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Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Linby Stag » Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:48 pm

Hope someone with club records can help with this one. My dad took me to my first game aged 11 around November time 1968 after the family moved down from Yorkshire. My dad was a Burnley fan. Pretty sure we played Northampton and lost 2-0. My next game was the FA Cup 2nd round v Rotherham and the rest of that cup run ensured I was hooked.

Does anyone know the date of the home game v Northampton that season. I want to celebrate 50 years watching the Stags and need to know the date
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby DURHAM STAG » Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:52 pm

9 November 1968 - lost 2-0 !
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby HitchcocksShins » Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:18 pm

att. of 4,635.
Rotherham game was 9th December, 1-0, (Ledger) att.12,876

I wonder how many other stags fans first ever game resulted in a loss?
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Conker » Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:44 pm

My first was a win and a promotion as a result, call me a glory supporter.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Big yella » Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:26 pm

Tuesday 8th September 1970 v Liverpool 0-0 att 12,532.

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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby oldnic » Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:08 pm

I cannot remember mine, would be 58_59.Treharne was the keeper. Been so many
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Martin Shaw » Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:58 pm

HitchcocksShins wrote:att. of 4,635.
Rotherham game was 9th December, 1-0, (Ledger) att.12,876

I wonder how many other stags fans first ever game resulted in a loss?

mine was a loss. 5-0 to Chesterfield at Field Mill in 1971.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Vice President » Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:16 pm

I don't recall the date of my first game - but I think it was against Preston, and we won 3-0 or 3-1. I think it would have been between 1970- 1972. Can anyone confirm?

I also remember the worst game - A little while later we lost 5-0 at home to Bournemouth in a midweek game. Ted McDougal scored a hat-trick (by half time if i'm not mistaken). I was about 8 years old and distraught - and I learned my first harsh lesson of investing your feelings in a football team. :cry:
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Linby Stag » Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:18 pm

DURHAM STAG wrote:9 November 1968 - lost 2-0 !

Thanks Durham Stag - looks like I will have to celebrate around FA Cup 1st round date!
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Marky Mark » Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:07 pm

Vice President wrote:I don't recall the date of my first game - but I think it was against Preston, and we won 3-0 or 3-1. I think it would have been between 1970- 1972. Can anyone confirm?

I also remember the worst game - A little while later we lost 5-0 at home to Bournemouth in a midweek game. Ted McDougal scored a hat-trick (by half time if i'm not mistaken). I was about 8 years old and distraught - and I learned my first harsh lesson of investing your feelings in a football team. :cry:


We beat Preston 3-1 at home on Saturday 17th April 1971 in front of 7,185 - scorers were a Dudley Roberts brace, and Dave Thompson, it was the 4th of 4 games in 7 days we played. The Bournemouth game was 29th October 1971, the game after that one was a 2-0 loss at County in front of 17,000 - the same season as Martin's 5-0 loss at home to Chesterfield in the League Cup.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby 88BenM » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:34 am

Monday 31st March 1997
Mansfield Town 1-0 Hartlepool United
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22 years to 'celebrate' at Exeter away this season.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby ParisStag » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:51 am

Martin Shaw wrote:
HitchcocksShins wrote:att. of 4,635.
Rotherham game was 9th December, 1-0, (Ledger) att.12,876

I wonder how many other stags fans first ever game resulted in a loss?

mine was a loss. 5-0 to Chesterfield at Field Mill in 1971.


Christ. How did you ever come back from that?
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby ParisStag » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:54 am

April 28 1990 - Mansfield 2-1 Crewe Alexandra.

I'll be celebrating 30 years at the end of next season.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Vice President » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:30 pm

Marky Mark wrote:
Vice President wrote:I don't recall the date of my first game - but I think it was against Preston, and we won 3-0 or 3-1. I think it would have been between 1970- 1972. Can anyone confirm?

