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Tuesday, November 29, 1994
Canvey Island FC
Canvey Island 2 Witham Town 2 (After Extra Time) - Isthmian League Trophy, 2nd Round
Saturday, November 12, 1994
Friday, October 28, 1994
Tuesday, September 27, 1994
Bedford Town FC
Bedford Town 5 Harlow Town 0 - Isthmian League, Division Three
Bedford was a market town for the surrounding agricultural region from the early Middle Ages. In 1660 John Bunyan was imprisoned for 12 years in Bedford Gaol, it was here that he wrote The Pilgrim's Progress. Bedford is home to one of the largest concentration of Italian immigrants in the UK. According to a 2001 census, 2 in 7 (1 in 3.5 or almost 30% of the town's population) of Bedford's population are of at least partial Italian descent. This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the early 1950s by the London Brick Company in the southern Italian regions of Puglia, Campania, Calabria, Molise, Abruzzo and Sicily. Bedford's Little Italy feel is enhanced by a wide variety of Italian bars, restaurants and social clubs throughout the town. Bedford has, since 1954, had its own Italian vice-consulate.
A midweek post work jaunt via Thameslink enabled us to reach Bedford with plenty of time to spare before this match. The town centre is unremarkable but we were able to grab a bite to eat at an Italian restaurant. Our research had established that Bedford Town FC were running a special bus from the town centre to all matches at their newstadium. The 'Eagles Special' was half full as it chugged the 20 minute journey out to Cardington, the location of The Eyrie. The landscape in the vicinity is dominated by the enormous aircraft hangers at Cardington.
Bedford Town walloped visitors Harlow Town 5-0 in a completely one sided encounter. The Eagles Special was waiting for us as we exited the ground and within 5 minutes of the final whistle, we were on our way back to the railway station.
Bedford was a market town for the surrounding agricultural region from the early Middle Ages. In 1660 John Bunyan was imprisoned for 12 years in Bedford Gaol, it was here that he wrote The Pilgrim's Progress. Bedford is home to one of the largest concentration of Italian immigrants in the UK. According to a 2001 census, 2 in 7 (1 in 3.5 or almost 30% of the town's population) of Bedford's population are of at least partial Italian descent. This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the early 1950s by the London Brick Company in the southern Italian regions of Puglia, Campania, Calabria, Molise, Abruzzo and Sicily. Bedford's Little Italy feel is enhanced by a wide variety of Italian bars, restaurants and social clubs throughout the town. Bedford has, since 1954, had its own Italian vice-consulate. 
A midweek post work jaunt via Thameslink enabled us to reach Bedford with plenty of time to spare before this match. The town centre is unremarkable but we were able to grab a bite to eat at an Italian restaurant. Our research had established that Bedford Town FC were running a special bus from the town centre to all matches at their newstadium. The 'Eagles Special' was half full as it chugged the 20 minute journey out to Cardington, the location of The Eyrie. The landscape in the vicinity is dominated by the enormous aircraft hangers at Cardington.
Bedford Town walloped visitors Harlow Town 5-0 in a completely one sided encounter. The Eagles Special was waiting for us as we exited the ground and within 5 minutes of the final whistle, we were on our way back to the railway station.
Tuesday, September 6, 1994
Burnham FC
Burnham 0 Erith & Belvedere 5 - Southern League, Southern Division
Burnham lies north of the River Thames, and sits on the border with Berkshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough. The M4 motorway passes through the south of the parish. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'homestead on a stream'. It was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Burneham, when the manor belonged to Walter Fitz-Other. Burnham was once a very important village. The road from London to Bath passed through the extensive parish of Burnham and as a result, in 1271, it received a Royal charter to hold a market and an annual fair. However, when the bridge crossing the Thames in Maidenhead opened the road was diverted away from Burnham, which fell into relative decay. The market was then transferred to Maidenhead. In 1265 a Benedictine abbey was founded near the village by Richard, King of the Romans. This was, however, disbanded by King Henry VIII in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Since 1916, a contemplative order of Anglican Augustinian nuns has been based in the restored remains of the original abbey.
