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Name the ground

Name the teams

Name the year

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Maine Road, 1969, City vs Spurs?

Groves appears to be a Manchester-based brewery that went bust in '71. Striped kit looks like the City kit of the period. Went lateral with Leicester's last FA Cup final appearance, semi would have been at a neutral ground (none of this Wembley malarkey) and their quarter final was at home.

Zero out of three?

Maine Road, Manchester City both correct. Colin Bell and Mke Doyle in the photo

Year and opponent both wrong (and much more difficult)

Is it Fenerbache 1968?

No, afraid not

obviously you are in the right era

Fenerbache is a terrible shout, thinking about it. Playing in Europe would possibly explain the use of away kit at home but it clearly looks like daylight in the pic so not a Euro tie so don't know

Pitch seems in decent nick so possibly a preseason friendly. I'm going for Napoli or Lazio who turned up without an away kit.

Year: 1970

its a competitive match, 1971

but who against?

getting the competition would be part of it...

(no googling yet)

I would have said the City player in the background was Neil Young not Doyle.

I'm going for a European Cup Winners Cup game even if it was played during the day.

domestic opponents, domestic competition

Is it the Anglo scotch cup?

no, good idea though

English team

Texaco Cup?

no, major UK Competition, ongoing to this day

Leeds?

Don't remember them having trim on the shirts but the No 2 looks like Paul Reaney

This has kept me going for ages.

I was thinking along same lines as David with no2 looking like Paul Reaney but the shirts are more Liverpool and could the fulback be Chris Lawler or possibly could ian Callaghan have played there at any time?

Havnt a clue who the guy in the middle facing the goal is tho.

Anyway without googling im stumped.

no not Leeds

clue: it is the FA Cup

you need to think a lot more obtuse than Division one sides at the time

i can answer questions to give clues


your collective task is to get the team before you ask ten questions

Is it Wigan? 

They got to the third round once when they were about 4 divisions below the league structure and were knocked out at City - sure that was the year Arsenal did the double.

very good

in 1971 they were in the northern premier league, reached the third round, lost 1-0 at maine road

both teams played in away strips

Who is the man in yellow and where is he playing?

the images are too small for me. bigger ones?

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Any better?

thanks

i will leave it to others as its a bit close to home!

Looks like Darius Vassell to me, haven't got a clue who it's for. I might be way off the mark!

Looks like Julian Joachim?

Don't know where the game is. Vaguely remember him going somewhere strange.

Is indeed Mr Joachim.
He turned up at Kings Lynn FC for a season or two circa 2009.

he's been on a tour of the leicestershire non league teams

quorn, hinckley now shepshed dynamo

a fantastic talent when he was younger, what a player he would have been if he was a few inches taller, but went off the rules with booze and gambling

Gambling def got that kid.  Heard some amazing stories about him in betting shops from back in the day around the Leicester area.

where is this, and what is happening?

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I'll start with a pitch inspection at hillsborough?

1st under soil heating? Which I believe was at Goodison?

neither of those grounds, nor 1st undersoil. earlier than that

obviously the right sort of subject

Is it something to do with pitchside advertising?

no, the pitch itself...

It looks cold and snowy

Gotta be something to do with thawing the surface

First artificial surface?

no

The guy ls blowing hot air onto surface

What sort of money would he be getting for this?

that is part of it

its this

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Man-invented-Filbert-Street-tent-dies-aged-84/story-16687020-detail/story.html

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few hundred quid a month, tops.

depends on the funding of the club, maybe goal bonuses from sponsors etc etc

where am i?

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Eastville?

no, can see why you said it though (the track)

Can't think of another ground in England with a speedway track (apart from the old Wembley)

I'll leave it to more cosmopolitan minds.

Poole or Ashfield (Glasgow) are the only two speedway tracks I can think have grounds in the middle still, so will go with, Poole?

No

its used for something else apart from speedway

its not in england, though it is in the uk

Going to guess it's in Norn Iron given the flag. Would need to Google for any more.

No.

Isle of Man?

Boom, got it.

It was actually a very important venue at one time for a sport other than football.

the venue was Cowdenbeath

the sport? stock car racing


time for another....

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it's English

Somewhere in West London, or Middlesex?

No

we'll add some drama to it

you collectively have 20 questions from now to get it

whoever gets it after 20 Q's puts a sporting image up with associated question

if its before 20 Q's it stays with me

Assume from the ad board saying 'Southern' it is not in the North or the Midlands correct?

correct.

always use the clues given in the pic, they are a couple more....

The quality of the picture is terrible.  I can't read any other advert.

blue seats, blue gate, built up area.....

one clearly visible ad sign is also a (lateral thinkers) help

Well I can see, I think, "Yiewsley Steel" & "Phoenix (?) Brewery", & one that says "Southern" something, but not much else.

Still, "built up area", that helps, it means it is near or in a Town, which narrows it down significantly.

Non League Football ground?

no

yiewsley is right next to Heathrow.  So i am assuming the ground is withing circa 30 miles of Heathrow?

That was why I suggested "West London or Middlesex" but I received a "no".

no

under 100 miles away

It is a current ground in the football league (ie the club still plays in the league at this ground in 2015)?

Brighton's old ground?

very good, the south stand at the goldstone

(Phoenix Brewery is an area of Brighton)

I had no idea what the old Goldstone ground looked like.  WP Simon.

Was going to post a good one which Ive been too but long gone, but url has its name in it :)

Name the British city

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Sheffield?

not sheffield (though of course brammall lane was dual use until the 70s)

Was going to say Northampton , but that's a town so answer would be cobblers :)

Newport in Wales?

no

northampton of course was shared with football until the 90s

newport now shares with rugby

The Den

Didn't read the question correctly. .....must not do that in my interview tomorrow.

How old is the photo tighty? 50s?

yes about right

no later than the 60s

Birmingham?

Leeds?

neither

old trafford?

Nottingham, Trent Bridge?

Geo

no

neither of the venues shown are first class/league grounds in their respective sport, but were.

here is the cricket ground in its pomp, shown from the football ground end. it might be reintroduced to the first class schedule at some stage, there is a feasibility study currently underway

the football ground end is one of the very few double sided sporting stands, designed by Leitch. Headingley, Leeds was another ground that had one

(http://yorkshireccc.com/uploads/crop_image/680/340/20141211085105_53854.jpg?)

