Walking Down Shoreham Street Swinging A Chain

[Silent Blade]

I was there Ancient. After that game the local Plod made sure they directed us to the big terrace on Leeds Road for future away games. Knew we lost that game. Think Frank Worthington scored for Udders as they were riding high in the division at the time.

Steve Smith scored both goals

Post in thread '1969-70 (55 years ago) match reports and photos'

Dec 26, 2024

26/12/1969

Huddersfield 2 (Smith 2) Blades 1 (Reece)

I dont recall being aware of the match as I would have been busy playing Scalextric which was my main Xmas present.





Scores, scorers and league tables in below link

1969-12-26

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[Addison]

Steve Smith scored both goals

Post in thread '1969-70 (55 years ago) match reports and photos'

Dec 26, 2024

26/12/1969

Huddersfield 2 (Smith 2) Blades 1 (Reece)

I dont recall being aware of the match as I would have been busy playing Scalextric which was my main Xmas present.





Scores, scorers and league tables in below link

1969-12-26

• Silent Blade

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Remember the scoreline and disappointment we didnt turn up although it was reported later team were suffering flu outbreak. There were thousands of Blades that day outnumbering Uders fans. Worthington didnt score but I was impressed by him. He was destined for greater things with Leicester and England. He was a character. Loved the story about him below;

"Worthington lived a play boy lifestyle. In 1972 he undertook a medical at Liverpool ahead of a proposed transfer to the club. On hearing that Worthington had high blood pressure, manager Bill Shankley sent him to Majorca for a week for health reasons. After encounters with five separate women, including a former Miss Great Britain during the break, he returned showing higher blood pressure and the transfer fell through."

 

[Silent Blade]

Remember the scoreline and disappointment we didnt turn up although it was reported later team were suffering flu outbreak. There were thousands of Blades that day outnumbering Uders fans. Worthington didnt score but I was impressed by him. He was destined for greater things with Leicester and England. He was a character. Loved the story about him below;

"Worthington lived a play boy lifestyle. In 1972 he undertook a medical at Liverpool ahead of a proposed transfer to the club. On hearing that Worthington had high blood pressure, manager Bill Shankley sent him to Majorca for a week for health reasons. After encounters with five separate women, including a former Miss Great Britain during the break, he returned showing higher blood pressure and the transfer fell through."

His cousin now lives in Gorleston and was sat next to me (he spoke to Blackheath Blade ) when we won with a McAtee goal at Norwich in April 2023. It was his first match since he was at the Leppings Lane End in the Hillsborough disaster despite swearing that he would never go to another match. He is a Liverpool fan and Frank often got him tickets for big matches. Frank's two brothers Bob (Notts County) and Dave (Grimsby) also played pro football.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

His cousin now lives in Gorleston and was sat next to me (he spoke to Blackheath Blade ) when we won with a McAtee goal at Norwich in April 2023. It was his first match since he was at the Leppings Lane End in the Hillsborough disaster despite swearing that he would never go to another match. He is a Liverpool fan and Frank often got him tickets for big matches. Frank's two brothers Bob (Notts County) and Dave (Grimsby) also played pro football.

Love the Frank Worthington story and what a talent he was .

 

[ancientblade]

They won the league that season pal, bumped into a mob of Hudders Skins in Blackpool at Easter bank holiday 1970, they were having none of it that we took their end.

funny that shazza but had a disagreement with an old udders fan on a facebook group a bit since and he was same adamant that we didnt take the cowshed that day he was getting quite uptight about it but i was there udders fans were forced on to the big terrace united fans filled that end that day lost 2 - 1 think gil reece got our.goal but if i remember rightly we were poor that day and deserved nothing