Nostalgic memories of floodlights

[Curious Orange]

Not even that common in Scotland any more, of the Scottish Premier grounds only Tannadice has pylons like we had at the Goldstone, though several other grounds do still have angled heads.

 

[Curious Orange]

I've found another English ground that had drenchlights!

Sealand Road, Chester

 

[Storer 68]

Hove station in 1962 - dead steam locomotives in the foreground

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

The lighting at the Amex has a high nostalgia factor. Like the Goldstone's, the lights don't quite cut it. The far side of the pitch is dimly lit from the WSU, so I don't know how bad one end must be from the other ...

 

[kevtherev]

It's probably a load of bullshit, but I was once told the floodlights at the Goldstone were if not the tallest, then the second tallest in the country...When I was a nipper I always remember approaching the ground along the Old Shoreham Road, from Brighton end and the excitement of approaching the traffic lights and not being able to see a thing. Then suddenly there it was, what an amazing feeling. Also the programme seller standing on the corner. And that smell in the air, the smell that you could only ever get at football....Seeing the old tv tower on the chicken run, when the Big Match/Match of the Day cameras were there......never forget.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

The players always appeared to move faster un der lights and cast shadows as well.
I always liked night games at the Golstone. The atmosphere sizzled and crackled when there was a big crowd in.