Goodbye Southall Town

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Goodbye Southall Town

Southall Town are no more as their financial backer has pulled the plug.

Apparently the cost of clearing the site in Glade Lane Southall which they were hoping to move into has risen five-fold and he can't afford it.

Two promotions in four years saw them preparing to play in the Dr. Martens League next season but, sadly they have gone the way of Viking Sports (Greenford) into oblivion.

Still, this does mean that the 5.6 acre site at Glade Lane is available again and already has PP for a football stadium!
 

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Nigel Brooks said:
Still, this does mean that the 5.6 acre site at Glade Lane is available again and already has PP for a football stadium!
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A good point indeed Nigel ! :yes:

Shame they've gone (they played in red & white stripes and black shorts :eek: ), but nicking this from a non-league site, when you see their attendances then .............

SOUTHALL TOWN FC (2000-) Members of Middlesex F.A
Website
Secretary George Twyman 119 Dormers Wells Lane Southall Middlesex UB1 3JA 0208 574 5047 (T & F)
E-mail
Match Secretary Eddie Mee 78 Manor Lane Feltham Middx TW13 4TQ 07940 287985 (Mob)
Chairman Manjit S Lit – 07768 856000
Safety Officer Harbans Sandhu - 0208 574 6904
Press Officer George Twyman - 0208 574 5047
Program Editor Craig Brown – 0208 861 6215 [email protected]
1 st team Manager Dennis Bainborough – 0208 861 6215
2 nd team Manager N/A
Coach Del Deanus
Physio TBA
Colours 1 st team Shirts – red & white stripes, shorts & socks – black
2 nd team N/A
Alternative Shirts – yellow, Shorts & Socks – blue
Ground Yeading FC. The Warren Beaconsfield Road Hayes Middlesex UB4 0SL
Directions Leave M4 at junction 3 The Parkway onto Hayes by-pass. Continue to the 2nd filter road turn right onto A4020 Uxbridge Road. Take 1 st turning on right into Springfield Road. Continue to end of road, turn left into Beaconsfield Road, ground at end of the road on right hand side
Ground Tel No 0208 848 7362
Midweek fixtures Wednesday
Nickname
Record Gate 46 v Bishops Cleeve
Season 2002-2003
Best Gate 34 v North Leigh FC
Ave attn. 24.15
Top Scorer Michael Meaker – 23 goals
Floodlights Yes
 

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Bee H said:
Ave attn. 24.15
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Strewth, more people on the pitch (if you count the officials) than off it!
 

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Am I right in thinking this site is in Norwood Green with a few decent boozers within staggering distance?
 

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Jimbee said:
Am I right in thinking this site is in Norwood Green with a few decent boozers within staggering distance?
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Oh yeah - that's right, round the back of the old AEC factory...

I remember driving down there in my old Vauxhall Viva & waiting for my old man & his mate to get over the fence with all the stuff they'd 'saved from the skip' when the factory closed down & then knackering the suspension on the drive back along the bumpy old lane...

Map here.
 
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That'll teach you for trying to put half a Routemaster bus in your boot :nono: :)
 

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FarnhamBee said:
I remember driving down there in my old Vauxhall Viva & waiting for my old man & his mate to get over the fence with all the stuff they'd 'saved from the skip' when the factory closed down & then knackering the suspension on the drive back along the bumpy old lane...
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similar to me in my motorbiking days, I knew certain 'characters' in Birmingham and after a night out on the town, we used to jump over the wall of the old BSA factory with shopping trolleys and dig up the spares that had simply been buried when they demolished the factory. These 'chaps' subsequently set up a shop and mail order business selling the spares. Also made and sold a fine range of BSA Choppers and LowRiders.

that was a good few years ago now ! :)

off thread but ah what the hell, it's nearly the weekend :bound:
 

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That cant be right. I remember watching Southall Town back in the 60s and 70s and they had a good ground with good attendances. Either there or Denbigh Road, when the Bees were away.
 

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longdistancebee said:
That cant be right. I remember watching Southall Town back in the 60s and 70s and they had a good ground with good attendances. Either there or Denbigh Road, when the Bees were away.
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Perchance could this have been before a certain Mr. Noad£s became involved? We all know what a success he has been for every club with which he has been involved.
 

