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Post by paul carney on Jul 11, 2016 18:01:16 GMT
I was around 14 or 15 when this was aired and so was moving away from watching children's tv, but I do recall finding this programme interesting as it was so off the wall compared to other kids programmes. Also the Sunday Night at the Palladium footage shows that amongst all Freddie's jokes and chaos they were in fact a tight ,well rehearsed band who could play all their hits live. My favourite memory of Freddie is of him leaping around doing a song on Blue Peter ,I don't think Petra ever recovered.....
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Post by paul carney on Jun 27, 2016 19:59:34 GMT
Puskas & Di Stefano both played for Spain in the 60s after playing for Hungary & Argentina respectively.If the Scottish FA were responsible for not allowing Joe Baker to play for them that is an amazing own goal.He was a fine striker & came close to selection for the 1966 World Cup squad.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 27, 2016 13:37:20 GMT
Re England Youth v Rest of UK Youth it could be that another ITV broadcaster recorded it if AR didn't. I say this because this game was part of the FA celebrating it's 100th anniversary in 1963. The full England side played a Rest of the World XI in October 63 and ITV covered this game ,presumably with AR cameras and production ,as the game took place at Wembley. In the 1990s I lived in the Anglia region and their Sunday afternoon soccer highlights show had a section where they showed brief clips from their archive ,and they showed the goals from this game that looked to be sourced from the original VT. So if no-one was recording it in London someone in Norwich clearly felt the need to switch on the VTR machine.
One of the reserves for England that day was former Hibernian player Joe Baker who was born to Scottish parents in Liverpool before the family moved back to Scotland soon after. Due to the rules at that time he could only play international football for the land of his birth despite clearly ,and rightly ,wanting to play for Scotland.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 27, 2016 1:29:49 GMT
Giggs has always stressed his feeling of Welsh ness but he speaks with a northern English accent & has lived in England since 1979. My parents came to England from Ireland in 1945 & I was born in 1955. I am hugely proud of my Irish heritage but if you ask me my nationality I will tell you that I am English & British. But in football terms I did find myself jumping around my living room when Robbie Brady scored against Italy a few days ago.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 26, 2016 21:00:51 GMT
Pure genius from Bestie. Many years later Neville Southall had the ball headed out of his open palm by,I think Steve Wigley of Notts Forest,and the goal stood.
Re Ryan Giggs he actually captained England Schoolboys as Ryan Wilson and apparently any schoolboy is eligible for the team, whatever nationality ,as long as they attend an English school.Giggs only became qualified to play for England in 2009,when he could also have qualified for Sierra Leone on his paternal grandfather's side...but it was too late by then.What a shame as he has lived in the north west of England since he was 6.The "golden generation" England team of his era had many fine players but just lacked that one player of true genius........
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Post by paul carney on Jun 26, 2016 12:02:06 GMT
Surely no team in the history of football managed to snatch improbable defeat from the jaws of victory as Revie's Leeds? One of the reasons was that the Leeds board constantly vetoed his transfer targets because they were too expensive.That was why he came so close to taking over Everton around 1970. Leeds had about 15 really good players but below that the others were very ordinary and when injuries & suspensions kicked in late in the season results suffered. Revie's other option was to keep playing his first choice players despite them being injured & exhausted. The classic example of this was the 1970 Cup Final where Leeds were the better side in both games against a resiliant Chelsea but the Leeds players just eventually ran out of steam.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 25, 2016 19:52:38 GMT
Hi Patrick Spot on observations re poor old Gary.In later years Don Revie admitted that he placed too much faith in him & that if he had replaced him earlier Leeds would probably have won more trophies.
Re 1970 FA Cup replay it is generally regarded as the most violent of all time.Many years later prominent ref David Elleray reviewed the game & concluded that by modern standards he would have issued 6 red cards with 2 of them going to Billy Bremner!!
