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Every one of them. Wolf Shergold, possibly one of the worst players we ever signed but at least he came with Tom Hallett, one of the best who still comes to games. Jim Cuthbertson works match day hospitality and I went to school with one of Paul Burton's sisters who sits near me match days. Not a bad team that. Alex Smith was a good full back, think we sold him to Sarfend.

 

Ian Cooper , lived across the road from me , when i was a kid. He was always good for a kick about and is one of the reasons why i started to follow city , apart from not wanting to be like all my mates, who followed Ieeds, Liverpool, Man U , any one but their hometown team, who were deemed as shite. For which i was much ridiculed. At least i attended games unlike them.

 

Bruce Stowell was a terrific player for us.
He scored the equaliser for us against
Spurs right in front of me in Bradford end,
hence the jumping for joy in the pic.He did'nt
score many but a type of midfielder we could
do with now.

I also remember when he hit an appearances
milestone,he led the team out but the rest held
back so he came out alone for the deserved
applause!

Barry Swallow had a pub over York way and I was
surprised to see him behind the bar hence the
statement "you're Barry Swallow" I think he knew
that but we had a brief chat about his time at City.

As Bronco says,teams in those days usually picked
themselves,they weren't necessarily the best but
what we did have was a bunch of honest players.
Good memories despite lack of real success..

 

Wonder how many of our younger fans will be able to in 50 years time name the last couple of seasons no hopers not many I wager
Like you I can name nearly every player from the mid 60s but not the team that lost at Salford we are probably the last generation to be able to do so
Sad Really how times have changed

 

Mine too Park. Remained part timer for most of his career and worked at the Wool Conditioning House during the day. Didn't score many but against Spurs on a rock hard pitch he scored a belter. Think he emigrated to Australia.

 

Who needs squads of 25, this lot would turn out every week with broken legs if needed...!!

 

I thought alex smith went to huddersfield with paul aimson in return for cash, tony leighton and dennis atkins. It was all a long long time ago!

 

As Dubois says the team of my youth too.
My Mum used to work in market research for Tom Hallett's wife (I think she is/was called Rosie).
They once came to our house and I
remember being unable to speak in the presence of greatness.
He locked himself out of his car and had to break a quarter light to get in, I kept some pieces of the glass to share out with my mates.
I always remember he had the most incredible thighs on him.
I'm beginning to sound like a right oddball.

 

Different eara mate you could relate to players in those days, baring injury you could name the team most weeks.

 

The team of my youth. Some great characters there. Played with Ian Cooper a couple of times, together with his brother Howard who went on to play cricket for Yorkshire. Spoke to Charlie Rackstraw a couple of years ago in the doctors in Bingley. He was looking very well. Loved Alex Smith, a great right back. Shame we don't have him now. Or any right back.

 

Interesting the acceptance that the team's in the 60s were the best (although I can name all of them but struggle to remember the team that turned out at Salford)
The team in the photo was from the 1966/7 season when we finished 11th in the 4th division - 2 places lower than in the 2019/2020 season
We were rubbish then just like we have been for the last 3 years so its a good job that Bantams Talk wasn't around then
- but I still love them -

 

Trevor Hockey Yowsah……. Werewolf in Bradford waoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

Trevor Hockey Keighley lad had a great career one of my heroes. After playing in the States and managing he returned to Keighley Town with the ambition of getting them into the Northern Premier. Unfortunately Trevor passed away at 43 year old after a heart attack.
Could you imagine Keighley Town in the Football League.

 

Could you imagine Harrogate Town in the football league
Shows what can happen with a bit of vision
Trevor Hockey had the guts and determination to do it as well

 

No it was the 1967/68 team in that photo just before Pablo Aimson joined us. The clue is Pat Liney in the photo who joined us from Avenue about a month into the 67:68 season. We played some fantastic football that season under manager Willie Watson beating Wrexham 7-1 Notts co 5-1 Swansea 4-1

 

He started running one of the local pub sides from Keighley. Think it was the Lord Rodney on the green near the church. The team I played for played them in a friendly. After the match we went back to the pub, he had put food on and he brought all the international shirts he had swapped while playing for Wales. And he sat there and told us all some right tales, great bloke

 

Add Atkins, Bannister, Ham, Corner and Middleton for a promotion winning squad.

 

Paul Aimson was class. I remember reading that, when Don Revie was building his Leeds United squad, there were two potential signings for centre forward, Mick Jones and Paul Aimson! Aimson was a scorer and a provider. I seem to recollect that, in Aimson's first game for City, Tony Lee who had been centre forward in the previous match, was moved to the right wing to accommodate Paul. The impressive presence of Aimson was a contributory factor in Lee scoring a hat trick that night,