THE METROGAS INVITATIONAL CUP SEASON 2020-21
Official Tournament Programme April/May 2021 METROGAS FOOTBALL CLUB Founded 1888 Affiliation London FA Metrogas Sports Ground Marathon Playing Fields Forty Foot Way Avery Hill Road New Eltham London SE9 2EX Tel: 0208 859 1579
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Welcome to all competeing clubs and This Tournament Programme is match officials in the Metrogas designed so that it can be downloaded Invitational Cup. and filled in as the tournament pro- gresses, right through to the Divisional The tournament is an opportunity for Finals. the clubs involved to get in some com- petitive football following the Covid-19 Teams in each division will play each Pandemic which saw football at our other once over the course of seven level suspended due to a National weeks with a planned final for the top Lockdown which has lasted several two after that. The first of the fixtures months and led to Kent County League will be played on Saturday 10th April. Football eventually being declared Null & Void due to the lack of games played Although designed as a competitive and the little amount of time left in the tournament it is hoped that games will current season to play outstanding fix- be played in the right spirit throughout. tures. Please adhere to all the Covid-19 You will have received relevant infor- Guidlines through out the tournament. mation via the tournament organiser. RESULT GRID BEXLEY FARNBOROUGH ATHEAST SOUTH RED VELVET RED PARK WELLING STANSFELD AFC HALLS METROGAS
METROGAS X
STANSFELD O&B X
RED VELVET X
WELLING PARK X
BEXLEY X
FARNBOROUGH OBG X
HALLS AFC X
SOUTH EAST ATH X
MICKY CODLING DIVISION WHO ARE THEY? A brief look at the clubs who are competing in the Metrogas Invitational Cup.
All of the clubs in the Micky Codling Division play 1785, with products including papermaking their league football in the NRG GYMS Kent County machines, steam engines and gun carriages, before it League. Farnborough Old Boys Guild and Stansfeld started producing refrigeration machinery in the O&B play in the Premier Division with the other 1880’s. The club are known as Halls Athletic F.C. clubs competeing in Division One West. Red Velvet, formed in 2009 play their football at the There is a good mix of well established clubs and Metrogas Sports Ground along with Stansfeld O&B. clubs that are by comparison much younger. Welling Park joined Kent County League from Metrogas were formed as far back as 1888 and over Bromley & District League in 2015 and play their the decades have competed in various leagues home games at Footscray Rugby Club. South East including the Southern Suburban League, the Kent Athletic are another club who joined the Kent League the Spartan League and the Athenian County League from the Bromley & District League League. and to date their highest achievement has been win- ning the Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield in Farnborough OBG are also a well established club. In 2018/19. 1929 the Headmaster of Farnborough Boys School, Mr Alfred Boots, formed a youth club for the old In the Peter Hopper Division we have the newly boys of the school. To avoid confusion with reformed Dartford Celtic who play at Westminster Farnborough Ex-Service and Old Boys Club, the new Playing Fields in Horton Kirby. Parkwood Rangers venture was named Old Boys Guild. The Football who in 2011 joined the Kent County League from the Section was formed in 1932. South London Alliance. The club were promoted to Division Two West after finishing Runner-up in The exact date that Bexley F.C. was formed is uncer- Division Three. tain. The current Chairman had letterheads dating back to the sixties stating 1885, but the Football Sporting Club Thamesmead are a relatively new Association had Bexley FC first registered in 1886. So name but their history goes back to 1900 and the the club had adopted this date as their formation. founding of The Royal Arsenal Sports Club. With sev- The club were finally given confirmation of their for- eral name changes over the years (and many hon- mation from the FA Historian as 1884. ours won) the team eventually settled in Abbey Wood taking on part of the name of the Seven Acre Stansfeld Oxford & Bermondsey Football Club is Sports & Social Club it played out of to become based in Chislehurst. They are currently members of Seven Acre Sports FC. After moving to Sidcup the the Southern Counties East League Division One, club added Sidcup to their name to become Seven playing as Stansfeld at Foxbury Avenue. The club Acre & Sidcup F.C. For the start of the 2016-17 sea- operates further teams, Stansfeld O&B and Stansfeld son the committee decided to take the big step in O&B Reserves, both playing in the Kent County securing the long term future of the club by chang- League. The club was established by John Stansfeld ing our name to that of their new home and they in 1897. became Sporting Club Thamesmead FC. Sutton Athletic Football Club was formed in 1898 and have Army Officers, Halls Workers and local Dartfordians come from the village of Sutton-at-Hone. The club made up the original 1919 Halls team based at the now play at their new London Hire Stadium at new J & E Hall Sports & Social venue. J & E Hall is an Hextable. The first team compete in the Southern English manufacturer of refrigeration equipment Counties East Football League with their reserves (today part of the Daikin group). It was originally playing in the Kent County League Division One established as an iron works in Dartford, Kent in West. RESULT GRID BEXLEY RES BEXLEY FARNBOROUGHRES RES THAMESMEAD DARTFORD CELTICDARTFORD PARKWOOD STANSFELDRES ATH RES SUTTON METROGAS RES METROGAS
METROGAS RES X
STANSFELD O&B RES X
DARTFORD CELTIC X
PARKWOOD RANGERS X
BEXLEY RES X
FARNBOROUGH OBG RES X
SUTTON ATH RES X
SC THAMESMEAD RES X
PETER HOPPER DIVISION FINAL TABLES
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Result ______Winners ______METROGAS F.C. A brief history...
