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Position 10th out of 13

Premier Division

FAC

Pr

Met Police

0-3

AC

2q

Redhill

0-2

LC

2nd

Tilbury

1-4

SSC

1st

Met Police

3-4

SCS

SF

Redhill

0-2

President

Sir Samuel Hill-Wood (Bart)

Chairman

HC (Charles) Pettett

v-c Fred (FG) Talbot-Butler

both re-elected

Secretary

Sid (WS) Basford

199 Hook Road, Epsom

re-elected

Manager

Selection Committee

Treasurer

L.W.Cooke

106 Hook Road, Epsom

re-elected

Press
Secretary

David W G Jones

Committee:

Elected at AGM 21/6/35 WI Bowe, CJ Pritchard, P
Parr, E Uden, W Voller, A Henry, E White,

WH Bailey, Ted (CE) Wheal (re-elected), G King,
Albert E Tuck (Future post war Chairman),

AE Chaney, Jack Parr, and Grant (HG) Sherman
(future Chairman).

Trainer:

Sid Bristow

Reserve Trainer

Reg Marlow

Masseur:

G Brown

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Club Colours

Light and Dark Blue

Additional
First and second team records listed in THE BOOK.

Club Senior
record score 13-1 v Reigate Priory AC 1q 12/10/35.

However, Epsom
only win once all season away from home, at Woking in SCS.

Prog v P.O.
Engineers 2/5/36 says Dick Wilson has played in 37 games including that day

(last game of the season)

However, THE
BOOK says that 38 games were played, and Wilson played in all of them.

This is the
Programme Editor's error in programme.

They also
advise that he has played in all 172 games since he joined, but it was
actually 173.

Chelmsford
First team leave League for Eastern Counties League. Their Reserves remain in
Division One.

21/6/35 AGM at
Foresters Hall on Friday evening.

All principal
officers re-elected. Report for season 34-35 said that season wasn't as good
as the previous one

but referred
to Epsom's first International Cap, Tommy Dunne, who played for Wales v
England at Wimbledon.

Report also
thanked Mrs Parr and helpers in the canteen.

Financially
cup receipts were only £384.2s instead of £614.3s 4d in 33/34, but arrears
from last season are now

paid so it's
not as bad as it would appear. Election of President was deferred. The last
few years

had seen Sir
Samuel Hill-Wood as President, because it was hoped that the link would
enable the club to

get
friendlies against pro sides. Sir Arthur Glyn was suggested as President, and
the matter was deferred, and no

change was
made until the following season, when Arthur Turner would take over.

Chairman
Pettett suggested that FG Talbot-Butler be Chairman, but he refused, so
Charles Pettett remained

as Chairman.
He referred to the fact that he would be leaving Epsom shortly, but would
continue to take his old

interest. Not
sure whether he did leave the area though, and if he did, he returned soon
after.

Treasurer LW
Cooke was re-elected, as was Secretary Sid Basford and Press Secretary DWG
Jones (10th time

says Herald).
Messrs Carpenter, Hunt Denyer & Co were thanked as auditors. They made no
charge for their service.

5 new committee members including Councillor
Albert E Tuck, Mr Grant Sherman (joint secretary of Epsom C.C.)

and Jack Parr
(former player). Secretary and Treasurer would receive the same honoraria as
last season, and the

trainers are
to receive "no more than £1 per week". Appreciation of Groundsman
Harry Cottee, who said it was a

great pleasure
doing it.

Players
received miniature replicas of the London League cup instead of medals, as
was their choice. V-capt

Jimmy Jones
said that the players always strove to do their best. It was also noted that
Dick Wilson had not

missed a game
in 2 years since joining. Tommy Dunne and George Mackesy (capt) were
unavailable.

Charles
Pettett stated that the ground at West Street could not be used for

"building
purposes". "No one could take the ground" as there was ten
years remaining on the lease from Robert

Bradshaw.
Discussion followed about purchasing the ground, under the option offered by
Bradshaw, when he bought

the ground in
1925, and "a special committee had the matter in hand". Pettett
said that "as far as he could trace,

the ground
had been a football ground for 60 years (see 5/7/35 comments), and if they achieved their
object,

it would be a
football ground for ever (loud applause).

Supporters
Club AGM 28/6/35 at Foresters Hall Friday evening.

R (Dick)
Rayner (President) occupied the chair. Accounts presented by HE Border
showing a balance of £100. A

donation of
£40 was made to the parent club, and a balance of £46.6s.7d was carried
forward. Mr WC Taylor

reported on a
successful year and increased membership of about 50. It was decided that £35
would be spent

on the ground
and to consult with the club as to how best to spend the money.

Election of
President was held over, and AE Oakes was elected Chairman, Taylor (v-c), Mr
George Greenfield (sec)

WJ Archer Asst
Sec, Mr Border Treasurer, and C Measures Auditor. Committee was elected as
follows:

Burrage,
Chandler, F.Easton, Weal, Chappy, Clarke, Lacey, Rose, and Rayner.

Reference to
Fred Talbot-Butler in a 1982 letter his son Michael wrote to the local
papers. Fred was married to

Phyllis and
they left the town in the early stages of the war. Michael returned between
1949-51 as part of his

National
Service and also played for the club. Fred died in 1961 while Phyllis is 86
as Michael writes this (Nov 82).

Michael lives
at Sandiway, Northwich, Cheshire at this time. They lived at The Ridgeway at
the time.

Fred was
also the founder manager of the first Westminster Bank in the town in 1927,
and a leading Epsom

cricketer pre
war.

July 35
Sutton and District League thank Sid Basford for his efforts in his term as
Chairman. He is resigning.

He is
replaced by S.H.Alison but remains as a League Representative and member of
the Committee until 1953/54

and
Vice-President of the League until he disappears in 1955/56 handbook
presumably due to death but not certain.

It is also
noted that Charles Pettett became a Vice-President of the League from 1934/35
until 1939/40 but was not

on the list
after the war despite not dying until 1959.

5/7/35 GC
Hampton from "Firs" 99 College Road, Epsom writes on 29/6/35 to
query Charles Pettett's statement

about the age
of the West Street ground. Says that he thinks "he is right in saying
that the first game played there

was about
1890 or a year or so either side". "I was one of about 20 players
taking part in a "pick up" game that

preceded the
formation of the old Ewell FC and I well remember that the late John Henry
Bridges of Ewell Court was

one of the
players - he played in goal I think". "I believe AM and PM Walters
played but am not quite sure". From

my records, I
doubt that AM and PM were there at that time, as Ewell were tiny, and they
were Internationals. I

think they
played towards the end of their careers.

I am wrong.
They were there right at the start of Ewell's formation in 1890. This was the
first use of the

West Street
ground.

19/7/35
reported that Epsom Wednesday are to play at West Street this season. Whether
this was their first ever

year at West
Street, or they had played some years previously is not yet clear. Last yr
Pld 34 W20 L7 D6 1AB.

They won the
Surrey Midweek Cup, were finalists for the second straight year in the
Kingston Challenge Cup, and

reached the
third round in the Kingston Charity Cup and Sutton Hospital Cup. Captain was
Mr Butcher, and leading

goal scorers
were Jim Chennell and J Keary. Chennell would play for Epsom post war.

