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Post by dolphin47 on Mar 5, 2011 18:34:51 GMT
Just a thought but with all the new interest in the club I suppose because of the success of the club in the vase I thought it might be a nice idea for ALL forum members to if possible tell everyone their first Poole Town FC game they ever came to.
I will start with my first game which was Poole Town v Canterbury City in the Southern league Southern Division on Saturday 2nd March 1985 (No score in the programme!) I was hooked from then on and also 'ball boyed' and also took the corner flags in after each game I attended.
The team was: Jones, Chambers, Mulkern, Slater, Merrick, Baber, Nichol, Russell, Funnell, Courtney & Bridle - Oh the memories!!
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Post by peterlep on Mar 5, 2011 19:49:34 GMT
Not as long ago as you Steve.
Poole v Totton - Jan 2008. Poole lost 2 nil - but I still came back. Taffy came on as a sub and got sent off within 5 minutes! - that was my lasting memory.
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Post by raysablade on Mar 5, 2011 20:07:52 GMT
Nuneaton Borough, must have been the 69/70 season. I think it was 1-1.
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Post by expat on Mar 5, 2011 20:26:14 GMT
;D ;D ;D
back in the mid 50s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Team: Kirk, Rickaby Drinkwater.McCourt Martin Cumner
now the memory fails!!
Front lines included Bill Gillett, Eric Bryant
PTFC were one of the first NL teams with floodlights and we used to have Mid week friendlies against teams like Pegasus and league teams....goood crowds too!!
One of my greatest thrills..Watching Wilf Mannion in the red/white
The other...our great 2-2 draw at Watford
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Post by cheeseman on Mar 5, 2011 20:29:16 GMT
my dads memory , played left back 4 chippenham town against poole . still have programe ? 1949.
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Post by poolelaglandst on Mar 5, 2011 20:38:14 GMT
For me it was in 1976/77 and im pretty sure it was against Dorchester at the old Stadium and was a night time game,not sure what league id imagine Southern league,although not sure if it was league or cup game.
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Post by Commercial Director on Mar 5, 2011 20:57:28 GMT
AFCB preseason 2008.
Chose to support my home team that day, have been ever since
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Post by expat on Mar 5, 2011 21:32:58 GMT
my dads memory , played left back 4 chippenham town against poole . still have programe ? 1949. I believe when i first started my trips to the Stadium there was also Chippenham Utd as well. I know we used to play such exotic teams like Peasedown MW (miners welfare) Hoffmans Athletic Stonehouse, Cinderford Town etc in Western League Div2 which our reserves dominated...and when Mink and Mannion Utd as the Sunday Press called us went on the road..the locals turned out (about 5000 at Barnstaple as i recall) We were the team to beat but spent many fruitless years trying to get into the Southern League which was a closed shop. To see PTFC at Wembley will be the icing for me....but our bread and butter must be PROMOTION and our new ground. UP THE TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!! |
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Post by dolphin47 on Mar 5, 2011 21:59:04 GMT
Excellent stuff, this is turning out to be really interesting! Keep it up (and the history info!) I'm personally waiting for Mr Morecombe to reply!!!!
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Post by sterteroad on Mar 5, 2011 22:02:09 GMT
Used to pop along for ten or fifteen minutes of a few games when I first moved to Poole. My first proper memory is Micky H scoring a screamer against the Poppies in 2008.
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Post by shady on Mar 5, 2011 23:33:50 GMT
Poole Town FC V Swindon pre-season. As a Robin's fan living in Bournemouth, been keeping an eye out for The Dolphins ever since. Will be at Wembley for sure of you make it and intend popping along every now and again for league fixtures.
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Post by surreydolphin on Mar 5, 2011 23:49:52 GMT
It was as a young 12 year old i saw an article in the advertiser just after the takeover of our current board from derek block and decided the dolphins were the team for me brian chambers had just taken over as manager but i cant remember the team we played that day watched poole town only at home matches 1st but then followed the team both home and away as much as i could. I was ballboy at the stadium as a youngster although i moved to guernsey in 2000 and then to london in 2003 i have still followed the club as much as i can and although i cant attend many matches due to work i am glad i travelled down today i am so proud of the team and what they have achieved this season and for the last few seasons just hope we can get to wembley now. I watched the game with aide cullingfords bother in law today today unfortunately aide passed away 2 years ago mark his brother in law gave me some great photos that aide had taken of me and some other supporters both at the stadium and on our travels in our southern league days good memories of my time following poole town
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Post by chrisreeves on Mar 6, 2011 12:23:54 GMT
August 1965 Fa Cup 1st Qualifying rd (no prelim rds then) v Bridport won 3-2 Arnold Eckersall (great name!)got the winner and a certain Tony France got the other two--I was hooked!!
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Post by parky on Mar 6, 2011 17:32:37 GMT
Really cant remember, but it was in the 70's, perhaps Chris could clarify,but im sure i remember seeing Wimbledon at the stadium.
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Post by Bay Dolphin on Mar 6, 2011 18:09:20 GMT
1952'ish v Street in the Western League! I had to ask someone which team was Poole!
Not long before getting into the old SL.
For players - see expat's entries. You must be nearly as old as I am expat!!
