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Chris Bechervaise (with silver headphones) and Fred Atkins (partially obscured by laptop) broadcasting live commentary of Tonbridge Angels v Maidstone United (2-2) from the press box at Longmead Stadium on 17 January 2009.


Former Maidstone United Chairman Paul Bowden-Brown (right) being interviewed by Chris Bechervaise in a “Black & Amber - Ask The Chairman Special” live from The Fox pub, Maidstone on 22nd November 2008.

Meet The Team

Chris Bechervaise – Station Manager/Producer/Presenter/Commentator/Marketing

Chris travels from Buckinghamshire to watch the Stones. He lives in The Chilterns with his wife Hayley, and toddler son, James. Chris is a Civil Servant, working as a  Conciliator and Trainer for the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS). The founder of Stones Live!, Chris started his interest in broadcast radio by joining Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells in 1980. He has also worked as a presenter/producer with RTM Radio (now known as Time FM) in SE London from 1984 to 1996 where, amongst other roles, he was the “anchor man” for the Saturday afternoon football show, “The Beautiful Game”.
A Stones fan since 1986, Chris can vividly remember his first Stones game against Welling United in the FA Cup 1st Round proper at Park View Road. “It was my first ever non-league game and I found it intriguing. The one thing I can remember really well was finding it quite a novelty that there was no segregation; at half-time, both sets of supporters changed ends and there were people standing about on the terraces carrying pints of beer from the bar! Until that moment, these things were completely alien to me as a former Chelsea supporter. But from that moment onwards I was bitten by the Stones non-league bug.”

Russell Card – Producer/Presenter/Commentary Analyst/Reporter/Techie

Russ is an IT Consultant, DJ and Freelance Radio Presenter, a combination that has allowed him to avoid doing any actual work for a number of years. Russ lives in Maidstone and has been a Stones supporter for around 30 years. He has worked on various radio stations including a 3 year stint as Sports Show presenter on Maidstone's CTR FM (now KMFM).
As a long time Maidstone United supporter Russ has many happy memories. His favourite period as a supporter is the 1980s although he has mixed feelings about it. Two Conference titles and some memorable FA Cup matches (including a drive to Darlington and back in a day), plus promotion to the League. It doesn't get better than that. Worst day was probably 23rd April 88 and the last match at the Athletic Ground.

Ruth Tunnell – Match Reporter/Studio Pundit

Ruth lives in Tunbridge Wells. Her occupation is a Rocket Scientist (yes really!). She has been writing the match reports for Maidstone United’s match day programme and website for a number of years, and this means she also covers the Club for the Non-League Paper. She has also done some freelance football and science writing for a number of publications and organisations including the Press Association and Chemistry World. Her only previous "radio" experience came when she was covering the Ryman League Division One title-deciding game at Walton Casuals for Dover Athletic via a mobile phone. Due to severe nerves prior to and during the game, Ruth had drunk a few ciders and that, coupled with the terrible reception, meant that they stopped phoning for updates after a while. A Stones supporter for about 18 years, she believe’s her first Stones game was against Scarborough at Watling Street. Her primary school organised a trip to the game and she remembers hanging around afterwards to collect some autographs. Ruth considers Steve Butler to be The Stones’ greatest ever player. He went to her primary school along with Mark Gall to hold a "training session" and after he had autographed Ruth’s “Chess” notebook, she decided he was going to be her favourite player. Until his recent departure, Lloyd Blackman had the potential to become one of Ruth’s greatest Maidstone players. As well as scoring the winner down at Ramsgate which was a fantastic moment, he has also scored two of the best goals I have ever seen from a Stones player. Ruth’s worst moment whilst supporting the Stones was when the club folded. She was quite young at the time and never envisaged it would take as long as it did to even get to Kent League level. Her favourite moment was the feeling of running across the pitch and the subsequent celebrations at Sevenoaks Town when we finally clinched the Kent League title.

Fred Atkins – Commentary Analyst/Reporter

Fred (seen above in the foreground in the Woking FC press box), lives in the Fant district of Maidstone (which he calls “the most salubrious neighbourhood in the 'Stone”). He is a journalist and author. His career started with the late, unlamented Stones fanzine SHAFTED! before getting a job with the Maidstone News, which was consumed by the Adscene. He moved to the Kent Messenger in 2002 and became Sports Editor in 2005. Fred turned freelance in 2008 and now works for a number of organisations, including the Associated Press and Kent on Sunday.
His first book, "The Double", was the story of Maidstone United's double-winning 2001-2002 season, a limited edition in every sense of the word. His second book "Tour de Kent: the day the world's greatest bike race came to the garden of England," was published in June 2009 by Breedon Books.
Fred has been a Stones supporter for about 30 years and has been told his first game was a 1-0 defeat to Cheltenham around 1977 or 1978. But the first game he has a vague memory of was the 1-1 draw at the Valley in the FA Cup with Charlton. Fred’s greatest ever Stones players are 1) Aaron Lacy 2) Frank Ovard 3) Mo Takaloo;
His worst moments as a Stones supporter were those surrounding the events of 1992. He says the scars are permanent. His favourite moment was beating Tonbridge Angels in the cup a few years ago. Not because he had anything against Tonbridge, but because it was the first time we'd played a game in front of that kind of crowd since the football league days. Fred also hopes this favourite moment will be eclipsed by the first game at Whatman Way in 20…?

Adrian Sharpe (aka "NWS") – Reporter/Commentary Analyst/Studio Pundit

Adrian, aka North West Stone (NWS) lives in Rugby with his wife and works in a residential children's home. He has been supporting the Stones since the mid seventies and he believes his first game was a 3-1 defeat at home to Grantham in 1976. His favourite moments since supporting the Stones were the atmosphere at the Charlton FA Cup game in 1980 and discovering that the Club had been reborn (not living in the area he did not know of the new Maidstone United until 1996). Adrian’s worst moment is undoubtedly the failure to gain planning permission and the subsequent death of the old club in 1992. His favourite player of all time is Glenn Coupland. He doesn’t know why, he was just a good centre forward when Adrian used to go to games. Working on Stones Live! is Adrian’s first experience of working in the media and, after feeling very nervous the first time, now enjoys doing shows when he can. He says that one day he may even make some sense on the thing!

Huw Egginton (aka "Oxford")– Reporter/Studio Pundit/Statto

Huw lives in Oxford and is one of the WOLSS (West Of London Stones Supporters), affectionately known as The Wollies. Working in software sales, his only previous experience of working in the media was selling advertising space in local newspapers. A Stones supporter since 1975, Huw’s first ever Stones game was at home to Guildford & Dorking, the Stones winning 1-0.
To him, the greatest ever Stones players were (in the last decade) Luis Cumbers and Mo Takaloo, both for their unadulterated skill. Huw’s worst moment as a Stones supporter was the 0-0 draw against Ramsgate, the Club thus failing to get promoted from the Kent League. His favourite moment was the final whistle at Folkestone, in April 2008 when the Club avoided relegation from the Ryman League Premier Division.