Having just lost both my parents in the last 18 months I have come across photographs and mementos of both my families and their involvement in the Club. I also came across a poem that my mother Janice wrote about the Saints when she was just 13 years old (over 62 years ago) and I will share this with you later on in my personal storey about local football.
Dad (Karen‘s Grandad Bloomfield) was so committed that I remember one evening we did some training and we all ran from St Neots to Abbotsley and back, naturally dad ran with us to set an example. He was a professional 100 yard sprinter when he was young. Mum (Karen’s Grandmother Bloomfield) was the chief shirt washer. So we were totally self-sufficient financially and in every other way. I suspect St Neots Colts were the catalyst which persuaded dad to become such a devoted member of the committee of St Neots Town F.C. for many years. The following year several of us were too old for the Colts, but Eynesbury had entered a Midgets team in the Beds Youth League. Half of the Colts joined the Midgets and we had a very strong team which won the Beds League and beat such teams as Beds Youth, Luton, Cambridge and Irthlingborough Diamonds. Those were the days. This passion for local football continued to be passed down both sides of my family All of our boys have proudly worn the St Neots Town F.C. during their football careers and also enjoyed playing for
Grandad Fred Bloomfield his Son my Uncle Peter Bloomfield ( later to become a world speed boat champion with his brother Ron) and his son my cousin Graham Bloomfield Grandad James Entwistle his sons Tony and Allan Entwistle(my dad) my brother Steven Entwistle and his son Matthew Entwistle and course my son Lee Morizzo I hope you have enjoyed reading about my family memories of local football and in particular St Neots F.C. Thanks to Karen Morizzo and the two families for allowing us to share this wonderful story with all you Saints supporters. We are most grateful. Lastly Karen would like to share a little poem written by her mum Janice when she was just 13 years old, in 1952.
THE SAINTS
By Miss Janice Bloomfield (Aged 13 years)
The Saints, the Saints they are the best They travel North, South, East and West A better team you will never find They leave the others far behind I watch them every Saturday And see the progress of their play Rain or snow, win or lose Our only call is “Up the Blues” Jack Boyle is Captain of the Team His marvellous tricks we all have seen My favourite is Ken Pheasey He tricks the men so quick and easy Very few games they have lost this year The top of the league is very near But Eynesbury yet we have to beat And what a game when those two meet Miss J R Bloomfield 1952
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In the 1940/50’s My Grandfather James Entwistle managed the St Neots St Mary’s Football Team and they played and trained on Priory Park – I believe they played in the Metropolitan league which was quite fierce in those days and they came up against Arsenal and Tottenham B sides. Both my Father Allan Entwistle and my Uncle Tony Entwistle played for this team. In the 1940’s My Grandfather Fred Bloomfield started up and managed the first St
He recollects “At that time, Eynesbury Rovers had a junior team called Eynesbury Midgets who had entered the junior league. Not to be outdone by my school friends and rivals I decided to assemble a team, because St Neots Town F.C. did not have a Junior Team. I approached all the good players who were not in the Midgets Team. Dad (Grandad Fred Bloomfield, as always, leapt straight into action and became the manager and I became the captain of St Neots Colts. Because there was no kit and no precedent, we organised raffles and collected enough money to buy shirts and socks. Dad cut out colts heads from a large piece of cloth and stuck one on each shirt. Our colours were amber and black.
other local teams such as Graces, Samuel Jones and Eynesbury Rovers.
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Youth football is something that I feel extremely passionate about and it has always been part of my life whilst growing up. My Italian married surname might throw you but I come from two local families who moved to St Neots during the war, The Bloomfield’s (my Mothers family) from Stowmarket and The Entwistle’s (my Fathers family) from London. Both families through the years have also been very passionately involved with local football.
Neots Youth Team. They were called the St Neots Colts. I would like to share with you the little family story about this told by my Uncle Peter Bloomfield. (Soon approaching his 80th Birthday)
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Hi my name is Karen Morizzo and I have for over 25 years worked quietly in the background supporting youth football in the St Neots and Eynesbury area.
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