I've got this old picture from the 1960's, Think it maybe West Ham v Burnley FA cup 1964 but there is no details on the back. Can anyone help identify the player heading the ball. ? I'm thinking John Connelly? Thanks in Advance.

Definitely the right ground - the hair looks like John Connelly’s

looks like there's a horse watching the match over by the white wall

Elvis

Not sure about the goal scorer, but the guy 11 in from the right and 4 rows from the back is my dad’s twin brothers mothers sons best mate...

Wile E Coyote wrote:looks like there's a horse watching the match over by the white wall

Is there also a Grizzly Bear top left middle at the back near a bloke stood near the lamp post .....

Ken Brown in the middle, so West Ham, but are you sure it’s against us?
Don’t recognise either of the players in white and don't remember us with the solid claret cuffs on the shirt. I was very young back then though.

Wile E Coyote wrote:looks like there's a horse watching the match over by the white wall

Actually I think it's a centaur.

They were fairy common back in the 60s.

Wile E Coyote wrote:looks like there's a horse watching the match over by the white wall

must be being played at Ewood!

Wile E Coyote wrote:looks like there's a horse watching the match over by the white wall

and a giraffe

I don't think it's a WHU v Burnley game. The second player in White doesn't resemble any our players.

It's a camel. Dromedary.

Doesnt look like Burnley

randomclaret2 wrote:Doesnt look like Burnley

Who's got a camel called Burnley?

Tottenham Hotspur.

Wile E Coyote wrote:looks like there's a horse watching the match over by the white wall

It looks like Rod Hull & Emu to me.

I'd go with Alan Mullery from Tottenham Hotspur.

Nonayforever wrote:I'd go with Alan Mullery from Tottenham Hotspur.

Spurs for me....

where the highest visible fan is stood , just an inch to the left of the chimney, surely that's a tiger walking towards him

Alan Gilzean?

Down_Rover wrote:Alan Gilzean?

With a grand wig on if it is.....he has the features of peter Taylor..but to early.

I think it’s West Ham v Liverpool

Great action pic, but nothing to do with Burnley.

We did play at Upton Park in the 6th Round of the FA Cup in 1964 and lost 2-3. Our team was Blacklaw, Angus, Elder, O'Neil, Talbut, Miller, Morgan, Pointer, Lochhead, Harris, Connelly. Our scorers were Connelly & Pointer. 99% certain we played in Claret and Blue that day as in the Cup at that time the home team changed strip.

My guess would be the season is correct at 1963/64, but it's a league game between West Ham and Liverpool with the player heading the ball Alf Arrowsmith.

Was just about to post, this is him.

https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/257

Cracking name.

dougcollins wrote:Cracking name.

A name right out of a Roy of the Rovers comic strip.

Definitely West Ham and if it is Burnley then maybe Willie Irvine.

I remember that 64 FA Cup Quarter Final game at Upton Park, Johnny Byrne fouled Brian Miller for one of their goals the cheat.

Steve1956 wrote:A name right out of a Roy of the Rovers comic strip.

Think that was Roy Race wasn't it, for Melchester Rovers ?

Royboyclaret wrote:Think that was Roy Race wasn't it, for Melchester Rovers ?

Alf Arrowsmith would have been in one of Roy's teams at one time.

It's definitely not West Ham v Burnley. Burnley were 1-0 up at half-time before losing 3-2, and the West Ham goal on the link is at the same end as the goal shown here; but Connelly's goal is described as "Connelly snapped up a quick pass to whizz past three West Ham tackles ..." so not a header.

Though Burnley did play in white with dark shorts.

And the second half goal was scored by Pointer. So unless he dyed his hair for the occasion ...

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Rowls wrote:Actually I think it's a centaur.

They were fairy common back in the 60s.

A centaur forward?

The player in white who is almost totally obscured looks a little like Arthur Bellamy to me.

dsr wrote:It's definitely not West Ham v Burnley. Burnley were 1-0 up at half-time before losing 3-2, and the West Ham goal on the link is at the same end as the goal shown here; but Connelly's goal is described as "Connelly snapped up a quick pass to whizz past three West Ham tackles ..." so not a header.

Though Burnley did play in white with dark shorts.

And the second half goal was scored by Pointer. So unless he dyed his hair for the occasion ...

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co. ... 1/285/0024" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Though come to think of it, that picture doesn't say it was a goal ...

Bellamy didn't play, though.

The horse looks a bit like dark warrior, one of the early winners of the Lincolnshire handicap, but I don't think it can be as west ham were only using donkeys in 63/4.

Next to the giraffe is that the Knight who had his arms and legs chopped off in Monty Pythons Holy Grail?

dsr wrote:Though come to think of it, that picture doesn't say it was a goal ...

Bellamy didn't play, though.

Yes he didn’t play, although mainly because it’s West Ham v Liverpool.

Steve1956 wrote:A name right out of a Roy of the Rovers comic strip.

First club, Tintwistle Villa.

I actually think that it West Ham v Leyton Orient in an earlier round of the cup.Orient just wore red socks for the replay which west ham won 3.0

Thanks for your help with this one, I'm pretty sure it's not Liverpool, so maybe the Orient one is a good call.

Beehole67 wrote:Thanks for your help with this one, I'm pretty sure it's not Liverpool, so maybe the Orient one is a good call.

It absolutely is Liverpool and it is Alf Arrowsmith.

https://picclick.co.uk/West-Ham-v-Liver ... 06315.html

I'd only seen the pic on my phone when I made the comment about the hair looking like Connelly but just seen it again and it doesn't look like him.

Note sure why Roy thought we'd have played in claret & blue. Occasionally home teams did change in the FA Cup (usually both teams would change if no agreement as per Burnley v Everton in 1962 and Burnley v Wrexham in 1974), but if the teams agreed then the home team would play in their home kit as was the case here.

Although it doesn't answer the OP's question, I have found a pic from that cup tie in 1964 at the Boleyn.

Fair enough Martin!! You have the evidence!
By the way it wasn’t a goal as West Ham won 1.0

Good photo Tony Brian O’Neil in picture?

Tony, martin_p confirms the game and scorer in post#41.

Royboyclaret wrote:Tony, martin_p confirms the game and scorer in post#41.

I'm aware, I stuck the picture up to show that we hadn't played in claret and blue.

clansman wrote:Fair enough Martin!! You have the evidence!
By the way it wasn’t a goal as West Ham won 1.0

Yes, looks a goal all over in the picture. Either a good save from the keeper or it’s actually going wide.

ClaretTony wrote:I'm aware, I stuck the picture up to show that we hadn't played in claret and blue.

Not sure why I thought we played in our home strip that day. I was there for the game and remember the disappointment of scoring twice and losing the game.

The first time I think I'd seen both sides change was some six years earlier in an FA Cup replay against Villa.

clansman wrote:Good photo Tony Brian O’Neil in picture?

Defo Brian O'Neil, clansman.

Waiting, as ever, to pounce on any mistake by their keeper.

What a player Brian was for us.

Royboyclaret wrote:Defo Brian O'Neil, clansman.

Waiting, as ever, to pounce on any mistake by their keeper.

What a player Brian was for us.

That’s the cheating Johnny Byrne with Adam Blacklaw In goal RBC.