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CL

Position 8th out of 15

FAC

Pr

Bromley

2-4

AC

4q

Eastbourne

2-3

LC

SF

Yiewsley

1-5

SSC

2nd

Woking

2-4

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Club Colours

Light and Dark Blue

Change Colours Red and White

President

Alderman G.C.A.Mann

One of many
Vice-Presidents was J.R.P.Martin

Chairman

Derek Carpenter

Secretary

A.A.(Arthur) Newbury (followed W.Carpenter who
resigned on 23/9/57)

44 Sutton Court Road, Brighton Road, Sutton.

Treasurer

W.F.(Bill) Inkpen

52 Waverley Road, Stoneleigh

Tel Ewell 6514

Manager

Fred Chitty

also on Committee

Res Manager

Ray Chenery

Assistant Steve Tillyer

Trainer / PT

Jim Conlon

also Bob Jones

Supporters
Club

Chairman - Mr Hickey

Secretary - RA Minter

Press Officer

BF (Ken?) Knowlson

Ernie Watkins
is club captain until replaced by Malcolm Robbins in March. Ernie volunteered
to stand down.

Alan Parker
captained the reserves for a large part of this season.

Maidstone
& Tilbury drop out. Replaced by Dagenham & Horsham. Horsham had been
bottom of the Metropolitan League

which was
harsh on Leatherhead.

Mr G.Head
provided facts and figures for the programme, and had done a bit the year
before.

Ted Murphy
leaves for Tooting & M then Wimbledon Great success at both. Previously
with Dorking.

June 57
Social & Athletic Club organise a fete for Whit Monday 3rd June at 2.30
with skiffle group in evening

27 June
reported admission rises from 1s to 1s.3d for ground. Stand and enclosure
remain unchanged.

Working
parties operating on Weds and Saturdays during June. Dressing rooms were
painted.

AGM 21/6/57
says club is £219 in the red, even though 56/57 was their most successful
season for 20 years.

July 57 Ray
Colfar (21) and Brian Jenkins (21) leaving for Kingstonian, but return to
training in August.

No surprise
that they moved together, as each were courting the others sister at the
time!

July 57
Johnny Berry rejoining club, and Reg Oakes rumoured to be joining but instead
goes to Kingstonian.

Joe (Joshua)
McLaughlin says he is joining, then changes his mind. Eventually plays one
game in Aug and returns to Leatherhead.

July 57 Fred
Aldred ex-trainer (1951) rejoins Carshalton from Sutton. Was at Carshalton
prior to Epsom.

July 57 Bryn
Evans ex-player now managing Ashtead Athletic.

23/7/57
Training starts on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

July 57 Lew
Tucker rejoins club from Kingstonian.

July 57
Bernard Pickard injured cartilage and out for a little while. Plays in public
trial though.

Aug 57 Epsom
annoyed at non-exemption in Amateur Cup. Can't see why, as they hadn't
reached first round since 30's.

Aug 57 future
player Reg Walker is at Sutton but injures ligaments and is out for a month.

Aug 57 future
players Derek Roshier and Ken Brown both at Croydon

Aug 57 Peter
Kenchington debut from Wimbledon - aged 19 and signed from Garratt United

6/8/57 No
Committee meeting held due to lack of people.

17/8/57
Public trial Reds beat Whites 3-0 Ron Broome (26) Barclays Bank captain does
well and joins for a few games.

Lives in
Southall and works in Queensway. Hermitage left trial early to go to work.
Reg Oakes did not appear at trial and joins K's.

Sorensen and
Weaving were both injured but all other first teamers were there.

Reds: Hall,
Mitchell, Parker, Bryson, Watkins, Day, Palmer, Harty, Jenkins, Berry, Rowe

Whites,
R.Watkins, Sanders, Freeman, Willis, Tucker, Francis, Broome, Hermitage,
Bangs, Pickard, Colfar.

This trial
match was refereed by former Epsom player and future top class referee
Charlie Holliday who receives no fee for this match.

In his record
book (see 1945/46 season comments) he refers to Reds v Blues not whites!

24/8/57 Ray
Colfar injured 50 minutes. 10 men. He doesn't play with shin guards which may
have contributed.

