News from The Walks News Archive 2016201520142013201220112010 Wednesday 4th October McQuaid placed on contract Lynn have placed Eoin McQuaid on a one year contract. The 20 year old midfielder made his Lynn debut in the 14-15 season in Lynn's Norfolk Senior cup campaign making two appearances. It wasn't until August 2016, however, that he made his league debut when he was a 59th minute substitute in the match against Kettering Town. He made 22 appearances (8 starts) that season scoring his only first team goal againt Thetford Town in the Norfolk Senior Cup. This season he has made three appearances (one start). He has made over 130 appearances for the Reserves scoring 33 goals. Saturday 30th September Kempston Rovers 3 King’s Lynn Town 1 Much changed Linnets out of league cup but reserves go top of their league. For a match report . . Tuesday 26th September King’s Lynn Town 3 Biggleswade Town 0 Second half goals sees Linnets move back to second spot. For a match report . . Saturday 23rd September King’s Lynn Town 2 Tiverton Town 0 Tiverton manager Martyn Rogers - "To be fair to them, they were a very good side. They were the best we’ve played this season - in the first half they put us to the sword, to be fair we regrouped in the second half and I thought we played quite well." For a match report . . Saturday 16th September Nuneaton Town 3 King’s Lynn Town 1 End of cup trail for Linnets. For a match report . . Tuesday 12th September Royston Town 2 King’s Lynn Town 0 Lynn suffer first league defeat of the season and sink to fourth. For a match report . . Saturday 9th September King’s Lynn Town 4 Stratford Town 1 Top of the league Linnets! Stratford brushed aside by another fine first half performance. For a match report . . Wednesday 6th September Reserves’ keeper exchange Lynn have announced the return of 27 year old goalkeeper Tom Rix to the club from Fakenham Town. Rix progressed through Lynn Youth team to the Reserves, being sent off on his debut for the latter at the age of 16. He was with The Walks outfit when it demised in December 2009 and moved on to Fakenham Town where he made over 250 appearances. Going in the opposite direction is Luke Pearson who joins the Ghosts on dual registration. Tuesday 5th September Frary returns to Dereham on loan The club have announced that Dion Frary has joined Dereham Town on a month's loan to get more game time. Frary joined Lynn in June from Dereham for a £650 fee and placed on a two year contract but competition for places has limited to the one first team appearance as substitute. He joins Matt Castellan who joined the Magpies on loan at the beginning of the season. Sunday 3rd September Ladies cup progress King's Lynn Town Ladies progressed to the second qualifying round of the SSE Women's FA Cup with a 3-1 win against Oadby & Wigston with two goals from Becky Russell and one from Tiffany Forshaw. They travel again for the second qualifying round tie when they take on Newmarket on Sunday 17th September. Newmarket Town defeated Histon, 4-2. Saturday 2nd September King’s Lynn Town 4 Coleshill Town 1 Four first half goals see Lynn brush aside Coleshill and make cup progress. For a match report . . Monday 28th August St Ives Town 1 King’s Lynn Town 3 Late goals secure deserved win. For a match report . . . Saturday 26th August King’s Lynn Town 0 Frome Town 0 Frome frustrate Linnets. For a match report . . . Monday 21st August Sam Warburton Departs The club have announced the departure of Sam Warburton who has transferred to Corby Town. Joining Lynn initially on loan in October 2016 he was placed on an 18th month contract in December 2016. He made 40 appearances for Lynn scoring three goals, these coming in 32 minutes of the 5-2 victory over Slough Town. He had been limited to just the one substitute appearance this season. Saturday 19th August Dorchester Town 0 King’s Lynn Town 2 Lynn remain unbeaten. For a match report and video of the goals . . . Tuesday 15th August Bishop’s Stortford 2 King’s Lynn Town 3 Lynn move up to second. For a match report . . . Saturday 12th August King’s Lynn Town 2 Gosport Borough 0 Lynn off to winning start. For a match report . . . Tuesday 8th August Cameron Norman agrees terms Lynn have completed the signing of Cameron Norman, a 21 year old (b. 12 Oct 1995) right sided defender, who played in Saturday's victory over Lowestoft Town. Norman joined Norwich City at the age of ten and was part of City's Academy in 2012 being included in the FA Youth Cup winning team in 2013 and playing 43 times for Norwich City's under 21\'s in the U21 Premier League, scoring 4 goals. He was put on a two year contract in May 2014 which was not renewed when it ended. He spent a few months on loan to Woking late 2015 early 2016 making 33 appearances (all competitons), scoring once. On release from the Canaries he joined Norwich United in September 2016 (9 appearances, 1 goal) moving on to Concord Rangers the following month making 14 appearances (one goal). He joined Needham Market in February 2017. Saturday 5th August Lowestoft Town 0 King's Lynn Town 1 A Craig Parker thunderbolt on 74 