DULWICH HAMLET F.C.

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'Dulwich Hamlet Football Club' is an English football club who play at Champion Hill stadium in Dulwich, in the London Borough of Southwark. Formed in 1893, they joined the Isthmian League a few years later and wear a famous pink and blue strip.
Current England national team player Peter Crouch spent a period on loan with them early in his career as well as Alan Pardew.
Their greatest ever player was Edgar Kail, who scored over 400 goals for the club. An amateur footballer, he won three full caps for the England team against France, Belgium and Spain in 1929, and shunned 'big money' moves to professional clubs to play for his beloved Dulwich Hamlet. At that time, they had attracted crowds of up to 20,000 - though now they have around 250 supporters on match day. Dulwich Hamlet once had a very large ground for an amateur football club, but have now sold parts for a local Sainsbury's store.
The youth team is renowned for turning out professional players such as George Ndah, Simeon Jackson, Albert Jarrett, Carl Asaba, Leon Cort, George Elokobi, Marlon King and Dave McEwen. Chris Dickson among the most recent professionals to leave from the first team, securing a two-and-a-half year deal with Charlton Athletic Football Club, because the transaction was made outside the transfer window Chris Dickson will be unable to feature for Charlton's first team this season. He has left Dulwich Hamlet as a legend and one of the best footballers to grace Champion Hill Stadium. He was signed for £400 from Erith & Belvedere, and sold for £35000, a fee that could rise to £50000. Dickson left with a record of 37 Goals in 41 appearances.
Dickson and defender Lewis Tozer joined Dulwich around the same time from Erith & Belvedere in the summer of 2006 and both had successful seasons, with Tozer winning Managers Player of the Yaer Award and Players Player of the Year Award for Season 2006/2007. In the same season, Dulwich signed many respectable Non-League Players including ex-Millwall Keeper Simon Overland, Ex-Nottingham Forest and Stevenage Borough trialist Justyn Roberts and the Colossal Guyanese international Shawn Beveney. It was reported on the May 5, 2007 that midfielder Kenny Beaney was on trial with Portsmouth FC and this was confirmed after he made appearances for their reserves against Tottenham and Arsenal, after playing against the likes of Estonian International Mart Poom, Czech Republic Under-19 Striker Tomas Pekhart and Premiership Goalkeeper Ben Alnwick.
The 2007-08 season saw big changes at the club as Martin Eede stood down as Chairman and manager Wayne Burnett parted company with the club. They were replaced by Jack Payne and Craig Edwards repectively. They have had a mixed start to the league season with a win, a draw and two defeats, although they have reached the First Qualifiying Round of the FA Cup
They have a strong rivalry with Tooting & Mitcham United. Currently, Fisher Athletic are tenants due to their ground being redeveloped.

Contents
Recent Seasons
Current squad
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Attackers
Playing history
Major honours
Club records
References
External links

Recent Seasons


Following a promising end to the 2005-06 season under recently appointed boss Wayne Burnett, Dulwich Hamlet made many impressive signings, including former Beckenham player Cedric Meeko, and Luke Cornwall and Jamie Cheeseman, formerly of Fulham FC and Swindon Town respectively. With these signings impressing, as well as the incredible goalscoring feats of Chris Dickson, Dulwich had one of the most promising sides in years. With players like captain Jamie Coyle, who was selected for the Isthmian League Division One Representative side, Lewis Tozer, the manager's player of the year and Kenny Beaney, who earned a trial at Portsmouth, the Hamlet were keeping with the title pack. By the end of the season though, Dulwich's form began to slump, and they finished the season in a dissapointing eighth place. By the end of the season major changes were afoot. Martin Eede stood down as chairman, and Wayne Burnett was dismissed as manager. Craig Edwards took over the managers position, and immediately set about re-assembling his squad. Talismanic players left, such as Jamie Coyle, departing for Dartford FC, and of his squad of 23 for the season start, of 7 of them had been there the previous season. The 2007-08 has seen a mixed start for Dulwich, one win, one draw and two lossses from the league campaign so far, but there is optimisim that one the side finds stability the consistentcy will come.

