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Post by 28901 on Jun 11, 2022 16:02:20 GMT 1
Long sleeved shirts.. No one seems to have those now. All short sleeves with those lycra things underneath. Every player wearing black boots... except maybe Alan Ball. Goalies wearing green and the same shorts and socks as the rest of the team. Silky wingers not wearing shin pads. That awkward moment when you get in the ground only to see someone is standing where you stand, leaning on your bit of stanchion... like they dont know thats your spot. Always liked Kevin Keelan in goal for Norwich. Green shirt and shorts.
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Post by westislandterrier on Jun 11, 2022 16:05:58 GMT 1
Not sure if this ever happened in football but definitely did at Fartown back in the day . Teamsheets with "trialist' or "an other" written on them . Basically you could be watching a game not knowing who was playing on the wing etc Yep - still happens a lot with Dumbarton FC Ted - more so if they’re safe in mid table with nothing to play for... but with the lower league set up here you could almost still be playing for a promotion or relegation play off place up until the last day here !
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Post by golcarexile on Jun 11, 2022 16:06:33 GMT 1
A more recent one, last seen in the early 90s - goalkeepers wearing tracky bottoms. Invariably rubbish.
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Post by westislandterrier on Jun 11, 2022 16:20:38 GMT 1
A more recent one, last seen in the early 90s - goalkeepers wearing tracky bottoms. Invariably rubbish. Aye golcar - Despite the colder climate here in Scotland only one goalie ever wore tracky bottoms - Billy Thompson of St.Mirren and thereafter Dundee United... Even in the balmy May and August days, he had them on.. not sure if he just wanted to be different but as you say - Invariably rubbish in my opinion tacky tracky ! It could of course be a genuine reason, perhaps he could have had dermatology reasons like hiding exzema or psoriasis which would be perfectly understandable - but yeah - I always wondered why - yet another blast from the past !
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Jun 11, 2022 16:31:47 GMT 1
Only the keepers wore gloves regardless of the weather.
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Post by boooothy on Jun 11, 2022 16:36:43 GMT 1
I liked season tickets with 23 stubs you tore out.
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Post by artysid on Jun 11, 2022 16:37:30 GMT 1
Paying to park your bicycles in somebody's front garden.
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Post by artysid on Jun 11, 2022 16:38:11 GMT 1
I liked season tickets with 23 stubs you tore out. and with stubs for the reserve games
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jun 11, 2022 16:50:15 GMT 1
Linesmen giving a penalty by holding their flag across their chest. A stray dog getting on the pitch and chasing the ball. Not seen one of those for years! Did you never witness Diakhaby play for us?
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jun 11, 2022 16:53:31 GMT 1
Long sleeved shirts.. No one seems to have those now. All short sleeves with those lycra things underneath. Every player wearing black boots... except maybe Alan Ball. Goalies wearing green and the same shorts and socks as the rest of the team. Silky wingers not wearing shin pads. That awkward moment when you get in the ground only to see someone is standing where you stand, leaning on your bit of stanchion... like they dont know thats your spot. That’s one of my abiding memories of 70’s football. Alan Ball’s white boots. I still remember reading the newspaper report about his transfer from Everton to Arsenal.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jun 11, 2022 16:56:37 GMT 1
People going to a footy ground (not stadium ! ) to watch a match and not play on their mobile phones... Though I’m being a little hypocritical here as I’ve used mine to check how Town’s relegation rivals were fairing...(quite often in my visits ! ) And also a little naughty with the first sentence - as I very much appreciate the feedback live from Town’s match if I’m not in the pub (the week before visiting ma elderly maw) and can’t break in to the match on The iPad ! Good point Westie. There’s a few who sit around me who spend the entire game staring at their phones. Just don’t get why they go to the game but we’re all different I suppose.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jun 11, 2022 16:58:58 GMT 1
Central League “team sheet” instead of a programme and the old Town souvenir shop on Leeds Road.
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Post by 28901 on Jun 11, 2022 17:16:13 GMT 1
People going to a footy ground (not stadium ! ) to watch a match and not play on their mobile phones... Though I’m being a little hypocritical here as I’ve used mine to check how Town’s relegation rivals were fairing...(quite often in my visits ! ) And also a little naughty with the first sentence - as I very much appreciate the feedback live from Town’s match if I’m not in the pub (the week before visiting ma elderly maw) and can’t break in to the match on The iPad ! Good point Westie. There’s a few who sit around me who spend the entire game staring at their phones. Just don’t get why they go to the game but we’re all different I suppose. At least they're not clapping pieces of card while they're looking at their phones....
