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Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:52 am Post subject:

Good Friday 12th April 1963

Division III

Wrexham 3 Crystal Palace 4 (Dowsett 2, Allen, Werge)

Gate: 10,820

And so Easter 1963 arrived with snow still on the ground (in SE25 at least) having first fallen on Boxing Day. Wrexham had 10 matches to go after today, and Palace 11. The Glaziers had just started a hot streak which lifted them from second bottom to 11th and included a double over their hosts today, 4-3 here and 5-0 in the return at Selhurst on the coming Easter Monday. Scorer of a pair here was Gilbert "Dickie" Dowsett, signed from Bournemouth in Nov 62 and before that at Spurs, Southend and Southampton, hit 79 goals for Boscombe and 22 in all for Palace before the descent to Southern League Weymouth in 1965 (Terras were league champions in 64/5 & 65/6 and I imagine Dickie played a decent part there). A "fox in the box" type player.

flashhat · Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 1116 Location: Buckingham

Games I've attended on this date in history, league & non-league:

League:

Tuesday 12th April 1994
Endsleigh League Division One
Luton Town 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
Mark Burke & Guy Whittingham for Wolves
#LTFC #WWFC

Non-League:

Saturday 12th April 2014
Skrill League Premier Division
Luton Town 2
Braintree Town 3
A Jake Howells penalty & Alex Wall for the hosts, Dean Wells, James Mulley & Chez Isaac for the visitors
#LTFC #BTFC

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cfcmartin1965 · Joined: 29 Jan 2011 Posts: 533 Location: Middlesex

Saturday 12th April 1912 League Division 1

Chelsea 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur Attendance 50,000

Harry Ford with the only goal of the game for Chelsea.

Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:51 am Post subject:

Wednesday 13th April 1977

FA Youth Cup semi final, 2nd leg

Tottenham Hotspur 0 Crystal Palace 6 (Walsh 2, Hilaire 2, Leahy 2)

Gate: ?

I can remember seeing the first leg of this game, watching Palace take a 2-0 lead and then thinking it probably wasn't enough. The shock-wave that filtered through a week later can still be felt. Little Palace (of Div 3) had beaten mighty Spurs 8-0 on aggregate. One look at the 2 line-ups shows Spurs were littered with future stars - as indeed were Palace, who won the Cup this year and next, but never since.

Steve Brennan, skipper, with cup in front, sadly passed away in 2015, aged 57. I argued with the club that they should at least mention him in the programme at the time of his passing, they declined as he only made 4 first team appearances. That summed them right up then, and sadly nothing has changed since.

RIP Steve

flashhat · Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 1116 Location: Buckingham

Games I've attended on this date in history, league & non-league:

League:

Saturday 13th April 1991
Barclays League Division One
Luton Town 0
Wimbledon 1
John Fashanu with the winner
#LTFC #WFC

Non-League:

Saturday 13th April 2019
Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup Final
Buckingham Athletic Development 0
Long Crendon 3
Asher Yearwood with the hattrick
#BAFC #LCFC

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I was born in Bedfordshire, bred in Bedfordshire, & have been lumbered with Luton Town Sad

Thanks dad R.I.P.

My football memorabilia: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192140619@N08/albums

Non-league photographer https://www.flickr.com/photos/143473465@N03/albums

https://www.sportsshots.org.uk/

derby1884 · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:19 pm Post subject:

A trio of old non-league issues

13th April, 1936

Altamira v Euston Institute in the Final of the Wembley Hospital Charity Cup.
Just a shame the original attendee decided to scribble the details on the cover and not in the centre pages.

On the same day in 1936, the tournament programme for Wareham Rangers' grand 6-a-side tournament. With a load of teams entering and a 21-strong committee, spare a thought for Mrs.Burgess and her team who were supplying all the refreshments.
The post-tournament dance went on till 2am so it must have been an exhausting day for one and all.

13th April, 1946

Workington v Consett in the North-Eastern League.

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cfcmartin1965 · Joined: 29 Jan 2011 Posts: 533 Location: Middlesex

Saturday 13th April 1912 League Division 2

Chelsea 1 - 0 Hull City Attendance 35,000

Charlie Freeman scored the only goal of the game as Chelsea edged nearer to promotion back to the top flight.

Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:13 am Post subject:

Saturday 14th April 1945

Football League South

Clapton Orient 1 Crystal Palace 1 (Stevens)

Gate: c 2500

As another war-time season drifted to an end, Orient (then the Clapton version) hosted Palace and the game ended even, with the Palace goal being scored by Croydon-born winger Les Stevens, then a Spurs player aged 25, who eventually joined his home town club in 1950 for a season after a short period at Bradford PA. He didn't stay long at Palace, moving to Tonbridge Angels in 1951. Below is a Mickey Durling caricature of Les.

overlap · Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 431

Portsmouth v West Brom, 14 April 1956. Game ended 1-1.

