Club Celebrations and Reunions

60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Saturday, 31st May 1997

A 60th Anniversary Committee consisting of Bob Baker, Andrew Dunlop, Tony Forster, David Mayne, George Potter and Martin Tytherleigh was set up to plan and organise the celebrations to mark sixty years of Icklesham Casuals Football Club. Much hard work was put into tracking down former members and arranging the events which without doubt proved to be worthwhile and enjoyed by those who attended.

AFTERNOON FOOTBALL MATCHES

Icklesham Recreation Ground

The celebrations began with two football matches at Icklesham Recreation Ground in the afternoon. An inter-club friendly was followed by a semi-veterans friendly against Old Centmodians Veterans. The side contained only one non-veteran in goalkeeper Rob Wiley and resulted in a 1-0 victory thanks to a goal from Martin Tytherleigh. The club was grateful to Old Centmodians for providing the opposition and also to Keith Swallow for refereeing the inter-club game and Peter Mitchell who officiated the veterans match.

INTER-CLUB FRIENDLY

‘GREEN AND WHITE’ TEAM
60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
_{Back row (left to right):- John Ensell, Martin Tytherleigh, Tony Forster, Mike Beaumont, Paul Harrison, Steve Fuller, Jim Taberman, Ian Carter.
Front row (left to right):- Ian Taberman, Karl Tarrant, Rob Wiley, Paul Milton, Andy Vickers, Russell Drew, Mark Stace.}

‘RED’ TEAM
60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
_{Back row (left to right):- Jamie Deroe, Danny Juniper, Stuart Homewood Not Known, Mark Taylor, Tom Churchyard, Robin Frith.
Front row (left to right):- David Mayne, Bob Baker, Steve Beale, Rick Fuller, Dave Harding.}

**^{Keith Swallow who refereed the game}**

ICKLESHAM CASUALS SEMI-VETERANS v OLD CENTMODIANS VETERANS

ICKLESHAM CASUALS SEMI-VETERANS v OLD CENTMODIANS VETERANS
60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
_{Back row (left to right):- Bill Black, Rob Wiley, Chris Morrell, Mick Booker, Martin Tytherleigh, George Potter, Chris Ades, Richard Forrest, Brian Harman.
Front row (left to right):- Steve Beale, Bob Baker, Michael Hambridge, Andrew Dunlop, Andy Harman, Paul Milton, Colin McPhail.}

**^{George Potter, Mick Booker and Michael Hambridge}**

**^{Martin Tytherleigh scores the only goal of the game}**

EVENING CELEBRATION

High Beech Hotel, St Leonards-on-Sea

**^{Ticket for the 60th Anniversary Celebrations}**

The festivities then moved to the High Beech Hotel in St. Leonards-on-Sea for the evening with the guest list including John Ades, the East Sussex Football League chairman, John Cornford, the East Sussex Football League vice-chairman and Denis Best, the Hastings and District Football Association vice-chairman along with over a hundred past and present members of the club and other guests. Every decade of the Club’s history was represented including former 1st XI captain Les Beeney who appeared and scored in the very first match on the September 11th 1937.

The evening celebrations included a buffet and disco until midnight and the annual awards for the season were presented. A speech was made by John Ades on behalf of the East Sussex Football League and Andrew Dunlop Senior and John Crisford who recalled many memories of the first sixty years of the club.

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EVENING