Froyle Football
At the turn of the last century football was played in a corner of Froyle Park opposite the Hen & Chicken Inn. We start with a couple of pictures from those early years.
1906 team
Here the 1906 team pose for a photograph - sadly we don’t know any of their names
1910team
The 1910 team
1940s
1940s to 1950s
Back row - left to right
Frank Rhodes, ?, Jack Robson, Bill Rhodes, Les Robson, P Goodyear & Alf Rhodes
Front row - left to right
Dick Goodyear, ?, ?, Vic Worsfold & ?
1940s 50s

Back row - left to right
Bill Rhodes, ?, ?,?, Jack Baker, ?, Roy Morris, Arthur Stevens
Front row - left to right
?, ?, ?, Vic Worsfold, Frank Rhodes
1940s

1949 Winners of the League, Inter-League, Alton Charity Cup, Alton Challenge Cup
Back row - left to right
Sam Beckhurst, ?, Frank Rhodes, Jack Baker, Wilf Rhodes,
Paddy Quin, Arthur Stevens & Fred Knight
Front row - left to right
Patrick Thistle, Brewer White, Alfie Farnfield, Roy Morris, Vic Worsfold & Doug Pullman

1940s
Back row - left to right
Jack Furze, Ron Warwick, Les Brown, Brian Knight, David Brownjohn,
Albert Alricks & Bill Pritchard
Front Row - left to right
Sid Gosling, Gerald Fry, George Pritchard, Bill Lawrence, Vic Worsfold & Bert Chappell
1940s
Late 1960s - Froyle v Ropley at Ropley
Front row - Froyle - left to right
Ernie Naylor, Alex Babstock, Barry Cousins, Martin Beatty, Glen ?, Billie ?,
David Naylor, Steve Fisher?, Chris Thompson, David Framp, Paul Cousins,
Vince Fry & Mark Elston
If you have any more information - especially years - please let us know