Bradford? Park avenue Footy club?

thats it

it held 306 first class and 48 list A cricket matches between 1881 and 1996

" The club left Park Avenue in 1973, selling it for financial reasons. After going bust and reforming as a Sunday league team in 1975, the club returned to what was left of Park Avenue in season 1987–88. However they had to vacate the ground at the end of the season when an indoor cricket centre was built on part of the pitch. Bradford Park Avenue was reformed as a semi-professional club late in 1987 and now play at Horsfall Stadium."

Don't think I'd have got it without second clue, took "British" City to look at Scotland and Wales :)

Not up to Tighty's standard.....but here is another.

Name this ground.

Cryptic clue to help - (Player)   More veg wanted by this Eminem fan perhaps



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will pm you so as not to spoil it

p.s more cryptic please!!

^^^ Solved within about a minute!!I must try harder.

Got the stan collymore bit :-)

Very good. My 1st effort was just going to be 'extra vegetables for rap star fan'......but I thought nah, I best make it easier.

.....nobody has actually named the GROUND yet!

Stafford Rangers

Funny name for a ground ;)

specifcally, Marston road

Winner.

Think I might have a couple of good ones, will look tonight...

where.....?

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Looks like East Lancs somewhere, no idea about footy teams so will guess Burnley?

no

oh , i was gonna guess somewhere up t'north. Was thinking Bradford or Barnsley area ?

up north yes

neither bradford or barnsley, but the right manor

Is it Millmoor?

no, again right sort of area. all decent guesses

Old Huddersfield stadium?  (Leeds Road?).

Is it a currently used stadium?

thats correct

the new one was built just to the left of the first pic i posted

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Where is Trip5 when you need her ;)

Bugger I would easily have got that one if I hadnt had to spend the day talking silly keywords in interview.

i think this is a wonderful pic

for the full monty


name the ground, name both teams

the ground and both teams still exist

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Just been shown on SSN before the rangers game today.  Looks as grim as it does in your picture!

No idea where , but that is one hell of a crowd !

Sunderland & roker park?

Arsenal

If the ground still exists can't be roker?

Thought it was Villa park FA Cup Semi Final?

He said the ground "still exists", so that rules out Highbury?

Is it Griffin Park?

How about Newcastle v Burnley  playing at Molineux in an FA cup semi final. So out of touch with football I am not sure if Molineux is still about.

Was thinking it could be odsal in the old days, but givin the clue, Bramhall Lane?  Sheffield United vs Blackburn (can just see a pair of shorts).  No idea what the match was.

Charlton vs sheff wed at the valley.

I know the valley used to have a big pop side. Not too sure about Charlton wearing white sleeves though

The only correct guess so far is Newcastle

they are the away team, in this game from 1953

1953 is a crucial part of guessing this, for the competition pictured (which is no longer played) is part of solving the puzzle

you are looking for the home team (white sleeves) and ground now

the ground is still used, but is of course much changed

The shape of it is very like the kop at hillsborough before it was roofed and then seated.

It looks like it's the side of the pitch though that would rule it out.

Would it be a Scottish team Tighty , Anglo Scottish cup match (if there ever was such a thing)

It is a scottish team

Yes, 1953 is the key to getting this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Cup_(football)

Hibernian at Hampden Park?

Easter Road

Remember going to an Anglo Scottish Cup game Forest vs Ayr United in 1970's so definitely no Anglo Scottish Cup :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fraserpettigrew/4388245088/in/set-72157624235775804

I assume this guy has the original photo.



The old East Terrace in its pomp.
 
This was one of the annual pre-season Edinburgh Charities Day fundraising matches played between an Edinburgh select and a top English side every year between 1944 and 1962, alternately at Easter Road and Tynecastle. By 1963 the fixture must have run out of steam as no English side could be lured north and Dunfermline Athletic made a half-hearted trip across the Forth to be walloped 7-0 at Tynecastle.
 
Initially when I came across this photo (can't remember where I got it from now) it was labelled as Edinburgh v Newcastle, 1 August 1959 but I now think this is wrong and it is actually the match played in 1955. By 1959 both teams had adopted the fashion for collarless v-necked strips. The button-up collars worn here were only worn up until 57 in Hibs' case and 58 in Newcastle's.
 
According to the 1955 match programme the lineups were:
Edinburgh
Marshall (Hearts ) Grant, McLelland, Preston, Plenderleith (all Hibs ) Cumming ( Hearts ) Scott ( Hibs ) Murray, Bauld (Captain )Wardhaugh ( all Hearts ) & Ormond (Hibs )

Newcastle
Harvey, Keith & Mc Michael , Scoular Stokoe & Mitchell, Taylor , Eastham , White Allchurch & McGuigan.

Ref was Tiny Wharton



Geo

its the 1953 coronation cup semi final, Geo

Hibs Played Newcastle at Ibrox?

https://jimcraigcsc.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/coronation-cup-15th-may-1953/

The guy who has the photo seems to think differently

Initially when I came across this photo (can't remember where I got it from now) it was labelled as Edinburgh v Newcastle, 1 August 1959

Geo

ok

interesting!

need to tell my group of groundspotter nerds they are wrong then :-)

The ground is correct, the match is not the Coronation Cup

Geo

Only once if 106 year os so ;-)

I lolled, although not entirely accurate

Geo

taken this weekend

where?

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Looks like somewhere in the North Midlands to me.

Think I've got it, but I Googled with help of some clues in the picture, so I won't post it!

Rushden?

no

you are looking for the name of a league club

Millmoor rotherhams old ground.

Great memories of being on that away end watching Wednesday.

I remember being about 7 or 8 when my dad said we were going shopping for school clothes, only to go over the bridge and see Millmoor and saw Wednesday winning there.

Remember one year in late seventies,  Roger Wylde curling in a shot from the edge of the box into the bottom corner. Loved going to away games then.

That's what I'd come up with too.

correct

still stands as was when rotherham left, with a half built main stand

some sunday league football and county youth games played there

Here's a nice one I've just seen - if you get the teams you've got better eyesight than a hawk but the ground is one for you.

(http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CANCM8gVIAEmWpc.jpg)

thats a great picture

love the gabled main stand

very famous ground

the two teams are portsmouth and aston villa, 1929..neutral venue obv.

 

I fancy that is an Archibald Leitch designed Stadium, so that would narrow it down to a handful. Biggish handful.



