October 1972

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

As appeared in Rothman's Football Yearbook 1973-74 (4th year) :

The Queen Anne Press, London 1973

October

1 Referees blamed for the ills of football in a series of attacks made by club officials.
Arthur Page, Orient chairman, says that he walked out on the match against Fulham in disgust because of the 'disgraceful piece of refereeing of Trevor Spencer (Wiltshire)'. Manchester U. decide to lodge an official complaint against referee Norman Paget, and Tony Book (Manchester C.) also criticises refereeing standards. Mlcky Purser, the Millwall chairman, states that the referees have blacklisted his club because of a fracas years ago that involved Norman Burtenshaw.

2 Derek Jefferson (Ipswich) signs for Wolverhampton for 80,000 pounds . . . John Saunders joins Walsall from Leeds (10,000 pounds) . . . Derby draw Benfica in the European Cup; Celtic will play Hungarian champions Ujpest Doza . . . Tot ten ham and Liverpool will meet Greek clubs in the second round of the UEFA Cup. . .
Bournemouth sign Brian Clark and Ian Gibson, Cardiff forwards, for a combined fee of 100,000 pounds.

3 Norman Burtenshaw refutes the accusations levelled at referees stating that the fight against dirty play has been effective and football has improved a great deal because of it. . . Shock results in the League Cup: Bury beat Manchester C., Notts Co. defeat Southampton, and Middlesbrough draw with Tot ten ham . . .
Because of the replays, seven selected players have to drop out of the England squad v Yugoslavia.

4 Another 200,000 pounds transfer deal-Jeff Blockley (Coventry) is sold to Arsenal. . . Manchester U. sign Portadown striker Peter Anderson for 20,000 pounds . . . Stockport beat West Ham in the League Cup. . . Leeds draw at Aston Villa.

5 Although Derby have a League Cup replay on Monday, Roy McFarland and David Nish are not released from the England squad. Sir AlfwiJl nominate replacements later in the week for the other nine players who had to drop out of the party . . . Colin Stein signs for Coventry; Quintin Young moves to Glasgow Rangers as part of the deal. . . Giantkillers Stockport will meet Norwich in the next round of League Cup, and if both clubs are successful in their replays Liverpool will be hosts to Leeds . . . George Best is back in the N. Ireland squad for the World Cup match v Bulgaria. . . Peter Marinello is named for the Scotland squad v Denmark.

6 Alan Groves (Shrewsbury) signs for Bournemouth- 35,000 pounds . . . Replacements in the England squad include Blockley, Richards, and Worthington.

7 Alan Ball sent off at Bramall Lane, where Sheffield U. beat Arsenal 1-0. . . Liverpool win the local derby against Everton 1-0, and go two points clear at the top of the table. . . Leeds thrash Derby 5-0, while Manchester U. gain a point at the Hawthorns v W.B.A. . . . Burnley, Walsall, and Mansfield are the other divisional leaders, while in Scotland Dundee U. lead. . . . Miiller scores his 200th Bundesliga goal in W. Germany. . . Eusebio leads the European goalscoring list with 13 goals in five games. . . Italy beat Luxembourg 4-0 in the World Cup, and E. Germany defeat Finland 5-0.

9 Chelsea earn a fourth round tie at Bury in the League Cup by beating Derby 3-2 at Stamford Bridge. . . Noel Cantwell takes over Peterborough, the worst-placed club in the League. 'There is only one way to go', said Cantwell-'up !'.

10 Roy McFarland out of the England team with a leg injury. . . UEFA decide that the Panathinaikos v CSKA Sofia European Cup tie should be replayed because referee Lipatov made a technical mistake. . . Liverpool beat W .B.A. in a League Cup replay through a last-minute goal by Kevin Keegan.

11 England, with four newly-capped players (Mills, Blockley, Lampard, Channon) draw I-I with Yugoslavia at Wembley . . .In the League Cup replays Leeds beat Aston Villa, Bristol R. defeat Manchester U. at Old Trafford, and Tot ten ham draw with Middlesbrough. The second replay will be played at White Hart Lane but no date is fixed. . . Oldham put Johnny Morrissey on the transfer list for disciplinary reasons. . . Tony Waiters to manage Plymouth. . . Tommy Hutchison joins Coventry from Blackpool, and Bill Rafferty goes to Blackpool as part of the deal.

12 Bobby Kellard asks for a transfer and gives up the captaincy of C. Palace.

13 Paddy Mulligan takes over captaincy of C. Palace. . . Alan Ball decides not to appeal against his sending-off and will miss one League Cup and two League matches.

14 C. Palace draw at Wolverhampton, but Mulligan is taken off with a serious injury and the other new signing, Charlie Cooke, has his name taken. Leeds win 2-1 at Goodison but Liverpool only draw at Southampton. Top of the table positions are Liverpool 19 pts, Arsenal 18 pts, Leeds 17 pts . . . Ted MacDougal1 scores the only goal of the match for Manchester U. v Birmingham and Colin Stein is on the mark in Coventry's 3-2 win over Manchester C. Top scorer of the day: Stuart Pearson (Hull) who scores four against Portsmouth.

I5 Austria draw 2-2 with Hungary and Sweden beat Malta in Group I of the World Cup, . . Charlie George asks Arsenal to take him off the transfer list. . .In a Sunday newspaper article, Brian Clough suggests that the FA Cup should be suspended for a year to give England the best possible chance in the World Cup.

16 Roy Bentley (Swansea) is sacked and Bill Moore (Walsall) resigns. . . Bobby Ross joins Cambridge from Brentford.

17 45, 799 people pay tribute to Jimmy Greaves at Tottenham, where Spurs beat Feyenoord 2-1 in a testimonial match. Greaves, true to his fantastic scoring record, scored the first goal after three minutes' play. . . Bob Wilson (Arsenal) and Ian Hutchinson (Chelsea) make first team appearances in testimonial matches after leg injuries. . . Q.P.R. beat Fulham 2-0 in a League match in which young Martin Busby is carried off with a broken leg.

