Post by Jon on May 16, 2009 12:57:08 GMT
I thought it would be good if we could have a thread here to put more about some of the anecdotes from the Legends Night.
I had a spare half hour yesterday so managed to track down the match report from the Herald for this game – which I will send on to Kenny if I can get hold of his address.
I had no idea that Kenny’s debut was against us and half-thought he might have used some artistic license to make the story more interesting for us – but the Herald says :
“Because of a cracked finger, veteran goalkeeper George Smith was omitted and Ken Allen, a 19-year-old amateur with Northern Leaguers Taw Law Town, was brought in for his league debut”.
Kenny’s anecdote was that it was one of those refs who insist on telling you all the rules before the penalty (didn’t we have one at Salisbury?) – “Stay on your line, don’t move and nothing happens till I blow my whistle”. He then started walking back, but according to Kenny, Stubbs (should be Bond) quickly stuck the ball in the net before he turned around to blow his whistle, and to Kenny’s disgust the ref kept walking and awarded the goal. Those of us who have only witnessed a mature Kenny Allen going mental can only imagine how a teenage Kenny Allen would react to such an injustice.
According to Kenny, the local papers up there were full of “the penalty that never was” and how Hartlepool had been robbed.
The Herald reported:
“Bond strolled confidently up to the spot, took a few paces back and then casually side-footed the kick wide of Allen for Torquay’s equaliser”.
There is no mention of any controversy at all. By the way, Stubbs may not have taken the penalty but he did win it “hacked down by Drysdale as he cut in towards goal”. Torquay had by far the better of the game and should have won according to Keith Perry. Stubbs had a goal disallowed for offside.
For those unable to travel to Hartlepool, there was first class entertainment back in Devon with Torquay United Reserves taking on Barnstaple at Plainmoor. Paddy Roche, who of course went on to great fame as an Ireland international goalkeeper, was sub and came on and missed a great chance from pointblank range from a Ron Barnes cross.
Funnily enough Roche’s future team were up the road in Exeter for a cup game. A future TUFC full back (sadly recently passed away) distinguished himself when “a late tackle by Smyth caught Best in full flight on the right wing and the Irish international was carried off”. We are told that “the black market for tickets outside the ground collapsed well before the start of the game. Spivs asking £1 for ground tickets suddenly found themselves out of business”. Hardly surprising – who in his right mind would pay a whole £1 to watch Exeter City – especially when TUFC Reserves were at home?
If anyone doubts how much the world has changed in forty years, the adverts are revealing. January sales at Williams & Cox were due to start – at 9.15 am on Monday January 6.
May 14, 2009 20:05:10 GMT @bartondowns said:
Kenny told a tale about a penalty Robin Stubbs put past him on the day he made his debut for Hartlepool. Robin was a little baffled by this story afterwards and - no wonder! - for it was John Bond who scored from the spot on that day in January 1969: I had a spare half hour yesterday so managed to track down the match report from the Herald for this game – which I will send on to Kenny if I can get hold of his address.
I had no idea that Kenny’s debut was against us and half-thought he might have used some artistic license to make the story more interesting for us – but the Herald says :
“Because of a cracked finger, veteran goalkeeper George Smith was omitted and Ken Allen, a 19-year-old amateur with Northern Leaguers Taw Law Town, was brought in for his league debut”.
Kenny’s anecdote was that it was one of those refs who insist on telling you all the rules before the penalty (didn’t we have one at Salisbury?) – “Stay on your line, don’t move and nothing happens till I blow my whistle”. He then started walking back, but according to Kenny, Stubbs (should be Bond) quickly stuck the ball in the net before he turned around to blow his whistle, and to Kenny’s disgust the ref kept walking and awarded the goal. Those of us who have only witnessed a mature Kenny Allen going mental can only imagine how a teenage Kenny Allen would react to such an injustice.
According to Kenny, the local papers up there were full of “the penalty that never was” and how Hartlepool had been robbed.
The Herald reported:
“Bond strolled confidently up to the spot, took a few paces back and then casually side-footed the kick wide of Allen for Torquay’s equaliser”.
There is no mention of any controversy at all. By the way, Stubbs may not have taken the penalty but he did win it “hacked down by Drysdale as he cut in towards goal”. Torquay had by far the better of the game and should have won according to Keith Perry. Stubbs had a goal disallowed for offside.
For those unable to travel to Hartlepool, there was first class entertainment back in Devon with Torquay United Reserves taking on Barnstaple at Plainmoor. Paddy Roche, who of course went on to great fame as an Ireland international goalkeeper, was sub and came on and missed a great chance from pointblank range from a Ron Barnes cross.
Funnily enough Roche’s future team were up the road in Exeter for a cup game. A future TUFC full back (sadly recently passed away) distinguished himself when “a late tackle by Smyth caught Best in full flight on the right wing and the Irish international was carried off”. We are told that “the black market for tickets outside the ground collapsed well before the start of the game. Spivs asking £1 for ground tickets suddenly found themselves out of business”. Hardly surprising – who in his right mind would pay a whole £1 to watch Exeter City – especially when TUFC Reserves were at home?
If anyone doubts how much the world has changed in forty years, the adverts are revealing. January sales at Williams & Cox were due to start – at 9.15 am on Monday January 6.
Some of the apparently obscure names from that programme:
