braymarina
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I love this thread!
Played against him in a cup final at Highbury Rd.Yep, played in the same team as him too. He was just starting out in mens football, I was coming to the end of it.
Nice one, hard to believe it was 50 years ago this weekend.I was one of the kids sitting around the perimeter track.
I was with my Dad in the South Stand, it looked pretty packed on the Kop.I was on the old Kop that day, aged 11. Nearly got crushed as it was packed
We’ve featured some great photos in Issues 1-5 of the fanzine. Here’s just a couple of them (with thanks to Peter Duerden & Gary Fowler).
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Interesting seeing the racism sign.We’ve featured some great photos in Issues 1-5 of the fanzine. Here’s just a couple of them (with thanks to Peter Duerden & Gary Fowler).
If you have any you‘d like to be included in future issues please email them to me at jane@janestuart.co.uk.
You can view the fanzines online at www.issuu.com/blackpooljane
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I was there that day. Crowd was about 3,000 and we had half of that. Gates opened early and a few Pool ventured into the paddock you can see in the distance!! Played them again a few weeks later in the Milk Cup. Took loads that night as well.Eamonn O'Keefe and Paul Stewart at DeepdaleView attachment 2868
Me too full of Evertonians, did that woman from Everton go round chucking toffees in the crowd.I was on the old Kop that day, aged 11. Nearly got crushed as it was packed
I was as well. He had a ST & used to sneak me in.I was with my Dad in the South Stand, it looked pretty packed on the Kop.
It was definitely there in 1975 because my mum ran it & was in there, bending down, when Mickey Walsh scored the goal of the season vs SunderlandAnyone notice the Snack Bar the back of the Scratching Shed, halfway along, its clearly not the one in the corner near the South . That definitely wasn't there in the mid 70s when I started going .
Adam Blacklaw is trying to hold his stomach in and failing miserably.
Love how the coaches aren't given first name recognition. Like being at school
Another Old Kop one
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Yes I believe that was Banksy’s first ever work.
That was my first Pool game ever! I was 7 years old and my Dad took me because Everton were his team (he was Liverpool born and bred and you were either blue or red). Can't remember the score though...Blackpool V Everton Sept 19th 1970 at Bloomfield Att. 30,705
Those kits were brilliant, so vivid.
I always remember (Div 1 season in 69/70 or shortly after) a bloke stood watching the match regularly from the roof of the No. 1 Club.
I got most of those (inc. Les Graham), with the exception of Peter Nicholson, John Murray and John Hughes. I've seen pictures of Hughes and Murray before but Nicholson?...not a clue.
I got all the players-probably because I was a saddo who didn't have a girlfriend and went to reserve games.I got most of those (inc. Les Graham), with the exception of Peter Nicholson, John Murray and John Hughes. I've seen pictures of Hughes and Murray before but Nicholson?...not a clue.
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Are you that bloke in the pic sat on his own by the speaker?I got all the players-probably because I was a saddo who didn't have a girlfriend and went to reserve games.
Everton goalscorers were John Morrisey and Jimmy Husband. Ground was so packed people were sitting on the touchlines. Massive cheer from Pool fans when Tony Green came on as sub in his first lg appearance after a year out from injury.Blackpoolv Everton sept 1970 score was 2-0 to Everton ,think Alan Ball scored in that game ,for Everton obviously,sat in the south stand that day kop was all Evertonians.
I had to post this. Not football but there are two types of person: Those that remember Derby Baths and those that don't! I never got to the top board but still get angry that we demolished this beautiful building
I had to post this. Not football but there are two types of person: Those that remember Derby Baths and those that don't! I never got to the top board but still get angry that we demolished this beautiful buildingspent half my childhood in here, wire baskets for your clothes, top board gloty
spent half my childhood in there, can still smell it, and wire baskets for your clothes taken by attendants (that would be a novelty now), top board glory as they blew the whistle to clear the diving area guaranteeing the full attention of pool and poolside, bought my first pack of cigs out of the machine in cafe . Season ticket every birthday, clearly parent/s glad to get rid of us. Every pool since has been an anti-climax. It was a crime to demolish an art deco building like that , to build a bland featureless and soulless'hotel'.I had to post this. Not football but there are two types of person: Those that remember Derby Baths and those that don't! I never got to the top board but still get angry that we demolished this beautiful building.View attachment 438
my grandad might have been playing in that game (for Preston )Super photo. When I was a kid I got talking to an old guy at a match and I asked him how long he'd supported Blackpool he replied that he'd been coming long enough to remember when the ground was painted in blue and white. Great to see a pic of us playing at home in this kit.
My wife's Mum died a few years ago aged 98. When she found out I was Blackpool fan, she told me they used to play in black and white stripes! She'd seen photographs like this in the Gazette, but had never seen them live.Here's one from 1933 at home to Preston, we're in the striped shirts and white shorts, there were 28,771 there that day and Jimmy Hampson scored our goal (was this picture his goal?).
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Brings back a load of memories.Will a video count.