8 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Don't know if they are a club team. A lot of friendlies played in the middle of the season back in the day no idea why.

Just checke diy out, We won 1-0 with Jimmy Greaves scoring, in front of 8,000 spectators.

Perhaps we played so many mid week friendlies back then was simply as a way of generating cash for the club ?

Captions states were are  playing Man Utd at The Bridgein the 1950s.

9th Jan 1971,  v Man Utd .  'The Cat' in action.

Blackpool at The Bridge in 1958.

A crowd scene at Stamford Bridge 1950s.     That's what the caption states.

Ah, the electric fence. A while back I was speaking to a guy in my local pub about the fence and he told me that his father owned the company which installed the electric fence. The owner asked Ken if electrifying the fence was legal and was told to go ahead with the work. We all know what happened in the end when the council pulled the plug.

I'm sure that this picture has been posted before but worth repeating. Good old Speedie!

53 minutes ago, Boyne said:

I'm sure that this picture has been posted before but worth repeating. Good old Speedie!

Didn't they become team mates at Liverpool after Speedie moved to them ?

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

Didn't they become team mates at Liverpool after Speedie moved to them ?

I wouldn't have thought they were close.

3 minutes ago, Andy North said:

I wouldn't have thought they were close.

Nah, I can't imagine that either,

v West Brom at The Bridge in the mid 1970s.

Ian Hutchinson scores v Hull City.

Edited November 7, 20196 yr by erskblue

Edited November 7, 20196 yr by erskblue

 Great away top.

Now that they sell it as a retro top,

There's an idea for a Christmas present !

The FA Cup 6th Round match at The Bridge  v Portsmouth  on 6th March 1965. 

We won 5-1  in front of 63,635 spectators that day !

 Think its a match report v Bristol Rovers from 29th Nov 1975.

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

Is that Upton Park. Thought it might be where the Chicken Run joined the South Bank but doesn’t look quite right?

3 hours ago, Ewell CFC said:

Is that Upton Park. Thought it might be where the Chicken Run joined the South Bank but doesn’t look quite right?

Your right 1975.

3 hours ago, Ewell CFC said:

Is that Upton Park. Thought it might be where the Chicken Run joined the South Bank but doesn’t look quite right?

Bad memory time, it's where I stood to watch us lose 4-0 there in 81,  it's the corner of the North Bank. First time I'd been there and seen a good turnout from ours after a few scary days out in East London in the previous seasons. I'm pretty sure that the equivalent corner of the South Bank had a flat roofed building between it and the side enclosure.

Edited November 7, 20196 yr by MKBlue

10 hours ago, erskblue said:

v West Brom at The Bridge in the mid 1970s.

First game that I can remember a segregation gap at the Bridge.