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Post by shedds on Jun 11, 2022 17:21:52 GMT 1
Not sure if this ever happened in football but definitely did at Fartown back in the day . Teamsheets with "trialist' or "an other" written on them . Basically you could be watching a game not knowing who was playing on the wing etc and over years how regularly triallist or a n other was amont the goalscorers
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Post by Art Vandelay on Jun 11, 2022 17:34:08 GMT 1
For some reason I always liked it when outfield players took goal kicks.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 11, 2022 17:59:54 GMT 1
deciding on a Saturday morning if you are going to go to the away game. Then paying on the door to get in.
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Post by ACW on Jun 11, 2022 18:03:42 GMT 1
Linesmen giving a penalty by holding their flag across their chest. Linesmen having the bollocks to make any decision whatsoever.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jun 11, 2022 18:07:04 GMT 1
Not bothered if you were stuck in the queue to get out of the “Ready Mix” car park because you had “Sports Report” to listen too.
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Post by Niggled on Jun 11, 2022 18:19:16 GMT 1
The pink paper. Changing where you stand at half time. Saint & Greavsie before the game. Still amazes me now looking back to relatively primitive technology times how they could be selling a newspaper with that days results in within hours of the match finishing, often when you hadn’t even been home yet after attending the same match! I remember delivering the examiner on a Saturday with the results in , the late scores were in late news column.
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Post by andyeastleake on Jun 11, 2022 18:26:49 GMT 1
my memory is hazy on this, but i could swear i saw blokes on the pitch at half time carrying a sheet for fans to lob coins into Can't remember this at Town (first game 15/08/1970) but definitely saw it at Fartown.
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Post by Leporid on Jun 11, 2022 18:28:16 GMT 1
Good point Westie. There’s a few who sit around me who spend the entire game staring at their phones. Just don’t get why they go to the game but we’re all different I suppose. At least they're not clapping pieces of card while they're looking at their phones.... No, they are 'liking' social media posts.....
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jun 11, 2022 18:28:32 GMT 1
my memory is hazy on this, but i could swear i saw blokes on the pitch at half time carrying a sheet for fans to lob coins into Can't remember this at Town (first game 15/08/1970) but definitely saw it at Fartown. Definitely happened at Town. When their were majorettes or a band
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Post by Leporid on Jun 11, 2022 18:31:22 GMT 1
Not sure if this ever happened in football but definitely did at Fartown back in the day . Teamsheets with "trialist' or "an other" written on them . Basically you could be watching a game not knowing who was playing on the wing etc Yep - still happens a lot with Dumbarton FC Ted - more so if they’re safe in mid table with nothing to play for... but with the lower league set up here you could almost still be playing for a promotion or relegation play off place up until the last day here ! On a slightly different point, IIRC there were rules about amateur players in Scotland which the clubs had to avoid contravening.
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Post by Marshleeds on Jun 11, 2022 18:50:06 GMT 1
At ER anyway remember watching Police Dog Display Teams pre match and we always cheered the person playing the pretend burglar with a bite proof glove on his arm and booed when the Alsatian inevitably caught him after running up and down wooden display obstacles and jumping through fiery hoops. The Groundsman must have been watching through his hands! Few years later trying to avoid same Police Dogs taking a chunk out of your Cords and Arse in various Away Ground queues across the UK.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jun 11, 2022 18:54:21 GMT 1
Programme sellers waking around the perimeter of the ground
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Post by Marshleeds on Jun 11, 2022 18:59:48 GMT 1
Long sleeved shirts.. No one seems to have those now. All short sleeves with those lycra things underneath. Every player wearing black boots... except maybe Alan Ball. Goalies wearing green and the same shorts and socks as the rest of the team. Silky wingers not wearing shin pads. That awkward moment when you get in the ground only to see someone is standing where you stand, leaning on your bit of stanchion... like they dont know thats your spot. Always liked Kevin Keelan in goal for Norwich. Green shirt and shorts. Remember he had really piercing eyes on Pannini Football Cards of the day……..Got,Got,Got,Got, NOT GOT! was like a Playground mantra back then amongst the lads anyway whilst the girls sang Farmer In The Den and did handstands and skipping and stuff.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jun 11, 2022 19:08:22 GMT 1
Anyone mentioned the orange ball?
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Post by Marshleeds on Jun 11, 2022 19:09:47 GMT 1
Was the Fans changing ends unique to Town and Leeds Road? Often wondered that.
Also walking to the Ground with your Dad with a buffet under your arm - not the Party Food Sausage Roll type but a 4 legged Foot Stool so when you stood at the front you could see over the wall.
And getting used to Grown Ups swearing around you when you came from a generally Blasphemy free household, never telling your Mum about it when you got home, kind of an unspoken Dad/Lad thing.
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Post by paulsg on Jun 11, 2022 19:12:57 GMT 1
The West Riding Senior Cup
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Post by Marshleeds on Jun 11, 2022 19:17:49 GMT 1
The West Riding Senior Cup Loved them games and Home Internationals.
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