Iden teams hit twenty in opening games Rye United Rye United opened the season with mixed fortunes—three away matches against Bognor, East Grinstead and Horsham Y.M.C.A., resulted in a win, a defeat and a draw.
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.
Seven Goal Sue
A football match between Iden Ladies Football Club and Appledore Ladies Football Club was played on Sunday, 11th February at Iden Park. The kick-off took place at three o’clock in spite of discouraging weather conditions. The wind
Iden Football Team 1967
The Iden Side that Gained Promotion in 1967 As promised – Another Local Football Team – This Time the Iden side which had just gained promotion to Division Three of the Hastings League for the 1967/68 season. They were destined to go much further – How many can you name? Picture from “Rye’s Own” 1967 … Continue reading Iden Football Team 1967
Soccer Chat April 1967
Soccer Chat Iden The Cup Fighters. With the end of the season in sight the clubs are jockeying for position in their respective leagues. For Rye and local clubs Cup prospects have disappeared. Little Iden, riding high on the top of the Hastings League Division IV table, have carried the cup banner the longest, eventually … Continue reading Soccer Chat April 1967
On the Ball
The Story of the First Rye Football Clubs Football, the soccer variety, captured the imagination of the people of Rye well before the turn of the century. There were doubtless many teams playing the old style “kick and rush” type of football in Rye and the surrounding districts in the days of the great Corinthians … Continue reading On the Ball