Notts v Wolves Testimonial 1956

[Old_pie]

You must be conflating memories of two separate games.
On 23rd August 1956 we drew 1-1 with Liverpool, which was also played on a Thursday.

Oh dear, that is more likely with the possibility that someone told me wrong that the 1-1 game was v Wolves.

The May match would have been during the school term and I find it difficult to think my Dad would have had me out that late, whereas the Liverpool game would have been during holidays, though presumably still an evening KO?

[upthemaggies]

Oh dear, that is more likely with the possibility that someone told me wrong that the 1-1 game was v Wolves.

The May match would have been during the school term and I find it difficult to think my Dad would have had me out that late, whereas the Liverpool game would have been during holidays, though presumably still an evening KO?

I wish I had this problem with my earliest Notts memories because it would have meant I'd have watched them in the mid-70s and seen the likes of Needham, Carter and Bradd, rather than having to wait until I was nearly 13 in 1982 when everything is very vivid and clear and we were just coming towards the end of the golden era.

Both the Wolves and Liverpool games kicked off at 6:30pm, so finishing around 8:10pm (with the typical 10 minute HT break they had back then and next to no added time) they probably didn't need to turn the floodlights on with dusk an hour or so later.