17/08/77: Cardiff City (A) League Cup Rd1, 2nd leg

A few observations from me.

Terry Lee's first leg penalty save is mentioned - the one that nearly earned me a beating.

Frank O'Farrell's role at the club is referred to as the "special position of consultant manager". In the 90s, the concept of a director of football and a first team coach was seen as very modern and very continental. Tony Boyce really was ahead of his time with O'Farrell / Green and then O'Farrell / Rioch. I remember Bartondowns put up a great article in which Boyce stressed the importance of a good management setup.

I note that we only had fourteen players - and were soon to sell Colin Lee to go down to thirteen. I remember well that we went five games fielding the same eleven - not out of choice but because Darke and Rudge were injured so we only had eleven players! We put schoolboy Maurice Cox on the bench for home games and used Upton Athletic's right back Ian Sanderson for away games. I wasn't quite sure if that was to give us a more defensive option away from home or because Maurice was too busy doing his homework to spare the time to travel.