Billy Minter-In the Guardian

[Hatboy]

Under the heading Herioc efforts in vain (2)

 

http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,,2122815,00.html

[Terminal]

Not sure if this link will work without a password but it gives The Times report on the game.

 

http://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/WrapPDF...922-NOV23-016-F

[Laz]

Wasn't there an E Kail involved at Dulwich in the '90s?

[and1inthetree]

what a legend. 7 goals and on the losing side. were any of you at the game?

 

cut and pasted for the extremely lazy.

 

HEROIC EFFORTS IN VAIN (2)

 

Last week we reported how Denis Law once scored seven times (in two games), yet still ending up on the losing side, along with other great individual performances marred by collective mishaps. However, we missed out one particular tale ...

 

Our inbox has been swelling with correspondence from southern Hertfordshire this week, citing Wilf Minter, the St Albans City forward. It transpires that Minter, an England amateur international, was playing in an FA Cup fourth qualifying round replay against Dulwich Hamlet in 1922, and managed to score six times, enough to secure a thrilling 6-6 draw after 90 minutes. In extra-time Dulwich edged ahead, before Minter equalised with his seventh goal of the game, only for Dulwich to snatch a 120th-minute winner. Minter was reportedly named captain the following week, with the club band playing 'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow' in his honour.

 

[Laz]

Were any of you Urchins at any of your games five years ago?

 

[cantos]

Originally Posted By: Laz

Were any of you Urchins at any of your games five years ago?

Why was Minter still playing for you then.

[Laz]

He died in the '80s (I think). It's a shame as he could have got a game during the latter stages of last season.

 

PS: It's Mr Minter to you!