again, that was no ordinary West Ham team. Moore, Hurst and Peters. I wonder if anyone here went or knew anyone that went? 26th December 1963. West Ham 2 - 8 Blackburn Rovers.

Here we go. That was no ordinary Spurs team.

but did that lot at the Turd then go on and beat Bobby Moore’s West Ham 8-2 (8-3?) at Upton Park in the same season? Dont mention a couple of days later. That doesn’t matter.🙂

Think the team was Else Bray Newton Clayton England McGrath Ferguson McEvoy Pickering Douglas Harrison.

The great Danny Blanchflower is one of those photos I think. Totally destroyed by Duggie and crew that day. ferguson, Pickering and Mike Harrison celebrating in another.

Scored 4 goals if I remember correctly 🙂

Technically they are very good. Well coached as well. Becoming professional has improved the women’s game no end. It used to be awful.

I was at that game as well. I still believe that was the best rovers side I saw. Amazingly, some pics. https://www.facebook.com/groups/182176072408848/permalink/974654313161016/

Might see you there then👍🙂

The new ground will only be about two miles from me 47er, so personally that’s great. It’s a few miles outside Preston. For people not living in the area it’s not easily accessible though. Lostock hall station is fairly close but it’s on the east Lancs line, not the main line. There’s Leyland station which is a fair walk especially for the elderly who make up the majority of county championship fans. There are buses but not an ideal way to get from Leyland station to Farington for a cricket match. On the plus side there is motorway access. There will need to be enough on site parking Though.

Still going through planning process I think. I really don’t understand why they’re building it it where it is.

Some good performances by a few of Lancs promising youngsters KH. Balderson, Bell, Hurst in particular. Blatherwick did well yesterday also. A good day out. Blackpool Lovely ground.

England are so fortunate to go through. Second best everywhere apart from penalties. Some of the girls need to have a good look at their own performances and understand that maybe they’re not quite as good as they thought they were. Not good enough. look, learn and move forward.

No Jim. All I’m pointing out is that Underwood and his style of bowling medium pace spinners was helped massively because of the wet pitches. Spinners don’t bowl at that pace any more because that pace on dry wickets would completely nullify any spin. Other batsmen/bowlers weren’t helped so much. In my opinion.

Yes, I know about them not refunding ticket money. It’s despicable of Yorkshire to go down that route. They put it on their match ticket that play isn’t guaranteed and doing that cleared them to keep every penny of admission money without providing anything in return. The ECB should be looking at that.

Match abandoned after water got under covers you there Matt?

Just a comment about Underwood. He was a left arm spin bowler who bowled very quickly and very flat. A medium pacer really. The thing is, he played when wickets weren’t covered. On a wet or drying pitch he was unplayable. Spin bnowlers don’t get that kind of help anymore. Fair to say he wouldn’t be as effective now as he was then.