[gordon_brittas]

Bald magician, on 26 February 2025 - 08:43 PM, said:

Help me out here on the date ?

Randomly I remember my first gameish being town v Canada In a friendly? I?ve had some vodka tonight as well but that true I think ha

Canada the international side? Can?t think of any other times we have faced an international side?

[moondog]

warfey is a spireite, on 26 February 2025 - 08:47 PM, said:

That curly haired **** billy Ashcroft got 4 iwas gurrted

He did indeed

[Mr_Pleasant]

Mr Mercury, on 26 February 2025 - 08:22 PM, said:

As an aside can anybody remember the last time we played league matches on consecutive days. It?s one of my bits of Spireite trivia.

I'm sure we played Boxing Day and 27th Dec in 94/95, home v Donny and then away to Northampton.

[Mr Mercury]

Mr_Pleasant, on 26 February 2025 - 10:11 PM, said:

I'm sure we played Boxing Day and 27th Dec in 94/95, home v Donny and then away to Northampton.

That?s the one I think as well.
Really strange that it was since they done it and never done it since, I think there was a full programme like that in the EFL.

This post has been edited by Mr Mercury: 26 February 2025 - 10:25 PM

[Paul Fisher]

Everyone can check their first games and the teams via this link.

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[The Rev.]

ronpowellsbutler, on 26 February 2025 - 03:14 PM, said:

My mind might be playing tricks but thought BL had the Blue Bell.
Best pint of Mansfield c1968.

Yes, David Layne had the Bluebell, but then took over the Castle Arms at the bottom of Bolsover hill. Pete Swan was landlord at the St Helens Inn on Stonegravels and the pub supported a Sunday League team which, when it first started was called Stonegravels Swan Athletic. (Later named St Helens FC). He took over the Three Horse Shoes at Brim in the late 70's, and later moved to the `Great Western Hotel' at Wheeldon Mill, which was renamed `The Mill'

[ronpowellsbutler]

The Rev., on 26 February 2025 - 11:35 PM, said:

Yes, David Layne had the Bluebell, but then took over the Castle Arms at the bottom of Bolsover hill. Pete Swan was landlord at the St Helens Inn on Stonegravels and the pub supported a Sunday League team which, when it first started was called Stonegravels Swan Athletic. (Later named St Helens FC). He took over the Three Horse Shoes at Brim in the late 70's, and later moved to the `Great Western Hotel' at Wheeldon Mill, which was renamed `The Mill'

Thanks. I left town in the 70s and went back in years later for a nostalgic quiet pint. I opened the door and was hit by a wave of loud music which shattered the elusion.
I think Alan Walters’ lad ran it at one time, might be wrong.

This post has been edited by ronpowellsbutler: 27 February 2025 - 06:43 AM

[Mr_Pleasant]

Mr Mercury, on 26 February 2025 - 10:20 PM, said:

That?s the one I think as well.
Really strange that it was since they done it and never done it since, I think there was a full programme like that in the EFL.

I think we also played on 30th and possibly New Year's Day or 2nd January. Seemed mad at the time, lunacy now.

[Westbars Spireite]

Mr_Pleasant, on 27 February 2025 - 06:55 AM, said:

I think we also played on 30th and possibly New Year's Day or 2nd January. Seemed mad at the time, lunacy now.

We played 26th, 27th, 31st then not until 8th Jan. Postponement on January 2nd?

[warfey is a spireite]

ronpowellsbutler, on 27 February 2025 - 06:43 AM, said:

Thanks. I left town in the 70s and went back in years later for a nostalgic quiet pint. I opened the door and was hit by a wave of loud music which shattered the elusion.
I think Alan Walters? lad ran it at one time, might be wrong.

Hi do you live Watford way ,last spoke to you if it was you at Northampton years ago ????

[clarevoyant.]

ronpowellsbutler, on 27 February 2025 - 06:43 AM, said:

Thanks. I left town in the 70s and went back in years later for a nostalgic quiet pint. I opened the door and was hit by a wave of loud music which shattered the elusion.
I think Alan Walters? lad ran it at one time, might be wrong.

