This Mudie guy ...

Yes we had a couple of Scottish internationals in our team in the 50's didn't we?
What a brilliant sight it is to see BR with 30,000+ crowds (for a 4th round cup tie as well). I'm envious of our older supporters who experienced crowds like this. The best crowd at BR for me was a home (2nd division) defeat against Bolton - around 25,500 in 77 or 78
 
1966_and_all_that said:
That's three from the 1953 Cup Final side. I know Stan was getting well on by then but what about Mudie and Perry?
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The team was starting to age and decline from 1958/9 onwards really. Mudie's and Perry's best years were
probably 1955 to 1958 and Stan didn't play that regularly from the late 50s. The end of the golden era sadly.
 
Great little snippet that, a couple of years later and I would’ve been one of the kids jumping around on the cinder track behind the Kop goal! Imagine that now.
 
FessParker said:
The team was starting to age and decline from 1958/9 onwards really. Mudie's and Perry's best years were
probably 1955 to 1958 and Stan didn't play that regularly from the late 50s. The end of the golden era sadly.
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You're very knowledgeable Fess. Obviously I was too young to take in those times (1960 birth), but with Armfield in defence and Charnley up front, we must still have had something to offer?
 
1966_and_all_that said:
You're very knowledgeable Fess. Obviously I was too young to take in those times (1960 birth), but with Armfield in defence and Charnley up front, we must still have had something to offer?
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Not a lot really! Almost relegated in 1960/1 , the rest of the 60s were a struggle . The emergence of Alan Ball kept us in Division 1 in 64/5 and 65/6. Once he left we were relegated in 66/7 winning only 6 games. Here endeth today's lesson!!
 
FessParker said:
Not a lot really! Almost relegated in 1960/1 , the rest of the 60s were a struggle . The emergence of Alan Ball kept us in Division 1 in 64/5 and 65/6. Once he left we were relegated in 66/7 winning only 6 games. Here endeth today's lesson!!
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And that's where I came in. My first ever football match was Sheffield Utd at home in April 67. We lost 2-0.
 
The cameras prove that the players ran a lot faster in those days, and the fans applauded faster too. I put it down to the rattles which made for a more frantic atmosphere. The decline began as flat caps went out of fashion. They should re-stock them in the club shop.
 
Grumpy_no_more said:
The cameras prove that the players ran a lot faster in those days, and the fans applauded faster too. I put it down to the rattles which made for a more frantic atmosphere. The decline began as flat caps went out of fashion. They should re-stock them in the club shop.
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Rattles were very popular back then. Remember my granddad making one for me and painting it tangerine. It was really good.
 
I'm on there somewhere in the southern end of the east paddock (scratching shed) packed in densely by the men in white coats!
A lot of kids on there in school uniform and caps as many including me had been to Saturday morning school.
We'd have gone straight to the ground after school as it would have been a 2pm kick off in January pre floodlights ( I think they came in the following season).
As has been said that season was one of the last of the glory years even though we finished fourth in the top tier that year.
Matthews would have been 42 then and a few of the others including Mudie and Perry were coming to the end of their careers.
The real game changer though was the abolition of the maximum wage in the early sixties.
 
tango94 said:
I'm on there somewhere in the southern end of the east paddock (scratching shed) packed in densely by the men in white coats!
A lot of kids on there in school uniform and caps as many including me had been to Saturday morning school.
We'd have gone straight to the ground after school as it would have been a 2pm kick off in January pre floodlights ( I think they came in the following season).
As has been said that season was one of the last of the glory years even though we finished fourth in the top tier that year.
Matthews would have been 42 then and a few of the others including Mudie and Perry were coming to the end of their careers.
The real game changer though was the abolition of the maximum wage in the early sixties.
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Saturday morning school? Arnold by any chance?
 
Yes he was part of a fantastic team, I best remember him for the FA cup semi final in 1953 at Villa park against Spurs and with the game evenly balanced at
1-1 for some unknown reason Alf Ramsey decided to pass the ball back to his keeper Ted Ditchburn when Mudie grasped the opportunity raced like a greyhound to intercept the pass and score in the final minutes of the match.
Blackpool went on to Wembley, the rest is history.

