THE ; CHINA" MAIE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1956)
What Is The Cause
Of This
Succession Of Flops?
Asks ARCHIE QUICK
As if he did not have enough headaches as Chairman of disappointing and unsettled Chelsen Football Club, Mr Joe Meurs, big business man and virtual owner of the Stamıord Bridge ground, is also on the Football Association International Selection Committee, as well as the Councils of the Football Association, Football League, and London Combination.
A whole timɩ job in football made doubly wearing by the continuous and in- explicably peor play of representative international sides. What is the cause of this succession of deps?
Mr Means a l' ve
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quarter of a century ago. Lon. They beat the Light Blu Smukke Hobl, Dets
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Commander Berthum told me hot 1. crew had hopes of ex- ating the Navy's tours beyond be a hand voit to the Channel Islands, THI "they have 11'. ently faded."
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that Referee Meaden, of Trowbridge. changed จะ
brown to while, and back brown again when the light imm
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Famous Sports Stars I Have Met
TED FENTON
By Archie Quick ·
With the retirement of Jhony Seed and the death of Tom Whittaker, the bodea of Charlton Athic.le ard Arsenal, Mr Ted Fenton, of West ligo United, succeeds to perhaps the altogether enviable dix- tire:ion DI bel: London's senior manager in
ni Leims continucus service with nne club,
not
club
I say "rot altogether enviable" because the lock of security which la the lot of the Football League manager today is thrown into bold relief by the fact
thet Tod is now the Metropolis No. 1 and he has been in the job only since August 1950. Six short years, and every other London manager who was reigning then hoa gene, and many others have come and gone!
When Fenton returned to his firai lova k 1950 alter a sur" cessful baption, of management at Colchester
the who were other London manngers? Messrs Whittaker
Seed (Arsenal), (Charlion), Howe [Spurs). Birrell (Chelsea). Dodgin [Fulham). Gibbons (Brentford), Hewit (Millwall), Sco't (Palace), Mangnail (QPRI, and Pratt (Orlent) were the holders of office Not one left, excepi that Mr Dodgin HOW in
hart Breulford.
A LONG WAY
Of course, Me Fenton's debut 012 Boleyn Castle in 1950 was not, by a long way. As Armi association with the Es London club. He joined them as a junior professió al in 1933 so, with the exception of the
WIT break ar two years Colchicier, he has been there 25
local from
Forest A Joral
would
Ave equalised. have
Par Gale
he bud
103 Kanti-
Vents
his dist League
and
referee wat mike every 306-
Anish endle your sible
start well match
Mr Menden did just that, Tune. sareaking one rale he has
and Cyrry buty exeral went! hom The opposin end of kus
who thought Rowley TONTEN With Bloodlighting. Swatca. Bitwan, h
handled before makh Otherwise Bar legume-Cardif
the leader's unbeuten of South Afrlen against whom Pt the Wht Cly, the Attesa cracked
he played three times. reside handlin
Strangely, Len game is being hon recort xperimented with at Brighton vester have scored 30 of their da
goals after halftime. Czapelain the new cute the An excellent set of lights has been installed and a lest
aves to NA
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J1st 14cause they had
i dhe vrands of people on a wintry
night
The FUEROrt in has been minde
Le that theal
Souver vils, Brighton and Hove Albion, thould play its inatenes on this beautiful strip of turf but
Arthur Rowity, an icester's : Adult Levtza tald
#t
3 Preus the ATVUS, been i opped to
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I've No Time
For Rough Players
Febuary 1934, afterwards went Football Assorlakon tour
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storning wing hair for every one of the 90 minutes of cuch match. played in Is
international wartime
ig: hts Wales. and was in the against Switzerland in 1945. He was then in khaki, and rose to be n CQMS in the Royal Artillery,
playing In many representative matches for the and Anny both in England on the Cortinent.