The injury
was later diagnosed as a torn tendon in his foot. Alan Parker also injured
his ankle later on.

Ron Broome
had a great debut this day but his ankle swelled up afterwards and he would
be out for weeks. He would never play for

the first
team again.

24/8/57
Entry has been increased this year. Club apologises for the
"economics" of the situation. Rates had doubled this year.

Also
reference to Mr Hickey taking over as Chairman of the Supporters Club. 150
members were enrolled at the trial game on 17/8.

Only costs
2s. Programme refers to the addition of Mr Hickey bringing
"glamour" to the committee! Secretary is BA Minter.

24/8/57
reference to all the squad being retained from last year. This appears to
have been the case.

Aug 57 former
player Len Bridgman retires and is moving to Portsmouth.

26/8/57
future player and Manager 19 year old Peter Kenchington makes debut and
scores winner for Wimbledon v Wave

28/8/57 Game
at Yiewsley ends in semi darkness. According to the Middlesex Chronicle,
Epsom officials did not want floodlights

used, as it
would give the hosts an advantage. They won 3-0 anyway! HT 1-0.

28/8/57 Line
up unknown in this game, but so far all I know is that Bryson, Harty, Pickard
and McLaughlin definitely played, while

Broome, Colfar and Parker definitely did not. Also future
players Frank Whitehouse and Tony Williams appear in the programme line up.

for Yiewsley.
Was this the same Tony Williams?

Sept 57 Crowd
getting at Bernard Pickard. Apparently this is why Bernard Wales left says an
Epsom informant.

4/9/57 Line
up v Eastbourne unknown in this game, but so far all I know is that Hall,
Bryson, Willis, Rowe, Hermitage, Bangs,

Pickard and
Sorensen definitely played, while Jenkins, Colfar, Mitchell and Parker
definitely did not. I have now added Day, Freeman

and Watkins
as they were all regulars and the report advised that certain regulars didn't
play, so they must have done!

7/9/57
Programme refers to already having 250 members, only 90 short of last year!
Aiming to get some covered accommodation

for the far
side, but it never happens. Cost was approx £400 it was advised in prog at
end of last year.

Jumble sale
advised for 12/10/57 at Foresters Hall. Also Corinthian League Handbooks at
2s6d. Supporters up to 283.

14/9/57 Tommy
Millard debut for Leatherhead

Joe
McLaughlin also at Leatherhead

21/9/57
George Mitchell injured 75 minutes. 10 men.

21/9/57
Epsom wear new continental style shirts for first time. Blue body with
different shade for cuffs and collar. No quarters.

23/9/57 Bill
Carpenter resigns. He had been Secretary for 18 months and with club for 7
years. Bill said that he didn't

see eye to
eye with some people, so it was better to go. However, brother Derek
(Chairman) said he was moving to a

new house
and this was taking time up. However, he only moved to Gibraltar Crescent,
and was just the other side of

the railway
line. Derek used this self same reason when he resigned in 1959

Bill
occasionally wrote to papers to complain in future years. Arthur Newbury (40)
a salesman from Sutton took over

the position.
Already a Committee member and was 41 by the middle of October.

Bill died in
June 2006, aged 89.

26/9/57
reported that Bernard Wales was playing for Hounslow but living in Epsom.
Left Epsom as crowd didn't like him

says one
supporter who writes in to complain in Dec 57. Picked for London FA to play
Army XI at Finchley on 26/9/57

28/9/57
Vickers played at Byfleet. Actually playing at Oyster Lane. Is this Kings
Head Lane, or another ground?

Fred
Stenning played for Vickers v Epsom. He was 41 years old. Also Ronnie Rooke,
ex Arsenal and Fulham (46), and Jim Herbert

ex-Walton
& Hersham captain (40+).

Jumble sale
date moved to 23rd November at Foresters Hall, Epsom.

Oct 57 Bob
Jones rejoins club as trainer. Had been at Epsom about a year previously.

Oct 57 Ray
Watkins (20) signs Amateur forms with Charlton Athletic. Would have played a
game for First XI on 14/10/57

but
dislocated his finger playing for Epsom Reserves the week before.