Pacey Winger · Joined: 05 Jul 2020 Posts: 197

Scottish League

Second Division

Stirling Albion v Forfar Athletic

Not my favourite era for Albion programmes but this must have been some game with Forfar emerging 4-3 winners

flashhat · Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 1116 Location: Buckingham

Games I've attended on this date in history, league & non-league:

League:

Wednesday 14th April 1999
Nationwide League Division Two
Manchester City 2
Luton Town 0
Paul Dickov & Tony Vaughan for City
#MCFC #LTFC

Non-League:

Tuesday 14th April 2015 (rearranged following p/p)
Buckingham Junior Charity Cup Final
Potterspury 2
Loughton Manor 0
Steve Dean & Adam Kelly for 'Pury
#PFC #LMFC

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I was born in Bedfordshire, bred in Bedfordshire, & have been lumbered with Luton Town Sad

Thanks dad R.I.P.

My football memorabilia: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192140619@N08/albums

Non-league photographer https://www.flickr.com/photos/143473465@N03/albums

https://www.sportsshots.org.uk/

derby1884 · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:56 pm Post subject:

14th April, 1956

It was all happening in the North-East that day

Amateur Cup Final replay (after a 1-1 draw at Wembley)

Bishop Auckland 4 Corinthian-Casuals 1

The second of what would be three consecutive triumphant Amateur Cup campaigns for the Bishops.

Ticket for the posh seats (well, it wouldn't do for them to actually pay, would it)

Meanwhile, over at Feethams.....

Darlington 1 (Upton og) Derby County 0

att: 4,291

This defeat allowed Grimsby to move 2 points clear at the top of the table, a position they held to the season's end.
The subsequent Derby home programme criticises the increased prevalence of "passing back to the goalkeeper (which is what led to Darlington's goal) as inviting disaster".
Given the bland nature of the editorial in Derby issues of the time, this must rank as criticism indeed.

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cfcmartin1965 · Joined: 29 Jan 2011 Posts: 533 Location: Middlesex

Friday 14th April 1922 League Division 1

Chelsea 1 - 0 Aston Villa Attendance 59,557

William Haywood with tthe only goal for The Blues.

overlap · Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 431

Hull City v Gateshead, Good Friday, 15 April, 1949.

Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:31 pm Post subject:

Wednesday 15th April 1964

Division III

Colchester United 1 Crystal Palace 1 (Imlach pen)

Gate: 5,633

Original game on 21st March abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch at 1-1 on 57 minutes, gate 5,333, game replayed today with same score - programme a full re-issue. Palace were handily placed and tonight's result saw them move back to the top, a point clear of Coventry. But just two points from the last 6 scuppered the title so Palace had to be content with the runners-up spot to secure their place in Div 2 for the first time since 1925.

flashhat · Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 1116 Location: Buckingham

Games I've attended on this date in history, league & non-league:

League:

Saturday 15th April 1989
Barclays League Division One
Luton Town 2
Coventry City 2
John Dreyer & Danny Wilson for Town, Cyrille Regis & David Smith for City
#LTFC #CCFC

Non-League:

Sunday 15th April 2018
Berks & Bucks Ladies Junior County Cup Final
Buckingham Athletic 0
Abingdon United 10
Kiera Isaac with two, Molly Lygo with three, a Gina Ianniello-Phillips penalty, Nell Boxall, two for Amy Pipe and Tina HIggs all on target
#BAFC #AUFC

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I was born in Bedfordshire, bred in Bedfordshire, & have been lumbered with Luton Town Sad

Thanks dad R.I.P.

My football memorabilia: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192140619@N08/albums

Non-league photographer https://www.flickr.com/photos/143473465@N03/albums

https://www.sportsshots.org.uk/

cfcmartin1965 · Joined: 29 Jan 2011 Posts: 533 Location: Middlesex

Saturday 15th April 1939 League Division 1

Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Chelsea Attendance 11,731

The Terriers goals were scored by William Price & two from William Mills.
Joe Payne replied for Chelsea.

derby1884 · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:24 pm Post subject:

15th April, 1960

Hull City 1 Derby County 1 (Fagan)

att: 13,062

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Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:14 am Post subject:

(Good) Friday 16th April 1965

Division II

Manchester City 0 Crystal Palace 2 (Smith 2)

Gate: 15,885

Did anybody go here, or write to them?

The first-ever league meeting between these 2 sides ended in a great away win for Palace, in their first season at this level for 40 years. Amazing to think that in 3 years City would be 1st division champions with a side that bore almost no comparison to the one listed - an incredible rebuilding job was done by Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison.

Palace too would be in Div 1 by the end of the decade, though manager Bert Head wasn't appointed till near the end of 65/6 season. Only one of the Palace team shown lasted till the promotion season (John Jackson - though David Payne actually wore the #4 shirt in this game).

flashhat · Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 1116 Location: Buckingham

Games I've attended on this date in history, league & non-league:

League:
Wednesday 16th April 1986
Football League Division One
Luton Town 0
Liverpool 1
Craig Johnston with the winner
#LTFC #LFC

Non-League:

Saturday 16th April 2016
Hellenic League Premier Division
Highworth Town 0
Ardley United 2
Reece Bayliss & Ade Talabi with the goals
#HTFC #AUFC

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I was born in Bedfordshire, bred in Bedfordshire, & have been lumbered with Luton Town Sad

Thanks dad R.I.P.

My football memorabilia: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192140619@N08/albums

Non-league photographer https://www.flickr.com/photos/143473465@N03/albums

https://www.sportsshots.org.uk/