minutes gave Lynn a 1-0 victory in their final pre-season match of the season but there was little friendship at Love Lane which saw a number of players booked and two dismissed. The Trawlerboys were the first to show with Travis Cole testing Alex Street after 3 minutes. Lynn replied with Leon Mettam having what turned out to be the best chance of the first half but Ben Dudzinski saved at the expense of a corner. Both teams continued to create chances in a lively opening with Lynn having penalty appeals turned down after Cameron Norman was grounded by Ollie Humphrey. Play slowed toward half time with both defences on top and the half ended without a goal. Defences remained dominant but the game came to life with Craig Parker's strike which soon followed by the dismissal of Ryan Fryatt and Shaun Bammant. Fryatt for an elbow as he tried to put the ball out of play and Bammant for kicking out a Fryatt while he was on the floor. Lowestoft: Dudzinski, White (Jarvis 25), Humphrey, Cole, Barker, Leacock, Zielonka, Fisk, Daniels, Reed, Bammant. Subs: Rossi Jarvis, Hood, Smith, Greenleaf, Nyadzayo, Westlake, McAuley, Miles. Booked: Daniels, Humphrey, Barker. Sent off: Bammant Lynn: Street, Norman (Frary 75), Blake-Tracy (Warburton 75), Fryatt, T Ward, Ryan Jarvis, Clunan, Parker (Whayman 75), Gash (Hilliard 60), Mettam (Siddons 60). Hawkins. Subs: Hilliard, Warburton, Frary, Whayman, Siddons. Booked: Jarvis, Ward, Sent off: Fryatt. Scorer: Parker 74 Attendance: 253 Lynn Reserves went down 2-1 at Whitton United, with Lynn playing the final twenty minutes with ten men following an injury to Keiren Shipp but despie this they managed to pull a goal back though Dylan Edge.. Whitton had taken the lead from the penalty spot in the opening minutes through Jamie Cole and added a second early in the second half through Ryan Rampley. Lynn: Pearson, Shipp, McLeish, Castellan, C Ward, Stannard, Frohawk, L Fryatt, Edge, McQuaid, Dye, Subs: Daw, Watson, Lennon, English. Tue 1st - Thu 3rd August Signing on - Tom Siddons and duo for Reserves Lynn have completed the signing of Tom Siddons on one year deal after impressing in pre-season. The 27 year old striker (b. 27th July 1990, Northampton) played for Sleaford last season where he was leading scorer with 19 goals from 42 appearances. A former England Under 18 international, the 2008-09 season saw him play a couple of games for Sleaford before moving on to Bourne Town making 16 appearances (four goals). Four years at the University of Birmingham followed where he played for the university first team. He has also played Sunday football for Metheringham. Signing on for the reserves is Matty Dye from Fakenham Town. A Foundation Phase Lead Coach at Peterborough United, he has made in excess of 130 appearances for The Ghosts over five seasons. Also arriving is 18 year old 'keeper Aaron Watson who made ten appearances for Swaffham Town last season. Saturday 28th July Linnets gamble on Gash? Lynn have announced the signing of striker Michael Gash. The 30 year old (b. 03.09.86) has had a number of clubs having started his career as a youth with Peterborough United and then Cambridge United and Cambridge City. His senior career saw him progress from Cambridge City (2003-06) to Cambridge United (2006-07) and then returning to Cambridge City for 2007-08. It was in his time at Milton Road that he was most prolific scoring 23 goals from 35 appearances resulting in a move to Ebbsfleet United in August 2008 in a deal worth £20k. Ten goals from forty appearances for Ebbsfleet saw him attract a £55k bid from York City where he spent the following two seasons which also saw a loan to Rushden & Diamonds. He returned to Cambridge United on a free transfer in June 2011 and stayed for two seasons which also saw loan spells with Braintree and Kidderminster. Failing to agree terms with Cambridge United, Gash moved to Kidderminster Harriers in 2013 and, after a loan to Nuneaton, left them by mutual consent in January 2015. He then signed for Barnet and made his football league debut in August 2015. Twelve months later a cruciate ligament injury during the 2-0 win victory over Accrington. saw him miss the remainder of the 2016-17 season and he was released by the club at the end of his contract his final statistics being 13 goals from 55 appearances (32 starts). He had a trial with Leyton Orient earlier this month but wasn't taken on, the reason being that the "long-term injury he picked up at The Hive last season will keep him from full fitness for some time. " Michael Gash has been linked with the club before, being invited for training by Tommy Taylor in September 2005 and then Lynn tried to sign him in 2008 but their bid of over £5k (said to be a record for the club at that time) was turned down by Cambridge City - with Ebbsfleet offering £20k it is obvious why. King's Lynn Town 4 Gorleston 0 Lynn easily brushed aside their step five opponents running out 4-0 winners. Tom Siddons put Lynn ahead on five minutes and that lead was doubled on 22 minutes when Michael Clunan's pin point free kick was met emphatically by the head of Craig