1976 - The 40th Anniversary Thread

I'll go up in the loft later and bring down my copy of the Echo from back then.

 

Heard last night from one of the organisers of Sunday's 'do' at the Mayflower that Pedro Rodrigues has declined the invitation to attend. Bit surprised at this as I know he still lives locally and I've always found him to be a very nice, personable guy whenever I've been in, or around his company?
Hoping to meet up with Jim McCalliog tonight who's down from Scotland for the week.

 

Hughie Fisher's jacket

 

You might want to edit the unfortunate typo in your post Dell Boy.....

 

What have I said, I'm confused, do I need to go and lay down in a dark place?

 

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It's a real shame he's not here to join in the celebrations. R.I.P. King Bobby

 

Don't know if this was already posted but included in this weeks Saints

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Many thanks jacksk1, I must have checked and re-checked the post about 20 times until I spotted it? Oooops

 

I thought you we trying go to call him 'Pedro' which is funny, as that's what j called him when I was a boy. I don't know why but my Dad and Inalways called him Pedro Rodrigues.

 

Yes, not sure where it came from but myself and all my mates at the time called him Pedro, just as everyone used to call Ian Branfoot a useless fu@%&$ing idiot?

 

The commentator calls him Peeta Rodrigues in those cup videos like from the Hunger games, or that's how I hear it

 

Mmmm...Jay is called JRod, but I guess we wouldn't want to call him PRod.

 

Yes, the 1976 Cup Final was before Australia came to infect the UK English language, so name shortening was just done to either the first or surnames. Not joined together. Peter Rodrigues would have been the full name or just Rodrigues. Might even have been Pete Rodrigues, but I never heard that said. Further back, Michael Channon, to give him his full title, was either Mick, Micky or even Mike, but always Channon. No Micha, or anything else. Terry Paine was either Paine or "Painer". Some of the players were given completely different nicknames, for example Dave "Docker" Walker, but that's about it. No RonDav or JimmyG.

 

The controversy was that the ball did not roll or cover the distance of its own circumference over the ground. Jim McCalliog refers to other free kicks doing similar things. The most famous of which is Coventry's Ernie Hunt volleying a flicked up ball by Willie Carr in a match. It eventually led to free-kicks of that type being instantly dissallowed. Years later, Matt Le Tissier's free-kick against Wimbledon was fine because the ball had covered its circumference before he flicked it up himself and volleyed it.

Love these old heroes being interviewed.

 

Saints are doing a really good job of this. Props to them.

 

Recognise any of the above?

 

Hughie Fisher, Mel Blyth and Jim Steele?

 

Had a great night with these lads, 3 nicer guys you could not meet, although not sure I'd like to pay Jim Steele's bar bill.