Tuesday, 1 January 2019

Historical photos of the Wally's

                             Walford v Bristol City 1962 John McVitie scores for the Wallys
                                                    The first Walford Town photo 1900
                                      Walford Town 1914 - Just before these lads went off to war

                                                             Walford Town FC 1922

                                                                  Walford Town 1929

                                                                 Walford Town 1949

                                                              Walford Town FC 1960

                                 Walford Town v Fulham 1967. Willie Newman brings the ball out of defence

                                                                  Walford Town 1972

                                                                 Walford Town 1984

                                                   Walford Town programme from 1961

                                              Roy of the Rovers plays for Walford Town!!!

                                                   Derby day: Orient v Walford Town 1985

                                                         Watford v Walford Town 1978

                                                A leaky defence will always cause problems

 Some things never change!! Walford keeper Davie "Taff" Evans holds his head in his hands

                                 The bad old days when even Walford had a hooligan element (1985)

                                                    Charlie Lint shields the ball (2016)

                                          FA Cup 2nd Round defeat to Clapton Orient 1932

                                                   The first ever Walford Town club crest

                                                               A goal for the Wallys!!

                                                         Walford Town FC from the air...

                                                                 ...and from the ground

                                                      Hamadi Traore goes on a run (2015)

                                 Good times for the Wallys (2015)....lets hope they return soon

                              "He flies down the wing with the greatest of ease". Roger Dacre 1973

                                                     Ian Dawson celebrates a goal (2017)

                                                                Walford Town FC 1958

                                        Looking to the future? A new ground on North Road

                                                           Walford Town badge of 1972

                                                      Walford Town programme of 1967

              Dark days. Relegation beckons as the Wallys drop out of the National league in 2016

                                                    Smog wouldn't stop play in the 1950's

                                                 Walford Town, the summer days of 1976

       Up for the cup! A family of Walford fans travel to Coventry for their first round tie in the FA Cup

                                                         Walford Town v Milwall 1957

                                Walford Town v Reading at the old Bridge Street ground 1912

      Walford Town badge 1963 - A certain team down the road claimed they had a legal right to it.

                                              Wally fans keep our little club going (2018)

               Wartime in Walford. Heavy bombing in the East End meant that our ground was                                                                              bombed on numerous occasions

                                 Lets hope that the Wallys will return to the Football league one day

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