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First Team Player Pen Pics 2025/26

First Team Player Pen Pics 2025/26


CRAY VALLEY (PM) FC – PEN PICS as at July 2025

STEVE McKIMM (Manager)
Steve was appointed Cray Valley first team manager at the beginning of June 2023 bringing with him his assistant Barry Moore. They had worked together at Tonbridge Angels for eight years and the season before at Carshalton Athletic. The managerial duo of McKimm and Moore guided the Angels to an Isthmian League Premier Division play-off semi-final spot in 2015/16 before promotion to the National League South was secured via the Isthmian Premier play-offs in 2018/19. His first season at Valley brought immediate success winning the Isthmian South East Division. A knack for cup runs over the years, that same season saw Valley reach the FA Cup first round proper, going out to Charlton Athletic in a replay. Last season the clubs first at step 3 saw a fantastic 4th place finish and earned a play off semi final at Dartford only to suffer an agonising defeat in extra time.

Players - Shirt numbers in brackets
KENNY AILERU (11)
Kenny a wide player, now 27, joined Cray Valley (PM) in January 2025 from Aveley, scoring on his debut against Bognor Regis Town. Made 16 appearances scoring twice. He started his career in the Aldershot Town Youth academy set up and later went on to feature for Clapton and Phoenix Sports before joining Aveley in early December 2021 for whom he has made 104 appearances scoring 16 times.

MARCEL BARRINGTON (9)
Striker Marcel now 29 re-joined Valley in November 2023 from Erith & Belvedere. He originally became a Miller at the end of April 2021, making 44 appearances and scoring 24 times before joining then newly promoted Isthmian Premier side Herne Bay in July 2022 where he made 38 appearances scoring 16 goals. Earlier in his career netted twice in 5 international appearances for Guyana, and won promotion from the National League South with Braintree Town in 2017/18. His Cray Valley appearances now total 104 with 32 goals.

TOM BEERE (16)
Tom now 30 joined Valley after a short spell with Horsham at the start of October 2024, making 35 appearances, scoring 14 times. Voted last seasons supporters player of the year. The former Millwall trainee progressed through the Dons Academy and went on to make thirty first team appearances for AFC Wimbledon, scoring in the 2016/17 League Two Play-Off semi-final defeat of Accrington Stanley. Tom left Wimbledon in 2017 and dropped into non-league football, first with Hampton & Richmond with whom he’d had a spell on loan whilst with the Dons, and then the first of two spells at Tonbridge Angels. An experienced and combative midfielder, Tom has also played Isthmian League football for Leatherhead, Greenwich Borough, Kingstonian, Carshalton Athletic and Cray Wanderers.

SONNY BLACK (8)
Former Crystal Palace youngster Sonny joined The Millers in July 2022, winning Managers Player of the Year in his first season. He has now made 129 appearances for Valley scoring 16 goals. Now 29 the central midfielder joined from VCD Athletic and previously spent two seasons at Westfield after winning promotion from the Isthmian League South East Division with Walton Casuals in 2017/18.

KURTIS CUMBERBATCH (5)
Joined the Millers in January 2025 from Hendon, where he made 55 appearances, scoring 4 goals. An experienced midfielder, now age 29, he is well known to Steve McKimm having played for him at Carshalton Athletic in season 2022/23. A former Charlton Athletic youth player Kurtis has played in both the National League and National League South during his career. Former clubs include Billericay Town, Slough Town, Dover Athletic, Farnborough, Harrow Borough, Welling United and Hadley.

DENZEL GAYLE (7)
Jamaican born Denzel now 31 years old is currently the club's longest serving player who up to the end of last season had made 289 appearances, scoring 65 goals since joining from Erith & Belvedere in 2017. A pacy right sided raider vice captain Denzel now has two championship medals for the Millers, adding last seasons Isthmian South East to his SCEFL Premier one in 2018/19. He also appeared at Wembley in the FA Vase Final that season against Chertsey Town.

CROSSLEY LEMA (3)
Crossley 26 a defender joined towards the end of last season from Tonbridge Angels where he made 36 appearances scoring once. Crossley began his career through the youth ranks at Sutton United, before making a permanent move to Leatherhead in 2020. Subsequent clubs include Margate and Carshalton Athletic where he played under Steve McKimm winning the Robins player of the year award season 2022/23 making 46 appearances scoring 6 goals. He later joined Welling United for season 2023/24 where he played 40 times.

FUMNAYA SHOMOTUN (21)
Funmaya now 28 began his career at Barnet making his football league debut for them in 2014, going on to make around 20 first team appearances along with loan periods at Staines Town, Margate and Wealdstone before being released in 2019. After a short spell at Kingstonian he moved to Sevenoaks Town in October 2022 where he made 52 appearances, scoring 10 goals. In February 2024 he joined Dartford where he played 16 games scoring twice. He started the season at Tonbridge Angels before joining Valley in September and made 31 appearances scoring 4 times.

CEM TUMKAYA (6)
Versatile defender Cem now 27 made his Millers debut as a 16 year old. He missed a large part of last season through injury but has now amassed 274 appearances scoring 18 goals for the Millers. After a brief spell with Dulwich Hamlet two seasons ago he returned to the Artic Stadium and added a second championship winning medal to his collection. The isthmian South East being added to the SECEFL Premier one earned in season 2018/19. Cem also played at Wembley in the FA Vase final that same season.

MATTHEW VIGOR (10)
Matthew Vigor now 21 joined Valley in July 2023 from Crystal Palace a product of their academy appearing for their U18 and U21 sides. A creative central midfielder has now made 85 appearances for Valley scoring 21 goals. He has received the young player of the year award for the past two years. Season 2022/23 saw him undertake a 5 month loan spell with Isthmian Premier side Carshalton Athletic where he made 25 appearances scoring 5 goals.

BARNEY WILLIAMS (2)
30 year old defender Barney joined the Club from Barking in May 2022 and has now made 127 appearances scoring 6 goals. In the Isthmian South East Championship winning season he picked up managers, players and supporters player of the year awards plus goal of the season. Made over 70 appearances in the National League for Welling United and Braintree early in his career, Barney also spent four successful seasons at Cray Wanderers – winning promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division in 2018/19.

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First Team Player Pen Pics 2025/26 (updated July 25)

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