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Club's
Official Golden Jubilee Season

AL2

14th out of 16

FAC

1q

Stevenage Tn

1-3

AC

3q

Lion Sports

0-1

Ath Div 2 Cup

F

Edmonton

0-7 agg 2 legs

0-3 and 0-4

SSC

2q

Banstead Athletic

1-2+

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

President

J.R.P.Martin

Chairman

George Tarran

also Treasurer

Secretary

Bob Bell

Committee: Ron
Jewell, Bill Inkpen, S.Tarran, Len Cox, Chas McLoughlin, Derek Harper, Mrs
S.Bell

Manager

Dave Fillery as player coach Joined from
Tooting & M in July 67

Tony Williams
said he'd stay for a little while to help before rejoining the RAF but
actually left for Dulwich at the start of the season.

D. Fillery
previously at Walton in 56/57 in their FAC 1st round game v Southampton. Went
from Tooting & M to Maidstone in Nov 55.

Won Corinthian
League with Maidstone in 1956. Also later on with Tooting & M again from
where he joined Epsom..

Res
Player/Coach

Len Oakes joined from Kingstonian in July 67.

Trainers

Derek Harper and Bill Garrick

Garrick returned from Sutton In October to take
the P.T. side of training.

Press
Secretary was Wilf Smith

Groundsman

Fred Goodenough

Supporters
Club Committee are President John Martin, v-p AT Hunting, Chairman Ron (RTA)
Jewell, v-c R.Whitworth,

Secretary Mrs
SFB.Bell, Treasurer Len (LW) Cox. Committee: Mrs E.Wimshurst (Bar Secretary),
Wilf Smith (Social Secretary),

George Nathan,
FW Garrett, RP Howell, Miss Madge Easton, Bob (RC) Bell, EC Mitchell, AN
Jones

All officers
re-elected at AGM in July 67. George Tarran advises that last seasons debt of
£700 is now down to £100.

During summer
of 67 a cover was rebuilt above the top goal by Jack Wilde, Bert Portt, and
Fred Weekes

Summer 67 Tony
Williams interviewed for Amateur Soccer Magazine.

July 67 New
four step rule brought in for goal keepers.

July 67 Len
Oakes held early training sessions while club looked for a replacement for
Tony Williams

Johnny Eales
returned after spells at Banstead and Malden Tn. Formerly at Glyn School.

Micky Calvert
leaves for Wycombe, as he lives near there.

Alan Parrott
joins from Sutton. Graham Hemphrey joins from Tooting. Malcolm Badelow from
Epsom Methodists.

Graham
Hemphrey worked in computers with the police at some point says Colin Bell.

Aug 67 Epsom
turn down Stevenage's request to play FA Cup game at Stevenage. Epsom would
have got gate receipts.

Chris Kelly
made debut, signed from Epsom Methodists. Scored on debut v Aylesbury 19/8/67

Aug 67 Also
Malcolm Badelow joins from Epsom Methodists although he won't play for the
first team until January 1969!

Tottenham
scout was at the game just based on pre-season performances.

Chris Kelly,
Alan Wilkinson, and future player Roger Malyon play for Dorchester in Morden
Sunday League.

Aug 67 drawn
at home to Dorking in Surrey Senior Cup. Scheduled for 16/09/67 but the FA
Cup tie against Stevenage took priority.

Aug 67 Ron
Barton is at Banstead

19/8/67 future
player Alan Morton debut for Woking Reserves and scored v Walthamstow Avenue

28/8/67 Ian
Kirby injured after 80 minutes, so John McNaught went in goal. Three stitches
required at Epsom Hospital.

Aug 67 Frank
Taylor (23) almost joins from Tunbridge Wells and was described as likely to
be Epsom's biggest signing. He never

joined instead going to Chatham. Recommended by former
Epsom star Colin Murphy who would go on to have a large career in Management.

2/9/67 A late
penalty gives Epsom a point at Wingate with a 2-2 draw. It was the only point
Wingate had by December.

9/9/67 Alan
Parrott mispen in 5-1 home defeat to Aveley.

16/9/67 Epsom lose 1-3 at home to Stevenage. They were a
professional Southern League team but would fold at the end of the season due

to debts and
would be replaced the next year by Stevenage Athletic and one day by
Stevenage Borough, always at Broadhall Way.

Sept 67 Harvey
Lawson moves to Nottingham University.

Sep 67 future
player Dave Leonard (full back) at Wealdstone

Sept 67
Supporters Club membership is 10s.6d.

26/9/67 Colin
Spriggs and Derek Gale receive injury treatment at Tooting & Mitcham!

