oioi
3:14 Sat May 2
Re: 56 Years Ago Today
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Do you remember how heavy those balls got when they were wet? You wouldn't be allowed to head that ball nowadays, health & safety would call the game off!
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ted fenton
2:57 Sat May 2
Re: 56 Years Ago Today
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oioi 2:52 Sat May 2
And Hillsborough was designated Semi Final venue then oioi absolute Bog wasn't it !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAHmJO9ZMcc
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ted fenton
2:52 Sat May 2
Re: 56 Years Ago Today
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I've watched the game many times FC and thought PNE were unlucky to lose but feck em :-)
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oioi
2:52 Sat May 2
Re: 56 Years Ago Today
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If you want to explain to a youngster what football used to be like in the old days just play them a clip of the Man U semi.
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Far Cough
2:27 Sat May 2
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Fair enough ted, always thought PNE were favourites
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ted fenton
2:16 Sat May 2
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Yes FC Kendall was the youngest by a few months but Paul Allen took that title off him in 1980.
I seemed to remember us being favourites as we were 1st division and finished 14th that year.
Don't forget we done Man Utd 3-1 on that Bog at Hillsborough and the week before that game we played them in the league at home and got done 0-2 I was with my Dad and we thought we had no chance in the Semi against these !!
Funny old game.
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Far Cough
1:57 Sat May 2
Re: 56 Years Ago Today
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Amazingly although Preston Bell End didn't have Tom Finney, they were still favourites and both teams had at the time, the two youngest ever players to play in the FA cup final, Howard Kendall for PNE and Johnny Sissons for us, I think Kendall was the youngest though?
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oioi
1:34 Sat May 2
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I was 11 and couldn't go because my dad went with his mates from work. Watched it on tv. Brilliant day. Did go to the ECWC final the next year though. Best night ever.
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ted fenton
1:09 Sat May 2
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What a fantastic day I was 14 and had been to all the games except the semi & final :-( made up for it the next year though ECWC :-)
I can still see Ronnie Boyce heading home and running round the goal !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VacVLL_NbyY
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