OLD PICTURES OF BLACKPOOL FC

Thepoolaregoingup said:
There will always be one player that polarises opinion: in the 1980s, it was Mike Davies.

Who put the ball in the Nob End net?

Ginge was the man who infuriated Ozzy at Port Vale when he missed a brilliant opportunity for a seventh goal and it still makes me laugh to think about it: You @£$%&^$, Davies, I have NEVER seen us score 7!

He was also the bloke that was cat-called by home fans when he came on as a sub, but then struck the winning goal against Bristol City.

You never boo a player in a tangerine shirt.

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Top corner rasper at the South Paddock end?!
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
Sorry to be a ** but it's Nobby Stiles.
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I know that!! 😛 My son played there and the old changing room is still up and running so I took pictures of him in front of it. This got me thinking about 66 and Jimmy and Alan. There are a few pictures of England training around the old building online.
 
Legend is an often overused term. For York City, however, Keith Walwyn really was something to behold.

I look at this picture - from 1987 I would suggest - and I cannot believe this warrior is no longer with us. He was a classic battering ram but had some incredible skills too. Some of his goals had you shaking your head in disbelief. He'd lost some pace when he came to us due to several injuries but yet he still racked up the goals. His goals at Ashton Gate on the day of the Hillsborough Tragedy started a run that kept us up in the 1988-89 season. Without him, the following season, we were relegated with a whimper.

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Thepoolaregoingup said:
Legend is an often overused term. For York City, however, Keith Walwyn really was something to behold.

I look at this picture - from 1987 I would suggest - and I cannot believe this warrior is no longer with us. He was a classic battering ram but had some incredible skills too. Some of his goals had you shaking your head in disbelief. He'd lost some pace when he came to us due to several injuries but yet he still racked up the goals. His goals at Ashton Gate on the day of the Hillsborough Tragedy started a run that kept us up in the 1988-89 season. Without him, the following season, we were relegated with a whimper.

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Can't believe that was 35 years ago!
 
Wizaard said:
Nice view of Central Station, the largest station shut by Dr Beeching, with Bloomfield Rd in the background. Probably early 60s, as the roof is on the Kop and the station closed in 64.

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Great picture and what a station that must have been. I'm sure Ive read somewhere that Central station wasn't recommended to be shut down in Beechings plans. I think it was North Station to be axed. No doubt it was our councillors that decided to shut the iconic station.
 
I think the land was more valuable there than around North Station. It all belonged to British Rail, nothing to do with the council, but don't let that get in the way of an agenda.
 
onlyonepool said:
Great picture and what a station that must have been. I'm sure Ive read somewhere that Central station wasn't recommended to be shut down in Beechings plans. I think it was North Station to be axed. No doubt it was our councillors that decided to shut the iconic station.
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Exactly that. The recommendation was to keep Central open including the direct line to Kirkham now the M55.
 
Meliora said:
I think the land was more valuable there than around North Station. It all belonged to British Rail, nothing to do with the council, but don't let that get in the way of an agenda.
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The council were given the option as to which route was closed: Central Station plus Fleetwood or North Station.
 
Meliora said:
Marvellous photos. I was never sure why there was that diagonal walkway behind the Kop, it was a bugger when you were trying to walk straight down and all these people were coming from your left.
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Accessibility? Also safety, so that people wouldn't be walking up a steep flight of steps with a danger of falling onto others.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
Accessibility? Also safety, so that people wouldn't be walking up a steep flight of steps with a danger of falling onto others.
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Interesting answer, but I don't think accessibility and the elf of safety were design considerations when that marvellous edifice was constructed. But I don't know so you may of course be right.
 
Meliora said:
Interesting answer, but I don't think accessibility and the elf of safety were design considerations when that marvellous edifice was constructed. But I don't know so you may of course be right.
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No, I don't believe it was either but the safety aspect might have been part of it.
 
Meliora said:
Marvellous photos. I was never sure why there was that diagonal walkway behind the Kop, it was a bugger when you were trying to walk straight down and all these people were coming from your left.
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I've sometimes thought about this too. I wonder if perhaps it was because at the time there was no access to the West of the ground as the railway was there. If the majority of people were coming from the East they would likely just use the first turnstiles they came across which would have been in the North East corner and the walkway could have been there to filter fans to all sides of the Kop. Of course it also could just have been built like that without any real thought or planning - the Kop went up pretty quickly after we got promotion in 1930 and originally consisted of what appears to be railway sleepers and wooden fencing, it wasn't until 1951 that it was properly concerted and expanded.

Incidentally, I believe that the reason for the closure of the home half of the Kop was because the access steps at the back were deemed to be too steep and therefore dangerous. The visitors half had that entrance at the side and so could stay open with a reduced capacity. Other clubs faced with the similar problems (such as Sheff U, the Kippax at City etc) built more modern access gangways to allow the stand to stay open (Sheff U's is still in situ). I suppose at the time the club was in a fairly parlous state, and my guess is that they simply couldn't justify the cost when the capacity in the rest of the ground was not really ever likely to be filled, and the home half just fell very swiftly into disrepair. It's a shame because home fans were then denied the best view for standing spectators.
 
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