18 Scotland open their bid for a place in the World Cup Finals with a splendid 4-1 win in Copenhagen. . . N. Ireland lose 3-0 in Sofia, and George Best is sent off by the W. German referee, Gerhard Schulenberg . . . Russia beat Eire 2-1 in Dublin.

19 Q.P.R. sign Dave Thomas (Burnley) for 165,000 pounds . . . John Napier leaves Brighton for Bradford (10,000 pounds) . . . Brentford buy Stan Webb, the Carlisle striker.

20 Matt Gillies (Nottingham F.) resigns and the club backstage set-up will be reorganised . . . Ernie Machin wins his test case at the High Court against the Disciplinary Committee of the FA. The 'trial' of Ernie Machin, the Coventry winghalf, conducted by the Football Association Disciplinary Committee, was 'unfair and against the rules of natural justice', a High Court judge ruled yesterday. Mr.Justice Bristow granted Machin, 28, a declaration that the committee's decision, fining and suspending him for a foul, was void. Machin will now have the 50 pounds he has already paid for his fine, and 43 pounds costs, refunded. 'It would be hard to find a clearer example of a committee falling to conduct a hearing in accordance with the rules of natural justice', said the judge, ruling that Machin was convicted of something he had never been charged with and of something for which his defence had never been heard. It is the first time a civil court has upset a decision by the FA Disciplinary Committee, and it is likely to have wide lepercussions in the soccer world.

21 A quiet Saturday in the Football League-Liverpool beat Stoke with an injurytime goal scored by Callaghan; Chelsea leapfrog over Leeds into third place after a hard-fought 1-0 at White Hart Lane. . . Q.P.R., Burnley, and Aston Villa all win and seem set to stay in the promotion race for the rest of the season. . . Of the teams playing in European competitions next week, only Liverpool win, but in Scotland both Celtic and Hibernian collect two points.

22 Gordon Banks injures his right eye in a serious car accident, putting his playing future in doubt. . . Luxembourg surprisingly beat Turkey 2-0 in a Worjd Cup match.

23 Middlesbrough sign Alan Foggon, the Cardiff winger for 10,000 pounds . . . Sheffield U. beat Charlton in the League Cup with a goal scored by Billy Dearden in the 330th minute of the tie. . . Stoke pay 30,000 pounds for goalkeeper Mike McDonald (Clydebank).

24 Liverpool beat AEK Athens 3-0 in the UEFA Cup.

25 Good results for British teams in European competitions. . . Derby beat Benfica 3-0, Celtic defeat Ujpest Dozsa 2-1, and both Hibernian and Tottenham win their games easily. . . Leeds play out a goalless draw in E. Germany v Carl Zeiss Jena.

26 Andy McCulloch (Q.P.R.) signs for Cardiff for 45,000 pounds . . . Ray Bloye is the new chairman of C. Palace. Arthur Wait becomes a life president of the club. . .
Jack Dunnett, Notts Co. chairman, gives notice of a serIous financial crisis in the club: 'Football at Meadow Lane will collapse unless we have more money. That is why we are prepared to sell Don Masson' . . . Jim Smith is the new manager of Colchester . . . Brian Clough signs a new five-year contract with Derby. . . Dave Bowen picks two Bristol R. players, Wayne Jones and Frankie Prince, for the World Cup squad v England. Durban, Ron Davies, and Terry Yorath are not selected. . . CSKA Sofia beat Panathinaikos 2-0 and will meet Ajax in the next round of the European Cup.

28 Don Rogers signs for C. Palace-the fee 150,000 pounds . . . Liverpool draw at Norwich;
Leeds win 2-0 at Wolverhampton and go to third place . . . Burnley still unbeaten in the League and lead the Second Division-two points ahead of Q.P.R.
and Aston Villa. . . Celtic win 3-2 at Aberdeen. where Zoltan Varga scores twice for the home team. . . Martin Peters scores all four Tottenham goals in the away game at Old Trafford-the best individual haul in the First Division so far this season. . . Stoke decide not to sign goalkeeper Bobby Clark from Aberdeen.

30 Stoke and Aberdeen locked in a nasty row over the on-off transfer of Bobby Clark. The deal fell flat on Saturday night when Stoke director Alex Humphries telephoned his club and suggested the fee should be cut by 30,000 pounds. Aberdeen chairman Dick Donald fumed: 'Who the hell do Stoke think they are? The Stoke director even used our phone to tell Stoke to cut the fee for our goalkeeper.' Clark commented: 'The whole business makes me sick. But if Stoke don't value me as high as my club then there is nothing I can do about it.' . . . A Gilzean goal in extra time puts Tot ten ham into the fourth round of the League Cup at the expense of Midd\esbrough-after 330 minutes football . . . Keith Walker to give up refereeing early in December to take up the post of secretary at Sheffield U. . . .
Ipswich sign David Johnson (Everton) for 50,000 pounds plus Rod Belfitt . . . Dick Graham appointed chief scout of Cambridge. . . Tony Hateley (Oldham) goes into hospital for a cartilage operation. . . George Best says that if Manchester U. are relegated, he'll ask for a transfer.
Chelsea win 1-0 at Bury in the League Cup, but pay heavily. Peter Bonetti sustained a serious injury in the first half that will require an operation, which will put him out of the game for at least two months. . . Liverpool draw 2-2 with Leeds, and Arsenal win 2-1 at Sheffield . . . The shock result of the evening-Notts Co.'s 3-1 win over Stoke.