TheScarf Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) Aye the new shed is only about the width of the box. Think that was erected around 2007/2008. The old one that came down around 2004 ran the full length of the Benula Road end. Edit - Edited September 10, 2020 by TheScarf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 The Harmsworth has to be the best ever ground for absolute vitriol from supporters being easily, clearly heard by the players, managers etc. And I’ve been to many HFL grounds!I think what made it better was the glorious Caithness accent/dialect (remember I’m a teenabowlie, so this is meant with love) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Snafu said: Don't know if this has been covered yet on here but is there still grounds around Scotland with houses that have a full or partial view of the pitch? Can't think of any in the Premiership as the stands would block a view and a lot of the newer stadiums are built away from housing estates now a days. Below, Grant Street Park home of Clachnacuddin showing the hospitality boxes running both sides of the pitch. Station Park, Nairn You'd probably have to be a Russian oligarch to afford a hoose in Edinburgh but these flats give you an additional bonus free view of the MIGHTY City and the not so mighty Spartans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 15 hours ago, The Mantis said: I’ve just found a photo I took back in the day watching Caley. I’m on the Shetland ferry just now and the WiFi is shit so I can’t see your vid but I’ll try posting the photo. Brilliant. I played at Telford Street in youth league cup finals a couple of times, and at Grant Street once. I would estimate about 1987 or 88. I was playing RB and remember tackling a boy and catching the ball perfectly so it smacked into the ad boards on the wall in the foreground and rebounded satisfyingly back into the pitch. Was the highlight of my match tbh as we got pumped. Sadly never got to play on the hallowed Kingsmills turf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 On the subject of stadiums where houses still have a view of the pitch .... Here's a photo of the Terregles Street end at Palmerston from a home match with the Jambos in 2014. The big sandstone house always had good views, but the house to the left extended a window upwards to get a view! Great to see that terrace in use again even if only occasionally for the big away supports nowadays. That crowd was around the 5,500 mark but I remember a Hertz cup tie back in 1974 when we had 14,000 in the ground (and around 10,000 of them were from Gorgie!). It was cosy to say the least. Got into the ground early around 2 pm and the covered Portland Road terrace was a sea of maroon and bouncing, great atmosphere, great memories. Lost 0-2 mind. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 on the topic of murals, Livi have a couple I think but they're all inside the main stand and not out in the public eye. Here's one I managed to find 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 North Caledonian League newboys Scourie's Achlochan Park 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 15 hours ago, Cptn Hooch said: on the topic of murals, Livi have a couple I think but they're all inside the main stand and not out in the public eye. Here's one I managed to find 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 It should read "if you want to be a lion you have to kill a thistle first" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, tamthebam said: It should read "if you want to be a lion you have to kill a thistle first" Why would you harm a hair on the head of one of these lovely ladies? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: Why would you harm a hair on the head of one of these lovely ladies? I wonder if Jesse Rae gets them to polish his helmet.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I wonder if Jesse Rae gets them to polish his helmet.... I was in their dressing room once, thought I stood a chance only to find out he takes that fucking sword everywhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 North Caledonian League newboys Scourie's Achlochan ParkThat is beautiful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLanarkshireWhite Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 I have a small yearning for stadiums to have different/quirky goal styles as well as terrace/seating. San Siro, Hampden, Goodison and Tynecastle below, I am sure Brockville was a bit different too. That anticipation of seeing something new and different as you climbed the stairs on your first visit as a kid has gone now Almost everywhere now has the same square box for goals and square box of seats. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, SouthLanarkshireWhite said: I have a small yearning for stadiums to have different/quirky goal styles as well as terrace/seating. San Siro, Hampden, Goodison and Tynecastle below, I am sure Brockville was a bit different too. That anticipation of seeing something new and different as you climbed the stairs on your first visit as a kid has gone now Almost everywhere now has the same square box for goals and square box of seats. QPR. Eta, I think that's West Ham, both had narrow space behind the goals. . Edited September 14, 2020 by Sergeant Wilson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Best picture I could find but Ipswich had weird nets in the 90s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 I wonder which ground was the last to lose its square posts? I'm sure Cliftonhill had a set in the late 80s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGafraidh Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: I wonder which ground was the last to lose its square posts? I'm sure Cliftonhill had a set in the late 80s. The SPFL no longer wanted the triangle backs after Les Mottram missed that goal at Thistle. I had a mate who was a season book holder at Cliftonhill and they had Italian type netting in 1995 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 https://goalnets.blogspot.com/2014/10/?m=0 For goal post fetishists. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 7 hours ago, MacGafraidh said: The SPFL no longer wanted the triangle backs after Les Mottram missed that goal at Thistle. I had a mate who was a season book holder at Cliftonhill and they had Italian type netting in 1995 The SPFL are time travelers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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