SweeperKeeper Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 15 hours ago, unsworth blue said: had to wag school that afternoon and ended up having to deposit the school Head Boy in a stream in a park near school as he caught me on way to wagging it Did you grow up in the Beano?! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsworth blue Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 44 minutes ago, SweeperKeeper said: Did you grow up in the Beano?! no mate, Middleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longlostfan Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I think I was at all the 1980's ones might have missed the simod cup. Was the Orient game the one in the snow- think I remember wearing two pairs of trousers and still being freezing in a thinly populated Chaddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summerdeep Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) Was reminded on seeing this thread that my first visit to Boundary Park was on 18 March 1969 for a Tuesday night match against Northampton. The weather was absolutely foul, with rain bucketing down, and it was amazing that the game was ever allowed to start. In the second half, with most of the pitch underwater and Northampton leading 1-0, the referee abandoned the match in unplayable conditions. There can't have been many more than 1000 spectators in the ground, and it could well have been significantly fewer. If the match had been completed, it would almost certainly have been the lowest ever attendance for a league game at BP at that time. The game was replayed on 29 April, and the attendance was still one of the smallest ever (2073). The 1-1 draw meant that Northampton were relegated to the 4th Division by just one point. Latics were already down of course. Three years earlier Northampton had been in the top flight and had achieved creditable home draws against Man Utd and Liverpool. Edited October 15, 2021 by Summerdeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) VERY low attendance today. Edited October 16, 2021 by kowenicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 2 hours ago, kowenicki said: VERY low attendance today. Announced as 3,492 with 107 from Stevenage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, TheBigDog said: Announced as 3,492 with 107 from Stevenage Hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, kowenicki said: Hmmm Hmmm indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Not a chance…..I doubt there was even 1.5k in the Royle/Frizzell/Chaddy combined so there would have to have been 2k in the Main stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonboy Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 hour ago, TheBigDog said: Announced as 3,492 with 107 from Stevenage The day we take only 107 to a Saturday league away game will be a sad day indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 27 minutes ago, Londonboy said: The day we take only 107 to a Saturday league away game will be a sad day indeed! 95 to Yeovil, 22/12/12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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