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Post by paul carney on Jun 24, 2016 19:54:21 GMT
Hi William Gary Sprake was famous for his mistakes in high profile games for Leeds.In the mid 60s Des O'Connor had a big hit with a song called Careless Hands and Liverpool fans took great delight in serenading Sprake with it.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 24, 2016 15:28:00 GMT
Number 220
International Football
English Youth v The Rest Of GB Youth
Wednesday 6 November 1963 8.0 - 9.0 pm
English Youth versus The Rest Of GB Youth From Wembley Stadium
Earlier this year England beat the best of the European Youth teams to win the
International Youth Tournament. Tonight they face the combined force of Ireland,
finalists in the same tournament, Scotland and Wales.
Commentator Gerry Loftus Television Direction by Grahame Turner
Associated-Rediffusion Network Production
The Rest of GB Youth had Pat Jennings in goal and centre-forward was George
Graham then of Aston Villa, later of Arsenal.
England had Ron Harris of Chelsea and Tommy Smith of Liverpool as stout
defenders and firm tacklers, also John Sissons and Jon Sammels.
Does anyone know the outcome of this match and who the scorers were?
Would the English FA hold a copy of this televised match?
England won 5-2. Scorers were Tommy Smith with 2 pens,Jon Sammels , Johnny Sissons and the lesser known George Jones who went on to score over 100 goals for Bury. The UK scorers were George Graham and J. Mitchell.
As well as those already mentioned the England team contained many players who went on to have good professional careers. There was Len Badger and Bernard Shaw from Sheffield United,Lew Chatterley Aston Villa and Graham French Swindon Town. Among the reserves were David Sadler and David Pleat. The UK side had Dave Clements who went on to play many times for Northern Ireland and Denis Hollywood who made over 200 appearances for Southampton. Among the UK reserves were Gary "careless hands" Sprake and Peter Lorimer of Leeds United.
I have never seen footage of this match and as it was shown live my view is that it was probably never recorded.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 5, 2016 19:45:43 GMT
Re 216 RSG 4/10/63.Does this episode exist somewhere accessible or is it locked away in Dave Clark's bunker?
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Post by paul carney on Jun 5, 2016 17:50:17 GMT
Hi William ,good sleuthing again. The programme was called Here Come the Girls and of course the Springfields were a trio involving Dusty,her brother Tom and Mike Hurst ,and are the only group featured. I cannot recall exactly when I watched this programme in 1963 but I do believe that it was used as a vehicle to introduce the notion of Dusty launching a solo career.
My recollection is that Alan Freeman would introduce the programme doing a piece to camera outside of a recording studio. He would then go into the studio where a recording was taking place. When that finished he would talk with the featured artist and others regarding developments in their careers and the process of recording. All in all quite an entertaining half hour or so.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 4, 2016 20:01:22 GMT
Re 204 I have a memory of the edition that featured the Springfields because they announced that Dusty would be goig solo soon.Although an air date of March 1963 seems a little early as Dusty's solo career did not start until much later in the year.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 4, 2016 10:27:08 GMT
Watched the episode broadcast last night and was interested to see a very young Boy George dancing prominently to the first tune.I think by now the Beeb had started placing prominent "faces" on the New Romantic scene in the audience to make the programme trendy again.
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Post by paul carney on May 7, 2016 21:04:15 GMT
Re Kent Walton..born and raised in Surrey and attended Charterhouse public school.Not sure how he could have picked up a permanent Canadian accent by just hanging out with a few of their airman.However, as a way of getting himself noticed among his peers it certainly worked as he was one of the most notable voices on tv and radio for a long time....."Welcome grapple fans........"
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Post by paul carney on May 7, 2016 20:16:02 GMT
Yes the powers that be at the FA were of the view that their teams did not need to play games against "johnny foreigner" to prove their superiority! It took Matt Busby's blatant defiance of the FA to see Man. Utd. take part in the 1956-57 competition.
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