Bob Lord Terracing?
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Bob Lord Terracing?
Love this old pic of the Bob Lord, looks great with terracing at the front...can we recreate that when Safe Standing comes in?
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My first ever time on the Turf was in that stand.
Seem to remember it was made from railway sleepers and big gaps everywhere,.
Seem to remember it was made from railway sleepers and big gaps everywhere,.
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Must have been a fair old log burner to need that chimney!
As for safe standing in the Bob Lord, I can’t see the standing element being used much in there! I’d far rather sit for the ninety that stand up and I’m one of the younger ones in there
As for safe standing in the Bob Lord, I can’t see the standing element being used much in there! I’d far rather sit for the ninety that stand up and I’m one of the younger ones in there
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Still The Brunshaw Rd stand then....you paid an extra 6d to stand in the enclosure as well
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For most matches you could pay an extra few coppers to go in.
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Most of the people who go in the BL are not safe to stand at the best of times! Think of all the tartan travel blankets stacked up at the rear of the safe standing area....
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The only time I sat there towards the Cricket Field End was for the FA Cup 6th round tie against Blackburn Rovers in March 1960. Still just 7 years old, I went with my oldest brother. Finished 3-3 after we were 3-0 up with less than 20 mins. remaining.
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This was the last time most of the Bob Lorders actually stood up !
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Only in t’Enclosure once, a Christmas game against Stoke that should never have gone ahead.
I was down by the corner flag at Cricket Field end and we couldn’t see anywhere near the halfway line, a proper peasouper. Total waste of money but we did win 1-0. No idea who scored.
I was down by the corner flag at Cricket Field end and we couldn’t see anywhere near the halfway line, a proper peasouper. Total waste of money but we did win 1-0. No idea who scored.
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I’ll have you know that a good proportion of us are still able to stand when we score!!AlargeClaret wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:24 pmThis was the last time most of the Bob Lorders actually stood up !
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Rovers got a dodgy penalty for Alex Elder hand ball if I remember and then Rovers never looked back. Went on to lose to Wolves in the FinalSilkyskills1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:18 pmThe only time I sat there towards the Cricket Field End was for the FA Cup 6th round tie against Blackburn Rovers in March 1960. Still just 7 years old, I went with my oldest brother. Finished 3-3 after we were 3-0 up with less than 20 mins. remaining.
Didnt Dave Whelan break his leg?
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Just looked at CT stats Rovers scored three in 11minutes 75,79,and 86minutes
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Stood next to the tunnel (so I could pat the backs of some players) on my first match at the Turf, happy days, happy memories.
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Never seen that photo before, I love it. Would be brilliant if we had that now.
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Yes, the ball rolled up his leg and hit his hand. Penalty said the ref and panic set in thereafter.
As for Dave Whelan, I believe that is true. . Tackle by Norman Deeley who scored two of Wolves' three goals I think. Watched it on TV. Boiling hot day in London and just 5 days after we won the league at Maine Rd. A good week. Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong Jones the day before the final.
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Sat in those very seats in the early 60s with my dad and brother. I was too young to "get" the football and was largely a rather bored nuisance unfortunately, but things always bucked up with the half time kit-kat!
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Saw us play Spurs in the enclosure with my Dad. We stood at the front against the wall. We won 2-1. It was the first time I realized the pitch was not really flat. Looking across at the digout you could not see below the waist of Harry Potts, the pitch started somewhere below his waist from my line of view.
By gum I had good eyesight in them days.
By gum I had good eyesight in them days.
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Saw my first few games on that terrace, aged 7. A 6-2 win against Chelsea stands out.
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I had a season ticket in the enclosure with my dad for a good few years.
I also used to go to the tunnel to watch and touch the players coming out.
I kid you not, Harry Thomson used to put his fag out as he approached the exit to the pitch.
One lasting memory from in there was that I was directly behind Alex Elder's floated backpass, to the advancing Blacklaw, that sailed over his head and into the net against Leeds.
I also used to go to the tunnel to watch and touch the players coming out.
I kid you not, Harry Thomson used to put his fag out as he approached the exit to the pitch.
One lasting memory from in there was that I was directly behind Alex Elder's floated backpass, to the advancing Blacklaw, that sailed over his head and into the net against Leeds.
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Saw us play Spurs in the enclosure with my Dad. We stood at the front against the wall. We won 2-1. It was the first time I realized the pitch was not really flat.
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Was that the official price or a backhander?ClaretTony wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:10 pmFor most matches you could pay an extra few coppers to go in.
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Brilliant in here when we beat Coventry to win the fa youth Cup
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I'm sure there was also a turnstile on the Longside towards the Cricket Field End for those who wanted to get closer to the front. I remember my brother and his mates from Blackburn St..Mary's used to stand together just above it.
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I was on BBC News that night with my rattle. Tommy Docherty had sent most of the Chelsea first team home for boozing and had fetched the kids up from London. Last match of the season and it became a big news story. Lochhead scored 4.
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Great comment bet your proud of that eh?Herts Clarets wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:12 pmMost of the people who go in the BL are not safe to stand at the best of times! Think of all the tartan travel blankets stacked up at the rear of the safe standing area....
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The only time I’ve been in the BLS was to watch the big screen for the Scunthorpe away game. I flew in from Dubai to do so More money than sense back then (and then lost it all)
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I only ever went in the enclosure once, because it was too expensive !
My much older and richer cousin (who rarely went) treated me to see us demolish Napoli 3 - 0 in 1967. The years before and after were always on the Beehole.
My much older and richer cousin (who rarely went) treated me to see us demolish Napoli 3 - 0 in 1967. The years before and after were always on the Beehole.
