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East Devon Senior Cup
April 14, 1972
Blast
FROM THE
past
with a quick-fire
double and in the
dying minutes Rod
Stone unleashed a
tremendous shot from
out on the right which flew into the net to
give Elmore victory.
Arguably the greatest night in the history
of Elmore Football Club – and certainly
one of the most memorable – took place
at St James’ Park, Exeter, on April 14,
1972, when Elmore met the powerful
Dawlish Town in the East Devon Senior
Cup final – a match in which virtually no
one gave Elmore a chance.
Some of the Dawlish players were so
deflated they did not even bother to
collect their losers medals as the Elmore
players and fans alike celebrated a
momentous cup victory.
Certainly a confident Dawlish outfit
believed they had it all sewn up as they
had arranged an open top double-decker
bus to take their ‘triumphant team’ back
to parade the cup around Dawlish.
Pictured below (back, from left), Nigel
Howe, Mike Howe, Peter Buckingham.
Neville Hill, John Frankpitt, Colin
Southgate, Sean Curtis, Ben White and
Frank Maddocks (chairman). Front row:
David Broom, Ray Cottrell, Dermot Curtis
(player-manager) and Rod Stone.
And with 10 minutes to go, with Elmore
trailing 2-0, it seemed that all the
predictions were vindicated. The officials
seemed to think so as well as the Dawlish
colours had already been put on the cup!
However, Elmore’s never-say-die attitude
brought about a tremendous comeback.
Ben White silenced the Dawlish fans
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