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I remember playing the goons in the late 80s(think it may have 87/88 as i dont think we had Gazza a this time) and unlike my first NLD they brought loads.Filled up the park lane,and then the cage(the police put them in there).probably the most i have seen them turn up at ours with.I was bang next to them ,where the shelf joined the cage.Seeing all their muggy faces scrunched up against the mesh fence was quite nauseating, to be honest.Strange breed,that lot.
The Shelf though..........teary eyed
Now that looks like the type of pub i would pay a visit to if time travel was possible.I know pubs closing down is a nationwide problem, but N.17 has been hit particularly hard.We have lost loads.
That's Middlesborough ,i think.Someone put it up a facebook page i am on,"mods - bootboys 58-74".
Great photo.
EDIT
I was talking about the bottom pic.
When Walker had just started as a very young keeper I remember him doing something similar, catching a high cross one handed, it was like watching Jennings all over again.
Not long afterwards he did something even more cool. A back pass with the attacker bearing down on him, chipped the ball over him and retrieved it to pass the ball out to the full back. I never saw him do that ever again, I imagine the manager and the rest of the team banned him!
For a while, it looked like we'd finally produced a great first team keeper from the academy. Shame how it turned out.
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Yes, the lane never had an oval enclosure like that even during the prewar era, also i don't think there were factories this close to the lane at that time (or at any other time actually)
'It's not about shorts. Throw them away. Goodbye shorts, hello football!'
Vs Woolwich 1912
Love this picture it's from The Glory Game
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I nicked a copy from the school library
The worn pitch, the contortions.....a true battleground.
What was that place at the back of the White Hart for? Asking for a friend.
OK you’re just showing off now...
Have to say, all these photos just have me yearning for the old girl. I miss WHL so much.
I actually worked there, behind the bar. Thought it would be a good way to earn some extra cash, and as I was in the vicinity to see the game, just meant getting there a bit earlier. However, although the manager let me leave five minutes before kick off, it was a race to get in for kick off and I couldn't get to the front of the shelf. So I lasted one week!!!
That is really cool and...................... I mean that.
How old were you in that picture....................i'm joking.