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Tasty Almonds: When the Bristol side shone

Roy Hamilton tells John Lyons about the days when Almondsbury Greenway became a big fish in Non-League waters…
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ROY HAMILTON TELLS JOHN LYONS ABOUT THE DAYS WHEN ALMONDSBURY GREENWAY BECAME A BIG FISH IN NONā€¢LEAGUE WATERS...

THEY were crazy times,ā€ 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 didnā€™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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