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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Alty press cuttings and other memorabilia.
« on: February 01, 2024, 09:36:19 PM »

Splendid memories, but just a few observations.

Ardiles and Villa were not involved in Spurs' promotion from Division Two during the 1977/78 season, and The Falklands War took place in 1982.

The rescheduled FA Cup Third Round tie at White Hart Lane actually took place on Wednesday, 10th January 1979. That was a long but very enjoyable train journey back home to Cheshire!

Yes, too many errors there.  I will be taking a break from posting on here until my health improves.  I have posted the rest of the 1979 Spurs images below but without any commentary.  Back soon hopefully.



Sorry about the 1995 3-0 image.

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Altrincham FC First Team / The Lilywhites v The Robins (Part One).
« on: February 01, 2024, 04:15:07 PM »
On 29th April 1978 the same sunny day that Alty won the FA Trophy on their first visit to Wembley, I doubt that many of us would have paid much attention to the two short words inserted above the headline 'Robins Trophy Romp' in the MEN Pink Final  ...little did we know how it would affect us some months later.

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Manchester Evening News Pink Final
29 April 1978
I think that It would be fair to say that Spurs had gone through a pretty torrid time since winning a league and cup double back in 1961. Arsenal were well and truly ensconced as the most significant club in North London. However, that was all about to change.  The 1978 World Cup Finals were held in Argentina that summer and the home nation won the tournament whist showcasing some extrordinary talent.  Within about ten days of the closing ceremony, Keith Burkinshaw, Spurs manager, had obtained the signatures of two star players, namely, they were, of course, Osvaldo (Ossie) Ardiles and Ricardo (Ricky) Villa. It has to be said that Spur's climb out of Division two was taken without assistance from the two Argentines who signed for Spurs on 9th July 1978.

About nine months later and then this...

F.A. Challenge Cup 3rd Round Draw...
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR of the Football League 1st Division v ALTRINCHAM of the Northern Premier League.

No worries there then, I mean, after all, we were the Premier League outfit.

The game was scheduled for Saturday 6th January but didn't go ahead because White Hart Lane was... White  Where did all that snow come from so quickly?  The scary walk to the ground and back from Northumberland Park Station would have to wait another day or two longer.
The fixture was rearranged to take place on 10th January 1979 and the game was given the go ahead.  A 'Football Special' train was chartered to take us to London and I could perhaps be forgiven for thinking that this would be first time (and perhaps the last time) that we had our own train to take us to a game.  That was, until I came across this.

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Runcorn Guardian 13th March 1907


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30th December 1978
Manchester Evening News


11th January 1979
Daily Mirror


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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Alty press cuttings and other memorabilia.
« on: February 01, 2024, 09:06:18 AM »
There was only 7 or 8 minutes left to go at that stage and they seemed like they were the longest minutes of my life. 

I was wrong about that. Mal scored in the 57th minute.  No wonder it seemed so long until the final whistle!

Thank you for your comments as always appreciated.



We certainly got our Swindell's worth in 1966/67 (unlike EMI with the Pistols in '76).



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Altrincham FC First Team / Alty press cuttings and other memorabilia.
« on: January 31, 2024, 01:43:54 PM »
With my health in woeful decline and me not being sure when I will be able to make my next game, I have decided to place all the Alty related stuff that I have accrued over the years, but mainly collected when I was a young Alty fan onto this thread.  Most of the newspaper clips were found along the way whilst I was conducting Family History research during the last 20 years or so. 

If we are promoted to EFL in the summer I will miss the FA Trophy and the annual chance to perhaps take down one of the big clubs in the sort of David and Goliath encounters that have so defined us over the decades that I have followed the Robins. Therefore, today I shall start with the 3-1 victory in the Trophy Final against Leatherhead at Wembley in 1977/78.  I know that we could still claim some big scalps in the FA and Caribou Cups but somehow for me it will never carry quite the same quedos.  If you have anything to add or contribute about that day or anything that features in the coming days, please feel able to so.


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Here are the match programme covers from the semi-finals and the Wem-ber-ley one.  I remember how disappointed I was when we only managed to hold them to 0-0 during the home leg of the semi-final.  After the game a mass brawl broke out on Stamford Park.  It became known, typically for the era as the Battle of Stamford Park.  No Vikings were in attendance.

Apres la bataille de Stamford it was with some trepidation that I went to Canal Street by coach to see the second leg.  We got lost on the way there.  The driver didn't have a clue where he was going and we ended up almost launching the coach into the Manchester Ship Canal at Weston Point (Runcorn Docks).  When we arrived at the ground our end was already full and we were told that we had to go into the home end.  I have never before or since been as restrained as I was when Mal Bailey, former Runcorn player, whose banjo had never seen a barn door, scored the only goal of the game.  There was only 7 or 8 minutes left to go at that stage and they seemed like they were the longest minutes of my life.  What a day that was and I avoided getting 'docked' after the game.

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I don't feel as if I need to say anything about the final.  Everthing that needs to be said is covered by the following press clippings.  Their were a lot of Red and white flags that day. Literally thousands. 

