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Leighton James Headed Goal

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:19 am
by Hipper
Did our Mr James ever head a goal for Burnley?

I ask because looking a this weekends Big Match re-run he did exactly that for QPR against Ipswich. A young Paul MacGee also scored two for QPR and was interviewed and came across well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McGe ... rn_1954%29

Meanwhile they also showed Bolton vs Blackpool. Willie Morgan and future Claret Neil Whatmore were playing for Bolton.

Re: Leighton James Headed Goal

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:35 am
by BB8
To the best of my knowledge, only two of Leighton James' 81 goals for Burnley were headers, and both were away from Turf Moor.

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Re: Leighton James Headed Goal

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:55 am
by sjb
I remember the goal at Wolves - James was superb that day and I think he scored a penalty as well. Unfortunately Steve Kindon had a great game for Wolves and also scored a couple.

Re: Leighton James Headed Goal

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:22 pm
by Guller Bull
Did Taffy not post on here at one time?

Re: Leighton James Headed Goal

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:08 pm
by martin_p
Just watching it now, future loanee Martin Busby also playing for QPR.

Looking forward to next week’s episode which has highlights of our 2-1 win over Spurs. Think Spurs were top of the 2nd Division at the time but we were on a great run of form that had seen us drag our way towards mid table having spent a lot of the first half of the season bottom.