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CL

15th out of 16

FAC

1q

Dulwich Hamlet

1-2

AC

2q

Addlestone

1-3

LC/MS

1st

Slough Town

0-1

SSC

1st

Dulwich Hamlet

1-2

SSS

1st

Tooting & Mitcham

0-2

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Club colours

Light and Dark Blue

President

John.R.P.Martin

Chairman

Peter D.Carpenter

v-c Mr W.Alder, who resigned but reconsidered
on appeal then resigned again!

Secretary

Gordon Temperley

following resignation of Mr H.Mordan

Asst Mrs D.Lipscombe

Treasurer

W.F.(Bill) Inkpen

Programme
Notes

Ken Knowlson

Phone number Ewell 4047.

Player Coach

Mr Derek Evans started the season, but did not
turn up to the meeting on Tuesday 22nd Aug to select

a team for the day after, so Committee had to
do it. Manager was unhappy about this and asked

Committee to change team  or he would resign. Chairman would not
change, so manager resigned -see comments 23/8.

Derek Evans went back to Hounslow from where
he had been previously, and earned

a place in the Amateur Cup final squad of
1962. Also captained Middlesex Wanderers

Derek Evans lived in Colnbrook, Nr Slough, so
it was a bit of a journey for him.

Also, Ken Macdonald left with him. Also
originally from Hounslow. Capped 7 times by Scotland.

New Manager

Doug Whitehead

June 62 it is reported that Epsom had no
manager since Evans.

Doug Whitehead plus 3 committee members chose
team for the Dulwich game and stayed that way

until xmas, when he resigned as coach and
selector. Not replaced this year as manager.

Selection Committee was Doug Whitehead, Ken
Knowlson, Ray Chenery, Peter Carpenter

Coach

Dennis Wells from January after Whitehead
left. Had been trainer and occasional player earlier in the season.

Ken Brown succeeded Dennis Wells in late March

Physio

Alf Paine

Masseur

Tom Tweedy

Alf Paine is
still alive in August 2013 and was 88 in May. He would stay with the club
from 1962 to 1965 and further notes are in 1964/65.

Supporters
Club Secretary

Mr A.T. Hunting

Additional
records within the BIG MINUTES BOOK up to October 61.

ALSO LEAGUE
MEETING MINUTES TOO.

4/7/61 Light
training begins. However, Epsom Advertiser reported in May that there would
be two trials in June. Not clear if that ever happened.

Revealed
that Epsom loaned their pitch to Sutton and Cheam Charities for nothing
occasionally, but Sutton Utd charged £3-13-6d

Peter Keary
leaves for Dorking

26/7/61 AGM.
Press were to be invited to meeting said Committee Minutes of 26/6/61.

July 61 Dave
Worby leaves Sutton for Walton. Went on to become record appearance holder
there before joining Epsom.

July 61 Ray
Colfar leaves Crystal Palace for Cambridge United

Admission to
ground increased from 1s3d to 1s6d - Adults; 6d-9d - Children. Remaining the
same for OAP's at 6d

Reserve
admission 1s - Adults; 6d - Children and OAP's

Meeting
advised that gate money only covered a fifth of what was required to run the
club.

Supporters
aiming to donate £1000 this year.

Only a
single sheet programme this year. Printed by Mr Garrett. Club had considered
looking for extra advertisers but clearly this didn't happen.

31/7/61 club
minutes advise that Peter Carpenter had asked for a local match on Boxing Day
and that we would rather not have one if

this couldn't
be arranged. We ended up travelling to Eastbourne that day!

July 61 Tony
Wells resigns from the club. The club decide to ask him to reconsider but he
doesn't play this season, so it didn't work.

Aug 61 Tommy
Millard rejoins from Leatherhead. John Leedham from Fulham juniors. Reg
Walker from Carshalton Ath.

Ray Dowse
also joins from Leatherhead (ex-Herne Bay), and Jim Punter from Ham. Brian
Kenyon joins from local football.

Aug 61 Jim
Sheehan joins from Bromley. Previously with Carshalton for 6 months, and
Bromley beforehand.

Aug 61 Steve
Dunwoody returns to National Service army unit in Ireland.

Aug 61 Bob
Jones teams up with Fred Chitty to run the PTI.