Anfield, Liverpool
 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London
 Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
 Bramall Lane, Sheffield
 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
 Celtic Park, Glasgow
 Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
 Dalymount Park, Dublin
 Deepdale, Preston
 The Old Den, New Cross, London
 Dens Park, Dundee
 The Dell, Southampton
 Ewood Park, Blackburn
 The Double Decker stand (The Kop), Filbert Street, Leicester
 Fratton Park, Portsmouth
 Goodison Park, Liverpool
 Hampden Park, Glasgow
 Home Park, Plymouth
 Ibrox Park, Glasgow
 Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
 Lansdowne Road, Dublin
 Leeds Road, Huddersfield
 Molineux, Wolverhampton
 Old Trafford, Trafford, Greater Manchester
 Park Avenue, Bradford
 Roker Park, Sunderland
 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
 Saltergate, Chesterfield
 Selhurst Park, South Norwood, London
 Somerset Park, Ayr
 Stamford Bridge, Walham Green, London fulham
 Starks Park, Kirkcaldy
 Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, London
 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
 Valley Parade, Bradford
 Villa Park, Birmingham
 West Ham Stadium, Custom House, London
 White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London
 Windsor Park, Belfast

Stamford Bridge?

OK cleverclogs - how much was it for a cup of Bovril? What brand of cigarattes did the managers smoke?

lol

1d and Senior Service

great photo though, and a much missed ground.

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Surprised its Highbury. Did all the great stands get built in 1930s? Thought it was older.

this is tough

name the English league club

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Great cars in the pic!   Proper old school football chairman type cars there from the old days.

Noticed exactly that, too. 2 door Roller Coupe with a very short personal registration number, that's half the clue, who owns that beauty?

Can't see properly, but it looks like "Camel1".

Assume the other car is a jag? 

Valley Parade?

No

i can give clues....

first one i suppose..the picture is about 15 years old, and you wouldn't be able to take the same shot today, as the ground does not exist anymore

Baseball Ground?

Good guess, along the right lines

but no

Fellows Park?

no

bit bigger than that...

Goldstone Ground?

no

baseball and fellows is the right area of the country....

Oh - Victoria Ground?

Only others in that area I can think of are Highfield Road and Filbert Street.

Don't think its Filbert Street.

its highfield road, well done

Damn, I thought Highfield Road but it didn't look right on any image found in Google! wp

that big ron's roller then?

now that would be interesting

could well have been.

I wouldn't have recognised it from that photo.

There weren't many midlands grounds left though!!

Name the ground

still used by the league team to this day

picture from the 1930s

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Apart from whatever that is in the bottom left corner, it's not really changed that much round there.

At least in the 1930s you can see the goal line from where you sit or stand! :0

bottom left the factories were knocked down and the white city estate went up in its place

The school and all those houses are still there now, which is the reason the ground can't be expanded beyond its current capacity of about 37.

Are they still looking at moving to new ground?

Yeah - out beside the new Crossrail station at Old Oak Common, but there's an issue with getting ownership of the required land, and then there's going to be the further issue of relegation, massive fines and Tony Fernandes losing interest.

name the ground

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Is it a current English Football League ground?

no but it was

Elm Park?

No

 The terrace at the far end looks a bit like Wimbledon for the away fans.

Milwall? The Old Den?

Correct, Plough Lane Wimbledon

scary scary place, especially midweek or after a winter saturday game

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player, venue and year please

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Bradman, Oval, 48?

Sheer guesswork, but Oval, early 50's, Compton.

Bradman and the oval are correct

year is pre-war

current league ground.

which is it?

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Rochdale, spotland?

incorrect

Is it a current English League ground?

a current football league ground

Newport?

Plymouth?

neither of those

happy to give clues if required or answer questions

Cheltenham Town?

My guesses would be Spotland or Gigg lane. I see its not Spotland

Gigg Lane, Bury

the main stand is unchanged to this day

bit of a clue in this one?

name the club

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDwSQ6WXIAAfsOD.jpg)

Stenhousemuir ?

nope.

Stranraer?

no, not Dumfriesshire's finest

Scarborough?

correct

the McCain stadium

Ha!!  I remember freezing in that little terrace nearest camera for a 3rd round cup match!  Goalless draw.

I was just about to chip in with that. I am sure I have been this ground but cannot recall when. Good thread this one.

a tough one

Spurs are the visitors for an FA Cup tie

but where?

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ask questions for clues

Crikey, that's tough.

Current league ground now?

no, but it has been

Pure guess, away end at Saltergate?

no. an away end obviously though

Torquay?

correct

spoilsport

Well I missed out on Plough Lane a few days back so I had to get in quick  ;)

I remember being at QPR game in the late 70s when an away supporter climbed right up to the top of the floodlights.

Spent the whole match watching him and hoping he didnt fall off.

Beat watching QPR tbh.

QPR had floodlights in the 70's?

Surprised by that, always thought of Loftus Road as a rec.

I remember a fan climbing on the roof of a stand, dancing, then falling through. Was first ge
Of the season. Might have been Scarborough?

God bless google.


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egWbklcsfFw

The chap survived, his head must have been quite thick.  

Was also a similar mishap to a fellow from Manchester United when they dared to attack Norwich's Barclay Boys.

Who said this about who?

"(Players name) was a very unattractive young man. If one day, I felt a bit off colour, I would sit next to him. I was bloody Errol Flynn in comparison. But give him a ball and a yard of grass, and he was an artist, the Picasso of our game."

Brian Clough?

About John Robertson.

Correct and correct.
I was just listening to Irish band, the Sultans of Ping and they have a song with a few Brian Clough quotes. It's entitled, "Give Him A Ball (And A Yard Of Grass)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O7qwQlORlM

where?

(http://www.lcfc.com/cms_images/twih-1280-668148.jpg)

Oh my Lord!

Selhurst Park?

no

clues are of course available

I always prefer the improbable guess!

Current league ground?

Goodison Park?

not a current league ground

Huddersfield's old ground, Leeds Road ?

no.

couple of clues in the photo, if you think a bit :-)

An Archibald Leitch stand?

not this one

more what is behind the stand you can see....

looks a bit tight

Highbury?

no

not quite as grand

quite=nowhere near as grand

Baseball Ground?

wash your mouth out

no. (good guess, on the right lines)

F**b**t Street? :)

Filbert Street saw its record attendance of 47,298 for the Fifth Round FA Cup tie, against Tottenham Hotspur, on 18 February 1928.
This game also saw many more spectators watch the match from the roof of the Filbert Street end

the photo became famous in stadia geekland for the image of the lady climbing the rope to get up onto the flooodlight

47,000+ was quite the crowd. even before the taylor report later capacity was 32,000 and 20,000 subsequently

of course behind are the terraced houses, the reason why the club eventually moved as 2 of 36 hpouseholders refused to be bought up by the club....

