Just checked - we played 51 games in 1963, as part timers
and they go on about player burnout !
Ah! but in those days most players were manual workers when 'manual' meant using a spade, hammer etc rather than driving a digger or mechanical tool.
Every day's work was a hard days work!!!
Even forwards were under fifteen atones in weight!!!! Iirc Harry Wells was classed as 'massive' at 14 stone!!!!!
Just checked - we played 51 games in 1963, as part timers
and they go on about player burnout !
Five of those would've been against us (twice?) I reckon, coz...........
There'd have been two league games, plus the cup-ties where there were two draws, with you winning the third, two seasons running, and..............
Of course in '64, you went all the way to Wembley, which even to this day, is summat we've never managed!
Spelly.