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January 31st
The Middlesex Charity Cup
match against Ruislip Manor was postponed due to a waterlogged
pitch. The match will now take place on Monday February 4th.
On this day in 1942 Southall
entertained Lyons Club in a Second Round Middlesex Red Cross
Charity Cup match. Southall won the match 12-2 with Frank Morrad
scoring six gaols.
Frank also scored six goals in a match on two other occasions:
| September 28th 1940 |
Enfield |
Home |
Won |
8-1 |
| Herts &
Middlesex League |
| January 31st 1942 |
Wealdstone |
Home |
Won |
7-2 |
| London Senior
Cup Round One |
Frank signed
for Notts County in August 1944 and went on to play for Leyton
Orient, Fulham, Brighton and Hove Albion and Brentford.
January 26th
The Combined Counties League
match at Chipstead was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
January 24th
The Middlesex Charity Cup
match against Ruislip Manor was postponed due to a waterlogged
pitch.
January 22nd
Southall played second in
the table Ash United at Mill Meadow and were defeated 5-3 to end
the run of three consecutive victories.
Ash United, whose excellent run in the F.A. Vase ended last
Saturday with a 3-0 home defeat by Northern League Tow Law Town,
were quickly into their stride and opened the scoring after three
minutes Southall soon hit back when Tony Macenzie scored from the
edge of the penalty area three minutes later. What followed was a
lesson in football from a well organised and determined Ash side
who added further goals in the 15th, 18th and 28th minutes.
Southall looked ragged and disorganised and when Ash added a fifth
just before half time a defeat of Uxbridge proportions seemed
likely.
The second half produced a much more even game of football and a
spirited display from the home side. O'Sullivan pulled a goal back
from the penalty spot in the 65th minute and Tony Gordon finished
the scoring with a well taken headed goal five minutes from time.
January 21st
There is a problem with the
date of the rearranged home match against Viking Greenford
scheduled for January 29th.
Our landlords Chalfont St Peter have a home fixture against
Wokingham Town on the same evening!
January 20th
The date for the rearranged home
fixture against Viking Greenford has now been confirmed as Tuesday
January 29th.
The original match on Boxing Day was abandoned after 39 minutes
with Southall winning 3-0.
January 19th
Southall completed the double over
bottom club Cranleigh with a 5-0 victory at Mill Meadow.
The home side created many chances in the early part of the match
and went ahead in the 18th minute. There was no further scoring
before half time.
Cranleigh began the second half the stronger of the two teams and
although Southall began to dominate the game they found the
visiting goal keeper in fine form and wasted opportunities
through over elaboration.
The visitors tired and Southall took full advantage and added a
further four goals in the last twenty five minutes of the match.
This win moves Southall into eighth position in the Combined
Counties League.
Southall Reserves lost 5-1 at home to Hounslow Wanderers in the
Middlesex County League.
January 18th
One of the earliest recorded
matches took place on this day in 1873 when Southall made the
short trip into Ealing and defeated Ealing Rovers 3-1.
January 15th
Goals from Tony Macenzie and Andre
Robinson were enough to give Southall all three points in a
scrappy home encounter against Bedfont.
The visitors began the stronger and came close in the first twenty
minutes with a header against the post and a volley just over the
bar. It wasn't until the 22nd minute that Southall created a
chance when Robinson shot wide from a good position and this was
followed quickly by Brooker shooting over the bar from the edge of
the area. The remainder of the half was devoid of clear cut
chances for either side and half time came with the score
goalless.
The breakthrough came early in the second half when after 47
minutes Tony Macenzie shot from the edge of the penalty area
through a crowd of players.
Both sides counter attacked well but the final ball into the
penalty area was often wasted by being over hit or by finding an
opposition player.
On 83 minutes Andre Robinson scored with a low fierce
shot from the edge of the area to give Southall a two goal
cushion.
Bedfont hit back and with two minutes to go they hit the bar
and forced goal keeper Samba to make a good save from the follow
up.
This result ended a losing sequence of five matches against
Bedfont and gave Southall their first victory against the visitors
since September 26th 1989.
