A DAY WE WILL NEVER FORGET

HODDESDON TOWN - FA VASE WINNERS 1975

By Reiss Tigwell

APRIL 19, 1975. It was a day which was to become the biggest in the history of Hoddesdon Town Football Club as they prepared to face Epsom & Ewell in the inaugural final of the FA Vase.
The two clubs were the first to experience the day out at the historic Old Wembley in the newly formed competition. Firms, schools, and local residents alike had helped to organise coaches for Hoddesdon’s grand occasion as the eagerly-awaiting fans departed from the clock tower, the centrepiece of the Hertfordshire town.
The route to Wemb...

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