40 years ago today....

[Frutos]

Did you honestly believe he would?

I was hoping more than believing.

 

[glasfryn]

Well done LE2 and thanks to tthose above, especially Hiney for the programme, I hope Notts has noted those Stockport pics, wasn't that your 1st game?

I was just about to do a thread on this Crewe game. I had the 'On This Day' book for Xmas and, in any such book, there are bound to be some errors so let's put that right.

It was a cold, grey, January day. Freddie Goodwin had had an amazing effect in his 3 mths or so incharge and Albion were rising up the league. He could spot a good player and had already brought in 3 solid, experinced, players in Alex Dawson, Geoff Sidebottam & Barrie Wright but now he showed his eye for talent by signing young Eddie Spearritt from Ipswich for £10k.

Spearritt was a skillfull midfielder who could also play at the back and even ended up in goal once (no sub keepers back then.) He played better at higher levels and was one of the few success's when Albion were promoted, a few years later, and went on to play in the top flight with Carlisle. He was a good looking blond lad so can somebody post a pic? Failing that, maybe a fine excuse to post a pic of his neice, Hannah, of S Club 7 fame! He was also a long throw expert

Anyway, Spearritt made his debut in this game. Albion won 3-1 with Dave Armstrong, Kit Napier and, of course, Alex Dawson scoring and the crowd was ove 11,000, pretty good for a low/mid table side who were climbing the league but still had the likes of Barrow & Southport above them. That score must have really hurt the relegation bound Crewe because it was nearly 40 years before we next beat 'em!

my abiding memory of Eddie was while I was at Shrewsbury nick(as an officer) and I used to go along to some of the town games and on one extremely windy rainy night Eddie was playing left back and had a speculative shot(probably a cross) and it sailed in for a 1-0 win to the seagulls.
that goal sailed past a young keeper by the name of John ******? who went on to play for Aston villa and Chelsea and the Albion.
******? sorry I cannot for the life of me remember his second name

 

[Fungus]

Who's LE2?

Ooh, blimey, just noticed this thread! Never had one dedicated to me before, so thanks. Guess my "claim to (Albion) fame" was running the Clubs In Crisis web-site for many years. Born in Brighton, now living in LE2 (Oadby, Leicester), so a short drive to Tuesday's game. Far happier than the Leicester fans at work on Wednesday. It's been an up-and-down 40 years, and we're pretty much back where I started - lower 3rd division. In-between, I've been to Wembley 3 times with the Albion, plus the Millennium Stadium, and I rate myself as lucky to call Ward and Zamora "mine". For those that have never been in a 35,000 crowd at the Goldstone, never doubt that Falmer will be bursting at the seams as we progress again!

 

[Fungus]

BTW, I still carry a postcard of the Goldstone with me every day.

 

[Nottseagull]

BTW, I still carry a postcard of the Goldstone with me every day.

I noticed you had logged on before, so I used HB&B to send it to the top in the hope that mine and Hiney's work would not be in vain!
BTW, I find the edit function is really useful if you want to add something to a post.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

my abiding memory of Eddie was while I was at Shrewsbury nick(as an officer) and I used to go along to some of the town games and on one extremely windy rainy night Eddie was playing left back and had a speculative shot(probably a cross) and it sailed in for a 1-0 win to the seagulls.
that goal sailed past a young keeper by the name of John ******? who went on to play for Aston villa and Chelsea and the Albion.
******? sorry I cannot for the life of me remember his second name

John Phillips was that keeper.

I didn't see that game but what you described reminded me of a Shresbury game at the Goldstone where their keeper (Bob Tooze?) kicked it out and Nobby Lawton caught it sweet on the volly and sent it straight back over his head. The keeper was astonished because, on kicking it out he had turned around to head back to goal.

Some may remember Joe Corrigan famously doing that for man City v Spurs on a very muddy maine Road. I think it was Greavsie who wacked that one back from the centre circle.

 

[Nottseagull]

How many games did Joe Corrigan play for us, FG?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Ooh, blimey, just noticed this thread! Never had one dedicated to me before, so thanks. Guess my "claim to (Albion) fame" was running the Clubs In Crisis web-site for many years. Born in Brighton, now living in LE2 (Oadby, Leicester), so a short drive to Tuesday's game. Far happier than the Leicester fans at work on Wednesday. It's been an up-and-down 40 years, and we're pretty much back where I started - lower 3rd division. In-between, I've been to Wembley 3 times with the Albion, plus the Millennium Stadium, and I rate myself as lucky to call Ward and Zamora "mine". For those that have never been in a 35,000 crowd at the Goldstone, never doubt that Falmer will be bursting at the seams as we progress again!

Did you move to Oadby when the Alliance and Leicester moved from Hove in the 90's??

 

[Fungus]

Did you move to Oadby when the Alliance and Leicester moved from Hove in the 90's??

Yes, one of many. People are drifting away now.