Aug 61 Johnny
Weaving and Ernie Watkins are at Banstead

Aug 61 Johnny
Bangs is at Woking

Aug 61 Bill
Mackay joins Sutton from Tooting & M.

Aug 61 Johnny
Byrne plays cricket for both Horsley and Ockham

Aug 61 Don
Hollands joins Dorking

Public trial
Sat 12/8/61 - No gate but donations asked for. 33 shillings were raised which
was sent to the SCFA.

Takes the
form of two matches this year says the paper, yet it was refereed by top
class referee and former Epsom player

Charlie
Holliday whose record book only shows one match Reds 3-1 Blues.

15/8/61
Nonsuch Bowmen originally allowed to use ground during the summer. They were
an archery club.

Maybe more
complex than first thought, as some of the draft agreement did not meet with
Committee approval.

Eventually
though they stayed all year round.

15/8/61
permission also granted for Castrol Ltd to use the ground for a match with a
TV Entertainers XI. Two dates were kept clear, 18th Feb

or 25th March
but the latter date would eventually be used.

15/8/61
application to join the club as a player from T.Rickwood. Never played for
the first team and unknown whether he made the Reserves.

15/8/61
Gordon Temperley to take over as Secretary from Harry Mordan. Letter to go to
Barclays bank confirming this.

19/8/61
Unfortunate debut for Brian Green whose errors cost the team. He never played
again for the first team.

Green was
ex-Oxford City. Also Geoff Harris joins (Uxbridge & Yiewsley)

Aug 61 Hurst
Park is to be built on shortly. Rumoured that Epsom's stand came from there
originally but this wasn't the case.

21/8/61 Club
reported that Derek Evans had been selected to play for the League v
Champions from the last season.

22/8/61
Derek Evans was absent from the ground and did not respond to phone calls
before phoning Peter Carpenter at 10.15. The team

line up had
been selected by the Committee by that time which it transpired Evans was not
happy with. He said if it were not changed he

would resign
so his resignation was accepted. It seems unlikely that he would have
travelled to Erith the next day.

Carpenter
advised that he had asked Doug Whitehead to help despite him just scouting
for us at this time.

23/8/61
Erith game (L)(A) kicked off 10 minutes late. Reported by referee. No action
taken by League. 2-0 up at HT, drew 2-2. Prog (s/s) Y

Despite
Derek Evans having a problem with the team and resigning, the Erith Observer
says he played well in this game!!

23/8/61 No
team line up available for this game, BUT programme on 26/8/61 says that the
line up was the same as Wednesday's game

except for
Kenyon who was on holiday this day. This is confusing as there is no mention
of Evans and I think Mead came in for him

as everything
else makes sense. I will use this as a line up even though I'm only 95%
certain.

if it wasn't
for the Erith Observers comments I would replace him with Dick Mead and may
still do this.

26/8/61 A
missed penalty from Steve Dunwoody at 0-0 proved costly as Uxbridge win 1-0
at West Street.

26/8/61
Epsom Advertiser says A.Chesnutt scored for Reserves at Eastbourne, but I
have him in the first team line up this day. Advertiser says

P.Chesnutt
played for the first team. It could have been his brother John. I thing
Advertiser is wrong and that Tony played for the firsts with

John playing
for the Reserves. Check Herald.

30/8/61
Programme advises an away draw v Whyteleafe in SSC but hoping to switch the
tie. It is still played at Whyteleafe.

Aug 61 former
Trainer Bob Jones joins Banstead

Aug 61 Derek
Evans joins Banstead after leaving Epsom

Sept 61
Norman Dearlove leaves Sutton United

Sept 61 Peter
Kenchington joins Carshalton from Wimbledon

Sept 61 Frank
Fondyke (21) joins Leatherhead from Kingstonian

Sept 61
Maurice Griffiths is at Carshalton Athletic

Sept 61 Ray
Salter joins from Kingstonian.

Sept 61 Derek
Evans and Ken MacDonald both return to Hounslow. See player-coach section
above.

2/9/61
"Almost tropical conditions" at Letchworth, says programme.

4/9/61
Players insurance finally arranged. This had been delayed while club looked
at quotes.

9/9/61
Dulwich Hamlet edge through in FAC 2-1 despite a goal from Dick Mead. They
will play Tooting & Mitcham or Marlow (H) in next round.