Just looked up on Wiki as not been to Leicester City games post Filbert (2002!). Is it still an undeveloped car park?, I was thinking it would be a delicious irony if they knocked down the old houses when they redeveloped the site. :)

student towerblock over part of the site

the rest was going to be developed but the banking crash halted the development, yet to be refunded

the terraced houses are intact

What a fantastic photo.

where is this?

what is happening and why?

(http://www.fulhamfc.com/-/media/History/Throwback%20Thurs/derby-chaos.jpg?w=700&h=500)

One of the teams is Derby County.

It's the only clue I am giving you.

When Fulham needed to win to go up didn't the Derby fans invade pitch right at end, was the match abandoned but the result stood ala Blackpool/Huddesrfield?

Seem to recall fans on touchline and one fouled a Fulham player? 1980s football heh :)

Fulham needed to win to go up

Derby needed a point to stay up

derby scored with 15 to go

there was a small pitch invasion

rest of match platyed out with fans just off the touchline

with 2 minutes left the ref blew for a foul. fans though it was the final whistle. pandemonium

game was not restarted, result stood

Malcolm Macdonald the fulham manager waged a campaign to get the game replayed, but failed. a year later they went down and he was sacked



 

where is this?

(https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/11050091_10153009883412408_4016866017870319529_n.jpg?oh=802a8602556969c912d378e4f515b194&oe=55E19AEA)

The Old Den?  I seem to remember it having spashes of yellow though.

no, not hell on earth

Reminds me of Saturday - Tozer couldn't take a Watford corner in injury time because of our idiot fans all on the touchline.

Priestfield?

no, not Gillingham

Selhurst Park?

no

i can offer clues if required

Current league ground?

no

its now a housing estate

White Hart Lane?

Crook Town

Is it Ninian Park

no

gradually getting through blue teams who have moved grounds :-)

Goldstone Ground?

If that white structure is a particularly grim urinal for the away fans is it Elm Park?

(http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2012/09/cowboy-shaking-head-no.gif)

(http://i.imgur.com/dKuYAhH.gif)

This stand, the pop side

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mYZToxFCUrM/Tt4O2DOAImI/AAAAAAAAAME/D8crbPQvAFM/s1600/elm2.jpg)

Remember that open terrace and toilet now.  Lost 4-1.  Michael Gilks scored a couple for them and they had Shaka Hislop in goal.  Think it might have also seen Kevin Phillips first ever career goal (or one of his first ones).

name the English ground

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11249312_1001286936549049_1056472994368412425_n.jpg?oh=83d80492b5d35ea148e0d65c7f23380f&oe=55FFC979&__gda__=1442655876_1254bd0748d436be9353e809b673cf3e)

Is it currently a football league ground?

Yes, it is a current English ground

Turf Moor?

agree

correct

Burnley cricket club, of James Anderson fame, next door

Turf Moor's longside modelled on Leeds Road, Huddersfield which was a touch bigger. but not, interestingly, a leitch design itself as leeds road was

the bob lord stand, bottom left, survives intact to this day and is an old fashioned relic in an era of new or otherwise refurbished stadia

(http://fsarena.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/burnley0101.jpg)

i love this one

good luck

(https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11351451_10153271100355270_429720607041519510_n.jpg?oh=2dc879a0e2a206e1436dfc9301df94d4&oe=55CE3D62)

An Archibald Leitch Stadium? (

Is this England?

With the flags on the stand, my gut reaction was Ayrsome park during the World cup in 1966.

That building in the background looks far too nice to be in Middlesbrough so It can't be right

ayresome park must have changed a bit in 23 years from 1966 to 1989 when I last went!!!!  Proper piss hole of a gaff inside and out.

It is in England

no, it is not a Leitch stadium or stand

One day you'll answer "yes" to that.


I've now decided it is Monmouth. Shame it's not in England though.

Craven cottage?  I don't recognise the building behind and I have been past craven cottage a fair few times.  Sure it isn't in France?

it's in england

not craven cottage

you need to think a bit laterally, and i can give plenty of clues to help you on the path to the answer..but lets see how we get on for now

the photo is over 100 years old.......

Does it have a University connection?

Is that a university building?

Must have thought of that at the same time. Guessing the manor ground? 

Yay, I got there 14 seconds before Doobs.

no university connection and not oxford

It struck me as it could be Oxford for some reason.

The beautiful building behind must be a great clue.

#xdrg'ezk,g'zes\,g'zsprs,

Woolwich arsenal? 

....is CORRECT.

Next.

Is that building behind the ground part of the Royal Observatory?

Afraid not. Good lateral thinking though. More of that.

Ha thought it looked a bit like Greenwich, but couldn't think who would play there.

The flags seem to alternate between the 2 teams playing, so is this a neutral venue?

It is

Was it a temporary construction?  Is it somewhere not normally used for football?

Got it in the end (thanks Dung). 

Crystal Palace

Correct

game shown is the 1914 cup final, the last FA Cp final at the ground

Burnley beat Liverpool 1-0

the Athletics stadium is now on the site, and some banking and a few posts aside there is no evidence of the football ground as was

here is a view of the stadium in 1905 when over 101,000 withnessed that cup final

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/CrystalPalace1905.jpg/900px-CrystalPalace1905.jpg)

from the 1950s

which ground?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11350639_10205620396341520_4144941051720265923_n.jpg?oh=84566952e0ad3820caa966e763b87e8e&oe=56035878)

Craven Cottage?

No.

Still a current English League ground?

it never was

A rugby ground?

has been, but football the main sport. current ground

Ninian Park?

no

ninian was knocked down five years ago

Ah yeah, current ground.
Is it Ibrox? Sevens rugby was played there!

not Ibrox

Ibrox, with its magnificent Leitch main stand, is much grander even now refurbished

(https://davesfootballtravels.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/dsc03222.jpg)

 

Is it in the West Midlands?

as above, not an English league ground

 ;indestructable;

"For years I thought their name was Partick Thistle Nil"
Billy Connolly

Think longines is right.

Lived nearby as a kid and was taken to a few games there.

That's a very nice façade, by football ground standards.


