On Sunday, Whitstable Town held its annual first team awards day, which was also an opportunity for the supporters to celebrate a double winning season with the players, team management, club officials and volunteers. The silverware for the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division Championship and the Kent Senior Trophy was on show.

A big thank you to everyone that came along to enjoy the day with us. We are very grateful to those that helped make the event a success, especially Karara Foods and Beth's Caribbean, who worked extremely hard to cater for a large number of people and also DJ Jimmy London who provided the music and TSC for the speed football and football darts entertainment.

The presentation of the awards took place on the pitch and here is a list of the award winners.

Manager’s Player - Will Thomas

Players’ Player -Bradley Schafer

Supporters’ Player - Finn O’Mara

Young Player - Jayden Boulton

Directors’ Player – Finn O’Mara

Golden Boot - Javaun Splatt (32 goals)

Goal of the Season - Bradley Schafer (vs Rusthall on 14th February)

Special “Hat Trick of the Season” Award – Joe Healy (vs Snodland Town on 21st October)

Directors’ Special Contribution Award - The Taws family

Flowers and thanks were then given to a few other key volunteers in recognition of their contributions to the club.

Marie Clayton, her sister Vanessa and mum Denise who look after the club hospitality
Marie, of course, in addition to managing the hospitality also provides great support to her husband Steve, in his role of chairman.

Dawn Luton the first team fixture secretary

Finally, there were flowers for our hard working secretary Fran Milne and her daughter Annabel who were both celebrating their birthdays this Bank Holiday weekend.

Photos from the event can be found here:
https://www.whitstabletownfc.club/photos/first-team-awards-202526-1171697.html

A souvenir programme was printed for the occasion containing all of the final statistics for the 2025-26 season, together with the latest match reports, photos and messages from the editor, first team manager and directors. Some copies are still available from the club shop, priced at £1, if anybody else would like one.

As we look forward to our return to the Isthmian League next season, our early bird season tickets for are still on sale through the club website.

Please keep an eye on the website and social media for breaking club news over the summer.