Showing posts with label English Leagues the 60s. Show all posts
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Monday, January 30, 2012

English Leagues in the 60s : Everton Sheffield Wednesday FA Cup 1965 1966

Final
7 May 1966
Wembley Stadium,
London
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Jack Taylor

  The other club in the 'sleeping giant' category were Sheffield Wednesday. The Owls, like Everton, had not visited Wembley since the war and had been sustained for three decades by their thrilling 1935 victory over West Brom. Wembley apart, Hillsborough is arguably the most famous FA Cup venue, but in 1966 it didn't stage a single tie. Wednesday's far-flung route saw them visit Reading, Newcastle, Huddersfield and Blackburn, emerging victorious each time. Johnny Faniham, David Ford and Jim McCalliog provided the goals, but they lined up at Villa Park as underdogs in their semi-final against Chelsea. Tommy Docherty's side were keen to avenge their defeat at the same stage a year earlier but failed to cope with a heavy pitch. Graham Pugh and Jim McCalliog saw Wednesday home and Chelsea left Villa Park with that sinking semi-final feeling again.

Wednesday fans still wake up sweating over this final, and it all started so promisingly for them. After only four minutes, David Ford's cross was met by Jim McCalliog, whose shot was deflected by Ray Wilson past Gordon West. It was the first FA Cup goal that Everton had conceded this season, and it appeared to upset their disciplined game plan. They laboured for the rest of the half, but could make little headway. Everton's game looked well and truly up after fifty-seven minutes. Although Gordon West parried John Fantham's shot, David Ford turned from provider to goalscorer as he tapped home the rebound. Many Everton fans were now looking accusingly at the bench. Manager Harry Catterick had sprung a major, and unpopular, surprise by dropping centre-forward Fred Pickering, a fan's favourite, and replacing him with the young and largely untried Mike Trebilcock. The young striker had been signed over the New Year from Plymouth but had made only seven league appearances. His status as a fringe player seemed unarguable when his details weren't even included in the match programme, but with Everton staring down both barrels, he responded in the best possible fashion. 

 If Wednesday had held Everton for another ten minutes, the Cup would surely have been theirs. Having gained a two-goal lead they just needed to keep their shape and discipline. Within two minutes, though, Everton had scored, and the tide of the match had turned. Wednesday's England international keeper Ron Springett looked Co have kept Everton at bay as he blocked Derek Temple's header. The ball fell to Trebilcock, who drove home. Suddenly, Wednesday were a bag of nerves. Everton poured forward and five minutes later they were level. Alex Scott's free-kick was met by a feeble defensive header from centre-half Sam Ellis. Trebilcock was on hand to lash in his second. Everything was now running Everton's way. With ten minutes left, they won the Cup with a goal out of nothing. A hopeful punt out of defence should have been meat and drink for Owls' centre-half Gerry Young, but he inexplicably took his eye off the ball at the crucial moment. It squirmed under his foot and Derek Temple hared after it from the centre circle. Springett's charge from his line was as panic-stricken as Temple's finish was unruffled. The ball nesded in the net and Wednesday's heartbreak was complete. The Cup stayed on Merseyside.
  


Everton: west, Wright, Wilson, Gabriel, Labone ©, Harris, Scott, Trebilcock (2), Young, Harvey. Temple (1)
Sheffield Wednesday: Springett, Smith, Megson ©, Eustace, Ellis, Young, Pugh, FantHam, Mccalliog (1), Ford (1), Quinn


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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

English Leagues in the 60s : Manchester United Leicester City FA Cup 1962 1963

Final
25 May 1963
Wembley Stadium,
London
Referee Ken Aston
Attendance 99,604

  Manchester United finally got to start their third round tie with Huddersfield on 4 March. They made up for lost time by reaching Wembley just fifty-four days later, the quickest-ever run on record. Huddersfield were swept aside 5-0 with Denis Law scoring a hat-trick. A week later, Albert Quixall's goal was enough to beat Aston Villa. Five days on and United were in the quarter-finals after Quixall and Law had ensured a 2-1 win over Chelsea. Before the month was out Coventry had been seen off 3-1 with a brace from Bobby Charlton. Having wiped off the backlog. United waited the regulation four weeks before meeting this season's surprise package at Villa Park in the semi-final. Southampton have often reserved their finest Cup moments when playing outside the top division. 

 This year was no exception, as they made the semifinals for the first time since 1927. Pick of their ties was a sixdi round clash with First Division Nottingham Forest. After Terry Paine had earned them a 1 -1 draw at the City Ground, the two teams batded out a 3-3 thriller at the Dell. The second replay at White Hart Lane was much anticipated, but even the most die-hard Saint could hardly have dared to predict the outcome.  Southampton romped home 5-0, with two each for Burnside and O'Brien. At Villa Park they stuck gamely to the task, but a single goal from Denis Law saw United to Wembley. In the final, United would meet Leicester, who were hoping for third time lucky after Wembley defeats in 1949 and 1961 .They had an easier route; their only top flight opposition in the earlier rounds were Leyton Orient and Ipswich, both struggling near the foot of the table. A semi-final against Liverpool was a tougher proposition, but Gordon Banks was a formidable barrier and another clean sheet saw Leicester go through with a goal from left-winger Mike Stringfellow.