16/9/61 Ray
Dowse unavailable - best man at a wedding. Ken Bird also getting married and
Lew Tucker and Alan Elsey also at weddings

18/9/61
Previous President Alderman G.Mann donated £5.5s to club.

23/9/61
former player Ernie Watkins goes in goal for Banstead v Farnham in SSC. Aged
40. They lost 2-1.

30/09/61 2-0
down in 15 minutes to Petters Sports before fighting back to win 5-3.
Collection taken at ground for Epsom & Ewell Old

People's
Welfare Committee.

Oct 61
Ex-Epsom player Reg Oakes (28) signs for Sutton from Kingstonian. By December
he is at Leatherhead. Lived in Ashtead Jan 62.

Younger
brother Len starts playing in Epsom reserves later in the season. One first
team appearance this year.

Oct 61 Norman
Dearlove rejoins club, having left Sutton in Aug, and spent time at Redhill
this season.

Oct 61 Glyn
Howells joins from Farncombe.

Oct 61 Dave
Worby is at Walton & Hersham

Oct 61 former
player Johnny Berry (29) leaves Sutton for Walton & Hersham.

Oct 61 Ken
Harris joins Leatherhead from Kingstonian where he won an Amateur Cup Final
medal

2/10/61
Committee Minutes advise that letter received from Crystal Palace advising
interest in Larry Pritchard. However, Pritchard had advised

that he was
not interested in professional football at that time.

2/10/61 Also
club receive cheque for £17.12s.3d from Slough being our share from the
Memorial Shield tie.

7/10/61 Brian
Jobson injured and stitched up playing for Dorking v Epsom. Epsom won 6-4
with Jim Punter scoring four.

Also in the
programme line up were Peter Keary, Ron Francis and George Richardson, all
either former or future players. Also a J.Wood. Was

this John our
future player and Assistant Manager under Adrian Hill in the nineties?

7/10/61
Banstead manager Fred Chitty found his team without shirts and phoned up
Epsom who loaned a set to him for the day.

Tony Monk and
Ernie Watkins also up at Banstead. Ernie's first full season there.

16/10/61
Reported that a new goal post had been fitted by Mr L.Gray according to Mr
Harvey. No charge made.

16/10/61
Letter sent by Watney Combe Reid advising the terms and conditions for a 32
sheet poster board which was to be situated

on the
terrace side of the ground two thirds of the way up the hill. Epsom received
£25 for this but it had to be there for 5 years.

It was there
longer than that in the end.

16/10/61 Bill
Inkpen advised that long term supporter Mr Putter had died. Letter of
condolence to be sent.

21/10/61
Bingo starting at Epsom clubhouse. Would continue on and off until the late
eighties.

October 61
Norman Dearlove applied to become a playing member again which is accepted
subject to clearance from former club Redhill which

came quickly.
Tim  Higgins also joined from Dorking
but would leave for Redhill after two games. The Herald called him Tom

21/10/61
Chobham programme refers to one of their players Michael Stedman having
joined from Epsom. Was not a first team player.

21/10/61
following loss at Chobham in SSC Epsom reported that pitch was 4 yards too
short at 106 yards. Epsom officials actually

measured it!
Chobham argued that Epsom played an ineligible player T.Higgins. Surrey F.A.
ordered replay at Epsom on 18/11/61.

24/10/61 FA
write to advise that our application for Associate Membership had been
rejected.

Oct 61 Ken
Brown becomes a father of a daughter.

28/10/61 Jim
Punter unavailable with pleurisy.

28/10/61
young supporter knocked out by a loose clearance. Magic sponge did the trick!

28/10/61
Larry Pritchard criticised by fans during game. Jim Punter not very popular
with fans either, despite being leading scorer.

Supporters
Club AGM Monday 30/10/61 8pm. Previous meetings mentioned for 19/7/61
postponed and 26/7/61

Nov 61 David
Spragg leaves club.

8/11/61 Larry
Pritchard plays for Palace Reserves aged 17. Their Manager Arthur Rowe says
Pritchard is "not a bad player"

Pritchard
walked into the club aged 15 and asked for a trial last season. Lives in
Gibraltar Crescent West Ewell and went to Lintons Lane

School which
was Epsom County Secondary before it became girls only. Apparently the school
produces good players and refers to a future

Epsom Captain
Trevor Wales who is at Charlton Athletic currently.

