Popular Post dunsbyowl Posted September 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2018 119 years young! #OnThisDay in 1899 the wonderful earthly paradise that is the Wednesday Ground was opened. Home of the famous Wednesday Club of #Sheffield, full of memories of good times and loved ones no longer with us, it will always be our home, Hillsborough #SWFC #WAWAW and the final word as ever - Simon Inglis :-) 13 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 What a beauty What an old crumbling beauty She's like someone's lovely nannan Warm, welcoming and very occasionally unexplainably damp Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: What a beauty What an old crumbling beauty She's like someone's lovely nannan Warm, welcoming and very occasionally unexplainably damp What a lovely image that conjours up! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbo48 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Obviously it’s a special place to us all and those, now gone, who brought us here and showed us the way. Dad always called it Owlerton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple O Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Those admission prices are a monstrosity!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanus Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 28 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: What a beauty What an old crumbling beauty She's like someone's lovely nannan Warm, welcoming and very occasionally unexplainably damp But does your Nan get up to 25000 inside her once a fortnight for 45 mins each way and a pie and bovril before changing ends? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 25 minutes ago, Triple O said: Those admission prices are a monstrosity!! How much was it with a silver membership? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbo48 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 37 minutes ago, Triple O said: Those admission prices are a monstrosity!! The days when you could say Boys 3d .....without someone being offended 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Daz Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Just looking at that top photo Dunsby, any insight into how the kop mound was formed. Seem to recall reading something about supporters fetching household rubbish like fireash, broken crockery etc., to gradually form the hill. Must have been a monumental task. Can't remember much though about the article I read that in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 hour ago, seanus said: But does your Nan get up to 25000 inside her once a fortnight for 45 mins each way and a pie and bovril before changing ends? Nan's numbers are down so far this season around 22000. There is still plenty of space for her to accommodate another 11000 paying customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Minor Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 hour ago, daztheowl said: Just looking at that top photo Dunsby, any insight into how the kop mound was formed. Seem to recall reading something about supporters fetching household rubbish like fireash, broken crockery etc., to gradually form the hill. Must have been a monumental task. Can't remember much though about the article I read that in. I think the household rubbish etc. was used to level out the pitch as there was a considerable slope originally, they didn't quite get it right as there is still the slope towards the Kop even today. But how the Kop was built up would be an interesting story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtongent Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 What was, and now is, the slope? I know it was considerable, but surely most of this was taken out when the new Desso pitch was installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Bonvin Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 5 hours ago, @owlstalk said: What a beauty What an old crumbling beauty She's like someone's lovely nannan Warm, welcoming and very occasionally unexplainably damp I really hope the last two sentences aren’t supposed to be connected, but I fear they are! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GY-owl.4 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Useless fact Grimsby town played their first game at the brand new Blundell park on the same day. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Rat Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 The West looks better in the second picture than it does now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Love your posts dunsby I really hope we eventually give the old girl a complete revamp, modernise her and allow her to to become our home for another 100 years and beyond it will keep our heritage and history both good and bad but hopefully a new look will take away that awful cloud we have around it that tragically happened to those Liverpool fans new look new feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencerowl Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 10 hours ago, @owlstalk said: What a beauty What an old crumbling beauty She's like someone's lovely nannan Warm, welcoming and very occasionally unexplainably damp That’s the best post on here for weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 9 hours ago, daztheowl said: Just looking at that top photo Dunsby, any insight into how the kop mound was formed. Seem to recall reading something about supporters fetching household rubbish like fireash, broken crockery etc., to gradually form the hill. Must have been a monumental task. Can't remember much though about the article I read that in. I think I have posted this before but you are correct - at various time the club appealed for "clean rubbish - ie rubble & bricks and items such as you mentioned etc to build up the bank. This one dates from 15th August - so if they did use rubble to level the pitch this would be after that had been done and therfore I'd gusess for the spectator areas. I read there was further works to build up the bank c. 1920 and I found another appral in the local paper : I remember the 1st away match I went to at Donvcaster in 1976/or 77 - the terrace there seemed to be made up of ash and stones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham67 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 I remember my Grandad telling me about working on the Kop after WW 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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