The greatest goal scorers
QUESTION Does Alf Arrowsmith, former Liverpool FC striker, hold the world record for most goals scored in one season?
Lancashire-born striker alf arrowsmith scored a club record of 96 goals in the 1959/60 season playing for amateur team Tintwistle Villa.
he went on to play for non-league ashton Fc before joining Liverpool, scoring 15 goals in 20 league matches during the 1963/4 league season. sadly, he was injured in the 1964 charity shield tie and was never the same player.
however, the world record is held by Paul anthony Moulden, who scored 289 goals in 40 games for bolton boys’ teams in 1981-82, plus 51 goals in other tournaments, making a total of 340.
he went on to play for Manchester city, scoring 18 goals in 64 games.
in the professional game, William ralph ‘Dixie’ Dean scored a record 60 league goals in 39 matches for First Division everton in the 1927-28 season. This broke George camsell’s record, set the previous season for second Division Middlesbrough, of 59 goals in 37 matches.
Tim Mickleburgh, Grimsby, Lincs.
QUESTION Heathrow airport had three runways in the 1970s. What happened to the third one?
i Was a flight engineer on boeing 707s with british airways in the 1970s. We occasionally landed on the short third runway rather than the main east-West parallel runways.
only used in strong crosswinds, it was designated as runway 05/23 depending on the direction of landing.
The main runways are r/W 27 L & r and r/W 09 L & r, meaning you can take off and land in an easterly or westerly direction depending on wind direction.
The control tower usually nominates the left runway for take-offs and the right one for landing. This helps with traffic flow and safety.
The 707 was difficult to land in a crosswind. close to the ground, pilots would have to apply cross- controls (ailerons opposite to rudder inputs) to maintain the wings level and prevent the no. 1 &4 engine pods being scraped.
i have seen a 707 (not a ba one) in the hangar with both pods scraped! The other disadvantage to landing on runway 23, apart from it being short, was that there was a hump just about where you wanted to land. if you didn’t get it quite right, it ended up being a ‘ standard boeing’ landing — heavy!
i have also landed on runway 05, which was strange because nothing on the approach was familiar. i don’t believe 05/23 was used for take- offs because it was too short.
The third runway was closed in 2002 as modern aircraft are better at tackling crosswind landings. it was not dug up, but repainted as part of the taxiway.
The new third runway at heathrow should have been built 25 years ago when traffic was almost at its peak and we were using continuous descent approaches to reduce noise levels.
on the early morning rush i nto heathrow, a stream of aircraft was common. Landing clearance was often given quite late as the aircraft ahead was only just clearing the runway.
now i wonder if the third runway will ever be built or needed.
Peter Benning, Dylife, Powys.
QUESTION Was there an incident that caused TV programmes to broadcast the warning ‘Don’t try this at home’?
The phrase was popularised by TV presenter Joe bolton, a household name to millions of american children in the late Fifties and early sixties.
it did not arise over any particular event, but was a general warning. bolton started as a sports presenter in Philadelphia, but in 1950 was hired by the WPiX television studio as a weatherman.
To his surprise, his avuncular demeanour made him popular with children. so much so that when TV executives canvassed youngsters as to who they’d like to see hosting our Gang shorts, they chose Joe.
he was asked to take on the role of a comical hobo, but refused and chose instead to be officer Joe, a genial, respectable neighbourhood policeman.
bolton would provide links between popular children’s shows such as The Three stooges Funhouse, The clubhouse Gang and the Dick Tracy show.
The Three stooges Funhouse was a slapstick favourite and little boys would imitate the routines — poking each other in the eye, pulling hair, twisting noses and slapping each other.
officer Joe would admonish viewers: ‘Don’t try this at home! The stooges are trained professionals.’
in britain, bob Monkhouse adopted the phrase when introducing Mad Movies in 1966 and 1967. These featured scenes from his collection of silent classics with dangerous stunts by the likes of buster Keaton and harold Lloyd.
The efficacy of such disclaimers in law depends on how they are presented. They need to be accepted as part of a contract. To create a contract, there must be an offer, acceptance of that offer and payment or consideration to close the transaction.
in the U.s., ‘ Do not try this at home’ has had some bearing on two famous court cases.
in herceg v. hustler magazine inc in 1987, the parents of a teenage boy brought a claim after their son died while attempting an act of autoerotic asphyxia after reading about it in an article.
in DeFilippo v. national broadcasting co. inc in 1982, parents brought a claim against the Tonight show after their son died while attempting to recreate a stunt that had been broadcast.
The courts took the ‘ don’t try this at home’ message into consideration.
The cases failed as the courts found that First amendment concerns regarding freedom of speech outweighed the harm of viewers attempting to imitate dangerous behaviour.
Sara Westwood, Birmingham.
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