Walsall(H).20/09/69.

Tactical insights from Allan Brown in that September 1969 programme. Bournemouth had been spied playing 4-4-2 so we deployed John Benson as a sweeper which allowed the full-backs to push forward and mark their wingers in midfield. Clever stuff.

Glad to see there had been no reports of trouble involving our supporters at Dean Court. I admit to being on the pitch at one stage but that was due to a mixture of cowardice and needing to take evasive action. I live in dread of a retrospective lifetime ban being enforced.

Frank O'Farrell chasing Mick Cave and Kenny Sandercock. The cheeky blighter!

That's a splendid match ball "subscriber" for the Fulham game: Capt G.E.A. Tinnock. I bet he enjoyed a good game of association football in his day.

From an auction site I would imagine this to be him:

Four: Captain G. E. A. Tinnock, Merchant Navy, and Sierra Leone Naval Volunteer Force 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals; together with an attractive masonic medal, in silver-gilt and enamels, for the Sierra Leone Lodge, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Wor. Bro. G. E. A. Tinnock in appreciation of his services as W.m. for the year 1955-56’; and a large quantity of original documentation, including Crtificate Of Competency as Master of a Steamship; Continuous Certificate of Discharge; British Passport for Sierra Leone, West Africa; numerous letters of recommendation and a number of photographs, generally good very fine or better (5) £50-60

According to my 1965 Kelly's Directory his first name was Gordon and he lived in Barchington Avenue.