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Carder-Walcott and Barkley Join Casuals

27/6/2022

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​Corinthian-Casuals Boss Tony Reid has appointed his Management team ahead of the 2022-23 Isthmian League Premier Division campaign.

The club are delighted to welcome Louis Carder-Walcott (pic: left) as Assistant Manager and Peter Barkley (pic: right) as First Team Head Coach.

Louis has previously managed Hanworth Villa and Bedfont & Feltham as well as working with Reid as his right-hand man at promotion-winning Westfield where the duo not only took the club to their highest level, but made the playoffs the following season.
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Former midfielder Peter also comes on board following his appointment at Kingstonian last season, as part of Hayden Bird's setup. Barkley has played for Walton & Hersham and Horsham YMCA amongst others before turning to coaching.
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‘Barks’ took to Twitter to state “I am delighted to become part of this great club with it's rich history. I am very much looking forward to working with the players and staff to attack the season ahead together.”
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Tony Reid - The First Interview

30/5/2022

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Tony Reid was announced as the new manager of Corinthian-Casuals on Sunday, and after posing for his unveiling photo shoot pitchside he sat down in the home dressing room for an interview with Dominic Bliss about his new role and his footballing journey to this point…

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Tony, welcome to Corinthian-Casuals. How does it feel to be appointed manager of this historic club?

Words can’t explain, actually. Being at Step 3 is where I wanted to be, so I’m relishing the new challenge. I haven’t slept since it was confirmed yesterday – even though I’m a Liverpool fan and they obviously lost the Champions League final – because I’ve been on Cloud 10. I woke up extra early this morning, immediately started thinking about my plans and what I’m going to be doing. So, yeah… it’s back to work for me!

What attracted you to this club?

The history. I used to play here when I was a youngster, so I know the history of the club inside-out. I came here in the youth team, then I shot straight up into the reserves and in the end I managed to get a couple of games of first-team football.

I was a left-winger back then – that was before I was even a striker, that’s how young I was. I remember the striker in those days was Westy [Cliff West], and he was an absolute beast up front!

When you’re young, you’re quite naive to men’s football so I didn’t really interact with anybody. I just used to come and train, play football, do what was required. I remember leaving to go to another club, but I came back here on loan later and I had a good start – I scored a few goals.

Then, more recently, I’ve come to watch a few games here when I wasn’t in a job, just to watch the football, and I’ve always liked the atmosphere, the crowd, the fans. It ticked all the boxes for me.

So it was a case of being affiliated to the club, coming back here and having good memories. During my interview for the job, they said it was a family club and I love it when people say that. It’s not about themselves, or a business. When you mention a family club it’s quite sentimental and that attracted me as well.

Tell us more about your background in non-league. You’ve got vast experience as both a player and a coach.

When I was a player, would you have said I would become a manager? No. I think a lot of people would say I was an ugly player. I was a bruiser, yes. I was ugly. I was a big, strong, powerful centre-forward – that description fitted.

Falling into management happened by fluke. I was just in the right place at the right time. I was still young, I was learning my trade, but you learn from each experience you have, and you take it on to your next role. Every time I’ve progressed, I’ve learned something about myself and I think where that became evident was at Westfield, where I went in at the bottom and we came up.

I played numerous teams from Step 5 all the way up to National League in that period and a lot of people complimented my footballing style, how we played and my ethics. I get embarrassed and reserved about it when people do that – I’d rather somebody be horrible about me in a way because I’ll stand up to that! If you’re going to be complimentary to me, I’m quite shy with it. I’m quite a humble guy and I think I have to work harder than anybody else because I put a lot of pressure on myself.

It all drives you on, though, presumably…

It drives me on, because I want more. I’m like a player in the sense that I like to wear my heart on my sleeve. This is my next project, my next venture. I’m here for the long haul, and I’m already putting pressure on myself. I know where I want to be, what I want to do and it’s whether the players can do it now. I’m quite confident, but listen, time will tell.

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​How will you approach the task of putting together a squad, in terms of working with the people who are already here and bringing people in?

The player side of things, I think, is relatively easy. Of the squad that’s here, and that I hope to inherit, I hope that some will stay. I know there have been a few rumours and people are always going to be a little bit apprehensive about it, but I will assure everybody that they will get the opportunity. I will work with them, I will raise their game by 10-15 per cent. They probably won’t like my training regime, especially with fitness!

Why’s that?

[Grinning] I’m hardcore when it comes to fitness. I’m so hot on fitness. It’s one of my strongest points – I like a fit team, because the way we play is quite high-intensity. Everybody can play football but what they forget is that it’s about their fitness as well. We’ve all done it as a young kid, we get a football, we’ve kicked it against a wall, learned our trade, how to do stepovers, Cruyff turns, et cetera. But one thing they don’t teach you is your fitness, how to control it and how to manage it.

If a player doesn’t do a full pre-season, you will find that he will break down at some stage during the season. So to prevent that I like to build their strength and their physical conditioning up, so they can try and last a full season. The only way they will have something will be a tackle, or a strain, or a pull, which is to be expected, but that’s the emphasis I put on the player and what is required of him physically as well.

There were some parallels between what you experienced at Westfield and what we’ve experienced here over the last few years under James Bracken’s management. You took over a team in the bottom half of the table, got them up the table, achieved promotion and then stabilised at the next level up. In that sense, you’re walking into a club that’s experiencing something you’ve previously been a part of.

Yeah, so it just matches right. You’ve got to give credit to James for what he’s done here, and each time a rumour mill has got going when there was job at hand, me and James have always been mentioned in the same bracket. We’re different personalities, of course, but I think we’ve both got the same mentality about where we want to be in football. We’re winners. I’m a winner, a serial winner at that, and that’s what I will bring to the club.

