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The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
Big Sams Undies
Player Valuation: £15m
Question for some of those on here who are of a certain vintage…
On the old Park End, did they block off the back half of the lower terrace at some point and if so, why?
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On the old Park End, did they block off the back half of the lower terrace at some point and if so, why?
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
New stand to be built .....
James Patrick
Player Valuation: £5m
A crush barrier collapsed in the 1979 FA cup semi final replay between Utd & Liverpool. Following that I believe investigations revealed the wooden terracing needed replacing but the costs were such it was deemed uneconomical to do the work in an era of falling gates. That summer the rear half was bricked up never to be seen again.
Big Sams Undies
Player Valuation: £15m
Perfect, cheers for that!
Always annoys me how ugly that stand looked with the daft little terrace in front of a big wall and then a tier on top. Just doesn’t fit the rest of the ground!
Guessing that behind the wall was just a general concourse kind of thing?
Tom Hughes
Player Valuation: £10m
I think it was just the original concourse (although this was added to in the 1960s). The back of the old terrace was no longer accessible after it was bricked up. This was Everton's first double-decker stand. The club weren't very happy with it, so they then chose Scottish stadium architect Archibald Leitch to design their second Double decker stand on the Goodison Rd side. The 1909 Mainstand. He eventually also designed double-deckers for the other 2 sides too. They both still stand today (for now).
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £70m
As a young scall,there was two staircases at either end underneath just got blocked off and a wall built underneath to split the fans.
I'm sure new concrete was put on the terraces with a poor incline
Tom Hughes
Player Valuation: £10m
Yes, it was an appallingly shallow terrace. Went in it only a few times in the 80s, and it was a poor view even when only half-full. Apart from the cost, there was no reason why they couldn't have increased the rake after the rear terrace was bricked up. I can remember the terrace being made up of really wide steps, but of only a few inches high. It was practically a flat profile. Hence why the early birds all clamoured to stand on the old crush barrier, up against the rear wall.
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £70m
Iirc the amount of steel supporting the upper stand was ridiculous, two rows ..
Tom Hughes
Player Valuation: £10m
Yes, it was a very early example of a double-decker stand, and was over-engineered with a ridiculous number of supports.
The wooden terracing was there to keep your feet there on a cold day - I went in that end a fair bit good atmosphere with the away supporters behind the goal - only the red lot fans decided to wrench the metal barriers away from the wooden floor time after time - yet the Gwladys street with same wooden floor set up at the back of the terracing no problems - just the red lot fans ......
An artistic impression of Goodison by the Winslow public house -
James Patrick
Player Valuation: £5m
Man Utd had the Park End in 79 although I know "our friends" had ripped at least one out previously.