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Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Dec 28, 2017, 11:37 AM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 48592 The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added a few items to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com To the Library, an article “Dallow Lane – development of the ground.” A few items added to Testimonials in the Library. Excelsior added to Onlooker. Avery Panter obituary added to Kettering in the A to Z of clubs in the Library. Shirt details added to the Second Scots Guards and Wolverton L. & N.W.R. in the A to Z. Also in the Library, the Penalty Spot article added to. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Mar 23, 2018, 12:08 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 48028 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately It's been a while since I posted - moving house followed by building work cut short research at Plaitopolis HQ but I have added a few items to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com To the Library I have added "Cup Finals" which at the moment only includes an account of the 1890 Kettering Charity Cup Final between the great Grantham Rovers and the Straw Plaiters. An account of the replay will follow. To Onlooker I have added an article entitled "Glory." In the Library, A to Z of clubs I have added two photos of Croydon Common, one of Arlesey and St Neots and a sketch of the West Herts pavilion. The Home page has all the kits worn by the Straw Plaiters 1885 to 1901. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Apr 19, 2018, 3:55 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 47716 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately A few more items added to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com To Onlooker I have added a painting that I commissioned last year. "The Three Captains" depicts Luton Town's three inspirational captains from 1885 to 1894 - J.C. Lomax, J.W. Julian and Arthur H. Taylor at the Dallow Lane ground. This painting has also been added to "Art" in the Library. A new photo of Luton Town Reserves 1901 with the Beds and District League Trophy added to the gallery. The reports on replay of the Kettering Charity Cup 1890 v Grantham Rovers has been added to "Cup Finals" in the Library. Insurance for players, appealing for decisions and the first record of favours being worn by LTFC fans are included. Finally a small item added to Testimonials in the Library. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Jun 8, 2018, 2:24 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 47418 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added more stuff to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com To Onlooker - "the first badge" has been added. To the Hall of Fame I have added Billy Lawson. To the A to Z of clubs in the Library I have added team photos of Kettering 1892, Crouch End 1895, Millwall 1891 and Vampires 1895 - check out the badges and caps on the latter. One of my favourite badges of all time. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Jul 6, 2018, 2:03 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 47094 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately Another update to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com To Onlooker I have added an article entitled "Summer Transfer" - the pursuit of a player from 1894. To the A to Z of Clubs in the Library, I have added Minerva and Connaught 1892 and Minerva 1891. To the Hall of Fame I have added James "Punch" McEwen (also of Arsenal, Glossop North End and Norwich City) Also in the Hall of Fame I have added a medal awarded to Billy Lawson. Additional info added to the Hall of Fame entries for Walter Fairgrieve, James Bennett, Reverend Charles Bennett (also of St. Albans), Edwin Birch, Walter Clarke, George Beldam, Thomas Clifford, William Crump, Herbert Holdstock and Edwin Daw. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Sep 19, 2018, 12:41 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 46633 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added a few items to my website since my last post http://thestrawplaiters.com To Onlooker, "Football cards" and “Victorian text message” have been added. A new entry in the Hall of Fame - Frederick George Ekins New information added to the Hall of Fame entries of Billy Lawson, Harry Crump. Punch McEwen, J.W. Dickson, Jack Durrant, James Dow, John Eckford, J.B. Furlong, William and Charles Ford and George Deacon. In the Library, A to Z of clubs, I have added interviews with two Crouch End captains from 1894. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Sep 27, 2018, 1:10 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 46298 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added ten Hall of Fame entries to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com William Gallagher - Vale of Leven, Clydebank, Glossop North End Herbert William Oclee - Bedford Town John George Saddington - Grantham Rovers Herbert George Spratley - Luton Wanderers, Dunstable Thomas Brook Knowles - Luton Wanderers Fred Allen - St. Albans John Finlayson - Middlesbrough, Bootle, Bristol St. George and Cowes. Horace Joseph "Hod" Paul - St. Albans William "Billy" Prentice - Gainsborough Trinity Joseph "Connie" Watkins. Cheers Brian (This post was edited by Straw Plaiter on Sep 27, 2018, 5:47 PM)

