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Cornish Rovers, as it was known when first formed, began as a football club in 1964. It came about because the majority of members playing for Anerley Methodist Youth Club decided that they could no longer play for them because of its policy of not allowing people to play who did not attend the monthly youth club church service. At the time there were a couple of players that we wanted to play for us who fitted into that category, Herbie Carter and Nidge Paterson. A meeting was held above the Cornish Arms, a pub in Jasmine Grove, just over the road from the youth club, which was run by Ron Paterson's mum and dad, Stan and Mary. It was agreed that we should form our own club and run from the pub and that Stan wold be our Chairman/President and our manager was Sam Eaglestone, and the name Cornish Rovers was adopted. Our home pitch was Betts Park in Anerley and by today's standards the changing rooms were primative. No showers, just buckets of cold water to wash in at the end of the game. We never lost a home game all the time we played there. In our first year the team consisted of thirteen players; Herbie Carter, John Theobald, Pete Davies, Tony Attree, Ron Paterson, John McCall, Nidge Paterson, Roy Woodley, Charlie Clarke, Laurie Woodley, Colin Burnham, Roger Ward and Dave Panther. Our first year saw success in us winning both the league and the cup, the final of was played at Stanhope Rec, later to become our home ground for a few seasons. Our very first captain for that year was Roy Woodley who gave up his place in the team so that his brother could play in the final.
(more to follow)
OLD PHOTOS

On the right a pre Cornish team of Anerley
Methodist Youth Club, which is where we
first got together to play football in 1961.
Six of the team went on to play for
Cornish; Roy Webb, Ron Patterson,
Tony Attree, Roger Leeson, Alan Seed
and Charlie Clarke.

ANERLEY METHODIST F.C.
Back Row: Peter Conquest, Roy Webb,
Dave Dent, Jock Ballantyne,
Nick Treddinick, Ron Patterson.
Front Row: Tony Attree, Roger Leeson,
John McCall, Alan Seed, Charlie Clarke

 
 

This is the Anerley Methodist Team taken in 1963.
In the picture are:

Back Row: Jock Ballantyne,
Roger Leeson, Tony Attree,
John Theobald, Ron Panther,
Pete Davies, Ron Paterson,
Dave Panther.
Front Row: Dave ????,
Peter Conquest, Roger Ward,
Roy Woodley,
Ian McQueen, Laurie Woodley.
This team played in the Beckenham League and then went on to become Cornish Rovers
 

THE TEAM THAT WON THE CUP
IN 1965
BACK ROW: John Theobald, Tony Attree,
Ron Paterson, Herbie Carter, Colin Burnham,
Pete Davies.
FRONT ROW: Roger Ward, Nidge Paterson,
John McCall, Charlie Clarke, Laurie Woodley.

 

Roy Woodley was a member of the cup final team but
he gave his place in the final to his brother, Laurie
 

This old photo was taken at a presentation dance
(I think it was at the Public Halls in Beckenham) in the sixties but no one knows quite when, where or what the trophy was for, but we all look fairly happy so we must have won something. If anybody remembers, please let me know.

Those in the photo are:- John Theobald,
Colin Burnham, Herbie Carter, John McCall,
Micky Corcoran, Charlie Clarke, Dave Panther,
Tony Attree, Ron Patterson, Maggie (later to
become J. McCall's wife), Sheila (later to
become R. Patterson's wife). At the front
Les Clarke,our manager, Roger Ward, Helen
(Les's wife) and we think Johnny Crawley








These three items appeared in
the Beckenham Journal at the end of the 1965 season.
The write up on our last two league games, the cup final
and the final positions for
the whole of the Beckenham League.

The league and cup leading scorers in 1965.
As you can see Colin Burnham had scored
42 goals by then and Roger Ward had scored 23.

 

CORNISH F.C. - 1968/69
Back Row: Lenny Veal
Micky Corcoran,
Johnny Ards, Eddie Veal, Gerry Hargreaves,
Tony Attree.
Front Row: Jim Doughty,
Mick Eakins, Roger Ward, Brian Moody, Brian Paterson

CORNISH SUNDAY 2ND

Back Row:
Jed Bailey,
Shaun Litchfield,
Andy Mackie ,
Del Humphrey,
Paul Northwood,
Steve Lockwood,
Trevor Smith.

Front Row:
Steve Murphy,
Bob King,
Pete Ions,
Bob Herbert,
Ken Fannin

CORNISH FC
THIS TEAM IS ABOUT 1972

BACK ROW: John Costin,
Phil Ibbs, John Cook, with
Paul Weaver behind him, ????, Trevor Smith, Steve Walters,
Paul Northwood.
FRONT ROW: Dave Wright,
John Alcorn, ????, Dave Killick, Colin Moore.

NOT SURE OF THE DATE OF THIS PICTURE

CORNISH FC

Back Row: ????,
Dave Wright, ????, Colin Ahronson, Ron Paterson, Peter Ahronson,
Dave Johnson.
Front Row: Derek Minett,
Russell ????, Roy Woodley,
Steve Drew,Steve Dackombe,
Roger Ward.

These next two photos I think were taken in about 1975. They were a selection of the then Cornish teams and a team made up of most of the original Cornish players and a
few guests. The match was to celebrate 10 years as a football club.
The game was played at Harvington Sports ground.

ORIGINAL CORNISH TEAM

Back Row: Dave Panther,
John Theobald, Tony Attree, Herbie Carter,
Freddie Theobald (guest),
Ron Paterson,
Jock Ballantyne (ref),
Colin Burnham.
Front Row: Nidge Paterson, Barry Woodley (guest),
Laurie Woodley, Roy Woodley, Pete Davies, Roger Ward.
CORNISH 1974

Back Row: Steve Drew,
Paul Weaver, Vinnie Carrol,
Paul Northwood, Phil Ibbs,
Steve Walters, Derek Minett, Jed Bailey.
Front Row: Keith Pascall,
John Alcorn, Ray Lotto,
John Cook, Ernie Thornton, Dave Wright.