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Thanks for posting the link CT. When i saw the title of the thread i hoped it was going to be the outstanding 3 - 0 win rather than the slightly fortunate win the following season. I remember the after game analysis showing it should not have been a free kick. What a difference in those two seasons,...

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Think it’s earlier than 1966, Morgan and Ternent both look young. From what I remember Morgan had longer hair by the time he established himself in the first team.

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Willie Brown, centre forward in the youth cup winning team, played once as substitute, probably in 69.

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The comment about Burnley’s goals against Plymouth from dsr is largely correct. For the second goal Anthony is in an offside position when the goal is scored, for the third Roberts is in an offside position, for the fifth it is Flemming, there may be some doubt about the fourth goal. No neutral woul...

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Chris Gayle is the only other batsman to hit a 6 in the first over of a test, dont know who the bowler was.

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Only watched on tv so no ratings but thought he was excellent, pleasing to see only one card!

Think it would have been harsh on Coventry if we had been given a penalty, would not have been happy if it had been given against us.

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And Millwall equalise in added time!

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Two players who represented England in the 1950s while playing in division 3 were Coventry goalkeeper Reg Matthews and Bristol City inside forward John Atyeo.

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TAG standing for trigonometry, algebra and geometry was one of the stories when i was there. The other story going around was that there used to be a language teacher who regularly tested pupils on what he called ‘tag phrases’. When I taught there Tag said that this was the explanation. Another staf...

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I moved to Burnley in 1961 at the age of 14, I had been at a rugby playing school and was looking forward to playing organised soccer for the first time in my life, I was disappointed to be playing rugby. The teacher who was in charge of the school team I played for was known as Roy ‘Pig’. I did mat...

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Might Westley be under consideration for the first team squad for Saturday? Foster likely to be missing.

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Can’t really be described as the best goal but a very bizarre one from the tiny John Price. I do not remember the opponents but I think this was the second goal in a 2 0 win. The pitch was incredibly muddy and Burnley were defending, Price cleared the ball by kicking it as hard as he could. It trave...

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Boxing Day 1963, Willie Morgan absolutely destroyed Man Utd. On a different level I remember the first time I saw Willie a little earlier when he was unplayable in a Youth Cup game against Grimsby.

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Good point CT, simple arithmetic should have told me that!

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Sadly for us Harry Flowers was nowhere near as good as his dad Ron.

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Dave Thomas had a great career with 7 (?) England caps but when I first saw him in the youth team and reserves I thought he was going to be one of the all time English greats. 0ne of the best crossers of a ball I have ever seen

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Hope you got to see Cav win yesterday Fatboy and that you got a good spot on Galibier

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Back to the original question, I have now received my annual Father’s Day present, “the official UK race guide”. It contains detailed maps of every stage with expected arrival times at various points on route. Available in shops and well worth having. I know some people have recommended apps but at ...

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We have not watched the tour live but have toured the Alps and Pyrenees in our motorhome and cycled many of the cols that feature in the tour. Some suggestions 1. It is possible to spend a night or nights at Col du Lauteret either by the roadside or behind the cafes on the southern side (we were the...

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Only just seen this. Anyone know why Ralph Coates is missing from the photo?

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There was a lot wrong with the earlier offside law. Whether a player in an offside position was interfering with play was entirely down to the opinion of the referee! Just take a look at the England v Portugal semi final in 1966, for both of Charlton’s goals, Roger Hunt was stood in an offside posit...

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Earlier in the day David James and Pat Nevin were on another quiz programme called Bridge of Lies. They were both very impressive!

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It’s like a player attempting a tackle but missing the ball and tripping the opponent, the act of making the tackle is deliberate but the act of missing the ball is accidental., but it’s a foul. Most trips occur when a defender attempts to play the ball but the opponent shifts the ball before he get...

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Reading’s old ground at Elm Park on Oxford to London Paddington.

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I remember Steve McMahon doing the same thing years ago in division 1, playing for Liverpool.
The game was on match of the day and while it was suggested that technically it should have been a penalty it was not ‘in the spirit of the law’.

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Not an answer to the exact question 2, but similar.

In 1965/66 in the old division1 a team beat Northampton 6 - 1 and finished bottom with only 20 points.
Don’t want to mention the name of the team but they did lose 3 - 1 today

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My favourite ever Burnley player, that performance against Man Utd (Boxing Day 1963) is the best ever performance I have seen by a Burnley player. On another occasion he tore an in his prime Bobby Moore to bits on the Turf. Great memories

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About 15 years ago in May and June we took our motor home, complete with bicycles, to the Shetland islands (whatever you do don’t say The Shetlands to the locals!). If you were looking for advice on nightlife then I cannot be of help! We loved it there but think we should have visited slightly later...