AGM of Epsom
Wednesday at Red Lion, East Street saw Chairman W Lewis, Secretary E
Thornton, Ast Sec was

W Wales the
previous Secretary, Treasurer C Greentree, Trainer E Clarke.

20/7/35
Annual sports day of Epsom & Leatherhead Boy Scouts held at Epsom F.C.
Heavy rain nearly caused

an
abandonment. Scouts thanked club and groundsman Mr Cottee.

Aug 35 West
Norwood now playing at Streatham Town this year but their ground at Raleigh
Gardens, Mitcham

is being
retained for now for reserve games. Streatham play at Hassocks Road,
Streatham Vale.

Nowadays
there is the Nat West Bank Sports Ground at the end of Hassocks Road, but no
other green space.

Raleigh
Gardens appears to have been extended, but there is no green area anywhere
near there.

The ground covered the area bordered by Hassocks Road,
Chilmark Road and Windermere Road on land dnow covered by Byards

Croft and Oxtoby Way. A stand used to run alongside
Windermer Road so the pitch was situated almost due west to east.

Aug 35
Reference to ground improvements carried out. A clubhouse and canteen have
now been erected.

This was the
old clubhouse that was at the Gibraltar Rec side of the ground, with tea bar
attached.

However,
papers say that these were erected "BUT THE TWO EXISTING TEA CANTEENS
WILL CONTINUE"

These were
adjoining the dressing rooms, to the left as you looked at them.

The Clubhouse
and canteen were registered under the Epsom Football and Athletic Club with a
Secretary of

EH Flight,
with AE Tuck and W Rowe as joint Treasurers.

Also,
G.Greenfield (Supp Club Secretary, has provided a covered shelter at the West
Street end of the ground.

It will
accommodate over 450 people. It is timber framed and corrugated. Thanks also
due to Dick Rayner (Supp

Club
President). Cost of shelter is about £40-£50 and will also stop people
looking into the ground from outside.

The back of
the sheltered accommodation has now been filled in says report 5/10/35.

9/8/35
reported prospects for the season. "When matches are in progress the
club (newly built clubhouse) will be

divided into
two parts, entrance to one part being from the popular side of the ground,
and the other part from the

grandstand
and enclosure side." The building is 54 foot long and 15 foot wide. It
has a timber frame and felt and

ruberoid roof,
and cost no more than £120.

Aug 35 Trials
announced for 17/8, 21/8 and 24/8.

Surrey Charity
Shield Draw. (8 teams)

Sutton United
v P.O. Engineers

Wimbledon v
Met Police

Woking v Epsom

Redhill v
Wills Sports

9/8/35  reported that almost all are expected to
rejoin, although Tommy Dunne may go to Wills Sports says Herald.

Winger Leslie
Graves returns after a season away at Enfield (and maybe Park Royal). New
players at the trials

include David
Swain (Ynysbwl, Swansea Res, Ebbw Vale, Aberdare) a young forward. Ernie
Sperring is no longer

able to play
regularly for the club and has joined the Committee, but he still plays a few
games this year.

Reg Marlow is
to take over as Reserve trainer and player, while Sid Bristow look after the
first eleven.

16/8/35
reported that Tommy Dunne may now join Wimbledon. He certainly left the club
this year, but would return.

Future Epsom
Town player Jack Lock leaves Wimbledon for Leyton. Would go on to play for
Sutton as well.

17/8/35 First
trial. "Quite a good sprinkling of lookers-on", although they were
partly attracted by the chance to see

the new
buildings. Quite a large number of members enrolled this day. The structures
were erected by Messrs

Bradley and
Arthur. Jack Forster, Tot Winship, Maurice Gill, and Jimmy Jones were all at
the trials, although Gill

was injured
accidentally by a boot in the second half. Brother Bobby Gill is currently in
Epsom County Hospital.

CV George
(Park Royal, Dulwich Hamlet), Dreyer (Croydon Leagues), Bradley (Guildford)
did well. Howe came from

Wales and was
useful, as was Henton (Sutton). Arthur Newbery (future Secretary and ex-Epsom
Town Juniors was

good at right
half as was A Denby, but the youngest player there was 16 1/2 year old
Easton. Searle, a keeper from

Warlingham
did well too. REDS: Searle, Howe, Redman (Brockham), Winship, Dreyer, Terry
Birch, Purvey (Sutton),

Redburn
(Tottenham), Lawson (pal of Jack Forster's, ex-Army), Charlie Hall, Cliff
(Epsom). BLUES: Forster,

CV George, M
Gill, Newbery, Bradley, Henton, Easton, Swain (Ynysbwl), Denby, Jimmy Jones,
Stredwick. 40

minutes each
way "in comfortable style".

21/8/35 2nd
trial. REDS: Searle, Howe, Dennett, Dreyer, Dean, Henton, Codrington, Palmer,
George Watts, Denby,

Easton.
BLUES: Moore (Nunhead), Clark, Stredwick, Bradley, G.Mackesy, Benge, Lawson,
Coombes, Geoff Collins,

Hall, Wynne.
Coombes and Palmer were new and attracted attention.

24/8/35 3rd
trial. Delayed due to rain. This was good as the pitch was very hard. REDS:
Searle, George, M.Gill,

Winship,
Wilson, Flight, C.Collins (not Geoff), J Botwright, Geoff Collins, J.Jones,
B.Harris. BLUE: Moore, Chaffey,

Clements,
Ashley, Bradley, Henton, Hall, Swain, Dennett, Hutchinson, Wynne.

Of the new
players, Chaffey (Feltham), Clements (Rhondda Fach League Football, and
living in Leatherhead),

C Collins
(North London, and brother of the Leyton footballer). These all did well.
Swain was injured during the trial,

so Jack
Forster went up front and scored! Both keepers were replaced at HT for Wilde
(Kentish Town), and Powe

(East
Dulwich, and Bexley). Maurice Gill was injured a second time, possible broken
nose, but it transpired that it

was just
"splintered" and he will play for reserves on 31/8/35.

Admission is
to be reduced from 7d and 6d for stand and enclosure to 6d and 6d. Ladies are
only 3d and 6d, with

boys charged
2d and 4d. The aim is to get more women along who may "restrain any
desirable exuberance of the

less refined
male"! Season tickets are 12s 6d from LW Cooke (Treasurer).

During the
weekend of the trial, GW Milnes and FW Francis joined from Hastings & St
Leonards. Milnes was captain

last year and
played for Sussex, and for Kent whilst with Sheppey. Francis never actually
makes the journey.

Aug 35 Future
player Tommy Delventhal leaves Sutton for Walthamstow Avenue.

Aug 35 WJ
Atterton signed from Enfield to replace Bob Gates who has now retired
probably through injury. Yes

He was a
previous London Senior Cup winner with Enfield in 34/35 and SF of Amateur Cup

plus two
Middlesex Intermediate Cup and one London Intermediate Cup medals. Comes from
Wood Green N22.

Aug 35 Epsom
Weds trials - Yates shows much promise it is reported.

31/8/35 Epsom
open up in grand style with a 4-0 win over Grays in LC. "An encouraging
gate" saw a really

good game.
Atterton made debut as did CV George (Park Royal and Dulwich), and Leslie
Graves returned

after a season
at Enfield. All played well. No unfair play in the whole 90 minutes.

