alan ball
Player Valuation: £70m
He's still serving a prison sentence as far as I am aware
Had a good handful with potential back in those days...just goes to show. Not that long ago, JP Kissock was gonna' set the world on fire according to some. Small margins, etc.
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian
The Unobstructed View
mrb85
Player Valuation: £35m
There is a better clip of it in existence, in which the camera is the one on the underside of the Bullens roof, whereas the one shown here is taken from the camera ledge between the paddock and the Upper Bullens. The higher positioning captures the Gwladys St reaction better.
teppic
Player Valuation: £50m
They also need to lower the cost of attending as a lot of the atmosphere was from lads in their 20's. The average age of the crowd now is mid 40's.
teppic
Player Valuation: £50m
I always thought that the arc was introduced because of crowd trouble and objects being thrown, but it was introduced for the 1966 World Cup as the crowd had to be a minimum distance from the goal. I don't know why it lasted well into the 70's though.
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
Those were the days !!!
mrb85
Player Valuation: £35m
Not true. We already had metal structures that kept the crowd away from behind the goals, and they were erected because of our penchant for throwing things at opposing defences.
mrb85
Player Valuation: £35m
They were indeed. None of the younger generation can ever appreciate the pure electricity generated by packed grounds in those days. To rave about some modern day atmosphere experiences is laughable in comparison.
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
heard a tale once from my old fella that one time in the sixties we played spurs and the goal area was filled with cockerels headslol
......don't recall that but not surprising. The toilet rolls were the obvious ones that have now disappeared. Somebody on here posted a vid of Everton V Man Utd around 1970 and as the players are walking off at Half-Time a toilet roll comes from the crowd behind he Goodison Rd dug ou and nearly hits Alan Ball. None of the players bats an eye, how things change in a short period of time.
Remember the bananas thrown at Ian St John (before John Barnes), think he was playing for Coventry, and the reds running on to give Gordon West a handbag. Gordon laughed and put it in the net with his cap.
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
I vaguely remember I must have only been around six or seven so forgive me if my minds playing tricks,St John at Goodison with Coventry I think,anyhow some fella runs on the pitch and does a monkey/ape jumping up and down movement in front of the Saint which didn't amuse him,christ if that happened now the PC brigade would have a canary fit!!
I vaguely remember I must have only been around six or seven so forgive me if my minds playing tricks,St John at Goodison with Coventry I think,anyhow some fella runs on the pitch and does a monkey/ape jumping up and down movement in front of the Saint which didn't amuse him,christ if that happened now the PC brigade would have a canary fit!!
....absolutely, Dario. The same with the Gordon West situation, not PC at all.
teppic
Player Valuation: £50m
Really? Well the news source I was reading was wrong. I always thought it was for throwing stuff. I was relieved to read it was because of FIFA, but now back to throwing stuff.
