Leeds (a) match action
Gordon Joe & Eddie Plumley signing Tommy Hutchison 1972
On this day (October 21st) in 1972 the Sky Blues, under the joint managerial guidance of Joe Mercer and (now CCFPA member) Gordon Milne were 13 games into their Division One campaign and had travelled to Elland Road to meet top club Leeds United. Hopes were high given that following the impressive signing of exciting Scottish duo of Colin Stein and Tommy Hutchison (both now CCFPA members) the Sky Blues had won two on the bounce, 1-0 at Crystal Palace and 3-2 at Highfield Road against Manchester City.
Willie Carr in the Sky Blue 1972
They missed out on this day on a win treble but did get a well deserved draw against the star studded Yorkshiremen, City’s first points at Elland Road for five seasons! The M-Men’s men twice hit the bar before (now CCFPA member) Willie Carr scored a 56th minute opener following a cross from Colin early in the second half! ‘The Hutch’ has a sparkling second game for CCFC and both Trevor Cherry and the crude ‘bite your legs’ Leeds defender Norman Hunter are booked for chopping Tommy down!
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Sadly the home crowd of 36,240 had only four minutes to wait after Willie’s goal to see an equaliser from the Leeds’ central defender Jack Charlton who scored against the Sky Blues for the fourth year running! Still a point was a good haul from the Sky Blues who remained 12th against the 4th placed United.
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