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Post by hyaduck on Sept 24, 2021 13:33:37 GMT
Remember they had a half decent side. It said in the Sentinel they were bringing 6000, they bought about 1000 at best.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 18:53:25 GMT
They were a bit like Oldham later.. Ex Everton and a mixture of ageing international Think they beat us 2-1 at home, bo idea how. We should have buried them. One of my earlier games. I remember Gary Stanley scoring. Possibly Bob Latchford. Both ex Everton. Don't remember a big crowd.
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Post by mickstupp on Sept 24, 2021 18:57:53 GMT
Here you go….
14,665 in attendance
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 19:05:04 GMT
Here you go…. 14,665 in attendance where did you dig that out.? Remembered their scorers but no idea who got ours. I knew we led then missed loads of chances |
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Post by mickstupp on Sept 24, 2021 19:05:42 GMT
Here you go…. 14,665 in attendance where did you dig that out.? Remembered their scorers but no idea who got ours. I knew we led then missed loads of chances Searched for it on YouTube 👍 |
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Post by Scouse on Sept 24, 2021 19:09:41 GMT
Remember they had a half decent side. It said in the Sentinel they were bringing 6000, they bought about 1000 at best. Very Surprised if the Sentinel said they were bringing that many ..as many clubs even in the top flight were struggling to get gates in the teens or very low 20k , was the era that FV & unemployment started to really impact upon attendances ..not just us but throughout the division .. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 19:10:06 GMT
where did you dig that out.? Remembered their scorers but no idea who got ours. I knew we led then missed loads of chances Searched for it on YouTube 👍 That could work. To Be fair I just assumed would be no footage of it at all. I don't remember them wearing blue. I think we were linked with Latchford which is why I remember it so well. He had a great season for them. |
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Post by mickstupp on Sept 24, 2021 19:28:06 GMT
Searched for it on YouTube 👍 That could work. To Be fair I just assumed would be no footage of it at all. I don't remember them wearing blue. I think we were linked with Latchford which is why I remember it so well. He had a great season for them. Latchford had a good season, but their top scorer was a certain Robbie James who hit an impressive 15 league goals from midfield. They did the double over us ☹️ and finished 6th. |
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Post by Davef on Sept 24, 2021 19:34:03 GMT
That could work. To Be fair I just assumed would be no footage of it at all. I don't remember them wearing blue. I think we were linked with Latchford which is why I remember it so well. He had a great season for them. Latchford had a good season, but their top scorer was a certain Robbie James who hit an impressive 15 league goals from midfield. They did the double over us ☹️ and finished 6th. And were relegated the following season. 😊 |
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Post by mickstupp on Sept 24, 2021 19:43:56 GMT
Latchford had a good season, but their top scorer was a certain Robbie James who hit an impressive 15 league goals from midfield. They did the double over us ☹️ and finished 6th. And were relegated the following season. 😊 And again the season after that. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 20:00:58 GMT
They were top for a while this season. Not sure if they made Europe or not but vaguely remember them playing Carl Zeiss Jena in Europe live on Welsh TV but that may have been Wrexham or Newport thinking back.
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Post by lordb on Sept 24, 2021 20:12:20 GMT
They were top for a while this season. Not sure if they made Europe or not but vaguely remember them playing Carl Zeiss Jena in Europe live on Welsh TV but that may have been Wrexham or Newport thinking back. Newport |
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Post by Davef on Sept 24, 2021 20:34:44 GMT
And were relegated the following season. 😊 And again the season after that. That I did not know. Glad I do now though. 😊 |
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Post by mickstupp on Sept 24, 2021 20:44:36 GMT
And again the season after that. That I did not know. Glad I do now though. 😊 Didn’t they “do a wolves” before wolves themselves did “a wolves” ie, drop all the way through the leagues in successive seasons? |
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Post by Davef on Sept 24, 2021 21:03:46 GMT
That I did not know. Glad I do now though. 😊 Didn’t they “do a wolves” before wolves themselves did “a wolves” ie, drop all the way through the leagues in successive seasons? Not quite. They just about survived in 84/85 but went down to the 4th Division in 85/86. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swansea_City_A.F.C._seasons |
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Post by Gods on Sept 24, 2021 21:12:36 GMT
That could work. To Be fair I just assumed would be no footage of it at all. I don't remember them wearing blue. I think we were linked with Latchford which is why I remember it so well. He had a great season for them. Latchford had a good season, but their top scorer was a certain Robbie James who hit an impressive 15 league goals from midfield. They did the double over us ☹️ and finished 6th. The barrel chested Robbie James collapsed and died aged 40 while player manager at Llaneli. This win sent Swansea top of the league for the first time in their history. |
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Post by mickstupp on Sept 24, 2021 21:26:06 GMT
Latchford had a good season, but their top scorer was a certain Robbie James who hit an impressive 15 league goals from midfield. They did the double over us ☹️ and finished 6th. The barrel chested Robbie James collapsed and died aged 40 while player manager at Llaneli. This win sent Swansea top of the league for the first time in their history. Yes I remember that. Very sad indeed. He never settled at Stoke apparently….. |
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Post by maine on Sept 24, 2021 21:35:01 GMT
I was working in Swansea at the time and joined a Swans coach for the Stoke game. Yes I remember Swans going top and if I hadn't figured it out at the time their fans kept reminding me. At some point I fell asleep and was disturbed by a guy asking for my nomination for man of the match. Far from awake I mumbled 'Paul Bracewell' but he didn't hear me and said who? Rapidly entering consciousness I offered 'Ante Raikovic' and made it back safely to the 'Ugly, lovely town'.
