Mounts Kipper Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Johnnyrotten said: They dont make grounds like that any more. I would have been buzzing to go to the Dell if I'd had chance. The thought of travelling to St Marys now, well I think it would have to be a play off final or FA Cup Semi to get me there even if it was a bit nearer. Agree with this 100% the dell had character, none of these new stadiums hold a candle to their predecessors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said: Agree with this 100% the dell had character, none of these new stadiums hold a candle to their predecessors. It's true. And to be honest by the time we're talking about here (early 1990s) a lot of the endearing eccentricities in some longstanding grounds had been ironed out. Many cricket grounds and to a degree rugby still retain the higgedly-piggledy charm that football grounds lost I guess we're talking about the difference between "ground" and a "stadium". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Spot on. On a smaller scale you get that that at non league grounds, those that havent decided they need to go all modern. Chorley is a great ground. There are a few in the EFL like Cambridge, Carlisle, Macclesfield that retain a charm and long may they continue in their current form. Losing Griffin Park is a sad day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWFC_LOVE Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Give me a Hillsborough over a new bowl stadium any day of the week. Leicester, Middlesbrough, Stoke, Swansea, Southampton, Doncaster, Derby etc. They all look the same to me, besides differing capacities and the colour of the seats. At least ours is unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted May 11, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 11, 2020 Villa and goodison are old grounds Theyre shit Baseball ground...couldnt see the pitch Im sad spurs went and highbury too, but lets be honest there were and are some shitholes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, Casino said: Villa and goodison are old grounds Theyre shit Baseball ground...couldnt see the pitch Im sad spurs went and highbury too, but lets be honest there were and are some shitholes Shit yes however you can’t beat moody places like them villa after the semi final being an example, old gaffs don’t get policed the same backstreets etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Aye, Villa was moody after that semi. I took our Kath who lived in Coventry, parked about 10 minute away. She had to remind me afterwards, fronting to up to a couple of villa lads with only her as back up, wasn't the brightest thing she has seen me done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Villa park, goodison, Maine road, St. Andrews to name a few, all places you had to watch your back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said: Villa park, goodison, Maine road, St. Andrews to name a few, all places you had to watch your back The Victoria Ground, Stoke has to fall in to that category too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Most definitely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton va va Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 For me, Boro & Millwall were the scariest of the old grounds. Of the new grounds, Sunderland is the only one that might be better than the old ground.....nearer to the town centre , not as freezing cold & originally at least, good seats behind the goal. West Ham, Arsenal ,Shrewsbury & Scunthorpe ( & almost certainly Spurs )are much worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Rudy Posted May 12, 2020 Members Share Posted May 12, 2020 Which one of you lot is in this video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltonBoy80 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Iceman special on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Goal difference what stopped us going up automatically that season? was it Grimsby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltonBoy80 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said: Goal difference what stopped us going up automatically that season? was it Grimsby Yes. We finished about 10 points above tranmere that season. Didn’t turn up in final, summed up with comstive’s late chance. we were too confident going into that final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, BoltonBoy80 said: Yes. We finished about 10 points above tranmere that season. Didn’t turn up in final, summed up with comstive’s late chance. we were too confident going into that final. Like 1999 Ipswich finished 10 above us sheepshanks was moaning like fuck but we didn’t turn up against Watford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Not one of my posts but just spotted it on YouTube. Bolton v Southampton in 97/98. Bob Taylor's debut for us and SKD in Southampton's ranks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 8 minutes ago, paulhanley said: Not one of my posts but just spotted it on YouTube. Bolton v Southampton in 97/98. Bob Taylor's debut for us and SKD in Southampton's ranks Think this was slap bang in the middle of something like no win in 14/15 games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWFC_LOVE Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Fascinating to see Super Kev’s Reebok debut. One of several games I look back on that season where we dropped points, when just one more would’ve been enough. That game, Blake missing clean through at Blackburn when 2-1 down (only for them to go straight down the pitch and get a third), Blake missing an open goal in a 0-0 draw at Leicester, the goal that never was vs. Everton obviously, Giallanza at Chelsea etc. Not meaning to pin so much on Blakey mind. He also scored some crucial goals that season. I vividly recall Franz Carr looking lively in one game. Must’ve been that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted May 12, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, paulhanley said: Not one of my posts but just spotted it on YouTube. Bolton v Southampton in 97/98. Bob Taylor's debut for us and SKD in Southampton's ranks I always remember these MOTD highlights because my driving instructor pops up at half time drinking his Thermos tea I'm sure someone else on here must've had him, proper dirty old perv in a sid james sort of way, a funny guy but he reckoned he dabbled with pretty much every female he taught Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Some proper goals (and pitches) on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, paulhanley said: Not one of my posts but just spotted it on YouTube. Bolton v Southampton in 97/98. Bob Taylor's debut for us and SKD in Southampton's ranks How frustrating to watch was that even now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Marc505 said: Some proper goals (and pitches) on this. Bet he was a nightmare for defenders proper powerful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 minute ago, radcliffewhite1 said: Bet he was a nightmare for defenders proper powerful Terrorised some of those defenders, most thrown to the floor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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