(OT) First football ground you ever visited?
Ben Nunn
This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
1. Selhurst Park
2. Highfield Rd
3. Upton Park
After that I can't remember offhand, think it was Filbert Shed next then
Arsenal and Chelsea, then it all becomes a bit of a blur. Anyone else want
to contribute their first three?
(Although I suspect that half the folks here won't have actually been to
three grounds in their lives).
BTN
Jon de Souza
"Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
>
> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
> 1. Selhurst Park
> 2. Highfield Rd
> 3. Upton Park
Yes, I remember that conversation. It proves that my trips to the hypnotist
to help me block out the evening haven't been at all successful.
First three for me are:
1. Selhurst Park
2. White Hart Lane
3. Stamford Bridge.
JdS
Ben Nunn
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>
> "Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
> >
> > This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it
transpired
> > that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst
Park,
> > despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
> >
>
hypnotist
> to help me block out the evening haven't been at all successful.
>
I've just about got ST out of my mind now, but it took some powerful
sedatives and an industrial lathe.
BTN
The A Train
Weirdly, as a Wolves fan, my first match was at the Hawthorns. Went
with a mate to watch his team play against Albion.
1. The Hawthorns
2. Molineux
3. Valley Parade
Ben Nunn
"The A Train" <n...@all.com> wrote in message
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These are way down the list for me. Mainly because the clubs who play there
weren't in the top flight.
I still haven't been to Molineux, but should rectify that this season.
Hawthorns - last December. Lost.
Valley Parade - the season we went down. Lost.
BTN
The A Train
I was disappointed with my trip to Valley Parade, the game was shite.
Honours even.
Still, it's a good night out in Bradford on a Saturday, as my mate the
Bradford fan showed me. Also, my boss's duaghter goes to Uni there
and took us out with a bunch of her female friends...tremendous.
If you're planning on a jaunt to Molineux this season, let me know
closer the time and I'll buy you a pint. Not in the Wanderer,
obviously (pub right by the ground) but I'm sure there's one in town
somewhere that won't have "No Away Fans" signs in the window.
Ben Nunn
> "Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> once famously said:
>
> >
>
> I was disappointed with my trip to Valley Parade, the game was shite.
> Honours even.
We were winning with 10 minutes to go. Then Stan Collymore scored one of his
very few goals for Bradford, and they won 2-1. Think it was their first home
win of the season - in November or something conspiratorial like that.
> If you're planning on a jaunt to Molineux this season, let me know
> closer the time and I'll buy you a pint. Not in the Wanderer,
> obviously (pub right by the ground) but I'm sure there's one in town
> somewhere that won't have "No Away Fans" signs in the window.
Saturday December 14th, and unless something major goes wrong in my life,
I'll definitely be there. Vicky, ST or JdS will tell you what I look like
*shudder*.
I'm hoping to wrap up all the Division One grounds I haven't been to this
season (Which will mean we'll have to draw Leicester away in a Cup
competition, because I didn't go to the Crisp Bowl on Tuesday).
BTN
Milkboy
a family friend from Darn Sarf who wanted to
see the ground.
I was about 6 and was sooooo disappointed
I didnt see 'the grass'
Had no comcept of stadia
First Game though
Old Trafford
Maine Road
Moss Lane (Altrincham)
"Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
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Dat
wrote:
>So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
>1. Selhurst Park
>2. Highfield Rd
>3. Upton Park
>
>After that I can't remember offhand, think it was Filbert Shed next then
>Arsenal and Chelsea, then it all becomes a bit of a blur. Anyone else want
>to contribute their first three?
>
>(Although I suspect that half the folks here won't have actually been to
>three grounds in their lives).
1. The paddock behind the Glen Hotel.
2. Some godforsaken place half way to Ipswich (in Qld), most likely
Eric Evans Reserve
3. Lanham Park
Strictly speaking I was there to play but as I spent most of the first
year on the bench, these were to the best of my memory the first
grounds in which I saw games. To be fair, I saw senior (more geriatric
than decent) sides at all three within the first few months of taking
an interest in football.
Not that anyone cares....I just felt like contributing to the
non-Selhurst Park column.
--
Dat
Joe Horowitz
>
> 1. Selhurst Park
> 2. Highfield Rd
> 3. Upton Park
1. The Manor Ground
2. Wembley
3. Old Fartford
Obviously, The Manor Ground was by far the nicest of those three.
Joe
--
"Did you miss a digit off Joe's score?"
Michael Cunningham
>
> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
> 1. Selhurst Park
> 2. Highfield Rd
> 3. Upton Park
1. Kilcohan Park.
2. Oriel Park
3. The Showgrounds
For grounds you Irish-haters might have heard of, Lansdowne is probably
6th or 7th. Anfield is probably around 10th.
--
Mike
Ben Nunn
"Michael Cunningham" <supe...@uksf.org.xspamblockx.uk> wrote in message
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Lansdowne?
Anfield?
BTN
Serious Tiger
>Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
>
>This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
>that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
>despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
>So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
>1. Selhurst Park
>2. Highfield Rd
>3. Upton Park
>
1. Field Mill
5th of February, 1977. Mansfied beat Rotherham 3-1. My piss-and-cabbage grandfather, pissed off
that it was only 1-1, made me leave ten minutes before the end. I caught the real score on
Grandstand when we got home. I have never left another match early in my life.
2. Kenilworth Road
3. Vicarage Road
So I can confirm that at least 20% of the attendees at the jamboree(TM) did not see their first game
at Selhurst.
