Found this in the Guardian, rattles were banned in the early seventies along with parrots! and any number of other 'offensive weapons'
Good thread Reading this sort of stuff reminds me how much of the soul of football has been sold to the corporate devil. These days at Arsenal we get padded seats, great views and world class international players gracing the pitch, but there's something about the old North Bank, with it's wonky steps and smelly mix of beer and burgers that was very honest and completely endearing. I count myself as one of the lucky ones to have been there before Football became sanitised - and expensive
J8s Last time I looked at them they were in good condition, also got a mint copy of the John White memorial progamme and a 63 cup winners cup pennent signed by Bill Brown, terry dyson ,Ron henry and I think its Jimmy Greaves but that ones a bit smudged How much are they worth ?
Fairplay to you(and your wife for putting up with it ) I was always more a casual buyer, if I'm spending £3.50 these days I want a pint or a burger with it
Thought this might be of interest to some: [video=youtube;7AiPVhhpQGQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AiPVhhpQGQ[/video]
YV, Normally the wife picks up the programme on her way in, whilst I stay in the pub before the mad dash up to the ground to make kick off. I've got the times down to a tee and nearly always make kick off!! Alfie, The 63 cup final varies in price depending on which edition you have. The stadium edition is rarer and is upwards of £35 where as the UEFA one is anywhere between £10-£25 depending on the condition. To be honest, I have no idea of the value of the penant but it should be worth a tidy sum.
Spurf That reminds me of a call to Danny Baker on the old 606 programme about a game at Millwall in the early 60's when a ww2 handgranade was thrown on the pitch, the ref stopped the game, the groundsman came on with a bucket of sand put the granade in to it and walked off with it at arms length, ref blew the whistle and the game carried on
The other thing thats missing from the game today is a dog on the pitch it used to be a regular on the the Big Match. Brentford had a keeper called Chick Brodie ? who was stretchered off from a game after trying to catch a dog, the dog ran headlong into his knee and laid him out.
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Piskie that was Chick Brodie, Not sure but I think that put him out of the game for along time Ps seen the villa result ? Taxi for Mr Lambert
Re programmes and yearbooks etc. My **** bag parents threw out all my treasured 1980's programmes and scrapbooks that I had as a kid when I was forced to leave home as a 16/17 yr old. In the last 3 years I started looking for them on ebay...you can pick up amazing stuff on there. I've manage to find all my 1981-84 programmes (from matches I went to) plus other notable match programmes that I used to buy from outside the ground. You can pick up programmes really cheaply...just be patient and don't bid on the first one you see! I rarely pay more than 99p for a programme and my most expensive (1961, 1962 and 1963 FA Cup and ECWC finals only cost around £3 each) The bad side of ebay is that I got into collecting original Spurs press photo's...with press stamps on the back ... got around 120 of them. The earliest is from 1935 ... got a few from 1961 matches and have even got one of Ricky Villa scoring THAT 81 cup final goal...cost £1.80 and I was lucky enough to meet him and he signed it! Took me back to being a kid again! Last week I got a Daily Mirror press photo of Gazza's freekick goal v arsenal in the 91 semi final...plus 2 others from the same match for around £2.50. (not that I'm addicted or anything) Bizarrely enough some Chelsea Press Photo's go for a fortune... over a £100 per photo...I got a load cheap from an american website...they pretty much paid for my obsessive photo collection when I sold them on Ebay!
I used to use an old lady in those terraced houses.I think she charged a shilling,but it's been a long time now so I may be wrong! My first game a can remember was 1953 v Villa.Danny was playing for Villa and I don't remember him on the field that day.I know we won by an own goal. I still have my collection.I won't let anyone near them. My oldest item is an old Evening News Football Annual for season 1901-2. My prewar handbooks are for seasons 1920-1,1924-5,1926-7 and 1939-40(the season that never was!) I have a pre-prewar handbook for season 1911-12.....and various prewar programmes.Several from 1939-40 season.They say they are impossible to find now..... I remember,when I was 15,travelling to Doncaster for a cupgame in 1956 by train and pulled by the Mallard (60022). Two goals by Johnny Brooks and Bobby Smith won it.They had a future "Yorkshire" comedian playing at center half did Rovers.Charlie Williams by name........ My first Spurs hero,and we had a lot of them,was gentleman George Robb on the left wing.On his day the best winger in the country!!!! Ted Ditchburn was coming to the end of a long career but would chop and change with Ron Reynolds before he left for Romford. A favourite was Tommy Harmer,"The Charmer".Our inside forward,he hadn't had much of a chance until manager Anderson took over and he came into his own.No one I have seen since could match his ball control and artistry.Not very fast but could pass a ball onto a "sixpence"! I once saw Harmer v Sunderland in a game in 1956-7.Len Shackleton of Sunderland was also a brilliant inside forward.Anyway,in this game Shack caught the ball on his toe and flicked it up many times until he got bored and chipped it to "The Charmer",who caught it on HIS toe and straight away flicked over the defenders heads for Bobby Smith to run on to.....brilliant! .....and who can forget the fans on the pitch during the European Cup games in 1961-2 conducting the fans to their "Glory,Glory...." battle hymn which literally shook the building....and shook the opposing players too! ....and Jimmy Greaves,the greatest goalscorer of them all,Alan Gilzean,"The King of White Hart Lane,Cliff Jones,the Flying Welshman....and he was too.Like Bale,bringing him down was the only way they could stop him. The list goes on....and the memories...... ...and my old mum telling dad "It's not my bloody fault Spurs lost!!"
Charlie Williams,me old flower,Jimmy Greaves,my FavoriteAll time Player,and along side Gilly,known as the g-men.Some great memories.
i've got the John White Memorial Programme as well,and the Jimmy Greaves and Pat Jennings testermonial(spelling?) Programmes.
