it all went quiet!
for one saturday afternoon in May
1995 Arlesey became a ghost town
No-one was around. There were very few cars about, very
few people on the streets, no shoppers in the shops or even
drinkers in the pubs. It was the FA Vase Final at Wembley
and Arlesey Town had booked their place by beating Raunds
at home in a second-leg semi-final 5-0. But only after being
defeated in the first leg 3-0 at the away ground.
On 13th May coach loads of Arlesey residents, and non-residents,
descended on the stadium of English football for what was billed as the
highlight of towns club history. Television cameras were there. Youth teams
played warm up games. It seemed like the whole of Arlesey had turned up to
watch the team play, in the Carlsberg sponsored fixture.
After ninety minutes of nail-biting football Arlesey were victorious,
beating Oxford City 2-1 to take home the gleaming trophy. Goals from Palma
and Gyalog clinched it, and Arlesey Town were triumphant,
taking home the silverware .
Arlesey Town’s Wembley side were:
S. Young, N. Cardines, G. Bambrick, P. Palma,
C. Hull, P. Gonsalves, S. Gyalog, G. Cox,
N. Kane, R. O’Keefe and G. Marshall.
Subs: A. Ward and T. Nicholls.
Did you go to Wembley for the game?
Do you have photos you would like to share?
We would like to create a feature using
images and memories of the day from
anyone who
was there.
Please contact us on 01462 834265 or
email: [email protected]
Do you want to know more,
or have your say on the
huge expansion planned
for Arlesey?
A
rlesey is on the verge of a major development with around 1000 houses being proposed. It will also bring a ‘relief road’ which is to
skirt around the existing parts of the town. The
development is hoped to bring industry, new
schools and amenities too. Consultation plans
were shown in the Village Hall last June to
advise residents on what could be their future.
365 residents attended this consultation and 79 people completed
questionnaires. We are sure you have something to say on this.
The Arlesey Cross website was set up by the Arlesey Consortium to make
the details and questionnaire results available to the public:
www.arleseycross.com
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