by The Cube »
14 Feb 2021 18:59
The Royal Forester spaghettihoops From Despair To Where?
Didn't Arthur Wilkie score 2 for us in 1 game?
From Wiki:
On 31 August 1962, in a match against Halifax Town, Wilkie suffered a back/hand injury. Wilkie was thus utilised as a winger for the rest of the game, scoring twice in a 4–2 win.
I thought he came back on as a centre forward, (see my previous post) but I am wrong according to Wiki. But as it was nearly 60 years ago, I will forgive myself. Where have all those years gone? At least I was right about winning by two goals though.
Nowhere near old enough to remember but I have checked a few books, and the combined information I have is:
Wilkie got a back injury after 12 minutes and went off, with Maurice Evans (usually left wing-half) going in goal. Wilkie returned to the pitch after half-time.
Sequence was injury, 1-0, half-time, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1 (Wilkie), 3-2, 4-2 (Wilkie diving header)
Incidentally, that 's more goals by an injured goalkeeper in one half than the utterly useless forward Paul Brayson managed in 49 games. And some people still insist that Brayson was a good signing.