Parker. Three minutes into the second half Leon Mettam scored after Parker had set up for him to finish. Mettam completed the scoring in the final seconds with a cracking strike from just inside the box. Lynn: Street, Fryatt, Blake-Tracey, T Ward, Gaughran, Clunan, Jarvis, Parker, Hawkins, Siddons, Mettam. Used Subs: Whayman, Shipp, Hillard, Warburton, Frary, Castellan. Wednesday 26th July King's Lynn Town 4 Ipswich Town 3 Lynn deservedly won a seven goal pre-season thriller against an Ipswich Under 23 team and the margin could have been much greater but for the efforts of visiting 21 year old \'keeper and former Welsh Youth international Michael Crowe. The first half saw Lynn create the bulk of the chances with Toby Hilliard nodding over Ryan Fryatt\'s cross on four minutes. Efforts by Ryan Hawkins, Tom Siddons and Ryan Fryatt all failed to beat Crowe but on 42 minutes Michael Clunan\'s cross was swept home by Toby Hilliard to give Lynn a deserved half-time lead. The visitors\' first half chances saw Fryatt with a good block on the line on 18 minutes whilst Frazer Blake-Tracy was impressive in the defence. Ipswich pulled a goal back three minutes after the restart through New Zealand international Monty Patterson with a curling shot from the edge of the box. Lynn recovered and soon looked the more likely to add to the score and did so on 68 minutes, Hawkins getting on the end of a Craig Parker pass. Crowe did well to deny Leon Mettam and Ipswich equalised soon after with Patterson scoring from a free kick from some 25 yards. Ipswich took the lead through 17 year old Albert Wilton with ten minutes remaining but it took just two minutes for Hilliard to score his second of the night, picking up a pass from Sam Warburton. With two minutes remaining a Mettam put Lynn back in front from a free kick for a late winner. Lynn starting line-up: Street, Whayman, Blake-Tracy, Gaughran, T Ward, Fryatt, Clunan, Jarvis, Hilliard, Siddons, Hawkins. Used subs: Mettam, Shipp, Warburton, Parker, McLeish, Lennon, Frary, Castellan Attendance: 488 Following the game the club announced that Jair Minors and Joe Hood will not be joining the club. Saturday 22nd July Peterborough Sports 1 King's Lynn Town 1 Lynn, playing their fourth pre-season friendly, had to settle for a draw against last season's United Counties League champions. The first half belonged to Lynn with Michael Clunan and Tom Siddons testing home 'keeper Jason Connell before they took the lead through Craig Parker on the quarter hour. Sports\' fortunes were not helped when they lost former Lynn transfer target Richard Jones to injury. Siddons saw his effort palmed away soon after the restart but the home side began to pressure and Jordan Mcleod blazed over after Luke Pearson had fumbled in the Lynn goal. Avelino Vieira got in a couple of shots, his first being blocked and his second saved by Pearson and then Kieren Shipp was on hand to clear a Mark Jones effort off the line after the ball had squirmed under Pearson. Craig Gillies picked up a wrist injury and was unable to continue with 15 minutes remaining and Sports equalised in the final minute through centre back Josh Sanders whose overhead kick gave Pearson no chance. Lynn: Pearson, Minors, Blake-Tracy, Fryatt, T Ward, Jarvis, Clunan, Mettam, Siddons, Parker, Hawkins. Subs (all used): Shipp, Gaughran, Frary, Whayman, Hood, Gillies, Hilliard Attendance: 132 Wednesday 21st July Linnets announce sponsors Lynn have announced the complete list of kit sponsors for the 2017-18 season. The main shirt sponsor will be Collect Soccer the football programme/memorabilia company owned by Lynn chairman Stephen Cleeve. The name on the back of the shirt will be local company Yallop Roofing and Cladding with Excalibur Security sponsoring the home kit shorts. Barsby Produce have renewed their sponsorship the first team away kit. Tuesday 18th July Fakenham Town 1 King's Lynn Town 6 Lynn continued pre-season with an emphatic victory over their Step 5 neighbours. Tom Siddons put Lynn ahead on with a neat turn and finish inside the area on 12 minutes but the Ghosts pulled a goal back on 20 minutes through Tim Cary. Lynn regained the lead five minutes before the break when a Ryan Hawkins effort saw Josh Youngs put into his own goal. Hawkins need no help in the next minute his 25 yard effort putting Lynn 3-1 up. The Ghost were left reeling when Siddons scored his second of the evening two minutes later. A number of substitutions followed and Lynn scored twice more, Craig Gillies on the hour and then Dylan Edge completing the scoring with five minutes remaining when he headed home Jair Minors cross. Lynn starting eleven: Street, Shipp, Blake-Tracey, Frary, Fryatt, McQuaid, Clunan, Parker, Siddons, Mettam, Hawkins. Used substitutes: Gillies, Edge, Minors, C Ward, Castellan, Lennon, Whayman, McLeish. Saturday 15th July Stamford 0 King's Lynn Town 3 Goals by Ryan Jarvis (34 mins), Jair Minors (57) and Ryan Harnwell (78) saw Lynn to a comfortable pre-season friendly victory over Evo-Stik Division One South side Stamford. The first half saw Tom Siddons given a run