Listed as an
Epsom player from a few years previously after leaving RAF.

5/10/57 v
Horsham Bernard Pickard had to leave field after 3 minutes, but Epsom still
won 1-0

Oct 57 Brian
Jenkins leaves Epsom for Sutton.

Oct 57 George
Mitchell says he will only play at right back, so he was played there in the
reserves. Leaves soon after

for Sheppey
or Herne Bay. Also, John Rowe leaves for Dorking.

12/10/57
London University play at Motspur Park. Epsom play in red to avoid colour
clash. Epsom win 7-0 and Sorensen scores

twice but
also mispen.

19/10/57
reported that children celebrated by setting off fireworks under the stand!!

26/10/57
Malden Town's pitch only 6 inches wider than minimum permitted at 70 feet.

Jan Sorensen
scores while being watched by his dad who had come over from Denmark to
watch.

Oct 57 Bill
Carpenter joins Leatherhead's Committee.

Oct 57 Future
player George Richardson beginning his long career with Dorking this season.

Oct 57 former
player Gordon Cairns leaves Carshalton for Leatherhead.

Oct 57 Jim
Conlon has to give up sponging on Saturdays through work commitments.

Oct 57 new
helper Mrs Dorothy Lipscombe was taking dictation from new Secretary Arthur
Newbury in his office. She volunteered

after a
Dance at the Organ Inn on 12/10/57. Newbury was working Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Apparently
his office looked like a caravan showroom. Was this the caravan that was
there in the 80's? No.

22/10/57 38
players attend training says Fred Chitty.

Oct 57 refers
to 2 Borough Councillors Mr Alder and T.S.Smith both of whom were on the
Committee

Post match
meals now being cooked at ground by Alfie and Hazel Harvey. Previously they
ate at the Granada Restaurant and

then the
Baths Hall canteen. They did 62 meals on one day in March apparently.

26/10/57
Surrey Comet says Johnny Bangs got two goals, not Bangs and Berry as in my
records.

26/10/57 reference in Esher News and Mail to Epsom Juniors
keeping up their unbeaten record with an 8-3 home win v Cobham Juniors in

the North
Surrey Minor League. I have no reference to this, but paper provides a full
report.

Nov 57
Kateley, Wackett, Hayes, Jobson & J.Rowe all at Dorking

Nov 57 Ted
Drake junior is playing for Wimbledon Juniors

09/11/57 Club
announce the death of Mr (C.E.) Edward (Ted) Wheal, who was one of the
founder

members of
the club. He assisted in the erection of the stand and dressing rooms, and
sold tickets at the gate.

He had been
made a Life Vice-President when he retired from the Committee after over 30
years service.

9/11/57 Epsom
beat Sutton 2-1 at darts. Fred Chitty and Derek Carpenter beat Don Stoker and
Jimmy Young in the

decider.
Also an old piano that had been dumped at the ground a few years ago was put
up for raffle and won by Don Stoker.

Don hadn't
collected it a few weeks later and a note was made in the papers that it was
gathering storage rent!

According to
Ray Chenery, the club had been looking to get rid of the piano, and they
rigged the draw so Don Stoker won it! "You

should have
seen the look on his face when he realised that he had won" said Ray.

Apparently
Stoker was Ray's brother's wife's cousin.

Ernie Watkins
was the scorer at the darts match, which was for a barrel of beer.

9/11/57 Club
also advise that Bernard Willis has been advised not to play for "some
considerable time".

Nov 57 Sid
Law rejoins Worcester Park from Carshalton Athletic.

Future Epsom
manager Bill Kennedy manager at Molesey for the Amateur Cup game 16/11/57

Molesey had
a record crowd of 1,200 for this game which Epsom won 5-1, despite Walton
& H playing Southampton locally in FAC.

23/11/57
coach run to Eastbourne for Amateur Cup match. It was a non smoking zone
according to the manager.

They also
stopped at a local hostelry on the way for steak and poached eggs.

3 other
coaches with Epsom supporters also went.

Following
defeat at Eastbourne, Billy French and Wally Warren were both signed from
Redhill. French had scored twice and

knocked Epsom
out of the Amateur Cup in 1955. French suffered injury in car accident but
was ok to play on 7/12/57.