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longdistancebee said:
That cant be right. I remember watching Southall Town back in the 60s and 70s and they had a good ground with good attendances. Either there or Denbigh Road, when the Bees were away.
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a certain Mr 'piece of sh*t' Noades was involved with Southall at one time and spookily enough they had to sell their ground after ! "Southall" play their home games at Chalfont St Peter FC - isn't there a thread about this on the GPG somehwere :scratch:
 

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Mr Brooks beat me to it :cry:

but seeing as my post contained a slagging off of that piece of sh*t Noades, I think I'll leave it on here ! :D
 

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Ah - thanks Bee H. Didnt know that. What a bloody shame. I played with a mate at Pittshanger Dynamoes once and they played a final there (the old ground). What is on the site now? Another Altonwood leisure centre?
 

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Nigel Brooks said:
That'll teach you for trying to put half a Routemaster bus in your boot :nono: :)
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They'd got this massive pipe-bending machine & when it went in the boot the back end of my car was nearly touching the ground & my old man goes "ah that'll be alright... nothing wrong with that" :rolleyes:
 

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Nigel Brooks said:
Still, this does mean that the 5.6 acre site at Glade Lane is available again and already has PP for a football stadium!
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As John Mac does not read this site (alledgedly) has any one contacted him, or BU , regarding the above.

Looks at firtst glance a bigger site that Lionel Road, but I only vaguely knew the area from it's AEC days.
 

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longdistancebee said:
Ah - thanks Bee H. Didnt know that. What a bloody shame. I played with a mate at Pittshanger Dynamoes once and they played a final there (the old ground). What is on the site now? Another Altonwood leisure centre?
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Houses I do believe :(
 

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Bee H said:
Houses I do believe :(
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Maybe somebody should get Gryff Rhys Jones to do a Restoration special on endangered football grounds. Southall Town (and Denbigh Road too) were classic examples of 20s/30s built local football grounds, who in their day had attendances not dissimilar to what we were getting pre-MA arrival. It is part of not only our sporting but also our cultural heritage.
 

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longdistancebee said:
Maybe somebody should get Gryff Rhys Jones to do a Restoration special on endangered football grounds. Southall Town (and Denbigh Road too) were classic examples of 20s/30s built local football grounds, who in their day had attendances not dissimilar to what we were getting pre-MA arrival. It is part of not only our sporting but also our cultural heritage.
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Non-league football will continue to deteriorate I'm afraid with too much telly on Sky, we should all try to take a local non-league game in now and again.

Southall, Hillingdon Borough :cry: ,Romford, Enfield etc., etc., etc., - there's a long list already of good grounds now covered up by houses or supermarkets :(
 

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RodBee said:
As John Mac does not read this site (alledgedly) has any one contacted him, or BU , regarding the above.

Looks at firtst glance a bigger site that Lionel Road, but I only vaguely knew the area from it's AEC days.
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But would we not want a much bigger ground than the plans Southall had submitted?

The locals probably won't be too pleased.
 

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Griffingreen said:
Shhh That lot at Loftarse Road might get wind of this.
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Yes, but we'd clean the sh*t off the pitch BEFORE we moved in :)
 

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I used to enjoy going to the old Western Road ground and once saw a crowd of 600+ for an FA Amateur Cup tie against Kingstonian. Denbigh Road was a decent non-league ground as well. We used to play the odd friendly match there in the late 60s and there was always a big turnout.
 

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Bee H is correct it is now a housing estate, when I played for Southall in the early 60s it was a lovely little ground the floodlights were poor even for training, what makes it worse is that even the big pub that was right by the turnstiles finished up as a plumbers shop and it recently went up in flames and is now demolished.
2 memories or three if I include my 30 yard goal firstly the chairman at the time was a baker who owned a shop over the road, after training we always had whatever had been left for refreshments, and 2nd the meals we had after home games in the main clubhouse they were at the time the best in the old Atheinium (S) league attendance even for reserve games we had up to 70 first team around 150-200
Programmes were 2d Dont remember entry prices because I didnt have to pay are yes those were the days.
Just to finish a siver haired gentleman? took charge and flogged it of,
in a major storm either 1 or 2 of the floodlight pylons fell down the club and could not afford to carry out the repair work (presumably either no or insufficient insurance) they had to play elsewhere, sold the ground and became nomadic an ownership war that went to the high court and now the end to me so very sad.
I believe the ground (as yet unbuilt and only prelim PP)at glade lane is somewhere around 1500 capacity but with a massive banqueting suite aimed I understand for Asian weddings.
Yes there is a chance for us as the leaders of the current Ealing Council are pro bees, it would also help fill a promise that has been around so long (remind you of Feltham) of a sports stadium.
However the residents have been against this small one so not a lot of chance for us, there is no public transport and road access with parking would be limited
 
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Bee H said:
Non-league football will continue to deteriorate I'm afraid with too much telly on Sky, we should all try to take a local non-league game in now and again.

