Tunstall Fred
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He's 75 mate.
Probably not then,although I may know him by sight
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He's 75 mate.
Yeh maybe, a real regular late 70s 80s 90s, now a handsworth social man.Probably not then,although I may know him by sight
Local lad from Stannington, career was finished soon after by a knee injury which meant he could play but then couldn't do much for a couple of days. He is/was a pig fan and founder member of their band along with that self publicist HemminghamSimon Grayson?
"Worst brass band in Yorkshire"blimey, it seems a little undignified to go from professional footballer to member of the worst brass band in Yorkshire.
Must be the previous league match to our 2-0 home win against Sunderland in October 15th 1966 when the BLUT were open to spectators for the first time. Looking up, the previous home game was a midweek League Cup match against Burnley but the daylight rules it out when identifying the match in the photo. We beat West Brom 4-3 on Saturday 1st October so this must be the match in the photo as the BLUT looked almost completed.
what the heck are they trying to be?
Who else but those idiots have got the brass-neck to decide they are going to play their 3 tunes over and over again, in stadiums all over the world heard live on TV while they know they've never had a music lesson in their lives?
I know 2 or 3 of them used to be members of Stannington Brass Band
What year was this?
1976What year was this?
My territory that SEB .. don't think you'll ever see it re-open now ..appears to be deliberately being run into ground
Sadly been closed down for a couple of years,rumours about it being a Chinese or Thai restaurant appear to be false,more likely to become flats[/
Heard the same TF , supposedly had to have2 failed business there before they'd agree to convert to flats ... watch this space .. spent many an hour in there , shirt to see the demise of a good boozer and Handsworth as a drinking area
My territory that SEB .. don't think you'll ever see it re-open now ..appears to be deliberately being run into ground![]()
Talent contest on a Sunday night, mid 80's. One of my old school classmates dad used to play the spoons on stage just to get a free pintMy old stomping ground, Local Boozer early 80's . Frank White band seemed to be a regular act,Thursdays or Sundays.
Talent contest on a Sunday night, mid 80's. One of my old school classmates dad used to play the spoons on stage just to get a free pintI took the then girlfriend in there, it was the first time she had been up north and thought it was hilarious.
Given the footprint of the football and cricket pitches why was no thought given to building the new football ground north to south so to speak i.e rotating the football pitch through 90 degrees.
We wouldn't have ended up with the mish mash the Lane is becoming now with lopsided stands proposed towering above others all hemmed in.
Could possibly have got a 50,000 stadium if they'd turned it round.
Could have been done in stages with the new South stand being an 'end' somewhere near the cricket pavillion. The other stands altered over time.
How many times would we have filled a 50,000 capacity ground, especially given the dross we've suffered in the five years up to 2016/2017?Given the footprint of the football and cricket pitches why was no thought given to building the new football ground north to south so to speak i.e rotating the football pitch through 90 degrees.
We wouldn't have ended up with the mish mash the Lane is becoming now with lopsided stands proposed towering above others all hemmed in.
Could possibly have got a 50,000 stadium if they'd turned it round.
Could have been done in stages with the new South stand being an 'end' somewhere near the cricket pavillion. The other stands altered over time.
Given the footprint of the football and cricket pitches why was no thought given to building the new football ground north to south so to speak i.e rotating the football pitch through 90 degrees.
We wouldn't have ended up with the mish mash the Lane is becoming now with lopsided stands proposed towering above others all hemmed in.
Could possibly have got a 50,000 stadium if they'd turned it round.
Could have been done in stages with the new South stand being an 'end' somewhere near the cricket pavillion. The other stands altered over time.
Twisting the ground through 90 degrees would be financially unsound. It would mean rebuilding most, if not all of the ground and few clubs would be able to take on that sort of commitment.
Don Valley Stadium was mooted but, if I recall, only once the plans for the athletics stadium had been announced. Football pitches with running tracks round them make them a bit soulless, in my opinion.
If Don Valley had been designed with football in mind then it may have been a runner ( no pun intended).
Man City got it right with the City of Manchester stadium following the Commonwealth Games which was designed to be used as a football stadium from the start.
On the other hand look at the mess that is the London City ground. An athletics stadium with the football bits cobbled together as an afterthought.
At the moment Bramall Lane is a Goldilocks ground. Not too big, not too small but just about right.
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