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Beckenham Town FC - FA Vase - The road to Wembley...
Beckenham Town Football Club's Wembley dream is still alive as they make the 2nd round proper of the FA Vase.
My first ever football game my parents took me to at the tender age of 6 was the FA Trophy/Vase Final at Wembley back in the early 70s where my home team Enfield lost 0-2 to a green shirted Hendon. I still have the rosette somewhere and from around that time I was hooked on football.
Now all these years later, with a young family of my own the non-league tradition of going to see the local team has been renewed. I'm thoroughly enjoying supporting and so are my two small girls the Reds of Beckenham Town in the FA Vase.
I was mildy bemused at the possibility of Teddy Sherringham appearing at their Eden Park ground and actually playing, so I turned up at their first qualifying round match to see if the rumours were true. But although Teddy was busy elsewhere, I saw a great game that Becks won 6-1 versus Wealden, then came the 2-0 home win over Banstead Athletic.
So with 2 wins in 2 games the first away game of the Vase run was drawn and I thought what the heck, the girls were up for it, Teddy or no Teddy, and so we headed to Cobham Town's ground where Mole Valley are groundsharing and watched, not technically the best game yet, but what turned out to be another win 1-0 and so now the run is definately on and we await the 2nd round draw at the FA's new headquarters at Wembley at 1.00pm this Monday.
I've been twittering up to the minute in-game match reports for the last 3 games and will continue to do so, if you can't make the next game but want to know how your local team is getting on in the FA Vase then Follow Me on http://www.twitter.com/beckenham and join us virtually on the road to Wembley. Better still say hi and come along, you never know you might see the ghost of Teddy yet!
It's a great way to support the grass roots of football, see a decent game and know that one's support and admission money is appreciated by the club and its players, more than many Premiership teams and their over paid players.
My first ever football game my parents took me to at the tender age of 6 was the FA Trophy/Vase Final at Wembley back in the early 70s where my home team Enfield lost 0-2 to a green shirted Hendon. I still have the rosette somewhere and from around that time I was hooked on football.
Now all these years later, with a young family of my own the non-league tradition of going to see the local team has been renewed. I'm thoroughly enjoying supporting and so are my two small girls the Reds of Beckenham Town in the FA Vase.
I was mildy bemused at the possibility of Teddy Sherringham appearing at their Eden Park ground and actually playing, so I turned up at their first qualifying round match to see if the rumours were true. But although Teddy was busy elsewhere, I saw a great game that Becks won 6-1 versus Wealden, then came the 2-0 home win over Banstead Athletic.
So with 2 wins in 2 games the first away game of the Vase run was drawn and I thought what the heck, the girls were up for it, Teddy or no Teddy, and so we headed to Cobham Town's ground where Mole Valley are groundsharing and watched, not technically the best game yet, but what turned out to be another win 1-0 and so now the run is definately on and we await the 2nd round draw at the FA's new headquarters at Wembley at 1.00pm this Monday.
I've been twittering up to the minute in-game match reports for the last 3 games and will continue to do so, if you can't make the next game but want to know how your local team is getting on in the FA Vase then Follow Me on http://www.twitter.com/beckenham and join us virtually on the road to Wembley. Better still say hi and come along, you never know you might see the ghost of Teddy yet!
It's a great way to support the grass roots of football, see a decent game and know that one's support and admission money is appreciated by the club and its players, more than many Premiership teams and their over paid players.
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Permalink Reply by Jon Clarke on -
Mark the calendar and come and support Beckenham Town FC versus Carterton in the 2nd round of the FA Vase on Saturday 14th November - 3:00pm kick-off at their Eden Park ground.
The draw was made at the FA's new headquarters at Wembley Stadium today at 1:00pm and Becks got the favoured home draw versus a side from a league they've never played before Carterton FC of the Hellenic League.
For the latest comments on the draw see Jason Huntley, Beckenham Town FC's Manager page on their site.
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Permalink Reply by Jon Clarke on
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The road to Wembley is still very much alive with Beckenham Town FC enjoying a 2-1 win over Carterton on Tuesday night in the 2nd Round of the FA Vase, even though they had a penalty saved and shaved the post and bar a few times too. An even game Becks early goals in each half nullified Carterton's exuberance and under the glow of the floodlights the crowd cheered a well fought win.
The draw had already been made for the 3rd round on Monday and Becks will now play away in Essex at Tiptree United, from the Essex Senior League on December 5th, 3.00pm kick-off. It would be nice to see some travelling away fans there to support them, because if they reach the 4th round they'll be in virgin territory and then who knows, maybe the Wembley dream will become a reality.
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Just a small aside: This was the 4th FA Vase cup match I attended and Twittered the action live, even streamed some shaky mobile cam video footage too. Follow http://www.Twitter.com/Beckenham and search hashtag #FAVASE for reports and keep an eye out for the Tiptree game, I'm trying to sort out going to that won too. It's become a voodoo thing now - I attend, tweet, they win. Supersticious hocus-pocus, but hey it seems to work.
The other unanswered question is whether Teddy Sherrringham will ever appear in this run? Come on Teddy we'd love you to lead the line.
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