Things you don't see at BR anymore ....

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wizard_wes

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I'll kick off with balloons on the pitch - at one friggin point we seemed to have balloons on the pitch every bloody game! Good riddance to them!
 
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people posing for photos with tennis rackets.....
people caught by lip readers on tv cameras saying "shall we take a selfie" during pitch protests
pitch protests
 
Blokes* smoking pipes - call those things the Muckers set off flares? more like sparklers compared to the clouds of dense smoke belted out by an old boy puffing on some old shag or ready rubbed, was like peering through the haze on top of Snowden in low cloud cover on a foggy day - at night - as I child I was convinced I had cataracts on match days!

*or Ladies
 
In the sixties the kop goal was covered in toilet paper when our younger fans saw it as big to hurl rolls of it over the crossbar as the teams ran out,
probably cursed by the goalkeeper in that end
Our keeper of the day would have been Tony Waiters.
 
The smell of Woodbines floating across the terrace in the Scratching Shed...
Policemen coming round & kicking your shins pre-kick off if you sat with your feet over the wall. Early version of elf & safety, I guess😳
 
Pipe smoke
Big rolls thrown on the pitch
The rack at the end of the pitch where they used to hang up metal tablets with the half time scores on
Cheerleaders at half time
Brass bands at half time
Programme sellers between the front of the stand and the pitch
Supporters all holding their football scarves above their heads at the same time whilst singing along
Cash turnstiles
Crowd surges on packed standing terraces
 
Ripped up paper thrown in the air as the players come out.

Kids penalty shoot outs and cheerleaders at half time
 
South Paddock surges. Kids sitting on the wall, that was me. Supporters club. Half time scoreboard. Things beginning with O 🥂🍻
 
Used to find lots of discarded programmes in the West after games in the 60's. People don't do that now as the prog content now is better and the price has increased significantly.
 
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Blow up dolls in the away end bought off a stall somewhere on the seafront.
Always thought they were being original and the first set of away supporters ever to have them in the ground.
 
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LA1 Seasider said:
What ?!?! I thought the Pork Shop pies were the best I’ve ever had at the footie !! Much better than Holland’s or Pukka
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Some people have no taste buds they would would rather eat some mass produced shite like they sell in Pound bakery than a proper cooked pie

Bog roll being thrown onto the pitch(did see someone throw one before lockdown and hit a steward never made it to the grass). 😁
 
Bloke outside the Kop selling quarters of cough candy and home made treacle toffee from a box on the back of his moped in the late 50’s early 60’s delicious, especially on a night match.
 
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