Jimmy Wheeler

A sad loss as you say took us to promotion in 68/69 season with a run of 21 games undefeated, just reading a little about the man in wiki : Wheeler had been booked just once during his 16-year playing career, but on 6 December 1969 in an FA Cup tie at home to Lincoln City he fell foul of the FA during a touchline outburst. Wheeler was fined £35 and censured and instead had a direct telephone line installed between his seat in the stand and the bench.

Jimmy Wheeler R.I.P

 

Good memories RIP

 

..and that was the team back them.
Names that spring to mind ..Ham Hall Bannister Corner Hall Hallett Stowell Atkins Leighton Cooper and Liney .Need a bit more of that if poss Stuart

 

Although I started watching in 1966, the Jimmy Wheeler era are my first real memories of watching City. I still have the scrap books covering his time as manager here.

RIP Jimmy, and deepest condolences to his family and friends

 

Now THAT is a proper kit.

 

Those were the days when first team squads consisted of about 16 players and nobody ever seemed to get injured!, so you could go weeks with the same starting X1 and formation

 

RIP

 

RIP

 

RIP great days were had.

 

A team and kit that evokes so many memories nearly all would walk into our first team today
RIP Mr Wheeler the first City manager I can recollect with any clarity

 

68/69 Promotion, 69/70 won at Sunderland in the League Cup and the brilliant 2-2 with Spurs in the FA Cup...thanks for the wonderful memories Jimmy. RIP

 

Don't worry your not alone .

 

On Jimmy Wheeler's doorstep
Down Valley Parade
We've got a football team
And it's the greatest that the world has ever seen
And City, oh City is our name!

 

Promotion night at Darlington, 69 Wallace Arnold coaches and all identical was very confusing. But my memories of Jimmy Wheeler was when as a schoolboy i was asked if would like to go down to City training on evenings. On finishing we used to line up outside his office and on entering he would be sat behind a desk with coins piled up and he would say now then son how much was you'r bus fare and reimburse us from the pile. Happy days.

 

Happy memories of Jimmy Wheeler and the 68/69 promotion season. Stafford only allowed 16 players yet few got injured then, talking to Charlie Rackstraw a few months ago and he said if you were injured you missed your £2 appearance bonus. He actually invited my dad into the dugout in a game against Halifax town . R.I.P Jimmy.

 

I’m not in the photo actually. Maybe this is the team photo from pre season as I didn’t join until Jan 69.

 

I think they did get injured but most played through them, when you've only got a small squad it probably the only option. Probably.different types of injury to what they frequently get these days as well, the more finely tuned they are the more susceptible to pulls and tears it seems.