SUMMARY

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Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Ave Att:
24	14	3	7	4,510

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The programme is from the 1-0 home win over Darlington on 24th February, (Eddie Prudham getting the winner), in front of a decent crowd for those days of 4,716. There’s a good view of EP from the air, showing clearly the rear part of the “Popside”, which was to be demolished a couple of years later. Also, on the right, is the Cheadle End as it stood until the aftermath of the Bradford fire led to it’s demolition in 1985.

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THE YEAR OF SUMMERBEE; OLD TRAFFORD & MR WILLIS

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Not a bad home record for me in 1978. We started the year 6th In Division 4, (Tier 4), and added a further 6 home wins before the end of the 1977/78 season. But it wasn’t sufficient to challenge the promotion spots as precisely 3 points on our travels from the 12 away games after the turn of the year, (2 points for a win in those days, meaning just the one win and a draw), saw County fall 12 places to an eventual finish of 18th. It was a close call, only 3 places away from having to put in an application for re-election. The dismal form saw player-manager Alan Thompson being replaced by his own signing, Mike Summerbee.

The 1978/79 season saw decent home form for me. 8 wins, (sandwiching that unforgettable, for all the wrong sort of reason!), night at Old Trafford left us in 9th place as the year came to an end. It was still dismal stuff on the road though – a single win from 11 League games.

I missed 2 home games in 1978, both within the space of 5 days. They were a League Cup win over Shrewsbury and a 3-0 triumph over Darlington. I know for a fact that I was on holiday in Torquay at the time … for the simple reason that I witnessed the Gulls take on Northampton on the day that we beat Darlington!!

I recall particularly two home games from 1978. In mid October Barnsley were the visitors. They stood 2nd and we were 7th, and the honours were shared in a goalless draw.. It drew a crowd of 9,054 to EP on a misty Friday evening. It was a crowd for a League game at EP that I wouldn’t see bettered for nearly 15 years until Stoke came in April 1993. Indeed for much of the intervening period the terraces were, on the whole, sparsely populated.

A couple of days before New Years Eve, Pompey came. It was a Friday night, but the level of their support that evening was almost unbelievable. They had fruitless journey though. We won 4-2 with an outstanding performance. The goals came from Les Bradd; Stuart Lee, (2) and Summerbee. It was a great way to end the year.

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THE HOME GAMES I SAW THIS YEAR

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Day	Date	Competition	Tier / Round	Opponents	Res	F	A	Crowd	Home Game
Fri	06/01/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Aldershot	W	2	1	5,121	35
Fri	27/01/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	York City	W	2	0	4,558	36
Fri	24/02/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Darlington	W	1	0	4,716	37
Mon	27/02/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Huddersfield Town	L	0	1	6,177	38
Mon	06/03/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Northampton Town	L	1	2	3,358	39
Fri	10/03/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Newport County	W	2	0	3,862	40
Sat	25/03/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Halifax Town	L	1	3	2,168	41
Fri	31/03/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Scunthorpe United	D	1	1	2,774	42
Fri	14/04/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Torquay United	W	3	0	2,196	43
Mon	24/04/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Southend United	W	1	0	2,394	44
Fri	28/04/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Crewe Alexandra	L	1	2	3,106	45
Fri	01/09/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Wimbledon	L	0	1	5,604	46
Mon	11/09/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Hartlepool United	W	4	0	4,259	47
Fri	15/09/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	York City	W	2	0	6,103	48
Fri	29/09/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Huddersfield Town	W	3	1	5,564	49
Fri	13/10/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Barnsley	D	0	0	9,054	50
Mon	16/10/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	AFC Bournemouth	W	1	0	4,092	51
Fri	03/11/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Wigan Athletic	L	0	1	8,357	52
Fri	17/11/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Newport County	D	1	1	4,009	53
Sat	25/11/78	FA Cup	Round 1	Morecambe	W	5	1	3,294	54
Mon	04/12/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Grimsby Town	W	2	1	3,300	55
Sat	16/12/78	FA Cup	Round 2	Bradford City	W	4	2	5,739	56
Tue	26/12/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Hereford United	L	0	2	4,630	57
Fri	29/12/78	Football League Division 4	Tier 4	Portsmouth	W	4	2	3,795	58