(http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/images/jpgs/firhill_stadium_030411_il3.jpg)


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Firhill_2.jpg)


(http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/13/15/1131516_255ae5f4.jpg)

....but not as wonderfully imposing as that beauty. That's magnificent.

name the ground, name the teams

name the year if you are feeling clever

(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/78234000/jpg/_78234055_boro_1978_pa.jpg)

Looks like a boro style kit so going for Boro v Southampton at Ayresome Park.

boro at ayresome is correct

away team...?

year?

Looks like it might be a variation on Coventrys brown egg timer kit worn by away team so 1978?

Is it a Plymouth badge on the away kit?

78 is correct. Not cov or plymouth

Orient?

or Crystal Palace?

Orient is correct. Fa cup quarter final I believe

name the ground

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11266392_10207106904056066_7016706100123970046_n.jpg?oh=ca35ccee38e5a6a7ec90a48670a74fc2&oe=55E946B3)

Is it a English League Football ground?

Gresty Road?

it was

no (fell for the railway lines clue!)

Is it an optical illusion or is there a slight bow in the pitch, so it's higher in the middle than the sides?

looks like it. some pitches used to have that.

Milton Road (City Ground) Cambridge?

Is it County Ground Northampton Town? 

no not cambridge or northampton

Final stab - is it an old shot of Sincil Bank?

no

it is a current league club, but their old ground

there is a colour related clue around the ground

Swindon Town?

Bury, CIS as sponsors too??  They are quite local

EDIT.  always been at Gigg Lane :(

No

this club has moved away from this ground.

current league club, old ground

Hull?

No

got the colour clue right though.....

Barnet, Underhill?

Newport - Somerton Park?

correct, used until 1988

here it is in 79

(http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/inline-image/public/somerton_final.jpg?itok=f8GdUEMn)

now housing

Tough one - wouldn't have got it without the yellow/orange clue.

I was trying to work out what was running round the outside as the coreners looked too weird for speedway and greyhounds, but wikipedia can help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Park)

The tight track meant that turf had to be brought on to make the corner flag area for football matches and removed once the match had finished.

where?

extra points for when

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11053202_10153419612204809_6809237880136427555_n.jpg?oh=3e9066db0ccfaaef0fa090d588afc2b5&oe=55EC45C4)

Griffing Park.  Is that a Mini mark 4 from the dark radiator grill?  1977?

I am crap at these, but..  

Mtchells and Butler pub in the corner.  Looks like a small ground.  Walsall? Never been, so no idea if there is a pub there.

Old school mini (850cc version), and is that the back of a Princess?.
sorry 1978, getting my years confused

In the midlands i would imagine with an M&B boozer?  Correct?  I would say early/mid 70s.

both correct

midlands

early 70s: 1974 actually

not walsall

Kidderminster? Telford?  Looks like a non league ground to me.  Can't be WBA, Villa or Bham.

no

it is a league ground today.

ffs, wrote 1974 originally.  I was going to ask for the inflation rate as a clue!

Chesterfield?

no

west not east midlands

mitchells and butler were and are a west midlands brwery....

St Andrews?

no

Port Vale? though guess Arbboy would get this if I am right

no

top two divisions.

Only been Vale once for a speed awareness course.  Didn't look anything like that.

Must be WBA then.  Cant be villa.

Could be the old stoke ground but that was before my time of living near Stoke.

the same view today

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11350571_10153419623624809_538164416953027_n.jpg?oh=c0961ead73d17c3b02b6da48a8af1781&oe=55E8342F)

the Birmingham road end at the Hawthorns

Fill in the gap

The Hawthorns is the _________ ground in England.

Highest?

The Hawthorns is the most cargo ship like ground in England.

Indeed. 551 feet above sea level apparently.

Highest in the top 4 divisions to be accurate.

a current league ground

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t34.0-12/11263860_1007147632629646_767659120_n.jpg?oh=e973e41cc76294c66d1cac967d0f74da&oe=5576B65A)

Looks a bloody small pitch !

 South bank West ham?

too easy

this was a wartime match against chelsea

recognisable by the corner shelf which became

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1012871_10153382896989367_2538470902928180744_n.jpg?oh=372d1619bb6f8552510d6f768effe37f&oe=55EEEB5E)

and is now

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11391289_10153387322079680_6611129359302647749_n.jpg?oh=77aef8e7b631084065eb6f24dff07708&oe=55E734EC)

Probably been to Upton park more than any other away ground.Night games used to be a great atmosphere haven't been since all seating and Luton tumbling down the leagues.

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/11/25/article-1333091-0C3CCCAC000005DC-370_468x314.jpg)

Pictured in 1975, this cricketer scored a county hundred against Derbyshire

115 to be precise

who is he?

what was unusual about that century, that can never be repeated these days.....?

Is that Chris Balderstone ?.

No idea why it was unusual.

it is

On Monday 15th September 1975 he played cricket for Leicestershire against Derbyshire at Chesterfield and at close of play he was 51 not out.

A quick drive to Belle Vue followed and he played for Doncaster Rovers in the evening in a 1-1 draw against Brentford in the Fourth Division.

The following morning he was back playing cricket, finishing his innings on 116 and taking 3 wickets for 28 runs to help win the County Championship for Leicestershire for the first time.

ok where is easy

who is playing and what year?

(http://i.imgur.com/QBtwb.jpg)

Wow - short boundary much?

You might want to rename that image Tighty...

different image now...

Australia Windies around WSC era playing an exhibition before any floodlights were installed in English grounds.

Ground is too easy (I think!!)

yep didn't ask for the ground

stamford bridge

bit later than WSC

west indies against.....

Chelsea would come under Middlesex, wouldn't it?

I think...

its not middlesex, though yes it is in middlesex (if it was to be any county, chelsea is middlesex)

it is a county though

On August 14th 1980 Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground hosted the first senior day-night match in England, Essex against the West Indies. An artificial pitch was laid but a football pitch is not the ideal shape for cricket. Being long and thin it was an easy matter to hit sixes to the short boundaries - Graham Gooch hit a century in just 77 minutes (which back then was a big thing, not so much now) and in one 18-minute spell Viv Richards scored 53 runs.

A crowd of 11,073 made it a successful experiment, so much so that when Chelsea played Wrexham two days later in their opening Football League fixture of the season the chant of 'We want cricket' was heard during the slower moments of the game.

