1978

Denaby United 4

Houghton Main 2

Semi Finals:

20/3:  Houghton Main beat Lord Conyers

4/3:  Denaby United drew with Northgate
21/3:  Replay:  Denaby United drew with Northgate
23/3: 2nd Replay:  Denaby United drew with Northgate

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Goals 

DU: Mountain 2, Craw 2

HM: Lyman, Gregory

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Gary Cooke

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Brian Lowe, Graham Marshall

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Doug Hemingway

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Gary Barthrop

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John Swales, Dino Zaccaria, Allan Craw

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Keith Peart

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Allan Craw's trophy

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From the 2002 programme.

From Gary Cooper's Unforgotten Heroes

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John Swales made newspaper headlines in 1978 when he played two matches in one afternoon!
At 3pm he kicked off for BSC Parkgate in the County Senior League and helped his team to a 3-0 half-time lead. He then dashed to Denaby to play for United in teh semi-final of the Montagu Cup in a 4pm kick-off against Northgate WMC. He came on in the second half and created the only goal in a 1-1 draw.  However, yet another shoulder dislocation later that season resulted in his retirement from football on medical advice when he was just 28 years old.

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Allan Craw:  In the 1978 cup semi-final Denaby United beat Northgate 4-0 in the replay with goals from Allan Craw 2 Bob Mountain and John Swales