 

[glasfryn]

John Phillips was that keeper.

I didn't see that game but what you described reminded me of a Shresbury game at the Goldstone where their keeper (Bob Tooze?) kicked it out and Nobby Lawton caught it sweet on the volly and sent it straight back over his head. The keeper was astonished because, on kicking it out he had turned around to head back to goal.

Some may remember Joe Corrigan famously doing that for man City v Spurs on a very muddy maine Road. I think it was Greavsie who wacked that one back from the centre circle.

thats the kiddy I met him and his father at a social club in Shrewsbury and Bob Tooze my God that brings back memories.
My time at Shrewsbury was always good because the Albion never lost to them in the time I was there although I do seem to remember a reverse at the Goldstone which I never heard the last of.
I can remember the faces of players but the names really stump me ................something to do with age I suppose

 

[Nottseagull]

On 26 February 1969, Mansfield Town knocked West Ham Utd out of the FA Cup in one of the biggest shocks ever; the 3-goal margin was remarkable not just because they were in the same relegation trouble as the Albion currently are, but that West Ham fielded the trio who had won World Cup medals just 2½ years previously, alongside the likes of Trevor Brooking, Harry Redknapp and Billy Bonds. The newspaper reports of the time are reproduced here:

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The Albion feature quite highly in the list of clubs from outside the top 2 tiers who have knocked out top flight opposition since 1920.

Clubs with 3 or more victories against teams in the top flight:

Millwall 10
Swindon 8
Wrexham 7
Brighton 6
York 6
Walsall 5
Cardiff 4
Norwich 4
Port Vale 3
Bournemouth 3
Exeter 3

The following chart claims to list every club to have achieved the feat since 1920, but not all of ours are there (it appears to be missing the late 1940s). It is divided into decades, at the end of which can be found the non-league clubs who made it to the 4th Round and also finalists from outside the top flight.
(Source: The Independent)

1920s

Wolves 1 Cardiff (NL) 2, 1920

Sheff Wed 0 Darlington (NL) 2, 1920

QPR (Div 3) 2 Arsenal 0, 1921

Crystal Palace (Div 3) 2 Man City 0, 1921

Brighton (Div 3) 4 Oldham 1, 1921

Bradford PA (Div 3N) 1 Everton 0, 1923

Brighton (Div 3S) 5 Everton 2, 1924

Corinthians (NL) 1 Blackburn 0, 1924

Southport (Div 3N) 2 Blackburn 0, 1927

Brentford (Div 3S) 2 West Ham 0, 1927

Derby 0 Millwall (Div 3S) 2, 1927

Millwall (Div 3S) 3 Huddersfield 1, 1927

Swindon (Div 3S) 3 Burnley 2, 1929

Swindon (Div 3S) 2 Newcastle 0, 1929

Two clubs in 4th rd: *Corinthians (three times), Mansfield

*Had bye to 3rd rd

10: *Huddersfield (1920); Cardiff, *Wolves (1921); Notts Co (1922); *West Ham, Derby (1923),

Southampton (1925); Swansea (1926); Southampton, Reading (1927)

*Finalists

1930s

Man Utd 0 Swindon (Div 3S) 2, 1930

Exeter (Div 3S) 3 Derby 2, 1931

Exeter (Div 3S) 3 Leeds 1, 1931

Southport (Div 3N) 2 Blackpool 1, 1931

Walsall (Div 3N) 2 Arsenal 0, 1933

Brighton (Div 3S) 2 Chelsea 1, 1933

Huddersfield 0 Northampton (Div 3S) 2, 1934

Millwall (Div 3S) 3 Chelsea 0, 1937

Millwall (Div 3S) 2 Man City 0, 1937

York (Div 3N) 1 Middlesborough 0, 1938

Two clubs in 4th rd: Workington, Chelmsford

10: Hull (1930); **West Brom,

Everton (1931); West Ham (1931); Bolton, Burnley (1935); Fulham, *Sheff Utd (1936); Millwall (Div 3, 1937); Aston Villa (1938)

*Finalists. **Winners

1950s

Norwich (Div 3S) 3 Liverpool 0, 1951

Huddersfield 1 Tranmere (Div 3N) 2, 1952

Bristol R (Div 3S) 2 Preston 0, 1952

Halifax (Div 3N) 1 Stoke 0, 1953

Gateshead (Div 3N) 1 Liverpool 0, 1953

Blackpool 0 York (Div 3N) 2, 1955

Wolves 0 Bournemouth (Div 3S) 1, 1957

Bournemouth (3S) 3 Tottenham 1, 1957

Northampton (Div 3S) 3 Arsenal 1, 1958

Scunthorpe (Div 3N) 3 Newcastle 1, 1958

York (Div 3N) 3 Birmingham 0, 1958

Darlington (Div 3N) 4 Chelsea 1, 1958

Norwich (Div 3) 3 Man Utd 0, 1959

Norwich (Div 3) 1 Tottenham 0, 1959

Seven clubs in 4th rd: Walthamstow (1953), Headington Utd (now Oxford)(1954), Bishop Auckland (1955), Rhyl, New Brighton (Tower!), Peterborough (1957), Worcester (1959)

