1968-69 (55 years ago) match reports and photos

[Silent Blade]

11/3/1969

Blades 2 (Reece 2) Cardiff 2 (Clark, Jones)



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1969-03-11

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[Silent Blade]

14/3/1969 (Friday night)

Millwall 1 (Weller) Blades 0

 

[Bell4]

11/3/1969

Blades 2 (Reece 2) Cardiff 2 (Clark, Jones)

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1969-03-11

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And a year on from this - wow - oh what a night

 

[Silent Blade]

And a year on from this - wow - oh what a night

Two years.

 

[Blacksea]

14/3/1969 (Friday night)

Millwall 1 (Weller) Blades 0

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I had gone to bed as there was obviously no way of knowing the score any time soon after it finished,but my dad shouted upstairs to me they had lost

 

[Bell4]

Two years.

What night were you thinking of ?

 

[Silent Blade]

What night were you thinking of ?

April 27th 1971

 

[Bell4]

April 27th 1971

oh , i was thinking of March 17th 1970

 

[Silent Blade]

oh , i was thinking of March 17th 1970

We lost 1-0 at Boro that night, the first of the 4 consecutive defeats that derailed our promotion chances?

 

[Silent Blade]

17/3/1969

Preston 2 (Gemmill, Wilson) Blades 2 (Buckley, Currie)

 

[Silent Blade]

22/3/1969

Blades 5 (Woodward 2, Buckley pen, Colquhoun, Badger) Bolton 2 (Hill, Phillips)













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1969-03-22

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

22/3/1969

Blades 5 (Woodward 2, Buckley pen, Colquhoun, Badger) Bolton 2 (Hill, Phillips)



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1969-03-22

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Interesting to note that Paddy Buckley rather than Woody took the penalty and ‘nearly tore the net ‘.

He was a player who was much underrated IMO , partly due to his physique which earned him the nickname of ‘The Flying Pig’ but also the fact that for many years before him we had been blessed with and become accustomed to having a succession of outstanding players in the position of outside left .

Just in my lifetime they included Collindrige , Grainger and Hawksworth who were very hard acts to follow but in my view and that of my mates at the time , Paddy made a fairly good fist of it in the relatively few games he played for us and endeared himself to us with his pace , ability to deliver excellent crosses and a powerful shot on goal .

For those who never had the pleasure of watching him play , think Ollie Burke with a footballing brain and total commitment to the cause , the latter having already racked up around £60 million in transfer fees and the former the equivalent of two pints of lager and a packet of crisps ……

 

[Silent Blade]

25/3/1969

Charlton 2 (Tees, Crawford) Blades 1 (Woodward)

David Munks' last match for us.



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1969-03-25

 

[Silent Blade]

29/3/1969

Blades 1 (Tudor) Norwich 0







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1969-03-29

 

[Silent Blade]

From the programme

 

[Silent Blade]

5/4/1969

Blackpool 1 (Suddick) Blades 1 (Woodward)





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1969-04-05

 

[bornablade]

Went to Blackpool for the Easter weekend match. Had a burger from a Burger van outside the ground. The next few days that burger kept on coming up over and over.

Never been to a Burger van again.

I see Derby County got promoted over that weekend. Brian Clough's purchase of Willie Carlin in the previous August paid off.

Meanwhile we sat in 7th position.

 

[Silent Blade]

7/4/1969

Derby 1 (Durban) Blades 0






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1969-04-07

 

[Silent Blade]

8/4/1969

Blades 1 (Reece) Hull 1 (Wagstaff)



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1969-04-08

 

[Silent Blade]

12/4/1969

Blades 3 (Reece, Staniforth 2) Blackburn 0








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1969-04-12

From the programme

 

[ancientblade]

7/4/1969

Derby 1 (Durban) Blades 0

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1969-04-07

went to this game cloughy had just got derby going and the baseball ground was rocking that day went there 4 times and never saw us score a goal lol although the cup game there in 1970 was good fun despite losing 3 - 0 very lively on the popside that afternoon

 

[Silent Blade]

16/4/1969

County Cup semi final replay

Blades 9 (Staniforth 2, Tudor 3, Colquhoun 2, Buckley, Fenoughty) Barnsley 0

 

[Silent Blade]

19/4/1969

Oxford 1 (Harrington) Blades 0





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1969-04-19

 

[Silent Blade]

Dave Powell won our player of the season

1968/69 season appearances and goals.

League appearances

42
Alan Hodgkinson, Alan Woodward

40
Len Badger

35
Tony Currie

31 + 1 sub
Gil Reece

27
Dave Powell

26
Bernard Shaw
Eddie Colquhoun

25
Colin Addison
Ted Hemsley

22 + 1
David Munks

19
John Tudor

15 + 1
Frank Barlow

15
Ken Mallender

12 + 2
Tony Wagstaff

11 + 1
Geoff Salmons
Mick Heaton

10 + 2
Barry Wagstaff

Mick Hill 9 + 1, Mick Harmston 5, Pat Buckley 4 + 1, Willie Carlin 3, David Staniforth 3, Phil Cliff 2 + 1, Tom Fenoughty 2.

League goals

Alan Woodward 12, John Tudor 11, Gil Reece 8, Colin Addison 8, Tony Currie 4, Ted Hemsley 3, Len Badger 2, Pat Buckley 2, Eddie Colquhoun 2, Mick Hill 2, Dave Staniforth 2, Willie Carlin 1, Phil Cliff 1, Geoff Salmons 1. 2 own goals

League Cup appearance (1 each) Alan Hodgkinson, Len Badger, Bernard Shaw, David Munks, Ken Mallender, Barry Wagstaff, Alan Woodward, Frank Barlow, Colin Addison, Tony Currie, Gil Reece.

FA Cup appearance (1 each) Alan Hodgkinson, Len Badger, Mick Heaton, Ted Hemsley, Eddie Colquhoun, Dave Powell , Alan Woodward, Colin Addison, John Tudor, Tony Wagstaff, Frank Barlow. Sub Tony Currie

FA Cup goal

John Tudor 1

 

[Silent Blade]

9/5/1969

County Cup final

Doncaster 0 Blades 0

 

[Keen Blade]

went to this game cloughy had just got derby going and the baseball ground was rocking that day went there 4 times and never saw us score a goal lol although the cup game there in 1970 was good fun despite losing 3 - 0 very lively on the popside that afternoon

Remember that game as clear as day - Dad parked in a "park & ride" carpark where buses were laid on to the game - i was 12 - neither Dad nor i had ever seen the "park & ride" concept before

 

[Silent Blade]

19/5/1969

David Munks moves to Portsmouth

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[ancientblade]

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we should have won promotion in 69/70 in a great position in march correct me if im wrong silent but didnt we lose 5 of the last 6 games ?

 

[Silent Blade]

we should have won promotion in 69/70 in a great position in march correct me if im wrong silent but didnt we lose 5 of the last 6 games ?

Lost 4 successive games in March