1963-64 Team Profiles

[Black Dog]

I came across profiles cut out of a paper back in the day I will try to post Monty's first.

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[EchoMan]

My first proper season supporting Sunderland

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

My first game was that season. On my dad's shoulders on the big step in the Fulwell

 

[Black Dog]

My first game was that season. On my dad's shoulders on the big step in the Fulwell

Tomorrow Cec.

 

[Ian_O]

Jimmy Montgomery
Cec Irwin
Len Ashurst
Martin Harvey
Charlie Hurley
Jimmy McNab
Brian Usher
George Herd
Nick Sharkey
Johnny Cross and
George Mulhall

 

[Blyth]

How close was monty to being an international?

 

[Far Tibetan Mountain]

How close was monty to being an international?

Peter "the cat" bonetti and some bloke called Gordon Banks kept him out.

 

[Rob the Ref]

My first proper season supporting Sunderland

Me as well, might have gone to a few games the season before but definitely followed them and loved keeping a scrapbook of newspaper photos (wish I’d kept it)

 

[Blyth]

Peter "the cat" bonetti and some bloke called Gordon Banks kept him out.

Yeah I get that but did ever get called up?

 

[E Tenebris Lux]

How close was monty to being an international?

If he’d played down south he would have had caps.

 

[prideofhylton]

Jimmy Montgomery
Cec Irwin
Len Ashurst
Martin Harvey
Charlie Hurley
Jimmy McNab
Brian Usher
George Herd
Nick Sharkey
Johnny Cross and
George Mulhall

Me Da got me Martin Harvey's shirt, wonder what happened to it...........

 

[Vauxie]

My first proper season supporting Sunderland

Mine anarl

Peter "the cat" bonetti and some bloke called Gordon Banks kept him out.

Aye aye aye aye Monty is better than Yashin....
Lot of good goalies not just Cat and Banksy,the Springetts,Westy etc

 

[Falconhoof]

My first game was that season. On my dad's shoulders on the big step in the Fulwell

I'd forgotten all about the big step in the Fulwell. Cheers for the memory

 

[Bangkok Blackcat]

Mine anarl

Aye aye aye aye Monty is better than Yashin....
Lot of good goalies not just Cat and Banksy,the Springetts,Westy etc

And Sharkey was better than Eusebio.

 

[calmac]

....and Leeds are in for a thrashin.

 

[Kborom]

How close was monty to being an international?

IIRC Bonetti got the reserve goalie spot for Mexico 70 just ahead of Monty. I recall watching us get knocked out and the older relatives in the room reckoned Monty would not have conceded at least a couple of the german goals.

 

[Vauxie]

And Sharkey was better than Eusebio.

And Leeds are in for a thrashing

And Leeds are in for a thrashing

Oops missed cals post sorry

 

[The Hunter]

How close was monty to being an international?

Very...but not close enough. A disgrace really. Banks was deservedly No1 but Monty should have won caps.
Bonetti was NOT better than Monty but other keepers also won caps - Gordon West, Alex Stepney, Ron Springett and, later in his career, Joe Corrigan, when Monty, in my view, was superior.
He should have been in Mexico.
His closest to a cap come when he was on the bench for a game against France circa 69-70 ...but that was it.
He got quite a few Under-23 caps and also played for the Football League team and, IIRC, England B.
Not any way good enough a reward for a top, top keeper. Thank goodness for 73...his brilliance gave him - and all of us - a day in the sun.
Our 1970 relegation probably weighed on Ramsey's decision to axe him from the Mexico squad when it was cut from 40 to 22. And then Div 2 football from 70 to 76 did him no favours.
But no caps? Still unfathomable.

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Very...but not close enough. A disgrace really. Banks was deservedly No1 but Monty should have won caps.
Bonetti was NOT better than Monty but other keepers also won caps - Gordon West, Alex Stepney, Ron Springett and, later in his career, Joe Corrigan, when Monty, in my view, was superior.
He should have been in Mexico.
His closest to a cap come when he was on the bench for a game against France circa 69-70 ...but that was it.
He got quite a few Under-23 caps and also played for the Football League team and, IIRC, England B.
Not any way good enough a reward for a top, top keeper. Thank goodness for 73...his brilliance gave him - and all of us - a day in the sun.
Our 1970 relegation probably weighed on Ramsey's decision to axe him from the Mexico squad when it was cut from 40 to 22. And then Div 2 football from 70 to 76 did him no favours.
But no caps? Still unfathomable.

Crazy

 

[Its been tough]

Crazy