Nov 61 ex
Epsom player Ken Harris joins Leatherhead from Kingstonian. Paddy Long
(Carshalton) signs amateur forms with Palace.

Nov 61 Terry
Flynn returns from working in Amsterdam, but only plays once. Unfit.

Nov 61 Ray
Pert (18) joins from Wealdstone. Previous Fulham amateur. Recommended by John
Leedham.

Nov 61 Bob
Dack plays for Sutton. Jimmy's dad/uncle??

Nov 61 Mike
Robbins (21) joins from Willesden. He is an inside-right. Also advised as
being 20 the following week instead of 21.

Nov 61 Alec
Morris joins from Cheam Village Warriors. He is a centre-forward.

Nov 61 Paddy
Long played a friendly for Crystal Palace. Currently at Carshalton Athletic

Nov 61 Roger
Brunwin is at Malden Town

Nov 61
reference in Epsom Herald to the singer Matt Monro becoming a member of
Carshalton Athletic, despite living in Ewell!

8/11/61 Bryn
Robinson emigrates to Canada.

Norman
Dearlove ineligible for Epsom in SSC. "and his presence and inspiration
will be missed."

18/11/61
Chobham turn up in same kit as Epsom, so Epsom played in red and white to
avoid a postponement.

This is
according to Advertiser, but programme already has Epsom listed as playing in
red and white.

18/11/61 future player Alan Morton (Sheerwater) is Woking
Schools under 13 forward and Captain. He scores v Barnes & Richmond in
Wood Cup.

Nov 61 in
older age group (Hood Shield), future player Henry Hill  was also from Sheerwater School and plays
for Woking Schools too

Nov 61 Norman
Dearlove now rejoins Redhill. Later goes to Dorking and breaks leg in March
61 leaving career in balance.

22/11/61
Johnny Byrne plays for England at Wembley. Playing for Palace, living in
Mitcham, transferred to West Ham in Mar 62 for £65k.

25/11/61 Due
to be at home to Chesham but they had a cup replay so Epsom went to Wokingham
instead.

25/11/61 2-0
down in ten minutes at Wokingham. Lost 3-2 and Jim Punter mispen although
Dick Mead did score one himself.

Dec 61 Dave
Farley is at Dorking

Dec 61 Larry
Pritchard (17) is to play in some London Combination games for Crystal
Palace. Lives in Gibraltar Crescent.

He has
already played for a Crystal Palace XI v London University at Motspur Park
this season.

Dec 61
rumoured in Epsom Herald that Ron Wade has expressed a wish to join. He is a
full back with experience at Ilford and Eastbourne, but

never appears
to join and certainly never plays for the first team.

Dec 61 John
Wood leaves Dorking after being dropped

Dec 61 Colin
Grimshaw now at Whyteleafe from Crawley after Guildford City

2/12/61
Sports Editor of Epsom Herald will publish coach departure times in future
says programme.

9/12/61 Mick
Williams unavailable - father died.

16/12/61
Epsom win 3-1 at Wembley in front of 144. Receipts £7 2s 6d.

16/12/61
Punter dropped surprisingly, but then recalled because postman Tommy Millard
had extra work this week and next. Scored twice!

16/12/61
Dance at Stoneleigh Hotel. Supporters and friends invited. Tickets 4s.6d.
Very successful says prog 23/12/61.

Mention in
23/12/61 prog that Len Holland Treasurer of Supp Club is making progress
after his recent serious illness.

23/12/61
First league point at home this season.

30/12/61 Dave
Mollatt played and scored for Leatherhead v Epsom. Howells saved pen 83.

30/12/61
Reference in prog to the Woodcote Laundry who "do the kit".

1/1/62 Bill
Kilbourn, Secretary of Corinthian League for 15 years (since it's formation)
dies this day.

6/1/62
Chesham (H) is p-p. Pitch unfit.

6/1/62 Larry
Pritchard was due to play for Crystal Palace Reserves v Nottingham Forest.
Postponed but played v Tottenham on 20/1/62

He was also
expected to play at Nottingham forest and Cardiff City.

Jan 62 Brian
Kenyon and Ray Francis are now fit again. Kenyon is to get a game in the
Reserves at Worthing on 06/01/62.

Jan 62
Kenyon is also selected for Surrey v London University at Walton &
Hersham on 31/01/62. Kenyon joined the club from Junior football.

