Brindley,Needham ,Stubbs,Worthington

[pjace]

To think that back 4 played in the same division as we are now in they are like chalk and cheese compared to todays defenders and no they wern't just tough well perhaps Stubbsy was but the others could play especially Nudger

[LaxtonLad]

To think that back 4 played in the same division as we are now in they are like chalk and cheese compared to todays defenders and no they wern't just tough well perhaps Stubbsy was but the others could play especially Nudger

Well it ain't a contact sport any more, not since we started importing them poncey forreners and pandering to their sissy ways.

[Togtastic]

It really was a different era and I know your memory plays tricks on you but that 70/71 side was fantastic to watch. I used to go, certain in knowledge that we would win. We've had that feeling back for a year or so but unlike the 70/71 team the current team have not been able to maintain momentum. The 71/72 season saw us finish 4th in Lg Div 3 behind Villa, Brighton and Bournemouth.
But we did have a pretty good manager.

[60YearsAPie]

I started watching Notts in 1956, and after years of mediocrity, the early 1970s were a great time to be a supporter. Although we've had the likes of Pedro Richards, Tommy Johnson, Mark Draper, Lee Hughes etc since, that 1970/71 side remains "my team", with Tony Hateley leading the line.

[Old_pie]

I started watching Notts in 1956, and after years of mediocrity, the early 1970s were a great time to be a supporter. Although we've had the likes of Pedro Richards, Tommy Johnson, Mark Draper, Lee Hughes etc since, that 1970/71 side remains "my team", with Tony Hateley leading the line.

1959/60 wasn't bad, 107 goals and bounce straight back to third tier. The following season showed promise for a while then I'm not sure what happend but a couple of seasons later our best assets got sold off and another period of rot set in.

We should be experts at getting out of the quagmire but we seem even better at getting into it

[upthemaggies]

1959/60 wasn't bad, 107 goals and bounce straight back to third tier. The following season showed promise for a while then I'm not sure what happend but a couple of seasons later our best assets got sold off and another period of rot set in.

On the face of it, looks like the biggest mistake during the early 60s was not replacing manager Frank Hill and instead promoting somebody from within for a 2nd spell in charge, Gary Brazil style.

1960/61 losing at home to promotion rivals Grimsby in front of 22,292 probably knocked a lot of belief out of the club, the start of a 6 home game sequence without a win, a run ending with defeat to Bury who were one of the sides to go up. Don Roby then left for Derby at the end of that season and they don't appear to have brought in an adequate replacement, Fry arrives from Newport but only plays 15 games in 61/62 and Brian Moore from Stags who makes 14 apps, Frank Hill possibly sacked prematurely on 31st October (he was the man in charge for the 59/60 promotion), Tim Coleman back into the role and finish 13th.

62/63, Lawton/Sewell era nostalgia apparently kicks in with the club reverting back to white shirts, Astle comes into the picture and starts banging them in alongside Hateley, but that terrible winter creates a backlog of more away games than home in the run-in and they only win one game on the road in the 2nd half of that season, Hateley leaves in the summer, replaced with Terry Bly who scores only 4 goals in 63/64 whilst the other new signing Mike Barber gets an injury that ultimately forces him to retire and under a player/manager Eddie Lowe (age 37) it's relegation back to tier 4. Incredibly they stick with Lowe the following season, which proves to be a then all-time low.

[Old_pie]

62/63, Lawton/Sewell era nostalgia apparently kicks in with the club reverting back to white shirts, Astle comes into the picture and starts banging them in alongside Hateley, but that terrible winter creates a backlog of more away games than home in the run-in and they only win one game on the road in the 2nd half of that season, Hateley leaves in the summer, replaced with Terry Bly who scores only 4 goals in 63/64 whilst the other new signing Mike Barber gets an injury that ultimately forces him to retire and under a player/manager Eddie Lowe (age 37) it's relegation back to tier 4. Incredibly they stick with Lowe the following season, which proves to be a then all-time low.

Terry Bly was a crock before he arrived which is why he was sold by Peterborough? for whom he'd been banging in goals for fun. Mike Barber (QPR?) was a classy winger who loved cutting inside. I remember seeing him close up as I was on the front of the County Rd stand and I think it was the game he got crunched. My Dad was excited at the signing of Eddie Lowe, classy in his day, soon turned sour as you say.

How are we so good at being bad? Practice?