From 1954. The Scotland team which beat Wales 1-0 at Ninian Park. Rangers and Scotland great George Young in the middle of the front row. A future Chelsea manager was also in the team.

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

From 1954. The Scotland team which beat Wales 1-0 at Ninian Park. Rangers and Scotland great George Young in the middle of the front row. A future Chelsea manager was also in the team.

Tommy Docherty who was playing with Preston North End at the time.

6 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Tommy Docherty who was playing with Preston North End at the time.

Just noticed that Willie Waddell is also in the picture.

Bring back the World Cup Squad Song!😀

Scotlands ‘Easy, Easy’ from 1974.

This ‘classic’ was actually made in England!😀😀😀

Burden Park, Bolton in 1955.

And in 1952.

On 25/05/2026 at 17:57, erskblue said:

Bring back the World Cup Squad Song!😀

Scotlands ‘Easy, Easy’ from 1974.

This ‘classic’ was actually made in England!😀😀😀

Is that the " we're on the march we Allie's Army" ??

9 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Is that the " we're on the march we Allie's Army" ??

Nah that ‘classic’ 😀was four years later. Moving swiftly on…😀

Odsal Park stadium. Bradford City played there after the stadium fire.

1954 , over 100,000 Halifax v Warrington ( I think)

Looks like a huge grass bank at the top separate from the stadium itself.

A panoramic view of the Crystal Palace ground during the 1905 F.A. Cup Final between Aston Villa and Newcastle. This is the only such photograph of the stadium known to exist.

The largest attendance at The Crystal Palace Stadium was at the FA Cup Final of 1913.

121,919 spectators squeezed into the stands to watch Aston Villa beat Sunderland.

1902 FA. Cup Final. Future Chelsea keeper William Foulkes is in the picture in goal for Sheffield Utd.

And another two pictures of the Stadium.

On 27/05/2026 at 21:40, erskblue said:

1902 FA. Cup Final. Future Chelsea keeper William Foulkes is in the picture in goal for Sheffield Utd.

And another two pictures of the Stadium.

Top picture shows the differences in pitch markings and the outlines of the six and eighteen yard boxes.

7 hours ago, Boyne said:

Top picture shows the differences in pitch markings and the outlines of the six and eighteen yard boxes.

Good shout!

The Crystal Palace Stadium with the Grandstands still in place is bottom left in this aerial photo from 1928.

And two reasonable (ish) comparison pictures, taken in I think the late 1980s

I grew up with it being the home of British Athletics in the 1970s and 1980s.

On 28/05/2026 at 06:12, erskblue said:

On 28/05/2026 at 06:12, erskblue said:

You can see the water towers in a lot of the images of the football games at Crystal Palace before the fire.

" The two iconic water towers at Crystal Palace were demolished in 1940 and 1941. Originally built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to feed the park's elaborate fountains, the North and South towers were taken down to prevent the German Luftwaffe from using them as navigational landmarks during the Blitz

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Footage of Davie Cooper against Brazil at Hampden in May 1987.

This wasn’t a Cooper Masterclass. For Scotland, that was against Spain at Hampden in November 1984.

However, it’s good footage of him at the very end of his best ever season for Rangers. 1986-87.

Johan Cruyff scoring against Athletico Madrid in 1973-74.

And playing for Feyenoord(!) in 1983-84.

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

On 29/05/2026 at 06:20, erskblue said:

We had a couple of our school sports days at the stadium. Before that, we used to use The Tooting Bec Athletics arena.. sadly the Crystal Palace site was becoming neglected when I lived in South London, the Olympic sized swimming pool was still in use though, with its under water spectator viewing windows, although if it's still in use anyone looking up at the swimmers these days would probably be arrested. ! ( The pool is the greenish rectangular building to the right of the stadium) .

the tall TV mast is at the top of the picture and there's a miniture "Hollywood bowl" thing somewhere in the vicinity where they hold concerts but I can't see it .

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I used to use the Crystal Palace sports centre back in the day.

Used the 50m pool and shocked a club swimmer at 15 when we drew over the 50ms, he asked what club I went to and was shocked when I replied I didn't go to one.

I practised dry slop skiing one year for my only skiing holiday.

Played squash there and used the gym at times though it got busy so I started going to others like the Wolf Pit in Hayes.

My daughter visited 2 years back and one day we spent going around the old areas and I took her there and like @The Rising Sun it was very run down though the Pool was there and on the ground floor they still had a working gym.

49 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

I used to use the Crystal Palace sports centre back in the day.

Used the 50m pool and shocked a club swimmer at 15 when we drew over the 50ms, he asked what club I went to and was shocked when I replied I didn't go to one.

I practised dry slop skiing one year for my only skiing holiday.

Played squash there and used the gym at times though it got busy so I started going to others like the Wolf Pit in Hayes.

My daughter visited 2 years back and one day we spent going around the old areas and I took her there and like @The Rising Sun it was very run down though the Pool was there and on the ground floor they still had a working gym.

I'd forgotten about the dry ski slope ! First time I went I somehow managed to put my ski boots on the wrong feet! The dry slope the worst thing I ever did because after a few lessons I was confident, but a week later I was terrified at how different it was on a real ski slope in France. .

Good to hear the swimming pool is still in use

Wembley 1977. Scotland team that day was Rioch, Rough, McGrain, McQueen, Dalglish, Jordan, Donnachie, Forsyth, Masson, Johnston and Hartford. Scotland won 2-1.