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The Express & Star took Laraine Astle, widow of Albion legend Jeff, back to Wembley to find out her memories of Albion’s 1968 cup win.
Laraine talks about how she felt that day, what the victory meant to her late husband and how the FA Cup is still so important to the Astle family.
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Albion’s queen.
Nuff said.
What can you say…just sheer magic, so proud to
be a Baggie !!
brillian short e&s makes you proud to be a baggie
Proud to be a Baggie.
Brings back great memories,I went to every round in 68 and I stil have my 10 bob cupfinal ticket sighned by the king.I also remember seeing Mrs Astle travelling with us to many away games,could you i.magine posh spice and co getting on the suppoters bus.MRS ASTLE WE PROUD OF YOU. LETS WIN THE CUP FOR JEFF.
God bless you Laraine,you won’t
remember me, but I was
your milkman
when you lived off Pennyhill Lane.
I take it you’ve had a word & He’ll
be looking down on us on Saturday.
BOING BOING.
A brilliant player. Don’t want to see you win, it is great that both our clubs have a proud history though. Having read Frank Skinner’s book it would also seem that Jeff was a great character and a truely nice man, from the stories Frank tells.
i was on the coach with laraine going to sheff wed couple of weeks ago whay a lovely lady she is,well done sweetheart great video,hope the players watch it,come on lads we can do it boing boing
What memories. Thankyou Laraine. Still The King for all of us!Proud to be a Baggy although living in Germany these days. The blue and white will be flying on Saturday.
1 word “LEGEND”.good luck for the weekend.
Why didn’t the Albion treat JEFF as the KING when he was alive
So many comparissions to Jeff Astle.
I think we have a spiritual edge. Tis almost 40 years to the day i became a baggie.
If we go a goal down, the fury of our attacking will boom up, and i think Mowbrays storm trooper tactics will bring 3 attackers onto the famous turf.
And Bednar will score in the 81st minuite, to make it an unassailable 2-1 to the baggies. Our name is on the Cup this year–this year being the year of the underdog.
Think baggies should sing about “king astle” for the whole game!…
If we did i wouldn’t give a toss about result! does it matter???? “astle is the king…”
how much will that message inspire the lads?? hairs up on my back.. good on ya cocka xxx
Touching.
If you can read this Jeff touch the lads with a bit of magic.
jeff was my greatest hero ever, and i went with my dad to wembley in 68 and the memories are mine forever, sadly both jeff and my dad are no longer with us but i know they are looking down on us always.there is never a day goes by when i dont think of both of them and now laraine and family have become great friends which is so special to us.we feel even closer to jeff now. great memories laraine, keep smiling, all our love,the maulls.xxx
Thats me sorted for the match, got to wear my Astle shirt and lets all remember the great man on saturday
Clubs should show their appreciation of past players whilse they are still alive. Particularly from the era when they earned next to nothing from the game. Geoff Astle was a true star, totally loyal to Albion but in my opinion was treated badly by the club after he’d finished. There are many others in the same position now. This isnt an anti Albion rant by the way, Wolves have been just as bad over the years, as have many clubs.
Well done E&S . Genuine excellent video
Hi….ive been trying to track down an old friend and work colleague for a few years now and thru google ive found him corresponding to your paper. His name is Allan Maull and he wrote the following:
allan Maull said: Apr 4th, 2008 at 8:50 am jeff was my greatest hero ever, and i went with my dad to wembley in 68 and the memories are mine forever, sadly both jeff and my dad are no longer with us but i know they are looking down on us always.there is never a day goes by when i dont think of both of them and now laraine and family have become great friends which is so special to us.we feel even closer to jeff now. great memories laraine, keep smiling, all our love,the maulls.xxx
Is it possible you could pass my email to him as i hope you would still have a note of his?
I really hope you can help
Kind Regards
Gordon McCubbing