Name the Grounds (Rd 10)

[Muppet the Cat]

Right this evening’s offerings are the following 4

Again, name the club and ground.

1.

2.

3.

4.

[Finnatic]

Main Road - Man City
? Luton or Exeter - Kenilworth Rd or St James Park ( sorry that’s two guesses)
White Hart Lane - Spurs
St Andrews - Birmingham City

[Muppet the Cat]

Yes, correct (Luton) and if I was being picky “Main” Road is Maine Road

....but, no fun if you just go through Inglis’s book though is it

[Finnatic]

?
I only got three correct, been to Maine Road four times, Birmingham four times and Spurs twice

[rich_leeds64]

I wouldn’t have got any of those., although once the names were revealed I could see the resemblance

[1964white]

?
I only got three correct, been to Maine Road four times, Birmingham four times and Spurs twice

Maine Road was one of two away games I attended in the 1968/69 season, only two games we lost the one ground I recognised, been to the other three but none of them registered in my mind

[gessa]

The St Andrew's one you can see now it's been named, the railway line, that small car park is still there behind the stand to the left.

The terraced houses behind their kop,on the right side, were demolished around 1977, it was the rubble the demolition company left behind that used to throw at away fans for a couple of seasons, we got a right pelting in the 1978 cup game.

[Finnatic]

Maine Road - I was standing just to the right of where the picture was taken for Batty’s debut goal at the floodlight end in the pic
St Andrews - standing behind the goal at the top of the pic during the riot and on the old “Lowfield’s” style stand for the play - off final replay v Charlton (went to Selhurst Park for the first leg)

[1964white]

The St Andrew's one you can see now it's been named, the railway line, that small car park is still there behind the stand to the left.

The terraced houses behind their kop,on the right side, were demolished around 1977, it was the rubble the demolition company left behind that used to throw at away fans for a couple of seasons, we got a right pelting in the 1978 cup game.

Our defence got a right pelting in December 2020

[gessa]

Our defence got a right pelting in December 2020

Theirs got a bigger one

[1964white]

Theirs got a bigger one

Indeed they did

Thank god the ref blew his whistle whilst we were leading

[Muppet the Cat]

Name the Ground #5

[rich_leeds64]

Vetch Field Swansea, remember going there on the opening day of the 81/82 season and getting thumped 5-1 and looking at the newer stand in the photo thinking it’ll be ok when they continue it round down the side where the old stand was. I’m pretty sure we had £1M man Peter Barnes making his debut on a scorching hot day and Swansea were newly promoted?

[1964white]

London/South East location Cat?

[Muppet the Cat]

Vetch Field Swansea, remember going there on the opening day of the 81/82 season and getting thumped 5-1 and looking at the newer stand in the photo thinking it’ll be ok when they continue it round down the side where the old stand was. I’m pretty sure we had £1M man Peter Barnes making his debut on a scorching hot day and Swansea were newly promoted?

Yes Rich, the now long gone Vetch Field, with The Swans having moved to The Liberty, another modern atmospheric void of a new stadium.

Not our finest day when their Toshack pumped team battered us 5-1, with Bob Latchford netting a hat-trick

The big building in the background is Swansea Prison. Can see the setting in the photo below.

[Muppet the Cat]

Name the Ground #6

Ground with what was considered to be one of the most unusual stands around (right hand end, looking at the photo)

[1964white]

Wrexham

[rich_leeds64]

Wrexham

Was it Wrexham AFC written on the stand that gave it away?

[gessa]

Was it Wrexham AFC written on the stand that gave it away?

It probably helped

[Muppet the Cat]

Was it Wrexham AFC written on the stand that gave it away?

I know, bit of a giveaway isn't it .........…I only noticed that after I'd posted the picture up