Quote Originally Posted by lunaspie View Post
Miles offside when he poked it home.
I thought so too.

Two things stood out from that short film...

1 As soon as they get possession of the ball, the goalkeepers boot it up the pitch, as far as they can and without looking to see if there are any teammates in a position to receive it. Obviously there was no silly tippy tappy around the edge of your own area in 1955.

2. How the heck did we get all those people into (and out of) the ground without major loss of life? The biggest crowd I was ever in at Meadow Lane was 34,000 v Villa in 1972, and I thought that was pushing the boundaries. Yet we had over 40,000 quite a few times in the 1940s and 1950s without (so far as I’m aware) any serious incidents.

Thanks for posting this.