In fact, IIRC (and I'm not 100% on this), at least 20% of the attendees at the jamboree(TM) have
never been to Selhurst, oddly enough.
ST.
Serious Tiger
>
>"Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>>
>> 1. Selhurst Park
>> 2. Highfield Rd
>> 3. Upton Park
>
>1. The Manor Ground
>2. Wembley
>3. Old Fartford
>
>Obviously, The Manor Ground was by far the nicest of those three.
>
Have you tried the Kassam? If so, you're feeling nostalgic for the Manor, I bet.
ST.
Paul C
wrote:
>Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
>
>This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
>that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
>despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
>So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
>1. Selhurst Park
>2. Highfield Rd
>3. Upton Park
The first games I saw involving League clubs were
Accrington Stanley v Preston North End, Third Round FA Cup replay
1961 Peel Park
Burnley v Swansea Fourth Round 1961 Turf Moor
Bolton v Arsenal Division 1 1961 ish Burnden Park
Ben Nunn
"Serious Tiger" <seriou...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> 5th of February, 1977. Mansfied beat Rotherham 3-1. My piss-and-cabbage
grandfather, pissed off
> that it was only 1-1, made me leave ten minutes before the end. I caught
the real score on
> Grandstand when we got home. I have never left another match early in my
life.
I don't remember you saying this at the j******e. I was convinced you were
one of us Selhurst Parkers.
> 2. Kenilworth Road
> 3. Vicarage Road
>
> So I can confirm that at least 20% of the attendees at the jamboree(TM)
did not see their first game
> at Selhurst.
>
> In fact, IIRC (and I'm not 100% on this), at least 20% of the attendees at
the jamboree(TM) have
> never been to Selhurst, oddly enough.
Funny how the ol' memory plays tricks. Unless you're making it up as you go
along.
BTN
Victoria Barrett
>
> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
> 1. Selhurst Park
> 2. Highfield Rd
1. White Hart Lane (with my grandfather, age 8 -- me, not my grandfather)
2. Stamford Bridge (at the time quite modern and alluring)
3. Kenilworth Road (I think I caught tetanus there, though it could've just
been a nasty cold)
Ben Nunn
"Paul C" <pa...@Easynet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The first games I saw involving League clubs were
>
>
> Accrington Stanley v Preston North End, Third Round FA Cup replay
> 1961 Peel Park
>
> Burnley v Swansea Fourth Round 1961 Turf Moor
>
> Bolton v Arsenal Division 1 1961 ish Burnden Park
So you're old and Northern. Nice.
You can be ST's opponent in the next Roy Kinnear-alike competition.
BTN
Victoria Barrett
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<snip>
> Not that anyone cares....I just felt like contributing to the
> non-Selhurst Park column.
I've never been to Selhurst Park...have I missed anything?
Serious Tiger
Never mind the Kinnear comments fatty. This man (if he is to be believed) saw Accrington's last
ever FA Cup match. Well, their last one as a league club, before their 35-odd year hiatus. And I
think you should learn respect for your elders, young man. And that includes me.
ST.
Serious Tiger
No, I was making everything I said at the jamboree up as I went along.
But I did mention the Mansfield story. And before you'd even drunk much, either. Perhaps you were
still caught in the dazzle of my good looks and witty charm at that point, preventing you paying
attention to what I was saying. Happens to me a lot.
ST.
G. Sibon
<vbar...@the-beach.net> writes
1. Hillsborough. Virtually all standing, no roof on Kop. Shite team. The
ground has improved.
2. Bramall Lane. Side pens. Violent. Decrepit. Not much changes.
3. Saltergate... hmm.
I actually saw a cricket match at Bramall Lane before I saw a football
match.
--
G.Sibon
Baldness is under everybody's hair
Serious Tiger
You've never missed me. At Selhurst. Or anywhere else, most likely.
ST.
Ben Nunn
"Victoria Barrett" <vbar...@the-beach.net> wrote in message
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Statistically, given that it has been home to three different sides, often
in different divisions, one is more likely to have been to have been there
than just about any other ground in the country.
So you're a bit wierd. That is all.
BTN
Ben Nunn
either. Perhaps you were
> still caught in the dazzle of my good looks and witty charm at that point,
preventing you paying
> attention to what I was saying. Happens to me a lot.
Um, yes, it was that. That and the big cock of course.
BTN
Victoria Barrett
> > > Not that anyone cares....I just felt like contributing to the
> > > non-Selhurst Park column.
> >
> > I've never been to Selhurst Park...have I missed anything?
>
> Statistically, given that it has been home to three different sides, often
> in different divisions, one is more likely to have been to have been there
> than just about any other ground in the country.
>
> So you're a bit wierd. That is all.
Dad: "North of the River, no problem. South of the River, problem."
Took me ages just to get to the Oval. Bloody public transport.
Ben Nunn
> "Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
> > Statistically, given that it has been home to three different sides,
often
> > in different divisions, one is more likely to have been to have been
there
> > than just about any other ground in the country.
> >
> > So you're a bit wierd. That is all.
>
> Dad: "North of the River, no problem. South of the River, problem."
>
> Took me ages just to get to the Oval. Bloody public transport.
Your father was a cabbie?
Ah. Things have clarified in my mind now.
BTN
Victoria Barrett
>
> > > Statistically, given that it has been home to three different sides,
> often
> > > in different divisions, one is more likely to have been to have been
> there
> > > than just about any other ground in the country.
> > >
> > > So you're a bit wierd. That is all.
> >
> > Dad: "North of the River, no problem. South of the River, problem."