Fred Chitty
introduces a "no training, no game" policy after the Eastbourne
loss.

26/11 Fire
at Hawkers Sports ground with one third of building destroyed. Took fire
crews five hours to control. Was spotted by

someone
across the river Thames at 4am. Cause unknown.

Nov 57
former Coach Bill Whittaker is now in charge at Banstead Athletic. A former
Sutton, Nunhead and Kingstonian player who has

also Coached
at Carshalton Athletic and Malden Town. He was an Amateur International.
Banstead's A team now being Coached by

former keeper
Jim Ferguson.

Dec 57 Johnny
Bleach also joins from Tooting & M.

Dec 57 Appeal
from Arthur Newbury for ladies to help at the tea bars. 6 required on a
rotation basis.

Dec 57 Micky
Williams rejoins club from Kingstonian. Previously with Epsom Reserves. Plays
once then breaks a bone in his ankle

while playing
on a Sunday!

Dec 57 Brian
Pell at Banstead

Dec 57 Sid
Law at Worcester Park

Dec 57 Ray
Ellis at Banstead

Dec 57
Hungarian player Bill Taricska writes and asks for a trial.

Dec 57 Talk
of a "sack Fred Chitty" campaign, but this never gets off the
ground after Epsom beat Sutton on 14/12/57.

7/12/57
Programmes for this game v Wembley arrived later that evening, due to GPO
problems! I have one - number 7.

14/12/57
Supporters Dance at the Drill Hall.

Dec 57
mention of future Epsom player Norman Dearlove also playing catcher for
Sutton Beavers Baseball team.

21/12/57
Micky Williams debut. A future captain. Currently alive and well and living
in Surbiton. According to Ray Chenery, was

a tough
player.

I visited
Micky on 09/05/2006 where he is now aged 73, but in good health. He referred
to players that he knew during his time there

and these
are listed below. Tommy Millard is still living in Epsom (as of 2008), while
Johnny Berry is living in Devon now. Ray Colfar

is still
around, but thought he was a little strange. Peter Keary very young when he
first played for the club, used to run an

upholstery
business although it is likely that he had retired from this by now. Used to
be in Leatherhead, and he used to live, (and

maybe still
does) at Number 1 Boxhill. He referred to the fact that Reg Marlow used to
live near him in Verona Drive, Surbiton, and he

was a bit
frail but could still remember things. Unfortunately this was back in the
seventies. He went to Hinchley Wood School,

where he
trained with Doug Whitehead at times. He also mentioned the President John
Martin, and said that he had a wartime injury

from when he
was machine gunned whilst in the water awaiting rescue. Had lots of money and
would never let anyone else buy the

drinks at
the club. Don Stoker (K's, Sutton and England) was related to Ray Chenery
although he never played for Epsom. He ran

a local
newsagents before he died in 1985 aged 63. As a youngster, Micky used to go
to Epsom and train with the Juniors. Was

also good
friends with Lew Tucker, and used to socialise with Ray Chenery, who had a
great sense of humour, as did Fred Chitty.

26/12/57
Trevor Hall saves two penalties from ex-Epsom Ted Murphy in ten minutes
against Dorking.

28/12/57
& 26/4/58 Jim Morris plays for Chesham v Epsom.

Jan 58
Supporter John Cain writes to complain about the loss of Brian Jenkins, and
that we may lose Colfar and Hermitage soon

if we're not
careful. Lived at "Greyroofs" Chessington Park Road.

Club respond
the following week with Mr B.F. (Ken?) Knowlson stating that the supporter
must have his head in the sand.

The attack
on the manager is deplored, and Knowlson suggests that the supporter might
become a member, and looks forward

to receiving
his offer to come along and help around the ground in future.

Jan 58 Ray
Colfar (22) leaves for Sutton to follow friend Brian Jenkins. However, as he
hadn't written in to resign, Epsom blocked

his transfer
at first. Sorted out within a couple of weeks.

Jan 58 Howard
"Taffy" Owen joins Epsom. Previously with Malden Town and Devas
Inst.

