December 1963

[albie]

For those old enough to remember;
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOMJ0eGW4AAWoZa.jpg

Memories eh!

[Donnywolf]

Wow - that brings back the memories

[NickDRFC]

Oh what a night!

[drfchound]

I was never gonna be the same.

[Bentley Bullet]

Was a very special time for me.

[IDM]

Oh what a night!

Best me to it.!

[Jimmydee]

Did he play for another four seasons?

[NickDRFC]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

[Bentley Bullet]

if we had someone just half as god as King Alick now he'd do do do do do, do do do do do do.

[idler]

Isn’t Doodoo at Bolton? 😉

[Dutch Uncle]

Thank you everyone - I was there December 28 1963 to see Alick's first match back and I love the song but had never connected the two. Now there are connected for ever in my head 

I was also there a few weeks earlier to see Alick's first match for the reserves against Crewe when 2835 turned up to watch at a time when I think reserve matches were averaging about 400 hardy souls.

[Bristol Red Rover]

The previous game the attendance was 4,142, a week later, plus Jeffrey it was 11, 719. Though crowds immediately returned to the season average after that one game.

Before Alick's return:
P 25  W 8  D 6  L 11  F 37  A 44  PPG 0.88  GA 0.84
Nibloe (who he replaced) 2 goals in 20

Following his return:
P 21  W 7  D 6  L 8   F 33  A 31  PPG 0.95  GA 1.06
Jeffrey 4 goals in 20

So only a marginal improvement in the team after he returned? Interesting in that season that it seems the biggest change of form came with the loss of Keith Ripley.

[Colemans Left Hook]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

the caption says before his own Doncater crowd !! meaning home match note that sliding bar gate thing which must have been unique to Belle View ..... i queried things wondering how they managed to play a match in December 1963 ???

he must have had a long rest to the next match 


The winter of 1962–63, known as the Big Freeze of 1963, was one of the coldest winters (defined as the months of December, January and February) on record in the United Kingdom. Temperatures plummeted and lakes and rivers began to freeze over

.... just remembered Nibloe and his ginger hair

[Bristol Red Rover]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

the caption says before his own Doncater crowd !! meaning home match note that sliding bar gate thing which must have been unique to Belle View ..... i queried things wondering how they managed to play a match in December 1963 ???

he must have had a long rest to the next match 


The winter of 1962–63, known as the Big Freeze of 1963, was one of the coldest winters (defined as the months of December, January and February) on record in the United Kingdom. Temperatures plummeted and lakes and rivers began to freeze over

.... just remembered Nibloe and his ginger hair

It was a Saturday, so pretty sure it was 3pm kick off? Not a night game.

It was on 28 December 1963, the "Big Freeze" was the previous season, winter 1962-63.

[Dutch Uncle]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

the caption says before his own Doncater crowd !! meaning home match note that sliding bar gate thing which must have been unique to Belle View ..... i queried things wondering how they managed to play a match in December 1963 ???

Think someone just missed the pun.........

[Bristol Red Rover]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

the caption says before his own Doncater crowd !! meaning home match note that sliding bar gate thing which must have been unique to Belle View ..... i queried things wondering how they managed to play a match in December 1963 ???

Think someone just missed the pun.........

Thanks for being selective with who you pointed out there for missing the pun

[Not Now Kato]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

the caption says before his own Doncater crowd !! meaning home match note that sliding bar gate thing which must have been unique to Belle View ..... i queried things wondering how they managed to play a match in December 1963 ???

he must have had a long rest to the next match 


The winter of 1962–63, known as the Big Freeze of 1963, was one of the coldest winters (defined as the months of December, January and February) on record in the United Kingdom. Temperatures plummeted and lakes and rivers began to freeze over

.... just remembered Nibloe and his ginger hair

It was a Saturday, so pretty sure it was 3pm kick off? Not a night game.

It was on 28 December 1963, the "Big Freeze" was the previous season, winter 1962-63.

According to my records, we played 4 games in December 1963: -
 
14th Newport County away - Lost 1-0
21st Stockport County home - Won 4-1
26th Southport away - Lost 3-0
28th Southport home - Won 3-0
 
In December 1962 we played 5 games: -
 
1st Aldershot away - Lost 3-1
8th Newport County home - Drew 2-2
15th Brentford away - Lost 1-0
22nd York City home - Won3-2
26th Workington home - Won 2-0
 
Can't have been that cold then 

[Chris Black come back]

The previous game the attendance was 4,142, a week later, plus Jeffrey it was 11, 719. Though crowds immediately returned to the season average after that one game.

