When I started watching in the 1950s I seem to remember that mid week matches were played on a Wednesday afternoon as in those days shops had half day closing which allowed shop workers who worked Saturday to attend matches. I do remember bunking off school to see a FA Cup replay against Rotherham United who were an established Division 2 team while Albion were still in Division 3 South. I also believe that was the match when the fans were singing Success By The Sea to a well known tune.
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Question for the older fans
- Thread starter Gwylan
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- Apr 5, 2014
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Correct. In late September under BSTx2 the light would become very poor after 7.30-7.45 pm.
Was that when Johnny Meadows, the Watford Captain, ended up on the back pages of the News of the World for match fixing? He's my uncle.
BensGrandad
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I bunked off school so wasnt really sure what time it kicked off but knew it was quite early. Thanks for the info but to your memory am I right about added on time s I do not remember much if any at all.
BensGrandad
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There was a rumour about it being a fix.
arich264
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I think there was added on time to account for injuries as in "injury time" but none added on for time wasting etc.
I was at the Watford game just as I was at Monday's game against Wigan. My goodness I feel old now.
I was at the Watford game just as I was at Monday's game against Wigan. My goodness I feel old now.
Tony Towner's Fridge
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Max
I know we were barely 3 years old but were we there?
Still buzzing and serenely not worried about anything footballwise for at least 4 months.....
TNBA
TTF
luppers
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If I remember correctly there were far less postponed matches in the 50s/60s as they used to play on snow covered,waterlogged and even icy surfaces. I certainly saw more than one match at the Goldstone where they had to clear the snow off of the lines so you could see if the ball had gone out of play. I also remember that if the pitch was snow covered they used to use an orange ball so you could see it
All the days were longer and warmer before we joined the EEC.
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Nah, but my dad would have been. Now it's too late to ask him questions like that.
Some good answers in this thread though. But what was double British Summer Time?
el punal
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Goldfish memory time here! At the Goldstone in the 1960/70s, Saturday games kicked off at 3.00 and finished at 4.40 (only 10 minutes for half time then). Evening games, usually Wednesday, had a 7.30 k.o. Bank holiday games were early kick offs, usually 11.00 or 11.30 - can't seem to remember them being 3.00 until the mid-70s.
Now, what was the question?
Now, what was the question?
fosters headband
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fosters headband
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I have just looked at the final month of the 57/58 season and Albion's first ever promotion season.
How they kept going to win the league by one point was amazing with such a congested fixture list.
April 4th Millwall (a) D 2-2
April 5th Northampton (h) L 1-4
April 7th Millwall (h) W 4-2
April 12th Torquay (a) L 2-0
April 19th Brentford (h) D 1-1
April 23rd Port Vale (a) D 2-2
April 26th Watford (a) W 0-1
April 28th Brentford (a) L 1-0
April 30th Watford (h) W 6-0 And Champions
9 games in 26 days, those boys must have been truly fit back then.
How they kept going to win the league by one point was amazing with such a congested fixture list.
April 4th Millwall (a) D 2-2
April 5th Northampton (h) L 1-4
April 7th Millwall (h) W 4-2
April 12th Torquay (a) L 2-0
April 19th Brentford (h) D 1-1
April 23rd Port Vale (a) D 2-2
April 26th Watford (a) W 0-1
April 28th Brentford (a) L 1-0
April 30th Watford (h) W 6-0 And Champions
9 games in 26 days, those boys must have been truly fit back then.
Don't know if already stated (can't be arsed to read all the thread yet) but as I recall wasn't the reason for the afternoon mid week replay due to the three day week power conservation due to the coal miners dispute?