Dulwich Hamlet F.C.

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Dulwich Hamlet

Full name

Dulwich Hamlet Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Hamlet, Pink 'n' Blues

Founded

1893

Ground

Champion Hill, East Dulwich

Capacity

3,000 (500 seated)^[1]

Chairman

Jack Payne

Manager

Gavin Rose

League

Isthmian League Premier Division

2012–13

Isthmian League Division One South, 1st (Champions)

Home colours

Away colours

Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club based in Dulwich, in the London Borough of Southwark. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Isthmian League, and play at Champion Hill.

History

The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. In 1907 they joined both the Isthmian League and the Spartan League, leaving the latter at the end of the 1907–08 season.^[2] In 1919–20 the club won its first Isthmian League title, winning the league on goal average against Nunhead. They also won the FA Amateur Cup, beating Tufnell Park 1–0 in the final at the Den.

The club won the league again in 1925–26, and the FA Amateur Cup for a second time in 1931–32 win a 7–1 win against Marine in the final.^[2] The following season the club won their third league title. In 1933–34 they reached the Amateur Cup final again, but lost 2–1 to Leyton. The two clubs met in the final again in 1936–37, with Dulwich winning 2–0.

In 1948–49 the club won the Isthmian League for a fourth time. A fifth Isthmian League title – in the re-strucutred First Division – was won in 1977–78, but after several years of gradual decline, the club finished bottom of the Premier Division in 1989–90, and were relegated to Division One. They were promoted back to the Premier Division at the end of the 1991–92 season after finishing third in Division One. In 1998–99 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time since 1948, losing 1–0 to Southport.

After finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2000–01, the club were relegated back to Division One. After finishing seventh in 2003–04, the club played off against Wealdstone for a place in the Premier Division after league re-organisation, but lost 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw. In 2010–11 Dulwich finished fifth and entered the promotion play-offs, beating Bognor Regis Town 3–1 in the semi-finals before losing 4–3 to Leatherhead in the final.^[3] The following season the club finished third, again qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Folkestone Invicta 2–1 in the semi-finals, they lost the final 1–0 to Bognor Regis.^[2] They returned to the Premier Division after winning the Division One South title on the last day of the 2012–13 season with a 1–1 draw against Burgess Hill Town.

Stadium

Main article: Champion Hill

The club played at Woodwarde Road until 1895, when they moved to College Farm. The following year they moved to Sunray Avenue, where they remained until 1902. Between 1902 and 1912 they played at Freeman's Ground on Champion Hill,^[1] before moving to an adjacent plot of land, where they played until the opening of the Champion Hill stadium in 1931. The stadium was used for amateur international matches, including the 1948 Summer Olympics.

In 1991 the stadium was demolished as a new Sainsbury's was built on the site. A new, smaller stadium was built over the former adjacent training pitch, which opened in 1993. In September 2013 it became the first football ground in Greater London to be listed as an Asset of Community Value.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Chico Ramos
		GK	Phil Wilson
		DF	Peter Adeniyi
		DF	Mathieu Boyer
		DF	Ahmed Deen
		DF	Lewis Gonsalves
		DF	Marc-Anthony Okoye
		DF	Kershaney Samuels
		DF	Michael Weir
		MF	Jordan Clarke
		MF	Nyren Clunis

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Billy Crook
		MF	Ian Daly
		MF	Ellis Green
		MF	Kevin James
		MF	Dean Lodge
		MF	Abdul Mansaray
		MF	Ethan Pinnock
		MF	Xavier Vidal
		MF	Jerome Walker
		FW	Erhun Öztümer

Former players

During the 1920s the club had two players capped by the full England team. Bert Coleman was capped whilst playing for Dulwich in 1921, whilst Edgar Kail won three caps against France, Belgium and Spain in 1929. Kail was the last amateur player to play for England, and shunned 'big money' moves to professional clubs to play for Dulwich, for whom he scored over 400 goals, and is still the subject of terrace songs by fans of the club.^[4] Charles Tyson played for the England amateur team as well as Southampton.

