Here’s a couple of nights to remember...
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too right B58
For tension you couldn’t beat Ipswich away 2nd leg play off semi I headed kicked and cleared every ball that night was emotionally drained on the long trip home it was worth it tho
FatherKnowsBest
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If you ever have a bit of spare time, Youtube has some fantastic old footage. Like this...
Rod Currie
Vital Football Legend
The FA cup tie at BDBL i think it was in 1970 we beat Everton 2-1,who went on to be crowned Champions of England that season.Gilbert&Addi addi addi addi ADDISON,fantastic performance,also the slaughterin of Cardiff 5-1 in the penultimate league game of the 70-71 season,of course Darlington away and LEICESTER away when we went up and the oinkers went darn.MK Franchise a couple of years ago was yet anutha brilliant away day.
UTCB
UTCB
Put thi glasses on wolly the o/p says NIGHTSThe FA cup tie at BDBL i think it was in 1970 we beat Everton 2-1,who went on to be crowned Champions of England that season.Gilbert&Addi addi addi addi ADDISON,fantastic performance,also the slaughterin of Cardiff 5-1 in the penultimate league game of the 70-71 season,of course Darlington away and LEICESTER away when we went up and the oinkers went darn.MK Franchise a couple of years ago was yet anutha brilliant away day.
Rod Currie
Vital Football Legend
I'm well aware of wot the thread is.I thought i'd gi one or two of my favrit games.
Was it thee who changed mi postin time for the thread abart Wagner leavin Udders? cos i know i posted it a minute earlier than 58,so presumably it's thee or one o t'other sherriffs on here,OUTRAGEOUS behaviour. UTCB
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Yer just losin thi mabs t’old lad dunt worry tho it’s natural when tha gets to tha age
Rod Currie
Vital Football Legend
Tha needs lessons in ar t'talk Yorkish ya soft chuff.
Deny it all tha wants but i know who was first wi the news.Here's anutha couple of gr8 games 3-1 at the swill(Bobby Davison)and the 3-1 win at BDBL( Browny's worldy) Please dunt alter anymore of mi posts are i'll send mi boys round. Nar sod off i'm gunna follow U/18's. UTCB
Deny it all tha wants but i know who was first wi the news.Here's anutha couple of gr8 games 3-1 at the swill(Bobby Davison)and the 3-1 win at BDBL( Browny's worldy) Please dunt alter anymore of mi posts are i'll send mi boys round. Nar sod off i'm gunna follow U/18's. UTCB
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Charliejoejohn2
Vital Squad Member
The game against Bobby Robson’s Ipswich in the early 1970s for me. 7-0 Woody was rampant. Ipswich were a top side at that time.
The FA cup tie at BDBL i think it was in 1970 we beat Everton 2-1,who went on to be crowned Champions of England that season.Gilbert&Addi addi addi addi ADDISON,fantastic performance,also the slaughterin of Cardiff 5-1 in the penultimate league game of the 70-71 season,of course Darlington away and LEICESTER away when we went up and the oinkers went darn.MK Franchise a couple of years ago was yet anutha brilliant away day.
BLUES OUT OF CUP
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 03 January 1970
UNITED HIT BACK WITH FINE GOALS AFTER PENALTY
SHEFFIELD UTD 2 EVERTON 1
By Mike Charters
Everton are out of the F.A Cup. The League leaders, bidding to reach Wembley for the third time in four years, were knocked out at the first hurdle in their tie against second Division promotion candidates Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. So, for the Blues, it’s back to the League…and concentration on winning the title. Line Up; Sheffield United; Hodgkinson; Badger, Hemsley; Barlow, Colquhoun, Flynn; Woodward, Currie, Addison, Salmonds, Reece, Sub Tudor. Everton; West; Wright, Newton; Kendall, Labone, Jackson; Whittle, Ball, Royle, Hurst, Morrissey. Sub Brown. Referee; Mr. J.K. Taylor (Wolverhampton). It was a cup-tie in true tradition. A penalty by Ball gave Everton a first half lead, but Reece equalized shortly after the interval. Ten minutes from the end Addison headed a great goal. Whittle and Addison were just offside in quick succession as both teams opened up in lively fashion, with the ball bouncing unpredictably on the firm surface. It was Everton’s goal which nearly fell after five minutes. Addison brought the ball round Hurst and from his cross West could only push it on to the face of the cross-bar. As it bounced down Reece got his foot to the ball and deflected it just wide. United set up a tremendous assault on the Everton goal. As Newton slipped Woodward raced through the Everton defence and hit a tremendous shot from 20 yards which beat West and hit the crossbar to bounce out. Flynn who had been marking Ball closely turned his attention to Royle and fouled