Fielding's Football Team

Late 1960s

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Photograph taken at Fielding’s Sports and Social ground (what a sorry mess the ground is now!).

Back row (L-R): Fred Grigg, Bruce ? , Paul Daniels, Pete Hailes, Tony Hope, Pete Skelton, (A young) Phil Allen, Fred Allen.

Front row: Roger Boon, Dave Ralf, Barry Aldridge, ? , Terry Gladwin, Chris Bird.

Only Fielding’s employees named.

What memories does this photo bring back? Perhaps you played in this side or knew someone who did? Maybe you played football for Fielding’s in a different year and remember the games, banter, and atmosphere of the club and the ground at Hempsted? If so, please share your memories by clicking on the words Add a comment about this page below.

Author

By Tony Hope

Page added

15/09/2013

Comments about this page

Hi Phil! Many thanks for adding most of the missing names. John B
By John Bancroft (13/02/2014)
Hi, some missing names – back row Bruce Shretty (surname spelling not correct, but close). Missing names L – R, front row – Dave Ralf, ? ,Terry Gladwin, Chris Bird. There was a third football team – Fieldings Dynamos, that played in the Sunday afternoon league and was mostly made up of Apprentices.
By Phil Allen (16/01/2014)
Cheers Tony, with two teams in the league there must have been no shortage of support for you on match days! I’ve always wondered if there were any special chants or songs the Fielding’s teams had?
By Ollie Taylor (12/10/2013)
Cheers Tony, you sound a formidible team! Am I right in thinking that Fielding’s had two teams in the Sunday League? Fielding and Platt (the first team) and Atlas Works Athletic (the second team)? Did you ever play each other and what happened when you did…?!
By Ollie Taylor (27/09/2013)
Yes, there was an Atlas team which, as you say, did play in the Sunday League. I cannot remember playing against them but we may have done.
By Tony Hope (27/09/2013)
Yes, that’s me in goal. Date around late 1960s. Fielding’s had a very good Sunday league football team, always challenging for league and cup honours. As for clean sheets, I did have some.
By Tony Hope (24/09/2013)
Thanks for adding this photo Tony – what a bitterly cold and windy day it looks! D’you remember (even roughly) what year this photo was taken? Mid 1970s? Is that you in goal? What was your record like that season? Many clean sheets?!
By Ollie Taylor (20/09/2013)