Barry Town Community Day

It was actually better than I expected.  We've endured pitifully small crowds for a number of years now, at least since our infamous relegation from the Welsh Premier League at the end of the 2003-04 season, but we managed to double our average attendance on Saturday by offering the football for free.  The weather was kind to us, the programme was great, Jenner Park looked great, and it was odd hearing shouts, cheers and cat-calls from sections of the ground so often left vacant over the years.  It was like Jenner Park, only in stereo.

And then there was the football.  Most folks around the Welsh League will know that we have one of the better football playing sides in the pyramid.  Manager Gavin Chesterfield believes in the beautiful game and the Heavenly ethos of pass and move.  Heck, the fans love watching that stuff, too.  Unfortunately, we have this tendency to play all the football in all of the wrong areas.  A bit like that Morecombe & Wise crack; we can play all the right notes... but not necessarily in the right order.

This is what happened on Saturday.  We looked lush on the ball.  Reigning Welsh League Champions, Bryntirion - our opposition on the day - are a physical bunch, led by ex-Townie Francis Ford, and although their football verged on the kick and rush at times - maybe even lump it forward football, they are a decent side and thoroughly deserved the three points that were coming their way.  They're breakaway opening goal in the closing minutes of the first half had an element of fortune about it.  The shot whizzed passed Barry 'keeper's, Dan Bradley's out-stretched palms, only to crash off the upright but back onto the toes of the original shooter for the opening goal.  Rarely have I heard such silence greet a goal.  Even by barren Jenner Park standards.

The 2nd half will be remembered, sadly, for the suicidal defending that shows that fancy football is best played  outside the 12 yard box - at least, your own 12 yard box.  The ball would have been easily retrieved, there were loads of people dotted around the ground had the ball been skied into the stands.  Alas, the ball was given away to the feet of a very quick team with their scoring boots on and we were suddenly 3-0 down with a miracle needed.  On top of this we had lost one of our star attackers through a head injury at half time, and had two defenders hobble off during the second half.

It really wasn't our day.  Unfortunately, this all played out in front of the biggest crowd of the season.  Such is Barry Town's luck I suppose.  However, all was not lost.  There was plenty of generosity on the day (£20 for one badge, really?), and I've since received Tweets and emails (okay, one email) about how much folks enjoyed the day.  That's not to sat that there are plenty of lessons to be learned.  The biggest one being better organised.  This was all rather last minute unfortunately, and it showed.  Hopefully, should we be in the fortunate position in the future to hold another open day at Jenner Park, we'll have our pop and crisps to sell.  As a minimum.  The poor guy in the corner store never knew what hit yesterday at half-time.  All those coffers, with all due respect to the Barry businessman in the cornerstore, should have been coming our way.

There were lots of ideas being bandied about to enhance the day;choirs, new song writing sessions, hot-dog stands, flashy programme covers, people jumping through hoops of fire and even juggling monkeys.  There was a barrage of noise coming in, which is great for creativity and whatnot, but when there are only a handful of people doing their best to even turn up to the ground it really begins to grate when you also receive criticism.  I, for one, really didn't need the guy moaning that the gates were not yet open at 1.45pm for a 2.30pm kick-off.  I gave him a free, limited edition misprint programme for his troubles.

I'm all for entertaining the crowd at half time with people jumping hoops of fire and having juggling monkeys wearing unsold Barry Town FC 2004 child-size hoodies, but let's do the planning a bit earlier next time.  I'd rather everybody pull in the same direction instead of the fucking petty point-scoring and piss-awful snobbiness of 'I told you so'.

The only thing that went wrong yesterday were the injuries to the players, and the result of course.  In the cold light of day, this Community Day we held at Jenner Park will most probably not change the history of Barry Town Football Club, but I'm really very proud that for once the town's premier football club gave something back to the community of Barry - free football.  It's about time we gave back, because for years we were all about the take and not the give.

So, with us doubling our crowd on Saturday, this has filled me hope.  Despite the fact that folks turned up because it was free, it at least showed that there is still enthusiasm for Barry Town Football Club in Barry.  I'd like to thank all those new and old fans who turned out on Saturday for giving us the boost that what we're doing is the right thing - keeping Barry Town AFC alive.

Meanwhile, we have a relegation battle to fight.