the Everton centre forward with a tackle which brought a warning from Referee Taylor. From the free kick Everton set up a furious attack on the United goal, Hodgkinson punching clear from Ball’s centre just as Hurst was moving in to make his header. Woodward’s pace was the major threat to Everton and he was giving Newton a testing time. Ball was working even harder than usual to get the Everton attack moving and he almost succeeded in breaking through in a link up with Royal and Jackson. United’s first time methods looked more effective, yet one of the best chances so far came to Whittle. Colquhoun only partially cleared a Kendall centre and the ball came out to Whittle whose first time shot swung well wide. After all the excitement in the Everton goalmouth the crunch came at the other end, Everton taking the lead after 17 minutes with from a penalty. Badger mistimed a clearance straight to Morrissey, who broke clear, took the ball round Hodkinson who brought him down with a rugby tackle. After two successive penalty misses by Royle in recent games, it was Ball who took the spot kick. He sent Hodgkinson diving to his left and side-footed the ball into the opposite corner. Everton seemed to have taken some of the early sting out of the United attack. Ball was everywhere, putting on a dominating display as Everton began to take over the running Whittle came close to picking up a couple of flicked headers from Royle and United now seemed to have lost all their earlier rhythm and drive. After West had made a fine catch from a centre by Badger, Everton broke away and Ball sent a superb 40-yards crossfield pass to Royle, who took his shot a little too quickly and sent it across the goal-face. United came again thanks to Woodward, easily their most impressive forward. He took a short pass from Barlow, cut inside and hit a low left foot shot which West turned round the post with a full length dive. After 35 minutes Wright was carried off on a stretcher after clashing heads with Reece in which the Everton player suffered a bad gash over his right eye. Brown substituted immediately. Reece only took a minor knock and played on. Brown went to left back and Newton to his best position on the right. Everton were saved by the bar crossbar for the third time so far, when a free kick by Badger, Curre prodded the ball over West but it hit the woodwork. After Whittle had been fouled by Hemsley, Ball nearly got a second goal from the free kick. It was a real banana effort but Hodgkinson moved quickly across the goalmouth and turned the ball over for a corner.
Half-time Sheffield United nil, Everton 1.
United resumed with the same sort of threat as they had done early in the game. West was twice fortunate within a minute to get a bounce of the ball in his favour. Within five minutes of the restart United were level with a great headed goal by Reece. Woodward flighted a centre across to the far side of the goal and Reece came in at top speed to bullet a header well away from West. Everton survived a furious penalty appeal by United, when Kendall dispossessed Reece and the individual duels were highlighted by a constant clash between Whittle and Hemsley. Royle, often going back in defence, headed over the bar to concede a corner in one United attack. From the corner Colquhoun made a good header which West saved in spectacular style. Referee Taylor had this far contented himself with verbal warnings after some of the crunching tackles, but now he booked Whittle for a foul on Reece. Everton’s best effort this half came when Hurst put a 30-yard shot only inches wide and Kendall followed by shooting over from the edge of the area. Ball was turning everything on in an attempt to find a way through the stern tackling United defence, but United’s first time tactics often had the Everton defence hard pressed. It was reported from the dressing rooms that the Sheffield Club doctor had inserted several stitches into the cut above Wright’s right eye. Brown had played splendidly since he had substituted for Wright. He was the coolest person in the ground as he cleverly brought down a centre from Currie with West having been drawn out to the edge of the area. Ball, the outstanding performer of the day, had taken tremendous physical punishment without murmur and had done more than his share to win this game for Everton. United took the lead 10 minutes from the end with a carbon copy of their first goal. Woodward brought the ball round Labone and from his perfect centre Addison put an unstoppable header past West. Woodward had always caused trouble to the Everton defence with his speed and accurate centres and Currie almost increased United’s lead with a shot a foot wide after Woodward had again built up an attack. Final Sheffield United 2, Everton 1. Official attendance 29,116.
