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THOSE WERE THE DAYS
27th August 1994

F A Cup 1st Preliminary Round

Hampton 1 (French, 29’) Pagham 0

Hampton;-
Paul Riley; Mark Murphy, Jason Fenton, Mark Fabian, Steve Cheshire, Tim Hollands, Rob French, Jim Wigmore, Bobby Watson, Steve Bates, David Prior.
Sub; Glynn Stephens, Lee Bardini

Pagham;-
Dave O’Donnell; Russell Cox, Adie Skeites, Gary Young, Sean Embleton, David Baker, Trevor Cox, Paul Smith, Tom Pegler, Adie Miles, Perry Lee.
Subs; Mark Tinson, P MacIntosh.

Hampton’s entry into the F A Cup came at a very early stage with a visit from Pagham of the Sussex County League. Hampton had problems getting a team together, leading scorer, Richard Newbury, was taken ill that morning and they were already without Michael Swan and Dave Crook. It was the visitors who threatened first, Adie Miles firing just wide after five minutes. Hampton were spurred into action; Watson hit the bar and Prior had a header cleared off the line. On the half-hour, Prior crossed in and French fired the ball into the bottom left-hand corner. Early in the second half, Riley was called upon to make saves from Tom Pegler and Paul Smith. Watson had a goal disallowed for a foul, Prior and Wigmore went close before Hampton ran out 1-0 winners and what looked like a tougher next round game against Gravesend & Northfleet.



The Old Historian

I remember this game quite well. Wasn't it one of Chick Botley's early competitive games as Manager? Great to see some well known Hampton old stagers and local guys in Cheshire, Hollands and Wigmore too. Pagham weren't the pushovers everyone thought they might be...for example they had the well renowned forward Adie Miles who usually scored 30+ goals most seasons, and had played much higher up the pyramid, whereas we were still gelling as a side under new management. I'm fairly sure Richard Newbury had just joined us as a very promising forward, but actually finished the season with an appearance at Wembley for Woking in their FA Trophy win.

Lord Elpus wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 11:21 am I remember this game quite well. Wasn't it one of Chick Botley's early competitive games as Manager? Great to see some well known Hampton old stagers and local guys in Cheshire, Hollands and Wigmore too. Pagham weren't the pushovers everyone thought they might be...for example they had the well renowned forward Adie Miles who usually scored 30+ goals most seasons, and had played much higher up the pyramid, whereas we were still gelling as a side under new management. I'm fairly sure Richard Newbury had just joined us as a very promising forward, but actually finished the season with an appearance at Wembley for Woking in their FA Trophy win.

Yes, it was Chick Botley's first season as manager. Richard Newbery made his debut on 13th August and was gone by the end of November (22 apps 2 subs, 16 goals). He left for Premier Division's bottom placed Wokingham Town (where they finished). Presumably he joined Woking later and In the F A Trophy, at the end of the season, Newbery came on as a sub in extra time of their win over Kiddermister (Woking had also won the F A Trophy, the previous season).