out, he is a 26 year old striker from Sleaford and a former England Under 18 international. Siddons was leading scorer for Sleaford last season with 19 goals from 42 appearances. He has peviously played for Bourne. Lynn team 1st half: Street, Fryatt, Gaughran, T Ward, Blake-Tracey, Clunan, Jarvis, Parker, Hawkins, Hilliard, Siddons 2nd half: Pearson, Shipp, Warburton, Gaughran (Fryatt), C Ward, Frary, McQuaid, Hood, Harnwell, Lennon, Minors Attendance: 196 Wednesday 12th July King's Lynn Town 1 Norwich City XI 4 Lynn kicked off pre-season with a 4-1 defeat against a Norwich City Under 23 team at The Walks. Lynn took the lead on five minutes from a Leon Mettem free kick but clinical finishing from the young Canaries saw goals from Tony Andreu (23 mins), Michee Efete (31), Todd Cantwell (43) saw them to a 3-1 half time lead. Andreu completed the scoring five minutes into the second half. In addition to the signings announced since the end of the season Lynn also had Joe Hood and Jair Minors on the teamsheet. Both midfielders, Hood is a former Peterborough Academy player who has also played for Deeping Rangers and had a spell in America with Iowa Western Reivers. Minors, a Bermudan international, had a brief spell with Boston United Under 21s towards the end of last season. Lynn first half: Street, Shipp, Hood, T. Ward, C. Ward, Lennon, Clunan, Parker, Gillies, Mettam, Warburton Second half: Pearson, Frary, Fryatt, Gaughran, Blake-Tracey, Jarvis, McQuaid, Hawkins, Minors, Edge, Hilliard. Attendance: 626 Wednesday 5th July Reserves add two Lynn Reserves have announced the signing of two players. Scott English (b. 30.12.96) arrives from Dersingham Rovers where he captained the Anglian Combination First Division strugglers for the bulk of last season scoring five goals from 27 appearances. Seventeen year old (b. 14.12.99) midfielder Charlie Rudland also joins having signed from Dereham Town. In a week which sees the announcement of the draw for the early rounds of the FA Competiotions the Reserves have been given away ties in both the First Division Cup and the Thurlow Nunn League Cup with visits to March Town United or Needham Market Reseves in the former and away to Fakenham Town in the latter. Both matches to be played in October. Wednesday 21st June Lynn sign young midfielder Lynn have announced the signing of attacking midfielder Harry Whayman from Diss Town and has been placed on a two year contract. The 17 year old (b. 21-09-1999) made an impact playing for Scole Town as a youngster and spent eight years on the books of Ipswich Town before being released - his lack of physical presence being cited as a reason. Undeterred he joined the football academy at the Norfolk campus of Easton and Otley College and was selected for the England Colleges Football Association national side. He played in four games for them and ten set off to Italy to take part in a tournament which saw him play against Albania, Italy and Malta. Back in Britain, Roydon based Whayman set up the goal which saw England colleges defeat their counterparts from Wales over two legs to lift the Anglo-Welsh Sheild. When not playing for England he managed to squeeze in eight appearances (seven starts) for Diss Town scoring twice - both coming against Lynn Reserves at The Walks. Friday 16th June Linnets add to fire-power Lynn have announced the signing of 31 year old (b. 22/05/1986) Craig Parker an attacking midfielder/striker from AFC Sudbury. A former youngster with Cambridge United he went on to play for Bury for a season before making a name for himself as a goalscorer with Needham Market who he joined in 2009. He spent two seasons with Needham Market scoring 67 goals from 71 appearances taking them from Eastern Counties League promotion to Ryman League Division One North play-offs. He moved on to Chelmsford City in May 2011 making 40 appearances, scoring nine goals. During his time with the Clarets he returned to Bury Town on loan and, on release from his contract with Chelmsford, he joined Bury in Febraury 2013 but moved on to Leiston during that summer. He joined Sudbury in January 2015 from Leiston and made 115 appearances and scored 47 goals but despite his efforts could not prevent the Yellows being relegated last season. Thursday 8th June Lynn sign defender Lynn have signed Dion Frary from Dereham Town for an undiclosed fee. He has been given a two year contract. The 19 year old (b. 24/7/1997) defender from Wells-next-the-Sea, is a product of the Fakenham Town\'s youth system, making his first team debut in October 2013 as a 16-year old substitute away to Diss Town in a League Cup tie. He was also part of Norwich City\'s Community Sports Foundation and a member of the Player Development Centre\'s squad for Under 15/16. He went on to establish himself in the Ghosts\' team making 38 appearances in the 2014-15 season scoring four goals. His performances resulted in attention from other clubs and he joined Dereham Town on a two year contract in June 2015. Monday 5th June Craig Gillies returns Lynn have snapped up prolific striker Craig Gillies from Chatteris Town for his