thearsenalhistory.com F. A. CUP Sth ROUND SATURDAY, 26th FEBRUARY I 1977 ARSEftAl KICK-OFF 3.0 p.m. mlDDlESBROUGH P.C. Half•Timc & ATHlETIC CO. lTD. TE Am Sco1c1 AYRESOME PARK. MIDDLESBROUGH . CLEVELAND TS1 4PE . Telephone: 89659/ 85996 DIRECTORS: C . Amer (Chairman). Dr. U . N. Philli ps (V ice-Cha irman) . G . T . Ki t c h ing . E. V arl e y . J . D . Hatfield . M . McCul l agh , K. C . Amer. E. K. Varley . MANAGER: J . Charlton O .B.E. SHEET SECRETARY : T . H . C . Green . ASSISTANT MANAGER : H . Shepherd son M .B. E. KEY No. 1 ORANGE C LUB HONOURS: A Aston Villa v Port Va le Second D i v i s i on Champions 1926/ 27-1928/ 29- 1973/ 74 A nglo-Scottish Cup Winners 1915/ 76 B Cardiff v Everton 8010 C Derby v Blackburn R. D Wolves v Chester as something fresh. Arse nal w ill be a 1 Pat CUFF E Leeds v Manchester C. different kettle of fish today and there is F Liverpool v Oldham mc11agc f1om no way they w ill come and play the way 2 John CRAGGS they did 11 days ago. it is qu ite probable that the injured players w ill be returning 3 Terry COOPER to the team improving their all-round 4 Graeme SOUNESS KEY No. 2 GREEN the manage•: strength and mobility. A Southampton v Manchester U. B Coventry v West Brom. Your support in recent matches has 5 Stuart BOAM THE CHANGING FORTUNES been tremendous and I hope that by the C Q.P.R . v Leicester 6 Wi II ie MADDREN D West Ham v Bristol C. OF FOOTBALL time we take the field today you all will have got the Sunderland result out of 7 Peter BRINE E Ipswich v Stoke IN our League match with Arsenal eleven your system as I hope the players have F Newcastle v Tottenham days ago we played one of our best and you will give us t he necessary en 8 Dav id MILLS games of the season. Everything we did couragement to do the job. I would like was right, we hit three first half goals to think we w ill be looking forward to 9 Alf WOOD and •indeed the game was virtually over listening to the F.A. Cup draw on Monday KEY No. 3 YELLOW at half time. w ith more than a passing interest. 10 Phi I BOERSMA A Blackpool v Notts Co. B Bolton v Chelsea The crowd reaction was there for all A piece of advance publicity. Our next 11 David ARMSTRONG to see . The last time the players got such home game is of course aga inst Man C Burnley v Carlisle an ovation on leaving the field was when chester United, and for that game we have 12 D Fulham v Luton we played West Ham last season. Then secured for the pre-match entertainment E Plymouth v Millwall one of the top military bands in the Br itish four days later the same team took the F Huddersfield v Darlington field at Sunderland and were given the Army, namely the Roya l Scots Dragoon thrashing of their lives. At Roker Park Guards. It would be worthwhile if you last Saturday belying their league position, could come a little earl ier and hear this great ba nd in action. We have had so A11cnal Sunderland came for us from the word 'go' and our perfurmance was a shadow many people who have expressed their 1 Jimmy RIMMER of the Arsenal performance. We were appreciation of our previous M ilitary pressurised in all departments, mistakes Band we are delighted that now we are 2 Pat RICE were made and believe me Sunderland able to provide this very popular pre MATCH OFFICIALS took advantage of our ·inability to find a match entertainment once more. 3 Sammy NELSON solution to our problems. I think one REFEREE : R. MATTHEWSON. Bolton. could say this was probably the shock 4 Trevor ROSS LINESMEN: Mr. O. DOBSON . Red Flag result of the day but great credit was 5 David O'LEARY due to Jimmy Adamson and that battling Oranoe Flag Roker outfit who fully deserved their 4-0 6 Peter SIMPSON victory and indeed would not have been flattered had it been greater. Where there 7 Alan HUDSON is effort and ·application like this there match Ball must be hope. My main concern now is POllOW THI 8 Liam BRADY to get the Sunderland debacle out of our system. I .felt that we held a psychological 9 Malcolm MACDONALD Donation advantage over Arsenal but ·I am now aone 10 Frank STAPLETON positive that we have to forget our past MARSK MACHINES two results and thtnk about this •afternoon 11 Pat HOWARD thearsenalhistory.com12 Redcar 2371 r;;;co
