Corinthian-Casuals vs Merstham Matchday Programme

13 UnLucky
Thirteen?
never lost a league
game on the 13th?
Tuesday 13th August and it's our first home game of the league campaign. Will
luck be on our side? Brian Phillips gives us thirteen facts about the number 13
1
Before tonight, Casuals
have won all three of their
matches played on 13th August.
2
Since James Bracken
became manager in 2015,
Casuals have been in league
action six times on the 13th
day of a month. A total of 13
goals have been scored in those
fixtures with the opposition
contributing just two goals and
one point (0-0 vs Hythe Town in
January 2018).
3
Three of Casuals 13 wins last
season came from games
played on the 13th of a month.
4
Casuals’ planned 13th
league game of the 2019-
20 season is scheduled to be
Bowers and Pitsea - the only
club against whom Casuals have
never played a league game of
our 21 opponents this season.
5
Casuals only other planned
league fixture that falls on
the 13th is against Kingstonian
on the Easter Monday, which
may decide the Championship!
6
In the four qualifying round
wins in the 1965-66 FA Cup,
Casuals scored 13 goals and
were drawn to play Watford in
the First Round proper on the
13th November.
7
In 1992-93, Casuals won 13
consecutive Spartan League
games scoring, on average,
exactly three goals a game.
8
Casuals’ absence from the
Isthmian League ended
after 13 years with a 3-3 draw at
Clapton in August 1997.
9
On 29th December 1928 at
Ilford, Casuals conceded 6
goals but won a 13 goal thriller.
Casuals first league game
10 on the 13th was won by 4
goals to nil against Norsemen
on April 1910.
Casuals first ever Amateur
11 Cup tie on the 13th was
a 3-2 win against the Royal
Artillery in February 1897.
Casuals first FA Cup tie
12 on the 13th was against
Chesham in 1894 with a 4-1
victory.
Our first Surrey Senior Cup
13 tie played on the 13th was
a Quarter Final match in March
1937 where we defeated Sutton
United 3-1.
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