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A reunion of the heroes at Hereford's ground yesterday. Colin Addison looking well for is age. 82 in 3 months time!
Obviously I've seen the goals repeated many times down the years, but I never realised that the Hereford v Newcastle 3rd round replay took place on the 4th round Saturday. Always assumed it was one of those midweek afternoon games that had to kick off early because of the miners' strike.
Anyway, a cracking game coming up on this thread in a few days' time, Silent Blade. Will make for some interesting reading.
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The Newcastle v Hereford was postponed twice due to rain, and then eventually played on Monday 24th January. Drew 2-2. Replay was postponed 3 times and then eventually played on 5th February!
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Although there are the goals of the match on youtube available but on my Skyplus I did have some interesting black and white footage of the match from "Late Kick Off Yorkshire and Lincolnshire" programme about 10 years ago when Guy Mowbray was interviewing TC and there was footage of Trevor Hockey breaking his leg, being carried off the field by Cec Coldwell's piggyback, Mike Summerbee having a scuffle with debutant Alan Ogden also few seconds of rough stuff by both sides. Unfortunately a few years ago it was removed from my SkyplusAnyway, a cracking game coming up on this thread in a few days' time, Silent Blade. Will make for some interesting reading.
. I did ask two who I thought may have the footage but they dont have it.An appeal to anyone in here, do you have the footage from the "Late Kick Off" programme and are you able to post it in here this weekend please?
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It was the first time I saw us play against a foreign club and I was excited about it. The attendance for the friendly was over 18,000. Due to injuries/illnesses to Colquhoun, Badger, Hemsley and Salmons, we had to play a few youngsters short of 1st team experience.
It was a shock that we were 2-0 down in the first 7 minutes, the Kiev scorers didnt really celebrate their goals, the players just trotted back to their half as if they treated it as a training match! They dominated the 1st half, they looked more athletic than our players, their teamwork was fast and quick thinking, my dad applauded their moves. I didnt join him as I feared another heavy defeat which could destroy 19 year old McAlister's confidence.
During half time I was looking at the Kiev's players' names at the back of the programme and I asked my dad to pronounce the names. I had a chuckle at his tongue tied attempts!
We played much better in the 2nd half and Gil Reece pulled a goal back.
I remember watching the Euro 1972 Cup final between West Germany and USSR. The Germans won 3-0 but I was impressed with the keeper Rudakov who was very acrobatic and made some good saves. At the time I hadnt realised that I had already seen him at the Lane a few months earlier, I had found out years later.
The first time I had heard of Oleg Blokhin when I had found out from Shoot! in the mid 1970s that he won the Ballon d'Or in 1975 and I remember him playing in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups but I hadnt realised that I had seen him at the Lane in 1972 until I saw an article in Flashing Blade in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I did watch highlights on tv of the USSR v England friendly in summer 1973, I was not really taking notice of any of the USSR players at the time and my eyes were on TC (who was England's best player in the match) and my dad was telling me that the tv pundits (Gordon Banks and Jack Charlton) were praising TC. Looking at the you tube footage of the international match a few years ago I realised Blokhin played in the same match and his pace was troubling the England defenders in the 2nd half. Back to the friendly at the Lane, Blokhin came on as sub and according to the report below he missed an easy chance.
From the programme
Kathryn is currently the vice-chair of the Senior Blades. I dont think I have met her but I still remember her name since 1978 as she was Harry Haslam's secretary at the time. I have met and spoke to her brother a few times in the last 15 years (I think) and he is a well respected poster in this forum. I am told that Kathryn still goes to home and away games.
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12/2/1972
Blades 3 (Dearden, Woodward (pen), Currie) Man City 3 (Lee 2 (1 pen), Bell) Attendance 38,184
For the only third time in eight years MOTD cameras were at BDTBL.
It was a surprise finding out in the previous evening's Star that Alan Ogden and Mick Speight were given full league debuts against the league leaders and there was no place for Gil Reece. I think Ted Hemsley and Geoff Salmons received injuries from the friendly match at Israel the previous week, Hemsley probably hadnt fully recovered and Salmons was named as the sub.