 The Foxes finished fourth in the league, their highest position since 1929, and they started as favourites against a United side who finished only three points above relegated neighbours City. It was United who drew first blood. Just before the half-hour Crerand found Law, who swivelled and shot past Gordon Banks. United doubled their lead twelve minutes into the second-half, when David Herd fastened on to a rebound once Charlton's shot had been parried by Banks. Leicester were experiencing that sinking Wembley feeling once again, but gave themselves hope with ten minutes left after Ken Keyworth had flung himself at a McLintock cross. It was a flicker that was snuffed out five minutes later after a rare error from Gordon Banks. The Leicester keeper, who was to achieve immortality at the same ground three years later as part of England's World Cup-winning side, dropped a cross from Johnny Giles, and Herd grabbed his second. The team dubbed a 'ragged rabble' in the press had won United their first trophy since Munich. For Bill Foulkes and Bobby Charlton, who had played in the Busby Babes' last final in 1957 and the emotional post-Munich encounter with Bolton a year later, this was a poignant occasion. For Matt Busby, five years of patient rebuilding was bearing fruit. A second golden age at OldTrafford was about to unfold.




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Monday, January 23, 2012

English Leagues in the 60s : Preston North End West Ham United FA Cup 1963 1964

Final
2 May 1964
Wembley Stadium,
London
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Arthur Holland

 The semi-final draw guaranteed that a Second Division club would again reach Wembley and it was Preston who edged home. Although McLaughlin scored for Swansea, goals from Alex Dawson and centre-half Tony Singleton saw North End through. Joining them in the final were West Ham, whose wait had been even longer. Forty-one years had passed since they went down to Bolton, but Ron Greenwood was fashioning a side that would open a new chapter at Upton Park. Marshalled by Bobby Moore and spearheaded by Geoff Hurst,  the Hammers began their journey by settling local difficulties against Charlton and Leyton Orient. Hurst scored twice against the Os, and then hit two more as Swindon were beaten at the County Ground. The quarter-finals pitted West Ham against top division opponents for the first time. Burnley's star was waning from their tide-winning season four years earlier but they remained a top-half side. Two goals from Johnny Byrne helped the Hammers home 3-2. 

 In the semi-final at Hillsborough, West Ham took on favourites and holders Manchester United. United had scored twenty-one goals in their six matches, nine of them from Denis Law. The Lawman had finished off Sunderland with a top class hat-trick in the second replay of a classic tie. The Hammers were granted a much-needed leveller when torrential rain fell in the hours before the match, reducing the pitch to an ankle-deep mud pudding. United dominated possession and pressed consistently, but the game was scoreless until the fifty-sixth minute. Ronnie Boyce conjured a goal out of nothing against the run of play, crashing a shot into the top corner from twenty-five yards. Seven minutes later. the Hammers' fans' thoughts turned to Wembley when Boyce headed home Jackie Burkett's cross. But back came United, who finally broke through after seventy-eight minutes when Denis Law converted a pass from George Best. As West Ham braced themselves for a nerve-wracking onslaught, Bobby Moore demonstrated his calmness under fire by bringing the ball coolly out of defence. Geoff Hurst completed the move, firing home past Dave Gaskell. West Ham had appeared in Wembley's first final, and they were finally back.

The Hammers may have started as favourites, but their Second Division opponents started more purposefully. West Ham's nerves were confirmed in the ninth minute when goalkeeper Jim Standen fumbled a shot from Alex Dawson. Doug Holden was on hand to poke in the rebound. The goal stirred West Ham into action and they levelled four minutes later when John Sissons carried the ball deep into the Preston half. The eighteen-year-old winger cut inside before hitting a low shot across Alan Kelly into the far corner. West Ham, as the First Division side, may have expected to take charge from them on, but Preston were having none of it. They controlled possession for the rest of the half and deservedly regained the lead five minutes before the break through Alex Dawson. The Hammers started the second half on the front foot, and their greater fluency paid dividends after fifty-two minutes. Kelly kept out Brown's header but Geoff Hurst headed the rebound towards goal. Again Kelly parried but could only divert the ball on to the bar. It bounced down on to the prostrate keeper before trickling agonisingly over the line. It may have been scrappy, but it threw West Ham the lifeline they needed. With nothing to choose between the sides, the game looked destined for extra-time. In the ninetieth minute, however, Peter Brabrook received the ball near the touchline. With his socks around his ankles, the West Ham winger looked barely able to put one font in front of the other, but he summoned enough energy to clip over one final cross. Arriving to meet it was Ronnie Royce whose ticless running earned him the nickname 'Ticker'. He picked the perfect moment to demonstrate his fitness, heading across Alan Kelly into the far corner. Preston were left cursing their luck having been the better side for long periods. West Ham, after sixty-six years of trying, had won the Cup.



West Ham: Jim Standen, John Bond, Jack Burkett, Eddie Bovington, Ken Brown, Bobby Moore (capt), Peter Brabrook, Ronnie Boyce, Johnny Byrne, Geoff Hurst, John Sissons.
Preston: Alan Kelly, George Ross, Jim Smith, Nobby Lawton (capt), Tony Singleton, Howard Kendall, Dave Wilson, Alec Ashworth, Alex Dawson, Alan Spavin, Doug Holden.
Scorers: Holden (10min, 0-1), Sissons (12min, 1-1), Dawson (43min, 1-2), Hurst (69min, 2-2), Boyce (90min, 3-2). 




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