SSML Legends Where Are They Now?

[Rhodes]

33 minutes ago, petethegreek said:

Only world class players there. ?

Like Tommy Kanaris you mean, your nemesis, you will no doubt recognise him in the photo

 

[Savagebee]

2 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

Started out as a centre forward, converted to left back reasonably late on as an academy player at the gooners. He went on to be absolutely world class as a left back. 

As a forward I never knew that.

[Savagebee]

Ex St Margaretsbury FC, Hertford Town FC and Hoddesdon Town FC striker Leigh Rose is now playing for Ware FC in the lsthmian League South Central League.

[Savagebee]

Ex Hertford Town FC and Hoddesdon Town FC striker Tommy Wade is now playing for Ware FC in the Isthmian League South Central League.

[Rhodes]

21 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

Hahaha, you are good. No, perhaps I wasn’t clear, my friend was at Arsenal with Ashley Cole and Livermore among others.  

Winslow Boy - Apologies, I honestly thought you were talking about Shaka Cole of Kentish Town as you didn't make it clear. I never had a lot of time for Ashley Cole due to the way he conducted his personal life and for the way he treated Cheryl however obviously as a player you couldn't fault him. You seem to have friends in high places and enjoy telling us about them don't you.

[Rhodes]

On ‎26‎/‎03‎/‎2020 at 12:45, Rhodes said:

When Town finally settled into their stride following the early Hertford onslaught they immediately pulled a goal back through Baron Charlery when, on the edge of the box with his back to goal, hooked an impossible volley over his head and past a startled Hertford goalkeeper Mark Virgo who was somewhat unsighted by his defenders, not even Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton and Ray Clemence combined however would have had a prayer of saving it as the ball looped high over Virgo and into the far top corner for what must have surely been one of the best goals, if not the best, ever to be seen at Hertingfordbury Park.

I should be shot at dawn shouldn't I for not including a photo of the man who scored the best ever goal at Hertingfordbury Park in 112 years, Baron 'the Baron' Charlery is in the back row far left:

[Savagebee]

1 hour ago, Rhodes said:

Winslow Boy - Apologies, I honestly thought you were talking about Shaka Cole of Kentish Town as you didn't make it clear. I never had a lot of time for Ashley Cole due to the way he conducted his personal life and for the way he treated Cheryl however obviously as a player you couldn't fault him. You seem to have friends in high places and enjoy telling us about them don't you.

I hope Winslow Boy continues to post his stories as they are interesting.

I just wish he would name drop 

[petethegreek]

20 hours ago, Rhodes said:

Like Tommy Kanaris you mean, your nemesis, you will no doubt recognise him in the photo

 

So you are saying Tommy Kanaris was world class.

You must explain why he and the numerous other 'world class' players who played at Kentish Town never reached the dizzy heights of the Premier League.

[Savagebee]

3 hours ago, petethegreek said:

So you are saying Tommy Kanaris was world class.

You must explain why he and the numerous other 'world class' players who played at Kentish Town never reached the dizzy heights of the Premier League.

Over to you Rhodes? ?

[Winslow Boy]

6 minutes ago, Savagebee said:

Over to you Rhodes? ?

Come on we all know they stormed the league, didn’t lose a game scored well over 100 goals in the process, won the FA Vase, got to the 3rd round of the FA Cup, because they were all playing so far below their level and the following season they did it all again but in the division above....

[Rhodes]

The 2005/2006 SSML campaign was arguably the best in the League's entire history with Oxford City and Hillingdon Borough going at it hammer and tongs throughout, in the end Oxford City won the Championship having netted eleven more times even though Hillingdon Borough had actually won one more game but had lost two more than the Court Place Farm outfit. Oxford City also lifted the Premier Division Cup that season however, incredibly, Hillingdon Borough reached the FA Vase Final losing 3-1 to Nantwich Town at St Andrews and playing twelve ties in all. Their Captain Danny Tilbury has already been featured earlier in this thread and was instrumental throughout the campaign, fortunately Hillingdon Borough were still promoted to the Southern League Division One South & West that season, as were Hanwell Town in third, due to pyramid restructuring, it would have been a travesty if they hadn't been.

