Late 70s,

[The Keeper]

The south stand at the Goldstone Ground use to have standing below and seats above, burnt down if i remember rightly?? bet you young ones dont remember that, down in the good old days.............

 

[Woodchip]

And I thought I posted some shit at times!

 

[Dave the OAP]

I remember that...

There used to be a little "firm" who stood behind the South Goal.

 

[The Keeper]

That firm was called the south stand suicide squad,

 

[BigGully]

Yep the seats were wooden........just like a long plank with small wooden dividers...........

 

[The Keeper]

come on woodchip join in, u know u want to
wasnt there a smoke bomb thrown on from that end in about 77/78 season, just missed teddy maybank?

 

[The Auditor]

and my Blackburn supporting mate always goes on about a 1970s game against them where Peter Ward dribbled around the camera man before centering for someone to score...slightly overstated but the ball was well out of play

 

[sully]

I remember that...

There used to be a little "firm" who stood behind the South Goal.

I was a South Stander when you could stand there.

I remember wishing the big boys would shut up when the Millwall surgical mask mob were in the South West corner and they started singing "North Stand sing, South Stand fight, alelujah!"

Happy days, generally - apart from being rumbled by West Ham!

 

[East Staffs Gull]

come on woodchip join in, u know u want to
wasnt there a smoke bomb thrown on from that end in about 77/78 season, just missed teddy maybank?

Not the first person to use Teddy Maybank and missed in the same sentence.

 

[Peter Grummit]

My first season ticket was with my Dad in the front row of the south stand seats 1973? It was our (only) year in the old Div 2 (championship) and my abiding memory is playing Chelsea in the Cup and my Mum (all 5'2" of her). Whacking standing Chelsea fans on the head with my big wooden rattle because they wouldn't stop swearing. Happy days. I was 36. No, 10 really.
PG

 

[Jesus Gul]

I was a South Stander when you could stand there.

I remember wishing the big boys would shut up when the Millwall surgical mask mob were in the South West corner and they started singing "North Stand sing, South Stand fight, alelujah!"

Happy days, generally - apart from being rumbled by West Ham!

By day Mr Sullivan lives a mild mannered Zafira driving Quantity Surveying existense...

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

From the thread title I thought it was going to be another racism thread.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

The south stand at the Goldstone Ground use to have standing below and seats above, burnt down if i remember rightly?? bet you young ones dont remember that, down in the good old days.............

My one and only visit to the south stand was for my very first match at the Goldstone and sat in those seats. It was a friendly game against Chelsea which we lost 2-0.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

I used to stand in the South stand. Level with the edge of the goal area on the west side of the goal and at about the same height as the crossbar.

Much better than with all those rough boys in the North stand!

 

[Croydonbloke]

I remember that...

There used to be a little "firm" who stood behind the South Goal.

Was this some corporate day out?

 

[Croydonbloke]

Yep the seats were wooden........just like a long plank with small wooden dividers...........

No, he sat in the dug, Mullery I think you`ll find.

 

[Storer68]

rumour was that the club instigated the fire that burnt the stand down so they could claim on the insurance and use that to pay for the needed increase in seats that were required by FIRST DIVISION CLUBS, as we were then,

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I thought it burnt down and then the roof caught fire again some time later and wasn't replaced for some years after (or was that all the same fire?)

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

rumour was that the club instigated the fire that burnt the stand down so they could claim on the insurance and use that to pay for the needed increase in seats that were required by FIRST DIVISION CLUBS, as we were then,

Maybe it was the same person who set fire to the Bedford hotel? And maybe even the West Pier? Is there a pyromaniac at the club? I once saw Ferret with a box of matches

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Much better than with all those rough boys in the North stand!

:safeway2: