The random picture thread

TangerineToffee · February 8, 2023

Eggs said:
….could be Blackpool @TangerineToffee

So many celebrities in the town back in those halcyon days. Not an uncommon event around town and at BR. I think Morecambe and Wise were out on the pitch that day too.
This would have been around the time Sir Stan was the first winner of the Balo D'Or. Best player in Europe plying his trade at Bloomfield road. Those were the days my friend.

Eggs · February 8, 2023

TangerineToffee said:
So many celebrities in the town back in those halcyon days. Not an uncommon event around town and at BR. I think Morecambe and Wise were out on the pitch that day too.
This would have been around the time Sir Stan was the first winner of the Balo D'Or. Best player in Europe plying his trade at Bloomfield road. Those were the days my friend.

….the old ground isn’t looking too bad these days. Before I retired I was in Peel Park (end of M55) a few days per week & we sometimes used Bloomfield for interview panels etc.

TangerineToffee · February 8, 2023

Eggs said:
….the old ground isn’t looking too bad these days. Before I retired I was in Peel Park (end of M55) a few days per week & we sometimes used Bloomfield for interview panels etc.

Been through lots of transformations over the decades. Including a period, under the Oystains, when we played in a two sided stadium. The offices at the ground still used by NHS and others I think.

Still got the so called temporary East stand which was built to allow us in the Prem basically. Simon Sadler the chairman has stated he has plans to get a new multi purpose stand built. Could be dependent partly on preserving Championship status though. Hoping for a new training ground too. Well overdue.

Hasn't changed much at Squires Gate TG since the 50s. Owen Oyston inferred he would address the issue out of the windfall £90million from the Prem money. Soon changed tack though. He famously stated that the facilities were good enough for Stanley Matthews so they are good enough for you.