11 hours ago, Boyne said:

Hi mate, I travel in from South-East London. Train in should be okay but going home could be fun. May have to use tube, DLR and bus. Have you got far to travel? Fortunately it's not a late kick-off. I remember a couple of games last season when there was a strike and got home in the early hours. Bloody rail strikes.

Yeah, from the south coast mate . No London trains from my ststion today .  Slim chance of a lift , but only if someone drops out .

I don't often regret moving from South London ! 😂😂😂

 

Today’s match on The Big Match Revisited was actually from Feb 1978.

It was us v Man Utd.

Not us v Ipswich Town from January. Apologies!

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Yeah, from the south coast mate . No London trains from my ststion today .  Slim chance of a lift , but only if someone drops out .

I don't often regret moving from South London ! 😂😂😂

 

SW Trains hardly running. No ticket but planned to meet mates at the ground for a drink - sometimes think that the most enjoyable part of the match day experience is the pre and post match boozing and revelry.

Looks like I’m now shopping with The Long Haired General 😕

On 02/09/2023 at 10:39, The Rising Sun said:

Yeah, from the south coast mate . No London trains from my ststion today .  Slim chance of a lift , but only if someone drops out .

I don't often regret moving from South London ! 😂😂😂

 

 

22 hours ago, Fruit Bat said:

SW Trains hardly running. No ticket but planned to meet mates at the ground for a drink - sometimes think that the most enjoyable part of the match day experience is the pre and post match boozing and revelry.

Looks like I’m now shopping with The Long Haired General 😕

There's a couple who sit behind me in the MHU and I think they travel up from Portsmouth. They weren't at yesterday's game. Noticed that a few other regulars weren't at the match.

@Fruit Bat agree about the most enjoyable part of match day can be the pre and post match drinks. 

47 minutes ago, Boyne said:

 

There's a couple who sit behind me in the MHU and I think they travel up from Portsmouth. They weren't at yesterday's game. Noticed that a few other regulars weren't at the match.

@Fruit Bat agree about the most enjoyable part of match day can be the pre and post match drinks. 

Well have to organise “ a wee swally “ sometime. Don’t know whether Rising Sun and any others interested?

On 02/09/2023 at 13:34, Fruit Bat said:

SW Trains hardly running. No ticket but planned to meet mates at the ground for a drink - sometimes think that the most enjoyable part of the match day experience is the pre and post match boozing and revelry.

Looks like I’m now shopping with The Long Haired General 😕

We've had a few ,,,"stay in the pub " games over the years , didn't regret it either!

6 hours ago, Fruit Bat said:

Well have to organise “ a wee swally “ sometime. Don’t know whether Rising Sun and any others interested?

Yeah definitely 👍 mate

Fine player.

On 09/09/2023 at 05:42, Boyne said:

Very like the one we used to have on our bedroom wall - who is the blonde guy on the left ?

6 hours ago, Bebe1980 said:

Very like the one we used to have on our bedroom wall - who is the blonde guy on the left ?

Alan Birchenall I think.

4 hours ago, erskblue said:

Alan Birchenall I think.

Yes.

From our relegation season, a gem of a goal from Kerry Dixon. Great interception by Steve Clarke, lovely skill, turn and pass from Mickey Hazard, and a superb finish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPAIqp3clVY#t=26m50s

^^ The above link does work. It won't embed because I added the time to the end of the URL.

 

We absolutely got ourselves relegated that year. We had a side full of good players with some real quality: Niedzwiecki (before his career-ending injury), Clarke, Pates, Dorigo, Bumstead, Hazard, Clive Wilson, Nevin, Kevin Wilson, Dixon, Durie.

There are several of them on YouTube on this channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@cpv4cfc298/videos

Edited September 10, 20232 yr by Backbiter

6 hours ago, erskblue said:

Alan Birchenall I think.

 

1 hour ago, Backbiter said:

Yes.

 

Thanks, rings a bell but not a very loud one 🙂

8 minutes ago, Bebe1980 said:

 

 

Thanks, rings a bell but not a very loud one 🙂

I lived near Leicester for a while in the 70s. He was a huge Leicester City hero, in the days of ex- Chelsea Keith Weller (very good player we should have hung on to) and the legendary Frank Worthington. After he retired he became their on-pitch MC (a bit like Neil Barnett, only with a real playing career behind him). I think he had a stroke not long ago but made a pretty much full recovery. He was big mates with Showaddywaddy frontman Dave Bartram, and they used to be regulars in a pub I used to go to. Both very friendly guys.

2 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Yes.

Cheers,I was questioning myself 😀

1 hour ago, Bebe1980 said:

 

 

Thanks, rings a bell but not a very loud one 🙂

No problem! 😀

Alan Birchenall scoring against Dirty Leeds in the League Cup in 1969/70.

Above:Alan Birchenall against Everton.

 

Below:Alan Birchenall against Asa Hartford of West Brom.