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I don't know about League 1 mid-table mediocrity I'd just be happy with 20th making it the first season since 1966 that we haven't come straight down again after getting promoted to that division. Seems a very late start to the season in 2012/2013. Probably because of the World Cup although they may...

Stefano : Remember the District Schools' Trophies ? Under 12 : Style's Cup Under 13 : Ingham Trophy Under 14 : Webber Shield Under 15 : Blessington Cup Under 16 Hudson Bowl only came into existence after the compulsory leaving age was raised to sixteen. Edit : and of course, the Webber Shield final...

Stefano, no no no, you misunderstand, I meant to say, effectively, where have you been all my life? My point was that you seem to know a whole lot about the club, first hand, from many years ago, indicating that you have been a supporter all that time. It would seem odd to me that, even allowing fo...

It looks as though I am a few years ahead of you Trojan but not by much. I started at Homelands in 1963 and being a bit thick left in 1968 to start work. In my fifth year it was the first time we had combined Homelands & Westhill sporting teams. For football I was the captain of course! ;-) That...

Many thanks stefano for adding further detail. Although it was before my time, we finished runners up to Ipswich during the early/mid 1950's in the former Division 3 South ? Only the champions of the North and South Divisions went up to Division 2 (now the Championship) at that time. The Cowshed/Mi...

Just to add a little to Trojan's excellent and accurate answer on our highest ever league position, after promotion from Division 4 (now League 2) in 1965/66 we then had three excellent seasons in Division 3 (now League 1). In 1966/67 the highest position we occupied was 2nd towards the end and even...