Tags
Cream, Football, groundhopping, Kemble, May Harley, Sholing, VT FC, VT Sports Ground, Wignall, Wimborne Town, Wort
Wednesday 9th November 2011 Ko 7.45pm
Southern League Cup 1st Round
SHOLING 2 (Wort 40 53)
WIMBORNE TOWN 3 (Kemble 18 Cream 59 Wignall 88)
Att 94
Entry £8
Programme £2
Badge £3.50
Tea £1
Cheeseburger £3
Cheesy Chips £2
Sholing FC were known as VT FC until July 2010, and the ground is to be found in Old Notley, just outside Southampton city limits. VT refers to Vosper Thorneycroft, the shipbuilding and engineering firm, this was their works team. With the restyled VT Group now swallowed up by the Babcock Group in March 2010, the works link was lost and the club chose to name themselves after the district in eastern Southampton nearby. Interestingly the ground is still known as the VT Sports ground, and within its confines is the Vosper Thornycroft Pigeon Club. My mate May, not noted for her devotion to football, commented before I set out that Sholing sounds Continue reading
