Name the players in this 1964/5 squad

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

He was famed for his sliding tackles. I suspect that the ground staff breathed a sigh of relief when he departed.

Depended on the time of the year - by Jan there wouldn't be much grass left other than covering the corner quadrants.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Two notable games I went to from that era:-

Bert Trautmann's testimonial match.

Also January 1965 stood on a virtually deserted freezing scoreboard end, when we lost 2-1 to Swindon Town and Mike Summerbee scored for Swindon. We had our lowest ever attendance 8015.

I bumped into Stan Horne about five years ago, he was looking well and says he still goes to City.

I was at that game and on the scoreboard end. We've had plenty of previous when it comes to reverses. The CL final was a bloody cake walk compared to some of the results in the first half of the 60s.

 

[BillCarlisle]

Correct, mustn't have been taken on 1st March 1958 then as medadata implied. Possibly 5th v Brum at Maine Road?

Nope - Just checked & Barlow scored in that game. Not sure if the photo was taken at Maine Road. With the black arm bands I would have thought it likely to be immediately following Munich. Thus either Spuds away on the 8th Feb (lost 1-5, Hayes scored) or Leicester away on 22 Feb (lost 4-8 - yes 8 ! - Johnstone 2, Barnes, McAdams).

Reckon it must have been Spuds away on the 8th Feb. We wouldn't have been playing in sky blue at Leicester.

Bit of a brain teaser this ! Where's Gary James when we need him ? Lol.

 

[lancs blue]

Back row extreme right is Bill Leivers. In any case Cliff Sear was blonde iirc.

Tbf I was only 10 at the time, I never saw Bill Leivers play.

 

[BillCarlisle]

Tbf I was only 10 at the time, I never saw Bill Leivers play.

Neither did I - only 8 then ! First game was Leicester (H) in 1959. Having a Dad & elder brother who were City fans meant I was drip-fed from an early age !

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

My first City game was v Blackpool in 1961, but my dad (aged 10) went to the sixth round 84,569 match, sixth round of the FA cup v Stoke. Eric Brook scored from near the corner flag in a 1-0 win. City went on to the final to beat Portsmouth 2-1. Frank Swift played a blinder.

City were in the final the year before, but were beaten by Everton 3-0. This was the first final numbers were worn on the back of players shirts.

 

[Gray]

My first City game was v Blackpool in 1961, but my dad (aged 10) went to the sixth round 84,569 match, sixth round of the FA cup v Stoke. Eric Brook scored from near the corner flag in a 1-0 win. City went on to the final to beat Portsmouth 2-1. Frank Swift played a blinder.

City were in the final the year before, but were beaten by Everton 3-0. This was the first final numbers were worn on the back of players shirts.

Your last sentence can not possibly be correct - we have no history.

 

[blue 1959]

I (think I)remember both the above scoring in the same match, but I cba looking through the History section to find out. I also think the score was 4-1, but I'm not sure.


EDIT: 16th April 1966, City v Notlob, won 4-1.
Scorers:
Dave Connor
Johnny Crossan
Bobby Kennedy
Cliff Sear
Attendance: 29459

Two and a half weeks later, we clinched promotion at Rotherham, We won 1-0 and we were back into Division 1.
Since then, ........

I'm sure we could make up a song about that!!

Was at rotherham and can prove it, a pic of Neil young on the pitch at full time and I was next to him, the pic was in the daily Express paper . I still have a copy

 

[crazyg]

Was at rotherham and can prove it, a pic of Neil young on the pitch at full time and I was next to him, the pic was in the daily Express paper . I still have a copy

So was I. Maynes coach from Ashton, supposedly swotting for my "O" levels. Strangely, the only ones I swotted for, I failed!

 

[JGL07]

I was at that game and on the scoreboard end. We've had plenty of previous when it comes to reverses. The CL final was a bloody cake walk compared to some of the results in the first half of the 60s.

Strangely loads of people mention the 8,015 attending the Swindon match but there are few references to the match the previous season against Middlesbrough in March 1964 where the attendance was 8,053.

The Middlesbrough match was on a cold, dark Tuesday evening and that may help to explain. It wasn’t that the season was a write off. City were left behind by Leeds and Sunderland but were certainly in the hunt for third place and came close to a League Cup final appearance.