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Gordon was in the England squad that toured Mexico, Uruguay and Brazil in June 1969. He played against Mexico but refused a place in the 1970 World Cup squad because he wanted to stay at home with his family.
Made me smile with reference to Big Reg Matthewson. If memory serves me well, I think he was about 5ft 10ins tall. And the fabulous Joe Shaw even smaller, same with Doc Pace and Hodgy. Compare with today and it's like the Land of giants. Eddie Colquhoun was only around 6ft, but was the first 'big' centre half I recall us having. How times have changed
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I had completely forgotten this game. John Harris appeared to be very cautious as a manager, yet he twice experimented with playing left-backs in the forward line (Cliff Mason at outside-right, and Graham Shaw here at centre-forward). And both experiments were up to a point successful.
Another match that has been wiped from the memory bank. I don’t even remember the pop group performing before the game. According to the programme to the following home game, this was part of a broader plan to engage younger supporters:
Am hoping to complete two more 60 years ago today threads. 64/65 and 65/66 seasons. We already have 66/67 and 67/68 threads in here.dont remember the game silent but what a fantastic scoreline i first started going to the lane 64/65 so this thread coming up to the start for me keep up these great threads for us oldies
Despite him only scoring 7 goals, he got them in 3 different decades 1949-64.. Not many others have done that. I reckon only the following
George not Gary Jones
brilliant
Thanks!
Do you have easy access to which matches he scored in? I am wondering if I saw any of the others, and have forgotten them. That is a great list. Joe Shaw and Billy Sharp were not exactly similar footballers, but share that achievement.
5/11/49 2 v Bury H D2
Thanks for that. For once, my memory is reasonably accurate. 53-54 was my first season, and I don’t think I went to that many games, so probably wasn’t at the Liverpool game. So I presumably only saw him score the one at Arsenal (apart from the occasional own goal
), and it was rare to see him venture into the opposition half. He had a stint on the wing in a match where was injured early on (home match towards the end of the season, possibly Middlesbrough), and I think he managed to be in a few attacking moments, but other than that, nothing I can recall. So the Arsenal goal is a memory to treasure.He started off as an.inside forward if I recall correctly and was in that position when he got those 2 against Bury I think..As the first 5 all came within the space of 2 years, he obviously wasn't that defensive then!Thanks for that. For once, my memory is reasonably accurate. 53-54 was my first season, and I don’t think I went to that many games, so probably wasn’t at the Liverpool game. So I presumably only saw him score the one at Arsenal (apart from the occasional own goal
It is difficult to suggest any other regular player going 10 years between goals.
He was wing-half when I first went, but soon moved to centre-half. The idea of the centre-half going up for corners did not surface until late in his career, and as his one obvious problem was dealing with tall strikers, it would not have served much purpose. I am sure someone will know who invented the idea of defenders going up for corners; I associate it with Jack Charlton in the mid/early 60s standing at the near post to flick the ball on, and by the late 60s it was common for 2 tall centre-backs to go up together. And I associate that with Colquhoun and Flynn for Utd. But I am happy to stand corrected if others know more about this. I wonder who the first goalie to go up for a corner was; it was a shock if the keeper went out of the penalty area in the 50s and 60s.
Apologies for the slow response to the Wolves matches. Here are some pages from the home programme, which for some reason has survived the disappearance of most programmes from the last few weeks of the season.
The reports of this game, another which I have completely forgotten, bring home how some things in football have greatly improved. In this case, it is that there have been changes which keep the interest up much longer in a season. The only important position at the top of the league was top - there were no incentives to finish second, and no European places to compete for. At the bottom, only 2 teams were relegated, and with just 2 points for a win, it meant that most teams had nothing to play for for a long time at the end of the season. Utd v Fulham was just one such game. Add in the fact that few supporters had season tickets, and the crowds declined as the season drew to a close; players and supporters lost interest much earlier than is the case for most clubs now.
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