Saying goodbye to Fer Ark

Anyone else going to this?

http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10338~2546664,00.html

http://boothferrypark-farewellevent.co.uk/

 

Absolutely not.

It's been bad enough passing the rotting corpse over the last 10 years without going and standing on a pile of rubble in some bleary eyed vigil.

Said my goodbye's against Darlo. That was it.

 

same .... fondest memories are all at BP , but it was an awful dump of a place for most of the time i went there .

Still a nice gesture tho !!!

 

Seriously, would have thought there would be healthy and safety issues on this one. Discarded needles?

All that is now left of the old girl is the south and east stand terracing.

Will be glad when they start building houses on what has become a blot on the landscape of a prominent west Hull site that local residents have had to endure since we left a decade ago.

 

Im gonna try my best to go down but then again I love a bit of nostalgia. Yes it was a dump but it was OUR dump (well technically not ours but whatever) and it had a far better atmosphere in general then the KC has ever managed to generate.

 

BP a dump? - only in the later years - when I first visited BP on that iconic Thursday night in March 1966 in the 6th Rd replay against Chelsea, it was simply magnificent.

It was however left to rot after Harold Needler died. Thank God for the KC.

 

Much the same as Strovolos Tiger. My fiinal visit was against Darlington. I,ll keep that one memory thankyou. A nice gesture tho from the developers to give all the fans that want to say goodbye again a final chance.

 

I went to the last ever competitive game at fer ark when City played Barnsley several months after the Darlo game. In a bizarre way it did me good to see how far it had crumbled and rotted.

Many of us shared an era and experience of football that others can't begin to imagine, but for so many reasons that era's gone and the days since have been heady in their own way.

I wouldn't have missed it for the world, but I wouldn't wish it on anyone else.

 

Nice publicity stunt for the developers if you ask me.

God! I;m a right old cynic in my dotage!!

 

I agree, I was there that night, what a great atmosphere, but was even better at Stamford Bridge. What about boxing day the same season against our next opponents, now that was a great atmosphere.

 

I said Hello in 1946 I don,t feel like saying goodbye after all the money I spent going there. Including keeping Three Tuns open, ( Is it still there?)

 

John - you got me there only started going after the Chelsea game - went the rest of the season after that though.

BP in all its splendour that night was a sight to behold - all the stands immaculately painted green - no advertising hoardings to be seen - Big H funnily enough as a businessman was against it (oh how times have changed)

Six pylon floodlights, immaculate playing surface 10,000 seats in three stands - unheard of in those days. Our own gym. Railway Halt. We really were seen as the most progressive club ouside the then First Divison.

Sadly it took us 40 years after that to reach the promised land - now the PL. Thank God though we made it.

 

Won't shed any tears to see the place finally go.
Shed enough tears when City played there.

 

My brother and I went the day after Wembley. Very fitting, little tear rolled down my cheek. From Wembley to Boothferry

 

A few years ago a mate of mine Keith Brown also known as Hats on Hull City forums, had the idea of playing a match each season called the Kempton Shield. It was fans versus Hull City past players and staff. It's still going to this day although I've been unable to attend them for a few years now.
When BP closed Adam Pearson gave permission for the match to be played on the ground and if memory serves me well AP also attended. I was the Manager of the fans side that night and was able to sit in the City dugout where all my past hero's had sat at one time or another. Over the years of watching City at BP, I'd stood in all four stands at one time or another and I made it a point that night to stand in each one again to relive my memories and say goodbye to ''Fer Ark''.

I've said my goodbyes, so won't be attending this Saturday, I don't want to see the place in the condition it is today.

Thank you ''Fer Ark'' for the joy and pleasure and the memories you've brought me over the years.

 

Where is Hats nowadays? Is he still in Harrogate?

 

9 years ago today since that Darlo game and we left BP. Time has flown by!

 

Hats is still around I talk to him on t'uther site once in a while. He's still driving Thomas The Tank Engine around and living in Harrogate.
The original git TwoWrights still makes an appearance once in a while too and of course Tony the Roverman.
Almost 10 years now since we first started swapping stories on Hull City Official Forum, time flies do'nt it!

 

This might be of interest to some exiles.


http://www.cwuhull.karoo.net/