Matthew Cross  suffered a knee injury was taken to A&E from the game where x-rays showed no broken bones. However it is feared they may be other damage in his knee and he will have to have a MRI scan to determine the extent of the problem. 

Jay Eastoe also suffered a knee injury. He was able to put some weight on it after the game and Raffi will access it at training on Tuesday night.

Gary Starling's thigh strain flared up again following the Yarmouth game and will need a further week's rest to see how it progresses.

Nicky Howell's MRI scan on his knee detected a tear in his cartilage. He has key hole surgery booked for the end of September and the recovery period should be 3 weeks.

Stuey King is still suffering pain in his knee, although the MRI scan failed to show any problems. He is waiting to revisit the specialist with a view to requesting key hole exploratory surgery.

Craig Terrington is training in the gym and will hopefully join in with training in the next few weeks to see how his knee reacts.

As Ely City now have an FA Vase replay v Gorleston on Tuesday 7th September our scheduled League meeting has been re-dated to Tuesday 21st September (7.45).

However, should Ely City lose their FA Vase replay this Tuesday, Ely City v Dereham Town will be moved to Saturday September 18th (instead of the 21st). Should Ely City win their replay then Dereham Town will be without a match on September 18th.

Congratulations to John Higgs and partner Sarah whose baby boy Oliver was born at 2am this morning weighing in at 10lb 7oz. Everyone at the club wishes them well and hopes that John doesn’t drop his new arrival!

I can confirm the signings of 2 players:

We have added Ian Morgan from Acle, a competitive player who can add bite and quality to central and right areas of the field. Morgs is good in possession of the ball, has fitted in to the way we play very well, impressed everyone with his attitude and determination to do well and is a great addition to our squad.

Kyle Downes is a striker who we went to watch last season at St Andrews and in 20 minutes, won a penalty, scored a 25 yarder and then got carried off! He is great with his back to goal and a real handful for defenders and although by his own admission was not the fittest when he arrived has not missed a session in pre-season and is beginning to show what he can do with 2 goals in the last 2 games.

On the negative side we will begin the campaign without the services of Stuart King, Nicky Howell and Craig Terrington, all of whom have knee injuries left over from last season. For all three it's a case of waiting to see how long their recovery periods are, but we hope to have them back in training soon.

FA Youth Cup

Preliminary Round w/c 6 September

Lowestoft Town v Dereham Town

First Qualifying Round w/c 20 September

Lowestoft Town or Dereham Town v Gorleston or Ipswich Wanderers

Second Qualifying Round w/c 4 October

Lowestoft Town or Dereham Town or Gorleston or Ipswich Wanderers v Great Yarmouth Town or Newmarket Town

FA Vase

First Qualifying Round 4 September

Dereham Town v Kings Lynn Town

Second Qualifying Round 18 September

Dereham Town or Kings Lynn Town v Great Yarmouth Town

First Round 2 October

Thrapston Town or Team Bury v Dereham Town or Kings Lynn Town or Great Yarmouth Town

FA Cup

Extra Preliminary Round 14 August

St Neots Town v Dereham Town

Preliminary Round 28 August

Brantham Athletic or Woodbridge Town v St Neots Town or Dereham Town

First Qualifying Round 11 September

St Ives Town or Cogenhoe United or Northampton Spencer or Leiston v Brantham Athletic or Woodbridge Town or St Neots Town or Dereham Town

We are pleased to announce two new signings in the shape of Ryan Foster and Steve Harley, who are both based in Thetford and who both played for Mildenhall Town last season.

Ryan is a player I have been interested in for some time. He is technically very good with great energy levels and a excellent attitude to improve and succeed. He won Mildenhall's Player of the Season and Player's Player of the Season last year as well as being named in the Green Un's Ridgeon's League team of the year. He can operate in any position across midfield, will provide further quality to that area of the pitch and I'm very pleased we have managed to persuade him to sign.

