FA Cup 1st Round – Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic v Margate, November 4th, 1961
BOURNEMOUTH & BOSCOMBE ATHLETIC 0
MARGATE 3 (Blackburn, Fraser & Roche)
Saturday 4th November 1961
FA Cup 1st Round – Dean Court, Bournmouth
Attendance: 12,405
A famous win for Margate, Bournemouth were top of Division Three and unbeaten at home. At half time it was 0-0 but after 66 minutes Johnny Roche put Margate ahead and further goals from Alan Blackburn and John Fraser sealed a memorable victory while Brian Hughes saved a penalty with the score at 2-0. To celebrate the win, Margate’s management committee presented all the players with cigarettes while Johnny Roche won an engraved cigarette lighter from the Sporting Record newspaper who rated his performance as the best of the week.
BOURNEMOUTH & BOSCOMBE ATHLETIC: Tommy Godwin, John Arnott, Bryn Jones, Bill McGarry, Tony Nelson, Tom Standley, Ray Bumstead, Chris Weller, Alex Bain, John Archer and Bill Coxon
MARGATE: Brian Hughes, Bill Parry, Terry Joyce, Ray John, Bob Harrop, Peter Smith, John Fraser, Johnny Roche, Alan Jones, Alan Blackburn and David Hills
Match Previews
Tickets
Ticket for match (1)
Ticket for match (2)
Match Programme
Bournemouth programme front cover
Bournemouth programme inside (1)
Bournemouth programme inside (2)
Bournemouth programme inside (3)
The Teams
Bournemouth team 1961
Back: Bill Parry, Peter Smith, Brian Hughes, Bob Harrop, Allan Jones, Terry Joyce
Front: Bob Wainwright, John Fraser, Johnny Roche, Tommy Barnett, Alan Blackburn, David Hills, Jimmy Fletcher
This photo is the closest one to Margate’s team on the day but includes Tommy Barnett who didn’t play and excludes Ray John who did.
Kick-Off Approaches
Margate fans parade around the pitch before the start of the match. A scrapbook I have suggests the people in the photo directly below are (left to right) Tim Woods, Peter Beard (with rattle), ‘Dibs’ or ‘Dibo’ (with the large sign in all three pictures), Trevor Berry and ‘Trevor’ (with the small sign).
Match Action
Two photos showing Johnny Roche’s shot flying past Bournemouth keeper Tommy Godwin for the first goal, Alan Blackburn looks on in both pictures and Alan Jones is on the right of the second.
Margate players mob Johnny Roche after his goal.
Alan Blackburn heads the second goal
save by Brian Hughes (2)
save by Brian Hughes
Hughes makes another catch as Terry Joyce (3) and Bob Harrop look on with Ray John in the background.
Bob Harrop and Peter Smith keeping a close eye on the action
Brian Hughes is challenged as Ray John (4) looks on
Match Reports
Match Report
Match Report (2)
Match Report (3)
Match Report (4)
Match Report (5)
Match Report (6)
Celebrations
Cups of tea all round. Back: Brian Hughes with Alan Jones (left) and John Fraser (right) in front of him.
Middle / Front: Terry Joyce, Bob Harrop, Ray John, Bill Parry (at front clasping hands), Johnny Roche, Alan Blackburn (with arm over Roche’s shoulder), David Hills and Peter Smith.
Celebration newspaper report
Celebration newspaper report (2)
Celebration newspaper report (3)
Back: Peter Smith, Bill Parry, David Hills, Bob Harrop, Brian Hughes, Terry Joyce and Alan Jones.
Front: Alan Blackburn, Bob Wainwright and Ray John.
Waterloo Station
As per the hand-written caption the person circled is Trevor Berry, another one of the supporters is Derek Watford and the two players in the foreground are Johnny Roche (clutching a bottle of champagne) and Alan Jones.
Newspaper report on fans at Waterloo Station
The Aftermath
Cartoon from the day
Newpaper article
Newpaper article (2)
Newpaper article (3)
Newpaper article (4)
The photo above was in the Evening Standard and was kindly lent to me by Harvey Lockwood who’s the person on the left holding the coffin. The other three bearers are (from the left) Robin King, Tony Ball and Keith Ford. In 2011 Harvey recalled “The coffin was made at the Thanet Press, and with all those printers around, we managed to spell Bournemouth incorrectly !”
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