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« Reply #225 on: Sunday, May 11, 2025, 17:02:17 » |
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Just a reminder of how bad things really were when crowds were circa 2000 odd
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« Reply #226 on: Saturday, June 14, 2025, 17:41:40 » |
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Saw this earlier no idea of the year or if it’s already on this thread
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« Reply #227 on: Sunday, June 15, 2025, 00:32:26 » |
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I found this photo on-line yesterday of the 5-1 home defeat to Northampton on 8 May 1983, it is one of Northampton's goals being scored.
Anyone recognize themself on the Stratton Bank?
That's an absolutely gorgeous image. Any idea who it's credited to or is it an ''uncredited'' PA Archive? Thanks for sharing |
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« Reply #228 on: Sunday, June 15, 2025, 09:50:05 » |
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That's an absolutely gorgeous image. Any idea who it's credited to or is it an ''uncredited'' PA Archive? Thanks for sharing
No idea unfortunately. I found it on facebook on a group sharing old football pictures. |
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« Reply #229 on: Sunday, June 15, 2025, 21:55:59 » |
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No idea unfortunately. I found it on facebook on a group sharing old football pictures.
Shame  It undeniably screams ''the eighties'' and we can also never beat film when film is executed in the right way. |
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You smell the gunpowder and you see the blood, you know what that means?
It means you're alive. You've won.
You take the heads so that you don't ever forget.'
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« Reply #230 on: Sunday, June 22, 2025, 21:06:00 » |
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This isn't an old County Ground photo but neverless is of Swindon playing away at Shrewsbury Town in 1952 (so the post on facebook said).
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« Reply #231 on: Sunday, June 22, 2025, 21:21:23 » |
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Shrewsbury 0 Swindon T 1 in Jan 1952 at Gay Meadow.
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« Reply #232 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 15:56:06 » |
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This photo is for sale on E-bay, it says it's from the Northampton Swindon game on 10 November 1984.
For any other Swindon fan there that day (I was) you have my commiserations, an awful 4-0 defeat.
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« Reply #233 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 15:59:23 » |
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This photo is for sale on E-bay, it says it's from the Northampton Swindon game on 10 November 1984.
For any other Swindon fan there that day (I was) you have my commiserations, an awful 4-0 defeat.
I was there that day, horrible performances and day out and the Cobblers fans were wankers that day, loads of trouble pre and post game. |
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« Reply #234 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 16:55:20 » |
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I was there the following season when we won 1-0 (Charlie Henry) and a Town fan got stabbed before the game.
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« Reply #235 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 17:12:29 » |
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Hope it wasn’t you hurling the fusillade of milk bottles afterwards!
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« Reply #236 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 17:15:05 » |
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We were parked up on the Kettering Road so away from any nonsense!
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« Reply #237 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 17:34:28 » |
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Can’t remember which was worse. Afters at Northampton or afters at Wrexham.
I’d say - Wrexham.
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« Reply #238 on: Today at 10:03:14 » |
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« Reply #239 on: Today at 10:19:35 » |
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There were a few clubs that used half cricket grounds for football, most namely Sheff Utd and Northampton but Northamptons ground was just fucking odd with the main stand only being half in line the the actual pitch, horrible little ground and horrible fans.
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From the station at Colchester
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From the services at Leicester
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