I was at this match as a teenager. a friend and his family lived on the fulham palace road and took me along. we bumped into joel garner in the corridor of the east stand behind the exec boxes. garner could not walk standing to his full height and had to walk along neck cricked so low was the ceiling. he was still massive. like a giant redwood.

A month later, on 17th September 1980 an England XI (including Botham, Gooch, Boycott and Gatting) played the Rest of the World (including Richards, Gavaskar, Lloyd and Marshall) in a 40-over match at Bristol City's Ashton Gate Ground. A crowd of 7925 made it a profitable venture but the experiment didn't bring a lasting union between the sports with the major cricket grounds getting their own floodlights.

so, as part of the promotion of the stamford bridge match, there was some pr photo opps

name the 5 in this picture

(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5162/sbcricket1980.jpg)

Viv Richards behind the stumps and Gavaskar to his left.

Gavaskar is wrong

essex v the west indies at chelsea....

Second one is Clive Lloyd.

Is it a footballer batting? Looks a bit like Geoff Hurst.

yes and yes

"Hurst joined Chelsea, then in the Second Division, before the 1979–80 season, initially as assistant manager to Danny Blanchflower. When Blanchflower was sacked, Hurst was appointed manager."

Gavaskar must be Alvin and the Chipmunks then?

 left one is Deryck Murray?

Leg slip is Alvin Kallicharan?

yes and yes

who when and where?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHDWyvhWcAAlymg.jpg)

Looks like a USA Indy 500 type event in the 70's or 80's but then I am struggling.

Is that Phil Hellmuth's understated celebrations for his 14th bracelet?

Fittipaldi, 74, Watkins glen

1974 is correct

wrong driver

it is F1, but not in america

It must be a Tyrell driver, so I think it is Jody Schekter.  No idea where.

Mario Andretti?

jody scheckter's first grand prix win, in sweden

went on to be world champion

Schekter British GP

EDIT: Damn wrong race

I have vague memories of a Swedish Grand Prix but can't picture it.

Had a look on Wikipedia and it was the site of the only victories of the 6 wheel Tyrell and the controversial Brabham fan car. 

which team still plays here?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/10846133_570938873047976_8630933037147455044_n.jpg?oh=414e31a670bbd3f9b72374aadc79012c&oe=5602BBAF)

Is that Tikays allotment?

no.

some of the allotments are still there, btw (and for tikay too)

Hill in the distance looks a bit like Castle Hill in Huddersfield.

Preston. Deepdale?

Neither of those

Is it up north?

Yes

I mean north, north!
The allotments still in use. Tannadice? If so, I was in that stadium for a UEFA Cup tie in 1985 between my team, Bohemians of Dublin and Dundee United. Looked a bit different, mind you!

Tannadice is correct. Dundee law is the hill in the background

1964

Where?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11630_863884843648786_4234851940726754153_n.jpg?oh=de77200e3596881a4cd0adb9ef65a030&oe=562E5093)

Current league ground?

no

old ground of a current league club

accrington stanley?

Who are they?

Exactly!

Peel Park Accrington is correct

they went out of business in 64, reformed in 70 playing at the crown ground (as it is now called)

who is being interviewed by who, and where?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHKg1V2WgAAoyFX.jpg)

Jimmy Greaves at Stamford Bridge?

No

Brian Clough at Ayresome park?

no

Billy Bonds/Geoff Hurst at Upton Park....being interviewed by Tikay?



For ease....please just copy and paste the fololwing.....no/no/no, and no.

Nat Lofthouse at Burnden interviewed by Ken W??

None of those. 1950s. Famous England player. Current premier league ground

Bobby Robson?

The ground is either Anfield or Goodison imo - Dingwall Motors in the background still exists and I used to walk past it most days on my way to the train station to/from work in Liverpool before I learned to drive. I want to say Goodison because of all the housing around it but I'm not that clued up on Anfield housing situations in the 50's.

No idea on anything else though!

Looks a bit too pleasant to be Liverpool imo.

I think it's Selhurst Park and guess the interviewer could be Brian Moore, no idea on the player

It is Selhurst Park

player, bobby robson was closest in that for a while in the 50s and 60s he played in the same team as this player

black shorts a clue

Anyway, the answer is Johnny Haynes of Flham, interviewed by Ian Wooldridge

love the blurb on this one

1912 cup final, barnsley v wba

great social history looking at the crowd

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHKcF7KW8AAusje.jpg)

1975

where is this?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHKjS_AWsAA4kvJ.jpg)

Home Park?

No, not Plymouth

Torquay ?

Yeovil's old sloping ground

The only stand it reminds me of is at Bootham Crescent ?

none correct so far

the ground is no longer used

it has been a non-league and league ground

it has hosted cup finals for the FA (but not the major cup finals)

Has anyone guessed the Manor Ground, Oxford yet.  Can't remember what the stands looked like, but there were many and they were all ramshackle. 

Some of them had 15 foot fences in front of them as well.  Pretty sure it isn't that ground though from memory.  Highest away fence i ever saw in my life at that ground.  Only went once.  Tighty might have been there.  Alan Smith's last ever game for Leicester in the late 80's.

Is it Northwich Victoria?

Barnet....

Underhill is correct

only just now being sold off for housing, after the move to the ve two seasons ago

Barnet back in the football league this year

who is the england player?

which team are they playing?

what event is the match at?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11392881_967183749969848_4586305186790710600_n.jpg?oh=9a4f343c9927af31b841970b6c35d8c8&oe=5628D694)

There is a lot of empty seats! And whoever he is, he's given that full back a roasting. Look at the dirt on his kit, whilst the England players kit is pristine :)
"what event is the match at?", is a strangely phrased question. Was there ever football in the Commonwealth games?
Or is it one of these England vs World XI things?

"what event is the match at?" is badly phrased

"which major tournament is this and in what year?" is better

A World Cup in the 1950's, is almost certainly right, but not very helpful.
Is it Billy Wright?

Is it that game we somehow lost 1-0 to USA at a world cup?

no

it is a 1950s world cup

billy wright?! look at what the england player is doing....slim fella, near the byeline, about to cross left footed. billy was a 1950s centre half!l

That's easy for you to say, I wasn't born then!
The opponent looks very angry and emotional, as the calm Englishman strolls past him. Is he French?

close!

Tom Finney?

Yes

who is he playing against?

which world cup? (and where, the ground, for mega bonus points)

Italy?
In 1954.
Which was Switzerland..............Geneva?

