Third film in our series ‘Rye in the 60’s and 70’s features Rye Athletic Football Club. This film will be posted on the Rye’s Own website tomorrow The local team founded by Terry Lane and managed by Player / Manager Terry Spencer, went on to achieve great things.
Category: Football
Browse the Rye’s Own Football archive for magazine pieces that combine contemporary reporting with memories and historical perspective. The selection ranges across “Rye Secondary School Soccer Team 1954”, “Rye Team Never Beaten”, “Soccer Chat June 1973”, “Soccer Chat – June 1973”, and “Rye Athletic v Iden F.C.”, showing the breadth hidden behind the section heading. Together the articles retain the immediacy and individuality of a local magazine rather than reading like a formal reference book.
Local Movies are Coming to the Rye’s Own Website
Local Movies, many shot in Rye and District in the 1960’s will be coming to this website shortly. Literally hundreds of local people are featured in the films, which cover many aspects of Rye life from Bonfire Nights to Rye Sports. There are parades past the Town Hall, local soccer teams in action, cycling time … Continue reading Local Movies are Coming to the Rye’s Own Website
Rye United Seconds 1954/55
Some of Rye’s best soccer player made up a very strong second team which had great success in the 1954/55 season. This picture is from the Frank Igglesden Collection.
Local Soccer in the 60s
England won the World Cup in 1966 and this event sparked a ‘soccer boom’ in the country. So many youngsters took up the game, overfilling places in local teams many times over. Established teams created 2nd. and 3rd, elevens and new teams were born in towns and villages around the country.
United Go Down to Guernsey in 6-5 thriller
RRye United’s glorious run in the FA Carlsberg Vase came to an end in one of the most exciting Vase matches ever witnessed. The match, which took place on a rain sodden Salts resulted in a see-saw battle that ended in extra time with Guernsey FC beating Rye by the odd goal in eleven.
Rye Ladies Football Team
There has been lots of interest surrounding Rye United’s amazing F A Vase run and their Quarter Final tie against King’s Lynn in front of over 2000 spectators.
United’s Wembley Dream
United’s Wembley Dream Lives On By Jim Hollands My dad laughed as we came away from the Pilot Field in 1948 after watching a Rye United team including Bill ‘Blower’ Pierce and ‘Pickles’ Igglesden carry off the Hastings Charity Cup and I asked him if Rye would ever play in a Wembley final?
Rye Secondary School Soccer Team 1954
Rye Secondary Modern. 4 Hastings Modern 1 To those of us that remember the great victory, beating the top Hastings soccer school in that exiting final, it seems only yesterday. In fact it was fifty-six years ago when the youth of Rye made off with the magnificent Hastings Shield.
Rye Team Never Beaten
THE RYE TEAM WHO WERE NEVER BEATEN. There can be few football teams in the country who can claim they were never beaten, but sixty years ago a Rye side, only in existence for one season, never lost a match out of the 25 games played. They won the League and Cup Double and the … Continue reading Rye Team Never Beaten
100 Years of Rye Soccer
100 years of Rye Soccer Football, the soccer variety, captured the imagination of the people of Rye well before the turn of the 19th. Century. There were doubtless many teams playing the old “kick and rush” style of football in Rye and the surrounding districts in the days of the great Corinthians and Wanderers – … Continue reading 100 Years of Rye Soccer