wintonfan Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 saw it mentioned in another thread about clubs having red ash or blaes pitches in the juniors, how commonplace were they?? i think pollok and glasgow perthshire has ash pitches at one time, was there many others?? also i assume they were like muddy puddles in the wet and clouds of red dust in the dry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffiti on the wall Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 St Rochs pitch was a black ash pitch which the cheap version of red ash and just coal ground down lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Newlansfield was ash until the 60s iirc. Also sure Perthshire still had ash as late as the early 80s. Dennistoun Waverley's Haghill Park was ash too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said: Newlansfield was ash until the 60s iirc. Also sure Perthshire still had ash as late as the early 80s. Dennistoun Waverley's Haghill Park was ash too 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestjon Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 One sliding tackle per match per player. Taught players to stand up and no dive in. If you were really lucky u got to play wi a Mitre ball, oooooh the good old days. Spent many Sat nights in the bath wi a nail brush or scrubbing brush trying to get the red or black stuff out my skinned legs. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemanwolfpack Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 The first time I went to Vale of Clyde in the 80s I'm sure the 6 yard boxes were red ash. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 17 minutes ago, onemanwolfpack said: The first time I went to Vale of Clyde in the 80s I'm sure the 6 yard boxes were red ash. Early hybrid pitches, Juniors at the forefront. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pundeavon Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I saw Ladeside play on black ash at Maryhill Harp in 1966 and at Perthshire in 1972 or 73. Can't think of any others since then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, griffiti on the wall said: St Rochs pitch was a black ash pitch which the cheap version of red ash and just coal ground down lol Played on one of these black in the day,it was drose. Edited May 28, 2019 by happy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokloyal Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 6 hours ago, cmontheloknow said: Which ground is that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Pennel Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Dennistoun Waverley. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhamen Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 52 minutes ago, Lokloyal said: Which ground is that? Haghill Park. The land is still there lying empty since the council took the land for housing and then never used it. Go to the bakery in Duke St heading east and take the next street on the left. It's now a dead end but at one time you could go straight on over the bridge. The ground was the other side of the barrier facing West to East. The grey tenements in the distance are Todd St. Think orginally the railway line in the picture led into a gasworks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Tutankhamen said: Haghill Park. The land is still there lying empty since the council took the land for housing and then never used it. Go to the bakery in Duke St heading east and take the next street on the left. It's now a dead end but at one time you could go straight on over the bridge. The ground was the other side of the barrier facing West to East. The grey tenements in the distance are Todd St. Think orginally the railway line in the picture led into a gasworks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Can't say I remember any red ash pitches in juniors, certainly plenty of black ones and I started going to away games around 1954. I think they were mainly found in and around Glasgpw and a few have already been mentioned. Some were not really ash, simply lacking in grass due to overuse probably. Not slagging any club but Southcroft as I remember would never have been compared to a bowling green, Ashfield was very appropriately named and Maryhill Harp certainly was weed free. Almost all junior pitches, and many senior ones as well had goalmouths that were virtually bare all year round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justagoalie Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 15 hours ago, onemanwolfpack said: The first time I went to Vale of Clyde in the 80s I'm sure the 6 yard boxes were red ash. I think you are right. Something to do with the goal at the bottom end of the park being a bog so made both 6 yard boxes the same. Park was not great nick then but is decent surface these days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintonfan Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 interesting posts, i can remember in greenock being ash pitches used for amateur football, at ravenscraig near the jnrs ground 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 The last time I was near an ash pitch was at primary school! Not happy memories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 19 hours ago, onemanwolfpack said: The first time I went to Vale of Clyde in the 80s I'm sure the 6 yard boxes were red ash. Similarly, I'd heard a couple of Glasgow area grounds used to be predominantly ash, but with a strip of grass up each wing. Nae luck centre mid... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neildrake Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 On 29/05/2019 at 18:12, Hillonearth said: Similarly, I'd heard a couple of Glasgow area grounds used to be predominantly ash, but with a strip of grass up each wing. Nae luck centre mid... St Anthony park near Ibrox was exactly like this right until they moved. Perthshire had black ash well into the seventies. St Rochs and I believe Thorniewood had ash parks in the sixties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankbad1n Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Provanmill Park(St Rochs) was black ash with some grass at each of the corner flag areas, Newlandsfield was definitely black ash in the 60s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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