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The Long Shot

16 Monday Sep 2013

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Andy Roome, chatsworth house, Dan Bishop, Derbyshire, derbyshire dales, hawfields, James Ward, junction railway, king edward vii, Midland Combination, midlands regional alliance, Newhall United, Rowsley 86, School Lane, Simon Baldwin, Tim Baker

Saturday 14th September 2013 ko 15.00

Midlands Regional Alliance Premier Division

ROWSLEY 86 2 (T Baker 29 Roome 85)

NEWHALL UNITED 1 (Ward 26p)

Att 8

Entry FREE

Tea FREE

No Programme

Head north on the A6 from Matlock and in around 6 miles you’ll reach the pretty village of Rowsley. It’s at the confluence of the rivers Derwent and Wye, and was the site of an extensive marshalling yard for the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway. The station was frequently used by King Edward VII when he visited nearby Chatsworth House. The station became a goods depot until 1968, when it was closed and converted to a contractor’s yard. It then became the centrepiece of a shopping development which is still open today. Perhaps it goes without saying I didn’t pay it a visit! Continue reading →

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My very own mug!

19 Sunday Aug 2012

Posted by laurencereade in S

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Adrian Whitmore, Central Midlands League, Franz Xaver Graf von Werra, Guy Wilding, Highfield Road, home-made club mugs, John Balfour, Leicestershire Senior League Division One, midlands regional alliance, Newhall United, Penalty, Richard Jeffery, Steve Cook, Swanwick Pentrich Road, The one that got away

Saturday 18th August 2012 ko 3.00pm

Midlands Regional Alliance Premier Division

SWANWICK PENTRICH ROAD 5 (Wilding 62 71 A Whitmore 64 86 Jeffery 78) Jeffery missed penalty 45

NEWHALL UNITED 1 (Balfour 29p)

Att 13 (h/c)

Entry FREE

No Programme

Tea in a mug 70p

I have to say that this charming little club does have a rather particular name. Consider if you will the small Derbyshire village of Swanwick. It’s a former pit village near Alfreton, and is best known for the German flying ace Franz Xaver Graf von Werra, who escaped from the Swanwick Hayes POW camp in December 1940. He reached RAF Hucknall and was recaptured after trying to steal an aircraft in the guise of a Dutch airman. He finally did escape later in the war, and his exploits are immortalised in the flim “The one that got away.”

But let’s look at that name again, to the best of my knowledge there’s no other team in Swanwick so why have a name that’s so specific? Continue reading →

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