Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

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Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by longsidetrumpet » Mon May 23, 2022 9:54 pm

Latest Clarets vid on YouTube from the Heavyroller. Nasty old day at the Turf, and a goal for Pointer on his 200th appearance
https://youtu.be/JrAadHTu2jk

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by dsr » Tue May 24, 2022 12:17 am

How very much better the commentary is with only one person doing it.

And the referee makes Jon Moss look fit!

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by longsidetrumpet » Tue May 24, 2022 7:37 am

dsr wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 12:17 am
How very much better the commentary is with only one person doing it.

And the referee makes Jon Moss look fit!
The ref needed that bulk to get around the pitch!!! Don’t know who the commentator is but he sounds more like the guys on the mic from later years, rather than the plums in mouth type on some of the other Heavyroller videos

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by gawthorpe_view » Tue May 24, 2022 12:13 pm

Opening remarks 'the pitch shouldn't cut up too badly', it was like a ploughed field when they kicked off.

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by Tricky Trevor » Tue May 24, 2022 12:27 pm

I got over excited when I saw this. Thinking it was my first match ont’Turf but my first game was West Ham 12 months earlier, a 6-0 win and Pointer scored in that also.

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by Quicknick » Tue May 24, 2022 12:38 pm

I enjoyed that. Thanks. 1962/63 was the first season I went to Turf Moor. Not this game, it was a 4-0 victory over Fulham.

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by Leisure » Tue May 24, 2022 1:07 pm

longsidetrumpet wrote:
Mon May 23, 2022 9:54 pm
Latest Clarets vid on YouTube from the Heavyroller. Nasty old day at the Turf, and a goal for Pointer on his 200th appearance
https://youtu.be/JrAadHTu2jk
What a team!

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by Silkyskills1 » Tue May 24, 2022 1:54 pm

First game at Turf Moor after 'the big freeze', I think. Did an entrance exam for my grammar school in Salford and rushed it at the end so I could get the bus back for the match.

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by Guitargeorge » Tue May 24, 2022 2:42 pm

What were the players doing dribbling the ball round the opposition. It’s much more exciting these days passing to a colleague, receiving back from the colleague, passing back to him again…………Zzzzzzzzzzzz

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by Bfc » Tue May 24, 2022 3:08 pm

I think the commentator is a young Kenneth Wolstenholme.

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by Silkyskills1 » Tue May 24, 2022 3:27 pm

Was the commentator Alan Weekes?

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by onewillieirvine » Tue May 24, 2022 3:45 pm

We're these shown on TV at the time, I don't seem to recall anything like highlights at all.?

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by longsidetrumpet » Tue May 24, 2022 3:51 pm

Don't think it's Wolstenholme or Weeks. There was a programme called Saturday Sport around in those years, and I think these clips may have come from that show, although I haven't been unable to find out for definite yet. Obviously before the arrival of Match of the Day

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by onewillieirvine » Tue May 24, 2022 4:00 pm

Thanks Longside, just had a quick check and it looks like you could be spot on there.! It was introduced by Alan Weeks, the display of the teams I found was the same. Possibly it was Wally Barnes the commentator

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by boatshed bill » Tue May 24, 2022 4:49 pm

I loved this bit
Moore went over the top but came off second best to Lochead :D

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by longsidetrumpet » Tue May 24, 2022 4:52 pm

onewillieirvine wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 4:00 pm
Thanks Longside, just had a quick check and it looks like you could be spot on there.! It was introduced by Alan Weeks, the display of the teams I found was the same. Possibly it was Wally Barnes the commentator
Yep could well have been Wally Barnes. He seemed to fade away as a commentator.

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by onewillieirvine » Tue May 24, 2022 4:58 pm

Yes he did fade with the advent of MOD, he did the Co comms for BBC in the 66 WCFInal.

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Re: Burnley v Hammers March 1963 video

Post by JohnMac » Tue May 24, 2022 5:06 pm

Love the portly Referee blowing up and then strolling along to the incident. Very much in the background, only later when the likes of Clive Thomas come along did it become 'look at me'!
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