Dale Rovers 1922 - 23?

[maccalenny]

Hi - I have this photo, and have looked on the internet, unsuccessfully, to find out  bit more about the team. I'm guessing they are a Nottingham club as that was where my family were living at the time. Anyone know any more - I would be most grateful for any clues.

[Red_Fred]

Hi

Dale Rovers were indeed a Nottingham club.

I can't yet identify the Shield in the photograph but I can tell you that the club won the Nottinghamshire FA Junior Challenge Cup in 1926-7

I'll see what else I can find out.

KRs
Malc

[maccalenny]

Hi - that's great, thanks for your help!

Kate

[greyingrey]

Hello again !

Looked at this yesterday....somehow it didn't rergister with me that you were the poster. The name rang a bell immediately & checked with my mother this morning & we're pretty sure it's a team connected with Sneinton Dale.  Think my great grandfather used to play for them.....although he wouldn't have been on this photo. Mum's got some stuff which would tell her which team he played for, so she's going to have a look at it. Sorry for the silence....have been pretty busy etc etc, but will get back to you after Easter if not before.....greetings to your mother.

Hello as well to Red Fred....hope the Red stands for what I think it does........

[greyingrey]

No....it would have been my grandfather. Sure I've seen that little man on the left (not a player....the one in the hat ) in a photo somewhere. The fattish man on the right looks rather like my grandfather, but I don't remember him being so fat (I never met him)....it could be him....sure I've seen this photo before. Pity I can't show it to my mother

[greyingrey]

Oh......you know who my grandfather was......Don't know if your mother would recognise him....you could ask her if it's the fat chap on the far right. Otherwise, I could ask my brother if you could send him the photo via email & my mother could look at it there.

[Red_Fred]

Hello Kate and greyingrey

Yes I agree that Sneinton Dale was likely to have been the club's home area - but I'm still on the case.

The "Red" indeed has a Nottingham football connotation !

The Fred comes from my school nickname but is also my middle name.

KRs
Malc

[greyingrey]

Hello Fred......knew you were on the side of the angels ! (Someone used to write to the Footie Post under the pen name of Red Fred.....was he someone in your family tree ?).  My mother won't be able to help with Dale Rovers generally....she found out my grandfather's things (her father in law) & he had a couple of medals for playing in the "? (can't remember) & W. Bridgford Thursday League 1909/1910"....when he would have been in his teens. (But he lived in the Sneinton Dale area). They had a Thursday afternoon league for men who worked in shops....they'd have had to work Saturdays but got half day holidays on Thursday (well, sure you know this)

I've definitely seen that photo before, though....could have just been in the Footie Post sometime.....but I'd like my mother to look at it to see if she thinks that could be my grandfather (although this would have been taken before she was born)

[Red_Fred]

Hi

They were fallen angels last night !

The Nottingham Thursday League folded a few years ago.  You are right, the teams were made up of half holiday shop workers, City and County Police teams, ditto Fire Brigade, RAOC or maybe REME (Chilwell), etc. etc.

I used to watch games on the Victoria Embankment playing fields after school.

Hi Maccalenny
I'm still making enquiries about Dale Rovers though a possible source of information could be the "Bygones" Section in the Nottingham Evening Post.  David Lowe is the editor to whom you can submit photos with a request for info.  His e-mail address at the paper is david.lowe@nottinghameveningpost.co.uk.

Malc