Thanks chaps I'm all befuddled now, memory failing. I'm convinced we called in the St on one occasion probably doing the Neppy, Arms etc and DBL was behind the bar perhaps just helping Swanny out.

When you mention the Blue Bell I presume it was the one in town and not Bolsover, we didn't frequent that very often having to supp Nansfield in the Saltergate Club and the Gardeners was enough.

[stainlessstephen]

Westbars Spireite, on 27 February 2025 - 07:54 AM, said:

We played 26th, 27th, 31st then not until 8th Jan. Postponement on January 2nd?

Recall we had Lincoln on 31/12 with a Phil Robinson winner.

[JonB]

stainlessstephen, on 27 February 2025 - 09:34 AM, said:

Recall we had Lincoln on 31/12 with a Phil Robinson winner.

Soccerbase is your friend here....link below should take to the season in question. You can choose others from the dropdown.
https://www.soccerba...eamTabs=results

This post has been edited by JonB: 27 February 2025 - 09:42 AM

[erniemossity]

The Rev., on 26 February 2025 - 11:35 PM, said:

Yes, David Layne had the Bluebell, but then took over the Castle Arms at the bottom of Bolsover hill. Pete Swan was landlord at the St Helens Inn on Stonegravels and the pub supported a Sunday League team which, when it first started was called Stonegravels Swan Athletic. (Later named St Helens FC). He took over the Three Horse Shoes at Brim in the late 70's, and later moved to the `Great Western Hotel' at Wheeldon Mill, which was renamed `The Mill'

Honestly not being pedantic mate, but it was the Great Central. My first legal (well, illegal) pint. Was run by a little bald headed fella called Vic, looked like Gandhi.

[Misnomer]

JonB, on 27 February 2025 - 09:40 AM, said:

Soccerbase is your friend here....link below should take to the season in question. You can choose others from the dropdown.
https://www.soccerba...eamTabs=results

Not being funny, Jon, but that's all over the place. It has us playing two games on consecutive days; some of the dates of games are way off.

[Sammy Spireite]

Misnomer, on 27 February 2025 - 10:12 AM, said:

Not being funny, Jon, but that's all over the place. It has us playing two games on consecutive days; some of the dates of games are way off.

we did play games on consecutive days, that's what the discussion is about

[Misnomer]

Sammy Spireite, on 27 February 2025 - 10:23 AM, said:

we did play games on consecutive days, that's what the discussion is about

Really? When, 1920 season? 😂 I was looking at the 80s seasons and it's showing games on consecutive days - I think my memory is shot because, I have no recollection of that happening.

[JonB]

Misnomer, on 27 February 2025 - 10:12 AM, said:

Not being funny, Jon, but that's all over the place. It has us playing two games on consecutive days; some of the dates of games are way off.

Not sure where the data comes from, interestingly another site has the same with games on 26th and 27th December :-
http://www.englishfo...eld/1994-95.htm

Also this file from the Sky is Blue Chesterfield history site that lists all games by the date of the month they were played lists games on both the 26th Dec 1994 and 27th Dec 1994 and Soccerbase has the same info for goal scorers as well which suggests the Soccerbase data is right.
https://docs.google....#gid=1635409684

[clarevoyant.]

Misnomer, on 27 February 2025 - 10:12 AM, said:

Not being funny, Jon, but that's all over the place. It has us playing two games on consecutive days; some of the dates of games are way off.

Looks pretty good to me.

Back to the Wrexham bit, back in "75? a few of us were in Benidorm when we saw a poster advertising a match v Wrexham (pre season)so naturally we popped along. Beer in bottles was available I had an almost full bottle resting on the perimeter wall when Ian Moir sped down the wing like a slug nicked my beer proceeded to sup it on the pitch, and gave me the empty back. I wanted to call him a thieving Welsh ***, good job I didn't he was a Jock which made it more understandable

[whittman]

Benno Spire, on 26 February 2025 - 09:23 PM, said:

As a teenager I always wandered who the old bloke was walking round the ground at half time with the board

I remember at a match on a snow covered pitch he had to use the board as a shield because he was being pelted by snowballs as he walked along the track behind the goal at the Kop end