Sheffield Wednesday FC in the 60s

[TORONTONY 10]

Tell tou what i

 

Saturday 31st August 1968 to be precise. 51,931 watched it and the Owls scorers were Jack Whitham (3), John Ritchie and an own goal.

 

Great link to what appears to be a very comprehensive Wednesday archive (goes from 1880-1995).

 

I also thought it was an own goal by Stiles, but the Green Un said it was 4 for Whitham and so did a Sunday paper, maybe it was officially changed later, which was probably the right thing to do.Tell you what I had honestly forgotten who scored the other goal, thanks for the memory shaker i.e. John Ritchie

Edited March 22, 2015 by TORONTONY

[stpetre 12]

Tell tou what i

 

I also thought it was an own goal by Stiles, but the Green Un said it was 4 for Whitham and so did a Sunday paper, maybe it was officially changed later, which was probably the right thing to do.Tell you what I had honestly forgotten who scored the other goal, thanks for the memory shaker i.e. John Ritchie

 

Who scored for Man.Utd. that day?

[TORONTONY 10]

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Who scored for Man.Utd. that day?

 

The big stars all scored Best, Charlton and Law, one of them got a pair but much as I try I can't remember which.

[Markus66 10]

John Ritchie One of the best forwards to head a ball for the owls, the power he got heading was awesome, especially on the move to connect from corners and free kicks,a massive guy on and off the pitch.

[TORONTONY 10]

John Ritchie One of the best forwards to head a ball for the owls, the power he got heading was awesome, especially on the move to connect from corners and free kicks,a massive guy on and off the pitch.

 

All you say is true, but he was pretty clumsy with his feet,a bit like Keith Ellis a few years earlier. Mind you big John was pretty much the norm at the time, the big strong centre forward with a good head was back in vogue,others then were Tony Hateley, Jeff Astle, Wyn Davies etc , we had gone back to proper centre forwards and proper wingers after a few years of defensive,attack from the back football, of course we went away from it again later, as .we all know

[ALAN 58 10]

Hi Tony, could we not send Big Dave a few videos of the Centre forwards you named, and how to head a ball.

[stpetre 12]

Thats right Dowd was in goal.

It was an awfull night,in what was a terrible season,that started with that 1-4 defeat at city,and danny williams on tv slating the side publicly,and the cup defeat to scunthorpe at a packed hillsbro:mad:

 

interesting that Wednesday lost the opening game at Maine Road and the Hillsbro' fixture was the last one of the season, perhaps because of a postponement, makes one wonder what might have happened had it been played on the original date. Well City would probably have hammered them and the Owls were absolute crap that season!

 

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yep, so refined you can't spell your grounds name correctly

 

Bramhall Lane is a tennis club in Stockport ! Not that I'm implying anything.

Edited April 14, 2015 by stpetre
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