& we also lost Idle to Northern. Didn't Ray Batten fall out with the board & resign? Can't for the life of me remember who took over?

I was a junior player at the time (signed on as a professional). As I remember the then Board managed to fall out with the only Board member with money (Trevor Woodward) and conspired to get rid of him. It was the biggest mistake the club has ever made and the crook who took over as Chairman ( I won't name him but is first name was John and his second name began with Sc and ended in e) began the decline of Trinity that has so far lasted 31 years. The 3rd grade s who were brought in the season after were unbelievable!

The '79 Wembley team was dismantled quicker than it was assembled and the players coming in were simply not as good, so the decline of the club was inevitable.
Dark days followed and looking back I don't know why I bothered turning out to watch some of the players. They wouldn't have got into the 'A' team in the 60's but there we were stuck with them.
Going back to the subject, Juliff was a good winger, not blessed with tremendous pace but very strong. Hard to compare wingers of then with now, as the game is totally different.

H ha...yes we did; ain't that just typical

Yes he did. I think it was over the sacking of his assistant, Keith Hepworth as I recall. We've had more idiots on our boards over the years than a Village Idiot Convention

Corr, Hardisty as above poster states...and had forgotten we managed to get Batten to resign twice.....unbelievable