| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please 09:37 - Jun 16 with 2149 views | HytheFerrytales | I left Hospital yesterday. While there I was summoned to an NHS Disciplinary Hearing and charged with riding my bike without lights. I confessed ,but the punishment handed out was to be docked one kidney, (Sadly that bit true) I appealed on the grounds that when pulled over, it had not even been dark. Appeal dismissed. As I wished the remaining hostages , err patients, a cheery farewell I left them a top tip.. If steak and kidney pie is on their dinner menu tomorrow, FFS don't choose it. 67 years since first match at fortress Dell ,,Onwards. |  | | |  |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 12:06 - Jun 16 with 1926 views | SaintNick | Sorry for your loss, what was the first game back in 1959 |  |
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| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 14:29 - Jun 16 with 1825 views | HytheFerrytales |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 12:06 - Jun 16 by SaintNick | Sorry for your loss, what was the first game back in 1959 |
I think i gotta row back to 66 years .the game was definitely Reading because Dad hailed from there I reckon it was late 59/60. We won , Dad not happy Paine, O'Brien...Tony Godfrey in goal...my position in Primary School Rest is a bit blurry now |  | |  |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 14:57 - Jun 16 with 1765 views | HytheFerrytales |
Aha....that looks like an Easter game maybe...played the twice in 3 days (common back then) At least I have half a memory left...Bet Dad enjoyed the game at Elm Park..the good old Biscuit Men Gentle Tuesday afternoon nostalgia...suits me ,sir...tks for that. |  | |  |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 15:08 - Jun 16 with 1734 views | HytheFerrytales |
Got it now..gave in to Google....the games were in April '60 .we won 1-0 at the game I saw (O'Brien) and lost 2-0 at their mud heap. I'm off now in case someone sends round the silly old fool police to take my other kidney. |  | |  |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 23:12 - Jun 16 with 1518 views | Saint_O_Patience |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 14:57 - Jun 16 by HytheFerrytales | Aha....that looks like an Easter game maybe...played the twice in 3 days (common back then) At least I have half a memory left...Bet Dad enjoyed the game at Elm Park..the good old Biscuit Men Gentle Tuesday afternoon nostalgia...suits me ,sir...tks for that. |
The first match atThe Dell my dad took me to was v Plymouth on Good Friday in 1977. It kicked off at 11.30am because the next match was the following day at 3pm followed by bank holiday Monday match two days later - that’s 3 matches in 4 days if my memory is correct! |  | |  |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 09:44 - Jun 17 with 1400 views | Ron11 |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 14:29 - Jun 16 by HytheFerrytales | I think i gotta row back to 66 years .the game was definitely Reading because Dad hailed from there I reckon it was late 59/60. We won , Dad not happy Paine, O'Brien...Tony Godfrey in goal...my position in Primary School Rest is a bit blurry now |
Tony Godfrey? He was a well known motorcycle racer from Bitterne who won races all over the UK and the Isle Of man in the sixties. Up there with the best. |  | |  |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 10:46 - Jun 17 with 1362 views | HytheFerrytales |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 09:44 - Jun 17 by Ron11 | Tony Godfrey? He was a well known motorcycle racer from Bitterne who won races all over the UK and the Isle Of man in the sixties. Up there with the best. |
Well he was in goal that day...maybe he was riding his motorcycle to enhance his mobility between the sticks. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 11:14 - Jun 17 with 1338 views | dirk_doone |
| Proportionality..Strictly No Replies to this Post Please on 10:46 - Jun 17 by HytheFerrytales | Well he was in goal that day...maybe he was riding his motorcycle to enhance his mobility between the sticks. |
He was the shortest Saints goalkeeper I can recall, and he wasn't very good. His height is listed as 5 ft 9 in. on Wikipedia, but I think he was even shorter than that. Talking of proportionality, there were more pounds to the inch with Godfrey than most other players, so what he couldn't cover with height he made up for with width. Even if his namesake, the motorcyclist Tony Godfrey, was no taller, he was certainly thinner. https://www.saintsplayers.co.u https://www.classicmotorcycle. [Post edited 17 Jun 11:35]
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