The
Football
Association
Southern
Amateur
League
Amateur
Football
Alliance
Surrey
County
FA
Surrey
Youth & U21
League
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The Football Association |
Southern Amateur League |
Amateur Football Alliance |
Surrey County FA |
Surrey Youth & U21 League |
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SAL Division 1 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
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24 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
57 |
73 |
20 |
9th |
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President: |
AD Crisp |
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Hon. Secretary: |
CH Shelton Cox |
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Hon. Treasurer: |
JW Foulkes-Jones |
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Magazine Editor: |
CH Shelton Cox |
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Hon. Auditor |
Bernard Davis |
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1st XI Captain: |
Leo Winter |
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2nd XI Captain: |
Henry Worthington |
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"A" XI Captain: |
A Gates |
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"B" XI Captain: |
W Gooda |
After briefly flirting with relegation, an uninspired 1st XI managed a mid table position. The team reserved its best form for the AFA Surrey Senior Cup. A closely contested semi final ended with a narrow 2-1 win over Old Westminster Citizens. Once again Kew Association were the opponents in the final, which was played at the Lensbury Club in Teddington. Carshalton opened the scoring after 10 minutes when skipper Leo Winter headed in from the keeper’s punch. The lead was doubled after a "scrimmage" on the line when controversially the referee judged the ball to have crossed the line. Winter added a third just before half-time. It was a completely different story in the second half, though. Kew scored twice in quick succession and the Carshalton goal had a number of close escapes. However Carshalton held on to win 3-2. Man of the Match was Carshalton’s keeper Reg Schofield whose 2 point blank saves kept Kew at bay. The team that day read: Reg Schofield, Len Ross, Stephen Wheeler, Cedric Webb, Jack Lindsay, E Hines, Leo Winter, R Fletcher, AG Gates, Ronnie Morris, AA King.
The Reserves also had a season to remember, securing second place in Division 1 with a record of:
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P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
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18 |
13 |
1 |
4 |
56 |
31 |
27 |
2nd |
and reaching the semi finals of the AFA Junior Cup, where they lost 3-2 in a thriller with Aquarius.
The most successful side in the Club was the "A" XI. In 27 games they won 22, drew 1 and lost only 4, scoring an astonishing 152 goals - a Club record. One of the stalwarts of the season was none other than Jock Walker, Club skipper in 1919-20. Not surprisingly they won the Surrey Amateur League with a record of:
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
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|
10 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
63 |
13 |
18 |
1st |
The Club News continued to be dominated by an obsession with amateurism. Stories of players swapping SAL clubs for "expenses" and "an offer I could not refuse" were not uncommon and Shelton Cox was forthright in denouncing the "gate taking" Clubs for bending the amateur ideals. Many other issues were also raised in the Club News – for instance, from 24th December 1927…
PLEASE DON’T
A member was noticed shaking hands with a goal scorer on Saturday, why not kiss him, or present him with a bunch of Violets.