BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, Gav said:

@Tyrone Shoelaces or anyone for that matter, name this ground:

 

It looks a lot like Rochdale’s old main stand. If it is I’ve stood where that couple of fans are many times

[Gav]

Yes an old picture of Spotland, good effort.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

57 minutes ago, Gav said:

Yes an old picture of Spotland, good effort.

The main stand roof was a give away. You can see where it was repaired at the far end after it had collapsed due to a heavy snowfall.

[GHD]

16 hours ago, oneandycrawford said:

Bearing in mind general crowd levels around that period those gates show how important the FA cup was then. I'm guessing that most of those clubs had higher gates for that match than their league games.

The FA Cup certainly drew bigger crowds than league games back in the day. In the 1952 run to the semi final, I well remember nicking off school (and happily taking the inevitable punishment), for a 3rd round replay against Forest. It was before floodlights, so an early Wednesday afternoon kick off, and the gate was around 35,000. The 4th round attracted a home gate of about 45,000 against Hull. That was followed by home games against West Brom and Burnley with full houses of over 50,000

[aletheia]

1952. Semi-final against Newcastle 0-0. Lost the replay.

Newcastle went on to beat Arsenal.

Pathe

https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/53460/

Edited 14 hours ago by aletheia

[den]

1 hour ago, aletheia said:

1952. Semi-final against Newcastle 0-0. Lost the replay.

Newcastle went on to beat Arsenal.

Pathe

https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/53460/

Brilliant. Don’t think I’ve seen those before. 
 

The crowds !  Wow.

[bigbrandjohn]

Funny old world.
Our old winger pulling the strings at United and our pointy midfielder pulling up trees at Brentford. Who would have thought it?