Before the kick off I noticed spectators near me at the front of the BLUT turned round to look at something happening at the back of the BLUT so I did the same and I saw a blonde hair lady standing up to ring her handbell. I thought she was showing a bit of "aggro" and I was thinking I wouldnt want to be near her! My dad dismissed her as "daft" judging from the look on his face. Years later I realised she was just a fanatical City fan called Helen rather than a football yob! She was ringing her handbell when we lost 4-2 at Maine Road in the League Cup in November 1988
For years I could remember the match being an entertaining high scoring 3-3 draw that was televised by MOTD cameras, remember all the goals well, Hockey breaking his leg, the debuts of Speight and Ogden but about 10 years ago there was some interesting black and white footage of the match from "Late Kick Off Yorkshire and Lincolnshire" programme when Guy Mowbray was interviewing TC and there was footage of Trevor Hockey breaking his leg, being carried off the field by Cec Coldwell's piggyback, Mike Summerbee having a scuffle with debutant Alan Ogden also few seconds of rough stuff by both sides. Even that night TC was as surprised as I was at seeing the the rough stuff that had happened during the match.
Man City led by 2 goals in the first half hour with a free kick from Francis Lee and a quick well worked counter-attack move that Colin Bell finished after running almost the length of the pitch (photo below). It has to be said that Woody shirked a challenge and lost the ball too easily just before City started the counter-attack. Woody was a top class player but there were times when he backed off from challenges and that was his main weakness which irritated quite a few of our fans.
Shortly after that we pulled a goal back when Dearden headed in a Woody corner. You could see in the video that hardly any of the City defenders were marking Dearden unlike the tight marking we see by defenders during set pieces nowadays!
For years I knew that Trevor Hockey had broken his leg in a challenge with Mike Doyle, got a ticking off by the ref, Hockey was still standing at the time but was looking down at his leg, play continued with Hockey still gingerly running around for a few minutes before collapsing on the middle of the field. There were more details to add to from what I had remembered for years when I saw that Late Kick off programme. Doyle had just received a pass near the John Street side at the Kop End, Hockey then swung his leg at Doyle's shin. Doyle didnt fall down despite feeling a bit of a pain, he reacted angrily and grabbed the back of Hockey's hair and shaking his head a little, having words with him. Hockey didnt retaliate at Doyle's reaction before receiving the ticking off by the ref. I know that Man City restarted play by taking a free kick at the same place and play continued for a few minutes. Even the ref didnt stop play for a while when Hockey had collapsed on the pitch. The footage from the kick off programme 10 years ago showed Cec Coldwell trying to treat Hockey's injury with his sponge and bucket and the camera panned at the anxious looks on the spectators' faces before Coldwell decided to give Hockey a piggy back to help him off the pitch before handing him over to the ST John's workers and physio Geoff Goodall (photo below)
Just before half time there was a bit of a scuffle and jostling between Mike Summerbee and Alan Ogden on the cricket side, the footage of this incident was on a Look North programme about Ogden's heart transplant in the late 1990s (unfortunately the new heart gave Ogden only a few more years) also in the Late Kick off programme.
We fought back well just after half time when we were awarded a penalty after Dearden got tripped in the penalty box after racing on to a perfect long pass by TC. Woody coolly placed his penalty as Corrigan went the wrong way.
Soon after, Woody took a corner from the left and then it was cleared for another corner from the right, Woody attempted to score direct but Corrigan tipped the ball over for another corner, this time Woody's third successive corner found TC's head and it was great header to put us into the lead.
But about 5 minutes later there was a bit of scramble in our penalty box, our keeper John Hope unwisely dashed out of the net hoping to pick up the ball but the City players outfoxed him and then Hope was in a no man's land leaving a free shot for Lee to fire towards the goal but Mick Speight was near the goal line to dive and use his hands to turn the shot past the post,
The ref awarded a penalty and then booked Speight, these kind of handballs wasnt a sending off offence until around 1982/83.