8: Birmingham (1951); Blackburn (1952); Everton (1953); Port Vale (D3, 1954); York (D3, 1955); Blackburn, Fulham (1958); Norwich (1959)

No Finalists

1960s

Bradford C (Div 3) 3 Everton 0, 1960

Man City 1 Southampton (Div 3) 5, 1960

Chelsea 1 Crewe (Div 4) 2, 1961

Newport Co. (Div 4) 3 Sheff Wed 2, 1964

Aldershot (Div 4) 2 Aston Villa 1, 1964

Oxford Utd (Div 4) 3 Blackburn 1, 1964

Peterborough (Div 3) 2 Arsenal 1, 1965

Hull (Div 3) 2 Nottm Forest 0, 1966

Swindon (Div 3) 3 West Ham 1, 1967

Mansfield (Div 3) 3 West Ham 0, 1969

Five clubs in 4th rd: Peterborough (1960), Weymouth (1962), Gravesend (1963), Bedford (1964 & 1966)

6: Aston Villa (1960); Sheff Utd (1961); Southampton (1963);

Swansea, *Preston (1964);

Birmingham (1968)

*Finalists

1970s

Colchester (D4) 3 Leeds 2, 1971

Rochdale (Div 3) 2 Coventry 1, 1971

Hereford (SL) 2 Newcastle 1, 1972

Hereford (Div 3) 2 West Ham 1, 1974

Burnley 0 Wimbledon (SL) 1, 1975

Norwich 1 Bradford City (D4) 2, 1976

Leeds 0 Crystal Palace (Div 3) 1, 1976

Wrexham (D3) 1 Sunderland 0, 1977

Walsall (Div 3) 1 Leicester 0, 1978

Wrexham (D4) 4 Newcastle 1, 1978

Shrewsbury (Div 3) 2 Man City 0, 1979

Eight clubs in 4th rd: Sutton Utd (1970); Hereford (1972); Wimbledon, Stafford Rangers, Leatherhead (1975); Tooting & Mitcham (1976); Northwich Victoria (1977); Blyth Spartans (5th Rnd, 1978)

7: Watford (1970); Birmingham (1972); **Sunderland (1973); Fulham (1975); Crystal Palace (D3), **Southampton (1976); Orient (1978)

*Finalists. **Winners

1980s

Halifax (Div 4) 1 Man City 0, 1980

Exeter (Div 3) 3 Leicester 1, 1981

Bournemouth (Div 3) 2 Man Utd 0, 1984

West Brom 0 Plymouth (Div 3) 1, 1984

Chelsea 2 Millwall (Div 3) 3, 1985

York (Div 3) 1 Arsenal 0, 1985

Doncaster R (Div 3) 1 QPR 0, 1985

Birmingham 1 Altrincham (GMVC) 2, 1986

Bristol R (Div 3) 3 Leicester 1, 1986

Port Vale (Div 3) 2 Tottenham 1, 1988

Middlesbrough 1 Grimsby (Div 4) 2, 1989

Sutton Utd (GMVC) 2 Coventry 1, 1989

Seven clubs in 4th rd:

Harlow (1980); Enfield (1981); Telford (1984 & 5th Rnd in 1985); Altrincham (1986); Sutton Utd, Kettering (1989)

6: **West Ham (1980); Leicester, *QPR (1982); Sheff Wed (1983);

Plymouth (D3, 1984); Leeds (1987)

*Finalists. **Winners

1990s

Bristol C (Div 3) 3 Chelsea 1, 1990

Northampton (Div 3) 1 Coventry 0, 1990

Wrexham (Div 4) 2 Arsenal 1, 1992

Middlesborough 1 Cardiff (Div 2) 2, 1994

Cardiff (Div 2) 1 Man City 0, 1994

Stockport (Div 3) 2 QPR 1, 1994

Port Vale (Div 3) 2 Southampton 1, 1994

Chesterfield (Div 2) 1 Nottm Forest 0, 1997

West Ham 0 Wrexham 1 (Div 2), 1997

Swansea (Div 3) 1 West Ham 0, 1999

Four clubs in 4th rd: Woking (1991); Kidderminster (5th Rnd, 1994);

Hednesford (1997); Stevenage (1998)

9: Oldham (1990); West Ham (1991); Portsmouth, *Sunderland (1992);

Luton (1994); Wolves (1995);

Chesterfield (D3, 1997); Wolves,

Sheff Utd (1998)

*Finalists (none since Premiership)

 

[rothergull]

Was Crewe's number 6 Jim's dad?

 

[Andrew]

whos le2?