After Boro's 3 - 0 League victory over SAMMY NELSON (Defender) . A Northern PAT RICE (Defender) . Joined Arsenal as Arsenal on 15th February, we welcome the TREVOR ROSS (Defender). Manchester Ireland International, having won 25 full an apprentice in 1964 and signed profes Schoolboy International w hL v:as captain 'Gunners' once more,. No doubt the High caps, he has given Arsenal splendid ser bury boys will be all-out to make amends. sional in March 1966. Is now one of the of England Schoolboys c;: right full-back, vice although his opportunities at High most experienced defenders in the First but can also play in midfield. He joined WARWICK BEAN (Forward). Comes from bury have been limited. He signed for Division and has played in 316 League Arsenal as an apprentice ·in 1vlay, 1972 Tadworth in Surrey and represented Sur Arsenal in 1966 and has made 127 and Cup games for Arsenal, playing in and signed professiona : m June, 1974. rey Schools before joining Arsenal as an League and Cup appearances. every match last season. Has won 2 Played regularly in the first team during Apprentice in June, 1974. Signed profes Under-23 lnternationa I caps for Northern the latter part nf ~:i e season and has now sional in December, 1975. He has been DAVID O'LEARY (Defender). Signed for Ireland and 32 full International caps. made 18 League and Cup appearances troubled with a niggling knee injury for Arsenal as an apprentice in June 1973, for the Club. a large part of season 1975/76 but seems and signed professional in July, 1975. Is to be well on the road to a complete a very good centre half and played regu- WILF ROSTRON (Forward). He joined recovery. larly for the Combination team before Arsenal as an apprentice in June, 1973 making his First Division debut on 16th and signed professional in October of LIAM BRADY (Midfield). Born in Dublin, August, 1975 at Burnley. Although a ham- that year. A very good ball player and a Liam joined Arsenal as an Apprentice in string injury kept him out of the side for regular member of the Football Combina- June, 1971, signing professional in July, the latter part of the season, he appears tion team. Made a couple of appearances 1973. Is now a regular member of the to have a very good future and played in in the first team last sea
d for clubs in the IT was a great ~'t'. . One on Satur- Suppo1tc11 Club nether regions ?1 Div~s~~;st home there day and starting n reater turn-up could scarcelb ha~et~=~no~rg 4-0 defeat at for the formW~~1 t we had conceded only Sunderland. s . · ht League and TRLK BORO v LEEDS UNITED one goal in o~r hr~v1~au:e~1gSunderland all Cup games, it a d Cup games to of 14 previous League an I . ·11 be taken as follows;- total as many as four goa s . Bookings for this game w1 30 .m. Ayresome Park only. Saturday 26th February. 1.30 p .ma to 5. Ayiesome Park and Saltburn. . I f a Herculean task 7 Though they st1I ace the Rokerites can RBOUT Monday 28th February. p.mB to ~~~some Park onlv. to stay up /his ~~!sfar;;t that in their con Tuesday 1st March. 7 o.m. to p.m. . will 'be notified when you take. heart. rom Saturday, teenagers Gar_v however, still a long Coach fare is £1.20p. Coach departure times vincmgRowell andwin Konevin. Arnott both scored their Derby County ar~b.lit of a return to first-ever League goals. way off any pos_s1. I ~efeat in five suc book your seat. Europe. After avo1d1~g t Liverpool before D D D D cessive games agains ow lost both games this season they havJ t~e only pe;·son look- d too for West Ham, It was a. ~reat ay Arsenal, on the uo the Anfiel.ders an . to the recent 3-.1 with our v1s1tors today, ' 3 2 win ing back with anyff d Anfield is this h and 15th Maroh we will ~ holding a JO~ On Monday and Tuesday 14tp k The main attraction will receiving end . . '!'he Hamme~~r their 6-1 defeats at Old !~a .. or K!~in Hector, who S ial Evening at Ayresome ar . , be a film brought them fitting rev~nge ame at High season's benef1c1a, Y goal on each occa has scored County s s~~ entitled 'Wembley Soccerscope . defeat in the corre~~n~~~ic~lar hero was sion. bury last seaso~.h h~s first goals since Alan Taylor ~It the ground where he D D 0 D October -:- a~ onsixth round F.A. Cup netted twice 1m a f young strikers C F" I from 1923 to 1973. It's tie almost two years ago. Mixed fortunes ord two Coventry's Ian This is a history of every WembleY: s ~f ti~nk~ts are strictly limited an~ at Norwich oi:i s~ .