Lee then blasted away the penalty
Man City still held their place at the top of the league leading by 2 points with 14 games left and were looking favourites to win the league. Interestingly, Man City's manager blamed himself for the dropped point explaining the reasons below
Goals, scorers, line ups and league tables are in the below link
From the programme
Blades 3 (Dearden, Woodward (pen), Currie) Man City 3 (Lee 2 (1 pen), Bell) Attendance 38,184
For the only third time in eight years MOTD cameras were at BDTBL.
It was a surprise finding out in the previous evening's Star that Alan Ogden and Mick Speight were given full league debuts against the league leaders and there was no place for Gil Reece. I think Ted Hemsley and Geoff Salmons received injuries from the friendly match at Israel the previous week, Hemsley probably hadnt fully recovered and Salmons was named as the sub.
Before the kick off I noticed spectators near me at the front of the BLUT turned round to look at something happening at the back of the BLUT so I did the same and I saw a blonde hair lady standing up to ring her handbell. I thought she was showing a bit of "aggro" and I was thinking I wouldnt want to be near her! My dad dismissed her as "daft" judging from the look on his face. Years later I realised she was just a fanatical City fan called Helen rather than a football yob! She was ringing her handbell when we lost 4-2 at Maine Road in the League Cup in November 1988
For years I could remember the match being an entertaining high scoring 3-3 draw that was televised by MOTD cameras, remember all the goals well, Hockey breaking his leg, the debuts of Speight and Ogden but about 10 years ago there was some interesting black and white footage of the match from "Late Kick Off Yorkshire and Lincolnshire" programme when Guy Mowbray was interviewing TC and there was footage of Trevor Hockey breaking his leg, being carried off the field by Cec Coldwell's piggyback, Mike Summerbee having a scuffle with debutant Alan Ogden also few seconds of rough stuff by both sides. Even that night TC was as surprised as I was at seeing the the rough stuff that had happened during the match.
Man City led by 2 goals in the first half hour with a free kick from Francis Lee and a quick well worked counter-attack move that Colin Bell finished after running almost the length of the pitch (photo below). It has to be said that Woody shirked a challenge and lost the ball too easily just before City started the counter-attack. Woody was a top class player but there were times when he backed off from challenges and that was his main weakness which irritated quite a few of our fans.
Shortly after that we pulled a goal back when Dearden headed in a Woody corner. You could see in the video that hardly any of the City defenders were marking Dearden unlike the tight marking we see by defenders during set pieces nowadays!
For years I knew that Trevor Hockey had broken his leg in a challenge with Mike Doyle, got a ticking off by the ref, Hockey was still standing at the time but was looking down at his leg, play continued with Hockey still gingerly running around for a few minutes before collapsing on the middle of the field. There were more details to add to from what I had remembered for years when I saw that Late Kick off programme. Doyle had just received a pass near the John Street side at the Kop End, Hockey then swung his leg at Doyle's shin. Doyle didnt fall down despite feeling a bit of a pain, he reacted angrily and grabbed the back of Hockey's hair and shaking his head a little, having words with him. Hockey didnt retaliate at Doyle's reaction before receiving the ticking off by the ref. I know that Man City restarted play by taking a free kick at the same place and play continued for a few minutes. Even the ref didnt stop play for a while when Hockey had collapsed on the pitch. The footage from the kick off programme 10 years ago showed Cec Coldwell trying to treat Hockey's injury with his sponge and bucket and the camera panned at the anxious looks on the spectators' faces before Coldwell decided to give Hockey a piggy back to help him off the pitch before handing him over to the ST John's workers and physio Geoff Goodall (photo below)
Just before half time there was a bit of a scuffle and jostling between Mike Summerbee and Alan Ogden on the cricket side, the footage of this incident was on a Look North programme about Ogden's heart transplant in the late 1990s (unfortunately the new heart gave Ogden only a few more years) also in the Late Kick off programme.
We fought back well just after half time when we were awarded a penalty after Dearden got tripped in the penalty box after racing on to a perfect long pass by TC. Woody coolly placed his penalty as Corrigan went the wrong way.
