Canvey Island F.C.

Canvey Island

Full name

Canvey Island Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Gulls
Yellow Army
The Islanders

Founded

1926

Ground

The Frost Financial Stadium

Capacity

4,500

Chairman

John Batch

Manager

Danny Heale

League

Isthmian League Premier Division

2014–15

Isthmian League Premier Division, 17th

Home colours

Away colours

Canvey Island Football Club, known as the Gulls or Yellow Army, is an English association football club based in Canvey Island, Essex. Founded in 1926, the club play in the Isthmian League Premier Division, the seventh tier of English football.

History

Football has been played on the Island since Victorian times, with several precursors to the current team folding. Canvey Island F.C. were formed in 1926 but had not achieved major success prior to the early 1990s. The early records of the club were destroyed in a major flood during 1953, their loss referenced in the song "Canvey Island" on the album Do You Like Rock Music? by the group British Sea Power. The club had floated around the regional amateur leagues in Essex for that time. Former player Jeff King became both manager and owner of the then Essex Senior League side in 1992 and has led the club through four promotions in the football pyramid, reaching the Conference after a 2003–04 season that saw them win the Isthmian League by 19 points – winning the title with seven games to spare.

At the end of the 2005–06 season, however, owner-manager Jeff King announced that he was no longer willing to fund the club any longer and left to join Isthmian League Premier Division side Chelmsford City. This left the club in financial difficulties, and as a result of which Canvey voluntarily resigned from the Football Conference, dropping three divisions to join the Isthmian League First Division North in 2006–07. Long-serving reserves and youth team manager, John Batch, assisted by former player Garry Britnell, took over team management at the club following King's departure and began to re-build the club following the departure of the entire first team-squad.

In January 2008, the club had 4 of their players called up to play in the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers and International Friendlies. Midfielders Ryan Edgar and Danny Francis were called up for Caribbean country Dominica to face Barbados, with defender Chris Bourne and midfielder Clydie Roberts being selected for the Guyana squad to face Cuba. Canvey will play in the Isthmian League Premier Division in the 2008–09 season after winning the playoffs. They finished 5th in the league, beat AFC Sudbury in the semi-final and beat Redbridge on penalties in the final.

Manager John Batch decided to stand down^[1] from his position as Canvey Island's first-team manager on 6 January 2012. After his business interests increasingly took up more of his time. Glen Alzapiedi who was the clubs first-team coach replaced him as Manager, but left the club in July 2012.

He was replaced by former-Canvey player and ex-Southend United manager Steve Tilson in July 2012,^[2] who in turn was replaced by popular striker Danny Heale in May 2013.^[3]

Chronology

1975–76 – Joined Essex Senior League
1978–79 – Essex Senior League runner-up
1982–83 – One game, home to Eton Manor, not played
1986–87 – Essex Senior League Champions
1992–93 – Essex Senior League Champions (2nd time). FA Vase semi-finalists
1994–95 – Joined Isthmian League Division Three. Isthmian League Division Three runner-up; promoted to Division Two
1995–96 – Isthmian League Division Two Champions; promoted to Division One
1997 – Relegated to Division Two
1997–98 – Isthmian League Division Two Champions (on goal difference); promoted to Division One
1998–99 – Isthmian League Division One Champions; promoted to Premier Division
2000–01 – FA Trophy Winners. Isthmian League runner-up
2001–02 – Isthmian League runner-up
2002–03 – Isthmian League runner-up
2003–04 – Isthmian League Champions; FA Trophy runner-up
2004–05 – Joined Football Conference in newly renamed National Division
2006–07 – Resigned from the Football Conference, joining Isthmian League First Division North
2007–08 – Isthmian Division One North Playoff Winners, joining Isthmian League Premier Division

Source: Canvey Island at the Football Club History Database

Cup competitions

Canvey's most significant cup success came in 2001 when they defeated Forest Green Rovers 1–0 after a 14th-minute goal by captain Ben Chenery in the final of the FA Trophy, the leading cup competition in England for clubs outside of the four top leagues- at Aston Villa's Villa Park stadium in front of a crowd of 10,007.

Canvey Island gained further recognition through FA Cup runs, notably in 2001–02 when they knocked out Northampton Town and Wigan Athletic en route to the third round proper of the competition. This gained much publicity for the club and featured on such programmes as the BBC's Match of the Day, and Sky Sports.

Stadium

Canvey Island play at their home matches at Park Lane. The ground is a few feet below sea level, making it one of the only football stadiums in the UK to be as such. The ground has a capacity of "over 4,500"^[4] and the stadium has reached its capacity on one occasion, when the team faced Northampton Town in the FA Cup in 2001.^[5]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Connor Gough
		DF	Ashley Dumas
		DF	Richard Halle
		DF	Sonny Hartman
		DF	Daniel King
		DF	Steve Sheehan
		DF	Elliott Warren
		DF	Lawrence Yiga
		MF	Marlon Agyakwa
		MF	Harrison Chatting
		MF	Tambeson Eyong

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Mitchell Gilbey
		MF	Merrick James-Lewis
		MF	Omarr Lawson
		MF	Tyrell Miller-Rodney
		MF	Jake Pitty
		MF	Jack Simmons (on loan from Dartford)
		MF	Alfie Walker (on loan from Braintree Town)
		FW	Jay Curran
		FW	Dan Gilchrist
		FW	Tony Stokes
		FW	Martin Tuohy

Former players

Notable former players that have played/managed in the Football League or foreign equivalent level.

Managers

Listed according to when they were managers for Canvey Island:

Tommy Harris
Reg Holland
Les Gardiner 1961
Bob Harding
Dave Milton
Denis Neville 1966–1967
Bobby Walters 1967–?
Terry Marshall 1975
Peter Heathcote 1975–1976
Tommy Harris 1976–1977
Len Gamblin 1977–1978
Alan Howard 1978–1979
Sid Woolf 1979–
Ben Embery 1983-1990
Billy Heale 1990-1991
Peter Prince 1991-1992
Jeff King 1992–2006
John Batch 2006–2012
Glen Alzapiedi 2012
Steve Tilson July 2012 – May 2013
Danny Heale May 2013 –

Honours

FA Trophy winners 2000–01; runners-up 2003–04
Isthmian League Premier Division champions 2003–04; runners-up 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
Isthmian League First Division champions 1998–99
Isthmian League First Division North play-off winners 2007–08
Isthmian League Second Division champions 1995–96, 1997–98
Isthmian League Third Division runners-up 1994–95
Essex Senior League champions 1986–87, 1992–93; runners-up 1978–79,
Essex Senior Cup champions 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2011–12; runners-up 2000–01

Records

Best league position: 14th in Football Conference National Division (level 5) 2005–06
Best FA Cup performance: 3rd round, 2001–02
Best FA Trophy performance: Winners, 2000–01
Best FA Vase performance: Semi-final, 1992–93

References

↑ "John Batch Stands Down". Non League Chat. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
↑ "Steve Tilson Appointed First Team Manager!". Canvey Island F.C. 12 July 2012.
↑ "Heale Replaces Tilson As Gulls Manager". Canvey Island F.C. 9 May 2013.
↑ "The Brockwell Stadium". Canvey Island website. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
↑ "Club history". Canvey Island website. Retrieved 20 December 2010.

External links

Official website

Isthmian League

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Coordinates: 51°30′59.249″N 0°36′56.441″E / 51.51645806°N 0.61567806°E / 51.51645806; 0.61567806

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