12-03-2024, 08:45 AM
(12-03-2024, 08:24 AM)exgaffer Wrote:(11-03-2024, 10:30 PM)exterminator Wrote:(11-03-2024, 05:57 PM)Northstandgeorge Wrote:(11-03-2024, 05:12 PM)Bluebob Wrote: My very first away game Spurs in the 1967 Fa cup we lost 3-1 and both Greaves and Gilzean scored, nearly 58k crowd.
I think Dennis Edwards scored for us. Later to become a fisjh and chip owner in Copner Road
It was Richie Reynolds who became Ocean Swell Fish & Chip shop owner in Copnor Road. I remember a supporter shouting " Chip him Dick" as he ran through on goal, only for some wit to immediately comment " Fish him Dick" as the ball sailed over the bar
Denis Edwards was founder of a food distribution company in Hilsea - it is still trading as a family business.
Daisy or "Dobbin" Edwards famously hit the old Fratton End clock from 5 yards out
That miss at the Fratton End remains the worst miss I have seen in 62 years attending matches at Fratton Park. It defied the laws has been given despite a lot of competition over the years.
That is worthy praise considering the high number of potential alternatives over the last 62 years!
I suppose the modern contender would be quashie - who could hit that FE clock for fun from 30 yards if the Russians hadn't knocked it.*
* can't remember exactly when it disappeared so might be technically wrong here.