Metrogas Football Club was founded in 1888 Metrogas have enjoyed playing in the world’s after the East Greenwich Gas Works was built most famous competition the FA Cup and in by the South Metropolitan Gas Company Season 1920-21 (team pictured) reached the located on the Greenwich Peninsula in south- 5th Qualifying Round where they lost 1-2 at east London. home to Norwich City. The club’s highest achievement in the FA Amateur Cup came the The Metrogas Sports and Social club was sit- following season (1921-22) when they uated in Horn Road in Greenwich. The club reached the Quarter Final stage but were was built for the workers of the South knocked out following a 2-0 defeat at South Metropolitan Gas Company where as well as Bank. football other recreational sports including cricket and bowls were played. During the 1930’s Metrogas played league football in the Southern Suburban and were Records show that in S o u t h e r n the early 1900’s a Suburban Shield Metrogas team winners in Season Metrogas Distri- 1930-3. It was the bution FC was play- Spartan League ing in the Southern where the club Suburban League enjoyed some whilst in the Kent success. In their League The name first season Metrogas Athletic (1987-88) the featured from 1909- club finished 10 until Season Runner up in the 1912-13. Intermediate Division. The following season after being promoted the club finished Season 1913-14 saw the club accepted into Division One Runner up. During this season the Athenian League. Upon the recommence- the Metrogas Sports Club was relocated to its ment of the Athenian League after World War current home in Avery Hill Road. Four years One Metrogas retained their membership and later winning the Division One title with 24 were runners up in the first post-war season victories out of their 28 league matches and (1919-20) behind Luton Clarence. Shortly losing only twice. before the start of the 1922-23 Season, Metrogas ran into trouble with the FA who The Millennium was the start of another peri- suspended a number of their players for poor od of success. Metrogas won numerous South discipline. The club were then asked to resign London Alliance Premier Division titles. from the league. They also reached the final of the London continued...... METROGAS HISTORY continued... HONOURS Athenian League 1919-20 Runner Up Intermediate Cup six years out of eight, win- 1921-22 Runner up ning the cup on three occasions in 2005, 2006 and 2008. The club also won the Queen Mary Spartan League 1987-88 Intermediate Division Runner up Cup in 1999 and 2004. 1987-88 Intermediate League Cup Winners 1988-89 Division One Runner up Metrogas joined the Kent County League in 1992-93 Division One Winners Season 2005-06 and finished fourth in South London Football Alliance Division One West. With manager Roy 2003-04 Premier Division Winners 2004-05 Premier Division Winners Davies at the helm Metrogas finished runners up in Season 2011-12 they also won the Inter Kent County League 2011-12 Div 1 Runner up Regional Challenge Cup beating University 2012-13 Prem Runner up of Kent in the final. The club were promoted 2013-14 Prem Winners to the Premier Division where a short period 2014-15 Prem Winners of success was enjoyed. Surrey Senior Cup 1908-09 Runners up 1912-13 Runner up In their first season in the Premier Division 1913-14 Runners up they finished Runner up and the following 1919-20 Runners up season (2013-14) they were crowned Premier 1920-21 Winners (shared with Wimbledon) 1921-22 Winners Division champions. This feat was matched the following season (2014-15) when on their Surrey Charity Shield way to the title the club scored 103 goals in 1913-14 Finalists 28 games. A double was completed after win- Camberwell Charity Cup ning the Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield 1929-30 Runners up with a 2-1 victory against