5 hours ago, erskblue said:

Match Day at The Bridge. Mid -late 1980s ?

Judging by the covers it must have been near a cold spell

There are a couple of funny moments in this short clip - 8 mins.

Joe Cole on Chelsea, Eden Hazard, scoring at Liverpool, Man Utd and on Desailly and more

 

Edited January 14, 20197 yr by strider6004

This has the Man utd goal 

 

On 09/01/2019 at 14:35, Boyne said:

It is from the 5-0 game against Leeds in that season.

That was a really entertaining day.

We started in the Lord Palmerston at 11. It was jammed, all regulars. Place emptied when the Leeds coaches arrived and went to park up near the gasworks.

Left the pub around 2 and was in gate 13 for the match. Scoreboard took one hell of a beating from the Leeds fans.

Edited January 14, 20197 yr by Shug

15 minutes ago, Shug said:

That was a really entertaining day.

We started in the Lord Palmerston at 11. It was jammed, all regulars. Place emptied when the Leeds coaches arrived and went to park up near the gasworks.

Left the pub around 2 and was in gate 13 for the match. Scoreboard took one hell of a beating from the Leeds fans.

If my memory is correct, that electronic scoreboard was brand new as well.

Graham and Ray Wilkins training in their early days - note the high squad numbers.

Not sure what's going on with Graham's shorts in one the first pic!

19 hours ago, Boyne said:

1919

Packed Bridge.

I thought that picture was taken at the England v Scotland International of 1919.

However, did a quick bit of research ( in other words I googled it !) and found that the only England v Scotland game at The Bridge took place in 1913.

The 1919 game took place at Goodison Park.

Edited January 15, 20197 yr by erskblue

05-Apr-1913	Scotland	BC	1	0	HW	[1-0]
169	20-Nov-1929	Wales	BC	6	0	HW	[2-0]
184	07-Dec-1932	Austria	Fr	4	3	HW	[2-0]

Edited January 15, 20197 yr by erskblue

http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamVen/VenMatchesEngLon.html

The above information was taken from this site.

I am surprised to find England have only played 3 home matches at The Bridge. I thought it was at least a dozen.

@erskblue, thanks for the information above. Like you, I thought that England played more times at the Bridge.

Sort of vintage me and my sisters

1 hour ago, Adi Dassler said:

Sort of vintage me and my sisters

Unusual picture due to the angle of the shot, looking at your sisters' outfits, tongue in cheek was about to say, 'Beam me up Scottie,' yet your old shirt kept me earthbound!

On 14/01/2019 at 08:53, chi blue said:

Don't like Red Football kits, but when Butch is wearing it and it has our badge on the shirt it starts look cool

I like the all red away kits 

1 hour ago, Strider6003 said:

Unusual picture due to the angle of the shot, looking at your sisters' outfits, tongue in cheek was about to say, 'Beam me up Scottie,' yet your old shirt kept me earthbound!

Ha ha i see what you mean 

Pop Robson

 

 

Micky Fillery

 

22 hours ago, Boyne said:

"When pates went up to lift the members cup, we were there, we were there"

17 hours ago, Boyne said:

How times have changed re getting The Bridge pitch fit to play during the winter months.

The roof on the stand looks dangerous ! Looks like part of it is about to fall off the front !

28 minutes ago, erskblue said:

How times have changed re getting The Bridge pitch fit to play during the winter months.

The roof on the stand looks dangerous ! Looks like part of it is about to fall off the front !

Indeed. Now we have undersoil heating etc. Pitch has looked good for a number of seasons now. Bit different from when we played Charlton a few seasons ago and the pitch looked like a sandpit.

8 hours ago, Scott said:

Pop Robson

 

 

Micky Fillery

 

The only time I went to QPR before they turned it into a rabbit hutch stadium, I was standing behind a fella who screamed at Fillery non stop for 90 minutes ( felt like giving him a head massage to calm him down)

On ‎15‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 08:38, Boyne said:

I still get nervous watching the highlights of this game !

Sad old git that I am.

Edited January 16, 20197 yr by erskblue

Pop Robson was some striker at his peak back in the 1960 and 70s.

He played on until the mid 1980s.

Making 674 first team appearances and scoring 268 goals.

Yet was never capped by England !

He played for us for part of 1982/83. Loaned back to Carlisle Utd in early March 83 .

Started 12 times, plus another 5 times as sub, scoring 5 times, Not a  bad record.

 

6 hours ago, erskblue said:

How times have changed re getting The Bridge pitch fit to play during the winter months.

The roof on the stand looks dangerous ! Looks like part of it is about to fall off the front !

Air Conditioning !

Pop Robson played 11 times and scored 4 goals, when on loan back to Carlisle Utd from early March 83 - early May 83.

Wasn't he a player- coach with us, or have I mis - read that info ?