T R Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Okay it is not our unlucky shirt. It is one worn by man utd on that fateful day, I noticed it was up for sell tonight. I wondered if any of you could give me your loose change so I could buy it...http://www.grahambuddauctions.co.uk/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=GB29&LotRef=762Have a look through the categories and you might find something you can afford. I suppose with things like this only overpaid players can afford to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Colby-Tit Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 We played in blue for the final didn't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Yep.Both teams changed due to the colour clash in those days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I might be wrong, but I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that we often played in blue as an away kit before the Second World War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Pretty sure you can get a replica 1909 shirt from Toffs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Pretty sure you can get a replica 1909 shirt from Toffs .Jesus....still, I suppose we can claim to be the first league club in Bristol to use the colour which should annoy 'ye olde tinpot Sags' who claim to have been formed a thousand years ago or something?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 We played in blue for the final didn't we? Should have worn the purple and lime - might have changed footballing history and we would now have 19 league titles and plastic fans worldwide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I'd rather have a genuine match day shirt. As to the shirt i linked tonight it mentions in the description that it is the only known surviving shirt of this game. I thought man utd already had one in their museum so this would make it 2 surviving shirts. Are there any original surviving bristol city shirts lurking in peoples attics somewhere i wonder...I was looking at the programme of the game and I cannot work out the formation, is it 5 upfront?This is man utds victory perade, the horse punchers would be envious of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Here you go fella... http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Historic-Bristol-City-shirt-fans-mark-FA-Cup-final-anniversary/story-11262982-detail/story.htmlI'm open to correction, but I heard Scott Davidson has one too. The shirt suppliers for Man Utd, was owned by Billy Merridith, the Utd right winger ;-) And yes...Five up front...kick off ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Here you go fella... http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Historic-Bristol-City-shirt-fans-mark-FA-Cup-final-anniversary/story-11262982-detail/story.htmlI'm open to correction, but I heard Scott Davidson has one too. And yes...Five up front...kick off ;-)Thanks mate! Do you think 5 upfront will work today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Well it would certainly surprise any team if you did turn up and start with 5 up front....but tbh....it's what we do when we are on the offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 5 upfront for both teams and it was still only 1-0! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Did a search for a Harrison Lesser Watch but to no avail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 That white shirt looks like canvas coated with urethane otherwise known as tarpaulin.. mighty heavy and itchy looking; what they had to wear back in them there days one can only admire them for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 5 upfront for both teams and it was still only 1-0!Strange you think that, I used to play in the 50's 60's and 70's and we always played 5 up front, I was a right winger and would have felt very lonely if I had nobody in the middle to pass to. I wore a number 7 shirt which in those days was a dead giveaway you were a right winger. We rarely had a low score match but it did happen. We didnt need coaching, special food, psyccologists ( or however you spell it ) or the rest of the ensemble, we just played naturally just like we did with our Subbuteo games at home !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I always wondered if I dreamt this, what with modern day formations but ... left wing, inside left, centre forward, inside right, right wing was once a standard forward line in the late 60's and early 70's when I started out.I normally occupied one of those forward positions or played in goal ... can always remember screaming where's our defence... reflecting on that formation I can understand why. Ah, the carefree days of yoof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Okay it is not our unlucky shirt. It is one worn by man utd on that fateful day, I noticed it was up for sell tonight. I wondered if any of you could give me your loose change so I could buy it...http://www.grahambuddauctions.co.uk/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=GB29&LotRef=762Have a look through the categories and you might find something you can afford. I suppose with things like this only overpaid players can afford to buy. please don't buy it, we don't need any more Man Utd shirts being worn around Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 That white shirt looks like canvas coated with urethane otherwise known as tarpaulin.. mighty heavy and itchy looking; what they had to wear back in them there days one can only admire them for.