Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

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Hodgy's England debut. Conceded a goal in the 1st minute but England fought back to win 2-1.

We have seen this iconic picture of Duncan Edwards many times but in the next picture you will see Hodgy and Billy Wright there too

Usually with any photo including Hodgy, my attention immediately is taken by him. But on this one, Duncan Edwards is the only one to focus on. Beautiful technique, perfect balance, total concentration, no panic despite where he is. I have always been a Blade, but I did love Busby's Babes, and Duncan Edwards above all others. Wonderful picture - and I'm sure Hodgy had just been fouled by the centre-forward...

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Thanks for the offer SEB, I think Mrs SW12 has plans for our afternoon following the visit to number 55, something cultural such as looking in shops!

Come up to Stratford, dump her at Westfield and I'll take you to decentish pub

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Come up to Stratford, dump her at Westfield and I'll take you to decentish pub

I was hoping to sneak off to the Ally Pally for the afternoon for the London model railway show but that suggestion didn’t go down very well, next idea was the boat race, I should have saved my breath on that one. She’s now wanting to show me a picture in The National Portrait Gallery to see a painting with one of her ancestors in it.
I suppose she has a point though, if I went out drinking I’d only come back smelling of beer talking utter bollocks, and sleeping all the way home whilst farting in my sleep on the train.
Thanks again for the offer but sometimes it’s just not worth it.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I was hoping to sneak off to the Ally Pally for the afternoon for the London model railway show but that suggestion didn’t go down very well, next idea was the boat race, I should have saved my breath on that one. She’s now wanting to show me a picture in The National Portrait Gallery to see a painting with one of her ancestors in it.
I suppose she has a point though, if I went out drinking I’d only come back smelling of beer talking utter bollocks, and sleeping all the way home whilst farting in my sleep on the train.
Thanks again for the offer but sometimes it’s just not worth it.

"I’d only come back smelling of beer talking utter bollocks, and sleeping all the way home whilst farting in my sleep on the train".

Sounds like a perfect day actually.

 

[snootyfenooty]

it was only in 1919 it was neccesary in england for the keeper to wear a different shirt, It had been brought in to law in Scotland in 1909, Prior to that only wearing a cap distinguished who was in goal .

I think the GK wasn't allowed to roll his sleeves up like the rest of the team either so that he could be distinguished punching the ball in a melee.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Ma! There's a ship in our street!

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The 'Dominion Monarch' pictured at the end of Saville Road, Silvertown, London's King V Dock around 1962? A photograph taken from the same spot today would take in the terminal buildings of London City Airport.

One of the striking things about visiting various ports in Aus and NZ recently is how the cruise liners dock right in the middle of the city in Sydney, Auckland and Wellington, just as they used to in that picture.

I find it fascinating, romantic and endearing and would never dream of going on a cruise ☺

 

[Bert]

 

[Bert]

Bert in the crowd.

 

[Bert]

 

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[Cheshire Cat]

The West Wing looked like it was falling down when I first went in the 80s. Doesn’t look a great deal better in this shot some years earlier.

I love the old John Street stand.

 

[Silent Blade]

Bert in the crowd.

Highlights of the League Cup match were shown on BBC Sportsnight that evening but I never got to see it as my mum wouldnt let me stay up to watch the programme. Still have never seen the goals (Chivers and Pearce scored for Spurs, Hemsley for us)

 

[Canterbury Blade]

I was hoping to sneak off to the Ally Pally for the afternoon for the London model railway show but that suggestion didn’t go down very well, next idea was the boat race, I should have saved my breath on that one. She’s now wanting to show me a picture in The National Portrait Gallery to see a painting with one of her ancestors in it.

You’re lucky. If I wanted to see one of my missus’ ancestors in a London museum, I would have to go and see the skeletons of the Tyranasaurus Rex in the National History... mind they’re a bit tamer, got smaller mouths and their table manners are better...

 

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I think the GK wasn't allowed to roll his sleeves up like the rest of the team either so that he could be distinguished punching the ball in a melee.

been today theyd have worn GK cuff links, bit of bling

what I find hard to get , being an ex ref and seen goalmouth melees close up , if some defender stuck out an arm to punch away a goal bound shot it have been nigh on impossible to tell if it was illegal

 

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last ime wednesday owned the city


see Elev8 made th kit then too

 

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stan cullis asks for our players autograph

 

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Brian Richardson doing an impression of Morgs, I reckon...

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

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I assume that’s Goodson Park, looks like a decent crowd in as well. My earliest memories of Everton were those curved recesses behind both goals which I was told were put in because of some sort of crowd misbehaviour previously.

