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On This Day in 1962
Eddie Reynolds celebrates one of his four goals as the Dons beat Hayes 7-0 to reach the final of the London Senior Cup for the first time since 1934. Playing under the Kingstonian floodlights on a misty Friday night, the high-flying Athenian Leaguers worked hard but got no joy from an imperious Wimbledon defence and, at the other end, Reynolds and his fellow forwards made hay.
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Sticky
Dust your boots down, guys - this is your chance to play on the hallowed turf of Plough Lane. The WAWF Cup takes place on May 31 and we are looking for fans to line up to play along side the likes of Jon Main and Mickey Haswell (more TBC), in teams managed by Mark Robinson and Terry Brown. Full use of stadium/changing rooms etc. Hampshire referee etc. West Stand open for fans, Phoenix open for thirsty fans/players. Photos of the day and probably a few bits thrown in tbc too. And if you can't play, why not be an assistant manager or a mascot for the day... All proceeds to the playing budget, too. [Link]
26th Mar 2026 12:37:56 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Thought you were referring to the cup final penalty, Swiggy! My grandad reffed up to European Semi Final level back in the late 60s/early 70s and said that in certain games he would never give a penalty against the home team in the last ten minutes of a game.
30th Mar 2026 17:55:47 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Football was proper back then.
Well I disagreed with him TS, never a penalty. He still said "yes" when my fiancee made me ask if I could have her hand in marriage :)
30th Mar 2026 17:12:17 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
And I refereed at that level OI and wouldn't have given the penalty. Just shows we are human?
30th Mar 2026 17:07:17 
 [109.lo.gg.ed] 
Got my class 1 2 months after my 40th birthday so wasn't allowed to move into the pyramid
RIP Tony Godden ex W.B.A. and Chelsea keeper
30th Mar 2026 17:04:56 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Surrey Bob,I had plenty of practice on here:-)
30th Mar 2026 15:34:17 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
You have to consider the refs position of the incident in those pre VAR days, he has just one look at it and has to make a split second decision. Even at Wealdstone where I went Saturday there was a penalty controversy that the visiting Marine fans being scousers are convinced should have been given, another chip on their shoulder
30th Mar 2026 15:26:01 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
The other thing - JG you presume it seems that demand is inelastic from the OAPs - I don’t think it is. Nor do I think that these seats will be filled by adults
30th Mar 2026 15:23:25 
 [80.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I argued with my father-in-law, who had been a referee up to County Cup Final level, about the Cup Final penalty. He was sure he would have given it.
30th Mar 2026 15:22:11 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
WIJG - I see your point, but feel this would likely be portrayed as senior citizens charitably being offered scraps from the table by some.
30th Mar 2026 15:14:26 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
OTD looks like we are playing Argentina in the San Siro
30th Mar 2026 15:11:14 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Spartan-correct, that wasn’t even in the video
30th Mar 2026 15:10:21 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
CW - from earlier - the cup final penalty shouldn't have been given either.
30th Mar 2026 15:08:27 
 [89.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
StD - hope you enjoy picking up a steaming hot turd.
30th Mar 2026 15:01:20 
 [2.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Lucky the IOW is full of dog walkers and very dog friendly. Might even get myself a nice labrador .
30th Mar 2026 14:55:10 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I think the BBC can only take action against dogs if they don't pay the licence fee. In the meantime they are reporting on whether we are dealing with dangerous dogs in an approriate manner to protect people and other dogs.
30th Mar 2026 14:33:27 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
and we definitely won't let them come after Spit ;)
a4e, plus WiJG appears never to have accepted that the Club has to pay 20% vat on matchday tickets. Maybe he doesn't bother looking too closely at his firm's finances ;-/
30th Mar 2026 14:21:25 
 [31.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
The BBC are after our dogs 🐕 now. How low can they get. Dogs are great for guarding the home,especially as 92% of burglarys go unsolved!
30th Mar 2026 14:21:19 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Long live the Dog
SB - ridiculous, isn’t it.
30th Mar 2026 14:10:44 
 [172.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
OI - I’m a bit confused by JG’s logic - on the one hand he wants an end to all and every concession ticket price (including for the poorest pensioners and the disabled), and on the other hand, he wants to introduce a deal whereby you can get a match ticket plus a pie PLUS a pint for under twenty quid… And apparently that’ll somehow save the club £350,000… Mind you, he’s good mates with a Yale law professor, and Dobbies garden centre gives you a free coffee, plus Industrial Provident blah something or other, sorry I tuned out…
30th Mar 2026 14:05:56 
 [104.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
OI - sorry, yes, you’re right, but wow what a great stadium they had back then…!!
30th Mar 2026 13:57:39 
 [104.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Bob - Never realised Ks old ground was so huge. That OTD crowd goes up, up and up again. They must have quickly built a few extra tiers because the Dons were coming to town. Yep, must be the answer. Elementary my dear whatsit.
30th Mar 2026 13:56:16 
 [45.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
a4e - Richmond Road not Kingsmeadow though I'm fairly sure that didn't have a two tier stand when I visited :)
30th Mar 2026 13:48:03 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
There is probably a universe within the pluriverse where all of JG's ideas get tried out but none of us are ever likely to live there. So we are left with the step by step approach starting with restricting concessions in the poshest bits of the stadium.
30th Mar 2026 13:45:54 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Surrey - also, the game was apparently at Kingsmeadow, but if you zoom in, there’s a packed huge two-tier stand in the background, so there must be about 50,000 spectators there….
30th Mar 2026 13:45:30 
 [104.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
An interesting game OTD in 1962 as I see three teams were involved. One wearing orange, one wearing white with white shorts, and one wearing white with black shorts.
30th Mar 2026 13:33:05 
 [2.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU