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Season Two - 1980/81
City v The
TAB
27/9/80
Ref : - Result : 7-2 Mottingham
Hance
Young Curtis R. Edmonds Llewellyn/Pomeroy
Barnett Pickin P. Chang-Leng
Green Golding Taylor
A good start to the season, with a hat trick for Roger, two goals disallowed for offside, and Robin actually clearing off
the line facing the goal ! TAB never really got going, the two goals coming from the long ball punted up the middle.
Martin was unlucky with the second goal, he got his hands to the ball but the pace of the shot took it into the goal.
Terry had several chances for his hat trick, but the TAB goalkeeper made two good saves.
Scorers : Green 3, Golding 2, Pickin, R. Edmonds
Norwood Gypsy v City 4/10/80
Ref : M. Callaghan Result : 3-2 Chinbrook Meadows
Hance
Young Curtis R. Edmonds Thornton
Barnett Pickin P. Chang-Leng
Green/Joseph Golding Taylor
In the words of Roger (Manager) Green, they were there for the taking. A combination of a below par Gypsy and an excellent
City made for a good game, Roger putting City one up with a shot that swerved just as the goalie went to catch it, then getting
injured scoring the second with a run from his own half. MJ wins the Barnett award for turning up with 20 minutes of the second
half gone.
Scorers : Green 2
Blue Circle 3rd v City 11/10/80
Ref : R. Baker Result : 6-3 Crown Lane
Hance
Young Curtis R. Edmonds Llewellyn/Barnett
C. Hill Pickin Gardner
Joseph Green Taylor
Ooh dear ! Without Golding up front, City looked a shadow of themselves as they tried vainly to prevent a strong Circle side
from scoring. Bringing on the late arrival for the second half gave them more bite up front, and one wonders whether the result
could have been reversed if Mark had started the match. (Yes, he did pay his fine !)
Scorers : Barnett 2, Taylor
City v Londex 18/10/80
Ref : K. Lane Result : 1-1 Mottingham
Hance
Joseph/Young Curtis Pomeroy Llewellyn
Barnett Pickin R. Edmonds
Chang-Leng Golding Taylor/Green
Read the two totally unbiased reports of this game and you see why a draw was the fairest result. Joseph played a
blinder (i.e. as if he was blind).
Scorers : Golding
Latter Day Saints v City 25/10/80
Ref : - Result : 2-5 Mottingham
Flaherty/G. Edmonds
Young Hill Curtis Llewellyn
Barnett Pickin R. Edmonds
Green Golding Taylor
A royal goal after a matter of seconds looked like the opening of the floodgates for a double figures win, but as Saints
equalised after 15 minutes, Flaherty fell and damaged his leg, so Chris Hill played in goal while Graham came on into the
midfield spot vacated by Robin. The defence stayed shaky for the rest of the game, with Ian being caught talking to the
corner flag at times. Legs' presence added to the attack, and a mazy run by him culminated in Golding's second goal.
Scorers : Golding 2, Green, Pickin, Taylor
City v Hillyfields Reserves
1/11/80
Ref : H. Corbin Result : 0-5 Mottingham
Hance
Young Barnett Pomeroy R. Edmonds Llewellyn/Gardner
Thornton Pickin Chang-Leng
Golding Green
Only one down at half time, we never managed to raise our game enough to overcome a team that did not deserve the
5-3-2 formation.
Ravensbourne v City Beckenham Hospital Cup 11/10/80
Ref : - Result : 1-1 (3-1 aet) Ravensbourne Sports Ground
Hance
Young Pomeroy R. Edmonds Llewellyn
Joseph Pickin Thornton
Barnett Green Taylor/Curtis
A supposedly superior team were made to look ordinary as everyone on the City team played superbly to take the lead
with 10 minutes to go (Barnett does a Balmoral) only to concede an equaliser straight away. The scoreline flattered them,
with a goal in each half of extra time. A totally different performance to that of the previous week.
Scorers : Barnett
City v 16th BBOBA Reserves 15/11/80
Ref : N. Neal Result : 9-3 Mottingham
Hance
Young Pomeroy R. Edmonds/G. Edmonds Thornton
Chang-Leng Pickin Curtis
Barnett Golding Green
16th look like this years LDS after being soundly beaten. We could have had more, but the best goal was that by Richie,
who picked up the ball outside the half and charged through to shoot past a transfixed goalkeeper.
Scorers : Chang-Leng 2, Green 2, Pickin, Barnett, Young, G. Edmonds, 1 o.g.
Drummond v City 22/11/80
Ref : - Result : 1-7 Beckenham Place Park
Hance
Joseph Pomeroy R. Edmonds Llewellyn
Barnett Pickin Thornton
Green Golding Taylor/Curtis
Colin is so boring when he scores. Another good game, especially for the goal difference, but yet again we could have had
more. Martin was very unlucky with the consolation goal, he got his hands to it, but it went in off the post.
Scorers : Green 2, Golding 2, Thornton, Pomeroy, Barnett
City v Latter Day Saints 29/11/80
Ref : B. Plover Result : 6-0 Mottingham
Hance
Young Joseph R. Edmonds Llewellyn
Thornton Pomeroy Curtis
Barnett Pickin Green
The Golding-less attack was ably led by Steve, who took his total to 7 for this season. Apparently, we fixed it with the
ref so that we would win, but it was almost as easy as the scoreline suggests. Our first clean sheet for 2 games, the last
time being the 13-0 defeat of......Latter Day Saints.
