Southern League Cup Final – Margate v Ramsgate 1968

MARGATE 3 (Fahy 3)
RAMSGATE 1

Thursday 16th May 1968
Southern League Cup Final – Hartsdown Park
Attendance: 4,104

For the first time in the competition’s history, Margate and Ramsgate met in the final of the Southern League Cup during the 1967/68 season. The first leg at Hartsdown Park on 6.4.68 finished 1-1 with Tommy Marshall scoring the Margate goal and then the two sides played out a 0-0 draw at Southwood on 13.4.68. With the aggregate scores level at 1-1, a replay at Hartsdown Park on 16.5.68 saw Margate win 3-1 thanks to a John Fahy hat-trick in his last match for the club. The total attendance for the three games was 11,605.

Action and Media from the 1st Leg

Action and media from the 2nd Leg

A celebrity guest at the 2nd Leg

The Final

The teams line-up before the replay

Margate players celebrate as John Fahy opens the scoring

The Margate players celebrate after the game. Seated (left to right) – Peter Jones, Derek Grace, John Fahy, Tommy Jenkins (partially hidden), Gordon Burden, Don Campbell, Davie Houston, Brian Hughes, Phil Amato. On the floor – Dai Yorath, Bob Harrop, Tommy Marshall.