~ur a~~e back after a Wallace, in his f1o st g k · the face by a fabulous film so be sure not to Til~lso' be a Sports Quiz, Buffet an D D D D ·d t was struc in d car acc1 en ' ning minutes an will be on sale shortly. There w1 ilable to Supporters Club members . look back with Raffle. Tickets are only 50p., ava Bristol City. tooMac~~hester City's un- the ball i~ the .o~e Norwich's riewly only. pride on en~ingd ted back to last Octo ended up 1.n hosp1t I. from Bournemouth, beaten run t at a lost only once (to us) signed Kevin Ree~~s third goal in f~ur ber. C!tv have .nowhome games and fa.ir however, netted is to help the Canaries in their l~st eigh~ d has now s1g games sine~ his mo;: their points tally .to haired striker Chris GAa~~t~n1 Gate with a to a 3-0 win_ to ta 6 home games, while lied his return to es 11 from their last . a row na . of his last three home gam losing 4 away games in . fno:i~~7n~ac~aturday's match-winner. D.D D D D D D D . Manchester United's In short · · · star in was new striker No relief, however, ~
CLUES- Down 1. - Gates (Ipswich) (4) 2. Famous o.ld Angolan centre-forward w.1th Benf1ca and Portugal ( 5 ) 3. First Division club that has had GOLDEN GOALS only three post-war managers (5 4) v · TOTTENHAM FEB. 5th 4. Foul (4) • 5 · For:-vard now in his second spell with 35 mins 45 sees. Swindon (6) 8. Th~ name of the game (reputedly Mr. B. Cummings coined by Charles Wreford-Brown) Cross Farm House, (6) Egton, Whitby. 9 . Manchester City midfielder ( 5 ) 10. - Rostron (Arsenal) (4) Mr. A. Wilkinson, 12. West Ham defender (4) 3, Malpas Road, North a 1lerton. FOUR OF A KIND Here, in alphabetical order. are four post-war managers of one club. Name the club and the v. ARSENAL FEB.15th true order. 38 sees. Andy Beattie; John Carey; Matt Gillies; Billy Walker A. Ridley, 11, Chelmsford Avenue Stockton. ' CLUB SANDWICH Find the :iame or nickname of a League soccer club that will fit between and make every column a three-lettered word. Applications for tickets for all League DFAAPOTLE matches can be accepted two weeks y R E A T B y p U before the game. Prices are as fol lows:-
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FOUR OF A KIND Notts Forest (BW, AB, JC, MG) Toke ns shou ld be saved an d fixed to the Official Toke n Sheet CLUB SANDWICH Rotherham Newcastle Exhibition. TEAM CHANGES TO KEN No.1 8 Brechin City There's still nothing else Raith Rovers 1976-77 thearsenalhistory.comlike it. Anywhere. Only four members of the club's fam "' ous double-winning team are still at Highbury and it's possible that only two will be in the side today- defenders Pat TheBORO Aboul Rice and Peter Simpson. A;·senal first reached the F.A. Cup final in 1927 when they lost sensationally to Cardiff City, the Cup thus going outside Tote England for the only time. Three years later the Gunners returned t:o Wembley to A11enal beat Huddersfield 2-0 to spark off the greatest era in the club's histo;·y. During Double by Tony Pullein the 'thirties Arsenal won the League €hampionship five times - including one Numbers 1 - 50 ARSENAL manager, Terry Neill is deter run of three successive titles - and ap mined to prove that Arsenal's great days peared in three Cup finals. NO PERMUTATIONS don't belong to the past. In this his first season in charge at Highbury, Mr. Neill lr; 1932 they were beaten 2-1 by New DRAWN AT HALF-TIME has been busy re-organising his team castle by that controversial "over-the while, at the same time, keeping them in line" goal when 'newsrnel films subse touch with the top clubs in all tourna que;1tly appeared tc show that the ball ments. had crossed the line before Richardson EVERY MATCH SATURDAY centred for Allen to head Newcastle's Now that their last remaining hopes or equalise;-. Arguments ab·out that incident TERRY NEILL returned to the scene of WINNING NUMBERS winning the League Championship have still rage today forty-five years later. his greatest triumphs as a player when he probably disappeared - their 0-3 defeat was appointed manager of Arsenal last here at Ayresome Park last week effec Sheffield United were Arsenal's victims summer. 