From the "Virtual Danebank" that was the LiveUpdates console on Tuesday 17th April 2012, as the match against Bradford PA drew to its close.

We got to thinking about players of the past, as you do during a quiet spell in the game, and, as one person posted in the course of the next 45 minutes, THIS IS OUR HISTORY.

Tidied up a tiny bit, but 98% as it poured out on that night, long after the final whistle had sounded,and preserved here for posterity.

Sorry it's so long. Well, actually, I'm not. Just bask for a few minutes in the memories.

 

9:19 Mike:

Johnny Anderson that guy could run!

 

9:21 Comment From Guest

George Dewsnip anyone remember him?

 

9:21Chubbs:

Sean Hankin - Legend!

 

9:22 Comment From Doc

What about Graham Smith and Ray Williams.

 

9:22 Mike:

spud murphy - legendary frown

 

9:22 Comment From Guest

Len Barber and Peter Burns

 

9:22 halfwit:

Yes, Georgie Dewsnip, blond hair and a winger not bad but the best player I ever saw playing for the vics other than Kennie Jones was Gordon Hill, single handedly kept us in the league for 2 seasons,

 

9:22 Comment From Matt

Remember when one of the players was sponsered by Sean Hankin School of Excellence haha

 

9:23 Comment From Doc

Paul Mayman

 

9:23 Mike:

paul mayman - yeah great player

 

9:23Chubbs:

Colin Williams

 

9:24 Mike:Forshaw

 

9:24alanm:

Jimmy Rolland

 

9:24Edge:

Les Wain, Gordon Hill

 

9:24 Mike:

RHINO !!!!!

 

9:24 danebanker:

Roy Turner - favourite of mine but left alleging he wasnt paid .Sound familiar??

 

9:24Chubbs:

Dave Ryan, Dean Greygoose

 

9:24 tricky boy:

charnock and roberts great lads

 

9:25 Comment From Guest

Kenny Jones, the man himself

 

9:25 Comment From Guest

Les Wain class act

 

9:25 Comment From philipm

who else was at scarborough that fateful night?

 

9:25 Chubbs:

Sharon Vicary

 

9:25 Comment From Doc

Colin Chesters

 

9:25 Comment From Guest

Mike Jones & Colin Barnes.

 

9:25 Comment From Guest

Frank Corrigan

 

9:25 Edge:

Too young to be taken to Scarboro

 

9:25 danebanker:

Jimmy Rolland -what would this team have managed with a natural goalscorer like Jimmy?

 

9:25 Mike:

ha ha ha sharon thanks for that !

 

9:25 halfwit:

Jimmy rowland;s 40 odd goals a steal from buxton, left for the states, bone legged if I remember but I thought Ray Williams was the best goal scorer I have seen for Vics, never missed

 

9:26 Chubbs: Stuart Terry anyone?

 

9:26 danebanker:

Eddie Blackhall -enough said

 

9:26 alanm:

Phil Gee

 

9:26 Comment From Guest

Jeff Swede

 

9:26 Comment From Doc

John Farmer and Bruce grobbelar

 

9:26 Chubbs:

This is HISTORY folks

 

9:26 Edge:

Ian Nolan

 

9:26 tricky boy:

jigger gee,

 

9:26 Mike:

sure is chubbs

 

9:27 Comment From Guest

Ray Charlesworth ??

 

9:27 Comment From Guest

Big Alan Vicary

 

9:27 alanm:

This is begiining to read like a Remembrance Day roll call

 

9:27 danebanker:

History for me is Len hobson and Harry Hodges -and Ronnie Cope too

 

9:27 Mike:

Graham Abel

 

9:27 alanm:

Alan Vickers you mean? 4 at Runcorn one night

 

9:27 Chubbs: Dave Peel

 

9:27 halfwit:

I was at Scarborough, 5 mins left and they equlised, bus got stoned on the way out, but got a day off school the next day, did you know vics goal was scored by Billy Morrey, Wayne Rooney's uncle

 

9:27 Comment From Guest

No one mentioned Jimmy Collier

 

9:28 Green Manalishi:

Alan Haspell, Paul Dobell, Rodney Whitlow

 

9:28 Chubbs:

Lance Key, Adie Mike Mike Mike

 

9:28 Edge:

Bob Horton

 

9:28 Chubbs:

Ian Cooke

 

9:28 tricky boy:

intresting fact from HW

 

9:28 Edge:

Eddie Bishop

 

9:28 Comment From Guest

deadly dereck parker

 

9:28 Comment From philipm

alan oakes

 

9:28 alanm:

Jimmy Walker

 

9:28 Comment From Matt

Super Johnny Allan

 

9:28 Comment From Guest

Keith Eccleshawe

 

9:29 Comment From Guest

delwyn was always good for a goal

 

9:29 Comment From philipm

yes i was there....billy wizz!

