Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Silent Blade]

was that in 72 silent ? if it was it was lively on the shoreham that afternoon

Was this the February 1972 match when we had to play on a midweek afternoon due to miner's strike. Floodlights were not allowed.

Billy (seen here) scored a hat-trick.

One week after Santos / Pele played at Hillsborough.

March 1973 , scoreless draw. For the February 1972 match we had central white stripe (see photos below)



In Freddie's photo we wore the central red stripe (see the March 1973 photo below)

bornablade , the Santos match at S6 was a week before Billy scored the hat trick against Hammers

 

[PragueBlade]

This is dangerous!!!

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[DifferentClass]

It was horrible, even for an artificial pitch. They used to put sand down in those days to deaden the bounce - I swear at Kenilworth Road they used the same stuff they gritted the roads with. Played on it once (when they used to hire it out) and got pushed over, landing on my knee - I was picking out bits of grit for a week!

The plastic pitch at the new King Ecgberts was similar

 

[PrestwichBlade]

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My first kits them, had the lot!

 

[PrestwichBlade]

The plastic pitch at the new King Ecgberts was similar

A plastic pitch was a mere pipe dream when I left King Ecgberts!

 

[DifferentClass]

A plastic pitch was a mere pipe dream when I left King Ecgberts!

"Fond" memries of the old "pitches" unall... many scraped knees.

 

[PrestwichBlade]

"Fond" memries of the old "pitches" unall... many scraped knees.

Indeed! And the less said about what you'd find in the long jump pit the better!

 

[Aganarama]

"Fond" memries of the old "pitches" unall... many scraped knees.

We used to play on the all weather at Collegiate Crescent on a Monday lunchtime …as long as it wasn’t frozen or too wet.
All weather you say…

 

[blade too long]

 

[Bell4]

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When football kits were propper

 

[reedy63]

A new YouTube video, The panthon-Alan Woodward overlooked Legend.
Well worth a visit.

 

[blade too long]

When football kits were propper

nine of those nike., coloured bedroom slippers

 

[DifferentClass]

nine of those nike., coloured bedroom slippers

No obnoxious betting sponsors!

 

[Pott]

1984

 

[Tickhill Blade]

1984

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Boston Street. My Grandad was born in a house pretty much where that wall is on the left. There's a panda sitting there now

 

[HighfieldBlade]

The plastic pitch at the new King Ecgberts was similar

My old stamping ground that - the old King Ecgberts - I'm sure they flattened it probably in the 1990s.

 

[I should coco]

My old stamping ground that - the old King Ecgberts - I'm sure they flattened it probably in the 1990s.

In the Noughties.

A shiny new buildng that is too cold in winter, too hot in summer etc and the tex payer will be shelling out for 25 years.

 

[reedy63]

two reports.

 

[Robby Blade]

Me and my brother had that delivered every month for several years. Every copy was read with enthusiasm, and after a couple of weeks I took out the best pictures, and added them to the autograph album. A highlight was a full-page picture of Bobby Charlton, which I got signed by the great man. The front cover of one of my beloved scrapbooks features (the battered remnants of) a colour picture of Cec Coldwell. 65 years ago, that was ground-breaking technology.View attachment 231339

Priceless.

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

Big collection of Shoot Magazine, with all the pages for each edition.

Shoot! Magazine Collection

A collection of Shoot! Magazine

www.flickr.com

I remember when I was a kid you were usually a fan of Match or Shoot, I always got both and 90 minutes as well when that magazine came out.

 

[Bert]

 

[Silent Blade]

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My dad was in the same class at school as Fred Jessop's son. It was the reason why my dad became a Blade.

 

[I should coco]

My dad was in the same class at school as Fred Jessop's son. It was the reason why my dad became a Blade.

My Great Grandad and my Grandad were Wednesdayites. It's tge reason why my dad, being a bit of a dick as a yoof, became a Unitedite.

Thank god for that, otherwise I'd be on here incognito, saying how bad Wilder is for us.

 

[Maurice Maurice]

Ford Anglia preparing for take off....

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Ford Anglia preparing for take off....View attachment 233321

I had one of those as my first company car when employed by a well known local construction company around 1966.

As I recall , the engine was only around 1 litre but surprisingly quick . I well remember going to visit my new girlfriend who had moved from Sheffield to South London by flooring the accelerator in the outside lane and only moving over if something even quicker came up behind , of which there were very few .

I arrived at her place just 2 hours 45 minutes later . Try matching that today .

Great little car .

 

[bornablade]

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August 26th 1939 - a week later we would be at war.

 

[Maurice Maurice]

I had one of those as my first company car when employed by a well known local construction company around 1966.

As I recall , the engine was only around 1 litre but surprisingly quick . I well remember going to visit my new girlfriend who had moved from Sheffield to South London by flooring the accelerator in the outside lane and only moving over if something even quicker came up behind , of which there were very few .

I arrived at her place just 2 hours 45 minutes later . Try matching that today .

Great little car .

They were a cracking little car, even had the small American style fins on the back. Bit before I started to drive but my grandad had one and I wish I had it now

 

[Bell4]

I had one of those as my first company car when employed by a well known local construction company around 1966.

As I recall , the engine was only around 1 litre but surprisingly quick . I well remember going to visit my new girlfriend who had moved from Sheffield to South London by flooring the accelerator in the outside lane and only moving over if something even quicker came up behind , of which there were very few .

I arrived at her place just 2 hours 45 minutes later . Try matching that today .

Great little car .

I’ll have a go

Whats her address ?

 

[I should coco]

Ford Anglia preparing for take off....View attachment 233321

The launchpad is still there, but it's fenced off to stop any more Ford Anglias preparing for blast off.

 

[Silent Blade]

August 26th 1939 - a week later we would be at war.

Yes on September 2nd we won at Leeds.



You can sense the worry in the minds of most of the people in the below photo. Joe Carr got killed at Dunkirk in less than a year later. Harry Hampson (still our player but not in photo) died of Septicemia caused by war wounds in 1942