Football

By the inter-war years a senior village side was well established. A team photograph from 1938 shows the Weston Turville Football Club lined up with a mixture of local players and RAF personnel (Halton being close by). Named in the picture are Jimmy Broad, Bob Green, Gibson, Brackley, Norgate, Bangay, Bill Rickard, Tod Rickard, Bill Birch and Bert Parker. In those days the team played on Mr Munger’s field and on Ninelands until the Memorial Playing Field became available after the Second World War.

The club’s golden period came in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Mick Dubberley, who grew up in Main Street and later captained the side, recorded that the team won five cups across the 1959–61 seasons. In 1959–60 they claimed the Marsworth League Division One championship and the Aylesbury & District League Division Two title. The following season they added further silverware. A formal team photograph from 1959–60 shows President G.R. Davies M.B.E., Chairman C. Cooper, Secretary F. Milne, and players including T. Gilbert, B. Morden, M. Griffin, J. Taylor, J. Bunce, W. Johnstone, B. Mills, K. Green, L. Brooks, M. Dubberley (captain), W. Treverton, J. Lansdown and A. Bowden. The 1960–61 squad photograph features many of the same names together with Alec Essex, Cecil Cooper, Len Brooks, Jeff Bunce, Mick Griffin, Bill Sharpe, John Taylor, Brian Mills, Ken Dodds, Bill Trevorton and Andy Bowdon.