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City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby Bluedj » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:21 am

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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby Dipstick » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:29 am

'Saw a documentary earlier this week with interviews with Lee Won Pen and Buzzer. They were saying that normally they used screw in studs but for that game they wore nailed in studs and filed them down so that the nails stuck out. Ouch!
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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby zuricity » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:30 am

I was there, yes i remember it well.
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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby budfox » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:38 am

There are certainly some legends in those line-ups.
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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby aristation » Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:17 pm

We forget how good some of the football was!
It may be my last year as a season ticket holder as it just doesn't seem the same with so few English and local players (but I said that last year)
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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby patrickblue » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:20 pm

Dipstick wrote:'Saw a documentary earlier this week with interviews with Lee Won Pen and Buzzer. They were saying that normally they used screw in studs but for that game they wore nailed in studs and filed them down so that the nails stuck out. Ouch!


I read that somewhere too.
Not so big on elf and safety in those days were they?
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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby Douglas Higginbottom » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:38 pm

Great to watch that again and so similar to what we are seeing now in the domination of the game, chances created (many missed), great movement and attacking flair.

Happy days then and even happier days now.
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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby iwasthere2012 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 2:09 pm

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Great to watch that again and so similar to what we are seeing now in the domination of the game, chances created (many missed), great movement and attacking flair.

Happy days then and even happier days now.

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I’ve nothing to play it on anymore.
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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby Harry Dowd scored » Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:28 pm

I was there, will never forget that game, Nelly floating on the left, Buzzer in a more central role, they even scored first, Greaves it was freezing, that pitch would not have been played on today ah memories.
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Re: City 4 Spurs 1 Dec 1967

Postby patrickblue » Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:50 pm

Harry Dowd scored wrote:I was there, will never forget that game, Nelly floating on the left, Buzzer in a more central role, they even scored first, Greaves it was freezing, that pitch would not have been played on today ah memories.


To be fair everyone concerned with the game said the only reason the game went ahead was because it was being televised. Even back then that pitch would have normally meant the game was postponed.
It's near impossible to comprehend nowadays what a big deal having your match televised was back then.
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