The
Football
Association
Southern
Amateur
League
Amateur
Football
Alliance
Surrey
County
FA
Surrey
Youth & U21
League
|
|
The Football Association |
Southern Amateur League |
Amateur Football Alliance |
Surrey County FA |
Surrey Youth & U21 League |
|
SAL Division 1 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
|
20 |
9 |
2 |
9 |
36 |
37 |
20 |
5th |
|
President: |
CH Shelton Cox |
|
Hon. Secretary: |
Bill Power |
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Hon. Treasurer: |
Sid Ireland |
|
Team Secretary: |
Bill Bailey |
|
Match Secretary: |
Johnny Larkman |
|
Magazine Editor: |
Bill Power |
|
Publicity Secretary: |
Horry Walter |
|
1st XI Captain: |
Maurice Watts |
|
2nd XI Captain: |
Bill Gatherer |
|
"A" XI Captain: |
Chris Woods |
|
"B" XI Captain: |
Bill Andrews |
|
"C" XI Captain: |
Alf Wadey |
In an effort to improve playing standards, the Club engaged the services of former Portsmouth skipper and FA Cup winner Jimmy Guthrie, who took up the position of Coach. Things didn’t start too well as the 1st XI lost 0-6 to Barclays – their heaviest defeat in 15 years. However, they recovered to finish a creditable 5th in the league, helped by a 5 game winning streak early in the New Year. Having got themselves into a position to challenge for the title, an end of season slump pushed them down to their final position. There was continued success in the AFA Surrey Senior Cup. The defence started brightly with a 4-0 win over Aquarius, followed by a 3-0 win at Borough Polytechnic. The semi final against Merton was a tense affair with Carshalton eventually scraping through 4-3 to reach their third consecutive final. There they faced Reigate Priory and ran out worthy winners by a score of 3-0. Having led the Club to the upper reaches of Division 1 and securing three successive AFA Surrey Senior Cups, Maurice Watts resigned the Captaincy in favour of Alan Harvey, wishing to pass the office to a younger player whilst still playing in a position to help his successor.
The Reserves suffered huge disappointment missing out on promotion to Division 1, finishing third with a record of:
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
PTS |
|
|
18 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
58 |
33 |
25 |
3rd |
Hopes were high that this would be put right during the next season.
The task of replacing Eric Alexander as Match Secretary fell to Johnny Larkman, who had been involved as a player before the War and more recently as the 1st XI linesman. Johnny was another of those character whose commitment to the Club was total throughout his life - demonstrated by his request to have his ashes scattered "in Greg Walker’s goal" – a request granted by the Club on his death in 1979.