Denaby United’s Advance

This rise of Denaby is remarkable. At the end of 1926 they stood well down the table with but 16 points from 9 games: this morning they are sixth in the list with 28 points for 28 games.

The record for 1927 is brilliant. Nine games have been played, Eight won, one loss, and 32 goals have been scored against five. It is true that eight of their nine games have been played on the Tickill Square ground, that the only defeat was suffered in their only game of the nine played off the ground, and that Denaby might therefore be regarded as some think of “a home team.”

But even at home that rate of progress takes some keeping up and no other club in the competition has quite such an impressive record even for their own ground except Scunthorpe. Moreover, Denaby are playing very good football. The defence and the halves are exceptionally consistent, and the attack, while they have their off days, are a sparkling lot usually.

A Line of Youngsters.

Denaby have, in fact, done very well to discover such capable young players as Wadsworth, Ben Johnson, J. C. Johnson and Green in this difficult season when cash is so dreadfully scarce. They have now a forward line that has all the good qualities of youth – dash, enthusiasm, courage with some of the qualities of older head; and all further experience, craft and nursing needed is supplied from behind by as powerful a set of halves as Denaby have had in recent years.

Goodison, by the way, has developed splendidly since J. C. Johnson was transferred to the forward line; his association with Ogly and Windle has taught him much. The team was seen about at its best on Monday when a very imposing Lincoln 11 were thoroughly beaten – and it was a very good best indeed. Why the folk of Denaby will not take the trouble to go to watch such football as was provided on Monday I cannot understand.

The utmost credit is due to the club management for the success with which they are getting through a very trying season on the field. But they ought to have much better support. It would be a new and encouraging experience for that management to find themselves as satisfactorily placed financially as they are at present in the playing sense.