Also Crystal
Palace junior Albert Pollington joins club. Previously with Chipstead.

Jan 58
Future player Mick Simmonds selected for Surrey v London University, but
injured at present, and not sure if he will make it.

Jan 58 Vic
Frost (22) joins from Redhill. Previously with Tooting & M.

Jan 58 former player Ron Ruffell and future player and
Manager Peter Kenchington are both playing for Wimbledon Reserves this
season.

11/1/58 Jock
Bryson suffers an eye injury and gets treatment twice during game.
Unfortunately, Slough score both times

that he was
off the field. Passenger for rest of game.

Jan 58
Supporter EC Spells writes to complain as reserved seats were not held for
the Woking game. Even the President's

seat was
used. Normally Season ticket holders had seats guaranteed. Ken Knowlson
refutes this in the Advertiser a week later and

also asks for
help which would make those sort of occasions easier to organise by way of
stewarding.

18/1/58
programme advises Hermitage on 15 goals with French on 3. I have Hermitage on
14 and French on 4. Prog is wrong.

18/1/58 SSC
Woking scrape through with two late goals in last 6 minutes. Report
criticises Watkins performance.

Supporters
complain about the report.

22/1/58
Johnny Bangs was due to play for one of the Brighton & HA teams, but it
was snowed off.

Jan 58 Johnny
Berry leaves for Sutton.

23/1/58 Dave
Hermitage selected for Surrey v Sussex at Horsham. This earns him his County
Badge, and now needs two more

games for his
County Cap. 5/2/58 Johnny Bangs is selected for Surrey v London University at
Carshalton.

25/1/58 Epsom
beat holders of League Cup Maidenhead 5-0 to gain revenge for last year's
final

25/1/58
Programme includes an excerpt of a letter from a Surrey County FA official
complimenting the club on how they handled the

large crowd
at Woking game and still found time to entertain the FA officials.

Feb 58 Ted
Day who broke a bone in his ankle and Micky Williams who did the same, are
recovering well.

Feb 58 Johnny
Wood joins from Sutton.

Feb 58 Fans
start to have a go at Johnny Weaving now.

Feb 58 Reg
Oakes is at Kingstonian

Feb 58 Jim
Sheehan is at Walton & Hersham

Feb 58 Don
Butler is at Leatherhead

8/2/58 2
minutes silence at Edgware for Munich disaster.

8/2/58 Badly
waterlogged pitch at Edgware but game still played. Pollington was off for
treatment when they equalised.

Feb 58
further reference to Sutton Olympics. Noel Bell was a policeman moved to
Sutton (lived at 43 Grennell Road) and was

Secretary
while son Bob did the training. Younger brother Colin would have only been 16
then, and was probably still at school.

Feb 58 Johnny
Bangs dropped for match against Uxbridge as he had missed training, so Bangs
left for Carshalton.

Papers hardly
noticed this as they were concentrating on Ernie Watkins. Fred Chitty didn't
seem that concerned either.

Feb 58 former
player Les Walters to retire at T&M - aged 36 - He joined them in 1946.

Feb 58 future
player Dave Le Grice playing for Rosendale School, West Dulwich

Feb 58
Malcolm Robbins signs from Tooting & M (prev Wimbledon). Ernie volunteers
to step down.

Ernie says he
will always be there when needed and said that "spectators want a
change, they want to see new faces"

Has lost
count of the number of appearances he made, but said that "I've scored
more than I've given away"

Stayed with
club for another year or two before playing until 1968 with Banstead

Described in
local papers as "an all time great".

15/2/58 Ted
Day is recovering, and should be back shortly after injury says programme.
Returns on 1/3/58.

22/2/58
Uxbridge played with a passenger for most of the game.

Feb 58 Ken
Harris joins. Previous Sutton, Surrey and West Ham player.

Feb 58 Former
youth and future first team player Mick Simmonds is at Leatherhead.

Mar 58 future
player Tim Higgins playes for Dulwich Hamlet Reserves.

1/3/58
Pollington injured in car accident. Unable to play v Worthing. Dave Hermitage
watched by Swindon Tn scout at this game.

