A team photo from the 1930s

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A team photo from the 1930s

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:12 am

But which team?

There is a big clue

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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Lord Beamish » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:13 am

PNE.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Lord Beamish » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:14 am

Bill Shankly in top left corner.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:15 am

Shanks was the only clue I found - I wouldn't have got it otherwise. Correct with PNE.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Buxtonclaret » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:32 am

We we linked to buying any of them, at the time? ;)
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:37 am

Buxtonclaret wrote:We we linked to buying any of them, at the time? ;)
We didn't buy many players back then. I've no idea who any of them are but for Shankly.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Mayoclaret » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:49 am

Great pic. The guy next to Shanks would surely have won the "Widest lapels -of-the-year" Competition.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by martin_p » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:17 am

ClaretTony wrote:We didn't buy many players back then. I've no idea who any of them are but for Shankly.
Surely third from the right on the front row is our very own legend Bob Kelly. Think he finished his career at PNE.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:30 am

martin_p wrote:Surely third from the right on the front row is our very own legend Bob Kelly. Think he finished his career at PNE.
He did play for Preston but then went to Carlisle. He was 40 when he left PNE.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Buxtonclaret » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:39 am

Good spot, Martin!
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by martin_p » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:40 am

ClaretTony wrote:He did play for Preston but then went to Carlisle. He was 40 when he left PNE.
Just googled it. Left PNE in 1934 (before Carlisle 34-36), Shankly arrived in 1933. So this must be a photo from the 33/34 season.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:51 am

martin_p wrote:Just googled it. Left PNE in 1934 (before Carlisle 34-36), Shankly arrived in 1933. So this must be a photo from the 33/34 season.
It was given as 34/35 but with both of them on the pic it must be 33/34.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Svenster » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:09 am

How about those plus-fours, then? (Top right - next to Bobby Charlton)

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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Silkyskills1 » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:25 am

Just checked the 1938 Cup Final line-up in which Shankly played for Preston and they had 7 Scottish players in the starting 11.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Funkydrummer » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:29 am

Coco the clown, rear right.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by bfcmartin » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:31 am

Michael Keane must have a fake birth certificate he's on the back row next to Bobby Charlton
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by martin_p » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:35 am

ClaretTony wrote:It was given as 34/35 but with both of them on the pic it must be 33/34.
Guess it could still be the start of the 34/35 season. Depends when in 1934 that Kelly left for Carlisle l.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by TheFamilyCat » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:39 am

Buxtonclaret wrote:We we linked to buying any of them, at the time? ;)
Yes, Grant Hanley (back row, 3rd from left)
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by Shadeyclaret » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:07 pm

Gareth Bale has had a long career!
Bottom row second in on the right.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by BleedingClaret » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:10 pm

Shadeyclaret wrote:Gareth Bale has had a long career!
Bottom row second in on the right.
it is as well
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by CleggHall » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:51 pm

A very interesting thread, some excellent detection work by Beamish, CT and Martin, your knowledge of all things football is amazing. Bill Shankly never really changed I guess, we'll never see another like him.
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Re: A team photo from the 1930s

Post by iluva64 » Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:19 pm

WHAT DAPPY DRESSERS

Love the suit on the guy at the right hand end, I think I can see a few 'plus 4's' trousers and the lapels on the second guy from the left will have him airborne.

A few of our current team need to take some lesson in how to dress smart!
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