Jan 62
Reference to John Leedham being a Fulham Junior.

Jan 62 Bill
Mackay (24) makes debut for Sutton from Tooting & Mitcham United.

Jan 62 Epsom
offer to help out if Banstead are short of players again

Jan 62 Reg
Oakes joins Leatherhead from Sutton

13/1/62
Programme contains notes from Chairman Peter Carpenter. He makes no special
claim to being a good Chairman, and says

the only
point in his favour is that he is 100% for the club.

Jan 62 Peter
Carpenter says that John Martin is "probably the finest president in
Amateur football" and was very generous.

Also says
that "you'll find more excitement and drama than exists in Coronation
Street"

He appeals
for more people to come and help the club.

13/1/62 608
are present this day to read those comments but Dulwich again edge through
2-1 for their second win here this season. They will

travel to
Wimbledon in the next round of SSC.

Jan 62 Ray
Francis selected for Corinthian League Reserve Section v Isthmian League
Reserve Section at Bromley on 27/1/62.

It turns out
that our keeper Ray Ellis is also playing which came as a surprise to Ken
Knowlson our Press Officer!

20/1/62 Micky
Williams sent off v Edgware (L)(A). Suspended 7 days by SCFA.

In same
game, Epsom reported Edgware to League for crowd encroachment, stating that a
player, Ken Bird had been struck.

No action
taken as referee didn't see anything! Edgware won 4-0 with two penalties,
both awarded after the sending off.

22/1/62
Committee member and treasurer of supporters club Len Holland dies. Been with
club 5 yrs. Lived in Stoneleigh Park Road.

He had only
just left hospital (reported 13th Jan). The club will miss "his
invaluable services, sense of fun and unfailing good humour".

Jan 62 Jim
Punter (26) resigns from club and returns to Ham.

Feb 62 John
O'Shea is at Croydon

Feb 62 Tommy
Breen is at Croydon

3/2/62
programme advises an Easter Draw. Tickets are 6d each or 2s for a book of 5.
Tote continues, and shows a slight increase.

3/2/62 Dick
Mead unable to play - father died

3/2/62 Ray
Francis taken off of second team coach to play for First XI. Scored then
carried off 78 mins!

3/2/62 Glyn
Howells saves penalty, but adjudged to have moved. Retaken penalty is scored.

9/2/62 gate
receipts received by Dulwich after SSC game were £19.19s.4d.

10/2/62 Dave
Mollatt played for Leatherhead v Epsom and scored last minute winner and Reg
Oakes played too.

Epsom let two
goals in last five minutes and it would take 42 years to eventually win there
in the League.

Feb 62 Alec
Morris (26) new signing from Bexleyheath & Welling. Formerly with
Redhill. An inside left but only played once for the first team.

He lived in
Hounslow and was recommended by Ray Dowse. Former Sutton player Charlie
Vaughan, now Bexleyheath Manager cleared the

transfer in
time for the Edgware match. Had been at Bexleyheath for three years.

17/2/62 Lost
0-3 at home to Edgware.

Feb 62 Ken
Knowlson advises that Morris "was excluded as it is felt he is not the
accomplished player we are looking for".

24/2/62
Mention of Ron Jewell now running the Tote, and sorting out Easter Draw. Ron
would die on 12/11/80 aged 54 and is buried at

Epsom
Cemetery. First prize in the draw id £40!

Feb 62
Johnny Byrne (22) joins West Ham from Crystal Palace for £58,000 plus a
player swap valued at £7,000. Comes from East Horsley. It

is the
biggest transfer between English League clubs. Byrne was in our 'A' team and
went to Danetree School in Ewell.

24/2/62 and
3/3/62 Jim Morris, father of Graham plays for Chesham v Epsom.

On 3/3/62
Morris slipped, and youngster on his debut Len Oakes missed "the chance
of a lifetime". He never would score for the club.

Len was a
brother of Reg and father of future Treasurer Rob. Also husband of future
Committee Member Maryse Oakes, formerly Maryse Jewell

the daughter
of Ron Jewell who was heavily involved with the Supporters Club.

Mar 62 Doug
Whitehead resigns. Had been a coach and player spotter for Kingstonian,
Fulham, and Epsom in that order.

