ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
-
- Posts: 67436
- Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:07 pm
- Been Liked: 32242 times
- Has Liked: 5255 times
- Location: Burnley
- Contact:
ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
Latest from the 1959/60 season
See link
http://www.uptheclarets.com/town-set-fo ... -newcastle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
See link
http://www.uptheclarets.com/town-set-fo ... -newcastle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
-
- Posts: 3865
- Joined: Sat May 21, 2016 12:57 pm
- Been Liked: 1274 times
- Has Liked: 680 times
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
Back to winning way even though it was not a vintage performance. George Eastham was a superb player and I think that was his last season at Newcastle before his landmark High Court victory which opened up a whole new era for professional footballers. He moved on to bigger and better things at Arsenal whilst we were searching for consistency in results.
-
- Posts: 67436
- Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:07 pm
- Been Liked: 32242 times
- Has Liked: 5255 times
- Location: Burnley
- Contact:
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
Think it could have been his last season at Newcastle because I can only seem to remember him from Arsenal and then StokeRoyboyclaret wrote:Back to winning way even though it was not a vintage performance. George Eastham was a superb player and I think that was his last season at Newcastle before his landmark High Court victory which opened up a whole new era for professional footballers. He moved on to bigger and better things at Arsenal whilst we were searching for consistency in results.
-
- Posts: 3274
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:07 am
- Been Liked: 838 times
- Has Liked: 1044 times
- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
Newcastle were a poorish side on paper Eastham apart, they were relegated the following season in 61.
-
- Posts: 3865
- Joined: Sat May 21, 2016 12:57 pm
- Been Liked: 1274 times
- Has Liked: 680 times
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
The Newcastle game was the first time we'd seen what many considered to be our strongest line-up of Blacklaw, Angus, Elder, Adamson, Cummings, Miller, Connelly, Mac, Pointer, Robson & Pilkington (although Bobby Seith might well have had an argument to be included).
There was a short quote from Alex Elder many years later........." This was my second game. Almost 40,000 fans saw a strong Newcastle side with star players Jimmy Scoular, Bob Stokoe, Ivor Allchurch, George Eastham and Bobby Mitchell outplayed by our team. I played as well that day as I've ever done in my career"
There was a short quote from Alex Elder many years later........." This was my second game. Almost 40,000 fans saw a strong Newcastle side with star players Jimmy Scoular, Bob Stokoe, Ivor Allchurch, George Eastham and Bobby Mitchell outplayed by our team. I played as well that day as I've ever done in my career"
-
- Posts: 1802
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:27 am
- Been Liked: 332 times
- Has Liked: 787 times
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
Jimmy Scouler was one of those players who were politely called uncompromising! In other words, he could be a bit of a thug. Brilliant obituary on line from Ivan Ponting who described him as a footballing volcano but not of the dormant variety.
-
- Posts: 3274
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:07 am
- Been Liked: 838 times
- Has Liked: 1044 times
- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
Clarets fans called Scoular "onion-head" on account of his long receding hair on top of an outsized head. Nobody brave enough to call it to his face though!
This user liked this post: Suratclaret
-
- Posts: 67436
- Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:07 pm
- Been Liked: 32242 times
- Has Liked: 5255 times
- Location: Burnley
- Contact:
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
I think you might mean nobody DAFT enough to call it to his faceCleggHall wrote:Clarets fans called Scoular "onion-head" on account of his long receding hair on top of an outsized head. Nobody brave enough to call it to his face though!
This user liked this post: Suratclaret
-
- Posts: 1802
- Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:27 am
- Been Liked: 332 times
- Has Liked: 787 times
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
The same obituary described him as " tackling like a runaway coal wagon"
-
- Posts: 67436
- Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:07 pm
- Been Liked: 32242 times
- Has Liked: 5255 times
- Location: Burnley
- Contact:
Re: ARTICLE: Town set for change as Clarets face trip to Newcastle
It was Scoular who took Jimmy Mac out with a shocking challenge in one of his early games for Burnley, Scoular was then playing for Portsmouth. He put Jmmy into the enclosure at Fratton Park which was a drop from the pitch.
Jimmy Mac looked up and Scoular called him a Fenian b@st@rd to which Mac replied: "But I'm protestant". Scoular was very apologetic then and Jimmy Mac said he never fouled him again and said he would just let him go through.
Jimmy Mac looked up and Scoular called him a Fenian b@st@rd to which Mac replied: "But I'm protestant". Scoular was very apologetic then and Jimmy Mac said he never fouled him again and said he would just let him go through.