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Leicester fan back again in peace. I always love posting threads here as there is such a great feel for history on the forum. But now it's time to ask for your help. I'm researching the career of Jock Dodds, who was at Blackpool from 1939-1946 and scored a pile of goals (mostly in wartime...

Thanks. The full story of that 1924/25 season is here: https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/135682-the-second-greatest-season-ever/#comments As far as publication is concerned, I'm working on Jon Holmes' story at the moment (ex Leicester chairman, Gary Lineker's agent) - how his family history...

Here's an artist's impression, perhaps from the 1880s, with an earlier stand. And here's a match in progress, with the later stand: I like to imagine that the other team is Leicester Fosse (though there's absolutely no evidence to support it). Those houses in the background are on Raikes...

These maps were really helpful in understanding how the Raikes Hall site developed: This was the 1840s: This was the 1890s with the pitch marked and the stand visible. Raikes Hall grounds had been renamed 'Royal Palace Gardens' after the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 1887, though it seems most...

You might have guessed that I've got a soft spot for Blackpool - it helps that this site has such good historical content. Here's a bit more from that 1924/25 season - the FA Cup tie that took the club into the last eight for the first time. West Ham away was a tough draw, but it finished 1-1...

Leicester fan back in peace. You might recall the threads I put on here a while ago about Gordon Milne and Jock Wallace Sr. This season I've been doing a 100th year anniversary thread on the foxestalk site, celebrating Leicester's first ever trophy - the Division Two title in 1925 - by going...

And here's another picture from the tie at Port Vale - 'flamboyant Blackpool fans' is the caption. It's the famous 'Atomic Boys' - you can see it written on the case on the ground. But no duck.

The legendary cartoonist Tom Webster was at Vale Park that day in 1954, working for the News Chronicle. This was pre-match: And here are some of the frames from the main piece on the Monday morning: And this was Vale manager Freddie Steele telling how they stopped Matthews, from the...

And continuing the theme, while researching the history of Harry Lockett (long story), I found this evocative aerial shot of Hanley in 1931, taken from the Historic England collection. It's 'too large' to upload, so please click on this link...

Came across these photos from the Staffordshire Sentinel, February 20th 1954 - the last day that Blackpool could truly be called 'Cup holders'. They lost 2-0 that day at Third Division Port Vale, who were on their way to the semi-final, where only dodgy refereeing stopped them reaching Wembley...

I think you've misunderstood. The relevant date was not when it was released but when it made the NME chart. It was then that the argument with George Martin was settled.

Reading interviews with you in the late 60s you said that your favourite game for Liverpool was Leicester away in 1964, in the League. When people saw that Easter programme, no-one gave us a chance. We were going for the title - Shanks' first title - and United and who else was it, in the race...

Gordon, what do you think about the timing - the book and the single coming out together? Well, when you cast your mind back to that time, the Beatles were a crucial part of it. The team took off at that time. Before that, the Kop never sang songs. They would make a noise at a corner but there...

I've finally written up the interview with Gordon and posted it on the Liverpool fans' forum redandwhitekop. Here's a copy and paste: The quiet man has spoken at last. It was Ron Yeats, talking to the Echo in 1961, who gave Gordon Milne that name: 'Whether training or playing, you hardly hear...

Looking through Leicester Mercury archives from August 1953 (long story) this turned up: