The Goldstone goal posts

[8ace]

I have part of the net of one of the goals. A lady was cutting bits off with a pair of scissors in Old Shoreham Road. My bit of net doesn't have any blue on just the white part. Will I need to return this when Falmer opens?

 

[8ace]

really? when I saw them close up I remember them being shaped liked a squashed circle (if cut in half) meaning the ball had more deflection into the goal or something, also a tinny sound when I tapped on them.....thats not wood!

Elliptical is the word you are looking for and yes they were.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Elliptical is the word you are looking for and yes they were.

They also had a spare crossbar located next to the disabled area in the south west corner. The ends had sand bags on them to keep it straight. They goals were certainly not wood but aluminium coated in plastic.

Wooden goals ceased to be when they changed to round from square. Round crossbars made of wood do not retain any strength over 24 feet and sag. The only square wooden posts that remained in a major ground until recently were at Hampden Park Scotland.

 

[LABHA]

Oh dear, let's not start this again. The Goldstone goalposts were most definitely wooden. They probably aren't these days though.

Nope,they were metal,well the ones i was swinging off,and got convicted for at the york game was anyway.

 

[trueblue]

Definitely metal. Of course, they'd have been wooden at the Goldstone in the past, but certainly not in the final seasons.

 

[Billy the Fish]

The goalposts in Dick Knights garage were definitely metal

 

[The Orange Seagull]

I have part of the net of one of the goals. A lady was cutting bits off with a pair of scissors in Old Shoreham Road. My bit of net doesn't have any blue on just the white part. Will I need to return this when Falmer opens?

I too have a piece of net but mainly blue with a little bit of white

 

[Jordy]

Do you remember West Ham and QPR?.They were really shallow and the ball used to hit the net and bounce out again!

Yeah, and Ipswich had a blue stick at the back for no apparent reason

 

[Cromwell Road Gull]

The goalposts in Dick Knights garage were definitely metal

I heard that they are hollow and stuffed with the mising Zamora transfer money

 

[Marc]

anyone got a better picture than this? as I've seen one from the North Stand and it will prove they were metal in the closing days of the Goldstone as wood does'nt bend it SNAPS!

 

[Notters]

anyone got a better picture than this? as I've seen one from the North Stand and it will prove they were metal in the closing days of the Goldstone as wood does'nt bend it SNAPS!

but it did snap and there were great splinters coming out of the ends! It may be that the uprights were metal, but the cross bar was wooden. The reason I'm so sure is I remember discussing it with my Dad at the time, being surprised that it was wooden.

Think I will have to wear that at the first game at the Amex BTW.

 

[Marc]

metal posts with wooden bar sounds odd! suppose it could've been though if they predicted the pitch invasion, thanks.

 

[Norman Potting]

this is the goldstone my fatballboy

Those are two very poignant/sad pictures, the little lad in the one taken by the old shop fascia looks as though he is crying (aaaah). Which one are you dad, lad or photographer??

 

[pintsawhiskey]

Do you remember West Ham and QPR?.They were really shallow and the ball used to hit the net and bounce out again!

and South coast team at the dell!!

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

and South coast team at the dell!!

They sure did.