HOME GAMES: 1977

SUMMARY

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Programme style 1976/77.

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The programme featured is rom the Newport game where we won 2-1, (Barney Daniels and Peter Fletcher on target). It was the season Daniels picked up 19 goals. He was the proverbial one season wonder. Having come from Ashton United, (via a brief spell at Chester), he returned to Hurst Cross where he became a legend in Tameside non-league circles.

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EP – A CITADEL IN 1977

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Given the impoverished nature of our performances in the late 70’s 1977 saw a remarkable home record insofar as the games I saw. There were 27 games in total and only the two defeats. The second of those, an FA Cup 2nd round replay against Shrewsbury was hugely disappointing. It deprived us of a trip to Blackburn, (then in Division 2, which at the time was the 2nd Tier). The chance to play on a higher stage had gone. It was to be another 18 years before there was a visit to Ewood Park.

The highlight of the year was a 6-0 win over Hartlepool. Carl Halford and Eddie Prudham both picked up a brace, to add to strikes from Terry Park and a penalty from Alan Thompson. One thing that dawned on me as I looked back to the 27 home games I saw in 1977, (involving 26 different teams), was how many would go on to cross paths with us in non league. There were 11 of them; Aldershot; Cambridge; Darlington; Grimsby; Halifax; Hartlepool; Newport; Southport; Torquay: Workington and Wrexham. Four of those were in the guise of “phoenix clubs”. It is a real indciation of the movement and change in English football over the period.

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The 1977/78 Squad

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Back (l to r): George McBeth; Eddie Prudham; Ken Fogarty; Mike Summerbee; Terry Park; Peter Fletcher; Mike Rogan; Chris Lawler; Graham Smith; Andy Thorpe; Derek Loadwick; John Rutter

Sitting (l to r): Steve Massey; Alan Thompson (Player Manager); Mr F Summer (Director); Mr F Pye (Chairman); Mr E Barnes (Director); Mr T McCreery (Secretary); Barney Daniels

Front (l to r): Trevor Porteous (Physio); Carl Halford; Peter Jackson; Eric Webster, (Youth Team Manager)

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I missed but the one home game in 1977. It was the League season opener against Watford, We were of course a Friday night team then, but the dictats of the FL said that the first game had to be on the Saturday. I still played cricket in those days so the call of an Ashton 2nd team CLL encounter at Littleborough, (from memory), had my prior attention.

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THE HOME GAMES I SAW THIS YEAR

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DayDateCompetitionTier / RoundOpponentsResFACrowdHome Game
Fri07/01/77Football League Division 4Tier 4WorkingtonW103,3978
Fri21/01/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Newport CountyW213,4509
Mon31/01/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Halifax TownD113,00410
Fri11/02/77Football League Division 4Tier 4DarlingtonD223,04911
Fri04/03/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Huddersfield TownL235,44912
Mon07/03/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Hartlepool UnitedW102,64913
Sat19/03/77Football League Division 4Tier 4AldershotD002,38214
Mon28/03/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Bradford CityD114,13815
Fri01/04/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Torquay UnitedW212,31816
Mon11/04/77Football League Division 4Tier 4WatfordD222,53617
Mon18/04/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Southend UnitedD002,39118
Fri22/04/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Colchester UnitedD112,82619
Fri06/05/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Cambridge UnitedD003,00420
Wed17/08/77Football League CupRound 1 (2nd Leg)WrexhamD114,92621
Fri26/08/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Grimsby TownW203,05422
Fri09/09/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Doncaster RoversD113,61423
Fri23/09/77Football League Division 4Tier 4BarnsleyW304,74324
Mon26/09/77Football League Division 4Tier 4BrentfordD114,12125
Fri07/10/77Football League Division 4Tier 4RochdaleW204,92726
Sat22/10/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Swansea CityW204,02827
Fri28/10/77Football League Division 4Tier 4SouthportW215,12228
Fri11/11/77Football League Division 4Tier 4Hartlepool UnitedW604,17929
Sat26/11/77FA CupRound 1 Scunthorpe UnitedW303,38530
Fri02/12/77Football League Division 4Tier 4WimbledonD224,95831
Mon19/12/77FA CupRound 2 (Replay)Shrewsbury TownL128,37032
Mon26/12/77Football League Division 4Tier 4ReadingW204,77733
Fri30/12/77Football League Division 4Tier 4AFC BournemouthW215,24134

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