Bygone Days

[Rebel Rebel]

My sister just unearthed this under a carpet in her house! Research from club site suggests the match was played 20th January 1962. I believe one of our contributors was playing in this match!

[Irishadrian]

Yes This was a Memorial Shield game

I had become a Rebels fan the season before and remember 

all the team that played that day

Geoff Redford

Ralph Miller

Gerald Grey

Terry Wise

Alec Nairn

John Ford

Ronnie Bloom

Jock Cunningham

Bernie Gogan

Peter Fear

Micky Hall

Thanks RebelRebel for that trip down memory lane.

[Reading Rebel]

4 hours ago, Rebel Rebel said:

My sister just unearthed this under a carpet in her house! Research from club site suggests the match was played 20th January 1962. I believe one of our contributors was playing in this match!

Rebel Rebel, if you mean Bernie Gogan it's not the same person.

The Bernie Gogan that frequents this forum uses the name as a pseudonym for his real name. 

Unfortunately the real Bernie Gogan died in 2019.

Another name in that team is Peter Fear who still attends Slough matches and remarkably still plays walking football for the Slough team.

 

Edited January 29 by Reading Rebel

[Irishadrian]

31 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

Rebel Rebel, if you mean Bernie Gogan it's not the same person.

The Bernie Gogan that frequents this forum uses the name as a pseudonym for his real name. 

Unfortunately the real Bernie Gogan died in 2019.

Another name in that team is Peter Fear who still attends Slough matches and remarkably still plays walking football for the Slough team.

 

Peter Fear must be 84/85 yrs old depending on his birthday remarkable really

[Reading Rebel]

9 hours ago, Irishadrian said:

Peter Fear must be 84/85 yrs old depending on his birthday remarkable really

Peter is certainly in his early 80's, attends all home games and was a regular on the away supporters coach.

Edited January 29 by Reading Rebel

[Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB)]

Actually attended that match. The report reminds us that, after we had finished bottom of the Corinthian League the previous season (no relegation in those far off days), Bob Gibbs' initial route back to "respectability" was based on a group of mainly young, local players playing a brand of crisp, short-passing football. That had brought us early success in the FA Cup on the drier surfaces with home victories over Athenian League opposition in Sutton United and Redhill. But we were then swept away by a much more direct and powerful Dulwich side at their impressive old Champion Hill ground in the third qualifying round. Results got more difficult to obtain on the heavier grounds of winter but that system, and many of those players, kept us more than afloat for a couple of seasons before we began to move on to greater successes in the mid 1960's.       

[Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB)]

On 29/01/2024 at 10:42, Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB) said:

Actually attended that match. The report reminds us that, after we had finished bottom of the Corinthian League the previous season (no relegation in those far off days), Bob Gibbs' initial route back to "respectability" was based on a group of mainly young, local players playing a brand of crisp, short-passing football. That had brought us early success in the FA Cup on the drier surfaces with home victories over Athenian League opposition in Sutton United and Redhill. But we were then swept away by a much more direct and powerful Dulwich side at their impressive old Champion Hill ground in the third qualifying round. Results got more difficult to obtain on the heavier grounds of winter but that system, and many of those players, kept us more than afloat for a couple of seasons before we began to move on to greater successes in the mid 1960's.       

Writing this reminded me that Bob Gibbs' early short-passing style developed into the "block movement" that brought league and cup successes in the second half of the 1960's. A consequence (accidental or intended) of this was that many of Slough's opponents found themselves, much to their (and that of their supporters) annoyance frequently caught offside during matches. Back in those days the offside law was, of course, usually interpreted much more strictly in favour of defences than has become the case more recently. I imagine anyone not around at the time would have difficulty understanding the great furore that arose over Ray Tinkler's decision to allow that WBA goal against Leeds.