Cliff (CV)
George is not to be confused with V.George who made his debut for Finchley
around this time.

31/8/35 It
was reported that the club have had a picture presented to them showing the
Ewell FC line up from 1893/94

that won the
Surrey Junior Cup. Presented by Mr Archer, the wheelwright in West Street.
Line Up: W Edwards,

RG Dally, F
Hall, G Dearman, CE Bagshaw, HJ Martin, A Perks, ID McCutcheon, JE Perks, AF
White (only ten

listed). This
is to be hung in the new clubhouse.

7/9/35
Goldsack of Leavesden plays and scores v Epsom. A "Goldsack" plays
for Epsom when they are short

in 1948, was
this him? It was not, but it may have been a son, as J Goldsack was 16 1/2 in
Feb 1948

Epsom 3-0 down
at HT, but reduced lead to 3-2 after 70 minutes. They couldn't hold on

though and
lost 4-2. Reference to CV George being another Welsh International. HT for
Catton (Leavesden).

Herald says
George scored the penalty not Mackesy.

It was a
penalty for handball, and it was taken by "the Welsh Amateur
International" says Herald. Ad agrees

Sept 35
Reference to the new Mitcham Stadium being used for Rugby.

Sept 35 Epsom
Weds v Long Grove in 1st round of Surrey Midweek Cup on 9/10/35 at 3pm.
Winners away to

West Park on
30/10/35.

Sept 35 Tot
Winship has joined Redhill

Sept 35
Former player J Levison is now at Wills Sports, while future Ewell &
Stoneleigh player and captain

J Sancaster
joins Sutton from Park Royal.

Sept 35 Epsom
are excused the qualifying rounds of the Surrey Senior Cup.

14/9/35
W.Little (Enfield) debut and scores within 5 minutes. Otherwise, the same
eleven that beat Grays a fortnight

ago loses to
them this week 3-1. Keeper E James would go on to play for Epsom next season.

Herald says
there was "a large gate". Epsom were 1-0 up after ten minutes not
five says Herald.

21/9/35 Epsom
are superior to Met Police but can only draw 1-1 and had to equalise after a
Met Police shot had

deflected in
off CV George in a poor standard game. Epsom lose the Wednesday replay 3-0.

Reference in
papers to the game being at Ewell, but this is wrong.

21/9/35
Future player Rueben Leverington scores twice for Carshalton this day in
their 4-2 win over Bostall Heath.

21/9/35
future player Sid Faggetter scores for Uxbridge as they defeat Park Royal 3-1
in the FA Cup at Park Royal.

22/9/35 Reg
Marlow is elected Hon Secretary of Ewell Boys School Football team. AJ
Blundell is manager, while

players
include Roy Marlow and Bill Cutter.

27/9/35 Ewell
Boys School official meeting for their football club. Sir Arthur Glyn is
President, with DWG Jones

as manager,
Reg Marlow as captain, and Roy Marlow and Bill Cutter on the committee,
although both were

under 16 at
the time.

28/9/35 Epsom
win 6-3, but score flatters them. 3-0 up on Eton Manor by half time. CV
George injured 1st

half after
collision with team mate Atterton. Carried from field for treatment but
eventually returns as passenger.

"Mr
Anthony Curtis kindly made announcements by use of loud speakers and provided
some gramophone music."

"This
was quite an innovation for an Epsom football match, and proved quite
interesting and useful". HH Ashley was

at the game on
crutches. Herald says he has done well do be out of hospital so soon.

5/10/35
Epsom's best performance of season so far. Earl the old West Ham player
played well for Streatham,

as did
L.Green. Epsom were a goal up after 2 minutes (Jones). Bobby Gill was at the
game. It was wet but the

shelter did
its job.

9/10/35 Epsom
Weds 5-3 Long Grove in Surrey Midweek Cup 1st round. Jarvis (2), Chennell,
Keary, and Yates.

They have a
bye in the first round of the Sutton Hospital Cup. 2nd round v Wimbledon
Police (H) on 6/11/35.

12/10/35 L
Green signs for Epsom just a week after playing against them. 2nd half HT on
debut v Reigate Priory.

Club Senior
record score 13-1 v Reigate Priory AC 1q 12/10/35.

12/10/35
Jackie Pullen scores 5, and Jimmy Jones gets 4, as Reigate are overwhelmed,
HT 6-0. Keeper

Bugler played
well despite the score say papers. Comet says Epsom could have got more, and
was also "the

cleanest game
ever played at Ewell" with "not one stoppage for a foul"!

Herald says
"Slaughter of the innocents" as its Headline.

Herald
queries the scorers, giving Green only two and Graves 1. Graves goal was
scored by veering in towards goal,

and he should
do it more often. Ad disagrees, giving Green (3) but the report is not good,
and I will go with HERALD.

Times agrees
with Herald too. Dewdney scored the own goal for us.

Both Forster
and Sperring were technically injured with foot injuries, but Forster played
anyway.

Reigate Priory
were in Southern Amateur League Division 3.

L Green has
now teamed up again with Jackie Pullen as they were teammates at Tooting
& Mitcham.

16/10/35
Surrey v Sussex @ Wimbledon - Prog Image - Y. Although no Epsom players are
listed, a couple

of future
players are there in Hugh "Tipper" Pratt and Frank Rawkins, with
Sutton and PO Engineers respectively

at the time
of this game. Also AF Griffiths at Woking. Was this AC (Archie) Griffiths or
was it a different player?

19/10/35
Despite the record score, the following week, Epsom cannot get keeper Ernie
Sperring to the next game

as his car had
broken down. Epsom had no way of knowing this, so started with ten with
Milnes in goal.

Sperring had
been selected because Forster could not get to a game in Tilbury from
Windsor, where he was that day.

When It got
to half time (1-1 with the wind), Epsom put a slightly injured George Mackesy
on the field, but with

the wind 2nd half, Tilbury ran away with it
4-1. Paper said there was about 200 throw ins on the far side of the field.

Pullen also
had a goal disallowed for a Collins offside.

Comet says
that "Epsom never seemed to have entered whole-heartedly into the London
League Cup"

23/10/35 Epsom
Weds 5-1 Kingston Albany. Scorers: Keary (3), Chennell and Yates.

26/10/35 Big
game anticipated in AC v Redhill, but a Milnes mispen (WELL WIDE) in the
first half didn't help. Milnes

had placed the
kick but the referee replaced it on the spot, which seemed to unsettle him.

Redhill had
only beaten Epsom once in the last 6 matches (SSC Final 1929), but Epsom
would have to

wait until
1977 before they would beat them again. Largest gate of season so far at
2,000.

Tommy
Winship, Michael Wiggins and Bob Marlow all played for Redhill, and Marlow
scored the second goal. Jackie

Pullen had
another goal disallowed for offside. Redhill injury to Friend in 1st half.
Passenger from 25 minutes.

Oct 35 Future
player Brian Beglan is playing for West Norwood this year, and scores v
Brookwood MH on 26/10/35.

30/10/35
Worcester Park v Epsom Weds in Surrey Midweek Cup 2nd round.

