SatanGreavsie Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 One for th'owd 'uns here. Who else was at the two games over those 5 days at Burnden? Home to Spurs in the League and then Leeds in League Cup midweek. Combined attendance 66k according to the Fulham last game of the season programme. Hell's teeth there were some sights them two days! As for Spurs, we played them 4 times that year (2 in league and cup game plus replay) - combined crowd 158k. Anyone make all four? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) One for th'owd 'uns here. Who else was at the two games over those 5 days at Burnden? Home to Spurs in the League and then Leeds in League Cup midweek. Combined attendance 66k according to the Fulham last game of the season programme. Hell's teeth there were some sights them two days! As for Spurs, we played them 4 times that year (2 in league and cup game plus replay) - combined crowd 158k. Anyone make all four? I bet my dad did. He ran the supporters club travel and football team that year I'll ask him. Edited July 18, 2017 by gonzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Couldn't say for definite but guessing yes. That was the time my dad was taking me to every game possible. Both Spurs and Leeds in yellow strips?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottinghamtrotter Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Pretty sure I did all of 4 of them (plus the Leeds cup game) - only 9 at the time. Did the aways on travel club. Remember getting grief off Spurs fans at the league game at WHL as for some reason we were in their end. Highlight was the late winner at Burnden - Roy Greaves or John Ritson at the Embankmemt I think? Edited July 18, 2017 by nottinghamtrotter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Bear Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Definitely all four for me. I was 17 in 1977. For the FA cup tie, away, someone told me to get the train to Seven Sisters and walk from there. It was miles (or seemed like it). Took me ages. The league game at Bolton was won by Roy Greaves in the last minute (I think). My cousins had a habit of leaving early (to avoid traffic blah, blah, blah.) Earlier in the game Neil McNab scored for Spurs but it was disallowed - in all the noise and mayhem, we took the free kick quickly and the game carried on. My cousins thought the goal stood and so when they left early were convinced we had lost 0-1. We score and win 1-0. They hear the result on the car radio and think it is a mistake. Serves you right for leaving early! I remember Leeds looking like a quality side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embankment Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Pretty sure I did all of 4 of them (plus the Leeds cup game) - only 9 at the time. Did the aways on travel club. Remember getting grief off Spurs fans at the league game at WHL as for some reason we were in their end. Highlight was the late winner at Burnden - Roy Greaves or John Ritson at the Embankmemt I think?Roy Greaves scored.Place went mental. Had a few too many beers , got home . Asked mum to wake me up for MOTD. Woke up following morning. She said she had tried. Gutted never seen the goal. No bloody catch up in them days. Kids today don't know their born !!! Edited July 18, 2017 by embankment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted July 18, 2017 Moderators Share Posted July 18, 2017 Aye greaves won the league game Ritson the cup in extra time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I bet my dad did. He ran the supporters club travel and football team that year I'll ask him. Would love to hear your old fellas memories of those Spurs away games, did the home games and was glued to the radio for the away games seem to remember the atmosphere at Spurs was crackling they were genuinely massive games, with electric atmospheres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyroad58 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I was 14 then so I would say yes I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Would love to hear your old fellas memories of those Spurs away games, did the home games and was glued to the radio for the away games seem to remember the atmosphere at Spurs was crackling they were genuinely massive games, with electric atmospheres. Always remember my dad telling me about Spurs being the first team to play in a silky kit at burnden instead of the old cloth numbers. All yellow kit under the floodlights at burnden. Always loved bedtime stories as a kid haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whites man Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Always remember my dad telling me about Spurs being the first team to play in a silky kit at burnden instead of the old cloth numbers. All yellow kit under the floodlights at burnden. Always loved bedtime stories as a kid haha Spurs had an Admiral kit made out of that rough nylon that everyone but adidas used in that era. It was adidas kit for Forest and Ipswich that I remember as the only "silk shirts" of 77-78. Sorry to trashy a childhood memory Goonzie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Forest had very silky red shirts and the shorts looked like running shorts IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted July 19, 2017 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2017 Spurs had an Admiral kit made out of that rough nylon that everyone but adidas used in that era. It was adidas kit for Forest and Ipswich that I remember as the only "silk shirts" of 77-78. Sorry to trashy a childhood memory Goonzie. spurs had that yellow with black shoulders, didnt they later replaced with a similar design in silky stuff made by le coq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Spurs had an Admiral kit made out of that rough nylon that everyone but adidas used in that era. It was adidas kit for Forest and Ipswich that I remember as the only "silk shirts" of 77-78. Sorry to trashy a childhood memory Goonzie. You bastard. You'll be telling me my uncle Fred wasn't really a sausage hiding magician next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Wanderer Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 One for th'owd 'uns here. Who else was at the two games over those 5 days at Burnden? Home to Spurs in the League and then Leeds in League Cup midweek. Combined attendance 66k according to the Fulham last game of the season programme. Hell's teeth there were some sights them two days! As for Spurs, we played them 4 times that year (2 in league and cup game plus replay) - combined crowd 158k. Anyone make all four? Aye, did all four The 2-2 at their place was a great game but a bit scary after the game as the coaches were miles away and had to walk around some tower blocks in the dark. The 1-0 lose towards the end of the season was annoying as hell, all I heard throughout the game was 'come on u spurrsss' from a young girl with her dad. Mind you it was our fault for being in the home end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 The Roy Greaves goal from the Spurs game is on this DVD along with other goals from the 60s and 70s. Bolton 2 Luton 1 from the 77/78 promotion season is also on there. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Match-Day-Lancashire-Hotshots-VHS/dp/B00008T59Z I was at that game as a very young lad. Remember the Greaves goal and the huge crowd. I wasn't at the Leeds game. Do remember us playing Leeds at home in Div 1 the season after. They went 0-1 up in the first half but we came back and won 3-1. The celebrations of the Leeds fans after they scored were a picture. To this day I don't think I've seen such wild celebrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted July 21, 2017 Members Share Posted July 21, 2017 Did all of them and that 1-0 away loss to Spurs was a gut wrencher. If I remember correctly, when John Ritson scored that extra time free kick at the Embankment end, it was the spur (excuse the pun) for their lot to try and invade the Burnden paddock through the open gates (which was the norm towards the end of the game in them days). Any military strategist will tell you he who holds the higher ground has a huge advantage. They got fucking slaughtered on those ramps. People use the term bloodbath loosely. I have never seen as much blood on the floor as I saw that night. They wouldn't ever have been game enough to try that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I was 14 then so I would say yes I did Are you getting confused with the 1957 games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Ex Wanderer turned Tottenham player,Don McCallister's views on the game at White Hart Lane http://m.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/view-fromdown-under-011009/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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