Switzerland 1954 is correct

England v ?  at ?

Bern?  I know we had Italy in group but can't remember the others.

no not Bern

i'll give you the ground. Basle.

14,000 spectators

quite a famous game, group stages

the shorts are black.

I had to look it up so won't give it away.  Have you seen the format for that world cup?  Absolutely ridiculous!??

this is true

look at what happened in this game!

it was belgium (specifically marcel dries)

http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-belgium-17-june-1954-226379/

a 4-4 draw

england took the lead in the 91st minute and a dickinson own goal made it 4-4 in the 94th

they then played extra time, no more goals and it finished 4-4!

where?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t34.0-12/11428589_1015653758445700_1034707462_n.jpg?oh=f0884e1072ebd9901166c1ea920a7c74&oe=55827C42)

Soviet Russia, possibly Siberia somewhere?
How bloody dangerous is that? Someone is definitely going on thier tit and in a group like that, they are going to take down another 5 or 6.

its in england

possibly carlisle in july. joke

its in england

saltergate?

The old den?

no, it is a current league ground

Notts county?

Fairly sure I've seen those flats. QPR or Fulham?

correct

its the white city estate

this is the school end at QPR, where the away fans now go in that steep narrow stand

back when loftus road was less like a shoe box

not a difficult one, but this is an award winning photo that i really like

where?

(http://i3.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article9412740.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/naomiiiii.jpg)

Airbus UK FC?

yes

Hollinsworth stadium


article refers  http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/north-wales-schoolgirls-epic-airbus-9412760

1957

a team at home to Newcastle.

health and safety anyone?

where?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11219226_10206820123005246_9145962830714248889_n.jpg?oh=ac0d7daa0c74339fc6535990af986be3&oe=56213E3E)

where and when?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/11822549_980680425316255_7424254357745472414_n.jpg?oh=f43fc0b765f6b1904b0afa1448e957c3&oe=564C9D0C)

Saw this somewhere recently, might have been "The Metro". Which is a free newspaper given out on the busses and metro's up here. (Have no idea if its National or not)

And i think it was at Millwall but no idea which ground.

Not just national, international!

Well maybe not, because as I've just learned, it's owned by the Daily Mail. I should have guessed that given their online properties similarities.

millwall v newcastle at the old den yes

Is this a football ground?  Looks more like a race course.

Football ground

What year did it stop being a football ground?  Going to guess at the old Crystal Palace.  It looks very grand with the flags.  Must be a southern ground surely?  Plenty of posh looking hats in that picture.  Not all flat cap northerners.

still a football ground, and yes south of the watford gap

Pure guess.....Charltons old Valley ground. I vaguely remember the massive open home terrace before the ground got closed in the 80's.  I can also spot a bobby on his own in the middle, so 1930's?

I was going to say Kennington Oval but that's not a football ground now.
Did it used to not be a football ground and now is a football ground? Coz it certainly doesn't look like a football ground! So the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham? But that's not south of Watford?

Walked past this iconic venue the other day.  I'd go as far as saying top 10 in the World though the daily mail disagrees.  If I post another view everybody over 30 would recognise it.

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a243/PokerDoobs/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsozwk8pgi.jpg)

No googling needed.

Fantastic venue that (not quite 30, but have been!)

Fantastic views over the city, still overgrown with weeds and neglected I assume.

Iconic photos from 92 though.

still a football ground. much changed from then, but still a football ground

Wembley?

correct

ahead of the the 1923 cup final (white horse)

200,000 attended

(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01107/wembley_1107053i.jpg)

tikay wins.

/endthread

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/White_Horse_Final1923.jpg)

I didn't go inside.  I was eating next door and noticed people swimming on the way back up the stairs.  It didn't look neglected but i could only see through the gaps.   They open it to the public in July and August for swims and picnics.

For those that haven't got it, it is famous as the set of the Kylie video for "Slow".

which ground, shown in 1969?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNRLH74WgAA0Mun.jpg)

P-tt----- A------- FC

Pittordrie is correct

where and who?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11924198_10206345834155964_7144432477521384395_n.jpg?oh=f1970f948f9aa17c7092c379a372c974&oe=567271AB)

Is this what they did before they parked the bus?

where, when and why?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/s960x960/12014966_899423990111447_7910142134350650087_o.jpg)

http://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=608

I'm guessing HRH Prince Henry was born around then?

that must be it. possibly the oddest pre-match gift swap i have seen

Who was this Rich?

Bristol c v cardiff at ashton gate 1969-70

John Toshack scoring for Cardiff

first time i realsied that ashton gate used to be open enough to view from the high rises

Why did they draw Alan partridge tho?

England v who?

Egypt

1986 world cup warm up

we had morocco in the group and wanted to play a north african opponent for a look at the style etc

we lulled them into a false sense of security by giving them a charles and di gift and beat them 4-0

Report suggests it's a game we should have drawn.

And may have been the only game England played in january

why?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPlkFs9WcAAAkFB.jpg)

Gentle reminder from Napoli that they haven't been paid for Inler yet?

 :dontask:

this was the pre-match gift from atletico madrid to leicester before their UEFA Cup tie second leg in 1997

the club is auctioning off items from its archives

Occasion, venue, teams, goalscorer.

is it the 1952 cup final Arsenal v Newcastle?

if so, scorer is George Robledo

Too good, Tighty, too good.

sorry, should have waited

where?

who plays in each stadium?

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12144824_10156124717460788_3964033622858398489_n.jpg?oh=2468ab995d8d571812f1988777e2a5df&oe=56891A36&__gda__=1452614011_0a4801a0a3549ba63d5a50ed0004d296)

Paris.

PSG play on the left in Parc des Princes and Stade Français play on the right at the Stade Jean-Bouain (when they aren't playing at Stade de France...)

I think it's shared with a football team as well but I can't think who...

correct

your turn

and nothing from prague please

Who?

(http://i.imgur.com/Gp7F9Zc.jpg)

15 of them

so we are talking a rugby team?

That's a thistle on the fella's shirt, isn't it?

Scotland rugby team?

It is certainly a rugby team, yes.

Not the Scottish team though, although it may have included some Scots.

ok so a representative team of some sort, but not a national team?

not the Barbarians, but along those lines?

Yes, of sorts.

Not the Barbarians. Still active.

not Oxford or Cambridge u?

guessing its 1880-1890s?

could it be army-navy?