Nov 35 Future player Charlie (CE) Thompson joins
Sunderland from Nunhead. Also selected for F.A. v Army @ Colchester

on 21/11/35. his player is not to be confused with another
Charlie Thompson who was a regular at Sunderland. This player

only appears
to have reached the Reserve team level before returning back South later on.

2/11/35 4
goals in first ten minutes, and 4 goals in first ten minutes of 2nd half too.
3 times Epsom led, yet lost

5-4 to a Park
Royal side that was practically a reserve side in comparison to recent years,
and would finish

bottom this
season. Only a few onlookers at the game too. Eagles gets HT for Park Royal.
Epsom have now lost

all 5 games
away from home this year, and would not win in the league away from home all
season.

Epsom are in
need of an overhaul says Comet. BOOK says Pullen and Green both got two, but
Comet, Herald and

Advertiser say
Green (2), Pullen and Jones. BOOK is wrong.

The Times also said Pullen & Green got two, so there
may be something in this, but I think the local papers were more accurate.

2/11/35
Epsom, Leatherhead and District Schools 5-0 Sutton & District @ West
Street. HT for Garrod, a rare

occurrence
for an outside left. Future players Ken Allan and Ted Goodall both played for
Epsom Schools.

The following
week 9/11 they got a 1-1 draw at Caterham in the Hood Shield.

9/11/35
George Mackesy stood down voluntarily. "It is very rare that Carshalton
should beat Epsom at Ewell" say

papers.
Pullen has a third goal disallowed in four weeks, but Green scored a
"probably offside" goal, so it was

about fair
really. Now Advertiser says "Epsom's side needs overhauling"

9/11/35 BOOK
says Pullen scored, but Comet, Herald and Advertiser say Green scored. BOOK
is wrong.

Again for the second week in a row The Times agrees with
the Book. Secretary Sid Basford must be phoning the details in.

11/11/35
reported that Charles Thompson is joining Sunderland and is now a pro so will
miss the match

for the FA Amateur XI v Army on 21/11/35 at Colchester. He
is 20 - 5ft 10 and a half and just over 11 stone. Had joined

Nunhead from a
Business House Club this season

16/11/35 Paper expects Woking to get revenge for Epsom's
5-0  win at Woking in 1933, but Epsom
win 2-1 for their only

win away from
home all season. Woking had fielded a promising Isthmian League XI. B.Harris
returned at outside

left, and he
and Graves were very fast. Also new player C Migzell (Bromley) made his
debut. Game only lasted

80 minutes in
case of extra time being required. Usual k.o. time.

Comet has no
mention of any late start. Epsom have never lost at Woking.

Pullen scores
an offside winner, and the referee ignores the linesman. Sad that the game
ended this way, as

Epsom did
deserve to win, maybe by more. Jack Forster (keeper) was injured during the
game and played on after

a brief
stoppage, but by the time he got home, he had still not recovered complete
consciousness!!

22/11/35
reported that GW Milnes has returned to Hastings & St Leonards.

23/11/35
Epsom, Leatherhead and District Schools v South London Schools in English
Schools Shield @ West

Street. A
tough task says Herald because of the size of the respective catchment areas.

23/11/35 CV
George needlessly gives away a handball free kick, which leads to a late
winner for Bostall Heath,

who win 4-3.
He had also handled earlier, but Forster pensave in 2nd half. Dick Wilson to
play right half this day.

Nov 35 CV
George leaves club for Golders Green, forerunner of Hendon, who play at
Claremont Road. He had

been blamed
for giving away a needless free kick at Bostall Heath, which led to a last
minute winner,

but not
certain that this was why he left. Papers are harsh and state that this is
Epsom's worst season.

Nov 35 Billy
Green is now listed as Margate Secretary. Former Epsom Town Secretary
1923-1931.

Nov 35 LR Neal
joins club (Tufnell Park).

29/11/35 reported that L Green and Leslie Graves have left
the club. Graves' employment in Epsom has come to an end. He may

have joined Southall in the Isthmian League as he knew the
old Park Royal players and they all went there this season. He does.

30/11/35
Streatham score after 3 minutes and are 4-0 up after 25 minutes. Second half
is more equal, and Jack

Forster pen
save near the end of the game, but couldn't save a second one shortly
afterwards. Both conceded

by WJ
Atterton. LR Neal makes debut for club after being promoted from Reserves.
Had also previously played

for Tufnell
Park. Also H Dreyer debut, both play well. Garbutt HT for Streatham.

7/12/35 Good
gate expected for friendly with London University, but fog kept people away,
although it relented

enough for the
game to be played. It was a good game to watch despite the conditions.

Referee was
Frank Macey, the ex-Kingstonian striker, who was part of their Amateur Cup
winning side in 1933.

8/12/35 Jackie
Pullen gets married on a Sunday.

14/12/35
Epsom led early, but lost 4-1 at Carshalton Athletic. Future player Bryn
Evans plays for Carshalton Athletic.

Paper says
"The Epsom of last year has died an ignoble death, and its ghost is not
pleasant or entertaining".

Also poor
support at this game. A Meikle (Aylesbury and Sheppey) debut. Did well
enough.

14/12/35 Leslie Graves scores a hat trick for Southall
(the old Park Royal team) as they defeat Newport IOW 8-0 in the second

round of the
F.A.Cup!

21/12/35
Leavesden are unable to play so Park Royal visit instead. They only play with
ten men, as J.Smith was

a postman,
and the pre-Christmas rush meant he couldn't get there. Epsom take full
advantage and win 8-1.

Leavesden
were engaged in a London Senior Cup tie. Cecil (CB) Weller (reserves and
Wimbledon) made his debut,

along with ST
Ranger. However, there is no mention of ST Ranger in THE BOOK, even though he
played 3 times.

After checking
all the papers ST Ranger WAS S Eggleton, but his name was deliberately
hidden.

I am fairly
sure that ST Ranger did not actually exist in the first place. Effectively he was a "Stranger"

He was also
referred to in the Herald report as A.N.Other. Reminded the reporter of the
departed C.V.George.

26/12/35
Epsom win 4-3 in a good spirited friendly, marked by captain George Mackesy
deliberate mispen. Bobby

Gill back in
the side after many months absent. F Corby and CW Milne also promoted from
reserves for debut.

In the BOOK Gill is listed twice and Corby is written in
but then crossed out but I am happy that Corby played. BOOK error.

28/12/35
Future player Reuben Leverington plays for Reserves v Venners Sports but not
in THE BOOK.

28/12/35 No
game for first team.

Jan 36 G.Watts
is at Hersham

Jan 36 Feb
L.Green is at Nunhead

4/1/36
"Very large number of spectators" see 2-2 draw with Grays. Pullen
was injured so EH Flight took his place.

Future keeper
E.James played for Grays v Epsom again. Comet says "a surprisingly good
attendance".

Epsom were 2-0
down after 14 minutes before fighting back through Weller and Neal in the
second half.

Herald refers
to the Ranger/Eggleton debate by saying "At right back, was the player
whose identity is still

concealed
under the cloak of AN Other"

11/1/36 First
XI had no game, so many of them played for Reserves in SIC v Warlingham and
win 2-0. Only E.

