The Statue Unveiling

[bricktop]

Is it just me, or has the sculptor got Derek Dooley mixed up with Josef Stalin?

 

[Zinedine]

Is it just me, or has the sculptor got Derek Dooley mixed up with Josef Stalin?

Just you mate

 

[GainsboroBlade]

I remember the south stand outside , being described as the best stand facia of any ground in the country in the 80s , and having been to most of them i had to agree , i still get goose pimples as i approach the ground should i see a Doctor ?

Im just the same,I love the South stand and the way it is!!! UTB

 

[JohnDenver]

I remember the south stand outside , being described as the best stand facia of any ground in the country in the 80s , and having been to most of them i had to agree , i still get goose pimples as i approach the ground should i see a Doctor ?

Not at all. Simon Inglis wrote that in his book, Football Grounds of England and Wales (the old edition). When I was a kid in the '80s, before all the ugly signage was put up, there used be nothing but the blades logo, back-lit. It looked great at night.

I'm a bit geeky about football ground architecture.

 

[bricktop]

Not at all. Simon Inglis wrote that in his book, Football Grounds of England and Wales (the old edition). When I was a kid in the '80s, before all the ugly signage was put up, there used be nothing but the blades logo, back-lit. It looked great at night.

I'm a bit geeky about football ground architecture.

I remember that book well, my Grandad had a copy of it, and i asked to borrow it when i was a kid as i used to like reading it and looking at all the photographs, and at 10 years of age i couldn't tell you a lot of things, but i could tell you all about Archibald Leitch's classical style of football stand and where to find the best examples of them.

I think there are only one or two Leitch stands knocking about nowadays which is sad, and i hope they survive as an very important piece of football history

 

[raul]

Think I've still got a copy of it, and the 90's version up in the attic - is it worth owt???. Think there's also a tome dedicated to Archie nowadays too.

 

[bricktop]

Think I've still got a copy of it, and the 90's version up in the attic - is it worth owt???. Think there's also a tome dedicated to Archie nowadays too.

I've just bought the 1987 version on ebay for £2.99 with free P&P, so probably not.

All can already seeing it being a favourite and replacing the Who's Who of Sheffield United when i go for my 20 minute excursions doing toilet activity.

 

[Revolution]

Think I've still got a copy of it, and the 90's version up in the attic - is it worth owt???. Think there's also a tome dedicated to Archie nowadays too.

The original 1983 edition is probably worth a few quid, but not a 3 figure amount.

The Archibald Leitch book (Engineering Archie), also written by Inglis, is superb. All of Inglis's books about football are really good.

 

[Eskimo]

Itv was funny seeing people on Sunday taking photos of the new statues from the carpark. Most would have got a 'Peter's' pie promotional vehicle in the background carrying an unfeasibly large pie - big enough to feed Africa for a week. Any one got an example of such a pic? Hmmm.........I could have eaten that pie