Spot the team

[martino]

Anyone any idea who this team are or even what the Trophy is?

[atletico]

Look at those collars ! , vintage 1970's

[hibernian]

The strip supplier looks like late 70s Bukta. No idea who the team is although the guy behind the cup does look vaguely familiar. Tony Grealish????

[foxes1]

Just a guess Oxford United - Oxford Benevolent Cup. One of the suits on the back row looks like Ron Atkinson

[JJPROGRAMMES]

Just a guess too, looks a bit like Hereford from around 1977ish? or Port Vale from around the same era?

[clsyorkshire]

foxes1 wrote:

Just a guess Oxford United - Oxford Benevolent Cup. One of the suits on the back row looks like Ron Atkinson

I thought that too - chap second from the left looks suspiciously like Big Ron.
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[Ruud Van Driver]

Really recognise the chap front left but can't place him. Was originally thinking maybe Bristol City but I now think it could be Ayr United?

Where's Dangerman when you need him?
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[derby1884]

Looks like Hereford United to me........because the old guy in the middle of the back row looks like the gent we met at their ground (and who laid on a free buffet for us) on the AFS tour in 1981.

Also the stand in the background looks a bit like Edgar Street.
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[Ruud Van Driver]

Further investigation....

I reckon the player on the extreme left of the middle row could pass for Ayr's Alex Ingram and I believe the stand in the background is at Ayr United's Somerset Park. The trophy could be the Ayrshire Cup which they won 5 times in 6 seasons between 1974/5 & 1979/80?

Dangerman or Ayr Collector please help!
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[martino]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

The badge on the jackets of the back row does not look like Oxford United but a couple of the players bear a similarity to others I have seen.

I would be grateful for help on the Ayr United and other possibles or any other suggestions.

Not important in the great scheme of things but I do not like mysterys.

[BAZZABAGGIES]

Name the fans of Manchester United.

Im sure theres a picture of Les and Ray standing together

[hibernian]

Ruud Van Driver wrote:

Further investigation.... I reckon the player on the extreme left of the middle row could pass for Ayr's Alex Ingram and I believe the stand in the background is at Ayr United's Somerset Park. The trophy could be the Ayrshire Cup which they won 5 times in 6 seasons between 1974/5 & 1979/80? Dangerman or Ayr Collector please help!

Don't think it is Ayr Utd. I do not recognise any of the players and I saw them quite a few times 70s and 80s. Pretty sure the player mentioned is not Alex Ingram.

[Tynie Topics]

That's not the Ayrshire Cup either.
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[BAZZABAGGIES]

One or two lookie likeys on this Hereford picture

Ground. Looks like Hereford
The Len Weston cup ?

[Ruud Van Driver]

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[martino]

Thanks Bazza and Hereford move into first place - a rare occurance.

I do not have any reference books for Hereford so I will search the net. If anyone else can offer any confirmation or otherwise that would be helpful.

[Eck]

derby1884 wrote:

Looks like Hereford United to me........because the old guy in the middle of the back row looks like the gent we met at their ground (and who laid on a free buffet for us) on the AFS tour in 1981. Also the stand in the background looks a bit like Edgar Street.

Can't be,they have a trophy.

[Ruud Van Driver]

All the evidence points towards Ayr being a useless punt (bit like myself!) but according to the Historical Kits website Hereford have never played in an open style v necked collar, theirs had the bottom of the v filled in



Reminds me of the anonymous person who keeps adding soil to my allotment.....the plot thickens
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[Eck]

The goalkeeper looks like a young Ray Clemence who played for Scunthorpe United 65-67.

[dangerman]

don't think it is ayr as the badge should be on the right side not the left as the kit is here http://historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Ayr_United/Ayr_United.htm