Official Twitter feed of Hollands & Blair FC, members of The Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) founded in 1970. (sat nav for away fans ME7 3AN).
It’s is with great, great sadness that we have to announce the passing of our leader and our friend, Laurence Plummer.
Plum has been unwell for the last few weeks as he bravely fought Covid.
Our thoughts are with Shirley and the family at this time
RIP Plum x
Signing No. 2
Local boy
Ex Wimbledon, Gillingham and Ebbsfleet Town
Welcome to Blair
@DKedwell
He signed tonight, seen here with Co-Chairman
@piggy1gm
and our gaffer
@halsey_simon
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
So many messages about Plum have come in along with support for Shirley, the family and the club, he is truly going to be missed by everyone who knew him.
@TheGillsFC
held a minutes silence before their FA Cup tie yesterday to pay their respects...thank you
🧣BLAIR FAMILY🧣
Today would have been this mans 70th birthday.
So, maybe this evening, wherever you are, raise a glass to the sky and give a nod of appreciation to the great man he was and always will be.
Thoughts are with Shirley and the family.
We all miss him
🧣Happy Heavenly Birthday Plum x
We are pleased to announce that ex Hythe Town & Whitstable manager Scott Porter has been appointed the new first team manager.
More news to follow regarding back room staff and players
Welcome Scott
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Tomorrow we say goodbye to Plum
The man who we all, without exception, loved & respected.
The route is attached so if you’re going to pay your respects please stay socially distanced and safe.
Feel free to applaud as he & the family passes to show your appreciation
RIP Plum
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT
@halsey_simon
will be the new 1st team manager at the end of this season when he will take over from caretaker manager
@piggy1gm
Si’s assistant will be
@LukeHarvey25
Welcome both to the club
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
A huge thank you to all our fellow
@SCEFLeague
teams across the league for paying their respects to our Secretary and inspirational leader Laurence Plummer who we lost in November 2020.
Thank you also to
@SCEFLeague
for organising this.
Plum is sorely missed
#plum
#respect
We are pleased to announce that we have re-signed Rob Denness who joined us after spending this season at
@SheppeyUFC
Rob spent many seasons at Blair helping our rise to
@SCEFLeague
premier and more recently in last seasons survival
Welcome home Rob
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
It’s all over
0-1 winners against
@wood_utd
Matt Gethings header early on wins it.
Thank you to
@wood_utd
and good luck for the rest of the season
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Here we go then with 3 players - one new signing, one old face returns and one confirmation of staying
We give you
Callum MGeehan
Sam Welch
Harrison Pont
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
It’s with pleasure that the board of Hollands & Blair can announce the permanent appointment of Luke Jessup as the clubs first team manager.
Please join us in congratulating Luke and wish him well in the coming months and for season 2024/25 and beyond.
We welcome back to
@hollandsblairfc
Club record goal scorer James MacDonald (Macca) after a seasons rest and Louis Valencia
Great to have you back
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Would you please join me in raising a glass and wishing our Plum (
@PlummerLaurence
) a Happy Birthday for today.
Happy Birthday Plum
From the supporters and all at ‘Team Blair’
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Down to 10 men and our keeper concussed all in the 1st half, but second half goals from Joe Kane and a stunning solo effort from Sam Welch gets us a 2-0 win v
@CrowboroughAFC
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
With deep regret we announce the loss of a great Blair supporter, Ken Brooks, a long serving fan of the club who’s sadly passed away.
We’ll miss his judgement on refs & his flat cap with the club badge on it.
Our thoughts are with Jo, Sean & Ross and family.
Rest in Peace Ken🧣
Our condolences to Peter Overton’s family and friends at such sad news of his passing this week
We are proud that he pulled on a Blair shirt and was part of our club
R I P Ovey
The boot room have assembled (albeit not as close as in this picture) and the squad will have their first ‘socially distanced’ training session since lockdown this Saturday (4th July)
@halsey_simon
and the boys are ready to get going again
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Welcome to new signing Harvey Welford on a dual registration from
@SevenoaksTownFC
Harvey is an exiting young striker and will add to the experience we have up front.
