Percy Main Amateurs F.C.
| Percy Main Amateurs F.C. | ||
| Full name | Percy Main Amateurs Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Villagers | |
| Founded | 1919 | |
| Ground | Purvis Park, Percy Main | |
| Manager | Steve Hurd | |
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History
Percy Main Amateurs F.C. are a non-league football club based in the village of Percy Main near to North Shields in Tyne and Wear. The name derives from the now long gone colliery, which closed in the late 1800's.
The club currently play in the Northern Football Alliance, a football competition based in the North East of England and Cumbria. It has three divisions headed by the Premier Division, which sits at Step 7 of the National League System.[1]
A number of players owe their introduction to professional football to the Amateurs. Among those are Charlie Lloyd, J.W. Alexander, Stanley Alexander, Andrew Carr, James Leslie Carr, Jack Surtees, J. Short and Ralph Pake.[2]There were others, including Billy Oxley[3]and George Reay[4] however, probably the most renowned among them is Jimmy Scarth, who long held the record for scoring the fastest hat-trick, timed at 2 minutes 30 seconds, when playing for Gillingham against Leyton Orient on 1 November 1952.[5]
It is believed that Percy Main Amateurs were reformed in the season 1919/20 by ex-servicemen returning from WW1,[6]although an alternative point of view was given in an article which appeared in the local press shortly after the end of WW2, when the club was again to be re-started after being in limbo since September 1939.[7]
The clubs home ground at that time was known as Middle Row, in reference to one of the three lines of pitmen's cottages which had stood there previously.Since 1996, the ground has been known as Purvis Park, in recognition of over 50 years of dedicated service by Mr Alan Purvis as player, secretary and chairman.[8]
Over the years, the club has won many honours including the championship of the Northern Amateur League in 1919/20 their first season at that level. In the same season they were also winners of the Northumberland Minor Cup, beating Byker St. Lawrence by 2 - 1 in the final at Croft Park, Blyth, in front of a crowd of around 5,000.[9]
The Northern Amateur League was won again the following season, 1920/21 when they also won the Tynemouth War Memorial Shield (previously known as the Kino Shield when it was introduced in 1914), defeating Whitley Athletic 2-1 after extra time at Hawkey's Lane before a crowd of almost 6,000.[10]
Following these initial successes, Percy Main Amateurs made an application to join the Northern Alliance for the season 1921/22 but were rejected, so decided to run two teams in the Northern Amateur League, the first team in Division 1 and a reserve team in Division 2.[11]Sadly, they were unable to maintain this winning run and they ended season 1921/22 as runners-up in the league, the league cup and the Tynemouth Dispensary Cup.[12][13][14]
Season 1922/23 produced another strong league performance but ultimately ended with the 1-0 Tynemouth Dispensary Cup Final win over New York United bringing the only silverware.[15]
In June 1923, once again, Percy Main Amateurs made an application to join the Northern Alliance.[16]This time they were accepted and although they made a promising start the season was to end without any trophies and was also a failure financially, owing to the excessive travel expenses, forcing the club to resign from the league and apply for re-admission to the Northern Amateur League.[17]The first season back at this level was satisfactory but without trophies, however, things off the field were beginning to look up.Ground improvements began to be made and prior to the home game against Rosehill Villa on Saturday 12 September 1925, the new dressing pavilion was opened.[18]
Sadly, this new accommodation was badly damaged by fire in early 1927.[19]Undeterred, the club rebuilt and the 1927/28 season began with them housed in a new pavilion complete with hot water baths and gas lighting and the pitch drained and improved.[20]
In 1929, Percy Main Amateurs won the amateur shield at the North East Coast Exhibition in Newcastle, beating Stockton by 3-1 in the final at St. James' Park[21] and in the same season, had their best run in the English Amateur Cup, losing in the quarter-final to the eventual runners-up, Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic.[22]
Percy Main Amateurs have only made a brief foray into the F.A. Cup, falling at the first hurdle, a 1-3 loss away to Lancaster City in September 1981.[23]
Better fortune was had in the F.A.Vase competition, reaching the 5th round in 1982/83 season before losing to Brandon United.[23]
Honours
- Northern Alliance League
- Champions 1980–81, 1981–82.
- Northern Alliance League Challenge Cup
- Winners 1971–72.
- Northern Amateur League
- Champions 1919–20, 1920–21, 1927-28, 1947-48,1963-64, 1964-65 (joint), 1967-68 (joint).
- Northern Amateur League Challenge Cup
- Winners 1967–68.
- Northumberland Amateur Cup
- Winners 1967–68, 1969-70, 1970-71.
- Northumberland Minor Cup
- Winners 1919–20.
- Tynemouth War Memorial Shield
- Winners 1920–21.
- Tynemouth Dispensary Cup
- Winners 1922–23.
- Willington Quay Nursing Association Cup
- Winners 1929–30.
- South-East Northumberland Hospitals Cup
- Winners 1962–63 (joint), 1966-67, 1974-75.
- South-East Northumberland League
- Champions 1963–64.
- Northumberland Senior Benevolent Bowl
- Winners 1977–78.
- North Tyneside Hospitals Cup
- Winners 1977-78, 1979-80, 1981-82.
- North East Coast Exhibition Amateur Football Shield
- Winners 1929–30.
References
- ↑ http://www.northernfootballalliance.org.uk
- ↑ Shields Daily News 21 June 1945 Page 7
- ↑ Shields Daily News 19 September 1923 Page 4
- ↑ Portsmouth Evening News 14 September 1922
- ↑ BBC Sport news story
- ↑ Village Voice
- ↑ Shields Daily News 21 June 1945 Page 7
- ↑ Village Voice
- ↑ Shields Daily News 11 May 1920 Page 2
- ↑ Shields Daily News 23 May 1921 Page 3
- ↑ Shields Daily News 3 August 1921 Page 3
- ↑ Shields Daily News 25 April 1922 Page 4
- ↑ Shields Daily News 18 May 1922 Page 2
- ↑ Shields Daily News 25 May 1922 Page 2
- ↑ Shields Daily News 15 May 1923 Page 5
- ↑ Shields Daily News 30 May 1923 Page 3
- ↑ Shields Daily News 26 May 1924 Page 1
- ↑ Shields Daily News 14 September 1925 Page 6
- ↑ Shields Daily News 7 February 1927 Page 3
- ↑ Shields Daily News 22 August 1927 Page 3
- ↑ Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 18 October 1929 Page 9
- ↑ Shepton Mallet Journal 28 February 1930 Page 3
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Football Club History Database - Percy Main Amateurs
Bibliography
- Cusack, I. (2010). Village Voice. Ian Cusack Publishing. ISBN 978-84-940440-5-2. Search this book on
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