Tommy Kerner
(ex Tooting, Wimbledon, Leyton, and Bromley) joins club from Leyton in March

New player
Jim Thatcher (21) joined from QPR after National Service. He was entered in
the S.W. ABA Champs on 17/3/58.

Also
previously with Fulham 6ft 4 inches tall. Ken Harris debut.

8/3/58
Future player Norman Dearlove signs for Banstead from Carshalton Ath and
scores 6 on his debut v Chertsey (8-1).

Mar 58 Brian
Pell and Ray Ellis are both also there.

15/3/58 Joe
Hurlock playing for Erith v Epsom. Any relation to Terry? Probably.

15/3/58 Epsom
score 3 but had four more cleared off the line

Paper
couldn't decide who scored Epsom's second. Wood hit bar and ball went up, as
it came down, keeper punched into the net.

I've put it
down as an o.g. Linesman that day was Don Smith, England & Sussex opening
batsman!

Talk of a
new competition for those clubs not involved in the South Thames Cup. Starts
next year as Southern Combination Cup.

15/3/58
programme states that ex-local boy and former player Bernard Wales has been
offered pro terms by Brighton. Comments

are passed
by the editor about how certain members of the supporters drove him out with
regular chants of "Get rid of it Wales"

whereupon,
Wales went to Hounslow. Also stated that the supporters never learn, as they
are doing it to another local lad at present,

presumably
Johnny Weaving.

Club was
also criticised for not having a hard enough match ball at the last game v
Worthing, but they were inspected and passed

by the ref
at the start of the game, and only after it was kicked around a bit, was it
found that the rubber bladder was porous.

Programme
also refers to how quickly Sutton allowed Ken Harris to join them, and refers
to a friendly spirit of co-operation with

them. Five
transfers have so far been effected between them.

Also refers
to Dave Hermitage playing for Surrey again v Middlesex @ Tooting in SF of
Inter-Counties Cup. He needs one more

appearance to
get his county cap to go with the badge he already holds.

15/3/58
Annual Dance held at the Stoneleigh Hotel. Very successful says prog on
22/3/58.

Mar 58 Brian
Hayes re-joins from Dorking.

Mar 58 Future
player Mick Simmonds selected for Delphian League v Corinthian League @
Aylesbury on 22/3/58.

22/3/58
Malcolm Robbins injured before HT and needed 3 stitches. 10 men.

29/3/58
Johnny Wood heads ball off line and is knocked unconscious at Maidenhead!
Lost 3-0 and Tommy Kerner mispen.

29/3/58
Future player Johnny Blizzard sent off for Tooting & M v Redhill.
Suspended 7 days

Apr 58 Alf
Harvey listed as Social Secretary of Epsom F.C. with help from wife Hazel.

5/4/58
Yiewsley (H)(L) postponed due to several inches of snow. Programme 16 was
produced Y (16).

This
programme refers to small attendances across the season, but not just at
Epsom. They blame TV for a lot of this, and state

that
"in due time TV may take a less important place in the leisure hours of
sports followers, and folk may once again prefer the

fresh air,
and the thrill of "being there".

Les Francis
playing for Sutton by April 58.

7/4/58 Ray
Ellis and Norman Dearlove members of SSL Cup winners Banstead won 2-1 v
Malden Tn at Kingstonian.

Future player
Terry Farley playing for Sutton beavers Baseball team with Norman Dearlove.

7/4/58 Epsom
score two late goals to win 3-1 v Dorking "By no means a brilliant
exhibition of soccer" says Dorking Advertiser!

The Reserves
had played at Meadowbank in the morning so everyone could see both games.

7/4/58 Surrey
Saunders Cup Final Epsom Boys 0-4 South London Boys @ West Street

Match was
actually p-p to 08/04/58 in the evening

19/4/58 PC
Noel Bell's 28th wedding anniversary. Celebrated with Sutton Olympics winning
Trojan League Youth Cup

at Sutton 5-0
v Wimbledon Wanderers. Jimmy Hill presented the medals. He lives in Grennell
Road, Sutton.

Apr 58 Terry
McCarthy joins from Grays Athletic.

