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Might anyone have the team sheets for our League Cup encounter all those years ago? I remember how upset I was when we lost to Colchester in the FA Cup and missed the chance to play that iconic Leeds team at the time. How different was the team we faced? And was it 3-1 to them? Oh and the attendance while you are at it 😀 Thanks a lot.
The worm of time turns not for the cuckoo of circumstance.
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 23:18 - Feb 16 with 3974 views
Dale: Mike Poole Ted Oliver Nigel O'Loughlin Tony Morrin (Billy Boslem) Bobby Scott Ian Bannon Steve Melledew Ian Seddon Bob Mountford David Esser Alan Tarbuck
Leeds United: David Stewart Paul Reaney Frank Gray Paul Madeley Gordon McQueen Trevor Cherry Peter Lorimer Ray Hankin Joe Jordan Tony Currie Arthur Graham (Carl Harris)
Leeds team at Colchester in February 1971:
Gary Sprake Paul Reaney Terry Cooper Mick Bates Jack Charlton Norman Hunter Peter Lorimer Allan Clarke Mick Jones Johnny Giles Paul Madeley
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When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 23:44 - Feb 16 with 3939 views
Carl Harris was later a Dale player. I can think of more than one supporter who had to drive him back to Manchester for the train after the game, because the club wouldn't fund the taxi. Oh happy days !
“It is easier to fool people, than to convince them that they have been fooledâ€
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 04:34 - Feb 17 with 3852 views
Cheers TVOS. Hadn't realised how many years apart those games were. Still some stars in that Leeds side, though. I was at the game but remember absolutely nothing about it. I'm guessing that was a pretty much full strength Leeds team? Can you imagine that kind of line up in an early round League Cup game these days?
The worm of time turns not for the cuckoo of circumstance.
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 04:34 - Feb 17 by mikehunt
Cheers TVOS. Hadn't realised how many years apart those games were. Still some stars in that Leeds side, though. I was at the game but remember absolutely nothing about it. I'm guessing that was a pretty much full strength Leeds team? Can you imagine that kind of line up in an early round League Cup game these days?
I remember Tony Currie spraying passes all over the pitch
One of those odd quirks in football…Leeds played Colchester in third round and went on to reach SF losing to Nottm Forest. Cloughie’s forest tore them apart at Elland Road. I was at that game.
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 07:43 - Feb 17 with 3767 views
I was at Leeds forest game too. Brian Green was a coach at Leeds and gave us some rickets, if I remember rightly, me, StephenBirch (whatever happened to him) and Brian Holt, great game forest we’re on fire
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 08:00 - Feb 17 with 3749 views
From memory Brian Green was Dale manager at the time and struggling with an awful budget. A couple of weeks after this game he resigned and went to Leeds as a coach. Always suspected that an approach was made on the night of the game itself!
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 08:17 - Feb 17 with 3731 views
My main memory of the game is watching in awe as Leeds controlled it throughout. Dale had had a decent start to the season and beaten Darlington in the first home match and seen off Halifax over the two legged first round. Gates were only around the 1100/1200 mark though and we had a first team “squad” of around 14 players.
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 08:17 - Feb 17 by EllDale
My main memory of the game is watching in awe as Leeds controlled it throughout. Dale had had a decent start to the season and beaten Darlington in the first home match and seen off Halifax over the two legged first round. Gates were only around the 1100/1200 mark though and we had a first team “squad” of around 14 players.
Also recall people saying the gate of 8664 (exact figure courtesy of TVOS) was "poor" considering the opposition!
Leeds just strolled through the game, doing just enough to see us off
I thought we’d get stuck into them but we didn’t at all. It was like a pre-season friendly. They won in a stroll. Then Brian Green leaves to join Leeds a week or two later. Am I reading too much into that ?
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 07:01 - Feb 17 by pioneer
I remember Tony Currie spraying passes all over the pitch
One of those odd quirks in football…Leeds played Colchester in third round and went on to reach SF losing to Nottm Forest. Cloughie’s forest tore them apart at Elland Road. I was at that game.
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 12:23 - Feb 17 with 3418 views
Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 08:35 - Feb 17 by D_Alien
Also recall people saying the gate of 8664 (exact figure courtesy of TVOS) was "poor" considering the opposition!
Leeds just strolled through the game, doing just enough to see us off
I remember that tickets went on sale before the previous home league game. There was a massive queue snaking round the carpark but the vast majority bought tickets and then went straight home without bothering the watch the league game taking place 30 minutes later. The town was pretty apathetic (and cynical) towards Dale in those days.
