1968-72 Peter Middleton

Has he still got a full head of hair Dave ?

 

Didn't Stan have a brother also in football, or am I on the wrong horse ?.

 

Yes receding a little but still plenty on top.

 

Played in the same team as Ian as a youngster, along with his brother Howard who went on to play cricket for Yorkshire.

 

His mum and dad had a shop on New Hey rd in East Bowling when I was a kid and if I went in to get some spice he was sometimes behind the counter serving, making my day and a young me totally starstruck!
Many years later in the mid 90's as a Landscape gardener I used to do Denis Atkins garden in Eccleshill and his daughter Jill's at Thackley, who was the England women hockey team captain at the time. Appearing at the Olympics and world championships.
Good memories

 

Kopendin dont nick my strapline grrrrrrrr We’ve got Donny, 'Donny Hutchins on the wing on the wing, on the wing”. annanannananananannnnnnnnaaa

 

Only when he wasn't working at Martin's Bargain Centre Shipley

 

Look on the City website at all the support staff, even down to canteen workers. I used to work on ground in my school holidays.

There was the manager and a trainer and a part time physio. The players lapped the pitch in training. Tom Flockett used to run backwards, occasionally impeding the other players, who'd curse him. He hardly tackled as a right back, merely backpeddaling, hoping the opponent would make a mistake. John McCole used to be at the back of the group recovering after a heavy night at the Duchess of Kent and urging his team mates to slow down so it wasn't obvious what he'd been up to. Then the players went on to the shale car park for some ball work and after training went to Norman's cafe on Manningham Lane for a spot of lunch.

 

Blimey. I can remember Abbott and Costello playing for us, but didn’t realise we’d had Hall and Oates as well!

 

You've got me there mate, but dident Stan get transferred to i think Swindon and ended there captain and also played at Wembley with them, there again am i dreaming Dave, certain age and all that

 

Saw him filling the shelves up many a close season Steve

 

Thank god this lovely nostalgic thread is ongoing to take us away from the present day misery. Keep it going fellahs, and don't even think of moving it to "where are they now"

 

Quite a few of the players worked there at the time. Used to 'window shop' there as a youngster to see them

 

According to Wiki Stan went to Carlisle then Swindon.

 

Thanks for that Dave, the old memory is not what it used to be

 

No, I can't go for that, can't go for that, no can do!!

 

Remember Jill well, from school.
A lot of years ago.

 

Well guys as I left the stadium last night both Ian Cooper and Jimmy Cuthbertson had the full list of players so here goes from left to right :
Barry Swallow, Bobby Ham, Archie Taylor, Dennis Atkins, Bruce Stowell, Bruce Walker, Ron Bayliss, Tom Hallett. Charlie Rackstraw, John Hall, Derek Montgomery. Ray Ellam. Kenny Wright, Ian Coope, Peter Middleton.

 

Strange that I would be able to name most of those players from the 60s but struggle to identify today’s lot when I see their pictures l