LongsightM13
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Cheers, knew I had read that somewhere
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Lesser known / Quirky records City hold
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LongsightM13
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Are we also the first team to bring on a goalkeeper as an outfield substitute?
JGL07
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Aye and Colin Bell scored the first goal for Bury on his league debut.Harry Dowd v Bury
JGL07
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Try the 1967-68 season.4 losses prior to the end of November but went on to win the League.
Twice! '36-7 (5 losses) and '13-14.
Not 100% certain on this one but appears to be true.
City lost to Southampton and Stoke in the first three matches. They then lost at Arsenal, at home to United and away at Sunderland. That was all by 07 October. They still went on to win the League.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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We have done it 2 times!Are we also the first team to bring on a goalkeeper as an outfield substitute?
Martin Margetson v Wycombe League Cup
David James v Boro
Has any other team had 2 goalkeepers on the pitch at the same time as we have with Immel / Margetson and James / Weaver
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Games kicked off earlier in the Winter before floodlights.I am amazed that they were able to pack in a 42-match season (46 in D3 and D4) before the days of floodlighting.
It’s no wonder that they played so many matches during the Christmas and Easter breaks.
They must have had kick-offs much earlier than 15:00 on Saturdays. When were mid-week matches played?
Everyone thinks Saturday at 3pm is the traditional time for football, but I think most of the season games used to kick off at dinnertime.
JGL07
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I do recall watching mid-week afternoon matches at Maine Road during the miners’ strike in 1974 when floodlights could not be used. I can’t remember the kick off times. It was a very strange atmosphere.Games kicked off earlier in the Winter before floodlights.
Everyone thinks Saturday at 3pm is the traditional time for football, but I think most of the season games used to kick off at dinnertime.
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On the day a certain Colin Bell made his debut for Bury.Harry Dowd v Bury
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Also the other way around, didn’t one of our keepers back in the mists if time score a goal after getting injured and they stuck him out in the wing in the pre-substitute days?
In a similar vein, the first ever goalkeeper to score from open play was playing for City at the time: At Roker Park, a 3-1 loss to Sunderland in April 1900 - Charlie Williams's long kick downfield was City's only goal of the game.
LongsightM13
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The Margetson one completely passed me by. What was the back story? Did we just want to keep him out of harm’s way or something?We have done it 2 times!
Martin Margetson v Wycombe League Cup
David James v Boro
Has any other team had 2 goalkeepers on the pitch at the same time as we have with Immel / Margetson and James / Weaver