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Post by The Clash 1966 on Aug 5, 2024 9:40:28 GMT 1
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Post by servernaside on Aug 5, 2024 9:45:07 GMT 1
I like the sound of the Pontesbury Warriors FC
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Post by edgmond on Aug 5, 2024 10:54:36 GMT 1
Shropshire Wanderers - FA Cup semi-finalists in 1874-75, losing to Old Etonians at Kennington Oval.
Different times and all that.....
Would have been fun to watch though. I can just see some sort of Boris Johnson lookalike playing in goal for the OE.
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Post by edgmond on Aug 5, 2024 10:57:39 GMT 1
I like the sound of the Pontesbury Warriors FC If only there had been a Minsterley Marauders FC. What a local derby that would have been!! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2024 11:03:19 GMT 1
Taking a liberty including Stafford Road FC in the list as they were the works team for the Stafford Road Engine Works in Wolverhampton,formed in 1874.🙄
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Post by The Clash 1966 on Aug 5, 2024 11:07:24 GMT 1
Who needs the Prem.
There could have been the Shropshire league, envy of the world.
Newtown Fire Brigade 5 times European cup winners.😀😊🤣🤣
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Aug 5, 2024 11:17:01 GMT 1
Who needs the Prem. There could have been the Shropshire league, envy of the world. Newtown Fire Brigade 5 times European cup winners.😀😊🤣🤣 Now moved from Newtown to Wrexham..... |
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Aug 5, 2024 11:20:19 GMT 1
Going forward to the 1930s my Dad played for Cocks Tannery, the tannery was on Barker Street. I have a photo of him in their stylish halved shirts - Blackburn Rovers style.
After the war he played for Wem White Star and Shrewsbury Amateurs. I have a team photo of one of those teams, I don’t know which, posing at Gay Meadow before an amateur cup final.
If I knew how to add photos I’d share them.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Aug 5, 2024 11:26:58 GMT 1
Going forward to the 1930s my Dad played for Cocks Tannery, the tannery was on Barker Street. I have a photo of him in their stylish halved shirts - Blackburn Rovers style. After the war he played for Wem White Star and Shrewsbury Amateurs. I have a team photo of one of those teams, I don’t know which, posing at Gay Meadow before an amateur cup final. If I knew how to add photos I’d share them. Not easy adding photos on here, not sure why (or how). Much easier on Facebook of course. |
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Aug 5, 2024 11:33:04 GMT 1
I have always wondered why you had a side in Shropshire Wanderers who reached the FA Cup semi-final that didn't continue to be the dominant club in the town (and perhaps there wouldn't be a Shrewsbury Town FC today). I mean they must have been decent enough. I do find all this sort of thing fascinating stuff...👍
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2024 12:06:36 GMT 1
I have always wondered why you had a side in Shropshire Wanderers who reached the FA Cup semi-final that didn't continue to be the dominant club in the town (and perhaps there wouldn't be a Shrewsbury Town FC today). I mean they must have been decent enough. I do find all this sort of thing fascinating stuff...👍 Like you Stutty I love this old stuff. If you Google Shropshire Wanderers you will read about their close links with Shrewsbury FC,but it appears that Wanderers had between 30 and 80 members over the years with one dominant person,Charles Hawley. Once he dropped away the club just faded away |
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Post by The Clash 1966 on Aug 5, 2024 12:30:02 GMT 1
I have always wondered why you had a side in Shropshire Wanderers who reached the FA Cup semi-final that didn't continue to be the dominant club in the town (and perhaps there wouldn't be a Shrewsbury Town FC today). I mean they must have been decent enough. I do find all this sort of thing fascinating stuff...👍 no idea how to post photos either . |
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Post by belfastshrew on Aug 5, 2024 13:13:03 GMT 1
Upload your pics onto a free hosting site like this one: imgbb.com/Then link it on here. I think you need to be using the desktop version of this site rather than the mobile version. Pilch will talk you through it. |
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Post by davycrockett on Aug 5, 2024 14:51:31 GMT 1
Shropshire Wanderers - FA Cup semi-finalists in 1874-75, losing to Old Etonians at Kennington Oval. Different times and all that..... Would have been fun to watch though. I can just see some sort of Boris Johnson lookalike playing in goal for the OE. Only club ever to be eliminated from the FA cup by the toss if a coin. |
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Post by wakemanender on Aug 6, 2024 9:52:36 GMT 1
My earliest memories of football in Shropshire were watching Belle Vue Old Boys in the fifties and early sixties. Home games were played in Sutton Lane near the gypsy encampment. The team was full of well known local characters who were mostly tradesmen you would see in the local pubs. Certain names have stuck in my mind over the years just like the early town players from that era. The goalkeeper I remember as Joe and then there was Reg Seabury and the legend that was Bert Vaughan who played into his fifties. Watching these lads gave me my love of football at the lower level.
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