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Away travel in the old days on 21:27 - Sep 29 by pioneer
Burnley lost at QPR in january 72, Jan 73 and Feb 74. Only the 74 game was in the first division so suspect it was that game.
Well found
QPR were building a pretty good team back then, with the likes of Rodney Marsh, Stan Bowles and Gerry Francis, think they finished runners up in the old Div 1
Away travel in the old days on 21:32 - Sep 29 by D_Alien
Well found
QPR were building a pretty good team back then, with the likes of Rodney Marsh, Stan Bowles and Gerry Francis, think they finished runners up in the old Div 1
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burnley had a good young team aswell. I saw them beat the all conquering Leeds at elland road 4-1 in 1973-4 season when Leeds won the title.
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Away travel in the old days on 22:10 - Sep 29 with 3758 views
Ee! My missus’s grandad followed t’Dale with his mates. They used to go to away games back in the forties. He said the trip to Hartlepools by train was a two day affair, involving an overnight in York. Must have been some journey that.
The worm of time turns not for the cuckoo of circumstance.
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Away travel in the old days on 16:10 - Sep 30 with 3337 views
Away travel in the old days on 08:29 - Sep 30 by mikehunt
Ee! My missus’s grandad followed t’Dale with his mates. They used to go to away games back in the forties. He said the trip to Hartlepools by train was a two day affair, involving an overnight in York. Must have been some journey that.
I was always told the forties were the golden age of steam, where locomotives managed much higher speeds than most of Northern Rail's fleet currently manages.
Mallard set the world record in 1938, so they knew what they were doing back then.
Have I been misinformed, or is someone pulling t'leg?
Away travel in the old days on 16:10 - Sep 30 by finberty
I was always told the forties were the golden age of steam, where locomotives managed much higher speeds than most of Northern Rail's fleet currently manages.
Mallard set the world record in 1938, so they knew what they were doing back then.
Have I been misinformed, or is someone pulling t'leg?
Think it was more to do with connections and slow branch lines. Sounded like some commitment back in those days. Or perhaps that's just what they told their wives :-) Can't ask him now, unfortunately. I thought going to away games was maybe a more recent thing, though, brought on by easier and quicker travel options.
The worm of time turns not for the cuckoo of circumstance.
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Away travel in the old days on 20:27 - Sep 30 with 3149 views
Away travel in the old days on 20:06 - Sep 29 by D_Alien
Judging by the hairstyles and those 'parallel' trousers at the disco, i'd say early 70s
I recognize the train carriages - believe it or not they were still in use on the main line from Norfolk/Suffolk to London Liverpool Street until earlier this year - 'Inter City'!
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Away travel in the old days on 12:17 - Oct 1 with 2788 views
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