Oct 67 Roy
Battams listed as a Smithfield Market Cutter aged 25.

Oct 67
Vice-president generosity leads to a new trainers hut at the ground.

Oct 67
Reported that 30 youngsters regularly stand and chant behind the goal at
Epsom.

1-2-3-4, here
comes the West Street roar! - Zigger Zagger Boys.

Oct 67 Ray
Fillery joins from Carshalton. Brother of Dave.

Also Keith
Lawson and Micky Cook from Welbeck Utd.

Oct 67 It is announced that there will be a Past v Present
Match at the end of the season in connection with the Golden Jubilee. Ernie

Watkins will
be Captain of the Past XI in what will prove to be his final match before
retirement.

14/10/67 Chris
Kelly missed penalty on his 19th birthday! Epsom defeat Dorking 2-0 in SSC at
West Street anyway.

This was
reported as being on his 18th birthday but is wrong as club had date wrong.

28/10/67 Ernie
Watkins played against Epsom for Banstead. Was playing for Epsom as long ago
as 1945!

He was made
skipper for the day and Banstead won 2-1 in extra time! Epsom programme
welcomes him warmly.

28/10/67 Their
winning goal was scored by former Epsom player Ronnie Barton. Banstead now
host Egham.

28/10/67 I
also have a photocopy of this programme with autographs from Johnny Eales,
Terry Self, Ted Stafford, John McNaught,

Derek Gale,
and Roy Battams.

Oct 67 Jimmy
Rochester is now at Ashtead who beat Chipstead 13-0 in a League match on
04/11/67.

Nov 67 14 year
old Micky Stratford plays for Sutton Schools.

Nov 67 Alan
Morton joins Crystal Palace

Nov 67
reference to Henry Hill being Fulham Reserves Captain

Nov 67 Paddy
Long is now at Barking

11/11/67 Coach
ran to Lion Sports but Epsom crash out of Amateur Cup 1-0 in this replay at
Bisley.

18/11/67
Programme refers to work done behind the bar by George Nathan and Mrs Edie
Wimhurst. 4 for Johnny Eales in 8-1 win.

Nov 67 Tony
Seymour (20) formerly with Centre 21 and Wallington

Dec 67 Malcolm
Broadway joins Sutton - listed as a youngster with a professional club

1967/68 Deri
Park, Wennington Road, Rainham

Dec 67 former
player Peter Deadman resigns from Dulwich to join Ilford but then changed his
mind. Had recently moved from

Waterloo to Walworth. By March 68 he is at Barking but
returns to Dulwich by April! Left Epsom for Dulwich. Would be at Barking by
Sep 68.

2/12/67 Aveley
use their floodlights for the first time against Epsom.

4/12/67 AGM.
Why another one?

9/12/67 Very
icy at Rainham. Lost 2-0. Selected sub did not show so Bob Bell was the
unplayed sub.

16/12/67
Originally due to play Ruislip, but they had a cup match, so Wingate were
entertained instead. Johnny Eales HT.

26/12/67 v
Horsham 0-0 but Keith Welham "scored" for Horsham only to see the
ball go through a hole in the net and

out again!
Referee gave a belated offside decision in Epsom's favour! Morning kick off.

Jan 68 Micky
Lyel (20) is at Mascot Sports

Jan 68 Mark
Talmage (18) is at Mascot Sports

listed in Wimbledon Boro News as " a stylish right
half who has caught  the eye of
Leicester City - also formerly at Tooting & Mitcham.

Jan 68
reference to Alan Webb and Pepper (presume Micky) at Merton Rushmere

4/1/68 reference to future player Dave Shirley a Sutton
Grammar Schoolboy and Sutton Youth teamer plays for the Amateur Alliance v
FA

at New Malden.
Lost 1-2

6/1/68 Lost 10-0 at Lewes. Heaviest defeat since 1948.
Ilford had sent a scout to watch Lewes as they were meeting in the Amateur
Cup -

Lewes won that
2-1 at Ilford!

13/1/68
Rainham Town (H)(L) is p-p. Snow.

20/1/68
Rainham (H) programme is printed with 13/1 date. The match was postponed for
snow but rearranged for a week later so

they used the
same programme.

Smoking
Concert advised for January at the George Inn at Morden. Tickets £1 2s 6d inc
refreshments.

20/1/68 Also
reference in prog to former Treasurer Bill Inkpen who seldom misses a match,
and collects the gate money.

