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CONGRATULATIONS SEAFORTH
on your 100th anniversary
We at
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are proitd lobe part,of the community and through
our sales and service facilities 9 contribute to the
economic well-being of the area
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Soecort:
By Anne.Unclerwooc1- , being Clinton, Exeter and
As; mentioned in a previous' 9oderieli. -That •year three' new
Centennial issue, of the Expositor, sPonsers donated soccer,
Seafortii Was famous Soccer uniforms, Ben WilliainSon'& B,P.
town 1891. 'When itS. team the , Bill Brown's Anto-Wreckers and
"Htirons" Captured the Canadian Bob Doig Electric. r The sweaters
Soccer ChamPienShip; a ;truly were needed as the number of
remarkable achievement for an. ' boys haditicreased by forty:five.'
area of this size/The,-:team was Rep.,id y and'Jack Price
described as consisting ef retired volunteered , to coach-the .addi-
farnierS and *One must assume tionarQuirt team. Bill• Brown Jr.
tint this Was a Senior team amide todk over management' of the
up of well-conditioned young men * Mosquito team. Here we are in
intent on life and winning a game, ' 1975 with' well over 100 boys
Yet at' the same time - "Not an registered in ..Soccer' and an
unpleasant word was 'spoken additional team the :Bantams
during 'the match and the very 4 (under 16 years) wearing
best of feelings appeared to uniforms donated .by McGavin's
prevail, between the members of Farm Equipment, their coaches
the two clubs, although' they were being Frank Verberne and. Doug
contending hard againit each O'Reilly.
other". If sport in general' could So with the help of Seaforth
only be played this way today! businesses and organizations not
The last mention-of Soccer was in, -to forget the coaches and
1901 when Seaforth .defeated managers who have donated
Clinton, capturing the Haugh Cup many, many hours of effort,
for the Western Championship. Soccer is again on the scene in
In the early 1800's over 1000 Seaforth.-
years after Soccer or true football -
was invented, the game of rugby
was discovered 'in London, •Eng-
land. Later the London football
Association objected to the hand
method of carrying the ball' an
called the original version of
football `.!Association Football".
This was gradually shortened to'
Assoc. and later changed to
Soccer. In 'the 1870's a new form
of rugby, American football,
became popular. As this rose in
the sport scene soccer declined
Until the mid 1900's when Soccer
began to rise in popularity. This
was perhaps due to post-war
immigratio'n from Europe and the
British Isles where SoCcer, has
always been a prominent sport:
Britain's economic problems
more recently have brought
another inflow of Soccer-minded
people frona the OldCountry and
thus the Canadian and Ontario
Soccer Associations with their
Minor Division ve grown.
In this day of orga -zation and
realizing the *need •for an active
summer sport ter our boys, the
initiative was taken in 1972 to
begin Soccer again in Seaforth on
a minor level, under 14 years of
age. The Seaforth Optimists
allowed us to use the "rec." fpr
practices and we were off.
With the help of Bob Watson,
Dr. John Underwood, Ivan Niel-
sen, David Mclnally and Aage
Marcussen a Minor Soccer
Association was formed. It was a
scraggly looking crew who went
up to meet. Goderich's first Pee
Wee team (13 and 14 year olds)
for an exhibition game. Some of
our boys were only nine.
We groaned when we saw what
the opposition, was - giant boys (it
seemed at the time) dressed
immaculately in soccer uniforms.
We covered our -eyes as we
shouted "Come on boys, you're
going to win this game". The
game was a 2.2 tie. .We decided
then that the boyi should be
entered into die HurOn Minor
Soccer League for the next year.
Sweaters had been obtained
and gratefully accepted from
Fina, Genesco,- Rowcliffe's and
Topnotch - one set for each
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vision - Squirt (under 8 years),
tom (under 10 years), Mosquit
(under 12 years) and Pee Wee
(under ayears). Donations were
appreciated from the Seaforth
Legion, the Optimists _and the
Town. This went towards 'the
completion of the soccer uniforms
and the purchase of soccer
equipment.
Bi-1973 the Atoms and Mosqui-
tos captured the• Huron
Championship. That year Mayor
Frank Sjils donated the Mosquito
Trophy for ikron in memory of
his father wrio played Soccer here
many years ago. In 1974 all four
&Vision& , took the Huron
Championship - the competitors
SocOor, not only exCelletit
physical exercise. It -*metes
self-control„ under • sontetimes
stressful t circumstances: and
encourages , the boys to work
together toward a common "goal. --
itSoccer fans aren't always as well
disciplined as the players 'and it is
not uncommon to hear some vent
of racial or other prejudice,issuing
"forth from the Spectators" bench.
On the whole' however, our
Seaforth spectators, most of
whom are narents ,of the players,
are a gentlemanly lot. They are
good sports and a great suppoh
for the team, cheering loudly
when the Seaforth boys obtain a
goat.
We hope that Soccer interest
will continue to grow in Seaforth
and that withiii the next few years
Seaforth will again be made
famous for Soccer as it was in
1891. Nothing is impossible is it?
With the spirit our Sleaforth boys
have it certainly is nit!
PYJAMA •PARADE IN, 1955 — -The Midnight
eevellers were mein full force during the 1955 Old
Boys here. Perhaps mercifully none of the gentlemen
In this photo, could be identified; But It's a dilly.!
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BADMINTON CLUB DANCE —Dressed in their
best, which in the thirties meant dinner jackets and
"tails" for the men, were the executive of Seaforth's
badminton club before- the war. left, rear are Stan
Dorrance, Ted Southgate, George Hays,John
Stevens, Fred 'Parsons and Pat Southgate Sally
Wood, Peg Grieve and Mary Hays.
SOCCER REVIVED IN .SEAFORTH ..The first
Seaforth soccer team in many years was this Pee
Wee team, who started the revival. in 1972 with an
exhibition -game in Goderich. The local novices tied
the match.