…and them boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 2-3-5 isn't too far removed from our current formation. As I understand it, the two wide men had much license to get forward, whilst the central player in the midfield acts as a sweeper to protect the back 2. So we would probably be 2-0 down inside 20 minutes with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 2-3-5 isn't too far removed from our current formation. As I understand it, the two wide men had much license to get forward, whilst the central player in the midfield acts as a sweeper to protect the back 2. So we would probably be 2-0 down inside 20 minutes with it!the amazing thing though was there was still 11 a side ! no matter how you played you were always being marked by their left back if as I was you were a right winger.........modern day football concentrates more on using the midfield more whereas when I played I was knackered after 90 minutes after running the wing up and down all match ( and we didnt have subs then !!) the main job in midfield then was distributing to the wingers and of course watching the opposition attack, the only thing that has changed is the £££££££££££££'s in the game and b*****y agents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooooossshhhh Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 From the hazed memory of an old duffer, this was the ONLY formation in my youth. Outside Left Inside Left Centre Forward Inside Right Outside Right Left Half Centre Half Right Half Left Back Right Back Fat Bloke When managing in the United Counties League about 7 years back, my lot were 2-0 down at home half time. I spent all 15 minutes on the drawing boards explaining this formation to the clueless lads and that's how we lined up for for the restart. By the time we'd gone 3-2 up (about 65 minutes) their old bloke manager came across to my dugout, sat next to me and said "I know what you've done there, but without a whiteboard I can't do anything to defend against it. These 'kids' have never seen the old way".After he walked away, I went over to his dugout and sat with him just talking about the old days, we didn't bother much about the game! Result? 4-2. Never used again though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 From the hazed memory of an old duffer, this was the ONLY formation in my youth. Outside Left/usually small, pale and ginger Inside Left/best looking Centre Forward/tallest and biggest Inside Right/best player Outside Right/ nippy bugger Left Half /only left footed player Centre Half/thinks he's the best player in the team Right Half/managers son Left Back /worst player Right Back/oldest bloke Fat Bloke/ getting fatter each season When managing in the United Counties League about 7 years back, my lot were 2-0 down at home half time. I spent all 15 minutes on the drawing boards explaining this formation to the clueless lads and that's how we lined up for for the restart. By the time we'd gone 3-2 up (about 65 minutes) their old bloke manager came across to my dugout, sat next to me and said "I know what you've done there, but without a whiteboard I can't do anything to defend against it. These 'kids' have never seen the old way".After he walked away, I went over to his dugout and sat with him just talking about the old days, we didn't bother much about the game! Result? 4-2. Never used again though ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 ;-)exactly. I ended up in the end as a right back - oldest bloke ( and the fact my missus washed the kit !!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 From the hazed memory of an old duffer, this was the ONLY formation in my youth. Outside Left Inside Left Centre Forward Inside Right Outside Right Left Half Centre Half Right Half Left Back Right Back Fat Bloke When managing in the United Counties League about 7 years back, my lot were 2-0 down at home half time. I spent all 15 minutes on the drawing boards explaining this formation to the clueless lads and that's how we lined up for for the restart. By the time we'd gone 3-2 up (about 65 minutes) their old bloke manager came across to my dugout, sat next to me and said "I know what you've done there, but without a whiteboard I can't do anything to defend against it. These 'kids' have never seen the old way".After he walked away, I went over to his dugout and sat with him just talking about the old days, we didn't bother much about the game! Result? 4-2. Never used again though Oh so very very cheeky of you to use Fat Bloke in goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 One thing I noticed in this photograph. The referee and his assistant are both reading the match day programme while the game has just kicked off.Also shed mans great granddad has had a few friends around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 One thing I noticed in this photograph. The referee and his assistant are both reading the match day programme while the game has just kicked off.Also shed mans great granddad has had a few friends around. Can you believe the attendance for this games was 71,000 !! I'd love to have seen the other two sides of the ground - they must have been rammed !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Can you believe the attendance for this games was 71,000 !! I'd love to have seen the other two sides of the ground - they must have been rammed !!Probably looked something like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooooossshhhh Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Oh so very very cheeky of you to use Fat Bloke in goal. Sorry Hav, I should have clarified that this was the case ONLY in every team I was involved with! Please also note the 'standard' Cotswold haircut of the time! CHARFIELD AFC YOUTH circa 1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooooossshhhh Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Sorry Hav, I should have clarified that this was the case ONLY in every team I was involved with! Please also note the 'standard' Cotswold haircut of the time! CHARFIELD AFC YOUTH circa 1974Further to my bit about turning my team out in the 'old' formation, after finding ourselves 2-0 down at half time I had a conversation with one of the lads, about 20 years old, maybe 10 minutes into the second half................Player: "So what am I, Boss......... a defender or an attacking wing back??"Me: "Neither, son. You're the effin' Right Half"Probably seems obvious to those of us of a certain vintage. Jeez though, just looking at the team photo, you can see when the Bay City Rollers came to town!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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