@owlstalk Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 On the 12 November, 54 years ago, Hillsborough witnessed arguably the game of the 1960/61 campaign.Second-placed Wednesday met top of the table Tottenham Hotspur in S6. The North London side were runaway leaders of the First Division and 56,363 fans crammed into three stands at Hillsborough. Work on the new cantilever North Stand meant that the stadium was a three-sided ground and had all sides been available, the record crowd at Hillsborough could well have been under threat. The record stands at 72,841 v Manchester City in the 1933/34 FA Cup fifth round. The Owls cut Spurs’ lead at the top to five points after goals from Billy Griffin and John Fantham sealed a 2-1 win for the hosts. Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Its about time all them fans came back to Hillsborough Bleedin part timers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest minsk owl Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 ....... and after that game, we went on to lose the next three matches........ shame really, cost us a chance of the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marconi Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 False picture, the Scoreboard didn't appear until 1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigian Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Was at this game,absolutely fabulous to watch. No segregation in those days, I was on the Lepping's lane end with some of the Spurs fans. No problems at all. Does anyone know the teams from that day,all my history books are packed away. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I was there on that Kop, which didn't have an electric scoreboard as marconi , the electronics genius, rightly points out. I also went to the next 3 which were all losses as Minsk says. 1-2 at Leicester in thick fog. Hardly saw the ball. 1-2 home to Villa. Can't remember it but I must have gone. 2-4 at Everton in front of 60,702. They'd played Spurs a week or two before and had over 70,000 packed in. We were 2-1 up at half-time. Cracking game. Team v Spurs was McLaren Johnson Megson McAnearney Swan Kay Griffin Craig(Bobby) Ellis Fantham Finney. Pretty much the regular side except for Derek Wilkinson and Ron Springett who I assume were injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggnmaz Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 kop-4x3138-2079892_478x359.jpg On the 12 November, 54 years ago, Hillsborough witnessed arguably the game of the 1960/61 campaign. Second-placed Wednesday met top of the table Tottenham Hotspur in S6. The North London side were runaway leaders of the First Division and 56,363 fans crammed into three stands at Hillsborough. Work on the new cantilever North Stand meant that the stadium was a three-sided ground and had all sides been available, the record crowd at Hillsborough could well have been under threat. The record stands at 72,841 v Manchester City in the 1933/34 FA Cup fifth round. The Owls cut Spurs’ lead at the top to five points after goals from Billy Griffin and John Fantham sealed a 2-1 win for the hosts. This was my first match. What a great game and great atmosphere. Been an owl ever since. WAWAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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