How are you going to tackle the challenge of managing an amateur team in a competitive semi-professional league?

[Laughs] It’s going to be second nature. It’s going to be no different to the other clubs I’ve managed – all it’s going to be is a different calibre of players, better players.

It’s easier to attract players to Step 3 than it is to Step 4 or Step 5, for the simple fact that they want to excel themselves, whether it’s reaching the National South, the National League, or pro football. This is a better standard of starting point for them, so…hey, let’s see the rollercoaster!

So the league we’re in, coupled with the club’s identity, is enough of a pull?

Oh massively. I was only appointed yesterday and I’ve already had phone calls saying, “I want to stay,” or, “I want to come back.” Or, “Oh, you’ve got the job – congratulations!”

Automatically, there’s a pulling power straight away here. Would I have got this at Step 4 or Step 5? No disrespect, but I don’t think I would.

The lower you go down… you’ve got to have money to attract bigger players, but when you’re at a good standard like this you don’t have to have the financial resources because you’re there already. I think that’s the pulling power, and with the history that Corinthian-Casuals has, it just makes a bit easier for me.

You’ve mentioned that the atmosphere here was part of the attraction for you. What’s your message for our supporters?

I know for a lot of fans it’s going to be the unknown, with a new manager coming in, and I can only talk so much about what I’ve done before. The past is the past, it’s what I do now that matters, and how I go forward with it. I’ll let the football do the talking and I will win them over, without a doubt. With the football that I will bring to the club, we will create something really good.

[Gesturing to the board behind him, depicting the fans as the ‘12th Man’] I hope they will be our 13th man because I’m going to be the 12th man! I want the fans to stick by us because we’re going to have our ups and downs, it is football. I’m not going to say that we’re going to win every single game, because it doesn’t happen like that, but I’m not going to lose many.
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Tony Reid Appointed Corinthian-Casuals Manager

29/5/2022

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Corinthian-Casuals are delighted to welcome our new First Team Manager, Tony Reid to the club. Tony was the preferred choice of over 30 applicants following the departure of James Bracken after seven years at the helm.

Tony brings considerable experience and knowledge with him to the United Business Group Stadium. Reid is a former Manager of Walton and Hersham and Westfield with whom he won promotion to the Isthmian League for the first time in the club’s history, amassing a record points tally in the process. His style of free-flowing, high intensity football has earned Tony a wealth of high-praise over the years.

A former player at King George’s, Tony was also at a number of clubs including fellow Isthmian Premier outfits, Carshalton Athletic and Kingstonian, where he lifted the Surrey Senior Cup alongside former Casuals Assistant Manager Martyn Lee.
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Please join us in congratulating Tony on his appointment and we look forward to the season ahead with him in charge. A full in-depth interview with Tony will be published over the course of the next week.
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Casuals Welcome Martyn Lee

23/5/2020

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Corinthian-Casuals are delighted to announce the arrival of Martyn Lee to our management team.

The former midfielder has a wealth of Football League experience with both Wycombe Wanderers, including the famous 2001 FA Cup run and Cheltenham Town before turning to non-league football with Maidenhead Utd. He scored the winning goal in the Surrey Senior Cup final for Kingstonian versus AFC Wimbledon in 2006. Martyn was most recently Assistant Manager to Tony Reid at Westfield F.C.


“I’m absolutely delighted to announce we’ve managed to bring in Martyn into the club," said First Team Manager James Bracken.

"I’ve had more time than usual to assess areas we can improve and for me, Martyn is the perfect addition to our management team. He can bring an objective opinion, fresh ideas as well as knowledge of players, teams and managers from leagues we’ve not ventured into.


"I’ve known him a long while and even played with him during our youth team days at Wycombe Wanderers. He went on to become an established professional and has gained experience on the ‘other side’ during a successful spell as assistant manager at Westfield. Most importantly he’s a good person, and that’s important when a football club at this level brings you together as much as this one does.

"He’s understands the game, brings a desire to achieve and progress and will no doubt contribute a lot to our future successes.”

At this juncture Bracken added,

“Season upon season we’ve improved on and off the pitch but that shouldn’t detract from the work and commitment shown by the assisting staff, many of whom are hard at work helping me prepare for our 6th season at the club. I reiterate how fortunate both myself and the club are having had the likes of Dan Pringle, Jon Williams, Jamie Byatt, Allan Winnet, Matt Dilger and Carly Doyle committed to the cause.

I hope everyone associated with the club is staying safe and well, and a special thanks to those in the working parties organised by Brian Adamson, who are making sure we come back to a ground to be proud of come the start of the new season.

"Stay safe and UTC" - James Bracken.

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Bracken Named Manager of the Month

5/4/2017

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Congratulations to James Bracken and his management staff for being awarded The Ryman League Division One South Manager of the Month award, sponsored by Nicholas Rowe Tailors.

It’s the third time that Bracken (pictured right with brother Danny) has been awarded the accolade and was the natural choice for March following six wins and only one loss in the month.

Starting with a 4-3 win away at Cray Wanderers, Casuals defeated playoff rivals Dorking Wanderers, Greenwich Borough and Hythe Town as well as Sittingbourne and Molesey with just a solitary loss to Hastings United. Conceding only one goal in the past six games also contributed to the recognition.

Speaking about the award, Bracken said “I’m obviously very pleased and I must give credit to the players.”

“It’s been a great month with good results. I thought we should’ve won it in December following a run of seven straight wins, but we didn’t for whatever reasons.”

“But this is the third win now so I can actually go and collect my suits. I’m taking Dan (Pringle) and Joe (Davies) with me so we can all get kitted out and looking smart which is what I’ve been waiting for.”
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Under the terms of the sponsorship with Nicholas Rowe, winning managers are awarded a tailor-made suit.

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