Wrexham 1974
 

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BBC report on the towns 1974 FA Cup clash with Burnley.

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[QUOTE=Paskin Supersub;2238174][url]https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1104035604843638784?s=19[/url]

BBC report on the towns 1974 FA Cup clash with Burnley.[/QUOTE]

Travelled all the way to Burnley. It was pay on the gate. Lots of fans were refused entry on the day. When the gates opened 20mins before KO there was plenty of room on the terraces. Bob Lord was cursed from that day on.

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Fkin hell colin rastal and his brother had the bookmaker by the greyhound for years

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'A pwescwiption for tempowawy welief'

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[QUOTE=Inside Left;2238211]Travelled all the way to Burnley. It was pay on the gate. Lots of fans were refused entry on the day. When the gates opened 20mins before KO there was plenty of room on the terraces. Bob Lord was cursed from that day on.[/QUOTE]

And That B***** Bob (the Butcher) Lord was invited to present the players with the Third Div Championship in later years ! What fool invited him of all people.

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On one of the first double decker buses to leave King Street.

Broke down in Acton and was one of the last to arrive in Burnley.

What a day though. If memory serves me right didn't we take in the region of 12-15,000 to that match?

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Just a distant memory now. 12 year old and a huge away game and it was overawing.
Pity we lost with all the 1,000s that travelled.

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[QUOTE=techender;2238221]On one of the first double decker buses to leave King Street.

Broke down in Acton and was one of the last to arrive in Burnley.

What a day though. If memory serves me right didn't we take in the region of 12-15,000 to that match?[/QUOTE]

That's hilarious!!!

I was on one of those buses. It was slower than trekking across the Sahara on horseback.

It was about 15k as far as I remember. An armada of Crosville double deckers up the M62

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TV cameras were banned by Bob Lord so no record that I know of. What a horrible man he was.

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[url]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cudf04Gmt-M[/url]

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[QUOTE=Sir Crispin Lane;2238486][url]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cudf04Gmt-M[/url][/QUOTE]

Thanks for that the first I have seen since the match. Noticed Eric Mc Mahon and Hughie Philips walking in to the ground. Take its Gwyllym from the solicitors?

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Touched on this story before, but any way.. Was on one of the trains (There were two ), leaving Burnley after the match..Me and my mate were one of the last one's on and were looking for a seat...Walked right down the train to the last carriage, which strangely, was empty..We quickly realised why..There was no heating on, and it was freezing.....
Anyway, we sat down, and watched the suburbs of Burnley slip by..Suddenly, I saw a lad appear from behind a bridge, and launch a ,what turned out to be, half brick through the window just in front of us..
With that commotion, two British Transport Police, with barking dogs appeared from somewhere, wondering what was going on....
The gaping window and half brick on the ,fortunately empty seat, was pretty easy to explain... But we had to move to another carriage, where we had to stand up all the way back to Wrexham... But at least it was warmer'

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I got a hit by a brick on the head......spent second half in Burnley hospital.

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went with my dad and grandad on a coach from Deeside , it broke down on the motorway fair dos they sent a replacement and we got to the ground in time, just , loads of reds locked outside we stood on the big open end which was packed with Wrexham fans

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I was there, and the buses where parked up in the hills. We only just got into the ground.

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[QUOTE=Zipper;2238213]Fkin hell colin rastal and his brother had the bookmaker by the greyhound for years[/QUOTE]

temple row racing,they had one back of travellers johnstown

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[QUOTE=redone;2238887]temple row racing,they had one back of travellers johnstown[/QUOTE]

Yes they did

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And Arfon missed a penalty 😪

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? Not in this game he didn't.
Arfon had a decent one on one chance, but there was no penalty.

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[QUOTE=techender;2238935]? Not in this game he didn't.
Arfon had a decent one on one chance, but there was no penalty.[/QUOTE]

It was quite a miss that must have cost us a bomb.
My memory was of a freezing cold day with a huge fleet of Crosville double deckers rolling into Burnley, and a semi naked Fred Tunnicliffe crowdsurfing their kop before the game.
Raced home afterwards to see it on match of the day to find Bob Lord had banned the cameras and there were no highlights.

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[QUOTE=Kiddy Dragon;2238937]It was quite a miss that must have cost us a bomb.
My memory was of a freezing cold day with a huge fleet of Crosville double deckers rolling into Burnley, and a semi naked Fred Tunnicliffe crowdsurfing their kop before the game.
Raced home afterwards to see it on match of the day to find Bob Lord had banned the cameras and there were no highlights.[/QUOTE]

It wasn't a miss. The keeper anticipated the strike and dived the wrong way, unfortunately the ball hit his trailing foot and was cleared.

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About 30 of us from Rhosddu all aged between 16 and 18 went on the first train, we arrived in Burnley about 2pm and it was a mad dash to the ground, getting in was chaos with hundreds of Wrexham fans attempting to get in the Burnley ' Longside ' I think we were one of the last to get in before the turnstiles shut and remember us all walking through the Burnley fans with our wrexham scarves on and into the awaiting huge open end which was already rammed with Wrexham fans.