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Oct 1, 2018, 12:44 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 45940 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added a few more items to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com Two clips added to "Looking Back" in the Library.   To the Hall of Fame new entries for - William John McCartney - Cowlairs, Cartvale, Newton Heath, LTFC and Barnsley as player. Barnsley, Portsmouth Hearts and LTFC as manager. Oliver Small Albert Deacon John Henry Taylor John Clarke - numerous clubs Additional information added to the Hall of Fame entries for - Richard Williams (largely re-written) Everton and Glossop North End Hugh Galbraith - Our Boys of Dundee, Burnley, Middlesbrough Ironopolis. Fred Allen - St. Albans Punch McEwen - Bootle, Liverpool South End, Glossop North End, Bury and back to Luton then Norwich, manager of Norwich and Woolwich Arsenal. Herbert Holdstock, Israel Prime, William Perkins - Kettering, Liverpool, Northampton. Herbert Hucklesby Cheers Brian (This post was edited by Straw Plaiter on Oct 1, 2018, 3:38 PM)

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Nov 19, 2018, 4:12 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 36133 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately A few more updates for you from my website http://thestrawplaiters.com To Onlooker I have added an article entitled “The first black player?”. In the Library - A to Z of clubs, I have added Watford St. Mary’s, Clapton and London Caledonians photos. To “Silverware” I have added photos of the Bedfordshire Cup. Additional titles added to the Library “Humour ” and “Goalkeepers.” Finally in the Library new information added to “Rivalry, The.” To the Hall of Fame new entries for John George Hunt, Alfred Prattman Colling and Joseph William Bird. Additional information added to the Hall of Fame entries for Henry Jackson, J.W. Julian, Hod Paul, William Gallacher, Fred Allen, James Kemplay, Frederick Molyneux, Herbert Moody and James Monks. Cheers Brian (This post was edited by Straw Plaiter on Nov 19, 2018, 4:12 PM)

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Dec 12, 2018, 3:27 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 22342 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added a couple of articles to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com To Onlooker - "A bad memory or a memory that is bad?" which is about one of the first professional players in the South of England and "Who was the first...?" About the first foreigner to play for Luton Town in 1886. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Mar 5, 2019, 11:35 AM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 4226 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added a few items to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com To Onlooker an 1894 account of attending a Luton match. Also to Onlooker, an article about signing a player in 1892. A very nice photo of Fred Allen in his 8 pointed star badge shirt has been added to his Hall of Fame entry and in Player Photographs in the Gallery. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Jun 17, 2019, 1:44 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 2087 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately A few more updates made to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com I have added some "5 minute reads" to the Home page - most are shortened versions of wordier articles. To Onlooker “The first action photograph” from 1894 added. Robert McCrindle added to the Hall of Fame. New information added to the Hall of Fame entries for John Long and William McCurdy. Item added to Testimonials in the Library. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Sep 2, 2019, 2:55 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 1593 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added another Chapter to my website. Chapter 16 deals with the first half of the 1888/89 season. Look bottom right on the home page http://thestrawplaiters.com Matches include games against London Scottish, Reading, Old St. Paul's, Chesham twice, Spurs, Old Brightonians, Millwall Rovers, Unity, Bowes Park, Limehouse, Wolverton and some local colleges. I will add details to the Index and the "Date Lines" tomorrow. Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Sep 16, 2019, 10:59 AM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 1417 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added every Luton game I can find from 1885 to 1894 to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com Go to the "seasons" button. The games include Ordinary (Friendly) games, F.A. Cup, Kettering and Luton Charity Cup games and benefit games. Attendances are also included where I have them. There are a few gaps - newspapers hostile attitude and love of political coverage meant some reports were either missed or incomplete. If anyone can help fill the gaps in any way, no matter how small, I would be very grateful. If you need a report on any of the games then let me know and I will see if I have it. I have them typed up - 400,000 words! Cheers Brian

Straw Plaiter Youth Team Sub Oct 9, 2019, 1:33 PM Posts: 117 Location: Luton Team(s): Luton Town Views: 905 Re: [Straw Plaiter] The Straw Plaiters or Reply Privately I have added a few bits to my website http://thestrawplaiters.com I do an 1885 Walking Tour if anyone is interested. See the Home page for details. Also added are Recollections of George Deacon - link on homepage. Another game added to the 1888/89 Seasons button. Alexander Collins added to the Hall of Fame Two new photos added to Walter Miller's Hall of Fame New Brompton 1894, Clarence (London) 1891 and King's Langley 1886/87 added to the A to Z of Clubs in the Library. Cheers Brian