Soon after, Woody took a corner from the left and then it was cleared for another corner from the right, Woody attempted to score direct but Corrigan tipped the ball over for another corner, this time Woody's third successive corner found TC's head and it was great header to put us into the lead.
But about 5 minutes later there was a bit of scramble in our penalty box, our keeper John Hope unwisely dashed out of the net hoping to pick up the ball but the City players outfoxed him and then Hope was in a no man's land leaving a free shot for Lee to fire towards the goal but Mick Speight was near the goal line to dive and use his hands to turn the shot past the post,
The ref awarded a penalty and then booked Speight, these kind of handballs wasnt a sending off offence until around 1982/83.
Lee then blasted away the penalty
Man City still held their place at the top of the league leading by 2 points with 14 games left and were looking favourites to win the league. Interestingly, Man City's manager blamed himself for the dropped point explaining the reasons below
Goals, scorers, line ups and league tables are in the below link
From the programme
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yeah great stuff silent was there on the shoreham fantastic game and watched highlights in alexandra that night always our last stop before heading for top rank suite had some great nights in there apart from piss poor beer and lager lol
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19/2/1972
Liverpool 2 (Toshack 2) Blades 0
I do remember going to the game but not really in great detail. On the evening before Melvyn (lived 3 doors away from us) came to our house to discuss the route to Liverpool (cant remember why we travelled there by car rather than Branson coaches organised by SUSC Dronfield branch). I was interested in what route they were choosing as they were looking at the GB road atlas. It surprised me that they decided to go to Manchester first before going to Liverpool. On the map it looked that Manchester isnt in the same direction as the crow flies from Dronfield to Liverpool. Over the years I realised that they were correct about the quickest route to Liverpool.
I can remember after the car was parked near Anfield, I saw scruffy looking kids playing football on the streets and it fascinated me.
We were sat in the old main stand and I remember seeing the mist over the pitch that we often see when watching a match at Anfield on tv. I do not remember the goals or how we played. Peter Markie in the Green Un said we were unlucky to lose but the reports in the lfchistory link below said Liverpool were dominant! We still had not won a league match in 1972, sliding down to 10th place in the league, so our chances of winning the league were getting more remote!
A few years ago on Facebook a Liverpool fan told me he remembered a Blade supporter, in Clockwork Orange outfit, was stood next to him on the Anfield Kop, constantly shouting "Sheffield" - but making in three syllables. He was tolerated with typical Scouse humour - until half-time - when suddenly he was on the floor (of a crowded Kop) getting a bit of a shoeing. The police dived in, and carted him away!
Below link are two match reports from the lfchistory website
Scores, scorers, line ups and league tables on that day are in the below link.
Liverpool 2 (Toshack 2) Blades 0
I do remember going to the game but not really in great detail. On the evening before Melvyn (lived 3 doors away from us) came to our house to discuss the route to Liverpool (cant remember why we travelled there by car rather than Branson coaches organised by SUSC Dronfield branch). I was interested in what route they were choosing as they were looking at the GB road atlas. It surprised me that they decided to go to Manchester first before going to Liverpool. On the map it looked that Manchester isnt in the same direction as the crow flies from Dronfield to Liverpool. Over the years I realised that they were correct about the quickest route to Liverpool.
I can remember after the car was parked near Anfield, I saw scruffy looking kids playing football on the streets and it fascinated me.
We were sat in the old main stand and I remember seeing the mist over the pitch that we often see when watching a match at Anfield on tv. I do not remember the goals or how we played. Peter Markie in the Green Un said we were unlucky to lose but the reports in the lfchistory link below said Liverpool were dominant! We still had not won a league match in 1972, sliding down to 10th place in the league, so our chances of winning the league were getting more remote!
A few years ago on Facebook a Liverpool fan told me he remembered a Blade supporter, in Clockwork Orange outfit, was stood next to him on the Anfield Kop, constantly shouting "Sheffield" - but making in three syllables. He was tolerated with typical Scouse humour - until half-time - when suddenly he was on the floor (of a crowded Kop) getting a bit of a shoeing. The police dived in, and carted him away!
