and our own Ian Pullman had a spell ‘down under’. It was through ‘Pulley’ that James came to the UK, he had some trials with Scunthorpe Utd and Port Vale before he decided to just enjoy his football rather than chase the dream. In the years that he was in the UK he played for us at Whitstable Town, along with Margate, Herne Bay and 3 years at Ramsgate before moving back to Oz. James is currently back in Tasmania where he is head coach of the Glenorchy Knights Football Club

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April 18 2021

Belmont Banter Episode 56 DOUGIE BOSSON The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Dougie was both a player and a manager for Whitstable Town and like a lot of players at that time his career started at Snowdown which was one on the top clubs in the ‘Old Kent League’. He tells of many great players from all over the country who through work at the Mines ended up at Alyesham and played for Snowdown. Dougie says that Snowdown had some tough hard players which is where he learnt to look after himself at a time when ref’s turned a blind eye to some really rough tackles.

He joined Canterbury City who were in the old Southern League and at the time one of, if not the top clubs in Kent. After arriving home at 3am from a long away trip in the Southern League he was confronted by his wife who demanded “it was football or me.” So that was Dough finished at Canterbury and off back to Snowdown again. He then joined Whitstable as a player, then back to Snowdown again before returning to manage Whitstable Town. Dougie tells some great stories of his time in local football, reminiscing about all the great players he played with and managed, he mentions John Newman and Alan Shilling as two of Whitstable’s best.

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