Barry Town - Edwardian porn

Barry Herald, June 21^st, 1912

Association Football

Professional Club for Barry Dock

Rapid strides are being made in football circles in the Barry district. For the first time in the history of the town there will be two powerful clubs participating in the leading competitions.

A professional club has been launched in connection with the Barry Dockers Brass Band and Athletic Institute, a club that was founded several months ago with the express purpose of providing the town with the express purpose of providing the town with a professional team capable of holding its own with the best teams now figuring in Welsh football.

Amongst the promoters are such well known exponents of the game as Joe Sheldon, Ike Sheldon, Manny Prince, and many others who have in past years done yeoman service towards placing Barry in a prominent position. The new club is in a sound financial position, and will be more than equal to the demands made upon its resources.

Two suitable grounds are at the disposal of the club. Negotiations are in progress with several well known players from West Bromwich, Birmingham, Middlesbrough and Nottingham districts, and with the fine talent at their disposal the new club will provide powerful opposition to all comers.

Application has been made to the 2nd Division of the Southern League, and the 1st Division of the Welsh League.

Saving privates, Ryan

In a new section, which will begin and end today, we will take a look at some of the infamous on-field moments in Barry Town's long existence.  This list of one simply has to include the sending off of Barry Town's Darren Ryan in the home match against Dinamo Kiev in 1997.

It was an interesting time.  We'd had an incredible UEFA Cup campaign the season before, whereby we'd played 6 matches that culminated in a famous 6-4 aggregate defeat to Aberdeen in the 1st Round Proper.  The first Welsh club to ever progress to the 1st Round of the UEFA Cup, thank you very much.

This was followed by, arguably, a bigger draw in 1997-98 when we were up against the mighty Ukranian Champions Dinamo Kiev in the Champions League.  Although their recent European performances weren't exactly glittering - indeed, the club had been booted out of the Champions League in 1995 following the bribery scandal (a 2 year ban was later rescinded) - Kiev's meeting with Barry Town coincided with their best European showings to date (without a fur-coat bribe in sight, presumably) as they finished in the last 8 in 1997-98 and in 1998-99 finished as defeated semi-finalists.

Darren Ryan made it a bit easier for them, to be honest.

Achieving a remarkable result in the Ukraine, where Barry Town were peppered with shots on goal and chances galore, Town finally went down 'only' 2-0 after Rebrov had taken the Ukranians into a 20-minute 1-0 lead.  The 2nd goal, by Maksymov came in the 83rd minute - but the result still left Dinamo intensely irritated and frustated - which was part of the Barry plan etched out by management duo Gary Barnett and Richard Jones. 

Playing at Jenner Park in the 2nd Round, fans were - quietly - very confident of another upset.  After all, as much as Kiev were a household name, we'd defended brilliantly in the Ukraine, and we'd had unexpected results the season before.  However, during the match, following some on and off the ball shenanigans between a few of the players, ace Barry winger Darren Ryan retrieved the ball which had gone out of play, and - in no uncertain terms - threw the ball forceably into the goolies of the Ukranian international, Dmytrulin. 

Seasoned-pro Dmytrulin made the most of the situation, allowed the ball to hit him, and milked it for all his worth. Later on, Barry players would moan bitterly about the things that went on during the match, and generally whined that they were hard done by.  Ryan himself complained that he shouldn't have been sent off as moments before he'd been spat at.  The difference was, I guess, they did it better than us.  Ryan decided to do his bit of retribution just feet away from the referee and linesman.  To this day, I can still see him doing it.  I don't like the view of the pitch from those seats even today.  Chills up the spine and all that.

Referee Gylfi Thor Orrason consulted with his linesman, but needn't have bothered - the 2,200 fans at Jenner Park that evening saw what happened and knew that Ryan would have to walk.  With Richard Jones pleading Ryan's cause, the referee aimed his red card in the winger's direction, and no doubt with a heavy-heart stated glumly in Norwegian; "I'm saving privates, Ryan", and with that he was off the pitch in a crunch European tie against eventual Quarter Finalists to howls of derision from the Barry Town faithful.  We went on to lose 4-0 in a game that we had been extremely competitive in up until that point.  Honestly, we'd thrown it away.  Shot ourselves in both feet.

