Irishadrian Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 One of the worst games I ever saw was a Slough Town v Grays Athletic match 90 mins of boredom and a 0-1 loss but what made it stick in my mind was the venue For whatever reason it was played at Belfast Avenue sometime early/mid sixties I've been told by another old Rebel supporter that I must have dreamt it Anyone have any recall of this game or access to records that confirm I don't need some pre-Alzheimer tests! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarySTFC Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Before my time watching the Rebels (didn't start until 1993) but fortunately we have an excellent resource of the website which lists all our matches! Under History (along the top bar) and then into Historical Archive will let you search for any player or opponent. Grays matches were: https://www.sloughtownfc.net/opposition/163/Grays-Athletic I can see a 0-1 home defeat in 1969 but no report at the moment but do have a copy of a report to get written up. Says the game was at the Dolphin in front of 950, most of whom had left the poor game before the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Thanks Gary I've found a post on Non League matters from Aug 2016 from Paludian who says he watched a Corinthian League and an Athenian League Ist team game at Belfast Avenue when the Dolphin was not available I'll do a bit more digging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarySTFC Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 No worries, if you find a specific match, let me know as chances are I'll have a report for it (currently in the 1940's and working back) which I can prioritise on adding to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carols52 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 I remember going to this game cannot remember opposition was about 1965 midweek game KO about 6pm late April no flood lights then,would have been an Athenian game maybe the year we won the leauge,played there because of midweek dog meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredding Green Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 14/05/2020 at 15:45, carols52 said: I remember going to this game cannot remember opposition was about 1965 midweek game KO about 6pm late April no flood lights then,would have been an Athenian game maybe the year we won the leauge,played there because of midweek dog meeting. The 0-1 home defeat to Grays Athletic is shown on the Slough Town opposition archives as being played on Saturday 11th. October 1969. It is the only 0-1 defeat to Grays Athletic shown between 22nd. April 1946 and 16th. December 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB) Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 On 14/05/2020 at 15:45, carols52 said: I remember going to this game cannot remember opposition was about 1965 midweek game KO about 6pm late April no flood lights then,would have been an Athenian game maybe the year we won the leauge,played there because of midweek dog meeting. I have it in my mind (but not that I can yet find on paper) that the final home game of our Athenian League Division I championship season, 1964/5-a 5-0 victory over Eastbourne-was played at the Centre Stadium for the reason Carol suggests. Looks to have been a pretty typical game for that season with goalscorers Lowen 3, Gogan and Reardon. My contemporary records also indicate that we lost 0-1 to Grays Athletic in a friendly on what I annotated as a neutral ground on 10 November 1962. I think that was the other game played at the Centre Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Thanks KGB I was sure about the score and the opponents and the ground Im glad you kept a record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carols52 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 19 hours ago, Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB) said: I have it in my mind (but not that I can yet find on paper) that the final home game of our Athenian League Division I championship season, 1964/5-a 5-0 victory over Eastbourne-was played at the Centre Stadium for the reason Carol suggests. Looks to have been a pretty typical game for that season with goalscorers Lowen 3, Gogan and Reardon. My contemporary records also indicate that we lost 0-1 to Grays Athletic in a friendly on what I annotated as a neutral ground on 10 November 1962. I think that was the other game played at the Centre Stadium. Just found the programme,it was on the 1st of May 1965 v Eastbourne FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB) Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 It's the sort of thing that you did when you were a young supporter back in the day and this interweb thingy hadn't been invented. I even have information, not quite complete, about reserve team appearances and goals scored for a couple of seasons. Since the Centre Stadium was under discussion I looked again at Kerry Miller's entry on Slough Town in his "History of Non-League Football Grounds". I remember both the Centre Stadium and the Dolphin as they were before the latter was extensively remodelled in the early 1960's. I think that when comparing the two in that state he is a degree too complimentary about the former. The only feature I can recall being better at Belfast Avenue in those days was the playing surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB) Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, carols52 said: Just found the programme,it was on the 1st of May 1965 v Eastbourne FC. Well done. Not sure that I've got one even though I collected them assiduously at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carols52 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB) said: Well done. Not sure that I've got one even though I collected them assiduously at the time. It was 4d. a big chunk of my pocket money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 7 hours ago, carols52 said: It was 4d. a big chunk of my pocket money Remind us all how much it was to get in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carols52 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 22/05/2020 at 19:01, Irishadrian said: Remind us all how much it was to get in! Cannot remember how much to get in but the programme states a season ticket for adult is£1.7.6d(£1.37p) that would have got you 15 home games.Also found out that the reason for playing at Centre stadium was that the reserves got to play at Dolphin that day against Eastbourne they only needed one point to clinch title,bit strange that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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