{"id":10307,"date":"2021-02-09T19:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/?p=10307"},"modified":"2021-02-09T19:18:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:18:43","slug":"the-fa-cup-1964-65-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/index.php\/opponents\/the-fa-cup-1964-65-round-3\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FA CUP 1964-65: ROUND 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BRISTOL ROVERS V STOCKPORT COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DES HINKS CONTINUES THE STORY OF THE FA CUP RUN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROUND 3 FEATURED WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE &#8220;GREATEST EVER MATCH AT EDGELEY PARK&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">With victory over Wigan Athletic in the 1st Round and Grimsby Town, (the flying high in Division 3) in the 2nd Round the draw for the 3rd Round provided a trip to Eastville, home of Bristol Rovers, then top of Division 3, and 47 places above the Hatters who were still marooned at the bottom of the League.  Once again the bookies would have given long odds on County progressing &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Des Hinks takes up the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>County\u2019s \u2018reward\u2019 for their emotional victory over Grimsby Town was a third-round tie at Bristol Rovers who, by then, had taken over from Grimsby at the top of Division Three!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The club were quickly at work selling their allocation of stand tickets at 8\/6 and 7\/6, (42.5p and 37.5p respectively). The mass of travelling support was not forgotten with the advice that there would be ample room for those wishing to stand on the terraces, admission being 5\/- for the paddock and 4\/- for the ground, (25p and 20p). A special train at the price of 30\/- (\u00a31.50) would leave from Edgeley Station at 9.15am<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The County fans certainly responded. Although Rovers were red-hot favourites the home team were stunned when they emerged from the tunnel to hear the vociferous cry of, \u2018when the Whites go marching in\u2019 echoing around Eastville.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9ecee;grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bristol-Rover-v-County-FA-Cup-1964-65.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10313 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bristol-Rover-v-County-FA-Cup-1964-65.jpg 271w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bristol-Rover-v-County-FA-Cup-1964-65-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bristol-Rover-v-County-FA-Cup-1964-65-103x150.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>FA CUP 3RD ROUND &#8211; SATURDAY 9TH JANUARY 1965<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>BRISTOL ROVERS 0 &#8211; 0 STOCKPORT COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Att: 12,156<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Bristol Rovers: 1 Bernard Hall 2 Doug Hillard 3 Gwyn Jones 4 Ray Mabbutt 5 Joe Davis 6 Dave Stone 7 Harold Jarman 8 Johnny Brown 9 Bobby Jones 10 Ian Hamilton 11 Joe Haverty <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>County: 1 Ken Mulhearn 2 John Collins 3 Ean Cuthbert 4 Mike Eckersall 5 Colin Parry 6 Trevor Porteous 7 Johnny Watt 8 Frank Beaumont 9 Ian Sandiford 10 Derek Hodgkinson 11 Peter Phoenix <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Thousands of County fans, complete with black &amp; white banners, flags, scarves and trumpets had made the long journey, and they were in no mood to go home undefeated!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>And those magnificent fans were rewarded, once again, as the Lilywhites upset the formbook by battling tenaciously for a goalless draw. At times they might have snatched the win, Frank Beaumont and Ian Sandiford both came close in the final stages, but the lasting memory was the players giving every ounce of energy to stay in the Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>At the end of the game hundreds of County fans celebrated the performance that earned a replay by chairing Trevor Porteous shoulder high off the Eastville pitch.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>A delighted Porteous, said. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cCounty played it ever so well. We made the forwards shoot from ridiculous situations, and, behind us, Kenny Mulhearn was absolutely brilliant. Ken has only been with us for a few weeks after signing on a free transfer from Everton and for a lad who is just 18 he gave a quite magnificent performance.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The happy County fans travelling home from the West Country could never have imagined that the most emotional, atmospheric and action-packed game Edgeley Park has ever seen was little more than 48 hours away!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>As was the tradition before television took centre stage, the FA Cup draw took place on a Monday lunchtime, and the Cup fever that had already stricken the town took on epidemic proportions when County, or Bristol Rovers, were paired with Bill Shankly\u2019s Liverpool, the current Football League champions, in their own Anfield fortress.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9ecee;grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Liverpool-1964-65_draw-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10276 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Liverpool-1964-65_draw-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Liverpool-1964-65_draw-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Liverpool-1964-65_draw-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Liverpool-1964-65_draw-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Liverpool-1964-65_draw-1536x1094.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Liverpool-1964-65_draw-2048x1459.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The County players listen to the 4th Round draw a few hours ahead of the replay<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The Hatters\u2019 replay was also on the Monday \u2013 before the days of police insistence of ten-days\u2019 notice to stage a game \u2013 and County, bottom of Division Four, don\u2019t forget, were hoping for a crowd of up to 15,000. Expectations were way out, though, as more than 20,000 packed into Edgeley Park to witness what, for many, was the greatest game ever staged at the ground<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9ecee;grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/County-v-Bristol-Rovers-FA-Cup-1964-65.