> >
> > Took me ages just to get to the Oval. Bloody public transport.
>
> Your father was a cabbie?
>
> Ah. Things have clarified in my mind now.
Took the Knowledge five times didn't he, and passed it with flying colours.
Paul C
You're a fine man Mr ST. Your kind words are much appreciated by this
old git who still thinks of David Seaman as a mere youngster.
However, I can't claim to be the last person alive to have seen
Accrington Stanley's final cup game as a league club. They played in
rounds 1 and 2 in 61-62 before resignong from the League.
--
Paul
http://www.footballpyramid.co.uk
Serious Tiger
'as 'e 'ad that Ulrika Jonnson in the back of his cab, once?
ST.
Victoria Barrett
'e's not that dead common.
Serious Tiger
Ah, good point - I forgot they played a bit of the following season.
Never mind, they'll be back sooner than you think. 2004, if this season's form is replicated next
year in the Conference.
ST.
Serious Tiger
'e would though - we all would. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give 'er one hur hur hur....
ST.
Paul C
>Accrington Stanley v Preston North End, Third Round FA Cup replay
>1961 Peel Park
>
....oh yes, I think the first League club I saw was Crewe Alexandra.
Burscough v Crewe in the First Round of the FA Cup in 1959.
Along the full length of one side of the pitch farmers' carts
(horse-drawn variety) had been arranged to provide an improved vantage
point for spectators and at the foot of the carts bales of hay were
arranged to provide some 'terracing'.
Good times. No ground grading, or safety inspections by police, or
fixed crowd capacities.
--
Paul
http://www.footballpyramid.co.uk
Gra
> "The A Train" <n...@all.com> wrote in message
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> > "Jon de Souza" <jd015...@blueyonder.co.uk> once famously said:
> >
> > >
> > >"Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
> > >> Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
> > >>
> > >> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it
> transpired
> > >> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst
> Park,
> > >> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
> > >>
> > >> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
> > >>
> > >> 1. Selhurst Park
> > >> 2. Highfield Rd
> > >> 3. Upton Park
> > >
> hypnotist
> > >to help me block out the evening haven't been at all successful.
> > >
> > >First three for me are:
> > >
> > >1. Selhurst Park
> > >2. White Hart Lane
> > >3. Stamford Bridge.
> > >
> > >JdS
> > >
> >
> > Weirdly, as a Wolves fan, my first match was at the Hawthorns. Went
> > with a mate to watch his team play against Albion.
> >
> > 1. The Hawthorns
> > 2. Molineux
> > 3. Valley Parade
>
> These are way down the list for me. Mainly because the clubs who play there
> weren't in the top flight.
>
> I still haven't been to Molineux, but should rectify that this season.
>
> Hawthorns - last December. Lost.
> Valley Parade - the season we went down. Lost.
>
> BTN
1 Portman Road (with me grandad, in fine "when I were a lad"
tradition)
2 Wembley (went to see the "Varsity" match with my school. I remember
nothing about it except that kids from another school were sitting
higher up than us and were throwing coins at the backs of our heads).
3 Layer Road
And this, excepting Filbert Street, is the some total of all the
grounds I've visited. Although I've returned to all of those first
three.
gra
Serious Tiger
I hope, in fine "when you were a lad" tradition, that you rushed them, causing them to run until
they reached a barrier/wall, upon which you beat seven shades of shit out of them?
ST.
Serious Tiger
What were the corporate hospitality suites like? I bet the prawn-sandwich brigade had a field day,
and I bet none of them bothered to turn up for the replay.
ST.
Michael Cunningham
>
> "Michael Cunningham" <supe...@uksf.org.xspamblockx.uk> wrote in message
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> > For grounds you Irish-haters might have heard of, Lansdowne is probably
> > 6th or 7th. Anfield is probably around 10th.
>
> Lansdowne?
>
> Anfield?
Persecuted again for my nationality and beliefs. You're scum, Nunn.
--
Mike
Michael Cunningham
>
> Accrington Stanley v Preston North End, Third Round FA Cup replay
> 1961 Peel Park
>
> Burnley v Swansea Fourth Round 1961 Turf Moor
>
> Bolton v Arsenal Division 1 1961 ish Burnden Park
You must be the oldest person I know.
--
Mike
Vicky Conlan
>This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
>that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
>despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
Presumably I was one of them making it "almost", then?
I didn't go to Selhurst until years after my first match.
Unfortunately, I then went for 3 or 4 years running.
>So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
>1. Selhurst Park
>2. Highfield Rd
>3. Upton Park
Hmm, I'll have to give 4, as the last 2 I'm not sure of the order.
1. Anfield
2. Hillsborough
3. Haig Ave
4. Prenton Park
>(Although I suspect that half the folks here won't have actually been to
>three grounds in their lives).
I've got to admit, I've not done as many as I'd like. Things like
living in Aberdeen for a year and not going to a game (although I
was spending way too much time going to home games, let alone a
superfluous Scottish game), and living in Newcastle for near 2 years
and not going there, either (although it was during the redevelopment
time, mostly)
Hmm, other grounds I've done ...
Villa Park (semi final replay, vs Portsmouth), Highbury (semi final
vs Portsmouth), White Hart Lane (league, lost 2-0), City Ground
(league, drew 2-2 to a late equaliser), Sheff.Utd, whose ground I
appear to be unable to spell, Selhurts Park. Er. Then I start to
run out. Oh, Saltergate! That was great, with its dark patches
where the missing floodlight bulbs couldn't reach. *think*
Oh, been to Roma and Dortmund, too. And Wembley. And Cardiff.