Greater laine still came 10 him 14 player-monager and captain of Colchester United. As the "Oyster and Sherry"
trem their name rang round the Soccer world, Ted leading this litle non-League side to decda Says BILLY WRIGHT of derring-do against the
fom Wrexham,
Brad
have contemplated Choosing A player who was continuity un the nave hom the club to L
referees, like List Billy Wright is tougher than outer, but only Times sason the
before ย hils brillmat Bull Evans of Liverpool r Seie. Do have jlayed a man
we beng reined at the ripe o11 Wright is facing been with four cluba
WHO DAS Su the
war.
Hugs ernal In
The
age of 471 is n
opportums
with
Krester
harder and determination. other things have that event-old Alee Skelting recently been raid and writen -not with any mallet--about
mom, at to dwell on the fact These and
has been retired On the dies. the "new Wright," But come lat for folk for all that may want t the
wrong Impression.
class er.cket umpires" Heya. Navy that the day_they [next sewer. wall beat ane Army or the Royal Ar Force the Iotor-Services Sabbot
E.W.
Je vind Al
I'
4 The Sije - Now is it true that with the champagnsing, tt in white hair, While boots and passing ol the bento`s
14rn hope of the wisecracking patir
#beeoning stronger in the tackle elory, Comonatler
attend at Leiconter The answer is: "No" in for, wherea, the Navyar
noid an u.i.
why at the Swanser match at belt. matcar side of Regular sailors
the Fibert Street ground that comparatively 1 National Service men and The toki
of his continued This is something those who
ፈን” the
are inclined MCC watch soccer gera kat beach, the Army and employment
"Lands said that 1 RAF draw upon the young pro.
could
averlook. Unire
as the
county as long who rol.
club made no comolalats about my decisione, and, despite my
Chy's fon bull matches, and it For years played at wing- It is corely different
centre-half fron playing at
Lie
con-
to
AL entre-half I have
more often than tickle much I when I played it wing-hall.
the match
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our
Own
Da ne historic tecasion the Navy did beat the Almy on glasses, I can see as well as the Because I also operate for much Aston Villa's ground,
rest of them" was his comment. of u, co olew at Portsmouth, but that is the sum total of the
League penalty area, there are naturally Navya post-war succes es
foo ball referes hus 90 minutes more last-minute and seemingly parubi atece; 30 Tticir
desperate tackles to be made.
they
with
Lave
Ave
Urals Te
al
The Lint is
that a
Huddersfield, and beating them all in one beetle period of six weeks before succumbing at Blackpool. After the Hudders- neld game the great Peter Doherty sald Fenton beat them on his own. Nearly right, too.
New Numbering
Banbury Spencer FC have adopted the Hungarian system of numbering their right-back 2. centre-half 3, left-half 4, right- half and left-half 6. Manager Cringan says
plays everyone three full-backs these days, S0 why not number them that. WAY.
Only senior League club in the British Isles who do not number their players at all iş Glasgow Celtir. Banbury Spencer, by the way, have also ald it down that only the cap-
to the rê tain shall protest feree,
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THE
WEEK-END
big hard work once a week, plus consolation, however, is
that training, of course, whereas a supplied England first class umpire
And because of this entirely "stands" six
I have diferent approach Amateur Interca-
days a week, alx hours a day, make to the game, some people More the war,
perhaps, but are Not so rigorous. ever, the Navy also boast one calling for complete
irclined to compare my play Irish Amateur and "full" Inter-
as centre-half with the national.
The aggregate of thestant concentration.
game I produced at wing-half.
Of course I have never been averse to either giving or receiving 8 good honest
two other Servicca combined is
Que Am-cur International for Wales and two for England.
IN FULL CRY
and con-
The Navy, on their latest Leading League goalscorer, shoulaur-charge. It is part of showing again't Cambridce Arthur Rowley, got Leicester's the game, and for me good fun, University at Portsmouth, are equalisar against Swansea to But let me stress that I am not -no good as ever in their own bring his total for the season to trying to become a tough guy sphere without ever a plring to 21. He is in full cry after at centre-half, I have no time be higher than bottom of iäree | Leicester's best ever aggregate for the rough footballer,
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