Team photo 1965-66

Wasn't Earnshaw a teacher and played for us as amateur? He was lightening quick. Went to the7 2 defeat against BPA game. Can clearly remember the ref sending the Crewe team off before the start to change their red shorts, their goalkeeper swing on the crossbar and bringing it down and worst of all losing 1-0.

 

Thanks for sharing
Where have all those years gone....hey
It only seems like yesterday....

 

Oh! What happened to you? Whatever happened to me? What became of the people we used to be. We all became likely lads in our own ways.

 

Bob Earnshaw was a PE teacher in Rotherham but I don't remember if he gave that up to play professional football. It's odd looking back to times like this - like you I remember him being very quick and the standing joke was that gates were needed near each corner flag to allow Bob to carry on running onto the terraces after a typical burst. Could he beat a man and cross a ball though? Did he score many? He was just one of those players remembered fondly. I preferred George Hamstead personally. The perfect corner taker, most of his landing perfectly on the head of Eric Winstanley, and many times resulting in a headed goal from Winnie.

That Crewe incident was quite funny in its way and there are many versions of what happened. Willie Mailey was a very short keeper but could jump high and I think he went up for a shot, tipped it over and decided to grab the crossbar on the way down, resulting in the whole structure collapsing with him under it! It took ages to fix and, of course, our result didn't appear in the results round up at 5pm.

 

Feels frighteningly recent to me, that's for sure. 56 years ago though!!

 

We might have been stood next to each other as I also was at both games , my memory plays tricks these days but I am sure Kevin Hector rattled 5 of Bradfords goals , regarding our team I actually used to rate some of them , Eric is still one of my all time heroes & I used to be very fond of Dick Hewitt who always gave his all , Martin Ferguson was useful & of course Eric Brookes was a class act , in fact I liked them all really .

 

just before ‘my time’, but early memories of Bob Parker ( probably wrong) was his running style as if he got his knees way higher than anybody else?

 

The book "Barnsley Football Club The Official History 1887-1998" by Brian Dennis, John Daykin and Derek Hyde, has team photos for every season from the 1930s onwards.

I was at the game when Joe Hayes scored against Rochdale, it was, in modern parlance "a worldie" he got another that game. He also scored for Manchester City in the 1956 cup final. Another ex-Red to score in a cup,final was Jimmy Robson who scored the 100th goal in a Wembley Cup Final for Burnley in their 3-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

 

Kevin Hector scored 5 for Bradford that day went o to play for Derby and represent England twice.

 

Yes I know they’re in books but I meant electronic versions to download. I have a folder for each season I am interested in which includes pictures, season results and stats, and anything else pertaining to that season. I’m very organised that way

 

Flying Bob taught at Kimberworth. PE Teacher.

 

That was also the season substitutes were introduced into league football , think Barry Murphy was our first sub

 

Bobby Ham scored the other 2. I find it strange that my memory of that season is better than it is from recent seasons.

 

My abiding memory of Bob Parker is when, during the first game of the 1967/68 season (we beat Doncaster Rovers 1-0 and went on to win promotion), Bob did that thing where they hold one nostril and blow snot down the other. I’d never seen it done before!!

 

Me too.

 

Pretty sure he remained a part timer and kept on as a teacher.

Come to think of it, we have quite a number of part timers right now - wonder what their other jobs are?

 

My lasting impression of Bob Parker was when he took a penalty
( Pontefract road end goal ) against Workington Town in the old 4th division
I can still see him in my minds eye.....scared for life some might say lol
He picked up the ball gave it a wipe on his shirt before placing it on the spot firmly turned away from it and walked profoundly to the edge of the box before pausing then with his back to goal...he took two really deep breaths to gather composure before turning and setting off like Bob Earnshaw on speed towards the ball whereupon making contact with the ball he somehow managed to slice it big time and the ball ended up hitting the west stand corner flag and going out for a goal kick to them lol...

 

I heard the head coach was running Arkwrights emporium with Chien Lee on the Schopp bike every day

 

Nice picture and l remember most of these players, half a dozen of them formed the nucleus of the 67/68 promotion side. Never thought much of Joe Hayes who squandered chances. John Bettany was a really good footballer. Bob Ironside was capable of brilliance with occasional astonishing lapses. Wasn’t Alan Hill well known for scoring own goals? (May have made that up). Spud Murphy had that really great slide tackle that took the ball and player into the gravel at the same time, and would be illegal now. We were rubbish that season! Happy days though

 

It was Roy Ironside , not Bob. He was prone to the odd mistake, a good example being the televised by YTV fixture against Tranmere when he let an innocuous shot through his legs. I don’t remember Alan Hill scoring many own goals, or much about him really. There was one notable match though when he sustained a shoulder injury and finished the match playing up front. Maybe Bobby Wood went in goal? No subs then. He went on to have a good career at Forest.