LBBlue
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Those of us of a certain age - late 50s onwards will remember that joyous season 50 yearsve Win S ago when we clinched a promotion for the very first time.
The season kicked off on 14 August 71, and we started with a very inauspicious 2-0 defeat at Peterborough in front of 4500 spectators.
The team that day was John Roberts, Keith Lindsey, Alec Smith, Dave Elliott, Brian Albeson, Dave Barnett, Terry Johnson, Billy Best, Bill Garner, George Duck and Ray Ternant with Gary Moore as sub.
With a double legged League Cup defeat to Aldershot we only won 1 of the first 8 games before we hit on a settled side and it all clicked from mid September onwards. Edit - the League Cup we actually lost a replay at home 2-1 after draining 1-1 at Aldershot - wasn‘t 2 legs.
We should celebrate this 50th anniversary season and hope it inspires the lads to repeat it! A good example of a season being a marathon and not a sprint.
The season kicked off on 14 August 71, and we started with a very inauspicious 2-0 defeat at Peterborough in front of 4500 spectators.
The team that day was John Roberts, Keith Lindsey, Alec Smith, Dave Elliott, Brian Albeson, Dave Barnett, Terry Johnson, Billy Best, Bill Garner, George Duck and Ray Ternant with Gary Moore as sub.
With a double legged League Cup defeat to Aldershot we only won 1 of the first 8 games before we hit on a settled side and it all clicked from mid September onwards. Edit - the League Cup we actually lost a replay at home 2-1 after draining 1-1 at Aldershot - wasn‘t 2 legs.
We should celebrate this 50th anniversary season and hope it inspires the lads to repeat it! A good example of a season being a marathon and not a sprint.
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