ROY HAMILTON TELLS JOHN LYONS ABOUT THE DAYS WHEN ALMONDSBURY GREENWAY BECAME A BIG FISH IN NON•LEAGUE WATERS...

THEY were crazy times,” chuckles Roy Hamilton, who played in goal for Almondsbury Greenway when they reached Wembley in the FA Vase final in 1979.
The Bristol upstarts, who didn’t train and liked a pre-match pint, became, for a fleeting period, one of the most successful sides in Non-League football.
While a glut of Gloucestershire County League successes made them a team to be feared on the local scene, it was their exploits in the Vase that brought them to a national audience.
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