Below link are two match reports from the lfchistory website
Scores, scorers, line ups and league tables on that day are in the below link.
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Doyle spat at me through the wire tunnel fence as he went off at half time as I called him a dirty B
Don’t blame him really
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23/2/1972
Wendy 0 Santos 2 (Nene, Ferriera)
There were quite a few midweek matches in the first few months of 1972 that had an afternoon kick off because the electricity boards couldnt guarantee lighting for night matches, so on safety grounds alone the clubs had no alternative but to make midweek matches have a 2.30pm start. An evening match would have been a gamble. All 289 pits in England and Wales had been closed, with the miners declaring they were prepared for a long fight. Three months of negotiations with the NCB had ended in deadlock at the beginning of January and miners had walked out on 9 January in their first national dispute for 50 years, demanding a £9 a week pay rise on top of an average wage of £25. The government offered a 7.9% deal - just below its unofficial 8% pay ceiling - but the NUM refused to put it to the vote. The NCB withdrew the offer on 8 January. The Central Electricity Generating Board announced that many homes and businesses would be without electricity for up to nine hours a day. It was reported that with immediate effect, electricity would be switched off on a rota basis between 7am and midnight every day, meaning that consumers would face longer power cuts, up from six to nine hours. The shortage of electricity was forcing more and more factories and businesses to close.
My dad asked Tom Highet (photo below with glasses), the headmaster at Maud Maxfield. if I could have the afternoon off school so that I could see Pele play for Santos. Tom kindly agreed for me to have the afternoon off (he did the same 6 days later when we were playing against West Ham at BDTBL)
There was another problem, my dad couldnt have the afternoon off work as he was on afternoons that week so he asked his two workmates at William Lees in Dronfield, Les and Terry, to pick me up at Maud Maxfield and take me to the match. Three of us were sat in the North Stand (nearer to the Kop). Looking at the line up on the match programme I thought it wont be just Pele out of the 1970 World Cup winning team, but also Carlos Alberto and Clodoaldo. Out of the three I could only recognise Pele. Years later I realised that the line up on the programme was incorrect as Carlos Alberto and Clodoaldo didnt play. Edu was in the 1970 World Cup squad and for some reason I was aware of him for some time (probably from football annuals or magazines) and I did recognise him.
Back row l to r; Cejas, Orlando, Paulo, Oberdan, Leo, Ze Carlos
Front row; Manoel Maria, Nene, Edu, Pele, Ferriera
Out of the Santos line up on the programme only Cejas, Manoel Maria, Edu and Pele started in the match!
For some days leading up to the match my dad was telling me how well Pele played when he saw him at S6 in October 1962 and scored twice in Santos' 6-2 win against Wendy. In the living room at my house my dad was doing an impression of Pele's penalty that spellbounded Wendy keeper Ron Springett who hardly moved as the ball hit the back of the net. I had read so many good things about Pele and remember seeing him on tv scoring goals during the 1970 World Cup. I couldnt wait to see Pele in action but he really disappointed me during the match as he didnt touch the ball as often as I thought he would (despite the number of below photos of him with the ball so he must have touched the ball more than I thought!) . I read years later (from his autobiography) that before the Wendy match, Pele had demanded appearance money because he claimed that he was the "big attraction" but the Santos directors refused and told him that he had to play and would be getting the same money as the rest of the team.
As for the match I could remember keeper Peter Grummitt making a brilliant save from a powerful free kick by Edu, dont remember Santos' first goal scored at the Leppings Lane End. Reports said it was a bit of a freak goal.
I clearly remember the 2nd goal as it was a powerful angled shot at the Kop End and the Santos players jubilantly celebrated as if it was the winning goal in an important match. Unlike the Kiev scorers at Bramall Lane two weeks earlier!
After the game, my dad's workmate, Les asked me "what did you think of Pele?" I replied with "He was rubbish!" He then reacted in surprise before laughing with Terry. Looking back I should have replied with "thanks for taking me but I thought he didnt play as well as I was expecting". Les and Terry, if you are reading this , then I apologise for my grumpy reply but many thanks for taking me to the match!
