Memories of Newcastle May 1968, title decider.

[dark 'n stormy]

I had recently passed my driving test, I was 17 years old. Took my dad and 2 mates in an Austin mini 850. We go a bit lost as we were driving through the outskirts of Newcastle so I stopped and asked a local how to get to St James’s Park. Got back in the motor and my dad asked how close we were, I said I haven’t got a clue, I couldn’t understand a word he’d said!

 

[dobingsdobber]

Finglands coach from the newsagents on Kingsway with a load of school mates,(Burnage Grammar),all of us around 14/15 years old.Got chucked out of the ground for summert or other,went to a different turnstyle and paid again.
On the pitch at the end,dug up a bit of turf,put it in a platic bag and kept it until it crawled away on it's own!
Had my first ever pint in Leeds,and as we walked into the boozer,it was full of Leeds fans who all applauded us and told us how happy they were that we'd pipped the rags!!
Decent day out all in all.