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The shield of the Coat of Arms is divided
into halves - one blue (azure), the other black (sable). The blue, and also
the gold colour in the design, are taken from the Arms of the Warrennes,
the ancient Earls of Surrey. The black derives from the Arms of the towns
of Guildford and Godalming.
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The interlaced gold keys represent the power
of the ancient Abbey of St Peter at Chertsey which once held extensive
lands in Surrey. The keys form part of the
Arms of the Diocese of Winchester which used to include much of Surrey, and have also been retained in the Arms of
the Diocese of Guildford.
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The sprig of oak symbolises Surrey's extensive rural areas and is drawn from the
Badge of the FitzAlans, former Earls of Surrey. It also appears,
incidentally, in the mouth of the Supporters of the Arms of the Duke of
Norfolk, the present Earl of Surrey.
Article
from West End
Village News – Winter
2006
The club has enjoyed their best start to the league
campaign since their formation in 2003 and have put together a much
stronger squad due to a couple of new signings. The team is currently lying
third in Division 3 of the Leatherhead & District Sunday Football
League and play their home games on West End Common opposite the clubhouse,
usually kicking off at 10.30am.
Sadly, part way through last season, Dave Russell, AFC’s
Manager since its inauguration, suddenly passed away. Dave had always been
a dedicated advocate of the importance of youth and senior football. He
promoted a great sense of team spirit and belonging to the lads and he will
be sorely missed. His son, Lee is following in his Father’s boots, and has
taken over as Secretary – his Father would be very proud.
This left a vacancy for a new Manager. Dave is not an
easy act to follow but the club has appointed Keith Harris. Keith, mindful
of his predecessor’s commitment and success, nervously accepted. Five
month’s on, Keith feels the squad has worked very hard at their training
sessions and this seems to have started to pay off as they are a lot
fitter; the lads have a far more disciplined approach to the game and have
become much stronger as the weeks go by.
Training started in July, during all the very hot
weather and they played quite a few friendly games throughout August and
September with a fairly mixed bag of results. So far this season they have
progressed steadily in the league and have continued to pick up points
along the way with only one defeat so far from eight league games. They
also had an excellent result in a recent cup game when they beat a higher
division team 3-0.
The club has been successful in obtaining a new sponsor
for the season 2006/2007, NPL Printers of Bookham and has, therefore, been
able to introduce a new kit in the club’s colours of Blue and Yellow and
bearing the sponsor’s logo on the shirts.
Also on the shirts is the newly designed and very
distinctive club badge which was created and designed by the new Manager
(See separate article).
The club has appointed a new Chairman and they are very
pleased that Eric Strange has
accepted this important position.
Eric is no stranger to the club and is currently Chairman of the
West End Sports & Social Club Committee and is also a member of the
West End Cricket Club. AFC thanks
Eric for agreeing to join them and wishes him luck in his new position.
AFC WESTEND Football Club would like to take the
opportunity to thank West End Sports & Social Club, the Committee and
everyone who helped with the rebuilding of the fantastic new clubhouse; AFC
appreciates the opportunity of being involved and of using the wonderful
facilities available to them at their new home.
On a final note, AFC would like to advise you that they
have a new website that, hopefully, will be up and running by the time of
publication. So why not give it a visit and take a look? Log on at www.afcwestend.co.uk we are sure you will be interested in the
wide variety of content available on the site.
Keith Harris –
Team Manager - 02089790174
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