Was a player
in the 30's with Kingstonian. Previously spotted Ray Colfar (Palace), Dave
Hermitage (Sutton), John Berry (Walton)

Brian Jenkins
(Walton), and Ted Murphy (Wimbledon). Looks like Doug went earlier than this,
certainly as manager.

Mar 62 Also,
but not sure if connected, Ken Brown replaces Dennis Wells as PT trainer.

Mar 62 Norman
Dearlove joins Dorking from Redhill then breaks knee cap on his debut

Mar 62
future player Frank Fondyke returns to Maidstone. Had left them for
Kingstonian in 1960/61 but rejoined from Finchley instead.

10/3/62 Peter
Keary plays and scores for Dorking along with Hollands, Richardson, and Dave
Farley.

10/3/62
Reference in programme to the OAP's that watch, including Mrs Groves who is
83 and lives in Kingston Road, Ewell. She

seldom misses
a match, despite the weather.

Mar 62 Ron
Jones (18) a Fulham Junior and Barry Bradstreet come in for the home match
against Maidenhead United on 17/3/62.

17/3/62 Epsom
lose to o.g. 4th o.g. in 6 matches as Maidenhead United win 2-1..

Pritchard has
some bad bruising on his ankle and is out for a few weeks.

Mar 62 Tommy
Millard is out with a suspected broken bone in his ankle.

Mar 62 Ken Brown (32) is to take over training from Dennis
Wells who is no longer connected with the club. Brown is keen to help behind
the scenes now.

24/3/62 Ray
Dowse injured ankle 40 mins out for 3 weeks. Ron Jones hit cross bar for
second week in succession in his first two games!

25/3/62
Castrol All Stars v T.V. Entertainers k.o. 3.15pm Sunday. Prog Y. The
Entertainers won 11-10!

Johnny Byrne refereed this match at Epsom although a
written line up in the programme also says he scored four goals!. Stan
Stennett also played.

100 guineas
raised for the Spastics Organisation - over 1000 attended but no one knew the
score! Another match is planned for mid May.

31/3/62 win v
Slough breaks run of 11 straight losses dating back to first game of 1962 v
Dulwich SSC.

Epsom had
gone 1-0 down after a penalty awarded in first fifteen seconds!

Gate receipts of £9 lowest ever known says Ken Knowlson.
In the morning 300 had watched Epsom and Leatherhead win Hood Shield (11am
k.o.).

final 3-1.
Clive Goodall scored a hat trick against Sutton and Carshalton. First time in
final for 25 years. Regular winners in 30's with

Roy Marlow
and Ray Chenery involved. Mr Q.M. Baird presented the trophies.

7/4/62 Alec
Stepney plays v Epsom in SSS for Tooting & M. Attendance 1,465 confirmed
by Tooting's receipt which I have.

Apr 62 future
player Alan Howe is at Maidstone as is future player Paddy Long who had
joined them from Carshalton.

9/4/62 Ray
Francis booked v Maidenhead (L)(A) . Later cautioned by SCFA.

14/4/62
Kicked off 10 minutes late at Slough. Fined 5s.

18/4/62
former player Johnny Byrne joins West Ham for £65,000 but playes one more
match for Palace v Real Madrid at Selhurst Park.

21/4/62 A
loss at home to Worthing confirms that we will have to apply for re-election
at the Annual Meeting on 17/5/62.

23/4/62 Barry
Owen joins club from Sutton United 'A'. Plays for same Sunday side as Kenyon
and Leedham.

28/4/62
Sutton Olympics who train at Epsom on a Thursday are to play Ditton at West
Street at 5pm after the Reserve match.

29/4/62 Associated Newspapers XI v TV Entertainers @ West
Street at 3pm. Referee Johnny Byrne the West Ham and England star who started
at

Epsom in the
50s and a Linesman was Peter Kenchington a future player and Manager who was
at Wimbledon at the time.

The Herald
advises that this was actually to be TV Entertainers against Northcliffe
Sports and this appears likely as apparently the Kenchington

brothers are involved there. However it also refers to a
combined side of the Daily Mail and the Evening News, so maybe they were one
and the same?

Stan Stennett (actor) and Ricky Valance (singer) and Don
Arrol (comedian and show host who only lived until 1967, aged 38) are
expected to play.

May 62 SSC
Final Walton v Sutton. Mackay and Hermitage played for Sutton, Worby for
Walton.

