I’m watching a Porridge episode and Ronnie Barker reading a Sun newspaper. The sports headline about Bowles in flare up. So I did a bit of google and it was after 1973 FA cup final. These are copied from his memoir: Quote ====== I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was May 1973. QPR's game at Sunderland had been delayed, because of the cup final, which Sunderland had won that year with a flukey win against Leeds, the best team in the country. We had to play them the Monday afterwards. They paraded the Cup around their ground and then they left it on a table on the halfway line. A guy called Tony Hazel and I had a little bet who could hit it with the ball. It was just a spontaneous thing. I did it during the warm-up and it didn't go down very well. I ran straight across the park and then, bang! the FA Cup goes shooting up in the air. I believe it got dented, but I don't know whether Hazel done it or I did; it doesn't really matter though. Once it was done it was done. During the match I was winding up all their players, who had probably had a few drinks over the weekend. We beat them 3-0. I scored two goals and almost caused a riot by taking the piss. I was going up to their players and asking them, "How the **** did you ever beat ****ing Leeds?". It was the headlines on the News at 10 – we had to be taken off the pitch for about half an hour. All their fans ran on the pitch and delayed the end of the game. I was playing really well at the time and it was a nuisance having to go up to Sunderland on a Monday night for the last game of the season. It was an easy win and when on form I could be a bit arrogant ... As far as I can recall it was just after half-time when all the Sunderland people jumped over the fence and ran on to the pitch and we had to be taken off. They just came from behind the goal like a swarm. Some of them were coming at me but luckily enough I was right near the touchline and I managed to get off quick and into the dressing room. It was like a load of wildebeest coming at you. Unquote =======
I was playing really well at the time and it was a nuisance having to go up to Sunderland on a Monday night for the last game of the season. It was an easy win and when on form I could be a bit arrogant ... As far as I can recall it was just after half-time when all the Sunderland people jumped over the fence and ran on to the pitch and we had to be taken off. They just came from behind the goal like a swarm. Some of them were coming at me but luckily enough I was right near the touchline and I managed to get off quick and into the dressing room. It was like a load of wildebeest coming at you. Unquote =======[/QUOTE] 'a load of wildebeest ' ? I thought they were playing Sunderland, not Leeds.
'a load of wildebeest ' ? I thought they were playing Sunderland, not Leeds. [/QUOTE] Sounds like you used to be a pro Brissy