I can also recall a couple of Christmas day games one against Leicester in a morning ko when he opened the scoring very early on and we went on to win 5-1 and a memorable match against PNE a year later winning 4-2 and the following day 3-0 playing in the inside left position number 10.
 
Blooming heck....no swearing in those days....we actually won an FA cup tie beyond the third round and even better the 4th .....in all the years I’ve supported the club ( nearly as long as Owen...ok maybe not ....in his case) that hasn’t happened very often.
I know the FA cup has sadly been devalued with the rise of the Premiership and but I would really love to enjoy a good cup run( though with fans able to attend).
 
62years&counting said:
I watched that team from 1957 onwards, full of tremendous players. The cinder track / kop wall was my place from 1pm on Sat home games.
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Do you remember the match against Hibs for the installation of the floodlights?My first match was actually a reserve match in the old Central league. It was in 56 or 57 because I was only about 7 or 8. It was against WBA. UTP!
 
Brazil said:
Do you remember the match against Hibs for the installation of the floodlights?My first match was actually a reserve match in the old Central league. It was in 56 or 57 because I was only about 7 or 8. It was against WBA. UTP!
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It was v Hearts, of course. I was on the Kop. The Hibs match was another one, a few years later. UTP!
 
Brazil said:
It was v Hearts, of course. I was on the Kop. The Hibs match was another one, a few years later. UTP!
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I was at that one too Brazil.
Hearts were invited down as the Champions of Scotland to play us for the opening of the floodlights which was a big deal in those days.
They had a great side in which included Dave Mackay and Alex Young.
I think we won 2-0.
 
tango94 said:
I was at that one too Brazil.
Hearts were invited down as the Champions of Scotland to play us for the opening of the floodlights which was a big deal in those days.
They had a great side in which included Dave Mackay and Alex Young.
I think we won 2-0.
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Yep, correct tango! They were Scottish champions and a very good side, as you say. What year was it, do you remember? I'm going for late fifties, very early sixties. UTP
 
Dave62 said:
Yes we had a couple of Scottish internationals in our team in the 50's didn't we?
What a brilliant sight it is to see BR with 30,000+ crowds (for a 4th round cup tie as well). I'm envious of our older supporters who experienced crowds like this. The best crowd at BR for me was a home (2nd division) defeat against Bolton - around 25,500 in 77 or 78
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Nothing changes. Fulham still can't defend.
 
Brazil said:
Yep, correct tango! They were Scottish champions and a very good side, as you say. What year was it, do you remember? I'm going for late fifties, very early sixties. UTP
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Just found the program on Ebay...13 October 1958.
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I kept stopping the film every time it showed the crowd on the Kop.
Couldn't see my Dad, but I know he would have gone to that game.
Mudie was terrific.
 
Oh the wonderful memories of one`s schooldays they remain magical for the rest of your life. Mudie was at his peak that season scoring 38 goals,32 in the league and 6 in the cup which remains a post war record for us that even Morty and Charnley never quite matched.

Incidentally we had 4 Scottish internationals in the fifties, George Farm(who was a bit of a miserable bugger and wouldn`t sign my autograph book but sometimes delivered our meat from the local butchers),Hugh Kelly(who played just once, against the USA)Allan Brown,(a terrific player who was so unlucky to miss both our fifties cup finals with injuries)and of course Jackie Mudie who scored 9 goals in 17 games for Scotland.
 
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Davepick said:
I kept stopping the film every time it showed the crowd on the Kop.
Couldn't see my Dad, but I know he would have gone to that game.
Mudie was terrific.
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It's getting like Last Of The Summer Wine on here.
I'm surprised you weren't there Dave ..or where you serving Queen and Country at that time?
 
1950`spoolfan said:
Incidentally we had 4 Scottish internationals in the fifties, George Farm(who was a bit of a miserable bugger and wouldn`t sign my autograph book but sometimes delivered our meat from the local butchers),Hugh Kelly(who played just once, against the USA)Allan Brown,(a terrific player who was so unlucky to miss both our fifties cup finals with injuries)and of course Jackie Mudie who scored 9 goals in 17 games for Scotland.
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Admittedly not an international but worth mentioning Ewan Fenton played in that wonderful FA cup final.
 
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