22 hours ago, Boyne said:

The Rest of the World team which played England at Wembley in 1963. The game was to mark the centenary of the forming of the Football Association.

Some great players there.. 👍 Yashin in goal ??

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3 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Some great players there.. 👍 Yashin in goal ??

Yes, Yashin in goal. Here's a link showing the teams. Two of the best strikers to come from the U.K.: Greaves and Law. Two Scots, Law and Baxter, in the Rest of the World team. If a Rest of the World team were picked today sadly there would be no Scottish players. How things have changed. Look at all the great Scottish players who have played for Chelsea.

https://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=373

Apologies for bringing politics into this thread but this made me chuckle.

Sport, Football, Berlin, Germany, 15th May 1938, Germany Select XI 2 -3 Aston Villa 15th May 1938.

Aston Villa goalkeeper, Biddlestone dives to save in a controversial friendly match.

Germany, having annexed Austria, fielded nine Austrian internationals in the side and the Aston Villa players refused to give the Nazi salute before the game.

This was contrary to the England team, who had played Germany one day earlier and who gave the salute before the start of the game, but had refused to play against any Austrians in the German team.

Rudolf Raftl, the Germany goalkeeper, and a German defender rush in to clear the Aston Villa attack during a friendly match between a German Select XI and Aston Villa at the Olympiastadion Berlin in front of 110,000 spectators. 15th May 1938.

Three greats: Eric Caldow, Billy McNeill and Tiny Wharton.

1975 West Ham v United. Crowds crushed. Fans escape onto the pitch .Good job there were no fences to hold them back.

If I remember, apart from the obvious overcrowding , there was some old school hooliganism going on as well.

A chorus of "knees up muvver Brown" as a bonus!

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A great place.

Some of you may already know but there is an app called telescore which replicates Ceefax. Even has the numbers used by Ceefax. Here's an example of a page. A bit of fun and takes you back years.

Is this the best offside trap ever??!!!😂

Grassroots Football. This pitch was one of my sons football teams home pitch for a couple of seasons back in the mid 2000s. It had a very good playing surface. As random a picture as that! 😀

England v Rest Of The World. October 1963. British Pathe News Highlights.

Ronnie Simpson makes a save against England. Feb 1968.

The packed Hampden terraces provide a fantastic backdrop to the Feb 1968 match.

134,461 spectators officially turned up at Hampden, on a freezing cold February afternoon.

A ‘slightly lower’ crowd of ‘only’😀132,441 spectators, officially watched the April 1962 match.

Add 20-25,000 spectators, for a truer attendance in both matches!

16 hours ago, erskblue said:

England v Rest Of The World. October 1963. British Pathe News Highlights.

Fascinating, most of the fans are wearing suits,collars and ties . Looking at LOT smarter than we do today tbf ,!!

Rising Sun are you saying you've dispensed with your cravat and are now seen at games with an open neck shirt, whatever next!

England defeat the Austrian 'Wunderteam' 4-3.

7th December 1932 at The Bridge.

The famous ‘Big Hedge’ at Glebe Park home of Brechin City.

17 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Boyne:Superb, those street football rules bring back so many memories!

No.1 Slight amendment. If the fattest player owned the football. He could and would play wherever he wanted!

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54 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Boyne:Superb, those street football rules bring back so many memories!

No.1 Slight amendment. If the fattest player owned the football. He could and would play wherever he wanted!

Good point about number 1. Ah, the days of playing football in the streets before there were too many cars or down the local park. Jumpers for goal posts. Playing outside until it was dark. Great days.

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

The famous ‘Big Hedge’ at Glebe Park home of Brechin City.

Great pictures. I've seen a photo of one of my cousins standing against the Big Hedge when Rangers played there in 2012.

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Great pictures. I've seen a photo of one of my cousins standing against the Big Hedge when Rangers played there in 2012.

Boyne:Don’t know if these two photos might help?

Brechin v Rangers on 29th July 2012.

The balls stuck in the ‘famous big hedge’! 😀

A snowy Greenock Morton v Hamilton match at Cappielow in the mid 1960s.

21 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Boyne:Don’t know if these two photos might help?

Brechin v Rangers on 29th July 2012.

The balls stuck in the ‘famous big hedge’! 😀

@erskblue Great photos. Can't see my cousin but thank you for posting. My cousin arranges the supporters buses for the Rangers supporters club he belongs to and goes on most of the away games as well as all the home games.