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Observer March 13, 2008 51HELP US FIND THE GREATEST BISHOP8217S STORTFORD FC TEAM EVERName: Brian Bayford
Position: Former
Bishop's Stortford FC
president and
secretary
How long a fan: Over
60 years
1 Sid Sullivan
2 John Durham
3 Eric Hardy
4 John Payne
5 Dave Lawrence
6 John Still
7 Peter Burridge
8 Chris Duggan
9 Tony Bass
10 Joe Simmonds
11 Glen Southam
Name: Keith Barnes
Position: East Herts
Councillor and former
Bishop's Stortford
Town Mayor
How long a fan: Over
40 years
1 Terry Moore
2 Martin Smith
3 John Still
4 John Payne
5 Keith Elley
6 Terry Sullivan
7 Glen Southam
8 Dave Rainford
9 Leo Fortune-West
10 Tony Bass
11 Paul Giggle
Name: Russell Hardy
1 Rob Elliott
2 Matt Jones
3 Gareth Gwillim
4 Dave Rainford
5 Ben Lewis
6 Alex Riches
7 Richard Howell
8 Glen Southam
9 Steve Morison
10 Trevor Paul
11 Alex Martin
Name: John Turner
Position: Bishop's
Stortford FC
operations manager
How long a fan: Over
40 years
1 Terry Moore
2 Gordon Atkinson
3 Tony Gough
4 John Still
5 Gareth Gwillim
6 Chris Duggan
7 Keith Elley
8 Glen Southam
9 Terry Sullivan
10 John Radford
11 Dave Worrell
Name: Ben Dellow
1 Micky Desborough
2 Mark McGibbon
3 Gareth Gwillim
4 Alex Riches
5 Al-James Hannigan
6 Dave Rainford
7 Richard Howell
8 Glen Southam
9 Vinnie John
10 Steve Morison
11 Troy Braham
Name: Gareth
Stephens
Position: Bishop's
Stortford FC
programme editor
and author of The
Story of the Blues
How long a fan: Over
35 years
1 Martin Taylor
2 Pat Jackman
3 Mel Brown
4 Billy Harrigan
5 Phil Hopkins
6 Terry Sullivan
7 Joe Simmonds
8 Glen Southam
9 Tommy English
10 Dave Worrell
11 Andy WalkerGOALS bring glory and
that is why Blues
strikers Jimmy
Badcock, Ken Yates,
Dickie Horton, Peter
Burridge, Tony Bass and Leo
Fortune-West have a special
place in the hearts ofBishop8217s
Stortford fans.
The club was formed in 1874
and after much hard work it
attained senior status in 1929.
Analysis ofstrikers in the
early days is not easy but in
senior football Badcock is the
first Blues striker to have
made a big impact.
He made his first appearance
in 1930 and in his four years
with the club scored a
remarkable 123 goals in 108
games.
He holds the club8217s
goalscoring record ofseven
goals in one match when the
Blues thrashed Welwyn
Garden City 11-1. He also
scored when Bishop8217s
Stortford lifted the Herts
Senior Cup for the first time
when they beat
Bushey United
3-1 at Hitchin.
This was in
the 1932-33
season.
His pace
against defenders must have
been a weapon 8211 he was the
Cambridgeshire 100m
champion in 1932 and 1933.
But the club8217s top scorer Ken
Yates will always be an
integral part ofStortford8217s
history. He netted 232 times in
around 300 games 8211 a record
unlikely to be ever beaten.
Yates made his debut in 1947
and played for more than 10
years for the club resisting
the lure ofSpurs who were
determined to sign him.
He had played with Spurs
future Double winning
captain Danny Blanchflower
when the pair were stationed
in Turkey during the war.
Yates played as an amateur
for Spurs reserves when
Stortford were not playing.
After stopping playing he
worked as a master at
Newport Grammar School
and later as a partner in the
local building company Piper
& Yates.
He played up front with
Horton for much ofhis Blues8217
career in an awesome pairing.
Horton is the club8217s second
all-time top scorer and
amassed 155 first team goals.
Burridge, who played in the
reserves at just 13 in 1946,
returned to Harlow and went
to play for Spurs A and
Walthamstow Avenue before
joining the RAF at 18.
He went on to become a
key figure in the 1954-55
Delphian League
winning campaign,
scoring 32 goals for
Stortford.
He scored 106 goals in
255 games before he
joined Barnet. He
subsequently played
for professional clubs
Leyton Orient,
Millwall and
Crystal Palace.
Tony Bass8217s
stay at the club
was shorter
than the
others, but he
will be
remembered
for his
contribution to the club8217s
historic centenary year, the
1973-74 season, which saw the
club win the last ever FA
Amateur Cup final when
Blues beat Ilford 4-1 at
Wembley.
He was a strong presence up
front and was top goalscorer
(29 goals). Bass was one of
several Stortford players who
earned international
recognition, being selected to
play for the England amateur
side in matches against
Austria, West Germany and
Scotland.
Tommy English is another
favourite and easily the most
high-profile ex-professional to
play for the club since
Arsenal striker John Radford.
The former Colchester United
star is best remembered for
his four goals in a 10-1 win
over Arlesey.
Fortune-West moved from
Stortford into the professional
ranks. He has played League
football for more than 10
years from 1995, with spells at
the likes ofGillingham,
Brentford, Rotherham United
and CardiffCity.
Prior to that, he had two
spells at Rhodes Avenue. He
was the leading scorer (13) in
1990-91 before his second spell
saw him score a fantastic 37
goals.
This played a strong part in
Stortford winning the
Isthmian League division one
title in 1993-94 before he left to
join Blue Square Premier club
Stevenage later in 1994.
He is currently at Cambridge
United, but is currently on
loan at York City.
Other favourites include Steve
Morison. He won the Golden
Boot in Blues8217 FATrophy run
of2004-05 when Stortford
reached the semi-finals before
bowing out to Hucknall Town.
He joined from Northampton
Town in 2004 and left in
August 2006 to join Stevenage.
Over the last 12 months Greg
Pearson has shown he has the
potential to become one of
Blues8217 greatest strikers. The
former West Ham United
trainee has scored 33 goals
already this season. WE8217RE searching for
the greatest Blues team
ofall time.
And we need your help!
Today we8217re running
the rule over Bishop8217s
Stortford8217s FC8217s top
strikers, and in the
coming weeks we8217ll be
looking at the
defenders, midfielders
and goalkeepers from a
past dating back to
1874.
You can also register
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online at www.hertsandessex
observer.co.ukHEROES:
Above, record scorer Ken Yates,
right, and
Dickie Horton. Inset from top, Tony Bass and Jimmy
Badcock. Below, modern day legend Steve MorisonCalling
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