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Goody good. Ironically it was GnR's hill that was the clue as Huddersfield certainly isn't the flatest. It won't be Preston as there aren't hills like that around there so I think stiff letters to the publishers are needed. 

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I'll have to concede on this one... Two reference books I have say it's Deepdale, Preston - but it doesn't look like the main stand there and does Huddersfield's. So well done.


Another:

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Looks very Archie Leitch....i think it might be the one Non League stand he designed but i can't remember the team or name.
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My guess would be Romford and a check of what pops up on Yahoo images confirms it. Building an overly large stand basically bankrupted them as it was part of a push to get into the Football League that didn't work out as the bottom clubs always got reelected.

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On ‎07‎/‎09‎/‎2017 at 18:06, scottmcleanscontacts said:

Looks very Archie Leitch....i think it might be the one Non League stand he designed but i can't remember the team or name.

 

 

On ‎08‎/‎09‎/‎2017 at 08:51, LongTimeLurker said:

My guess would be Romford and a check of what pops up on Yahoo images confirms it. Building an overly large stand basically bankrupted them as it was part of a push to get into the Football League that didn't work out as the bottom clubs always got reelected.


Romford, correct.



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On 9/7/2017 at 16:11, killiejim said:

Think 7-2 has it. Leeds Road Huddersfield.

that's nailed on - the only time that those two teams played each other in that competition was 27th Feb 1943 - at Leeds Road;

here's the main stand after it was burned down in 1950 - you can see that distinctive paneling along the front of the top tier...

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3 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said:

Another Leeds photo

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that's the re-built main stand, after the fire - which has caused the confusion...

and i'll defer to your swiftness and delete my pic of the dalton bank terrace - even though I made a smart-arsed "dark satanic mill" reference :P

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27 minutes ago, Herman Hessian said:

that's the re-built main stand, after the fire - which has caused the confusion...

and i'll defer to your swiftness and delete my pic of the dalton bank terrace - even though I made a smart-arsed "dark satanic mill" reference :P

:thumsup2

The mills, e.g. Dugdale Brothers, are still going. Not so dark and satanic now. Great place to have suit made at a reasonable price. I will be in Yorkshire next week. :)

ETA - Huddersfield are playing Leicester at home on Saturday. I may be able to go if tickets are available.

 

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2 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

Here's one that doesn't rely on being from the dawn of photography to be obscure:

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A former Scotland international played here before he became famous.

Looks like Carloway, one of my regular haunts. Oh aye, Ronnie McKinnon.

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