Wendy 0 Santos 2 (Nene, Ferriera)
There were quite a few midweek matches in the first few months of 1972 that had an afternoon kick off because the electricity boards couldnt guarantee lighting for night matches, so on safety grounds alone the clubs had no alternative but to make midweek matches have a 2.30pm start. An evening match would have been a gamble. All 289 pits in England and Wales had been closed, with the miners declaring they were prepared for a long fight. Three months of negotiations with the NCB had ended in deadlock at the beginning of January and miners had walked out on 9 January in their first national dispute for 50 years, demanding a £9 a week pay rise on top of an average wage of £25. The government offered a 7.9% deal - just below its unofficial 8% pay ceiling - but the NUM refused to put it to the vote. The NCB withdrew the offer on 8 January. The Central Electricity Generating Board announced that many homes and businesses would be without electricity for up to nine hours a day. It was reported that with immediate effect, electricity would be switched off on a rota basis between 7am and midnight every day, meaning that consumers would face longer power cuts, up from six to nine hours. The shortage of electricity was forcing more and more factories and businesses to close.
My dad asked Tom Highet (photo below with glasses), the headmaster at Maud Maxfield. if I could have the afternoon off school so that I could see Pele play for Santos. Tom kindly agreed for me to have the afternoon off (he did the same 6 days later when we were playing against West Ham at BDTBL)
There was another problem, my dad couldnt have the afternoon off work as he was on afternoons that week so he asked his two workmates at William Lees in Dronfield, Les and Terry, to pick me up at Maud Maxfield and take me to the match. Three of us were sat in the North Stand (nearer to the Kop). Looking at the line up on the match programme I thought it wont be just Pele out of the 1970 World Cup winning team, but also Carlos Alberto and Clodoaldo. Out of the three I could only recognise Pele. Years later I realised that the line up on the programme was incorrect as Carlos Alberto and Clodoaldo didnt play. Edu was in the 1970 World Cup squad and for some reason I was aware of him for some time (probably from football annuals or magazines) and I did recognise him.
Back row l to r; Cejas, Orlando, Paulo, Oberdan, Leo, Ze Carlos
Front row; Manoel Maria, Nene, Edu, Pele, Ferriera
Out of the Santos line up on the programme only Cejas, Manoel Maria, Edu and Pele started in the match!
For some days leading up to the match my dad was telling me how well Pele played when he saw him at S6 in October 1962 and scored twice in Santos' 6-2 win against Wendy. In the living room at my house my dad was doing an impression of Pele's penalty that spellbounded Wendy keeper Ron Springett who hardly moved as the ball hit the back of the net. I had read so many good things about Pele and remember seeing him on tv scoring goals during the 1970 World Cup. I couldnt wait to see Pele in action but he really disappointed me during the match as he didnt touch the ball as often as I thought he would (despite the number of below photos of him with the ball so he must have touched the ball more than I thought!) . I read years later (from his autobiography) that before the Wendy match, Pele had demanded appearance money because he claimed that he was the "big attraction" but the Santos directors refused and told him that he had to play and would be getting the same money as the rest of the team.
As for the match I could remember keeper Peter Grummitt making a brilliant save from a powerful free kick by Edu, dont remember Santos' first goal scored at the Leppings Lane End. Reports said it was a bit of a freak goal.
I clearly remember the 2nd goal as it was a powerful angled shot at the Kop End and the Santos players jubilantly celebrated as if it was the winning goal in an important match. Unlike the Kiev scorers at Bramall Lane two weeks earlier!
After the game, my dad's workmate, Les asked me "what did you think of Pele?" I replied with "He was rubbish!" He then reacted in surprise before laughing with Terry. Looking back I should have replied with "thanks for taking me but I thought he didnt play as well as I was expecting". Les and Terry, if you are reading this , then I apologise for my grumpy reply but many thanks for taking me to the match!
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Remember it well Silent. We were given the afternoon off school and stood on the kop. I only knew Edu from the 1970 world cup sticker book, but he certainly was the star of the show.