second spell with Lynn, he joins on a one year contract. The 25 year old (b 21/01/92) started with Chatteris\'s A team in the 2008-09 season and went on to play for Doddington United where he was their leading scorer in the 2014-15 season with 33 goals. He followed Doddington manager Ashley Taylor to Chatteris in the summer of 2015 and scored 26 goals in 17 first team competitive appearances including all five goals in a league outing, a 5-3 win over Girton United, which led to a move to The Walks where he scored within four minutes of making his debut against Needham Market Reserves. His stay was brief, making three appearances before returning to Chatteris where he ended the season with 49 goals from 33 appearances. Last season he managed 38 goals, a goal a game, for the Kershaw Premier League side, his goal scoring exploits earning him the top scorer, club top scorer, supporter\'s player of the season and first team\'s player of the season awards. Saturday 3rd June First summer signings and a departure Lynn have announced Ryan Jarvis as the first of their signings for the coming season. He has agreed a two year contract. Born in Fakenham (b 11.07.1986) the 30 year old has played for Lowestoft Town who he joined from York City in the summer of 2015. A graduate of the Norwich City youth system he became the Canaries youngest ever first team player at 16 years and 282 days when making his debut in April 2003 and their youngest ever goal scorer later that year. He went on to make 36 appearances, scoring five goals, before being release in May 2008. During his time with the Canaries he had played for England at Under 16, Under 17 and Under 19 levels and had loan spells with Colchester United, Leyton Orient, Kilmarnock and Notts County. On release from Carrow Road he returned to Leyton Orient for a two year spell making a total of 89 appearances (all competitions) scoring 14 goals - a spell which also saw a loan period of four games at Northampton. He then spent a season a Wallsall making 25 appearances (10 starts), scoring three goals, with his season ending on loan at Torquay - sixteen games (5 starts, 2 goals). Torquay were impressed enough to sign him for the 2012-13 season - 41 appearances (28 starts 9 goals). From there he moved on to York for two seasons where 49 appearances (31 starts) saw him score nine goals and also had a loan spell at Aldershot (6 starts, 6 subs, 1 goal). His first season with the Trawlerboys saw him score 4 goals from 41 appearances and, the following season 5 goals from 46. Also from Lowestoft Town comes Frazer Blake-Tracy as a replacement for the departed Jordan Yong. Agreeing a one year deal, the left sided, 21 year old (b. 10/09/1995), defender joined Lowestoft from Dereham Town in the summer of 2016 and made fifty appearances for the Trawlerboys scoring three goals. A product of Dereham\'s Education & Academy, he was a first team regular at Dereham Town during 2015-16, having made his debut the previous season, picking up the awards of First Team Manager\'s Player of the Season and First Team Players\' Player of the Season. Not returning to The Walks for the coming season is Conor Marshall who is joining Corby Town. Marshall signed for Lynn from Boston United in March 2015 but a cruciate ligament knee injury limited his appearances in the 2016-17 season and his recovery resulted in just five appearances towards the end of 2016-17. Monday 29th May More players put on contract The club have placed two more players on contract. Michael Clunan and Kieren Shipp have both been placed on two year contracts with the latter being given the option of a further year\'s extension. It was announced last month that Dylan Edge had taken up the option of a year\'s extension on his contract and he has been given the option to extend by a further year after that. Wednesday 24th May Yong departs - and joins Corby It has been reported on social media that Jordan Yong has left the club. Signing for Lynn in July 2011 he had been playing in New Zealand for Richmond Athletic. Spotted playing for Wisbech St Mary\'s Under 8 side he spent time with the academies of Peterborough, Cambridge United and Norwich City. After trialling with Southend he joined Wisbech Town for the 2009-10 season before moving abroad. He played 286 games for Lynn, scoring six goals. It was later confirmed by the club that the 27 year old had been released and will be taking up the offer of professional football in Malaysia at the end of the year. It was subsequently reported that he had agreed terms with Corby Town. Monday 22nd May King's Lynn 2 Fakenham Town 0 The name of King\'s Lynn appears on the list of Norfolk Senior Cup winners for the twenty-first time following the Linnet\'s victory over a spirited Fakenham Town side at Carrow Road. It was, however, a rather soft penalty that saw Lynn into a half time lead. On twenty minutes Ghosts\' \'keeper Tom Rix rushed out to beat Ryan Harnwell to the ball and made slight contact - enough to convince referee Darin Geary to award the spot kick which Michael Clunan dispatched for his 13th goal of the season. It