19 hours ago, Boyne said:

Is the sign a request to the fans?

Many years back I watched Sutton Utd play at Gander Green Lane. They had a pitch side advertising hoarding which read TODAYS MATCH IS SPONSORED BY SPAGHETTI HOUSE RESTAURANTS. 

The sign must have been sh*ttily made in two pieces; a player collided with it and it split in half, leaving TODAYS MATCH IS SPONSORED BY SPAGHETTI for most of the game  

 

 

Edited July 1, 20206 yr by bluehaze

I think that this has been posted before but no harm in posting this again. Great walking up those steps.

If  someone has posted this pic before then my apologies. Can't remember.

The same with this one

It's dated Jas une 1982.

.Hugh Hastings picture originally.

Edited July 2, 20206 yr by erskblue

From Twitter

Celebrations after beating Liverpool back in Feb 1982.

Caption said 1939 !...Lot later, obviously

The old train station near the stadium .

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

The old train station near the stadium .

Suffered bomb damage during the war and never reopened.

 I remember in the 70s and 80s before passenger trains were put back on the line, you'd see a rattler going past the back of the East Stand hauling carriage after carriage of aggregate; massive long thing that would take ages to go past.

It was more interesting to watch than some of the dross football being served up. 

Bit of a curio this we didn't play Millwall while CW played for us and I can't believe anyone in their right mind would have arranged a pre season friendly against them or a testimonial or maybe they did ?. An overseas pre season comp maybe ?. Edit is it Millwall ? actually after looking again I don't think it is 😁

 

Edited July 2, 20206 yr by bluehaze

Grimsby, 1984. 

 

Edited July 2, 20206 yr by erskblue

2 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Bit of a curio this we didn't play Millwall while CW played for us and I can't believe anyone in their right mind would have arranged a pre season friendly against them or a testimonial or maybe they did ?. An overseas pre season comp maybe ?. Edit is it Millwall ? actually after looking again I don't think it is 😁

 

Right doing my Statto

On 2nd Aug 1980. We played Millwall in a Pre Season Match, well you could hardly call it a friendly

A 1-1 draw,

http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Summaries/1980.htm

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

Grimsby, 1984. 

 

That Chelsea bench !

12 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Right doing my Statto

On 2nd Aug 1980. We played Millwall in a Pre Season Match, well you could hardly call it a friendly

A 1-1 draw,

http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Summaries/1980.htm

Got to say I'm surprised by that I've been to a few pre season games in the past and they were just piss ups a good day out especially if it was somewhere you hadn't been before. A good day out at Millwall is not possible under any circumstances!. I thought it was Millwall but got to the stage where I was thinking it was someone else.

Millwall did an open day at my local park about 1980 my mate who's a massive Chelsea fan got a top from them he wore it to football training for the next couple of years and I'm pretty sure it's the top in the picture.

6 hours ago, Ewell CFC said:

Suffered bomb damage during the war and never reopened.

 I remember in the 70s and 80s before passenger trains were put back on the line, you'd see a rattler going past the back of the East Stand hauling carriage after carriage of aggregate; massive long thing that would take ages to go past.

It was more interesting to watch than some of the dross football being served up. 

I read somewhere that trains carrying nuclear waste used to travel on that line.  !. Edit, seems it's true, trains carrying nuclear waste from Germany and Switzerland travelled from wherever,  thru Brixton on to Olympia towards Sellafield

Edited July 2, 20206 yr by The Rising Sun
Explanation added

3 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Got to say I'm surprised by that I've been to a few pre season games in the past and they were just piss ups a good day out especially if it was somewhere you hadn't been before. A good day out at Millwall is not possible under any circumstances!. I thought it was Millwall but got to the stage where I was thinking it was someone else.

Millwall did an open day at my local park about 1980 my mate who's a massive Chelsea fan got a top from them he wore it to football training for the next couple of years and I'm pretty sure it's the top in the picture.

I admit I was surprised that we played them in a pre season match too.

From Twitter,

Posted before ?

Edited July 2, 20206 yr by erskblue

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  Notts County away. 29th Nov 1980

Celebrating John Bumstead's goal. (Photo by Hugh Hastings)

Petar Borota in action.