Announced on
20/1/68 that Wimbledon have donated their old set of floodlights to the club.
The only costs are transportation

repairs to
Wimbledon's stand, as 4 pylons go through its roof. Originally cost £3,000 in
1961

George Tarran
inaugurates a floodlight fund which reaches £20 by April 68. Target was £100.

Colin Bell
spent quite a bit of time dismantling all of the lights.

Epsom's
application for a grant for the costs is turned down by the council in March
68.

Jan 68 Derek
Fitzpatrick joins from Horsham.

Feb 68 future
player Alan Morton is in the Crystal Palace team that reaches the SF of FA
Youth Cup.

Possible Ray
or Les Hyatt could be Dave's father. One played for Carshalton, the other for
Welbeck Utd.

It was Les,
and Ray was Les's brother who also had trials for Arsenal.

QUOTE IN
3/2/68 programme v Uxbridge "Congratulations to Margaret and Derek Gale.
Margaret gave birth to a

6lb 13 ounces.
Baby girl last Wednesday while DAD was at the Smokers Concert watching the
strippers."

17/2/68 Epsom
draw 1-1 at Dulwich in a friendly played on the Reserve pitch at Champion
Hill. Rory Wilde plays for firsts

but is
replaced by Colin Bell and never plays a competitive match for the first
team.

21/2/68 First
Boxing night jointly arranged by EEBC and EEFC. Tickets are 2 guineas with
ring seats at 10s and 7s.6d

respectively.
Event held at Epsom Baths.

24/2/68 Only
ever competitive win at Herne Bay, 2-1.

First Cup
Final for 8 years after 3-2 extra time win at Windsor 9/3/68

Johnny Woods
scored an o.g. and gave a penalty away (great save!) during the match!

March 68
future player Peter Gaydon is at Dulwich. Was a Tooting & Mitcham Youth.

23/3/68 Epsom
finished with 10 men due to injury to Hemphrey (76) and D.Fillery (12)
Fillery out 6 weeks - torn ligaments.

30/3/68
McNaught and Self both unavailable due to weddings. Booby Woodall makes debut
in goal. Fillery and Hemphrey injured.

Apr 68
Uxbridge play at Cleveland Road - Old Honeycroft Ground

Apr 68 Derek
Gale travels abroad to represent the Army in Germany. Misses first leg of cup
final as a result.

2/4/68 Don
Hollands scores winner v Epsom for Horsham.

6/4/68 Regular
reporter Fred Philpot hasn't seen the team lose yet this season. 3-1 win with
two late goals.

13/4/68
reference in the programme to former player Graham Boulter now being with
Ruislip. Presume he played this day.

13/4/68 Also
reference to a Vice-President of the club Steve Tillyer passing away. Was an
active member before the war, and I

presume he was
related to former player Gordon. Father / Uncle?

27/4/68 Coach
being run to Edmonton for first leg of cup final. Tickets 7s.6d. Leaves
ground at 12.30.

After Cup
final at Edmonton, their Reserves had a match too.

Heavy 3-0
defeat at Edmonton in first leg.

30/4/68 Epsom kicked off 15 minutes late at Edmonton with
7 men. They had only played there three days earlier! Lost 6-0! Roger Malyon
debut.

Roger Malyon joined as an 18 year old under Dave Fillery.
Would play for a number of other local clubs and contacted me in April 2023
with a

view to a
meeting with him and John Farrington to be arranged for June 1968.

Was
regularly referred to in the papers as Rodger, but confirmed that his first
name was spelt the more traditional way of Roger.

11/5/68 Chris
Kelly booked in final game of season. Only booking for the club all season!
Lost 4-0 in Cup Final 2nd leg to lose

7-0 on
aggregate. Chris Kelly's last game for the club.

Picture taken
this day and wrongly listed in Two Legs Not Four as 30th April 1968.

Bill Carrick
in this team picture was all Irish Catch as Catch Can Champion. A form of all
in wrestling for all weights.

Former
players Ernie Watkins and Johnny Bangs were in an old team playing against
the present team for the club floodlight fund.

Match took
place on Sunday 12 May 1968. 3.45 k.o.

Past players
who said they would attend included Ernie Watkins (47) (Banstead), Dave
Hermitage (34) (Sutton),

Johnny Bangs
(Merstham player coach), Doug Jackson, Ray Colfar, (Guildford City, C.Palace
and Sutton)

Larry
Pritchard (Sutton), Steve Dunwoody, Bernard Willis, John Leedham (Fulham,
Millwall, Walsall, Hendon and Dartford)

Brian Jenkins,
Brian Coombes, Ray Chenery, and Fred Goodenough. Others watching were Dick
"Tug" Wilson,

Peter Freeman,
Micky Williams, John O'Shea, and ex-managers Doug Whitehead and Fred Chitty.

