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At Leeds at this point I think, but hey
me, too. Disappointing result at the time, as we were going for promotion.I was at that one
I don't know, I never saw him in Corrie, just when he in the swimming pool giving swimming lessonsIs that Len Fairclough from Corrie aka Peter Adamson standing behind Jimmy?
That was my first ever game
I'd love to see Jimmy's kit in colour. Very unusual design for the time.
I was at that game. My memory tells me the gate was 21,000+. Eeh, them were the days.
Glyn James and Jimmy Armfield out-jump John Toshack in 69/70 season. I think that's Gordon Milne behind Armfield's legs, though I stand to be corrected. I was at that match, but it was a long, long time ago!
I'm wondering if this was a testimonial game as it looks a bit like of one City's away kits.
Yup, Wizz. As featured in this linkI'm wondering if this was a testimonial game as it looks a bit like of one City's away kits.
That is a worry. I remember some of those players still playing, Alan Oakes being one of them.Yup, Wizz. As featured in this link
Man City best XI of the 1950s
MEN Sport has selected a City team of the decade from the 1950s on, choosing what we think is the best XI from players who have played for the Blues in each decadewww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The pitch looked fairly hard work! Great footage.
It looks prehistoric but I started going 7 years after that. God I feel old.The pitch looked fairly hard work! Great footage.
On Lancaster Past and Present?John Triumph posted this on FB.
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Hi i posted this picture on facebook i got it out the Gazette 1 night, The ground has changed so much in 60 yearsThis one nicked off Facebook ,showing The Spion Kop having concrete steps being installed .View attachment 305
Standing room only. Health and safety would have needed the smelling salts.
If that was the starting eleven weren't JA & DH both right backs and BB & HM both left backs?
That’s a cracking question that Willie and well spotted, you’ve also got Chopper McPhee in there too? So what was the midfield that day?If that was the starting eleven weren't JA & DH both right backs and BB & HM both left backs?
Possible line up:I Google chopper bayern & he scored more in his career than I thought he would so he'd possible be in midfield? Unless he partnered Glyn James rather than John Craven?
Burns, Pickering, Hutchinson as a front 3 are tasty
I was slightly surprised to see Dave Hatton in that photo. I'd have only been 8 and always remembered him as Jimmy's replacement. My dad used to sneak me into the South stand for the fateful return to Div 1. Remember Hatton's unfortunate own goal vs Chelsea when we went from 3 up to lose 4-3 .Possible line up:
Thomson
Armfield James Mowbray McPhee
Bentley Hatton Craven Hutchison
Pickering Burns
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First team I watched regularly. Isn't that from the Football League Review programme insert?
Looks like it Disco, great team tooFirst team I watched regularly. Isn't that from the Football League Review programme insert?
Billy had a spell as a midfielder, doing the enforcing for the likes of Burns and Hutch.If that was the starting eleven weren't JA & DH both right backs and BB & HM both left backs?
I've got that insert in a frameFirst team I watched regularly. Isn't that from the Football League Review programme insert?
Looks like it Disco, great team too
Wizz. I noticed that neither Green nor Suddick are in the photo. Did the King play in the promotion run-in?I've got that insert in a frame
Green was injured by then. Suddick played in a few though.Wizz. I noticed that neither Green nor Suddick are in the photo. Did the King play in the promotion run-in?
I'm still around Wilf (John, far left), S/T in the South Stand now. Sadly not all in the picture are still with us. That was a great weekend away but a dreadful game in the fog. Didn't we lose 3-0 but Torquay were still relegated anyway?Am I allowed to put an away day on here? Torquay 2005. Where are they now?View attachment 2140
I wondered if you had spotted The Perfect Woman drawing pinned to the wall in the top right of the photo?Am I allowed to put an away day on here? Torquay 2005. Where are they now?View attachment 2140
Particularly Hutchison. The man with one N.I Google chopper bayern & he scored more in his career than I thought he would so he'd possible be in midfield? Unless he partnered Glyn James rather than John Craven?