1/5/62
Dagenham down to 10 men just after HT. Epsom won 1-0.

3/5/62 Ex-player Gordon Cairns plays and scores for
Worthing v Epsom. Epsom Herald referred to P.Baker being in contention for
selection after

having joined
from Sutton 'A' but he doesn't play. Tony Chesnutt is booked for Epsom.

12/5/62 Match
planned for this date against Banstead (H) in the Sutton Hospitals Cup k.o.
7pm, but blocked by Surrey FA.

May 62 Ron
"Crooner" Francis retires while at Dorking

17/5/62
Corinthian League Meeting unanimously approved re-election for Epsom and
Wembley.

25/5/62
Dinner Dance at Stoneleigh Hotel. Micky Williams (capt), Lew Tucker (res
capt) and Ken Brown praised for loyalty.

Sutton
Corinthians/Olympics secretary is Mr Bob Bell. He is assisted by Chas
McLaughlin.

Reserves:

Corinthian League Reserve Section

Position

12th out of 16

Neale Trophy

SF

Wokingham Town

0-2

SIC

2q

PO Telecoms

2-3

24/8/61
Epsom lose at home to Erith & Belvedere. 6.45 k.o. Believed to be a 2-1
loss but Erith programme a week later says 3-1.

Our club
Committee minutes even said 1-2 but must have been a misprint.

26/8/61 Res
game v Eastbourne kicked off after first team match at 5.30. No separate gate
taken. Prog - Y (2).

Epsom
Advertiser wrongly says the match was at Eastbourne!

31/8/61
k.o.6.30 originally advised for game at Erith & Belvedere but actually
kicked off at 6.45.

31/8/61 I
originally had Geoff Roberts and Ken Brown listed as scorers, presumably from
the programme but the Committee Minutes

from 4th
September says Ron Jones and John Chesnutt so I will go with this.

9/9/61 Epsom
lose 3-0 at Wembley. Attendance 160 and receipts £5 6s 9d.

23/9/61 Late
start v Wokingham Res. Wokingham fined 10s.6d

21/10/61
Norman Dearlove returns to the club, and scores two for the reserves in NC
win over Leatherhead. Glyn Howells was

expected to
make his debut in goal as Barry Bradstreet was injured while Ken Brown was
rested after becoming a father.

21/10/61
Leatherhead score "winner" in last seconds, but ref had blown for
Extra Time. Epsom won in ET 4-2

Advertiser advises one scorer was Ray Salter but Committee
Minutes advise M.Butler. Ken Brown (pen) and Norman Dearlove (2) got the
others.

Herald
advises that it was Ray Butler and that he had joined from Leatherhead. Ray
Salter was another of our players.

18/11/61 Last
minute penalty equaliser enables Leatherhead to get a 2-2 draw at Fetcham
Grove.

25/11/61 Ken
Brown scores 5 in 7-0 win at Wembley in Neale Trophy. Attendance 120 and
receipts of £3 16s 6d.

Dec 61 John
Lake leaves for Tooting & Mitcham. He is a left back.

Dec 61 Bill
Betts (21) a local boy comes into the side for the home match with Chesham
says Epsom Herald.

16/12/61 Ray
Ellis was going to play in goal as Bradstreet was injured, but he then
injured his knee playing on a Sunday so John Chesnutt

stepped in
between the posts and Epsom drew 2-2. Bradstreet played outside right
instead, so can't have been that badly injured!!

6/1/62 Epsom
lose 6-5 at Worthing, but were 6-0 down at one point!

20/1/62 v
Worthing at West Street. Ray Pert injured - played with ten men and lost
4-2..

27/1/62 Ray
Francis selected for Corinthian League Reserve side to play an Isthmian
Reserve side at Bromley.

Ray Ellis
also selected despite not playing for several months! He was due to play on
16/12/61 but looks like he didn't.

Ray gave up
Saturday football because of domestic commitments, but said he'd be available
if needed.

31/1/62
Brian Kenyon selected for Surrey XI to play London University at Walton &
Hersham this day. John Leedham named as a Reserve.

24/2/62
Chesham destroy Epsom 7-1 with four goals from Ivor Harper.

3/3/62 Res
lose 3-5 at home to Slough, and Ken Knowlson remarks about the paucity and
poor standard of football presented.

