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In the [[FA Cup]] Final against [[Bolton Wanderers]] in [[1953]], Blackpool was down 3-1 when their player [[Stanley Matthews]] did three set-ups in the last 20 minutes, which allowed his team to score. Perry scored the final goal of the match and Blackpool won 4-3. [[John Ellis]] charged his son [[Alan Ellis]]' friends a [[shilling]] each to watch the match on his new [[television]]. Alan enjoyed the match a great deal, punching the air when Perry scored the winning goal. He joked that Perry had wings on his feet, which was why he was called a winger. | In the [[FA Cup]] Final against [[Bolton Wanderers]] in [[1953]], Blackpool was down 3-1 when their player [[Stanley Matthews]] did three set-ups in the last 20 minutes, which allowed his team to score. Perry scored the final goal of the match and Blackpool won 4-3. [[John Ellis]] charged his son [[Alan Ellis]]' friends a [[shilling]] each to watch the match on his new [[television]]. Alan enjoyed the match a great deal, punching the air when Perry scored the winning goal. He joked that Perry had wings on his feet, which was why he was called a winger. | ||
On [[18 December]] of that year, John, [[Diane Holmes]] and [[Emma-Louise Cowell]] were on their way to [[Dublin]] in Diane's plane, the ''[[Sky Gypsy]]'', when it flew through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] and ended up in [[Cardiff]] | On [[18 December]] of that year, John, [[Diane Holmes]] and [[Emma-Louise Cowell]] were on their way to [[Dublin]] in Diane's plane, the ''[[Sky Gypsy]]'', when it flew through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] and ended up in [[Cardiff]] more than 50 years later. John discovered that his son Alan was now elderly and suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]]. When John discussed the match with him, Alan recalled that Blackpool had won but he failed to recognise his father. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 23:58, 6 August 2018
Bill Perry was an English football player who played for Blackpool FC during the 1950s.
In the FA Cup Final against Bolton Wanderers in 1953, Blackpool was down 3-1 when their player Stanley Matthews did three set-ups in the last 20 minutes, which allowed his team to score. Perry scored the final goal of the match and Blackpool won 4-3. John Ellis charged his son Alan Ellis' friends a shilling each to watch the match on his new television. Alan enjoyed the match a great deal, punching the air when Perry scored the winning goal. He joked that Perry had wings on his feet, which was why he was called a winger.
On 18 December of that year, John, Diane Holmes and Emma-Louise Cowell were on their way to Dublin in Diane's plane, the Sky Gypsy, when it flew through the Cardiff Rift and ended up in Cardiff more than 50 years later. John discovered that his son Alan was now elderly and suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When John discussed the match with him, Alan recalled that Blackpool had won but he failed to recognise his father. (TV: Out of Time)