I still think of them as my second team.
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Post by Gods on Sept 24, 2021 21:52:53 GMT
The barrel chested Robbie James collapsed and died aged 40 while player manager at Llaneli. This win sent Swansea top of the league for the first time in their history. Yes I remember that. Very sad indeed. He never settled at Stoke apparently….. Funny how you remember small things but while Robbie James played for us in 83/84 we had an away match on what was then a plastic pitch at QPR. Robbie announced ahead of the game that the artificial pitch would suit his style perfectly. We all thought it was totally the wrong surface for a thick set fella like him! QPR beat us 6-0  |
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Post by mickstupp on Sept 24, 2021 22:10:15 GMT
Yes I remember that. Very sad indeed. He never settled at Stoke apparently….. Funny how you remember small things but while Robbie James played for us in 83/84 we had an away match on what was then a plastic pitch at QPR. Robbie announced ahead of the game that the artificial pitch would suit his style perfectly. We all thought it was totally the wrong surface for a thick set fella like him. QPR beat us 6-0 And then he signed for them! |
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Post by Gods on Sept 24, 2021 22:19:33 GMT
Funny how you remember small things but while Robbie James played for us in 83/84 we had an away match on what was then a plastic pitch at QPR. Robbie announced ahead of the game that the artificial pitch would suit his style perfectly. We all thought it was totally the wrong surface for a thick set fella like him. QPR beat us 6-0 And then he signed for them! I forgot that, he did too! |
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Post by thestatusquo on Sept 25, 2021 4:41:03 GMT
The barrel chested Robbie James collapsed and died aged 40 while player manager at Llaneli. This win sent Swansea top of the league for the first time in their history. Yes I remember that. Very sad indeed. He never settled at Stoke apparently….. Seem to remember he had a penchant for banging in goals from distance but don’t recall him actually doing that for us ! |
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Post by bullring on Sept 25, 2021 6:21:49 GMT
My first game on the Boothen, second season of going spent first year butler street paddock
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Post by Hamburgstokie on Sept 25, 2021 6:48:09 GMT
Yes I remember that. Very sad indeed. He never settled at Stoke apparently….. Seem to remember he had a penchant for banging in goals from distance but don’t recall him actually doing that for us ! He scored one at Peterborough in a midweek league cup game as I recall! |
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Post by lennythegoose on Sept 25, 2021 7:15:10 GMT
Yes I remember that. Very sad indeed. He never settled at Stoke apparently….. Seem to remember he had a penchant for banging in goals from distance but don’t recall him actually doing that for us ! Norwich at home Boxing Day 1983, down at the Stoke End. A belter from outside the box to the right. We had a good view of it in the Butler St. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2021 8:32:28 GMT
Think James scored at Sunderland in a 2-2 draw when Barker introduced the POMO nonsense.
I remember the 6-0 at QPR as a kid. Midweek game. Radio Stoke used the Brazil Goooooooooal jingle every time someone scored. Got my hopes up 6 times that night. They then changed it to a 'Oh No' when was the opposition scoring.
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Post by madelinesmithmmmh on Sept 25, 2021 10:19:05 GMT
I remember the 6-0 at QPR as a kid. Midweek game. Radio Stoke used the Brazil Goooooooooal jingle every time someone scored. Got my hopes up 6 times that night. They then changed it to a 'Oh No' when was the opposition scoring. Sadly I was there. And Tony Spearing was sent off for looking askance at the ref (I seem to remember)? |
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