Dulwich Hamlet F.C.
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| Full name | Dulwich Hamlet Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Hamlet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1893 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Champion Hill, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 3000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Martin Eede | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Wayne Burnett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Isthmian League Division One South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dulwich Hamlet Football Club are an English football club who play at Champion Hill stadium in Dulwich, in south London. Formed in 1893, they joined the Isthmian League a few years later and wear a famous pink and blue strip.
Current England national team player Peter Crouch spent a period on loan with them early in his career.
Their greatest ever player was Edgar Kail, who scored over 400 goals for the club. An amateur footballer, he won three full caps for the England team against France, Belgium and Spain in 1929, and shunned 'big money' moves to professional clubs to play for his beloved Dulwich Hamlet. At that time, they had attracted crowds of up to 20,000 - though now they have around 250 supporters on match day. Dulwich Hamlet once had a very large ground for an amateur football club, but have now sold parts for a local Sainsbury's store.
The youth team is renowned for turning out professional players such as George Ndah, Carl Asaba, Marlon King, Freddie Balcome, Jamie Batt, Andrew Batt
They have a strong rivalry with Fisher Athletic (currently in a groundshare at Champions Hill while the Surrey Docks is being redeveloped) and Corinthian-Casuals.
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[edit] Current squad
Squad as of October 20, 2006.[1]
[edit] Goalkeepers
- Jani Seitsonen
- Paul Seuke
[edit] Defenders
- Nathan Simpson
- Jamie Coyle
- Jason Turley
- Yinka Salaam
- Nicolas Plumain
- Gavin Dayes
- Tom Ababio
[edit] Midfielders
- Sam Friskey
- Wasi Damali
- Kenny Beaney
- Victor Tavares
- Billy Warner
[edit] Attackers
- Joel Greaves
- Lyndon Antoine
- Emil Dushku
- Sol Pinnock
- Nick Welton
- Phil Williams
- Chris Dickson
- Serge Musungu
[edit] Playing history
- 1907-08 - Joined Isthmian League. Also founder members of Spartan League
- 1908 - Left Spartan League
- 1919-20 - Isthmian League Champions (on goal average). F.A. Amateur Cup Winners
- 1921-22 - Isthmian League runner-up (on goal average)
- 1923-24 - Isthmian League runner-up
- 1925-26 - Isthmian League Champions (2nd time)
- 1928-29 - Missed runner-up spot on goal average
- 1929-30 - Isthmian League runner-up
- 1930-31 - Isthmian League runner-up
- 1931-32 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (2nd time)
- 1932-33 - Isthmian League Champions (3rd time) (on goal average)
- 1933-34 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (3rd time). Isthmian League runner-up
- 1936-37 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (4th time)
- 1946-47 - Isthmian League runner-up
- 1948-49 - Isthmian League Champions (4th time) (on goal average)
- 1958-59 - Isthmian League runner-up
- 1977 - Relegated to Division Two
- 1977-78 - Division Two renamed Division One. Isthmian League Division One Champions; promoted to Premier Division
- 1990 - Relegated to Division One
- 1991-92 - Promoted to Premier Division
- 2001 - Relegated to Division One
- 2002-03 - Moved to Division One South on league re-organisation
- Best FA Cup performance: 1st round replay, 1930-31 and 1933-34
- Best FA Amateur Cup performance: winners (4 times) in 1919-20, 1931-32, 1933-34 and 1936-37
- Best FA Trophy performance: quarter-final replay, 1979-80
Source: Dulwich Hamlet at the Football Club History Database
[edit] Major honours
- Winners: 1919-20, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1936-37.
- Semi Finalists: 1908-09, 1921-22, 1928-29, 1934-35, 1955-56.
- Champions: 1919-20, 1925-26, 1932-33, 1948-49.
- Runner-ups: 1921-22, 1923-24, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1946-47, 1958-59.
- Division 1 Champions: 1977-78
London Senior Cup
- Winners: 1924-25, 1938-39, 1949-50, 1983-84, 2003-04
- Finalists: 1905-06, 1907-08, 1920-21, 1927-28, 2001-02
London Challenge Cup
- Winners: 1998-99
- Finalists: 1991-92, 1999-2000
Surrey Senior Cup
- Winners: 1904-05, 1905-06, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1919-20, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1946-47, 1949-50, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1973-74, 1974-75.
- Finalists: 1911-12, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1950-51, 1967-68
London Charity Cup
- Winners: 1919-20, 1920-21, 1922-23, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1947-48, 1956-57, 1957-58.
- Joint Holders: 1910-11, 1923-24, 1930-31.
[edit] Club records
- Most first team appearances: Reg Merritt, 576 (1950-66)
- Most consecutive first team appearances: Chris Lewington, 290 (1977-82)
- Most first team goals in career: Edgar Kail, 427 (1919-33)
- Most first team goals in a season: Edgar Kail, 53 (1925-26)
- Biggest Isthmian League wins: 10-1 v West Norwood (1920-21); 9-0 v Worthing (1990-91)
- Heaviest Isthmian League defeats: 1-10 v Hendon (1963-64); 0-9 v Walthamstow Avenue (1945-46)
- Biggest cup win: 13-0 v Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Senior Cup (1936-37)
- Heaviest cup defeats: 0-9 v Hornchurch FA Cup (2004-05); 0-8 v Barnet, London Charity Cup (1962-63)
- Full England international caps: Edgar Kail (3), Bert Coleman (1)
- Highest attendance (new stadium): 1,835, Dulwich Hamlet v Southport (1998-99)
- Highest attendance (old stadium): 20,744, Kingstonian v Stockton, FA Amateur Cup Final (1932-33)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Dulwich Hamlet's Official Website
- Unofficial Home of Dulwich Hamlet
- Dulwich Hamlet's Youth Club Site
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