Category: ITV

NORWICH CITY 2 LEEDS UNITED 2 – 8 February 1964

 

Football League 2nd Division Saturday 8th February 1964
NORWICH CITY 2 LEEDS UNITED 2
Coverage by Anglia Match of the Week
Commentator: John Camkin (TBC)
NORWICH CITY (Yellow Shirts, Black Shorts) LEEDS UNITED (Blue Shirts, Gold Shorts) TBC
1, Gary SPRAKE
2. Paul REANEY
3. Willie BELL
4. Billy BREMNER
5. Paul MADELEY
6. Norman HUNTER
7. Johnny GILES
8. Don WESTON
9. Alan PEACOCK
10. Bobby COLLINS
11. Albert JOHANNESON
MANAGER: Ron ASHMAN MANAGER: Don REVIE
GOALS
PEACOCK & WESTON FOR LEEDS
NORWICH CITY – TBC

Another trip to deepest darkest Norfolk that was shown on Anglia TV but appears to have been lost down a black hole. Once again it was the regions Match of the Week and it is presumed that John Camkin was the commentator (at least according to http://carousel.royalwebhosting.net/itv/ITVfootball55-68.html#Anglia).

Leeds United unveiled new signing Alan Peacock in this game, and he marked his debut in place of Ian Lawson with a goal in a 2-2 draw. Leeds were 2-0 up, Don Weston grabbing the other goal but gave away two late goals to drop another precious point in the race for promotion. Sunderland won away at Cardiff to remain top of the table. However this was an improvement on recent league performances and in the weeks that followed Leeds would lose just one more game on the way to the Second Division title. No longer would they be in the footballing backwaters. The big time was on its way.

Norwich-City-v-Leeds-United-1963-1964

Once again, information for this post gathered from http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk

 

A Loss to the Mists of Time Norwich City v Leeds United – 23rd March 1963

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO from Carrow Road – Saturday 23rd March 1963

NORWICH CITY 3 LEEDS UNITED 2

Coverage by Anglia TV

Commentator: John Camkin

Norwich City Leeds United
1. Gary SPRAKE
2. Paul REANEY
3. Grenville HAIR
4. Willie BELL
5. Jack CHARLTON
6. Norman HUNTER
7. Don WESTON
8. Billy BREMNER
9. Jim STORRIE
10. Bobby COLLINS
11. Albert JOHANNESSON
MANGER: Ron ASHMAN MANAGER: Don REVIE

Football on TV in the early days of the 1960’s was still very much a hit and miss affair. Match of the Day was still to come into existence, and the ITV network of regional channels still covered the sport in a haphazard way. ABC covered most of the North of England but they also were still a couple of years away from having their own weekly highlights show, but bizarrely the relative footballing backwater of East Anglia, perhaps because of the recent success of Ipswich Town, did offer regular football highlights on their show “Match of the Week”. And it is on this programme that Leeds United made their first appearance on ITV.

Unfortunately it does not appear that any footage of the game exists, and in fact even finding any information on the game itself from a Norwich City point of view has proved to be elusive on the web.

Leeds were by now under the stewardship of Don Revie and he was well on his way to building the foundations on which the future success of the club would be built. The club colours had already been changed to all white, based on the all conquering Real Madrid side of the era. Despite now being a second division club, Leeds were seriously looking to make a return to the top flight and were building a team built on youth with a sprinkling of experience. Youngsters such as Gary Sprake, Paul Reaney and Norman Hunter joined Jack Charlton and Billy Bremner as first team regulars. Revie had also delved into the transfer market bringing in goal scorer Jim Storrie and the man who would give the team the drive and ambition to progress, Bobby Collins. An experiment to bring back John Charles from Juventus had failed and he had returned to Italy with Roma by the time this fixture came around.

Leeds were laying in mid-table but this 3-2 defeat that left the team in 12th place would be the catalyst for a late surge into the promotion race. Goals from Collins and Albert Johanesson were not enough to gain anything for Leeds from this one, but they would win seven of the next 11 games to move within striking distance at the top of the table. Unfortunately, in a season extended due to the abysmal winter weather, the Whites lost three games in a row in early May to fall out of contention and they ended the season in 5th place, four points adrift of the top two.