Defunct grounds

[Pilot]

One of the owners set fire to it to claim the insurance money. Kerry Dixon was the manager at the time and not doing a bad job.

I used to go to do the monthly accounts around that time, the owner used to ring the club at 2pm on a Saturday and tell them who was playing that day, he was too scared to turn up at the ground

 

[Kathryn]

Gigg Lane been mentioned? Think plenty have had (mainly shit) days out there.

Gigg Lane isn’t a defunct ground. Bury have got it back.

 

[nigelscamelcoat]

Who's ground is Belle Vue?

Donny Rovers.

 

[Sid Snot]

Gigg Lane been mentioned? Think plenty have had (mainly shit) days out there.

Splendid Tuesday night there in 1966. Won 4-3 😉

 

[nigelscamelcoat]

Gay Meadow is a great loss if only for the redundant coracle captain.
Aldershot-sad memories of the final game of the re-election season. Lost 4-0 I think. John Thomas throwing his boots and kit into the terrace at the end.

 

[nigelscamelcoat]

Bolton, Wigan,Shrewsbury, Hereford ( not sure about that one, it was next to the cattle market so I felt right at home 😂)
do Crewe still play at Gresty road ? That’s another one if they have moved. Halifax Town.

Hereford still play in the same place.

 

[nigelscamelcoat]

The county ground northampton was weird experience, especially a night game with a dark eerie abyss on one side where the cricket pitch was. Even worse the night we were beaten 6-0.

 

[Hickey the Rake]

The county ground northampton was weird experience, especially a night game with a dark eerie abyss on one side where the cricket pitch was. Even worse the night we were beaten 6-0.

Legendary status for the Allouette chant in the rain.

 

[nigelscamelcoat]

Legendary status for the Allouette chant in the rain.

You have a good memory. Who started that off. It sounds like something my brother would do who I was with that night.

 

[Hickey the Rake]

You have a good memory. Who started that off. It sounds like something my brother would do who I was with that night.

Circa1977 -Train special - buses to ground.
We were out on the open end in a torrential downpour. Everyone soaked.
Eventually moved to the covered paddock when Alloutte struck up and continued throughout the game.
Fun and games before and after the match.

 

[urmstonwhite]

Was that the game that Uriah Rennie reffed?

That's the one. Think it was his first ever league game.

 

[nigelscamelcoat]

You have a good memory. Who started that off. It sounds like something my brother would do who I was with that night.

Circa1977 -Train special - buses to ground.
We were out on the open end in a torrential downpour. Everyone soaked.
Eventually moved to the covered paddock when Alloutte struck up and continued throughout the game.
Fun and games before and after the match.

Sounds great. Different game though so couldn’t have been us. This one was during the re-election season and was a pretty miserable experience.

 

[Meldrew's Ghost]

That's the one. Think it was his first ever league game.

That's my recollection too.

 

[Hickey the Rake]

Sounds great. Different game though so couldn’t have been us. This one was during the re-election season and was a pretty miserable experience.

On the bus from the station to the ground we spotted a PNE lone wolf who was getting chased by Northampton fans - someone asked the driver to stop for the lad .He refused.

This big mush told him if he didn’t stop the bus we would wreck the bus - so he slammed on and we dragged the lad on board.

Cue raucous chants - the 10 or so Northampton fans legged it.

After the game as we boarded the waiting buses a Northampton fan spat in my mates face - full snorter it was. Unknown to him there was a PNE fan right behind him who saw it and gave him the beating of a lifetime - I ve been around a bit but it was a fucking brutal attack. Gruesome.

Such was life in the 70s.

 

[noelpne]

Bolton, Wigan,Shrewsbury, Hereford ( not sure about that one, it was next to the cattle market so I felt right at home 😂)
do Crewe still play at Gresty road ? That’s another one if they have moved. Halifax Town.

Yes.

 

[noelpne]

Not sure Morecambe were ever in the FL when they were at Christie Park.

 

[noelpne]

I used to quite like going to Springfield Park, it was a dump but I liked the old grass bank.

Back in the 70's former PNE winger Derek Temple scored the Winning FA Cup goal against ( who else but) Manchester City.
Carbon Copies of both his goal V Nottingham Forest for the Lilywhites ('69) and V Sheffield Wednesday for the Toffees ('66)

 

[Mashimbo]

Gigg Lane isn’t a defunct ground. Bury have got it back.

Totally acknowledge that but is anyone playing there at the moment?

 

[Sid Snot]

Totally acknowledge that but is anyone playing there at the moment?

I almost made the same post as you yesterday 👍. On further consideration, imho, the plan has always been, since expulsion from the league, for the ground to be reoccupied by Bury FC. Again, imho, I think Bury will be back at Gigg Lane, where they rightfully belong, sooner rather than later.

 

[nigelscamelcoat]

On the bus from the station to the ground we spotted a PNE lone wolf who was getting chased by Northampton fans - someone asked the driver to stop for the lad .He refused.

This big mush told him if he didn’t stop the bus we would wreck the bus - so he slammed on and we dragged the lad on board.

Cue raucous chants - the 10 or so Northampton fans legged it.

After the game as we boarded the waiting buses a Northampton fan spat in my mates face - full snorter it was. Unknown to him there was a PNE fan right behind him who saw it and gave him the beating of a lifetime - I ve been around a bit but it was a fucking brutal attack. Gruesome.

Such was life in the 70s.

There was a bit of mayhem once when we visited 1986 I think, John McGrath the manager. Won't go into too much detail but the cobblers got cobbled if you get my meaning.