Was it really all forty years ago?

Great post Jock.
In my opinion, that was the best ever Town team, and I go back before Shankly.
I was honoured to have a drink with Mick Brolly after the Everton match when he scored 2 goals.
He was so modest.
He did say that training was so boring, as George made them do the same moves over and over again.
That way they knew were their team mates where without looking.

It was a great side, the product of 3 managers. Tom Casey who was very underrated and was the one to give youth a chance, Then John Newman who knew how to build a side that was an effective team unit and got us out of the bottom tier. And good old George Kerr who had the common sense to leave the main things alone after Newman left. It was my favourite Town team too, for the same reasons as other people have said - so much local connection. So many fans knew so many of the players personally.

We kept the momentum going for `the first year in Div 2 but then lost our way until Dave Booth brought in Chris Nicholl and the side got a sort of second wind in 1983-4 when we really were in with a genuine chance of promotion to Div One until the last month of the season.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

It was a great side, the product of 3 managers. Tom Casey who was very underrated and was the one to give youth a chance, Then John Newman who knew how to build a side that was an effective team unit and got us out of the bottom tier. And good old George Kerr who had the common sense to leave the main things alone after Newman left. It was my favourite Town team too, for the same reasons as other people have said - so much local connection. So many fans knew so many of the players personally.

We kept the momentum going for `the first year in Div 2 but then lost our way until Dave Booth brought in Chris Nicholl and the side got a sort of second wind in 1983-4 when we really were in with a genuine chance of promotion to Div One until the last month of the season.

Didn't we finish 5th that season. We were right up there until late on but we only won one of the last 5 matches I think,

In this day and age we'd have been in the play-offs for The Premiership.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Didn't we finish 5th that season. We were right up there until late on but we only won one of the last 5 matches I think,

In this day and age we'd have been in the play-offs for The Premiership.

You’re not wrong Les

Our last six matches W1 D2 L3

If we’d not lost the last game at home to Chelsea we’d have finished 4th place with Man City in 5th instead of us

As Chelsea won 1-0 they took the title and Sheffield Wednesday were runners up

I recall at the time some saying it was better that Wednesday didn’t take the top spot because of the match at Hillsborough a few weeks before where we lost to a dodgy penalty

Just  thinking back now, so close to the automatic promotion places is one hell of an achievement in itself

UTM

Sadly I missed out on that season and the ones either side. I’d started going in 1971 but by the late 70s I’d lost interest. I was too stubborn to jump on the bandwagon when things started getting good. My life’s biggest regret.

It was such a pity that the wrangling on the board killed off that era.

Edit - and signing Lyons.  

Hey, what memories. I played in the same team with 3 of the players. Sat next to one at school and kept one of them out of a game as I'd done well when replaced him. He did have flu and was two years younger though. Wigginton came back to us and was awesome. I missed the Hull game as I was in hospital but Cawthorne played his one and only game. Whilst in hospital I had a visit from Bob Mitchell and Gary Liddell. I remember Charles Ekberg commentating. It was usually back then. He always seemed to uck missing usually starting Ffffffffff Brolly missed again.

I was 16 years old and  can still remember that season like it was yesterday.
That last game against Sheffield United.......stood in the Barratt Stand  .....what memories.

Oh......and I've had the moniker below since I started on the Fishy........ a truly fantastic squad of players.

Great memories, I was at all of those games, Hurst was right when he said we were spoilt

Yes - your post brought back so many happy memories, the main one being sat in the big stand with the Wolves regulars at the end of full time prior to extra time.  Seeing my black and white scarf, many Wolves fans declared that we were by far the best team that we'd played so far that season.  We battered them in extra time but just couldn't find the winner.
The last match against Sheff Utd was the most one sided game ever and should have been about 12-0 not 4-0.
What a great team we had at that time.