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Great post
Remember it well
Also I remember walking from Aston to Treeton pit with my grandad and uncle to join the Picketing miners and families
Cold - hard and confusing times
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Very interesting item. Sorry to report another error, though - Wednesday lost 4-2 in the 1962 friendly
I was behind the goal for the Pele penalty in 1962. Afterwards Springett famously said he wasn’t fooled into diving early by Pele’s stuttering run-up; problem was, he didn’t dive when Pele did shoot
Your account of the 1972 game had me reflecting on how life changes. In 1962, when I was mid-teens, nothing would have kept me away from a chance to see the likes of Pele; by 1972, I was working, married, with 1 future Blade and a further future Blade not far away, and I was barely aware that Pele was coming to Sheffield.
Looking at the photos, the Kop looks pretty full. Do you reckon the official crowd number was accurate?
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Yes you are correct!Sorry to report another error, though - Wednesday lost 4-2 in the 1962 friendly
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was at the first game in 62 Santos were 2 up before Griffin and layne pulled it back to 2 - 2 Pele and a continuous hat trick for Santos will never forget peles penalty past Ron springett at the kop end just walked it in to top corner Ron never moved lolYes you are correct!
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29/2/1972
Blades 3 (Dearden 3) West Ham 0
Again, my headmaster at Maud Maxfield allowed me to have the afternoon off school. Again, my dad couldnt make it to the match because of work so his friend, Lenny Kenning, picked me up at school to take me to BDTBL. He was a regular local footballer but I dont think he supported a team. We also had two goals disallowed and I remember Lenny saying that we played well, scored 3 goals and had 2 goals disallowed against a defence that included Bobby Moore!
I dont remember noticing that for home games between February and April 1972, apart from the Man U game, we wore shirts with a white stripe in the middle and that the club badge was without the white shield around it.
The table as it stood after the match are in the below link
From the match programme
The below photo made me think "Wont be long before Dave Powell will play a 1st team game for us". Sadly it didnt happen
Blades 3 (Dearden 3) West Ham 0
Again, my headmaster at Maud Maxfield allowed me to have the afternoon off school. Again, my dad couldnt make it to the match because of work so his friend, Lenny Kenning, picked me up at school to take me to BDTBL. He was a regular local footballer but I dont think he supported a team. We also had two goals disallowed and I remember Lenny saying that we played well, scored 3 goals and had 2 goals disallowed against a defence that included Bobby Moore!
I dont remember noticing that for home games between February and April 1972, apart from the Man U game, we wore shirts with a white stripe in the middle and that the club badge was without the white shield around it.
The table as it stood after the match are in the below link
From the match programme
The below photo made me think "Wont be long before Dave Powell will play a 1st team game for us". Sadly it didnt happen
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There must have been some generous headteachers around. That was a decent crowd for a midweek afternoon match.
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Our school was totally against any pupils leaving school to attend the Pele match and this game against WHU.
I was more interested in going to the Lane than to Hillsborough and therefore missed the Wednesday v Santos game but went to this one.
In the end I think I got the opportunity of seeing the world's greatest number 10.
I was more interested in going to the Lane than to Hillsborough and therefore missed the Wednesday v Santos game but went to this one.
In the end I think I got the opportunity of seeing the world's greatest number 10.
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Three of us 15 year olds from the same class in Donny twagged school to go to this match. The next morning our form tutor (who knew exactly why we weren’t at school) says, “Where are your notes from your mother, or havent you written them yet?” Never forgotten that 
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Thanks for this Silent.
Was at the Match and I remember very well that Dynamo were absolutely brilliant and moved the ball about at speed. Seemed way ahead of English football at the time .
A real eye opener.
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In the light of recent developments, the words ‘Kiev Dynamo (Russia)’ are rather chilling.
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A Man. City team that could play exquisite football but when being bettered in a game resorted to kicking and punching there way to victory. It was there way and happened on many occasions, memories from watching MOTD all those years ago.
Qpr at home 1992 0-0.
Scunthorpe at home 2012 2-1
These are the only 2 since the West Ham game in 50 years
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