After the match, most of the players defended Ryan by stating that it was an over-reaction by Dmytrulin, but acknowledged that it was an impossible ask with only 10 men on the pitch.  Andrew York, though, could not hide his frustration by telling the South Wales Echo "It was a stupid sending off and it changed the game totally.  It is hard enough to play Kiev with 11 men.  It is all about discipline.  One of ours lost it and we're out of the Cup."

Kiev went on to get past Brondby in the 2nd Qualifying Round, and ultimately finished top of their Group C, despite the efforts of Newcastle United, Eindhoven, and Barcelona.  In fact, let's have a look at this.  Dinamo Kiev beat Barry Town 6-0 on aggregate.  Dinamo Kiev beat Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate.  Therefore, Barry Town were better than Barcelona in 1997-98.  This isn't a well-known fact.  Certainly, the Western Mail didn't report it.  What do they know?

Their Group stage triumph led to a two-legged struggle against the mighty Juventus in the Quarter Finals, and despite a 1-1 draw in the Ukraine, and getting an away goal in Turin, the Italians won 4-1 at home and Kiev were out.

Cruelly perhaps, despite Barry Town dusting itself off from an all-too brief European 'campaign' (actually, swap 'campaign' for 'appearance'), and again winning the Welsh Premier title to give ourselves another chance in the Champions League and putting the 1997-98 debacle behind us, we were drawn away to...  Dinamo Kiev, again.  Such fun.

This time Kiev knew what to expect of Barry Town and we were mauled 8-0 in Kiev the second time around.  With disappointing defeats to Valetta and Boavista to follow in 1999 and 2000, we'd have to wait until 2001 for another true European 'run'.  Darren Ryan went on to play for TNS, so there is some justice.  Thanks for the 28 goals, Darren, it was fun when it was good and sucked when it wasn't.  A fabulous talent, and we probably haven't seen a better winger at the club since his day - but that night against Kiev is my biggest memory of him.   Unfortunately.

Josh Bell - are you ready?

Thought I'd share some of the snaps I've taken of the Barry Town boys in action so far this season.

Goytre 1-2 Barry Town (AET) Saturday 10th September 2011 - League Cup 1st Round
Barry Town walk out onto Goytre's Plough Road ground in their new strip.  Division 3 Goytre made us work hard for it, but the win for Barry came after the decisive 2-1 extra-time goal.  The extra time was actually a bit of a bonus for me - I hadn't figured on the 1.30pm kick-off and missed the majority of the 1st half.  The first photo of the boys walking out onto the pitch?  Taken shortly before the 2nd half kicked-off.

Merthyr Town 0-3 Barry Town - Saturday 1st October 2011 - Welsh Cup 1st Round

Much was said of the line-up Merthyr Town put out.  Less was said about the quality of the Barry Town performance.  We'll let the stats do the talking : 3-0 (ANET - After No Extra-Time).

Porth 4-0 Barry Town - Saturday 15th October 2011 - Welsh League Division One.

An unbelievably bad day at the office against a promoted Porth side who have proved to be the surprise package of the season so far.  I never did find out why Terry was being interviewed at the ground.  Fun photo, though.

Haverfordwest County 1-2 Barry Town (AET) - Saturday 5th November 2011 - Welsh Cup 2nd Round. 

A superb trip.  Okay, the supporters' coach could have had a few more supporters on it, but those who missed out... missed out.  Here's the handshake, and the extra-time free-kick preparation.  Josh Bell - are you ready?



Barry Town's Christmas Presence

The first...

Christmas Day 1914
Southern League
Pontypridd 2-4 Barry
Syd Beaumont (2)
Charlie Saunders (2)

The last...

Christmas Day 1957
Southern League
Barry Town 3-1 Merthyr Tydfil
Brian James (3)

The best...

Christmas Day 1919
Southern League Welsh Section
Barry 5-0 Porth
Davidson (2),
Charlie Saunders
Ernie Webb (p)
Billy Price

The worst...

Christmas Day 1939
Southern League
Barry 1-6 Lovells Athletic
Ernie Carless

Merry Christmas to Barry Town fans everywhere

Rumours

No, not Fleetwood Mac.  The football variety.  AGAIN.

Der-der-d-der! der-d-der! Ohhhh-Akinfenwa!

Barry Town old boy reaches a ton (in league goals)

Akinfenwa came to Barry Town via FK Atlantas in January 2003.  Although he only played a few games for us, his class was immediately obvious and 'Bayo' proved a popular acquisition for the club. 

