[Football] Was your Sunday morning football ever like this?

[AmexRuislip]

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Watching this short video, reminds me of the conditions I used to play in, on a Sunday morning.
Sliding tackles were bordering on how much mud one got up your shorts.
Poignant memories, even at Gullivers and Egerton Park were a blast in Bexhill

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Reminds me of Withdean before the pitch was relayed .... the sliding tackle by Gary Hart that took half the length of the pitch to stop. Other than that, you should have tried playing on the slope at the park in Ditchling Road !!!!!!!

 

[scooter1]

Reminds me of Withdean before the pitch was relayed .... the sliding tackle by Gary Hart that took half the length of the pitch to stop. Other than that, you should have tried playing on the slope at the park in Ditching Road !!!!!!!

Ha, I played on that slope for the old blue bus company. And waterhall used to be bad(probably still is) after a few days of heavy rain

 

[Chicken Run]

I remember playing at Braybons top of Westdene where the scout hut was and it was so foggy u couldn’t see the other goal [emoji23][emoji106]

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Ha, I played on that slope for the old blue bus company. And waterhall used to be bad(probably still is) after a few days of heavy rain

It was always a lottery as to who had to fight the nettles to get the ball back !

 

[Sirnormangall]

Played on plenty of pitches like that - I loved it because it brought the skill level down to mine!

 

[portlock seagull]

Yes. Our ‘ground’ wasn’t called the cabbage patch out of irony.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I don't recall the stand.

Some of the "pitches" were mere ploughed fields. I stopped playing when I discovered other ways of spending my time than standing for 90 minutes in a puddle while it teemed with rain, hail and snow.

Also I was crap.

 

[Seasidesage]

I played at Waterhall once in a cup Qtr final. We were 1-0 up when a storm came in. The wind was so fierce that a goal kick from our lump of a keeper blew back over his own crossbar. Ref refused to take us off. Storm lasted 10 mins at the end of it we were losing 5-1

 

[scooter1]

It was always a lottery as to who had to fight the nettles to get the ball back !

Wild Park in the snow wasn’t a great deal of fun either. The changing rooms there were freezing cold in the summer..

 

[Birdie Boy]

Wild Park in the snow wasn’t a great deal of fun either. The changing rooms there were freezing cold in the summer..

I think hollingbury park changing rooms, showers were freezing, and the pitch was about the worst out there but there were a lot of close seconds!

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Anyone remember the upstairs changing "facility" in the stable-block at Stanmer House?

 

[GT49er]

In my glorious times in my school 2nd. eleven I played on a few pitches like that. At times it was very difficult to stay on my feet - and as for changing direction ..............

 

[Rowdey]

Saltdean tigers pitch was out by both angles, and a pitch just outside Eastbourne had a manhole/drain cover in it.

Bevendean Barcelona we used to get changed in cars parked up side of The Avenue.

 

[darkwolf666]

Anyone remember the upstairs changing "facility" in the stable-block at Stanmer House?

Sure do and the pitches on ridiculous sideways slopes that would have been more suitable for mountain goats!

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Also no showers and had the mud cracking on my legs as I drove home. Boots covered in liquid mud and hands so cold couldn't undo laces, real football.