07-01-2022, 09:37
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2022, 10:29 by Lord Snooty.)
January 7th: A busy one today!
Back in 1922, we played Burnley in the FA Cup. One hundred years and a day later, we will play them again. This match was drawn 2-2, but we won the replay and it was the start of our successful campaign that ended with us winning the Cup for the one and only time. Ernie Islip and Billy Watson scored the goals in this one, with two goals from Clem Stephenson and one from Frank Mann winning the replay 3-2 at Leeds Road on the following Wednesday. Town then played Brighton, Blackburn, Millwall and Notts County before beating Preston in the Final.
On the opposite scale of the FA Cup, we had our record defeat on this day in 1950. It was at Roker Park and we got beaten by big spending Sunderland, who had recently forked out a record transfer to Newcastle for the "Clown Prince of Soccer", Len Shackleton. I can't find any record of the scorers, but they were all Sunderland goals as they beat us 6-0.
We also have three birthdays. Born on the actual same day as that Cup match I've just mentioned, was one of the worst managers we ever had, Malcolm Macdonald. Born in Fulham in 1950, he went on to play for his home town club, if Fulham is a town. He also managed them later on, after a playing career that took in Luton, Newcastle and Arsenal as well as England.
Odd quirk of fate that the man who managed us when we had our record league defeat, was born on the day we had our record FA Cup defeat.
It later turned out that he was suffering from alcoholism whilst managing Town, but he's been dry since 1997. He is also now married to Carol, the ex wife of AC/DC front man, Brian Johnson and she helped him through his rehabilitation. He works in the media in the north east, well maybe not now, as he's 72 today, but he does keep popping up when there's a story about Newcastle going on.
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Fifty years old today, born in 1952 is Kevin Gray. He of course, is best remembered for crocking a Bradford City player, but let's not go there. He played 252 games for us (+ 17 subs) and scored 6 times.
Talking of crocks. Permanently inured Izzy Brown is 25 today, having been born in 1997. He's at his tenth club already. That's Preston, for whom he hasn't yet played, having gotten crocked before the season started.
Back in 1922, we played Burnley in the FA Cup. One hundred years and a day later, we will play them again. This match was drawn 2-2, but we won the replay and it was the start of our successful campaign that ended with us winning the Cup for the one and only time. Ernie Islip and Billy Watson scored the goals in this one, with two goals from Clem Stephenson and one from Frank Mann winning the replay 3-2 at Leeds Road on the following Wednesday. Town then played Brighton, Blackburn, Millwall and Notts County before beating Preston in the Final.
On the opposite scale of the FA Cup, we had our record defeat on this day in 1950. It was at Roker Park and we got beaten by big spending Sunderland, who had recently forked out a record transfer to Newcastle for the "Clown Prince of Soccer", Len Shackleton. I can't find any record of the scorers, but they were all Sunderland goals as they beat us 6-0.
We also have three birthdays. Born on the actual same day as that Cup match I've just mentioned, was one of the worst managers we ever had, Malcolm Macdonald. Born in Fulham in 1950, he went on to play for his home town club, if Fulham is a town. He also managed them later on, after a playing career that took in Luton, Newcastle and Arsenal as well as England.
Odd quirk of fate that the man who managed us when we had our record league defeat, was born on the day we had our record FA Cup defeat.
It later turned out that he was suffering from alcoholism whilst managing Town, but he's been dry since 1997. He is also now married to Carol, the ex wife of AC/DC front man, Brian Johnson and she helped him through his rehabilitation. He works in the media in the north east, well maybe not now, as he's 72 today, but he does keep popping up when there's a story about Newcastle going on.
Fifty years old today, born in 1952 is Kevin Gray. He of course, is best remembered for crocking a Bradford City player, but let's not go there. He played 252 games for us (+ 17 subs) and scored 6 times.
Talking of crocks. Permanently inured Izzy Brown is 25 today, having been born in 1997. He's at his tenth club already. That's Preston, for whom he hasn't yet played, having gotten crocked before the season started.
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