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Our Goodison Photographs

A few from the very back of the street end at yesterdays women's derby.

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A few from the very back of the street end at yesterdays women's derby.

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A great collection of pics. When I stood in the Gwladys in the 70s to early 90s, I nearly always stood under the stand. That's where the atmosphere was, and it could be deafening under there at times..... and of course much warmer in the winter months too. If standing you could pick your position to avoid any or most obstructions..... even when packed. Been in there many times since it was seated too, but not the same atmosphere nowadays. Mind you, I think it held almost 15k downstairs then.
 

A great collection of pics. When I stood in the Gwladys in the 70s to early 90s, I nearly always stood under the stand. That's where the atmosphere was, and it could be deafening under there at times..... and of course much warmer in the winter months too. If standing you could pick your position to avoid any or most obstructions..... even when packed. Been in there many times since it was seated too, but not the same atmosphere nowadays. Mind you, I think it held almost 15k downstairs then.
Goodison was never built to provide 100% seating & it showed when I went on the Ground tour ....
 

Goodison was never built to provide 100% seating & it showed when I went on the Ground tour ....
No grounds were designed to be all seater before the 90s. Most had less than 20k seats before then, some had a pitful number of seats. At the same time, Goodison has had the least spent on it in the last 30yrs of practically all football league and premiere grounds.
 
No grounds were designed to be all seater before the 90s. Most had less than 20k seats before then, some had a pitful number of seats. At the same time, Goodison has had the least spent on it in the last 30yrs of practically all football league and premiere grounds.
Standing on those wooden floors at the top tier of the Gwladys street was a joy though, plus the pre match singing, chanting started so early back then - both sets of fans filled the ends to joyous chanting .... a great atmosphere back then ... even before Kick off - you cant replace that era ....
 

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