Steve is a player who can operate in either wide areas or as a central attacker. Having spoken to him he has shown a real desire to work hard and produce the levels of performance that his undoubted talent should provide. He started his Ridgeons League career at Swaffham before several seasons at Wroxham and a move to Mildenhall. I think he can give us a presence in attack that we have been looking for and I'm confident that he can be a real success in a Dereham shirt.

One player who has unfortunately left us is Dan Buhleman, who has shown a massive desire to return to his home town club Kings Lynn. Bully impressed everyone during his time at the Club with his great attitude both on and off the pitch and was last year Player of the Season. We managed to reach an agreement to release him from his contract and everyone at the club wishes him well for the future.

We are pleased to announce the signing of defender Gary Starling from Mattishall. Gary played for Dereham Town in his first years in senior football before moving to Mattishall and last year played an outstanding role in their Senior Cup run before missing out on the final through injury. I’m sure he will adapt to Ridgeons League football again very comfortably and form an important part of our team for some time.

PREMIER DIVISION

Brantham Athletic

CRC

Debenham LC

Dereham Town

Ely City

Felixstowe & Walton United

FC Clacton

Great Yarmouth Town

Hadleigh United

Haverhill Rovers

Histon Reserves

Kirkley & Pakefield

Leiston

Mildenhall Town

Newmarket Town

Norwich United

Stanway Rovers

Walsham le Willows

Wisbech Town

Wivenhoe Town

Woodbridge Town

Wroxham

FIRST DIVISION

Cambridge University Press

Cornard United

Diss Town

Downham Town

Fakenham Town

Godmanchester Rovers

Gorleston

Halstead Town

Ipswich Wanderers

Long Melford

March Town United

Saffron Walden Town

Stowmarket Town

Swaffham Town

Team Bury

Thetford Town

Whitton United

RESERVE DIVISION (NORTH)

Debenham LC

Dereham Town

Diss Town

Gorleston

Great Yarmouth Town

Leiston

Lowestoft Town

Needham Market

Norwich United

Stowmarket Town

Walsham-le-Willows

Whitton United

Woodbridge Town

RESERVE DIVISION (SOUTH)

AFC Sudbury

Braintree Town

Brantham Athletic

Cornard United

Felixstowe & Walton United

Hadleigh United

Halstead Town

Haverhill Rovers

Heybridge Swifts

Ipswich Wanderers

Long Melford

Stanway Rovers

Witham Town

Wivenhoe Town

YOUTH LEAGUE (CENTRAL DIVISION)                         

Bungay Town

Debenham LC                 

Diss Town                      

Framlingham Town          

Ipswich Wanderers          

Leiston                                                                  

Stowmarket Town             

Thetford Town                

Walsham Le Willows        

Woodbridge Town           

YOUTH LEAGUE (EAST DIVISION)                          

Cromer Town                 

Dereham Town                                                       

Gorleston                      

Great Yarmouth Town      

Harford Tornadoes          

Kirkley & Pakefield                                                 

Lowestoft Town              

Norwich United               

Wroxham                    

YOUTH LEAGUE (NORTH DIVISION)                             

Downham Town

Fakenham Town                                                     

Mildenhall Town              

Newmarket Town            

Soham Town Rangers      

Swaffham Town

Watton Juniors               

Wisbech St Mary             

Wisbech Town                

YOUTH LEAGUE (SOUTH DIVISION)

Brantham Athletic                                                  

Coplestonians                 

Cornard United               

FC Clacton                     

Felixstowe & Walton United

Hadleigh United               

Haverhill Rovers              

Whitton United

Witham Town                 

Wivenhoe Town              

YOUTH LEAGUE (WEST DIVISION)

Blackstones                   

Bourne Town                  

Chatteris Town               

Deeping Rangers             

Huntingdon Town            

Royston Town                

Somersham Town           

St Ives Town                  

St Neots Town                

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