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holmleighchris
11-07-2017, 04:18 PM
One of the best.

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Johnny on the spot 1
11-07-2017, 04:34 PM
[QUOTE=holmleighchris;38583627]One of the best.

You couldn't make it up Chris ! Have seen the photo before . Still a classic.
mickd1961
11-07-2017, 06:19 PM
As a ****ager I was in the Smethwich end whilst Ozzy smoked a fag and took swigs from a pint of bitter a fan had passed him.

He chatted his way through the half with everyone behind the goal.

What a magic person he was.
phild
11-07-2017, 06:41 PM
Who remembers QUIZBALL. Flippin great prog in its day. John Osbourne was brilliant at general Knowledge. The rest of the team hardly contributed much as Osbourne carried Albion to the final against Forest in 1968, but i don't remember if we won it or not.

Anyway Here's a photo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02mbcsf
Johnny on the spot 1
11-07-2017, 07:30 PM
Who remembers QUIZBALL. Flippin great prog in its day. John Osbourne was brilliant at general Knowledge. The rest of the team hardly contributed much as Osbourne carried Albion to the final against Forest in 1968, but i don't remember if we won it or not.

Anyway Here's a photo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02mbcsf

Happy days Phild thanks for the photo's.
Q165
11-07-2017, 07:52 PM
Who remembers QUIZBALL. Flippin great prog in its day. John Osbourne was brilliant at general Knowledge. The rest of the team hardly contributed much as Osbourne carried Albion to the final against Forest in 1968, but i don't remember if we won it or not.

Anyway Here's a photo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02mbcsf


I think that was a later year. Before that all I can recall of our team was Ozzy, Doug Fraser and Percy Thrower. We lost(?) to Arsenal (?) in the final (?) who had a right clever dick in Ian Ure. I remember Doug Fraser having no idea where the Granite City was. Answer being Abeerdeen from where he joined Albion. I think it was 1968

Quizball was introduced by......?
mickd1961
11-07-2017, 08:00 PM
Was it David Vine?
soulman101
11-07-2017, 08:00 PM
Who remembers QUIZBALL. Flippin great prog in its day. John Osbourne was brilliant at general Knowledge. The rest of the team hardly contributed much as Osbourne carried Albion to the final against Forest in 1968, but i don't remember if we won it or not.

Anyway Here's a photo
HIgh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02mbcsf
Hi Phild,me and my mate Paul Shepperd went to the Quiz ball final,at a works social club in Oldbury.can't think of the name could be Acclles and Pollocks
soulman101
11-07-2017, 08:02 PM
One of the best.

5354

Great photo,John used to have a sandwich during the match.
Q165
11-07-2017, 08:09 PM
Was it David Vine?

Yes it was.
WBA1955
11-07-2017, 08:52 PM
I think that was a later year. Before that all I can recall of our team was Ozzy, Doug Fraser and Percy Thrower. We lost(?) to Arsenal (?) in the final (?) who had a right clever dick in Ian Ure. I remember Doug Fraser having no idea where the Granite City was. Answer being Abeerdeen from where he joined Albion. I think it was 1968

Quizball was introduced by......?

We'won'quizball'in'68.Fancy'Albion'fans'not'knowin g'that
phild
11-07-2017, 09:06 PM
I wasnt sure if we had won it in 68 but sure enough we did. We beat Forest 2-1

For the record, the Finals were as follows :

1966-1967 Arsenal 7 Dunfermline Athletic 3 1967-1968 Nottingham Forest 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 1969-1970 Celtic 3 Hearts 1 1970 (Champions Series) Celtic 7 Everton 5 1970-1971 Derby County 4 Crystal Palace 2 1971-1972 Dunfermline Athletic 3 Leicester City 1
Dubbag
11-07-2017, 09:15 PM
As a ****ager I was in the Smethwich end whilst Ozzy smoked a fag and took swigs from a pint of bitter a fan had passed him.

He chatted his way through the half with everyone behind the goal.

What a magic person he was.

