Category: Club

Capital Women’s Cup Team: Melling, Curr, McCrea, Carolan, Blodgett, Lewin, Shephard, Hennessy, Stanley, Ward-Chambers, Searle After knocking out Dorking Wanderers in the previous round, the R’s then took on Millwall Lionesses at St. Paul’s Sports Ground, the home of Fisher Athletic. The first shot on target was provided by the home side, but Nicole Melling Continue reading

FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Melling, Curr, Searle, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hill, Akerman, McCrea, Stanley On a dry but chilly afternoon at the Powerday Stadium, the Rangers players were led out by the two mascots, Chloe and Holly.  It was Grace Stanley who tested Lauren Allen in the opening minutes, with Continue reading

Combined Counties Midweek League Cup Team: Tucker, Rogers, Tucker, Tucker, Petrie, Carolan, Salah, Louvrier, Cohen, Fatri, Shephard Subs: Medeiros, Addy, Berry, Nygaard-Parsons, Webster There had been so much rainfall leading up to the match that I was less than 50/50 in favour of travelling. And it was still raining when I decided to set off, Continue reading

FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Melling, Curr, Searle, Akerman, Blodgett, Hill, Webster, Stanley, Nygaard-Parsons, Ward-Chambers, Petit Subs: McCrea, Shephard, Cohen, Carolan After parking up, we headed to the Clubhouse to watch the FA Cup draw. Rangers’ first attempt at goal came when Kasha Petit had set-up Courtnay Ward-Chambers, but the resulting shot Continue reading

FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East) Team: Melling, Curr, Searle, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Webster, Hill, Stanley, Akerman, Petit Subs: Cohen, Ward-Chambers, Shephard, Nygaard-Parsons Sammy collected me from outside Park Royal Station, and we arrived in good time at the Premier Plus Stadium, the home of St. Neots Town.  The U’s took the lead within Continue reading

We knew that Terry had been unwell for some time, but his passing at the age of 80 last month still came as a great shock! Terry was born in Dagenham on 6th January 1943. In 1958 at the age of 15, he signed for Chelsea before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in 1966. Terry was transferred Continue reading

Capital Women’s Cup  Team: Merrett, Curr, McCrea, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hill, Stanley, Akerman, Searle  Subs: Carolan, Shephard, Cohen, Webster, Nygaard-Parsons  After meeting up with Sammy, we made our way to Waterloo before heading on to Dorking Main Station. The walk to the Meadowbank Stadium was then a good 20/25 minutes.  Into the game and Continue reading

FA Women’s National League Division One (South-East)  Team: Melling, Curr, McCrea, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Petit, Hill, Stanley, Akerman, Searle  Subs: Carolan, Shephard, Webster, Cohen, Nygaard-Parsons  AFC Sudbury took the place of Sudbury Wanderer’s in Division Two of the Eastern Region Women’s Football League in 1999. They dropped out of the league a couple of years Continue reading

Vitality Women’s FA Cup 3rd Round Qualifying Team: Francis-Pownall, Shephard, Searle, Owen, Blodgett, Lewin, Webster, Hill, Stanley, Petit, McCrea Subs: Carolan, Fatri, Nygaard-Parsons After meeting up with Sammy at Park Royal, we proceeded to Waterloo Station to take the train to Haywards Heath. We bumped into Chris Hewitt outside the station, and we then shared Continue reading

Arthur Longbottom (he later changed his name to Langley), stalwart QPR inside-forward of the mid-1950’s/60’s sadly passed away in September. He played 218 first-team games for the R’s and scored 68 goals during his spell at Loftus Road from 1955 to 1961.  I first saw Arthur play when I started supporting the R’s as a Continue reading