The Maestro - Article from 1959

[Woolfy]

Whilst visiting family this weekend, my cousin digs out a few old football annuals and programmes. Whist flicking through one of them from 1959 I came across an article on out very own Johnny Haynes.  There is a nice bit where Frank Osborne (the then Fulham Manager) tells the story of the day Haynes signed as a 15 year old. It's quite a read.

Here are some photos, i've also uploaded a PDF here>

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2484280/Johnny%20Haines%20%28reduced%29.pdf

<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E8GIJfIfUGY/Ti0ulIalRSI/AAAAAAAAF9I/P8EEDMjT8oQ/s800/P1.jpg" height="561" width="800" />


<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LF1noCkJ1RU/Ti0ug0dHgiI/AAAAAAAAF9A/s1ZfrRdeDss/s800/P2.jpg" height="556" width="800" />

<img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r5qG9sxKKvY/Ti0ui4WoyZI/AAAAAAAAF9E/z-RwaR86ih8/s800/P3.jpg" height="553" width="800" />

[FC Silver Fox]

Great stuff, Woolfy. Thanks for sharing. 
Welcome aboard the FoF train, by the way.

[LBNo11]

...thanks Woolfy, I hadn't seen that article before although I have read similar comments about the Maestro.. :54:

[cebu]

Thank you very much Woolfy. I hadn't seen this at all before, so this is a "keeper"!   082.gif

[Woolfy]

No problem chaps, I wonder if the height mark of JH is still carved into one of the walls of the cottage?

[Burt]

Good stuff.

Thanks for sharing.

I like the shot of him behind the stumps. Clearly a publicity shot, given wicket keepers generally stand well back...

[Jonno]

Thanks - great reading.

[Woolfy]

I like the shot of him behind the stumps. Clearly a publicity shot, given wicket keepers generally stand well back...

Good spot Burt! He'd definitely be missing some pearly whites if he stayed there, he'd probably get a bat in the face!

[Fernhurst]

Thanks Woolfy (great handle BTW, surprised nobody had nicked that one previously)

Warm welcome to FOF
Always good to come across a new glimpse inside The Maestro's world from all those years ago.


Fulhams greatest ever player.

[Woolfy]

Thanks Woolfy (great handle BTW, surprised nobody had nicked that one previously)

Thanks, I like many have had it with the trolls and wind-up merchants on TIFF. There used to be some great posters over there, sadly  now it has gone to the dogs and most have left. I too was surprised no one had nabbed that handle, although the Citizen himself was spelt "Wolfie", I spell it the other way as it is actually my name believe it of not!

[bog]

Great posting Woolfy. Was made aware by Old Brown Shoe. I recently became an old sod very happy when I managed to buy two England schoolboy international programmes from 1950. A certain John Haynes, Edmonton, said to be the smallest ever player to player on the hallowed turf of Wembley, scored 6 goals in a 8-2 win over Scotland. The first time that he really came to the attention of the nation. Oh what memories. How much we owe Tosh Chamberlain for being his best mate!         

[Woolfy]

UPDATE: I send a PDF of this to the club, and got this rather nice reply today, it looks like they are going to feature this in a future edition of Fultime..

Good afternoon Mr Woolf, many thanks for getting in touch.

We would be interested in featuring your scans in a future edition of Fultime magazine if you'd be so kind as to send them through.

We will, of course, mention your story in anything we print.

Kind regards