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 Ards
FC and the Clements Lyttle Cup by
Billy Graham
During the Second World War Ards
Football Club played in the Intermediate League and in the 1941/42
season the won the McElroy Cup (this final had been held over from
the previous season 1940/41) and then they won the 1941/42 Clements
Lyttle Cup; a photograph of this team has appeared in the Chronicle
in the past few months.
But what I would like to know is
does a photograph exist of the Ards FC team that retained the
Clements Lyttle Cup in the following season 1942/43. Until about a
year ago, I did not know that Ards had won the Clements Lyttle Cup
twice as it does not appear in any history of Ards FC articles.
A lot of thanks goes to Ards fan Mr
Ivor Edgar of Dungannon who eventually found the match report dated
22nd May 1943 in an old Chronicle, which is reproduced here.
Only WJ Beattie played in both finals with no reason given for Jimmy
Todd being missing from the second final.
At Grosvenor Park, Belfast on 19th
May 1943 Ards beat Larne 5-1 to retain the Clements Lyttle Cup. The
scorers were Paddy Carroll (3) and Walsh (2) for Ards and McIlroy
for Larne.
In that 1942/43 season
centre-forward Paddy Carroll scored 48 goals in 39 matches (a club
record) and he missed only one game. Jimmy Todd scored 26 in 32
matches.
I haven't gone away, you know,
Billy Graham
Billy Graham is
Ards' resident historian and statistician. If you have a query
relating to a time in Ards' past or to a former player, then get in
touch via this e-mail
and we'll pass the questions on to Billy.
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published 24th September 2005
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