Belmont Banter

January 10 2021

Belmont Banter Ade Burroughs (episode 35) The Official Podcast of Whitstable Town F.C. Adrian (Ade) who is a Faversham local and that’s where he started at junior football, first with the school side and Sunday Football until he was 16. He wanted to play at U18’ level but at the time the only two teams in the area who fielded an U18’s sides were Dover and Gravesend and Northfleet. Ade decided on Dover where he stayed for five years progressing through to the first team at Conference level, he then moved to Ramsgate where he captained the side, then to Whitstable where he had a very successful time at the Belmont Ground Ade tells some great stories about his time in local football and his time at Town

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January 5 2021 (Bonus Edition) LOCKDOWN CHAT

Belmont Banter Managers Lockdown Update (episode 34) The Official Podcast of Whitstable Town. Manager Lloyd Blackman gives his views on the reasons we are not playing foo6ball with a behind the scenes look at the way the Isthmian Leagues came to the decision not to progress with the league to date.  It’s not just covid19 there are other factors in play, the lack of revenue being one and deciding how one league not playing will affect the football pyramid.

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January 3 2021

Belmont Banter Andy Kier (episode 33) The Official Podcast of Whitstable Town F.C. Andy Kier who was a long time servant of Whitstable Town and played for the club over a number of seasons at the Belmont. Andy actually played for WTFCU18’s who had just started to play in the East Kent Youth League, but says ‘we weren’t very good’. From there he played for Bishopsbourne before joining Canterbury City, then at the age of 24 joined Whitstable Town. Had a short spell at our near neighbours before returning to Town where in total he spent nine years at Whitstable Town. Andy really is one of the longest serving player’s ever to pull on the Red and White of Whitstable Town. Happy New Year

December 30 2020

Belmont Banter Lockdown Chat 2 (episode 32) The Official Podcast of Whitstable Town F.C. This is PART TWO of Lock Down Chat: supporters Richard Tennant and Stevie Growns discuss ‘no football’ for Whitstable Town in lockdown. Richard comes up with three different solutions to finish this season. Stevie is not happy with the way his ‘second team’ Clyde are playing, Richard is still talking phone boxes and Stevie is happy that Southampton are away from the bottom of league. We update you on players who have already recorded their Belmont Banter Podcast, and the ones we are chasing for the New Year

December 27 2020

Belmont Banter Part Two: (episode 31) The Official Podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

This is PART TWO: More from golden boot winner Stuart King as the Whitstable Town striker talks about his time at Whitstable and other clubs and by his own admission he stopped playing too early. He says that the move from Folkestone Invicta (for financial reasons) to Maidstone United was not one he wanted, he accepts that the club needed to sell him but was not happy with the move.  Says ‘they paid him more money than he’d ever earnt’ but did not enjoy one minute of his time at Maidstone. As a player Stuart always wore his heart on his sleeve when he played, nothing has changed in this ‘warts and all’ chat with Stuart King in the last one of 2020.

December 20 2020

Belmont Banter (episode 30) The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Mark Munday who has had a long and very successful career with a number of Kent Clubs; says that he enjoyed playing for Thanet Untied as much as he did for Gravesend in the Conference. He was a player and the manager at Whitstable Town, won the league with Herne Bay, played for Ashford when they were a top club. His advice to the younger players trying into make it to progress their career is: “There is nothing wrong with taking a step back to learn your trade as it’s all about playing football at the right level, that you enjoy, that’s when you play at your best”

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December 13 2020

Belmont Banter (episode 29) The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Keith McMahon who has only ever managed two club as a manager firstly; he had 11 years at Thamesmead Town taking them from the Kent League to the Ryman Premier. His next management position where he spent 5 years was with VCD before he unexpectedly was asked to leave just as the 2020-2021 season was about to start. In between his management career he has also been co-host on a long running radio phone-in show which is all about the Isthmian League. Keith talks about how shocked he was; the former Thamesmead Town manager admitted he "didn't see his departure coming as he had everything in place for the start of the new season.”

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December 06 2020

Belmont Banter (episode 28) The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C. PART two Ex captain of the club who spent seven years at Whitstable Town Geoff Record (for part one: see episode 18) Geoff has some great stories to tell about Herne Bay, Town and Sheppey United. In this episode Geoff tells a unbelievable tale about a Cup run when he was manager of Bay that ended with the ref taking the blame for what happened, even though Geoff owns up saying ‘it was all my fault’. More tales from Geoff of Whitstable players and the great social life they enjoyed with the late ‘Bruce Smith’… In the next few weeks, we have Ex manager Mark Munday, part two of Stuart King, plus Andy Constable who will be back with us to record his part two.

November 29 2020

Belmont Banter (episode 27) The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Ex striker Stuart King a firm favourite at Whitstable Town’s talks about his time at Whitstable and other clubs, other players and managers, and how he just loved to score goals. In Part One…’Kingy’ as he was known by the fans was twice a winner of the Ryman League Division 1 South Golden Boot. In a very frank chat he admits that he wished as a 16/17-year-old self he could tell himself what he knows now; as at times he would have behaved differently. Now the successful M.D. of a building supplies company he reflects on a career that by his own admission he stopped playing too early.                         Part Two due out in the New Year.

November 22 2020

Belmont Banter (episode 26) The Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.

Edition ONE of Two as ex favourite at Whitstable Town’s Andy Constable talks about his long connection with the Whitstable Town and is still playing football over 20 years later. Tells us that he played for 15 clubs in Kent London and Essex and we hear about all the games and his single minded attitude to scoring goals. Part Two due out in the New Year.