REWIND: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY BY TIM PARKS DULWICH HAMLET REWIND 06.04.19 the same players - the mould the brave step of was broken with a home striking a business 2002: Stones honoured to be the last game against league deal with Ron Noades, leaders Aylesbury at the as a re sult of which White Lion ground when he the club will begin was forced to play young next season at a new opponents for Tooting as they leave Dave Godfrey in goal and stadium built on gangling teenager ‘Starvin’ Crystal Palace’s old Marvin Morgan up front... training ground two we won 1-0 with Morgan miles away across Sandy Lane south London. neeting with an audacious shot on the run, while the The sale of Sandy tall and athletic Godfrey Lane to developers has defied The Ducks almost en abled the club to single-handed. stay in business, but Three days later the many will be sad to see story was repeated at high- it go the way of other flying Bognor, Martin Carter famous grounds from www.wfcmegastore.co.uk scoring the goal and the heyday of the Godfrey providing the amateur Isth mian heroics - and it would have League. Green Pond been a hat-trick as we led Road, home of 1-0 at Whyteleafe the Wal thamstow Avenue following Saturday before since 1900, disappear ed Biggest crowd for years... the game was abandoned in a downpour. in 1990 years ago when What happened when regular keeper Andy the club was swal lowed up as part of the the crumbling terraces multiple mergers that created Dag enham & Sandy Lane are pretty full Carter was fit again? Yes, he went straight back into the team and we lost 3-1 at home Redbridge. for the last game to Thame. Dulwich Ham let moved out of the vast There followed one win in the next seven Champion Hill in 1991 and are now based Saturday April 20 2002, Ryman 17 Carter and Joel Marie-Sainte in games until Godfrey was reinstated for the at a much smaller ground with the same League Division One: Tooting & YEARS AGO midfield; and Mickey Swaysland, last game of the season against Staines at name. Kingstonian, in administration after Mitcham 3 Wealdstone 2 Marvin Morgan and Bryan Hammett the White Lion Ground - where he kept relegation from the Conference, left their HIS was a dark, terrible season offering the goal threat. Jason Shaw, another clean sheet as we won 1-0. old ground, Richmond Road, in 1989 for (‘my worst in management’ according to Lee Walker and Tunji Bamgbola were on the The penny seemed to drop as GB then Kings Meadow, which is itself attracting boss Gordon Barlett, seven years into his bench. fielded all his outstanding youngsters interest from the aforementioned Ron T22 campaigns with the Stones) that ended As Roy Couch wrote in his programme (including an outrageously talented front line Noades, seek ing a new home for Brentford. with glimpses of sunshine. notes the following week: “It was Tooting’s of Beckford, Morgan and Bamgbola) in the Today’s visitors, Wealdstone, have fallen Not so much this defeat at Tooting, who last game at their home of 70 years and, of Middlesex Charity Cup Final against the a long way since winning the non-League were playing their last-ever game at the atmo- course, we did the decent thing by losing newly-formed Enfield Town at Brook House, Dou ble of Conference and FA Trophy in spheric old Sandy Lane ground, but the 3-2”. and was so nearly rewarded as were denied 1985, and no longer have a home of their discovery of several quite brilliant youth team Steve Symes put The Terras ahead after victory by a combination of rank bad luck and own, a fact touch ed on by some Tooting players who had fought their way into the first nine minutes to excite the large crowd, only poor finishing from the penalty spot as the fans: “We’ve got two grounds, you’ve got team squad and ended the season promising for young Matt Perry to level things up from game went to a shoot-out after finishing 1-1 none.” hope for the future. the penalty spot just after half time. Two quick after extra time. As a footnote, this wasn’t the first time that With a negligible budget, the nurturing of strikes from home striker Nigel Webb around he occasion of Tooting’s last game Wealdstone had just happened to be the last gems like Jermaine Beckford, Marvin Morgan, the hour mark seemed to have put the game prompted When Saturday Comes