EDMONTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB

The club was officially 25 years old in July 2001 and we commemorated this achievement by arranging a celebratory Dinner/Dance on Friday 28th September 2001 at which Current & Former Players and their Wives, Girlfriends and other Guests were invited. 
This was held in the Lawns Suite at the David Lloyd Centre in Carterhatch Lane, Enfield and although we only sold just over 100 tickets (at £30 each) in the end instead of the 200 maximum, we only ended up making a loss of approximately £200, which can easily be recouped by more fund-raising ideas that are planned for the coming months. Indeed the evening was so enjoyable for all the Current & Former Club Members that DID make an effort to attend that we feel no concern is necessary at having to use part of the current club funds to subsidise the Dinner as this was a 'one-off' event that will not be repeated every year.  
After speaking to several people at the Dinner, the general consensus regarding the disappointing absence of several notable ex-Club Members was that, despite their 'official' excuses, their non-attendance was mainly due to their concern that their wives & girlfriends would not enjoy the evening as 'all the talk would be about football' !  Some therefore decided not to bring their wives or girlfriends at all (which wasn't a problem) but numerous wives & girlfriends DID attend the Dinner and thoroughly enjoyed themselves as they willingly joined in the banter with our Celebrity After-Dinner Speaker Rodney Marsh and then danced until 'chucking-out time' to the resident Disco while their husbands & boyfriends chatted about 'Old Times' (and creased up laughing at all the dodgy photos in the club scrapbooks !)  
As expected, Rodney Marsh was excellent and confirmed his reputation as the best in the business, the 'in-house' Disco was good and kept the ladies (and James Dyer) entertained and the food and general layout/ambience of the room was superb (and our thanks go to Dave Bagnall and his staff for that).
In addition to Rodney Marsh, we also heard highly amusing speeches from former Assistant Secretary/'B' Team Manager Glenn Weaver, Club Founder Dave Ashton and 'yours truly' Laurence Hughes, but the best part of the whole evening for many was just being able to meet up again with numerous ex-Club Members who we had not seen for years...in particular the likes of Paul Noonan, Jerome Burnikell, Bobby Lake, Paul Parsons, Paul Scott, Kieran Mc,Gregor, Karl Christodoulou and Paul Cullen to name but a few.
In fact everyone enjoyed themselves so much that it took Dave Bagnall's staff a full hour to persuade everyone to stop talking and go home and the time absolutely 'flew by' ! 
All in all it was a brilliant night and a big success for everyone who was there and those who gave rather false or feeble reasons for missing the event (or didn't bother to respond to their invitations) really missed out and may well end up 'kicking themselves' !?

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Rodney Marsh with Club Founders Laurence Hughes (Left), Trevor Hughes & Dave Ashton (Right)

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Rodney Marsh with Club Founder Dave Ashton (Back) & the Current Club Management Committee

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Ex-Club Members from the 70's & 80's

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Current/Recent Club Members