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  1. It's off... https://fchalifaxtown.com/news/oldham-athletic-match-postponed/
  2. Thanks for taking the time to read my book and post such a generous review, Pete! I'm a first-time author and independent (with help from Wibble) so it's not easy plugging the book with so much competition out there. For anyone interested, the book is available from my blog at https://the1888letter.com/book-before-the-premier-league/ - with a bit more information about it. I've tried to be objective but I do miss football pre-1992 (and not just as a Latics fan)! Paul.
  3. Spot on with the Sunderland 1975-76 memory! Just no sign of it on YouTube – Sunderland are pretty good at putting up clips where they exist so possibly ‘lost’. They also have a stats site with details of individual games: http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Match.aspx?MatchID=1425&LU=S&LUID=97 This is a great resource for Granada/ITV games, shows that one and several others featuring Latics which are also seemingly lost: http://carousel.royalwebhosting.net/itv/KickOffMatch.html There must be footage from other regions too, hope more can be found.
  4. A couple more away defeats to add to the list here, snippets from Sunderland in 1975-76 and 1977-78 – Steve Taylor’s goal in 1977 not shown but a couple of saves in the first by Chris Ogden and some vintage sloppy defending throughout… sounds like both must be The Big Match so not sure if there is more footage out there? 29/11/1975: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Vx4ScbPzA 29/10/1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6lxLlJrftk
  5. Recently came across full highlights footage of the Spurs game in March 1978 from The Big Match - nice intro by Brian Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPhDpQ_h6o An amazing job putting all these together by the way!
  6. Before I get beaten with the ‘negativity’ stick, I hope the two latest signings from the French lower leagues are successful and I really don’t want us to get relegated again! I can’t comment on the ability of these individual players, but I have an idea of the level they’ve been playing at. The quality of the French League falls away massively below the top two divisions. I’ve seen a bit of football in their 3rd Division, Championnat National (Red Star of Paris) and it was piss-poor, slow and a lot less physical than anything we’ll see next season. These players are coming from 1 or 2 divisions below that, amateur leagues probably not even at Evo-Stik level. Given the problems AL’s signings had adapting to League 1 last season, these two hardly fill me with confidence – Placide, Maouche, Omrani and Menig especially had all played at a much higher level. It’s not as if they’re young prospects either (24 and 25 respectively). I hope they prove me wrong, but I think it’s fair to be concerned if this is the route AL is determined to go down.
  7. Sure there must be a lot more footage out there from the 80s - and not just Oldham Athletic Nil like this one... but a nice tangerine kit, a young Andy Goram and is that one-time England manager Peter Taylor at no. 7 (not sure he touches the ball on these highlights)?
  8. Sorry Mods - thought I'd just edited and didn't realise there were now two of this post/thread - please delete!
  9. Forgot about the headbutt - but a bit of random violence didn't normally bother Shez. On the pitch or at the dogs.
  10. Yeah, we got decent money for Davies in the end because he'd signed a contract extension after a good first season, but Shez didn't seem interested in playing him that second year, maybe something off-field. We ended up loaning him out to Stockport - who were in the same division at the time! I just didn't think we got the best out of him then, hopefully he's making it up for it this time around...
  11. Doyle's a class act and guarantees goals - got to make keeping him & Byrne the priority in January - but always liked Davies, thought Shez binned him off too quickly first time round (but then got him scoring at Chesterfield?!). Holds it up, touch has improved and love to see him bullying defenders, he's setting up plenty and if he's getting goals too that's a bonus. Credit to Shez for bringing him back (and loaning Bryan, Byrne, Doyle...) Agreed this is our best partnership for years, both of them put a real shift in and given our top scorers have struggled even to reach double figures in recent seasons, long may it last!
  12. Cheers ctblue Good to get these memories. It was Feb 77 apparently - but spot on with David Shaw the goalscorer, looks like a very strong Liverpool team in their 70s prime (no resting players for the Cup!) and their third was a pen, so I'm guessing a decent Latics performance? http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/956 I did see David Fairclough play for us (started going early 80s) but sadly too late for Alan Groves... and I still can't find any more footage of him!
  13. I'm always looking for older Latics footage on YouTube - all I can find for that game (1977?) is two Liverpool goals at 10:48 in these season highlights, Kevin Keegan belting in a free-kick and then Jimmy Case... There's a glimpse of Alan Groves and a beautiful Maurice Whittle free-kick at York, 1973-74, from 6:40 on the Big Match - would love to see a bit more of him if anyone knows of any footage?
  14. Looks like we might have an upgrade on Ryan Flynn... if this is happening (even Sidney Schmeltz's highlights didn't look this good)!
  15. And I still think we got the worst of both deals...
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