Having won the Lithuanian Cup with Atlantas a few months previously, Akinfenwa helped Barry lift the Welsh Cup and was part of the 'Treble Double' squad that also lifted the Welsh Premier League title for the third consecutive year.

Unfortunately, Akinfenwa was a victim of the financial collapse at the club following our Champions League exit and soon found himself out of football, albeit briefly.  Finding a berth at Boston United, Akinfenwa's League career was about to take off.

Akinfenwa has played for many clubs since he left Barry's golden sands, but his presence was most felt at Torquay United, Swansea City (of course), and Gillingham.  But it was at Northampton Town where he found most success, netting 37 goals in 88 appearances in his first stint for the Cobblers.  Bayo is currently enjoying a second stint at Northampton Town, and recently reached the happy total of 100 League goals scored.

Congratulations on the 100, Bayo.

Odd fact : Akinfenwa's 2002-03 Barry Town away strip was the same strip used by Northampton Town as their home kit that season.

This interview appeared in today's Football League Paper (iss no. 104)

"My ton is proof that you can be an achiever"

Scoring my 100th league goal last weekend was a sweet feeling.

Since I was five a lot of people have said that I was too big to play football, which makes me believe, 100 goals later, that if you believe in something, you can achieve it. Don't let anybody tell you what you can and cannot do.

If you believe in your heart of hearts, and keep the faith, you will achieve your goals in the end. Don't let people tell you otherwise.

But I wouldn't say that I have proved certain people wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but i'm not bothered by what people say. The main thing is what you see in the mirror.

I say that but I do actually have a t-shirt to prove people wrong. I was approached to do a clothing line which is called the 'ha-ha' brand, which basically says ' don't let anyone tell you what you can't do'.

I wear a "Too big to play football, ha-ha" t-shirt under my kit!

It's just a bit of fun but at the same time it's to show that other people's opinions about me and my career don't really bother me.

But throughout the 100 goals, I have learnt that as you get older it does get harder to score goals and maintain your fitness.

When you are younger, you just think a goal is a goal, whereas now I know what to put in during a week to be sharper on a Saturday.

You need to get better as the game evolves. Younger players are getting better and better, so every time I score now, I do appreciate it more - 100% more - than I was when I was 21.

Maybe at the end of my career I will be able to look back on my 100 goals with fond memories and be able to say I achieved an aim.

But at the moment I am just trying to score as many goals as possible. The main thing is that the team does well.

Ultimately, if the team does well you do well individually. I enjoyed the first goal ever scored for Swansea at the Liberty Stadium, and I will probably be in one of those Trivial Pursuit questions for that!

MCMLXXXIV

Barry Town Supporters News, Saturday 17th November 1984

Barry Town v Reading (FA Cup 1st Round)

Barry Town FC are the talk of Welsh football on this final day of the Town's Centenary week. We play an FA Cup 1st Round match for the first time in 23 years and for only the 5th time ever (behind 1929-30, 1934-35, 1951-52, and 1961-62).  With the whole of Wales egging us on, wishing us on to a famous victory as Canon League side Reading are visitors to Jenner Park.

Today's game should see the biggest crowd at Jenner Park since the 1961 clash with QPR when 7,000 watched the game.  It'll certainly beat the big crowds at recent games against Worcester (1977), Swansea (1983) and Merthyr within the last month. 

The tie today comes as a result of the epic battles with Merthyr in the 4th qualifying round, 3 games out of a run of 6 successive Cup-ties for Barry.  In fact, we're currently taking a very, very long break from Abacus Welsh League action, a break that's being prolonged by another three weeks.  Even our next scheduled League fixture (with Port Talbot on 8 Dec) is in doubt, as it falls on the day of the FA Cup 2nd Round, which we'll hopefully be involved in.

Belated congratulations to Paul and Sheryl Preece, and Bobby and Anne Smith, as second babies are due, both in February, and special congratulations go to Mike and Joanne Cosslett, as their baby due in April will be their first.

The first winners of the new 'Player of the month' award were Bobby Smith (for August and September) and Trevor Nott (for October).  Man of the match slips are available today, so don't forget to register your vote.