Southall, Hillingdon Borough :cry: ,Romford, Enfield etc., etc., etc., - there's a long list already of good grounds now covered up by houses or supermarkets :(
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What's happened to Hillingdon Borough and their ground on Brakespeare Lane?

Don't forget Hounslow Town! Feltham may also struggle unless their new ground off Fagg's Lane gets sorted. They're going to groundshare with Egham this season while it's being built. Presumably that menas the Arenas can fall into a bigger state than they're already in.
 

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Heston Bee said:
What's happened to Hillingdon Borough and their ground on Brakespeare Lane?
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Still there but to be honest it not much more than a parks ground, Hanwell Town is far better
 

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Heston Bee said:
Don't forget Hounslow Town!
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Denbeigh Rd........I had my 21st in there 17 years ago....Did they end up playing in Inwood Park?
 

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Yeah, they did play at Inwood Park for a couple of season and have had various incarnations since leaving Denbeigh Rd. There's currently a Hounslow Town/Borough (can't remember which it is now) who play at the White Lodge Club in Osterley (other side of the Conquest Club).
Former Bee, Lee Sparkes, has recently been made their manager!
 

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Heston Bee said:
Former Bee, Lee Sparkes
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blimey! He was a defender wasn't he for us....We are all getting old :(
 

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And Joe Omigie occassionally turns out for them! :eek: :eek: :eek:
 

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Heston Bee said:
What's happened to Hillingdon Borough and their ground on Brakespeare Lane?
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I was referring to the old Hillingdon Borough and the Leas Stadium where the older Bees moved on to in Falling Lane Yiewsley - Gelson, Higginson, Nelmes, Hawley, Phillips etc.

The ground was sold and they merged with Burnham and became known as Burnham and Hillingdon FC I believe but the name Hillingdon Borough FC remained and supporters took over Ruislip Town and renamed it. They're still at Breakspear Road but way below their previous status when they should have been promoted to the Football League in 1969 (ish) and lost at Wembley 3-2 in the FA Trophy v b1oody Telford when they were 2-0 up with 15 mins to go.

Will pop along and see them this season along with a few other non-league grounds.
 

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Cheers Bee H, the H.Bee memory isn't quite so ancient to be able to know all that :p I've played over at Breakspeare Lane a few times, it is a lot like a park ground and certainly a long way from promotion to the football league.

There seems to be quite a few non-league teams around NW/W London who have really struggled recently and lost their status or gone bankrupt. Didn't Ruislip Manor also drop out of the Ryman Premier/Div 1 into the old Spartan League and aren't really anything now.
I'm hoping Feltham can get their new ground together, anything more than a year (which in itself is probably too much) over at Egham will be highly destructive for the club.
 

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Hounslow Town - isn't there a school built on the old Denbigh Road ground now? Was it lack of finances which caused them to fold.

Feltham FC - I think the move to Egham is just for one season whilst their new Green Lane ground is finished, which would not have been in time for the start of next season as hoped.

Southall - Didn't Les Ferdinand start there, and didn't it end up that there were two Southall clubs? Is one still going?

Hanwell Town - My local non-league team, never been to see them but I believe Martin Rowlands' brother, Keith, plays for them.
 

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GP said:
he did indeed as did Roger Joseph.
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and Alan Devonshire

and yes there were 2 (ownership) not sure about the other
 

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Les Ferdinand started at Hayes as did Cyrille Regis. Gordon Hill was at Southall and you could put quite a decent side together from local non-league players over the last 30 years. All ignored by BFC of course, I mean, why sign Cyrille Regis when you've got Stan Webb?
 

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Heston Bee said:
Yeah, they did play at Inwood Park for a couple of season and have had various incarnations since leaving Denbeigh Rd. There's currently a Hounslow Town/Borough (can't remember which it is now) who play at the White Lodge Club in Osterley (other side of the Conquest Club).
Former Bee, Lee Sparkes, has recently been made their manager!
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Excuse the pedantry but it's Chris Sparks. I think he was a junior in the early tomid-90's who may have made a few 1st team appearances.

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11245
 

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:o Oops! Not sure where I got Lee from, it is indeed Chris Sparkes.
 

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Regarding this site for a ground, potentially we could build one large seated stand for 3000 supporters and a line of boxes, and have the asian banquet suites at the back. Then have open terrace on three sides of the ground, which if the site is 5.6 acres could give enough access for a large capacity stadium. If the FL got fussy when we're promoted to 'The Football League Championship' we could bolt seats on.

Would it be stupid to suggest the people involved with these 'lost' teams in w/nw London got together and formed West London FC at a site such as that in Southall?

However Southall's too long, keep Brentford in Brentford etc. etc.
 
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