Before Alick's return:
P 25  W 8  D 6  L 11  F 37  A 44  PPG 0.88  GA 0.84
Nibloe (who he replaced) 2 goals in 20

Following his return:
P 21  W 7  D 6  L 8   F 33  A 31  PPG 0.95  GA 1.06
Jeffrey 4 goals in 20

So only a marginal improvement in the team after he returned? Interesting in that season that it seems the biggest change of form came with the loss of Keith Ripley.

Three of those four Jeffrey goals came from assists by Copps.

[drfchound]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

the caption says before his own Doncater crowd !! meaning home match note that sliding bar gate thing which must have been unique to Belle View ..... i queried things wondering how they managed to play a match in December 1963 ???

he must have had a long rest to the next match 


The winter of 1962–63, known as the Big Freeze of 1963, was one of the coldest winters (defined as the months of December, January and February) on record in the United Kingdom. Temperatures plummeted and lakes and rivers began to freeze over

.... just remembered Nibloe and his ginger hair

It was a Saturday, so pretty sure it was 3pm kick off? Not a night game.

It was on 28 December 1963, the "Big Freeze" was the previous season, winter 1962-63.

According to my records, we played 4 games in December 1963: -
 
14th Newport County away - Lost 1-0
21st Stockport County home - Won 4-1
26th Southport away - Lost 3-0
28th Southport home - Won 3-0
 
In December 1962 we played 5 games: -
 
1st Aldershot away - Lost 3-1
8th Newport County home - Drew 2-2
15th Brentford away - Lost 1-0
22nd York City home - Won3-2
26th Workington home - Won 2-0
 
Can't have been that cold then 

Ah but men were men back then lad.
No central heating to go home to either, ice on the inside of the windows and an outside bog.

[Not Now Kato]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

the caption says before his own Doncater crowd !! meaning home match note that sliding bar gate thing which must have been unique to Belle View ..... i queried things wondering how they managed to play a match in December 1963 ???

he must have had a long rest to the next match 


The winter of 1962–63, known as the Big Freeze of 1963, was one of the coldest winters (defined as the months of December, January and February) on record in the United Kingdom. Temperatures plummeted and lakes and rivers began to freeze over

.... just remembered Nibloe and his ginger hair

It was a Saturday, so pretty sure it was 3pm kick off? Not a night game.

It was on 28 December 1963, the "Big Freeze" was the previous season, winter 1962-63.

According to my records, we played 4 games in December 1963: -
 
14th Newport County away - Lost 1-0
21st Stockport County home - Won 4-1
26th Southport away - Lost 3-0
28th Southport home - Won 3-0
 
In December 1962 we played 5 games: -
 
1st Aldershot away - Lost 3-1
8th Newport County home - Drew 2-2
15th Brentford away - Lost 1-0
22nd York City home - Won3-2
26th Workington home - Won 2-0
 
Can't have been that cold then 

Ah but men were men back then lad.
No central heating to go home to either, ice on the inside of the windows and an outside bog.

You had an outside bog?  And windows?  We lived in a shoe box at the side of the A1 in Woodlands 

[Bentley Bullet]

Luxury

[Donnyjim]

When Johnny came home, with a gift me...🎵🎵🎶 or was that January?

[IDM]

Were we playing at Bradford that night? Looks like Valli Parade.

the caption says before his own Doncater crowd !! meaning home match note that sliding bar gate thing which must have been unique to Belle View ..... i queried things wondering how they managed to play a match in December 1963 ???

he must have had a long rest to the next match 


The winter of 1962–63, known as the Big Freeze of 1963, was one of the coldest winters (defined as the months of December, January and February) on record in the United Kingdom. Temperatures plummeted and lakes and rivers began to freeze over

.... just remembered Nibloe and his ginger hair

It was a Saturday, so pretty sure it was 3pm kick off? Not a night game.

It was on 28 December 1963, the "Big Freeze" was the previous season, winter 1962-63.

According to my records, we played 4 games in December 1963: -
 
14th Newport County away - Lost 1-0
21st Stockport County home - Won 4-1
26th Southport away - Lost 3-0
28th Southport home - Won 3-0
 
In December 1962 we played 5 games: -
 
1st Aldershot away - Lost 3-1
8th Newport County home - Drew 2-2
15th Brentford away - Lost 1-0
22nd York City home - Won3-2
26th Workington home - Won 2-0
 
Can't have been that cold then 

Ah but men were men back then lad.
No central heating to go home to either, ice on the inside of the windows and an outside bog.

You had an outside bog?  And windows?  We lived in a shoe box at the side of the A1 in Woodlands 

Try telling that to the kids of today.  They don’t know they are born..