Amex Community Stadium to be completed this season... earlier than expected

[Weststander]

My first ever game!

I went to that. First ever evening game.

33,000 plus Bamber's undeclared several extra 1,000.

Bad losers threw a couple of smoke bombs on the pitch. I used to have an Argus photo of that, & Peter Taylor, their rated winger with a little ski jump nose, got abuse from the chicken run. Whatever happened to him?

 

[Rugrat]

Blackpool were definitely not "already relegated." In fact, they were in lower-mid table after the game, but in those days the league was not so rigorous about making sure all clubs played their final games simultaneously, and allowed postponed games to be played after the "end" of the season. By the time all these games had been played, Blackpool were overtaken and went down.

You just destroyed by lifetime memory ... how dare you!!

Are you really really sure ... surely (rep) this was the last day of the season even back in those days?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

With "Phase 3" being brought forward all the work will be done within the same tax year. Also means that some of the top European clubs could be enticed to playing pre-season friendlies at The Amex.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

You just destroyed by lifetime memory ... how dare you!!

Are you really really sure ... surely (rep) this was the last day of the season even back in those days?

From Blackpool's official website:

What followed in the closing few weeks of the 1978/79 [actually 1977-8] season could not have been predicted by the most enlightened forecaster. It had been a hard winter with many postponements but Blackpool had, as usual, escaped the worst of the elements and had completed their fixtures before most other clubs. Towards the end of April there remained a dozen or so matches to be played in Division Two, each one involving clubs in the relegation zone. Each one had to result in a certain way for 'Pool to be relegated, and despite the astronomical odds against such an occurrence, each result went the wrong way. The team and officials were on an end-of -season tour in the United States when the final result of the infamous match at Ninian Park came through. The visitors, Orient, had to beat Cardiff City to avoid the third relegation spot and did so by the only goal of the match thus ensuring Blackpool's relegation to Division three for the first time in its history.

 

[Rugrat]

From Blackpool's official website:

What followed in the closing few weeks of the 1978/79 [actually 1977-8] season could not have been predicted by the most enlightened forecaster. It had been a hard winter with many postponements but Blackpool had, as usual, escaped the worst of the elements and had completed their fixtures before most other clubs. Towards the end of April there remained a dozen or so matches to be played in Division Two, each one involving clubs in the relegation zone. Each one had to result in a certain way for 'Pool to be relegated, and despite the astronomical odds against such an occurrence, each result went the wrong way. The team and officials were on an end-of -season tour in the United States when the final result of the infamous match at Ninian Park came through. The visitors, Orient, had to beat Cardiff City to avoid the third relegation spot and did so by the only goal of the match thus ensuring Blackpool's relegation to Division three for the first time in its history.

OK just checked statto and it appears there were 4 more games and in those all of Millwall, Cardiff and Orient took points and got above Blackpool. Don't know where I got my thinking from but it's been what I thought for most of the past 30 years I guess - thanks for putting me straight!

 

[Vegas Seagull]

With "Phase 3" being brought forward all the work will be done within the same tax year. Also means that some of the top European clubs could be enticed to playing pre-season friendlies at The Amex.

The cost efficiency is not for tax but by continuation of use of workforce/equipment etc rather than all depart & all return at a later date

 

[Daffy Duck]

What I want to know is will there be a seagull in the new stand?

 

[Mo Gosfield]

This is great news - but sadly I don't think we'll ever see a 30,000 plus crowd at the Amex. The overall capacity when the stadium is completed is 30,750 - but some seats will always be taken up for segregation between home and away fans in the south and east. And there will always be a few STHs who will be absent, even for the massive games. So even if the away team sold all their tickets, I don't think we'd ever get more than 29k. Shame really, there was always something special about hitting the magic 30,000 mark at the Goldstone (only happened 21 times - nine times in the late 70s, and never in the top flight).

There must be fans out there who did all 21 games at the Goldstone, which topped 30,000. I missed the two biggest. Fulham in 58 ( the record )..too young....and Chelsea in 67 ( ? )...couldn't get a ticket. I believe I did 15 of the other nineteen but could do with seeing the full list again.
As I've said before, the noise when Wardy scored in the first 60 seconds v Derby ( 33,000 ) was mind-blowing.

 

[SeagullSongs]

What I want to know is will there be a seagull in the new stand?

Yes, I think the leftmost one on the lower tier is being moved a block to the left (that'll confuse some people!) and there'll be another one in the Upper tier.
Or so I've been told.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

There must be fans out there who did all 21 games at the Goldstone, which topped 30,000. I missed the two biggest. Fulham in 58 ( the record )..too young....and Chelsea in 67 ( ? )...couldn't get a ticket. I believe I did 15 of the other nineteen but could do with seeing the full list again.
As I've said before, the noise when Wardy scored in the first 60 seconds v Derby ( 33,000 ) was mind-blowing.

I didn't recover from that excitement for days after Wardy scored. Shame we didn't go on to win it!

 

[Daffy Duck]

Yes, I think the leftmost one on the lower tier is being moved a block to the left (that'll confuse some people!) and there'll be another one in the Upper tier.
Or so I've been told.

Brilliant. Thanks

 

[kevo]

There must be fans out there who did all 21 games at the Goldstone, which topped 30,000. I missed the two biggest. Fulham in 58 ( the record )..too young....and Chelsea in 67 ( ? )...couldn't get a ticket. I believe I did 15 of the other nineteen but could do with seeing the full list again.

Just posted about this in another thread -

Goldstone crowds over 30,000

 

[Box of Frogs]

?

What, like Swansea, Norwich, Wigan, Stoke, West Brom, Fulham & Reading?

Sustainable capacity to maintain Prem status...

In the Premier League since:
Swansea - 2011/12
Norwich - 2011/12
Wigan - 2005/6
Stoke - 2008/9
West Brom - 2010/11
Fulham - 2001/2
Reading - 2012/13

Total number of seasons in Premier League (out of 21):
Swansea - 2
Norwich - 6
Wigan - 8
Stoke - 5
West Brom - 7
Fulham - 12
Reading - 3

 

[Brok]

Well I'll be rogered, if my eyes don't deceive me then I would swear that the latest club pic is of the 'wrap round' bit of the SW corner of the West being started. Oh, happy days!