2005-2006 

Premier Division

  1. Oxford City                    38  27   7   4  91  41  88

  2. Hillingdon Borough             38  28   4   6  80  41  88

  3. Hanwell Town                   38  24   6   8  95  45  78

  4. Harefield United               38  23   9   6  81  38  78

  5. Aylesbury Vale                 38  23   5  10  79  52  74

  6. Leverstock Green               38  18   9  11  64  51  63

  7. Holmer Green                   38  18   7  13  69  59  61

  8. Welwyn Garden City             38  16  10  12  59  45  58

  9. Biggleswade United             38  16   7  15  60  54  55

 10. Tring Athletic                 38  12  12  14  40  39  48

 11. Broxbourne Borough V. & E.     38  14   5  19  66  63  47

 12. St. Margaretsbury              38  13   7  18  61  57  46

 13. Oxhey Jets                     38  12   8  18  54  60  44

 14. London Colney                  38  11   8  19  49  68  41

 15. Biggleswade Town               38  11   8  19  52  74  41

 16. Ruislip Manor                  38  10   8  20  44  56  38

 17. Langford                       38  11   3  24  51 102  36

 18. Royston Town                   38  10   5  23  39  86  35

 19. Haringey Borough               38   8   4  26  34  86  28

 20. Harpenden Town                 38   6   6  26  33  84  24

[Savagebee]

5 minutes ago, Rhodes said:

The 2005/2006 SSML campaign was arguably the best in the League's entire history with Oxford City and Hillingdon Borough going at it hammer and tongs throughout, in the end Oxford City won the Championship having netted eleven more times even though Hillingdon Borough had actually won one more game but had lost two more than the Court Place Farm outfit. Oxford City also lifted the Premier Division Cup that season however, incredibly, Hillingdon Borough reached the FA Vase Final losing 3-1 to Nantwich Town at St Andrews and playing twelve ties in all. Their Captain Danny Tilbury has already been featured earlier in this thread and was instrumental throughout the campaign, fortunately Hillingdon Borough were still promoted to the Southern League Division One South & West that season, as were Hanwell Town in third, due to pyramid restructuring, it would have been a travesty if they hadn't been.

2005-2006 

Premier Division

  1. Oxford City                    38  27   7   4  91  41  88

  2. Hillingdon Borough             38  28   4   6  80  41  88

  3. Hanwell Town                   38  24   6   8  95  45  78

  4. Harefield United               38  23   9   6  81  38  78

  5. Aylesbury Vale                 38  23   5  10  79  52  74

  6. Leverstock Green               38  18   9  11  64  51  63

  7. Holmer Green                   38  18   7  13  69  59  61

  8. Welwyn Garden City             38  16  10  12  59  45  58

  9. Biggleswade United             38  16   7  15  60  54  55

 10. Tring Athletic                 38  12  12  14  40  39  48

 11. Broxbourne Borough V. & E.     38  14   5  19  66  63  47

 12. St. Margaretsbury              38  13   7  18  61  57  46

 13. Oxhey Jets                     38  12   8  18  54  60  44

 14. London Colney                  38  11   8  19  49  68  41

 15. Biggleswade Town               38  11   8  19  52  74  41

 16. Ruislip Manor                  38  10   8  20  44  56  38

 17. Langford                       38  11   3  24  51 102  36

 18. Royston Town                   38  10   5  23  39  86  35

 19. Haringey Borough               38   8   4  26  34  86  28

 20. Harpenden Town                 38   6   6  26  33  84  24

Ruislip Manor FC I forgot about them.

[Rhodes]

On ‎03‎/‎04‎/‎2020 at 16:06, petethegreek said:

So you are saying Tommy Kanaris was world class.
You must explain why he and the numerous other 'world class' players who played at Kentish Town never reached the dizzy heights of the Premier League.

