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[bornablade]

Some famous names here.

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Was that 1957?

Harry Cripps - Millwall
John Lyall - ex West Ham Manager
Geoff Hurst - unusual position
Bobby Moore
Joe Kirkup - made the West Ham first team

Ken Shellito - made Chelsea first team and became manager
Barry Bridges - made Chelsea first team
and of course Jimmy Greaves.

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Bert was reading the other day that Greaves once scored 7 in a game for Chelsea Youth Team.
Ted Drake congratulated him and told him that he'd remember it for the rest of his life.

Next game Greaves scored 8

I watched an excellent 2hr documentary about Jimmy Greaves on BT Sport last night.

In the season before he made his Chelsea debut, aged 17 I think, he scored loads of goals for the Youth Team.

How many ? 30 ? 40 ? No more than that. 50 ? 60 ? No. In that season he scored an astounding 114 goals.

Pace, dribbling ability, left foot, right foot, heading, vision, he had the lot.

He played for Chelsea, AC Milan, Spurs, West Ham, and of course England. He scored on his debut for all of them.

 

[Bert]

I watched an excellent 2hr documentary about Jimmy Greaves on BT Sport last night.

In the season before he made his Chelsea debut, aged 17 I think, he scored loads of goals for the Youth Team.

How many ? 30 ? 40 ? No more than that. 50 ? 60 ? No. In that season he scored an astounding 114 goals.

Pace, dribbling ability, left foot, right foot, heading, vision, he had the lot.

He played for Chelsea, AC Milan, Spurs, West Ham, and of course England. He scored on his debut for all of them.

Scored on his England U23 debut as well.

Player of the season at Barnet 1977 /8. 25 goals from midfield whilst being a full scale alcoholic.

Peerless.

 

[Bert]

Was that 1957?

Harry Cripps - Millwall
John Lyall - ex West Ham Manager
Geoff Hurst - unusual position
Bobby Moore
Joe Kirkup - made the West Ham first team

Ken Shellito - made Chelsea first team and became manager
Barry Bridges - made Chelsea first team
and of course Jimmy Greaves.

Either 56 or 57.

 

[Bert]

Either 56 or 57.

1957, West Ham match away at Lincoln advertised.

 

[XM657]

yeah just checked think it was len silver who i was thinking of other riders in that era were guy allott tony robinson len kitchen and dent oliver great days stood on the first bend at owlerton

 

[Kop sufferer]

1957, West Ham match away at Lincoln advertised.

Ask Bert if he's referring to the game the spammers won 6-1

 

[Bert]

Ask Bert if he's referring to the game the spammers won 6-1

That's the one.

 

[Blade1959]

 

[Blade1959]

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Sad day RIP Badge x

 

[ancientblade]

still cant believe it absolutely devastated this morning and not ashamed to admit ive been in tears this morning great great player and gentleman R.I.P. sir len

 

[Bert]

 

[DifferentClass]

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The fuck's Sheffield United Pudding? Rhian Brewster?

 

[Wapping Blade]

Can I add some Blades related ones from today? One is especially for sitwell

 

[XM657]

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Are there any more pages you may show us from this, venerable and tangible piece of evidence from the last time we won the FA Cup.
Closing in on a hundred years now, since.

 

[Bert]

Are there any more pages you may show us from this, venerable and tangible piece of evidence from the last time we won the FA Cup.
Closing in on a hundred years now, since.

There's no more. Just like our Cup successes.

 

[XM657]

There's no more. Just like our Cup successes.

Hopefully there will be, in the future, although I don't believe I shall ever see them win it.

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[XM657]

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Watch Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield United (1907) - BFI Player

An Edwardian First Division football match played at Blackburn's Ewood Park Stadium.

player.bfi.org.uk

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Watch Victors of the 'Cup' - BFI Player

A jubilant crowd line the streets outside Sheffield Town Hall to greet Sheffield United after their 1925 FA Cup final victory.

player.bfi.org.uk

 

[Silent Blade]

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WBA 3 Preston 2. 1954 FA Cup final

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

WBA 3 Preston 2. 1954 FA Cup final

The second Cup Final I saw on TV. There was a run of exciting finals, different clubs playing, and different teams winning the Cup, which made the games interesting and gave fans around the country the hope that one day... Ah, well... And there was considerable drama (including injuries), as well as heroic stories (Matthews, Trautmann...), all creating the magic of the Cup. For me, that was the best thing about football in the 1950s.

 

[Silent Blade]

The second Cup Final I saw on TV. There was a run of exciting finals, different clubs playing, and different teams winning the Cup, which made the games interesting and gave fans around the country the hope that one day... Ah, well... And there was considerable drama (including injuries), as well as heroic stories (Matthews, Trautmann...), all creating the magic of the Cup. For me, that was the best thing about football in the 1950s.

I remember my dad saying that the 1959 FA Cup final between Forest and Luton was boring

 

[Kop sufferer]

Watch Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield United (1907) - BFI Player

An Edwardian First Division football match played at Blackburn's Ewood Park Stadium.

player.bfi.org.uk

Interesting watch TB. Love the Nuttalls Brewery, (not Mintoe's) Lion Ales sign along the stand roof.
I guess by watching the team's come out the one and only Wm. Foulke had moved on.
Maybe SB will enlighten us with the GK info

 

[bornablade]

WBA 3 Preston 2. 1954 FA Cup final

In 1976 I was working in the West Midlands and playing football for a pretty poor standard football team.

One day Reg (Paddy) Ryan, the WBA Chief Scout who was a member of the 1954 WBA FA Cup winning team was there and asked if I'd be interested in coming along to WBA to do some training. I decided against it.

 

[Darnall Siam Blade]

Yes, HBT regarding injuries I remember, in the 1951-2 cup final, Walley Barnes (Right back) being injured in the first half and Arsenal had to carry on with 10 men. Lost 1-0 to Newcastle. What stands out, in my memory , was the length of time it took to treat the injured knee, and on the field at that- about 8 mins. No subs, of course, and I don't think they used to add time on in those days. All in black and white but Newcastle were in black and white , of course.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Interesting watch TB. Love the Nuttalls Brewery, (not Mintoe's) Lion Ales sign along the stand roof.
I guess by watching the team's come out the one and only Wm. Foulke had moved on.
Maybe SB will enlighten us with the GK info

I think Foulke's last season was 2 years earlier than the film in 1905.

Needham is first out of the changing rooms kicking the ball.

 

[Silent Blade]

Interesting watch TB. Love the Nuttalls Brewery, (not Mintoe's) Lion Ales sign along the stand roof.
I guess by watching the team's come out the one and only Wm. Foulke had moved on.
Maybe SB will enlighten us with the GK info

Keeper was Joe Lievesley

 

[Silent Blade]

I think Foulke's last season was 2 years earlier than the film in 1905.

Needham is first out of the changing rooms kicking the ball.

Yes the team was 1. Lievesley 2. Benson 3. Johnson C. 4. McGuire 5. Wilkinson 6. Needham 7. Thompson 8. McCormack 9. Brown 10. Bluff 11. Lipsham

Squad photo that season