This was the game that first got me the football bug.i was 7 years old and laid in front of the fire in our house at ,15 Cragside Walk in Leeds. I never moved.Leeds united are my team, but this game was the start of my love for football.RIP Jeff Astle.
Ian Leeds back in the premier this year !! As an Albion supporter Leeds gave us lesson the other night.Funny old game i watch Cheltenham Town in league 2 I remember Leeds playng Cheltenham in league 2 and we beat them ( I think )
@@blackvulcan100 Leeds played brilliant the other night, but this is a funny league. We got thrashed at the Hawthorns , anyone can beat anyone in this league.some great clubs in this league.
@@ianbennett1491 I am of an age when I remember Leeds were always a 1st div outfit,Who bits yer legs ahaha Lorimar ? not Bremnar ? Gary sprake have I got the right team ? it a long time ago
@@eddiepower3876 Some people did have color televisions but at the time BBC-2 did not cover the whole country as it was a 625 line service in colour. Your best chance to have seen it would have been if you were located in the south east. That said by mid 1968 nearly all new BBC-2 programming was being made in colour on 625 lines
@@eddiepower3876 Your so right Eddie .To buy £300 roughly n only the well off had one . We didn't have colour until 1978 rented then but also the extra licence fee put the working dad's off paying out but more Happy times then and every one in your street the same n a Fab time to grow up as a teenager born 1960..This cup final was my first what a game plus proper skill full football played then and all the players British and no lupee wages ..Kind regards Glynn n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
Wonderful moment, 92 minute! I was behind the goal that Jeff Astle scored in, the Albion did not play well, but the God's were smiling on them that day!
I went to this game. I recall is was not much of a game and Everton having the best of play in 90 minutes creating some real clear chances to have sealed it. I recall Hurst missing that header in extra time. It was easier to score. Also Everton fans outnumbered Baggies fans by about 2 to 1 and making a lot of noise. I recall being highly impressed with the stadium (which was poor by state-of-the-art in the USA), as English grounds were *dumps* in those days.
Everton had done the double over WBA that season and were strong favorite's to win but that pitch was a disgrace after the Horse show had been held there the week before 🤔
Interesting how in the 60s, the english football attacking core seems faster than in the 80s. Until the 90s to the present day when football became fast & agile again.
apart from my sons birth this was the best day of my life .I was there wow 17 great
This was the game that first got me the football bug.i was 7 years old and laid in front of the fire in our house at ,15 Cragside Walk in Leeds. I never moved.Leeds united are my team, but this game was the start of my love for football.RIP Jeff Astle.
Ian Leeds back in the premier this year !! As an Albion supporter Leeds gave us lesson the other night.Funny old game i watch Cheltenham Town in league 2 I remember Leeds playng Cheltenham in league 2 and we beat them ( I think )
@@blackvulcan100 Leeds played brilliant the other night, but this is a funny league. We got thrashed at the Hawthorns , anyone can beat anyone in this league.some great clubs in this league.
@@ianbennett1491 I am of an age when I remember Leeds were always a 1st div outfit,Who bits yer legs ahaha Lorimar ? not Bremnar ? Gary sprake have I got the right team ? it a long time ago
@@blackvulcan100 what a team .
@@ianbennett1491 Norman Hunter ? bites yer legs ? did he play for Leeds ?
What a team we had ❤
Broke my heart as a 9 year old Toffees fan
All the game was shown live in colour on bbc 2 first cup final in colour on national tv
No one had colour tv's in those days
@@eddiepower3876 Some people did have color televisions but at the time BBC-2 did not cover the whole country as it was a 625 line service in colour. Your best chance to have seen it would have been if you were located in the south east. That said by mid 1968 nearly all new BBC-2 programming was being made in colour on 625 lines
@@BritishRaceCaller thanks Craig you cleared that up for me
@@eddiepower3876 Your so right Eddie .To buy £300 roughly n only the well off had one . We didn't have colour until 1978 rented then but also the extra licence fee put the working dad's off paying out but more Happy times then and every one in your street the same n a Fab time to grow up as a teenager born 1960..This cup final was my first what a game plus proper skill full football played then and all the players British and no lupee wages ..Kind regards Glynn n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
I watched it on an abacus
First Final I remember..I was 11...it was a very dull final but...To think this was once the greatest day in British football..
Wonderful moment, 92 minute! I was behind the goal that Jeff Astle scored in, the Albion did not play well, but the God's were smiling on them that day!
I went to this game. I recall is was not much of a game and Everton having the best of play in 90 minutes creating some real clear chances to have sealed it. I recall Hurst missing that header in extra time. It was easier to score. Also Everton fans outnumbered Baggies fans by about 2 to 1 and making a lot of noise. I recall being highly impressed with the stadium (which was poor by state-of-the-art in the USA), as English grounds were *dumps* in those days.
John Burns same
Everton had done the double over WBA that season and were strong favorite's to win but that pitch was a disgrace after the Horse show had been held there the week before 🤔
Well this clip is from "The Joy of 68" DVD but I think you can get a full version of just the final as well.
I was at match still live the dream still a season ticket holder of 45 years cant wait for new season come on you baggies
2:18 and 8:48 are what Albion fans came for.
Yh 100%
Interesting how in the 60s, the english football attacking core seems faster than in the 80s. Until the 90s to the present day when football became fast & agile again.
Great footage :) Is the match-DVD of this final in color or b/w? Anyone who knows? From what dvd is this excerpt?
The official match DVD is a black-and-white telerecording. Unlike this footage which is clearly from a tape source. Love to know where it came from!
Paul McCartney was here...He loves Everton Club
Wot , no boing-boing or "Shepherd" when Jeff scores ?
Did i mention McCartney was there?
Kenneth Wolstenholme I know but who is the other commentator?
Walter Winterbottom I think.
Other commentator Wally barnes
2:07 for the goal
West brom will be playing in this strip on Saturday
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