Spencer Vignes
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- Oct 4, 2012
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I'm guessing the home reserve game wasn't 1971/72 as we didn't play Liverpool in the cup that year. Or is this some kind of trick question?
new money That would nearly be 2 and 6
I'm guessing the home reserve game wasn't 1971/72 as we didn't play Liverpool in the cup that year. Or is this some kind of trick question?
Sorry, my long term memory is not so good these days, hence the question.
But whatever year it was if somebody knows the answer it would be appreciated.
sure your not talking about the derby cup game?
No! I'm not sure I'm still leaning towards Liverpool though! (was that liverpool game the police horse and traffic cone incident?)
Whilst all the 'old gits' are in this thread.
What home reserve game at the Goldstone did we have to attend to guarantee a Liverpool away cup ticket? ps.. and the attendance?
Mr. Balkham kindly let me out on parole to allow me to answer this! I remember Notts County reserves in 1967 to get a Chelsea at home cup ticket. 18,000 odd I believe. Not bad for a reserve game. We drew the Chelsea game 1-1 in front of 36,000. Lost the replay 4-0 in front of 54,000 at Stamford Bridge. I saw the home game, but not the away game. My dad wouldn't let me because I had to go to Cubs. However, he did go. He said it was so crowded that the only time he saw the ball was when it was hoofed up in the air.
Is that the right answer CG?
That's a whole new theme - games your parents wouldn't let you go to!
yes!
I remember bunking off school to go to the Walton & Hersham cup game at the Goldstone!
Bournemouth were the unlucky ones that season, finishing behind us and Villa.
And spare a thought for Notts County, who finished 4th on the same points (62) as Bournemouth! (or 87 points in today's terms). I remember that season vividly. I was 14 at the time and lived in Hackney in London so my trips to the Goldstone were infrequent, when visiting relatives in Hove, albeit I would attend all of the London games. I remember watching us beat Villa 2-1 on MOTD with Willie Irvine and Kit Napier doing the honours. For the Rochdale game I listened in on BBC Radio and remember my emotions when John Templeman scored, recalling that we had to lose, and either Bournemouth or Notts County had to win, to pip us to 2nd place. Thankfully, we finished 2nd. I recall that we scored 10 in two back-to-back away wins: 5-3 at Shrewsbury (I think all 8 goals came in a 28 minute 2nd half flurry) and 5-0 at Halifax. We actually scored more away goals than home goals that season. I still have a scrapbook of news reports of Albion matches I kept during that amazing season and they bring back very happy memories. Yes, we kept scrapbooks in those pre-internet days!
I bunked off sixth form college (Horsham Collyers) to watch us lose 3-0 at Notts Forest in the League Cup in 1986/87. Worth every minute just to see my old Forest Boys Secondary School pal Franco Massimo come on as a substitute. Mind you, I got a hell of a bollocking the following day.
How many remember belting that one out in the North Stand?To hell with Aston Villa to hell with Notts County we'll fight fight fight for the Albion till we win division three!