Boxing Day 1963

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Boxing Day 1963

Post by kindonesque » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:29 pm

Check out the scores on that unforgettable day...which I can't remember
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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by claretfern » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:37 pm

Manchester United brought back George Best from home in Belfast for the return fixture on the 28th, winning 5-1

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by Marney&Mee » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:39 pm

Were we last on MOTD that night?
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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by kindonesque » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:41 pm

Somebody might correct me but I believe it snowed that night and there were 6ft snowdrifts round Burnley lasting to April/May...It was the start of the famous winter of 1963. ???

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by Clarets4me » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:43 pm

66 goals in 10 games ... still a record, I think !

I was 3 weeks old .... :lol:

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:47 pm

Even more surprising were the turn arounds in the reverse fixtures, 2 days later, Ipswich beating Fulham after losing 10-1 being my favourite. West Hams win at Deadwood being a bonus.
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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by tim_noone » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:47 pm

You can see from some scorelines a few scoops had been consumed I'm sure....

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by Silkyskills1 » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:52 pm

kindonesque wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:41 pm
Somebody might correct me but I believe it snowed that night and there were 6ft snowdrifts round Burnley lasting to April/May...It was the start of the famous winter of 1963. ???
No, that was the previous winter 1962/63.
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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by kindonesque » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:54 pm

Thank-you Silky... History was not my best subject

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:59 pm

kindonesque wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:41 pm
Somebody might correct me but I believe it snowed that night and there were 6ft snowdrifts round Burnley lasting to April/May...It was the start of the famous winter of 1963. ???
That was 1962/63 winter

Edit: just seen the post above

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by Silkyskills1 » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:15 pm

claretfern wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:37 pm
Manchester United brought back George Best from home in Belfast for the return fixture on the 28th, winning 5-1
Best on one wing and Willie Anderson on the other. I was an excited 11 year old in the seats in the Stretford End, especially after our 6-1 win a couple of days earlier. Feet back on the ground by the end of that game.

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by JohnDearyMe » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:19 pm

Noticed that Blackpool were still in the top flight at this point. At what stage did they cease to be a "force" in English football?

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:20 pm

Something quite significant happened one week after that game at Old Trafford. We drew 1-1 at home in the FA Cup against Rotherham. Their equaliser was scored by a teenage forward by the name of Frank Casper.
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Post by Dazzler » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:45 pm

My dad wouldn't take me on that Boxing day game; I cried like a baby all day.
Mind you; I was a baby; I was 8 days old.
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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by Dazzler » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:46 pm

JohnDearyMe wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:19 pm
Noticed that Blackpool were still in the top flight at this point. At what stage did they cease to be a "force" in English football?
When Matthews went back to Stoke.
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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:02 pm

JohnDearyMe wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:19 pm
Noticed that Blackpool were still in the top flight at this point. At what stage did they cease to be a "force" in English football?
Relegated in 1967, leaving us as the only Lancashire town club left in the top flight (Preston 1961, Bolton 1964, Blackburn 1966). However, they came back up in 1970 for one year.
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Post by onewillieirvine » Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:16 pm

I think the decline started with like a lot of town teams, with the lifting of the maximum wage 1961. They had a few good players before they were relegated in 67, such as Emlyn Hughes, Alan Ball and Ray Charnley.
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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by Clarets4me » Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:30 pm

JohnDearyMe wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:19 pm
Noticed that Blackpool were still in the top flight at this point. At what stage did they cease to be a "force" in English football?
They went down in the 1966-67 season after 30 years in the top-flight, and went back up for a single season in 1970-71 before coming back down ...
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Post by Top Claret » Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:25 pm

Dazzler wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:45 pm
My dad wouldn't take me on that Boxing day game; I cried like a baby all day.
Mind you; I was a baby; I was 8 days old.
18-12-1963 born same day as my wife

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:36 pm

onewillieirvine wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:16 pm
I think the decline started with like a lot of town teams, with the lifting of the maximum wage 1961. They had a few good players before they were relegated in 67, such as Emlyn Hughes, Alan Ball and Ray Charnley.
Ball was still a Blackpool player when we won the World Cup. Signed for Everton before the next season started.

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by joey13 » Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:09 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:02 pm
Relegated in 1967, leaving us as the only Lancashire town club left in the top flight (Preston 1961, Bolton 1964, Blackburn 1966). However, they came back up in 1970 for one year.
Relegated with us weren’t they ?

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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by Silkyskills1 » Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:21 pm

joey13 wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:09 pm
Relegated with us weren’t they ?
They were. Beat them at home near end of season(Fletcher's first goal for us perhaps) but it wasn't enough.
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Re: Boxing Day 1963

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:33 pm

joey13 wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:09 pm
Relegated with us weren’t they ?
Yes, in 1971.

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Post by mdd2 » Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:02 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:02 pm
Relegated in 1967, leaving us as the only Lancashire town club left in the top flight (Preston 1961, Bolton 1964, Blackburn 1966). However, they came back up in 1970 for one year.
Thus fulfilling Bob Lord's prediction about the state of football post maximum wage deal.
Love him or hate him old Bob knew a thing or two about running the game and BFC although with age he eventually lost the plot

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