Welcome to Hollands & Blair Harvey
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
With deep sadness that we must report that our V-President, Kevin Chelton, has passed away after his recent illness
A player, manager & Chairman with the club, his support & loyalty has always been appreciated
Top man
Our condolences to Carolyn, Catherine & Sophie
RIP Kevin
A warm 🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣welcome to the returning Chris Saunders and new arrivals
@MattGething
Who comes to us from playing for K Sports &
@fjord_rogers
who joins from Playing at Tunbridge Wells last season
More announcements to follow...
So it’s been a productive Saturday for
@halsey_simon
and his assistant
@LukeHarvey25
who are seen here with the first signing in the closed season along with our skipper and Player of the Year, Jack Simon
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
SAVE THE DATE
The Plummer family would like to invite friends for a chance to meet and pay our collective respects and celebrate the life of ‘Plum’.
Saturday 10th July 2022
(Covid restrictions naturally apply)
A new date for The Laurence Plummer Memorial Day
A day to celebrate the man and to share stories & memories and to share in Plum’s legacy (all will be revealed)
🧣Plums Army🧣
CLUB STATEMENT
We are sad to announce that Clint Gooding has stepped down as 1st team manager.
We thank Clint for his great work in keeping us in the SCEFL Premier and wish him and his family well
Darren Blackburn will take over with immediate effect
The club is sorry to announce that Luke Harvey has stepped down as assistant player manager of the 1st team to concentrate on his youth coaching at Sittingbourne.
We wish him nothing but success and wish him and his family all the very best.
Thanks Luke
🧣Blair Army🧣
Today's mascot was our center mid, Loius Valencia’s son, Luca who was 8 yesterday
Well done today and Happy Birthday...
...same again next game please as we came out winners with 3-0 against
@greenwichborofc
Thanks for everyone support today
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
All over at the Havill Stadium
Honours even as
@hollandsblairfc
come from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 against
@SheppeyUFC
Well done to the traveling support as always
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
It's a 9-2 win for Blair against with Hatricks for Harry Goodyer and skipper, Callum McGeehan with Ricky Freeman, Ashley Brown and a debut goal for Darren Cooper against
@CrowboroughAFC
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
New signing for Ports as
@HarryBrown444
follows his old Gaffer to join the Blair Army
Harry, see here scoring against Blair when at Whitstable, has also played for Herne Bay.
Welcome Harry
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
This Tuesday, 23rd Nov marks the 1st anniversary of Plums passing.
Family and friends will gather at
@star_meadow
on Tuesday evening at from 6:30/7pm to raise a glass to Plum and take a moment to remember him and others we have lost in recent years.
#laurenceplummerfoundation
Hollands & Blair FC are inviting applications for first team manager for season 2019/20.
Please send your applications to : laurence.plummer
@btinternet
.com
Please DM if you have any questions
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Hollands & Blair are looking for the following positions for first team duties in the Southern Counties Eastern Football League:
*Assistant Manager/Coach
*Goalkeeping Coach
Please call Simon Halsey on 07769 264852 for more information
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
The gaffer makes a new signing in Connor Sanders
Sanders, played for Herne Bay before moving to Carshalton where he was part of the promotion winning squad that went up to the Bostik Premier.
Later spells with Hythe Town, Ramsgate & Whitstable followed.
Welcome to Blair Connor🧣
Tight game at
@star_meadow
tonight as Blair win local derby against
@ChathamTownFC
by a single goal
Amazing support, thank you both sets of fans who came out tonight, it makes all the difference
Football in Medway looking healthy ⚽️
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
And we’re off and running with our first 3 points with a 1-2 away win against
@PUFC_Gravesend
(Mcgeehan & Kingdon).
What support the boys had last night, incredible effort from The Blair Army
We go again on Saturday in the
@EmiratesFACup
as we welcome
@HolmesdaleFC
at home
What a season!
Survival secured by 2 points regardless of FA relegation rulings pending, we made sure we are safe.
Huge thanks to all involved from players to supporters.
