1953

[Dollar Thief]

1953

 

[ss53]

That pitch !!

 

[1950`spoolfan]

Fond memories. I am more familiar with that team than our current one.

 

[Levi501]

Probably the first Pool team I remember watching, memories come flooding back, pitches like that were just the norm back then!

 

[Dave62]

Before my time, but I see we needed that win to guarantee staying up. Preston finished bottom, and haven't been seen in the first tier since.​

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League standings[edit]​

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	3	3	65	28	16	1	4	50	27	2.091	66
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	4	2	45	17	8	8	5	33	30	1.660	58
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	17	2	2	61	32	8	5	8	42	43	1.373	57
4	Burnley	42	11	4	6	58	40	11	3	7	44	37	1.325	51
5	Everton	42	13	4	4	47	23	9	2	10	40	46	1.261	50
6	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	54	31	6	5	10	33	39	1.243	45
7	Manchester United	42	14	5	2	58	20	4	4	13	30	56	1.158	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	48	34	3	10	8	29	42	1.013	43
9	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	48	28	4	6	11	30	49	1.013	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	3	8	43	32	8	2	11	24	39	0.944	41
11	Arsenal	42	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	10	33	50	0.906	41
12	Chelsea	42	10	5	6	61	48	5	2	14	37	52	0.980	37
13	Manchester City	42	10	5	6	41	30	3	6	12	38	60	0.878	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	13	28	45	0.795	37
15	Cardiff City	42	11	5	5	34	26	2	6	13	26	59	0.706	37
16	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	53	31	1	6	14	24	57	0.875	36
17	Fulham	42	8	8	5	39	39	6	0	15	33	56	0.758	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	5	7	38	29	3	6	12	20	44	0.795	35
19	Birmingham City	42	10	4	7	35	31	4	2	15	27	53	0.738	34
20	Blackpool	42	9	3	9	44	34	3	6	12	24	39	0.932	33
21	Newcastle United	42	7	7	7	51	49	4	3	14	35	60	0.789	32
22	Preston North End	42	7	6	8	28	25	3	4	14	15	46	0.606	30

 

[bfcpete]

Thanks tor that, as I have never seen it before. Pitch looks awful. Just 3 years after this I was taken to my first match at BR at the age of 5

 

[clappers]

It were a mans game back then…that sliding challenge at 1:15

 

[Levi501]

It were a mans game back then…that sliding challenge at 1:15

Aye, it were lad!

 

[Wizaard]

Thanks tor that, as I have never seen it before. Pitch looks awful. Just 3 years after this I was taken to my first match at BR at the age of 5

Pitch was awash. Imagine Jimmy Floyd being faced with that.

Matthews fed by Armfield onto Charnley...

 

[Born_in_the_Fifties]

Must've been some heavy April showers that year!

Great memories from my early-supporting days, Ray Charnley still the best header of a ball I've ever seen.

When we got a corner at The Kop End, thousands used to sing "CHARNLEY, CHARNLEY, CHARNLEY!!!"

Ray Parry could certainly smack a ball with his left foot but, perhaps, not as hard as Des Horne.

Over 60 years ago, FFS...

 

[KhonKaenSeasider]

How the hell was 'goal average' computed?

Edit: I solved that riddle. Goals scored / Goals conceded

 

[Graves]

Fantastic O/P. Never seen this before. Our boys were certainly skilful back then, keeping it on the deck as often as possible, in those conditions. Also, the game flows, no rolling around on the floor, time wasting. The assist for our 2nd reminds me of Yates to Madine v Preston ! Vintage pool.

 

[we_need_a_bob_hatton]

Had the tide just gone out ?

 

[Trammo]

If you search for the heavy roller videos on you tube he has quite a few highlights of 50/60’s games. He has several involving Blackpool. The earliest I found was 1955/56 Portsmouth 3 Blackpool 3. Picture quality can be a poor on some of the videos but still worth watching IMO.

 

[L’étranger]

For those of you watching in black and white, Blackpool are the team wearing tangerine shirts.

 

[Old_Laytonian]

I thought they were playing on Layton Flashings!

 

[FessParker]

If you search for the heavy roller videos on you tube he has quite a few highlights of 50/60’s games. He has several involving Blackpool. The earliest I found was 1955/56 Portsmouth 3 Blackpool 3. Picture quality can be a poor on some of the videos but still worth watching IMO.

There are some earlier than that. Colchester in the cup in 1948 , the semi final replay against Brum in 1951 and the Port Vale Cup
game in 1954.

 

[Macseasider]

How on earth was that not a penalty to Birmingham at the beginning?!

 

[FessParker]

How on earth was that not a penalty to Birmingham at the beginning?!

Yes , I thought that especially as 'diving' hadn't been invented back then!

 

[Westby]

Great watch thanks I started watching in 62/63.

 

[South Stand '58]

Pretty sure that was the season when 'Pool were leading Tottenham 1-0 with minutes to go when Barrie Martin and Gordon West decided to time waste (Game managment we call it now) by passing to one another. A spurs player robbed the ball and scored and then they went onto win.

 

[FessParker]

Pretty sure that was the season when 'Pool were leading Tottenham 1-0 with minutes to go when Barrie Martin and Gordon West decided to time waste (Game managment we call it now) by passing to one another. A spurs player robbed the ball and scored and then they went onto win.

South Stand , I think it was the following season. It was the first game of the season and they were Champions. A real sickener.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

This Seasider was nine months old. Never seen it before - thanks.

PS. Billiard table, what you all moaning about.

 

[Trammo]

The Heavy Roller on You Tube posted yesterday highlights of Leyton Orient v Blackpool 1962/63. Worth watching as Pool win. Reserve winger John Watt makes a rare first team appearance. Ray Parry is man of the match IMO.