ANGLO is Stating that MCMANUS against COLBECK was a Prolific and Frequently
Seen Match in The 1950's and 1960's??
Well ANGLO?- Just WHERE are All These Hundreds and Hundreds of Bouts you are
On About?
I've Flipped Thru around a Thousand Programmes This Morning for These Two Decades-
So Far I've only Found This Encounter at The WINTER GARDENS BANBURY + The
SHEFFIELD Poster Below!
MCMANUS versus COLBECK wasn't Staged even ONCE at KINGS HALL BELLE VUE
During 1961-1962-1963!!
In 1958 and 1959- MCMANUS only came to VICTORIA HALL HANLEY ONCE-to Fight
JIM MELLOR-NOT COLBECK-Also See Below!
From what I can See so far COLBECK in These Decades wasn't Particularly a Regular
Visitor Down SOUTH!!-Of course still got LOADS to Look Thru-but up to now-No Sign of
This 'Plethera'??
MAIN MASK
"...I would love to know what real life relationship Arthur/Eric/Alan and Billy/Mick had...."
It's interesting isn't it. We often hear of Mick McManus being out for himself, booking himself on shows where there would be bigger crowds, to claim credit, making sure he was dominant on TV, to keep his image intact, and yet here he is, even at his mid 1960's peak, splitting the result with Colbeck, and continuing to do so, up until their final TV encounter.
Did Mick insist on getting a victory on TV, just so he could say he had finally beaten Alan, or did Alan offer to put him over, as a favour to a pal? Was it Mick who pulled the strings to get Alan Colbeck one last headline TV bout?
All interesting stuff, and we will never know, I guess.