Footie Trivia

[Polly]

When?

Who on?

Who off?

For which team?

 

Any takers, c'mon someone out there must know. It's buzzing around the office here but we think we've narrowed it down to sometime between 1966 & 1970, over to you....................

[gozzer]

When?

Who on?

Who off?

For which team?

 

Any takers, c'mon someone out there must know. It's buzzing around the office here but we think we've narrowed it down to sometime between 1966 & 1970, over to you....................

 

 

Best I can come up with is, introduced in 1965 for injuries, and 1966 for any reason.

 

 

Strange, when I first googled it, I came up with a 'Viagra' substitute.

[Slack lines]

On 21 August 1965, Charlton Athletic's Keith Peacock became the first substitute to appear in the Football League, replacing injured keeper Mike Rose after 11 minutes of Charlton's match at Bolton. During the first two seasons (1965-66, 1966-67) that the substitute law was introduced, a substitute - and only one was allowed - could only come on for an injured player. However, that changed at the start of the 1967-68 season, to allow substitutions to be made for tactical reasons.

[Polly]

On 21 August 1965, Charlton Athletic's Keith Peacock became the first substitute to appear in the Football League, replacing injured keeper Mike Rose after 11 minutes of Charlton's match at Bolton. During the first two seasons (1965-66, 1966-67) that the substitute law was introduced, a substitute - and only one was allowed - could only come on for an injured player. However, that changed at the start of the 1967-68 season, to allow substitutions to be made for tactical reasons.

 

 

Excellent, that'll do nicely Sir.

 

Thanks!!!