to team to visit a historic old ground. Tunji Bamgbola, Guled Aden, Joe O’Regan to bed, but Bryan Hammett had the distinction send along reporter Andy Lyons, and On April 26 2008 we became Hendon’s last and goalkeeper David Godfrey was the only of netting the last goal at Sandy Lane to give Tthis was his take on the afternoon.... opponents as they quit Claremont Road (and way forward for Bartlett - although he often the scoreline a closer look than it really “A Ryman League First Division fixture we won 2-1, spoiling their Ryman Prem play-off seemed reticent to play the youngsters. deserved. be tween Tooting & Mitcham and Weald- chances) while on Bank Holiday Monday, May This 3-2 defeat in front of a 968 crowd efeat was not so unusual for us that stone wouldn’t normally draw a thousand 2, 2011, we beat Hanworth Villa in the (boosted by the nostalgia-mongers, the season: After winning six of the first ten peo ple, or anywhere near. Most of the Middlesex Charity Cup Final - which was the second-highest gate in the Ryman Div One games we looked set for a tilt at crowd on April 20 had come specifically last game played at Hayes’ old Church Road that season) was more a case of the old guard Dpromotion, only to tail off alarmingly with just to see the last competitive match at Sandy ground. as we lined up with Andy Carter in goal; Kevin one league win (at Bromley just before Lane, Too ting’s home since 1932 and the Hendon are still groundsharing (at Kingsbury) Ramsey, Matt Perry, Fergus Moore and Justin Christmas) in 23 games! But Bartlett maybe last of the big non-League grounds left in while Hayes, like Tooting, have a new ground... FIND PRE-LOVED PROGRAMMES THE MEGASTORE: WFC FIND PRE-LOVED LIKE THESE AT Bowen across the back four; Carl Hunt, Martin didn’t help himself by sticking stubbornly to London. Chair man John Buffoni has taken but somehow they’re just not the same. WEALDSTONE U18’s SAVE THE CHILDREN - BOSTIK ISTHMIAN YOUTH LEAGUE 2018/19 LATEST RESULT - Wednesday 10th April 2019 - Grosvenor Vale Wealdstone 4 - 1 Hayes & Yeading Lopes 25, 59 81 (pen) Bishop-Hodgkins 87 P W D L F A Pts 1 Bedfont Sports 14 11 2 1 52 23 35 2 Camberley Town 13 11 0 2 48 17 33 3 Potters Bar Town 12 8 4 0 27 16 28 HOMEALL @ 7.30PM KO GAMES 4 Staines Town 15 8 1 6 43 32 25 5 Aldershot Town 15 5 4 6 40 35 19 6 Wealdstone 16 5 3 8 36 40 18 7 Hampton & Richmond 14 4 3 7 29 44 15 8 Hayes & Yeading 16 1 4 11 30 67 7 9 Northwood 15 1 1 13 16 47 4 WEALDSTONE UNDER FC FIXTURES 18’S 2018/2019 - WEALDSTONE v DULWICH HAMLET STEVE MOWLE 20.04.2019 you’ve ever seen? Not many to choose from live but I loved It’ not often we have a Mark Hughes volleyed equaliser Fanfan who’s the son ofin an I usedthe to playStand and my dad against Oldham, semi-final FA cup ex-player.. but today it’s at Wembley. the turn of Steve Mowle ...and most memorable Stones (whose dad was 1960s used to play, but now I just game, and moment? My own star George) to be faced playing season had finished so with the spotlight... I was at Wembley for the trophy hereabouts do look forward to watching final. Up alongside with the play you live Steve? I off game at Dulwich.Thanks to live very near by in fellow supporter and neighbour WRuislip Manor with my wife ..though I can get carried Richard Bird for the lift to the and daughter, two dogs and game.My favourite all time game a cat. though must be when we ripped Where do you work? away sometimes. Sorry into Braintree on a cold Febru- I’ve been a bench carpen- ary evening back in 97. Wave ter and joiner since I left upon wave of relentless attack- school, currently working Bobby! ing resulting in a 6:0 trashing of in Brimsdown, Enfield for Hobbsy and the then non- league minnow a large building company his oldest upstarts. Fantastic night and it called Ardmore. I’m now 58 grandson proved important as we went on to clinch the title by a point. years old. Kieran at The Steve at the What was the first Stones Vale Vale... a local What gets your goat watching game you saw? Would man enjoying his football? Players conning the ref have been at Lower Mead local football with bogus injuries. Have you played the game as a baby as my mum Wonderful atmospheric shot of Steve’s yourself? Primary school Mount always went to watch dad dad George (centre) on a WFC tour Stewart, 3rd Kenton cubs and playing.