26 Mar 2015 18:32:40
So WBA are playing their next home game in the 1968 Cup Final kit (complete with red socks) as a tribute to Jeff Astle.
Perhaps against Southampton we should play in amber .
We could call it Jimmy Husband Day.
Now hopefully Jimmy is still alive and kicking however on that sunny afternoon in 68, I could have killed him!
Will leave it to older posters to explain that to the kids!
{Ed025's Note - jimmy is alive and kicking in milton keynes mushy...legend..
26 Mar 2015 20:10:28
Mushy: I remember the gut-wrenching disappointment of losing that final - and then losing the semi-final the following season. As for Jimmy Husband's miss, that was bad, but the whole team didn't perform well enough that day. I suspect that we were over-confident having tonked them 6-2 in the league at their place earlier in the season. At least we went on to play some great stuff the following season and then won the league a further year on from that.
26 Mar 2015 21:17:28
Different days then. Was allowed to go myself as a 15 year old. Remember travelling via Crosville Bus from Edge Lane. Buses used to leave from early hours and must have been at Wembley about 7am!
Thought the game would be a formality after we had recently battered them but it never turned out that way. Consoled myself that at least I was there in '66. Winning the cup then is a far better memory than England winning the World Cup the same year.
Btw Mushy remember reading your recent post about customer service where you work and was wondering if our paths may have crossed at some point?
27 Mar 2015 19:11:02
Hi Ted fro Old Roan originally but left in the 70s into teaching.
Now sem retired working part time in Waitrose.
27 Mar 2015 22:40:03
Thanks for response Mushy. It was your reference to customer service and upmarket retailers. Thought you might be with M&S. All the best Blue.
28 Mar 2015 10:45:06
I joined up in 1966, start of my career, Everton won the FA Cup and England won the World Cup, England went downhill from there, rather like yours truly. ;-)