It's the second part of our Croydon FC 60th anniversary week, and here we chat with their Match Secretary Andy Hillburn, well known to many Hamlet fans

You're a lifelong fan, and also the Croydon FC Match Secretary. When did you first come to The Arena?

"That's a very good question, oh dear. It must be early seventies. I was a season ticket holder at Crystal Palace, they were playing Manchester United, but I went to see Croydon play Harrow Borough in the old Athenian League. It may have been 1970/71."

I'm guessing you must have seen quite a few Dulwich Hamlet and Croydon games down the years. Are they any that stick out for you?

"Oh dear, I wish I'd had time to think about this, rather than sprung on me. There was one year when we won four one at Champion Hill. But it's hard to pick one out. It was always one of those fixtures where over the years you got to know all the Dulwich people, it was a very sociable fixture. i always looked forward to it, you came across as a decent proper football club. One that does stick out was the London Cup final at Leyton Orient, the last time it was played on a proper football League ground, was it 2002, or something like that? It was played after a day of torrential rain, and we won it with a nailed on penalty, which all you Dulwich fans seemed to disagree with!"

There must have been a number of players who've worn your blue, and ours with the added pink...

"Well, one of them's just over there at the bar, Lionel Best. In the early days one was Ray Major. There must be a few more over the years, again a question you've just thrown at me!"

As a club, you're down in the Combined Counties League now, and have also played in the Kent League. How different is it to your Isthmian days?

" Oh, light years away! Unfortunately some of the grounds are not much more than fields with a football pitch, but i can't complain. That's the level we are, unfortunately. that's not meant to be disrespecful to a few of the older grounds in the Combined Counties, and of course or own Arena isn't everyone's cup of tea."

Your crowds have never been huge, but you've always made a point of welcoming groundhoppers and neutrals, is this a deliberate policy?

" No, not really, I suppose we're a bit of an attraction as we played on Monday nights for many years, and now on Wednesdays, when the majority of local clubs still have the traditional Tuesday as their home night. I'd hope, as a club, we make ourselves welcome to anyone. We try to get teamsheets with the line-ups on to those that ask, little things like that make groundhoppers come back. and if you keep an eye on our fixtures it would be nice to see one or two more Dulwich Hamlet fans pop over on a Wednesday evening when we're at home."

And you yourself venture over to Champion Hill a few times a season, for both Dulwich & Fisher games. How big is the gap between ourselves and the Fish?

"Oh it's huge! Last season I thought you were a very competitive side, who played very good football, and worthy of the title. You Dulwich lot are very good people, knowledgable, welcoming, and always good for a chat. As for Fisher, I feel sorry for their supporters, they really are a club on their uppers. when I saw them last year they were a long way from their former glories as the old Fisher Athletic, but they do well just to carry on as they do. "