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82/83 Red GK Shirt
- Thread starter The Blue Goon
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Gary James
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Oldf**t said:On Christmas day 1946 City beat Plymouth Argyle (wearing green) 4-3 at Maine Road.
Frank Swift wore a red Jersey.
How do I know?
I was there.
And the following day the 2 teams met again and it was a record crowd for Plymouth (there were actually more at Plymouth than at the Maine Road game). I have a photo of Swift in the second game (black & white of course!) but he does appear to be wearing a darker shirt than normal, so maybe he wore red for both games.
The reason for the comparatively low crowd at Maine Road was because of a pre-lunchtime kick-off so the two teams could catch the only train to Plymouth on Xmas day.
Only the Football League could balls -up fixtures so that teams nearly 300 miles apart played each other on successive days in mid winter.
The season before we played Newcastle home and away on those dates.
Only the Football League could balls -up fixtures so that teams nearly 300 miles apart played each other on successive days in mid winter.
The season before we played Newcastle home and away on those dates.