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Ipswin
January 10, 2019, 11:42am
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Quoted from lew chaterleys lover


I seem to remember the crowd weren't particularly enamoured with Collins though were they?


I certainly recall him putting his head down and hurtling down the wing oblivious to anything else including team mates screaming for a pass and sadly on numerous occasions not stopping  until both he and the ball hit the advertising hoardings behind the goal  


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January 10, 2019, 11:46am
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Quoted from Les Brechin
I suppose it all matters the time when you first started regularly watching the team.

I saw my first game in 1972 but it wasn't until the late '70's, early '80's when I started going regularly.

The team of 1980/81 is my all-time favourite squad. We came within a whisker of being the first team to go from Division 4 to Division 1 in successive season, but ultimately fell short finishing 7th.

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A fair few home growns or at least Lincs lads in that squad - Pete Wainwright was from Brigg who had a lovely girlfriend that I managed to snog at a school disco
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Just browsing through the GTFC 1978 Centenary Brochure and noticed an article (P 33 for anyone who has a copy) entitled 'An early chairman and an old problem'

W H Bellamy Chairman bailed the club out of a serious financial situation in 1894/5 by signing a personal cheque for £150 (other board members also put similar sums of money in)

I wonder if he ever called in his 'benign loan' ?


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Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub
Shows how good Dougie Collins was, even then at the age of 20. He was in the first team at 18. He was a central midfielder but Ron Foster played there, he could play left wing but Brian Hill played there!  Jimmy McGuigan the manager had to play Collins somewhere because he was too good to leave out. Burnley got a bargain when they signed him.

Three days earlier Town had drawn 2-2 with West Ham in that epic League Cup quarter final and would lose the replay 1-0 at Upton Park a week or so later. I remember missing the Reading game and hitchhiking home for the West Ham match which amazingly was not all ticket, just paid on the gate, watched the game and hitchhiked back for a 9 o'clock lecture at uni next morning.

Happy days.


What sort of following did Town take down to West Ham for the replay or was it pre segregation?
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