| Location
|
| The old Thames TV Sports Ground, Chessington. |
| First match
|
| 31 August 1997. |
| We used to have occasional fixtures against the rather disorganised
Financial Times side. In 1996 we were supposed to play them at the Thames TV ground (all part of
the Pearson group); but they couldn’t raise a team, so we ended up playing the Shambling Derelicts
at this Chessington venue. Through the groundsman, we established contact with the Pearson TV team which also used the
ground. |
| In 2002, had the fixture gone ahead, our opponents would have sported
the new corporate name of Fremantle Media. Thereafter, this shambolic team collapsed; the fixture evolved
into one against a new team, FC London, only vaguely connected with the Pearson past. |
|
|