Thoughts with you at this difficult time.
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My first City game, Cardiff 1 Northampton 0 5/10/63.
Thoughts with you at this difficult time.
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
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.