7-3 YIPPPPEEEE

It has been a cracking morning. Greeted by sleet and a freezing wind the Hepworth Juniors U14s travelled to Gildersome (sounds like a place in Lord of the Rings) neat Leeds for another Division 5 league game. Considering the lowly depth of the division, the standard of football was excellent and our team won through 7-3, largely comfortably. What a joy! The team is creeping up the division and unbeaten in four.

In an attempt to make the journey home go quickly I entertain my travel companions, adults and lads, with banter from great geographical phenomena and famous moments in footballing history. Today since we won 7-3, I thought I might go for the 1960 European Cup Final held at Hampden park between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt. The Spaniards were in their pomp and ran out 7-3 winners. I watched the game in black and white on the telly! Di Stefano, Puskas, Gento wonderful footballers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H_89ue5s20 the commentator is, of course, Kenneth Wolstenholme

BUT this afternoon Huddersfield Town host Manchester City and many of our club players will go to the match. The two clubs have met 76 times, not many in the Premier League! but in Division One/Two, the FA Cup and Fa League Cup. Huddersfield have won 22 and drawn 29 times. The latest game was in March 2017 in the FA Cup when City won 5-1, understandably after a 0-0 draw.

High scores were occasional in the history between the two clubs and the one that stood out was a 10-1 victory for the Manchester lot on 7th November 1987. One match NOT to remember? Here is the history and news reel of the game.
https://www.mancity.com/citytv/features/2016/november/manchester%20city%2010%20huddersfield%201%20highlights
Spot who is who in this historic clip!

The highest scores for City in the Cup are in 1890 with a 12-0 victory over Liverpool Stanley and in March 1895 in Division Two v Lincoln City 11-3.
For Town, they managed a 10-1 victory over Blackpool in Division One December 1930.