Henton had not
played previously for the first XI. Also Warlingham keeper injured 10
minutes. 10 men.

Also Reg
Marlow and Ernie Sperring played in this game. Harry Westlake is now with
Warlingham but was unable

to play this day.

15/1/36 Epsom
Weds v Greenbroom Ath in Sutton Hospital Cup 3rd round at West Street.

18/1/36 Game
played on a layer of snow & Epsom won easily, although trailed 2-1 after
30 minutes to a very young

side. S
Eggleton finally acknowledged by the press as having played (Oxford) .(see ST
Ranger above)

Mention of CW
Milne being only 17 and on the small side. Future wartime player Billy Neave
plays for Dagenham.

Cecil Weller
played well but didn't score, while H Dreyer was absent "due to
boils"! According to the programme,

says Herald.
Billy Williams was there but didn't play for Dagenham against his old club.

20/1/36 King George V dies. Competitive matches are
postponed for the following Saturday as a mark of respect.

25/1/36
B.Harris cup tied for SSC game, as he had played for Dorking previously. This
game was delayed to

1/2/36
following King George V death Met Police are unable to play in SSC, so a
friendly was played at Sutton, as

their
opponents (PO Engineers) weren't available either. Sutton got a last minute
winner, while Forster was the star

turn for
Epsom. The ground was "terribly heavy" says Comet.
"Quagmire!". Epsom unlucky to be 2-1 down at HT,

when Norma and
May Birch gave a cornet rendition of God Save the King, The Last Post, and
Abide

with Me. The
two musicians were Cheam Central School schoolgirls.

Jones put
Epsom 1-0 up, but at 2-1 to Sutton, Sutton mispen (WIDE) in 2nd half. Future
players Delventhal and

Solly played
for Sutton, while Cecil Weller also played well for Epsom. The police were on
special duties that day.

Picture of
teams standing for two minutes silence. You can see the state of the pitch.
"Poor fare" says Herald

Crowd stood
bare-headed for the silence.

Herald says
that the Epsom forward line is the speediest that Sutton have come up against
this season.

Feb 36
Reference to Jimmy Jones being of Welsh descent, but being born in Bristol.
In sight of the Welsh hills, but

not near enough to play for Wales, or he would surely have
been capped long ago. This would eventually turn out to be wrong

and it would
be determined that Jones WAS born in Wales after all!

1/2/36
Friendly v Old Westminsters has to be postponed to accommodate the SSC tie
with Met Police.

1/2/36 Slushy
conditions and bad luck for Epsom sees them go out of SSC v Met Police. Jones
mispen 32 mins

plus 89th
minute header from Neal hit the bar and dropped down about a foot over the
line say papers, but the

referee who
was well positioned waved play on. Veteran Reg Marlow played in place of the
absent Harris. This was

his last ever
performance for the first XI. Herald says "there's nae luck about the
house"

5/2/36 Epsom
Weds 3-1 Wimbledon Weds. HT 0-0 Kingston League match.

8/2/36 No game
this day.

15/2/36
Bostall Heath (H) postponed - fog. Cecil Weller would have been out for this
game anyway, as the injury he

received at
Met Police was proving more serious that expected. Many games were postponed
by fog this day, yet

despite the
Epsom postponement, Epsom Methodians 5-2 Dr Banardo's Homes @ West Street!
Despite the fog,

which improved
in the second half.

19/2/36
Kingston Weds 1-3 Epsom Weds in Kingston Charity Cup QF. SF v Job's Dairies.

22/2/36 In a
friendly with West Norwood, Epsom trailed 6-0 after 30 minutes but only 6-3
at HT, and fought back to

6-5 after 55
minutes. Ray Mason scored all 7 for West Norwood.

West Norwood
loaned Epsom a player, F.Collins as Epsom were short. At home! Papers didn't
refer to this though.

This was Jack
Forster's last game for the club. It looks like he would have made over 150
appearances in 8 years.

He is
returning to his native town of Gateshead. Sad way to go out, but Comet says
none of the seven were his fault!

He was also
made captain for the day. Unfortunately the attendance was poor, but no-one
present would forget it!

S Eggleton and
V O'Connor both absent without a reason.

According to
the Herald, the loaned player was Martin, not F.Collins. Advertiser says
F.Collins though.

Herald looks
wrong, as they say Martin, but J Martin played for W.Norwood. Will stay with
Comet.

29/2/36 First
league game for 5 weeks since 18th Jan. Epsom were at full strength and led
2-0 after 6 minutes

but Tilbury
fought back to draw.

3/3/36 Former
President Sir Arthur Glyn is created an Alderman.

7/3/36 First
away point in the league, as Epsom get a 1-1 draw at Eton Manor. Jackie
Pullen was missing for

this game, so
they asked Jack Parr, and old player who was part of the Selection Committee
to play, and he

scored a
header near the end of the game. V O'Connor made his debut but suffered
injury early on and was a

slight
passenger. LR Neal also suffered a similar injury, but he was fit to play the
next week, so can't have been

too serious.
Times said it was Neal that had scored.

14/3/36 Epsom
without 3 regulars, Eggleton, Milne and O'Connor. Replaced by Hosking, Dreyer
and Harris.

Redhill's
attack had 5 players with an average age of 17 1/2. Tommy Winship played for
Redhill v Epsom.

Mar 36 Bobby
Gill and Jimmy Jones selected for London League v SSL @ Epsom 25/3/36.

21/3/36 Epsom
led after an hour but lost 3-1 to PO Engineers for their first ever home win
over Epsom. An unlucky

o.g. by Dick
Wilson when the ball hit him on a rebound from the bar turned the game.
Engineers still unbeaten in

16 league
games. J Levison former Epsom player, played for PO Engineers. Comet refers
to O'Connor and calls him

"an
acquisition". Very promising.

Club honoured
with representative match between Surrey Senior League and London League
25/3/36 - 3.30 ko.

London League
won 1-0. Frank Rawkins (PO Engineers and future Epsom), Bobby Gill, Jimmy
Jones and Bryn

Evans
(Carshalton and future Epsom) all play for London League.

25/3/36 Epsom
Weds 1-0 Clarence House (Bentalls of Kingston). In SF of Sutton Hospital Cup,
not v Job's Dairies

as advised
earlier. Game played in Sutton. 3 penalties awarded but only 1 scored. Final
to be v Long Grove, again at

Sutton
United. Line Up: Tanner, Stainsby, Butcher, Bunn, Wales, Oliver, Yates,
Clarke, Keary, Bennell, Friday.

Ground also
used on 28/3/36 for Final of the Southern Counties Junior Championship Surrey
v Essex.

Programme Y.
Surrey won 3-0.

28/3/36
Epsom's first ever loss at Dagenham, and they would never win there again.
1-0 defeat, and the goal scorer

was ex-Epsom
striker Billy Williams. Ernie Sperring played excellently in goal. FHA Watts
made debut. 17 year old

son of Fred
Watts an old Epsom player. However, never played again. Had been with
Brentford 'A'. Fred

Watts was
present to watch his son play.

Papers refer
to Sperring having played for the club since the team was formed 16 years
ago. This would make 1920.

