1 hour ago, erskblue said:

Good shout mate.

They were my old man's all time front two strike partnership.

In fact he'd throw in George Best and Bobby Charlton as his front four British all time forward line.

That would be a great front four. Would terrorise opposition defences. If selecting a British team from that era I guess you need an enforcer in the midfield: Dave Mackay and a creator: Jim Baxter?

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

Might have posted this pic before.

1901 FA Cup Final at Crystal palace. the original venue.

114,000 watched the match !

Amazing attendance, considering the FA Cup had only being in existence since the early 1870s.

The best club in London it should be noted, was still 4 years away from being formed.

Great picture. Pitch markings have changed a bit since then. The six yard box looks E shaped and the penalty box line is the across the whole picture. Looks like another line running parallel to the penalty box line unless it's due to the way the photograph was developed. I'll check to see when pitch markings changed. A lot of the players are wearing trousers,

20 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Great picture. Pitch markings have changed a bit since then. The six yard box looks E shaped and the penalty box line is the across the whole picture. Looks like another line running parallel to the penalty box line unless it's due to the way the photograph was developed. I'll check to see when pitch markings changed. A lot of the players are wearing trousers,

Found this picture of markings from 1891. The change to current day marking with the exception of the arc on the Penalty Box was made in 1902.

The revised rules required goal lines and touch lines to be marked, plus a centre circle, the goalkeepers' areas, and a 12 yard line from the goal. A penalty kick could be taken from anywhere along that 12 yard line. An optional 18 yard line across the full width of the pitch was also introduced, to denote the penalty area. The penalty kick was an idea suggested by the Irish Football Association in 1890. Little did the Irish know then what agonies and ecstasies they were to unleash upon the sporting public!

https://gdfra.org.au/history_of_pitch_markings.htm

Edited April 21, 20206 yr by Boyne

Hampden Park, late sixties.

22 hours ago, Boyne said:

That would be a great front four. Would terrorise opposition defences. If selecting a British team from that era I guess you need an enforcer in the midfield: Dave Mackay and a creator: Jim Baxter?

Good shout for both.

Dave MacKay was 'a midfield' of his own according to my old man !  Charlie Cooke or Colin Bell as my other choice. in the midfield 3.

And it would be 3-3-4 . Sorry gone off topic.

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by erskblue

Denamrk in the mid 1980s were some team.

A  very iconic ,to me anyway team and strip.

Story below.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/oct/13/forgotten-story-denmark-1980s

The forgotten story of ... Danish Dynamite, the Denmark side of the mid-80s

They won nothing, but the ultra-attacking team of Elkjaer, Laudrup and the Olsens were one of the most interesting in football history

3 hours ago, erskblue said:

Good shout for both.

Dave MacKay was 'a midfield' of his own according to my old man !  Charlie Cooke or Colin Bell as my other choice. in the midfield 3.

And it would be 3-3-4 . Sorry gone off topic.

Charlie Cooke and Colin Bell. Two fine players. A mate of mine is a Man City supporter and Bell is his favourite player. He still hasn't forgiven Martin Buchan for his bad tackle on Bell and effectively ending the latter's career in the Manchester Derby at Maine Road in 1975.

Colin Bell in that City away strip.

He looks as if he could be playing for the Allied team in 'Escape to Victory' !

Mark Hateley scoring for AC Milan v Inter Milan in a packed San Siro in the autumn of 1984.

Camp des Les Corts , Barcelona's home before Camp Nou.

It had a capacity of 25,000

The first game played at the ground was between Barcelona and St Mirren ! Honestly !!

Also home to Club Deportivo Condal, who played from 1934-early 1970s.

Never knew this club had even existed to be honest !

Hibernian's Ground, Easter Road. The ducks having a bird's eye view. Sorry, that was a crap joke.

Scottish Cup Final 1974. A great crowd just a shame about the result. Apart from a few people I can't see many wearing colours.

Edited April 24, 20206 yr by Boyne

From a few years ago Earl's Court Exhibition Centre is still standing and the work on the new buildings in Seagrave Road has just started.

Edited April 24, 20206 yr by Boyne

7 hours ago, Boyne said:

Scottish Cup Final 1974. A great crowd just a shame about the result. Apart from a few people I can't see many wearing colours.

Great photo mate.

Agreed re lack of team colours.

Edited April 24, 20206 yr by erskblue

Scottish Cup Final of 1975.

The same terracing as in your picture and much more team colours being shown by the Celtic support.

Edited April 24, 20206 yr by erskblue

9 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Scottish Cup Final of 1975.

The same terracing as in your picture and much more team colours being shown by the Celtic support.

Cheers mate. Very different from the year before. Looks like the end of the match as it looks like one of the Airdrie players is going to congratulate one of the opposition.

Favourite TV show = We don't have a telly.

 

A Rangers legend. Yesterday was the 6th anniversary of his passing.

 

Poster for the 1934 World Cup held in Italy

Edited April 25, 20206 yr by erskblue

Gordon Banks                                     Sandy Jardine in the summer of 1978 at Ibrox. West Terracing in background.

Edited April 25, 20206 yr by erskblue

The 'Bonnie Prince' playing for Los Angeles Aztecs in the mid 1970s.

Not bad work, if you could get it !

Baseball Ground, Derby.

This must be a rare picture or is taken in August or early Sept .

Why ? There is actually grass on the  pitch !

  Division Four side Chester had just had a famous League Cup win at their Sealand Road home over Leeds Utd.

Then reigning Division 1 Champions.