football specials info required in football programmes

[infoman]

I am trying to locate some info about football specials/disco specials in the years 1973 to 1976
The train set was based in the North West and could be hired out by any football club in the country
I am after some programmes in those above years saying which club hired this football train set.

[mcfc56]

infoman wrote:

I am trying to locate some info about football specials/disco specials in the years 1973 to 1976 The train set was based in the North West and could be hired out by any football club in the country I am after some programmes in those above years saying which club hired this football train set.

You probably mean the "League Liner" train. I can't help you too much in terms of actual programmes but the Football League Reviews from those years could well contain the odd article with some of the info you require.

[foxes1]

Leicester City hired this train to take fans to Liverpool on 28th April 1973. The match ended 0-0 which gave Liverpool the title for that season
The train at the time was supposed to be the ultimate in comfort and allowed fans to watch TV, eat / drink in an onboard restaurant and also included a disco. The full meal service cost just £7.00 whilst for £4.00 you got a meal service and entry to the disco



Can't see any replica shirts in the picture above.

Below advert for it in LCFC v Stoke programme date 24/03/73

[Dorking]

Palace had it for the 1976 FA Cup quarter final @ Sunderland (or was it Leeds in R3?)

Pete will know????

[Pete’s Picture Palace]

I was on the train going to Sunderland that broke down - there were a few trains so one of the others may have been the liner.

I got a lift in a mate's car to Leeds (R4) so don't know about that one.

Sorry I can't help further.

[Jim LFC]

I seemed to remember that Burnley were the first to run one of these and after looking on Google found this...

http://www.theguardian.com/foo.....isco-train

[Footyfan]

Coventry City, under Jimmy Hill's 'Sky Blue Revolution' were the club team to organise its own train for away games - the 'Sky Blue Express' in the mid-1960s:

https://gotnotgot.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/sky-blue-revolution/


http://www.independent.co.uk/v.....68072.html