Bexley. Sadly the Southern Suburban Shield club were denied a treble when they lost 2-1 1930-31 Winners to Farnborough Old Boys Guild in the semi- Queen Mary Cup final of the Inter Regional Challenge Cup. 1998-99 Winners Manager Roy Davies was awarded Manager 2003-04 Winners of the Year for 2011-12 and 2014-15. Elizabeth Jaques Cup 1995-96 Winners The following season Davies moved on and 2005-06 Winners the club finished in a disappointing mid table London Intermediate Cup position. The next two seasons saw the club 2000-01 Runner up 2001-02 Runner up struggle with finishes just outside the drop 2004-05 Winners zone but Season 2018-19 after finishing bot- 2005-06 Winners 2006-07 Runner up tom the club were relegated to Division One 2007-08 Winners West. Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield 2014-15 Winners This season Metrogas are hoping it will be 1988-89 Winners one of resurgence with the team managed by Bill Manklow IRCC Mike Jones. 2011-12 Winners
FA Cup: 5th Qualifying Round 1920-21 FA Aamatuer Cup: Quarter Final 1921-22 FAMOUS PLAYER SOME LEAGUE AND CUP INFORMATION
Wally (Walter) Davis ATHENIAN LEAGUE RECORD Wally Davis was born in Mold on 29th September 1888. SEASON P W D L F A PTS POS 1913-14 ATHEN 22 11 3 8 62 52 25 4/12 He joined Millwall from Kent 1919-20 ATHEN 22 12 5 5 63 43 29 2/12 League side Metrogas FC in 1920-21 ATHEN 22 11 4 7 46 31 26 4/12 October 1911 and was the Lions 1921-22 ATHEN 26 14 8 4 55 36 36 2/14 leading goal scorer in each of the season’s he played. He holds the SPARTAN LEAGUE RECORD record for Millwall’s leading goal scorer in the Southern SEASON P W D L F A PTS POS League. 1988-89 SPAR-1 30 19 6 5 71 35 63 2/16 Davis was a wonderful dribbler 1989-90 SPAR-1 30 16 7 7 61 34 55 4/16 with a fine body swerve, but also 1990-91 SPAR-1 28 14 6 8 64 52 48 6/15 had a fierce shot from almost any 1991-92 SPAR-1 26 12 6 8 55 45 42 5/14 distance. 1992-93 SPAR-1 28 24 2 2 94 31 74 1/15 1993-94 SPAR-1 30 17 5 8 73 45 53 4/16 He scored, what the national papers described as a wonder RECENT KENT COUNTY LEAGUE RECORD goal, against Bradford City in an FA Cup tie at The Den in January SEASON P W D L F A PTS 1914, when he received the ball 2005-06 KC-1W 24 13 2 9 40 31 41 4/13 from a throw-in around the half- 2006-07 KC-1W 24 13 1 10 51 33 40 4/13 way line, side-stepped his mark- 2007-08 KC-1W 24 14 4 6 43 32 46 3/13 er, beat both full-backs and then slipped the ball past the keeper 2008-09 KC-1W 24 9 5 10 41 38 32 8/13 into the net. 2009-10 KC-1W 22 12 4 6 63 32 40 3/12 2010-11 KC-1W 22 8 5 9 43 33 29 6/12 He was capped 5 times for Wales 2011-12 KC-1 28 22 4 2 97 16 70 2/15 whilst at The Den scoring one 2012-13 KC-P 26 17 4 5 73 39 55 2/14 goal which was against England 2013-14 KC-P 28 20 5 3 72 30 65 1/15 at Bristol in 1913, he also repre- 2014-15 KC-P 28 24 1 3 103 28 73 1/15 sented the Southern League sev- 2015-16 KC-P 27 10 4 13 40 50 33 10/15 eral times. 2016-17 KC-P 30 7 1 22 58 92 21 14/16 2017-18 KC-P 28 8 3 17 55 78 27 13/15 Davis won a London Challenge 2018-19 KC-P 30 5 2 23 46 88 17 16/16 Cup and two Kent Senior Shield 2019-20 KC-1W Season not completed records expunged medals in his time at Millwall.
Davis was forced to retire from F.A. CUP football early in 1919, after 1921-22 5Q NORWICH CITY H 1-2 returning from battle in Italy with leg injuries. F.A. AMATEUR CUP 1913-14 3 NORTHERN NOMADS A 1-3 He was found drowned in Bow 1920-21 3 LEYTONSTONE H 1-1 Creek on 20th May 1937 in mys- 3r LEYTONSTONE A 2-3 terious circumstances as he was a 1921-22 3 CHILTON COLLIERY H 2-1 strong swimmer. QF SOUTH BANK A 0-2 Metrogas FC Supporters Would you like to see your family name, business name or company name here, then contact Tim Morgan. Thank you to all of our supporters here who have made a financial donation to the club.
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