I thought that I had already explained why in an earlier post to Winslow Boy who should know as he lived in Islington for over ten years. These were pretty much all players, as was the case at Haringey Borough too, who were brought up on rough infamous Council Estates such as Broadwater Farm, Edmonton Green, Bunhill and the Marquess Estate on the mean streets of Camden, Islington and Haringey in the 1980's, in one parent families living hand to mouth on benefits when things were extremely tough, there were countless distractions, pitfalls and temptations for local youngsters such as gangs, alcohol, drugs, theft and prostitution. This is not leafy and affluent Winslow, Buckingham, Stony Stratford, Aston Clinton, New Bradwell, Holmer Green, Leverstock Green, Cranfield or Ampthill we are talking about where there is little or no trouble and you are usually born into privilege where parents are more concerned about how much their homes are worth and upgrading their cars and four by fours knowing that their kids are well behaved and keeping on the straight and narrow.

[Rhodes]

Just to say that I hope nobody will take offence at my earlier comments, this is actually very serious stuff and at Kentish Town we literally had to invent and fund programmes for the players just to keep them on the straight and narrow during the week in order to keep tabs on them before games including, wait for it, a painting group in 2006. None of them had ever held a paint brush in their lives yet it was a huge success, the painting the players eventually produced was later exhibited at various high profile events around London including one at the Guildhall:

Edited April 6, 2020 by Rhodes

[Winslow Boy]

34 minutes ago, Rhodes said:

Just to say that I hope nobody will take offence at my earlier comments, this is actually very serious stuff and at Kentish Town we literally had to invent and fund programmes for the players just to keep them on the straight and narrow during the week in order to keep tabs on them before games including, wait for it, a painting group in 2006. None of them had ever held a paint brush in their lives yet it was a huge success, the painting the players eventually produced was later exhibited at various high profile events around London including one at the Guildhall:

That’s great stuff. 

15 hours ago, Rhodes said:

The 2005/2006 SSML campaign was arguably the best in the League's entire history with Oxford City and Hillingdon Borough going at it hammer and tongs throughout, in the end Oxford City won the Championship having netted eleven more times even though Hillingdon Borough had actually won one more game but had lost two more than the Court Place Farm outfit. Oxford City also lifted the Premier Division Cup that season however, incredibly, Hillingdon Borough reached the FA Vase Final losing 3-1 to Nantwich Town at St Andrews and playing twelve ties in all. Their Captain Danny Tilbury has already been featured earlier in this thread and was instrumental throughout the campaign, fortunately Hillingdon Borough were still promoted to the Southern League Division One South & West that season, as were Hanwell Town in third, due to pyramid restructuring, it would have been a travesty if they hadn't been.

2005-2006 

Premier Division

  1. Oxford City                    38  27   7   4  91  41  88

  2. Hillingdon Borough             38  28   4   6  80  41  88

  3. Hanwell Town                   38  24   6   8  95  45  78

  4. Harefield United               38  23   9   6  81  38  78

  5. Aylesbury Vale                 38  23   5  10  79  52  74

  6. Leverstock Green               38  18   9  11  64  51  63

  7. Holmer Green                   38  18   7  13  69  59  61

  8. Welwyn Garden City             38  16  10  12  59  45  58

  9. Biggleswade United             38  16   7  15  60  54  55

 10. Tring Athletic                 38  12  12  14  40  39  48

 11. Broxbourne Borough V. & E.     38  14   5  19  66  63  47

 12. St. Margaretsbury              38  13   7  18  61  57  46

 13. Oxhey Jets                     38  12   8  18  54  60  44

 14. London Colney                  38  11   8  19  49  68  41

 15. Biggleswade Town               38  11   8  19  52  74  41

 16. Ruislip Manor                  38  10   8  20  44  56  38

 17. Langford                       38  11   3  24  51 102  36

 18. Royston Town                   38  10   5  23  39  86  35

 19. Haringey Borough               38   8   4  26  34  86  28

 20. Harpenden Town                 38   6   6  26  33  84  24

Very strong. Definitely up there in the last 20 years as one of the strongest. 

