April 1972

[Gregory2Smith1]

April 1 Bournemouth (a) 1-1
April 4 Barnsley (a) 1-0
April 8 Wrexham (h) 3-2
April12 Blackburn (a) 2-2
April15 Chesterfield (a) 1-0
April19 Blackburn (h) 3-0
April22 Bolton Wan. (h) 1-1
April26 Rotherham (h) 2-1
April29 Rochdale (a) 2-1

Pld 9 W6 D3 L0 F16 A8

for the record

March 31 Torquay (h) 3-1

10 league games in 30 days and didn't lose one of them!

home attendances

Torquay 27,628
Wrexham 18,034
Blackburn 23,269
Bolton Wan. 25,074
Rotherham 27,928

notable others at home that season

Bournemouth 30,538
Aston Villa 28,833

I believe the last game of the season at home to Rochdale surpassed all these

a long time ago now,I know,but what a season it was

12 wins on the road scoring 43 goals!

 

[Driver8]

Bit like that super March under Gus.

 

[Return of the Rev]

I believe the last game of the season at home to Rochdale surpassed all these


Over 34700! Plenty of aggro that season didn't stop them flocking to the games,i think villa v b'muff attracted over 48,000!

 

[Eric Potts]

I was then 10 years old , and in love with Suzi Quatro.

 

[Fungus]

I was then 14 years old , and in love with Suzi Quatro.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

I was a precocious 8 year old and thought that Suzi Quatro was worth 28 points in Scrabble!

 

[AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoogY-UGio

Nuthin as grand as Suzi Quatro.

 

[AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit]

Suzi, or as Americans know her, Leather Tuscadero, sister of Fonzie's girlfriend, Pinky Tuscadero, in telly show Happy Days, is still performing live. Pic is from 2007 in Australia.

 

[GT49er]

Happy days!

 

[Napier's Knee]

I'll never forget the rochdale match - standing at the front of the South Stand. I was twelve and yep in love with Suzi Quatro

 

[papajaff]

Bournemouth away on 1st April 1972 was my first away game.

Came home to find that my lovely Mum had bought me an orange Chopper bike for my 11th Birthday. Ah the memories!

 

[catfish]

I'm still in love with Suzie Quatro.

 

[AnotherArch]

We scored many late goals in that month.
Including the Torquay game, we played 3 games in 5 days over Easter (usually would have been 4 days but Barnsley match had been put back a day), and 10 games in 30 days. Very few team changes in that period as well, as the squad in those days was not huge.

 

[knocky1]

I reckon it was 1973 that you were all in love with my Suzi.

 

[BLOCK F]

Attended most of those games, including Bournemouth away and Rochdale at home.
Was living in B'muff at the time and went with my B'muff supporting mate and another mate from Bognor.Little Dean Court was absolutely rammed,but great atmosphere.
Think that when we played Rochdale,there were about 33,000 in the ground and a further 3000 who couldn't get in.
We needed a point to go up and Rochdale needed a point to stay up.........so 1-1.Think it was John Templeman who scored for us.

Happy days.

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

That was the best season! I think 12 games before the end Pat Saward made the brave decision to drop Henderson and J Napier, bringing in Goodwin and Beamish and shuffling Murray and Kit Nap
ier. After that the team was virtually unchanged, and unbeaten!