Arabmariner
Well-Known Member
For anyone interested in British football history this is a facinating site with old footage of English and Scottish grounds shot between 1979-1981.
Personally familiar with many of the Scottish grounds they bring back a mixture of good and bad memories.Many of them no longer exist and the ones still in existence bear almost no resemblence to the grounds on film here.Many of the old terraces shown here weren't even concrete.The huge Hampden park which has had attendances around the 130-140,000 mark had terraces made with railway sleepers and ash.If you were in the covered end when Scotland scored you couldn't see for the next five minutes until the dust had settled again!
I still preferred Tannadice,the home of DUFC the way it was then but many of the other grounds were crumbling heaps at that time.
My worst away ground back then was Hibs ground Easter road in Edinburgh.The away end was a huge open terrace and used to cop the full force of winds,sleet etc coming in off the river forth.
In England it brings back memories to see Old Trafford as it was when we played Man Utd in the UEFA Cup in '84.
And for GP the link to craven cottage even has a reserves game happening at the time of filming.
If you're interested in this sort of stuff and have plenty time to waste..........
http://footballgroundguide.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=13962&st=0_
Personally familiar with many of the Scottish grounds they bring back a mixture of good and bad memories.Many of them no longer exist and the ones still in existence bear almost no resemblence to the grounds on film here.Many of the old terraces shown here weren't even concrete.The huge Hampden park which has had attendances around the 130-140,000 mark had terraces made with railway sleepers and ash.If you were in the covered end when Scotland scored you couldn't see for the next five minutes until the dust had settled again!
I still preferred Tannadice,the home of DUFC the way it was then but many of the other grounds were crumbling heaps at that time.
My worst away ground back then was Hibs ground Easter road in Edinburgh.The away end was a huge open terrace and used to cop the full force of winds,sleet etc coming in off the river forth.
In England it brings back memories to see Old Trafford as it was when we played Man Utd in the UEFA Cup in '84.
And for GP the link to craven cottage even has a reserves game happening at the time of filming.
If you're interested in this sort of stuff and have plenty time to waste..........
http://footballgroundguide.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=13962&st=0_
