Thank you! Definitely not that one though as neither of us would've been born!
I was at the U/21 England v Norway game, standing on the West stand terrace. From what I remember, the attendance was 18,000+, we had just installed new floodlights, and there was a bloke next to me complaining that the crowd was too noisy!
Yes I went to the game
I wonder if our groundsman, Frankie Howard, scattered green coloured sawdust on the pitch to make it look lush and well cared for. When he found out that Match of the Day were covering our Div.3 fixture against Aston Villa in 1972 he practiced this art to perfection. All, but those on the pitch, were full of admiration. Hats off to Frankie!
I was at this game
Yes no doubt he did bless. Something that was practised at Lords on the wicket ends as well. Back then you never witnessed a worn pitch at the home of cricket.I wonder if our groundsman, Frankie Howard, scattered green coloured sawdust on the pitch to make it look lush and well cared for. When he found out that Match of the Day were covering our Div.3 fixture against Aston Villa in 1972 he practiced this art to perfection. All, but those on the pitch, were full of admiration. Hats off to Frankie!
He’d just signed for palace
I was there in 77, big crowd to see Wardy and John Deehan scored the other 4 in a 7-0 win if I recall correctly.
It was POTG. I came down but was shut out as the Goldstone had reached capacity, lots of people wanting to see Gazza. I remember a mate told me that during the game, the ref blew up for something, Gazza picked the ball up and threw the ball hard down, but killed it dead by catching with his slightly raised foot, causing the ref to go and pick the ball up and give it a squeeze to make sure it was not deflating.
Not quite, we actually lost 0-2 to New Zealand.
