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Once upon a time...... |
In 1960 Ron Hughes formed a football team on behalf of a scout troop called the 28th Medway Scouts, playing matches against other scout troops and youth clubs.
It was difficult at first for junior teams to establish themselves as the football authorities seemed to favour senior football. Eventually though juniors were allowed to play, but only on Saturday's.
There were two age groups to start with which meant that 10 to 16 year olds played with and against each other.
In time, as the club began to grow the name was changed to Priestfield.
The Sunday league began in 1966 but to begin with, Priestfield continued playing on Saturdays.
Priestfield joined the Sunday league in January 1971, one of eleven teams, and managed to finish in 7th place.
When a senior team started up with the same name, the juniors had to change because junior and senior teams could not share the same name. So they adopted the name Warren Wood but this only lasted until Warren Wood Social Club began its senior team. The juniors had to change their name yet again, despite being the first to adopt each name in both cases.
The decision was made to deliberately choose a name which no-one else was likely to come up with. Someone involved with the club suggested 'REAL' which means victorious, added the year the club was first established and the name Real 60 was born.
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