Apr 58 John
Strange joins from Carshalton Athletic. Also Bobby Smith rejoins club from
Sutton. Formerly with Beddington Corner.

23/4/58
Leatherhead play Epsom in Wells Cup, and have to play Banstead the same day,
so a "guest XI" plays v Banstead.

Apr 58 Reg
Carter is at Leatherhead

Apr 58 Ted
Murphy resigns from Dorking.

26/4/58
Johnny Wood injured ankle in first half. Passenger.

26/4/58
Programme refers to an overall disappointing season after the last one, but
that they have "defeated the Athenian League

Champions
(Sutton Utd) and given the Amateur Cup winners (Woking) some very anxious
moments"!

Both the
Chairman and Manager write in the programme which was the last one produced
this season. Fred Chitty mentions that

the club's
ambition is to reach the 1st round of the Amateur Cup again, and the
associated finance.

29/4/58
Return match in Wells Cup v Leatherhead. Epsom lose both games 3-2. Presented
by A Pierson in the absence of

Mr A Wells.
Quite a good crowd were present.

May 58 Ray
Colfar signs Amateur forms with Tottenham.

May 58 John
Leedham signs for Fulham

1/5/58 Vic
Frost injured early and was taken to hospital for 6 stitches. Returns to game
in closing minutes. Epsom still won 2-1.

1/5/58 Paddy
Hasty - Tooting & M's Irish International guests for Epsom and scores.
Two other new names R.Harris and Pile.

May 58 Ex
Epsom Ivor Hughes plays for Carshalton Athletic in SSC v Dulwich at C.Palace
but lose 0-1 Att 5,419

3/5/58 Fun
challenge match v Combined Hospitals XI scheduled for 6.30 ko to follow
reserve game. Result unknown.

10/5/58 Brian
Jenkins scores and Ray Colfar plays for Sutton v Finchley in LSC and win 2-1
at Wimbledon.

10/5/58 Reg
Oakes scores for Kingstonian as they win SSS v Tooting & M 2-1

May 58 Dave
Hermitage states that he is leaving for Carshalton Athletic but returns to
Epsom by start of next season.

24 years old
Press telegraphist at American Embassy. Had played 18 times for Millwall
Reserves and had been offered pro

terms whilst
in RAF. Also previously with Brentford and Fulham.

Reserves:

Corinthian League Reserve Division

NO REGULAR RESERVE PROGRAMMES ISSUED THIS YEAR

Position

9th out of 15

Manager:

Ray Chenery

Assisted by Steve Tillyer says programme late
in season

Trainer /
Sponge:

Charlie Mutimer - also occasional keeper

NT

1st

Yiewsley

0-3

SIC

1st

Kingstonian

0-1

SICC

W

West Byfleet

2-1

at Petters Sports

31/8/57 Meant
to be Grays (H) but switched to Eastbourne (H) instead and Epsom won 4-1.

4/9/57
reference to Charlie Mutimer being sponge man and emergency keeper for the
reserves.

inc 12/10/57
Programme advises scorers are Canham (4), Rowe (3), Morris (2), Pickard (2),
Berry and Weaving (1).

2/11/57
Paddy Harty scores HT v Welbeck in SIC. Meant to be Edgware (L) this day
before this SIC replay was required.

23/11/57
Bernard Pickard returns from injury and plays in this 1-0 win at Croydon
Amateurs in Surrey Intermediate Cup at the Arena.

30/11/57
Programme Line Up for this match: Wally Warren, Peter Collett, Gordon
Sanders, Les Francis, Lew Tucker Alan Morris,

Bernard
Canham, Bill French, Paddy Harty, Ray Watkins (playing outfield?), Bernard
Pickard

30/11/57
Great first half at Chesham but fell away and lost 4-1.

07/12/57
Programme Line Up for this match: Wally Warren, Peter Collett, Gordon
Sanders, Jim Crane, Lew Tucker Alan Morris,

Les Francis,
Paddy Harty, Ray Watkins (playing outfield?), Bernard Pickard, Johnny Bleach

7/12/57 Very
weakened side with short notice replacements only loses 3-2 at Erith &
Belvedere.

14/12/57
Epsom beat Uxbridge 1-0 with Gerald Howes scoring the goal on his debut.

