1966

[Lip]

Found an old Daily Mirror back page picture of Willie Irvine scoring the winner against Sunderland in a 1- 0 victory .

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[Royboyclaret]

Great pic, and certainly worthy of a comment......That was one of the 29 league goals that Irvine scored in that '65/'66 season that I referred to on another thread. It was in a sequence of 6 consecutive games in which Willie scored, hitting the net 9 times in those games......the man just loved to score goals.

[Tribesmen]

Never have I ever liked that year ...

[Bfc]

I saw everyone of the goals Willie scored that season.

[Claret Till I Die]

Never have I ever liked that year ...

Because it was the year that Cantona was born?

[Claret Toni]

I see there's a headline lower down on the page letting us know that the Manchester United youngster, George Best, passed Busby's test. Maybe it was a test at that United party in Belgrade mentioned later in the article, where the senior pros set youngsters initiation tests and they let Matt know.

Anyone know what the test might have been?

[Hipper]

Bert Head was a special manager. Probably worked with Colin Waldron at Bury but had good spells at Swindon and Palace with emphasis on youth.

[AGENT_CLARET]

I was 45 days old that day

[South West Claret.]

It was a cracking season and no mistake.

[dougcollins]

Bert Head was a special manager. Probably worked with Colin Waldron at Bury but had good spells at Swindon and Palace with emphasis on youth.

I was going to comment on that too.

[Wokingclaret]

I was 45 days old that day

I was 94 days then,

[ClaretTony]

Scored just one week before he broke the post war record for league goals in a season at Villa.

The greatest goal scorer I have ever seen play for Burnley and am ever likely to.

[AGENT_CLARET]

I was 94 days then,

You old git

[Wokingclaret]

You old git

Was Rochdale Claret back then

[gawthorpe_view]

Was Rochdale Claret back then

Did you ride on Ellen Smith's specials?

[TheOriginalLongsider]

I was 94 days then,

4 months before I was born

[Acting Claret]

4 days before I was born.

[Spike]

England won the World Cup
Those toe rags on the A666 were relegated
Great year

[Claret Till I Die]

418 days before I was born

[morpheus2]

I was 45 days old that day

I was 120 days old!

[morpheus2]

12th January same as CT

[Mark the Claret]

I was 120 days old!

Mere babes, I was 4 and a half

[bfc8]

I see there's a headline lower down on the page letting us know that the Manchester United youngster, George Best, passed Busby's test. Maybe it was a test at that United party in Belgrade mentioned later in the article, where the senior pros set youngsters initiation tests and they let Matt know.

Anyone know what the test might have been?

George had been struggling with cartilage problems for a while, in the end he missed several games at the end of the season when it was decided he needed an operation.

Sometimes thought had he been English he would have missed England's World Cup win summer 1966 due to the injury.

He was ok again at the start of 1966/67.

[Longford Claret]

Never have I ever liked that year ...

Blackburn Rovers getting relegated wasn't too bad.