1974-75 match reports and photos (50 years ago today)

[Long Time Lurker]

Thanks for your efforts Silent. I've really enjoyed these. The 74/75 season was my first full season so has been particularly poignant for me. Will you do the 4th Division season at some point or is that too much? Either way I really appreciate these so thanks Silent.

 

[Silent Blade]

Thanks for your efforts Silent. I've really enjoyed these. The 74/75 season was my first full season so has been particularly poignant for me. Will you do the 4th Division season at some point or is that too much? Either way I really appreciate these so thanks Silent.

Cheers, I was a part time Blade between 1979 and 1987 mainly because I was playing football on Saturday afternoons so afraid I will not do the 4th division season

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Silent Blade What were the other three? Ta

Tony Field v Ipswich Town August 1974.

 

[Silent Blade]

Tony Field v Ipswich Town August 1974.

I wasn't at the match

 

[Silent Blade]

24/5/1975

Friendly match in Kuwait

Al Shabab 1 Blades 2 (Field, Bradford)

I dont remember being aware that TC, Badger and McAlister had to leave Kuwait and not take part in the match but I remember the day well.

I came first in the Junior Boys sack race in my school's Sports Day! England beat Scotland 5-1 in the Home Internationals. I came home for the Whitsuntide holidays (dont see anyone talk about Whitsuntide nowadays!). Watched England v Scotland on MOTD that night. My dad spotted Jim Brown sitting on Scotland's bench but I missed that. Scotland's keeper Stewart Kennedy of Rangers had a mare that day and I was thinking that Jim Brown could play in Scotland's next match!

 

[Silent Blade]

28/5/1975

Friendly match at Dunedin (New Zealand)

Otago 1 (Breen) Blades 4 (Guthrie 3, Currie)

Our line up: McAlister, Badger (Franks), Bradford (Hill), Eddy, Faulkner, Flynn (Keith Furphy), Woodward, Speight (Ellis), Guthrie, Currie, Field (Garbett).

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[Bell4]

Cheers, I was a part time Blade between 1979 and 1987 mainly because I was playing football on Saturday afternoons so afraid I will not do the 4th division season

All respect out of the window - part time Blade indeed - what would the 1969/76 Utd players who often attended ️ parties at Silent Towers think ?

Shocking revelation

 

[Silent Blade]

1/6/1975

Friendly match at Taranaki, New Zealand

Taranaki X1 0 Blades 5 (Eddy 3, Franks, Garbett)

Our line up: McAlister, Franks (Badger), Garbett, Eddy, Faulkner, Speight, Woodward, Keith Furphy (Bradford), Guthrie, Currie, Field (Ken Furphy)

 

[Silent Blade]

1/6/1975

European Championships Group 4 at Bucharest

Romania 1 (Georgescu) Scotland 1 (McQueen)

Jim Brown's only cap for Scotland.

 

[Silent Blade]

2/6/1975

Wellington 1 (Farron) Blades 2 (Speight, Currie)

Our line up: McAlister, Badger, Bradford, Eddy, Faulkner, Franks, Woodward, Speight, Guthrie, Currie, Field (Garbett)

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[Bell4]

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Spot on

The 4th Division

 

[Silent Blade]

5/6/1975

Friendly match in New Caledonia

Noumea 1 Blades 4 (Currie 2, Field, Bradford)

Line up McAlister, Badger, Bradford, Eddy, Faulkner, Franks, Woodward, Speight, Guthrie, Currie, Speight. Subs: Conroy, Ellis, Flynn, Keith Furphy, Garbett, Hill

 

[programmechap]

5/6/1975

Friendly match in New Caledonia

Noumea 1 Blades 4 (Currie 2, Field, Bradford)

Line up McAlister, Badger, Bradford, Eddy, Faulkner, Franks, Woodward, Speight, Guthrie, Currie, Speight. Subs: Conroy, Ellis, Flynn, Keith Furphy, Garbett, Hill

Fun fact. I assume you got that team from the Complete Record. I was the source of that via a copy of New Caledonian newspaper report (in French) in the British Newspaper Library.

