They found common cause with other "soccer casuals" and "firms" associated with major clubs.

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The few that are employed are office messengers, watchmen and others who work as casuals in the hotels and businesses.

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The clubs are Walton and Hersham Football Club, Walton Athletics Club and Walton Casuals Football Club, which are currently on council-owned sites.

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Whitstable are off the bottom of Ryman One South thanks to two goals from David Cory which saw them beat Corinthian Casuals 2-1.

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But the club are on the up under Smith, whose managerial career has also featured spells at Crawley Town, Corinthian Casuals, Dulwich Hamlet and Kingstonian.

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Whitstable won an exciting game 3-2 over fellow strugglers Corinthian Casuals.

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In a statement, Walton and Hersham FC said the proposals would "force Swans to move into an ill-considered and highly problematic sharing arrangement with Walton Casuals FC and Walton Athletic Club at a very hard-to-get-to out of town site at Waterside Drive".

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