Freddie Goodwin.
Well-known member
Is this a bad omen or will it inspire the lads to do what no other Albion team have ever done and WIN on the 27th January?
Of the 11 fixtures on this day, from 1923 to 2007, we have drawn 5 and lost 6. I remember the 5-1 thrashing at Fulham in 1973, as we wenre relegated back to the old 3rd div after just the 1 season.
In 1974 we also played on Jan 27th, playing on the same date as it was a Sunday fixture. Back in the 'good old days' we had strikes, power cuts, 3 day weeks and these were troubled times.
Floodlights were banned, due to the power shortages, and football was allowed to be played on Sundays as an experiment to draw in crowds. And it certainly worked with bumper crowds.
Admission could not be charged, under Sunday trading laws, so you had to buy a day's membership of a 'Club' (Albion had the Dolphin club) and that was the same as a match ticket.
Following a relegation hangover, Albion had hit the headlines in appointing Brian Clough as manager and were rarely out of the headlines. Many players came and went but Albion were 18th and Cambridge in the bottom 4 for our 1st ever league visit to the Abbey.
Albion fans turned out in force. I don't think there were any trains either but i remember getting a supporters coach from st Peters church and we had a few stowaways.
To be honest, i don't remember much of the game. the crowd was 7,700 and there was no segregation or gates between stands so it was 90 mins of terrace mayhem as mobs roamed and fought throughout the game. We drew 1-1 and Mick Brown (who?) scored our goal.
After the game, running battles, flying bricks and bottles, continued on the streets. Wouldn't advocate going back to those days but future visits to Cambridge have always seemed somewhat dull.
Of the 11 fixtures on this day, from 1923 to 2007, we have drawn 5 and lost 6. I remember the 5-1 thrashing at Fulham in 1973, as we wenre relegated back to the old 3rd div after just the 1 season.
In 1974 we also played on Jan 27th, playing on the same date as it was a Sunday fixture. Back in the 'good old days' we had strikes, power cuts, 3 day weeks and these were troubled times.
Floodlights were banned, due to the power shortages, and football was allowed to be played on Sundays as an experiment to draw in crowds. And it certainly worked with bumper crowds.
Admission could not be charged, under Sunday trading laws, so you had to buy a day's membership of a 'Club' (Albion had the Dolphin club) and that was the same as a match ticket.
Following a relegation hangover, Albion had hit the headlines in appointing Brian Clough as manager and were rarely out of the headlines. Many players came and went but Albion were 18th and Cambridge in the bottom 4 for our 1st ever league visit to the Abbey.
Albion fans turned out in force. I don't think there were any trains either but i remember getting a supporters coach from st Peters church and we had a few stowaways.
To be honest, i don't remember much of the game. the crowd was 7,700 and there was no segregation or gates between stands so it was 90 mins of terrace mayhem as mobs roamed and fought throughout the game. We drew 1-1 and Mick Brown (who?) scored our goal.
After the game, running battles, flying bricks and bottles, continued on the streets. Wouldn't advocate going back to those days but future visits to Cambridge have always seemed somewhat dull.