was unfortunate for former Linnet Rix who made had produced a good save earlier keeping out Sam Warburton\'s header and denied the same play on 27 minutes. For the Ghosts, another former Lynn player, Kyle Plumb had seen his effort end with an equally impressive save from Alex Street. Lynn should have made it two just before the break when Ryan Fryatt saw his effort roll just wide of post. Trailing by just the one goal, Fakenham seem to gain belief they could get something from the game and put up a spirited resistance with Plumb putting an effort just wide of the post and then Ashley Jarvis had an effort blocked which saw Ghosts\' appeal for a penalty waved away. Lynn\'s counter saw Ryan Harnwell\'s run into the area end with a tackle from Sam Garner at the expense of a corner from which Warburton\'s kick found the head of Ryan Fryatt who powered home at the back post. King\'s Lynn: Street, Fryatt, T Ward, Gaughran, Yong; Shipp (C Ward 90), Clunan, Zielonka, Warburton (McQuaid 85), Hawkins, Harnwell (Lennon 79). Unused subs: Pearson, McLeish.Booked; Hawkins. Scorer: Clunan (pen) 21, Fryatt 71 Fakenham: Rix, Sam Garner, Youngs (Williams 76), Gilchrist, Stuart Garner, Abbott, Harvey (Akers 79), Franks, Dye, Plumb (Glover 79), Jarvis. Unused subs: Cary, Colman Lynn have confirmed that Jacek Zielonka has been released by the club. Joining from Lowestoft Town initially on dual registration in March 2015 he made 115 appearances scoring eight goals. Saturday 29th April Presentation Evening Awards Chairman’s Player of the Year: Ryan Fryatt FOTL first team Player of the Year: Michael Clunan FOTL Reserve team Player of the Year: Luke Pearson FOTL Under 18s Player of the Year: Kieron Shipp FOTL Ladies Player of the Year: Albany Hodgson Young Player of the Year: Kieron Shipp First team manager’s Player of the Year: Michael Clunan First team players’ Player of the Year: Michael Clunan First team supporters’ Player of the Year (Maurice Ebbs Memorial Trophy): Alex Street First team Double G Player of the Year: Michael Clunan Reserves managers’ Player of the Year: Eion McQuaid Reserves players Player of the Year: Nathan Daw Reserves supporters’ Player of the Year: Luke Pearson Reserves K&J Chase Player of the Year: Jack Frohawk Reserves Double G Player of the Year: Eion McQuaid Under 18s supporters’ Player of Year: Charlie Congreve Under 18s manager’s Player of the Year: Callum South Under 18s Player of the Year: Dan Harvey Saturday 22nd April King's Lynn Town 3 Chesham United 1 Linnets end league campain with a win. For a match report, highlights and post match interview . . . Monday 17th April St Ives Town 2 King’s Lynn Town 0 Linnets "far too nice" says manager Ian Culverhouse. For a match report, highlights and post match interview . . . Saturday 15th April King’s Lynn Town 1 Frome Town 1 ’keeper Crabtree thwarts Linnets. For a match report, highlights and post match interview . . . Saturday 8th April Dorchester Town 1 King’s Lynn Town 1 Dorchester: Murphy, Egan, Martin, Bowles, Walker (C), Down, Griggs, Vance, Ormrod, Mawford, Blair (Williams). Subs: Davis, Ayunga, Williams, Mitchell, Brookes. Booked: Vane. Sent off: Down Lynn: Street, Shipp, McLeish, Ward Marshall, Zielonka, Clunan, Everington, Lennon (McQuaid), Harnwell, Warburton. Subs: McQuaid, Gaughran, Congreve Attendance: 356 Match report: Saturday 1st April Slough Town 3 King’s Lynn Town 0 Conor Marshall returns but injury hit Linnets no match for play-off chasing Slough. For a match report and post match interview . . . Saturday 25th March King’s Lynn Town 0 Dunstable Town 1 Injury woe for Linnets. For a match report and post match interview . . . Thursday 23rd March Lynn sign on-loan defender Lynn have signed Peterborough United Academy player Sam Cartwright on a work experience deal to the end of the season. The 16 year old (b. St Neots, 8th July 2000) defender has made a number of appearances for Posh’s Under 18 and Reserve teams. having joined Peterborough as an Under 12. Tuesday 21st March King’s Lynn Town 1 St Neots Town 2 St Neots ease relegation worries to "double" Lynn despite playing 75 minute with ten men. For a match report and post match interview . . . Saturday 18th March King’s Lynn Town 2 Basingstoke Town 1 Defenders on the mark as Lynn complete league double. For a match report and post match interview . . . Tuesday 14th March Norwich United 1 King’s Lynn Town 1 They might be favourites to lift the Norfolk Senior Cup but Lynn have struggled to make progress against lower league opposition and it required a penalty shoot-out for them to reach the final - the first time since May 2011. They will play Fakenham Town on Monday 22nd May - a repeat of the 1994 final which saw the Ghosts win 4-0. Kings Lynn: Street, Zielonka, Yong, Gaughran, Fryatt, McQuaid (Lennon 76), Clunan, McWilliams, Hilliard, Edge, Warburton (C Ward 95). Subs: C Ward, Lennon, T Ward, Congreve. Booked: Yong Scorer: Fryatt 28 Norwich United: Wilton, Shipley, Radomski, Wones, Eastaugh (Jackson 68), Watts, Stewart, Speller, Hipperson, Henery, Finch. Subs: Jackson, Brown, Mason, Jones, Johnson. Scorer: Watts 