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The good old days – maybe, maybe not, but certainly different on the sporting front.
The teams in the First Division lined up for their third game of the weekend, having already played on Good Friday and Easter Saturday. Most clubs would have been starting the same players in all those games, as they didn’t have 25 man squads, nor did they have the option of substituting players during a game. Now most of them are complaining about having to play midweek after a game over the weekend!
As for the racing, fifteen meetings on Monday March 30th. Three on the flat, all six race cards, at Kempton (80 runners), Birmmingham (91) and Newcastle (81). And twelve NH meetings at Carlisle, Chepstow, Fakenham, Hereford, Huntingdon, Market rasen, Newton Abbot, Plumpton, Towcester, Uttoxeter, Wetherby and Wincanton.
Some familiar names for those of my generation among the winning trainers at the flat meetings – Peter Easterby, Sally Hall, Reg Hollinshead, Bernard Van Cutsem, Jack Jarvis. Feature of the day was the Queens Prize over 2M at Kempton, which I was pleased to note has been rescued from last race on the card next Saturday and will be shown on ITV. Of course, the fact that it’s a handicap with a possible big field, I’m sure had no bearing on that decision.
Good old days of real football, no wimps..
When I was young one, no problem playing saturdays and sundays..ok..not pro, but I was knackered on monday..and would have played tuesday if required.“Feature of the day was the Queens Prize over 2M at Kempton”
Kempton used to have an excellent card, with the Queen’s Prize supplemented by the Jubilee Stakes, Magnolia Stakes, Easter Stakes and Masaka Stakes. We used to go every year in the Eighties.
Great post AP. But I thought this thread was going to be about that urban myth- “when did Good Friday fall on Easter Monday……”.
Google says the closest to the reality was “Good Friday” falling on Boxing Day at Wolverhampton in 1899. https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-26064,00.html
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