Johnny Bangs
and Brian Jenkins both missed penalties but still won 3-2 against Epsom's
First XI. Bangs retired after game.

Info about
players contained within programme

Boiler leaked
during season - Cost £135 to replace, also water bill of £56 due to an
underground water leak!

Junior
Supporters Club formed May 1967

18/5/68 Ernie
Watkins retires at Banstead aged 46! Plays his last match at home to
Hoddesdon Town - lost 0-4.

Team picture
from 1967 in Canterbury City FAC prog 30/8/97

19/8/67
Player Profile Number 1: Dave Fillery. (29). Joined as player coach. Last
year was left back for Tooting & M, and previously

represented
Kent and Surrey while with Maidstone, Walton & H, and Carshalton. Married
to Jean with two sons. Enjoys all sports

especially
tennis and swimming and is an accountant.

28/8/67
Player Profile Number 2: Chris Kelly. A local lad who lives on the Wells
Estate with parents, two brothers and 3 sisters.

His uncle
Bernard played for Epsom before. Educated in the R.C. School, Morden and is
an upholsterer. Aged 17. Played for the

Sutton &
District League 4 times. Only hobby is football. Was brought down to the club
by Bernard, a former junior and

first team
player in 63 and 64, after spending four weeks at Kingstonian, but he didn't
like it there, so went to Epsom.

Club profile
is wrong. He was 18 when he joined.

9/9/67 Player
Profile (unnumbered -3) Ian Kirby. Joined last season. Aged 24 he was
educated in Southfields and lives in

Wimbledon
with his mother. Works on telephone maintenance. 6 years with Wimbledon, then
Sutton United. Likes cricket,

skiing, and he
is a qualified referee.

23/9/67
Player Profile Number 4: Terry Self. A local lad who lives 5 minutes from the
ground, joined last year. Lives in West Ewell

with parents
and younger sister. Educated at Ewell County Sec. School in Danetree Road.
Aged 20. Played for Crystal Palace

Reserves and
Croydon Amateurs. Is an Insurance Clerk, a non-smoker, and very sporting.
Swimming, cricket and tennis. Is also

a drummer in
his spare time.

7/10/67
Player Profile Number 5: Johnny Eales. Another local lad living at Kingston
Road, Ewell with parents and brother. Aged 21

and educated
at Glyn School, and works at Decca as a Commercial Assistant. Started with
Epsom & E in 1964, but since

played for
Banstead and Carshalton Ath. Likes a gamble, a smoke and a drink.

21/10/67
Player Profile Number 6: Graham Hemphrey. Joined during the close season from
Tooting & M. Aged 27, living in Balham

with wife and
three sons. Born in Cornwall and educated at St Austell Grammar School.
Played for Cornwall Schools and Youth

sides, and an
England Schools triallist. Works as a traffic engineer. Has also played for
St Austell, Ware and Finchley, and

enjoys
athletics. Enjoys training and likes a drink and a smoke.

28/10/67
Player Profile Number 7: Ted Stafford. Joined in January and has scored 21 in
20 games. Aged 26 he lives in Streatham,

and his
mother lives in California. Educated at Alleyns School and is an accountant.
Played for Bromley, Dulwich, and Alleyns Old

Boys. Also
Southern Amateur League and A.F.A. 8 times each. Likes cricket, a drink, and
a smoke.

4/11/67
Player Profile Number 8: Alan Parrott. Joined this year. Aged 19 and lives in
Sutton with his parents who watch regularly.

Educated at
Sutton East County Secondary School, and played for Sutton & District
Schools. Is a plumber, and has also played

for the Sutton
& District League. Plays tennis and snooker and likes a smoke and a
drink.

Player
Profile (numbered 8, despite the last one being 8) Wayne Lewis. Joined
recently from Tooting & Mitcham, where he broke

a leg last
season and has recently recovered. Was asked to sign with Chelsea and QPR
whilst at school but stayed with studies.

Now lives in
Wimbledon Park with his wife. He is only 19. Educated at Sloane School he
played for London and England Schools.

A non smoker
who likes a drink. A keen darts and snooker player.

Player
Profile Number 10: Ted Yorke. Joined this year from local football for Epsom
Spartans. Every side has a nut case - Ted

is Epsom's!
Educated at Danetree and played for the District. Lives in West Ewell. Aged
20. A plumber by trade, and going steady

with a lady
but won't give her name! Likes a drink and a smoke, and riding a tandem. Ted
says "any fan mail - Cage 6 Chessington

Zoo!

