Photos of the Goldstone

[John Byrnes Mullet]

Thanks for all the replies, do you think it would be an idea to do a post on a Goldstone Ground Ground website as suggested above. Let me know.
I would love to see it. I will never forget.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

When I was doing my GCSE's we had to an oral part to it where we had to interview someone on tape. I decided to write to Barry Lloyd who was the manager at the time to see if he would allow me to interview him. I didn't expect to hear anything back but got a phone call saying that he didn't normally do this sort of thing but he would be happy this time for me to interview him!

I was rather petrified in the build up to it and turned up at the Goldstone and was taken in the players entrance. Whilst waiting for Barry I was taken into what I presume was the players changing room which wasn't very big and after a few minutes Martin Hinshelwood (I think he was coach then) turned up along with what I presume where a lot of youth players as I don't think I recognised any of them.

I then got taken into the managers office which again wasn't very big with decor which sounds very similar to the above descriptions and I think I remember it to be quite dingy and smoky. Anyway, I carried out my interview on an old tape recorder which kept clicking all the way through as it was on it's old legs and went through my whole list of crap questions which I can't really remember now. I still have the tape but haven't dared to listen to it again since I did the interview as I thought it was so bad. To make matters worse, the top sports guy from the Argus at the time also sat it which hardly helped settle my nerves. I've forgotten his name now but I think he was an oldish guy with white hair and he was very well known at the time from his Argus work.

Anyway, afterwards I wished I'd taken more in but I think I was too nervous to have a good look around. I just remember thinking, this isn't all as grand as I expected before I went in.

Oh and to make my day, I passed Dean Wilkins on my way out and I thought that was amazing to brush shoulders with him! I seem to remember my mum thinking he had nice legs or something!

That would have been John Vinicombe or Mr Albion as he called himself.

 

[Northstander]

So in summary, Goldstone was a cheaply built and tacky place that smelled on wee in the kazi, but it was home!