 

9:29 Comment From Guest

opps..... alan vickers

 

9:29 Comment From Guest

Albie Neiman

 

9:29 Comment From Guest

alan crompton

 

9:29 Mike:

My uncle had trials at Vics many many moons ago B Tickle.....would loved to have seen a tickle tackle

 

9:29 Green Manalishi:

Mark Ward

 

9:29 alanm:

Eddie Roberts

 

9:29 danebanker:

Gary Coxon -wasnt it 13 bookings and three sendings off in a season for the hard man? John Leigh -another gem who I once saw wallop a player who had skinned Malc Bailey and then walk off the field without waiting for the ref

 

9:29 tricky boy:

recent times paul BRAYSON

 

9:29 alanm:

only 13 bookings - you sure?

 

9:30 Edge: George Heslops wig

 

9:30 Mike:

O'Connor

 

9:30 Chubbs:

Paul Tait

 

9:30 halfwit:

The midfielder Johnny King, hard as nails

 

9:30 Comment From greenbank

john pi$$ed stringer

 

9:30 Comment From Guest

george oghani

 

9:30 Comment From Guest

Colin Chesters

 

9:30 Comment From Gills Dad

I'm confident Gill would agree with super Johnny Allan.... sponsored him for 3 years and got all his sweaty shirts at end of seasons ;o)

 

9:31 Comment From Guest

austin salmon

 

9:31 Comment From Guest

Lee Steele

 

9:31 Mike:

Butler

 

9:31 Edge:

gordon davies

 

9:31 Andy L:

Gregg Blundell

 

9:31 tricky boy:

jon macca

 

9:31Chubbs:

BILLY F***ING MEREDITH RUSHE YOU B***TARD!

 

9:32 Mike:

ha ha ha

 

9:32 Comment From Guest

Managers Tony Waddington / Harry Ragg

 

9:32 Comment From philipm

vic hallam

 

9:32 Comment From jon higgins

steve walters

 

9:32 Green Manalishi:

Resign Roberts Resign

 

9:32 alanm:

Jack Bonell

 

9:32 Comment From Guest

paul reid and colin chesters best forward pairing i have seen

 

9:32 Comment From Guest

Gary Fletcher

 

9:32 Comment From Guest

Im with Chubbs good memorys

 

9:32 Comment From greenbank

yep butler always looked about 50

 

9:33 Comment From vicktor

Alan Vickers

 

9:33 Comment From Guest

Val Owen

 

9:33 Comment From vicktor

Gavin Lang

 

9:33 alanm:

you serious?

 

9:33 Edge:

Mark Jones

 

9:33 tricky boy:

devlin

 

9:33 danebanker:

Gary Coxon got a 9 game suspension that limited his opportunity for further glory

 

9:33 alanm:

all legs and no brain, GL

 

9:33 halfwit:

Martin Hanchard, keith Eccleshare, what a magnificent bunch of players we have had over the years, never die NVFC !!!!

 

9:33 Mike:

been some class eh ?

 

9:34 danebanker:

Bob Meadows

 

9:34 Comment From vicktor

Gavin was my hero

 

9:34 alanm:

oh dear

 

9:34 Andy L:

Gary Taylor-Fletcher

 

9:34 tricky boy:

Northwich appearing at wembely 3 time not to metion

 

9:34 alanm:

mine was Eddie Roberts

 

9:34 Comment From Guest

Colin Williams

 

9:35 tricky boy:

taking 4,000 to sunderland

 

9:35 Comment From Guest

Manager Felix Riley, came from Winsford, sold Jim Walker to Brian Clough at Derby County, £2000.00?

 

9:35 Comment From greenbank

beating watford 3-3

 

9:35 danebanker:

and was never seen again?

 

9:35 Mike:

Q; who was the guy who kept coming on a TDF befor KO - had the tracky on etc kicked ball about a bit then vanished?

 

9:36 Edge:

Ron Reddy

 

9:36 danebanker:

so are we definitiely runners up then?

 

9:36 Mike:

THE FOG

 

9:36 Comment From Guest

away followings at frickley in cup and hyde green massive !!!!

