Should you had been one of many 20,106 Newcastle United and West Ham United followers that went to St James’ Park on at the present time in 1960, you’d have most likely left completely exhausted!
The First Division match resulted in an astonishing 5-5 draw, with 9 gamers getting on the scoresheet. Len White scored twice for Newcastle, together with his team-mates Jackie Bell, John McGuigan and Bobby Mitchell additionally discovering the again of the web. John Bond, John Dick, Dave Dunmore, Malcolm Musgrove scored for West Ham and Newcastle’s Alf McMichael additionally scored an personal aim.
The 1960/61 season was one in every of many objectives for The Magpies as they scored 86 league objectives and conceded 109 objectives, their worst defensive file within the membership’s historical past. It’s no shock that they had been relegated on the finish of the season!
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