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Do you remember ……………. Sebastien Kneissl?
Many foreign players have been recruited from overseas and successfully carved out a career in the English game, of course for every high profile individual who makes a name for himself there are...
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Programmes From The Past
The Dragons reserve side, managed by Malcolm Price and Nick Allston reached the inaugural Eastern Counties League Reserve Cup Final in 2005-06. They had disposed of Halstead Town (3-0) in the...
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Mike’s Photo’s……..
Many thanks to long time Dragons fan, former programme editor, secretary and chairman Mike Boyle who has donated hundreds of photographs taken by himself over the years. Many will appear on this site...
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ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE DRAGONS A – Z (PART 4)
SCOTT INNES (App. 1 Goals 0) Midfielder who made a substitute’s appearance against Coggeshall Town on 27/8/79. After leaving Broad Lane he spent several seasons with Brightlingsea United before going...
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DRAGONS CENTURIONS CLUB
Included below is a list of players who have made over 100 First Team appearances for Wivenhoe since 1954 when the club was playing in the Colchester & East Essex League. Research is always ongoing...
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DO YOU REMEMBER ………….. GERRY WARNER
I think that it is safe to say that Gerry Warner was considered to be Wivenhoe Town’s ” Go To Man ” as he had no less than six spells at Broad Lane spanning over an eleven and a half year period. The...
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WIVENHOE RANGERS RESERVES SEASON 1959/60
At this time Rangers were playing their home games at Spring Lane, Wivenhoe. The First Team had Green & Red Quarters (or Emerald & Scarlett as recorded in the minutes) as their colours,...
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‘Jobs Worth’ Stops Play
In all my years of watching Wivenhoe I have seen games held up for a variety of reasons including injuries (the most common) and, on a few occasions, no match balls due to every “approved” football...
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Vic Williamson
Having originally been evacuated to the area in 1939 from Bethnal Green, Vic eventually moved to Wivenhoe in 1963 and through people he met in the local pubs gradually began to take an interest in the...
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A TO Z ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE DRAGONS PART FIVE
NEIL MILBURN (App. 386 Goals 30) A great servant of the club who spent over a decade with the Dragons having joined as a 17 year old back in July 1976 from neighbouring Alresford Colne Rangers....
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Do You Remember ………….. John & Phil
John Greenfield, or Dad as I prefer to call him, was not what you would describe as a stereotypical ‘football person’. Those that knew him from many years ago, and indeed even myself, were hugely, but...
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Do You Remember …………….. Frank Large
Frank was a popular figure with everyone who knew him at Broad Lane having been involved with the club for well over fifteen years or so. Throughout that time he served on the club’s committee and was...
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Streetwise
The following article (now with a couple of minor updates) never saw the light of day as it was scheduled to appear in the doomed ”Look For Floodlights” Number 53 and was meant to be a follow up piece...
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Do You Remember ………… Mick Loughton
Mick Loughton Well known on the local football circuit, Mick went on to have two spells as manager of Wivenhoe Town Football Club. Born in Colchester on 8th December 1942 he played for the Wilson...
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Dragons Action Replay
Gary Harvey fires in a shot in a 2-2 draw at Hornchurch during the 1987/88 Isthmian League Division Two North Championship Winning campaign. Mick Cox drills home the opening goal for Wivenhoe Town...
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Do You Remember ……………… Max Egbuna
Back in the summer of 2010 Wivenhoe’s squad of teenagers and young twenty-somethings were in need of an experienced head and leadership out on the pitch. So the acquisition of a powerful thirty-one...
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“The Dragons”– Now How Did That Nickname Come About?
We would like to thank Gavin Price for contacting us over Christmas with the following informative piece surrounding the Clubs nickname, “The Dragons”. Hi, I stumbled upon the Memories of a Dragon site...
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Ken Ballard (Uncle Ken)
During early July 2019 the local football scene lost one of it’s great characters when Ken Ballard passed away. Although he had involvement with other clubs around the area all long standing dragons...
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SOBS In Traction
Following on from our tribute to Uncle Ken, this article includes what may have been one of Ken’s final football appearances with the supporters team. SOBS In Traction A Wivenhoe SOBS team face the...
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Come On “U’s” Dragons!
Colchester United’s 1978/79 Squad that was pictured in an FA Cup 5th Round programme versus Manchester United on Tuesday 20th February 1979, featured no less than ten players who would pull on a...
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