A wet Saturday morning up here.

Saw a couple of pictures recently that reminds me of playing on such wet Saturdays as a youngster.

Also of watching my two boys playing for their respective teams until they were about 17.

The dreaded West of Scotland red blaes football pitch! 

 

 

West Germany v England Friendly, Olympic Stadium West Berlin in May 1956.

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The Gallant Pioneer in Blackpool. What a great staircase.

@carrickblue @Larky Blue @Ayrshire Blues I think you'll like the picture.

The San Siro in 1926.

Construction of the second tier of the San Siro in 1954.

The San Siro in the late 1950s or 1960s. 

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Construction of the third tier circa 1988. | © Unknown

San Siro in the 1970s.

And the San Siro today. 

11 hours ago, erskblue said:

A wet Saturday morning up here.

Saw a couple of pictures recently that reminds me of playing on such wet Saturdays as a youngster.

Also of watching my two boys playing for their respective teams until they were about 17.

Great pictures. Takes me back to my youth when I though I could play football. Even some of the pitches at top clubs were bad. The Baseball Ground was arguably the worst. There was a game there where on of the staff had to come on to the pitch and re-paint the penalty spot.

4 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Great pictures. Takes me back to my youth when I though I could play football. Even some of the pitches at top clubs were bad. The Baseball Ground was arguably the worst. There was a game there where on of the staff had to come on to the pitch and re-paint the penalty spot.

Man City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan gives the Baseball Ground groundsman Bob Smith a helping hand. Bob was called onto the pitch to repaint a penalty spot after it disappeared into the mud in April 1977!

 

1 minute ago, erskblue said:

Man City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan gives the Baseball Ground groundsman Bob Smith a helping hand. Bob was called onto the pitch to repaint a penalty spot after it disappeared into the mud in April 1977!

 

Thanks for posting. 

Back in the day me and workmates used to play football in Green Park near Buckingham Palace. We were a lot younger and fitter. As it was a park there were obviously no markings. Jumpers for goalposts and paths doubled up as touch lines. Pitch could get muddy and was bumpy. During one game a group of tourists decided to walk through the middle of it. One or two nearly got hit by the ball.

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  The Valley – Charlton v Preston, February 

3 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Thanks for posting. 

Back in the day me and workmates used to play football in Green Park near Buckingham Palace. We were a lot younger and fitter. As it was a park there were obviously no markings. Jumpers for goalposts and paths doubled up as touch lines. Pitch could get muddy and was bumpy. During one game a group of tourists decided to walk through the middle of it. One or two nearly got hit by the ball.

Brilliant!😀

Tom Finney at Stamford Bridge. There is a statue of this outside PNE's ground.

 

Boyne. The old grassy pitch shown above. The one we all used to play on regularly as youngsters, was actually a decent enough pitch.
It hadn’t been used for a few years and the old goalposts had been taken away. It was also reasonably sheltered by large trees on two sides. We thought it was brilliant. And the pitch surface was actually in better condition than some of the pitches we played on for the School teams!😀

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Derby County's Francis Lee is held back from Leeds United player Norman Hunter at the Baseball GroundTh

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Came across the famous Norman Hunter v Franny Lee brawl/boxing contest of late 1975, when looking for another picture of a muddy Baseball Ground!😀

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Think the above is a colour postcard of grainy photo of the same match in 1903.

My old Primary School is the building in the centre in the background.

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England training at The Bridge in 1965.

 

 

Britain's goalkeeper Ron Brebner making a save during the Olympic football final at the 1912 Stockholm Games. Britain beat Denmark 4-2 in the final at the Olympiastadion. It was a third success in four Games for Britain's football team.