1925 FA Cup winners reunion

[Silent Blade]

This photo is from the "50 years in division one" souvenir programme published in the 1967-68 season. I had always wondered what year this photo was taken. David Mercer was the first person from this photo to die (in 1950 aged 57), then it was Harold Pantling in 1952 (aged 61) and Seth King in 1958 (aged 61)

 

[Bert]

Bert's memory recalls that the same brochure has an interview with an elderly fan, he said that the best player he ever saw was Nudger Needham.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Bert's memory recalls that the same brochure has an interview with an elderly fan, he said that the best player he ever saw was Nudger Needham.

Given the levels of achievement, it's hard to disagree to this day. Most decorated man in a Blades shirt.

 

[Bert]

A far more decorated Blade

 

[HighfieldBlade]

This photo is from the "50 years in division one" souvenir programme published in the 1967-68 season. I had always wondered what year this photo was taken. David Mercer was the first person from this photo to die (in 1950 aged 57), then it was Harold Pantling in 1952 (aged 61) and Seth King in 1958 (aged 61)

Great find, that, thanks.
By modern standards, the players you mention who passed away did so at relatively young ages.

 

[Silent Blade]

Great find, that, thanks.
By modern standards, the players you mention who passed away did so at relatively young ages.

Yes, the players in 1899 and the 1902 teams passed away at much younger ages

 

[blade too long]

hard to believe all our cup winners are in the ground

mind you its only fair to mention next year 2016 is the 50th anniversary of England winning the world cup
7 of the squad are dead and the rest in their late seventies and eighties

 

[Silent Blade]

hard to believe all our cup winners are in the ground

mind you its only fair to mention next year 2016 is the 50th anniversary of England winning the world cup
7 of the squad are dead and the rest in their late seventies and eighties

3 of the 1966 squad (Moore, Ball and Connelly) are dead but 7 of the 1970 squad are dead (Moore, Ball, Osgood, Astle, Hughes, Newton and Labone)

 

[Sirius]

Great find, that, thanks.
By modern standards, the players you mention who passed away did so at relatively young ages.

Seth King was the landlord of the Castle pub on Dykes Hall Road. He looked about 90 years old to the local kids.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

This is cheerful stuff.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

hard to believe all our cup winners are in the ground

mind you its only fair to mention next year 2016 is the 50th anniversary of England winning the world cup
7 of the squad are dead and the rest in their late seventies and eighties

Which gives me a chance to ask one of my favourite questions:

Apart from 1966, how many times have England beaten either Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, or Spain in a World Cup knockout game?

 

[Silent Blade]

Which gives me a chance to ask one of my favourite questions:

Apart from 1966, how many times have England beaten either Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, or Spain in a World Cup knockout game?

We beat Argentina in 2002 so should it have been Uruguay instead of Argentina in your question?

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

We beat Argentina in 2002 so should it have been Uruguay instead of Argentina in your question?

No.

Why not..?

 

[Silent Blade]

No.

Why not..?

Just re-read your question. You are excluding WC group matches too!

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Just re-read your question. You are excluding WC group matches too!

"[T]oo".

Hmmm.

Well the point (which I think is well made - of course ) is that despite being regularly acclaimed as world-beaters, outside of 1966 (50 years ago), England have never beaten a decent team in a World Cup knockout game.

 

[JJ Sefton]

This photo is from the "50 years in division one" souvenir programme published in the 1967-68 season. I had always wondered what year this photo was taken. David Mercer was the first person from this photo to die (in 1950 aged 57), then it was Harold Pantling in 1952 (aged 61) and Seth King in 1958 (aged 61)

That brochure also has an interview in it with one of the black and white minstrels.

 

[Silent Blade]

That brochure also has an interview in it with one of the black and white minstrels.

Yes I got Tony Mercer's autograph before the 5-1 defeat at Palace in December 1971. I didnt know who he was until my dad told me!

 

[Silent Blade]

"[T]oo".

Hmmm.

Well the point (which I think is well made - of course ) is that despite being regularly acclaimed as world-beaters, outside of 1966 (50 years ago), England have never beaten a decent team in a World Cup knockout game.

We have played only 10 knockout games since 1966

 

[blade too long]

still too long without a win

 

[blade too long]

3 of the 1966 squad (Moore, Ball and Connelly) are dead but 7 of the 1970 squad are dead (Moore, Ball, Osgood, Astle, Hughes, Newton and Labone)

jimmy greaves doesnt seem too lively

 

[Bert]

Greaves wasn't in the 1970 squad. Instead he drove to Mexico in a Ford Escort.
He's not dead either.

 

[blade too long]

never said he was in 70 squad

 

[Bert]

never said he was in 70 squad

Bert was replying to the post that implied that Greaves was dead. That post has been deleted.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

We have played only 10 knockout games since 1966

Which reinforces the point.