10/3/62 No
game for Reserves.

17/3/62 No
game for Reserves.

24/3/62 Third
straight week without a match. Completely beyond the club's control, says
programme.

31/3/62
Friendly arranged with Sutton Olympics. Secretary is Noel Bell and they agree
to recommend players to Epsom over time.

lost 3-2 away
in this game.

7/4/62 First competitive match for Reserves in five weeks.
Two Sutton Olympics players are to be involved, Cyril Phillips a keeper and
John Gallagher

a right back.
Both are 18. Epsom draw 1-1 at home to Maidenhead. Both played.

21/4/62
Reserves bow out of Neale Cup at semi-final stage with a 2-0 home defeat to
Wokingham Town. They will play Maidenhead, Uxbridge

or Edgware in
the Final.

5/5/62 Game v
Dagenham is an evening kick off to avoid FA Cup Final. Epsom win 3-2.

R E S E R V E
S    E L E V E N    F I X T U R E S    /
R E S U L T S

Prog?

Date

Day

Comp

H/A

Opponents

F/T

90m

H/T

Scorers

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Booked

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

Att

19/08/1961

Sat

CL

A

Slough Town

2-0

R.Francis (2)

24/08/1961

Thur

CL

H

Erith & Belvedere

1-3

J.Chesnutt

29

No Issue

26/08/1961

Sat

CL

H

Eastbourne

3-2

R.Francis (2), J.Chesnutt

Y

31/08/1961

Thur

CL

A

Erith & Belvedere

2-5

0-1

R.Jones, J.Chesnutt

200

02/09/1961

Sat

CL

H

Letchworth

2-1

J.Chesnutt (2)

06/09/1961

Wed

CL

A

Wembley

0-3

16/09/1961

Sat

CL

H

Uxbridge

2-1

D.Henderson, B.Hawkins

65

23/09/1961

Sat

CL

H

Wokingham Town

2-5

R.Jones, R.Francis

70

30/09/1961

Sat

CL

A

Letchworth

2-1

R.Jones (2)

07/10/1961

Sat

SIC 2q

H

P.O.Telecoms

2-3

T.Millard, ?.Elsey

?.Elsey

T.Millard

84

14/10/1961

Sat

CL

A

Dagenham

1-5

M.Butler

21/10/1961

Sat

NT 1

H

Leatherhead

4-2

y

N.Dearlove (2), M.Butler,
K.Brown

R.Salter

K.Brown

N.Dearlove

28/10/1961

Sat

CL

A

Dorking

2-2

11/11/1961

Sat

CL

H

Wembley

3-1

L.Tucker, R.Francis,
T.Millard

L.Tucker

T.Millard

R.Francis

18/11/1961

Sat

CL

A

Leatherhead

2-2

Y

25/11/1961

Sat

NT QF

A

Wembley

7-0

K.Brown (5), T.Millard,
R.Francis

R.Pert

T.Millard

K.Brown

R.Francis

120

02/12/1961

Sat

CL

A

Horsham

4-5

09/12/1961

Sat

CL

H

Dorking

4-2

16/12/1961

Sat

CL

H

Chesham United

2-2

23/12/1961

Sat

CL

A

Eastbourne

2-3

30/12/1961

Sat

CL

A

Wokingham Town

0-4

06/01/1962

Sat

CL

A

Worthing

5-6

20/01/1962

Sat

CL

H

Worthing

2-4

R.Pert

No Issue

27/01/1962

Sat

CL

A

Maidenhead United

0-6

03/02/1962

Sat

CL

A

Uxbridge

3-2

10/02/1962

Sat

CL

H

Edgware

1-3

17/02/1962

Sat

CL

A

Edgware

3-1

Y

24/02/1962

Sat

CL

A

Chesham United

1-7

03/03/1962

Sat

CL

H

Slough Town

3-5

07/04/1962

Sat

CL

H

Maidenhead United

1-1

14/04/1962

Sat

CL

H

Horsham

2-2

21/04/1962

Sat

NT SF

H

Wokingham Town

0-2

28/04/1962

Sat

CL

H

Leatherhead

0-0

68

05/05/1962

Sat

CL

H

Dagenham

3-2

34 competitive games

CL

Corinthian League Reserve Section

NT

Neale Trophy

SIC

Surrey Intermediate Cup