Publicity surrounding Barry has been at its greatest this week.  In fact, today's result will receive as much coverage, due to the fact that it will be the first to come through this afternoon.  With our game kicking off three quarters of an hour before all of the other 1st Round ties, our result will be announced at the half-time stage of other matches.  It's for that reason that there is an advantage in not having lights, but frankly, it is the only 'argument' in favour. 

For Barry to have 1,600 in each of the Merthyr replays and 3,000 for the Welsh cup tie with Swansea, all three being 2 or 2.25pm kick offs, Jenner Park is crying out for floodlights.  Just imagine how many would come to a good looking game at 7 o'clock in the evening.  It would be an investment to get lights.

One of the best stories seen in the newspapers this week was one that appeared in the Daily Express.  Our manager, Les 'Gold Top' Dickerson is apparently 'ready to sour Reading's chances', according to an article by a reporter amazed that our Manager is a milkman, while our three strikers are green-grocers. 

Barry Town : Trevor Nott; Mel Donovan; Derek Redwood; Ashley Griffiths; Mike Cosslett, Phil McNeil; Bobby Smith; Alan Sullivan; Ian Love; Phil Green; Paul Preece; Steve Williams.

Reading : Gary Westwood; Jerry Williams; Steve Richardson; Stuart Beavon; Martin Hicks; Steve Wood; Colin Duncan; Dean Horrix; Trevor Senior, Lawrie Sanchez, David Crown, Derrick Christie.

Saturday 8th December 1984

Barry Town 1 Reading 2

This is the first opportunity to congratulate all of the players on a tremendous display against the professionals, Canon League side Reading (was it really 3 weeks ago?!).  The performance, though excellent, still brings back bitter memories as everybody must still have a disappointed feeling when recalling the late, late winning goal from Reading's Trevor Senior.  Reading were completely outplayed, but all of that is history now, and we wish them every success in today's 2nd Round tie with Bognor Regis at Elm Park.

The Reading Cup tie produced the biggest crowd for football matches in Wales that day.  FA Cup crowds at Bangor City (2,130), Newport (2,452), Swansea (2,434) and Wrexham (2,527) were all lower than Barry Town's 3,839, while Cardiff v Carlisle in the Canon League Division Two, was watched by only 3,005 - their lowest League Division Two crowd since the Second World War.

Another troubled League Club is Swansea City, who this week sacked manager Colin Appleton.  It is the 3rd managerial change around this year -  a year in which Swansea have also had three different chairmen. Swansea are currently struggling in 23rd place in Division Three - 2 years after losing their First Division status. 

Welsh Cup 3rd Round : Newport v Barry

Somewhere

Jenner Park : help or hindrance?

It's been stated more than a few times over the years (and only last week on Twitter) that Jenner Park, purpose built for Barry Town between 1912 and 1913, is now a noose around the Club's neck.

Why is this?

On the face of it, Jenner Park has to be Barry Town's biggest asset - aside from the Club's long, if somewhat patchy, history. Now, let's not forget (how could we?!) the events leading up what would turn out to be Barry Town's final European appearance in the Champions League qualifiers in 2003. The Club, under Chairman Kevin Green, had not been paying the council for its use of Jenner Park.

This came to a head in the summer of 2003 when the Vale Council threatened to lock out Barry Town and therefore damage its Champions League chances. To the fans, it was nothing short of a distasteful act of spite by a Council (or elements of it) who had courted us since the 1990s. However, we did owe them a lot of money!

Nevertheless, it completely knackered our pre-season build up, and the disappointing defeat to Skopje over two legs seemed inevitable. As a matter of fact, we actually won the final European game on the hallowed turf, but we were out on aggregate. Worse was to follow, of course, because within weeks the Club had collapsed, the 'Board' had departed and so had the entire playing squad. Former players were seen live on BBC Wales News irritatingly rattling the padlocked gates to the car-park.

 

And then there was the District Valuer.

In a beautifully executed manoeuvre of desperately bad timing, the bill worked out by the District Valuer, on behalf of the council, was some £42,000. Apparently, the TV revenue, exposure and facilities put us up there with English League sides such as Ipswich Town. By now the Club had gone bust, and sold for around £125,000 to a 'local property developer and barrister'.

