As “Rye’s Own” goes to print Rye and Iden United stand in second place in the Sussex County League Division One table. Four games without defeat have indicated they are more than equal to the task when it comes to taking on senior sides.
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.
Rye Boys and Old Boys Soccer
Rye Boys School Soccer Team 1931 This photograph of the Rye Boys School (Mermaid Street) soccer team of 1931 was kindly loaned by Frank Igglesden.
In Living Memory
A Vignette of Local Interest by Clifford Jordan Rye Football Teams in the 1920’s
Terry Spencer
by Jim Hollands TERRY SPENCER WAS TO RYE ATHLETIC WHAT BOBBY MOORE WAS TO ENGLAND Many past players of the long inactive Rye Athletic Football Club attended the funeral of Terry Spencer on Wednesday 14 March 2001.
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 – but legend only tells … Continue reading 100 Years of Rye Soccer
Soccer Chat – June 1973
by Terry Spencer Now that the hubbub of Sunderland’s cup win has died down, local footballers may be wondering if this win by the underdog has any significance to football as we know it around Rye. On the day the characteristics of Sunder-land’s win were a total commitment to winning, determination, concentration, aggression, and … Continue reading Soccer Chat – June 1973
Soccer Chat June 1973
By Terry Spencer Rye and district footballers have had a fair share of success this season, some achieving the pinnacle, others having hopes dashed on the brink. The outstanding teams have been EAST GULDEFORD and UNION. both divisional champions and cup winners. RYE ATHLETIC finished runners-up in Division II and Semi. finalists in two cup … Continue reading Soccer Chat June 1973
Teen & Twenty – Greg Southerden
Greg Southerden Our March Teen & Twenty personality is 19 year old Greg Southerden of Mermaid Street. Greg, who was born at Broom Hill, Camber, has covered more ground than most nineteen year olds. Educated at Rye Primary, Rye County Secondary, Rye Grammar and the Thomas Peacocke, a distinction shared with very few others,
Soccer Chat February 1973
BELA OLAH’s RYE UNITED county league side are going through a difficult time. A dour struggle against top of the table RINGMER on 7th January, resulted in a goalless draw, thanks to some fine work by Rye Keeper STEVEN WILLIAMS, and raised hopes of a return to form by the side. The following … Continue reading Soccer Chat February 1973
Iden Ladies Win Again
lden Ladies Football Team entertained the Eastbourne Debs at Iden Park on the 1st December. This was the ldens girls second match and a much tougher encounter than their first against Appledore when they were the victors by seven goals to nil.