That was in the days when fans and teams had a connection with each other. Human passion and the like kept us all grounded. Players like John Osborn and others from that era....well knew it was they that were honoured to play for a club.....Today...most of the honour has gone...not old sentiment...just a fact of life.... They earned as much or a little more then the people who watched them.......again not so today......
Classic photo of a bygone era......
holmleighchris
12-07-2017, 05:41 AM
Here's another, a famous comedian of the late 60s and Jeff.

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Q165
12-07-2017, 05:54 AM
One of the best.

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Great photo of a great character. Sad irony considering the way he died. Same with that picture of Jeff heading the ball against Fulham. A picture I really liked as a kid was of Derek Kevan in an attacking pose and the ball heading in the direction of the camera.
phild
12-07-2017, 06:32 AM
Was that freddie 'parrot face' ?
Baggies_Boy_Tony
12-07-2017, 07:59 AM
Was that freddie 'parrot face' ?

Yes Phil, and I think his surname was Davies
phild
12-07-2017, 08:16 AM
Thanks Tone - he was one of them very UNfunny comedians
goodlordmurphy
12-07-2017, 08:27 AM
Thanks Tone - he was one of them very UNfunny comedians

He was ok just the once like one hit wonder bands...I liked his joke about the parrot that was the wrong colour so he bought the bird and a can of paint...they told him the paint would kill it, but after a while he went back and bought a different can because he was fed up with the birds present colour...again he was told the paint would kill it...but off he went...three weeks later he's back in the shop..."my budgies dead"..."we told you the paint would kill it"...."it wasn't the paint it were the blowlamp"....and that was about it for Freddie.
Albionic68
12-07-2017, 11:17 AM
Surprised this one from the absolute nutter that is Willie Johnston hasn't been posted yet :) ........

http://i68.tinypic.com/2rqhzt4.jpg

'Wile' not forgetting my avatar too of course ;D.
holmleighchris
13-07-2017, 05:37 AM
Surprised this one from the absolute nutter that is Willie Johnston hasn't been posted yet :) ........

http://i68.tinypic.com/2rqhzt4.jpg

'Wile' not forgetting my avatar too of course ;D.

I haven't this one in my collection, well, I have now!
holmleighchris
13-07-2017, 05:40 AM
5398

5399

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Q165
13-07-2017, 05:54 AM
Very interesting!
Albionic68
13-07-2017, 12:40 PM
I haven't this one in my collection, well, I have now!

Did you have these Chris?

Well if not then you have now :) .

http://i67.tinypic.com/of4v8n.jpg

http://i64.tinypic.com/5mhjl2.jpg
holmleighchris
13-07-2017, 04:36 PM
Nah, don't like them much. Here's an iconic one

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Q165
13-07-2017, 07:39 PM
Nah, don't like them much. Here's an iconic one

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Happy days!
phild
16-07-2017, 12:14 PM
In passing mention to Willie Johnston I have a copy of his autobiography SENT OFF AT GUNPOINT which Im giving away - link below.

Its free of charge with free postage to any regular poster who wants it. Simply send me a Personal message through this forum with a contact address where I can post it to you or you can send me an email address and we can sort out a contact address that way.

http://www.wsc.co.uk/reviews/64-Players/3398-sent-off-at-gunpoint
Baggies_Boy_Tony
16-07-2017, 02:41 PM
Would love it Phil, but not sure how to send a Personal message, let me know your eMail address and maybe we can sort it out that way. HELP
BaggiefromStafford
16-07-2017, 02:57 PM
Surprised this one from the absolute nutter that is Willie Johnston hasn't been posted yet :) ........

http://i68.tinypic.com/2rqhzt4.jpg

'Wile' not forgetting my avatar too of course ;D.

Got a big laugh around the Hawthorns when Wille did that.

If i remember right he got reprimanded for doing it.
WBA1955
16-07-2017, 03:03 PM
Was that freddie 'parrot face' ?

He'used'to'be'Wolves'goalie.
phild
16-07-2017, 03:38 PM
Would love it Phil, but not sure how to send a Personal message, let me know your eMail address and maybe we can sort it out that way. HELP

Simply click my name in this post, phild, and you will see PRIVATE MESSAGE click this and send me the message in fact Ive sent you a message anyways.
boingy
16-07-2017, 03:50 PM
Oh the days when you could just BE.
Great Osborne photo Chris.