good find haven' t seen that one before
but penarth wednesdays ???
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good find haven' t seen that one before
but penarth wednesdays ???
Someone’s tweeted below the photo “ I think that they originated from shop workers who happened to have Wednesdays afternoons off. In those days people tended to be payed in cash on a Thursday ,so Wednesday was a quiet day. It doesn't explain Abergavenny Thursdays though.”
I have no idea if this is true.
There have been a number of photos of Penarth Wednesdays posted on the 'Images of Bygone Penarth' Facebook page. The most recent one showed the back of this photo, with a pencilled note stating the names of a number of people in the picture. There is another note, clearly added later, with a date of 1907-08, which could be correct (or at least close), as Riverside became Cardiff City in 1908. I also remember seeing a full team photo (of the Penarth side) some time ago. The ground in the photo is apparently in Penarth, on Stanwell Road, though I don't recognise the houses in the background.
The game was a friendly played in Penarth on 23 April 1913, Cardiff City winning 3-1.
I don't have any other details.
That's interesting - the pitch would have sat between Victoria Road and Stanwell Road, which fits in with my earlier post. The pitch is clearly visible on early maps of Penarth.
I wonder why they were playing a friendly while the League season was still ongoing. Any ideas?
City's reserve team played a game at Portsmouth that same day. The Southern League season had already finished. The reserves had one more game at home to Luton on 25 April (won 5-2). The first team played a few more friendlies against Bath City, Portsmouth and Mid Rhondda, drawing all three.