With all the current fuss about it being 50 years since we won the world cup, it suddenly dawned on me that it had to be also 50 years since I started watching the Quakers. I found that a sobering thought and suddenly felt very old.
As a ten year old in 1966 I remember most of England's games in the tournament and most of Darlo's - particularly England's 2-0 win over Portugal, and our 2-0 win over Colchester. Darlo got promoted that season and England went on to lift the trophy. At that age, I just thought these things happened regularly/routinely.
I remember the first game I saw at Darlington for the simple reason that I found a shiny half crown on the concrete ledge under the crowd barrier next to the field. I wasn't tall enough to reach over and get it so I scrabbled around underneath at arms length. Success! Two and six in those days was a lot of money and more than it cost to get in. I think it's twelve and a half pence in today's money but back then it would have kept me in comics and ice lollies for a while.
I remember that the advertising hoardings all over the town were proclaiming "Battle of Hastings 1066 - Bottle of Guiness 1966". But I can't say what I had for tea yesterday. Funny what you remember as you get older.
1966 and all that
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Re: 1966 and all that
I know someone who's been watching Darlo since the early 50's ! So Feethams you've got a bit of catching up to do there and I'm sure he once told me he sometimes used to bicycle up to Feethams (20 miles) to see a game.
Football is very evocative, the games you take in when your young, stay with you forever.
Football is very evocative, the games you take in when your young, stay with you forever.
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Feethams the Panda. 28 Jan 2012.
Now extinct!
Feethams the Panda. 28 Jan 2012.
Now extinct!