Scorers : Pickin 4, Thornton, Barnett
JVC v City Christchurch Cup 13/12/80
Ref : K. Lane Result : 5-4 Crown Lane
Hance
Young Pomeroy R. Edmonds Llewellyn
Thornton Pickin Curtis/Taylor
Barnett Golding Green/Joseph
They weren't much cop, considering. But for 5 lucky goals, we would have won this.
Scorers : Golding 2, Barnett, Thornton
F&G United v City Burwood Cup 3/1/81
Ref : J. Stearman Result : 5-0 Cator Park
Hance
Thornton Pomeroy R. Edmonds Llewellyn
Barnett Pickin Green
Golding Taylor
What can you do when a bloke lets you down and doesn't even bother to phone ? Richie was supposed to come along
for this, so we were fighting uphill from the kick-off. By the latter part of the match everyone was tired, so the scoreline
became silly.
City v Blue Circle 3rd 10/1/81
Ref : T. Buyers Result : 1-1 Mottingham
Hance
Thornton R. Edmonds M. Chang-Leng Llewellyn
Barnett Pickin Pomeroy
P. Chang-Leng Golding Green
A late equaliser by Circle gave them an undeserved point. The City shooting was diabolical, the score should have been
into double figures by half time. Yeuk !
Scorers : Pomeroy
Hillyfields Reserves v City
17/1/81
Ref : - Result : 3-1 Chinbrook Meadows
Hance
Thornton R. Edmonds M. Chang-Leng Llewellyn
Barnett Pickin Pomeroy
P. Chang-Leng Golding Taylor
On a mud patch that stifled the player with flair, Fields got the double over City even though Green in a posing performance
as ref gave us a penalty which Pickin just missed..
Scorers : Barnett
City v Glanville 24/1/81
Ref : R. Baker Result : 9-0 Mottingham
Hance
Joseph Golding M. Chang-Leng/Taylor Llewellyn
Thornton Pickin Pomeroy
P. Chang-Leng Green Gatter/R. Edmonds
A nice way to recover from the Fields game, with the team playing well and the welcome return of Alan, if only for a half.
Terry switched to the back as he felt that the service up front was not good enough for his type of play, which allows us to
put out a strong defence. good to see a clean sheet.
Scorers : Green 3, Pomeroy 2, Thornton, Pickin, P. Chang-Leng, 1 o.g.
Glanville v City 31/1/81
Ref : J. Neal Result : 2-6 Croydon Road Rec
Hance
Joseph R. Edmonds Gatter Llewellyn
Thornton Pickin/Gardner Pomeroy
P. Chang-Leng Green Taylor
City started off well, got a couple of goals and then slackened off, allowing Glanville to sneak two goals back either side
of half time, but two more goals put them down finally. Pom's goal was brilliant, he flicked the ball up and headed it over
the goalie, while Robin's goal was a half volley from just inside his own half. Pat scored three lucky goals, Roger didn't mean
to score, and Lightning went down with cramp seconds after coming on as sub.
Scorers : P. Chang-Leng 3, Green, R. Edmonds, Pomeroy
City v Stansfeld 4th 7/2/81
Ref : J. Wakeman Result : 1-3 Mottingham
Hance
Joseph M. Chang-Leng Golding Llewellyn
Pomeroy Pickin R. Edmonds Gardner
P. Chang-Leng Green
A good game spoilt only by weird refereeing, including a penalty to City that wasn't, then he disallowed the goal when Robin
headed in the cross after Pom hit the ball at the goalkeeper. The scoreline is similar to the pre season game, so we're still
the same.
Scorers : P. Chang-Leng
The TAB v City 14/2/81
Ref : P. Besley Result : 5-8 Beckenham Place Park
Hance
Jones M. Chang-Leng/Gearing R. Edmonds Llewellyn
Pomeroy Pickin Gatter
P. Chang-Leng Golding Green
Inspired substitutions, with both subbed and subs scoring, but the game once again suffering with the referee being
inconsistent.
Scorers : Pomeroy 2, Green 2, M. Chang-Leng, Gatter, Gearing, Thornton
Elm Road v City
28/2/81
Ref : R. Baker Result : 2-3 Beckenham Place Park
Hance
Joseph Golding R. Edmonds Llewellyn
Gatter Pickin Pomeroy
P. Chang-Leng Green Gardner
One nil up after 20 minutes and Pom takes a back header in the face, causing the injury as shown in the photo. 6 stitches
and we play with ten men. Even so, we went 3-0 up before tiredness allowed Elm Road to get back into the game.
But we did it !
Scorers : Golding, Green, Pickin
City v Drummond 7/3//81
Ref : T. Buyers Result : 3-0 Mottingham
Hance
Joseph R. Edmonds Gatter Llewellyn
Pomeroy Pickin Gardner
P. Chang-Leng Green/G. Edmonds Taylor
A great start with two Balmoral goals and a Pom miskick before half time, when a silly disagreement led to Green going off
and Graham coming on for his first game since November, which explains his less than perfect performance.
Golding was out trout catching again.
Scorers : Taylor 2, Pomeroy
City v Elm Road 21/3/81
Ref : T. Buyers Result : 4-0 Mottingham
Hance
Joseph Golding R. Edmonds Llewellyn
Thornton/M. Chang-Leng Pickin Pomeroy
P. Chang-Leng Green Taylor/Gatter
A high wind made for fun when the ball was played in the air, but a royal goal set up the win. Pom hit the bar from a free kick,
and Robin went close twice before his lofted clearance from the halfway line bounced over the goalkeeper for 2-0. Two Pickin
goals then sealed the match as a lively Elm Road attack failed to breakdown a well marshalled defence, which has had clean
sheets (and shorts) for to matches !!
Scorers : Pickin 2, Taylor, R. Edmonds
No other reports were kept as Robin was transferred to Hillyfields Reserves.
