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For those of you too young to remember the great man. 18:28 - Nov 15 with 1386 views

IpswichBoyBlue

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 21:32 - Nov 15 with 1212 views

backwaywhen

When football was a proper workman’s sport , those crowds packed into the cop .... what a sight .

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 08:41 - Nov 16 with 1086 views

MonkeyAlan

Wish we could go back to those times football wise, Sky has ruined it totally.

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 10:33 - Nov 16 with 1027 views

noggin

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 21:32 - Nov 15 by backwaywhen
When football was a proper workman’s sport , those crowds packed into the cop .... what a sight .

This is the game I fell in love with. Apparently The Kop could hold 30000 fans which is mind blowing.

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If KM goes now, will you applaud him when he returns with his new club?

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 12:08 - Nov 16 with 980 views

blueislander

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 10:33 - Nov 16 by noggin
This is the game I fell in love with. Apparently The Kop could hold 30000 fans which is mind blowing.

Don’t think it held quite as many as that. The capacity at Anfield was 54,000 . Doesn’t seem right that over half were in the Kop.

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 12:30 - Nov 16 with 964 views

itfcpaul

He was an awesome keeper, I probably think better than Shilton, but the England manager disagreed!!!!

My wife's father replaced Clemence as goalkeeper when he left to join Liverpool from Scunthorpe, Brian Arblaster, obviously not at the same level as Clemence but one of is footballing claims to fame!!

Unfortunately, he is no longer with us, he died 7 years ago from Vascular Dementia, probably related to football, as although he didn't do a lot of heading the ball, as a goal keeper, I am sure in those days goalkeepers got battered every time they went up for a ball, so probably related, sad but just part of the game at the time.

he did play for a number of clubs, started at Sheffield United, although didn't pay a game for them, but then joined Chesterfield then onto Scunthorpe to replace Clemence, then onto Barnsley where he played the majority of top flight gamed from early 60's until mid 70's where he then dropped levels to play at Boston United and the finished at Matlock Town

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Who would you want as Ipswich manager in November. there aren't many candidates

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 12:35 - Nov 16 with 957 views

noggin

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 12:08 - Nov 16 by blueislander
Don’t think it held quite as many as that. The capacity at Anfield was 54,000 . Doesn’t seem right that over half were in the Kop.

I read the statistic at the museum at Anfield. Might have been 60s rather than 70s.

No.1 The Kop - Anfield - Liverpool

An almost mythical aura surrounds the Kop at Anfield. Built in 1906 and roofed 22 years later, it was one of the most famous terraces in world football up until its replacement by an all seater stand in 1994. In its lightly regulated heyday the Anfield Kop could hold almost 30,000, accounting for around half the capacity of the whole ground. This was reduced in 1975 to 22,000 in the wake of the report into the 1971 Ibrox Stadium disaster. The fame of the Kop has almost become a clichÃ©, but it is still, even in its all-seater guide, a remarkable stand. There are too many memories to mention but the 1960s black and white clip of the crowd singing 'She Loves You' stands out, as does the reception afforded to Ray Clemence on his return to the club with Tottenham in 1981. It generated incredible surges which we now know are dangerous, but still tingle the nostalgic spine when you see them on ESPN. Possibly the best example was after David Fairclough's winner in the 1977 European Cup against St Etienne. Today its finest hours are probably the two semi final victories over Chelsea in the Champions League. Sadly it has also been the focal point for tragedy, as supporters paid their tributes after the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. The carpet of flowers, shirts, scarves and messages was a remarkable sight. When the club move to their new 60,000 arena in 2010 it will spell the end of British football's most evocative stand.

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If KM goes now, will you applaud him when he returns with his new club?

For those of you too young to remember the great man. on 12:47 - Nov 16 with 918 views

BloomBlue

What I liked in the clips of Clemence over the last couple of days is those from the early/mid 70's when he (and most of the other goalkeepers) didn't wearing gloves, some great saves without gloves.
Then clips when he started wearing them and they looked like gardening gloves

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