 

[Silent Blade]

Fun fact. I assume you got that team from the Complete Record. I was the source of that via a copy of New Caledonian newspaper report (in French) in the British Newspaper Library.

Yes from the Bible by Denis Clareborough

 

[Silent Blade]

6/6/1975

Had we won at Birmingham in the last game of the season then it would have been us suffering the big blow!

 

[ancientblade]

6/6/1975

Had we won at Birmingham in the last game of the season then it would have been us suffering the big blow!
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we suffered for the next 7 years silent

 

[Silent Blade]

7/6/1975

Friendly match in New Caledonia

Noumea 2 Blades 4 (Currie 2, Field2)

Line up; Conroy, Badger, Franks, Eddy, Flynn, Bradford, Woodward, Speight, Guthrie, Currie, Speight. Subs: McAlister, Ellis, Faulkner, Keith Furphy, Garbett, Hill

 

[Silent Blade]

Rarely my dad would buy the Green Un during the close season as he wasnt interested in cricket, but 50 years ago this month he did buy one and posted it to me. I remember looking at the new away kit in awe and thought that we would have an exciting season starting in August!

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[ancientblade]

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we all thought that didnt we silent sadly wasnt to be and within 6 years we were in division 4

 

[Silent Blade]

Squad photo for the 1975-76 season. Season ticket sales were selling well, the South Stand nearly ready! I was confident that we would be in the top 6 again!



Back row l to r: Steve Goulding, Ted Hemsley, Terry Garbett, Steve Conroy, Tom McAlister, Jim Brown, Steve Faulkner, Eddie Colquhoun, Colin Franks.
Middle row: Alan Hodgkinson (reserves manager), Ken Furphy (manager), Len Badger, Paul Nugent, Roy Hill, John Flynn, Alan Woodward, Steve Cammack, Tony Field, Cec Coldwell (trainer), David Turner (youth manager).
Front row: David Bradford, Mick Speight, Chris Guthrie, Keith Eddy, Tony Currie, Bill Dearden, Steve Ludlam.

 

[Bell4]

Squad photo for the 1975-76 season. Season ticket sales were selling well, the South Stand nearly ready! I was confident that we would be in the top 6 again!

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Back row l to r: Steve Goulding, Ted Hemsley, Terry Garbett, Steve Conroy, Tom McAlister, Jim Brown, Steve Faulkner, Eddie Colquhoun, Colin Franks.
Middle row: Alan Hodgkinson (reserves manager), Ken Furphy (manager), Len Badger, Paul Nugent, Roy Hill, John Flynn, Alan Woodward, Steve Cammack, Tony Field, Cec Coldwell (trainer), David Turner (youth manager).
Front row: David Bradford, Mick Speight, Chris Guthrie, Keith Eddy, Tony Currie, Bill Dearden, Steve Ludlam.

The excitement levels were through the roof. Last seasons great finishing position- a new £100k 6ft plus striker , new kit , new stand - this was it , we’ve arrived again ….


Oh bolloxs

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[ancientblade]

very nearly 50 years since the south stand opened

 

[Bell4]

very nearly 50 years since the south stand opened

You mean The New South Stand ..

 

[ancientblade]

You mean The New South Stand ..

of course had my one and only season ticket in there that opening season just above gangway a so much hope that season so much despair by the end of it and the following 6 years

 

[10-0 win]

Some season thus was...

 

[Silky Sabella]

For me, this is probably going to be the last of the "50 years ago today" threads.

9/7/1974

Two days after being disappointed seeing Holland lose to West Germany in the 1974 World Cup final on tv, I was shocked to hear the news that Geoff Salmons had moved to Stoke for a record fee of £180,000. My dad was disappointed too but he explained that the reason we accepted Stoke's offer was because of our rising debt caused by the expenses on building the new stand. I remember thinking "what's the point of spending on a new stand if it meant that we would sell a key player?"

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Fans reaction to the sale in the Green Un postbag the following Saturday
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And then the useless, Mick Speight had the audacity to say we won't miss him ( Geoff Salmons) following his transfer to Stoke City . Jealous Git !