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James to Collins and Fletcher, Dobo and Casper

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:46 pm

You've probably all seen it before, but it was absolute goose bumps for me.

Sexy.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edPH4HvWu_0
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Re: James to Collins and Fletcher, Dobo and Casper

Post by CaptJohn » Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:21 pm

A trip down memory lane for me. I was trying to pick myself out on the Longside that day but I was a bit further back from the camera angle. I was standing next to "Woodleyclaret" that day I recall. "Great result eh Neil?"
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Post by Juan Tanamera » Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:30 pm

Thank goodness for slow motion replays, Fletcher's and Casper's goals in real time were just a blur.
What a team Adamson was building back then.
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Post by Quicknick » Thu Sep 29, 2022 12:12 am

I knew this was the Villa game before I even clicked on the link.

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Post by Hipper » Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:25 am

Stevenson, Fletcher, Casper - three touches - long ball team. ;)

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Post by Guller Bull » Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:39 am

Didn't we play them in a cup match round about that time (maybe a year or so later)? and beat them 4-1 again? I remember them trying to kick Taffy off the park.

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Post by beeholeclaret » Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:48 am

Yes we played them at Turf in the 1974 FA Cup 5th round and won 1-0 with an early headed goal from Paul Fletcher at the CF End. Happy days.
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Post by Hipper » Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:58 am

In the season 72-73, we also won at Villa 3-0.

Villa finished third that season but us and QPR were the two outstanding teams.

Lots of links to that fabulous season here:

https://www.uptheclarets.com/category/3 ... -seventies

... including this on the 3-0 win:

https://www.uptheclarets.com/big-win-at ... reat-style

...and this on the 4-1 win:

https://www.uptheclarets.com/villa-have ... -the-style
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Post by Guller Bull » Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:22 am

beeholeclaret wrote:
Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:48 am
Yes we played them at Turf in the 1974 FA Cup 5th round and won 1-0 with an early headed goal from Paul Fletcher at the CF End. Happy days.

Must have been the 4-1 game above I was thinking about then. Thought it was a cup game though. I was only 9 at the time in my defence. Remember sitting in the Bob Lord?? Can't think why we would have done?

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Post by Woodleyclaret » Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:15 am

Fao Capt John it really was but the good times are coming back, top by Christmas then pulling clear to win the league by a mile. Hopefully the clowns at the EFL will actually have the trophy at the game not like the balls up at Charlton.

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Post by dougcollins » Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:55 am

Couldn't hear it on the highlights, but this was the first game I can remember singing 'No Nay Never' on the Longside.
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Post by Royboyclaret » Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:56 am

Pure and simply that was just the perfectly balanced side.....not a weak link.....destined to become Champions, and what a superb performance that was against Villa.

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Post by andyh » Thu Sep 29, 2022 10:14 am

I was devastated when Thomas was sold shortly after this match… However if anything the balance improved as Geoff Nulty added some steel to an abundently skillful side.
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Post by Royboyclaret » Thu Sep 29, 2022 10:17 am

It's amazing how fortune has fluctuated for us over a relatively short period of time. Ten years prior to this in '62/'63 we kicked off in the First Division with arguably our greatest ever side and then ten years later in '82/'83 we were relegated from Division Two and the start of the big slide.

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Post by strayclaret » Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:52 am

All those collars and ties on show. Those were the days, I think that was the game I went to on my Honda50 and came off on the way home in Nelson, after hitting some road works. Worth it though :D :D
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Post by CaptJohn » Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:38 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:15 am
Fao Capt John it really was but the good times are coming back, top by Christmas then pulling clear to win the league by a mile. Hopefully the clowns at the EFL will actually have the trophy at the game not like the balls up at Charlton.
Inshallah!
I've already booked to take my Dad to the Brum match on Boxing day. It's his birthday and he'll be 98 :)
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Post by dougcollins » Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:04 pm

andyh wrote:
Thu Sep 29, 2022 10:14 am
I was devastated when Thomas was sold shortly after this match… However if anything the balance improved as Geoff Nulty added some steel to an abundently skillful side.
There's a man who could head a ball. Not the height that Fletcher could attain, but awesome power.

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Post by keith1879 » Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:13 pm

Has Fletcher actually landed from jumping at his most recent corner yet?
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Post by Bin Ont Turf » Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:44 pm

Juan Tanamera wrote:
Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:30 pm
Thank goodness for slow motion replays, Fletcher's and Casper's goals in real time were just a blur.
What a team Adamson was building back then.
Yeh, properly whacked were those. 8-)
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Post by Taffy on the wing » Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:31 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:
Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:46 pm
You've probably all seen it before, but it was absolute goose bumps for me.

Sexy.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edPH4HvWu_0
Took me back to my youth.......loved that team!
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Post by Royboyclaret » Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:55 pm

Semi-final defeats are tough to take, and those in 1974 and 1961 x 2 (FA Cup and League Cup in the same season) were very difficult to accept. But, from memory, the worst journey home was from West Brom in a League match in 1967......We lost 1-8 and the one we scored was a late consolation goal from Arthur Bellamy......a horrible feeling.

Sorry, wrong thread, should be worst defeat.

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Post by Bin Ont Turf » Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:08 pm

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:31 pm
Took me back to my youth.......loved that team!
I wonder who your favourite was? :)
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Re: James to Collins and Fletcher, Dobo and Casper

Post by Buxtonclaret » Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:47 pm

Cracking side that.
The football they played was often superb.
If we'd just kept it for another 3 or 4 years.....
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Post by Cirrus_Minor » Thu Sep 29, 2022 10:41 pm

What fantastic players and team we had then. Thanks for posting.
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