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15 hours ago, Boyne said:

Few beer bellies poking through in those days 😁

60/61 season.

Crazy game! 😀

From 1957. Players on the Embankment in London.

Pre Season training 1983 at the Aberystwyth sand dunes . The players try to recover in between training runs. (Photo by Hugh Hastings.

Above and below.Mick Droy and Pat Nevin on the sand dunes.
 

Kerry Dixon .

Edited December 10, 20241 yr by erskblue

On 05/12/2024 at 17:51, Timmy Elms said:

The Shed end roof probably protected 25% of the end from the elements. Nothing like the North Bank Highbury, or the Liverpool Kop ( the latter kept everyone dry)

Clubs didn’t invest much in facilities pretty much up to the Premiership era, however think if we’d put decent roofs on the Shed, and the North terrace, our attendances would had improved. Attracted floating fans during sh*t weather, and existing fans who didn’t fancy spending the afternoon in the pissing rain. It’s not like building a new stand- only a modest steel frame with columns and rafters above, covered in crinkly tin.

 

 

We should have been able to attract those " floating fans" you mentioned when there were torrential downpours surely?

🤣 Do you remember the game V Spurs in a monsoon, everyone squashed under the old North stand and Shed , terraces looking almost deserted, I reckoned we had about 35,000 yet amazingly it turned out to be over 60,000! Battered them but lost 2 f**king Nil !

On 10/12/2024 at 05:26, erskblue said:

 

Pre Season training 1983 at the Aberystwyth sand dunes . The players try to recover in between training runs. (Photo by Hugh Hastings.

Micky Droy 

The man himself ,Micky Droy (with beard). I never saw him play (1970-1985), but I have heard plenty about him . My kind of player, - uncompromising, loyal, and hard working. Hence my screen name

Edited December 11, 20241 yr by TheBeard

11 minutes ago, TheBeard said:

The man himself ,Micky Droy (with beard). I never saw him play (1970-1985), but I have heard plenty about him . My kind of player, - uncompromising, loyal, and hard working. Hence my screen name

Absolute stalwart during the dark days of 78-83. Played his heart out and was a great leader. IMO he got better and better as a player in those years, as he was not just hard as nails but was a canny defender too. I remember him doing a brilliant job marking Dalglish in the famous 2-0 cup victory in 1982. Pretty sure he never saw a minute's action in the great 83-84 season, so all the hard graft on the dunes came to nothing for him.

17 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Absolute stalwart during the dark days of 78-83. Played his heart out and was a great leader. IMO he got better and better as a player in those years, as he was not just hard as nails but was a canny defender too. I remember him doing a brilliant job marking Dalglish in the famous 2-0 cup victory in 1982. Pretty sure he never saw a minute's action in the great 83-84 season, so all the hard graft on the dunes came to nothing for him.

Micky Droy squares up to Joe Bugner in 1972 

20 years today.

 

On 11/12/2024 at 16:47, Backbiter said:

Absolute stalwart during the dark days of 78-83. Played his heart out and was a great leader. IMO he got better and better as a player in those years, as he was not just hard as nails but was a canny defender too. I remember him doing a brilliant job marking Dalglish in the famous 2-0 cup victory in 1982. Pretty sure he never saw a minute's action in the great 83-84 season, so all the hard graft on the dunes came to nothing for him.

From the end of 82-83 he never played until Coventry away for his last appearance 84-85 lost 1-0

 

Edited December 12, 20241 yr by erskblue

January 1985.

January 1963.