My first City game, Cardiff 1 Northampton 0 5/10/63.
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My first City game, Cardiff 1 Northampton 0 5/10/63.
Thoughts with you at this difficult time.
Dave Bowen, Rob Page
Mel Charles the scorer.
Congratulations Paul. I was of course an old regular by then.
Quiz question for you (or anyone else). What links that match with the 1974 World Cup final ?
Cardiff team was
1 Dilwyn John
2 Ron Stitfall
3 Peter Rodrigues
4 Colin Baker
5 Don Murray
6 Dick Scott
7 Alan McIntosh
8 Peter King
9 Mel Charles
10 Ivor Allchurch
11 Dick Mallory
Northampton team was
1 Bryan Harvey
2 Vic Cockcroft
3 Mike Everitt
4 Derek Leck
5 Terry Branston
6 Roly Mills
7 Billy Hails
8 Peter Kane
9 Frank Large
10 John Reid
11 Barry Lines
He certainly doesn’t :hehe:
I do have this definite memory of being about halfway up the Grange End with my Dad seeing Mel Charles head past the keeper right in front of us, but as I don’t remember anything else about the afternoon, I think I’m indulging in wishful thinking and telling myself those things happened.
Thank you to tpcnw for putting the teams up - I’ve heard of ten City players in that line up, but the name Dick Mallory means nothing to me.
Just to add that I didn't get the City bug at my first game, that happened with my second one when I went to see a game under floodlights (Welsh Cup Final against Bangor) - I struggle to get my head around the fact that they'd only been in place for three years before my first match.
Not quite 60 years yet. 10 February 1968 v Preston - 2-0 win and was Brian Clark's home debut; he scored after 9 minutes. Second was by my boyhood hero John Toshack.
Some great names in the team
1 Fred Davies
2 Steve Derrett
3 Bobby Ferguson
4 Malcolm Clarke
5 Don Murray
6 Brian Harris
7 Barrie Jones
8 Brian Clark
9 John Toshack
10 Peter King
11 Les Lea
Archie Gemmill of Derby and Scotland fame was in the Preston team.
ok....my twopenneth worth.....first game:
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Can't remember the team, but this was the squad:
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Don''t remember much of the game (had just turned ten)....but didn't become a regular until start of 1959-60, starting with the opening game City 3 -Liverpool 2....with city scoring all goals courtesy of two Danny Malloy og's!), From that game onwards I didn't miss a single home game until the end of 1978 season,. when I moved to Newark. Occasional visit s back but mostly going to glamorous places like Chesterfield, Halifax, Mansfield etc....
Don't forget....lots of info and memories onhttps://libertybs.co.uk/CCFC_memories/
I can’t catch you TOBW, you’re 5 years ahead of me. 1960s football, mud, leather and black & white.
[QUOTE=Maurice Swan;5459956]ok....my twopenneth worth.....first game:
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Cardiff team
1 Graham Vearncombe
2 Charlie Rutter
3 Ron Stitfall
4 Alan Harrington
5 Danny Malloy
6 Derrick Sullivan
7 Colin Hudson
8 Ron Hewitt
9 Gerry Hitchens
10 Johnny Nicholls
11 Ken Tucker
Swansea
1 John King
2 Dai Thomas
3 Bryn Jones
4 Mel Charles
5 Dudley Peake
6 Tommy Brown
7 Len Allchurch
8 Harry Griffiths
9 Des Palmer
10 Ivor Allchurch
11 Cliff Jones
My first game was on the 28th August 1950 against Manchester City in a second division match. The score was 1-1 with Elfed Evans getting our goal. The Man City side that day was:-
Trautmann, Phillips,Westwood, Spurdle, Rigby, Roy Paul, Oakes, Hart, Westcott, Smith, and Roy Clarke
I am not sure of City’s side, but would have been something like:-
Joslin, Rutter/Stitfall, Sherwood, Hollyman, Oakley, Billy Baker, Blair, Glyn Williams, Evans, Roley Williams, Edwards
Thank you very much for that, much appreciated! I wasn’t too far out with the names, but a few positional changes wrong as well - Eric Morecambe comes to mind for some reason!!!