Medy Elito: ‘Every single one of Ramsgate’s players has got a song’

Eighth-tier club’s star has a musical alter ego and says the power of a good tune can inspire an FA Cup upset at AFC Wimbledon

‘I will be giving a special performance on the coach journey back if we win,” says Ramsgate’s Medy Elito, who has a penchant for producing sleeper Afroswing hits. A framed Colchester shirt with his credentials adorns a wall in Eighty’s Kitchen, a bustling Caribbean food spot in east London’s Canning Town, where our conversation veers from his affection for the area where he grew up to being on Beyoncé’s radar and all that’s happened in between.

Ramsgate, of the Isthmian League South East Division, travel to the League Two side AFC Wimbledon in the FA Cup on Monday as the lowest-ranked team in the second round. They have won six games on their Cup journey, including an impressive 2-1 victory over Woking of the National League. Elito had deep Cup runs with Newport County and Barnet – reaching the fourth round with the latter before being knocked out by Brentford in a replay – and believes Ramsgate can do the same. “The magic’s been happening for us,” he says. “We’re in the eighth division but it’s all about the camaraderie and friendship that we’ve got in the club that I think got us to this stage. Every single one of our players has got a song; you can see the love and the passion from the fans. That’s another thing that keeps us going.”

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