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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,719
    LargeAddick said:

    GlassHalfFull said:

    LenGlover said:

    RedChaser said:

    One for the old timers didn't Cliff Holton get one (on debut?) In a 4-1 away win at Ipswich Feb 1966 or am I dreaming :open_mouth: .

    Did he get a hat-trick against Preston in our 5-2 win at The Valley?

    He certainly dominated that match and I remember him scoring (alongside a diving header from Keith Peacock) at least one that day.
    CH scored twice, as did Keith Peacock, and Mike Kenning bagged one. An 11.30 kick-off on Good Friday. My only memory of the goals is when the tall Holton lolloped through a flat-footed Preston defence to blast the ball in - I think it was the first goal of the match.
    I thought the Preston game was an evening kick off? That’s if we are talking the one where we got promoted?
    No this one was to help us stay up in the old division 2 c 1965 or 1966.
  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351

    Indeed. The Preston game I mentioned was on Good Friday morning 1966 and Cliff Holton's giant strides took us a giant stride towards safety. CH also played for Northampton and this is covered very well in Theo Foley's new book.

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