do you remember this..............it was what your ball boy used to row up and down the river behind your stand at gay meadow.surely that must have been the only ground where this used to happen please log in to view this image
Not being a native Salopian, I only started watching Shrews in the Conference season. Others here will know Gay Meadow far better but I couldn't help but appreciate its charms. It's the only ground I've been in where, in autumn, a leafblower was regularly employed at half time to clear the pitch from the trees along the riverside. I never saw it used but you should have apicture of a coracle Rocky - even more quaint than you'd imagined. And it wasn't a regular ball boy but a guy who knew how to use a coracle. One thing I have wondered though, having visited Craven Cottage (another lovely ground) a few times. Did Fulham have a similar arrangement or was the Thames too far from the pitch (or the stand too high)?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/2312949.stm The BBC page i found that is quite an interesting read. 2002 planning permssion was recieved!
