YankeeCanary 0 Posted March 23, 2007 If the younger posters can forgive the older posters for a senior moment, how many posters ( apart from me ) were actually there through the games of our never to be forgotten fabulous FA Cup run of 1958/59 ( and in those days the FA Cup was really, really special ) ? Let''s have a list so that, if I find myself in England before the end of this calendar year, there''s a reference list of posters that might share a memory or two over a half a glass of ale ( all I can manage nowadays ). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ca 1 Posted March 23, 2007 I''m too young Yankee for those memories but I''d still like have a glass of ale with you. [:)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gentleman Jim 0 Posted March 24, 2007 I saw every match bar one YC, yes the match we lost the Luton one. Over a mere half pint the conversation may be limited to debating roughly one game. Ha Ha ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,531 Posted March 24, 2007 I''m way too young to remember Yankee [;)] [:P] [:)] Well, maybe the "way" was an exageration! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,385 Posted March 24, 2007 [quote user="YankeeCanary"]If the younger posters can forgive the older posters for a senior moment, how many posters ( apart from me ) were actually there through the games of our never to be forgotten fabulous FA Cup run of 1958/59 ( and in those days the FA Cup was really, really special ) ? Let''s have a list so that, if I find myself in England before the end of this calendar year, there''s a reference list of posters that might share a memory or two over a half a glass of ale ( all I can manage nowadays ).[/quote] Need you ask Yankee. Ricardo was present at all of them except Swindon away (Rnd 2) and the semi final replay at St Andrews (listened to it on the radio at school though). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canary cherub 1 Posted March 24, 2007 The Cup Run was what made me a lifelong Norwich fan. I was 7 and not from a football supporting family so never went to any of the games, but at school the Cup fever was intoxicating. It will always be linked in my mind with the skiffle craze, as some of the older boys had formed a skiffle group complete with tea chest bass and washboard, and the head let them play in one of the classrooms during wet lunch breaks. "Last Train to Sacramento" anyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,289 Posted March 24, 2007 [quote user="YankeeCanary"]If the younger posters can forgive the older posters for a senior moment, how many posters ( apart from me ) were actually there through the games of our never to be forgotten fabulous FA Cup run of 1958/59 ( and in those days the FA Cup was really, really special ) ? Let''s have a list so that, if I find myself in England before the end of this calendar year, there''s a reference list of posters that might share a memory or two over a half a glass of ale ( all I can manage nowadays ).[/quote]If I was 20 years younger, I might have ''senior'' at the games........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Budgie 0 Posted March 25, 2007 I bought tickets for every match of the Cup run - yet only saw one game (Sheff Utd replay when Sandy Kennon made his debut).The reason? My dad sent me down to Carrow Road on the days that the tickets first went up for sale.However, one abiding memory, was when the tickets were on sale on a Saturday afternoon. City were away somewhere but the reserves were playing at home. To stop people going in the ground, out and re-entering so they could buy endless tickets, the gates were locked.Quite a few arguments there as well with officials.It was on this occasion I reckon that the record was set for a Reserves'' home game - the ground was absolutely packed. However, at half-time the gates were opened and the attendance magically shrunk to just a few hundred. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gentleman Jim 0 Posted March 25, 2007 Mystic Megson, Or even "..last train to San Fernando..", but I suppose Sacremento is nice too, sorry , ha ha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cluck 0 Posted March 25, 2007 I remember my father''s excitement during the run...and his devastation at the "fixed" result against Luton (He always said it was because the Football League didn''t want the embarrassment of a lower league club at Wembley).Sadly I cannot claim to be amongst the elite...but clearly remember the buzz around the City at the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,385 Posted March 25, 2007 [quote user="Budgie"]I bought tickets for every match of the Cup run - yet only saw one game (Sheff Utd replay when Sandy Kennon made his debut).The reason? My dad sent me down to Carrow Road on the days that the tickets first went up for sale.However, one abiding memory, was when the tickets were on sale on a Saturday afternoon. City were away somewhere but the reserves were playing at home. To stop people going in the ground, out and re-entering so they could buy endless tickets, the gates were locked.Quite a few arguments there as well with officials.It was on this occasion I reckon that the record was set for a Reserves'' home game - the ground was absolutely packed. However, at half-time the gates were opened and the attendance magically shrunk to just a few hundred.