1971-72
Ground: Ambrose Fleming School, The Ride, EN3
Colours: Red shirts and socks, black shorts
Honours: Northern Suburban IFL Junior League Cup Winners
The Inaugural meeting of the club was held at the Wheatsheaf Public House, Baker Street, Enfield on 15th April 1971. The meeting was chaired by Colin Moore who was a teacher at the school, as well as being an Old Boy of the School when it first opened in 1961. Colin was Chairman of the Club during the early years.
The first match the club ever played was at the Old Cholmeleians ground in Hendon Wood Lane, Mill Hill on Saturday 4th September.
Our opponents were the Old Boys team of Highgate School and they played in the Arthurian League with other public school Old Boys teams such as Old Etonians and Old Harrovians.
The team was ; Les Wood, Barry Sutton (Treasurer), Ron Kill, Ron Sprigens, Bob Mellowship, Les Lowin (Secretary), Len Tye (Captain), Steve Gutteridge, Ray Gibbins (First Team Manager), Geoff Gibbins, Tony Hender(Reserve Team Manager), substitute Steve Sutton
Result vs OLD CHOLMELEIANS (a) won 4-1 (Steve Gutteridge(2), Geoff Gibbins,Les Lowin)
Northern Suburban Intermediate Football League Division One
Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Home | Away | |
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1 | BISHOP STOPFORD OLD BOYS | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 98 | 27 | 43 | 1-2 | 1-3 |
2 | LONDON DYNAMOES | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 80 | 35 | 40 | 3-2 | 3-3 |
3 | AMBROSE FLEMING OLD BOYS | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 91 | 39 | 39 | n/a | n/a |
4 | POTTERS BAR CRUSADERS RES | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 42 | 37 | 3-3o | 1-2 |
5 | BRAWOOD | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 86 | 48 | 33 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
6 | FRIERN BARNET | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 75 | 51 | 33 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
7 | CRUSADERS | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 53 | 55 | 26 | 3-1 | 4-1 |
8 | BRIMSDOWN ROVERS RES | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 70 | 25 | 4-0o | 2-2 |
9 | COCKOSTERS ATHLETIC "A" | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 60 | 63 | 24 | 6-4 | 2-3 |
10 | LITTLE HEATH | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 58 | 19 | 3-1 | 3-2 |
11 | POTTERS BAR | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 31 | 77 | 14 | 3-1 | 6-0 |
12 | EAST BARNET | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 81 | 12 | 7-2 | 3-0 |
13 | OAK HILL ROVERS RES | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 84 | 12 | 3-1 | 12-0 |
14 | HARINGEY BOROUGH RES | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 96 | 7 | 7-1 | 3-0 |
League Senior Cup
Round 1, vs HADLEY (a) winning 2-1 (abandoned after 102 mins)
Round 1 replay, vs HADLEY (a) lost 0-1
Enfield Charity Senior Cup
Round 2, vs TOTTENHAM GAS (h) lost 1-2
Friendly: AMBROSE FLEMING SCHOOL (h) drew 2-2
Appearances (with goalscorers in brackets) : 31 Ray Gibbins(31) , 28 Geoff Gibbins(13) , 26 Chris Forrest – John Voyez(1) , 24 John Sullivan , 23 Len Tye(5) – Les Wood – Barry Sutton , 20 Tony Clarke(7) , 17 Rod Ashall(2) , 11 Barry Cobbold(3) – Alan Jones(2) , 10 Bill Curness(10) – Mickey Lynch(1) , 9 Ron Sprigens , 7 Steve Gutteridge(10) – Chris Noad(2) , 5 Norman Burles(2) , 4 Timmy Leghorn – John Termine , 3 John Mulford , 2 Tony Hender(2) – John Crawley(1) – Steve Sutton – Ron Kill , 1 Les Lowin(1) – Terry Homewood(1) – Bob Mellowship – Bill Beeston – Ron Stevens – Wally Kaspraak – Jim Spellane – Trevor Huckle – Pete Comley – Steve Oakley – Jim Crawley
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Northern Suburban Intermediate Football League Division Two
Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Home | Away | |
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1 | LYTTELTON ATHLETIC | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 15 | 41 | 0-2o | 0-3 |
2 | POTTERS BAR CRUSADERS "A" | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 102 | 31 | 35 | 2-5 | 0-2 |
3 | WALTHAM ABBEY UNITED RES | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 83 | 35 | 30 | 2-5 | 4-2 |
4 | SOUTHGATE ATHLETIC "A" | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 85 | 52 | 29 | 2-6 | 2-2 |
5 | FINCHLEY UNITED | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 71 | 47 | 29 | 6-1 | 3-2 |
6 | HADLEY RES | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 79 | 20 | 2-6 | 1-3 |
7 | AMBROSE FLEMING OLD BOYS RES | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 55 | 19 | n/a | n/a |
8 | CRUSADERS RES | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 75 | 14 | 1-1 | 5-0 |
9 | THE THREE B'S RES | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 37 | 85 | 13 | 2-3 | 3-4 |
10 | POTTERS BAR RES | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 81 | 13 | 4-2 | 1-1 |
11 | LITTLE HEATH RES | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 79 | 13 | 1-3 | 4-1 |
12 | NEW SOUTHGATE RES | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 85 | 8 | w | 4-1 |
13 | FRIERN BARNET RES | record expunged (withdrew) | 3-2 | 4-3 |
League Junior Cup
Round 1, vs LITTLE HEATH RESERVES (a) won 9-1
Round 2, vs POTTERS BAR CRUSADERS “A” (h) won 4-3
Semi-final, vs WALTHAM ABBEY UNITED RESERVES (h) won 2-1
Final, vs LYTTELTON ATHLETIC at Ruberoid Sports Ground, Carterhatch Lane, won 4-3 (report below)
Enfield Charity Junior Cup
Round 2, vs RIDGEWAY SPORTS (h) won 5-0
Round 3, vs NEWBURY YOUTH (a) lost 1-5
Friendly, vs OLD STATIONERS VII (h) won 9-1
Appearances (with goals scored in brackets) : 28 Tony Hender (9) , 26 Les Lowin (2) , 24 John Termine (15) – Bob Mellowship, 21 Gary Warren (6) , 20 Steve Llewellyn (2), 18 Dave Stevens (24), 17 Alan Kilbey (6) – Ron Kill, 16 Bill Beeston (4) – Pete Comley, 10 Dick Massey (3) – Steve Oakley, 8 John Mulford – Steve Sutton , 7 Alan Jones (1), 6 Lou Thorpe (2) – Ron Stevens , 5 Nick Hammett (1) , 4 Jim Crawley (3) – John Crawley (2) – Ray Gibbins (2), 3 John Sullivan – Bob Surridge , 2 Chris Forrest (1) – Bill Curness – Tony Clarke – John Voyez – Alan Greenwood – Barry Dominey – Timmy Leghorn – Bob Llewellyn – Mick Matthews – Mickey Lynch – Barry Sutton , 1 Tony Ashall (1) – Colin Moore – Norman Burles – Geoff Gibbins, own goals (3)
First Team record:
Played 31, Won 19, Drew 6, Lost 6, Goals For 100, Goals Against 46
Reserve Team record:
Played 30, Won 15, Drew 3, Lost 12, Goals For 87, Goals Against 74
Season’s record Played 61 , Won 34 , Drew 9 , Lost 18 , Goals For 187 , Goals Against 120
28th March 2021
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