"Is still
as alert and artistic as ever"

28/3/36
Probably Leslie Graves scores for Southall in their 5-1 win over Sutton
United in the Isthmian League.

1/4/36
Mitcham News says London League were due to play the Surrey Senior League @
Epsom. Did this happen?

4/4/36 Tommy
Winship guested for one game while a Redhill player. He would return next
season anyway. Pullen

and O'Connor
both missing for business reasons and were replaced with reserves Maurice
Gill and L Ayres. Jimmy

Jones scored
the goal of the match against Finchley but their only other goal was an o.g.
where the Finchley

defender
Draper's clearance was blown back over the goal line by the wind! Finchley
deserved to win though.

4/4/36 Freak
result Carshalton Athletic 6-6 PO Engineers in League!

8/4/36 Epsom,
Leatherhead & District Schools won Hood Shield for third year in a row, @
West Street, defeating

St Helier 3-2
after extra time. 2-2 after 90 minutes. Route to final was 1st Caterham (A)
1-1, replay (H) 5-2,

2nd Reigate
(A) 2-1, SF Wimbledon (A) 2-1. Medals and Shield were presented by Sir Arthur
Glyn. Future player

Ken Allan was
in the team.

10/4/36 One
of the best gates of the season at Tooting & Mitcham. It was the best
game of football in which Epsom

have
participated this season. Debut for R.Edmonds who joined from the Army.
Tooting keeper was excellent.

11/4/36 Epsom
beat Bostall Heath 5-0 and are the better side, but the score flattered them.
Their keeper and his

reserve were
both unavailable, and the understudy was poor. Debut for Tommy Rochester,
listed as D.Rochester

in papers.
Played well. Epsom actually bought him out of the army at one point, but not
sure exactly when.

Comet called
him A Rochester! Also R. Edmonds came from same barracks as Tommy Rochester.

According to
Ray Chenery, it cost £25 to buy Tommy out of the army. He had the hardest
shot Ray ever saw! Lived

down
Ebbisham Road, and would play for the club on and off, eventually becoming
Manager for a while in the fifties.

Tommy hailed
from the North East, and like many others, got the offer of work at the
hospitals and Water depts.

Tommy went on
to work at the Manor Hospital.

13/4/36 Epsom
dominated with 80% of the game v Tooting & M, and Tommy Rochester was the
star player in a

great match
that ended 2-1 to Epsom.

18/4/36 Epsom
lose their final away game of the season at Tilbury, making a record of 1
point gained from 12

away
fixtures. Epsom had never had an away season without a win before. O'Connor
and Rochester were both

absent due to
business, so Brian Beglan was promoted from the reserves for his debut along
with Jack Parr, who

played his
second game of the season, despite retiring 4 years ago. Epsom defence did
well but Tilbury deserved

their 3-0 win.
Herald says Epsom's away record is harsh, and undeserved.

21/4/36
Stoneleigh Park AGM at Haredon Club mentions Mr Sleight resigning as
Secretary. Meeting 2/5/36

(see below)
probably doesn't help matters

Friendly
arranged with Spurs for 22/4/36 at West Street on Wednesday evening k.o. 6pm.
Epsom win 3-2

after being
2-0 down at HT to a "strong" Tottenham team. It was City and
Suburban Night.

Tottenham
were complete masters of the game for most of it, but Epsom were 2-0 down
before Bobby Gill took the

field, after
arriving late! 6 Pros, 5 Amateurs, and Alsford, Jones and Bell had all played
for the first team this year.

22/4/36 Herald
refers to an A Ruffell not J Ruffell in the side, but BOOK definitely says
J.Ruffell

from Manor
Hospital, which is also the address of J.Ruffell in the BOOk listing for
1932..

It transpires
that it was Bill Ruffell, father of Ron and brother of the more famous Jim
Ruffell who played in the White

Horse FA Cup
Final of 1923. Bill worked at the Manor Hospital. The "J" in the
book was just an error

on the part of
Sid Basford. Bill was also a former pro with West Ham and other clubs.

An Epsom
correspondent writes to dispute Herald comments about Tottenham game. Herald
had said that

Tottenham had
eased up at 2-0 and felt that this was wrong.

25/04/36
Jimmy Jones and Bobby Gill selected for London League v Paris League @ Paris.
London won 2-0

The game had
5 Finchley players and two Epsom ones involved, yet Finchley still had to
travel to Epsom for a

League fixture
which Epsom won comfortably 4-1. Jimmy Jones was replaced by Barnes,

while Maurice Gill
replaced his brother, who was captain for the London League. Strong Paris
side out apparently.

Also Ernie
Sperring couldn't play so FEJ Strudwick played instead. Jimmy Jones scored
both goals (inc pen), and

Bobby Gill was
handed the cup. W Bowe and Ernest Taylor accompanied the players to France.

29/4/36 Epsom
lose 4-1 at home to Leavesden but not as one sided as the score suggests,
writes the Herts

Advertiser.
Leavesden went 1-0 up after ten minutes, and it was 2-0 after 20. A Jones
penalty on the stroke of half

time reduced
the arrears, but further goals after 60 and 70 made the score 4-1. Leavesden
played at Woodside,

in Leavesden,
but not sure exactly where that was..

30/4/36
Letter to the Editor in the Epsom Courier and Ewell Times mentions a strong
movement to form a local

senior
football club. Arrangements have been made to share one of the best amateur
football grounds in Surrey.

Many
Stoneleigh people appear interested and a general meeting is being arranged.
Contact DH Clarke, 125 Ewell

By Pass Road,
Ewell.

May 36
Charlie Thompson is leaving Sunderland to resume his business career - has
not appeared in the first

team for
Sunderland yet - formerly employed by Messrs Samuel Jones the well known
Southampton Street firm.

2/5/36 Bobby
Gill and S.Eggleton injured, replaced by Maurice Gill and Michael Wiggins.

If PO
Engineers had won 5-0 they would have won the London League, but they could
only defeat Epsom 3-0, and

ended up 3rd
on Goal Average!. This was Epsom's worst season on record at the time.

This was also
George Mackesy's last game for the club, although he maybe didn't realise it
at the time, leaving for

Dagenham next
August.

According to
Ray Chenery, George went on to run a pub in Borough, South London, and the
team would often stop

there on the
way back from places like Tilbury. Apparently, he was a real character, and
was nicknamed Brother

George. Ray
thinks this was because his brother used to play too, and he was brother
George.

Also used to
run down the hill after Epsom had warmed up, running towards the ref and
opposition captain with his

hand
outstretched, and then when he got there, he'd keep on running!

8/5/36
reported that Epsom are to change their style of play from a short (and
sometimes slow) passing game.

Also advised
in Herald that Ewell & Stoneleigh are to replace the reserve side next
year, assuming they are elected

to the Surrey
Senior League. Players will be able to change sides, as they are in different
leagues.

8/5/36 Epsom
Weds Annual Dinner at Co-operative Hall, East Street. 80 present, and
Chairman WE Lewis presided.

This season
Pld 35 W24 D2 L9, with captain Johnny Keary scoring 34 goals, while Stan
Yates (23) and W Jarvis

(14).
Secretary is Billy (W) Wales, while EE Thornton the trainer is Eddie. It was
their third straight appearance in

the Kingston
League Challenge Cup, and this year they finally won it. They were also
runners up in the Kingston

Charity Cup
and Sutton Hospital Cup.