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Not my biggest sporting achievement but, as a Burnley supporter posting on this site, it was very satisfying to clean bowl two of rovers best players, Brian Douglas and Mike England.

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A fabulous article about a fabulous player and a fabulous man. I played against him at school as a centre forward but obviously he reached his peak in midfield, but I always thought that if he had continued in the middle of the defence that he could have become the successor to Bobby Moore that Engl...

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I was 76 at the start of the year so might just about squeeze into the top ten of oldies. I think I was going into the 6th form at BGS as CT started there. Only moved to Burnley in the summer of 61, my first game was a 4-3 win over Ipswich. The next 7 months was an unbelievable time to be a Burnley ...

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Everton were promoted to division 1 in 1953/54, the first season I have clear memories of. They were runners up to Leicester, who were the closest top flight team to where I lived at that time. Everton finished just one point ahead of Blackburn, who were not promoted.
How sad!

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Thanks sjb, it’s good to have that confirmed, excellent knowledge!

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I have a distant memory of Harry Thomson scoring for the reserves. If that is correct that gives a No 1 scoring.

Perhaps CT will know!

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Excellent goal from Rovers, they are looking better than we might have hoped!

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Who’s the guy in the Burnley shirt in the crowd? I’m

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I was always a fan of Kevin Hector, I remember a game at Turf Moor soon after Derby had been promoted, probably January or February. The game would not have gone ahead these days because the pitch was frozen. Most of the players could barely keep their feet but Hector and Martin Dobson seemed to sim...

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FAO Vino Thanks for the reply Vino, French not good for me, failed first time with Ken Brown before Bill Grey got me through. I did double maths with Nobby Stokes among others, so would not have spent classroom time with you. In fact class room did not feature much at all, football and cricket pitch...

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THE GOALKEEPER IN THE PICTURE IS RODNEY JONES. I was so confident of this that I decided to look into it further. I found an article by Claret Tony from ClaretsMad from 2013 which showed a picture of Rod Jones, this photo made me more certain. I then climbed into the attic to search for a copy of Th...

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I am becoming more convinced that the mystery goalkeeper is Rod Jones. I suggested earlier that he left Burnley to join Ashton United before returning. I have just looked Rod Jones up on Google, which shows he moved from Ashton to Rotherham and then to Burnley, that has to be too much of a coinciden...

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I am sure the goalkeeper in the picture is not Bernard Kay, the BGS goalkeeper from 1962/63. (By chance I arrived on a campsite in Spain about 7 years ago and ended up camping next to Bernard) I think it might be Rod Jones because I have a memory that he left Burnley to join somebody like Ashton Uni...

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Don’t know how to start a new thread so I will post here.

A review of 2015/16 is just beginning on sky, a very good season.

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I am not agreeing that Kane does not show up for big tournaments but the main reason he won the golden boot at the last World Cup was largely down to the number of penalties England were awarded. To put it in perspective, if John Stones had taken and scored England’s penalties then he would have won...

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In February 66, tickets went on sale and I bought a package of tickets for 9 games, 8 in the north west as well as the final. I had always thought that the north west group would be the best and so it proved. I was able to watch Pele, and Eusebio and Albert were brilliant. After watching Eusebio alm...

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Like Woodleyclaret I was lucky enough to see him play at Goodson in1966. He really was kicked out of both matches, sadly it was English referees who allowed it. At least I have the memory of being behind the goal where he scored his free kick. It was a privilege to have seen him despite the fact tha...

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I remember most of the games on tiger 76 list but the most remarkable hammering I remember was Hungary 8 West Germany 3 in the group stage from 1954 but in the final a much changed German team beat Hungary 3-2. Strange things can happen.

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i am obviously a lot older than previous posters as i remember Ralph Coates and Johnny Price joining in our kickabouts next to St Stephens school and what became the short second hole on Towneley golf course.

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Another one here who was there when we won 5th? Round of the cup in 1962. A 1-0 win with John Angus clearing of the line from Derick Pace, I think.

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Got them all but not before I had made the mistake of including one wrong team. I remember going to Valencia to find the place full of this team’s supporters for a Europa league match so I thought they might be one of the tough ones.

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Herts claret asked who played for England when Ray Pointer was in his prime. For the 1962 World Cup Winterbottom chose Gerry Hitchens of Inter Milan and Alan Peacock of Middlesbrough as centre forwards, both played in 2 games and Hitchens scored one goal. Englands only other goal scorer was Ron Flow...

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