Memory Lane Southend United v Birmingham City 1957--a wonderful photo-- (were you or your dad at this game?)

[BALDY]

 

[greyerfox]

Yep, there with my Dad. Pic shows Harry Threadgold beaten. The other Blue is, I think, Jimmy Stirling.

 

[rigsby]

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Can someone post this on the Standing in the Gangways thread. Some people need a dose of reality.

 

[graingerroad54]

Yep, there with my Dad. Pic shows Harry Threadgold beaten. The other Blue is, I think, Jimmy Stirling.

 

[graingerroad54]

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[greyerfox]

We lost 1-6 to Birmingham who went on to lose in the semi-final to Man Utd, 2 - 0.

 

[graingerroad54]

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Sorry, I clicked the wrong thing. I was there in the west stand we lost 6-1 and I thought City were fantastic. Many many years later Harry joined our team but didnt want to be in goal, so he played up front scoring goals and hammering defenders!

 

[greyerfox]

Harry was, I think, a former submariner who suffered deafness. Was it as a result of that service? I 'm sure his daughter, Helen, taught PE at Sweyne School, Rayleigh.

 

[Robert Baldwin]

Very disappointing after the close match with Man City the previous year.

 

[stewart]

We wore gold coloured shirts for that match , lost 6-1 .

 

[rigsby]

Harry was, I think, a former submariner who suffered deafness. Was it as a result of that service? I 'm sure his daughter, Helen, taught PE at Sweyne School, Rayleigh.

There were some of his relatives who went to Fitz. I payed football one called Paul Threadgold

 

[BALDY]

We wore gold coloured shirts for that match , lost 6-1 .

Why did they wear gold shirts?

 

[greyerfox]

Why did they wear gold shirts?

Good question. In cases of colour clash normally the away side changes. I can't remember the reason why we changed colour.

 

[Zeuss]

Good question. In cases of colour clash normally the away side changes. I can't remember the reason why we changed colour.

In those days,when there was a colour clash,the rule was that BOTH teams had to change. Birmingham played in red?,as I recall.

 

[Zeuss]

I think that was just for FA Cup matches.

 

[bluesince66]

I think that was just for FA Cup matches.

Quite right. Both teams changed when we played Kings Lynn in 1968. We wore red, they wore white.

 

[Billericay Dickie]

I was only two, but my dad would have been top of the South Bank as usual.

 

[Crowstone Crevette]

About 35 years ago Harry Threadgold helped carry me off the pitch at Bournes Green after I had rolled my ankle over tearing tendons etc.

I was playing for Collegians at the time. Don't know what Harry was doing there. I guess he lived in the area at the time?

 

[Stubb]

I went to Sweyne and she was a teacher there. Quite a personality because of who her father was. He was hard of hearing but loved the sweets that us kids used to throw into his goal from the north stand......happy memories!

There were some of his relatives who went to Fitz. I payed football one called Paul Threadgold

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

That was 6 months before i entered the world, but my Grandfather would have have been there!.