Special thanks to our sponsors who’s support is essential
So here’s to next season
BLAIR ARMY ❤️⚽️
Last night saw us come back twice from a couple of penalties to get back to 2-2 against
@CorinthianFC
Our goals coming from
@LiamStone97
&
@Benbrown40021
Strong 2nd half performance and could have won it in the last 5 minutes
Thanks as to our travelling fans
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
With two weeks with no game hasn't stopped
@halsey_simon
from keeping busy by signing 3 more for the already competitive squad.
Welcome back to our championship winning skip, Stu West along with Harry Kingdon from Sevenoaks and Darren Cooper from Sheppey
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Congratulations to our gaffer
@halsey_simon
on his
@SCEFLeague
Premiere Manager-of-the-Month for January.
Here he is receiving his award from league chairperson
@eniser
Knowing Si, he’ll be sharing this well deserved award with the players and his boot room
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Best wishes to the
@LordswoodFC
player who suffered a nasty cut to the ankle in the second half.
Hoping you have a speedy recovery and back playing soon.
Special mention also to our Blair physio team who were on hand to assist.
Get well soon from us all at Hollands & Blair
Today’s FA Cup game v
@Official_BHTFC
will not go ahead today.
The Blair squad won’t be travelling.
More information to follow as and when we can comment
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Scott Porter has today confirmed today his back room staff will be the team he had success with at Whitstable Town.
Asst Manager - Mark Lane
Coaches - Darren Anslow & Bob Reardon.
Scott will be at the Deal Town and will take over at final whistle
Welcome all
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Another win this evening as we beat
@CorinthianFC
2-1 (Macca & Kush Campbell) to take us up a place to 18th on a foggy night in Gillingham
Onto
@CrayValleyPM
away this Saturday
BLAIR ARMY 🔴⚽️🔴⚽️🔴⚽️🔴
Great turn out for our first pre-season session this evening.
Think the lads got away with it as it was a cool nigh and not sweltering as expected this time of year ☀️
All back to the club for a bit of post session pasta....looking good
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
New season, new management and freshened up squad and it all kicks off for us in the
@SCEFLeague
Premier tomorrow afternoon (Sat 3rd) at 3pm with the visit of
@ErithTown
to
@star_meadow
Footy, refreshments and the buzz of being part of the🧣Blair Army🧣
We’ll see you there
New (old) signing from The Gaffer as we welcome back
@fjord_rogers
to The Mighty Blair.
Good to see you back in Gillingham Fjord
More signings to come
🧣BLAIR ARMY
Connor & Cameron Heffernan along with Goalkeeper, Adam Highstead have left the club.
We would like to thank them for their time at Blair and wish them well in the future
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
This evening we have our 1st away fixture if the season as we travel to play last seasons runners-up in the
@SCEFLeague
Premier
@CorinthianFC
⏰ 7:45pm KO
📍 Gay Dawn Farm, Valley Rd, Fawkham, Longfield, DA3 8LY
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Last night saw us involved in a 0-0 with
@DealTownFC
and we come away with a well earned point but a special mention has to go to our supporters.
I’m sure the players & management feel the love
A tremendous effort yet again from the 🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
Announcement No.1
We are pleased to welcome back
@AlexArmstrong97
to the club as our physio
Alex is a popular character and played through our youth system and we are lucky to have him
Welcome back Al
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
We stay unbeaten in the league with a win today 1-0 against
@LordswoodFC
(Goodger - Pen)
No game on Monday so enjoy today's result as we currently sit 2nd in
@SCEFLeague
Premier
Support amazing as per usual...Thank you
🧣BLAIR ARMY🧣
The day is finally here as we travel down to
@whitstabletown
for the
@SCEFLeague
Challenge Cup final against
@FisherFC
. Our fans have been superb all season and it will be fantastic to see you all there for
@hollandsblairfc
’s biggest game of the season. Enjoy the day!
Tonight’s friendly with
@hythetownfc
finished with a 3-2 win to Blair (Goodyear, McGehan & Stewart)
All the best to all at
@hythetownfc
for the coming season
🧣Blair Army🧣
We are pleased to announce that Hodgy (Damien Hodge) has agreed to stay on as asst manager to Darren Blackburn.
Hodgy is a popular part of Blair and played a huge part in our survival this season and his experience and support in the coming season will be welcomed
BLAIR ARMY