Ray Sambrook..anyone remember him?

laserblue said:
I remember both Sambrook and Colbridge. Neither was much cop in a poor City side. The emergence of first David Wagstaffe and then Neil Young as wingers meant their days were numbered. Interestingly Waggy established himself before Nelly, being a year or two older, and as both were left footed (Nelly hopelessly so) Nelly was put on the right wing.

"Sammy" Sambrook and Clive Colbridge played when I started watching. Both were journeyman triers who huffed and puffed at the top level with little effect. The positive effect they had was to leave the door open for Waggy and Nelly to break through as teenagers.
 
Clive Colbridge had one claim to fame - in 1960-61 season, Spurs won their first ten (I think) Div One games (it was the season they won the double). Then City went to White Hart Lane and drew 1-1, Colbridge getting our goal, and City thus being the first club to take a point off Spurs that season. Bert played a blinder in goal, as I recall.
 
Big Swifty said:
Clive Colbridge had one claim to fame - in 1960-61 season, Spurs won their first ten (I think) Div One games (it was the season they won the double). Then City went to White Hart Lane and drew 1-1, Colbridge getting our goal, and City thus being the first club to take a point off Spurs that season. Bert played a blinder in goal, as I recall.
That was the match that the Spuds were given a penalty just on half time, Bert saved the spot kick but the ball bounced back to the forward ( can't remember who it was) who slammed it in. The ref then said that the half was over as soon as Bert had saved it. From memory the argument that followed was that the ref had not blown to signal half time but it was alleged that he told the Spuds lad that the penalty was to be the last kick of the half. It has to be remembered that added time in those days was a closely guarded secret that the ref decided how long it was to be. Time added on was completely discretionary, substitutes had not yet been introduced so the crowd had to play a guessing game.
 
silverback said:
Big Swifty said:
Clive Colbridge had one claim to fame - in 1960-61 season, Spurs won their first ten (I think) Div One games (it was the season they won the double). Then City went to White Hart Lane and drew 1-1, Colbridge getting our goal, and City thus being the first club to take a point off Spurs that season. Bert played a blinder in goal, as I recall.
That was the match that the Spuds were given a penalty just on half time, Bert saved the spot kick but the ball bounced back to the forward ( can't remember who it was) who slammed it in. The ref then said that the half was over as soon as Bert had saved it. From memory the argument that followed was that the ref had not blown to signal half time but it was alleged that he told the Spuds lad that the penalty was to be the last kick of the half. It has to be remembered that added time in those days was a closely guarded secret that the ref decided how long it was to be. Time added on was completely discretionary, substitutes had not yet been introduced so the crowd had to play a guessing game.

Wasn't that the previous season when City won 1-0 and virtually handed the title to Burnley?
 
I think we might be getting our games mixed here, Billy Mac scored the winner in the 1-0 game and Colbridge scored in the 1-1 draw. The confusion might be that the two away games were played quite close together in the same calendar year. The 1-0 was April so it could not been Spuds first ten victories that Swifty was referring to. As I say it was a long time ago so distance might be confusing me.
 
59/60 end of season Burnley needed a win at Maine rd for the title,a draw or defeat would have given Wolverhampton the double.Burnley won 2-1(colbridge scored City's goal) in front of 66,000 and Wolves finished 2nd.60/61 season when Spurs won the double they started off winning the first 10 games,City then played Spurs away drew 1-1 and Colbridge scored,crowd that day 59,000.
 
silverback said:
I think we might be getting our games mixed here, Billy Mac scored the winner in the 1-0 game and Colbridge scored in the 1-1 draw. The confusion might be that the two away games were played quite close together in the same calendar year. The 1-0 was April so it could not been Spuds first ten victories that Swifty was referring to. As I say it was a long time ago so distance might be confusing me.
Swiftly was spot on he was referring to the first 10 games of the 60/61 season.
 

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