Old footage - Saints v Crystal Palace - Nov 1969

[Badger]

Stumbled across this today, the Big Match from 30/11/1969. Black & White tv, of the game at The Dell.

Good nostalgia for us old bastards, with Paine, Sydenham, Davies, Channon, Fisher, Gabriel etc. Hoping it takes minds off of Sports Republic for a few minutes. 

 

Always worth seeing - long lost age,  adverts for Watneys Red Barrel,  coppers walking around the pitch. The state of the pitches are remarkable.

Good to see goal celebrations without fucking obligatory knee slides as well.

Commentary very understated in those days, bloke not trying to be the centre of attention. Jimmy Hill talks through our goal a bit after. I didn't bother watching any of the rest. 

I saw a comment on the Youtube page after the game, that Eric Martin looked to be playing in pyjamas. 

[Teamsaint1]

3 hours ago, Badger said:

3 hours ago, Badger said:

Stumbled across this today, the Big Match from 30/11/1969. Black & White tv, of the game at The Dell.

Good nostalgia for us old bastards, with Paine, Sydenham, Davies, Channon, Fisher, Gabriel etc. Hoping it takes minds off of Sports Republic for a few minutes. 

 

Always worth seeing - long lost age,  adverts for Watneys Red Barrel,  coppers walking around the pitch. The state of the pitches are remarkable.

Good to see goal celebrations without fucking obligatory knee slides as well.

Commentary very understated in those days, bloke not trying to be the centre of attention. Jimmy Hill talks through our goal a bit after. I didn't bother watching any of the rest. 

I saw a comment on the Youtube page after the game, that Eric Martin looked to be playing in pyjamas. 

Jimmy Gabriel. What a player. Could do with one like him right now. Think  he would have been great in the modern game.

Edited 2 hours ago by Teamsaint1

[Badger]

30 minutes ago, Teamsaint1 said:

Jimmy Gabriel. What a player. Could do with one like him right now. Think  he would have been great in the modern game.

Definitely. He played CB, MF, and from time to time was a stand in centre forward when Ron Davies was injured. I think it was the following season to the one shown v Palace, 1970/71 when he spent a few weeks up front. Scored the winner v Man Utd at The Dell.

A player I noticed in the Palace match highlights was Hugh Fisher. A lot of our play seemed to go through him. ( Unusual and good bit of skill from him at one point in the first half). Never the same player again after his injury. 

[Teamsaint1]

35 minutes ago, Badger said:

Definitely. He played CB, MF, and from time to time was a stand in centre forward when Ron Davies was injured. I think it was the following season to the one shown v Palace, 1970/71 when he spent a few weeks up front. Scored the winner v Man Utd at The Dell.

A player I noticed in the Palace match highlights was Hugh Fisher. A lot of our play seemed to go through him. ( Unusual and good bit of skill from him at one point in the first half). Never the same player again after his injury. 

I remember Hughie’s injury , IIRC he had a metal pin put in his leg ? He did stand out in that Palace game. I was stood in the front row of the Archers right behind the goal ( with lots of Villa fans!)  when he scored that vital equaliser in the  cup. Etched deep in my memory that one  

[Badger]

8 minutes ago, Teamsaint1 said:

I remember Hughie’s injury , IIRC he had a metal pin put in his leg ? He did stand out in that Palace game. I was stood in the front row of the Archers right behind the goal ( with lots of Villa fans!)  when he scored that vital equaliser in the  cup. Etched deep in my memory that one  

Just looked the date of the match up, 3rd January 1976.

Fiftieth anniversary of the game and Hugh Fisher’s goal tomorrow. 

[The Wyvern]

I love everything about that era, including the pitch, would happily swap it for what we have today.

 

That said, quality of football has definitely improved, wouldn't get away with some of that defending if Saintsweb had been in existence in the late 60s

[Badger]

17 minutes ago, The Wyvern said:

That said, quality of football has definitely improved, wouldn't get away with some of that defending if Saintsweb had been in existence in the late 60s

Yes imagine some of it:

Bates has taken them as far as he can, needs to go … No Plan B if the cross to Big Ron doesn’t work 

Paine, good servant, but his legs have gone …

Channon’s missed chance : Chivers would have got that … 

But would be interesting reading which pubs the Alehouse team were seen it, and at what time, especially the night before a game