Unofficial Halesowen Town FC Forum

Last week marked the passing of 21 years since Roger and Dave Turner last missed a competitive match, home or away. Absolutely remarkable. Over 1000 games!!!

Wow.

A spectacular effort.

Got that completely wrong. Its 22 years. Can't add up either.....

That's amazing. Well done to them both. Truly remarkable commitment, worthy of some acknowledgement.

Roger and Dave that's fantastic !

Andy, I think when we were chatting last night, Roger said the last game he missed was the Atherstone away 0-0 draw in the Birmingham Senior Cup on 10th November 1992. That would make his magnificent achievement a run of 1,181 Yeltz matches of which we've won 518, lost 379 & drawn 284. We've scored
1, 904 goals and let in 1,593.
Roger may also claim an extra match which would be the abandoned one down at Chesham when the fog descended and he and Dave were 2 of 4 Yeltz fans there.

Time to raise your bat and lift your cap Roger, a fine innings

Talking of abandoned games there's the Chippenham one as well. I also remember in 1992 they were not at Dover on the Thursday night. Lightweights...
That was a nice couple of days driving. Just about got home in time to fill the car up and set off for Bashley!!

Another abandoned game at about the same time was a midweek ?cup match at Bromsgrove. I caught the train up from London but had to wait ages for a taxi from the station to the ground, got there at half time and paid to go in, just in time for the ref to call it off for fog.

Would the Bromsgrove abandoned match be the 1st of these 2 away matches against them?
10-Nov-98 BROMSGROVE DMC H 403 1 0 MCDONNELL COLLINS HOLLIS WOOD HARDING GARDINER PETERS FRANCIS PIEARCE BIRCH* COOPER SMITH ELMES SKIDMORE
24-Nov-98 BROMSGROVE DMC A 467 0 0 MCDONNELL CRISP HOLLIS WOOD SMITH GARDINER BRADLEY FRANCIS PIEARCE BIRCH REED PETERS COOPER SKIDMORE
09-Dec-98 BROMSGROVE DMC A 137 2 1 MCDONNELL COLLINS COOPER WOOD GARDINER SMITH CRISP FRANCIS* PIEARCE* BIRCH REED SKIDMORE ELMES PETERS
If so, it's included in the total I gave previously, probably in error.
I'm struggling to find/remember a Chippenham abandonment but the Dover match was when Adam Patrick scored, having played them at home the previous Saturday. That could have been when Richard Massey blasted in a shot that would have landed in Dudley if the net hadn't got in the way.

25-Apr-92 DOVER H 951 2 0 STEADMAN ABELL COOPER SMITH BETTLES MASSEY* HAZLEWOOD GOODALL BRADLEY BENNETT HARRISON* MARTIN ATTWOOD
30-Apr-92 DOVER A 854 1 1 STEADMAN PATRICK* COOPER SMITH MOORE MASSEY HAZLEWOOD GOODALL BRADLEY ATTWOOD HARRISON MARTIN LUNT
02-May-92 BASHLEY A 284 3 2 STEADMAN ABELL COOPER SMITH BETTLES MASSEY* HAZLEWOOD# PATRICK BRADLEY BENNETT HARRISON* MOORE ATTWOOD

Laurel Lane Lamper wrote:I'm struggling to find/remember a Chippenham abandonment ...

I assume it must be regarding the home abandonment in the play off semi final at home in April 2008?