26/12/57
Epsom started with 8 players due to transport problems, and lost 3-2 at home
to Dorking.

28/12/57 Lew
Tucker scores 4 v Beddington Corner in SICC 2. We had received a bye in the
first round.

Jan 58 Programme produces a list of scorers for first and
reserves and by accident, calls Lew Tucker, Lewis. There was no other Lewis.

Also
describes Tucker, Alan Morris and Ray Watkins as "regulars" with
the reserves this season.

inc 11/01/58
Programme advises scorers are Canham (16), Morris (6), Rowe (3), Tucker (3),
Harty (3), Pickard (2), Willis (2), Crane,

Berry,
Howells, Palmer and Weaving (1).

18/1/58 Ray
Watkins pensave in our 1-0 win at Worthing.

25/01/58
Programme Line Up for this match: Ray Watkins, Peter Collett, Gordon Sanders,
Jim Crane, Lew Tucker Alan Morris,

Bernard
Canham, Johnny Bleach, Les Francis, Gerald Howells, P.Marshall

Some errors
in Kingstonian programme, referring to H.Morris (Alan) and T.Bleach (Johnny).

25/1/58 edged
out of Surrey Intermediate Cup at First Round Proper stage, 1-0 by
Kingstonian at Richmond Road.

8/2/58 Won
at Leatherhead in SICC despite having no keeper for the last ten minutes.
Presume that a defender went in goal!

Was that
match at Leatherhead? I have it down as a home match. Check!

15/2/58
Programme refers to Epsom reserves having won last week against Leatherhead
who had won their last 15 matches!

Also refers
to Bernard "Butch" Canham playing his last game of the season, as
he has an ulcer. Currently top scorer for reserves.

Bernard
Willis is unlikely to play again this season.

15/2/58
"Great result" as Epsom get a 0-0 draw at leaders Grays Athletic.

22/2/58 Was
meant to be Dagenham (H) but switched to Maidenhead (H) and we won 2-0.

8/3/58 Debut
for Jim Thatcher, a 6 foot 4 inch centre forward.

15/3/58 Epsom
win at Edgware. Ten games without defeat

22/3/58 Was
meant to be Maidenhead (A) but this was switched and we had no game.

29/3/58 SICC
SF won 7-0 v Dorking Res. Alan Parker and Ernie Watkins both played, and
score was harsh on Dorking, who

"conceded
2 o.g.'s, a harsh penalty, and an obvious offside goal"

29/3/58 programme refers to a "relatively small
attendance" at the Dorking game, but also concedes that they were
unlucky to lose 7-0.

inc 29/3/58
Programme advises scorers are Canham (19), Morris (7), Howes (5), Tucker (5),
Rowe (3), Harty (3), Weaving (3),

Pickard (2),
Willis (2), Sorensen (2), Crane, Berry, Palmer, Parker, Saunders, Watkins,
Oakes, Mason and o.g. (1).

Was it really
Saunders or more likely Sanders? Also I have Mason down for two goals by that
time.

7/4/58
Dorking host Epsom on Easter Monday at 11am and defeat us 3-0.

12/4/58 Epsom
defeat Slough 3-0 at West Street although Advertiser says 4-0.

19/4/58 Res
win Surrey Intermediate Charity Cup Final at Petters Sports 2-1 against West
Byfleet. Jim Thatcher scores both goals.

The ground
was situated not far from the current Egham Town F.C.

West Byfleet
had beaten Woking Reserves in the other semi.

26/4/58
Maidenhead are beaten 2-0 at York Road this day but they were also engaged at
Dagenham in the Neale Cup Final so were

allowed to
field a scratch side by the League.

29/4/58
Epsom Advertiser says Epsom host Wembley but they visited a week before this
on 220/4/58 and Horsham were the visitors.

30/4/58 Epsom
Advertiser says Epsom host Uxbridge but Dagenham were the visitors.

Oct 57 Alec
Stepney selected for London Under 15's v Plymouth (A). He was a Carshalton
West Schoolboy at the time.

4/1/58
Leatherhead win 5-4 at Woodford after trailing 4-0 at HT