dunsbyowl Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Not sure if been posted before - Sheffield Daily Telegraph 22nd August 1899 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Photo of the team in 1908 with the stand they moved from Olive Grove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Practice Match referred to above - 2000 to a practice match - we've always been massive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 The new North Stand - where was the cycle room I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madfan Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Were you there then Dunsby. ? How were the pies in them days ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve French Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Nice photo that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffed Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Interestingly there's 26 players in the squad. Seems quite a lot, seen squad photos from over the years with lot less than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaskedowl Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Were you there then Dunsby. ? How were the pies in them days ?Was pretty much a shorn sheep wrapped in pastry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 105 years ago? Are you Casio Bob? I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Interestingly there's 26 players in the squad. Seems quite a lot, seen squad photos from over the years with lot less than that. That's including the development squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Royds Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Nice photo that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOUBLE GLAZER Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Bloke second from right in the 1966 kit had a persceptive vision! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dukeries Owl Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Photo of the team in 1908 with the stand they moved from Olive Grove 106 years on and nothings changed. They haven't got a goalie either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve French Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 106 years on and nothings changed. They haven't got a goalie either There's a rare version of that pic with a young fat Nev Southall. Played for everybody ant he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Were you there then Dunsby. ? How were the pies in them days ? they are still selling the same batch! I'm not from Sheffield so excuse my ignorance but was the reasoning behind moving the ground right next to a river and on what seems a relatively squashed plot of land? I was under the impression it was all farmland back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OsiinAlnwick Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I think that it was considered quite a large site by 19c standards. It did eventually become a stadium capable of holding over 70,000 people and was at the cutting edge of stadium design, both in 1900s and again in the 1960s. Parking was obviously not an issue when the ground was chosen either. My understanding is that the river ran right through the ground when it was first bought and had to be redirected before major work could commence, although I might be wrong about that as it would seem a major undertaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurnscoe_OWL Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 they are still selling the same batch! I'm not from Sheffield so excuse my ignorance but was the reasoning behind moving the ground right next to a river and on what seems a relatively squashed plot of land? I was under the impression it was all farmland back then? Wasn't it all part of an estate including all the land of surrounding housing and Hillsborough park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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