Post by Budleigh on Nov 16, 2009 16:41:14 GMT
An unusual Practice Match programme from August 1934
Season 1933/34 was extremely poor with Torquay only just managing to keep out of the re-election places and it was obvious that some new players were needed to bolster the squad.
As a consequence manager Frank Brown brought in ten new faces and played a public practice match at Plainmoor of 'Whites' versus 'Stripes' on the 18th of August 1934.
With so many fresh faces in the game the new boys had their former club given in brackets after the respective name on the single sheet programme, shown below.
Of the ten who played nine went on to make various appearances with the club, only Baird from Bangor of the Irish League seems to have slipped away.
One player of interest in this match is Les Lievesley who had two claims to fame, one unfortunate and one tragic. The previous season he had the distinction of being the first United player to be sent-off in a league match during the Boxing Day game at Swindon. Then in later life, as a coach to the Torino team after the war, he was one of the 31 fatalities in the Superga Air Disaster in which the whole all-conquering Torino team was wiped out on the 4th of May 1949.
The reverse side of the programme shows an advert for the 'Football Buff' the Torbay Football Herald's answer to the pink 'un and green 'un seen around the country.
Wasn't sure if this was a 'history room' or 'programme room' item so will leave it to a higher authority to put it in the appropriate place...
Season 1933/34 was extremely poor with Torquay only just managing to keep out of the re-election places and it was obvious that some new players were needed to bolster the squad.
As a consequence manager Frank Brown brought in ten new faces and played a public practice match at Plainmoor of 'Whites' versus 'Stripes' on the 18th of August 1934.
With so many fresh faces in the game the new boys had their former club given in brackets after the respective name on the single sheet programme, shown below.
Of the ten who played nine went on to make various appearances with the club, only Baird from Bangor of the Irish League seems to have slipped away.
One player of interest in this match is Les Lievesley who had two claims to fame, one unfortunate and one tragic. The previous season he had the distinction of being the first United player to be sent-off in a league match during the Boxing Day game at Swindon. Then in later life, as a coach to the Torino team after the war, he was one of the 31 fatalities in the Superga Air Disaster in which the whole all-conquering Torino team was wiped out on the 4th of May 1949.
The reverse side of the programme shows an advert for the 'Football Buff' the Torbay Football Herald's answer to the pink 'un and green 'un seen around the country.
Wasn't sure if this was a 'history room' or 'programme room' item so will leave it to a higher authority to put it in the appropriate place...
