Very Rare Badge - THE WIMBLEDON FOOTBALL CLUB HON 1st XI MANAGER (by Fattorini)
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:580972 | Season: Pre 1950 |
| Club(s) Selector: Clubs S-Z | Type: Badges/ Pins |
| Clubs: Wimbledon |
You are purchasing a very rare badge issued to the Hon. 1st Team manager of Wimbledon FC and dates to immediate post WW2. The badge measures approximately 30mm high and was made by Fattorini.
The badge was originally presented to William Dowden - a legendary figure for Wimbledon FC. The following is an extract from the AFC Wimbledon website:
William ‘Doc’ DowdenDoc Dowden’s Wimbledon career didn’t begin well. He was part of a Dons XI that were thumped 6-0 by a South Afri...can touring side in 1924, but by the end of the season he was top scorer with 19 goals from 33 matches. He was said to have all the attributes needed for Isthmian League football; good in the air and a powerful shot – which once knocked an HMS Victory defender out cold during an Amateur Cup tie at Plough Lane. But he was a gentleman on and off the field – where he worked in the same Putney sports shop for 40 years.He still holds the individual record for the number of goals scored in a single FA Cup campaign – 19 in the 1929/30 season. That season ended with a fixture backlog resulting in the Dons playing their final seven league games in seven consecutive days. Wimbledon won the title the following year and after Dowden weighed in with 36 goals, he was invited to play for Fulham. But ‘Doc’ made just a single Football League appearance at Craven Cottage before returning home to SW19, where the goals continued to flow.Three more championships and an Amateur Cup final appearance in five years followed, before he finally hung his boots up, with a remarkable record of 283 goals in 311 games. When Second World War hostilities ceased, he was appointed first XI coach – in an age where the team was still picked by committee. His reign lasted 10 years until 1955, when ill-health saw him replaced by the more modern-thinking Les Henley and he joined the committee himself.Condition: very slight blemishes otherwise excellent overall condition.
Postage: UK - £1.49, Europe - £3.99, Rest of the World - £4.99 (very strong protective packaging).Payment options: PayPal, UK cheque, UK postal order.Multiple purchases will attract discount on postage charges.
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The badge was originally presented to William Dowden - a legendary figure for Wimbledon FC. The following is an extract from the AFC Wimbledon website:
William ‘Doc’ DowdenDoc Dowden’s Wimbledon career didn’t begin well. He was part of a Dons XI that were thumped 6-0 by a South Afri...can touring side in 1924, but by the end of the season he was top scorer with 19 goals from 33 matches. He was said to have all the attributes needed for Isthmian League football; good in the air and a powerful shot – which once knocked an HMS Victory defender out cold during an Amateur Cup tie at Plough Lane. But he was a gentleman on and off the field – where he worked in the same Putney sports shop for 40 years.He still holds the individual record for the number of goals scored in a single FA Cup campaign – 19 in the 1929/30 season. That season ended with a fixture backlog resulting in the Dons playing their final seven league games in seven consecutive days. Wimbledon won the title the following year and after Dowden weighed in with 36 goals, he was invited to play for Fulham. But ‘Doc’ made just a single Football League appearance at Craven Cottage before returning home to SW19, where the goals continued to flow.Three more championships and an Amateur Cup final appearance in five years followed, before he finally hung his boots up, with a remarkable record of 283 goals in 311 games. When Second World War hostilities ceased, he was appointed first XI coach – in an age where the team was still picked by committee. His reign lasted 10 years until 1955, when ill-health saw him replaced by the more modern-thinking Les Henley and he joined the committee himself.Condition: very slight blemishes otherwise excellent overall condition.
Postage: UK - £1.49, Europe - £3.99, Rest of the World - £4.99 (very strong protective packaging).Payment options: PayPal, UK cheque, UK postal order.Multiple purchases will attract discount on postage charges.
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