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[QUOTE=Inside Left;2238731]Thanks for that the first I have seen since the match. Noticed Eric Mc Mahon and Hughie Philips walking in to the ground. Take its Gwyllym from the solicitors?[/QUOTE]

Spot on in all respects, InsideLeft. Was at the match with my father (Gwilym Hughes) who was seldom without his Super8 camera. I knew he had recorded bits of the game; I also remember seeing it back after on the reel to reel. My father has a treasure trove of footage, much of which is now at Aberystwyth in the National Archives, & most has now been transferred to digital. About 3 years back, I asked him about the Burnley footage. Boy... was it hard to trace. He had inadvertently mis-labelled the match. Phew !!! Now it is available for all & is surely unique. Just after putting it on YouTube, I bumped into Arfon Griffiths & Brian Lloyd in town.... both were fascinated by the footage being available.

Enjoy all ! COYR

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[QUOTE=techender;2238935]? Not in this game he didn't.
Arfon had a decent one on one chance, but there was no penalty.[/QUOTE]

Part of Arfon's sitter (1m35s) and the deflected goal (1m41s) are on the footage.... trust me. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cudf04Gmt-M&t=2s[/url]

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[QUOTE=Kiddy Dragon;2238937]It was quite a miss that must have cost us a bomb.
My memory was of a freezing cold day with a huge fleet of Crosville double deckers rolling into Burnley, and a semi naked Fred Tunnicliffe crowdsurfing their kop before the game.
Raced home afterwards to see it on match of the day to find Bob Lord had banned the cameras and there were no highlights.[/QUOTE]

Oh yes there are, Kiddy Dragon :) [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cudf04Gmt-M&t=2s[/url] Thank goodness my father had his Super8 camera with him. (Arfon miss 1m35s & deflected goal 1m41s)

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[QUOTE=Quay Red;2239007]It wasn't a miss. The keeper anticipated the strike and dived the wrong way, unfortunately the ball hit his trailing foot and was cleared.[/QUOTE]

Hopefully, my dad's footage (1m35s) can verify your memory of the moment, Quay Red. :) [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cudf04Gmt-M&t=2s[/url]

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Aahh, happy days, I remember it well, a bunch of us went onto Manchester after the game to stay with mates from Wrexham there. Great weekend, non stop singing and drinking, happy as Larry even though we lost!

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[QUOTE=welshgrunt;2239017]Oh yes there are, Kiddy Dragon :) [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cudf04Gmt-M&t=2s[/url] Thank goodness my father had his Super8 camera with him. (Arfon miss 1m35s & deflected goal 1m41s)[/QUOTE]

Was half expecting Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin to run on to the pitch.

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[QUOTE=welshgrunt;2239017]Oh yes there are, Kiddy Dragon :) [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cudf04Gmt-M&t=2s[/url] Thank goodness my father had his Super8 camera with him. (Arfon miss 1m35s & deflected goal 1m41s)[/QUOTE]

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Am I not explaining my father's historical footage clearly enough ? In 1974, having a videoing apparatus was unusual..... not like today. Key moments in the 2 minutes or so of footage have been given. This is the first time our beloved club reached a major cup quarter final.... be grateful that there is now some footage. Thank you.

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Fantastic footage and the only footage that exists thanks to that arrogant idiot Bob Lord

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[QUOTE=Lesjonno;2239032]Aahh, happy days, I remember it well, a bunch of us went onto Manchester after the game to stay with mates from Wrexham there. Great weekend, non stop singing and drinking, happy as Larry even though we lost![/QUOTE]

There must have been a few Jocks around then as Glasgow Rangers had thousands at Man Utd that day for a friendly

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[QUOTE=dalekshire;2239056]Fantastic footage and the only footage that exists thanks to that arrogant idiot Bob Lord[/QUOTE]

Thank you, Dalekshire. :)

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[QUOTE=welshgrunt;2239017]Oh yes there are, Kiddy Dragon :) [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cudf04Gmt-M&t=2s[/url] Thank goodness my father had his Super8 camera with him. (Arfon miss 1m35s & deflected goal 1m41s)[/QUOTE]

Think you're losing the plot welshgrunt I stated that there were no highlights on Match of the Day that night.

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[QUOTE=Kiddy Dragon;2239066]Think you're losing the plot welshgrunt I stated that there were no highlights on Match of the Day that night.[/QUOTE]

And I was trying to joke stating that there actually were highlights.... but not on Match of the Day... hence the emoji. Wires crossed.... me thinks. :)

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[QUOTE=welshgrunt;2239069]And I was trying to joke stating that there actually were highlights.... but not on Match of the Day... hence the emoji. Wires crossed.... me thinks. :)[/QUOTE]

:)

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Great day out from what I can remember being a mere youngster at the time :)

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We were very unlucky to lose this game as we matched Burnley in every area of the field.
As always tremendous support - we blew their supporters away.
Seems along time ago now - we had some really good players in those days.