Highfield Rd 1969/70 (4 Viewers)

[joemercersaces]

Ah, those were the days... View attachment 6371

 

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[Speedies_Chips]

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I loved that scoreboard. Ahead of its time in the day.

 

[dutchman]

I loved that scoreboard. Ahead of its time in the day.

Is it the one which also played "Radio Sky Blue"?

It could be heard all over Hillfields!

 

[joemercersaces]

The West End...again

 

[joemercersaces]

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[Speedies_Chips]

Looks like there's a bit of NOPM going on in the main stand.

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

The West End...againView attachment 6374

Gibbo, Clements, Machin and Big George Curtis

 

[cloughie]

Lovely memories as a kid it was amazing that we were playing and beat the likes of George Best Bobby Charlton at their peak

No wonder with memories like that how we are still supporting today,
So sad for the younger ones, never to have experienced such heights

I'm off 'Lets all sing together.....

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

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This was a Pre season friendly v Hibernian 1-1 draw IRC

 

[joemercersaces]

Photos from The Coventry City Football Book by CET journalist Derek Henderson aka 'Nimmo', my Xmas present in 1970 (along with an orange and a lump of coal to suck on)

 

[joemercersaces]

Ernie Hannigan and you know who in front of the West End

 

[Otis]

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How can you tell from that picture?

They all look rather butch to me.

 

[joemercersaces]

They all look rather butch to me.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't everyone?

 

[Otis]

Well this one especially. ...

 

[oscillatewildly]

Gibbo, Clements, Machin and Big George Curtis

Is that Derek Parkin trying to go piggy back on Gibbo?

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

I loved that scoreboard. Ahead of its time in the day.

I remember when there was an alphabet along the pitch wall and the scores we're put up manually corresponding to a list in the programme. Example: A Arsenal v Spurs B Aston Villa v Spurs and so on

 

[ovduk78]

Didn't they have disabled cars parked down one side of the pitch and which side were they on and when was this?

 

[Brylowes]

Didn't they have disabled cars parked down one side of the pitch and which side were they on and when was this?

Strange little skyblue mobiles

 

[ovduk78]

 

[Cov kid 55]

Great photo's - great memories!

 

[dutchman]

Didn't they have disabled cars parked down one side of the pitch and which side were they on and when was this?

They were parked in front of the Sky Blue Stand where the wall was highest so they wouldn't obscure anybody's view of the game.

Convenient how they were all made in a Sky Blue colour:

Invacar - Wikipedia

 

[cloughie]

I remember when there was an alphabet along the pitch wall and the scores we're put up manually corresponding to a list in the programme. Example: A Arsenal v Spurs B Aston Villa v Spurs and so on

I had forgot all about that you had to have the programme to know who was what

 

[Speedies_Chips]

I remember when there was an alphabet along the pitch wall and the scores we're put up manually corresponding to a list in the programme. Example: A Arsenal v Spurs B Aston Villa v Spurs and so on

How come Spurs played at Arsenal and Villa on the same day?

 

[cloughie]

You younger ones would die to have experienced the 67/68 and onwards

 

[rupert_bear]

Looks like there's a bit of NOPM going on in the main stand.

Stand had been burned down in the week before the United game, gate was still over 47000 had there been no fire I reckon the Wolves record gate would have been broken .

 

[dutchman]

Stand had been burned down in the week before the United game, gate was still over 47000 had there been no fire I reckon the Wolves record gate would have been broken .

Probably even more. The ticket seller used to jam the turnstile with his knee so the entry wouldn't register then pocket the cash from the sale.

 

[rupert_bear]

Probably even more. The ticket seller used to jam the turnstile with his knee so the entry wouldn't register then pocket the cash from the sale.

It was said the turnstile tile counter was switched off around 2.45 every home game

 

[joemercersaces]

My first match was either the Hibernian friendly or home to Burnley. 1969 anyway and I was six! Loved the club, the players, the kit, the fans, the ground.

Started on the Spion Kop with a box to stand on. Used to long to go in the West End but didn't dare till I was about ten. Grew up in the West End. That terrace really was a mixture of excitement and fear!

 

[ollyservetta]

now I feel old , but what memories , where / why did it go all so wrong , I remember looking up to my foster parent at the side of the westend and being so proud I was going to hav a dad ,

 

[joemercersaces]

It was said the turnstile tile counter was switched off around 2.45 every home game

Given that you could either go over or under the turnstile quite easily and cash was involved there was a bit of a three way win. The club could pocket tax free cash,as could the gateman, whilst intimidating fans or those with little kids could save a few shillings. I think it was two shillings to go on the Kop and 2/6 for the West End where you could stay dry but run the risk of getting your head kicked in.

I remember one evening match against Man City when we were packed like sardines and the whole crowd laughing when they announced a gate of 19,000

 

[wingy]

The West End...againView attachment 6374

Is that Kenny Burns all over Gibbo or wrong era?

 

[Captain Dart]

Has anyone got a picture showing the tea vendors walking round the pitch side? :emoji_coffee:

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

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Homophobe!

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[joemercersaces]

You can see a vendor in the photo of Ernie Hannigan and Bobby Moore

 

[joemercersaces]

1969/70 table. 6th in the old first division. 10 away wins!