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CLUB HISTORY - SOUTHALL A Club in Decline Southall suffered a major body blow in 1992 when they were forced to vacate their Western Road ground and since that time Southall FC has ground shared at a multitude of venues, sometimes many miles from the town. At the end of the 1999-2000 season the Club was relegated to the Combined Counties League and spent five full seasons in that competition with a fourth placed finish being the highest achieved. Financial problems resulted eventually in expulsion from that league and a new life began in the Middlesex County Football League for the season 2006-2007. The first season in that competition the Club finished in a mid-table position in the premier division but problems off the field resulted in the Club being demoted yet again to Division One (Central & East). At this time the club was really struggling financially and regular discussions were held as to the merits of keeping the club going. However, Player Manager Ryan DeCosta was determined that the club should not die and somehow managed to put a competitive team out with very little in the way of funds available. New owners appeared on the scene for the 2010-11 season with club now ground sharing at Northolt Rugby Club. For the 2011-12 season ‘home’ was now Hanwell Town FC and the club was dealt a further major blow with the unexpected passing of Club Secretary Geoff Harrison, a true club stalwart and without whom the club would surely have ceased to exist. Despite this setback a 3rd place finish finally meant stepping up to the Spartan South Midland League Division 1. Oddly, with the club now effectively a ‘park’ team’ for the first time over 100 years, the next season heralded a return to Southall as the club rented a pitch at Dormers Wells Leisure Centre from Ealing Council. The Runners Up spot was achieved, heralding promotion back to the Premier Division and another move, this time to Thames Valley University’s ground in North Ealing. At this time the club was really struggling financially and regular discussions were held as to the merits of keeping the club going. However, Player Manager Ryan DeCosta was determined that the club should not die and somehow managed to put a competitive team out with very little in the way of funds available. New owners appeared on the scene for the 2010-11 season with club now ground sharing at Northolt Rugby Club. For the 2011-12 season ‘home’ was now Hanwell Town FC and the club was dealt a further major blow with the unexpected passing of Club Secretary Geoff Harrison, a true club stalwart and without whom the club would surely have ceased to exist. Despite this setback a 3rd place finish finally meant stepping up to the Spartan South Midland League Division 1. A Change of Fortune Regular managerial changes meant that Southall, while now showing occasional signs of promise, stuttered somewhat until the appointment of Paul Palmer midway through the 2015-16 season. The following season saw Southall achieve national recognition for the first time in many a year with a remarkable run to the FA Vase quarter finals, including being drawn away from home to higher level opponents for 5 consecutive rounds and putting 18 goals past them in the process, before losing out to eventual runners up Cleethorpes Town. 2017-18 started in typically chaotic fashion with the proposed ground share with Hayes and Yeading United falling through after the season had actually started! Having been initially helped out by North Greenford United and Hillingdon Borough, Southall finally landed up at Burnham FC for “home” games. Despite this nomadic existence the players defied the odds and produced a remarkable season’s football by going unbeaten in the league until 21st March. Despite the attentions of Baldock Town, Southall finally finished Division1 Champions – the club’s first Championship since the 1926-27 season! continued...
CLUB HISTORY - SOUTHALL A Phoenix Rising? Now promoted back to the Combined Counties Premier Division and hosted by Ashford Town, Southall had further reorganising to do before the start of the season as Paul Palmer left for North Greenford United, taking a fair chunk of the first team squad along with him. The club then appointed ex-player and latterly club coach Max Howell as manager, with Warren Goodhind as his assistant. With such a major upheaval at such a critical time many wondered whether the newly assembled squad would be competitive at the higher level. All such concerns were soon allayed as Max and Warren proved to be more than up to the task, achieving a more than creditable 4th place finish with an entertaining brand of attacking football. Southall were again in the promotion mix for most of the 2019-20 season and were in 5th place with games in hand when the season was abruptly ended due to the Corona virus outbreak. With a settled management team, things are looking positive heading into the 2020-21 season and onwards towards to the club’s 150th anniversary in 2021-22. It looks like Southall Football Club may finally be out of the doldrums and may soon back competing at the higher end of the non-league football pyramid. League Champions London League Division 1 1904-1905 West Middlesex League 1905-1906 & 1906-1907 Great Western Suburban League 1912-1913 Athenian League 1926-1927 Spartan South Midlands League Division 1 2017-18 FA Competitions FA Cup 3rd Round Proper 1935-1936 FA Cup 1st Round Proper 1925-1926, 1927-1928, 1928-1929, 1936-1937 & 1955-1956 FA Amateur Cup Runners Up 1924-1925 FA Amateur Cup Semi-Finals 1926-1927 & 1952-1953 FA Amateur Cup Quarter-Finals 1935-1936, 1945-46 & 1959-1960 FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round 1975-1976 & 1978-1979 FA Vase Runners Up 1985-86, Quarter Finals 2016-2017 County Cup Competitions Middlesex Senior Cup Winners 12 Times: 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1937, 1945, 1954 & 1955 Runners Up 4 Times: 1896, 1920, 1929, 1986 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup Winners 10 Times: 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923*, 1924*, 1928, 1937, 1952, 1969 & 1984 Runners Up 10 Times: 1920, 1932, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1957, 1971, 1975, 1999 *Trophy shared with Botwell Mission FC West Middlesex Challenge Cup Winners 10 Times: 1887, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912 & 1922 Runners Up 3 Times: 1893, 1902, 1913 London Senior Cup Runners Up 1997-1998, Semi Final 1935-36, 1941-42 & 1984-85 London Charity Cup Runners Up 1971-72 Herts & Middlesex League Cup Runners Up 1941-42 Club Records Highest Attendance: 19,094 v. Watford 11/01/1936 FA Cup 3rd Round Biggest League Win: 11-0 v. Carshalton Athletic 15/04/1963 Athenian League Biggest League Defeat: 0-14 v. Grays United 29/03/1901 Southern League Division 2 Biggest Cup Win: 12-0 v. Cranleigh 11/10/2003 Combined Counties League Premier Cup Biggest Cup Defeat: 0-12 v. Welling United 21/11/1995 London Challenge Cup 1st Round Most Appearances: Reg Short 450+ 1950-51 to 1965-66 Most Career Goals: Ken Merry 117 1956-57 to 1963-64 (War-time Frank Morrad 200+ 1938-39 to 1943-44) Most Goals in a Season: 48 - Charles ‘Wag’ Roache 1910-11, B. Alford 1922-23 (War-time: 67 Frank Morrad 1941-42)
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