missed out a 4 nil defeat away to man city in 2 leg lg cup semi final,match remembered for city fans throwing darts

As a West Ham fan I was at Ayresome Park in 1970 for that game we lost.

winger harry redknapp, hard to think of him as a fast winger

1st time punter
re the Chelsea fans not liking you,were you at feethams that night
hope you are well
regards
Ronnie.

elisjohn
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winger harry redknappLaugh, hard to think of him as a fast winger




Harry was one of the best crossers of the ball I have ever seen and Peters and Hurst proved that time and again.

I remember Redknapp as a player, was just an average winger that every team had, here at Villa we had Tony Scott followed by Willie Anderson who was George Bests understudy at Man Utd, looked a bit like him as well, and not a bad winger.
First game I saw was Villa v Stoke about 63/64, my best mates dad took us to watch the great Stanley Mathews who was getting on for 50, unfortunately he never played and Stoke won 3-1, next game was Villa v Spurs, again went to see the great Spurs captain Danny Blanchflower, but he didn't play either. Spurs won 4-2 and I was hooked, thought Villa needed some support!
First big game I saw was Preston v Swansea in the 64 fa Cup semi final at VP. Preston won 1-0 or 2-0, think Howard Kendall played for Preston but he certainly  played in the final as the youngest player ever at 16/17. Preston were in Division 2/3 and Swansea in Division 4.
West ham beat them in the final.
Great memories of flap caps and grey mats filling the grounds.

My Dad took me to see Sheffield Wednesday v Grimsby in what must have been the old Div 2 in 1955/6 I think. I was very young but I know Wednesday won 6-0 and I have a memory,which may not be correct,that the Grimsby centre-half scored the first two goals.

ronnie
yes i was at feethams cup game and at victoria park hartlepool for the new era 1986
cheers sparrow i still use gordon jones name today,as in a gordon jones cross , gordon needed a passport to enter the oppositions half and used  to cross the ball in to the box from the halfway line,joe laidlaw was my fav boro player,no 10 blue and black stripes away kit,perfect
my memories of hughie mcllmoyle are 2 nil down early on at home to QPR and we ended up winning 6  v  2,think hugh scored 2 maybe 3 one bullet header his forte,
theres a park near ayresome park ,known as the old mans park,remember west hams playing a full on 11 a side game in there pre match to pass the time away

You are the oldest clacton and I expected you would be posting on this thread.

clacton,  i take it you dont remember the 38 world cup

Thanks showrunner. Wasn't quite sure when it was but surprised it was that late.
Can't be as old as I thought I was     

Candy1
" First game I ever went to was at Easter Road with my Dad  ...Hibs Beat Peebles Rovers 15-1....with Joe Baker scoring nine times for the hi-bees in 1961 ...I was 9 years old ..great game !"

My first game was at Easter Road when Hibs beat Queen of the South 9 - 1. when I was 11.

Hibernian 9-1 Queen of the South - August 10, 1946
The match report described this hammering of the Doonhamers as a “trouncing after a fashion the Dumfries club hasn’t known for many a day”
The men in green and white, spearheaded by wartime great Jock Weir, were four up inside 35 minutes - the speedy outside right managing to claim a hattrick after Jock Cuthbertson put the home side a goal up within the opening 60 seconds.t was seven by the time the visitors managed to grab their consolation, Weir adding his fourth either side of goals from Archie Buchanan and Johnny Aitkenhead and after Cuthbertson grabbed his second of the afternoon, Gordon Smith brought the rout to a close in front of a delighted 30,000-strong crowd at Easter Road.

I moved to London in 1954 and followed Chelsea's home games and went round all the other London clubs when they were away from home. 
Back to Scotland in 1957 and followed Hibs again till moving back to London in 1966 and a season ticket to Chelsea.
Now ? I've lost all interest in the game with it's millionaire players many of whose names I cant even pronounce.
I'd love to see Hugh Shaw's Hibs play a present day Celtic or Liverpool.

http://www.iancolquhoun.org.uk/how-hibs-taught-brazil-how-to-play-football/

In the 50s   Ashton Gate   Bristol City v Gillingham  Alas cannot recall the result, first match I went to with my dad.Think their best player ever was playing John Atyeo who went on to play for England, good going for a lower league player.

elisjohn    thanks for that, i reckon definitely 52 or 53. many years ago.
You a city fan/supporter ??
My old man used to run a pub bottom of Park St. area.

First game would probably be a Donny Rovers match,first Spurs match was 3-0 win over Sunderland,65 i think,remember my Dad buying the tickets off a tout.
Remember going to Hillsborough for the West Germany - Uruguay quarter final in 66,brilliant seats sure they were 50 bob, Uruguay were all over them first 10 mins,got a corner and it was cleared to edge of penalty area and a uruguayan hit it perfectly heading for the top corner and clear as day the big blonde full back Scnellinger punched it out with his fist,officials somehow missed it and they soon lost their rag,think they had 2 sent off and ended up getting beat 4-0,could have been very different,remember the electric scoreboard telling us Rattan had been sent off at Wembley too.

that law best charlton team bar 67/ 68, to be honest were pretty  awful  .im sure that colin viljohn scored in that 4-0 game , who was ipswich manager in the early 70s ?

of course, of course

Ellisjohn. The late great Bobby Robson was Ipswich manager then.  Wilf McGuinness was ManU manager then.
Colin Viljoen got two in that game.

As I recall lockup there were three goals scored by goalkeepers that season.  Stepney started them off but did he not later become the victim of Pat Jennings.  The third one is a bit hazy but would it have been Jim Montgomery of Southampton?
I well remember George Best scoring a quite brilliant goal against Banks in a home international one Saturday afternoon - and it was disallowed.  Banks was bleating like a girl after Best out-thought ( and outplayed him ), perfectly legally.  There was no law or regulation at the time which made Best's action illegal!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D8IW_3_6D8