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Saturday 18th November 1922
SITTINGBOURNE 0-0 SOUTHEND UNITED
FAC 4th Qualifying Round
There must have a been a full 800 of the United’s loyal supporters, most of them wearing with a touch of pride, the colours of their team, who poured out of the station at Tilbury, crossed the River on the ferryboat, climbed the quaint old streets of Gravesend clustered together on the platform and passed the three quarters of an hour, in which they waited for a special, which would bear them to Sittingbourne, on roaring “Beaver” to any unfortunate gentleman who happened to wear a beard and in other forms of primitive but by no means ill-natured banter. Others went over by motor boat and charabanc. The homely little town of Sittingbourne was reached by one o’clock and by two, the ground at the back of the Bull Hotel was livelier than it had been for many a day. I was told that the holding capacity of the ground was 5,000 and it would have been extremely difficult to have given another hundred sight of the play. Nearly a thousand of United’s supporters made the by no means comfortable journey in order to cheer their favourites on to what they thought would be an easy victory. The crowd that jostled their way on to Midland Station were in radiant, optimistic holiday mood. These Kent Leaguers proved of sterner stuff than their opponents had credited them with being. They fought a sterling fight in which no goals were registered and they lived to fight on at the Kursaal on Wednesday
Team: Hall; Bissett and J. Evans; Reid, Booth and Price; Firth, Dobson, Goodwin, Slater and Davies.
From the Southend Standard 23rd November 1922
Wednesday 22nd November 1922
SOUTHEND UNITED 4-2 SITTINGBOURNE
Sittingbourne had shown that although they played in the Kent League, their side certainly wasn’t lacking in talent or achievement, they were led by an ex-Chelsea centre half and a side full of ex League players who still possessed a great amount of Skill. They had won the Kent League and various cup trophies and they were a force to be reckoned with in their own circles. In the first leg Southend certainly didn’t under estimate them nor did they for the replay which was four days later, we were three goals up at half time and ended the game winning by a score of 4-2. Billy Goodwin was absent from the score sheet, but two goals by Jackie Slater another by Robert Firth and a second penalty of the season for Jimmy Evans.
Team: Hall; Bissett and J.E vans; Reid, Booth and Price; Firth, Dobson, Goodwin, Slater and Davies
Saturday 18th November 1922
SITTINGBOURNE 0-0 SOUTHEND UNITED
FAC 4th Qualifying Round
There must have a been a full 800 of the United’s loyal supporters, most of them wearing with a touch of pride, the colours of their team, who poured out of the station at Tilbury, crossed the River on the ferryboat, climbed the quaint old streets of Gravesend clustered together on the platform and passed the three quarters of an hour, in which they waited for a special, which would bear them to Sittingbourne, on roaring “Beaver” to any unfortunate gentleman who happened to wear a beard and in other forms of primitive but by no means ill-natured banter. Others went over by motor boat and charabanc. The homely little town of Sittingbourne was reached by one o’clock and by two, the ground at the back of the Bull Hotel was livelier than it had been for many a day. I was told that the holding capacity of the ground was 5,000 and it would have been extremely difficult to have given another hundred sight of the play. Nearly a thousand of United’s supporters made the by no means comfortable journey in order to cheer their favourites on to what they thought would be an easy victory. The crowd that jostled their way on to Midland Station were in radiant, optimistic holiday mood. These Kent Leaguers proved of sterner stuff than their opponents had credited them with being. They fought a sterling fight in which no goals were registered and they lived to fight on at the Kursaal on Wednesday
Team: Hall; Bissett and J. Evans; Reid, Booth and Price; Firth, Dobson, Goodwin, Slater and Davies.
From the Southend Standard 23rd November 1922
Wednesday 22nd November 1922
SOUTHEND UNITED 4-2 SITTINGBOURNE
Sittingbourne had shown that although they played in the Kent League, their side certainly wasn’t lacking in talent or achievement, they were led by an ex-Chelsea centre half and a side full of ex League players who still possessed a great amount of Skill. They had won the Kent League and various cup trophies and they were a force to be reckoned with in their own circles. In the first leg Southend certainly didn’t under estimate them nor did they for the replay which was four days later, we were three goals up at half time and ended the game winning by a score of 4-2. Billy Goodwin was absent from the score sheet, but two goals by Jackie Slater another by Robert Firth and a second penalty of the season for Jimmy Evans.
Team: Hall; Bissett and J.E vans; Reid, Booth and Price; Firth, Dobson, Goodwin, Slater and Davies
