Pre-transfer window when the twin signings of Barrie Thomas and Johnny Evans dragged in a fair few extra punters (slightly less than 5K attendance but we'd had a few less than 3K that season). The pair of them cost the Club ten grand. We were bottom of the entire Football League in October 1966, no relegation in those days and 5 wins (only 2 points for a win iback then) away from the next highest team. We ended up 16th thanks in no small part to that transfer business and the 19 goals the pair scored between them. The following season we finished 2nd and were promoted.
I absolutely hate the transfer window. I hate the way Sky Sports report it, the way they think that "Breaking News, Liverpool/ Man City Chelsea have spent 18 billion pounds." is a good thing. I hate the way clubs are forced into a ridiculous panic of activity. I can't believe it is even. legal (Isn't it a restriction of trade?). Apart from that, it's brilliant.
Made even worse now because Sky invite comments on their Transfer Centre which encourages every rose-tinted specs wearing Tom, Dick or Harry to drag the gossip out even further.
Its the dates I think are wrong, summer one should close on last day in July, and winter one should be 1st of December to the 20th. With a week long loan window for the lower divisions in February.
By a distance, the window Mel Machin brought in Brendan O'Connell, Gary Fleming and Andy Saville. Think there were a few others as well but its a while ago. Helped us stay up when we looked dead and buried becoming the only team to do the double over runaway champions Leeds, winning at the blunts in the last minute through Saville, and then staying up at Middlesboro with a Mark Smith header. Good times.
Deadline day was always exciting under Davey! Remember waking up the morning after once to see that we’d signed Campbell-Rice - great start to the day!