 

[snootyfenooty]

I assume that’s Goodson Park, looks like a decent crowd in as well. My earliest memories of Everton were those curved recesses behind both goals which I was told were put in because of some sort of crowd misbehaviour previously.

It was due to stuff being chucked at the GK's, I'm sure I recall a knife or something. But we didn't understand though, it was just the scallies having a bit of fun.

P.S. The Everton player is Alex Young.

 

[Silent Blade]

It was due to stuff being chucked at the GK's, I'm sure I recall a knife or something. But we didn't understand though, it was just the scallies having a bit of fun.

P.S. The Everton player is Alex Young.

And I think the other Everton player is Fred Pickering

 

[I should coco]

And I think the other Everton player is Fred Pickering

Never heard of him.

Are you sure it's Fwed and not his more famous brother Wonnie Pickerwing?

 

[Silent Blade]

Never heard of him.

Are you sure it's Fwed and not his more famous brother Wonnie Pickerwing?

Played for England

 

[georgebernardshaw]

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“The Golden Vision”

 

[grafikhaus]

One of the striking things about visiting various ports in Aus and NZ recently is how the cruise liners dock right in the middle of the city in Sydney, Auckland and Wellington, just as they used to in that picture.

I find it fascinating, romantic and endearing and would never dream of going on a cruise ☺

Not quite 'in the middle of the city' but cruise ships dock at the western end of 42nd Street in NYC.

Back in 1990/91, I was doing a lot of work in Merseyside - mostly on the Birkenhead side of the Mersey. The Tall Ships were coming and miles of decorative railing were needed to safeguard the edges of the derelict docks. I had to measure it all up. Trust me, if anybody had fallen in, that would be that - when the tide was out, there was about 18 feet of silt left, which would have had the same effect as quicksand. Late one afternoon, the sun was going down and it picked out the grooves that had been worn into the granite setts by ropes from moored ships along the dock edges. Very evocative.

 

[grafikhaus]

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That's the Church of St. Luke the Evangelist.  

 

[Sean Thornton]

Never heard of him.

Are you sure it's Fwed and not his more famous brother Wonnie Pickerwing?

Si gh!

 

[grafikhaus]

It was due to stuff being chucked at the GK's, I'm sure I recall a knife or something. But we didn't understand though, it was just the scallies having a bit of fun.

P.S. The Everton player is Alex Young.

Ah, you mean those loveable 'mop tops'?

Liverpool fans plan to give Man City a hostile - and potentially illegal - reception at Anfield

Manchester City go to Anfield on April 4 for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final but supporters are planning a 'coach greeting' for them.

Liverpool fans are planning a hostile – and potentially illegal – welcome to the Manchester City team coach.


The two teams meet at Anfield on April 4 in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final.

And some Liverpool fans are trying to organise a hot reception for the Blues as they roll through the streets outside the stadium.


A poster circulated by Liverpool fan Twitter feeds @RedmenTV and @WeRLFC and widely shared by others is urging Liverpool fans to gather more than two hours before kick off for a 'coach greeting', and line the streets for a quarter of a mile before the City team coach reaches the ground.


“We're going to show them exactly what money can't buy,” declares the poster.


It also says: "Bring your flares and flags. Banners and bangers. Pints and Pyro. There will be thousands of scouse voices ready to scare em back to Mancland with their tails between their legs before the match even starts."

Giving visiting teams a hostile reception for big games has become something of a tradition – Youtube footage (below) shows the Villarreal bus being greeted by flares, smoke bombs and missiles before their Europa League semi-final nearly two years ago.


That video shows Liverpool fans booing and chanting as the Villarreal coach pulls up to the Anfield stadium, with some fans scaling nearby scaffolding and others hurling cans and other missiles at the bus as it slowly drives up, with a police escort.



(Is that the street where houses go for a quid?)

Here's a thought. Put SYPD in charge ('cos they're so good at dealing with Liverpool fans...) They could stop the City team and fans a couple of miles away and totally ignore those intent on causing trouble. If the City fans miss a large part of the match, tough. Worked at Hillsborough last September...

 

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It was due to stuff being chucked at the GK's, I'm sure I recall a knife or something. But we didn't understand though, it was just the scallies having a bit of fun.

P.S. The Everton player is Alex Young.

The recesses behind the goal were already in place for the 1966 World Cup, I think. Were they brought in for the World Cup because of events earlier that year? None of the other grounds had them, as far as I remember.