 

9:36 Comment From vicktor

Peterborough in the fog

 

9:36 halfwit:

Tony Hemmings and Gareth Ainsworth, ripped Telford apart on New Years day

 

9:36 Chubbs:

Peterboro out of the fog!

 

9:37 Comment From Nicki

Crackin' result from a top top set of players.

 

9:37 danebanker:

WE cant be caught then ,just exterminated?

 

9:37 tricky boy:

wycombe stopped em winning the treble!!!!!!!!!

 

9:37 Edge:

referee clapped john stringers tap in at telford that day

 

9:37 Comment From greenbank

stevenage away on that bloody slow bus

 

9:37 Comment From vicktor

Rochdale at Maine rd

 

9:37 alanm:

Birtwistle's pies

 

9:37 Comment From Guest

Thanks all for tonight's entertainment think i will go cry myself to sleep

 

9:37 Comment From Guest

Watford in the fa cup

 

9:37 Edge:

chip batch corner

 

9:37 Mike:

the DB tea ladies

 

9:38 Chubbs:

The Bogs!

 

9:38 halfwit:

28,000 at Maine Road and the first Oldham goal being yards offside

 

9:38 Nicki:

The stink of piss

 

9:38 Mike:

We had bogs - where ?

 

9:38 Nicki:

You just had to follow your nose

 

9:38 Edge:

think there's a super 8 recording of the oldham game somewhere

 

9:39 Comment From Guest

Getting thrown out at canvey island

 

9:39 Comment From vicktor

The tea urn on the Dane bank yipeee

 

9:39 Comment From vicktor

CSC final at Crewe v Macc

 

9:39 Comment From Guest

and the second one being a foot out of play

 

9:39 Nicki:

The citizen's arrest - or was that urban myth?

 

9:39 Comment From Guest

rhyl pushing the fence over on danebank oooo

 

9:39 Mike:

Couldnt get to Maine rd - would love to see it

 

9:39 Chubbs:

Playing Wigan in a league derby

 

9:40 Mike:

huddersfield

 

9:40 Comment From Guest

Beating chester 3.2 after going 2 down...

 

9:40 Comment From vicktor

Having my scarf nicked at the Moss Rose

 

9:40 Comment From Guest

Watford and Elton John

 

9:40 Edge:

Kettering 4-3 when down at half time

 

9:40 Nicki:

Beating Kettering 4-3 after being 3-0 down!

 

9:41 Edge:

too slow Nicki :)

 

9:41 Nicki:

See!

 

9:41 Comment From jon higgins

being arrested @ forest green @ getting the team bus home. throwing toilet roll

 

9:41 Comment From greenbank

its a sad time, this great club has been murdered

 

9:41 halfwit:

The citizens arrest happened I was there, the pie and a pint game against the mighty Maidstone, 3 players out of the crowd drew 1-1, steve garnett played

 

9:41 Edge:

had the video of that game but lost it

 

9:41 Comment From Guest

remember that higgins

 

9:41 Comment From Simon James

Watching Alan Oakes play for us at Scunthorpe

 

9:42 Comment From Guest

Our Mini Bus broke down at Wembley away in the FAT.

 

9:42 halfwit:

Great memories guys, no one can take them away from us

 

9:43 Chubbs:

I spent the second half of the wembley telford game in the bog being sick - LIGHTWEIGHT

 

9:43 Mike:

Alty in the cup final pens at waterstreet end

 

9:43 alanm:

My car got rammed into back of on way to Wembley in 84. Bloke who did it had the cheek to ask us to make a detour to Alton Towers with his kids

 

9:43 Comment From Guest

Northwich Victoria and proud of it.

 

9:43 Comment From ex Referee

Pulled off the Bus Terminus to call off a Northwich game, Drill Field un fit, continued my journey to Wembley to see City win the League Cup in the snow, 197?

 

9:43 Edge:

James on soccer am before the Macc final - "losing is not on the agenda"

 

9:43 Chubbs:

...when hungover!

 

9:43 Comment From Doc

a NEW DAY

 

9:44 Comment From Guest

The team gave us a lift home....That's where the chant Ian Tug Tug Tug was started..!!!

 

9:44 Comment From Doc

A NEW DAY IS DAWNING FELLOW TRICKYS

 

9:44 Comment From Guest

Home too morecambe losing 3-2 injury time won 4-3, jimmy Quinn how are you...?

 

9:44 Mike:

76

 

9:44 Edge:

quality day day/night in St Albans Chubbs

 

9:44 Edge:

still got the pint pots

 

9:44 tricky boy:

morecambe away standing ovation for mr c roca

 

9:45 alanm:

Buxton away, night game, Niddries coach driver named as sub

 

9:45 Mike: never seeing vics play at halifax twice !!!!

