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........BRAD KENT........ |
I was told the sad news from Karen McCrystal, that Brad Kent passed away on Friday night.
It really saddens me as I write this, but feel I need to tell members old and new how much Brad did for this great club.
Brad came over to Ryan FC in 2004 to help run the youth section with myself.
After being the Youth secretary of Brimsdown Rovers for many seasons, Brad gave not only me but also the club all his experience.
It was Brad that got Ryan FC into the Rural Friendly and Cheshunt Leagues and also was the main founder along with Alec Holloway of the Ryan FC Summer Tournament.
Brad was well respected in the 'Football Circle' and this is what made me really proud to have someone like this by my side.
I will always remember Brad for the late telephone calls we would have on a Sunday night just as I was about to go to bed, it would be Brad wanting to talk about football and before I knew it the time would 12.30am.
Also the Ryan FC Summer Tournaments, Brad, myself and Alec would do so much work before the tournament to make it such a success. But on the day I knew it would go well as Brad would get all the managers in and make his speech, again I was proud to have this man on my team.
After so many years involved in football, this season Brad decided to call it a day running a team. The boys team he had run for years had played their last year as under 17's and even though I still had Brad on hand he just wanted a break for a while.
Brad was treated for cancer in October and thought the operation was a success, but there were some complications and also just sheer bad luck and Brad was hospitalised most of this year.
I will really miss Brad, not only as a friend but someone who I knew I could phone at any time if I needed advice or was in trouble. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
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Ryan FC Summer Tournament |
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Dog Night |
Thanks to all the people who supported the club at Walthamstow Dogs on Tuesday 5th February 2008,
The competition which was run by Sporting Leagues, had Ryan FC competing with five other football clubs for the GSL Trophy.
Ryan were given Trap 2 for the six races and after leading for most of the way got pipped at the post by Roundshaw District Colts running from Trap 3.
It wasn,t all bad news though, Trap 2 won the 4th race which was called the Ryan FC Stakes and then our own Henry Williams won a few pounds on the last, so it was chicken and chips on him.
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Thank You!! |
| We wish to thank all the people and managers who attended the Christmas Partys and made them a huge success for Ryan Football Club |
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New Season |
Welcome everyone to another new season with Ryan FC.
Over the next few weeks you will be seeing changes regarding the website and regular upto date information about your team and club.
This year some of the teams have changed to our new club colours of Red and White and progression on other matters are already in motion.
The club has now got twenty four teams under it's banner which play Saturday and Sundays and are competing in over eight of the top leagues in London and Essex.
Any reports of your games must be e-mailed to me by Sunday evening so that they can go on the website and in the local paper.
News on events will be going up soon and also news on the club tour this season.
Once again best of luck for the season
Richard
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