34 minutes ago, Tea Bar Boy said:

 

Guessing this is the Football League Trophy so must be from the start of 1956/57 season as it looks warm and everyone has sleeves rolled up  , how come there is so many white shirts in the crowd  anyone got any ideas ?? 

 

 

Just the way people dressed in those days, white shirt, tie, jacket.

23 minutes ago, Peckham Blue said:

Just the way people dressed in those days, white shirt, tie, jacket.

True , and I suppose we were only a few year out of rationing . Humbling to think 90% of the people in that picture were affected or had a story to tell about WW2 in some way  given it only ended 10 years prior ...

1 hour ago, Tea Bar Boy said:

True , and I suppose we were only a few year out of rationing . Humbling to think 90% of the people in that picture were affected or had a story to tell about WW2 in some way  given it only ended 10 years prior ...

Very good points.

2 hours ago, Tea Bar Boy said:

 

Guessing this is the Football League Trophy so must be from the start of 1956/57 season as it looks warm and everyone has sleeves rolled up  , how come there is so many white shirts in the crowd  anyone got any ideas ?? 

 

 

Our first home League game in 1956/57 was on Saturday, 25th August 1956.

We beat Preston North End 1-0 in front of 21,832.

Our scorer was Ron Tindall in the 7th minute.

(As usual, bounder friardale site provided this info.)

The above photo might well have been taken before that game.

Found this on Facebook the other day. I'd forgotten all about the London five aside tournament. I think some of the tournaments may have been televised in the London area. Anyone remember if that was the case?

Not sure if posted before.

Ossie just about to be clobbered by that well know thug Billy Bremner.

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

Ossie just about to be clobbered by that well know thug Billy Bremner.

Wonder if Ossies left elbow left it's mark on Bremner ?!

Purely accidental, of course...

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

Any idea who we're playing ?

 

13 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Wonder if Ossies left elbow left it's mark on Bremner ?!

Purely accidental, of course...

Hopefully!

11 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Any idea who we're playing ?

 

I think we're playing Wolves.

7 hours ago, Boyne said:

Found this on Facebook the other day. I'd forgotten all about the London five aside tournament. I think some of the tournaments may have been televised in the London area. Anyone remember if that was the case?

Didn't it use to be on sportsnight ?

54 minutes ago, chi blue said:

Didn't it use to be on sportsnight ?

Think the London ones were on Thames Sport or Midweek Sports Special I think it was called. I think they were covered on a sort of ad hoc basis every other year or so. The national ones were on Sportsnight the last one I remember David Speedie played in goal for Coventry.

https://comicus.co.uk/football-nostalgia-the-london-evening-standard-5-a-side-tournament/

Went about 3 times with secondary school. Allways associate in with Daily Express.

We won it at least one of those times. There was a rumour that QPR triumphed in it one year, and included it the the honours won in their programmes.

3 hours ago, Boyne said:

Hopefully!

I think we're playing Wolves.

Cheers.

1 hour ago, Ewell CFC said:

Went about 3 times with secondary school. Allways associate in with Daily Express.

We won it at least one of those times. There was a rumour that QPR triumphed in it one year, and included it the the honours won in their programmes.

Wonder if they took their 'legendary away support' to it ?

10 hours ago, Boyne said:

Found this on Facebook the other day. I'd forgotten all about the London five aside tournament. I think some of the tournaments may have been televised in the London area. Anyone remember if that was the case?

Some decent looking line ups for that tournament.

11 hours ago, erskblue said:

Our first home League game in 1956/57 was on Saturday, 25th August 1956.

We beat Preston North End 1-0 in front of 21,832.

Our scorer was Ron Tindall in the 7th minute.

(As usual, bounder friardale site provided this info.)

The above photo might well have been taken before that game.

Wouldn’t the picture have been 55/56 season as we won it 54/55?

4 minutes ago, Richard P said:

Wouldn’t the picture have been 55/56 season as we won it 54/55?

Yeah wrong season !

Doh !!

Re Championship trophy picture.

Saturday, 20th August 1955 at The Bridge

First game of 1955/56.

We lost 2-0 to Bolton !

19 hours ago, Boyne said:

Found this on Facebook the other day. I'd forgotten all about the London five aside tournament. I think some of the tournaments may have been televised in the London area. Anyone remember if that was the case?

I remember going to that used to be at Wembley Arena , given the players above Vince Hilare from Palace was the stand out player 

19 hours ago, Boyne said:

Found this on Facebook the other day. I'd forgotten all about the London five aside tournament. I think some of the tournaments may have been televised in the London area. Anyone remember if that was the case?

 

19 hours ago, Boyne said:

Found this on Facebook the other day. I'd forgotten all about the London five aside tournament. I think some of the tournaments may have been televised in the London area. Anyone remember if that was the case?

Not the exact one but from around the era.