The Football Supporters’ Association – which works on behalf of fans – says it has been attempting to mediate but that the club has ignored its approaches.
“We quite often come in to act as the middleman to try and broker solutions between clubs and supporters where relationships have broken down,” Garreth Cummins from the FSA told BBC London.
“Unfortunately, in this case, Epsom & Ewell have not engaged at all with that process, despite our repeated attempts and Richard’s repeated attempts.
“We will always do what we can to help get the football supporter back in the ground, because, particularly at non-league level fans are the lifeblood of the game, and in a situation like this we don’t see that either side is winning.
“Richard is left on the outside looking in, and the club are missing a valuable and long-serving supporter.”
Epsom & Ewell is a members’ club which is run by committee. Mel Tough has served as chairman and Barry Gartell as vice chairman since both being elected to their roles in August 2020.
Immediately after his ban, Mr Lambert watched matches from just outside the perimeter fence of the stadium. But in March, he says the club hired a security guard to prevent him standing there so he took to climbing a nearby tree instead.
He viewed the final games of last season from a height of around 30ft overlooking King George’s Field in Surbiton, which Epsom were ground sharing with Corinthian Casuals.
This summer, Epsom returned to one of their former homes – Leg O’Mutton Field in Cobham, which they share with Cobham FC.
With the 2025-26 season already under way Mr Lambert has found a new tree to scale and is grateful he doesn’t have to climb quite so high for a view of the whole pitch any more.
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