billy
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Post by billy on Dec 27, 2018 19:39:33 GMT
Boxing Day 1963
Blackpool 1 - 5 Chelsea
Burnley 6 - 1 Manchester United
Fulham 10 - 1 Ipswich Town
Leicester City 2 - 0 Everton
Liverpool 6 - 1 Stoke City
Nottingham Forest 3 - 3 Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday 3 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion 4 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United 2 - 8 Lackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton W. 3 - 3 Aston Villa
Two days after those matches were played - on Saturday December 28th 1963 - several of the heavily beaten clubs found themselves playing the same opposition in the reverse fixtures...with some interesting results. So two days after beating Ipswich 10-1 Fulham lost 4-2 to the same opposition at Portman Road, West Ham beat Blackburn 3-1 at Ewood Park and Manchester United had their revenge over Burnley with a 5-1 victory at Old Trafford.
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Post by Del on Dec 27, 2018 20:04:50 GMT
Those were the days Billy when an attack consisted of five forwards and defence wasn't so important. Inside forwards moved back from the attack to help the half backs !
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Post by VCLXI on Dec 27, 2018 20:08:11 GMT
Boxing Day 1963
Blackpool 1 - 5 Chelsea
Burnley 6 - 1 Manchester United
Fulham 10 - 1 Ipswich Town
Leicester City 2 - 0 Everton
Liverpool 6 - 1 Stoke City
Nottingham Forest 3 - 3 Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday 3 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion 4 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United 2 - 8 Lackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton W. 3 - 3 Aston VillaTwo days after those matches were played - on Saturday December 28th 1963 - several of the heavily beaten clubs found themselves playing the same opposition in the reverse fixtures...with some interesting results. So two days after beating Ipswich 10-1 Fulham lost 4-2 to the same opposition at Portman Road, West Ham beat Blackburn 3-1 at Ewood Park and Manchester United had their revenge over Burnley with a 5-1 victory at Old Trafford. Not a 0-0 in sight. But who are Lackburn Rovers?  |
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Post by davethegrave on Dec 27, 2018 21:29:37 GMT
Our second 1-0 win on the spin. That's six points and two clean sheets. Things are looking up.  So that's a measure of revenge for the Trophy defeat (if that result stands). We stay 8th, but are now only three points behind fifth-placed AFC Fylde. Today's attendance of 2086 was our biggest at home this season. I wonder what the actual attendance was as it didn't really look like that and I'm sure all season ticket holders are counted in whether they attend or not. |
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Post by pinewalker on Dec 27, 2018 21:55:16 GMT
Boxing Day 1963
Blackpool 1 - 5 Chelsea
Burnley 6 - 1 Manchester United
Fulham 10 - 1 Ipswich Town
Leicester City 2 - 0 Everton
Liverpool 6 - 1 Stoke City
Nottingham Forest 3 - 3 Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday 3 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion 4 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United 2 - 8 Lackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton W. 3 - 3 Aston VillaTwo days after those matches were played - on Saturday December 28th 1963 - several of the heavily beaten clubs found themselves playing the same opposition in the reverse fixtures...with some interesting results. So two days after beating Ipswich 10-1 Fulham lost 4-2 to the same opposition at Portman Road, West Ham beat Blackburn 3-1 at Ewood Park and Manchester United had their revenge over Burnley with a 5-1 victory at Old Trafford. A memory jogger. I went to Upton Park. My friend's father was driving them both to Fulham and asked me if I wanted to join them. I persuaded them to give me a lift to Putney Bridge and got the tube. " You missed 11 goals!" my friend teased when I got home. "Only by one" I replied. I saw a lot of West Ham's later Boxing day games - often with big scores but nothing quite as crazy as the 1963 game. |
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Post by billy on Dec 27, 2018 22:31:17 GMT
Did you go to the FA Cup Final against Preston later that season ?
West Ham used to have all the "B'S"
Bennett, Peter
Bickles, Dave
Bond, John
Bovington, Eddie
Boyce, Ron
Brabrook, Peter
Britt, Martin
Brown, Ken
Burkett, Jack
Byrne, Johnny
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Post by billy on Dec 27, 2018 22:32:13 GMT
and Dennis Burnett
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