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 On this day 40 years ago....

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TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe

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On this day 40 years ago....
« on: December 15, 2020, 02:25:08 AM »


Joe Neenan's knee met John King's groin; John Davison calmly tucked away the resulting penalty and an appearance at Anfield to face the reigning First Division Champions in the FA Cup Third Round duly beckoned.


Fast forward to circa 1:57 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYxHNioMZ7c



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"It was just two world class players going for a 50/50 ball."

John King's description of a crunching tackle on Ossie Ardiles in the FA Cup Third Round tie at White Hart Lane: 10th January 1979.

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Re: On this day 40 years ago....
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2020, 08:12:50 AM »
Ah, the years pass and the memory fades, but the joy lives on.

I was there.
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Re: On this day 40 years ago....
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2020, 11:06:10 AM »
Quote from: CRT Butty on December 15, 2020, 08:12:50 AM
Ah, the years pass and the memory fades, but the joy lives on.

I was there.

Ditto! 😉
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"While we're in the North, we might as well take on the Cheshire League Champions and give them a good hammering" Bill Leivers, 1967 (before Altrincham 7, Cambridge United 1)

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Re: On this day 40 years ago....
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2020, 06:52:16 PM »
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"It was just two world class players going for a 50/50 ball."

John King's description of a crunching tackle on Ossie Ardiles in the FA Cup Third Round tie at White Hart Lane: 10th January 1979.

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Re: On this day 40 years ago....
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2020, 06:56:35 PM »
Wasn't Joe Neenan from Partington and had attended BTH ?
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Re: On this day 40 years ago....
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2020, 07:41:01 PM »
This story is mentioned at some length in Ian Botham's autobiography.
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Re: On this day 40 years ago....
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2020, 08:36:01 PM »
Quote from: Steve from Sale on December 15, 2020, 07:41:01 PM
This story is mentioned at some length in Ian Botham's autobiography.

It is indeed.
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Re: On this day 40 years ago....
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2020, 08:42:07 PM »
Quote from: Timperley The Best on December 15, 2020, 06:56:35 PM
Wasn't Joe Neenan from Partington and had attended BTH ?


He was from Partington. I don't know where he went to school but I have known somebody of the same age from Partington who went to BTH as the nearest Roman Catholic secondary modern (or whatever the term may have been then) so it looks very likely.
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