Update covering 18-23 June

Around the Clubs

Beckenham Town have announced that Michael McDonald, Steve Alexander and Munashe Mwatsiya will be Adam Griffin’s coaching staff.

Petts Wood & Holmesdale have announced that Elliott McManus and Nathan Palmer will become the Joint Managers of their U23 side, with Paul Haylock joining the coaching team as assistant.

Player Availability

Kundai Munyama is looking for Step 4-5 football. Last season he made 21 appearances for Kennington, 13 starts, and scored three goals, including both goals in their 2-2 draw at Snodland Town.

Player Movements/Retentions

An updated list of moves involving players who played for SCEFLP clubs in 2025/26 and any moving to SCEFLP clubs for this coming season can be found here.

Louis Anderson returns to Rusthall for his eighth consecutive season. Last season he made 38 appearances, 34 starts,and scored one goal.

Mitch Chapman Chislehurst Glebe to Cray Wanderers. Joined Glebe in December after being out with a long term injury. He made 18 appearances including 16 starts. Returns to the club he was at when sustaining the injury.

Ernie Cheeseman VCD Athletic to Welling Town. Started 2025/26 with Corinthian and made 30 appearances, 29 starts, and scored in Corinthian’s 2-1 win at Sutton Athletic. Moved to VCD Athletic and made two further appearances.

Lorenzo Duncan Fisher to Dartford. Joined Fisher from Corinthian last summer and made 53 appearances, 40 starts, and scored 23 goals, including hat-tricks against Erith & Belvedere and Holmesdale.

Jake Embery joined Bearsted last summer having played for Lordswood and Hollands & Blair in 2024/25. He ended up as The Bears leading scorer with 24 goals from 44 appearances, with 42 starts. His goal tally included hat-tricks against Faversham Strike Force and Holmesdale. He has re-signed with Bearsted for the coming season.

Yassin Fares will be returning for his fourth season with Rusthall. Although he started 2025/26 at VCD Athletic, where he scored twice in seven appearances, he returned to Rusthall in October and made a further 24 appearances, 15 starts, and scored six goals, including a brace in their 3-1 win at Kennington in the Kent Senior Trophy.

Sam Flisher will be starting his third consecutive season at Bearsted, his sixth season in total. Last season he made 32 appearances and scored two goals.

Richard Jimoh is another returnee for Bearsted. He joined them last summer having played for Forest Hill Park and VCD Athletic during 2024/25. He made 38 appearances, 28 starts, and scored eight goals, including braces against Hythe Town in the Challenge Cup and both goals in the 2-1 league win against Rusthall.

Danny Keyte is back for a third season with Bearsted. Last season he made 27 appearances, 24 starts, and scored two goals.

Conrad Lee has committed to Bearsted for the fourth consecutive season. In 2025/26 he made ten appearances for the club, nine starts, and scored their goal in the 1=1 draw with Sutton Athletic on the final day of the season.

Adam Molloy VCD Athletic to Bearsted. Last season his appearances were interrupted by injuries but he made around 15 starts in IL1SE for Sheppey United and VCD Athletic.

Jack Palmby will be returning to Bearsted for a fourth season. Although he joined Deal Town last summer, he returned to the club in October, having made twelve appearances for the IL1SE club. He went on to make a further 32 appearances for The Bears, 25 starts, and scored three goals.

Rajan Sahni Kennington to Rusthall. Started last season with Erith & Belvedere and made five appearances with three starts. Moved to Kennington, for whom he had played for previously, in October and made a further 26 appearances, 15 starts, and scored six goals, including a brace in their 5-1 win over Rochester United in the FA Vase and Kennington’s only goal in a 1-3 defeat to Rusthall in the Kent Senior Trophy.

Sam Stace returns to Bearsted for the third consecutive season and his fifth in total with the club. He was The Bears’ Player of the Year in 2025/26 and made 43 appearances, 41 starts, and scored  ten goals, including a brace in their 3-2 win at Sutton Athletic.

Clark Woodcock Larkfield & New Hythe to Bearsted. He has spent the last four seasons with Larkfield & New Hythe and clocked up over 100 appearances. Last season he made 29 appearances, 20 starts, and scored one goal.

Pre-season Fixtures

A list of matches involving SCEFLP clubs can be found here.

Other Leagues and Player News

Pete Berridge was a Coach at Fisher early last season and later played a significant part in Meridian VP’s survival in the Kent County League Premier Division as Manager with Junior Baker as his Assistant. The pair have now been appointed as Manager and Assistant at Equinoccial FC who this season will play in the Kent County League Premier Division, having been promoted after finishing as runners up in Division One West last season.

Henry Newcombe, who played six games in goal for Hythe Town and also stood in as Manager for one of their games in their troubled season of 2025/26, has taken up the position as Goalkeeper Coach at Whitstable Town and ‘help where needed’.