Benjamin Odeje was the first black footballer to represent England at any level.^[5] He played in five schoolboy internationals, making his debut against Northern Ireland at Wembley in 1971.

Former Dulwich players who went onto play in the Football League or Premier League include:^[6]^[7]

Carl Asaba
Leon Cort
Alf Solly
Steve Watts
Ernie Toser

Honours

FA Amateur Cup
- Winners 1919–20, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37
Isthmian League
- Champions 1919–20, 1925–26, 1932–33, 1948–49, 1977–78
- Division One South Champions 2012–13
London Senior Cup^[8]
- Winners 1924–25, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1983–84, 2003–04
Surrey Senior Cup^[9]
- 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 (Record 16 times)
London Junior Cup^[8]
- Winners 1899-00

Club records

Most first team appearances: Reg Merritt, 576 (1950–1966)^[1]
Most consecutive first team appearances: Chris Lewington, 290 (1977–1982)
Most first team goals in career: Edgar Kail, 427 (1919–1933)^[1]
Most first team goals in a season: Edgar Kail, 53 (1925–1926)
Biggest Isthmian League wins: 10–1 vs West Norwood (1920–21); 9–0 v Worthing (1990–91)
Heaviest Isthmian League defeats: 1–10 vs Hendon (1963–64); 0–9 v Walthamstow Avenue (1945–46)
Biggest cup win: 13–0 vs Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Senior Cup (1936–37)
Heaviest cup defeat: 0–9 vs Hornchurch FA Cup (2004–05)
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)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p578 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dulwich Hamlet at the Football Club History Database
↑ 2010–11 Isthmian League FCHD
↑ Football's local hero BBC Sport, 17 February 2003
↑ Ashdown, Marc (24 May 2013). "First black England player revealed to be Benjamin Odeje". BBC London News. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
↑ Huddersfield Town hope Daniel Carr will join long list of Dulwich Hamlet graduates Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 13 April 2013
↑ Dulwich Hamlet The Football Magazine
↑ 8.0 8.1 "Memorandum Of Procedures For Dealing With Misconduct Occurring". Docstoc.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
↑ "Saturday Senior Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

External links

v t e Isthmian League

Premier Division	AFC Hornchurch Billericay Town Bognor Regis Town Bury Town Canvey Island Carshalton Athletic Cray Wanderers Dulwich Hamlet East Thurrock United Enfield Town Grays Athletic Hampton & Richmond Borough Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Leiston Lewes Lowestoft Town Maidstone United Margate Metropolitan Police Thamesmead Town Wealdstone Wingate & Finchley

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Division One South	Burgess Hill Town Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Crawley Down Gatwick Eastbourne Town Faversham Town Folkestone Invicta Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Horsham Hythe Town Leatherhead Merstham Peacehaven & Telscombe Ramsgate Redhill Sittingbourne Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Whitstable Town Worthing

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v t e Football in London

League teams (tiers 1-4)	1 Arsenal Chelsea Crystal Palace Fulham Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United 2 Charlton Athletic Millwall Queens Park Rangers 3 Brentford Leyton Orient 4 AFC Wimbledon Dagenham & Redbridge

Non-League teams (tiers 5-8)	5 Barnet Welling United 6 Bromley Sutton United 7 A.F.C. Hornchurch Carshalton Athletic Cray Wanderers Dulwich Hamlet Enfield Town Hampton & Richmond Borough Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Thamesmead Town Wealdstone Wingate & Finchley 8 A.F.C. Hayes Barkingside Corinthian-Casuals Erith & Belvedere North Greenford United Northwood Redbridge Tooting & Mitcham United Uxbridge VCD Athletic Waltham Forest

Rivalries	London derbies Arsenal–Chelsea Millwall–West Ham North South East West

Cup competitions	London Senior Cup London Intermediate Cup London Junior Cup London Charity Cup (defunct) London Challenge Cup (defunct)

See also	The Football Combination London Football Association London XI London League (defunct) West London League (defunct)

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