Cant remember it working twice in a season mind Was a ****hole, but it was our ****hole and it was ****ing magic.
I remember we played Villa last season Roker, they were singing ‘what a ****ing ****hole’ at us. Obv we went down, when we went back up we’d moved to SOL, remember being at Villa park and never forget, we sang ‘what a ****ing ****hole’ at them for half the game. Class
No mate, Seaham. I played 2 year for Silksworth Boys club under 18s but kept messing then about to go to our homes. I signed for Herrington Juniors and played all season, we did well anawl. Still keep in touch with some of the lads though.
Neil Foster, Richie Chaplow, Neil Harrison are 3 that I remember lived there. I’m 52 and my last season was 85/86, Dutt from Washington was our manager.
I knew a lad called Chaplow who I was in the army with. His family lived in the Shiney Row area. Might be related. Other two don’t ring any bells. I’m just turned 54 so around my vintage!
It came to me after I posted. The lad I was in the army with was Pete Chaplow. I know his dad used to be in the mob as well. Not a common surname that I’m aware of so probably related somewhere I would think.
Roker Park was fantastic but it was never really updated after the 1960's, and once they chopped the top half of the Roker End off in 1982 it was never the same. By the time we left there the capacity was only 22,000 or something and the old ground was very outdated. Sadly it was no longer fit for purpose and Bob Murray provided us with a brand new state of the art ground which we could once again be proud of. Still miss it though.
Our spot was under the scoreboard in the Roker end. Many happy memories but probably the best one was the FA Cup 5th Round reply v Manchester City in 73. Always enjoyed the bloke who sold peanuts for a “tanner a bag” He used to walk around the pitch and people would throw their money down to him, he would scrabble around on the floor looking for it, then throw the bag of peanuts back to them in the crowd. God knows if he ever managed to get them to whoever it was who had bought them! Happy days!
I disagree about the atmosphere.. It is people that create atmospheres not stadiums.. The Atmosphere in some of the early games at the SoL was at times fantastic..
....and the quality of football too. But I will stick with my point. If I’m sat down I’m less likely to make noise. I loved watching the brilliant YouTube clip posted earlier in this thread about the game in the 60’s. Seeing them chucking the hay about when we scored was brilliant
