Monthly Archives: May 1959

7th May 1959- Division Four, Watford 1 Shrewsbury Town 4

Despite only being played 9 days after the original game was abandoned due to floodlight failure a new programme was still issued for this fixture.

http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches
Daily Herald, 8 May 1959
Birmingham Post & Gazette, 8 May 1959
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/07-may-1959/

5th May 1959- London Five-a-side Football Championship (at the Empire Pool, Wembley)

The tournament had been held annually since 1954 but this was the first year we were invited to take part. We beat Millwall 1-0 with a Peter Walker goal in the first round before going out by the same score to Leyton Orient in the second round.

Evening Standard, 5 May 1959
Evening Standard, 6 May 1959