23/5/36
Announced in local paper (front page) that a recently formed club Ewell &
Stoneleigh had been accepted

into the
Surrey Senior League and advised its formation AGM at Stoneleigh Hotel on
8/6/36.

27/5/36
Charles Pettett re-elected onto SCFA Committee at SCFA AGM at Sutton Adult
School.

Dick Wilson
played in every game for 4 years now.

Reserves:

London League Division 1

Position

15th out of 17

Park Royal Div
1 Cup (LC) started

SCC

1st

Leatherhead

0-2

SIC

5th

West Park M.H.

0-3

LC

London Labour
play at the Welsh Harp Ground in Kingsbury. This is where the old Hendon team
used to play.

31/8/35 Harold Ashley broke his leg in two places just
above the ankle, after a collision with the keeper. He was deputy

captain of
the reserve team, and captain that day. He lives in Cheam, and is currently
in Finchley Memorial Hospital.

Part of his
boot had been torn off in the collision! News got back to the Epsom ground at
the end of the first team

game, so
Charles Pettett, and WH Bailey drove up there, picking up Ashley's father on
the way, who was umpiring

a cricket match at the time! The accident occurred early
in the second half. He never appeared to play for the club again.

A Denby was the scorer although the BOOK doesn't list him.
However, it does list Arthur (AG) Newbery a future Secretary.

The match
was won 1-0 at Finchley despite the injury, and Epsom were drawn to play
Chelmsford Res in the second

round of the
London League Div 1 Cup. I cannot trace whether this took place. It was meant
to be on or before 28/12.

So far the
only spare dates I can find for this game are 21/9, 21/12, 26/12, 1/1, 15/2.
We may just have withdrawn.

There is no
mention of this game in the BOOK whatsoever.

7/9/35 Res
game v Briggs is p-p as they have a cup tie.

7/9/35 Instead
Epsom played Chelmsford and beat them 4-1 in a London League match at West
Street.

Denby was listed as a scorer yet wasn't in the BOOK line
up. Epsom Herald said he played at 10 and Chelmsford Chronicle also

says he
scored. Apparently the Chelmsford gk was 16 and there was no one in the team
over 18.

Searle didn't play that well, despite the win as we led
3-1 at HT. Dennett scored another penalty and has not missed one yet

says Herald. Reg Marlow got our final goal in the second
half. Chelmsford had taken the lead after 5 minutes with a tap in from

Davey after
Hillmann's shot had hit the post.

14/9/35 Ernest
Flight scores all four for res v Grays in a 4-3 win at West Street.

He is reported as good at the back but not so consistent
up front, but this performance proves that wrong. We were a bit fortunate

to win the game and Marlow picked up an injury in the
second half and was a passenger at outside left for the rest of the game.

21/9/35 Although no fixture was advised in the Herald, a
team line up was provided. Was this the missing game with Chelmsford?

28/9/35 Lost
3-0 at Eton Manor (NR).

4/10/35
reported that two new reserves will play, F Clarke and GA Woodcock who is 5ft
10 and 12st 10lbs, and has

played in an English Schools trial match. The BOOK says it
was CA Woodcock, and Clarke actually played in the opening

game of the season and briefly last season too, when he
was wrongly listed as FW Clarke. The BOOK calls him FS Clarke now

but the
addresses match, so they are the same person.

5/10/35 Epsom get a 1-1 draw at Dagenham Reserves but
report back that the Dagenham goal should not have been given as it

didn't cross
the line.

12/10/35
Trial for reserves to J Caunt (Leicester District) and W Nutland (ex-Navy).
Both are working in Epsom area.

12/10/35 Epsom crash 6-1 at Briggs Motor Bodies, who I
think are a forerunner of Briggs Sports, probably playing at Rush Green

Road which remains in use to this day. A Denby was in the
line up this day but B.Harris played this day so I think the inclusion

of Denby is
wrong and is  a BOOK error.

19/10/35 R
Sandell to play for res this day says Herald. Used to be prominent in schools
football. - Local. Also,

mention of E
Roach who also made his debut. H Wilde was keeper this day. Took Searle's
place.

R Sandell
turned out to be F.Sandall.

19/10/35 Poor result as the Reserves lose the Surrey
Intermediate Challenge Cup tie 0-2 to Leatherhead United. A goal near
the

start and another near the end as it was said that the
Reserves have not played so badly in years. It was Hosking's first run
out

of the season
and he struggled but all were poor. Gill and Dreyer were with the first team.

26/10/35 Epsom
lose 3-2 at Venners Sports. Future ground sharers with Epsom. (NR).

2/11/35 Old
Norcollians are from Purley.

2/11/35 Epsom only led this Surrey Intermediate Cup tie
1-0 at HT but won 7-1 against the Old Boys of Norbury College.

Ernest Flight
scored four again, one was a penalty while Reg Marlow got the other three.

9/11/35 Flight
scores two more in a 2-2 friendly at Epsom Long Grove Hospital.

16/11/35 Future player Reuben Leverington plays for Res. A
former Epsom Town Junior. Also LR Neal (Tufnell Park) debut.

16/11/35 It was a very muddy but excellent performance as
Jurgens (Purfleet) were dispatched 5-1 in a home League match.

23/11/35
Carshalton Athletic are defeated 3-2 in the SIC at West Street. Two goals
from S.Dennett and an own goal.

Epsom just
deserved this victory said Herald and were 3-0 up in the second half before
the visitors nearly got a draw.

30/11/35
Originally meant to be at home to London Labour but not played.

30/11/35 Epsom
lose 1-0 at home to P.O. Engineers instead. (NR).

7/12/35 G.Newbery listed as playing for Reserves this day,
but has the same address as Arthur Newbery who played briefly last

year. They may
be brothers but it almost certainly Arthur again which is how I have left it
for now.

7/12/35 PO started well but Marlow scored for Epsom
against the run of play and we led at HT before a 72nd minute equaliser.

Report says Collins played at 4 but BOOK says F.Hearne.
Herald report was a PO one so I will stick with the BOOK for now.

14/12/35 A
Meikle (Sheppey, Aylesbury), HW Clover (Athenian and Isthmian experience),
and CW Milne (Finchley

Res) to make
debuts this day. Lost 2-3 at home to Fords Sports.

14/12/35 Report said it was a good and interesting game
but although Milne did well Clover was too slow. Fords were down to

ten for much
of the game as one of the players had flu.

21/12/35 No
game it appears for the Reserves.

25/12/35
Epsom defeat Tooting & Mitcham 4-0 at West Street on Christmas Day.
Hosking scores twice but (NR).

28/12/35 J
Hosking was sent off for the reserves but plans to appeal.

28/12/35 On a slushy ground Venners won 4-1 because they
were the better balanced team despite scoring three times from

breakaways. Neal came back to the Reserves as the firsts
had no game, and did well. Hosking was sent off but it is not clear

why from the
report. Happened near the end of the game.

28/12/35
Report says F.BRADLEY played at 5 but BOOK says C.Collins. Add both for now.

