Fulham 1959

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

It's probable that this has been on here before, but if not........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3AaIM8HXaU

[bobbo]

I was looking for myself among those autograph hunters there, sadly not in

[Mince n Tatties]

The cards on his table, the one of the Fulham team were Soccer or Chix Bubble Gum.
I have the full set of them still, they were my elder brothers..

[jags24]

Good video, I liked the training session.  I wonder what those cards would be worth today.  Thanks for sharing.

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Good video, I liked the training session.  I wonder what those cards would be worth today.  Thanks for sharing.

It's also a hobby of mine that I've had since 1980. I've got boxes of them.
Prices vary, cards stuck in albums are normally worthless.
Some football cards are worth a lot, some minimal.

One individual cigarette card, very tatty, of a particular baseball player sold a couple of
years ago for about $2 million but that is a rarity and there's a bit of a story about it.
Another very very tatty card of the same player was donated to a Nunnery in Baltimore,
I think last year, it fetched about $150.000

[love4ffc]

It's probable that this has been on here before, but if not........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3AaIM8HXaU

I'm sorry Roger, but what is that dark cannon ball thing they are kicking around?  Why on earth would they use that thing?  Where are all the pretty bright colored balls? 

[MikeW]

Amazing video.  My first Fulham game was in '59 against Preston N. E.  I stood with my Dad on the Stevenage Road corner of the Hammersmith End that is featured on the film.  I also remember the railing fence along the front of the Paddock.  Watched a 4-4 v Man U squashed against that! Happy days.

[Holders]

Sounds like Mr Cholmondeley-Warner!

[RaySmith]

They seem such innocent times now.

I started following Fulham about 61/2, and recognise many players from the film-Macedo, Bacuzzi, Lawler, Hill, Cook, Haynes, Key, and the great Jim Langley of course.

I was also a keen autograph  hunter, and 'fag' card collector - we used to play a game involving  flicking the cards against the wall - to win the opponents' cards.

I had a great collection of Fulham memorabilia, including, autographs  personally obtained, glossy photos of the Fulham players of the time, and players from other  teams, and many programmes- and my Mum threw them all out!

Just thinking that although innocent compared to today, those times weren't completely innocent. Going up the major train stations to get autographs of away teams travelling home. money would sometimes be demanded by older kids if you wanted to  to stay, or otherwise you would be violently chased off and your books stolen.

And players of the time were  generally exploited and not paid much at all -until Johnny Haynes broke the maximum wage barrier and became the first £100 a week player.

And we can se in the film Jim Langley's modest home - just like that of most of the fans. What a player, what a character -it'll always remember his sliding tackles, overhead kicks, long throws, and pace up the wings - loved the man.

[Fulham1959]

Major disappointment - I thought it was going to be about me.

I've seen this film several times before but I could have sworn it was in black-and-white.  I noticed that Jim Langley was left handed . . . and presumably left-footed.  There is a video clip on YouTube which includes one of his long throws.  Eat your heart out, Rory Delap !

[In the Enclosure]

When I was a young kid in the 50s that wood yard behind the Hammersmith End used to be more entertaining to me than some of the football. The cranes are visible in the clip. They had massive buzz saws in there cutting up trees. Also if we were at the back of the putney end people used to watch out the back if there was a football match going on in Bishops Park !

[epsomraver]

The great Jim Langley, the main reason I stayed watching Fulham and not tempted as a Battersea boy to the dark side, he always had time for the youngsters and would come over for a chat before the game.

[bog]

Thanks for this wonderful posting. I will never get fed up with watching that footage. 049:gif

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[MikeW]

Fulham 1959:  Yes Jim was massively left sided. Very 'bandy' legged I recall as well but what a great character.  I had forgotten about the long throws - they were massive.