Club legend Eddie Collins presented the first Herne Bay FC Supporters’ Association Man of the Match award in February 2016 to James Turner and on Easter Monday 2019 the 85th and final bottle of champagne was awarded by the Supporters’ Association to Luke Addy and presented by Danny Surbey.

The winners of the Man of the Match have been: Tom Carlton 9, Danny Williams 6, Danny Leonard 5, Adam Woollcott 5, Raphe Brown 4, Mark Lovell 4, Nassim Dukali 3, Ben Gorham 3, Sam Hasler 3, Ben Hunter 3, Alex Mulrooney-Skinner 3, Junior Aikhionbare 2, Simon Overland 2, Danny Rumbol 2, Gary Sayer 2, Danny Walder 2, Connor Wilkins 2, Luke Addy 1, Ole Bankole 1, Jordan Beeney 1, Ryan Catmull 1, Miles Cornwell 1, Jack Delo 1, Harry Earls 1, Nathan Eastwood 1, Chris Elliott 1, Jake Embery 1, Matt Fry 1, Dan Johnson 1, Simon Kabamba 1, Sam McCallum 1, Liam Quinn 1, Jono Richardson 1, Connor Sanders 1, Bradley Schafer 1, Jack Steventon 1, James Turner 1, Michael Turner 1, Darnell Weise 1, Josh Wood 1, Toby Wood 1.

Several people have presented more than once, but only as match sponsors. Those presenting have included (apologies if I have missed anyone out):

Gerry Allen, Andrew Anderson, Trevor Angier, Mark Anthony, Richard Baines, Steve Barton, John Bathurst, Ron Boddy, David Brown, Jim Bubb, Eddie Collins, Tim Coote, Roger Cotterell, Ethan Cusden, Anthony Deer, Nick Denly, Ken Dixon, Helen Dock, Bill Dordoy, Tony Dordoy, John Dowle, John Embery, Carly Farrow, Nick Fell, Kate Foster, Jordan Frances, Dave French, Kevin Gilbert, Steve Gray, Josh Grundy, Amy Gullett, Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris, Sam Hasler, James Aylward, Steve Watts, Carl Wanstall, Thomas Holland, Alan Holman, Colin Hart, Tony Homersham, Stan Kaufman, Ray Kelly, Josh Kennedy, Andrew Knott, Heather Marchant, Peter Martin, Graham Miller, Jamie Miller, Freddie Mills, Harry Mills, Tony Mills, Matthew Moare, Kirsty Neal, Mick O’Shea, Derick Owen, Elaine Owen, Danny Papworth, John Pettman, Sam Robson, Cameron Saveall, Graham Saxby, Gary Sayer, Chris Silk, Doug Smith, Mark Speed, Danny Surbey, Rob Taylor, Martyn Taylor, Nigel Taylor, Andy Ter Craigen, Connor Thame, Richard Tolson, Barry Tracy, Rachel Tracy, Donna Ware, Scott Whatley-Bates, Garry White, Peter Whittaker, Graham Wood, Amy Worrell.

The first six were presented in the clubhouse and the remaining 79 on the pitch after the matches. In this time, I have seen the full spectrum of human behaviour after a match. A lot of it positive but some of it totally the opposite.