OUR TEAM - 1982
SHIRTS - BLUE / WHITE STRIPES SHORTS - ROYAL SOCKS - ROYAL
TEAM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
BACK - Dougie Beaumont, Mark Edens, Tony Wilde, Ken Beaumont, Phil Winfield, Martin Hagan, Stewart ---,
FRONT - Carl ----, Mark -------, Bernie Coy, Dave Allsop, Phil Brown
At this point in time, Hartsholme were on the verge of folding, mainly through lack of players. Fox & Hound's were in a similar position, both teams playing in Division 2, so Bernie Coy got together with Keith Beaumont and agreed to join forces but carry on under the Hartsholme name. Our home pitch was at the back of Lincoln Utds ground, alongside BRSA's pitch, where we changed in a run down wooden hut with no electricity. The squad was very small......... about 12 with Simon (Coy) playing if he was back from collage at the weekends. Dougie's lad, Ken (Beaumont) played in goal and was one of the best keepers around, but he did his utmost to play out pitch each week as he fancied himself as a forward !
For a few seasons we narrowly fought off relegation from the 2nd, but by 1985 we had a bigger squad, and the first in the clubs history.......................a kit sponsor !!
1985/86 - A NEW ERA
We were now playing on the 'new' pitches opposite Hartsholme park. Dennis (Gamble) was there every game to cheer us on (or abuse us when things were going wrong!) and also, going around the spectators on the touchlines making a collection at every home game. This was a tremendous contribution to the clubs funds and we were very grateful to Dennis for his efforts and support.
Ernie Arter of ERA presents the team with a new kit
Squad of 85/86
MANAGER : Keith Beaumont
Martin Hagan, Dave Allsop, Ady Coy, Paul Mazingham, Simon Coy, John Daley, Rodger White, Ian Palmer, Andy Balfe, Neil Lockwood, Mark Edens, Rick Skinner, Baz Newman, Rod Redworth, and new signing Pete 'Rodger White' Allsop played last game of season at Eagle ...........& got booked !!
Rod Redworth challenges for a ball in the cup game at home to Premier side Sleaford Legionnaires 3/11/85, Lost 6-1
Baz Newman clears versus Turks Head 10/11/85 (also pictured Mark Edens, Dave Allsop, Martin Hagan and Locky on the post !)
Andy Doyle of St Hughs clears, from Dave Allsop and Rodger White (in background) 20/4/86
YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR - RICK SKINNER
PLAYER OF THE YEAR - DAVE ALLSOP
SEASON 1986 / 87
Hartsholme's Jubilee season started with an influx of younger players, Dave Smith, Pete Allsop, Andy Robinson, Andy Allsop & Jamie Smith plus Noel Slattery who joined midway through the season. Ray ' Slap' Allsop joined as team trainer alongside manager Keith Beaumont and coach Andy Mand.
SQUAD USED IN 86/87
APP / GOALS
DAVE ALLSOP 23 / 2
SIMON COY 23 / 15
ADY COY 23 / 14
DAVE SMITH 21 / 1
ANDY BALFE 20 / 7
MARTYN HAGAN 20 / -
PETE ALLSOP 18 / 3
MARK EDENS 18 / 1
ANDY ROBINSON 17 /
JAMIE SMITH 14 /-
ANDY ALLSOP 14 / 1
NEIL LOCKWOOD 14 / -
NOEL SLATTERY 11 / 6
PAUL MAZINGHAM 8 / 2
MARTIN FINNAN 6 / -
JOHN BERRY 2 / -
RICK SKINNER 1 /-
BARRY NEWMAN 1 /
It was a very up & down season, as usual, after losing 6-3 at home to Manor Utd. on the first day, then winning the next two, we played Crows Nest away, Martin was unavailable and Jamie donned the goalies gloves, thus the home sides tactic of taking long throw-ins, into our six yard box, which both defence & goalkeeper couldn't deal with, resulted in four of the eight goals they scored that day as we were hammered 8-2 !! Another disappointment was in the Ron Eaglen cup, away at Sleaford Grapes of the 4th Div. who beat us 2-1.This came 2 games into an 8 match unbeaten run in the league where by the end of November, having played 13 games, we had climbed to the top of the table, jostling neck and neck with rivals Duke William. This coincided with a new striker onboard, a young Noel Slattery, who had scored 2 on his debut in a 5-0 win against Gwynne's & finished with an impressive 6 goals in 11 games by the season end.
The unbeaten run ended on 15/2/87 at home to Plough Nettleham with a 3-2 defeat, but overall a 4th placed finish in the league with a young side, and a frontline partnership of the two Coys, Ady & Simon, who between them scored 29 goals, meant we could look forward to the 1987/88 season, with some optimism.
Another event we also were looking forward to, was a party, on the 30th May 1987, to celebrate the clubs 25th anniversary. Many of the old players were contacted by Derek (Newton) and Keith, and some played in the 'Old' boys versus the current team match, which preceded the night time bash.
