Blackpool V Bolton 1960

[Seventiesseasider]

Never seen this photo before, Kop looks smaller

 

[FessParker]

That's well before the 60s. Probably the late 20s before the kop was expanded following promotion in 1929/30.

 

[Bloodorange]

Cholmendley-Warner kits as well

 

[onlyonepool]

Never seen this photo before, Kop looks smaller View attachment 16576

Where on earth did you pluck that date from, it's obviously well before the Kop was reconstructed and probably about a 100 years ago.

 

[Seventiesseasider]

Where on earth did you pluck that date from, it's obviously well before the Kop was reconstructed and probably about a 100 years ago.

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Burnden

dodgy info from this fb, apparently not everything you read on the internet is true

 

[Discojohndeary]

Where on earth did you pluck that date from, it's obviously well before the Kop was reconstructed and probably about a 100 years ago.

The thing I can't fathom is that I had thought the Kop as we knew it at the North end of the ground was was preceded by a big, unroofed gravel mound. I hadn't realised that there was quite a sizeable roofed stand at that end, which was demolished to make way for the kop. Interesting picture, and probably around late twenties/ early-thirties?

 

[Seventiesseasider]

The thing I can't fathom is that I had thought the Kop as we knew it at the North end of the ground was was preceded by a big, unroofed gravel mound. I hadn't realised that there was quite a sizeable roofed stand at that end, which was demolished to make way for the kop. Interesting picture, and probably around late twenties/ early-thirties?

The litttle stand at a angle looks like the south/west used to

 

[1966_and_all_that]

The litttle stand at a angle looks like the south/west used to

The north-west corner stand was the original stand at the north end of the ground.

 

[Macseasider]

It's a brilliant picture. Wish I could time travel to go and watch for a bit.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

It's a brilliant picture. Wish I could time travel to go and watch for a bit.

I think you might be taken aback by the amount of cigarette smoke. I know we all used to live with it but it's been a while now.

 

[tangerine.com]

No floodlights. So well before the 1960.

 

[Bend it like Suddick]

Linesman looks like he’s wearing a collar and tie. Jimmy Hampson era

 

[Potts Must Go]

Wasn't the pre Kop called The Motor Stand ? Think I read that somewhere before. That photo is probably from the 20s or 30s. Wasnt a game against them in early 60s the first ever game to be televised live. Friday night, as an experiment I think and cameras at the back of the Kop.

 

[Matesrates]

The photo is definitely not 1960, and I would have been at that match, although I don’t remember it. Great days.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Wasn't the pre Kop called The Motor Stand ? Think I read that somewhere before. That photo is probably from the 20s or 30s. Wasnt a game against them in early 60s the first ever game to be televised live. Friday night, as an experiment I think and cameras at the back of the Kop.

That's it, the Motor Stand. I was searching my memory and failing when I wanted to comment on the stand in the picture.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

The photo is definitely not 1960, and I would have been at that match, although I don’t remember it. Great days.

Also, the 1960 match was the one that was broadcast live on TV - well, the second half was. It was the first league match ever to be broadcast live and was considered a failure in television terms.

 

[The Catcher in the Rye]

I think you might be taken aback by the amount of cigarette smoke. I know we all used to live with it but it's been a while now.

No need to time travel to the 1920’s, smoking ban only came into place in 2007 but does seem much longer ago!

 

[BigHandsOliverKahn]

Never seen this photo before, Kop looks smaller View attachment 16576

What ever happened to half way line flags?!

 

[Lewis_Winthorpe]

Ace picture. It's a shame that there isn't many pictures before the 1940's about. Like Mac, I'd love to travel back and take in a game in that era. Pie and a pint at half time

 

[Macseasider]

Ace picture. It's a shame that there isn't many pictures before the 1940's about. Like Mac, I'd love to travel back and take in a game in that era. Pie and a pint at half time

I think we'd be accused of witchcraft with our mobile phones and shell suits......

 

[seasiderjohn]

Wasn't the pre Kop called The Motor Stand ? Think I read that somewhere before. That photo is probably from the 20s or 30s. Wasnt a game against them in early 60s the first ever game to be televised live. Friday night, as an experiment I think and cameras at the back of the Kop.

yes first ever live league game on TV

 

[Bobtheretiredbroker]

Which I saw and we lost 0 1.
Think Freddie Hill got the goal

 

[rook]

Must be pre 1930

 

[Sven]

Never seen this photo before, Kop looks smaller View attachment 16576

Anyone know what the towers are either side of ‘the tower’?

 

[Potts Must Go]

Anyone know what the towers are either side of ‘the tower’?

Yep. One's a chimney, and so is the other one.

 

[Sven]

Yep. One's a chimney, and so is the other one.

Thank you, they do indeed look like chimneys. I’ve never seen pictures of chimneys like that in Blackpool, do we know anything about the buildings that were there?

 

[GrahamwantshisOates]

I remember a brewery with a chimney alongside the railway line. C&S brewery I think

 

[Wizaard]

Thank you, they do indeed look like chimneys. I’ve never seen pictures of chimneys like that in Blackpool, do we know anything about the buildings that were there?

Electricity and gas works.