Burns, Pickering, Hutchinson as a front 3 are tasty.
Just checked. I'll give you that 66.Particularly Hutchison. The man with one N.
Hatton was originally signed from Bolton as a centre half and played in the centre of defence along side Glyn James. Mowbray from my recollection only ever played as a left back, but Bill Bentley from time to time was deployed further forward. Hatton was later used as a right back, but only after Jimmy had retired.I was slightly surprised to see Dave Hatton in that photo. I'd have only been 8 and always remembered him as Jimmy's replacement. My dad used to sneak me into the South stand for the fateful return to Div 1. Remember Hatton's unfortunate own goal vs Chelsea when we went from 3 up to lose 4-3 .
Think you're right about hatchetman though TB remember him being pushed ahead of Mowbray and he took a mean corner.
Suddick had a great season 69/70 pulling the strings in midfield. Tony Green missed the whole season after suffering an Achilles injury pre- season training. The myth was that Chopper McPhee tackled him when the injury occurred but in fact it was done while Greeno was running with no player near him.Wizz. I noticed that neither Green nor Suddick are in the photo. Did the King play in the promotion run-in?
Cheers, Trammo. I remember those rumours circulating. The implication was that Chopper felt his place in the team was threatened by Green's presence. Bollox, of course.Suddick had a great season 69/70 pulling the strings in midfield. Tony Green missed the whole season after suffering an Achilles injury pre- season training. The myth was that Chopper McPhee tackled him when the injury occurred but in fact it was done while Greeno was running with no player near him.
I went to every game, home and away in the 1969/70 season. I can remember Dave Hatton playing alongside Glyn James in central defence. McPhee, Bentley and Craven all played midfield.I was slightly surprised to see Dave Hatton in that photo. I'd have only been 8 and always remembered him as Jimmy's replacement. My dad used to sneak me into the South stand for the fateful return to Div 1. Remember Hatton's unfortunate own goal vs Chelsea when we went from 3 up to lose 4-3 .
Think you're right about hatchetman though TB remember him being pushed ahead of Mowbray and he took a mean corner.
I'm not sure they weren't still playing an old fashioned 235 at that time:I went to every game, home and away in the 1969/70 season. I can remember Dave Hatton playing alongside Glyn James in central defence. McPhee, Bentley and Craven all played midfield.
My best guess as to how the team was set up is as follows:- Thomson in goals; back four of Armfield, James, Hatton and Mowbray; midfield three of McPhee, Craven and Bentley; front three of Burns, Pickering and Hutchison.
Green & Suddick were both missing, had to slot in Mowbray and Craven somewhere. Imagine a midfield of Chopper McPhee, John Craven and Hatchet man Billy Bentley.I'm not sure they weren't still playing an old fashioned 235 at that time:
Thompson
Armfield, Bentley
McPhee, James, Hatton
Burns, Green, Pickering, Suddick, Hutchison
I think the 2-3-5 formation was abandoned in 1925, I can remember 4-2-4 and 4-3-3 formations starting in the 1950s and were deployed throughout the 1960s. Alf Ramsey in the 1966 World Cup final and also the semi final and quarter final didn’t select any out and out wingers and he deployed a 4-4-2 formation when England were defending which then quickly became a 4-2-4 formation when England were attacking. The main reason this worked so well was the energy, commitment and all out running by Blackpool’s Alan Ball.I'm not sure they weren't still playing an old fashioned 235 at that time:
Thompson
Armfield, Bentley
McPhee, James, Hatton
Burns, Green, Pickering, Suddick, Hutchison
I watched Blackpool in the 1950s and I can never remember the full backs being the last line of defence, with the offside law as it was then it would have been suicidal to have two full backs playing the centre forward in the middle onside. Then in the late 1950s along came Jimmy Armfield who transformed the role of the full back into a more of a wing back.2-3-5 was still used in the 50's.