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What is your name ?
Graeme Humphrey.
What is your date and place of birth ?
27/08/1965 - Kingston upon Thames.
Where do you live ?
Wickford, Essex.
What was the first Margate / Thanet match you ever saw and what can you remember about it ?
My dad took me to the 1973 Spurs game but I have no memories other than how many people there were !
18th April 1979 - Margate 2-3 Cheltenham. I was 13 years old. I don't remember much about it other than it was raining heavily and I was not instantly hooked - I did not start going regularly until the following season when Lennie Lee was the main man up front.
What was the first away game you went to ?
Canterbury away in 1981 - a 0-0 draw on a freezing night.
Who is your all-time favourite Margate / Thanet player and why ?
A tie between Lennie Lee - the bearded wonder - and the immaculate Bill Edwards. Lennie for being such a hero in my wide eyed youth, and scoring goals that I shall always remember. Billy for being the rock upon which the unbelievable success of the last 5 years has been built.
Who would be in your all-time favourite Margate / Thanet X1 ?
(Playing 5-3-2 Kinnear style)
1 Joe Radford
2 Greg Oates
3 Eliot Martin
4 Bill Edwards
5 Billy Plews
6 Sam Sodje
7 Jay Saunders
8 Norman Fusco
9 Steve Dudley
10 Lennie Lee
11 Martin Buglione
Subs: Vic Medus, Lee Turner, Mark Munday, Adrian Jordan (or was it someone else?) and Gordon Bines (if he wasn't in Nigeria).
Of all the Margate / Thanet matches you've seen which is your favourite and why ?
Hard one - toss up between Orient 1-1 Margate and Woking 0-1 Margate (1998 Trophy). Both momentous days and brilliant performances in big matches.
What's the best goal you've ever seen a Margate / Thanet player score ?
Eliot Martin's FA Trophy winner at Woking, in Jan 1998. A majestic finish with his right foot from the edge of the area after cutting inside the full back. The day I truly believed we were going places at last.
What one game in the club's history do you wish you'd seen and why ?
This years home win v Orient - I went to the away match but work commitments meant I missed the replay.
What are the top three highlights of your time supporting Margate / Thanet ?
1. Brackley away in 1999 - finally we got out of the Southern Division for the first time since I had been a fan.
2. KSC win against Dover in 1994 - I still have the video………….. what a day.
3. Cambridge City away in April 2001 - won 2-0 with both from big Phil Collins. The Conference beckoned…..
And what are the three worst things you can remember ?
1. Bill Roffey - a clueless manager, player, and personality who took the club backwards fast.
2. Finishing bottom in our first season as Thanet United in 1982 and realising that a) I supported a very poor team and b) I could not stop going despite this!!
3. Lennie Lee leaving us to play the best years of his career at Dover.
What's the funniest thing you've witnessed during a Margate / Thanet match ?
Derek Sole playing a reserve match in white plimsolls.
Do you have a favourite piece of Margate FC memorabilia or do you own any unusual items ?
No not really. I have a 1973 Spurs programme and a few from the 60s. I own 5 shirts and 4 scarves, including a Thanet United one.
If you could re-sign one former player who's still playing elsewhere then who would it be and why ?
Eliot Martin - he was class, and we need a left wing back at the moment ………..
Have you ever seen a full season of competitive matches (ie not missed any) or come close to it ?
I came close in 1984/5 when I was at college. I saw all the matches bar three.
How many games would you say you've seen in total ?
Roughly 400.
What's your current favourite away ground ?
Stevenage, Dagenham but the winner for memories is Woking.
And which current away ground do you least like ?
Barnet is a rusting heap.
What's your all-time favourite away ground ?
Woking - see above. For comedy value Ruislip, Burnham, and Sittingbourne's White Elephant arena.
And which ground out of all the ones you've ever been to did you like least ?
Hounslow. Noisy, and I saw someone killed by lightning on the cricket pitch next door (1987).
Which Margate / Thanet player that you never saw play do you wish you'd seen ?
Phil Amato.
Have you ever played football on the pitch at Hartsdown ?
Yes - once in a charity match against Chelsea youth when I was at school.
Which Margate / Thanet kit is your all-time favourite ?
The hilarious 1985/6 light blue which allegedly went that colour in the wash.
And which have you liked the least ?
I was never a fan of the Tesco Value kit with the blue and white stripes - especially the shorts - that we wore the season we played Fulham.
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