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Charlton United

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
in Other Football and Sports
No connection to Athletic that I can see but the museum (plug, plug) were sent this on twitter.

Taken from the 1894/5 Woolwich & District League handbook.

Some interesting opponents and dressing rooms.

 

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213

  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    That's my kind of dressing room!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    "Tottenham Hotspur" what a strange name, they won't go far
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,758
    I see they played both Jolly Boys and Lyndhurst - only fools and horses would do that!
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    edited October 2019
    killerandflash said:
    "Tottenham Hotspur" what a strange name, they won't go far
    I always love seeing things like this as feel so damned odd seeing any League team of today in that sort of position
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,795
    Also odd that the overwhelming majority of sides are SE London then randomly a couple of distant ones spurs, Walthamstow and Windsor!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
    paulsturgess said:
    Also odd that the overwhelming majority of sides are SE London then randomly a couple of distant ones spurs, Walthamstow and Windsor!
    I thought that.  Strange fixture list.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,691
    no excuse for poor away turnouts in that league. 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,691
    anyone know anything about the Jolly Boys in lower Charlton? pub team? 

    trotter family involved somehow? 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,597
    Used to turn over Millwall Rangers every game, lads we backed the wrong horse.
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  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 2,865
    Haven't posted here for a while, but that's a great find, Henry.

    The Rose of Denmark would have been the previous incarnation of the present-day pub (which was built around 1960 as I recall).  It would suggest that the Victoria Field is the area East of Victoria Way and between the Woolwich Road (Lower Road in 1890's ?) and Troughton Road.  I know that the houses at the bottom of Victoria Way (No's 1 to 11) were built around 1900 or just before.
  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    guinnessaddick said:
    Used to turn over Millwall Rangers every game, lads we backed the wrong horse.
    Millwall Rangers had a very small home support in those days as the majority would be under Ye Olde London Bridge waiting to jump Portsmouth Wanderers on their way back from Corinthian Casuals, fact!    
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    edited October 2019
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    anyone know anything about the Jolly Boys in lower Charlton? pub team? 

    trotter family involved somehow? 
    Could be wrong and it may not be the same team(as this would have been late 1980s so Doubt its the same Jolly Boys ubless they were around for 100 years lol) maybe @stackitsteve can answer, but pretty sure are uncle used to play for a team called The Jolly Boys, I remember he used to tell us he was in Goal and conceded about 9 or 10 every game(he said he was good but his defence was poor haha)
  • milo
    milo Posts: 388
    Why were Tottenham Hotspurs playing in the Woolwich and District League? - and they complained about Arsenal moving to muscle in on their part of London.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    Played Rochester at Balham. Strange one
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    milo said:
    Why were Tottenham Hotspurs playing in the Woolwich and District League? - and they complained about Arsenal moving to muscle in on their part of London.
    Sadly they weren't - only the fixtures marked with a star were Woolwich Alliance
  • milo
    milo Posts: 388
    rananegra said:
    milo said:
    Why were Tottenham Hotspurs playing in the Woolwich and District League? - and they complained about Arsenal moving to muscle in on their part of London.
    Sadly they weren't - only the fixtures marked with a star were Woolwich Alliance
    That explains the games against, Rochester, Eton and Millwall (who would have been from north of the river at the time).
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    Erith crop up a lot in those days. They played in Arsenal's first ever home game in 1886. Up The Dockers!

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