And I've been to a youth match at Mellwood.
Ok, I give up. :-<
--
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Vicky Conlan
>> > > Statistically, given that it has been home to three different sides,
>> often
>> > > in different divisions, one is more likely to have been to have been
>> there
>> > > than just about any other ground in the country.
>> > >
>> > > So you're a bit wierd. That is all.
>> >
>> > Dad: "North of the River, no problem. South of the River, problem."
>> >
>> > Took me ages just to get to the Oval. Bloody public transport.
>>
>> Your father was a cabbie?
>>
>> Ah. Things have clarified in my mind now.
>
>Took the Knowledge five times didn't he, and passed it with flying colours.
What, all five times? Was it some kind of hobby?
Paul C
I thought the oldest person you knew was the Pope. What are you
implying?
--
Paul
http://www.footballpyramid.co.uk
Certic
> Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
>
> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
>
> 1. Selhurst Park
> 2. Highfield Rd
> 3. Upton Park
>
> Arsenal and Chelsea, then it all becomes a bit of a blur. Anyone else want
> to contribute their first three?
-------
Not sure if I got taken anywhere as a little lad and can't remember, but I
believe
1. Bower Fold
2. Elland Road
3. Bracken Edge
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We walk on two legs, the one abstract
the other surreal.
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Paul C
wrote:
>
>Ben Nunn <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
>>
>> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
>> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
>> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>>
>> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>>
>> 1. Selhurst Park
>> 2. Highfield Rd
>> 3. Upton Park
>>
>> After that I can't remember offhand, think it was Filbert Shed next then
>> Arsenal and Chelsea, then it all becomes a bit of a blur. Anyone else want
>> to contribute their first three?
>-------
>Not sure if I got taken anywhere as a little lad and can't remember, but I
>believe
>1. Bower Fold
>2. Elland Road
>3. Bracken Edge
Bracken Edge .......that took me a full 5 minutes to remember - must
be getting old. Yorkshire Amateur, n'est-ce pas?
--
Paul
http://www.footballpyramid.co.uk
Paul C
wrote:
>-------
>Not sure if I got taken anywhere as a little lad and can't remember, but I
>believe
>1. Bower Fold
I cut my football teeth at the Anchor Ground.
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Paul
http://www.footballpyramid.co.uk
Victoria Barrett
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> According to <vbar...@the-beach.net>:
> >> > > Statistically, given that it has been home to three different
sides,
> >> often
> >> > > in different divisions, one is more likely to have been to have
been
> >> there
> >> > > than just about any other ground in the country.
> >> > >
> >> > > So you're a bit wierd. That is all.
> >> >
> >> > Dad: "North of the River, no problem. South of the River, problem."
> >> >
> >> > Took me ages just to get to the Oval. Bloody public transport.
> >>
> >> Your father was a cabbie?
> >>
> >> Ah. Things have clarified in my mind now.
> >
> >Took the Knowledge five times didn't he, and passed it with flying
colours.
>
> What, all five times? Was it some kind of hobby?
It may explain why I'm an only child.
Michael Cunningham
Nothing. Sorry about that. In fact, you're probably not that much
older than my dad.
--
Mike
Paul C
<supe...@uksf.org.xspamblockx.uk> wrote:
>"Paul C" <pa...@Easynet.co.uk> wrote in message news:3dc182bc...@news.CIS.DFN.DE...
>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:40:40 -0000, "Michael Cunningham"
>> <supe...@uksf.org.xspamblockx.uk> wrote:
>> >You must be the oldest person I know.
>>
>> I thought the oldest person you knew was the Pope. What are you
>> implying?
>
>Nothing. Sorry about that. In fact, you're probably not that much
>older than my dad.
What exactly are you implying, son?
--
Paul
http://www.footballpyramid.co.uk
Ben Nunn
That your brothers and sisters all committed suicide would be a more
feasible explanation.
BTN
Ben Nunn
> According to <ben...@depro.co.uk>:
>
> I've got to admit, I've not done as many as I'd like. Things like
> living in Aberdeen for a year and not going to a game (although I
> was spending way too much time going to home games, let alone a
> superfluous Scottish game), and living in Newcastle for near 2 years
> and not going there, either (although it was during the redevelopment
> time, mostly)
>
> Hmm, other grounds I've done ...
> Villa Park (semi final replay, vs Portsmouth), Highbury (semi final
> vs Portsmouth), White Hart Lane (league, lost 2-0), City Ground
> (league, drew 2-2 to a late equaliser), Sheff.Utd, whose ground I
> appear to be unable to spell, Selhurts Park. Er. Then I start to
> run out. Oh, Saltergate! That was great, with its dark patches
> where the missing floodlight bulbs couldn't reach. *think*
> Oh, been to Roma and Dortmund, too. And Wembley. And Cardiff.
> And I've been to a youth match at Mellwood.
>
> Ok, I give up. :-<
OK, has anyone else here actually been to Highfield Road, the home of
football?
Or have my very many solo visits been all in vain?
(BTW in terms of ground totals I'm on around 35-40. A couple of which are
now gone. But only got serious in the last 3-4 years.)
BTN
Ben Nunn
That reminds me, does the new Kassan Stadium have a really long urinal
stretching the entire length of one stand, where really tall people can peer
over the wall and technically watch the game while taking a piss, just like
the old manor ground did?
BTN
Victoria Barrett
> OK, has anyone else here actually been to Highfield Road, the home of
> football?
Nyet, comrade.
> Or have my very many solo visits been all in vain?
