Meanwhile Pre Season 100 years ago

[Bucklandman]

A report from the Athletic News in July 1923 as the club gets ready to play its first Football League Season.

Signing Speedy Wingers and Half Backs, Negotiations in progress with several other players, appointing new coach, increasing Ground capacity 12,000 to 15,000.

How things have changed!

 

[Ken Baileys Ghost]

I have this vision of Neil Dawson's grandad writing a stiff letter to the Athletic pointing out where the club were going wrong

 

[afcdibby]

What the hell is a half back?

 

[CherryBare]

Blimey didn't realise the athletic had been going that long

 

[RobTrent]

What the hell is a half back?

I think it was a 4 and 6.

Oh, and we never should have signed Foster Robinson. He only played one game V The Electric Tram Co.

 

[afcdibby]

I think it was a 4 and 6.

Oh, and we never should have signed Foster Robinson. He only played one game V The Electric Tram Co.

Like a Lerma?

 

[Bucklandman]

Like a Lerma?

A good example. A defensive midfielder, The Half Back role was to stop the attacking Inside or Centre Forward getting past them and if the forward did they were usually on the ground. Just like Lerma's role!

 

[OLDSKOOL]

I think it was a 4 and 6.

Oh, and we never should have signed Foster Robinson. He only played one game V The Electric Tram Co.

Was that because he had a drink problem? Always off his TrolleyBus ….

 

[Neil Dawson]

Was that because he had a drink problem? Always off his TrolleyBus ….

He went off the rails badly.

He was a distant relative of Jordan Ibe. About time we had a thread on him tbf….

 

[RobTrent]

He went off the rails badly.

He was a distant relative of Jordan Ibe. About time we had a thread on him tbf….

Difficult to gauge.

 

[Neil Dawson]

Difficult to gauge.

I like your points

 

[KevCorfe]

Did I miss the signal for transport puns?

 

[adam0102]

Did I miss the signal for transport puns?

This is certainly the platform for them

 

[RobTrent]

This thread will be departing from its original subject an hour late.

 

[Neil Dawson]

Mind the gap between this topic and a debate on transfer policy

 

[OLDSKOOL]

Did I miss the signal for transport puns?

I’m sat at home but feeling distant from these puns .