Burnham lies north of the River Thames, and sits on the border with Berkshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough. The M4 motorway passes through the south of the parish. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'homestead on a stream'. It was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Burneham, when the manor belonged to Walter Fitz-Other. Burnham was once a very important village. The road from London to Bath passed through the extensive parish of Burnham and as a result, in 1271, it received a Royal charter to hold a market and an annual fair. However, when the bridge crossing the Thames in Maidenhead opened the road was diverted away from Burnham, which fell into relative decay. The market was then transferred to Maidenhead. In 1265 a Benedictine abbey was founded near the village by Richard, King of the Romans. This was, however, disbanded by King Henry VIII in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Since 1916, a contemplative order of Anglican Augustinian nuns has been based in the restored remains of the original abbey.
Saturday, September 3, 1994
Monday, August 29, 1994
Saturday, August 13, 1994
Saturday, May 28, 1994
Monday, May 16, 1994
Wednesday, May 4, 1994
Tuesday, April 26, 1994
Tuesday, April 19, 1994
Southgate Athletic FC
Southgate Athletic 2 Brimsdown Rovers 1 - London Spartan League, Premier Division
Wednesday, April 6, 1994
Tuesday, March 29, 1994
Wednesday, March 23, 1994
Saturday, March 12, 1994
Tuesday, March 8, 1994
Tuesday, March 1, 1994
Horley Town FC
Horley Town 1 Farleigh Rovers 1 - Combined Counties League
The Pieman's subsequent visit to The New Defence
The Pieman's subsequent visit to The New Defence
Saturday, February 26, 1994
Arlesey Town FC
Arlesey Town 2 Boston 3 - FA Vase 6th Round
Arlesey is a long village with an equally long chronicled history. The entry in the doomsday book of 1096 reads; Alricesei : Bishop of Durham; Bernard from Willaim d'Eru; Herfast from Nigel d'Abigney; Wulfusi. 3 Mills. This entry records the principle landowners as being the Bishop of Durham (Arleseybury, which he gave to the monks of Waltham Abbey); William d'Eu Count of Eu, second son of Robert d'Eu, who came from the port of Seine-Maritime and owned Arlesey Manor (Etonbury - land to the north of Stotfold Road to Astwick) and Nigel d'Aubigney who came from St Martin d'Aubigney near Coutances. The village eventually became three distinct manors. Etonbury with land to the north of Stotfold Road, reaching as far as Astwick, Arleseybury from land south of Stotfold Road to around where Howberry Green now is, and the manor of Lanthony from Howberry Green to the south of the parish. This manor was owned by a Welsh order of monks.
I had often caught glimpses of Lamb Meadow from the train as it sped through Arlesey on the main East Coast line from Kings Cross. What was not so apparent was the distance between the ground and the railway station at the northern edge of town. Still we had time to spare and it was a pleasant enough walk.
The match was a thrilling end to end cup tie which provided excellent entertainment for the bumper crowd and those anglers fishing nearby. One such angler was a colleague who told me that it was a bit noisier than usual!
The Pieman's subsequent visit to Hitchin Road (April 2004)
Arlesey is a long village with an equally long chronicled history. The entry in the doomsday book of 1096 reads; Alricesei : Bishop of Durham; Bernard from Willaim d'Eru; Herfast from Nigel d'Abigney; Wulfusi. 3 Mills. This entry records the principle landowners as being the Bishop of Durham (Arleseybury, which he gave to the monks of Waltham Abbey); William d'Eu Count of Eu, second son of Robert d'Eu, who came from the port of Seine-Maritime and owned Arlesey Manor (Etonbury - land to the north of Stotfold Road to Astwick) and Nigel d'Aubigney who came from St Martin d'Aubigney near Coutances. The village eventually became three distinct manors. Etonbury with land to the north of Stotfold Road, reaching as far as Astwick, Arleseybury from land south of Stotfold Road to around where Howberry Green now is, and the manor of Lanthony from Howberry Green to the south of the parish. This manor was owned by a Welsh order of monks.
I had often caught glimpses of Lamb Meadow from the train as it sped through Arlesey on the main East Coast line from Kings Cross. What was not so apparent was the distance between the ground and the railway station at the northern edge of town. Still we had time to spare and it was a pleasant enough walk.The match was a thrilling end to end cup tie which provided excellent entertainment for the bumper crowd and those anglers fishing nearby. One such angler was a colleague who told me that it was a bit noisier than usual!
The Pieman's subsequent visit to Hitchin Road (April 2004)
Wednesday, January 26, 1994
Hillingdon Borough FC
Hillingdon Borough 0 Willesden (Hawkeye) 1 - London Spartan League Cup, Quarter Final
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