1966–67 Hartlepools United F.C. season

Sport October 2023 Hartlepools United 1966–67 Brian Clough Ernest Ord Victoria Ground Division Four 8th FA Cup First round League Cup First round _whiteborder _collarwhite _whiteborder 000040 000040 000040 000040 000066 1965–66 1967–68 During the 1966–67 English football season, Hartlepools United competed in the Division Three, the FA Cup and the League Cup. Season summary In his second season as manager, Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor transferred in several players to reinforce the squad including Notts County midfielders Somers and Sheridan, also arrived Full back Tony BircumshawProfile on a Hartlepool site https://web.archive.org/web/20090703210007/http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=50 3 July 2009 bringing a solid defensive line through the campaign.https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/14647577.brian-clough-started-football-revolution-1966/ thenorthernecho.co.uk 22 August 2023 Brian Clough started a Football Revolution in 1966 28 July 2016 However, on 15 November, chairman Ernie Ord prompted turmoil when he sacked Peter Taylor as he claimed he couldn't afford to pay him anymore. Clough refused to accept the dismissal so in turn, Ord sacked him as well.https://mtmg.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/brian-clough-part-nine/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/01/03/hartlepool-united-club-wherebrian-clough-learned-trade-managerial/ telegraph.co.uk Hartlepool United – the club where Brian Clough learned his trade and a managerial legend was born 3 January 2020 2 September 2023 Luke Edwards Finally, the club Board removed Ord as chairman and both Clough and Taylor kept their jobs.https://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/brian-clough-hartlepools-united-first-new-years-eve-manager-booze-beaches-ban The story of Brian Clough's first NYE as a manager: The beach, booze & a beating planetfootball.com 14 September 2022 11 April 2023 In spite of the turmoil the squad had a good League season challenging the promotion spots almost the entire campaign until Spring and finished in a decent 8th place, only 7 points below the promotion. Meanwhile, in FA Cup the team was early eliminated by Shrewsbury Town in first round. In the League Cup it was Bradford Park Avenue which won the first series against Hartlepools in two legs. Squad yes yes GK Wales Kenny Simpkins yes GK ENG Les Green yes DF ENG Tony Bircumshaw yes DF ENG Tony Parry yes DF ENG Johnny Gill yes DF ENG Brian Drysdale yes DF ENG Stan Aston yes DF SCO Bobby McLeod yes DF SCO Brian Grant yes MF ENG John Sheridan yes MF SCO John McGovern yes yes MF ENG Albert Broadbent yes MF ENG Mick Somers yes MF ENG Cliff Wright yes MF ENG John Beresford yes MF ENG John Joyce yes FW Republic of Ireland Amby Fogarty yes FW ENG Terry Bell yes FW ENG Joe Livingstone yes FW ENG Jimmy Mulvaney yes FW ENG Ernie Phythian Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Terry Bell Nuneaton Borough DF Tony Bircumshaw Notts County MF John Sheridan Notts County MF Mick Somers Torquay United Out Pos. Name To Type MF Barry Ashworth Tranmere Rovers MF John Bates Horden Colliery Welfare MF Willie Bradley MF Bobby Brass Stockton F.C. MF Hughie Hamilton Scarborough F.C. DF Eric Harrison Barrow F.C. FW Willie McPheat Airdrieonians DF Stan Storton Tranmere Rovers FW Peter Thompson Boston United F.C. Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Stanley Aston Burton Albion MF Albert Broadbent Bradford Park Avenue Out Pos. Name To Type Results Division Four 1966-67 Football League League table Fourth Division HAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A Result D/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/D/W/W/L/W/L/D/D/W/W/W/D/W/L/L/L/W/W/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/L/W/L/L/W/D Position 12/9/9/10/15/17/17/14/10/14/13/10/8/11/11/12/12/13/10/8/6/7/4/6/8/8/8/7/8/7/7/7/7/7/6/6/7/6/6/7/8/7/7/7/7/7 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Champions, Promoted to Division Three blue2 Promoted to Division Three red1 Re-elected complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/hartlepool-united/tab/matches/season/1966/ September 2023 Matches .- Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/hartlepool-united/tab/matches/season/1967/ 20 August 1966 1 Recreation Ground Aldershot Aldershot 1–1 Hartlepools Utd Jack Howarth 84 25 Joe Livingstone P Rhodes 3,590 D 27 August 1966 2 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Wrexham Joe Livingstone 26 Ernie Phythian 50 54Tony McLoughlin 2–1 H Williams 5,664 W 2 September 1966 3 Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea Southend United Hartlepools United Eddie Firmani 32Derek Woodley 79 2–0 RF Prichard 6,689 L 5 September 1966 4 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Barrow Joe Livingstone Amby Fogarty pen Billy McAdams 2–1 V James 5,463 W 10 September 1966 5 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Tranmere Rovers John Manning 86Steve 'Mandy' Hill 89 0–2 GW Hill 5,903 L 17 September 1966 6 Valley Parade Bradford 3–0 Bradford City Hartlepools United Ken Leek 25Derek Stokes 28Wilf Shergold 70 TJ Hill 3,727 W 19 September 1966 7 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Newport County Dai Jones 0–1 JE Thacker 4,096 L 24 September 1966 8 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Exeter City 3–1 Ernie Phythian 1, 76Jimmy Mulvaney 81 70 Roger Smith K Styles 4,227 W 26 September 1966 9 Holker Street Barrow-in-Furness Barrow Hartlepools United 2–3 George Smith Billy McAdams Jimmy Mulvaney, Ernie Phythian AWS Jones 5,662 W 1 October 1966 10 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Ernie Phythian 47 42 Alan Bradshaw 67 Albert Harley JE Carr 4,394 L 7 October 1966 11 Bootham Crescent York York City Hartlepools United 1–1 Rowland Horrey Jimmy Mulvaney CI Robinson 5,203 D 15 October 1966 12 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Lincoln City 5–0 Ernie Phythian 21Jimmy Mulvaney 27, 60Amby Fogarty 32 pen Cliff Wright 75 pen DNH Payne 3,987 W 17 October 1966 13 Somerton Park Newport Newport County Hartlepools United 0–2 John Sheridan Ernie Phythian ED Wallace 5,463 W 22 October 1966 14 Recreation Ground Chesterfield Chesterfield Hartlepools United 1–0 Ivan Hollett 27 LJ Hamer 5,275 L 29 October 1966 15 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Stockport County 1–0 Ernie Phythian 82 R Harper 5,976 W 5 November 1966 16 Spotland Rochdale Rochdale Hartlepools United 3–2 Billy Russell 11, 18Bill Calder 23 40 Jimmy Mulvaney80 Ernie Phythian 80' VJ Batty 2,005 L 12 November 1966 17 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Southport 1–1 Jimmy Mulvaney 79' Jim Fryatt 72' GC Kew 5,516 D 19 November 1966 18 Meadow Lane Nottingham Notts County Hartlepools United 0–0 HP Hackney 3,922 D 3 December 1966 19 Park Avenue Bradford Bradford Park Avenue Hartlepools United 1–2 Bobby Waddell 75 52 Cliff Wright 69 o.g. Ken Taylor J Mitchell 4,309 W 10 December 1966 20 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Port Vale 2–1 Cliff Wright 1Ernie Phythian 30 65 Jimmy Hill Dr DW Brady 5,342 W 17 December 1966 21 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Aldershot 3–2 Jimmy Mulvaney 1', 82'Cliff Wright 17' Peter Kearns 23'Jack Howarth 86' WM Holian 5,159 W 26 December 1966 22 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Brentford 2–2 Ernie Phythian penJoe Livingstone John Docherty Mel Scott H Williams 8,420 D 27 December 1966 23 Griffin Park Brentford Brentford Hartlepools United 1–2 John Docherty 52 75,85 Ernie Phythian DW Smith 5,775 W 31 December 1966 24 Racecourse Ground Wrexham Wrexham Hartlepools United 4–1 Dave Carrick 18Mickey Evans 50Don Weston 60 pen, 63 6 Jimmy Mulvaney CI Robinson 12,005 L 6 January 1967 25 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Southend United 1–2 Ernie Phythian 89 45+1 Tony Bentley 70 John Baber P Rhodes 9,586 L 13 January 1967 26 Prenton Park Birkenhead Tranmere Rovers Hartlepools Utd 2–0 Barry Ashworth Graham Williams JE Carr 6,149 L 21 January 1967 27 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Bradford City 1–0 Ernie Phythian 70 RH Windle 6,109 W 30 January 1967 28 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Chester 3–2 Cliff