 

9:45 Edge: supporters association trip to Weymouth circa 86/87

 

9:46 Chubbs: Going to Buxton for a pre-season friendly in June - called off due to waterlogged pitch - had to stay in the pub all day!

 

9:46 halfwit:

Broke down on the way to Telford Lge Cup quarter final, got a lift home on the players coach and the players waiting on the bus whilst me, my dad and a mate had a pint with Cliff roberts in the club at Telford, he even brought the ale, top man

 

9:46 Mike:

free pint from the woking bar after late cancellation

 

9:46 Comment From vicktor

Train to scarboro !!!!!!!!

 

9:47 alanm:

Oh yes

 

9:47 alanm:

where was it we flew to once? Ashington?

 

9:47 Andy L: It's not been a quiet 138 years has it?

 

9:47 Mike:

escaping from myrthr tydfill

 

9:48 Chubbs:

I wonder what Jim and Steve's abiding memories of the Vics are?

 

9:48 Comment From Gills Dad

Last memory from me..... Gill being very sick while pregnant during the first half against Charlton....... taking her home and watching the second half on telly.... then watching you lot celebrate on the box when we won !!!!!! ;o)))

 

9:48 Edge:

Italy wasn't it Alan?

 

9:48 alanm:

skiving school to catch a train to Bangor for a Wed eve match, and cadging a lift back on team bus - and players got me some chips on way home.

 

9:48 Markust:

Haha I was planning on how to get to London for a midweek replay jsut as Wayno scored that one

 

9:49 halfwit:

Remember the Anglo Italian Cup, lost 3-2 at home to Parma nearly a riot dirty load of bastards.

 

9:49 Comment From Guest

 

The draw at Scarboriough...There were so many dental appts in Northwich that afternoon!!!

 

9:49 Mike:

You could write a book ......................now theres a money spinner

 

9:49 alanm:

6 of us under one big umbrella at South Shields, we lost 6-1

 

9:50 Edge:

Darlington at home

 

9:50 Doc:

Northwich Vics will never die

 

9:50 alanm:

changing ends at Moss Lane at the start, and being 3-0 down when we got round. Bill Powell - legend

 

9:50 Comment From vicktor

3-1 FA Cup win at Witton JK and singing the funeral march on the way out

 

9:50 Comment From Guest

Jim Parkes in goal, he was that fat no one could get the ball past him.

 

9:51alanm:

The only time I ever won a raffle was at Central Ground. 50 Park Drive. I was 12

 

9:51 Comment From Guest

Ken Jones being named in the Rothmans year book..!!!

 

9:52 alanm:

Bertha and her half-bottle of whiskey that was superglued to her hands

 

Mike:

getting in late at the old huish only to be put in with the home supporters obviously with a green n white scarf - then we scored awkward,

 

9:54 halfwit:

Lets all go FCUM on Saturday guys, and show our appreciation for a great club,players and great managers over the years and so many memories they have been custodians but the fans are Vics for life

 

9:55 Comment From Ex Referee

 

Inspecting the Ground and the Flood Light coverage for the F.A., one half of the pitch was 2yds longer than the other.

 

9:55 vicktor:

Great memories lets hope this is the start of the future

 

9:55 tricky boy:

 

well said HW

 

9:56 tricky boy:

You should write a book HW, you have many memories to tell

 

9:59 Chubbs:

 

A Team for all seasons?

 

10:00 Mike:

yup - had mine signed by the team at the time

 

10:01 Comment From Guest

Just had a look at the earlier posts....my dad mentioned the Billy Morrey link to the Guardian before the last world cup...then ran an article about it...Terry Owen...Michael Owen's Dad is also on the Vics roll call!!!...apologies if this has already been stated...

 

10:02 Markust:

 

Last ever game :(

 

10:02 Comment From greenbank

night all. its been a long 40ish years following vics

 

10:03 Doc:

Long may the Name Northwich Victoria Continue

 

10:05 Comment From Guest

Mention should be made about the contribution to Local Sport and Northwich Victoria by Mike Talbot-Butler, retired Sports Editor of the Northwich Guardian, many thanks Mike.

 

10:06 alanm:

Good call

 

10:06 alanm:

I used to get his reports posted to me in Germany in the 80s

 

10:08 Markust:

Edge can you get on google talk a sec?

 

10:08 Mike:

Met Mike Talbot Butler at the adelaide test match - was wearing my vics shirt - great bloke