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my 1st was 73, very doubtful anyone in the 1950s id say, i did see a friendly in 1969 , ken furphy watford, but i mean a top league match or cup
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Not me mate. First match for me was against AZ67 when we beat them 3-2 at Anfield in the old European cup. Having drawn 2-2 out in Holland in the first leg. If I recall correctly Sammy Lee scored a goal that nite - though that may be my memory fading after all these years. He rarely scored.
FWIW, for the youngsters out there, AZ67 were a good team. A year or so later, they took a great Ipswich team, all the way in the UEFA cup final. When that competition was really worth winning. |
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Close, but early 70's here. Spurs v Wolves
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1953 as a 6 year old for a West Ham second division game with my dad.
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FWIW, it was against Dinamo Bucharest a few years later that I saw Sammy lee score in the European Cup................................
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doubt anyone beat that sparrow, do you remember any of it,
ps 1st tv i remember was 65 cup final leeds v lpool, very vague, but i dont remember 66 world cup, and my best memory is 68 final everton v wba. but this is weird, i remember sitting in our small living room on a wed after coronation st and those days theyd come on at around 8.00 saying tonight at 10.30 after the news highlights of whoever. but on this night i honestly rememner them saying man utd v anderlecht tonight match and utd won 10-0, whats weird is, this was 1956 , and i wasnt born    |
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I don't remember too much of the earliest games but recall the 57/58 season only too well as the team finished champions of Division 2 and of course promotion.
As for 1953 I do very much remember the Cup final won by Blackpool 4-3 against Bolton and known as the Matthews final. So many memories of that era especially England being thrashed by Hungary in 1953 and the media all saying we would win the return match in 1954 which Hungary won 7-1 but they were easily the best side in World football and possibly the best team never to win that cup. |
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Sparrow was A Clyde fan as his 2nd team back in them days -its true and nowt wrong wiv that cos Clyde won the Scottish fa cup back in the day - cant rememba if ya a hammers fan mind sparrow but wow that was bad tonite
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As you can see above smirnoff a lifelong hammers fan for my sins. It's strange how we all latched on to a Scottish team back then and yes mine was Clyde for some unknown reason.
Tonight was bad but I half expected it due to all the turmoil surrounding recent events. |
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mid.... not mud
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sparrow it looks like you hav one of the last dinosaurs -closely followed by Mourinho for Spurs- likes of Allardyce and Pardew are long gone cos game overtakes em and they all get a gig on gillette soccer special - just wait for massive announcement when Mourinho joins panel 18mths down the line after the inevitable happens - Allardyce was commentating on Leeds game for Talksport tonite
re soccer special - i giv you Pulis and Sherwood ffs lol Mersons just there for pay cheque imo  |
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I don't accept this dinosaur argument as those managers play to theit teams strengths rather than Howe, Holloway and all the others who tried to compete on equal terms.
Allardyce rescued the team from the second tier and left us in mid table safety as Moyes also did rather than such as Pellegrini who everyone thought would be taking us to "the next level playing the "West Ham Way" and all that nonsense. Everyone thought Howe was going to be a great success but he was just too naive to succeed in the present day game. Give Guardiola and Klopp these same budgets and see what they will achieve. |
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Agreed sparrow , much of the tags put on managers is down to budgets. Guardiola and Klopp would soon become "dinosaurs playing long ball" if they didnt have players worth 80 million in their teams- tactics are overrated , its about the players
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PSG couldnt even beat Lens the other day once a handful of players were taken out of the team and Bayern Munich arguably the best team in the world have a manager who hadnt managed anyone for 16 years before taking over at Bayern. The likes of Darren obsess over managerial tactics but its nonsense in relevance terms compared to the players
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My first was Tranmere v Huddersfield, FA Cup 3rd round 1968. Too young to remember much but Tranmere won 2-1 and a young Frank Worthington scored for Huddersfield. That was in the days when the FA Cup was probably more important than the league and there was a crowd of just over 20,000.
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not my first game but i was at st james park in 1968 when man city won the league ... beat the toon 4-3 & manure lost at home to sunland although they did win the european cup that season ... great memories for a kid as i was then
city had a great team back then ... a few of them i remember who played that day were - franny lee; summerbee; bell; tony book; neil young; pardoe & oakes; mick doyle ... can't rememer the others without looking them up |
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Tony Book all the way from Bath City and Plymouth at the age of 31, but could you imagine that today?
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they won a few trophies with him as captain sparrow ... League; FA Cup; League Cup; Cup Winners Cup
different times of course but much more enjoyable to watch footie then ... in my opinion |
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First game was Bournemouth v Bristol Rovers 1967 or 68. We were on holiday and I begged my dad to take me and my brother to a match. Got the bug, first game at WHL was Spurs v Leeds 1970. Was desperate to see my hero Jimmy Greaves, but Bill Nick dropped him that day! Saw Greavsie a couple of years later playing for West Ham at Tottenham.
