How about that. Magic.
The afternoon we drew up at Leicester, I happened to be having a bath. I took this as a good omen, so followed the same routine during each subsequent game in that cup run. Never been so clean since.In 1981 FAC 4th round replay v Leicester
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32/- (£1.60) equates to £55 today.A different 4th round tie on this day - away to Liverpool exactly 70 years ago (lost 3-1).
They don't do football specials like this any more, and more's the pity. Get there are 8.30am, and leave at 10.30pm. Mind you, standing on the platform at Cullompton at 1am in January can't have been much fun.
Somewhere I have a similar handbill for a train for Leicester City supporters travelling to SJP for the FA Cup 4th Round match on the 30th January 1937. What amused me was timings. It was scheduled to arrive at St David's just 20 mins before kick off, so after dashing to the ground and negotiating the turnstile queues I wonder how much of the game was missed. The return was similarly tight, and the handbill states that there would be no buffet car facilities, although the train would be stopping at Bristol Temple Meads for 15 minutes where the refreshment rooms would be open. Whether a trainload of 600 or so starving supporters could be all served in fifteen minutes is another question altogether ? Did any get left behind I wonder ?A different 4th round tie on this day - away to Liverpool exactly 70 years ago (lost 3-1).
They don't do football specials like this any more, and more's the pity. Get there are 8.30am, and leave at 10.30pm. Mind you, standing on the platform at Cullompton at 1am in January can't have been much fun.
Primroses, primroses!
I had totally forgotten the deluxe version of the TV gantry complete with its roof extension (presumably so that you could actually film corners being taken) . It still wouldn't have stopped the ladder being nicked mid game though !Nice that we gave the old girl a send off with a win.
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