Scene of one of my very 1st away games in August 78. We had had a good start to the season with a WDW and then went there and lost 2-1. Team included Wallace, Ferguson, Yorath and Hutch. They were 3rd Division. Shocking.
I may be wrong but when I look at my season ticket for car park C it says it expires on 23/5 so I am assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that Friday is already included, which may explain why there is no availability.Will need to confirm though.
When people mention worst ever players he has to be up there - he must have thought all of his Christmases had arrived at once when Bobby Gould signed him from Bristol Rovers. The only positive memory of him that I have is that he scored an equaliser at WHL in a night game very early on in the...
Yes I was there. A certain Keith Houchen made his debut that day and looked every bit a lower league journeyman. Thank goodness for the FA Cup.
The away section looked pretty full on the video - a large proportion of those in it were West Ham. Very little segregation in London back then so...
On holiday in Benidorm in 1983 met one of the main lads from The Legion ( he was from Nuneaton). He recognised me from one of the last games in 82 at Maine Road (iirc correctly we won because of a Steve Whitton hat-trick) when i was wearing a US pilot jacket. Bumped into him and his mates away...
i do - you are right he was dreadful. It was like he had a live hand grenade at his feet when he had the ball. IIRC he was highly rated at Crewe as well - not sure what happened when he moved to us.