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10314 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/County-v-Bristol-Rovers-FA-Cup-1964-65.jpg 454w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/County-v-Bristol-Rovers-FA-Cup-1964-65-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/County-v-Bristol-Rovers-FA-Cup-1964-65-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>FA CUP 3RD ROUND REPLAY &#8211; MONDAY 11TH JANUARY 1965<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>STOCKPORT COUNTY 3 &#8211; 2 BRISTOL ROVERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Scorers: SCFC &#8211; Beaumont; Sandiford; Hodgkinson; BRFC &#8211; Mabbutt; Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Att: 19,654<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>County: 1 Ken Mulhearn 2 John Collins 3 Ean Cuthbert 4 Mike Eckersall 5 Colin Parry 6 Trevor Porteous 7 Johnny Watt 8 Frank Beaumont 9 Ian Sandiford 10 Derek Hodgkinson 11 Peter Phoenix<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Bristol Rovers:<\/strong> <strong>1 Bernard Hall 2 Doug Hillard 3 Gwyn Jones 4 Ray Mabbutt 5 Joe Davis 6 Dave Stone 7 Harold Jarman 8 Alex Munro 9 Bobby Jones 10 Ian Hamilton 11 Joe Haverty<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Two goals in a minute on the half hour, from Derek Hodgkinson and Frank Beaumont, seemed to set County on their way. But Rovers hit back after the break and silenced Edgeley Park when two long-range efforts, from Ray Mabbutt and then Bobby Jones, levelled the scores.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Suddenly, County looked to be running out of steam and the Third Division title-chasers sensed victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Reporting for the Daily Express, Derek Hodgson takes up the story: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cWith 15 minutes left Ian Sandiford missed another chance and Stockport hearts were sick. Rovers were looking even more menacing as the minutes ticked away, and Liverpool seemed as far away as San Francisco.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cWeary captain Trevor Porteous signalled his line-up again. Rovers backed off warily, massing in their area. Then, 86 minutes gone, and County got a free kick.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9ecee;grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sandiford-Ian.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10320 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sandiford-Ian.jpg 728w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sandiford-Ian-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sandiford-Ian-121x150.jpg 121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Ian Sandiford heads home the winner, 4 minutes from time, to give County a 3-2 victory in a pulsating game<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cEan Cuthbert floated the ball over, goalkeeper Hall leaped, but there was Sandiford\u2019s dark head nodding the ball over a despairing defender in the goalmouth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cIf Denis Law ever wins the European Cup with a goal at Old Trafford he\u2019ll not get a greater reception than this. The whole ground erupted. Fans poured on to the pitch, and referee Maurice Fussey had to walk off the field before play could be restarted.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cAnd when the final whistle went, Porteous and little Derek Hodgkinson were both chaired off as the whole park was flooded with fans.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cStockport County may not have the best team, but their fans \u2026 FANTASTICO!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9ecee;grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bristol-win-pic-64-65.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10321 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bristol-win-pic-64-65.jpg 293w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bristol-win-pic-64-65-150x122.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The victorious team celebrate after the famous win.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Hodgson wasn\u2019t the only hard-nosed hack moved by the sheer emotion that night. The Daily Mirror\u2019s Derek Wallis wrote:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cThey clambered on the roof-tops, they scaled the floodlight pylons, they burst the barrier behind the goal and they stormed the pitch in their thousands at the end when County forced a last-gasp winner in last night\u2019s FA Cup&nbsp;Third Round replay.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong>&nbsp;<em>\u201cI cannot recall such hysteria, such dramatic scenes on a football field since Everton won promotion to the First Division, at Oldham, many years ago.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The Mail\u2019s Frank Clough was also caught up in the atmosphere. He wrote: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cTwo thousand youngsters flooded the Stockport arena in a frightening frenzy of near-hysteria last night to carry off their Cup heroes shoulder-high in triumph.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cIt was a fantastic, awesome scene. But a warm and wonderful tribute to County who had plucked this third-round replay from the precipice of extra time with a winner just four minutes from the end.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cIt was bedlam, it was pandemonium. There\u2019s never been a night quite like it at Edgeley Park.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Writing in the Manchester Evening News Eric Thornton described the moments after Mr Fussey had blown the final whistle:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cTrevor Porteous, County\u2019s hero and five-star player, went under for a while, then suddenly reappeared, shoulder high and was carried off in triumph.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cLater, with shining eyes, he simply said: \u2018Everybody was magnificent \u2026 magnificent \u2026 magnificent.\u2019 And so they were.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Certainly, the atmosphere that night will live long in the memory of everyone present. Speaking several years later, Porteous remembered the night vividly.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cThe atmosphere was absolutely fantastic,\u201d<\/em> he recalled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cIt was at a time when the Cheadle End started to gather its momentum and gain its reputation for bouncing and singing and making an enormous amount of noise.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cI can remember them stamping their feet, and it just gathered and gathered and gathered. There was a danger of course, simply because it was a wooden floor, but they really, really created a marvellous atmosphere and without any doubt, it inspired the players.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#f8202b\"><strong><em>\u201cWe had big crowds before but they never created the same sort of atmosphere as the old Cheadle Enders. Against Rovers they were fantastic.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9ecee;grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Daily-Express-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10330 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Daily-Express-small.jpg 508w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Daily-Express-small-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Daily-Express-small-106x150.jpg 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The back page of the Daily Express the day following the game.  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