05-02-2022, 02:04
February 5th:
Happy Birthday today to Jordan Rhodes. And let's hope he celebrates that birthday with a hatful of goals against Barnsley.
He was born in 1990, so he's 32 today. His goal against Derby on Wednesday was his 88th for Huddersfield Town and he sits 8th in our all time goal scoring chart. He could reasonably move up to 6th today as he's only one goal behind Alex Jackson and two behind Vic Metcalfe.
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We were Giant Killed on this date in 1949. We were a Division One club, on a bit of a downturn after our between the wars glories. And our opponents, Newport County were from Division Three (South). We had drawn 3-3 at Somerton Park on the Saturday before and the replay was at Leeds Road the following Saturday. I once read about this in a Newport programme when we played them in the 70s. They were full of it saying how thousands made the trip north to see their heroes win 3-1. Vic Metcalfe scored our goal that day in front of a crowd of 34,183.
It probably was big news back in the day, but of course, Newport have since beaten Leeds United in the Cup, which beating the Champions of Europe makes our defeat look like small change.
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Talking of those Beeston Bums...... Five years ago today in 2017...... De de de de de de Michael Hefele!
Happy Birthday today to Jordan Rhodes. And let's hope he celebrates that birthday with a hatful of goals against Barnsley.
He was born in 1990, so he's 32 today. His goal against Derby on Wednesday was his 88th for Huddersfield Town and he sits 8th in our all time goal scoring chart. He could reasonably move up to 6th today as he's only one goal behind Alex Jackson and two behind Vic Metcalfe.
We were Giant Killed on this date in 1949. We were a Division One club, on a bit of a downturn after our between the wars glories. And our opponents, Newport County were from Division Three (South). We had drawn 3-3 at Somerton Park on the Saturday before and the replay was at Leeds Road the following Saturday. I once read about this in a Newport programme when we played them in the 70s. They were full of it saying how thousands made the trip north to see their heroes win 3-1. Vic Metcalfe scored our goal that day in front of a crowd of 34,183.
It probably was big news back in the day, but of course, Newport have since beaten Leeds United in the Cup, which beating the Champions of Europe makes our defeat look like small change.
Talking of those Beeston Bums...... Five years ago today in 2017...... De de de de de de Michael Hefele!
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