petersimple Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 There's a great video of Derby in 1966 on the Derby Telegraph site. There's a short clip of a game. Gordon Hughes is easily recognisable. That video brought back a lot of memories. http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/VIDEO-Derby-1966-recognise/story-20742128-detail/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersimple Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Does anyone know which game it was? There are a few clues : blue shirts, Ian Buxton, Phil Waller (I think), Gordon Hughes, Ron Webster, Alan Durban, Eddie Thomas (I think), lots of spaces (c14k), cricket season, etc. This is the earliest colour film of Derby County I have seen. Watching this while listening to nice bit of chillout like the following puts me in a very sentimental mood : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnljpGST5w8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Good bit of film. My guess would be v Portsmouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersimple Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 The cricket game was probably against the West Indies (28th May 1966). You can see a few excited West Indians on the boundary and the ground is packed to see Sobers & Co. In 1966 we played Portsmouth on Boxing Day and I don't think that looks like a Boxing Day crowd. I think the game might have been Derby v Preston 1-0 (30 April 1966). The attendance was 11,188 which looks about right. Change kit for Preston. The team was Reg Matthews, Ron Webster, Peter Daniel, Bobby Saxton, John Richardson, Alan Durban, Phil Waller, Gordon Hughes, Eddie Thomas, Billy Hodgson, Ian Buxton I might be wrong but that is my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 i'd have been 11 when that was filmed , love looking at the old cars . A couple of months before we win the World Cup , 1966 was about the time when i started to take an interest in football , for obvious reasons.. Good vid , thanks for posting .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 The cricket game was probably against the West Indies (28th May 1966). You can see a few excited West Indians on the boundary and the ground is packed to see Sobers & Co. In 1966 we played Portsmouth on Boxing Day and I don't think that looks like a Boxing Day crowd. I think the game might have been Derby v Preston 1-0 (30 April 1966). The attendance was 11,188 which looks about right. Change kit for Preston. The team was Reg Matthews, Ron Webster, Peter Daniel, Bobby Saxton, John Richardson, Alan Durban, Phil Waller, Gordon Hughes, Eddie Thomas, Billy Hodgson, Ian Buxton I might be wrong but that is my guess. I was wondering about that Petersimple, but the pitch looked too good for an April match. It would have been most of the way through the season and with less grass. Certainly the right era though. Could the opposition have been leicester, or were they in another Division then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersimple Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 I was wondering about that Petersimple, but the pitch looked too good for an April match. It would have been most of the way through the season and with less grass. Certainly the right era though. Could the opposition have been leicester, or were they in another Division then? The kit looks like Leicester's but they were in the first division then. I think three of those players are still working in football. Bobby Saxton, Alan Durban and Phil Waller are, as far as I know, working as scouts, albeit part-time ones. I find that very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 In 1966 we played Portsmouth on Boxing Day and I don't think that looks like a Boxing Day crowd.yes i reckon you could be right.bolton and preston had hooped socks in 65-66http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/season/1965-1966.htmthe fact that the keeper wears blue shorts could indicate changed colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I've got it downloaded if anyone wants a permanent copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 The kit looks like Leicester's but they were in the first division then. I think three of those players are still working in football. Bobby Saxton, Alan Durban and Phil Waller are, as far as I know, working as scouts, albeit part-time ones. I find that very impressive. We did play Leicester in a friendly early that season (66-67), but I think it was a night match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewetube Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Great film, a little bit before my time but I absolutely love local history. It being in colour just brings it all that bit more to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmini Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Fantastic film from 1966 I would have been 4 Interesting to see the old Baseball Ground before the Ley stand was built. Could we have been playing Everton? Curious to see cars on St Peters St and the Market Place as well. Remember the wooden escalators in the old Boots.Pity not many people have the time nowadays but would it not be interesting to a 2014 video of the same locations to see how they have changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 My God. There are people here old enough to have seen England win the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmini Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 My God. There are people here old enough to have seen England win the World Cup. Probably never see it again either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 seen this before and feel the same still after watching again. Who allowed such a beautiful city, with all it's character get ruined so easily. I know the city was being managed by a bloke from Leicester in the mid-70s who allowed so many amazing buildings to be demolished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 All you need is a couple of Rams players in the team and Worl Cup is yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersimple Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 I've just been on a Preston site and they have confirmed it is, indeed, Preston North End. http://www.pne-online.net/forum/showthread.php?85644-Is-this-Preston-in-this-colour-film-from-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I've just been on a Preston site and they have confirmed it is, indeed, Preston North End. http://www.pne-online.net/forum/showthread.php?85644-Is-this-Preston-in-this-colour-film-from-1966 If it is then the state of the pitch - reasonable - would suggest a match earlier in the season than later. That might mean that it is the 5-1 Rams win in the October of 1966, as one of the PNE guys said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersimple Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 If it is then the state of the pitch - reasonable - would suggest a match earlier in the season than later. That might mean that it is the 5-1 Rams win in the October of 1966, as one of the PNE guys said. You might be right Ilkleyram. Hector was in the 5-1 game instead of Durban and now I think I can see Hector and I am not sure if I can see Durban. I was at that game but for some reason I can't remember anything about it. I saw every home game that season. I am puzzled by the empty spaces at the Osmaston and Normanton ends. The attendance for the October game was 18,703 - there was a big increase after we signed Hector - and the ground doesn't look crowded enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 My God. There are people here old enough to have seen England win the World Cup. I'm old enough to have seen them win the World Cup with a beer in my hand. OK I was 13 and it was my dad's homebrew, but all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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