From the get-go of the new owner's tenure at the helm was the spectre of the Jenner Park valuation and subsequent rent bill. In fairness, it must have been a massive kick in the teeth. In he walks, saves Barry Town from extinction and as thank you receives a £42,000 rent bill after only just forking out a 6 figure some to buy the place. There was nobody left from the old regime to blame other than the Supporters' Club. When the football club collapsed, the Supporters' Club did its best to fill the void.

The new owner's flat refusal to pay any rent to the council led to the club being forced out of Jenner Park, temporarily. At first it was somewhat of a novelty, playing at Port Talbot. Then as the disagreement continued we were banned from the Vale altogether and, because of this, the various levels of youth structure were disbanded. We were now stationed outside the county, just outside Pontypridd. It was utterly utterly depressing. Relations between the owner and the handful of remaining supporters were non-existent, the football was poor, and the fan-base (which had always been small) was decimated.

But Jenner Park was still there, sitting idly. Waiting it out.

When rumours began flying around about the council eyeing it for possible housing land, or far worse, a home for rugby, the remaining fans further divided themselves by voting to create a new club, out of Jenner Park, that would take the 'ideal' of Barry Town with it - as well as it's history and original shirt colour (green). "Barry FC" was created in no time, it had became 'primary user' of Jenner Park, and soon entered the Vale of Glamorgan AFL. Ultimately, Barry Town returned to Jenner Park in a ground-share agreement.

And now, present day, the owner has withdrawn all support of the football team, and it's the new Barry Town Supporters' Committee that's footing the rent bill for our home games. It's not cheap. It's our number one drain on funding. Yet, it's my personal opinion that Jenner Park, far from throttling Barry Town, could still one day be its saviour.

Jenner Park is Barry Town and Barry Town is Jenner Park. Now, that's not to say that if we had some other purpose-built for European football stadium to move to I'd turn down the offer, because I wouldn't. As much as Jenner Park is our spiritual home, if we had the chance of bettering ourselves, be independent from the council, then I'd jump at the offer.

This is fanciful. We are where we are. I'm proud to say that all payments to the council are being met - often in advance. The sooner we get the council - so long a supporter of Barry Town - fully back on board, the better. After all, the club was created with the old Barry Council assistance (if not direct financial help), and ties have been close through the decades - including Barry Town being allowed to adopt the official council crest as the Club badge. This is often overlooked in the more recent era of cartoon dragons and vague King Arthur motifs as club badges. We actually share the same crest as Barry RFC.  However, look at any photo of Barry Town club officials and players in their shirts and blazers, and there is the official Barry crest right there.

We currently find ourselves in the unhappy position of being a tenant to two different landlords, of a sort. We pay (good) money to the council for the privilege of playing at Jenner, and yet the actual owner of the club, and therefore the clubhouse (and its takings), still sits in some kind residency above us. We need to pay rent, we need money to pay the rent, the money to pay the rent should come from bar takings and social club events, but this is not happening because the club is not a football club. We are in the ludicrous position of looking for a home elsewhere around the town to hold our meetings and events. It's just... wrong.

So, why not just move out altogether, set up somewhere else, gain independence and flourish eventually. Well, firstly, we already tried that with Barry FC - now dubbed Cadoxton-Barry FC after an essential merger - and, frankly, we have aspirations (some say delusions) of once again providing European football for Barry Town supporters. Not any time soon, granted. But surely that has to be the ideal? Otherwise, why bother? For a club that lived it large for a while and fell on shockingly tough times, we are still blessed with having the use of some amazing facilities that could still one day provide Welsh Premier League football to the town, or one day maybe European football once again.

We'd be bonkers to give that up.

What other club in our league, at our level, has such facilities at its disposal? Very few, if any. Yes, there are plenty of clubs who are in a much better financial situation than ourselves. In fact, maybe they all are. Even the lowliest of clubs possibly doesn't have our perceived disadvantage of the financial burden that is Jenner Park. Right now though, we are happily solvent - and that's not to be abused. We still have a terrific opportunity to progress. Give up Jenner Park, and we put our progress back years, if not decades. If progress at all.  Lose Jenner Park, and we lose Barry Town Association Football Club.

Now, if we could only get that pesky match-day rent reduced by the council.

We warmly welcome any investors or potential purchasers to understand the facilities at Barry Town that we have at our disposal.

COMING SOON : DOGS, ELEPHANTS & DRAGONS : 100 YEARS OF JENNER PARK