FA Cup Games 7/8/9/10 January

champo said:
I didn’t live too far from Holker Street and visited the City games in the 80s. Haven’t lived there since the mid 90s but still look out for their results. First post btw having lurked for a very long time.
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I lived just off Abbey Road and went to South Newbarns primary and Barrow Grammar School (now demolished I think). Vickers were still making Polaris Subs when I was there and one famously grounded in Walney Channel. People talk about Barrow being a bit of a pit but I have fond memories of it.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I lived just off Abbey Road and went to South Newbarns primary and Barrow Grammar School (now demolished I think). Vickers were still making Polaris Subs when I was there and one famously grounded in Walney Channel. People talk about Barrow being a bit of a pit but I have fond memories of it.
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I grew up on a street just off Abbey Rd too but went to Victoria infants and juniors followed by Thorncliffe. I have fond memories of Barrow also but it’s been sad to see the town’s decline over the last few decades. Glad to see the football team back in league football and doing well.

I played at Holker Street quite a few times as a junior and it felt like a massive pitch. Have faint memories of meeting Tony Book in the changing rooms who had taken over a youth team for a fixture against Barrow.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I lived just off Abbey Road and went to South Newbarns primary and Barrow Grammar School (now demolished I think). Vickers were still making Polaris Subs when I was there and one famously grounded in Walney Channel. People talk about Barrow being a bit of a pit but I have fond memories of it.
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My dad is from Barrow, and my grandparents lived there all their lives, my grandad working at Vickers. I remember seeing a few of the subs, including the new Astute class, and one making its way through Walney channel.

The southern end of Walney in particular is beautiful (once you get past the caravans!), there’s an excellent nature reserve there. Piel Island is worth a trip too, on the little boat to the pub and ruined castle.
 
Semper aggressus said:
My dad is from Barrow, and my grandparents lived there all their lives, my grandad working at Vickers. I remember seeing a few of the subs, including the new Astute class, and one making its way through Walney channel.

The southern end of Walney in particular is beautiful (once you get past the caravans!), there’s an excellent nature reserve there. Piel Island is worth a trip too, on the little boat to the pub and ruined castle.
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I have very fond memories of Walney and a place called Roanhead? (I might have misremembered that). Furness Abbey was nice too. In my last year in Primary we had a brilliant teacher who used to organise youth hosteling in the Lakes and the Pennine Way. I can vividly remember seeing coverage of the moonlanding in 1969 from one of the YH. It might have been Kettlewell.
I think the Submarine was the Repulse, maybe 1967. It was big news at the time.
 
champo said:
I grew up on a street just off Abbey Rd too but went to Victoria infants and juniors followed by Thorncliffe. I have fond memories of Barrow also but it’s been sad to see the town’s decline over the last few decades. Glad to see the football team back in league football and doing well.

I played at Holker Street quite a few times as a junior and it felt like a massive pitch. Have faint memories of meeting Tony Book in the changing rooms who had taken over a youth team for a fixture against Barrow.
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I too played at Holker Street - think they had the final of a Primary School cup there. Pretty special meeting Tony Book mate. I got Fred Else's autograph - not quite as special! Fred was Barrow's goalie at the time. His two sons used to go to the same school as I did. I think at the time Barrow were doing relatively well in the top half of old division 3 and I got to see some cracking games including Nottingham Forrest in the League Cup in 1969.
I also remember we used to park opposite a really big cemetery when we went to games and my old man would claim it was the dead centre of Barrow - every bloody game, the same joke.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I too played at Holker Street - think they had the final of a Primary School cup there. Pretty special meeting Tony Book mate. I got Fred Else's autograph - not quite as special! Fred was Barrow's goalie at the time. His two sons used to go to the same school as I did. I think at the time Barrow were doing relatively well in the top half of old division 3 and I got to see some cracking games including Nottingham Forrest in the League Cup in 1969.
I also remember we used to park opposite a really big cemetery when we went to games and my old man would claim it was the dead centre of Barrow - every bloody game, the same joke.
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Fred was my maths teacher for a while at secondary school. We knew about his footballing history so I used to often ask him about it during maths and he loved to talk about it. Before we knew it the maths lesson was over and we had listened to Fred’s football exploits without having done much maths. A win win.

Know the cemetery well, located on a long, steep hill that leads up to my old junior and secondary schools. Great joke, a proper Dad joke.
 
champo said:
Fred was my maths teacher for a while at secondary school. We knew about his footballing history so I used to often ask him about it during maths and he loved to talk about it. Before we knew it the maths lesson was over and we had listened to Fred’s football exploits without having done much maths. A win win.

Know the cemetery well, located on a long, steep hill that leads up to my old junior and secondary schools. Great joke, a proper Dad joke.
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Small world mate. Was he a good teacher?
 
"There will be emotional scenes at Kenilworth Road as assistant manager and Hatters legend Mick Harford returns to the dugout return following prostate cancer treatment.

Staff at Luton raised more than £27,000 to help towards the cost of his cancer treatment and he has now been given the all-clear to resume his day-to-day role"

Just read the above on BBC website.
Just shows the disparity across football in funding and wages.
 
Tv games

Sunday 9th January
14:00 - Liverpool v Shrewsbury - Premier Sports 1
14:00 - Tottenham Hotspur v Morecambe - Premier Sports 2
14:00 - West Ham United v Leeds United - ITV 1
14:00 - Cardiff City v Preston North End - S4C
17:45 - Arsenal v Nottingham Forest - ITV 1
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I too played at Holker Street - think they had the final of a Primary School cup there. Pretty special meeting Tony Book mate. I got Fred Else's autograph - not quite as special! Fred was Barrow's goalie at the time. His two sons used to go to the same school as I did. I think at the time Barrow were doing relatively well in the top half of old division 3 and I got to see some cracking games including Nottingham Forrest in the League Cup in 1969.
I also remember we used to park opposite a really big cemetery when we went to games and my old man would claim it was the dead centre of Barrow - every bloody game, the same joke.
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Going back even further, my dad played in the same Barrow school team as Keith Eddy who after playing for Barrow went on to become a pro with Sheffield Utd, Watford and Toronto.
 
kaz7 said:
Tv games

Sunday 9th January
14:00 - Liverpool v Shrewsbury - Premier Sports 1
14:00 - Tottenham Hotspur v Morecambe - Premier Sports 2
14:00 - West Ham United v Leeds United - ITV 1
14:00 - Cardiff City v Preston North End - S4C
17:45 - Arsenal v Nottingham Forest - ITV 1
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Thanks Kaz, I was wondering which games were on council telly.
 
Bielsa is a very weird chap. His interpreter must be on overtime
 
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