pongo88 Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, archie andrews said: the smell of cigar smoke from the Williams grandstand and hotdogs.... The smell of lineament from the players as they ran out of the tunnel through the Williams enclosure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big ted Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 How about the old floodlights from the early 60s? Several pylons surrounding the pitch which, if I remember correctly , some bloke had to go round turning on one at a time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, big ted said: How about the old floodlights from the early 60s? Several pylons surrounding the pitch which, if I remember correctly , some bloke had to go round turning on one at a time? Are we talking about the very tall floodlights that ended up at Springfield Park, Wigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 5 hours ago, archie andrews said: the smell of cigar smoke from the Williams grandstand and hotdogs.... Hotdigs smelling of cigar smoke - always had them down as pipe smokers myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazooka Joe Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 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? Looks like the Rovers' team bus circa 1967. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 20 hours ago, big ted said: How about the old floodlights from the early 60s? Several pylons surrounding the pitch which, if I remember correctly , some bloke had to go round turning on one at a time? These were made by City Chairman Harry Dolman at his company Brecknell Dolman and Rogers. They could be lowered to ground level, if required. Very handy if you needed to change a lamp. They were effective to a certain degree, but hopeless if a player kicked a ball high into the air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 A large crowd watching Rovers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 Tony Harling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: Tony Harling. Good old Tony, a real character, the heart of Hemel Hempstead and a stalwart of the London Branch who could be relied upon to follow City everywhere. He wrote some of the London Branch chants back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Snow and ice. It seems amazing, looking back, but matches were played with snow and ice on the pitch. The usual ploy with a light layer of snow was to use an orange ball and just clear a strip along the touch line, penalty area lines etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 5 hours ago, pongo88 said: Snow and ice. It seems amazing, looking back, but matches were played with snow and ice on the pitch. The usual ploy with a light layer of snow was to use an orange ball and just clear a strip along the touch line, penalty area lines etc. And the odd petal of a player would wear gloves or, heaven forfend, tights - I`m looking at you Keith Weller - and would get dog`s abuse for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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