30/12/67
Player Profile Number 11: Tony Seymour. Joined just after the start of the
season, after playing Junior football for

Centre 21 and
Wallington. Broke through from the Reserves. Age 20 and lives in Sutton with
parents and two brothers. He is a

builder by
trade and is courting at present. Educated at Sutton West School. Enjoys
training, and cricket, and likes a pint.

20/1/68
Player Profile Number 12: Len Oakes. Len joined during the close season to
take over the Reserve side under Dave Fillery,

the team
spirit is good and they hold a very good position in the League. Len aged 28
lives in Ewell with his parents. A sheet

metal worker
by trade, he was educated at Danetree Road School, and played for the school
at football Before joining the club

he played for
Epsom Spartans. Keen swimmer and likes playing table tennis. Len is pleased
with the 100% effort the lads give

him each week
and he thinks they can still finish well up the league. The main object is to
bring on the young players that are

joining the
club, and as supporters of the Reserves know, play it hard for the 90
minutes.

Player
Profile Number 13: Ken Ireland. Joined last season and is younger brother of
Peter. Ken lives in Morden with his wife of

18 months
Audrey. No children yet. Aged 24 he works as a designing craftsman in nuclear
engineering. Educated at Wimbledon

Tech. Played
for Elmwood O.B. before joining Epsom. Keen on table tennis, swimming and
gymnastics. Enjoys a drink and a

smoke and
enjoys his football here.

10/2/68 Player
Profile Number 14: Alan Wilkinson. Joined at the start of last season and a
regular with the reserves.

Aged 27, and
lives in Croydon with his wife, and a further increase in the family due in
April. A surveyor by trade. Educated in

Gunnersbury and
played for Edgware, Willesden and Wembley. Enjoys squash.

Reserves:

Athenian League Reserve Division

Position

9th out of 16

Manager Len
Oakes. Former Epsom player.

SIC

4q

Banstead Athletic

1-2+

LC

1st

Eastbourne

5-6 agg

26/8/67 0-3
down at HT but beat Uxbridge 4-3. Alan Parrott HT.

7/10/67 Two
goals from Ken Jolly see Epsom past Uxbridge 2-1 at the old Honeycroft.

21/10/67 Led
at Edmonton but lost 3-1.

28/10/67
Drawn at home to Frimley Green but neither sides pitch is available that
week, so game is played next week at Frimley.

20 year old
James Rochester son of Tommy, plays for reserves but never breaks through to
the first team.

4/11/67 Game
switched to Frimley Green as pitch in use by first team.

Epsom win 5-3
aet which was exactly the same score as the previous round v Kingswood.

18/11/67 Epsom
travelled to Aveley with ten men and without a keeper so Ted Stafford went in
goal. Lost 0-3.

Dec 67 Colin
Bell plays first game for reserves this year, after a five month holiday
touring America and Canada in a London Bus!

Actually
based in Montreal but visited Toronto, Pittsburgh and Washington, but it
wasn't a holiday as he was being paid to do this.

Colin worked
for London Transport and Redrose Tea a competitor of the better known Brooke
Bond, wanted to do some advertising

on a Red
London Bus so two of them were shipped over and Colin was one of a team of
five that drove and maintained them. This

was all in
conjunction with the 1967 World Fair, held in Montreal.

31/12/67
programme advises that Tony Seymour has seven goals for the Reserves so far.

Jan 68 Epsom
sign Alf Madsin, who has represented the Norwegian Army. Never made the first
team.

13/01/68
Reserves v Banstead (A)(SIC replay) is p-p for snow at Merland Rise. Drifts
up to a foot deep.

10/2/68 No
game for reserves.

24/2/68 Late
winner for Horsham as they beat us 1-0 at West Street.

6/468
Reserves play Lewes after first team match. 5pm k.o. at West Street.
Programme advises a 0-3 loss but I am certain that

the score was
1-3 which balances with other records. Epsom Advertiser confirms this and
advises our scorer as John Lewis

Friendlies

Score

Prog?

01/08/1967

Molesey

A

3-2

05/08/1967

Leatherhead

H

2-1

H.Lawson, Eales

HT 2-0

12/08/1967

Malden Town

H

2-1

H.Lawson, Kelly

HT 1-0

16/08/1967

Met Police

H

3-4

17/02/1968

Dulwich Hamlet

A

1-1

Kelly (W.Lewis mispen)

HT 0-0

12/05/1968

Chairman's XI

H

2-3

Y

3.45 kickoff

HT 0-1

Parrott (2)

Battersea Utd

H

1-0

RES