Boothferry pics on FB

I think that at the time that was taken the North Stand was the largest area of covered terracing in the Football League.

 

The first floodlight game was a friendly against Dundee United in front of over 31,000.
We didn't play Honved, you are probably thinking of this game. City were a last minute alteration following the inability of some other team to fulfil their fixture, much to the consternation of people who thought it would be an embarrassment given the way they had played against top teams whilst we were in Division 3. A description of it here - http://www.hullcity-mad.co.uk/feat/...to_stop__hull_city_v_vasas_317131/index.shtml

 

Thanks for that heads up. As soon as I saw Vasas it rang a bell.

 

Barchullona beat me to posting the same reply! My husband went to both matches. On a personal note were you on Hull CityMad when he was on there in 2010/11?

 

Is this the West Stand as it appears to have a fair hit of terracing ?

 

It had more terracing originally. It was reduced and more seats put in during the early 1960s I think.

When they were choosing World Cup grounds in 1965 for the World Cup the only grounds with more seating than us were Wembley and Goodison Park. Sheffield Wednesday got the nod over us by one vote. Their chairman being in the FA Council had nothing to do with it, I'm sure.
Boothferry Park was the only stadium left with standing on all 4 sides when it held its last game.

 

A few observations from my husband. " We were at the foot of Div 2 when we played Vasas and were relegated at the end of that season'55/56.

The article by Jimmy Lodge was inaccurate in that the 3 teams scheduled to play Vasas were Spurs, Sheffield Wed and Wolves - Wolves pulled out and Hull city stepped in. Vasas scored 7 against Spurs and 6 against Sheffield Wed.

In our match Bill Bradbury scored a hat trick in the 3-1 win. Neil Franklin played a blinder at centre half well supported by Viggo Jensen As I recall the crowd was pretty disappointing being less than 15,000 - certainly not the bumper crowd as reported by Jimmy. "

 

For some reason I thought they also played Celtic. Might be mixing up tours by foreign clubs when both they and floodlight games were a novelty. Apparently Vasas touring and playing 3 of the topmclubs was something they had started 25 years previously.
An older bloke in my local in Brid was at the game. No matter what you were talking about at football, could be Pele, Eusebio, Jimmy Greaves, he always got Bill Bradbury into it.
Tom Finney said Neil Franklin was the finest centre half he played with or against.

 

Bill Bradbury still remains my all time favorite City larker. Consummate entertainer - an early version of George Best. Always had a smile on his face - and had a great knack of making defenders look hopeless. Chris Chilton took over his mantle when he moved on, and didn't disappoint, he unselfishly helped Waggy maximize his talent and look like a world-beater. Happy days.

 

I am told that in their 25 years of playing 3 of the top clubs in the country they toured they remained unbeaten until that October night in Hull when that record fell with defeat by the Tigers.

 

Yes, I have read that.

The year before Wolves had played Honved. It was televised, which really must have been something for the relative few who had TVs. That was the year my dad bought our first set. Wonder if there was any connection between those two events? The Daily Mail headline that Wolves were .Champions Of The World led a French bloke to come up the idea of a European Cup (mainly because he wanted to disprove it).

 

My husband likened him to Len Shackelton, was one of his all time favourite players who loved to clown around and bamboozle defenders.