@owlstalk Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Take a look at this photo and confirm for me if this is in fact the North Stand being built at Hillsborough? Any ideas? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northderbyshireowl Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) It is. Slight pitch decline to the kop is the giveaway. Edited September 21, 2017 by northderbyshireowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 1 minute ago, northderbyshireowl said: It is. Slight pitch decline to the kop is the giveaway. Thank you So much says it's definitely 100% Hillsborough but for some reason had a couple of doubts when checking out the photo, particularly the cantilever part which seemed to be a bit 'flat' to the roof Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Take a look at this photo and confirm for me if this is in fact the North Stand being built at Hillsborough? Any ideas? I know this for a fact that Steve McClaren is a lot older than his Wikipedia profile ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Vic Buckingham. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Spot on Nev - the man who found Johan Cruyff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 14 minutes ago, dunsbyowl said: Spot on Nev - the man who found Johan Cruyff! Was only joking on the McClaren gag... Was Buckingham who made his players run up and down the Kop to train and get them to jump over crush barriers Bet the treatment room queue was longer than the Jolly Friar on Friday tea time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Tis a thing of beauty Just a bloke, who used up all his luck in one go when he met his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlsMan1961 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Yes that is definitely the old kop wall, you can see the old lettered scoreboard propped up against the front of the 'Cantilever' too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Guessing this is about 1965 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 1960/61. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Just now, parkfieldowl14 said: 1960/61. Interesting, I was always (maybe wrongly) told it was built for the world cup and it cost more than we could reasonably afford, so put us in a bit of financial issues at the time. I said 1965 for obvious reasons, but I am sure more forward thinking could have been in place and it happened for the world cup but several years before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 10 minutes ago, HubristicClapper said: Interesting, I was always (maybe wrongly) told it was built for the world cup and it cost more than we could reasonably afford, so put us in a bit of financial issues at the time. I said 1965 for obvious reasons, but I am sure more forward thinking could have been in place and it happened for the world cup but several years before. Love to think what could have been if Harry Caterick stayed at S6 and not gone to Everton in that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls about that Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Did Wednesday carry on playing there while all the ground construction was going on, cant recall playing away from Hillsborough at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 10 minutes ago, HubristicClapper said: Interesting, I was always (maybe wrongly) told it was built for the world cup and it cost more than we could reasonably afford, so put us in a bit of financial issues at the time. I said 1965 for obvious reasons, but I am sure more forward thinking could have been in place and it happened for the world cup but several years before. You were told wrong. The cost of the stand was £150,000 and the club issued 150,000 debentures at £1 each to pay for it. It never put us in financial difficulties. Catterick wanted £50,000 to buy Joe Baker, the England CF at the time. But that was an unconnected issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 1 minute ago, owls about that said: Did Wednesday carry on playing there while all the ground construction was going on, cant recall playing away from Hillsborough at that time. They did. We had two 55,000 sellouts that season. 60-61. Spurs in the league which was not all ticket. 10,000 plus were locked out. And Man U FAC. 1-1 draw and we won 7-2 in the replay. I was lucky enough to see all but one home game. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls about that Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, Lincs Owl said: They did. We had two 55,000 sellouts that season. 60-61. Spurs in the league which was not all ticket. 10,000 plus were locked out. And Man U FAC. 1-1 draw and we won 7-2 in the replay. I was lucky enough to see all but one home game. Nice one, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Just Looked online and that photo is there and states its at Hillsborough it's a Daily Mail photo along with many more including some belting shots of Cruyff And when he managed Barcelona, I do recall my dad said he was a bit of a "crackpot" I also remember seeing him smoking a lot of little cigars like Minotti and a daft ponytail I think Rodney Marsh once wrote that his training methods were unorthodox and somewhat dangerous (didn't think he would have trained much anyway?) I've got an old football book of dad's from early 50'S that's got a chapter from Vic Buckingham at West Brom and one from Jackie Sewell When we have got over Sunday and returned to mother earth I will take some copies off it and upload onto Forum Could just do with some advice where to post them on here .? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellowl Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 My first match was Spurs and I can remember the 2-7 score coming through on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 30 minutes ago, Lincs Owl said: They did. We had two 55,000 sellouts that season. 60-61. Spurs in the league which was not all ticket. 10,000 plus were locked out. And Man U FAC. 1-1 draw and we won 7-2 in the replay. I was lucky enough to see all but one home game. the bible says 58k for man utd ,56k for spurs and we had 55k against burnley in the cup .....obviously no SAG back then . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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