Those Were The Days; 26th September 1987
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 12:45 pm
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
26th September 1987
Isthmian (Vauxhall-Opel) League Division 1
Staines Town 0 Hampton 1 (Wigmore 13’)
Staines Town;-
Peter Lara; John Exer, Simon Pentland, John Crouch, Philip Caulfield, Martin Nolan, Leroy Messitt, Joe O’Shea, Paul Herbert, Alan Gregory, Richard Parkin.
Subs; Simon Bentley, Wayne Stemp.
Hampton;-
Lee Orkney; Gary Cambridge, Malcom Dickenson, Jim Wigmore, Tim Hollands, Horace Nelson, Gary Gerson, Ricky Walkes, Sean O’Connell, Sean Rice, Zarak Shafique.
Subs; Mark Jonas, Tarquin Woollard.
In their sixth league game of the season, Hampton finally won their first three points of the season at the home of their traditional rivals, Staines Town. A midweek win at Harefield United in a league cup fixture may have boosted the team’s confidence. It took just thirteen minutes for Hampton to take the lead. Shafique sent over a corner from the right and Wigmore headed the ball over the line, despite the best efforts of Peter Lara, the Staines keeper. Staines might have equalised in the 28th minute when a thunderous 35-yard drive hit the crossbar with Orkney beaten. Hampton went straight up the pitch, Lara brilliantly pushing Rice’s header round the post. The second half was a quiet affair, Hampton remained in control, keeping Staines’ new signing Richard Parkin quiet. Staines operated an efficient off-side trap which kept the Hampton forwards out of the game, but for their part were unable to make any inroads into Hampton’s single-goal lead.
The Old Historian
26th September 1987
Isthmian (Vauxhall-Opel) League Division 1
Staines Town 0 Hampton 1 (Wigmore 13’)
Staines Town;-
Peter Lara; John Exer, Simon Pentland, John Crouch, Philip Caulfield, Martin Nolan, Leroy Messitt, Joe O’Shea, Paul Herbert, Alan Gregory, Richard Parkin.
Subs; Simon Bentley, Wayne Stemp.
Hampton;-
Lee Orkney; Gary Cambridge, Malcom Dickenson, Jim Wigmore, Tim Hollands, Horace Nelson, Gary Gerson, Ricky Walkes, Sean O’Connell, Sean Rice, Zarak Shafique.
Subs; Mark Jonas, Tarquin Woollard.
In their sixth league game of the season, Hampton finally won their first three points of the season at the home of their traditional rivals, Staines Town. A midweek win at Harefield United in a league cup fixture may have boosted the team’s confidence. It took just thirteen minutes for Hampton to take the lead. Shafique sent over a corner from the right and Wigmore headed the ball over the line, despite the best efforts of Peter Lara, the Staines keeper. Staines might have equalised in the 28th minute when a thunderous 35-yard drive hit the crossbar with Orkney beaten. Hampton went straight up the pitch, Lara brilliantly pushing Rice’s header round the post. The second half was a quiet affair, Hampton remained in control, keeping Staines’ new signing Richard Parkin quiet. Staines operated an efficient off-side trap which kept the Hampton forwards out of the game, but for their part were unable to make any inroads into Hampton’s single-goal lead.
The Old Historian