Herts Ad Sunday League: Goals, goals and more goals for these league legends
Alan Woodward being congratulated by his Dukes teamates on 500 appearances. Picture: BRIAN HUBBALL - Credit: Archant
Over the 59 years of Sunday football in St Albans there have been many exceptional goalscorers, players who consistently placed towards the top of the scoring charts season after season.
Russell Twigg scored 87 for Golden Lion in the1998-1999 season of the Herts Ad Sunday League Picture: BRIAN HUBBALL - Credit: Archant
Among those was Russell Twigg, who played mainly for Golden Lion but also turned out for St Albans Hospital, Chequers and Real Mail.
In his first season for Golden Lion (1998-99) he scored an amazing 87 goals, 63 in the league, and hitting the net in just 26 matches. On one occasion he managed nine goals and another seven, while there were two double hat-tricks.
Although he played in the lower division for most of the time, he did spend one season for Premier Division side Chequers, scoring 28 goals.
The magical target of 50 or more in a season has occurred quite a few times, including Mile House’s Martin Gentleman (84), Gary Sippetts of Napsbury Hospital (61), Colin Neave of Wheathampstead (60), Sporting Club’s Dickie Last (58) and Pete Mileham who managed 57 for Rats Castle, the same as Darren Collins hit for London Road.
Dickie Last was the first player to score 50 or more goals in the Sunday League, scoring 58 for Sporting Club in 1965-66. Picture: BRIAN HUBBALL - Credit: Archant
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Dickie Last’s 58 made him the first player to score 50 or more in a season during 1965-66.
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He had managed 48 for Ballito FF in the league’s first year and went on to score over 200 goals in a 15-year career, winning nearly every honour in Sunday football as well as representing the league for the county side.
He was also a member of the first St Albans Sunday representative side to win the Inter League trophy.
Peter Waite scored over 200 goals including 85 for Napsbury and 53 for the Herts Advertiser. Picture: BRIAN HUBBALL - Credit: Archant
Peter Waite was another marksman to torment opposing defences scoring over 200 goals including 85 for Napsbury and 53 for the Herts Advertiser.
