timbo
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Post by timbo on Nov 20, 2013 20:53:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 21:48:52 GMT
Now that's how I remember Reading programmes from my youth. The "classic" look in my book.
Deliberations over the next Reading manager. We know it's not going to be Ronnie Allen or Jimmy Bloomfirld but who?
Turned out to be Jack Mansell and, for some reason, one of my grammar school colleagues favoured a "Jackie Mansell is a bastard" chant whenever we played Reading. Why I do not know. He may have been showing off his knowledge of every manager in the Football League. Typical clever boy stuff I suppose.
Ronnie Allen, by the way, went on to Athletic Bilbao and Sporting Lisbon. The fool, the damned fool.
"Up front Ken Sandercock, 17-year-old apprentice, wears the seven shirt but plays midfield". That'll confuse the buggers.
Derek Nippard of Bournemouth. It's amazing how the names and home towns of old referees stick in the mind.
And Timbo's right in flagging up Sandy Cordingley's efforts on behalf of "Handy Andy". I wonder if she was also in the habit of befriending stray Hornets who had ventured into the Mini, Mini Stand.
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Post by stefano on Nov 21, 2013 5:48:36 GMT
Nice to see we got a draw. I have only unhappy memories of my two visits to the old Elm Park. A 2-1 defeat in our first season in the 3rd Division after promotion in 1966 then the following season a crushing 4-0 defeat in the final game after we had led the division for most of the season. Reading as a routine league fixture, along with QPR, Middlesbrough, Fulham, and Aston Villa. Those were the days! Gone but never forgotten  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 16:25:58 GMT
Only a few months short of the 1970's so terms such as 'Secretary Manager' as well as the official colour of the players 'knickers' wouldn't be seen for much longer. The end of March and only 3 points behind the team in fifth place yet the Supporters club can accurately reflect: 'Although hopes of promotion have gone', it does emphasize how much the introduction of the play-offs, as well as 3 points for a win has greatly altered things from the old days. I'm not over confident that a blossoming Torquay/Watford romance developed, but the prospects surely looked much better for the lasses from Burnley: Christine and Lyne. While a couple of 18 year old London lads might not have initially been over keen on moving oop North, I reckon that kindly old Burnley chairman Bob Lord (a man I know Barton Downs particularly admired) will have noted the boys were currently employed at Smithfield Market and offered them employment within his butchery business in order to do what he could to help young love flourish.  |
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Post by Rags on Nov 22, 2013 17:05:37 GMT
I'm not over confident that a blossoming Torquay/Watford romance developed I completely missed this first time round! What on earth was a Watford supporter, wearing his scarf, doing in the Mini Stand?! It wouldn't have been allowed in the 1970's, that's for sure! I wonder what happened to that Watford fan: Dave Jordan. Sadly Odeon Parade in North Watford has been heavily rebuilt and number 5 surely no longer exists - with the renumbering along that part of St Albans Road its difficult to work out exactly which one was or might have been number 5. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 20:40:43 GMT
I'm sure Bob Lord would have been more than happy for a couple of likely lads to bring their butchery talents up from London. Provided they were...er...ethnically "pure".
Perhaps a number of others followed suit. Burnley, after all, was briefly designated as a London overspill town in the 1970s.
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