St John's Athletic FC
Ground: Ealing
Central Sports Ground, Horsenden Lane South, Perivale, Middlesex. (NB: Adjacent
to Perivale Tube Station) follow link > http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=516415&Y=183280&arrow=Y&zoom=1
Website: http://www.oocities.org/sky_fc/SkyFC.htm
1st Team kit colour: White shirts,
royal blue shorts, white socks
2nd Team kit colour: Navy blue shirts, white shorts, white socks.
Club Officials:
Secretary: Brendan Hegarty, Tel:(W) 0207 466 6701 Tel: (M) 07867 974 820
:
Email: Brendan.Hegarty@Uk.Arthurandersen.Com
1st XI Team manager: Akin Paul Odusanya - Tel: (W) 0207 805
8204 Tel: (M) 07719 886 961 Email: Paul.Odusanya@BSkyB.Com
Club History
The club was formed in 1997 drawing players mainly from the Ealing area. It has
a squad of around 20 players. The team has played at London Sports ground
(Boston Manor), Osterley Sports Club, Pitshanger Park and Ealing Central Sports
Ground. The club used to play in the Hayes & District Sunday Football
League. The team had good success in the Sunday league starting initially in the
3rd Division and getting promoted every season until it reached the Premier
division. The team also managed to reach one Cup Final and the semi finals of a
County Cup. The team also has a web presence which can be found at http://www.oocities.org/sky_fc/SkyFC.htm
This has further details on the team,
squad, pitch, fixtures etc. Season 2000/2001 saw the team reach the league cup
final but sadly lose to Bison FC 1-4. Last season was an anti-climax with so
much promise failing to materialise. It was bad discipline, attendance &
admin that saw the team falter and not ability of the players. The team actually
received 6 reds cards last season and countless yellows but this does not tell
the full story as the team are not an inherently 'dirty bunch' of players. Step
forward the nutters, AKA Mark Loughran & Eldred Rogers, the two angriest men
in football. It pains me to say this but the team lost 9 points (= 3 whole
games) due to cock-ups. With no one team dominating the top division until late
on in the season (Inwood FC) St Johns could have done far better in the league
if attendance & availability was better. The management must also take a
share of the blame for getting caught out with paperwork and admin.
