Martyn Lambert’s Memories

What is your name ?
Martyn Lambert.

What is your date and place of birth ?
12th January 1965 – Ramsgate.

Where do you live ?
Scotland.

What was the first Margate / Thanet match you ever saw and what can you remember about it ?
August 1979 – Margate 2 Dunstable 1. I stood to the left of the main stand near where the old programme hut used to be.

What was the first away game you went to ?
Folkestone away 1980/81.

Who is your all-time favourite Margate / Thanet player and why ?
Lennie Lee.

Who would be in your all-time favourite Margate / Thanet X1 ?
1 Joe Radford
2 Terry Norton
3 Ricky Fusco
4 Norman Fusco
5 Dave Carr
6 Tony Dixon
7 Steve Dudley
8 Lennie Lee
9 Neil Cugley
10 Martin Buglione
11 Jay Saunders

Of all the Margate / Thanet matches you’ve seen which is your favourite and why ?
Brackley away, May 1999 – Game that clinched promotion – after 20 years of waiting we’d finally got somewhere.

What’s the best goal you’ve ever seen a Margate / Thanet player score ?
Neil Cugley v Canterbury FAC 1987 and Karl Lloyd v Braintree EFC 1985

What one game in the club’s history do you wish you’d seen and why ?
1994 KSC Final – First time of winning anything since I’d supported them.

What are the top three highlights of your time supporting Margate / Thanet ?
1. Brackley
2. Home v Newport 2000/01
3. Leading Fulham for 15 mins in 1997

And what are the three worst things you can remember ?
1. KSC Cup final 2002 – utter rubbish
2. Home v Chatham 1984 – utter rubbish again and severe threat of relegation
3. 0-8 v Folkestone in Trophy replay

Have you ever seen a full season of competitive matches (ie not missed any) or come close to it ?
No.

How many games would you say you’ve seen in total ?
Not enough.

What’s your current favourite away ground ?
N/A.

And which current away ground do least like ?
N/A.

What’s your all-time favourite away ground ?
Folkestone.

And which ground out of all the ones you’ve ever been to did you like least ?
Hastings.

Which Margate / Thanet player that you never saw play do you wish you’d seen ?
Bob Harrop.

Have you ever played football on the pitch at Hartsdown ?
Yes.

Which Margate / Thanet kit is your all-time favourite ?
1988/89 Andy’s Mini Skips.

And which have you liked the least ?
Maroon away strip 1997/98.

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