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RedNBlueArmy.co.uk Flag London 22 Jan 14 9.32am Send a Private Message to RedNBlueArmy.co.uk Add RedNBlueArmy.co.uk as a friend

Quote staffie at 22 Jan 2014 2.21am

Here's SP before it was a football ground...


That's an amazing picture!!

 

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Pinky Flag Kent 22 Jan 14 10.24am

Quote staffie at 22 Jan 2014 2.21am

Here's SP before it was a football ground...

Apparently the site was a 'brickfield', presumably making bricks from London Clay, hence the digging out of the hillside. Is this right?

 
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collier row eagle Flag romford essex via another galaxy 22 Jan 14 10.38am Send a Private Message to collier row eagle Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add collier row eagle as a friend

Some great pics of selhurst, don't you just love the place? Home sweet home.

 
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staffie Flag There is NO capital "S" in staffie 22 Jan 14 10.48am Send a Private Message to staffie Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add staffie as a friend

Quote Pinky at 22 Jan 2014 10.24am

Quote staffie at 22 Jan 2014 2.21am

Here's SP before it was a football ground...

Apparently the site was a 'brickfield', presumably making bricks from London Clay, hence the digging out of the hillside. Is this right?


In 1922 the site, a former brickfield, was bought from the Brighton Railway Company for £2,570. The stadium (designed by Scottish stadium architect Archibald Leitch) was constructed by Humphreys of Kensington (a firm regularly used by Leitch) for around £30,000, and was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of London on 30 August 1924. - Wiki.

 

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thebob Flag Tatebayashi (from Croydon) 22 Jan 14 11.08am Send a Private Message to thebob Add thebob as a friend

Oh that sacred ground! And to think some heathens want to move!

I'd like it rebuilt, brand new, exactly the same, but with a covered Holmesdale terrace.

 
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blind eagle Flag Covington.Tennessee 24 Jan 14 9.23pm Send a Private Message to blind eagle Add blind eagle as a friend

Quote Willo at 21 Jan 2014 7.49pm

Quote Pinky at 21 Jan 2014 7.45pm

How about this one:

Don't remember it like that ! I wasn't around in 1924 !
Great photograph.


Edited by Willo (21 Jan 2014 7.52pm)


Shg*t it was like that in 1945 so some things only change slowly!.

 
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The Sash Flag Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 27 Jan 14 12.23pm Send a Private Message to The Sash Add The Sash as a friend

Quote Pinky at 21 Jan 2014 8.02pm

Quote Willo at 21 Jan 2014 7.55pm

Quote Pinky at 21 Jan 2014 7.52pm

Or this:

All those fans with hats on ! Marvellous !
And those bicycles !


Edited by Willo (21 Jan 2014 7.56pm)

Peaky blinders to a man. "Sorry, son, I can't let you in without a regulation flat cap."
I love pix of old stadiums. Got some great ones of Molineux in the Fifties.



There is a facebook page which has nothing but pictures of lost grounds, lost stands etc etc - has had some fab pics of Selhurst of which these have all made an appearnce, plus lots more besides

 

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moylerg Flag Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire 27 Jan 14 12.48pm Send a Private Message to moylerg Add moylerg as a friend

Quote The Sash at 27 Jan 2014 12.23pm

Quote Pinky at 21 Jan 2014 8.02pm

Quote Willo at 21 Jan 2014 7.55pm

Quote Pinky at 21 Jan 2014 7.52pm

Or this:

All those fans with hats on ! Marvellous !
And those bicycles !


Edited by Willo (21 Jan 2014 7.56pm)

Peaky blinders to a man. "Sorry, son, I can't let you in without a regulation flat cap."
I love pix of old stadiums. Got some great ones of Molineux in the Fifties.



There is a facebook page which has nothing but pictures of lost grounds, lost stands etc etc - has had some fab pics of Selhurst of which these have all made an appearnce, plus lots more besides

Do you know the page name Sash?

 

Most certainly not European.

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Pinky Flag Kent 28 Jan 14 5.36pm

Take a look at pictures of the Vetch Field, Swansea's old ground (now demolished). It's an absolute dog's breakfast, but pretty much encapsulates what has been sacrificed in terms of 'character' (or dangerous and inadequate facilities, if you prefer). Can't really imagine Swansea's current squad ploughing through the Vetch Field mud.
The old three-sided Bramall Lane with cricket ground where the fourth stand now, er, stands, is also a favourite.

 
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The Sash Flag Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 30 Jan 14 12.21pm Send a Private Message to The Sash Add The Sash as a friend

Quote moylerg at 27 Jan 2014 12.48pm

Quote The Sash at 27 Jan 2014 12.23pm

Quote Pinky at 21 Jan 2014 8.02pm

Quote Willo at 21 Jan 2014 7.55pm

Quote Pinky at 21 Jan 2014 7.52pm

Or this:

All those fans with hats on ! Marvellous !
And those bicycles !


Edited by Willo (21 Jan 2014 7.56pm)

Peaky blinders to a man. "Sorry, son, I can't let you in without a regulation flat cap."
I love pix of old stadiums. Got some great ones of Molineux in the Fifties.



There is a facebook page which has nothing but pictures of lost grounds, lost stands etc etc - has had some fab pics of Selhurst of which these have all made an appearnce, plus lots more besides

Do you know the page name Sash?


'Lost football League Grounds of England, Wales & Scotland' mate...I had to look it up

 

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Pinky Flag Kent 04 Feb 14 8.15pm

Watching the Fulham v Sheff Utd game on ITV4 and admiring the old Archie Leitch (Johnny Haynes/Stevenage Rd) Stand. Looks very similar to the Main Stand at Selhurst, even though it was built 20 years earlier. Shame we didn't get the nice brick facade on the outside, or the gable on the front.

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dingdong Flag bognor regis 05 Feb 14 8.50pm Send a Private Message to dingdong Add dingdong as a friend

ive been in that stand years ago, wooden seats just like the mainstand did

 
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