28-34 tively closing that door for them - the in the 1936 final, Ted Drake scoring the Gunners' boss is particularly anxious for only goal of the game. It 1is now 16 years since he left his NO WINNERS - his team to atone for its disappointing The war intervened, and Arsenal's home in Northern Ireland to sign for PRIZE MONEY CARRIED FORWARD show that night. Arsenal as a 17-year-old. He spent a year wonderful team of the 'thirties had dis in the reserves before, making his First persed by the time they got to Wembley Mr. Neill is now hoping his side can Division debut. He won the first or his again in 1950. But a new breed of Gun at least equal its performance in the international caps in a game versus Italy, ners' was quickly emerging - Jimmy League Cup - they finally went out in in Bologna, in April 1961 and 10 months Logie, George Swindin, Laurie Scott, the quarter-final at Queen's Park Rangers. later had the first of four runs in the 5p per entry Wally Barnes, the Compton brothers, In previous rounds of the F.A. Cup this Under-23 team. Denis and Les, Joe Mercer and the season, Arsenal won 1-0 at Notts County scorer of both goals in the 2-0 defeat of He was only 20 when he was appointed and then beat Cove~try 3-1 at Highbury. Liverpool, Reg Lewis. club captain-the youngest in Arsena I's Arsenal, of course, have great Cup history-and he became a regular mem Two years later they were back at fighting traditions to live up to. The last Wembley again. Newcastle were the op ber of his country's full and Under-23 nEHT of their eight appearances in the F.A. position this time and Arsenal had the international eleven. In April 1964 he Cup final was in 1972 when they were misfortune to lose Wally Barnes with a captained his country for the first time HOmEGAmES beaten by Leeds. damaged leg mid-way through the first against Wales. half .. In those p;·e-substitute days, Arsenal A year earlier they became only the In 1970 Mr. Neill faced the possibility battled on with only ten men and held the fourth club ever to achieve the League Geordies right up until the dying moments of giving up the glamour of First Division NORTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE and Cup double when they defeated Liver football, the chance of European honours, when George Robledo destroyed them pool 2-1 at Wembley to take the F.A. Cup with a headed goal. and perhaps cut short a magnificent inter DONCASTER back to Highbury for the fourth time. national career to go into exile in soccer's Tuesday, 1st March Arsenal went into decline after that most precarious job. Then Northern Ire In 1970 Arsenal won the UEFA Cup and it was 21 years before they again land's skipper, Terry abandoned his first but, though they have reached the League, graced Wembley. Yet they more than re class career with Arsenal to take over as Cup final on two occasions, they have yet paid their fans' loyalty by winning the manager of struggling Second Division FIRST DIVISION to win that trophy. Cup and the League in 1971. Hull City. LIVERPOOL The Gunners have fared particularly With runs to the final of the UEFA Four years later he accepted an even Saturday, 12th March well in the F.A. Cup over the past ten and League Cups in recent years Arsenal oigger challenge-following Bill Nicholson years, reaching this fifth round stage fof have been showing a repetition of their as Tottenham's manager. Though he re the seventh time out of ten this year. old-time Cup spirit. And we should take mained at White Hart Lane for only two NORTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE During their golden years of the early care not to be misled by their recent years, he did a splendid job in rebuilding 'seventies, they reached the semi-finals League performances up here because the Spurs side and the Arsenal board had NOTTS COUNTY - three seasons in succession, winning the the memories of that serve only to fire no hesitation in inviting him back to Tuesday, 15th March 1971 final, losing in 1972 and going out the players with a determination to show Highbury. As the boss. thearsenalhistory.comat the penultimate stage in 1973. their trne form this afternoon. REJUlTJ •JCORERS•APPEARAnCES·TEAms
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