1952 FA Cup: SCUNTHORPE Prepare for SPURS | Newsreel | Classic Sport | BBC Archive

Scunthorpe United FC gear up for a glamorous FA Cup Third Round tie against the mighty Tottenham Hotspur. Scunthorpe boss Bill Corkhill and captain Jeff Barker have left no stone unturned getting the Third Division side - and The Old Show Ground stadium - in ship-shape condition for the visit of the reigning league champions.
BBC Television Newsreel is on hand to see if The Iron can cause an unlikely FA Cup upset against this most illustrious of Spurs teams.
Originally broadcast 14 January, 1952.
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[@onlyme219]

'walky-talky apparatus' wonderful clip 👍

[@CamcorderSteve]

Wow what wonderful footage. Great to see Alf Ramsey, Bill Nicholson and Tommy Harmer all playing.

[@standenberg]

Great clip 👍🏼 Scunthorpe...a certain 3 players had their first taste of league football there and all 3 at some point played for and captained England ...Kevin Keegan, Ray Clemence...and Ian Botham 😁

[@MartinAhlman]

Add to that the name! Scunthorpe! It sounds magnificent.

[@glxxyz]

The players all look over 40. I checked and Jeff Barker was 37 and about to retire. Ron Burgess was 35.

[@NorthWalesKid]

This video proves the majesty of the cup

[@williamgannaway8183]

"Jeff is an experienced player." He looks about 75!

[@mar00391]

Seems so wholesome

[@deanstanley5799]

God they looked old yet so young!

[@nottmjas]

If say that's what fighting for six years in a war does for you.

[@adamtoms761]

I'd love to see today's players doing star jumps

[@millwallholdings]

52,000 !!!

[@sjfvideo9508]

COYS! ⚽

[@matthewprince9705]

The looked old because the war had just finished 7 years before and many of them had Shellshock/PTSD and seen destroyed bodies and homes.

[@famicomplicated]

Looks like they all had their warmup cigarettes before the match

[@sammemrys8195]

What? No fighting in the stands or spilling onto the pitch?😉

[@JC-il6ps]

I know this was 70 years ago and the club probably didn't have much money but surely a basic line roller wouldn't have been out of the question?

[@leefinney592]

Painting the lines by hand. The pitch didn't look great either.

[@unscentednapalm8547]

First.