England's Lost Football Grounds

[Pete’s Picture Palace]

derby1884 wrote:

There was a time in the 60s when numerous clubs sporadically included an aerial shot of their stadium on the front cover of their programme, wasn't there? Off the top of my head - Exeter, Norwich, South Liverpool, Man City, Romford, Derby, Wrexham. Any others?

Peterborough 60/1, Cardiff 45/6

[BAZZABAGGIES]

derby1884 wrote:

Any idea what year that Accrington photo is from?

i think its from the early 60s when they went out the league.

[Ruud Van Driver]

Nowhere near the quality of other pictures posted on this thread but hopefully worth sharing just the same. The following are 3 undated b&w privately taken photo's of Accrington plus a small colour one dated 1969, apologies for the view of my patio doors in the reflection as I tried to find some decent light. Picture 5 is an old undated postcard. Picture 6 is a large match poster on card from Gateshead's old home Redheugh Park.






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[Jim LFC]

My East End mate passed this onto me. Apparently it was the home of Thames FC?

[overlap]

This pic link should hopefully show Corby Town's Occupation Road ground from the air in 1952. All housing now. Highlight was probably when Man Utd played a friendly there in the mid-1970s, or playing Luton in the FA Cup in mid-60s. They left in 1984 for an out of town development (itself now vacated).

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw045451

Derby 1884 - an aerial shot of the ground featured on home programmes in the 1980s.

[Ruud Van Driver]

overlap wrote:

This pic link should hopefully show Corby Town's Occupation Road ground from the air in 1952. All housing now. Highlight was probably when Man Utd played a friendly there in the mid-1970s, or playing Luton in the FA Cup in mid-60s. They left in 1984 for an out of town development (itself now vacated). http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw045451 Derby 1884 - an aerial shot of the ground featured on home programmes in the 1980s.

Aerial shot of Corby's ground also featured on the cover of their programmes in the mid 60's....
Hell of crowd for this game too looking at the programme number top right
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[Jim LFC]

overlap wrote:

Hell of crowd for this game too looking at the programme number top right

Must have been a tight 1st leg....

[bisphamseasider]

derby1884 wrote:

There was a time in the 60s when numerous clubs sporadically included an aerial shot of their stadium on the front cover of their programme, wasn't there? Off the top of my head - Exeter, Norwich, South Liverpool, Man City, Romford, Derby, Wrexham. Any others?

Not from the 60s but Blackpool had an ariel shot of Bloomfield Road on the cover of the 81/2 season programme.

[derby1884]

Ruud Van Driver wrote:

Nowhere near the quality of other pictures posted on this thread but hopefully worth sharing just the same

Very much, thanks.
That fourth one, with the child in the foreground and the crumbling old ground in the background, would make a perfect setting for a "Play For Today"

Not that there's any chance of anything thought-provoking such as Play For today ever being revived what with all the rubbish on the telly nowadays that has the brass neck to call itself "entertainment"
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[bisphamseasider]

Jim LFC wrote:

My East End mate passed this onto me. Apparently it was the home of Thames FC?

Nice one.

Have a look at this site for some info and more photos.

http://www.freewebs.com/customhousekid/thestadium.htm

[bisphamseasider]

This is a very interesting site about derelict sports grounds around London.

http://www.derelictlondon.com/sportsgrounds.html