Your Boxing Day 16 Conclusions... from 1963. Liverpool look like proper title contenders. But Matt Busby is in danger at Man United. Where is that George Best lad?
7) There should be a particular word for scoring in the third minute and boasting a two-goal lead on three separate occasions but still contriving to draw to a team in mid-table during a title challenge. Perhaps it could involve Tottenham in some way in homage to their 4-4 stalemate at West Brom. Who knows. I’m spitballing.8) Seriously, though. Bill Nicholson will be furious with his players for their laughably poor game management.
The rebellious John Kaye scored the first and insurgent Clive Clark the second before mutineer Don Howe, who missed a first-half penalty, capped the comeback in more than one sense. West Brom reached a resolution just in time to barely maintain a promising unbeaten run.10) Liverpool 6 Stoke 1 is the sort of scoreline that won’t possibly be avenged for at least half a century.
Credit to the Stamford Bridge hierarchy for giving Docherty the time necessary to recover and rebuild after relegation. It is refreshing to know there are clubs and owners out there that don’t treat managers like interchangeable commodities that should be readily disposed of at the earliest opportunity. Chelsea really are different.13) It might not be pure happenstance that Chelsea’s form has coincided with the promotion of Terry Venables to first-team captain.
Gordon Banks was in imperious form once against for the hosts. The 25-year-old remains one of just three keepers to maintain a clean sheet against free-scoring Liverpool, and of the others, neither Nottingham Forest’s Peter Grummitt nor Alan Hodgkinson of Sheffield United have done the same against their Merseyside cousins. The Toffees scored two against the former last month and four at home to the latter in October.
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