At that time, all army personnel would have been obliged to sport a moustache. That only stopped during the first world war.

It is the army before the first ever game between Army and Navy.

Before the game was an annual thing, this was a one off at the Kensington Oval in 1878.

The Broad Arrow, a contemporary newspaper, described it thus:

taken in mid 2012

where?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12308291_1700842283467385_5100450935544110556_n.jpg?oh=f64222bf733ade2e83e09d0187319ce6&oe=56F55E99)

White Hart Lane?

Loftus Road?

Long shot.

Its not Feethams, former home of Darlington is it?

Layer Road?

correct. Colchester

who, what is he carrying and what year?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12347971_10153810499679680_3071645137421663295_n.jpg?oh=71cf4099248dc26e709c029e6f0ed513&oe=56D69675)

Jules Rimet Trophy, 1966?

Looks a bit like Ron Greenwood.

Ron Greenwood is correct

year and object to get.....

!964, FA Cup?

correct. waiting for the central line to essex on the way home after the match....

Ha, how times have changed.

Can't imagine why he was changing at Oxford St though, should be Bakerloo Line from North Wembley to Oxford Circus, or Metropolitan from Wembley Park & change at Baker Street.

Very misleading clue.   

Maybe he was playing bank holiday rules?

Either that or he was avoiding knip.

a model, accurate to scale, of a football stadium in the UK

Where?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCiGk1tCYAEXyNq.jpg)

Brighton?

No. a long way off. literally.

Withdean?

Cowdenbeath?

no, cowdenbeath is open along the whole of one side now and then....

(I already know it isn't) Odsal, the rugby ground.

Greenock Morton?

no.

location much warmer than previous guesses though

Reminds me of Carlisle but too much grass behind the goals

The Shay used to look like that, think it's changed a lot now, maybe has a different name.

the answer is third lanark: cathkin park in glasgow..just down the road from hampden

then

(http://www.stadiumguide.com/wp-content/gallery/cathkinpark/cathkinpark1.jpg)

and now, almost all terracing intact, land owned by the council

(http://www.stadiapostcards.com/cathkin.JPG)

quite a fascinating story of how it all came to an end

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Lanark_A.C.

The eye-catcher in that is the astonishing power & growth of self-seeding trees.

defrosting, 1950s style

where?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/943875_1674589942820606_4104165656968259883_n.jpg?oh=e0409f8ecfabb3dd00119e539ca2617e&oe=5748EA54)

First ground that came to mind was Maine Road, probably way off the mark!

I was thinking Everton but i really am stumped

Maine Road was correct.

It just makes me realise how pitches have improved out of all recognition.

Does anyone recall what pitches used to be like? The penalty area was mostly mud, and there'd be a furrow along the touchline where the linesmen used to run up & down.

It was pretty rare to see much grass on a pitch after December. 

Now, even in mid-winter, the pitches are perfect, no mud, strong grass growth, almost like a crown green bowling surface.

not wanting to be too dull, but grass technology has come on a lot. many of the pitches have artifciial components alongside the grass

stadium surface business is huge, and extremely competitive

Ahhh , muddy pitches.

Rivers of piss flowing down the conrete terracing,

Those lovely spitting contests through the fence,

The open roofed toilets,

The surge down the terrace ,

Blokes pushing tea urns filled with hot chocolate or Bovril round the pitch,

Half time scores manually marked on a scorecard,

Arriving an hour before the game and having to queue,

Players numbered one to eleven,

Hard tackles ,

Retaliation not simulation,

Twisting and turning to free your arms to clap,

Non stop singing of so many different songs ensuring hoarseness for a couple of days,

Denim ,Air Wair and scarves tied to wrists,

And the little blue disabled cars.


It was certainly different and somehow a little more real.

Players numbered one to eleven

I miss that so much.

We knew what a player was by his shirt number.

Do Subutteo players have names on them now?

I miss one sub on the bench.  You either use him or not.  No options.

I miss "no subs". Proper men in them days.

It's funny watching my 16yo son's reaction when he sees snippets of old games on TV. Between the pitches, pass backs to the keeper and the tackling he's not entirely convinced he's watching the same game.

pass back to keeper, who picks it up! and runs out bouncing the ball...

keepers with no gloves....

I showed him some footage of Paul Cooper in goal and he asked if they weren't allowed sub keepers 'in the olden days' as some 5'9" midfielder had obviously been pressed into service as an emergency replacement.

Players with no gloves.

Only three Germans have more goals in the BPL than Leicester defender Robert Huth

name them

2 probably too early, Klinsman, Rossler and Ballack.  BPL my arse.

klinsman and rosler correct

ballack incorrect

Podolski

correct

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2015-16/jan/140116-matchweek21-spurs-vs-leicester-post-match-stats-robert-huth.html

Hitzelsperger or whatever he was called scored a fair few?

Only 10.  Thought it was way more.

Oooh, so close to the scoop.  Any chance Huth has one disallowed? 

May I choose?

where?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZU4bkmWwAAXTkz.png)

Looks a bit like Worcester but sure they have bigger hurdles?

Pretty sure it would be underwater by now too!

warwick racecourse

Ah yes. N1

correct yes. looks to have loads of character

which other racecourse would you say had the best character/architecture etc?

things like cartmel/hexham/plumpton?

pictured in 1970, this is a current league ground

where?

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12715761_10208214721553322_6498639104092462223_n.jpg?oh=fa90a75741be39bd7d4e09bce0de21d6&oe=57670445)

Fleetwood Town?

No

logical thinking to get to fleetwood though

Crawley Town? Similar thinking lol!

(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwcU3UDOXr5t_WAE5N_DNzre5VMFLK-WAjJi7UQwp-mbgHcXwH)

Accrington Stanley?

correct, the crown ground now the wham stadium

Well played, was my next guess along the same thought process.

what was the last FA cup final where neither team wore red or blue ?

Can't quite remember the strips but Spurs v QPR?  Otherwise I think West Ham in white beat Arsenal in yellow before that?

spurs dark blue shorts

arsenal yellow and blue

in those cup finals

Oh that's though if shorts count!

West Ham vs Fulham 75?

West ham claret and blue

Grr remember a pic of Moore in white with the cup, guess they swapped shirts back then too.

I am now back to Bolton vs Blackpool in the 50's?

Close but after that

Man c vs  birmingham 56?

this is coorrect

man c played in burgundy and white, birmingham in white and black

nasty question (i didnt get it right when i was set it)