2009/10 PREVIEW: EBBSFLEET UNITED
It's week three, day two in our preview of the sides the Hatters face next season in the Blue Square Premier as we take a look at the one side in the division based down in Kent: Liam Daish's Ebbsfleet United
Nickname: Fleet
Manager: Liam Daish
Ground: Stonebridge Road
Last season: Conference 14th
2008/09 average attendance: 1,203
2009/10 BSP title odds: 50/1
Previous meetings: None
Recent history:
Known up until 2007 as Gravesend and Northfleet, Ebbsfleet will be enjoying their eighth successive campaign in non-league's top flight having won promotion from the Ryman League in 2001/02.
The name change in May 2007 was followed by a football first in February 2008 when the club was taken over by MyFootballClub - an online community of members who bought at 75% share in the Kent club.
All members have a say in all of the club's transfer activity where they have the opportunity to vote to accept or reject any bids for the club's players.
The Stonebridge Road faithful have enjoyed several seasons of respectable finishes in the Conference and were celebrating a success in the FA Trophy in 2007/08 when they beat Torquay United 1-0 in the final at Wembley.
FACT: Fleet have two ex-Hatters on the books at Stonebridge Road. Defender Alan Kimble is Daish's assistant manager while striker Matthew Judge joined the club in January having originally come through the youth ranks at Kenilworth Road.
Official website: www.ebbsfleetunited.co.uk
Tomorrow: Forest Green Rovers.
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