Silent Blade
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15/8/1970
Orient 3 (Harper, Lazarus 2) Blades 1 (Addison)
My dad decided that Orient was too far for us to go to so he took me to watch Chesterfield v Aston Villa at Saltergate. It was Villa's first ever match in the 3rd tier after getting relegation in the previous season. It was a very warm day and I was stood in the Cross Street end, Kevin Randall and David Pugh (both players in below photo of that match) scored for Chesterfield but Villa scored 3 (McMahon, Rioch 2). My memories of that match was my dad asking the spectators around us who the blond Villa player wearing the number 10 shirt was as he was impressed with him, a spectator near us showed us the line up in the programme and Villa number 10 being Ian Hamilton (when the Blades signed Chico 6 years later, I was excited by the signing remembering him from that match at Saltergate!), my dad pointing out the scoreboard at half time indicating that the Blades were winning 1-0 at Orient and late in the game Chesterfield's keeper, Alan Stevenson, making a good stop from a shot at the Cross Street end but Villa (probably Rioch) netted from the rebound for the 3rd goal.
After the final whistle I didnt get to find out the result of Blades match at Orient, my dad didnt have a radio in his car at the time. When I got home, I was hoping my mum had checked for the Blades score but she didnt so I had to wait until my dad had brought home the Green Un. After tea I spotted a friend (a Wendy fan who lived at the Mason Arms in Dronfield) calling me to come out to play football in the park so I came over to the bottom of the family's garden. I could tell he was looking smug and he was announcing the scores in the same style as Benjamin Bloom "Orient 3 United 1, Wendy 1 Charlton 0". I was gobsmacked that we, being the promotion favourites, had surrendered the half time lead by allowing the relegation favourites to score three past us! Later that evening my dad (I think he had to nip in at work after the match) had come home with the Green Un wondering how to break the shock result to me but I told him that I had already known the final score.
Alan Woodward took over the goalkeeping duties for the last 5 minutes of the match after Hodgy had to go off with an injury.
Mark Lazarus firing in his first of two goals to put Orient 2-1 ahead
From the Green Un middle pages that evening.
Chesterfield v Aston Villa
Orient 3 (Harper, Lazarus 2) Blades 1 (Addison)
My dad decided that Orient was too far for us to go to so he took me to watch Chesterfield v Aston Villa at Saltergate. It was Villa's first ever match in the 3rd tier after getting relegation in the previous season. It was a very warm day and I was stood in the Cross Street end, Kevin Randall and David Pugh (both players in below photo of that match) scored for Chesterfield but Villa scored 3 (McMahon, Rioch 2). My memories of that match was my dad asking the spectators around us who the blond Villa player wearing the number 10 shirt was as he was impressed with him, a spectator near us showed us the line up in the programme and Villa number 10 being Ian Hamilton (when the Blades signed Chico 6 years later, I was excited by the signing remembering him from that match at Saltergate!), my dad pointing out the scoreboard at half time indicating that the Blades were winning 1-0 at Orient and late in the game Chesterfield's keeper, Alan Stevenson, making a good stop from a shot at the Cross Street end but Villa (probably Rioch) netted from the rebound for the 3rd goal.
After the final whistle I didnt get to find out the result of Blades match at Orient, my dad didnt have a radio in his car at the time. When I got home, I was hoping my mum had checked for the Blades score but she didnt so I had to wait until my dad had brought home the Green Un. After tea I spotted a friend (a Wendy fan who lived at the Mason Arms in Dronfield) calling me to come out to play football in the park so I came over to the bottom of the family's garden. I could tell he was looking smug and he was announcing the scores in the same style as Benjamin Bloom "Orient 3 United 1, Wendy 1 Charlton 0". I was gobsmacked that we, being the promotion favourites, had surrendered the half time lead by allowing the relegation favourites to score three past us! Later that evening my dad (I think he had to nip in at work after the match) had come home with the Green Un wondering how to break the shock result to me but I told him that I had already known the final score.
Alan Woodward took over the goalkeeping duties for the last 5 minutes of the match after Hodgy had to go off with an injury.
Mark Lazarus firing in his first of two goals to put Orient 2-1 ahead
From the Green Un middle pages that evening.
Chesterfield v Aston Villa
