June / July 1972

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June

June 1972 was covered in two editions of Rothmans....

1) As appeared in Rothman's Football Yearbook 1972-73 (3rd year) :

The Queene Anne Press, London 1972

Diary 1971- 72

June 1972

2 Hereford U. F.A. Cup giant-killers are elected to the Fourth Division at the annual meeting of the Football League in London. They replace Barrow who failed in a second ballot after the two clubs had tied on the first count with 26 votes each.

In the second ballot, Hereford gained 29 to Barrow's 20. Northampton T. (49 votes), Crewe Alexandra (46) and Stockport C. (46) were re-elected.

Colin Addison, Hereford's player-manager who will miss the season's start through suspension, promised 'a determined and dedicated effort from all at Edgar Street to put us on the map in League football'. With a catchment area of 200,000, gates of 6,000 and a profit made on the season of 16,500 pounds, Hereford have a good basis for success.

Other points arising from the meeting were: minimum admission charges increased from 30p to 40p;
Len Shipman (Leicester) retained as President of the Football League, with Lord Westwood (Newcastle) and Syd Collings (Sunderland) re-elected to the management committee;
the new 'points for punishment' plan will operate but under the jurisdiction of the F.A.;
and suspensions will be for matches rather than weeks.

Items which failed to achieve the necessary threequarter majority were Blackpool's three-up-and-down scheme; Nottingham F.'s plea to look at Sunday football; Everton's suggestion of a 15 minute half-time break; Orient's idea for restriction of loan transfers and a new Cup for Third and Fourth Division clubs sponsored by Southend U. and Stockport C.

2) As appeared in Rothman's Football Yearbook 1972-73 (4th year) The Queene Anne Press, London 1973

Diary 1972- 73

June 1972

1 Kevin Keegan sent off in Magdeburg, where England Under-23s draw 2-2 with E. Germany. . . John Bond, Bournemouth manager, refuses to join Coventry in a similar capacity, saying that he feels his future lies with the Third Division club.

2 Francis Burns (Manchester U.) signs for Southampton-the fee 50,000 pounds. . .Rangers may play Ajax next season for the 'Championship of Europe'.

4 England Under-23s beat Poland 3-0 in Warsaw, with goals by Worthington, Richards and Currie . . . Marseille beat Bastia 2-1 in the French Cup final. . .
Benfica win the Cup in Portugal with a 3-2 extra-time victory over Sporting Lisbon . . .Iain Phillip refuses to go to Brazil with the Scotland party.

5 Everton pay Huddersfield 80,000 pounds for David Lawson-a record for a goalkeeper. . . Chelsea announce a 5.5 million pounds face-lift for Stamford Bridge. The conversion into a super-stadium will take eight years, and the work on the project will start immediately. The seating capacity of the ground will be smaller in the 1972- 73 season due to the alterations.

6 UEFA put the blame on Glasgow Rangers for their fans' behaviour in the CupWinners' Cup final at Barcelona. The European Organising Committee also states that, in future, only stadiums with adequate seating facilities will be allowed to stage final matches. . . Sir Alf Ramsey is not satisfied with the accommodation offered to the England party in Moscow and threatens to take the players home unless the Russians improve the hotel arrangements. . . Ray Treacy (Charlton) moves to Swindon for 35,000 pounds. . . Alan Gowling (Manchester U.) joins Huddersfield for 60,000 pounds.

7 Leeds buy Trevor Cherry for 100,000 pounds from Huddersfield . . . Peter Shilton excels himself in Moscow, where England Under-23s hold Russia to a goalless draw. . .
Alan Ashman returns from Greece and takes over as manager of Carlisle . . . Willie Waddell becomes the general manager of Rangers and Jock Wallace the new team boss.

10 Three players sent off at Stoke in an Anglo-Italian Cup match (Dobing, Smith, Marini). AS Roma win 2-1 to reach the final v Blackpool.

11 Austria beat Sweden 2-0 in a Group I World Cup qualifying match in Vienna.

12 Joe Mercer demoted at Manchester C. In future Malcolm Allison will take full control on all foot balling matters. . . Peter Osgood fined 150 pounds by FA and given a 28-day suspended sentence for three bookings. . . Scotland place an international ban on Pat Stanton and Charlie Cooke.

14 Russia beat Hungary 1-0, and W. Germany defeat hosts Belgium 2-1 in the European Championship semi-finals. Muller scores both goals for the Germans, bringing his personal total to nine in the tournament. . . In the Independence Tournament in Brazil, Yugoslavia beat Venezuela 10-0!