Wright Ernie Phythian Jimmy Mulvaney Hugh Ryden Les Jones V James 7,988 W 4 February 1967 29 St James' Park Exeter Exeter City Hartlepools Utd 1–0 Jimmy Ryan 35 HG New 3,702 W 11 February 1967 30 Gresty Road Crewe Crewe Alexandra Hartlepools Utd 1–2 Peter Gowans 85 pen 49 Jimmy Mulvaney 72Cliff Wright WJ Gow 6,331 W 18 February 1967 31 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Barnsley 1–1 Terry Bell 33 30 Johnny Evans SJ Kayley 6,715 D 25 February 1967 32 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd York City 4–2 Jimmy Mulvaney 3, 61, 84Cliff Wright 52 39 Graham Caulfield57 pen Andy Provan F Cowen 6,638 W 4 March 1967 33 Sincil Bank Lincoln Lincoln City Hartlepools Utd 3–0 Geoff Anderson 40, 86Clive Ford 45 NCH Burtenshaw 4,667 L 11 March 1967 34 Oakwell Barnsley Barnsley Hartlepools Utd 1–2 Bob Earnshaw 32 22, 56 Ernie Phythian R Darlington 6,479 W 18 March 1967 35 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Chesterfield 3–2 Jimmy Mulvaney 9Ernie Phythian 14, 35 84 Peter Neale 85 Peter Bishop JE Thacker 5,604 W 24 March 1967 36 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Luton Town 2–1 Jimmy MulvaneyErnie Phythian pen Graham French DNH Payne 8,442 W 25 March 1967 37 Sealand Road Chester Chester Hartlepools Utd 1–0 Mickey Metcalf 20 J Finney 3,126 W 27 March 1967 38 Kenilworth Road Luton Luton Town 0–2 Hartlepools Utd Tony Parry John McGovern WG Handley 7,370 W 1 April 1967 39 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Rochdale 2–1 Micky Somers 71Albert Broadbent 83 3 Reg Jenkins H Williams 5,952 W 8 April 1967 40 Haig Avenue Southport Southport Hartlepools Utd 3–1 Eric Redrobe 1,3Arthur Peat 45 60 Albert Broadbent65 George Andrews RH Windle 4,277 L 11 April 1967 41 Shay Stadium Halifax Halifax Town Hartlepools United 2–1 Phil McCarthy 76Barry Hutchinson 80 Albert Broadbent JA Warburton 3,252 L 15 April 1967 42 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools Utd Notts County 2–1 Jimmy Mulvaney 48, 67 31 Brian Bates N Callender 4,674 W 21 April 1967 43 Edgeley Park Stockport Stockport County Hartlepools United 2–0 Johnny Price pen Freddie Goodwin DNH Payne 8,865 L 24 April 1967 44 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Halifax Town 1–3 Tony Parry 51 60, 72, 86 John Parks CM Cooke 3,479 L 29 April 1967 45 Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Bradford Park Avenue 2–0 Somers 15 Phythian 60 MA Fussey 3,567 W 6 May 1967 46 Vale Park Burslem Port Vale Hartlepools United 0–0 WM Holian 3,178 D League Cup 1966-67 Football League Cup 23 August 1966 League Cup Round 1 Park Avenue Bradford Bradford Park Avenue Hartlepools United Kevin Hector Bobby Ham pen Ernie Phythian Joe Livingstone 2–2 D Pritchard 5,128 D 31 August 1966 replay Victoria Park Hartlepool Hartlepools United Bradford Park Avenue 1–2 Ernie Phythian Alec GordonKevin Hector L LJ Hamer 4,835 FA Cup 1966-67 FA Cup 26 November 1966 1 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Town Hartlepools United 5–2 Alan Turner 18, 58Frank Clarke 38John Manning 45, 47 53 Ernie Phythian73 pen Amby Fogarty R Darlington 6,515 L Statistics Squad statistics Division Four FA Cup League Cup GK Wales Kenny Simpkins 31 -41 1 -5 2 -4 DF ENG Tony Bircumshaw 34 0 1 0 0 0 DF ENG Tony Parry 23+1 2 0 0 2 0 DF ENG Johnny Gill 27 0 1 0 2 0 DF ENG Brian Drysdale 45 0 1 0 2 0 MF ENG John Sheridan 36 1 1 0 2 0 MF SCO John McGovern 31+2 1 1 0 0 0 MF ENG Mick Somers 30+1 2 0 0 2 0 MF ENG Cliff Wright 37+1 7 1 0 2 0 FW ENG Jimmy Mulvaney 37 19 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Ernie Phythian 46 23 1 1 2 2 GK ENG Les Green 15 -23 0 0 0 0 FW Republic of Ireland Amby Fogarty 21 2 1 1 2 0 DF ENG Stan Aston 19 0 0 0 0 0 MF ENG Albert Broadbent 15 3 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Terry Bell 14+4 1 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Joe Livingstone 14 4 0 0 2 1 DF SCO Bobby McLeod 14 0 0 0 0 0 DF SCO Brian Grant 13 0 0 0 2 0 MF ENG John Beresford 3 0 0 0 0 0 MF ENG John Joyce 1 0 0 0 0 0 September 2023 https://www.11v11.com/teams/hartlepool-united/tab/players/season/1967/ References Category:Hartlepool United F.C. seasons Hartlepools