The Sixties - Continued success
The playing success of the club continued through the sixties with eight cup wins in the decade, four of these being achieved by the Youth Team. Many excellent players represented the club in this era and to many people Clone Carter still remains as one of the best, if not the best player ever to wear an Old Wulfs shirt.
Click here for copy of 1962 Senior Cup Final programme
There were endless characters around in these years and there were hilarious incidents both on and off the pitch as the fun element of the club thrived. Many people will remember Micky Brayshaw being tripped up by an opposition player's mother's umbrella, Micky being chased by the opposition when he wasn't even playing, Peter Evans and Roy Durnall "fighting" each other for goals and Ed Humphries' organised stag nights at Castlecroft with "holiday films". Others will recall the time when we drew 6-6 in a cup semi-final and lost the replay 5 - 0, the day after an Old Boys' Dinner and the cup semi-final abandoned with one minute to go because of bad light when we were leading 1-0 - and us losing the replay, but surely the most incredible incident was during a game at Parkfields when an entire portable toilet was deposited on the pitch. Whether this was due to the blustery weather or to what Don Beamon had been doing in there before the kick-off is not quite certain.
Click here for picture of pre season training in the 1960's
The Easter tour to Burnham was revived by Hadyn Palmer, among others, in 1966 and three tours were undertaken, famous for alcoholic intake, Graham Lewis' stories, Dave Orme's dying swan act on heading the ball at Cheddar and for some rather bizarre sleeping arrangements which on one occasion involved Ray Jenks in an argument with a wardrobe. For a full, unexpurgated version, please see Tony Phillips!
The 1963 winter is well remembered as by February twenty four games had been postponed. However, thanks mainly to Gordon Walker, our match secretary, all our fixtures were completed, despite some strange sides being turned out at the end of the season, including a seven man XI for a game at Handsworth!
Another major instigation of the late sixties was our annual six-a-side competition on Easter Monday which was started in 1969-70 and has continued to be a success for many years after.