Current squad


''Squad as of September 1, 2007.[1]
Goalkeepers


★ Chuck Martini

★ Sheikh Ceesay

★ Nas Hussein
Defenders


★ Helder Valdes

★ Harry Vitalien

★ Steve Aris

★ Justin Bowen

★ Ricky Dobson

★ Shayne Mangodza

★ Stuart Booth
Midfielders


★ Mazin Ahmad

★ Cedric Cabongo

★ Craig Braham

★ Jamie Findlay

★ Benson Kpaka

★ Veli Hakki

★ Rene Regis
Attackers


★ Daniel Jones

★ Shawn Beveney

★ Daniel Morris

★ Phil Williams

★ Meshach Nugent

★ Stanley Muguo

★ Anton Innocent

★ Henry Darko

Playing history



★ '1907-08 ' - Joined Isthmian League. Also founder members of Spartan League

★ '1908' - Left Spartan League

★ '1919-20' - Isthmian League Champions (on goal average). F.A. Amateur Cup Winners

★ '1921-22' - Isthmian League runner-up (on goal average)

★ '1923-24' - Isthmian League runner-up

★ '1925-26' - Isthmian League Champions (2nd time)

★ '1928-29' - Missed runner-up spot on goal average

★ '1929-30' - Isthmian League runner-up

★ '1930-31' - Isthmian League runner-up

★ '1931-32' - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (2nd time)

★ '1932-33' - Isthmian League Champions (3rd time) (on goal average)

★ '1933-34' - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (3rd time). Isthmian League runner-up

★ '1936-37' - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (4th time)

★ '1946-47' - Isthmian League runner-up

★ '1948-49' - Isthmian League Champions (4th time) (on goal average)

★ '1958-59' - Isthmian League runner-up

★ '1977' - Relegated to Division Two

★ '1977-78' - Division Two renamed Division One. Isthmian League Division One Champions; promoted to Premier Division

★ '1990' - Relegated to Division One

★ '1991-92' - Promoted to Premier Division

★ '2001' - Relegated to Division One

★ '2002-03' - Moved to Division One South on league re-organisation

★ Best FA Cup performance: 1st round replay, 1930-31 and 1933-34

★ Best FA Amateur Cup performance: winners (4 times) in 1919-20, 1931-32, 1933-34 and 1936-37

★ Best FA Trophy performance: quarter-final replay, 1979-80
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Major honours


'FA Amateur Cup'

★ Winners: 1919-20, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1936-37.

★ Semi Finalists: 1908-09, 1921-22, 1928-29, 1934-35, 1955-56.
'Isthmian League'

★ Champions: 1919-20, 1925-26, 1932-33, 1948-49.

★ Runner-ups: 1921-22, 1923-24, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1946-47, 1958-59.

★ Division 1 Champions: 1977-78
'London Senior Cup'

★ Winners: 1924-25, 1938-39, 1949-50, 1983-84, 2003-04

★ Finalists: 1905-06, 1907-08, 1920-21, 1927-28, 2001-02
'London Challenge Cup'

★ Winners: 1998-99

★ Finalists: 1991-92, 1999-2000
'Surrey Senior Cup'

★ Winners: 1904-05, 1905-06, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1919-20, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1946-47, 1949-50, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1973-74, 1974-75.

★ Finalists: 1911-12, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1950-51, 1967-68
'London Charity Cup'

★ Winners: 1919-20, 1920-21, 1922-23, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1947-48, 1956-57, 1957-58.

★ Joint Holders: 1910-11, 1923-24, 1930-31.

Club records



★ Most first team appearances: Reg Merritt, 576 (1950-1966)

★ Most consecutive first team appearances: Chris Lewington, 290 (1977-1982)

★ Most first team goals in career: Edgar Kail, 427 (1919-1933)

★ Most first team goals in a season: Edgar Kail, 53 (1925-1926)

★ Biggest Isthmian League wins: 10-1 v West Norwood (1920-21); 9-0 v Worthing (1990-91)

★ Heaviest Isthmian League defeats: 1-10 v Hendon (1963-64); 0-9 v Walthamstow Avenue (1945-46)

★ Biggest cup win: 13-0 v Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Senior Cup (1936-37)

★ Heaviest cup defeats: 0-9 v Hornchurch FA Cup (2004-05); 0-8 v Barnet, London Charity Cup (1962-63)

★ Full England international caps: Edgar Kail (3), Bert Coleman (1)

★ Highest attendance ''(new stadium)'': 1,835, Dulwich Hamlet v Southport (1998-99)

★ Highest attendance ''(old stadium)'': 20,744, Kingstonian v Stockton, FA Amateur Cup Final (1932-33)

References



1. Dulwich Hamlet Squad


External links



Dulwich Hamlet's Official Website

Unofficial Home of Dulwich Hamlet

Dulwich Hamlet's Youth Club Site


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