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New Brighton.

1 hour ago, Casino said:

I know this so all ill say its its long gone

Yeah I do. Only because my dad used to cycle there in comps pre WW2. That inner curve of terracing became an outdoor velodrome and there was an athletics track as well. I thought that it was still there as a sports venue but seemingly not like you say 

40 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

New Brighton.

None of the Brightons

29 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Yeah I do. Only because my dad used to cycle there in comps pre WW2. That inner curve of terracing became an outdoor velodrome and there was an athletics track as well. I thought that it was still there as a sports venue but seemingly not like you say 

The venue is next door 😉

3 hours ago, Zico said:

Crystal Palace

3 hours ago, Zico said:

Third Lanark 

Fallowfield ... before it moved to Old Trafford ?

1 hour ago, DirtySanchez said:

The venue is next door 😉

One awful car trip to Palace years ago, we wrongly parked up at the sports track  & also a railway yard....both had floodlights.

Always travelled to Palace by train after that fiasco !!

Just now, bolton va va said:

One awful car trip to Palace years ago, we wrongly parked up at the sports track  & also a railway yard....both had floodlights.

Always travelled to Palace by train after that fiasco !!

Pretty sure there is some stat that it’s the furthest ground from a motorway junction or something like that. We drove to the 2-0 win when Ian Marshall scored and it’s the only time we drove to Selhurst.

18 minutes ago, tomski said:

Pretty sure there is some stat that it’s the furthest ground from a motorway junction or something like that. We drove to the 2-0 win when Ian Marshall scored and it’s the only time we drove to Selhurst.

Norwich surely wins that 

Closest to motorway possibly Walsall but whether it's near a junction dunno

29 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Fallowfield ... before it moved to Old Trafford ?

Aye. That’s what I reckon. My dad used to get on his bike and ride from Bolton to work at Metro Vics at Trafford Park. Would then ride to Fallowfield on some summer nights to compete for Lancashire Clarion (iirc) on the cycle track there. Then he’d ride back to Bolton. Mad fucker

19 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Aye. That’s what I reckon. My dad used to get on his bike and ride from Bolton to work at Metro Vics at Trafford Park. Would then ride to Fallowfield on some summer nights to compete for Lancashire Clarion (iirc) on the cycle track there. Then he’d ride back to Bolton. Mad fucker

Is it based on what is owens park now?

31 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

Norwich surely wins that 

Closest to motorway possibly Walsall but whether it's near a junction dunno

Could well be. I suspect we might win on closest. Reading must be close.

Leeds maybe?

Edited December 28, 20232 yr by tomski

Seem to remember West Brom being straight off the motorway

Further than us but not far

13 minutes ago, tomski said:

Is it based on what is owens park now?

Think it moved there which is why I thought that it was still a venue. Looks like the original place in Zico’s photo was built on and they moved the sports facilities to Owens Park

Just now, MancWanderer said:

Think it moved there which is why I thought that it was still a venue. Looks like the original place in Zico’s photo was built on and they moved the sports facilities to Owens Park

When I lived in fallowfield/withington I had great difficulty picturing where the ground would of been. 

10 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Think it moved there which is why I thought that it was still a venue. Looks like the original place in Zico’s photo was built on and they moved the sports facilities to Owens Park

It's not in Manchester

11 hours ago, Traf said:

Crystal Palace

Not in London either

20 minutes ago, Zico said:

It's not in Manchester

 Blimey!! Convinced it was one of the very few that I get straight away

30 minutes ago, Zico said:

It's not in Manchester

Scotland?

A Google image search on Zico's picture reveals all.

2 hours ago, Zico said:

Not in London either

When i saw it on another site it was labelled CP

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

A Google image search on Zico's picture reveals all.

 

17 minutes ago, Casino said:

When i saw it on another site it was labelled CP

Ok, there may be some confusion here 

I just google image searched and it seems says Crystal Palace for the 1901 fa cup final

But the FB group had it down as the 1901 final replay at burnden 

 

Don’t think it’s Burnden as wasn’t that the famously low crowd? 20k ish so looks far too busy?

1 hour ago, Zico said:

 

Ok, there may be some confusion here 

I just google image searched and it seems says Crystal Palace for the 1901 fa cup final

But the FB group had it down as the 1901 final replay at burnden 

 

Amateur. Leave this stuff to the experts 😁