Those Were The Days; 13th December 1997

[Les1949]

THOSE WERE THE DAYS
13th December 1997

Isthmian (ICIS) League; Division 1

Hampton 2 (Vines 37’, Moore 89’) Worthing 0 Att; 229

Hampton;-
Mark Russell; Warren Drew, Dave Rattue, Peter Wood, Steve Cheshire, Craig Reilly, Nick Burton, Barry Moore, Francis Vines, Ian Savage, Darren Powell.
Unused Subs; Baron Jolly, Chris Nassim, Tony Coombe.

Hampton extended their unbeaten run to thirteen league games, moving up to fourth place in the table. The Beavers fielded two new signings, Nick Burton (Aldershot Town) and Ian Savage (Wokingham Town), both looked a more than useful addition to the team. Worthing proved to be a difficult side to beat, both keepers, Rusell and John Keeley were both brought into action, early on. Russell was quick off his line to thwart an early attack whilst Keeley tipped a Vines header over the bar. Hampton broke through in the 37th minute. Vines reacted quicker to a loose bouncing ball and sent a looping header over Keeley. Keeley blocked a shot by Moore as Hampton pushed forward for a second goal. Cheshire went close to getting on to the end of a Reilly free-kick. Worthing forced Hampton back into their own half for a long spell during the second period, but were mainly restricted to long range efforts. The all-important second goal came late when Moore ran from the hallway line to slot the ball cooly under Keeley.
Later that night, Alan Simpson & Ray Galton received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Comedy Writers Guild – needless to say, the 2-0 win got a mention in their acceptance speech.



The Old Historian

[Lord Elpus]

Wow, some terrific players in that team...esp Moore, (who should've got much higher than he did) Powell, Burton, Russell etc, plus the long serving Chesh of course. Happy days.