I also remember the worst game - A little while later we lost 5-0 at home to Bournemouth in a midweek game. Ted McDougal scored a hat-trick (by half time if i'm not mistaken). I was about 8 years old and distraught - and I learned my first harsh lesson of investing your feelings in a football team. :cry:


We beat Preston 3-1 at home on Saturday 17th April 1971 in front of 7,185 - scorers were a Dudley Roberts brace, and Dave Thompson, it was the 4th of 4 games in 7 days we played. The Bournemouth game was 29th October 1971, the game after that one was a 2-0 loss at County in front of 17,000 - the same season as Martin's 5-0 loss at home to Chesterfield in the League Cup.


Thanks Marky Mark - much appreciated. Dudley Roberts - the best header of the ball I have seen.
I am glad that I didn't attend (or even know about) that Chesterfield game that season!
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Martin Shaw » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:52 pm

ParisStag wrote:
Martin Shaw wrote:
HitchcocksShins wrote:att. of 4,635.
Rotherham game was 9th December, 1-0, (Ledger) att.12,876

I wonder how many other stags fans first ever game resulted in a loss?

mine was a loss. 5-0 to Chesterfield at Field Mill in 1971.


Christ. How did you ever come back from that?

I was hooked Paris. It could only get better from there!
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby OllertonStag » Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:50 pm

On the 21st of August this year, Stags away at Tranmere, i'll be celebrating 40 years of supporting the Stags. First game 21-08-78.....1-1 at home to Gillingham :D Wouldn't swap a single day.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Sneag » Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:30 pm

14th December 1974. Stags 3 Wigan 1. FA Cup Replay.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby ST4GS » Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:06 pm

Sneag wrote:14th December 1974. Stags 3 Wigan 1. FA Cup Replay.
Mine was the next round of our cup run that season. 3rd round tie at home to Cambridge Utd in Jan 1975. Won 1-0 with a Ray Clarke goal.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby bellwhiff » Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:09 pm

My first game was the first home game of the 1970 season. Can’t remember it.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Stags 2002 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:14 pm

8th December 2001. Stags 4 Huddersfield 0 F.A Cup second round. Att: 6,836.

Greenacre Hat-trick.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby 88BenM » Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:07 am

Stags 2002 wrote:8th December 2001. Stags 4 Huddersfield 0 F.A Cup second round. Att: 6,836.

Greenacre Hat-trick.


That is still one of my favourite ever Stags performances. We were absolutely electric that day, Lawrence and Corden on the wings, Greenacre was phenomenal. They were a division above us at the time and we could have easily had 10! A great time to be a Stags fan.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby yorkstag » Tue Aug 14, 2018 4:49 am

Lost 7 1 at home to QPR Sept 1966
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby Warsop Stag » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:13 am

3-0 win over Swansea on 7/10/74, which was a Monday night. Scorers were Clarke, Laverick and McCaffrey in front of 3,672. A young Alan Curtis and Robbie James played for Swansea.

Oddly timed thread this, as I’ve recently been researching the same thing myself resulting in me scouring eBay for a programme from that game which arrived yesterday! The programme shows that it would’ve cost my dad 45p for admission to the North Stand and 25p for me.

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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby part time pete » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:36 am

My first game was vs Peterborough on 10th Sept 1960

We won 1-0 with a 70th minute winner on his home debut by Ken Wagstaff.

Apparently he had already scored twice in his three away games in the previous ten days.

What has really surprised me about the fixture list is the number of games played by the end of September.

The season didn't start until 20th August but we had played 12 league games by end of September.

Reason being no floodlights in them days.
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Re: Help with a date from the 1968/69 season

Postby STAGS FOR LIFE » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:51 am

:D My first memory was in the North Stand and not to stand close to the blue hand rails when we scored , everyone piling forward and being squashed against one ,scared the living daylights out of me.

I think after that mummy :lol: made big brother take me in to the bishop street stand.

All i can remember Rod Arnold being goalie when i first went and Brighton comes to mind.

Will check back and see what comes to mind.
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