Alex Young - the GV -was from a nearby village called Loanhead; he worked down the mine as an engineer during the week and played for Hearts at the weekends -
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In March 2022, a road in the Mill Hill district of Blackburn, where he lived all his life, was named after him and his family spoke of their pride as they unveiled the street sign in his honour -
Boomer Fred Pickering scores v Sheffield Wednesday 1965 in a 2-2 draw in the FA Cup at home, ironically we won the replay away 3-0 -
Sandy will always remember for his OG v the other lot here he is thumping a header past them in a win in 1966 where Bally had got 2 he came on as sub to make it a 3-1 result -
In the days when the game was played with multiple balls 
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I came across this football paperback hand book for the 1968/69 season by Park Drive cigarettes not PC now but then even some players were allowed to smoke these things .....looking through the book nothing changes photos mainly dominated by the red lot, and then Manchester United, but there were a few from our team who at that time were playing scintillating football -
Big Joe -
One question about this video; when was it actually shown on the television as Match of the Day did not begin until 1964? It is clearly a BBC production as the commentator was, I think, Alan Weeks.