New book chronicling Cardiff City's promotion in 1975/76.
https://mauveandyellowarmy.net/
Printable View
New book chronicling Cardiff City's promotion in 1975/76.
https://mauveandyellowarmy.net/
My favourite City season, so many memories ending at Bury with Alstons winner, spent my 18th birthday at Aldershot away midweek losing 2-1 lol getting thrashed at Swindon on boxing day, Easter monday at Peterborough 0-0 and the 35,000 crowd *cough* against Hereford, winning at Palace and the Alston header that bounced over the bar vs Brighton, Hereford away thrashed again lol, great seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
I met TE years ago in some factory in the Midlands.
I was working on security and was asked to keep an eye on ''the contractors'' who were doing some work there. I got talking to the five or six contractors and one of them clocked my Welsh accent and asked me was I into football and who my team was. I told him I was a City fan. He then told me who he was and asked if I remembered him. ''Yeah I can remember you,'' I replied. ''You used to run round the pitch kicking the opposition up in the air.''
Luckily enough him and his mates seen the funny side of my reply.
All covered in the book, although that Peterboroughgame on Easter Monday was just about the hardest one of the lot to research. The Brighton game with that freakish bouncing header was on Match of the Day, but the only game from that season I could find from that season was the 3-2 loss at relegated Colchester - arguably, our worst result of the season!Quote:
Originally Posted by Packerman
Tony "Walks On Water" Evans and Adrian Alston, what a partnership!
Reading that I’m confused about how we got promoted…Quote:
Originally Posted by Packerman
We finished the season strong we were bottom 6 after the defeat away to Aldershot on 22 oct 1975.
Only letting in one goal in our last eight matches I think it was helped - might have been seven, but,basically, we stopped letting goals in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardiff-Cal
My favourite ever City season, and the first one that I attended every home game bar a couple when I was ill. Watched from the Grange End with my mates from schoolQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Ditto did more away games that season than any other hardly missed a home game on the Grange with a few mates from Pontypridd/TreforestQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68
[QUOTE=Packerman;5372678]Ditto did more away games that season than any other hardly missed a home game on the Grange with a few mates from Pontypridd/Treforest[/QUOTE
Did my first away game at Swindon on Boxing Day. It almost put me off following City away lol
[QUOTE=Mr Soul '68;5372683]my first away was Bristol city a year or two before a scintillating 0-0 :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Packerman
[QUOTE=Packerman;5372691]That was a Boxing Day game as well I believe - nothing happened whatever day it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68
I’ve got a scrapbook at home in the attack of that season plus many of the programmes. I’ll have a look for it when I’m home over Christmas.
Evans & Alston, up there with Toshack & Clark, Dale & Pike, Bothroyd & Chopra
[QUOTE=Packerman;5372691]My first two away games were the Wurzels 0-0 on the Boxing Day 74 and the 4-0 thumping the following Boxing Day at Swindon. The day after losing at Swindon we beat Peterborough 5-2. I don’t remember us playing on successive days since then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68
And book just requested off my Mrs for Xmas.
We took a huge following to Swindon. The M4 traffic was all going back to Wales afterwards
This was the the only season i managed to get to every game home and away.
Alston arriving at Cardiff was one of the most surprising transfers that I can recall.
Evans and Alston were very good but no combination I can recall surpasses Toshack and Clark.Quote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
I think I must have seen all the City's home games that season and probably went to about 5 away games. I was still in school at the time, hence why I didn't get to see too many away games.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfie
I seem to recall it was £2.25 to go on the supporters club busses to most of the London games, but was a whopping £3.10 to travel to Hull! :hehe:
Yes i still remember going to Hull with the supporters club. Severn pounds for travel and hotel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
Leo & EarnieQuote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
You’d need a bridging loan for that todayQuote:
Originally Posted by alfie
[QUOTE=Hot Shot Hamish.;5372732]I'm convinced we played on consecutive days in the early 80s, it might have been Easter time??Quote:
Originally Posted by Packerman
Its bugging me now😁
Don't forget Earnie & Thorne, who I loved as an attacking duoQuote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot