THE AFA SENIOR CUP FINAL 2019

I missed entertaining you loyal supporters yesterday because I was on the M1 and connecting roads for about 9 hours and then I was seriously engaged with the AFA Senior Cup Final at the Bank of England Ground, Roehampton. The Bank has wisely invested our money into their leisure complex and they hire it out (at some expense no doubt) to wonderful organisations like the Amateur Football Alliance for their annual bean feast. The link below explains how the AFA came to be.
My blog from March covers the history of this competition and the AFA.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-amateur-football-alliance.html

The Cup Final pitch was in superb condition and the two teams playing for the cup did it and "amateur football" proud. Bear in mind this competition is for non-pyramid, non-league clubs. The Old Carthusians were in the first 1908 Final losing to The Casuals (read the history on the links below). They have been runners-up also in 1912 (lost to Oxford), in 2011 (lost to Salesians) and most recently in 2017 losing to Polytechnic. Their opponents, the Meadonians (see history), have featured in finals on several occasions.

At full time and after extra time, the Carthusians secured an historic 3-1 victory, adding a third trophy to their 2018-19 cabinet.

The OCs have been there before-see this blog from 2017.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2017/04/amateur-football-alliance-cup-final.html

The OC 1st team has comfortably won the 2018-19 Arthurian League Premier Division, the Old Boys' Cup 2018-19 and yesterday's success makes three.
In the Premier League, the Old Etonians  have come second, a long way behind the OCs.

Below is OC's Captain Anthony Beddows who receives the Old Boys trophy after the team's 4-1 win over the Old Parksonians on March 30th.


Next week is the Arthur Dunn Cup Final when the Old Boys of Charterhouse meet the Old Boys of Eton College! A posh final at Merchant Taylors' School! Not one to miss.