As mentioned in our programme article against Chesham United this Saturday, Ben Chapman achieved yet another milestone just three games on from his 250th appearance at Maidstone.

The Chesham game marked Chapman’s 253rd outing in a Fleet shirt which gives him the record as the man to have made more appearances for the club than any other in the 2000s.

Jimmy Jackson, of course, leads the way with the all-time record, having played in excess of 500 matches between 1994 and 2006. Jacko played 252 of those games in the 21st century alone, but Chapman has now passed that number.

Former Gillingham and Dulwich player Chapman made his debut during lockdown in October 2020 and has earned two player of the year awards in his six years at the Fleet.

Next up for the Fleet’s No.22 is the push towards the club’s all-time Top 10 and the rarely-breached 300-game barrier. Assuming Chapman continues at his usual rate of games, he’ll have moved into the all-time Top 10 by the end of this campaign and could break that 300-game mark early next season, joining an exclusive club alongside Jimmy Jackson, Ken Burrett, Sam Chambers, Alan Crudace, Jackie Bridge, the late Brian Woolfe, Jim Deevey and Harry McDonald.