A new signing arrived at Burnley in September 1968 - no reveal video, no interview, we announced it with this photograph.

Looks like they are wearing each others suits!

Doug Collins?

get stuck in tracy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:08 pm

Looks like they are wearing each others suits!

All except Lord Bob are bang on trend for the time… bottom jacket button undone, slim tie Harry Potts tie bar is top notch. The days before American sportswear fashion took over, the polo shirt and Yale University top had arrived for youngsters and the first plastic (casual) trainers were soon to follow.

What struck me was that none of the suits looked stylish or properly fitted the person. Material not great either. How things have moved on!

Who's the guy on the right?

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:25 pm

What struck me was that none of the suits looked stylish or properly fitted the person. Material not great either. How things have moved on!

Moving away from fitted suits, that had been the fashion…. Saville Row was the mod look… we are heading towards the casual look… off the peg suits… developing into the bell bottoms and kipper collars/toes in the next couple of years.

Stan Tastic wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:29 pm

Who's the guy on the right?

I was wondering that ? Chief Scout ? Assistant Manager ?

Doug Collins signed from Grimsby Town ... aged 23 !!

Stan Tastic wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:29 pm

Who's the guy on the right?

I don't know either, but it looks as if his head has been photoshopped !!!!

It's Bill Harvey, Grimsby's manager at the time.

New Cricket Field Stand under construction behind them?

Bill Harvey only lasted a season at Grimsby, after some key players were sold to balance the books ... then worked for Chelsea, scouting their future opponents, Northampton Town and finished as a Coach/Physio at Peterborough ...

Stan Tastic wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:29 pm

Who's the guy on the right?

Someone has answered it that it’s the Grimsby manager. He was there because he’d had to give Doug a lift over.

What a great player, Doug Collins was?

elwaclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:19 pm

All except Lord Bob are bang on trend for the time… bottom jacket button undone

Bottom jacket button undone still applies now, probably always will, one of those classic rules.

2 Bee Holed wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:19 pm

New Cricket Field Stand under construction behind them?

Definitely. State of the art, in its time.

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 2:50 pm

What a great player, Doug Collins was?

He'll always make my all- time favourites list!

Doug had a sweet left foot and his passing was so accurate

I remember seeing him score directly from a corner, CFS/LS corner. I think it would be around 67/68.
Great player

I remember around the same time Frank Caspers arrival was photographed with him sitting in a wheel barrow

Jel wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:25 pm

I remember seeing him score directly from a corner, CFS/LS corner. I think it would be around 67/68.
Great player

So do I...vs Ipswich in the run of 8 wins..terriffic goal late in the game..got Colin Waldrons autograph after the match, I remember saying to him that I didn't think we were going win today and he said neither did I!

Petersa wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 6:08 pm

So do I...vs Ipswich in the run of 8 wins..terriffic goal late in the game..got Colin Waldrons autograph after the match, I remember saying to him that I didn't think we were going win today and he said neither did I!

Colin Blant scored our goal in that game.

sjb wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:21 pm

Colin Blant scored our goal in that game.

Doug came on as sub for Dave Thomas & took the free kick which Blant headed in 8 minutes from time.

Petersa wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 6:08 pm

So do I...vs Ipswich in the run of 8 wins..terriffic goal late in the game..got Colin Waldrons autograph after the match, I remember saying to him that I didn't think we were going win today and he said neither did I!

Don’t think he even played in that run other than a sub appearance.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:36 pm

Don’t think he even played in that run other than a sub appearance.

He did come on as a sub, always thought it went straight in....no big screen action replays then....I know I was right about getting Colin's autograph though kept it for years!