90 (+1) Attendance: 261 Lynn win 5-4 on penalties Monday 13th March Gaughran commits but Revan departs The weekend saw Sam Gaughran agree terms that will keep him at the club for two years but winger Kurtis Revan has been released. Revan, signed in August on release from Corby Town, made 32 appearances (28 starts) scoring three goals. Gaughran has impressed this season after a start which had seen him restricted to appearances from the bench. Saturday 11th March Cinderford Town 1 King’s Lynn Town 2 Lynn complete their first double of the season thanks to two goals from Ryan Fryatt. For a match report and highlights . . . Friday 10th March Danny Setchell released It has been announced that Danny Setchell has been released by the club. This season had seen the 18 year old break into the first team making one start and three substitute appearances and had scored once for the reserves in 24 appearances and six times for the Youth team. Wednesday 8th March Cup progress On Tuesday evening Lynn Reserves progressed to the final on the Thurlow Nunn First Division Knock-Out Cup with a 2-0 win over Team Bury thanks to goals by Ryan Pearson and Dylan Edge. They will now face either Coggleshall Town or Wisbech St Mary in the final. In the Youth League Cup, Lynn’s Under 18 team defeated Horsford 2-0 with goals from Danny Setchell and Jacob White. Next up for them is Aylsham at the Walks next Wednesday. Monday 6th March Alex Street signs contract Linnets’ ’keeper Alex Street has signed a two year contract with the option of a year’s extension. Having reportedly declined a contract in the past, the 25 year old looks certain to become Lynn’s longest serving stopper with Billy Bedwell’s record of 378 appearances in his sights. He is currently on 309 appearances (all competitive matches) and should pass Andy Claxton’s 318 this season. Saturday 4th March King’s Lynn 2 Stratford Town 0 Lynn’s first win under Ian Culverhouse. For a match report and post match interview . . . Thursday 2nd March Ian Culverhouse makes first signing Lynn have signed Kegan Everington on loan from Lincoln City. Having progressed through the Imps youth ranks he made his first team debut on New Year’s Day 2014, as a substitute in a 1-1 draw at Grimsby Town and has made a total of 21 appearances (six starts) scoring once. The 21 year old (b. 17 Dec, 1995) midfielder is no stranger to going out on loan having had three month spells with Lincoln United and Spalding United and this season with Buxton. He played against Lynn in November when Lynn removed the Bucks from the FA Trophy. Having been given his first contract by the Imps in the summer of 2014, Everington’s current contract expires at the end of June. Saturday 25th February Hitchin Town 5 King’s Lynn 0 A tough start for manager Ian Culverhouse as Lynn concede four first half goals as the Linnets grounded by the Canaries. For a match report and "highlights" . . . Friday 24th February Duo depart The club have confirmed rumourss circulating last night that Lee Stevenson and Dan Quigley have left The Walks. Both players were in their second spells at the club. Lee Stevenson first joined Lynn in March 2003 as an 18 year old on loan from Sheffield. In a ruptured cruciate ligament injury hit time he made 40 appearances between 2003-06 scoring nine goals. He returned to The Walks in March 2014 and made 89 appearances, scoring 29 goals and taking on the role of assistant manager. Dan Quigley was a villain turned hero. As a player for Long Buckby he was not popular with Lynn fans but on joining Lynn in June 2012 he soon became a favourite. He was shown the door at The Walks in April 2015 having made three "no-shows" in the 2014-15 season. This period saw him make 137 appearances, scoring 12 goals. He returned to Lynn from AFC Rushden & Diamonds for the 2016-17 season and made 36 appearances and for many was considered the Player of the Season. Wednesday 22nd February Linnets appoint Ian Culverhouse Lynn have announced the appointment of Ian Culverhouse as full time manager on a two and a half year deal. It will be the 52 year olds first appointment as manager but he has experience in assistant managerial roles with Colchester United, Norwich City and Aston Villa. He was appointed assistant manager at Dagenham and Redbridge in January 2016. As a player, he began his career with Tottenham Hotspur making just two league appearances for the club in the three years he was at White Hart Lane. He moved on to Norwich City in 1985 going on to make 369 appearances and taking a place in the club’s Hall of Fame. His Carrow Road career ended during the 1994-95 season and he was sold to Swindon Town for £150,000 where he made 117 appearances and was a member of the Second Division Championship winning squad. He was released by the Robins in 1998 and had brief spells at Kingstonian and Brighton & Hove Albion. Culverhouse began his coaching career while at Brighton with their the youth team and went on to take similar roles at Barnet, Leyton Orient and Wycombe Wanderers. Culverhouse then became assistant manager under Paul Lambert at Colchester United in July 2008, the both of them moving to Norwich City the following season. Three years later saw another move, this time to Aston Villa. His spell ended at Villa Park in May 2014.  