Judda Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 11 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: It`s like those stories about people who build a boat or a plane in their front room and forget they need to get it out. Hahaha. Mr Dolman?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 Players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 Very early on I remember ‘collections’ for charity being made with four people walking around the pitch holding each corner of a blanket. Assume that stopped when the cost of medical care for the blanket carriers hit be the flying coins exceeded the amount collected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 Half time scoreboard behind the goals back in the day - A,B,C,D etc. Greyhound racing tracks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHIPLEY RED Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 The old half time score board. Letters for the games which you needed a program to know which game was which letter. Toilet rolls after a goal was scored. Match day program sellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 19 minutes ago, RedRock said: Very early on I remember ‘collections’ for charity being made with four people walking around the pitch holding each corner of a blanket. Assume that stopped when the cost of medical care for the blanket carriers hit be the flying coins exceeded the amount collected! The Mk 11 version of this was a large lightweight metal contraption carried by four people (one at each corner). In theory they were protected by a metal sheet in front of their heads. Unfortunately, most of the people who threw coins aimed at the people carrying this contraption so it was a very dangerous occupation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoh Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, CHIPLEY RED said: The old half time score board. Letters for the games which you needed a program to know which game was which letter. Toilet rolls after a goal was scored. Match day program sellers. yes please and tins of chopped tomatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevP Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Stoney Garnett being carried horizontally by the scantilly clad Rockin Robins or whatever they were called.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, CHIPLEY RED said: The old half time score board. Letters for the games which you needed a program to know which game was which letter. Toilet rolls after a goal was scored. Match day program sellers. Rosettes and rattles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 02/04/2020 at 12:54, pongo88 said: I’m sure that occasionally people in these 3 wheel invalid cars were allowed to watch the match from near the touch line. Can anyone else remember this or am I imagining it? Correct. Fishponds British Legion band with a guy at the front throwing a conducting baton up in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanjita Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 At Eastville they had a bullseye target they used to carry around at half time, like a sedan chair, inviting you to throw coins at, all the ones that missed, probably most, were picked up by people following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 White dog poo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 The PG Tips chimps The Police dog display team The Dooleys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 03/04/2020 at 07:43, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: I'm not the only one who watches Hubnut, then! Him and PeteC with his Mk3 cortina antics keep me sane atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said: The Dooleys! Stacey ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 23 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: It`s like those stories about people who build a boat or a plane in their front room and forget they need to get it out. When living in Australia this reminds me of my now deceased Brother in Law who was asked to build a bird cage for someones pet Cockatoo. I get a call one Saturday morning from him requesting some assistance. On arrival I could understand the problem and we spent the rest of the day dismantling his steel garage and then putting it back together once said cage was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Talking of odd things seen around football grounds, some oldies might remember when the touchline was ringed by bus drivers and conductors, from the ‘City specials’, sitting on what used to be called the ‘ringside seats’. I used to get the letter B bus from Brentry, via Shirehampton and the Portway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 What about all the bus drivers and conductors from the special buses be sat on benches around the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ciderhead433 said: What about all the bus drivers and conductors from the special buses be sat on benches around the pitch I refer you to my post an hour ago (the one before yours!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, BigTone said: When living in Australia this reminds me of my now deceased Brother in Law who was asked to build a bird cage for someones pet Cockatoo. I get a call one Saturday morning from him requesting some assistance. On arrival I could understand the problem and we spent the rest of the day dismantling his steel garage and then putting it back together once said cage was removed. Elton John has never had a budgie as a pet, but he has had a Cockatoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 9 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: I refer you to my post an hour ago (the one before yours!). Sorry never looked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 I miss the guy putting the metal numbers on the board to let us know the half time scores. Just like me putting up the cricket score for the local side my cousin played for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 For me its the day The Nolan sisters walked on to the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 The 'physio/trainer' running onto the pitch to help save a dying player and all he had was his magic sponge and a bucket of water. Funny how those magic sponges cured so many players yet they were never available at a chemist, not even on prescription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Speedway tracks around the outside of the pitch... Eastville, Stamford Bridge, Halifax Town, Newport County to name but a few... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 the smell of cigar smoke from the Williams grandstand and hotdogs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 19 hours ago, RedRock said: Very early on I remember ‘collections’ for charity being made with four people walking around the pitch holding each corner of a blanket. Assume that stopped when the cost of medical care for the blanket carriers hit be the flying coins exceeded the amount collected! Remember that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Norn Iron said: The 'physio/trainer' running onto the pitch to help save a dying player and all he had was his magic sponge and a bucket of water. Funny how those magic sponges cured so many players yet they were never available at a chemist, not even on prescription. Remember the late and great Les Bardsley doing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 The flags marking the halfway line. Why and when did they go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 That ratty old `Thank you for your support` banner that was always paraded round the pitch on the last home game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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