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Post by pirate49 on Jul 13, 2018 15:10:40 GMT
The Big Match Revisited on BT Sport 2 has the home fixture from 1976 of Rovers v Charlton @ 5.15 today.
BT often show 1970s editions of The Big Match with the excellent Brian Moore. Well worth a watch.
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Post by oldgas on Jul 13, 2018 16:21:30 GMT
Was there for that one, stood on the Tote.
Aaah the good old days.
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Post by gasstrictband on Jul 13, 2018 16:59:28 GMT
Was there in the north enclosure , those were the days my friend.
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Post by kruger on Jul 13, 2018 17:05:48 GMT
I watched for about an hour and they played 30 bloody seconds, that's an hour of my life I will never get back.
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Post by francegas on Jul 13, 2018 18:07:52 GMT
Didn't see it but would have thought the 78/79 season against Charlton would have been a better option. Who could forget that 5-5 draw. Now for that one I was stood on the Tote.
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Post by Charlton Hayes Gas on Jul 13, 2018 20:59:48 GMT
For those of us who are a bit younger and have only even known the mecca of football that is the mem and the blackthorn End, what is it about eastville that made it ‘the good old days’?
Surely moments at the mem like lee browns left foot must be hard to beat?
Not looking for an argument, genuinely interested as it was our home for the longest period in our history and I’m kinda disappointed I didn’t get to experience it for myself.
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Post by aghast on Jul 13, 2018 21:27:57 GMT
For those of us who are a bit younger and have only even known the mecca of football that is the mem and the blackthorn End, what is it about eastville that made it ‘the good old days’? Surely moments at the mem like lee browns left foot must be hard to beat? Not looking for an argument, genuinely interested as it was our home for the longest period in our history and I’m kinda disappointed I didn’t get to experience it for myself. It was big. Well biggish. Much bigger than the Mem. Easily as good as most Championship grounds at the time. It had a huge away terrace, uncovered. The Tote End was covered and big as well. The North stand was very large but didn't extend the length of the pitch. But still pretty impressive for those times. The South stand was a bit poor, so the Teds decided they had to burn it down. It had a greyhound track running around the pitch, so it was a huge area. It had flower beds behind the goals. The atmosphere at some of those League Cup games in the early 70s against Villa and Stoke was unbelievable. 25,000 crowds and just magic. It would be crap today, but it wasn't then. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jul 13, 2018 21:33:50 GMT
For those of us who are a bit younger and have only even known the mecca of football that is the mem and the blackthorn End, what is it about eastville that made it ‘the good old days’? Surely moments at the mem like lee browns left foot must be hard to beat? Not looking for an argument, genuinely interested as it was our home for the longest period in our history and I’m kinda disappointed I didn’t get to experience it for myself. It was big. Well biggish. Much bigger than the Mem. Easily as good as most Championship grounds at the time. It had a huge away terrace, uncovered. The Tote End was covered and big as well. The North stand was very large but didn't extend the length of the pitch. But still pretty impressive for those times. The South stand was a bit poor, so the Teds decided they had to burn it down. It had a greyhound track running around the pitch, so it was a huge area. It had flower beds behind the goals. The atmosphere at some of those League Cup games in the early 70s against Villa and Stoke was unbelievable. 25,000 crowds and just magic. It would be crap today, but it wasn't then.Still better than the Mem though! |
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 13, 2018 21:37:16 GMT
For those of us who are a bit younger and have only even known the mecca of football that is the mem and the blackthorn End, what is it about eastville that made it ‘the good old days’? Surely moments at the mem like lee browns left foot must be hard to beat? Not looking for an argument, genuinely interested as it was our home for the longest period in our history and I’m kinda disappointed I didn’t get to experience it for myself. Yes StokeLodge the D/R moment was hard to beat esp after the previous two years and it was special. But for people of my age, and I can only speak for myself, there was something special about Eastville, especially at night matches. From walking through St Paul’s, and walking back after the match, being in the Tote End, the special League Cup nights of the early 70s and there were lots of them, Birmingham, Newcastle, Stoke, Manchester U with all their stars and Aston Villa when it was torrential rain all match and a late equaliser. Seeing Harold score some special goals, seeing Dick Shepherd carried off against Tranmere knowing it was very serious, seeing great league matches which didn’t mean anything like a ding dong 3-3 draw with Oldham or even a cup match against Kettering where we drew. I suspect Eastville was at its height in the 50s which I didn’t see and when I did in the 60s it was past it’s best but on night matches and with a full crowd in it was brilliant. Perhaps when I saw it first I was at that age when you are most impressionable. Mind you by the time the 80s came it was a complete hole, but it was our hole.😪 UTG! |
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 13, 2018 22:11:53 GMT
Only started going after the South Stand fire but agree that it was at least our "dump" and comparable to many grounds at the time.
Remember great games there although Twerton probably covered more of my informative years so my memory is less good. The Centenary games against Spurs and Newcastle plus beating Leicester in the FA Cup stick out.
Randall, Barrett, various Willams. The Hofmeister sign above the Tote End.
Mustn't forget Oscar selling programmes and another guy walking round during the game selling them too. 30p a copy if I recall.
Often wonder what might have been had we managed to renew the tenancy. Could be a fairly decent ground with gradual improvements over the years. Ah well.
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