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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 14:57:31 GMT
Imagine asking players to play on that quality of pitch
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Post by mayland0s on Mar 4, 2021 15:04:08 GMT
I watch the Big Match and an awful lot of pitches from that 1975 -1990 era we’re just as bad but I’ve watched players like Moore and Mullery ,Waller etc doing a wonderful job ,amazing .
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Post by redshank on Mar 4, 2021 15:09:48 GMT
The days when the sand on the dry pitch would blow onto the terracing on windy days.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 15:22:44 GMT
The days when the sand on the dry pitch would blow onto the terracing on windy days. Many a visit in the early 1980s to Stamford Beach |
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Post by MungO on Mar 4, 2021 18:36:06 GMT
We're due a match on Sky aren't we?
When was the last one?
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Post by harlowo on Mar 4, 2021 18:43:54 GMT
Fa Trophy final ?
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Post by MungO on Mar 4, 2021 19:02:26 GMT
Wasn't our first game back in the league on TV? Against Cheltenham?
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Post by harlowo on Mar 4, 2021 19:03:37 GMT
I thought it was a 3pm Saturday.
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Post by BasOfromthatLondon on Mar 4, 2021 19:18:09 GMT
Then back home in the Thames Van to watch Pinky & Perky.
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Post by redshank on Mar 5, 2021 11:49:25 GMT
Preferred the telegoons,utter madness.
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Post by osoldest on Mar 5, 2021 11:54:31 GMT
Those were the days when we played in mud, snow, ice and even fog. Leather balls that weighed a ton, tackles flying in but nobody rolling about as if they had been shot, no wrestling at set pieces or pulling shirts. No substitutes or extra time, goalkeepers allowed to pick up back passes , forwards allowed to Harass the keeper and try to stop him kicking out. Linesmen actually retrieving the ball and giving it to the player taking a throw in. No segregation of rival supporters. Very strange to see a game with not a single black player.
I was at that game but for some reason thought it ended 2 all.
Watching it now , what a good game joe Elwood had, and that was never a penalty it was shoulder to shoulder.
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Post by redshank on Mar 5, 2021 12:48:01 GMT
Because we had no way of recording tv.I recorded Arsenal v Orient FA cup semi-final on The Big Match on my cassette recorder.I still have it,and John Arlott's last test match commentary.Sometimes working in the garage I play both.Must admit I like the test match commentary the most.
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Post by Fisch on Mar 5, 2021 12:55:22 GMT
Arlott, broadcasting and Englishness at its very best.
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Post by FargO on Mar 5, 2021 15:51:55 GMT
Those were the days when we played in mud, snow, ice and even fog. Leather balls that weighed a ton, tackles flying in but nobody rolling about as if they had been shot, no wrestling at set pieces or pulling shirts. No substitutes or extra time, goalkeepers allowed to pick up back passes , forwards allowed to Harass the keeper and try to stop him kicking out. Linesmen actually retrieving the ball and giving it to the player taking a throw in. No segregation of rival supporters. Very strange to see a game with not a single black player. I was at that game but for some reason thought it ended 2 all. Watching it now , what a good game joe Elwood had, and that was never a penalty it was shoulder to shoulder. It's a far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Isn't it? Mmmmm marvellous. (Ron Manager - Fast Show) |
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Post by redshank on Mar 5, 2021 16:09:48 GMT
When coloured television started,Punch magazine had a cartoon with the commentator saying "Hawke russet tanned against an azure sky,comes in,bowls,his foot marks score raw umber divots in the emerald green turf.Kept it in my wallet for years till it turned to dust.
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