Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Sithblade]

Watching Harry's Game and noticed Brian Potter was moonlighting as a Daily Mirror sports journalist.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

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I watched the Harry's game other day on YouTube, some of the interviews are quite cringe, these two for one start going on about when we got hammered at Oxford, then they had some no mark boxer on who didn't like football? Also, they showed our annihilation defeats at WHU, Leeds n Oxford, and didn't show the great Oldham away win?

 

[Cappy]

“Bramall Lane, 1975”

 

[XH536]

1925

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Sadly the last group of players to bring home the FA Cup or any silverware of significance, 1925, but a magnificent photo still. Believe the plain shirts are red and used in earlier rounds of the cup.Semi Final, March 28, Stamford Bridge, beat Southampton 2-0.

 

[Rooks]

Albert & May Booth. Great couple, paper shop next to Lambpool on Common.

Smashing bloke was Albert, when I worked in the Wholesale News Business we supplied him with papers and magazines.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Smashing bloke was Albert, when I worked in the Wholesale News Business we supplied him with papers and magazines.

Turners or Smiths?

 

[crucialkneeligaman]

Smashing bloke was Albert, when I worked in the Wholesale News Business we supplied him with papers and magazines.

Used to work down Attercliffe Rooks. Was a cup of tea spot, hottest tea in world

 

[penthouseblade]

Blades v Leeds , don’t know the year though?View attachment 155063

How was that picture possibly taken from that angle? It looks too far away from the BLUT and there was no stand in the corner back then so how was it achieved?!

 

[Danny_Blade]

How was that picture possibly taken from that angle? It looks too far away from the BLUT and there was no stand in the corner back then so how was it achieved?!

Either zoomed in or arms outstretched or both.

 

[Rooks]

Turners or Smiths?

E Weston, then Abel Heywoods and finally Surridge Dawsons before joining WH Smith in 1975.

 

[drblade]

Any ideas on dates for these press photos?

 

[Silent Blade]

Any ideas on dates for these press photos?

October 1952

 

[drblade]

October 1952
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Thanks, Silent. Do you know what game?

 

[Silent Blade]

Thanks, Silent. Do you know what game?

It is one of the two home games in October 1952 when we fielded the same line up so not sure if the opponents were Blackburn or Leeds

 

[drblade]

It is one of the two home games in October 1952 when we fielded the same line up so not sure if the opponents were Blackburn or Leeds

Any idea on the 2 Hagan photos?

 

[Chingo]

 

[S64 Blade]

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Coincidentally, I had a dream about Ian Rush playing for United, last night and he scored. It was at this point I knew I was asleep.

 

[HarryHaslam]

 

[Chingo]

Stanley Matthews testimonial 1965 at Victoria ground Stoke , attendance 34,450
Reading the comments Santos wouldn’t let Pele come over for it

 

[davey1889]

Thought Puskas was Hungarian rather than Spanish...

 

[Silent Blade]

Thought Puskas was Hungarian rather than Spanish...

Yes, he was. Defected to Spain during the 1956 Hungary revolution

 

[South Sea Blade]

Stanley Matthews testimonial 1965 at Victoria ground Stoke , attendance 34,450
Reading the comments Santos wouldn’t let Pele come over for it
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Arthur Ellis - He was the referee in "It's A Knockout" wasn't he?

 

[Silent Blade]

Arthur Ellis - He was the referee in "It's A Knockout" wasn't he?

Yes

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Stanley Matthews testimonial 1965 at Victoria ground Stoke , attendance 34,450
Reading the comments Santos wouldn’t let Pele come over for it
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Amazingly Puskas was still playing for Real Madrid in 1965 with a belly that size

 

[HarryHaslam]

 

[HarryHaslam]

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[HarryHaslam]

 

[Bell4]

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Did rush score for us during his time ?

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Did rush score for us during his time ?

No.

 

[XH536]

Amazingly Puskas was still playing for Real Madrid in 1965 with a belly that size

Thanks for that, but feel a sad finally, the game was almost choreographed, for a player of Matthews ability.
I saw Matthews, .aged thirty eight, first on 29th Aug '53 at the Lane, giving eighteen year old Graham Shaw something to think about.
One incident, gave Graham a yard start and beat him to the ball with room to spare. Blades lost 3-4 being down 1-3 HT, Hagan, Wragg-2.
Also saw him play in the Derek Dooley 'Trust Fund' Floodlit Match 9th March '55