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unusual facts about St Bernard's F.C.


St Bernard's F.C.

Nicknamed "The Holy Goalie", he was later forced to give up the game by Church authorities: in later years he was awarded an OBE and became Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1966.


1888–89 St. Mary's F.C. season

"What happened on arrival at Southampton Docks (station) can be better imagined than described, but jubilation is not precisely the word for it".

1889–90 St. Mary's F.C. season

C. William "Bill" Measures was a soldier who played for the Geneva Cross team from Netley Hospital, although, as an amateur, he was also able to play for St. Mary's.

The penultimate match of the season was against the Aldershot-based Royal Engineers who had recently won the Hampshire Senior Cup for the second successive year.

1890–91 St. Mary's F.C. season

Canon Basil Wilberforce remained as Honorary President although Dr. Russell Bencraft, the senior committee member, was responsible for the running of the club.

1895–96 Southampton St. Mary's F.C. season

In addition to the Southern League and FA Cup matches, the club played nearly 30 friendly matches, including a 9–0 victory over the Dublin Fusiliers and a 13–0 victory over the City Ramblers, in both of which Jack Farrell scored five goals.

One of Robson's first acts as secretary was to accompany Alfred McMinn, one of the club committee, on a trip to the Potteries to recruit players.

Bill Furby

William "Bill" Furby (b. 1871 – fl. 1969) was an English amateur footballer who played for Southampton St. Mary's in the club's first season in the Southern League.

Château de Gevrey-Chambertin

The castle of Gevrey-Chambertin, was certainly considerably revised in the second half of the 13th century, and was, during St Bernard lifetime, and even probably slightly earlier, a priory belonging to the Abbey of Cluny.

Jacques MacDonald

This achievement is described by Mathieu Dumas, his chief of staff, and is as noteworthy as Bonaparte's passage of the St Bernard before the Battle of Marengo, although MacDonald did not fight a battle.

St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School

Nikolaus Pevsner believed the house was built by and for Charles Aldin.

Victor Barton

In partnership with former Southampton St. Mary's footballer Jack Dorkin, Barton ran a sports outfitters business in Southampton.

Watty Keay

In the spring of 1895, Charles Robson, the newly appointed secretary/manager of Southampton St. Mary's, and Alfred McMinn, one of the club committee, visited the Midlands in search of new players to strengthen the team ready for their second season in the Southern League.

Wick Academy F.C.

In 1933, they beat Nairn County, Caley and Keith, all away, to reach the Scottish Cup proper, losing 3–0 to a strong Division Two side, St Bernard's on 20 January 1934 at the Gymnasium Ground in Edinburgh.


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