Rye Town v JC Tackleway Soccer is coming back to The Salts. What a great pleasure it is to write those words. It seemed that after the death of Rye United there would never be another match played at Rye. Now, after great efforts by a group of Rye enthusiasts the old name of Rye … Continue reading Football Returns to Rye Salts
Tag: Shoey Bennett
This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Shoey Bennett, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Readers can move between “Goodbye Shoey”, “100 Years of Rye Soccer”, and “Football Returns to Rye Salts”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Taken together, these pieces preserve the names, places and passing details that might otherwise slip out of the local record.
Goodbye Shoey
By Jim Hollands The Final Whistle It is with great personal sadness that I report the death of ‘Shoey’ Bennett, The toughest chap that ever played for Rye United.
Remembering Fred Masters – Goalkeeper Magnificent
FRED MASTERS 1922 – 2013 By Jim Hollands It is with great personal sadness that I report the passing, on Monday 25 November, 2013 of Rye United’s post war goalkeeper, Fred Masters, a man who made more appearances (388) for the team than any other player before or since.
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