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Lincoln City v Chester, October '66. Lost 3-2 and I remember some kids near me singing about the merits of Joe Bonson and Harry Godbold. I wasn't convinced and the season ended with another re-election application.
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First game i went to was 1965 Fulham v Chelsea at the Cottage. Went on to follow Arsenal from 1968 onwards. Went to Millwall late 60's with some pals on the odd occasion.
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First game was 1961,a 4-0 home defeat to Everton and relegation for my team Newcastle United,was hooked despite the scoreline.
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geordie, i was a man utd fan , but city were a much better team than utd between around 68 and 74, even though utd won the european cup, city always had the upper hand between both teams.
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city 68 squad for you Joe Corrigan England England 18/11/1948
Harry Dowd England England 04/07/1938 Ken Mulhearn England England 16/10/1945 Defender Tony Book England England 04/09/1935 Tommy Booth England England 09/11/1949 David Connor England England 27/10/1945 Willie Donachie Scotland Scotland 05/10/1951 George Heslop England England 01/07/1940 Derek Jeffries England England 22/03/1951 Glyn Pardoe England England 01/06/1946 Midfielder Colin Bell England England 26/02/1946 Stan Bowles England England 24/12/1948 Ian Bowyer England England 06/06/1951 Mike Doyle England England 25/11/1946 Bobby Kennedy Scotland Scotland 23/06/1937 Arthur Mann Scotland Scotland 23/01/1948 James Mundy England England 02/09/1948 Alan Oakes England England 07/09/1942 Tony Towers England England 13/04/1952 Forward Tony Coleman England England 02/05/1945 Chris Glennon England England 29/10/1949 Francis Lee England England 29/04/1944 Bobby Owen England England 17/10/1947 Mike Summerbee England England 15/12/1942 Neil Young England England 17/02/1944 Manager Joe Mercer England England 09/08/1914 Ass. Manager Malcolm Allison England England 05/09/1927 , few surprises there, didnt know that stan bowles was at city |
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1957 for me elisjohn, Wolves v Bolton 6-1 to wolves
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and bolton won the cup, didnt they that year ?
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yes, they beat wolves 2-1 in the qf, beat Man Utd in the final, still playing chess elisjohn?
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do you know , i did a lot of nice things during the lockdown, chess, reading, walking, etc etc, and since sports back on im bloody back on this, i know there was some terrible times for some families then , but i can honestly say personally i was really happier in myself and a lot of others were as well.I hope that doesnt sound terrible .
i had trials at burnden park bolton in the 80s, when john mcgovern was manager  |
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similar here re lockdown, I had trials with Walsall having been rejected at Wolves but never made it there either, played amateur for a few years before girls and motorbikes became more exciting.
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I never had much skill at footie but I did like playing chess at Uni. Was even Uni Champion one year, of which I am and was very proud...............
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we had a little club on chit chat before they shut us down
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67 for me i think last 2 boro homes in promotion to div 1,beat peterbrough 2 1 on the sat and oxford 4 nil on following tues night
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my notables live have been
oxford 4 nil promotion drawing 1 i with utd in fa cup,john hickton scored daylight f a cup game against utd because of power cuts, lost 3 nil,3 no marks scored best,law,charlton ,whatever happened to them f a cup quater final 1st big away game 10,000 went lost 3 nil,deafened by keep on till end of rd chelsea away stamford bridge play offs won on agg, boy did they not like it invaded pitch,hell on, bri robsons boro juninho,emmerson,rav etc lost at leeds relagated, something data cup final wembley lost 1 nil chelsea f a cup final 2 carling cup finals wembley/cardiff euefa cup final eindohoven,seville lost 4 nil 82 i think at wembley beat hungary 1 nil to qualify for world cup paul mariner scored only world cup finals game went out to madrid for west german/spain games 82 keegan missed sitter against spain ,couldnt get tkts watched both games in a bar, biggest mistake match ever,sat at home on dole in 80,s boro played plymouth away in lg cup mate phoned tues morning lets go to plymouth on supporters club coac,ra,ra,s,7/8 hrs on bus nil,nil , back on coach 7/8 hrs back seen scotland at wembley and hampden |
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72 Bham stoke 3rd place play off previous FA CUP bham won on pens i thought they lost just googled it gave teams v impressive
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zenith data final it was boro v chelsea lost 1 nil
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ist time , i remember that hickton goal v utd, but im sure i remember boro as a division 2 side beating utd in the cup in the 70s , maybe im wrong, im sure it was 2-1 at ayresome pk
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did boro win that replay you mentioned ? around 71
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not sure we seemed to draw them every year over that period,hickton looked about 30 yds offside,
,think we,d also beaten west ham atnhome in previous round derek downing scored i had season tkt in west stand in them days,we did win a cup game at utd in those days but i think it was in lg cup |