Spurs team 1950's

[WhippsX]

I have supported Spurs since after WW2 when my Dad would take me to home games. I have now been an avid fan for over 60 years. However, can't remember the names of the teams of those days - except "The Duke". Of course I remember the later teams including Blanchflower, MacKay, White, & later Greaves, Gilzean etc. & "more recently" Ardiles, Villa, Hoddle et al. Can anyone refresh my old memories of late "40's early 50's.
Many thanks.

 

[chrissivad]

post this in spurs chat..or if it gets moved. you will get a better responce from there.

 

[nipponyid]

Eddie Baily & Big RonBurgess springs to mind.

 

[worcestersauce]

Ronnie Burgess lodged in the house opposte ours when he first came to the club, my mum said he was a lovely man, and if she says it that'll do for me.


Don't forget....
"Drum roll"....

Tommy Harmer

 

[chinaman]

And a certain Sir Alf Ramsey.

 

[bknight2]

I started to attend home matches in 1947. I remember the members of the early teams as Ted Ditchburn, Sid Tickeridge, Arthur Willis, Billy Nick, Vic Buckingham, Ron Burgess, Freddie Cox, Les Bennett, Len Duquemin, George Foreman and Ronnie Dix. This line-up was in the then accepted two full backs, three half backs and five forwards in the "W" formation. Joe Hulme, an ex-Arsenal player, was manager. After Hulme was replaced by Arthur Rowe Tickeridge gave way to "Sir" Alf, Arthur Willis by Charlie Withers. Harry Clarke was brought in at centre half, Sonny Walters at outside right and Eddie Bailey and Les Medley formed the leftwing partnership. This team won the second division championship in 1949-50 and immediately the first division championship in 1950-51, the so called "push and run" team. I can remember certain games vividly, a 3-2 defeat by Blackburn in Sir Alf's first home game when he inadvertently scored Blackburn's winning goal, a screaming back pass that gave Ditchburn no chance, and the staccato first time passing of Bailey and Medley, which at that time was so new and unique in English football. A style that Arsene Wenger has now adopted at Arsenal some 55 years later!

 

[Flatters]

Frankly I'm just impressed you fogies are able to post on here. :up: :lol:

 

[Netty]

Frankly I'm just impressed you fogies are able to post on here. :up: :lol:

:lol:
You're a cheeky bugger, Flatters.

 

[Adam456]

Yeah Christ ! I'd have thought technophobia, sinility, arthritis or Spurs-related stress would have got the better of you :wink:

PS. BKnight - 1947 ! You simply have to change your name to SpursSince47 !

sorry SS57

 

[bas]

I first went to WHL on the "workmans train" from Hitchin at 7.30 am! with some mates, we were aged about ten. I remember seeing Ditchburn, Ramsey, Nicholson, Medley, Bailey, Duquemin, Burgess, Willis and Harry Clarke - other names escape me. I was then hooked and was doomed to experience emotions ranging from the depths of despair,to mediocrity, to the heights of ecstasy. I think we are overdue for a portion of ecstasy and I don't just mean beating Arsenal but winning a major trophy!!
Let's hope the January window gives us the springboard to get players who will get us back where we belong.

 

[phil]

Another name I remember from those far-off days was George Robb. One of those vanishing species - a left winger.I was first taken to WHL, at the age of 4, in the 51/2 season.

 

[bas]

If I remember rightly George Robb was an amateur (teacher by profession) who either came from or went to Finchley. Wasn't he also an England international?

 

[phil]

Correct BAS. He was an amateur and ,from memory, I think he gained a single England cap. But as Flatters, suggests, we are too old to be posting here. Now where is the nurse with my medication.

 

[SpurSince57]

It's only 'I cried for Spiderman/I can't tell Bulmers from Bulmers' Flatters, Phil.

I didn't get taken to a first team game until the 58-59 season, and by then many of the names bknight mentions had retired/moved on. I saw Ted Ditchburn play for the reserves the previous season, though, and George Robb was still figuring for the first team in 1958 (and little Tommy Harmer, of course).

 

[TheChosenOne]

Frankly I'm just impressed you fogies are able to post on here. :up: :lol:

Not everyone on here is a catamite you know :roll:

 

[orkneyspur]

Eek Wow this is novel. A thread from contributors that think posting 'your mum' is an answer to the question, 'Who is married to your dad' and can actually string sentences together with correct spelling and punctuation.

This might help the original question.

www.topspurs.com/thfc-fp-index.htm

 

[llamafarmer]

Not everyone on here is a catamite you know :roll:

I had to look that up.

But :lol: now that I know what it means.

 

[Flatters]

I had to look that up.

But :lol: now that I know what it means.

I had to look that up as well, and I'm still none the wiser as to what he means really. That he wants to have sex with me? :shrug:

 

[bknight2]

You are both right about George Robb. I went to school in Edmonton and between 1953 and 1955 I played football for Middlesex Grammar Schools. George Robb was our coach, being a sportsmaster at Christs College Finchley. He did indeed win one full England cap as an amatuer, the last person to have done so I believe. Unfortunately it was in the famous debacle at Wembley when England lost 6-3 to Hungary and we realised that there were people out there who could play football better thanus.

 

[easiman]

It's only 'I cried for Spiderman/I can't tell Bulmers from Bulmers' Flatters, Phil.

I didn't get taken to a first team game until the 58-59 season, and by then many of the names bknight mentions had retired/moved on. I saw Ted Ditchburn play for the reserves the previous season, though, and George Robb was still figuring for the first team in 1958 (and little Tommy Harmer, of course).

I was a later starter than you (suppose I could be younger of course), first memories c1964, remnants of the double team, but still some greats.