[/quote]Yep I remember that Budgie. It wasn''t for tickets though, it was for a voucher to buy tickets for the semi-final at White Heart Lane. It was a reserve game against Plymouth I think, and the gate was over 15,000. I wanted 2 vouchers for me and my dad but they were only giving 1 per person. Luckily on the way home while walking down Riverside Rd, I found one lying on the path.The actual tickets went on sale the following week and I remember joining the queue outside the Pineapple pub. (Thats the Trowse side of the County Hall roundabout for you of tender years)Oh Happy Days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sts 0 Posted March 25, 2007 I went to my first games with my Dad and Grandad during that cup run. Brilliant! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeCanary 0 Posted March 25, 2007 [quote user="cityangel"]I''m too young Yankee for those memories but I''d still like have a glass of ale with you. [:)][/quote]Apart from my 1/2 glass of ale, I always like to have a whole glass of shandy ( obviously I lost my manhood some time ago ). I am saving the shandy portion of my "pub crawl" for you angel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ca 1 Posted March 25, 2007 I''m looking forward to it Yankee [:)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
In the blood 0 Posted March 25, 2007 I was born mid-September ''59 so guess I was a product of the cup run! My father detests Luton to this day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Rages 0 Posted March 25, 2007 [quote user="YankeeCanary"][quote user="cityangel"]I''m too young Yankee for those memories but I''d still like have a glass of ale with you. [:)][/quote]Apart from my 1/2 glass of ale, I always like to have a whole glass of shandy ( obviously I lost my manhood some time ago ). I am saving the shandy portion of my "pub crawl" for you angel.[/quote]( obviously I lost my manhood some time ago ). ?????Was the operation a complete success? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeCanary 0 Posted March 26, 2007 [quote user="Yellow Rages"][quote user="YankeeCanary"] [quote user="cityangel"]I''m too young Yankee for those memories but I''d still like have a glass of ale with you. [:)][/quote]Apart from my 1/2 glass of ale, I always like to have a whole glass of shandy ( obviously I lost my manhood some time ago ). I am saving the shandy portion of my "pub crawl" for you angel.[/quote]( obviously I lost my manhood some time ago ). ?????Was the operation a complete success?[/quote]I don''t know YR. One of the side effects of the surgery is memory loss. One might say that''s a blessing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlyBlyBabes 0 Posted March 26, 2007 I was a teenager at the time and to this day it is still the most exciting football experience of my life. Even more so than watching England win the World Cup at Wembley.My only regret is that I had a complete set of Pink ''Uns for that whole season stashed away at my dear old mum''s house for donkey''s years - well into the ''90s - only to be mortified one visit to discover that she had thrown them out some months previously in a fit of spring cleaning. Still it was my fault for leaving them there!I think it appropriate Yankee that we should remember our great manager Archie Macaulay, a Scot, and his wonderful team (2-3-5 formation!)Ken Nethercott/SandyKennonBryan Thurlow Ron AshmanRoy McCrohan Barry Butler Matt CroweErrol Crossan Terry Allcock Terry Bly Jimmy Hill Bobby BrennanEven in those days the team was a polyglot bunch (including a South African, a Canadian, two Irishmen, and two Scotsmen) and containing only two local lads Thurlow and Bly.Moreover the run was characterised by City outfootballing the big guns. It was that as much as anything that captivated the national press.And to top it all their pay packets were capped by the maximum wage of those days.Salad days indeed.Thanks for letting us share your ''senior'' moment, Yankee.On The Ball City. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,385 Posted March 26, 2007 [quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]I was a teenager at the time and to this day it is still the most exciting football experience of my life. Even more so than watching England win the World Cup at Wembley.My only regret is that I had a complete set of Pink ''Uns for that whole season stashed away at my dear old mum''s house for donkey''s years - well into the ''90s - only to be mortified one visit to discover that she had thrown them out some months previously in a fit of spring cleaning. Still it was my fault for leaving them there!I think it appropriate Yankee that we should remember our great manager Archie Macaulay, a Scot, and his wonderful team (2-3-5 formation!)Ken Nethercott/SandyKennonBryan Thurlow Ron AshmanRoy McCrohan Barry Butler Matt CroweErrol Crossan Terry Allcock Terry Bly Jimmy Hill Bobby BrennanEven in those days the team was a polyglot bunch (including a South African, a Canadian, two Irishmen, and two Scotsmen) and containing only two local lads Thurlow and Bly.Moreover the run was characterised by City outfootballing the big guns. It was that as much as anything that captivated the national press.And to top it all their pay packets were capped by the maximum wage of those days.Salad days indeed.Thanks for letting us share your ''senior'' moment, Yankee.On The Ball City. [/quote]Sorry to Hear about your Pinkuns BBB. I just had to get up the loft to check that mine are still there!Do you remember the Pre Match Pinkuns that were produced at the time? I''ve still got most of them too. I also found up some ticket stubs and programmes and a rosette I wore at the Man Utd game. I have never been able to chuck any of it out because it just brings back too many memories.I also read an article that I had cut from a national newspaper after our semi-final defeat. It went on about how wonderful it was that class always tells in sport and how good it was to see that mighty Luton had triumped over those brave triers from little old Norwich. It made me angry at the time but you and I both know who was the best team over the two games. It still hurts me to think that we were beaten by the poorest team that we played during that run.Great team, great days, great memories I have too agree with you that It was the most exciting time of my football life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,531 Posted March 26, 2007 I didn''t start going to Carrow Road until the late sixties so I missed out on the excitement of the 59 cup run. It''s always been a big part of the club for me and it was fresh in peoples minds when I started going.The only "59er" I saw play was Terry Allcock who used to play half back beside a centre half called Laurie Brown when I first went. I remember an Easter Monday game against Huddersfield where we had injuries to all our forwards and Allcock played up front and scored the only goal of the game. I think it was maybe 1969.I did meet Sandy Kennon in the early 90''s when he was a sales executive for Famous Grouse. He still looked fit enough to play football even though he must have been nearly 60.I am a bit jealous of you guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
No 9 - Bly<P><FONT size=1>Its better to have loved a short girl, than never loved a tall.<FONT><P> 0 Posted March 26, 2007 The Ballard of Crossen & Bly I remember if todayIt was nineteen fifty nineWe’d just heard the score, It was the end of the lineAnd with mud caked on my kneesAnd a duffle bag full of dreamsAnd a tear in my eye, for what should have beenMy mum she said “Don’t worry boy another season they’ll be there”But third division hero’s they don’t come every yearThe canaries they’d been singingBut tonight you could hear them cryFor what should have been the year….Of Crossen and Bly They never saw him comingThat crew cut down the wingLike a flash of gold in the floodlit air, they never saw a thingHe’d float that ball overYoung Terry ‘d make his runAnd like a bullet out of nowhere, the farmers boy ’d shoot homeThere was Brennan, Hill and AlcockAshy playing the captains gameThurlow, Crowe, McCrohen, with Nethercart injured Kenyon cameAnd big Barry was in the middleFighting for every ballHe gave his heart for this old city, a legend to us allThey played in yellow and greenFrom Norfolk down to WalesGot mustard in their boots, got the Broads wind in their sailsThey put the skids underneath the Busby BabesBeat the Blades second time aroundThen they went and they plucked the Spurs, all that was left was Luton TownWhat a battle, what a fightThat return at St Andrews groundFifty thousand cried for glory between the City and the TownAnd then Bingham stuck one homeYou could feel the City dieIn what should have been the year…Of Crossen and Bly You can keep your four two four,Your lying deep, your sponsored gearYour million pound prima donnas, with fancy shorts and puffed up hairThey get a thousand quid a weekNo wonder the games gone wrongWho’d take his kid to stand in a cage where a load of thugs belongAnd you can keep you coloured playbackYour electric scores and digital timeI’ll just have my memories of nineteen fifty nineAnd that yellow and green armyReaching for the skyIn what will always be the year…Of Crossen and Bly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canary cherub 1 Posted March 26, 2007 [quote user="Gorleston Jim"]Mystic Megson, Or even "..last train to San Fernando..", but I suppose Sacremento is nice too, sorry , ha ha.