That's right, Billy Nick would have thought that they were unnecessary gimmicks.
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That was Paul Trevillion. He also did the artwork for ‘You are the ref’and similar back page cartoons. Born in Tottenham in 1934 - still going strong.
He was from the Love lane estate in front of White hart lane station.
Dyson was much smaller than the others 5ft 3( pocket rocket, terrier tyke from the Yorkshire village of Malton. I remember he was once in trouble with the police about some stolen ciggies
Was at Leeds the day they first did that routine, 1972 FA cup quarter final. I think also they had their names on the back of the tracksuits, a first as well. Beat us 2-1.
We had 5 train loads of fans there that day, obviously it went off after the game,
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I recollect their showboating against Southampton a fortnight earlier.Was at Leeds the day they first did that routine, 1972 FA cup quarter final. I think also they had their names on the back of the tracksuits, a first as well. Beat us 2-1.
We had 5 train loads of fans there that day, obviously it went off after the game,
threw them into the crowd, one bloke at LUFC wanted to have a cross in their badge to nickname them the Crusaders, strange the random things you remember 5 years after reading that book
edit 50 yeras
Yeah probably, wasn't sure if it was us.
Just love that man's voice, reminds me of going to the pictures with my mum ,dad and brother,his was the voice that came on in the intermission doing the newsreel. God I must be old. All seater stadia changed football forever but standing terraces were no fun if you were tiny, couldn't see over the person in front of you. Spent the game on tippytoes peeping out between the heads of the fellas in front. Happy days
aw, John White!!! Haven't WAGS changed a tad though?
FA Cup Quarter Final match at Elland Road.
Leeds United 2 v Tottenham Hotspur 1. Leeds's Billy Bremner is attended to by the team physio after he was injured in a fight with Mike England as referee Jack Taylor tries to calm the angry situation down between the two sets of players. 18th March 1972. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images).....
Leeds United 2 v Tottenham Hotspur 1. Leeds's Billy Bremner is attended to by the team physio after he was injured in a fight with Mike England as referee Jack Taylor tries to calm the angry situation down between the two sets of players. 18th March 1972. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images).....
Karma, dirty little bastard, liked dishing out, not so good at taking it back.FA Cup Quarter Final match at Elland Road.
Leeds United 2 v Tottenham Hotspur 1. Leeds's Billy Bremner is attended to by the team physio after he was injured in a fight with Mike England as referee Jack Taylor tries to calm the angry situation down between the two sets of players. 18th March 1972. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images).....
We had our yellow and blue kit on that day.
roll up your Daily Mirror yukk
Mark Noble looked a bit sprightlier in those days
When you say “obviously it went off after the game” your meaning the fans had a bit of aggro! in that era I know we had a reputation but was it basically everybody v everybody Leeds, Tottenham, Chelsea, Millwall etc or did teams have particular “enemies“ as who’d they’d look forward to squaring up with?Was at Leeds the day they first did that routine, 1972 FA cup quarter final. I think also they had their names on the back of the tracksuits, a first as well. Beat us 2-1.
We had 5 train loads of fans there that day, obviously it went off after the game,
All the London clubs didn't like one another, especially they didn't like usl. Same as today. As you say it was everybody against everybody, North v South. At that time London was always ahead in fashion, so when we up north with Spurs , they new by our dress that we were " cockneys". You had to be careful in scouse land as they'd try to nick your clothes.
Good Times though. A few others on this thread will tell you.
I watched a documentary a few years back and football hooligans in 70s and a Man Utd fan was being interviewed and he said that on one occasion they bought Leeds Utd scarves and ambushed them at a Leeds game admitted it wasn’t very sportsman like but hey ho.....
The dreaded;
"Got the time mate" scenario.
My two favourite clubs in action. My local team Lyn playing Spurs in Oslo at 1st round of the UEFA-cup, september 1972. Lyn is currently playing at 4th tier in the Norwegian league after bankruptcy in 2009. A dream for me to see the sides play again at some time, but that seems very far away at the moment.