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 blind eagle  Covington.Tennessee 08 May 15 9.47pm |
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Thinking about tomorrow's game I wonder how many old codgers like me remember when Man Utd came to Selhurst and we walloped them 5 - 0 and Charlie Cook got two I think. Come on lads speak up !.
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teejay61  The Cup of Sid 08 May 15 10.11pm |
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Quote blind eagle at 08 May 2015 9.47pm
Thinking about tomorrow's game I wonder how many old codgers like me remember when Man Utd came to Selhurst and we walloped them 5 - 0 and Charlie Cook got two I think. Come on lads speak up !.
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JRW2  Dulwich 10 May 15 3.49pm |
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Quote blind eagle at 08 May 2015 9.47pm
Thinking about tomorrow's game I wonder how many old codgers like me remember when Man Utd came to Selhurst and we walloped them 5 - 0 and Charlie Cook got two I think. Come on lads speak up !.
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| Lakeview Lincoln 10 May 15 4.20pm |
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I was there too! Alan Whittle had "inspired" our defender, Mel Blyth to hit him & get sent off only shortly before Whittle came to us I think I recall.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 10 May 15 4.24pm |
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Quote JRW2 at 10 May 2015 3.49pm
I'm certainly an old codger, and I remember that game. But am I correct in thinking that John McCormick once scored against Manchester United in another match? Memory fading, but I seem to recall a long-range effort at the Holmesdale end, on a muddy pitch, with the lights on. Can anyone corroborate? Well I am 63 this year so perhaps I am nearing "Old codger" status ! I recall a game where John McCormick came forward with the ball further than he had ever been, approached the Holmesdale goal took a gigantic swing at the ball from outside the box and it flew into the net much to his and the crowds surprise ! Think it was a toe punt and it arrowed into the goal ! Can't remember the opponents !
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 10 May 15 5.43pm |
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Quote blind eagle at 08 May 2015 9.47pm
Thinking about tomorrow's game I wonder how many old codgers like me remember when Man Utd came to Selhurst and we walloped them 5 - 0 and Charlie Cook got two I think. Come on lads speak up !. A Stanna ride in to the bedroom, move the tumbler with my false teeth in, under the bed, move the potty, there's mi programmes - ooh me back's gone. Where is it? December 16 1972 Palace: Jackson; P Mulligan; T Taylor; I Phillip; B Bell; M Blyth; J Hughes; D Payne; A Whittle; C Cooke; D Rogers sub J Craven (not B Kellard as the program states). Bobby Charlton was off with flu, but D Law, A Stepney, T Dunne, D Saddler and Willie Morgan and co were just some of the victims. United manager Frank O'Farrell was sacked as a result - it was my first game at Palace - I was a seven year old Man U fan, two weeks later just b4 my eighth birthday I woke up one morning as a Palace fan - a little claret and blue glazier. Roger's third goal was an improvement on Pele's famous dummy on the keeper, Whittle's fourth was simply beautiful, and the denouement fifth with Brian Moore's "this will be the biggest thing this club's ever done" as a backdrop to the ball being contemptuously stroked into the goal by Rogers with the United defence in remote tatters is pure folklore. Watch it here ... [Link]
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| lankygit Lincoln 11 May 15 12.36pm |
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Quote Willo at 10 May 2015 4.24pm
Quote JRW2 at 10 May 2015 3.49pm
I'm certainly an old codger, and I remember that game. But am I correct in thinking that John McCormick once scored against Manchester United in another match? Memory fading, but I seem to recall a long-range effort at the Holmesdale end, on a muddy pitch, with the lights on. Can anyone corroborate? Well I am 63 this year so perhaps I am nearing "Old codger" status ! I recall a game where John McCormick came forward with the ball further than he had ever been, approached the Holmesdale goal took a gigantic swing at the ball from outside the box and it flew into the net much to his and the crowds surprise ! Think it was a toe punt and it arrowed into the goal ! Can't remember the opponents !
I`m 65 in 20 days, and am definitely an old codger! Edited by lankygit (11 May 2015 12.39pm)
Is this a five minute argument, or the full half hour? [Link] |
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| JRW2 Dulwich 11 May 15 9.36pm |
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Quote lankygit at 11 May 2015 12.36pm
Quote Willo at 10 May 2015 4.24pm
Quote JRW2 at 10 May 2015 3.49pm
I'm certainly an old codger, and I remember that game. But am I correct in thinking that John McCormick once scored against Manchester United in another match? Memory fading, but I seem to recall a long-range effort at the Holmesdale end, on a muddy pitch, with the lights on. Can anyone corroborate? Well I am 63 this year so perhaps I am nearing "Old codger" status ! I recall a game where John McCormick came forward with the ball further than he had ever been, approached the Holmesdale goal took a gigantic swing at the ball from outside the box and it flew into the net much to his and the crowds surprise ! Think it was a toe punt and it arrowed into the goal ! Can't remember the opponents !
I`m 65 in 20 days, and am definitely an old codger! Edited by lankygit (11 May 2015 12.39pm)
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| JRW2 Dulwich 11 May 15 9.39pm |
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Quote JRW2 at 11 May 2015 9.36pm
Quote lankygit at 11 May 2015 12.36pm
Quote Willo at 10 May 2015 4.24pm
Quote JRW2 at 10 May 2015 3.49pm
I'm certainly an old codger, and I remember that game. But am I correct in thinking that John McCormick once scored against Manchester United in another match? Memory fading, but I seem to recall a long-range effort at the Holmesdale end, on a muddy pitch, with the lights on. Can anyone corroborate? Well I am 63 this year so perhaps I am nearing "Old codger" status ! I recall a game where John McCormick came forward with the ball further than he had ever been, approached the Holmesdale goal took a gigantic swing at the ball from outside the box and it flew into the net much to his and the crowds surprise ! Think it was a toe punt and it arrowed into the goal ! Can't remember the opponents !
I`m 65 in 20 days, and am definitely an old codger! Edited by lankygit (11 May 2015 12.39pm) Yes, I think you're right. It was the 5 goal scoreline that led me to get mixed up with the Man. Utd. game. Happy 65th on 31st May!
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 12 May 15 4.30pm |
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I think that Sheff Utd side were top of the table, or thereabouts, Tony Currie and co, and John Hughes hit one from 25 yards that is one of the hardest shots I've ever seen - but that's not to be confused with the McCormick punt. It was on MOTD so it can be youtubed.
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| Peter Taylor 24 May 15 2.22pm |
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Palace 5 United 0 Palace could have scored 10 that day. it was a superb performance.
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