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Spring Bank West Extension is the line of an aquifer pipe serving the pumping station. When the pumping station was open as a museum you could look down the well + see where the water from the aquifer entered. All the housing in the immediate area are served by cast iron undergound drainage...

My sister was in the same year as Ehab at School, Was not liked + was not the brightest bulb in the building.

Interesting the company that inspected + then criticised the condition of the pitch is named as PSD Agronomy Limited. Companies House notes it has a non-trading company. Another con from our beloved owners?

Cricfree has several good streams.

When I was just a whipper snapper I knew two old gents who were at both games of that semi-final + they both told me independently of each other, (they did not know each other) three things that have had me hate Arsenal since. 1. The referee was a cousin of a member of the Arsenal board. 2...

As of 10.00am 32 tickets left.

Got mine. As of 9.10 there were about 120 tickets left.

I once was at Celtic v Rangers the year before the Ibrox disaster. Not a pleasant experience. Supporters were bringing in cases of lager (first time I had seen lager in cans) + with bottles of whisky in their pockets. As the match progressed those around me did not nip to the bogs but just...

Forgot about Gordon Nisbet. Good solid full back. Virtually gave him away to Plymouth.

Beat me to it. He was the first player I remember to become a target of the boo boys. Totally undeserved + he was a local lad to boot. Developed into a good solid player.

About six years ago I had the good fortune to sit next to Nobby at a sportsman's dinner we held where he was the speaker. What a truly nice man. It was strange when I had a photo taken with him he came up to my shoulder. Even stranger was that as a player is opponents all feared him. He was...

Another one. Hitchhiked to Norwich with my mate. Struggled for lifts got there with only twenty odd minutes left, score was 2-2 (Malcolm Lord scored both). Hiked back with a night spent in a haystack, but we could not get a lift from Thorne on Sunday afternoon (no motorways then) so we split...

Even worse than the Aston Villa game! Hitch hiked to Bristol City again in 1967 (I think). My mate + myself struggled to get a lift (police warning motorists not to pick up hitchers as two had robbed a garage). Had to get a train from Gloucester to get there. Arrived at halftime + it was 3-3. No...

Seeing as we have time to fill due to the international break another thread dwelling on the past. I do not know whether I was unlucky when I was young but I had more than my fair share of missing goals. In reality it was probably due to me hitch hiking to many matches in my youth through lack...

They had really warm toilets there though (big radiator). Kept popping in evetry few minutes to warm my hands on it.