On this day ......

[Laurel Lane Lamper]

On this day 50 years ago, Wednesday 14th April 1965, Alec Wood secured himself a place in our history when he scored 5 goals in a 7-0 drubbing of Tamworth at The Grove.
The Yeltz were a West Midlands League side to fear in the mid-60s and finished in 2nd place in the 1964/65 season, behind Kidderminster (the league table is shown in the photo attached), after a run of 8 wins and 1 draw at the end. As well as the Tamworth result, there were also high-scoring wins over Lye (8-1), Darlaston (7-0) and Sutton (6-0).
Alec Wood finished with a total of 17 league goals while David Eades notched 39 in 33 games. Dave Culwick, Mel Adams and Bobby Anderson topped the appearances list.
Our line-up for the Tamworth match was: Bob Deaves, Alan Parsons, Gordon Field, Stan Purvis, Dave Culwick, Mel Adams, Sammy Roberts, Tommy Bryceland, David Eades, Alec Wood, Bobby Anderson.
Alec is still seen around Halesowen. #uptheyeltz

http://www.ht-fc.com/history/club-histo ... -day-.html

[andy]

Against Tamworth. just the thought of it gives me a warm feeling inside.....

[KenR]

Thought that might please you Andy. Alec Wood was a very good player, what we used to describe as a schemer. He was Scottish and 'slightly' volatile . On this occasion he had either come back from or was about to serve a ban of seven week , cant remember which, and he took it out on Tamworth with his five goals. The match I remember was an evening kick off, way before we had floodlights. He dribbled his way through their defence, headed at least one and also scored with a shot from the edge of the are,as I recall. He returned to Scotland, Glasgow, for a holiday, and was offered £4. a game to turn out for the amateurs of Queens Park who played at Hampden. He was a firm favourite with the Halesowen faithful, but the tragic thing is, in this day and age , he probably woud n't get in our team today.

[RaidenYeltz]

On this day one year ago we travelled to Sheffield.

Brilliant game, win, pub and beer.

[BBNOW100]

Can't believe nobody put on yesterday what happened 30 years ago! Yesterday was exactly thirty years since we won the Vase for the first time...

[Laurel Lane Lamper]

In amidst the euphoria at Wembley yesterday it did cross my mind that 30 years ago next Monday we beat Fleetwood and I had a discussion with my family this morning about it, including trying to decide if it started to snow as our coach was on the return motorway journey.

http://www.ht-fc.com/history/club-histo ... ?task=view

[BBNOW100]

Sorry my mistake it was 27th not 17th! Getting my facts wrong again haha

[Laurel Lane Lamper]

Wait til you get to my age ....... It only gets worse

[KenR]

LLL , it certainly snowed after one of our Wembley finals, and I'm pretty certain it was the Fleetwood match. I drove a twelve seated minibus down filled with Hawne Rangers players and guests. I rember hitting the North Circular (406) and was caught in a blizzard. Fortuneatly by the time we reached the M1 the snow had stopped.