[/quote]Now that''s what I call a "senior moment" Jim!Whatever, it was a classic, especially the penultimate line: "Last Train to San Fernando/Last Tray-EEN to San Fernando/If you miss/This one/You''ll never get another one/Biddybiddy bumbum/To San Fernando". I thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,385 Posted March 26, 2007 Yeah BlyEven now that still brings tears to my eyes whenever I play it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cluck 0 Posted March 26, 2007 [quote user="ricardo"]Yeah Bly Even now that still brings tears to my eyes whenever I play it.[/quote]Rawhide does that to me...Rowdy Yates and all that.Happy days....and the only care being whether my mum had forgotten the fruit gums or not. [:''(] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,385 Posted March 26, 2007 [quote user="Cluck "][quote user="ricardo"]Yeah Bly Even now that still brings tears to my eyes whenever I play it.[/quote]Rawhide does that to me...Rowdy Yates and all that.Happy days....and the only care being whether my mum had forgotten the fruit gums or not. [:''(][/quote]Are you sure it''s not all that dust kicked up by the cattle thats getting in your eyes Cluck?Gil Favour, Rowdy Yates and Wishbone. Yeah, they don''t make westerns like that anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Monkey 52 Posted March 26, 2007 Wasn''t everything in Black and White in t''olden days? [;)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sts 0 Posted March 26, 2007 Did any of you know that Roy McCrohan used to teach dancing during the summer - he and his wife taught my friends and me at our local youth centre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlyBlyBabes 0 Posted March 26, 2007 [quote user="No 9 - Bly"]The Ballard of Crossen & Bly I remember if todayIt was nineteen fifty nineWe’d just heard the score, It was the end of the lineAnd with mud caked on my kneesAnd a duffle bag full of dreamsAnd a tear in my eye, for what should have beenMy mum she said “Don’t worry boy another season they’ll be there”But third division hero’s they don’t come every yearThe canaries they’d been singingBut tonight you could hear them cryFor what should have been the year….Of Crossen and Bly They never saw him comingThat crew cut down the wingLike a flash of gold in the floodlit air, they never saw a thingHe’d float that ball overYoung Terry ‘d make his runAnd like a bullet out of nowhere, the farmers boy ’d shoot homeThere was Brennan, Hill and AlcockAshy playing the captains gameThurlow, Crowe, McCrohen, with Nethercart injured Kenyon cameAnd big Barry was in the middleFighting for every ballHe gave his heart for this old city, a legend to us allThey played in yellow and greenFrom Norfolk down to WalesGot mustard in their boots, got the Broads wind in their sailsThey put the skids underneath the Busby BabesBeat the Blades second time aroundThen they went and they plucked the Spurs, all that was left was Luton TownWhat a battle, what a fightThat return at St Andrews groundFifty thousand cried for glory between the City and the TownAnd then Bingham stuck one homeYou could feel the City dieIn what should have been the year…Of Crossen and Bly You can keep your four two four,Your lying deep, your sponsored gearYour million pound prima donnas, with fancy shorts and puffed up hairThey get a thousand quid a weekNo wonder the games gone wrongWho’d take his kid to stand in a cage where a load of thugs belongAnd you can keep you coloured playbackYour electric scores and digital timeI’ll just have my memories of nineteen fifty nineAnd that yellow and green armyReaching for the skyIn what will always be the year…Of Crossen and Bly [/quote]Wow, No-9. Great stuff.What''s the story behind it?OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smudger 0 Posted March 27, 2007 [quote user="Cluck "]I remember my father''s excitement during the run...and his devastation at the "fixed" result against Luton (He always said it was because the Football League didn''t want the embarrassment of a lower league club at Wembley).Sadly I cannot claim to be amongst the elite...but clearly remember the buzz around the City at the time.[/quote]Shame your Dad didn''t take you with him Cluck... I was rather hoping that you were going to join Yankee & Co for a half glass of ale!!! [:D] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,385 Posted March 27, 2007 BBB Its called the Ballard of Crossan and Bly.Its on a CD which you can get from the club shop called strangely enough, "On The Ball City"It was released many moons ago and as I said, it still brings a tear to the eye of all us old ''uns who experienced those great days.There is also a 2 part Documentary on the CD called "The 59 ers". You will love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites