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Post by dadstaxi on Oct 10, 2024 15:01:45 GMT
Watching games from 60s/70s on you tube recently. Spurs v west ham.
Goalkeepers not wearing gloves. The ball was a lot heavier then.
Alan gilzean received a crunching tackle 5yards from the touch line. What did he do? Picked himself up and limped off the pitch to receive treatment from the man with the magic sponge and bucket of water allowing the game to continue. Won’t see that now.
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Post by Marty Kilpeck on Oct 10, 2024 15:13:06 GMT
The weirdest thing is that we all had the absolute belief that it was possible to resolve any medical issue with a sponge and a bucket of water.
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Post by colebridgebull on Oct 10, 2024 17:38:06 GMT
Invalid cars parked by the corner flag.
Quagmires.
Snow covered pitches with orange balls.
League football….
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Post by Armchairfan on Oct 10, 2024 18:00:32 GMT
WL at the bar with his wallet out
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Post by sevenoaksbull on Oct 10, 2024 18:19:01 GMT
Narrow goal nets at Upton Park and other places.
Kids in green parkas (we all had one, with that strip of rabbit fur on the hood).
The alphabet letters on the pitchside - what were they for?
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Post by White Lightning on Oct 10, 2024 18:27:43 GMT
WL at the bar with his wallet out That could have been a lot worse. |
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Post by colebridgebull on Oct 10, 2024 18:54:42 GMT
Only because the alternative is not of the past
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Post by tigerfeet on Oct 10, 2024 19:12:37 GMT
Fans with rattles.
Players with sideburns.
Those letters on the advertising hoardings showing the half time scores elsewhere.
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Post by Monkey Tennis on Oct 10, 2024 19:15:49 GMT
WL at the bar with his wallet out Never heard it called that before. |
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Post by mikeunderpenyard on Oct 10, 2024 19:15:59 GMT
Warm piss on the back of your legs...
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Post by Monkey Tennis on Oct 10, 2024 19:20:06 GMT
Warm piss on the back of your legs... Nah... I still get that half-way through the second half. |
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Post by glawsterwhite on Oct 10, 2024 19:21:57 GMT
Wagon wheels, rosettes and people chucking toilet rolls at the away keeper …. Ah the good old days 😉
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Post by mikeunderpenyard on Oct 10, 2024 19:26:35 GMT
Warm piss on the back of your legs... Nah... I still get that half-way through the second half. Thinking about it, you can still get that in radfords. 4 quid a pint? |
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Post by Monkey Tennis on Oct 10, 2024 19:32:11 GMT
Invalid cars parked by the corner flag. Quagmires. Snow covered pitches with orange balls. League football…. Possibly not the correct choice of word, but I take your point - that's what they were called back then. When I first visited Highfield Road in the mid-70s I assumed that they were all sky blue for a reason. |
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Post by White Lightning on Oct 10, 2024 19:38:07 GMT
WL at the bar with his wallet out Never heard it called that before. I didn't want you to find out about my mulled Babycham like this. |
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Post by White Lightning on Oct 10, 2024 19:42:00 GMT
Invalid cars parked by the corner flag. Quagmires. Snow covered pitches with orange balls. League football…. Possibly not the correct choice of word, but I take your point - that's what they were called back then. When I first visited Highfield Road in the mid-70s I assumed that they were all sky blue for a reason. I was going to pipe up with the revelation that my first car was from Coventry. A Talbot Samba, Wiki reckons it was built in France though. I am glad I tortured it now. |
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Post by GRL on Oct 10, 2024 19:48:25 GMT
The away fans chanting "you fat bastard" at Peter Isaac.
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Post by tigerfeet on Oct 10, 2024 20:37:41 GMT
Fans chanting "where's yer caravan?" at long haired opposition players.
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Post by Marty Kilpeck on Oct 10, 2024 21:25:29 GMT
Fans chanting "where's yer caravan?" at long haired opposition players. Or calling them a hippo. Never understood that. |
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Post by dadstaxi on Oct 11, 2024 10:38:44 GMT
Fans with rattles. Players with sideburns. Those letters on the advertising hoardings showing the half time scores elsewhere. I seem to remember that they were there to put up the scores of other matches. Numbers would appear by them in the second half. No internet in those days and unlikely to have a radio to fit in your pocket. All games used to kick off at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon so this was the digital way to keep tabs on other teams in league. |
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