WHEN BARROW PLAYED CHELSEA

[optomisticsupporter]

In 2002 Mike rang the club and asked if he could come to Barrow and see where his father played, along with wilf livingstone who brought a wealth of photographs I showed him round the ground, also there was the guy who wrote his biography, he requested no publicity so it was as he requested, the mail took several pictures but can't remember if they published any but I have all the pictures but at the moment I cannot download them as I do not have the facilities, Mike gave the club a man city signed shirt and Nicky sent a Sunderland one, they were both auctioned at a club dinner I believe the man city one realised £250 don't know about the Sunderland one.

[Shaun]

We should have a section on this board solely for old games, memories, memorabilia, history stuff. Say, pre-1979/80.
edit: it could grow into one hell of of a collection of pure gold.

[Stephen Leonard]

MATCH REPORT: Daily Express, Monday 12 January 1948: Little Bobby Campbell,
Chelsea right-winger, was No.1 man at Stamford Bridge, where Barrow made a quick
exit from the Cup. Campbell started off by making a goal for Ken Armstrong, once more
at centre-forward; .................'Bobby Campbell', than name rings a bell. I am sure there was a chap named Bobby Campbell that had something to do with the backroom staff when I started watching Barrow around 1969.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_C ... ootballer)

[GTBLUE]

In 2002 Mike rang the club and asked if he could come to Barrow and see where his father played, along with wilf livingstone who brought a wealth of photographs I showed him round the ground, also there was the guy who wrote his biography, he requested no publicity so it was as he requested, the mail took several pictures but can't remember if they published any but I have all the pictures but at the moment I cannot download them as I do not have the facilities, Mike gave the club a man city signed shirt and Nicky sent a Sunderland one, they were both auctioned at a club dinner I believe the man city one realised £250 don't know about the Sunderland one.

I bought the Man City shirt. It was'nt £250 though.It was more like £125, it was a long time ago. It was at the Lisdoonie Hotel and I was absoluteley rat arsed (very drunk). I was with 9 others from the company I worked for at the time. It was signed by City"s three greats at the time
Colin Bell, Francis Lee, and Mike Summerbee himself. It's been in a frame on my wall ever since. And yes I am a City fan.

[AugustusCorpa]

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Remember when we won the “FA CUP” in 1990.

[Lancaster Branch]

I remember when those things went on sale, bloke who made them brushed off the fact he got the competition name completely wrong

[GTBLUE]

I remember when those things went on sale, bloke who made them brushed off the fact he got the competition name completely wrong

A bit like "BARROW TOWN " and AFC BARROW" etc.

[SayitagainSam]

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Remember when we won the “FA CUP” in 1990.

Collectors item. The mistake makes it worth so much more...

[SayitagainSam]

53 years ago. Another 3rd Round F.A. Cup tie v Premiere League opponents.

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What a Performance! (Lost replay 3 - 0, doesn't matter)

15,002 squeezed into Holker St!!

Were you and your mate the 2?

4,500 capacity now! You can't be serious?

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Saints team was packed with Internationals.

Just look at their forward power, Martin Chivers, Terry Paine, Ron Davies with Jimmy Melia in mid-field.

Are you kidding me?

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What a line-up!

Arguable the Bluebirds best ever!!

Virtually every player a Barrow LEGEND!!!

[Nigel Bamford]

The best game of football I have ever seen. 'Barrow on the Brink' was the back page headline in the Sunday Express.

[Steelworks End]

The Saints certainly had some firepower up front - but we had local legend Brian Arrowsmith and his fellow defenders. They were up for the challenge, and they didn't let us down.

It's hard to imagine 15,002 - something like treble the current capacity - packed into Holker Street, but that attendsnce was beaten twelve months later when 16,850 saw us take on Leicester City.

[Baxterj732]

Peter Shilton played in that Leicester side didn't he?

[Steelworks End]

Peter Shilton played in that Leicester side didn't he?

He did indeed.

[russell_anderson]

The Saints certainly had some firepower up front - but we had local legend Brian Arrowsmith and his fellow defenders. They were up for the challenge, and they didn't let us down.

It's hard to imagine 15,002 - something like treble the current capacity - packed into Holker Street, but that attendsnce was beaten twelve months later when 16,850 saw us take on Leicester City.

They did have some firepower but Barrow outplayed them and one man, Ron Davies, saved them virtually single handed! I couldn't believe how we didn't win that match. In George Smith and Mick Hartland we had the 2 best midfield players I've ever seen play for Barrow.

[xerxes]

53 years ago. Another 3rd Round F.A. Cup tie v Premiere League opponents.




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What a line-up!

Arguable the Bluebirds best ever!!

Virtually every player a Barrow LEGEND!!!

Pilkington didn't actually play against Southampton. McEvoy replaced him with Mick Hartland for that game, with the intention of stifling Terry Paine, and it worked like a dream.