How we used to live

[Silent Blade]

When was that last pic

It's a post promotion celebration, possibly after going up in 1989. If not, the year after. We got promoted a lot once upon a time.

After the 5-1 win against Swansea in May 1989. We had two games left after that match and only needed one more point to go up

 

[3-GBlade]

The South Stand nearly bankrupted us as it was, without shifting the three other stands towards it.

Im not sure there was much "nearly" about it!!

 

[3-GBlade]

After the 5-1 win against Swansea in May 1989. We had two games left after that match and only needed one more point to go up

I nearly ripped my thumb off on the very back of the Kop roof that day!
I was a bit late to attend after some work.


I may even still have the scar

 

[Silent Blade]

2-1 win at Spurs in Sept 1973. Woodward and Bone our scorers

 

[Leonardo Green]

as i said, not all at once

 

[Silent Blade]

I nearly ripped my thumb off on the very back of the Kop roof that day!
I was a bit late to attend after some work.


I may even still have the scar

A Blade lost his finger after his wedding ring got caught with the wire fencing as he climbed over it before the final whistle of the home game against Peterborough in May 1982

 

[3-GBlade]

May the 5th 1990 was a great day
We had tickets for the posh bit of the Leicester stand

but word never got thru - so I was working


but it was on Rivelin Valley Road in a really slow tractor so I got to slow unhappy Pigs down a lot

 

[3-GBlade]

A Blade lost his finger after his wedding ring got caught with the wire fencing as he climbed over it before the final whistle of the home game against Peterborough in May 1982

I was there too.... thats the match I thought the pic was of originally....I was young so stayed at the back and got some turf

 

[Sean Thornton]

as i said, not all at once

So we build the South stand further back and leave a big gap between that and the BL stand and the Kop?

Then move the rest of the ground at a later stage? You arent really thinking this through.

 

[Leonardo Green]

There was already a gap with the cricket pitch, half the gap, then shift the pitch half again and you are left with quarter on each side.

when the new stands are built further down the line, shift the pitch the other quarter and the john street in a half.

 

[Silent Blade]

I was there too.... thats the match I thought the pic was of originally....I was young so stayed at the back and got some turf

I ran to the perimeter of the pitch before the final whistle of that Posh game. So many fans were stood on the touchlines, a fan ran inside the pitch and tried to boot the ball before the police or stewards grabbed and moved him away. About a minute or two later the ref blew for time and all the players were trying to escape from the fans grabbing their shirts etc

 

[3-GBlade]

I kinda sneaked out whne me dad said " go on..."

 

[Sean Thornton]

There was already a gap with the cricket pitch, half the gap, then shift the pitch half again and you are left with quarter on each side.

when the new stands are built further down the line, shift the pitch the other quarter and the john street in a half.

And the money comes from?

 

[Rodley]

And the money comes from?

The cup match at Old Trafford and the Murphy money, stoopid

 

[Leonardo Green]

And the money comes from?

Do you think I'm suggesting we do this now?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Do you think I'm suggesting we do this now?

Err, the original comment was about siting the new stand further back, when it was built.

So yes, yes that's exactly what I think. Why would I mean anything else?

 

[Leonardo Green]

the other stands have been redeveloped since. So i guess the money would come from where the money came from?

 

[Sean Thornton]

the other stands have been redeveloped since. So i guess the money would come from where the money came from?

 

[Leonardo Green]

You asking where the money would come from, for something that has already been bought and paid for.

 

[Sean Thornton]

You asking where the money would come from, for something that has already been bought and paid for.

So for over ten years we have a big gap between the South and BL/the Kop?

 

[Leonardo Green]

You know there was a big gap there already, right?

 

[Sean Thornton]

You know there was a big gap there already, right?

I know where there's a bigger gap.

 

[Leonardo Green]

Your ability to see sense in forward plannig?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Your ability to see sense in forward plannig?

If only the board had thought of it all those years ago. Hassall being a builder as well.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

When was that last pic

We'd just won a corner against Shrewsbury

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

So we build the South stand further back and leave a big gap between that and the BL stand and the Kop?

Then move the rest of the ground at a later stage? You arent really thinking this through.

Don't think it's Leonardo's thinking but if you suggested that was the boards plan.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Never realised Lemmy used to play for us

The Ace of Blades

 

[HighfieldBlade]

This is the 1901 Cup Final

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Where is the keeper allowed to handle the ball with these pitch markings? Inside the D only?

 

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

Pretty sure its the line across ahead of the D so keepers had a much bigger box as i recall seeing old clips where they would be almost like basketball players bouncing the ball around way off their goal lines, does look weird compared to what we know today!

The D wasnt a conventional D either, it was sorta shaped like the McDonalds 'M' and served to mark the pitch out accurately if my memorys correct

 

[Revolution]

Where is the keeper allowed to handle the ball with these pitch markings? Inside the D only?

Keepers were allowed to handle the ball anywhere in their own half till 1912.