From: archer@hsi86.hsi.com (Garry Archer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Derby County??
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:17:55 GMT
Reply-To: archer@hsi86.hsi.com.com (Garry Archer)
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford

In article <22063.9204101205@thor.cf.ac.uk> scogpw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Gordon Walker) writes:
>|Ahem.......Wednesday was the original day the *cricket* team used to
>|play on (who got bored in the winter and so formed a footy club.... etc
>|etc). (Actually, come to think of it, I'm not really sure what day the
>|club played its first football matches on........now where's my SWFC
>|history book gone...?)

Sorry, I didn't see the original reply.  Hope I haven't missed anything.


>(....goes away, finds "Wednesday!" by Keith Farnsworth

You didn't confirm what Farnsworth said about the origins of the team.

They way I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong) but Wednesday (the day)
is "Half Day Closing" in Sheffield (as is -- or used to be -- in many
towns and cities in Britain) when all the shops close for the day at
midday, or thereabouts, to make up for their time they put in on Saturdays.

Henceforth, Wednesdays were free for many shopkeepers for the casual game 
of footy.  Also the postal workers had Wednesday afternoons off and they
played footy too.

Or is it perhaps they *used to* play cricket on Wednesday afternoons and
then began playing the new game being played in the schools and universities?

Well, anyway, as you said, they probably played cricket in the summer
and footy the rest of the year.


>Now aren't you all happier now you know that! (A definite must for your
>FAQ list I think Garry :-)

Oh blimey!  Wot have we gone and started now!  :-)


>Now, what about Abergavenny Thursdays.........???

Or Milford Tuesday here in Connecticut!?!

Back in the 1960s there was a "brain drain" from Britain to the United
States as engineers, doctors, etc, flooded west to better and more
prosperous careers than their fellows back home.

Many engineers from Britain found their way to Avco Lycoming and Sikorsky (sp?)
Aircraft here in Connecticut.  Bored with no footy, they decided to get
together on Tuesday nights after work for the casual kickabout.  The Tuesday
Night Soccer Club continued in this tradition for years.  They became a
very exclusive club.  Members were guaranteed as much playing time as they
could get.  Guests were allowed, but their playing time depended on who
showed up and how much the members played.  They always played in Milford,
Connecticut, the next town over from the aircraft factories.

I've played with the Tuesday Night Soccer Club in my early days in the U.S.
I needed to meet more Brits over here and I couldn't get enough footy!
Unfortunately I haven't been down to Milford on many Tuesday nights for
the last two or three years.  I miss it.  Great bunch o' lads.

As the Shoreline Adult Soccer League grew (the Sunday league I play in) the
I invited the Tuesday Night Soccer Club to form a Sunday team to play in
the league.  Milford Tuesday were born!


	Cheers!


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