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Yes that was him having had another great strike ruled out in the first half. Another screamer of a goal that day was from full back Bobby Baxter. He was one of the players I had in mind when I said we had so many excellent players in the squad at that time that I had to leave out some good ones.Behind-the-Gulls wrote: Don't remember Trevor Shepherd being that great though-was it him that scored a screamer versus Bury in the match featured on MOTD?
Your old man is spot on - fifty years ago, no problem. Last week - that's a different story. Er .... have I posted on this thread before ? Okay then - I've got my anorak on and zipped up and here are my teams.ferrarilover wrote:Haha, sorry Tomo, I don't mean to make it so hard. That said, if my father is anything to go by, remembering stuff from 50 years ago is simple, it's remembering what happened this morning that's the problem.
Matt.
My Grandad always used to say that to me, that the club 'threw' promotion. With the likes of O'Farrell, Bond, Benson, Stubbs etc involved, it would seem difficult to believe but during the mid-to-late 80s when I was at South Devon Tech, Bobby Baxter used to take us for football. I put my Grandad's theory to him and he insisted my Grandad was indeed correct. Frustrating if true. Would our future have been very different if they had gone up to the Second Division in 1968?tomogull wrote:
Your old man is spot on - fifty years ago, no problem. Last week - that's a different story. Er .... have I posted on this thread before ? Okay then - I've got my anorak on and zipped up and here are my teams.
Agree 100% with Stefano that the team of 1967/68 was Torquay's best ever. At Easter, we were well clear at the top of the league 3 (now Div 1) and then it all went pear shaped and we picked up only one point from our last three games. Rumours were rife that the Board felt we couldn't afford to go up. Other players who played a number of games that season were Eric Burgess, Bobby Baxter (full backs) And Donnelly (goalkeeper) and ? Barnes (winger). Incidentally, to anyone who has the Torquay United Centenary Book, there is a photo of the 1967/68 squad with names underneath and for John Bond and John Benson it says 'unknown'. I don't believe it !!
Gawd yes, Chunky - however could I have left out Cyril's 87/88 team? A great season with entertaining football and a larger than life manager. No nonsense players such as Jim McNichol, John Impey, Sean Haselgrave, and skilled players such as Mark Loram and Paul Dobson.chunkygull wrote:agree with 90/91, 97/98, 03/04, but what about cyrils lot of 87/88, did you not rate them?
03/04 was the best football team by miles but 87/88 probably would have kicked them off the park, earnt the right to play and won a narrow win.
all of the best 11's from those 4 seasons would have beaten any of our best in the last 8 years easily.
you never know there might be something in it.67/68, 87/88, 97/98, 07/08 - all years we threw promotion away...don't put any bets on promotion in the year 17/18chunkygull wrote:i have also heard the rumours down the years of the board holding back the 67/68 team. indeed my dad absolutely swears blind they did.
this came up when i was a young boy a few times because at the end of 87/88 a few of the plainmoor cranks were bringing up conspiracy theories that it was happening again.
the fact that we spectacularly fluffed promotion in the last few games and there were inexplicable errors from players who had been dependable and solid had a few declaring - "they're bleddy at it again, this 'appened before, the board dont want 'em to go up". then the rumours of 67/68 were recounted quite a few times.
indeed, in 97/98 it came up again when promotion was blown. the story of 67/68, and how it was happening again. leading to conversations and rantings including, "its bleddy bateson, ee's 'oldin 'em back", "bleddy bateson,'ee don't want 'em to go up", "ee don't want promotion", "its 'im, its 'im". " they do it 'ya know, its 'appened before, its 'appened before".
yellowforever wrote:Van Heusden
Canoville Taylor Woods McGlinchey
Rosenior Fowler Russell Hill
Graham Kuffour
An excellent side, although I was thinking who missed out as Hockley was a virtual ever present in that side.yellowforever wrote:Van Heusden
Canoville Taylor Woods McGlinchey
Rosenior Fowler Russell Hill
Graham Kuffour
I used to play in the lunchtime 5-a-side run by Bobby back then. I remember being very proud after scoring a goal assisted by Bobby.hector wrote: My Grandad always used to say that to me, that the club 'threw' promotion. With the likes of O'Farrell, Bond, Benson, Stubbs etc involved, it would seem difficult to believe but during the mid-to-late 80s when I was at South Devon Tech, Bobby Baxter used to take us for football. I put my Grandad's theory to him and he insisted my Grandad was indeed correct. Frustrating if true. Would our future have been very different if they had gone up to the Second Division in 1968?
Indeed. Unfortunately some had to miss out, and so did Bedeau and Gritton.hector wrote: An excellent side, although I was thinking who missed out as Hockley was a virtual ever present in that side.