Beveree Chat

The club have withdrawn from the competition, according to yesterday's programme notes by Dick Parsons

This is absolutely disgusting.
It's massively embarrassing and ruins the competition that should have respect.
If you don't want to play all the first team players, then use academy players, but fulfil the fixture.

Jamie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:29 pm This is absolutely disgusting.
It's massively embarrassing and ruins the competition that should have respect.
If you don't want to play all the first team players, then use academy players, but fulfil the fixture.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes, and you’ve done that twice in the last half hour!

it is very poor on our part

Well it's been seen as the poor relation for quite a long time now and I guess we should probably put out a side made up of kids and fringers but quite frankly I'd rather we focused on avoiding relegation.

It’s about priorities. We have a lot of important league games to fit in.

Not sure the pitch would cope with many more games being played on it either

LouisFell wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:41 pm

Jamie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:29 pm This is absolutely disgusting.
It's massively embarrassing and ruins the competition that should have respect.
If you don't want to play all the first team players, then use academy players, but fulfil the fixture.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes, and you’ve done that twice in the last half hour!

Why are you trying to be all smart using a Star Wars quote.

Simple fact is at any level, you should fulfil your fixtures. Especially being a larger club in the Middlesex Charity Cup, is is embarrassing and massively disrespectful to drop out.

The FA should say, okay then, we will remove you from the FA cup next season to ease the burden... bet clubs would show a bit more respect when they aren't getting the FA cup money.

This isn't me having a pop at HRBFC, any club doing this, it's completely out of order.
and in Hampton's case, with such a poor season, the chance to win a cup would be great for the new manager and owners.


Looks like Hanworth Villa have also pulled out.

I remember going to the final at Hampton as a kid.

Check out the line ups from this Middlesex Charity Cup, when Ken Bates the Chelsea owner wanted the team to play in it.

HAMPTON 1-2 CHELSEA Venue: Beveree Stadium
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Mr. M D Dearing
Gill Goal West Goal Goal

HAMPTON:
GK 1 David Hook
FB 2 Paul Lucas
FB 3 Mike Payne
HB 4 Dave Rattue
HB 5 Malcolm Dickinson
HB 6 Mark Joyner
WR 7 Steve Cheshire
IF 8 Mark Gill
CF 9 Brian Bere
IF 10 Steve Kuhne Sub on
WL 11 Wayne Falloon Sub on
Substitutes:
SB 12 Billy Thistleton Sub off
SB 13 Matt Downs Sub off
SB 14 Lee Orkney
SB 15 Mark Dolton



CHELSEA:
GK 1 Roger Freestone
FB 2 Steve Clarke
FB 3 Steve Beatty
HB 4 David Lee
HB 5 Jason Cundy
HB 6 Andrew James Sub on
WR 7 Graham Stuart
IF 8 Alan Dickens
CF 9 Damien Matthew
IF 10 Colin West
WL 11 Graeme Le Saux
Substitutes:
SB 12 Frank Sinclair Sub off
SB 13
SB 14
SB 15
Manager: