Preston North End v Aston Villa (1905)

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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[lex13vs]

We go on about goal line technology today but imagine what it was like in them days, holes in the net, the goalmouth like a swamp and very little assistance for the referee. They should remind people just how lucky they are today. Managers and players complain about goals not given and offsides all the time but they make as many mistakes as referees. The teams settle games of football, not the officials. You win, you lose and managers especially should take responsibility a lot more.

[12santos1]

Great goal by Dicky Bond - my great great grandfather!

[alancorbett80]

He is also my grandfather on my father's side. There is a lot of disinformation on line e.g. he died in 1960 (I was at his bedside)  not in 1955 and he did not have a withered hand as sometimes described. Please contact me with further info. Thanks.

[VascoGrungeFellow]

what a goalkeeper... xD

[hungryfidel]

The guy leading the Villa out holding the ball is my Great Great Uncle! Walter S. Corbett. We've got one of his England caps. Thank you so much for posting this up! It's the first time I have ever seen moving footage of him. I wish we could find footage of the Great Britain team from the 1908 Olympics that he was a part of.

[yellowfolder]

they all have huge beer guts

[whimirsper]

I there`s nowt like the old days - when the men were really men and not a fancy Dan in sight.

[Poopingbotham]

Holy shit, they had half time score boards even then! No green jumpers for goalkeepers yet, though

[br2501]

ahahahaahaha have a look in the shorts!!!

[klashman69]

One thing which i love and still stands in football is the tradition with the shirts!