Previous page Next page 27 January 1962 away to Burnley. Team in the programme: George, Charlton, Lewis, Lucas, Bishop, Lea, White, Foster, Dunmore, Graham and Newman. The beer here was Massey with the advice “ Before or after enjoy one in a Massey house”. 3 February home to Bristol Rovers. Video. Front cover shows Dunmore in ac- tion against Walsall. He had scored 20 goals so far with Joe Elwood top scoring for the re- serves with seven. Meet the Player was Alan Russell. Derek Gibbs had his leg in plaster. Team in the pro- gramme: George, Charlton, Lewis, Lucas, Bishop, Lea, White, Foster, Dunmore, Graham and McDonald. In the FA Youth Cup after beating Crittalls Athletic 14-2 and Chelmsford 5-3 we went out at West Ham 6-2. 3 March home to Sunderland. Front cover shows Graham in action against Bristol Rovers. “Meet The Player” pro- file was of Denis Sorrell. Inside was Foster in action against Burnley. This was to be the home debut of Norman Deeley. Signed in time to play at Plymouth (17 Feb) and Stoke (24 Feb). Before the Stoke match we had lost three matches in a row. At Stoke we were without George (Carbuncle on the back of the neck), Robertson came in, Charlton (knee injury) Wright deputised, White (knee injury) Elwood played on the left with Billy Taylor at inside-right. Team in the pro- gramme: Robertson, Charlton, Lewis, Lucas, Bishop, Lea, White, Taylor, Dunmore, Foster and Deeley. 24 March Away at Charlton. Their programme mentioned former captain Benny Fenton was now manager of Colchester. Gordon Bolland, signed from Chelsea made the line up. Team in the programme: Robertson, Charlton, Lewis, Lucas, Bishop, Lea, Deeley, Bolland, Dunmore, Graham and McDonald. That was my last programme of our promotion season. Here is how the rest of the sea- son panned out. Stats from ENGLISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL ARCHIVE. Mar 24 Division 2 A Charlton Athletic W 2-1 2nd 31 Division 2 H LEEDS UTD D 0-0 2 Apr 07 Division 2 A Brighton & Hove Al W 1-0 2 14 Division 2 H SCUNTHORPE UTD L 0-1 2 20 Division 2 H LUTON TOWN D 0-0 2 21 Division 2 A Norwich City D 0-0 2 23 Division 2 A Luton Town W 3-1 2 28 Division 2 H BURY W 2-0 2 Everyone knows the story of the last match of the season at home to Bury. If Sunderland beat Swansea in Wales they would be promoted. Swansea were three from bottom. If you had a transistor radio then you bought it to Brisbane Road. Sunderland took the lead but if it stayed that way they and not the O's would be promoted. Graham had headed us into the lead in the 14th minute. Swansea got a second half equaliser and the crowd erupted much to the amazement of the players as Bury were on the attack. With four minutes to go Graham got a second and Sunderland were held to a draw. We were up! Cue mayhem as supporters swarmed onto the pitch to carry skipper Stan Charlton shoulder high towards the players tunnel. Interview with Johnny Carey 28-04-1962. Next page Previous page.
I am indebted to Steve Tongue for this information on Bill: In the Liverpool programme (24/9/60) caretaker manager Les Gore welcomes new signing Robertson, who played for the reserves at home to Southampton the previous week. (17/9/60). So why did the club say he signed in October? Even the most charitable amongst us will not suggest this was Carey’s team. His contribution was two players, Deeley and Bolland. The rest played under Alec Stock (Bishop, Charlton, Elwood, George, Lea, Lewis, Lucas, White, Wright) or were, like Gibbs, McDonald, Dunmore, Newman, Graham and Robertson bought in by Les Gore. Foster, Clark and Taylor were youth players. Eddie Lewis was of the opinion that Les Gore could have done the job Carey did. Twenty players were used in the season though the ENFA made it 21 with Jeff Harris but he never signed for another two years. This was the only photo I have ever purchased of the team. Back Row: Charlton, Lea, Robertson, Bishop, Lewis, Lucas. Front Row: Deeley, Gibbs, Dunmore, Graham, McDonald. Back row L-R: Lucas, Bishop, Robertson, Lea, Lewis. Front row: Deeley, Gibbs Charlton, Dunmore, Graham, McDonald. Norman Deeley. Signed from Wolves in time to play at Plymouth (17 Feb 1962) and played 73 times scoring nine goals. In his career he played 279 league games scoring 75 goals. He left us and returned to the Midlands signing for Worcester City. Gordon Bolland: signed from Chelsea (he made two apps) made the line up in the programme 24 March 1962 away to Charlton. He made 63 apps for us scoring 19 goals before his transfer to Norwich in March 1964. His league career: 417 (8) apps 112 goals. Elwood in action against Bristol Rovers. Cryil Lee signed from Bradley Rangers July 1957 and played 205 league games without scoring. Joined Ipswich Nov 1964. Career record: 308 (8) apps 2 goals.
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