COYD
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Post by dolphin47 on Mar 6, 2011 18:39:59 GMT
It was as a young 12 year old i saw an article in the advertiser just after the takeover of our current board from derek block and decided the dolphins were the team for me brian chambers had just taken over as manager but i cant remember the team we played that day watched poole town only at home matches 1st but then followed the team both home and away as much as i could. I was ballboy at the stadium as a youngster although i moved to guernsey in 2000 and then to london in 2003 i have still followed the club as much as i can and although i cant attend many matches due to work i am glad i travelled down today i am so proud of the team and what they have achieved this season and for the last few seasons just hope we can get to wembley now. I watched the game with aide cullingfords bother in law today today unfortunately aide passed away 2 years ago mark his brother in law gave me some great photos that aide had taken of me and some other supporters both at the stadium and on our travels in our southern league days good memories of my time following poole town Excellent - thankyou. I also was a ball boy from 1985ish so maybe our paths crossed earlier than perhaps we thought? |
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Post by expat on Mar 6, 2011 19:09:00 GMT
;D ;D ;D
great to hear Tony France is still connected with PTFC, I will always remember his first goal for us in a pre season friendly, it was a tremendous diving header,Funnily enough I always used to see him near the Tatnam Hotel, altho as a young man I knew my heroes never touched the stuff!!
Brian..clickety-click!!
Lets hope we continue the RUN and meet up at WEMBLEY!!
UP THE TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!!
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Post by southwalessteve1 on Mar 6, 2011 19:46:25 GMT
Early seventies against Bedford Town - 1973 I think
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Post by chrisreeves on Mar 6, 2011 20:01:09 GMT
Parky-weplayed Wimbledon several times at the Stadium--I remember a 3-3 draw,a 3-1 defeat and a 2-1 victory which woulsd have beeen quite close to them getting into the League.
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Post by baileypete on Mar 6, 2011 20:13:59 GMT
having watched poole on and off for many years the one game that i can remember was fa cup replay against watford when dennis pring scored from the penalty spot.but for excitment it would be our win over spennymoor in fa vase.
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Post by stevem on Mar 7, 2011 11:39:17 GMT
1st game was v Southampton in a friendly in 1988/89 2-0 to southampton i think
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Post by paultapner on Mar 7, 2011 11:56:29 GMT
Although my brother went to a few games in the 1991-1992 season I didnt start going till autumn 1992, and my first game was a 2-2 draw at Poole stadium against buckingham town.
As I was only getting into football at the time I alternated for a while between poole and bournemouth. But the latter was not a happy place at the time and after a few trips there in 93-94 I decided I'd had enough and It would be solely Poole for me from then on.
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Post by philpooletillidie on Mar 7, 2011 12:40:18 GMT
I was 4 yrs old at the stadium in the beezer homes southern league premier against Baldock town on 25 november 1989 stil got the programme lol. Bt my most rememberable is west ham at stadium in a friendly i was ballboy and at the end of match i got tony cottees shirt
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Post by dolphin47 on Mar 7, 2011 16:08:07 GMT
Excellent keep those memories flooding in!!
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Post by silverfox on Mar 8, 2011 21:56:58 GMT
It was Poole v Hastings United which Town won 3-1 in about 59/60.
I remember it was just after the stand was built and the old greyhound stand had just opened.
The following years saw players like Bobby Mason and Jackie Henderson sign for the club.
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Post by ballboy on Mar 9, 2011 17:57:26 GMT
1st match Poole town reserves western league div 2 1955 with a penny team sheet,
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Post by boo on Mar 9, 2011 18:06:40 GMT
We first stumbled across it in the end of 2002-03 season. We have been going eversince. Our two boys have been in the program. The picture was taken by the echo at the start of 2004-05 season. It was pooring with rain and the boys have the biggest grins on their faces.(We have a copy of the photo in our wall). Players were the likes of Gary Bartlett, Boris, Spaldings and more.
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Post by melvyn on Mar 14, 2011 20:30:55 GMT
Yes, Wimbledon did play at the Stadium. I seem to remeber a match in the (mid?) seventies where my dad picked me up from a sports day so that I could get to the second half. Sadly, (I think, but cannot be sure) we were 2-0 up and finished up at 2-2. I can remeber where I stood but not absolutely sure about the score. I can't remember my first game (as I was very young) but it would have been the mid 1960's; with my father and grandfather. My older brother remembers the Rickaby/Manion days. But the line up vs Canterbury (above) certainly brings back memories of my own. I probably shouldn't mention Ray Ames Vs Slough!  |
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Post by melvyn on Mar 14, 2011 21:05:56 GMT
Not first match but just dug up some stuff from late 80s/early 90s when we had players such as Funnell, Manson, Platt, Ashely Coombes, Mike Turner, Craig Wilson, Nicky Dent, H dang (for a short while), paul Maloney, Craig Morrison, Andy Morley, Tommy Taylor, Matty Bown, etc. I notice that we won an FA premilminary Rnd match in 93/94 against Swanage & Herston 5-2. I remember going. Our scorers were Matty Bown, Craig Wilson, Clive Huxford (2) and a young man by the name of Taffy Richardson! Wonder what he's doing these days? |
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Post by mell49 on Mar 22, 2011 18:24:47 GMT
My memory of the town goes back to 1946,in their Western league times, playing against the likes of Welton rovers, Peasedown miners, Radstock town, etc. I was at these matches when the team was Bernard Ware in goal,Eric Woodrow, Ernie Dominey, Ted Kerslake,Ray Hitchmough, Tom McInnes, Freddie Ames, Eric Notley, Bill Langley, Stan Leck,Les Larby. I was still keeping in touch with Bill Langley in Australia where he has lived for a number of years but sadly has passed away now. I still have a programme of a match against Peasedown miners 1947 era. hop this is of some interest to some of you members.
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