As a life long Distillery fan I was astonished to find this game on TH-cam.I attended this match as a 15 year old and sat in the 'stand' by virtue of the complementary season ticket I had been presented by a friend of my fathers a few years before. Distillery had lost to Linfield in the Irish Cup Final a few weeks before despite outplaying the 'Blues' but for this game the Whites star manager George Eastham no less dropped my childhood hero Kenny Hamilton and stiffened up the front line with Roy Welsh playing on the left wing with Billy Campbell raiding on the right wing. The tackling was ferocious and the goalkeeping so brave.Despite the animosity between both sets of fans the players generally behaved and it was noticeable there was no protest when local cop Joe Meldrum was poleaxed and a penalty awarded which Campbell dispatched in the last minute to make the score 4-2 Whites. A few months later, in September, Distillery lined up against Benfica at Windsor Park and drew 3-3 with my hero Hamilton scoring the second after Tom Finney headed against the bar...do you have film of that match? Thank you for giving me and my family and friends such a thrill by finding, producing and uploading this precious film. Thank you.
OMG This is brilliant. I love the fans switching ends at half time. I've told people about that and nobody belives me. I remember them doing it at the cup final at windsor against Ards in 69
When life and football was better . Never like this now ....humans have changed for the worse. Lovely memories , I was there ! Memories , of better days.
When life and football was better . Never like this now ....humans have changed for the worse. Lovely memories , I was there ! Memories , of better days.
As a life long Distillery fan I was astonished to find this game on TH-cam.I attended this match as a 15 year old and sat in the 'stand' by virtue of the complementary season ticket I had been presented by a friend of my fathers a few years before. Distillery had lost to Linfield in the Irish Cup Final a few weeks before despite outplaying the 'Blues' but for this game the Whites star manager George Eastham no less dropped my childhood hero Kenny Hamilton and stiffened up the front line with Roy Welsh playing on the left wing with Billy Campbell raiding on the right wing.
The tackling was ferocious and the goalkeeping so brave.Despite the animosity between both sets of fans the players generally behaved and it was noticeable there was no protest when local cop Joe Meldrum was poleaxed and a penalty awarded which Campbell dispatched in the last minute to make the score 4-2 Whites. A few months later, in September, Distillery lined up against Benfica at Windsor Park and drew 3-3 with my hero Hamilton scoring the second after Tom Finney headed against the bar...do you have film of that match?
Thank you for giving me and my family and friends such a thrill by finding, producing and uploading this precious film. Thank you.
OMG This is brilliant. I love the fans switching ends at half time. I've told people about that and nobody belives me. I remember them doing it at the cup final at windsor against Ards in 69
Thanks for sharing this footage... great to see what it was like back in the day!
thanks sooooo much rab :) my dad is jim cairns who scores the goal . unreal footage love it xx
Brilliant footage, thanks for sharing.
great scenes, the glory days of Irish football, north and south, in terms of crowds.
When life and football was better . Never like this now ....humans have changed for the worse. Lovely memories , I was there ! Memories , of better days.
brilliant
The supporters changing ends at half time? Only in Belfast!
Good days when the Irish league was a league hope the whites get back someday
God Linfield even then where trouble
When life and football was better . Never like this now ....humans have changed for the worse. Lovely memories , I was there ! Memories , of better days.