The Cardinal Tales

Cardinal Birthday wishes to record breaking Woking goal scoring legend Giuseppe Sole, 38 years young today! THE most famous Italian Plumber North West Surrey has ever seen! 🇲🇨 🇮🇹

On this day December 5th 1992: FA Cup 2nd Round at The Goldstone Ground, Brighton.

Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Woking 1 (S Wye), attendance 9,208. The picture shows the terrace packed with Woking fans 💖💖 Today the site of that once famous terrace is a Nando’s 🐔

Scenes from April 12th 1958 at Wembley Stadium. FA Amateur Cup Final in colour, Woking 3 Ilford 0 attendance 71,000 🇲🇨

One month till Christmas - too early perhaps? 🇲🇨

53 years ago today: Lieutenant Pigeon currently No.1 in the UK charts with “Mouldy Old Dough” rising energy costs, economic downturn, industrial unrest (some things never change) Woking draw 3-3 with Kingstonian, Geoffrey Chapple scoring two for the Cards 🔴⚪️

On this day in 1887: Woking FC has been formed at a general meeting to elect officers & agree fixtures, held at the Railway Hotel (Sovereigns) on Wednesday 26th October 1887, with the first fixture to be played against Chertsey on the Wheatsheaf on the 5th November 🇲🇨

Kevan Brown and Colin Lippiatt with a bowl of bread rolls 🥯

On this day in 1953: Woking 1 Dulwich Hamlet 0, Charlie Mortimore's first ever league appearance for Woking - he scored! ❤️🤍🖤

103 YEARS OLD TODAY! 🇾🇪 Happy Birthday Kingfield, on this day in 1922 a crowd of 3,000 watched Woking play their first ever competitive match at Kingfield, a 1-1 draw with Tufnell Park ♥️🤍🖤

Woking’s Grant Payne against Cheltenham Town’s Clive Walker 🇲🇨

33 years ago today: Woking 0 Stafford Rangers 3. The Cards have a rude awakening in their first ever Conference game, attendance 2,044 👚💕👚

And so today it starts all over again - take me home Kingfield Road ❤️🤍🖤 #coycards

That classic 1994/95 Woking away shirt - it’s revival time! 💛💙💛

On this day in 1933: Woking FA Amateur Cup winner and England Amateur International Roy Littlejohn (far left with 3 other Cards England Amateur forwards) was born in Winton Bournemouth 🇲🇨

On this day in 1997: Woking 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 0. The Cards win the F.A Trophy for the 3rd time in 4 years at Wembley Stadium. This was sadly Lloyd Wye’s last of 508 appearances in a 1st XI shirt. An unbeatable 100% - 4 visits - 4 wins at the old Wembley Stadium 🌕🌕

Cardinal Birthday wishes to Woking legend Lloyd Wye 🇲🇨

On this day in 1993: a crowd of 1,586 watch Dave Puckett, Ansil Bushay and Richard Buzaglo (his one and only goal in the Conference) score as Woking, in Cardinal Pink, beat Kettering Town 3-2 at Kingfield 👚

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 legend Nobby Stiles enjoys a few beers with Woking’s favourite Scotsman Scott Steele at Kingfield in August 1996 🇲🇨

Saturday 5th April 1994, pre Woking’s GM Vauxhall Conference 1-0 win over Gateshead win at Kingfield 🇲🇨 Andy Clement with the Cards winner 🇲🇨

Woking Reserves circa 1929 at the Kingfield Sportsground 🇲🇨

On this day in 1957: Woking 6 Corinthian Casuals 0, a Kingfield crowd of 2,950 saw Charlie Mortimore and Geoff Hamm hat-tricks 🇲🇨

Happy Cardinal Birthday wishes to Laurence William Batty, Woking’s legendary goalkeeper born in Westminster on this day in 1964 🇾🇪

31 years ago today: Dagenham and Redbridge 1 Woking 2 FA Trophy 2nd Round 🌕🔵🌕 Filson is a donkey - he wears a donkeys hat - and when he saw a carrot - he said I’m ‘avin that!

On this day in 1953: the Cardinals take a little away day in South London and come away with a 3-4 defeat at Dulwich Hamlet. Bill Short (2) and A Phelan scoring for Woking 🔴⚪️⚫️

The Chris Lane Terrace at Kingfield May 1990 ❤️🤍

On this day in 1957: Woking 5 Oxford City 0, Charlie Mortimore (2), Reginald Stratton, John Hebdon and Alfie Welland for the Cardinals at Kingfield 🇲🇨

March 7th 1931, Woking captain Sam “the Bull” Craddock takes the toss before our 0-3 defeat against Wycombe Wanderers in the F.A Amateur Cup Semi Final played at Ilford 🇲🇨

117 years ago today at a freezing Burnden Park Bolton: Woking shocked the football world by making it through to the 1st Round of the English (FA) Cup. The plucky Cremators were defeated 5-0 by Bolton Wanderers, but gained many admirers by their exploits 🇲🇨

On this day in 1957: a crowd of 2,200 watch the Cardinals beat Ilford at Kingfield 6-0. Mortimore, Hamm (2), Welland and Hebdon (2) score for Woking, please note the compulsory smoking in the old wooden stand!

112 years ago today: Dulwich Hamlet 5 Woking 0, Amateur Cup 1st Round, Woking played with only 10 men 🇾🇪