We beat United 2-0 that day Ernie Machin got the other goal.My late father always loved Maurice Setters. Often told a story about how MS scored the only goal at Highfield Road when the City played Man U in our first season in Div 1. From a corner MS ran from distance out jumped everyone and planted a header in the far corner. He then ran round the pitch laughing his bollocks off!!!
RIP Maurice, a sad loss.
We beat United 2-0 that day Ernie Machin got the other goal.
It was 2-0. Machin got the other. Man Utd were shagged out after a long trip back from Poland, but who caresMy late father always loved Maurice Setters. Often told a story about how MS scored the only goal at Highfield Road when the City played Man U in our first season in Div 1. From a corner MS ran from distance out jumped everyone and planted a header in the far corner. He then ran round the pitch laughing his bollocks off!!!
RIP Maurice, a sad loss.
I went to that game recall a very long coach trip. Didn't think much of the Dell but we got the point needed. Setters stood solid all game, as he normally did.Anyone of the 7000 who traveled to Southampton on the last day of the 67/68 season to see us stay up will remember the Ron Davies/Setters battle. It was brutal but effective 0-0, could have been very different if it wasn’t for Setters who stood his ground against one of the best centre forwards of the day. RIP Maurice.
It felt like city fans were in the millions walking through Southampton after the game.I went to that game recall a very long coach trip. Didn't think much of the Dell but we got the point needed. Setters stood solid all game, as he normally did.
Yes: That was v Chelsea in the league cup on a rain sodden HR pitch we absolutely battered them but poor old Setters attempted to pass back to goalkeeper Glazier on the ball stuck in a puddle and I think it was Peter Osgood ran through scored and they nicked the game 1-0Can anyone remember the game when he tried to pass back to the keeper, the ball stuck in a puddle, we conceded, and lost the game IIRC. He looked devastated.
Yup. I was at that game too. It happened exactly as you described it Magwitch. A game we could easily have won but got done by the ball sticking on the sodden surface.Yes: That was v Chelsea in the league cup on a rain sodden HR pitch we absolutely battered them but poor old Setters attempted to pass back to goalkeeper Glazier on the ball stuck in a puddle and I think it was Peter Osgood ran through scored and they nicked the game 1-0
I was only 15 at the time but recall going down there on my own. Yes when the coaches finally arrived all I could see were our fans everywhere, took the place over. Looking back I liked to visit away grounds, must have seemed like an adventure !It felt like city fans were in the millions walking through Southampton after the game.
I agree the Dell was a weird stadium. I'd never been there before and got a bit of a shock when we got inside. It was around the time Southampton hooligans gained notoriety for ambushing Forest fans in the coach park after a game. But we had so many fans there that day,they must have decided best not to bother us !The Dell was one of the strangest looking grounds around with those tiered terraces behind the goals, City fans were everywhere that day took over all the boozers looking back I’d say it was a good bit more than 7000. This was also the early days of hooliganism but at the end thankfully every one was happy and a lot of Saints fans joined in our celebrations.
Don’t want to be pernickety (but I am going to be). I think the Chelsea game was a league match. I remember standing at the West End but must have been near the front as we were absolutely drenched that night. As you say, we absolutely battered Chelsea but couldn’t score.Yes: That was v Chelsea in the league cup on a rain sodden HR pitch we absolutely battered them but poor old Setters attempted to pass back to goalkeeper Glazier on the ball stuck in a puddle and I think it was Peter Osgood ran through scored and they nicked the game 1-0
A long and cold one on our coach. Southampton fans put a brick through the back window, it was bloody freezing on the way home .I went to that game recall a very long coach trip. Didn't think much of the Dell but we got the point needed. Setters stood solid all game, as he normally did.
I thought it was a league game as well, couldn't remember even who we were playing, but I thought I remembered being disappointed at dropping points. I was stood by the half way line at pitch level opposite the main stand and saw it very clearly. I only remember where I stood because I always stood there.Don’t want to be pernickety (but I am going to be). I think the Chelsea game was a league match. I remember standing at the West End but must have been near the front as we were absolutely drenched that night. As you say, we absolutely battered Chelsea but couldn’t score.
Had a few trips back to Coventry by coach in the 70's with windows smashed. Bloody freezing as drivers didn't hang about, they just put their foot down !A long and cold one on our coach. Southampton fans put a brick through the back window, it was bloody freezing on the way home .
I was 14 and went on my own as well. I had family in Southampton that were friends of Mick Channon. Met him that weekend. A great bloke who seemed happy for me that we stayed up.I was only 15 at the time but recall going down there on my own. Yes when the coaches finally arrived all I could see were our fans everywhere, took the place over. Looking back I liked to visit away grounds, must have seemed like an adventure
I remember I was only about 15/16 and decided I'd go and watch us play at Craven Cottage v Fulham, spur of the moment. Think it was a draw and enjoyed my day out. Came back home in the evening and was asked by my mum and dad where I'd been ? When I told them my dad didn't believe me till I gave him the match programme. Shows how back then you could just hop on a train or coach, pay on the turnstile, and no fuss or bother like it is these days.I was 14 and went on my own as well. I had family in Southampton that were friends of Mick Channon. Met him that weekend. A great bloke who seemed happy for me that we stayed up.
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