Like all your other solo acts.
> (BTW in terms of ground totals I'm on around 35-40. A couple of which are
> now gone. But only got serious in the last 3-4 years.)
Hmm, isn't there a name for people who "collect" stadia as a hobby? I mean,
apart from sad pathetic wanking git.
P.S.: My father, the well-known cabbie, was such a man when younger. He's
been to stadia from Uruguay to Egypt to Tiverton.
Farmer Alfalfa
> Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
>
> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
> 1. Selhurst Park
> 2. Highfield Rd
> 3. Upton Park
>
> After that I can't remember offhand, think it was Filbert Shed next then
> Arsenal and Chelsea, then it all becomes a bit of a blur. Anyone else want
> to contribute their first three?
1) Wembley (Leeds 1 Liverpool 1. 1974 Charity Shield. Keegan & Bremner sent
off for fighting - rip off their shirts in disgust)
2) Craven Cottage (Fulham 1 Sunderland 3 (1974) Left before the end at 0-3.
Never left a game early since)
3) Highbury (Arsenal 2 Chelsea 1n (1975). League Cup game where Chelsea
finished with 10 men having been kicked off the park by Arsenal. Brian Bason
broke his leg)
F A
Farmer Alfalfa
> On 31 Oct 2002 09:50:11 -0800, hellof...@yahoo.co.uk (Gra) wrote:
>
> >"Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
news:<apr4fk$485h5$1...@ID-55895.news.dfncis.de>...
> >2 Wembley (went to see the "Varsity" match with my school. I remember
> >nothing about it except that kids from another school were sitting
> >higher up than us and were throwing coins at the backs of our heads).
>
> I hope, in fine "when you were a lad" tradition, that you rushed them,
causing them to run until
> they reached a barrier/wall, upon which you beat seven shades of shit out
of them?
I'm guessing here that, since only public school boys go to the varsity
match, that the answer was more likely to be "we contacted our solicitors"
(or alternatively, "set the 1st XV on them").
F A
Gra
Yep, pretty much. Well, nearly. Actually a few of us started crying
and someone told the teacher. Who stood up to have a word and got a
coin in the forehead for his trouble. Great days.
gra
Gra
> Oh, been to Roma and Dortmund, too. And Wembley. And Cardiff.
Oooh! Oooh! You've reminded me! I've been to Fiorentina. Saw them beat
Napoli 5-0. 'Course, they're gone now. How could I forget that?
Batistuta scored an amazing header. Blimey. I'll have to go into a
reverie now.
gra
Farmer Alfalfa
> That reminds me, does the new Kassan Stadium have a really long urinal
> stretching the entire length of one stand, where really tall people can
peer
> over the wall
Are you sure you meant "peer"?
F A
Vicky Conlan
>OK, has anyone else here actually been to Highfield Road, the home of
>football?
I kept meaning to, but I never got around to it.
3 years running I said "I'm going to Coventry away this year".
Then we didn't.
>Or have my very many solo visits been all in vain?
Er ...
Farmer Alfalfa
"Gra" <hellof...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Anyone know how Hapoel Tel Aviv come to be playing their home UEFA games in
Florence?
Maccabi Haifa are playing in Cyprus which I can understand (although their
choice of airport-less, disputed, green-line divided Nicosia over Limassol
or Larnaca puzzles me) but ......Italy?
F A
Ben Nunn
> According to <ben...@depro.co.uk>:
>> OK, has anyone else here actually been to Highfield Road, the home of
>> football?
>
> I kept meaning to, but I never got around to it.
> 3 years running I said "I'm going to Coventry away this year".
> Then we didn't.
You missed some classics. Like the 1-0 one Easter when Whelan scored to set
up our great escape.
Or the 1-1 where Dion put his penalty the other side of the keeper.
Or even the 0-2 where Gary Mac effectively relegated us on his return.
Mind you, there have been some great Pool-Cov games at Anfield too. There
was a time in the 1990s when we always seemed to do really well against your
lot.
>> Or have my very many solo visits been all in vain?
That's a Cov in-joke. If you haven't been to HR, you wouldn't get it.
Seriously, get along to HR before it's demolished. I always regret never
having been to Craven Cottage, Roker Park, Baseball Ground etc. before they
disappeared off the footballing map.
BTN
The A Train
>On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:43:56 -0000, "Certic" <P...@winwaed.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>
>>-------
>>Not sure if I got taken anywhere as a little lad and can't remember, but I
>>believe
>>1. Bower Fold
>
>I cut my football teeth at the Anchor Ground.
Must've hurt. Did you get them capped? How did you stem the flow?
Joe Horowitz
"Victoria Barrett" <vbar...@the-beach.net> wrote in message
news:apsslc$4c8bb$1...@ID-121719.news.dfncis.de...
> Hmm, isn't there a name for people who "collect" stadia as a hobby? I
mean,
> apart from sad pathetic wanking git.
Are they called "Tickers"? Like, those people that go around pubs trying al
the real ales and ticking them off in their CAMRA books?
> P.S.: My father, the well-known cabbie, was such a man when younger. He's
> been to stadia from Uruguay to Egypt to Tiverton.
Ah yes, the big three. After that, there's the Maracana in Brazil, The San
Siro in Italy and Gay Meadow in Shrewsbury. The rest are all small fries,
but I'm sure Ben's been to most of them anyway.
Joe
--
"Did you miss a digit off Joe's score?"
Vicky Conlan
>Seriously, get along to HR before it's demolished. I always regret never
>having been to Craven Cottage, Roker Park, Baseball Ground etc. before they
>disappeared off the footballing map.
Yep, they were all on my list of "must visit and didn't" places.
:-<
Gra
Oh I resent that. You can't generalize like that, y'know. It's hardly
my fault what the school decided to do. Anyway, the point is, it was a
comprehensive. _Very_ comprehensive. Accusations of poshness I cannot
let lie.
gra
Ben Nunn
> According to <ben...@depro.co.uk>:
>> Seriously, get along to HR before it's demolished. I always regret
>> never having been to Craven Cottage, Roker Park, Baseball Ground
>> etc. before they disappeared off the footballing map.
>
> Yep, they were all on my list of "must visit and didn't" places.
> :-<
My biggest regret is never having been to Wembley for a match. That's a pain
that lives with me each and every day.
And it felt really wierd to see Plough Lane finally pulled down a few months
ago, even though it had been on my doorstep for years, I'd never been inside
the place.
:..(
BTN
Ben Nunn
> "Victoria Barrett" <vbar...@the-beach.net> wrote in message
> news:apsslc$4c8bb$1...@ID-121719.news.dfncis.de...
>> Hmm, isn't there a name for people who "collect" stadia as a hobby?
>> I mean, apart from sad pathetic wanking git.
>
> Are they called "Tickers"? Like, those people that go around pubs
> trying al the real ales and ticking them off in their CAMRA books?
I think if you like ticking things, you'll tick anything.
Seriously, I admit to being a beer ticker (about 1200 since I started
ticking). And a Stadium ticker (about 38). And a USA ticker (only 8 out of
50). And positions in the Kama Sutra (currently on 2).
I'm always looking for new things to tick.
BTN
Michael Cunningham
> That reminds me, does the new Kassan Stadium have a really long urinal
> stretching the entire length of one stand, where really tall people can peer
> over the wall and technically watch the game while taking a piss, just like
> the old manor ground did?
Not unless they take really long pisses, no.
--
Mike
Victoria Barrett
More likely, the milkman did.
Victoria Barrett
That's like me and Buck House. I lived practically next door, but never once
stepped foot inside. Coincidence? I think not.
Michael Cunningham
> "Ben Nunn" <ben...@depro.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:apu86u$51qjd$1...@ID-55895.news.dfncis.de...
> months
> > ago, even though it had been on my doorstep for years, I'd never been
> inside
> > the place.
> >
> > :..(
>
> That's like me and Buck House. I lived practically next door, but never once
> stepped foot inside. Coincidence? I think not.
The strange occurrences continue. I once bought a blue T-shirt and
after I wore it for the first time, I realised that blue isn't really my
colour and decided never to wear it again.
--
Mike
Serious Tiger
>Vicky Conlan wrote:
>> According to <ben...@depro.co.uk>:
>>
>> I've got to admit, I've not done as many as I'd like. Things like
>> living in Aberdeen for a year and not going to a game (although I
>> was spending way too much time going to home games, let alone a
>> superfluous Scottish game), and living in Newcastle for near 2 years
>> and not going there, either (although it was during the redevelopment
>> time, mostly)
>>
>> Hmm, other grounds I've done ...
>> Villa Park (semi final replay, vs Portsmouth), Highbury (semi final
>> vs Portsmouth), White Hart Lane (league, lost 2-0), City Ground
>> (league, drew 2-2 to a late equaliser), Sheff.Utd, whose ground I
>> appear to be unable to spell, Selhurts Park. Er. Then I start to
>> run out. Oh, Saltergate! That was great, with its dark patches
>> where the missing floodlight bulbs couldn't reach. *think*
>> Oh, been to Roma and Dortmund, too. And Wembley. And Cardiff.
>> And I've been to a youth match at Mellwood.
>>
>> Ok, I give up. :-<
>
>OK, has anyone else here actually been to Highfield Road, the home of
>football?
>
You know I have, as you have such a clear memory of our conversations. Many times, in fact (well,
somewhere between "several" and "many", anyway). I don't think I ever enjoyed it once, but for 3
years it was the closest I had to football, you see.
I've seen Palace at Highfield Road. Does that count as going to Selhurst, almost?
ST.
Farmer Alfalfa
"The A Train" <n...@all.com> wrote in message
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As Mark Lamarr would say "That's cock-rings for you"
F A
Farmer Alfalfa
> > According to <ben...@depro.co.uk>:
> >> Seriously, get along to HR before it's demolished. I always regret
> >> never having been to Craven Cottage, Roker Park, Baseball Ground
> >> etc. before they disappeared off the footballing map.
> >
> > Yep, they were all on my list of "must visit and didn't" places.
> > :-<
>
> My biggest regret is never having been to Wembley for a match. That's a
pain
> that lives with me each and every day.
I'll dull the pain for you - it was a shit-hole!
F A
Farmer Alfalfa
I would respond to that if I could make head or tail of it.
F A
Serious Tiger
>>
>> Oh I resent that. You can't generalize like that, y'know. It's hardly
>> my fault what the school decided to do. Anyway, the point is, it was a
>> comprehensive. _Very_ comprehensive. Accusations of poshness I cannot
>> let lie.
>
>I would respond to that if I could make head or tail of it.
>
Ooh, you tease.
ST.
Certic
Paul C <pa...@Easynet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3dc199a0...@news.CIS.DFN.DE...