Rod Currie
Vital Football Legend
No way was Bally the outstandin player,WOODY ran em ragged and TC was CLASS also,it was a MAGNIFICENT performance from our lads.UTCBBLUES OUT OF CUP
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 03 January 1970
UNITED HIT BACK WITH FINE GOALS AFTER PENALTY
SHEFFIELD UTD 2 EVERTON 1
By Mike Charters
Everton are out of the F.A Cup. The League leaders, bidding to reach Wembley for the third time in four years, were knocked out at the first hurdle in their tie against second Division promotion candidates Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. So, for the Blues, it’s back to the League…and concentration on winning the title. Line Up; Sheffield United; Hodgkinson; Badger, Hemsley; Barlow, Colquhoun, Flynn; Woodward, Currie, Addison, Salmonds, Reece, Sub Tudor. Everton; West; Wright, Newton; Kendall, Labone, Jackson; Whittle, Ball, Royle, Hurst, Morrissey. Sub Brown. Referee; Mr. J.K. Taylor (Wolverhampton). It was a cup-tie in true tradition. A penalty by Ball gave Everton a first half lead, but Reece equalized shortly after the interval. Ten minutes from the end Addison headed a great goal. Whittle and Addison were just offside in quick succession as both teams opened up in lively fashion, with the ball bouncing unpredictably on the firm surface. It was Everton’s goal which nearly fell after five minutes. Addison brought the ball round Hurst and from his cross West could only push it on to the face of the cross-bar. As it bounced down Reece got his foot to the ball and deflected it just wide. United set up a tremendous assault on the Everton goal. As Newton slipped Woodward raced through the Everton defence and hit a tremendous shot from 20 yards which beat West and hit the crossbar to bounce out. Flynn who had been marking Ball closely turned his attention to Royle and fouled the Everton centre forward with a tackle which brought a warning from Referee Taylor. From the free kick Everton set up a furious attack on the United goal, Hodgkinson punching clear from Ball’s centre just as Hurst was moving in to make his header. Woodward’s pace was the major threat to Everton and he was giving Newton a testing time. Ball was working even harder than usual to get the Everton attack moving and he almost succeeded in breaking through in a link up with Royal and Jackson. United’s first time methods looked more effective, yet one of the best chances so far came to Whittle. Colquhoun only partially cleared a Kendall centre and the ball came out to Whittle whose first time shot swung well wide. After all the excitement in the Everton goalmouth the crunch came at the other end, Everton taking the lead after 17 minutes with from a penalty. Badger mistimed a clearance straight to Morrissey, who broke clear, took the ball round Hodkinson who brought him down with a rugby tackle. After two successive penalty misses by Royle in recent games, it was Ball who took the spot kick. He sent Hodgkinson diving to his left and side-footed the ball into the opposite corner. Everton seemed to have taken some of the early sting out of the United attack. Ball was everywhere, putting on a dominating display as Everton began to take over the running Whittle came close to picking up a couple of flicked headers from Royle and United now seemed to have lost all their earlier rhythm and drive. After West had made a fine catch from a centre by Badger, Everton broke away and Ball sent a superb 40-yards crossfield pass to Royle, who took his shot a little too quickly and sent it across the goal-face. United came again thanks to Woodward, easily their most impressive forward. He took a short pass from Barlow, cut inside and hit a low left foot shot which West turned round the post with a full length dive. After 35 minutes Wright was carried off on a stretcher after clashing heads with Reece in which the Everton player suffered a bad gash over his right eye. Brown substituted immediately. Reece only took a minor knock and played on. Brown went to left back and Newton to his best position on the right. Everton were saved by the bar crossbar for the third time so far, when a free kick by Badger, Curre prodded the ball over West but it hit the woodwork. After Whittle had been fouled by Hemsley, Ball nearly got a second goal from the free kick. It was a real banana effort but Hodgkinson moved quickly across the goalmouth and turned the ball over for a corner.
Half-time Sheffield United nil, Everton 1.
United resumed with the same sort of threat as they had done early in the game. West was twice fortunate within a minute to get a bounce of the ball in his favour. Within five minutes of the restart United were level with a great headed goal by Reece. Woodward flighted a centre across to the far side of the goal and Reece came in at top speed to bullet a header well away from West. Everton survived a furious penalty appeal by United, when Kendall dispossessed Reece and the individual duels were highlighted by a constant clash between Whittle and Hemsley. Royle, often going back in defence, headed over the bar to concede a corner in one United attack. From the corner Colquhoun made a good header which West saved in spectacular style. Referee Taylor had this far contented himself with verbal warnings after some of the crunching tackles, but now he booked Whittle for a foul on Reece. Everton’s best effort this half came when Hurst put a 30-yard shot only inches wide and Kendall followed by shooting over from the edge of the area. Ball was turning everything on in an attempt to find a way through the stern tackling United defence, but United’s first time tactics often had the Everton defence hard pressed. It was reported from the dressing rooms that the Sheffield Club doctor had inserted several stitches into the cut above Wright’s right eye. Brown had played splendidly since he had substituted for Wright. He was the coolest person in the ground as he cleverly brought down a centre from Currie with West having been drawn out to the edge of the area. Ball, the outstanding performer of the day, had taken tremendous physical punishment without murmur and had done more than his share to win this game for Everton. United took the lead 10 minutes from the end with a carbon copy of their first goal. Woodward brought the ball round Labone and from his perfect centre Addison put an unstoppable header past West. Woodward had always caused trouble to the Everton defence with his speed and accurate centres and Currie almost increased United’s lead with a shot a foot wide after Woodward had again built up an attack. Final Sheffield United 2, Everton 1. Official attendance 29,116.
Remember Rod that the report was written by the Liverpool Echo so the source isn't likely to favour United in that way.
shorehamoldboy
Vital Squad Member
fantastic performance that against the then league champions followed of course by our usual collapse at the baseball ground 2 most memorable night games ive been to were the cardiff game and my all time favourite the 1 - 0 win against leeds in league cup with tcs drilled winner at the lane end ran em ragged that night and followed it up the season after with a 3 - 0 league win against the dirtys