4/1/36 Epsom
crashed 1-5 at London Labour (NR). ER Mann debut. Wrongly listed in paper as
A.Mann. A local lad.

4/1/36 Not
clear which of JHG Williams and JW Phillips played in goal this day.

11/1/36 First
XI had no game, so many of them played for Reserves in SIC v Warlingham and
win 2-0. Only E.

Henton had not played previously for the first XI. Also
Warlingham keeper injured 10 minutes. 10 men. Accidental concussion.

Also Reg
Marlow and Ernie Sperring played in this game. Both goals came in the second
half.

The pitch had "the softness of a pudding" said
the report. Both Gills and Milne did well while our keeper was but "a
watcher only".

Crowd disappointed that former player Harry Westlake was
unable to play for Warlingham his current club. Selected but wasn't fit.

18/1/36 WJ
Harris and E.Applebee did well on their debuts as we lost 3-2 at Hayesco in a
League match.

25/1/36 Ernie
Sperring's car broke down "near Richmond?" on his way to Woolwich.
Where was he travelling from?

Did Ernie get
there at any point or did they play the whole match with ten? Seems unlikely
that he got there.

25/1/36 Epsom started and probably finished with ten men
as a result and EH Flight in goal. Lost 6-0. The BOOK lists

just nine
players

1/2/36 Epsom
are defeated 5-2 at UGB (Charlton) in a League game. United Glass Bottle.
(NR).

8/2/36 Before
res game with Northmet (ref carried off - see below) a fire was discovered at
the ground by the

Gibraltar Rec
Superintendant who then let Mr Cottee the groundsman know. He was in the
dressing room at the

time, and was
some distance from the clubhouse where the fire was. "A considerable
hole was burnt in the side of

the building,
but otherwise, no damage was done"

8/2/36 Epsom lose 4-2 at home to Northmet. Although one of
our goals was an own goal, the BOOK says it was via Applebee, so

it looks like
it may have been an original shot by him that went in off a defender.

8/2/36 Ref
carried off in game v Northmet at West Street. Nearly halftime, and referee
GD Harber sprained his ankle

when turning
on the frozen lumpy pitch. He blew his whistle and stopped play. He could not
move, so was carried

off for
treatment by St John's Ambulance men in the referee's room. Sid Bristow did
the honours until half time,

when the
referee bravely returned, and completed the second half.

E.Henton
experimented with the outside left position in this game but was back in
midfield by HT!

15/2/36
Friendly game (A) West Park M.H. p-p - fog.

25/2/36 SCFA
Appeal clears JT Hosking after his sending off. Not clear why he was sent off
in the first place.

28/2/36 FCW
Glitz joins from London Labour, who have now withdrawn from London League. He
is a keeper yet ……

29/2/36 E Brumpton keeper debut for res (Hersham,
Kingstonian Res, and Kings Lynn). Wrongly listed in Herald as Brimpton.

29/2/36 FCW
Glitz also plays in this 2-0 defeat at Finchley but as an outfield player!

7/3/36 Only ten players listed in THE BOOK. H.Dreyer is
the 11th player, but report also said C.Collins played at 8 while BOOK

says Marlow
played.

7/3/36 Eton Manor win 1-0 at West Street in a poor game
with lots of "dullness and poorness".Hosking also mispen (WIDE) at

0-1 down.
Maurice Gill was injured and had to become a passenger while Brumpton did
well.

14/3/36 Paper says G.Collins played but BOOK rightly
advises it as C.Collins a player from West London. Geoff Collins was by

now settled in
the first team. Also CL Smith debut. Epsom lose 3-0 at Tilbury. (NR).

21/3/36 Cecil Weller "just getting over his
accident" and plays for Res this day scoring once in a 2-2 draw at home
to Finchley.

21/3/36 Epsom
led 2-0 at HT with Marlow playing very well but we couldn't hold on.

28/3/36 BOOK
says that Geoff Collins scored but he didn't play in this 6-2 defeat at
Northmet. C.Collins did play and

I will record
him as the scorer.

C.Collins is also selected for the London League team v
the Northern Suburban League. Clearly an Intermediate standard selected

in keeping with the opposition. More a Reserve section
team. Game to be played on 4/4/36 at Hoxton Manor in East London.

4/4/36 Epsom lose 3-0 at home to UGB. FCW Glitz gets his
chance in goal but it doesn't go well. All the goals were in first half.

WE Hopwood and JR Dolphin-Rowland made debuts, but neither
are likely to play again. Even though Dolphin-Rowland was

slightly injured. G.Pile did ok on his debut at centre
forward and then inside left but he too would never play again for us.

Former player
Eric King played for UGB this day.

10/4/36 New reserve this day is Brian Beglan, wrongly
listed in papers as GW Beglan. He would do well for us and then Dulwich.

11/4/36
R.Easton wrongly listed in papers as R.Ashton.

17/4/36
reported that EJ Brumpton has left the club. A new job has stopped him from
playing on Saturdays. He is to

be replaced by
CW Hartley from London University.

17/4/36
reported that Epsom Reserves are to be withdrawn from the London League.
Journeys are too far.

They are not
the only ones as a few clubs are doing the same.

18/4/36 Epsom draw 0-0 at home to Tilbury as "neither
side could pierce the armour of the other team." Epsom were the better
side

and none played badly although only some played well.
J.Irons is decribed as "a hefty player who knows what to do but was
too

slow in doing
it.".

18/4/36
W.Harris is listed in papers as JW Harris. BOOK says WJ Harris. Clarify one
day.

20/4/36 Herald reports that "Epsom astonished
themselves and everybody on Monday evening by in an away match defeating

Jurgens by
nine goals to nil."

20/4/36 The
BOOK only has 10 players listed as we defeat Jurgens 9-0. F.Corby scores four
goals.

25/4/36 Dagenham reserve game follows first team game with
k.o. of 5.30. B Davies to play says Herald. Probably DH.

It is
D.Davies who was listed wrongly as B. He is working in the district and has
played for Welsh clubs said Herald.

27/4/36 Brian Beglan and Gordon Brogdale score for the
Reserves but they lose to Briggs Motor Bodies in a League match. Briggs

would go on to be the famous Briggs Sports before merging
with other Ford teams to make Ford United (currently Redbridge). In

goal for
Epsom was L.Glister a youth from the Fulham district.

29/4/36 and
2/5/36 the BOOK reports that JH Hayese (not totally clear) played in both of
these games.

2/5/36
Reserves played at Tooting & Mitcham in a match that kicked off after
their first team fixture. Drew 1-1.

2/5/36 The
BOOK lists 12 players in this match.

Reserves are
shelved until 1945/46 season.

Other
affiliated Local Teams:

Secretary

From SCFA Handbook

Affiliated

Epsom
Athletic

F Barnes

2 Eastway, Epsom

July 1922

Stoneleigh
Park

FC Sleight

56 Stoneleigh Avenue, Worcester Park

Nov 1934

Epsom
Wednesday

E Thornton

74 West Hill, Epsom

Sept 1923

26/9/35 5
ponies and a zebra killed in a fire at Chessington Zoo.

4/11/35
Stoneleigh Hotel opens. Cost £20,000. Covers 1 acre.

Dec 35 Epsom
High Street widening to commence in the early new year say council.