> >> Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
> >>
> >> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it
transpired
> >> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst
Park,
> >> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
> >>
> >> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
> >>
> >> 1. Selhurst Park
> >> 2. Highfield Rd
> >> 3. Upton Park
> >>
> >> After that I can't remember offhand, think it was Filbert Shed next
then
> >> Arsenal and Chelsea, then it all becomes a bit of a blur. Anyone else
want
> >> to contribute their first three?
> >Not sure if I got taken anywhere as a little lad and can't remember, but
I
> >believe
> >1. Bower Fold
> >3. Bracken Edge
>
> Bracken Edge .......that took me a full 5 minutes to remember - must
> be getting old. Yorkshire Amateur, n'est-ce pas?
--------
Yes - only 10 minutes walk away. A pity the football there is of the order
of watching your mates have a kickabout in the park.
--
You are Not entering Chapeltown.
We walk on two legs, the one abstract
the other surreal.
"Do not stand in our way: we will walk around you"
- the 'Perky Goth Manifesto'
--
JH
wrote...
> Warning: Bored this morning hence football-related content.
>
> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
> 1. Selhurst Park
> 2. Highfield Rd
> 3. Upton Park
>
> After that I can't remember offhand, think it was Filbert Shed next then
> Arsenal and Chelsea, then it all becomes a bit of a blur. Anyone else want
> to contribute their first three?
>
The Gateshead International Stadium for Gateshead - Bishop Aukland in a
FA Cup qualifying round.
Brunton Park for CUFC - Scarborough.
First away ground.
Victoria Park, Hartlepool. The ground was surrounded by a vast amount of
mud. After the game I just missed a train to Newcastle and had to wait
half an hour for the next train. That train got into Newcastle THREE
MINUTES after the penultimate train to Carlisle and had to wait TWO HOURS
for the last train.
Some other grounds in alphabetic order -
Bloomfield Road, Reebok (was going to Rochdale but the game was off),
Withdean, Whaddon Road, The Deva (the most boring ground in existence),
Feethams, St James' Park (obviously the Exeter one) The Shay, Sincil
Bank, Moss Rose (League standard!!!), Field Mill, Spotland, Millmoor,
Nene Park, McCain, Gay Meadow, Bootham Crescent.
...and another three...
Rydale Park (Gretna)
Borough Park (Workington)
The Sheepmount (ok it's not a stadium but Carlisle City and Northbank FC
play there)
> (Although I suspect that half the folks here won't have actually been to
> three grounds in their lives).
>
And how many would have seen two games involving clubs from different
countries in one week.
For me it was Carlisle-Cardiff in mid week followed by Gretna-Trafford on
the Saturday
Serious Tiger
>Some other grounds in alphabetic order -
>Bloomfield Road, Reebok (was going to Rochdale but the game was off),
>Withdean, Whaddon Road, The Deva (the most boring ground in existence),
>Feethams, St James' Park (obviously the Exeter one) The Shay, Sincil
>Bank, Moss Rose (League standard!!!), Field Mill, Spotland, Millmoor,
>Nene Park, McCain, Gay Meadow, Bootham Crescent.
>
You were on the small bank at St James' (I assume you were away) ? Why didn't I twat you?
Or Field Mill? Why didn't I twat you there? Oh, because I was 7, obviously. Disregard.
ST.
Richard Wingrove
>
> This is a debate which began at the UKSF jamboree(tm) where it transpired
> that almost all of us saw our first ever football match at Selhurst Park,
> despite none of us being Palace, Wimbledon or Charlton supporters.
>
> So, the first grounds I ever saw a game in were:
>
> 1. Selhurst Park
> 2. Highfield Rd
> 3. Upton Park
>
> After that I can't remember offhand, think it was Filbert Shed next then
> Arsenal and Chelsea, then it all becomes a bit of a blur. Anyone else want
> to contribute their first three?
1 Bootham Crescent (York)
2 Spotland Road (Rochdale)
3 Selhurst Park.... not the first, but close!
Rich
Paul C
HeeHee. Just for Ben. My only visit to Spotland was in about 1971
when Rochdale (Div 4) eliminated Coventry (Div 1) from the FA Cup.
Good times.
--
Paul
http://www.footballpyramid.co.uk
Tony Towers
1. Elm Park (RIP), Reading v Forest, Simod Cup 3rd round, 3/2/1988
2. The Track[1], Vale Rec v St Peter, Jeremie Cup Final, 15/4/1989
3. Meadow Lane, Notts County v Reading, Div 3, 9/9/1989
Though I did go to Ashton Gate sometime in 1983, but that was to see
Billy Graham rather than football.
[1] Being used as a neutral venue, of course.
--
Jamie: Have you thought up some clever plan, Doctor?
The Doctor: Yes Jamie, I believe I have.
Jamie: What are you going to do?
The Doctor: Bung a rock at it.
Joe Horowitz
> I think if you like ticking things, you'll tick anything.
>
> Seriously, I admit to being a beer ticker (about 1200 since I started
> ticking). And a Stadium ticker (about 38). And a USA ticker (only 8 out of
> 50). And positions in the Kama Sutra (currently on 2).
>
> I'm always looking for new things to tick.
I agree, and have decided to become a ticker ticker.
From now on, I'm going to tick off one-by-one all the different types of
tickers I meet. You're numbers two, three, four and five. (I'm obviously
number one). Would anybody else like to be added to my collection? Maybe Jon
de Souza ticks off all different flavours of crispy pancake, or Gra prefers
to tick the positions he's slept in. Perhaps Certic ticks the different
reactions to his .sigs.
I'd like to collect around fifty, if that's possible.
