2 hours ago, bluehaze said:

I agree  with you Richard it looks like a Palace promotion party or something. There's far too many scarfs no one wore them in 84 and it was absolutely sweltering my mate had to sit down on the terraces at half time and we spent most of the second half propping him up. Also after 36 years I'm sure that photo would have come to light before we've all seen the Pat Nevin one before but never any others.

Fair shout. I agree. It didn’t look like our support and I didn’t think it was

Just thought it would give a good indication of how packed in our support would be that day.

Have looked and can’t find any more pics of that Palace game,

Britain's first ever floodlit cricket match West Indies vs Essex 1980

 

Carlisle Utd at home in Aug 1975. We've just scored through Teddy Maybank  and we won 3-1.

The Utd away strip of yellow tops, white shorts and red socks. in that picture. 

That away strip looks like the Scotland goalkeeper strip of that era !

 

Posted before and yes we have all seen it. This I fully accept.

However. I simply like this picture.

Hope nobody minds.

Edited July 10, 20206 yr by erskblue

Again probably posted before, apologies if so.

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

Carlisle Utd at home in Aug 1975. We've just scored through Teddy Maybank  and we won 3-1.

The Utd away strip of yellow tops, white shorts and red socks. in that picture. 

That away strip looks like the Scotland goalkeeper strip of that era !

 

Your right, looks just like the Scotland keeper strip, only real difference is no one's bending down picking it out net, Alan Rough style!!

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

Posted before and yes we have all seen it. This I fully accept.

However. I simply like this picture.

Hope nobody minds.

Even now 30 odd years on, if someone mentions the bridge to me, that's the Image I think of, even a match day now when I'm on way to a game, I still think I'm going to that bridge, and truth be told sometimes I think I'm going to watch THAT team

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

Again probably posted before, apologies if so.

Hi mate , I don't think anyone minds if pics have been posted before , far as I'm concerned they are all pictures that are worth seeing more than once !

 

Ref '' Who said I look like Max Wall ? I'll book you for that ''

 

Edited July 10, 20206 yr by bluehaze

5 hours ago, erskblue said:

I think that’s Alfie Conn next to Cooke

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Hi mate , I don't think anyone minds if pics have been posted before , far as I'm concerned they are all pictures that are worth seeing more than once !

 

It didn’t cover much of the terrace the Shed roof, but better I suppose than the Holmesdale, the Hillsborough Kop, the Gallogate and others which offered no protection from the elements to home fans.

It must have been a bit of a slap in the face to supporters of these teams- the clubs thought that much of them that it was OK for them to get pissy wet.

It couldn’t have cost that much to put on rudimentary roofs?

Been mentioned before, but I think the wettest I’ve been at foootball was in the Holmesdsle for the league cup game early/ mid 90s.

Absolute farce of a game

47 minutes ago, Ewell CFC said:

I think that’s Alfie Conn next to Cooke

It is. Spuds signed him from Rangers. Didn't stay at Spuds long before going back north and signed for Celtic. Caused a bit of anger amongst Rangers fans at the time. Not many have played for both clubs. Mo Johnston was probably the most controversial. He had played at Celtic, moved away and was due to return to Parkhead and Souness stepped in andsigned him for Rangers.

13 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Britain's first ever floodlit cricket match West Indies vs Essex 1980

 

A bit off subject but had the privilege of seeing Viv Richards play his last first class game. It was when Kent played Glamorgan in Canterbury. It was a Sunday league game and whoever won the match won the title. It was a full house in the ground and when the great man walked out to the crease he got a standing ovation. A brilliant cricketer. 

15 minutes ago, Boyne said:

A bit off subject but had the privilege of seeing Viv Richards play his last first class game. It was when Kent played Glamorgan in Canterbury. It was a Sunday league game and whoever won the match won the title. It was a full house in the ground and when the great man walked out to the crease he got a standing ovation. A brilliant cricketer. 

As a Glamorgan fan since the late 60s, can I say how jealous I am? That was one of the great days in Glamorgan history as they won the Sunday league that day, the first thing they'd won in a quarter of a century. Viv was credited with starting a golden period for the county, as they won the county championship three years later. A true legend.

Absolutely love the guy. Without question my all time sporting hero. First thing I’d did when I came home from school was stick on ceefax to see how he’d done.

Was lucky enough to not be working the day of his ODI 189 not out at Old Trafford in 84. The best innings I’ve ever seen ( on telly)

Used to love the way he would effortlessly launch good length and wicket line balls over long leg- playing across the line. Completely unique.

On a sour note he cost me my first brush with the law. I got stopped on me fizzy going down a one way street by OB. Had on me a copy of his first biography written with Paul Foot I’d just chored from Sutton Library. They realised it hadn’t been checked out so received a £20 fine for theft of a library book. It was a paper back and only cost about £2.50 new. Made the local paper; also in the paper that week was an old school mate who only got a £25.00 fine for smashing up a police car.

I saw him doing a questions and answers session at Fairfield Halls about 15 years back. Went with a Glamorgan old Welsh work mate and his old man; their surname was also Richards.

Viv signed their book at the end, and realised they had the same name.

Viv to grisselled ex Welsh MIner “ I might be your son”

Welsh ex Miner “ I doubt that very much””

Edited July 10, 20206 yr by Ewell CFC

2 hours ago, Backbiter said:

As a Glamorgan fan since the late 60s, can I say how jealous I am? That was one of the great days in Glamorgan history as they won the Sunday league that day, the first thing they'd won in a quarter of a century. Viv was credited with starting a golden period for the county, as they won the county championship three years later. A true legend.

