50th ANNIVERSARY 7TH NOVEMBER HASTINGS AWAY

[geoff pay]

Tomorrow is my 50th anniversary of watching the Gate.

 

My first game was Exeter City reserves at home ( thank goodness) and we won 1-0 7th November 1959. mild and dry

 

I have written an article for the programme next week entitled win lose or draw. It is not quite that straight forward.

 

I can still stand in the exact spot at Margate as i did on that memorable afternoon way back then. Not much of the ground is the same.

 

These clips don't feature in my short memoirs so something to stir the memory.

 

BEST GOALKEEPER BRIAN HUHES

 

BEST DEFENDER HAS TO BE BILLY (WE DON'T CARE GOT NO HAIR) EDWARDS

 

BEST MIDFIELDER PHIL HANDFORD

 

BEST ATTACKER GOT TO BE PHIL AMATO BUT ALAN BLACKBURN COMES CLOSE

 

BEST SUB DAVIE JARMAN

 

BEST FA CUP GAME PETERBOROUGH UNITED. IF YOU WERE THERE YOU KNEW WHY. BESIEGED THEIR GOAL FOR 45 MINS MISSED PENALTY AND MILLINGTON PLAYED LIKE GORDEN BANKS.

 

BEST LEAGUE WIN RAMSGATE 1966 AFTER BEING 4-1 DOWN AT THE BREAK.

 

BEST ATTENDANCE AT HOME SPURS 14000

 

WORST ATTENDANCE I'VE BEEN AT TO SEE ANY MARGATE TEAM PLAY. LAST WEEK AT VCD. JUST 12 YES 12

 

FOR THOSE WHO GO TO HASTINGS YOU CAN (IF YOUR UNLUCKY) RECEIVE SOME ANNIVERSARY CAKE BAKED MY ME.., BLUE ICING OF COURSE.

 

UP THE GLORIUS GATE. ALSO AND MANY , MANY THANKS TO THOSE SUPPORTERS WHO CARTED ME AROUND THE GROUNDS BEFORE 1982 JOHN VEHID PARTICULARLY, (NOW safety officer at the opposition club.)

 

Thanks also to JJ, Gary Hyde, Steve Ball, Jeff Twice Keith Lewis Bodyform Pete Budding Dave Miles Porka Paul Bates Ganderton Boy Neil Wyatt and many others for their support, company and enthusiam for our great club(and for putting up with my moaning)

 

UP THE GATE!!!!

[BlueGate Alan]

Congratulations Geoff, surely you were a babe in arms for your first game then!

[geoff pay]

Just 7 years and a half sir.

[BlueGate Alan]

Well many congratulations on that acheivement Geoff, remind me to get you a drink tomorrow then.

[Cookie]

Congrats Geoff. Good memory I see... am impressed! Lets hope you bring us some good fortune tomorrow. :thumbsup (2):

p.s I like the way you mention Jeff...Twice. Some of us didn't get a mention "once" let alone "twice". (I'm only kiddin!) Made me chuckle did that.

[Jeff Trice]

Margate's line-up that day was...

 

1 John Prodger

2 Derek Wells

3 Terry Joyce

4 Eric Worthington

5 Ray Chatham

6 Davie Laing

7 Peter Peters

8 Tommy Bing

9 Freddie Kearns

10 Albert Foan

11 Ken Tucker

 

...some quality players amongst that lot. Some quality players amongst that lot. (thought I'd say it Twice)

[geoff pay]

Sorry Jeff with the spelling mistake. Very amiss. Great to see the line up. The great Freddie Kearns scored but I can't remember it.

[ramsgate60]

ALSO AND MANY , MANY THANKS TO THOSE SUPPORTERS WHO CARTED ME AROUND THE GROUNDS BEFORE 1982 JOHN VEHID PARTICULARLY, (NOW safety officer at the opposition club.)

 

When i see John Vahid tomoz GP (asuming he be at our game), i mention this post to him, not sure if he reads your forum anyways,... to support a club for 50 years is real dedication, esp a non league club,well done .

[vic pain lives!]

i started when i was five! what were you doing in those wasted years, gambling chasing girls and drinking no doubt. seriously congratulations and the cake has swung it for me, im coming! only joking i was always going to mr butlers 1st game.

[geoff pay]

Gambling a little ----girls would'nt give me a second look - got drunk once horrible aftershock!!

[SteveB]

This pales into insignificance my 25th anniversary that passed on the 27th of last month. Beat Chatham 4-2 that day with Lennie Lee amongst the goals with a scissor kick from the edge of the box!

Steve

[geoff pay]

Steve did you get my article??

[Frankie100]

For any Margate fan out there I would advise you to go to Jeff Trice's history site and put you own personal memories on there.

 

It gets your thoughts off your chest and seeing other peoples memories helps the history of OUR club coming flooding back

[geoff pay]

I,ve been on there for five years Frankie

[BlueGate Alan]

I missed the cake