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Vital Football Legend
A lovely read ..... and not that long actually.
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2021/july/The-Long-Read-Tommy-Gore/
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2021/july/The-Long-Read-Tommy-Gore/
Really must read these, not read one of them yet, but every comment I've seen suggests they're very goodA lovely read ..... and not that long actually.
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2021/july/The-Long-Read-Tommy-Gore/
I always remember where I was when he scored that long range winning screamer against Chelsea.A lovely read ..... and not that long actually.
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2021/july/The-Long-Read-Tommy-Gore/
A lovely read ..... and not that long actually.
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2021/july/The-Long-Read-Tommy-Gore/
I was there alsoI was at the Bridge that night Tommy scored against Chelsea. It was a Monday due to the fact the previous tie v Northwich had taken forever to complete. If my memory serves me well Chelsea had beaten the Barcodes 6 2 on the Saturday and were romping what is now the Championship. Nobody gave us a sniff but it true Latics fashion the applecart was well and truly upset. Chelsea fans clapped us off at the end which was great. We then played Everton in the next round the following Saturday I think and the match tickets read Everton v Chelsea or Wigan or Northwich. Those were the days.
No really - it's stuck in my mind that Tommy wore "special" boots that night
They certainly were the days, when fans mixed with the players after the match,I was at the Bridge that night Tommy scored against Chelsea. It was a Monday due to the fact the previous tie v Northwich had taken forever to complete. If my memory serves me well Chelsea had beaten the Barcodes 6 2 on the Saturday and were romping what is now the Championship. Nobody gave us a sniff but it true Latics fashion the applecart was well and truly upset. Chelsea fans clapped us off at the end which was great. We then played Everton in the next round the following Saturday I think and the match tickets read Everton v Chelsea or Wigan or Northwich. Those were the days.
No really - it's stuck in my mind that Tommy wore "special" boots that night
They certainly were the days, when fans mixed with the players after the match,
we had some good laughs having a drink with the players.
On away trips during the week, they were surprised on how far we had travelled
to watch them play, some of the players were working as well.
My memory could be playing tricks on me,
but when we got into the Football League didn't some players leave because
they didn't want to go full-time?
If I remember right it had to be played on the Monday so if a replay was needed it would have been 2 days later on the Wednesday as Everton was in the 4th round and it had been a real bad time for games being called off that winter. Didn't we play the home game v Northwich on Christmas Eve, leading 2 0 they scored 2 really late on to take it to another replay.
Derek Brownbill scored the winner in the replay at Springfield …I think in ETThe fog was at their place and we were 3 0 up after 73 mins when it was abandoned the 2nd attempt may have been the xmas eve game I know we were 2 0 up on 90 mins then they got a penalty and equalised. We eventually beat them at Springy in the replay 1 0. I think Tommy also scored a corker at Northwich in the abandoned game.