Why are halesowen called the yeltz

It was whilst with Evesham in , that Clarke made an unexpected playing comeback at the age of 48! Fortunately, Evesham had named their goalkeeper coach Tim Clarke on the bench and had to go between the sticks.

He conceded three goals as the ten-men of Evesham — they had Neil Barnfield sent-off after 37 minutes — shared a draw! Jim Rodwell was a towering and commanding centre-half who is now commanding the Boardroom at League One Sunderland! He began his playing career as an apprentice with Darlington and he made one Football League appearance before going to play in Malaysia for the Sabah State team.

Moving to Boston United, he again became a regular starter in a side that went on to win the Conference but moved to Farnborough Town before the Pilgrims started life in Division Three the next season. In July , after a turbulent time, Rodwell resigned as chairman in the wake of the club being sold to Chestnut Homes.

But he left County in March to take up the position of chief executive at Scunthorpe United and then, in April , he was announced at chief executive of Sunderland. Rob Shilvock had two spells with Halesowen, having started his senior career with the club. He left the club for the last time for a second spell with Bromsgrove before ending his playing days as player-coach back in Halesowen but with Midland Alliance neighbours Harriers.

After ruling them out you too will become a believer in Pungus Catfich Post by BBNOW » September 7th, , pm As others have pointed out, you will have a very hard time trying to find a definitive answer! I will work on setting up a page or weblink we can point to in future to better answer this question. I wrote an article in the programme earlier this season with a very brief overview of the topic, but this is far from perfect.

Over the years, many theories have been proposed, but each have their own unique problems. Here, I attempt not to convince you of any one theory, but instead to present the facts and let you choose for yourself. Halesowen used to be called Hales Owen. Before that, Hales, and before that, Halas. However, this theory is not perfect. The biggest issue is that the changes Somers talks about happened almost a millennium ago.

During the 19th century, the Earl of Dudley owned much of the land surrounding Halesowen. A wooden stand along the perimeter of the button factory was constructed some time during the s or 40s, but an exact construction date remains unknown. The Shed was built in under the direction of recently appointed secretary Harry Rudge.

New dressing rooms were also constructed during this decade on the site of the old pavilion. In the s, failure to meet ground grading requirements for the Southern League lead to an overhaul of the club's facilities.

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