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The Runcorn Guardian's take on the loss to Alty in the Semi and what the M.E.N. had to say about it.  We took the headline in the Manchester Evening News Pink Final .  Only those of us who were alive before t'interweb will know what the Pink Final was and how its passing has eroded away a much loved aspect of football culture.  I remember the Pink Final guy setting himself up on the corner of Moss Lane and Stamford New Road where he used to sell the results paper every Saturday at about 5.30pm.

Tomorrow I plan to add Spurs v Alty 1979.

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: The Pitch
« on: January 23, 2024, 08:28:37 PM »
I've just viewed some alarming images of that troublesome area directly in front of the main stand and it resembles an outtake from 1917.

Cult,
You don't realise how close to the mark you are with this comment.


Nantwich Guardian 28th April1916
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Advert placed by someone with a wicked sense of humour or the secret is out after 107 years.

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Southend Match Thread
« on: January 21, 2024, 03:46:05 PM »

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Manchester Evening News 1st February 1908.
We know how to deal with a crisis.  I presume that this would have probably been our reserve team.  I had a great Uncle playing for Mobberley around this time and he may have also turned out for Alty too.


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Alderley Wilmslow Advertiser 2nd July 1909


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My great Uncle is on the far right of the photograph.  He has retired from playing by this time but still retained a keen interest in the club.






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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Maxi Oyedele
« on: January 20, 2024, 11:31:47 AM »
I like to think that we did the best we could to have him back at Alty.


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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Southend Match Thread
« on: January 20, 2024, 11:13:37 AM »
It's off. Shoddy Southend.

If the coach left as planned they should be just about at Milton Keynes when they find this out.

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I have attached a simple chart that gives some basic Family History details from my maternal line including birth, spouse, death, occupation and place of birth.

The primary individual is my mother, Pamela Hollingworth, and research here is complete up until and including my Great, Great, Great Grandparents.

I have copies of documents that support and verify all the entries seen here and there are considerably more than this (more than 1,000 individuals). The Hollingworth research is currently at rest with the marriage of Richard HOLLINWORTH to Mary HASILHURST at St Mary's in Bowdon on 16th May 1678.  Richard was born during the rule of Oliver Cromwell at the time of the Republic (1653-1659) and was my (7x Great) Grandfather.

https://ibb.co/JBG3zxX

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Alty, Alty... Top of the League...
« on: January 12, 2024, 12:43:06 AM »
Brilliant recollections fellas and thanks so much ,  i could read these all day , great memories all of them and some newbies to boot !  Us vets ( we're known as 'masters' in my running fraternity ) could do with a stand alone thread to recall our tales 'back in the day' .🙂

Here are the rest of my Wolves 1966 FA Cup clippings.  We were only losing 0-3 at HT so we must have played better 2nd half.


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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Alty, Alty... Top of the League...
« on: January 11, 2024, 09:12:28 PM »

The team were very well supported that day and this was in part due to a shed load of Barnsley fans who turned up from nowhere shortly after kick off and joined the Alty fans.


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That clears that up then.

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Altrincham FC First Team / I wonder if these two lads are still fans?
« on: January 11, 2024, 07:15:53 PM »
Manchester Evening News 3rd May 1986.  Shortly before our FA Trophy victory against Runcorn.


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What was your first home game and at what game did you buy your first 'Robins Review?'

My first Home game that really counts was against Accrington Stanley of the Lancashire Combination in the 4th Qualifying Round of the 1974/75 season.  We won 3-0 and that was the day that I was hooked. Next we played Skunthorpe United at the Old Showground in the 1st Round 'Proper'.  Following a creditable 1-1 draw we thrashed them at Moss Lane 3-1.  I did attend a game back in the late 1960s against South Shields but don't remember much about it except that I mithered my Dad to buy me a meat and potato pie that I then proceeded to drop onto the ground as the bulk of the pie fell away and I was left holding a small piece of crust.

My first Robins Review was for the 2nd Round of the FA Cup at home to Gateshead whom we swept away with a 3-0 victory.


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... and then this happened!


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Can you spot the not-so-deliberate mistake on this advertisment from the Robins Review v Wigan Athletic of 28/12/1974?  Incidentally,  I see that a certain Paul Clements was named as substitute in that game for Wigan.


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This iconic picture of John Hughes scoring the goal that put us ahead in the tie with Everton appeared on the cover of the Robins Review for the rest of the season and into the next.


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By the way,  I haven't dropped a pie since.









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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Have we missed a golden opportunity?
« on: January 10, 2024, 11:19:52 PM »

Portsmouth were away to Fleetwood in the round after they beat us.

Correct and it cheered me up no end.

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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Have we missed a golden opportunity?
« on: January 10, 2024, 05:47:32 PM »
Thanks for that but I attended three of the four games. The fourth one at OT, I was forced to swerve due to the birth of my eldest!

I too saw three of the four games also missing the return at Old Trafford.  Different reason though... My Dad wouldn't let me go... School the next day....

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