January 12th
Southall visited the Wey
Court home of Godalming & Guildford for the second time this
season and reversed the result of the previous League Cup
encounter with a 2-1 victory.
There were debuts for goalkeeper Daniel Heward and defender
Karim Aisawi together with several changes from the 7-1 debacle at
AFC Wallingford who incidentally had defeated Godalming &
Guildford 10-2 on December 22nd.
Southall had the better of the early game with two good chances
squandered within the first 10 minutes. The first goal came on 27
minutes when O'Sullivan headed home a corner from Robinson. Four
minutes later an excellent move saw Glover cross accurately for
Trevor Brooker to head just wide.
Brooker made amends a minute later when he latched onto a
through ball to give goalkeeper Adlam no chance. Southall
continued to press and Robinson was close from a shot from a very
acute angle. Simon Glover provided problems for the home
team with several overlapping runs from defence. The half
time interval arrived without any further scoring.
The second half saw Southall thwarted on several occasions by the
home keeper Arjuna Adlam who had an outstanding match and
who pulled off several excellent saves.
Southall came close to adding to their tally when they twice hit
the bar - from a twenty five yard free kick by
O'Sullivan and a headers by Chris Barrett. While Southall
searched for a third goal to kill off the game the home side began
to hit the visitors on the counterattack and were rewarded
by a goal in the 88th minute from a well taken shot from the edge
of the penalty area.
Southall Reserves had a home match against Ealing
Assyrians in Round One of the Presidents Cup. The
visitors went through to the next round with a 2-1 victory.
January 11th
This week has seen the Third Round
of the F.A. Cup with West Ham comfortably defeating Macclesfield
and Wycombe Wanderers drawing 2-2 with Fulham.
One hundred years ago this month Southall played both West Ham and
Wycombe Wanderers.
On January 4th West Ham visited the Avenue Road ground to play Southall in a
friendly. Southall beat the Hammers 4-2.
The following Saturday, January 11th Southall travelled into
Buckinghamshire to play Wycombe Wanderers in a Southern League
Division Two fixture. Southall returned from Loakes Park after
being thrashed 11-0. This followed a 9-1 defeat away to Wycombe in
the previous season.
Southall also played Fulham in the Southern
League during the 1901-1902 season with Fulham doing the double over Southall on their way to
the league championship.
January 6th
Southall have been drawn
away to Minerva Spartan South Midlands side Ruislip Manor in Round
One of the Middlesex Charity Cup. The match is due to be played on
Thursday January 24th.
The General Manager of Ruislip Manor is Keith Chamberlin who spent
many years with Southall as Manager and Secretary.
The winners of the tie will face a trip to either Feltham or
Hanwell Town in Round Two.
January 5th
Southall visited Oxfordshire to
play league leaders AFC Wallingford and were heavily defeated 7-1.
The home side quickly established their superiority and went into
the half time interval ahead by four goals. Two further goals were
added at the start of the second half and it was only at this point
that Southall began to show that they also could play. O'Sullivan
missed yet another penalty for the visitors before a consolation
goal was scored. AFC Wallingford added a seventh before the
end of the game to extend their run of consecutive league victories to 14
matches.
The Southall Reserve match at home to Broadfields United Reserves
was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
January 2nd
The December edition of Steve
Cullen's excellent series Terrace
Talk is now on the web site.
Past editions can be found by following this link.
January
1st
Matches played on January 1st include the
following
| January 1st 1890 |
Uxbridge |
Home |
Lost |
0-4 |
| Middlesex
Senior Cup Round 2 |
| January 1st 1898 |
Uxbridge* |
Away |
Lost |
0-4 |
| Amateur Cup 4Q |
| January 1st 1898 |
West Herts* |
Home |
Lost |
0-1 |
| Southern League
Division 2 |
| January 1st 1910 |
1st Battalion
Grenadier Guards** |
Home |
Won |
5-1 |
| Middlesex
Senior Cup |
| January 1st 1921 |
Metrogas |
Away |
Lost |
1-4 |
| Amateur Cup
Round 1 |
| January 1st 1927 |
HMS Excellent
(Portsmouth) |
Away |
Won |
3-2 |
| Amateur Cup
Round 1 |
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