1960
Attendance: 2745
Admission Cost:
Adult: 1/-
Child: 6d
Ford United 4
Houghton Main 0
Ford United
Back Row (L to R): Jack Beevers (trainer); Harry Turner, Don Morgan, ? , Roy Shepherd (captain with trophy), Graham Beevers (goalie); Jack Selkirk
Front Row (L to R): Freddie Gilbert, Chris Rodgers (mascot), Tony Rodgers, Arther Wright, Derek Riley
Mascot, Chris Rodgers, whose dad Tony played in the 1960 & 1961 Montagu Cup finalsfor Ford United.
Chris has sent in post of the photos and press cuttings for these pages. More on the Rodgers family at
www.montagucup.com/tony-rodgers
Tony Rodgers & Freddie Gilbert
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Semi Finals:
13/3: Ford United drew with Cortonwood Takings: £12, 18 shillings 10 pence
REPLAY: Ford United beat Cortonwood Takings: £2, 19 shillings
20/3: Houghton 1 Tom Hill 1 Takings: £12, 6 shillings 6 pence
REPLAY: Houghton 3 Tom Hill 3 Takings: £17, 4 shillings
2nd REPLAY: Houghton 2 Tom Hill 1 Takings: £18, 17 shillings
Ford United were from Doncaster, originally Briggs Social, then Briggs Sports Club, then Ford United from 1959 onwards I believe.
read this thread... https://nonleaguematters.co.uk/...i?post=710207#710207
Briggs Social FC won the Doncaster Senior League in 1951/52 and entered the Yorkshire Lge the following season under the name Briggs Sports Club http://fchd.info/BRIGGSSC.HTM
Their parent company was Briggs Motor Bodies, who had relocated from bomb-damaged Essex. Their factory was somewhere along Carr Hill / Balby Carr Bank ...plenty of space down there for a private sports ground?!
"In 1953 Ford {Motor Company} bought Briggs Motor Bodies and then {in 1964 ?} sold the Doncaster factory, which made bodies for Javelins and Bradford vans, to International Harvester." http://fchd.info/INTERNAH.HTM
Another team photo from approximately the same season with all the names in the caption
Semi: Houghton 1 Tom Hill 1
Semi REPLAY: Houghton 3 Tom Hill 3
Semi 2nd REPLAY: Houghton 2 Tom Hill 1