Tuesday 21st February Setchell Sacked King’s Lynn Town have parted company with manager Gary Setchell. Setchell was appointed joint manager with Kevin Boon when the club was reformed and took the roll alone in October 2011 taking Lynn to promotion from the United Counties League in the 2011-12 season and champions of the Northern Premier League Division One South the following season. They have remained at Level Three of the non-league pyramid since with Setchell notching his competitive 300th game in charge in October 2015 and ending on a total on 384. On the club website, Linnets’ Chairman Stephen Cleeve describes the decision of having to part with Setch as "The Hardest decision that he has ever had to make" but "felt it was in the Club’s interest to act swiftly" with a view to the future. Setchell was the club’s longest serving manager in a single stint, Keith Rudd recorder more games in charge over a number of spells. Monday 20th February Cambridge City 0 King’s Lynn Town 0 Cambridge: Snedker, Robinson, Foxley, Norman, Gent, Williams, Relizani (Snaith 70), Paterson, Capela (Woolfe 67), Foy (Osei 82), Sharma. Lynn: Street, Zielonka (Edge 78), Yong, Quigley, Gaughran, Ward, McWilliams, Clunan, Hilliard, Revan, Warburton. Subs Edge, Congreave, McLeish, McQuaid, Setchell. Booked: Edge, Yong Attendance: 213 Saturday 18th February Hayes & Yeading Utd 0 King’s Lynn Town 1 H&Y: Boness, Jones, Adebiyi, Hope, Broadbent, Smith, Edgar (Brown 82), Sambou, Weiss (Kearney 26), Putmaan, Toomey (Chamberlain 21). Subs: Locke, Brown, Chamberlain, Kearney, Taylor. Lynn: Street, Zielonka (Yong h/t), Quigley, Gaughran, Ward, McWilliams, Clunan, Stevenson (Setchell 90), Hilliard, Revan (Edge 81), Warburton. Subs: Yong, Setchell, Edge. Booked: Revan. Scorer: Stevenson 85. Attendance: 167 Tuesday 14th January King’s Lynn Town 2 Wroxham 1 Two goals from defender Tom Ward, the winner coming in injury time, saved Lynn’s blushes as they struggled to overcome the level 4 strugglers. Lynn fielded a strong line-up with four changes from the team that drew Cirencester with the experience of Sam Gaughran and Lee Stevenson on the bench should it be required. The opening twenty minutes suggested that Lynn were more than a match for the Yachtsmen as they camped in the visitors’ half with Toby Hilliard glancing a Kurtis Revan cross over the woodwork on 13 minutes and then Hilliard miskicked when well placed inside the box. Wroxham took a shock lead from a Humphries free kick five minutes before the break following a Dan Quigley foul on the edge of the box. Lynn managed the goal they had looked ike scoring all evening for minutes after the restart when Ward hammered home a Michael Clunan corner at the far post. Another Humphries free kick almost restored Wroxham’s lead on 76 minutes but it went just over while Sam Warburton went close for Lynn as the game looked likely to go into extra time. Then with te game in injury time a Stevenson corner resulted in a scramble in the box and Ward was on hand to drill home. Lynn: Street, Revan (Gaughran 77), Yong, Quigley, Ward, Zielonka, Clunan, McWilliams, Hilliard, Edge (Stevenson 57), Warburton. Subs not used: Setchell, McQuaid, Pearson Wroxham: Pride, Guyton (Baughurst 84), Humphries (Mokake 87), Hastings, Lewis, Plumstead, Doyle (Rampling 46), Cook, Gilfedder, Bussens, Fowlkes Attendance: 201 Saturday 11th January Cirencester Town 1 King’s Lynn Town 1 For a match report, post match interview and highlights . . . Saturday 4th January King’s Lynn Town 0 Leamington 0 Draw number fourteen as Lynn prove a match for promotion hopefuls. For a match report, interview and highlights . . . Tuesday 31st January King’s Lynn Town 5 Slough Town 2 Linnets too good as they run riot against Rebels. For a match report, interview and highlights . . . Saturday 28th January Kings Langley 2 King’s Lynn Town 2 Another draw for Lynn. For a match report . . . Tuesday 24th January Merthyr Town 1 King’s Lynn Town 1 Linnets get a very creditable point in Wales. For a match report . . . Saturday 21st January King’s Lynn Town 1 Weymouth 6 Linnets recieve a mauling. For a match report and highlights and interviews . . . Tuesday 17th January King’s Lynn Town 1 Biggleswade 2 Linnets pay the penalty. For Eastern Daily Press match report, post match interview and highlights . . . Saturday 14th January Chippenham Town 2 King’s Lynn Town 1 Nine match unbeaten run ends. For Eastern Daily Press match report . . . Saturday 7th January Redditch United 1 King’s Lynn Town 1 Late goal hearbreak for Lynn as run extends to nine league matches unbeaten. For a match report and highlights . . . Meanwhile, at The Walks, Lynn Reserves went down 2-1 against Wisbech St Mary with former Linnet Nick Davey scoring twice. Saturday 2nd January King’s Lynn Town 2 St Ives Town 1 Linnets extend unbeaten run with unlikely last gasp winner. For a match report, match highights and post match interview . . .