Viv batted at five in the game. When he came out to bat he strolled to the crease to enjoy the applause. The rules state that a batsman can time-out but it would have taken a brave umpire to give him out in that way!

Bloody hell, the game was played in 1993. Where have the years gone. Here's the scorecard from the game. Carl Hooper played for Kent. I wonder if he and Viv had a few beers after the match.

http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1993/ENG_LOCAL/SUNLG/R20/KENT_GLAM_SUNLG_19SEP1993.html

13 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Viv batted at five in the game. When he came out to bat he strolled to the crease to enjoy the applause. The rules state that a batsman can time-out but it would have taken a brave umpire to give him out in that way!

Bloody hell, the game was played in 1993. Where have the years gone. Here's the scorecard from the game. Carl Hooper played for Kent. I wonder if he and Viv had a few beers after the match.

http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1993/ENG_LOCAL/SUNLG/R20/KENT_GLAM_SUNLG_19SEP1993.html

I remember Viv being in tears when the winning runs were hit. I assumed he was just thrilled at the success of the team, but maybe he knew it was to be his final game. I never realised it was.

Needless to say he is revered at Glamorgan, but no more so than the majority of the team that day, who were the backbone of the championship-winning side in '97.

Happy memories - Glam have been pretty sh*t since those days.

1 hour ago, Ewell CFC said:

On a sour note he cost me my first brush with the law. I got stopped on me fizzy going down a one way street by OB. Had on me a copy of his first biography written with Paul Foot I’d just chored from Sutton Library. They realised it hadn’t been checked out so received a £20 fine for theft of a library book. It was a paper back and only cost about £2.50 new

So the old bill booked you sorry couldn't resist. That West Indian team I can't remember the exact year lost to Ireland because they all had hangovers after going on the piss with the locals. Most natural batsman I've ever seen Viv Richards I suppose only Gower comes close to making batting effortless. You can only imagine how a middle aged used to medium pace Brian Close felt with this steaming towards you.

 

4 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

So the old bill booked you sorry couldn't resist. That West Indian team I can't remember the exact year lost to Ireland because they all had hangovers after going on the piss with the locals. Most natural batsman I've ever seen Viv Richards I suppose only Gower comes close to making batting effortless. You can only imagine how a middle aged used to medium pace Brian Close felt with this steaming towards you.

 

That was unreal. Close was a hard gutsy bastard.

Fire in Babylon is a cracking documentary

47 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

I remember Viv being in tears when the winning runs were hit. I assumed he was just thrilled at the success of the team, but maybe he knew it was to be his final game. I never realised it was.

Needless to say he is revered at Glamorgan, but no more so than the majority of the team that day, who were the backbone of the championship-winning side in '97.

Happy memories - Glam have been pretty sh*t since those days.

Forgot to add, in a recent poll of the greatest overseas player to play for Glamorgan, Viv did not come out on top, as he was only there at the end of his career. The winner was Majid Khan, who played when Glam won the championship in '69. Waqar Younis, Jacques Kallis and Javed Miandad were also in the mix! We've had some true superstars over the years!

2 hours ago, Backbiter said:

That was unreal. Close was a hard gutsy bastard.

Fire in Babylon is a cracking documentary

Totally agree with both Brian Close and Fire in Babylon.

Jeff Thomson was generally rated as quicker, yet according to Boycott, Holding at his peak was only marginally slower but able to bowl for longer spells.

Re Thomson who was another hero of mine, everyone thought the javelin bowling action would be the way forward after he arrived on the scene, but pretty much no one has replicated his action because you have to be a physical freak to bend your back and get your left foot so high the way he was able to.

This is making me feel very nostalgic. Summer holidays playing cricket with schoolmates in someone’s back garden. Happy Days

 

Edited July 10, 20206 yr by Ewell CFC

7 hours ago, Ewell CFC said:

It didn’t cover much of the terrace the Shed roof, but better I suppose than the Holmesdale, the Hillsborough Kop, the Gallogate and others which offered no protection from the elements to home fans.

It must have been a bit of a slap in the face to supporters of these teams- the clubs thought that much of them that it was OK for them to get pissy wet.

It couldn’t have cost that much to put on rudimentary roofs?

Been mentioned before, but I think the wettest I’ve been at foootball was in the Holmesdsle for the league cup game early/ mid 90s.

Absolute farce of a game

Speaking about getting soaked at a game, the wettest I ever got was 1984 and school mate asked if I wanted to go to Pompey v Brighton, he was a Brighton fan and as most of my school mates were, I hated Brighton at the time, but Chelsea were away, so I went for a day out, standing in the open away end at Fratton park getting soaked I had a wry smile as Mark Hatley scored a hatrick and Pompey won 5-1, as I left ground I heard we had drawn 3-3 at Cardiff, little did I know until I got home about the mad final 6 minutes at Ninian Park. There I go again can't help it, always end up speaking about THAT team!!

A few years back i went to sri lanka with the barmy army ,unlike Australia and the west indies not a lot travelled ,great place,it was before the tsunami. Match day was walk to the ground from the hotel,and every day we saw Michael Holding and every day it was “good morning Mikey “ and every day is “good morning boys “ ..always chilled ,always polite ,always a gentleman..top man

14 hours ago, chi blue said:

Your right, looks just like the Scotland keeper strip, only real difference is no one's bending down picking it out net, Alan Rough style!!

As it was in 1975 it was Stewart Kennedy picking the ball out of the net five times at Wembley.