TIA.
keith.smith11
Ben Nunn
Oh you don't count, ST. You're part of the special sub-c****e these days,
which is so warm and close and togetherly that we all know, see, speak, and
have done the same things as one another. It goes without saying.
Didn't you notice the three extra people who have been sharing your bed for
the last couple of weeks?
BTN
Ben Nunn
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:37:29 -0500, "Victoria Barrett"
> <vbar...@the-beach.net> wrote:
>
>>> 'as 'e 'ad that Ulrika Jonnson in the back of his cab, once?
>>
>> 'e's not that dead common.
>>
> 'e would though - we all would. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give 'er
> one hur hur hur....
We all have, already, surely?
BTN
Ben Nunn
>>
>> "Michael Cunningham" <supe...@uksf.org.xspamblockx.uk> wrote in
>> message news:rLcw9.25838$zX3....@news.indigo.ie...
>>> For grounds you Irish-haters might have heard of, Lansdowne is
>>> probably 6th or 7th. Anfield is probably around 10th.
>>
>> Lansdowne?
>>
>> Anfield?
>
> Persecuted again for my nationality and beliefs. You're scum, Nunn.
Nationality?
Beliefs?
BTN
Ben Nunn
Strangely enough, I once bought some yellow underpants, and after I wore
them for the first time, I realised that they didn't suit me, and decided to
take them back to the shop. But once there, I actually bought another
identical pair. And sang songs to the other customers in the shop.
This happened on 34 consective days, and I'm still not sure where I was
going wrong.
BTN
Michael Cunningham
I know I have.
She was good. I was fabulous.
--
Mike
Michael Cunningham
> HeeHee. Just for Ben. My only visit to Spotland was in about 1971
> when Rochdale (Div 4) eliminated Coventry (Div 1) from the FA Cup.
>
> Good times.
I'm starting to think you pull off "Good times" better than I do.
No justice.
--
Mike
Ben Nunn
For both clubs.
BTN
Victoria Barrett
> > > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:37:29 -0500, "Victoria Barrett"
> > > <vbar...@the-beach.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>> 'as 'e 'ad that Ulrika Jonnson in the back of his cab, once?
> > >>
> > >> 'e's not that dead common.
> > >>
> > > 'e would though - we all would. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give 'er
> > > one hur hur hur....
> >
> > We all have, already, surely?
>
> I know I have.
>
> She was good. I was fabulous.
Don't give me that, I read her book. That wasn't you, that was Graham Poll.
He used numchucks, didn't he.
Ben Nunn
He used lots of different pet-names for me, until we agreed on 'my little
hentai'.
BTN
Ben Nunn
Think of all the childhood twatting you missed out on, just because you
didn't choose to support Man City. Or Millwall. Or Everton, Stoke, Cardiff
etc.
BTN
Vicky Conlan
>> >> Seriously, get along to HR before it's demolished. I always regret
>> >> never having been to Craven Cottage, Roker Park, Baseball Ground
>> >> etc. before they disappeared off the footballing map.
>> >
>> > Yep, they were all on my list of "must visit and didn't" places.
>> > :-<
>>
>> My biggest regret is never having been to Wembley for a match. That's a
>> pain that lives with me each and every day.
>
>I'll dull the pain for you - it was a shit-hole!
Be thankful you (presumably) never had to use the ladies toilets
*shudder*
The only worse ones I've been to were when we went to the Roma
match. *biggershudder*
--
http://comps.org/dayentry.html <**:.:**> http://comps.org/caption.html
Vicky Conlan
>Though I did go to Ashton Gate sometime in 1983, but that was to see
>Billy Graham rather than football.
Ooh, I seem to remember my Sunday School teacher trying to convince
us to go there for that. A few years later than that, though.
Tony Towers
> According to <to...@cats.tele2.co.uk>:
> >Though I did go to Ashton Gate sometime in 1983, but that was to see
> >Billy Graham rather than football.
>
> Ooh, I seem to remember my Sunday School teacher trying to convince
> us to go there for that. A few years later than that, though.
It was more entertaining than watching Bristol City, that's for sure.
Less change of being beaten up, too.
Farmer Alfalfa
> Be thankful you (presumably) never had to use the ladies toilets
> *shudder*
>
> The only worse ones I've been to were when we went to the Roma
> match. *biggershudder*
Hole-in-the-ground, were they?
F A
Victoria Barrett
I almost made a hole-in-the-ground during a Michael Jackson concert at
Wembley. Finally a man took pity on me and led me to the gents. I was
willing to accept until I saw his cane and dog.
Dat
>On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:52:35 -0000, "Michael Cunningham"
><supe...@uksf.org.xspamblockx.uk> wrote:
>>"Paul C" <pa...@Easynet.co.uk> wrote in message news:3dc182bc...@news.CIS.DFN.DE...
>>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:40:40 -0000, "Michael Cunningham"
>>> <supe...@uksf.org.xspamblockx.uk> wrote:
>>> >You must be the oldest person I know.
>>>
>>> I thought the oldest person you knew was the Pope. What are you
>>> implying?
>>
>>Nothing. Sorry about that. In fact, you're probably not that much
>>older than my dad.
>
>What exactly are you implying, son?
That beneath your kilt you are in fact Redevil?
--
Dat
Michael Cunningham
> According to <to...@cats.tele2.co.uk>:
> >Though I did go to Ashton Gate sometime in 1983, but that was to see
> >Billy Graham rather than football.
>
> Ooh, I seem to remember my Sunday School teacher trying to convince
> us to go there for that. A few years later than that, though.
You went to Sunday School? And still turned out like this?
Shocking.
--
Mike