Southern League Monthly - Vol. 1 - No. 4 - November 1971

Page 1: New Hereford player-manager Colin Addison is revealed. Seems to have a decent pedigree - a rookie manager, though, so always a risk; I hope it turns out alright. 

Page 2: Hereford are revealed as one of the previous edition's quiz answers, the question was: "who collected the most points in a Southern League Season?" HUFC: 72 points, 1964-65. Hereford topped Division 1, getting 72 points courtesy of an impressive 34 wins, with only 4 draws and 4 defeats. In 3 points for a win money, that would be a whopping 106 points - in only 42 matches.

Page 3: I believe that is Edgar Street perfectly framed by a very green looking Blackfriars Street starring in the main action photo.

In the News: An RAF Hercules crashed in Italy on 9th November 1971, killing 52 people. In more positive Italy-related news, the Spaghetti Junction - north of Birmingham -  opened the next day. Legend has it that it has probably got about as much spaghetti in it as cement; that much was had away during the heyday of construction. 

The Cairngorm Plateau disaster occurred on 22nd November when five children and an adult perished whilst on a school trip from Edinburgh.

Page 4: Mr. Hereford United Peter Isaac gets a mention after taking over as caretaker manager when John Charles left. It looks like Addison arrived in the nick of time, with Hereford struggling to only 6 wins and a draw in his 8 matches at the wheel. 

Page 5: Former Hereford player Tony Jacques heads up the main article.

In the Singles Charts: Maggie May/Reason to Believe by Rod Stewart kicks the month off at No.1 before Coz I Luv You by Slade hits top spot on 13th November.

In the Album Charts: Imagine by John Lennon and Rod Stewart (Every Picture Tells a Story) trade the top spot throughout November '71 before Top of The Pops Vol 20 nips in for the last chart of the month.

Led Zeppelin released their untitled 4th album on 8th November. The Stairway to Heaven-containing album would go on to become their biggest seller. 

On TV: Princess Anne opened the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham on the 10th November, probably built with knock-off cement. Kids programme Play Away - the theme tune of which I am now carrying around as an ear worm, thanks - made its debut on BBC2 on the 20th November.

In the Maternity Ward: The storks were a bit lazy in November '71, gifting us only cigar chugging former Health Secretary Theresa Coffey - sorry, now the Baroness Coffey - on the 18th. Olympic Rower (silver 2004)/World Champion (Milan 2003) Catherine Bishop was born on the 22nd, as was England Rugby player Kyran Bracken - injury prevented him being involved in England's 2003 successful Rugby World Cup campaign.

Page 7: One of Peter Manders' doodles Chic Bates would go on to play for and then manage Shrewsbury Town, taking over from Graham Turner in 1984. He played 343 of his 450 games for the Shrews, before managing them 170 times. 

Page 8: A Cheltenham striker Pat Casey gets a mention in snippets from other clubs. I wondered if there was any relation to Kiddie late '80s goal machine Kim Casey - alas, I couldn't find anything. I did try, though, so you have to at least applaud that, and I did stumble upon these...

https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/123986/Southern-League-Legends-Part-One 

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