15 Joe Mercer appointed new manager of Coventry. Gordon Milne, former England wing-half and manager of Wigan Athletic, becomes the club's new coach.

16 Glasgow Rangers banned for two years from European competitions by UEFA because of the crowd disturbances at the Cup-Winners' Cup final. But they can keep the Cup. Club manager Willie Waddell says that he will appeal against the findings.

17 Belgium beat Hungary 2-1 in the third-place final at Liege. Van Himst collects his 69th cap-an all-time Belgium record.

18 W. Germany show tremendous form in beating Russia 3-0 in the European Championship final (Muller 2, Wimmer) . . . In the Yugoslav Cup final Hajduk Split beat Dynamo Zagreb 2-1.

19 Fulham dismiss Bill Dodgin, the club's manager for three and a half years. . . In the Independence Tournament the Rep. of Ireland beat Ecuador 3-2.
Alex Stock appointed to succeed Dodgin at FuIharn . . . Sbeffield W. announce they are willing to take back former players Peter Swan and David Layne, whose life bans were lifted by the FA, . . Stoke reject the fixture v the Italian Cup winners, manager Waddington saying: 'We do not wish to get involved with Italian football again after the scandals of the Anglo-ltalian tournament.'

23 Newest Football League club Hereford drawn against Aston Villa in the Football League Cup. Reading will play Fulham and Cardiff meet Bristol R. in the top pairings of the first round.

24 AS Roma beat Blackpool 3-1 in the Anglo-ltalian Cup final, becoming the first Italian club to win this tournament. . . Uruguay will propose to FIFA that Great BritaIn should be allowed to enter only one team in future World Cups. The English FA appeals to every country for help to fight the proposal.

27 Geoff Hurst sold to Stoke for 80,000 pounds. . . Ray Smith, the Wrexham striker, joins Peterborough for 5,000 pounds. . . Ajax agree to play Independiente Buenos Aires for the World Club Championship. . . Scottish referees threaten to strike.

28 Liverpool, after showing interest in Huddersfield striker Frank Worthington, call off the deal when it is learnt that he has high blood pressure.
29 Wolverhampton sign Burnley winger Steve Kindon for 100,000 pounds. . . Mike Trebilcock, who scored twice for Everton in the 1966 Cup final, joins Torquay on a free transfer from Portsmouth. . . Brazil draw 0-0 with Czechoslovakia in the Independence Tournament: another result: Scotland 2 Yugoslavia 2.

30 Czechoslovakia beat Russia 3-1 in the first leg of the European Under-23 Championship final.

July 1972

Note : The news from thirty years ago has an archive below

As appeared in Rothman's Football Yearbook 1972-73 (4th year) The Queene Anne Press, London 1973
July

2 Scotland draw again in the Independence Tournament, 0-0 v Czechoslovakia.

4 Harry Potts, Burnley's manager since 1958 and genera] manager since 1970, has left Turf Moor.

5 Hereford pay Fulham œ2,000 for George Johnston. . . Brazil beat Scotland 1-0 with a late goal from Jairzinho.

6 Rangers' European ban cut to one year by the UEFA Disciplinary Committee.

7 Paul Went of Charlton becomes Fulham's first big signing, Stock paying 80,000 pounds for the young back-four player.

9 Yugoslavia beat Argentina 4-2 in the third-place final of the Independence Tournament at Brazil. A player from each side is sent off and the game is described as a scandalous brawl, a disgrace to football. Brazil win the tournament by beating Portugal 1-0, Jairzinho once again getting the winner.

12 The draws for the European competitions are made in Zurich. Derby face a tough tie against Zeljeznicar Sarajevo; Celtic are paired with the Norwegian amateurs Rosenborg. In the Cup-Winners' Cup Leeds will play Ankaragucu, and Hibernian are drawn against Sporting Lisbon.

13 Sandor Barcs of Hungary is the new acting president of UEFA, replacing Gustav Wiederkehr of Switzerland who died last week.

16 Details of the new FA penalty points disciplinary system announced. Football League players totting up 12 points will be automatically suspended for two matches.

29 The Watney and Dryborough Cup competitions open the season in England and Scotland. Bristol R. beat Wolverhampton 2-0 and Sheffield U. win 3-0 against Notts Co. Peterborough beat Blackpool 7-6 on penalties, but the losers contend that Don Heath, who had been previously substituted, was not eligible to take his kick.

31 The Football League decides that the result of the Peterborough v Blackpool tie must stand. . . The International Board rules that, because of the political situation, Irish teams will not be invited to take part in the Texaco Cup. The sponsors will, however, pay œ5,000 to each of the Irish Leagues as in the past.