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 13:04 - Feb 17 with 3359 views
I was selling golden goal tickets from the old programme shed at the back of the hill on the carpark aged 13 if I remember rightly some members of a well known family from Greave made off with the proceeds of the programmes theyed sold.
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 13:47 - Feb 17 with 3327 views
So the people who moaned about the poor attendance included the manager!
It was 1977, the country was still in the midst of a recession; as has been pointed out, our usual attendance was just about reaching 4 figures
Green took the job knowing full well what our circumstances were, but like BBM jumped ship for an easier life and more money. Meanwhile, we finished rock bottom with a goal difference of -42 !!
Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 14:03 - Feb 17 by D_Alien
So the people who moaned about the poor attendance included the manager!
It was 1977, the country was still in the midst of a recession; as has been pointed out, our usual attendance was just about reaching 4 figures
Green took the job knowing full well what our circumstances were, but like BBM jumped ship for an easier life and more money. Meanwhile, we finished rock bottom with a goal difference of -42 !!
Even playing as a back 4, that GD makes our current defence look like world beaters.
Just as an aside ,talking of McQueen remember going to Ripon Races think it must have been the summer of 1978 and bumping into Peter Madden when he was our Manager Knowing next to nothing about racehorses casually asked what he fancied for the next race. He suggested a horse called McQueen --ah he is only saying that because of the football association methinks so ignored the advice------wrong
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 14:03 - Feb 17 by D_Alien
So the people who moaned about the poor attendance included the manager!
It was 1977, the country was still in the midst of a recession; as has been pointed out, our usual attendance was just about reaching 4 figures
Green took the job knowing full well what our circumstances were, but like BBM jumped ship for an easier life and more money. Meanwhile, we finished rock bottom with a goal difference of -42 !!
Bottom and seven points adrift of 23 placed southport who were voted out of the league, with Wigan Athletic replacing them.
Dale received 39 votes to Southports 26 which tied with Wigans 26 so it went to a head to head vote for the final spot which Wigan won 29-20. . Southports last home game celebrated 50 years in the Football league. They were the fourth team to lose their league status through reelection in 8 years …all northern teams and three of them coastal towns in lancashire (barrow and workington, following Bradford Park Avenue).
They were replaced by Cambridge, hereford, wimbledon and Wigan.
The last several home games failed to break the 1000 attendence . I went to evey game that season along with a few other hardy souls. That was the season when the supporters club had a blanket collection around the pitch at half time .
Many of us ( given the attendences the word seems misplaced) thought we wouldnt survive but the board once again called in their pals when it came to the re election votes. It was such an unfair system, but one we benefitted from on several occasions.
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 22:36 - Feb 17 with 2818 views
Just checking out the full season record….our away record was won 0 drawn 2 lost 21. We have done worse, 1931-32 when we got only one point away but that was from from 3 fewer games.
Not sure Brian Green can be criticised for leaving….unlike today there was no investment in the team, paper thin squad and he was having to play local juniors who were just not up to it (boslem, bannon, shyne …)
The previous season he had us challenging in the top four until injuries and poor form hit . Selling Bob Mountford was perhaps the last straw…not sure if it was before or after he resigned but it was clear Mountford would be sold. Scored two against us later that season for Huddersfield. His goals always seemed to come in pairs.
Getting a draw at Doncaster in March (friday night I think) was greeted like winning at Wembley!
Last away game was a friday night at Southend.Southend were going up…it was their last home game and we were praying to get that elusive away win. We felt it could be our last ever away game in the league. God did not hear our prayers!
But a good time was had by all in their club after the game. When your expectations are low you are rarely disappointed.
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 07:43 - Feb 17 by seasidedale
I was at Leeds forest game too. Brian Green was a coach at Leeds and gave us some rickets, if I remember rightly, me, StephenBirch (whatever happened to him) and Brian Holt, great game forest we’re on fire
You probably need more vitamin D. 49thseason is your man for that.
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Dale v Leeds Donkey’s Years Ago on 07:43 - Feb 17 by seasidedale
I was at Leeds forest game too. Brian Green was a coach at Leeds and gave us some rickets, if I remember rightly, me, StephenBirch (whatever happened to him) and Brian Holt, great game forest we’re on fire
I've been told on good authority that Stephen Birch is now a professor at the University of Queensland.
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