06-08-2016, 13:34
Dev, you`ve just made an old man very happy. You`ve given him an excuse to get up in the loft and dig out his old News of the World Football Annuals for the 60s that he hasn`t looked at for years. I used to buy them every year; that and the Playfair Cricket Annual were my bibles. 4s 6d they cost. That`s it now; sod the gardening and the lawnmowing - that`s the week-end taken care of.
Right. It turns out that Billy Stark did play for us in the 66/67 season and scored 15 goals, the same as Ivan Hollett and 1 more than Kevin Randall. They were the only ones to make double figures. We reached the dizzy heights of 15th that year - and that was pretty damn good for us in those days. Frank Lord played 12 games (I thought it was more than that, I must admit) the following season - 67/68 - and scored 6 goals; that was the 'blow-up' season you were remembering. Randall 21 and Hollett 18 were the only double-figures scorers.
That`s it then. the 'Do Not Disturb' sign is going up on the door of the shed, where I shall remain in splendid isolation until the half-time scores; apart from the company of my Annuals and a couple of cans, that is.
Right. It turns out that Billy Stark did play for us in the 66/67 season and scored 15 goals, the same as Ivan Hollett and 1 more than Kevin Randall. They were the only ones to make double figures. We reached the dizzy heights of 15th that year - and that was pretty damn good for us in those days. Frank Lord played 12 games (I thought it was more than that, I must admit) the following season - 67/68 - and scored 6 goals; that was the 'blow-up' season you were remembering. Randall 21 and Hollett 18 were the only double-figures scorers.
That`s it then. the 'Do Not Disturb' sign is going up on the door of the shed, where I shall remain in splendid isolation until the half-time scores; apart from the company of my Annuals and a couple of cans, that is.