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Exile on Spencer St · 11-12-2018, 17:22

The King was my boyhood footballing hero.
It was a few years before my adolescent adulation kicked in, but he was playing for City in the FA Cup 4th round against Luton Town when he scored six times, only for the game to be abandoned after 69 minutes owing to (Somerset, please take note) a waterlogged pitch.
It happened on my birthday in 1961.
For those who care or have forgotten, Luton weren’t a bad team then and had been the beaten finalists at Wembley in 1959.
To keep this ‘on thread’, I can only assume Denis must’ve run over a few black cats on his way to Maine Road that day.

11-12-2018, 17:22	#70
Exile on Spencer St God Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hogshire Posts: 5,193 Liked: 5353 times Rep Power: 180197	Re: The Black Cats Match Thread The King was my boyhood footballing hero. It was a few years before my adolescent adulation kicked in, but he was playing for City in the FA Cup 4th round against Luton Town when he scored six times, only for the game to be abandoned after 69 minutes owing to (Somerset, please take note) a waterlogged pitch. It happened on my birthday in 1961. For those who care or have forgotten, Luton weren’t a bad team then and had been the beaten finalists at Wembley in 1959. To keep this ‘on thread’, I can only assume Denis must’ve run over a few black cats on his way to Maine Road that day.