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Was at the match, the ground had a cricket pitch on one side (Northamptonshire?) and I had wandered on to it and got a telling off from a steward, I think I touched the outfield not the ruddy playing pitch itself ffs.
From memory I think it was John Toshack's debut for Cardiff and us City supporters had a police escort for chanting for England, well we were World Champions then, the Derby match I think was when Brian Clough was manager and wanted to buy Waggy. As for Ipswitch I think it was Ray Crawford who did the damage there the old warhorse played havoc with the city defense, as for the Huddesfield away game it was sleet, snow misrable and the first away match I took my girlfriend to (now my wife so no harm done ) yes heady times and thanks for the info Castro.
I went to the Huddersfield away game on a football special train as I recall and I think there was a fair bit of damage done. You're right about the weather, it was a bloody miserable day and I remember thinking what a **** hole Udders was and it was the only time I've seen greyish black snow falling because of the smoke and grime in the air.
Dirty deals http://www.theguardian.com/football...on-town-loan-conservative-mp-david-mackintosh Police investigating what happened to £10.25m Northampton Town borrowed from their local council in 2013-14 have been asked to widen the investigation to include payments made to the Conservative party constituency office of the council’s former leader, David Mackintosh, now the MP for Northampton South. Howard Grossman, a north London property developer whose company, 1st Land Ltd, failed to complete a new east stand development at Sixfields Stadium with the council loan, paid £6,195 in November for tickets to a general election fundraising dinner for Mackintosh. Three associates of Grossman’s also made donations of £10,000 to the Northampton South Conservative Association between April and June last year, while Mackintosh was the council leader. That represented a substantial sum for the local party, at least double any other donation by individuals in 2014. According to a BBC investigation, one £10,000 donation, by Gary Platt, formerly a director with Grossman in one of his companies, County Bideford Limited, was not declared as it should have been to the Electoral Commission. Although Mackintosh himself has not responded to questions about the payments, a spokesman for his constituency office acknowledged that one of three £10,000 donations was not declared, which it said was an administrative error. Mary Markham, Mackintosh’s successor as leader of Northampton borough council, who made a formal complaint to Northamptonshire police about the missing loan money, has now asked the police to also investigate the donations, including the failure to declare one of them. Another of them was made by Leonard Western, who was a shareholder in County Cemetery Services; as was Howard Grossman’s son, Marcus; David Cardoza, the owner of Northampton Town; and Cardoza’s father, Tony. The Guardian was unable to contact Platt or Western to ask about the donations, and Grossman’s County Group did not pass on a request to make contact. The other donation was made by Al Mayfield, a hypnotherapist who served with Howard Grossman and other members of the Grossman family on the organising committee of the Amy Winehouse Foundation ball in 2012. Mackintosh attended an Amy Winehouse Foundation dinner in November 2013, with his ticket provided by Grossman’s County group of companies, which Mackintosh declared to Northamptonshire county council as a gift. Mayfield did not respond to questions from the Guardian about his donation. Individuals and companies are entitled to make donations to political parties, which have to be registered, and there is no evidence of impropriety about these payments. In a response via his solicitor, Howard Grossman confirmed that he paid £6,195 to the Conservative party fund-raising dinner for Mackintosh, explaining that he bought “a number of tickets”, with “numerous guests”. Grossman did not consider there to be any conflict of interest, the lawyer said, with his role in managing the Sixfields development using money from the Northampton borough council loan. The east stand remains a shell at the stadium after the developer, Buckingham Group, left the site twice, having been paid only £442,000, and Markham has said Cardoza has failed to explain where the £10.25m is. Both Cardoza and Grossman have denied wrongdoing; Grossman’s lawyer said: “Our client welcomes news of the [police] investigation as he feels that he will clear his name, following the negative press that he has received in recent weeks which has not been able to publicly defend due to confidentiality provisions.” Both say they can explain what has happened to the £10.25m but are bound by confidentiality, apparently after litigation between themselves. A takeover by Kelvin Thomas, a former Oxford United chairman, is proceeding, after the council agreed not to seek repayment from the club itself, and instead take over its legal rights to pursue Grossman’s and Cardoza’s companies.
Glad it's getting sorted for the fans sake. Can't help thinking that hypnotist has been making people forget their donations. Police need to look for anyone acting like a chicken.
Sky Sports News HQ @SkySportsNewsHQ Northampton Town say outstanding tax bill has been paid in full & expect administration and liquidation petitions to be withdrawn #SSNHQ
David Cardoza arrested over £10.25m Northampton Town Football Club loan please log in to view this image The former chairman of Northampton Town Football Club has been arrested by police investigating a £10.25m given to the club by the borough council. Police are investigating "alleged financial irregularities" in relation to the loan, which was designed to help the club develop its Sixfields Stadium. David Cardoza, 45, was arrested on Monday morning and has been released on bail. Det Ch Insp Paul Spicer said it was a "very complex investigation".
Also in those days the rugby kicked off at the same time as football. Remenber the half time scores for Hull and Rovers being put on those boards around the pitch at BP.
Was that Boxing Day game the one where Roy Ellam almost broke Chillo's back? Was never the same player again, so we sent him to Coventry.
He played for us for another 4 seasons, scoring 21 goals in the league in the last of those seasons so it was a delayed reaction to that challenge. Revie wanted to sign him so he can't have been too crocked. Though his back was playing up by the time we did a good bit of business getting a decent transfer fee for him from Coventry. Of course we had a ready made replacement, one for the future, Paul O'Riley. That worked out well. Fortunately Pearson came along.
OK, Ta, but I seem to remember his ability to 'hang' in the air was noticeably diminished during his remaining years at BP, and later at Coventry. Still pretty good, however.
Not really. The rugby team always gets more than the football in Northampton. All the largest crowds in Hull have been for football.
So the 50,000, 40,000 and 30,000 crowds, which rugby never managed, were made up of predominantly posh folk from East Riding? Of course they were, of course.