Previously on 2nd May

[andrewr]

Previous matches on this date, 2nd May.

Apologies for repeating this bit, but the list isn't comprehensive, so if anyone can add to it, please do.

1960 Sussex County League Division 1 Lewes 1 Bognor 3
1983 Isthmian Premier Bognor 4 Billericay Town 0
1986 Isthmian Premier Dulwich Hamlet 3 Bognor 1
1987 Isthmian Premier Hitchin Town 4 Bognor 2
1988 Isthmian Premier Bognor (Williams 3, Forry 71) 2 Tooting & Mitcham United 0
1992 Isthmian Premier Bognor (Maddock 40, Rustell 81) 2 Grays Athletic (Nelson 22, Walkes 53) 2 Att: 175
1994 Isthmian Division 1 Bognor 0 Bishop's Stortford 0 Att: 280
1995 Isthmian Division 1 Dorking (Lunn 79) 1 Bognor (Poole 45, Rice 85) 2 Att: 129
1996 Isthmian Division 1 Bognor (Miles 17, P Pullen 43, Eastland 81) 3 Tooting & Mitcham United (Frampton 53, Rootes 90+1) 2 Att: 211
1998 Isthmian Division 1 Bognor (Thomas 31) 1 Wembley (Vincent 52, Downes 75) 2 Att: 299
2001 Isthmian Full Members Cup Semi Final Bognor 0 Gravesend & Northfleet (Duku 51,55) 2 Att: 200

[statto]

The 1960 match would be the one where Knocker Norris scored a hatrick whilst hobbling around with an injured leg?

I remember that Dorking match 25 years ago, notable for the fact we were guaranteed safety from relegation and also David Poole’s last goal for Bognor, slotting home with a large dust cloud from the pitch swarming into our faces behind the goal as a result, causing much coughing and spluttering amongst the support. Dorking were on the verge of going bust although they eventually managed to soldier on (before eventually dissolving a few years ago). The Meadowbank ground - now home to Dorking Wanderers - looks considerably different nowadays!

[paul]

I remember ringing the Isthmian League Clubcall line from a phone box at university to get the result of that Dorking match. Relegation that year would have been disastrous, especially in the context of the season that followed.