The Eastley family got its first colour television on Friday 29 March 1974. At the time, this felt huge and it meant we did not have to traipse round to neighbours’ houses to watch Top of the Pops or Jeux sans Frontieres – both of which were essential viewing in colour back then.

The first programme I recall watching on our new television was Further Tales from the Riverbank with Hammy Hamster and friends which aired the next morning. Not quite eight years old, I loved this programme.

Not as much as I loved football though and the most exciting thing about our new telly was being able to watch Grandstand, Match of the Day or The Big Match in colour.

A few weeks after our world turned technicolour, the 1974 FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Newcastle was played at Wembley. I can still remember the joy of seeing Wembley stadium in all its verdant splendour.

For the record, Liverpool won 3-0 in a game which is largely remembered not just for Liverpool’s brilliance but also Malcolm ‘Supermac’ Macdonald’s failure to live up to his bullish pre-match bravado.

I still recall a moment of commentary from that game. After Kevin Keegan opened the scoring for Liverpool with a sweetly struck shot from the edge of the area the late David Coleman intoned with what sounded like a suspiciously pre-planned line: “One-nil. Goals pay the rent and Keegan does his share.”

You can listen to it here if you like. Coleman always sounded like he was reporting from a war zone.

Peter supplied these memories: “The senior team had a successful season under the captaincy of Alan Hurst. We played 15 matches, winning 11 and drawing one, and scoring 72 goals in the process. In scoring 32 of these goals, I am greatly indebted to the two players along side me, both of whom, in their very different styles, created many scoring opportunities.

“Alan Hurst was slightly built but adept at finding spaces from where he would use his passing ability to set up scoring chances. Geoff Guy was a skilful ball player. He was short and stocky, with a low centre of gravity, making it difficult for the opposition to get the ball from him.”

“The defence was marshalled by Frank Berridge at centre-half. He was strong in the tackle and his height gave him an advantage when dealing with a high ball. He was supported by the ever improving Fitzgerald at full back.”

Peter and I believe the line up of the photograph is as follows but if anyone knows otherwise, do let me know:

Back row, left to right, John Denham, John Jackson, Keith Burnup, Frank Berridge, Derek Willmer

Front row, left to right, John O’Dowd, Geoff Guy, Alan Hurst, Peter Wyborn, Kevin Fitzgerald, Christopher Wates

After leaving St Mary’s College, Peter did two years national service in Austria before starting work in an insurance company.

Peter married in 1955, aged 23, and had two children. He and his wife divorced in 1983, the year Peter took early retirement. He carried on in a consultancy capacity for 15 years before finally retiring for good in 1998.

Peter then became what he describes as ‘geriatric backpacker’ travelling around Asia, including India and Nepal:

“This was helped by the fact my daughter was living in Hong Kong and my sister in Australia. I spent time on a yacht sailing between Thailand and Penang calling at the many islands and places in between. I also took part in a regatta to the Andaman Islands.”

In 2007, Peter settled in Thailand and, in 2011, married his second wife, Malaporn Karun. The couple are pictured below.

A few years back I wrote a series of books recounting FA Cup Finals of yesteryear told through the eyes of fans who were there.

As part of this I forced myself to sit through every FA Cup Final from the 1950s onwards. Quite how I managed to maintain both a marriage and a day job is beyond me but somehow I struggled through.