Those Were The Days; 27th April 1987

Les1949 · Mon Apr 27, 2026 2:39 pm

THOSE WERE THE DAYS
27th April 1987

Tim Hollands Testimonial

Hampton 1 (Mooney) Wimbledon 3 Att; 500

A memory from April 1987, but worth recalling for one of Hampton’s ‘legends’. Tim Hollands made his debut for Hampton on 6th September 1977 and during the 1986/87 season was awarded a Testimonial, which included a Dinner and a game against Wimbledon. Wimbledon (the real one!) had just spent their first season in the First Division of the Football League. The Testimonial Dinner had been held some months earlier, attended by the then England Manager, Bobby Robson – later Sir Bobby!
The game itself was played just before Hampton’s appearance in the London Senior Cup Final which unfortunately meant that very little of the game made it into the press. The attendance was disappointingly low, despite the fact that the majority of Wimbledon’s first team played that night. Lee Mooney scored Hampton’s only goal. Tim went on to play for Hampton until the 1994/95 season making 786 appearances. In January 2025 Tim was a welcome visitor to the club to celebrate his career.

The Old Historian

Jamie · Tue Apr 28, 2026 11:14 am

Do you have the team sheets Les?
It would be interesting to see who played for Wimbledon.

Les1949 · Tue Apr 28, 2026 6:36 pm

Nope, don't have that info.

Lord Elpus · Wed Apr 29, 2026 9:40 am

Jamie wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2026 11:14 am Do you have the team sheets Les?
It would be interesting to see who played for Wimbledon.

Don't have the team sheets but from memory it was pretty much the entire first team squad from that time...John Fashanu, Dave Beasant, Glen Hodges, Alan Cork, Wally Downes etc...don't forget this was only about a year before they won the FA Cup with a fairly similar squad.

Jamie · Thu Apr 30, 2026 4:59 pm

Lord Elpus wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 9:40 am
Jamie wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2026 11:14 am Do you have the team sheets Les?
It would be interesting to see who played for Wimbledon.
Don't have the team sheets but from memory it was pretty much the entire first team squad from that time...John Fashanu, Dave Beasant, Glen Hodges, Alan Cork, Wally Downes etc...don't forget this was only about a year before they won the FA Cup with a fairly similar squad.

Wow that's impressive! Thanks for the info