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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:

Can anyone shed light on this picture? It's a still from a Gordon Milne documentary made by Turkish TV. Clearly Stan Mortensen was still there so it was in Gordon's first two seasons at Blackpool - 67/68 or 68/69. But what's the occasion? That documentary is wonderful by the way (if you can...

Part 3 is a Squires Gate special. A week ago, I didn't know anything about the Blackpool training ground, but then I was fascinated by a section of this wonderful Gordon Milne documantary, made by a Turkish company. Here's the part that deals with Blackpool: It took an outsider like me a...

My father was a Scouser - he watched Gordon Milne in the early 60s. Then he moved to Leicester, where I was born. I watched Leicester when Gordon was manager in the 80s, not really as a supporter, as I'd inherited my father's support for Liverpool, but gradually the pull of the place I was...

Not nit-picking, important correction. Cheers.

Let's get straight on with part two: 1) July 1967 Two months after signing for Blackpool, Gordon reported for pre-season training at Squires Gate. He got a bit of a shock. Wilf Dixon was in charge of the sessions, and they were very different to those he'd known at Melwood in Liverpool. As...

This is my first post on here. I've been researching the career of Gordon Milne and his father Jimmy, a truly remarkable tale that stretches across seven decades. Many of you will remember Gordon being at Blackpool in the late 60s, a part of his career that is often overlooked. And while it's...