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Like a few others above, the first games I saw were from th'enclosure. 1956 (v Leeds, before them going all-white, playing in blue and gold) was the first time and then for a few seasons I went there with my dad until I was deemed old enough to go on with same age-group chums.
We used to go on the half nearest the bee-hole end, not too far away from the players' tunnel. We could get the whiff of liniment as the players ran out - a new smell to me then; always a whiff of tobacco smoke around to- Woodbines mainly I think.
I remember sneaking through the turnstile with my dad so I was on the game free; not sure if that was normal for kids or my dad new the turnstile attendant.
We used to go on the half nearest the bee-hole end, not too far away from the players' tunnel. We could get the whiff of liniment as the players ran out - a new smell to me then; always a whiff of tobacco smoke around to- Woodbines mainly I think.
I remember sneaking through the turnstile with my dad so I was on the game free; not sure if that was normal for kids or my dad new the turnstile attendant.
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Never remember sneaking on but being given the money by my Dad outside, standing in the juveniles queue and being so relieved to see him on the other side about 10 minutes later to get our place on the terrace....happy days
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not only stand when we score but politley clap as well, although were i sit, 4 rows behind the away dug out, appernetly away teams and stewards object to the claping on the perpex roof of the dug out. rotters !
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My very first game was a 2-2 against Villa earlier that season.alwaysaclaret wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:58 pmThink my first game was a 2-2 draw v arsenal, possibly around 1965.
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You can see the high fence on the Bee Hole End where they sectioned it off behind the goal to stop people throwing stuff into the goalmouth. Ruined the look of the Turf until they realised it was a waste of time and got rid of it. There was one at the Cricket Field End too, where I'm guessing most of the problems arose.
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Great photo!
My first few visits to the Turf, in the mid 60s were on that terrace.
My first few visits to the Turf, in the mid 60s were on that terrace.
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Are you referring to the section behind Bob Lord in this picture?Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:07 pmI'm sure there was also a turnstile on the Longside towards the Cricket Field End for those who wanted to get closer to the front. I remember my brother and his mates from Blackburn St..Mary's used to stand together just above it.
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If the match was boring, we used to stand on the Longside and see if we could spot a gap in between people “lighting up”.
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There was more than one turnstile, three or four of them, where you paid extra to go to the front. By the time I started going, they'd done away with charging although the fencing and gates were there for some years following.Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:07 pmI'm sure there was also a turnstile on the Longside towards the Cricket Field End for those who wanted to get closer to the front. I remember my brother and his mates from Blackburn St..Mary's used to stand together just above it.
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Two exceptional photo's on this thread.
Look how the Bee Hole End slopes down to virtually nothing over the shoulder of Bob Lord.
That terrace was extended in 1970 with the aim of increasing the capacity to over 20,000.
Look how the Bee Hole End slopes down to virtually nothing over the shoulder of Bob Lord.
That terrace was extended in 1970 with the aim of increasing the capacity to over 20,000.
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My one big regret is not knowing my very first game on the Turf.
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In terms of the OP, the final game for the original Brunshaw Road Stand and the Enclosure in front was against Sunderland on 23rd April 1969.
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I started my career a Burnley fan in the Enclosure
Used to sit on the wall with other kids but with back turned towards pitch in case the ball would only hit our back
Saw Brian O’Neill score a great late winner v manure and our kids bead Leeds 5-1
Used to sit on the wall with other kids but with back turned towards pitch in case the ball would only hit our back
Saw Brian O’Neill score a great late winner v manure and our kids bead Leeds 5-1
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Watch all the European games back in the day from the Enclosure
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Yes my first few games stood in there. As a youngster it was an amazing experience and one I’ll never forget. Thank you for posting the picture.
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Not interested in standing - it's much better sitting down.
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I remember leaving the Bee Hole End at that bottom right corner. The terrace acted like a funnel with everyone getting pushed together, as a kid you could pull your legs up off the ground and get carried through the narrow exit.Royboyclaret wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:18 pmLook how the Bee Hole End slopes down to virtually nothing over the shoulder of Bob Lord.
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Yes, exactly there.Claretforever wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:45 pmAre you referring to the section behind Bob Lord in this picture?
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Or ,as i clearly remember walking off with my Mum after a midweek fixture v Everton, mid 70's,falling over and thinking that was my lot in life as everyone trampled over me.ClaretCliff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:04 pmI remember leaving the Bee Hole End at that bottom right corner. The terrace acted like a funnel with everyone getting pushed together, as a kid you could pull your legs up off the ground and get carried through the narrow exit.
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Elder's own goal: so was I, but I was in the enclosure.Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:23 pmI had a season ticket in the enclosure with my dad for a good few years.
I also used to go to the tunnel to watch and touch the players coming out.
I kid you not, Harry Thomson used to put his fag out as he approached the exit to the pitch.
One lasting memory from in there was that I was directly behind Alex Elder's floated backpass, to the advancing Blacklaw, that sailed over his head and into the net against Leeds.
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I'm the same. My brother remembers all the games he went to, he started going a few years before me. I must have been 4 or 5 when I first went on. Small enough to be carried out of the ground on my Dads shoulders.Royboyclaret wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:25 pmMy one big regret is not knowing my very first game on the Turf.
Who we played I don't have a clue, what stuck with me was the crowds and the atmosphere.
I recall we'd enter the ground from under the old CFS, walk around onto the longside. The fences to the front had gone, but the turnstiles still remained, and kids my size used to hustle to climb on them for a better view.
I was fortunate to go to the Casino regular, and just like the Longside, unless you've been there it's just impossible to convey to anyone else what it was like to be there and live it. Long Live The Longside.
Happy days
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