[petethegreek]

2 hours ago, Rhodes said:

Just to say that I hope nobody will take offence at my earlier comments, this is actually very serious stuff and at Kentish Town we literally had to invent and fund programmes for the players just to keep them on the straight and narrow during the week in order to keep tabs on them before games including, wait for it, a painting group in 2006. None of them had ever held a paint brush in their lives yet it was a huge success, the painting the players eventually produced was later exhibited at various high profile events around London including one at the Guildhall:

Did you ever have any world class painters such as the next Van Gogh,  Rembrandt or Titian on your books?

Could they have gone all the way as artists? 

[Rhodes]

Winslow Boy - I don't know if you read all the article but, coincidentally, it was just after Kentish Town were due to play Winslow United at Claremont Road in an SSML Division One fixture. You may recall that we got a phone call at about 1.45pm to say that some players had been involved in a road traffic accident, allegedly, and the team wouldn't  be coming, we later checked with the motor way Police and they said there had been no accidents on any stretch of road between Winslow and north London all day.

[Rhodes]

9 minutes ago, petethegreek said:

Did you ever have any world class painters such as the next Van Gogh,  Rembrandt or Titian on your books?
Could they have gone all the way as artists? 

I'm sorry to give you nightmares tonight but that is Tommy Kanaris in the very front with the black tee shirt, you never imagined in a million years to see your nemesis holding a paint brush did you and I recall he was actually the best painter

[Winslow Boy]

31 minutes ago, Rhodes said:

Winslow Boy - I don't know if you read all the article but, coincidentally, it was just after Kentish Town were due to play Winslow United at Claremont Road in an SSML Division One fixture. You may recall that we got a phone call at about 1.45pm to say that some players had been involved in a road traffic accident, allegedly, and the team wouldn't  be coming, we later checked with the motor way Police and they said there had been no accidents on any stretch of road between Winslow and north London all day.

I know that was a big deal for you, but a game against a small, poorly supported and now non existent club doesn’t merit any space in my memory banks. I’ll have to call the motorway police for traffic updates between any given two points in the country in the future, I didn’t know they did that. 

[Rhodes]

Where the 2005/2006 SSML campaign was arguably the best in the League's history with Oxford City and Hillingdon Borough going at it like Hagler and Hearns throughout, the following 2006/2007 season was somewhat of a one horse race, indeed Edgware Town also added the Challenge Trophy and Premier Division Cup and reached the Fourth Round of the FA Vase. Edgware Town's star man that season was young striker Stuart Blackburne (pictured below) who scored for fun and later joined Wingate & Finchley, Welwyn Garden City,  Enfield Town, Boreham Wood and Cockfosters before returning to Edgware Town:

      SSML Premier Division 2006/2007
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Edgware Town                     40   32    6    2  118   35  102
   2  Harefield United                 40   29    5    6   95   35   92
   3  Hertford Town                    40   26    8    6  122   50   86
   4  Welwyn Garden City               40   22    9    9   90   53   75
   5  Leverstock Green                 40   20    8   12   73   66   68
   6  Chalfont St Peter                40   19   10   11   79   50   67
   7  Oxhey Jets                       40   20    7   13   73   56   67
   8  Broxbourne Borough V & E         40   17   11   12   86   64   62
   9  Aylesbury Vale                   40   15    8   17   71   75   53
  10  London Colney                    40   13   10   17   58   72   49
  11  Tring Athletic                   40   14    7   19   53   81   49
  12  Ruislip Manor                    40   14    6   20   71   81   48
  13  Kingsbury London Tigers          40   14    5   21   64   69   47
  14  Biggleswade United               40   11   11   18   68   89   44
  15  St Margaretsbury                 40   10   10   20   52   64   40
  16  Colney Heath                     40   11    7   22   51   85   40
  17  Langford                         40   11    7   22   69  107   40
  18  Biggleswade Town                 40   11    6   23   47   73   39
  19  Holmer Green                     40    9    9   22   49   91   36
  20  Royston Town                     40    9    9   22   59  117   36
  21  Haringey Borough                 40    8   11   21   59   94   35